where needful and the Double Translation of the Reading Psalms in that called the Bishops Bible and the last in our common Bibles my Correctors Though I have not tied my self so superstitiously to any as not to use my own Judgment sometimes and in some Things to stem the Current of Paraphrasts and other Writers on that Divine Book Particularly I have adhered to those Applications made of several Passages here by the Inspir'd Pen-men of the New Testament whom to quit for over nice and Socinianizing Criticks I think absurd and dangerous I have in general made the Sense and Coherence so plain that this Version perhaps may be as serviceable to some as a Commentator The Measures I have used are the Old neither so hard nor so harsh as some have thought The Rhymes are every where double sometimes more such being when unforced more pleasant and more grateful I have generally avoided the Clashing of Consonants as Unmusical About 50 are twice Translated some thrice by that Means sometimes taking in those different Senses of particular Texts of which 't is hard to fix the best Paraphrasing some lofty Psalms more fully and using higher Expressions than a single Version could have admitted of Hence every Psalm has one Translation so close and plain as may be sung in the plainest Country-Congregations and yet I have used such Variety of Measures as may answer all the Tunes in Playford's Edition And that the Work might be the more compleat I have given all such of Mr. Sandys's Measures with their Tunes in Two Parts which could not be sung by the common Notes The whole indeed may be an entire Body of Church-Musick No Old Tune lost several New are added and the Words so sitted as to be more agreeble both to the Dutch French and English Tunes as sung in any of our Churches than any former Version has â—een I have generally followed the Stile of the Original rising and falling with That The Measures of Chearful Psalms are fitted to Chearful Tunes Those more Melancholick to Slow Tunes and of a sadder Air. The Repetitions in the Hebrew are so charming that I could not but think they would be very beautiful in English as particularly in the 118th Psalm I have industriously avoided both Obsolete an New-fangled Words I have invented none nor used any harsh Transposition of Words Though I doubt not but after all my Care many Mistakes may have escaped me which whosoever with charitably point out will lay the greatest Obligation upon me That we might use Doxologies as well to the Singing as the Reading Psalms I have suite One to every Measure through the whole Book A Right Reverend Prolate of our Church did me the Honour to read the whole over very carefully whose Encouragement was a great Motive to this Publication If it be acceptable to others and bless'd by God so as to promote his Honour I have my End And Non nobis Domine non nobis Sed Nomini Tuo da Gloriam Advertisement THat this Version of the Psalms may be the more usefull to those who delight in Church-Musick I have translated them to such variety of Measures that there 's no Tune in Playford's Editions either in the Psalms themselves or in the Hymns before or after to which there is not some particular Measure appropriated here That the Compass of Church-Musick might be the larger and more entertaining I have tun'd some to Mr Sandys's Measures the Musick of which was compos'd by that great Master Mr. Laws for the private use of his pious Master Charles the First of blessed Memory The whole then presents you with one Version of every Psalm to be sung in Common Tunes if at least we may call those of the 113 and 148 Psalms such and they are to be sung to the same with those of the same denomination in the old Version unless where the Measures are different and the Proper Tunes referr'd to Such as are not in Mr. Playford's Book are here set down with the proper Notes from Mr. Laws's and Ravenscroft's and the whole if encourag'd shall be re-printed with the Notes throughout And that we may have a just Opportunity at such a time as this to remember that Faith into which we are Baptiz'd in every part of Divine Worship I have suited particular Doxologies to every particular Measure in due Order at the end of the Book with what Psalms they refer to besides some in the Body of the Version Benedicat Deus Operi Authori. The Tunes of the Psalms A Thousand Blessings crown his Head Whose Heart all impious Counsel flies And hates those Paths where Sinners tread Who God and all that 's Good despise This serves indifferently for any Stanzas of Eight Syllables which have no proper Tune of their own For the 8th Psalm 2d Metre LOrd how Illustrious is thy sacred Name How blest great God of Hosts Eâ•Œterâ•Œnal King Whose Honours all the lower World proclaim Whose Honours all the Heav'nly Armies sing Psalm 11th 2d Metre MY Faith is fix'd on God most high Why then should Fools to vex me cry As Birds afraid by noises made Hence to the Mountains fly Psalm 15. 2d Metre BLest Lord how glorious is the place Thy Altars grace how is the hovly Temple blest By thee possest But O what happy Man is he Who there a daiâ•Œly Guest may be Psalm 18 or 78. HOW shall I praise my God my King Thus exâ•Œtaâ•Œsy'd with Joys and Love What worthy Halâ•Œleâ•Œluâ•Œjahs sing To his great Name who rules above Psalm 23. 2d Metre THe Lord 's my Sheepheard I the Sheep Whose Soul his Cares in safety keep Thro' flowry Meads He gentâ•Œly leads Me on where I seâ•Œcureâ•Œly sleep Or by His guidance go where silent Waters flow Psalm 24. 2d Metre THE Earth is God's her Fulness too Earth and all of Earth possess'd For on the Seas he pois'd it true On the Floods secur'd its Rest But who ô who Can Lord pursue Paths to reach thy saâ•Œcred Hill Or see thy Face in that bless'd Place There unmov'd aâ•Œbiâ•Œding still Psalm 33. 2d Metre YE Righteous in the Lord rejoyce It 's sweet when with a chearful voice The Just his Praises sing O let no Tongue or Hand be mute But with the Voice and Harp and Lute Praise out Imâ•Œmorâ•Œtal King Psalm 43. 3d Metre JUdge me my God revenge my Cause On cruel Hands and faithless Hearts Save me from him who from the Laws Of Truth and soâ•Œber Virtues starts Who boldâ•Œly acts the falsest Parts With strange Success and vast applause Psalm 53. 2d Metre THE Fool the senseless Fool Thus in his Heart hath said God 's but an awâ•Œful Tool By crafty Preachers made Thus all corâ•Œrupâ•Œted are And all in Sins deâ•Œlight But none for Truth deâ•Œclare None eâ•Œver practise right Psalm 58. 1 st Metre Psalm 72. Psalm 106. WHen you in private Council sit Are all your Conâ•Œsulâ•Œtaâ•Œtions just May others your Deâ•Œciâ•Œsions trust Their Lives to your pure Hands submit Psalm
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
you More Courage still shall send Whose Hearts are to his Service true And on his Truth depend PSAL. xxxij verse 1 THrice happy 's he whose Sin 's past o'er Whose Errours Mercies hide verse 2 Whose Crimes his God imputes no more Whose Soul 's sincere and try'd verse 3 But I unpardon'd speechless lay My aking Bones decay'd And through long Night and tedious Day One dismal Roaring made verse 4 Me thy severe asslicting Hand All Day all Night chastis'd My fainting Spirits were at a stand Like Brooks by Drought surpriz'd At last I all my Crimes display'd My wretched Sins confess'd To God I 'll own my Guilt I said And God my Guilt releas'd verse 6 Now Saints to thee when thou 'lt be found shall in their Pray'rs complain And though Woes deluge all around Themselves untouch'd remain verse 7 By thee I 'm hid from mighty Woes From pressing Ills secur'd And all my chearful Musick flows From Liberty assur'd verse 8 Come to me all who 'd sain be bless'd And I 'll your Souls instruct And in the blissful Ways of Rest With careful Eyes conduct verse 9 O don't like Mules or Horses move Whose Brutish Furies will Unreign'd uncurb'd unruly prove And balk their Riders Skill verse 10 Great Sorrows on the Wicked fall The Just with Mercy 's crown'd verse 11 Ye Just in God rejoice and all Whose Hearts are right and sound PSAL. xxxiij As the 100th verse 1 YE Righteous in the Lord rejoice From you how comely Praise appears verse 2 With Lute and Harp's melodious Voice O reach the Great Jehovah's Ears verse 3 Sing to his Praise a Song that 's new His Praise with Art and Courage sing verse 4 For all his sacred Words are true His Faith approv'd in ev'ry thing verse 5 Judgment and Jistice gain his Love O'er Earth his wondrous Mercies slow verse 6 The Skies and all the Hosts above His Active Word and Spirit show verse 7 He makes the Seas like Mountains swell And sinks unfathom'd Deeps below verse 8 Let Earth it self and all who dwell On Earth their mighty Maker know verse 9 He spoke and streight this mighty All Broke from vast Nothing 's fruitful Womb And did at his commanding Call Shape Order Beauty Strength assume verse 10 God makes the Gentiles Counsels vain And breaks the Nations fond Designs verse 11 But firm his own Resolves remain And pass all Time 's extended Lines Part 2. verse 12 O bless'd thrice bless'd that happy Land Where God has Fix'd his glorious Name Where He affumes the chief Command And lays his own peculiar Claim verse 13 God from his holy Heav'n look'd down And Man's weak Race and Actions view'd verse 14 His Eyes from his Imperial Throne Survey'd the careless Multitude verse 15 He forms their Hearts their Tempers guides And all their various Actions weighs verse 16 No prudent Prince in Crouds confides Or mighty Hosts or empty Praise verse 17 In vain for Courage Strength or Flight He on his foaming Steed relies verse 18 The Good a'one God's guarding Sight With Help and Mercy both supplies verse 19 From Death's strong Arms He sets them free In Famine He their Wants relieves verse 20 On Him our Souls attend and He To us his Shield's Assistance gives verse 21 His Name 's our Confidence and Fear By which We all our Hopes excite verse 22 O as our Faith 's in Thee sincere On us Lord let thy Mercy light Another Metre As Mr. Sandys's 34th verse 1 Ye Righteous in the Lord rejoice It s sweet when with a chearful Voice The Just his Praises sing verse 2 O let no Tongue or Hand be mute But with Voice and Harp and Lute Praise our Immortal King verse 3 With skilful Notes advance his Praise With loudest Joys his Glory raise Let all your Songs be new verse 4 For all God's Promises are right Performance is his whole Delight And all his Works are true verse 5 He Righteousness and Judgment loves With spreading Wings his Mercy moves O'er all the spacious Earth verse 6 God by his Word stretch'd out the Skies And bade their num'rous Armies rise That Word was all their Birth verse 7 At his Command those Waters rose Which now the rolling Seas compose And Heaps on Heaps were thrown Unfathom'd Whirl-pools dang'rous Deeps His Subterraneous Treasure keeps In hollow Vaults unknown verse 8 His Name let all the Nations fear With Awe let all the World appear Before its Maker's Face verse 9 He spoke the solid Earth was made He gave the Word it fix'd and stay'd In its appointed Place verse 10 God baffles all the deep Designs The subtile Plots and crafty Mines Which Heathens closely frame verse 11 But all his own Designs are sure His Thoughts and all his Ways endure From Age to Age the same part 2. verse 12 Happy 's the Nation happy sure Which God will to himself secure His own Inheritance verse 13 He sits above the lofty Skies From thence o'er all Mankind his Eyes His piercing Eyes advance verse 14 All Men He from his Throne surveys verse 15 He frames their Hearts and all their Ways His Thoughts severely try verse 16 No prudent Kings on Crouds depend The Men who mighty Strength pretend On Strength in vain rely verse 17 A Horse though sleeter than the Wind And by his Make for War design'd His Rider can't secure verse 18 God views his Saints with gentler Eyes And all his Mercy 's kind Supplies Are to the Faithful sure verse 19 From Death the fainting Souls he saves In Famine what their Hunger craves His careful Hands provide verse 20 Our Souls on Him with Patience wait He as a Shield secures our State And is our Help and Guide verse 21 In Him shall all our Hearts rejoice His holy Name 's our happy Choice On which our Hopes may rest verse 22 O Father as we trust in Thee So let thy faithful Servants be With thy Compassion bless'd PSAL. xxxiv verse 1 I 'LL ever bless God's mighty Name My Mouth shall sound his Praise verse 2 In God my Soul its Boast proclaim His Love in Anthems raise The meek and humble Souls shall hear Of my exalted State Thy Loves which so immense appear Shall all their Joys create verse 3 O hear my Lot rejoice with me My Saviour magnifie Let 's to exalt his Name agree And raise his Glories high verse 4 I sought the Lord He heard my Case And all my Fears redress'd verse 5 And others too without Disgrace With Love and Life were bless'd verse 6 I in my deep Affliction pray'd And God receiv'd my Pray'r And free from all Afflictions made And all perplexing Care verse 7 Bright Angels happy Saints surround And threat'ning Ills divert verse 8 See taste how good the Lord how crown'd With Bliss the faithful Heart verse 9 O fear ô fear the Lord ye Saints For such no Wants surprize verse 10 The Lion's Whelp with Hunger faints And spent with fasting dies But those who seek the
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
Service can stay That Man in thy Sight And Temple may dwell Thy Altars draw near Thy Favours enjoy And in Thee delight And be satisfy'd well With Goodness and there All his Service employ verse 5 By terrible Things In Righteousness shown Thou ' It answer our Cares Our Saviour to be Our Confidence springs From thy Goodness alone Whence Strangers make Pray'rs And rough Sailers to Thee verse 6 The Mountains stand fast Fix'd strongly by Thee Thy powerful Arm Has girt'em secure verse 7 Loud Storms are soon past For thy Fury we see Mad People can charm And their Quiet procure verse 8 Thy Wonders and Signs All Nations afright Where Comets e'er blaze Or Earth-quakes can tear The Morning which shine And the dark gloomy Night Rejoice in thy Praise And thy Glories declare verse 9 Thou visit'st the Earth Its Waters abound Vast Rivers with Wealth The Countries o'erflow Thence Corn has its Birth And the Fie'ds With it crown'd New Vigour and Health On the Nations bestow verse 10 The highest ridg'd Field Thy Water partakes The Furrows Jaid low Are drench'd with the same The Clods quickly yield Earth its Hardness forsakes The Crops which they show Then God's Blessing proclaim verse 11 By Thee the rich Year With Goodness is crown'd And all thy bless'd Ways Pure Fatness distil verse 12 Rich Pastures appear All the Desarts around All ecchoing Praise From each neighbouring Hill verse 13 With Thousands of Sheep The Pastures are clad The Valleys with Corn Are cover'd quite o'r Hence Nature may keep Now its Revels and glad With Praises adorn Both her Lord and her Store PSAL. lxvj as the 113th verse 1 IN God ô all ye Lands rejoice verse 2 Let ev'ry Man's triumphant Voice Advance his Name his Glories sing verse 3 How dreadful Lord thy Works appear Thy Terrours make thy Foes with Fear To Thee their forc'd Submissions bring verse 4 To Thee the Nations round shall bend Thy Name shall in their Songs ascend Above the Clouds above the Skies verse 5 Come see God's Operations here How when his dreadful Works appear Their Terrours Humane Hearts surprize verse 6 When from Egyption Bondage He His Israel's happy Race set free God through the Seas contriv'd a Road Where fenc'd by Watry Walls they went Safe o'er a spacious Continent And all their Hearts with Joys o'erslow'd verse 7 God by his Pow'r Eternal reigns His Look the Rebel-World restrains And beats their swelling Humours down verse 8 O all ye serious People bâ—ess That God whose Name our Tongues confess His Name with losty Praises crown verse 9 The Lord our Souls in Safety keeps He never slumbers never sleeps He ne'er permits our Feet to slide verse 10 Yet as the Silver 's oft refin'd When for the noblest Works design'd Our Sou s as oft his Hands have try'd verse 11 We fell in strong perplexing Snares Our Strength funk down with weighty Cares Our Heads we bow'd to conqu'ring Foes verse 12 But through Affliction 's scorching Heat Through Floods of Tears thy Mercies great Convey'd us to a sweet Repose Part 2. verse 13 My Thanks his Temple now shall see verse 14 I 'll pay my Vows dear Lord to Thee My Vows in Times of Danger sign'd verse 15 My upright Mind my Heart sincere My guiltless Hands shall Favour there More than a Thousand Oxen find verse 16 Come hear me all that fear the Lord O hear while I with Praise record What for my Soul his Hands have wrought verse 17 I cry'd his Name I rais'd on high verse 18 Yet had my Heart been faulty I His Smiles alas had vainly sought God reads the inward Parts and views What Ways the righteous Soul pursues And hears his earnest Pray'rs and Cries But Hypocrites whose various Arts Divide their glosing Tongues and Hearts Are odious to his piercing Eyes verse 19 But God has heard my Pray'rs and He With Favour gently answer'd me His Ears to my Petitions bow'd verse 20 O bless'd be He whose gracious Ear His suppliant Servant's pray'rs would hear And Mercy to his Pray'rs allow'd PSAL. lxvij verse 1 TO us with Mercy free Lord shew thy glorious Face O let thy happy Servants see Thy Blessing and thy Grace verse 2 That all the Earth may know Salvation's certain Way Thy Truth to all the Nations show Thy saving Health display verse 3 Let all the World ô God Exalt thy glorious Name O let the Nations all abroad Thy wondrous Praise proclaim verse 4 To Thee with loud Applause The govern'd World shall sing When Thou shalt all by equal Laws To righteous Judgment bring verse 5 Let all the World ô God Exa't thy glorious Name O let the Nations all abroad Thy wondrous Praise proclaim verse 6 Then shall the fruitful Land It s ancient Burthen show And on our selves from God's free Hand Shall endless Blssings flow verse 7 Then God shall bless us all And at his awful Feet With Fear the farthest Tribes shall fall And to his Laws submit PSAL. lxviij As the 100th verse 1 LET God arise his angry Foes Will quickly turn themselves to Flight Their Malice can't his Wrath oppose Nor bear the Terrours of his Sight verse 2 But as Smoak flies before the Wind As Wax dissolves before the Fire So Impious Men their Weakness find And by his Frowns consum'd expire verse 3 But holy Men with joyful Hearts Before their God shall Praises sing Sing then ye Saints sing all your Parts Exalt the great Celestial King verse 5 See where your God triumphant rides His Name with boundless Glory shines In Him each raptur'd Soul confides And gladly in his Praise combines verse 6 For Widows Tears and Orphans Cries God like a Judge and Father cares Starves Rebels makes the Captives rise And fills the lonesom House with Heirs verse 7 Lord when thou led'st thy People o'er The barren Wilds and Defart-Lands Earth's Bosom strong Convulsions tore And Heav'n dissolv'd at thy Commands verse 8 A Thousand Dewy Sweats distill'd Nay Sinai too supreamly bless'd Great Israel's God with Terrours fill'd With Light 's immoderate Beams Oppress'd verse 9 But cooling Dews and fruitful Rains On thy exhausted Canaan flow'd verse 10 which now thy People entertains Thy Goodness on thy Flock bestow'd Part 2. God gave the Word and out in haste All Nature's ready Armies flew And spoke God's Will and as they pass'd Did all opposing Force subdue God's Houshold then with Spoils grew fair Of routed Hosts and flying Kings As Doves which feem to cut the Air With Silver Plumes and Golden Wings verse 13 On that great Day though back before Among the Brick-Kilns newly laid verse 14 They more than Sal'men's Whiteness bore When in his Snowy Robes array'd verse 15 God's Sion Bashan's Pride our-vies And God in Sion's Hill delights verse 16 Why then should other Hills despise What God 's own Residence invites verse 17 A Thousand Thousand Chariots steer'd By fiery Angels round Him wait As once in Sâ—nai's Mount appear'd When there
Nor so perversely prate verse 6 For Pow'r and great Renown Not Chance but God bestows verse 7 He gives the Crown and he casts down Who Justice only knows verse 8 Ne'er strive with God to fight He holds the deadly Bowl The dreadful Sight may well affright The wretched guilty Soul What horrid Drugs compound The Crimson baleful Draught The Nations round as guilty found To th' very Dregs are brought verse 9 But still I 'll praife the Lord To Jacob's God I 'll sing And my sharp Sword o'er those abhorr'd For wicked Actions bring verse 10 I 'll make their Stiffness bend While a'l the Just around Through God their Freind shall high ascend With Mirth and Glory crown'd Psal lxxvj as the 148th or as Mr. Sandys's 47 tâ— verse 1 GOD's Name in Judah's known It 's great in Israel verse 2 His House in Salem's shown His Smiles on Sion dwell verse 3 For there his Stroke Swords Bows and Shields For Martial Fields And Arrows broke verse 4 Thy glorious Name 's more bright Than theirs whose num'rous Bands In Violence delight And spoil their Neighbours Lands Who proudly boast No Force can stay Their conqu'ring Way Or guard our Coast verse 5 But Desolation now Their daring Hearts attends And on each drowsie Brow An heavy Sleep descends The Men of Might Grope but in vain Their Swords to gain In that dark Night verse 6 At thy Rebuke they fall And Horse and Charriot lie Profoundly bury'd all In one deep Lethargy verse 7 Thou only Thou Deserv'st our Fear For who can bear Thy angry Brow verse 8 When we thy Judgments heard With Terrours from the Sky The World to what it fear'd Submitted si ently verse 9 Then God arose To fave and seek The patient Meek And crush their Foes verse 10 Man 's hottest Wrath thy Name Great God of Hosts shall praise And though the raging Flame With spreading Fury blaze Yet fuddenly Their Rage restrain'd By thy just Hand Shall sink and die verse 11 Ye who the Lord adore Your Vows before him lay And what was vow'd before With grateful Gladness pay To that great King Whose angry Brow Aws all below Your Off'ring bring verse 12 For his victorious Arm With unresisted Force Fierce Monarchs shall disarm And stop their head-strong Course His Awful Frown Strange Terrour brings On Earthly Kings And casts them down Another Metre applied to our own Cases in this Nation verse 1 GOD's Name i' th' British Isles is known And is in England great verse 2 Bless'd England is his happy Throne His highly favour'd Seat verse 3 Here with his pow'rful Arm He broke The Bow the Sword the Shield His Word alone without a Stroke Secur'd the Martial-Field Though mighty Tyrants mighty Edme With Scandal mix'd may gain Yet Lord thy more illustrious Name No base Reproach can stain verse 5 But sudden Desolations now Those daring Hearts pursue And Sleep on ev'ry drowsie Brow Distils its weighty Dew In vain alas the Man of Might Dreams o'er his former Broils In vain i' th Dark he strives to fight And for a Conquest toils verse 6 At thy Rebuke great God they fall And Horse and Chariots lie Confounded quite and bury'd All In one deep Lethargy verse 7 Thou only Thou art justly fear'd Thy Fury who can stand verse 8 VVhen we thy Heav'nly Judgment heard It hush'd the trembling Land verse 9 VVhen God the patient Meek to save VVith Rising Judgment reign'd verse 10 To Him Man's Rage new Glories gave And He their VVrath restrain'd verse 11 O ye who Britain's Lord adore Your Vows before him lay And what your just Engagements bore VVith grateful Gladness pay verse 12 Your Off'rings make to Him whose Frown Resistless Terrour brings Bold Princes daunts and batters down The proudest Earthly Kings PSAL. lxxvij verse 1 TO God I cry'd I strongly cry'd And He receiv'd my Pray'r The Lord when by Afflictions try'd I sought with earnest Care verse 2 All Night my wretched Soul was pain'd With mighty Woes oppress'd And Sorrows unresisted reign'd In my afflicted Breast verse 3 On God I fix'd my thoughtful Mind But was perplex'd the more My Soul to sad Complaints resign'd Its Burthen hardly bore verse 4 Thy Terrours hold my wakeful Eyes And banish needful Sleeps My wretched Soul Grief 's strange Surprize In heavy silence keeps verse 5 I all my former Years survey'd Those happy Days of old Those Songs in better Seasons made Which God's great Name extoll'd Distractions still by Nights by Days Confus'd my weary'd Mind I mus'd and sought the secret Ways Of Providence to find verse 7 But still unsatisfy'd Icry'd Is God for ever gone 8 Will God his Presence always hide His former Loves disown 9 What! Are his Days of Mercy past His sacred Promise void His Smiles with angry Clouds o'er-cast His Goodness all destroy'd verse 10 At last I said My Follies all These faithless Thoughts create But God can yet my Hopes recall And change my mournful State Part 2. verse 11 I 'le now thy ancient Actions Lord Thy Miracles of old verse 12 And all thy wondrous Works record Thy wise Designs unfold verse 13 Thy Ways tho' dark to Humane Eyes Are holy Lord and pure What God with Thee in Greatness vyes Or can thy Frowns endure verse 14 Thy Works so many Wonders are Thy Might the Nations know verse 15 Thy Arms blest Freedoms welcome Air On Jacob's Race bestow verse 16 The Waters Lord the Waters saw Thy Face ami parting fled The Deeps with one prodigious flaw Display'd their sandy Bed verse 17 The Land unceasing Rains o're-flow'd At thy commanding Voice The pointed Lightnings went abroad With Thunders roaring noise verse 18 Thy ratling Thunders roar'd around And streaks of dismal Light Shot thro' the Air the trembling ground Quak'd With the dreadful fright verse 19 Thy Road was thro' the Seas thy way Thro' mighty Waters made Thy secret Paths could none survey Or where thy steps were laid verse 20 Moses and Aaron thro' the Deep And trackles Deserts lead Thy Tribes and them like tender sheep Securely kept and fed PSAL. lxxviij MY People mark my Precepts well Your Ears to my Discourses bow verse 2 My mouth shall weighty Matters tell And Truths obscure and ancient show verse 3 Which we their happy Sons have known From what our hoary Fathers told verse 4 That we with Praise to all our own Might God's miraculous Acts unfold verse 5 God gave his Laws to Jacob's race And bade our Fathers teach their Seed verse 6 That each descending Age might trace His Will and his Injunctions heed verse 6 That so his sacred Worship might Unmix'd from Age to Age descend verse 7 All trust in God and with delight His Works declare his Laws attend verse 8 That they their Father's Guilt might fly Whose Hearts perversly false rebell'd Let God's prodigious Wonders dy And neither Faith nor Conscience held verse 9 What broke arm'd Ephraim's Archers what So turn'd their coward Backs in fight
verse 10 God's Covenant they quite forgot And from his Laws began their flight verse 11 They soon forgot his tender Care And all his mighty Wonders shown verse 12 Which AEgpt's Ruines still declare And Zoan's sields have dearly known Part 2 verse 13 He led them thro' the parted Seas While all the crouding Waters gaz'd verse 14 His Cloud by Day contriv'd their ease By Night bright Flames before them blaz'd verse 15 He burst the desert Rocks and thence Sweet Waters as from Fountains drew verse 16 Made Springs from stubborn Flints commence Which soon to spacious Rivers grew verse 17 Yet they who saw it trespass'd still And in a Desart hungry Land verse 18 Ask'd Meat aloud to eat their fill Yet question'd God's Almighty Hand verse 19 To urge his Wrath the faithless Crew Thus with a taunting boldness said Can God his Wonders here renew Full Tables in a Desert spread verse 20 He smote the stony Rocks indeed And out the wholesom Waters broke But can his Magick Rod proceed Will Bread and Flesh attend the stroke verse 21 With Anger God their murmurings heard And at them soon his Fury smok'd verse 22 When Israel's feed so false appear'd And faithless Fools their God provok'd Part 3. verse 23 To try them more He bade the Skies From their unbounded Treasures rain verse 24 Streight heavenly Wheat before them lyes And tastful Manna fills the Plain verse 25 The Bread of Angels there they find To glut their hungry Appetite verse 26 Then God commands the Eastern Wind And Southern fruitsul Gales excites verse 27 Less Dust in rapid Whirlwinds flies verse 28 Then Flesh within their Trenches rain'd Less Sand around the Ocean lies Then Fowls about their Tents remain'd verse 29 They fdd and fill'd themselves and He On them their utmost wish bestow'd verse 30 But they no inward Guilt could see Nor feel their Lusts confounding load verse 31 Hence e'er their Meat was down their Pride God with a dismal blast surpriz'd Their noblest Youth and Princes dy'd All to his Anger sacrific'd verse 32 Yet unreclaim'd from sinful Ways They'd still his wondrous VVorks oppose verse 33 And He confum'd their Years and Days In sading Joys and Jasting VVoes verse 34 If Death among their Armies flew For God they 'd seek to God they 'd fly verse 35 Then God was all their Strength they knew Their great Redeemer God most high verse 36 Their God with fawning Tongues they prov'd VVith lying lips to Him they pray'd verse 37 But still their Hearts perversly mov'd Their Hearts their faithless VVorks betray'd verse 38 Yet He forgave their Sins and spar'd Their Tribes and laid his Anger by verse 39 He knew they common Frailties shiar'd VVould quickly change and quickly dy Part 4. verse 40 How oft in desert Lands they mov'd And urg'd and vex'd his Heav'nly mind verse 41 How oft relaps'd his Patience prov'd And Israel's Holy God confin'd verse 42 They quite forgot that powerful Hand VVinch them from slavish Bonds redeem'd verse 43 VVhen Zoan's Field and AEgypt's Land VVith dreadful Signs and VVonders teem'd verse 44 How He their p'easant VVaters chang'd To nauseous Blood and mystick Gore verse 45 Mix'd Swarms in all their Quarters rang'd And Frogs their Royal Chambers bore verse 46 Their Fruit-trees blasting VVhirlwinds peel'd And Locusts all their Toils enjoy'd verse 47 Their Vines Figs Cattel and the Field verse 48 Hot storms of fiery Hail destroy'd verse 49 Since still the stubborn Land rebel'd VVith fiercer flames his Fury glow'd And as his burning Fury fwell'd The Coals malignant Angels blow'd Thick thro' the solid Dark they flew With horrid shrieks and dismal Cries And laid Hell's end ess Pains in view Before their Intellectual Eyes No Torch no Star no Middays Beams No peaceful Thought no comforts Light But Ghosts with frightful Howls and Screams Could pierce th' unfathomable Night No sleep could feal their labouring Eyes But dreadful Dreams of following Woes And roaring Storms and rattling Skies And trembling Earths convulsive throws Part 5. verse 50 While thus with weighty Gloom o're thrown Lost AEgypt lay God's dreadful Hand Heavy with ripening Vengeance grown Does newer Wounds and Plagues command Now a thick pestilential Air Is rais'd from late corrupted Gore And sullen Stars malignant glare And Locusts rotting round the shore From Fens and Bogs and poisonous Lakes And what rank venemous Weeds produce From Scorpions Basilisks and Snakes And Toads and Hemlocks baleful Juice All these in One with deadly skill Infernal Spirits temper sure That every Atomes force may kill And neither Art nor Nature cure Out streight commanded Michael flies A thousand Spirits round him wait And on his Spear the mixture tries And loads it with resistless Fate verse 51 No wretched Shed nor homely Stall Where Men repos'd or Beasts were laid But Death at once attack'd 'em all And one continued Slaughter made The first-born Prince the first-born Slave Of Flocks and Herds the Firstlings dy'd Each Floor assign'd its Heir a Grave Each Roof entomb'd its Owner's pride With dying Shrieks and Groans and Cries The frighted Hills and Walls resound All AEgypt now in mourning lies In Sorrows boundless Ocean drown'd Part 6. verse 52 But while Heaven 's warlike Prince at large Thus ravag'd all the sinful Land God of his Israel took the Charge And led them with a gentler Hand verse 53 He was their Shepherd He their Guide His Flock his own Peculiars they His Care their growing Wants supply'd And led them safely all the Day Those Foes who with a furious Will Pursu'd beneath the Seas He drown'd verse 54 And brought them to his Holy Hill With his protecting Presence crown'd verse 55 He all the Nations round expel'd And gave their Lands to Jacob's Race Who then their Towns fecurely held And in their Cities took their place verse 56 Yet still they tempted God and still To Anger mov'd their mighty Lord Nor would their holy Vows fulfil But his Commands and Laws abhorr'd verse 57 They sinn'd as all their Fathers us'd And like an ill-set Bow they broke verse 58 Their Lord with graven Gods abus'd Which might his jealous Rage provoke Each lofty Hill each shady Grove They with their gaudy Idols fill'd Against their Maker boldly strove And there their Sacrifices kill'd verse 59 God heard of all his Anger slam'd And off th' ingrateful Nation threw verse 60 And Shilo's Holy Place disclaim'd That Ark which once his Glories knew Part 7. verse 61 Now God their Strength and all their Pride Resign'd to their insulting Foes verse 62 Who with their Blood their Jave'ins dy'd And fil'd his Heritage with Woes verse 63 Hot feverish flames their Youth consum'd Their mateless Virgins Virgins dy'd verse 64 Altars their mangled Priests entomb'd Their own sad Widow's Tears deny'd verse 65 Thus Justice rang'd the Field at last On Golden Wings bright Mercy rose And God his hotter Fury past Made Love her ancient Smiles disclose Like some fierce Giant rous'd from
Off soon the Shadow flies And both with Beams Divine More bright and strongly shine So all the Nations round Have our Salvation found How God about us waits And all our Health creates verse 4 Let all the Nations round Their Maker's Praises sound O let the Earth rejoice And raise its chearful Voice And all the World combine In Thanks and Songs Divine verse 5 Sing to the Lord ô sing To our Eternal King To well-tun'd Harps ô raise Your Notes of Heav'nly Praise verse 6 O let the Trumpets found Let Cornets Notes rebound And with them loudly sing To our Eternal King verse 7 Let the loud Ocean roar Its Joys from Shoar to Shoar Let Angels bless'd on high With Earth in Praises vye verse 8 O let the Waters sound The ecchoing Hills rebound And with a chearful Noise Express their boundless Joys verse 9 Let All their Joy fulness Before the Lord express For loe He comes with Haste And Awful Glories grac'd His dreadful Summons all To his Tribunal call His Judgment then shall bless The World with Righteousness Truth from his Lips shall flow And all the World shall know Their glorious Judge and see His Love and Equity PSAL. xcix verse 1 CHrist reigns Let all the People round Beneath his Empire quake He sits above the Cherubs crown'd Let Earth's Foundations shake verse 2 The Lord in Sion's great and high Above the People rais'd verse 3 O may his dreadful Majesty His holy Name be prais'd verse 4 Judgment our mighty Monarch loves And Equity prepares And Judgment with his Justice moves In Jacob's bless'd Affairs verse 5 O then exalt the Lord our God Before his Foot-stool bow And spread his wond'rous Works abroad His holy Nature show verse 6 So Moses once and Aaron so Among his Priests appear'd And Samue ' with his Prophets who The God of Jacob fear'd These at his Footstool bow'd and there To him devoutly pray'd And always found his Answers near And all their Faith repaid verse 7 They kept his Testimonies sure His Statute-Laws obey'd And He to Them from Clouds obscure His gentle Answers made verse 8 Sometimes indeed his Wrath severe Their Follies would pursue Yet oft their Cries He 'd kindly hear His Mercies oft renew verse 9 O praise our God's exalted Name Before his A'tars bow Our God our holy Lord proclaim With Praise his Glory show PSAL. c. verse 1 YE who enjoy Salvation's Light To God your Voices raise verse 2 Appear with Gladness in His Sight And Sing your Saviour's Praise verse 3 Our Lord is God indeed it 's He Not We our selves have made Our Shepherd He his People we And in his Pastures laid verse 4 O then approach his Courts his Gates With Thanks and hearty Praise For Praise on his Assembly waits On all his holy Days verse 5 O b'ess his Name for God is good And all his Mercies sure His Truth from Age to Age has stood And shall unchang'd endure Another Metre As the old 100th verse 1-2 O Ye enlighten'd Souls with Praise Before our mighty Lord appear To Him your chearful Voices raise Adore his Name with humblest Fear verse 3 He 's our Almighty God not we But He to us our Substance gave He 's ours we His those Sheep which He Di'd by his own pure Blood to save verse 4 O then approach his Gates with praise And in his Courts his Glories sing On all his own appointed Days Your Sacrisice of Praises sing verse 5 He 's always kind and always good His Favour great his Mercy sure His Truth has ever firmly stood And shall from Age to Age endure PSAL. cj. verse 1 MErcy I 'll sing and Judgment praise And sing my God to Thee verse 2 And wisely walk in perfect Ways O come dear Lord to Me Then with an undissembling Heart I'â—l ever justly move And in my Court in every part Thy sacred Rules improve verse 3 No wicked Actions shall mine Eyes With Satisfaction see And those who things perverse devise Shall ne're be great With Me. verse 4 From Me all froward Fools shall part I 'll none that 's wicked own verse 5 But cut off those whose sland'rous Art Against their Neighbour's shown verse 6 The Heart that 's proud the Look that 's high I 'll ne're at Court endure Eut through the Land my searching Eye Shall faithful Friends procure That Man who treads a perfect Path My Favourite shall be verse 7 But Cheats and those who break their Faith Shall never dwell with Me I 'll bear no Liar in my fight The wicked I 'll destroy verse 8 Till Salem freed from Sinners quite Shall perfect Peace enjoy PSAL. cij A Soul with mighty Woes opprest May thus complaining pray And in deep Sorrows Language drest His weighty Griefs display verse 1 Hear Lord O hear my Prayers and Cries To Me thy Face disclose verse 2 My Soul lost in Affliction dies O heart O ease my Woes verse 3 Grief wasts my Days like Smoke and dries My Bones like Hearths with heat verse 4 My Heart like Grass quite wither'd lies And I forget my Meat verse 5 My Bones break through my shriveling Skin Through my unceasing Groans verse 6 I'm like those doleful Birds which in Wild Desents vent their moans verse 7 Like little Birds which spent with Grief Aboat their Nestlings mourn verse 8 While taunting Foes against my Life With bloody Oaths are sworn verse 9 Ashes my Bread my Drink was Tears While I endur'd thy frown verse 10 Thy I ove once rais'd me up from Fears Thy Wrath now hurts me down verse 11 The Shaddow falls my Life 's weak Flame So sinks like Grass it wains verse 12 But still thou ant thy glorious Name From Age to Age remains verse 13 Rise Lord for Sions help return In time her Woes relieve verse 14 Thy Servants o're her Ruins mourn And for her Ashes grieve verse 15 All Nations then thy Name shall fear All Kings thy Glory see verse 16 When Sions Walls new built appear And Glory springs from thee Part 2. verse 17 God hears the silent Mourner's Prayer O write his Goodness down verse 18 So shall Posterity declare Their mighty God's renown verse 19 God from his Holy Throne his Eye Turn'd down on Earth below verse 20 To save the Men condemn'd to die And let the Prisoners go verse 21 That they in Sions Walls might show His Praise his Name record verse 22 When thither Kings and Kingdoms flow To serve their Mighty Lord verse 23 My Strength my shortned Days he broke Then spare me Lord I pray'd verse 24 Suspend dear Lord thy deadly stroke Thy Years can never fade verse 25 Thy Hands this Earth's Foundations cast And stretch'd the lofty Skies verse 26 They perish but thy Nature lasts And Time it self defies They like a worn-out Garment fail And shall be chang'd for new verse 27 Thou' rt still the same Age can't prevail Nor time thy Steps pursue verse 28 Our Lands shall quickly be suppli'd With
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