i^ 47 Sc83 1771 FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY DlTiriOD SCO Section 375....<>... <>....<>....,...<>....<, . .<> . • <>. •■ <>—<>-^ u J s;=r^-i^_4a„ •^/^ ^ ?. i 3 3 6 r 2 •^ t o ^-k o a^-- , ^ THE PSALMS OF DAVID, In Metre. =^ ^. c rococoooooao -^ r S A L M I. ^' ■ ' ■\Hat man hath perfecl bleiTednefs H who walketh not aftray B In counfel ol; ungodly men, M nor (land's in iinners way, ■ Nor litteth in the fcorner's chair : 2 But placeth his delight Upon God's law, and -meditates on his law day and ni^;ht. 3 He Ihall be like a tree that grows near planted by a ri-vcr, Which in his feajbn yields his fruit, and his leaf fadeth never: And all he doth fliall profper Avelh 4 The wickeji are not fo:' But like they are unto the'.chafF which wind drives to and fro. 5 In judgment therefore fliall not (land fuch as ungodly arts ; Nor in the afTembly of the juft fhall wicked meji appear, 6 For why? the way of godly men unto the Lord is kno.wn : |r 'Whereas the. way of wicked men fliaii quite be overthrown. P S A L. II. WHy rage the heathenr? and vain things why do the people mind ? 2 Kings of the earth do l^t themfelves, and princes are comiain'd, To plot againft the Lord, and his Anointed, faying thus, 3 Let us afunder bnak their bands, and caft their cords from us. 4 He that in heaveo fits, (hall laugh : the Lord (hall fcorn them all. 3 Then (hall he fpeak to them in wrath, ^ in rage he vex them (hall. 6 Yet notwitiiftanding, I have him to be my Kiug.appointe'd: And over Sion my holy hili I have him King anointed. 7 The fure decree I \rA\ declare: the Lord hath feid to m.e. Thou art mine only Son, this day I have begotten thee. r 8 A(k of me, and for heritage the heathen -I'll make thine; And, for pofleffion, I to th^e 3 ODOQOOOOOOaoi. coooooooococo •i^ will give earth's utmod line. 9 Thou Ihalt, as with a weighty red of iron, break them ail ; And as a potter's (lierd thou flialt themdafliin pieces fmall. 10 Now therefore, kings, be vvife, be taught, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve God in fear, and fee tliat ye join trembling with your mirth. I a Kifs ye'lhe Son, left in his ire ye pciT-ih from the way. If once his wrath begin to burn: bleft all that on him Itay. P S A L. IIL OLordj how are my foes increas'd ? againft me many rife, z Many fay of my foul. For him in God no fuccour lies. 3 Yet thou my fhield and glory art, th' uplifter of mine head. 4 I cry'd, and from his holy hill the Lord me anfwer made. 5 I laid me down and flept, I wak'd, for God fuftained me. 6 I v,i!l not fear though thoufands ten fet round againft me be. 7 Arife, O Lord, fave me, my God ; for thou my foes haft ftroke / All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth of wicked men haft broke. 8 Salvation doth appertain unto the Lord alone: ThyblelTmg, Lord, for evermore thy people is npon. P S A L. IV, Give ear unto me when I call, God of my righteoufnefs ; Have mercy, hear my pray'r, thou haft enlarg'd me in diftrefs. s O ye the fonsof men, how long will ye love vanities I How long my glory turn to fhame, and will ye follow lies ? 3 But know that for himfelfthe Lord the godly man doth chufe; The Lord, when I on him do call, to hear will not refufe. ■4 Fear, and fin not, talk with your fieart on bed, andfilentbe. 2 P S A L. J Off 'rings prefent of righteoulnefs, and in the Lord truft ye. 6 who Mill ihcw us any good? is that which many fay : But of thy countenance the light, Lord, lift on us alway. 7 Upon my heart beftow'd by thee more gladnefs I liave fwund. Than they, ev'n they, when ccni and wine did moft •4\ith them abound. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, ard.quiet flecp will take: Btxaufe thou only me to dwell in fcfety, Lord, doft make. ^ P S A L. V. ^ Give ear unto my word?, O Lord, my meditation weigh. 2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God, for 1 to thee will pray. 3 Lord, thou fhalt early hear my voice; I early will dire».T: My pray'r to thee, and looking up an anfwer will exned.. 4 For thou art not a God that doth in wicfccdnefs delight : Neither fhall evil dv/ell with thee; 5 Nor fools ftand in thy fight : All that ill doers are thou hat'ft, 6 Cutt'A- off that liars be: The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee. 7 But I into thy houfe will come in thine abundant grace: And I will worfliip in tliy fear towards thy holy place. 8 Becaufe of thofe mine enemies. Lord, in thy righteoufnefs Do thou me lead ; do thou thy way make ftraight before my face. 9 F-©r4ii-tlTW.mouth tliere^s no truth, their inward paffls ilf; " -- Their throat's an open fcpulchre, their tongue doth flatter Hill. 30 O God, dcllroythem, let them be by their own counfcl quell'd: Them for their many fms cafe out, for they 'gainft thee rcbeil'd. 1 1 But let all joy that truft in thee, and {till make fiiouting noife; For them thou fav'ft: let all that love thy name in thee rcioice. la For, Lord, unto the righteous man thou wait thy blcinng yield; With favour thou wilt compafs linn about, as with a ihield. P S A L. VL T Ord, in thy wrathrcbukc me not, A^ Nor in thy hot rage chaiten me. a Lord, pity me, for I am weak: Heal mc, formvboiieb vexed be. V, VI, VII. 3 My foul is alio vexed fore ; But,Lord,how long ftaywilt thou make.-' 4 Return, O Lord, my foul fet free ; fave me for thy mercy's fake. J Becaufe thofe that decea fed are Of thee fhall no remembrance'have : And who is he that will to thee Give praifes, lying in the grave ? 6 I with my groaning weary arn : 1 alfo, all the night, my bed Have caufcd for to fwim ; and I ^V"ith te:;rs my couch have watered. 7 Mine eye, confura'd v.ith grief, grows old, Becaufe of all mine enemies. 8 Hence from me, wicked woi-kfrs all ; For God hath heard my wei^ing cries. 9 God hath my fupplication he;*rd, My pray'r received graciouily. 10 Sham'd and fore vex'd be all my foes, Sham'd and back turned fuddenly. Another of. the fa7ne. IN thy great indignation, C) Lord, rebuke me not : Nor on me lay thy chaft'ning hand in thy difpleafure hot. 3 Lord, lam weak; therefore on mc have mercy, and me fpare : Heal me, O Lord, becaufe thou know'll my bones m.uch vexed are. 3 My foul is vexed fore: but, Lord, how long ftay vvilt thoii make ? 4 Return, Lord, free my foul, and fave me for thy mercy's fake. 5 Becaufe of thee in death there fliall no more remembrance be : Of thofe that in the grave do lie, who fliall give thanks to thee ? 6 I with my groJining weary am, and all the night my bed I caufed for to fwim : with tears my couch I ^yatered. 7 By realbn of my vexing grief, miine eye confumed is ; It waxfth old, becaufe of all that be mine enemies. 8 But now depart from me, all ye that work iniquity: For why, the I>ord hath heard my voice, » when I did mourn and cry. 9 Unto my fupplication the Lord did hearing give ; When I to him my prayer m.ake, the Lord will it receive. 10 Letallbefham'd and troubled fore that en'mics are to me.; Let them turn back, and fuddenly afliamed.'et them 'be. P S A L. VII. OLord ray God, in thee do I my confidence repofe; P S A L. Save and deliver me from all my perlecuting foes. z Left tha: the enemy my foul I fiiould like a lion tear, In pieces rending it, while there is no deliverer. 3 O Lord my God, if it be fo that I committed this; If it be fo that in my hands iniquity there is: 4 If I rewarded ill to him that was at peace with me ; (Yea, cv'n the man that without caufe my foe was, I did free:) 5 Then let the foe purfue, and take my foul, and my life thnift Down to the earth, and let him lay mine honour in theduft. 6 Riie in thy wrath. Lord, raife thyfelf, for my foes raging be ; And to the judgment which thou haft commanded, wake for me. 7 So fhall th' aflcm.bly of thy folk about encompafs thee : Thou therefore, for their fakes, return unto thy place on high. 8 The Lord he fhall the people judge my judge, JEHOVAH, be. After my.righteoufnefs, and mine integrity in nie. 9 O let the wicked's malice end, but llablifh ftedfaftly The righteous; for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try. 10 In God, who Icives th' upright in heart, is my defence and Hay. 11 Godjufl: men judgeth, God is wroth with ill men ev'ry day. la If he do not return again, then he his fword will wliet ; His bow he hath already bent, and hath it ready fet. 13 He alfo hath for him prepar'd : the inftruments of death ; Againft theperfecutors he «M^ his fliafts ordained iiath. "I4 Behold, he with iniuuity doth travail as in birth', A mifchief he conceived hath, and fal!!!0(;d /hall bring forth. 15 He aridi; a pit, a-d digg'd it deep, another there to take; But he is faiFn into the ditch v/hich he himfelf did make, 16 Upon his own head his mifchief fhall be returned home ; His vi'lent dealing alfo down on his own pate fhall come. I- According to his righteoufnefs" th^ Lord I'll magnify : viT, ^m, IX. 5 And will fmg praife unto the name of God that is moll high. P S A L. Vlil. HOv. excellent in all the earth, L' id, our Lord, is thy napie i* Who haft thy glory far advauc'd above the ftarry frame. % From infants and from fucklings mouth thou dideft ftrength ordain. For thy foes caufe, that fo thou might'ft th' avenging foe reftrain. 3 \Mien I look up unto the heav'ns, which thine own fingers fram'd; Unto the moon, and to the ftars, which were by thee ordain'd : 4 Then fay I, What is man, that he remembred is by thee ? ^y% y Or what the fon of m.an, that thou ^IM fo kind to him fliouldft be ? 5 For th.ou a little lower haft him than th-e angels made. With glory and with dignity thou crowned haft his head. 6 Of thy hand- v.'orks thou mad'ft him lord, all under's feet didft lay: 7 All fheep and oxen ; yea, and beafts tliat in the field do. lb-ay: 8 Fowls of the air, fiili of the iea, all that pafs through the fame. 9 How excellent in all the earth. Lord, our Lord, is thy name ! P S A L. IX, LOrd, thee I'll praife with all my heart, thy w^onders all proclaim, a In thee, moft High, Til greatly joy, and fmg unto thy name. 3 Vv'hen back myfoes wereturn'd, Iheyfell,'^ and perifli'd at thy iighty 4 For thou maintain'dit my rfght and caufe; on throne fat 'ft, judging right. 5 The heathen thau rebuked {laft, ' '' the v.icked overthrown ; Thou haft put out their names, that they may never more be known. 6 O en'my ! now deftrucfticns have an end perpetual : Thou cities raz'd, perifli'd with them is their memorial. ' . 7 God Ihall endure for ay, he dotli for judgment fet his throne; 8 In rigliteoufnefs to judge the world, juftice to give each one.' 9 God alfo will a refuge be for thofe that are oppreft; i A refuge v.ill he be', in times of trouble, to diftreft. 10 And they that knov/ thy name, in thee their confidence will place: For thou haft not forfaken them that truly feek thv face, A 7. 4 P S A L. 1 1 O fing ye praifes to the Lord, that dwells in Zion hill; And, all the nations among, his deeds record ye (till. IZ When he inqiiireth after blood, he then remcinbreth them : The humble folk he not forgets, that call upon his name. 13 Lord, pity me, behold the grief which I from foes fuftain, Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death doft raife me up again : 34 That I, in Sion's daughters gates, may all thy praife advance: And that I may rejoice alv/ays in thy deliverance. 15 The heathen are funk in the pit, which they themfclves prepar'd: And in the net which they have hid, their own feet faft are fnar'd. 16 The Lord is by the judgment known which he himfelf hath wrought : The finners hands do make the fnares, wherewith themfelves are caught. 17 They, who are wicked, into hell r '< each one fliall turned be ; And all the nations that forget to feek the Lord moft high. 58 For they that needy are, fliall not forgotten be ah^-ay ; The expectation of the poor fliall not be loft for ay. 19 Arife, Lord, let not man prevail; judge heathens in thy light. aoThatthey may know themfelves but men, the nations. Lord, affright. P S A L. X. WHerefore is it, that thou, O Lord, doft ftand from us afar ? And wherefore hidtft thou thyfelf, when times fo troublous are ? a The wicked in his loftinefs doth perfecute the poor : In thcle devices they have fram'd, I<:t them be taken fure. 3 The wicked of his heart's defire (loth talk with boafling great ; Ke blciTcth him that's covetous, whom yet the Lord doth hate. 4 The wicked, through his pride of face, on God he doth not call ; And in the counfcls of his heart the Lord is not at all. 5 His ways they ahvays grievous are ; thy iudgments from his fight Removed are : at all l;is foes he pufFeth with defpight. 6 "Within his heart he thus hath faid, I fliwjl obt moved be ; »• And no r.dvcrJitv at aU (/] ■.S^J.r\ X, XI. {hall ever come to me. 7 His mouth with curfmg, fraud, deccfti is fill'd abundantly : And underneath his tongue there is mifchief and vanity, 8 He clofely fits in villages : he flays the innocent : Againft the poor that pafs him by, his cruel eyes are bent. 9 He lion-like lurks in his den ; he waits the poor'to take: And when he draws him in his net',- his prey he doth him make. 10 Himfelf he humblcth very low, he croucheth down withal. That fo a multitude of poor may by his ftrong ones fall. 11 He thus hath faid within his heart The Lord hath quite forgot : He hides his countenance, and he for ever fees it not. ij O Lord, do thou arifc; O God lift up thine hand on high : Put not the meek afflifted ones out of thy memory. 13 Why is it that the wicked man thus doth the Lord defpife ? Becaufe, that God will it require, he in his heart denies. 14 Thou haft it feen, for their mifch' and fpite thou wilt repay: The poor commits himfelf to thee, thou art the orphans ftay. 15 The arm break of the wicked man, and of the evil one ; Do thou feek out his wickednefs, until thou findeft none. 16 The Lord is King, through ages all, ev'n to eternity : The heathen people from his land are perilli'd utterly. 17 O Lord, of thofe that humble are thou the defire didft hear : Thou vvilt prepare their heart, and thou to hear wilt bend thine ear.: 18 To judge the fatherlefs, and thofe that are opprefied fore ; That man, that is but fprung of earth,*- may them opprefs no more. . .". '> P S A L. XL I In the Lord do put my truft ; how is it then that ye , . Say to my foul. Flee as a bird unto your mountain highf , a For lo, the wicked bend their bow^« |i N^ their fhafts on ftring they fit, v^ \ That thofe who upright are in hcart]^ t!;cy privily may hit. 3 If tiie foundations be deftroy'd, what h.ith the righteous done X liff Ca 'Sr- ' / P S A L. t bod in his holy temple is, in heaven is his throne : rlis e'-ea do i;c, his eye-lids try 5 mens Ions. The juft he proves : But his foul hates the wicked man, and him that violence loves. SSnares, fire and brimftone, furious ftorms on fuincrs he fiiali rain : This, as the portion of their eup, doth unto them pertain. 7 Becanfe the Lord mod righteous doth in righteoufnefs delight. And with a pleafant countenance beholdeth the upright. P S A L. XII. HElp, Lord, becaufe the godly man doth daily fade a\Vay; And from among the fons of men the faithful do decay, a Unto his neighbour ev'ry one , 'doth utter vanity: ,They with a double heart do fpeak, and lips of flattery. 3 God fliall cut off all flatt'ring lips, 1 tongues that fpeak proudly thus, 4 \A'e^n with our tongue prevail, our ilps are ours : who's Lord o'er us? 5 For poor oppreft, and for the fighs of needy, rife will I, Saith God, and him in fafety fet from-furh as him defy, 6 The w-ords of God are words moft pure, they.be like hlver try'd In earthen furnace, fcven times that hath been purify'd. 7 Lord, thou flialt them preferve and keep for ever from this race. 8 On each fide walk the wicked, when vile mei^. are high in place. P S A L. XIII. HOw long wilt thou forget me, Lord? fliall it-for ever be ? O how long fhall it be, that thou wilt hide thy face from me ? % How long take counfel in my foul, ftilliad in heart, lliall I? How long exalted over me fiiall be mine enemy ? 3 O Lord my God, confider well, and anfwer to me make : Mine eyes enlighten, left the Ileep of death me overtake; Left that mine ene-my fliould fay, Againft him I pr'evail'd; And thofe that trouble me rejoice, when I am mov'd and fail'd. But I Iiave ail my confidence thy mercy fet upon ; My heart within me Ihall rejoice iiithyfalvajtion, T' /: XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI. 6 I will unto the Lord my God fing praifescheeruiily, Becaufe he hath his bounty fhown to me abundantly. P S A L. XIV. Hat there-is not a God,- the fool doth- in his heart conclude : They are corrupt, their works are vile, notone of them doth good. % Upon mens fons the Lord from heav'n . did caft his eyes abroad; To fee if any underftood, > and did fcek after God. 3 They altogether filthy are, they all aiide are gone ; And there is none that doeth good, yea, fure there is not one. 4 Thefe workers of iniquity, do th.ey not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, and on God do not call ? 5 There fear'd they much ; for God is with the whole race of the juft. 6 You (hame the counfel of the poor, becaufe God is his truft. 7 Let' IfraTs help from Zion come: when back tlie Lord fhall bring His captives, Jacob fhall rejoice, , and Ifrael fhall fing. P S A L. XV. Within thy tabernacle, Lord, who fliall abide with thee ? And in thy high and holy hill who fhall a dweller be ? ^ The man that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteoufnefs. And, as he thinketh in his heart, lb dath he truth exprefs. 3 Who doth not flander vn'L\\ his tongue, nor to- his friend doth hurt ; Nor yet againft his neighbour doth take up.an ill report. 4 j[tt whofe byes vile men aredefpis'd; but thofe that God do fear He honoureth: and changeth not, though to his hurt he fwear. 5 His coin puts not to ufury, nor take reward will he Againft the guiltlefs. Who doth thus, fliall never moved be. P S A L. XVI. Ord, keep me: fen- I truft in thee. ^ To God thus was raffpeech: Thou art my Lord, and unto thee my goodnefs doth not reach : 3 To faints on earth, to th' excellent, where my deh'ght's all plac'd. 4 Their forrows fhWl be multiply'd, to other gods tiiat hafte : Of their (Jrink-oITcrings of bloqd L' /^ ^/^. r.o 6 P S A L. I will no oft'rin^- make: Yea, neither I their very names up in my lips will take. 5 God is of mine inheritance and cup the-poition: The lot that fallen is to me, thou doft maintain alone. 6 Unto me hnppi-Iy the lines in pleafant plac'es fell ; Yea, the inheritance'! got, in beauty doth ekcel. 7 I blefs the Lord, becaufe he doth by counfel me condud : And, in the feafons of' the night, my reins do me inftrudt. 8 Before me ftil! t!;e Lord 1 fet: fiih it is lb that hfe Doth ever ftand at my right hand, I flial! not moved be. 9 Becaufe of this my heart is glad, and joy fliall be exprefl: Ev'n by my glory: and "my flefii in confidence fliall reft. 10 Becaufe my foul in grave to dwell fhsll not be left by thee ; ?N^or wilt thou Jjive thine holy One corruption to fee. 1 1 Thou wilt me fl-iew the path of life : of joys there is full flore Before thy face, at thy right hand are pleafures evermore. P S A L. XVIL LOrd, hear the right, attend my cry, unto my pray'r give heed, I'hat doth not in hypocrify from feigned lips proceed. 2 And from before thy prefence forth my fenteuce do thou fend : Toward thefe things that equal are, do thou thine eyes intend. 3 Thou prov'dft mine heart, thouvifit'dftme by night, thou didlt me try, Yet nothing found'ft ; for that my mouth fliall not f.n, purposed L 4 As for Jiiens works, I by the word that from thy lips doth flow, Did me preferve out of the paths whtrcir. deftroyers go. 5 Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide in thofe thy paths divine. So that my footfteps m.ay not fiide out of thefe ways of thine. 6 I called have on thee, O God, becaufe liiou wilt me hear: That thou r.iayft hearken tp my fpeech, to me incline thine ear. 7 Thy wondrous loving 1-indnefs ftiow, tiiuu that by thy right hand Sav'ft them that truft in tbce, from thefe that up ag;u:.ft them f.and. XVII, XVIII. 8 As th' apple of thine eye me keep; in thy wings fliade me clofe: 9 From lewd oppreflbrs, compaffing me round, as deadly foes. 10 In their own fat they are inclos'd: their mouth fpeaks loftily. 11 Our fteps they compaft ; and to grourj tlown bowing fet their eye. IX He like unto a lion is, that's greedy of his prey. Or lion young, which lurking doth in fecret places ftay. 13 Arife, and difappoint my foe, and caft him down, O Lord ? My foul fave from the wicked man, the man which is th.y fword. ' 14 From men which art thy hand, O Lor from worldly men me fave, Which only in this prefent life their part and poriirn have: VVhofe belly with thy trcafure hid thou fill'ft, they children have In plenty, of their goods the reft they to their children leave. 15 But as forme, I thine own face in righteoufnefs will fee: And with thy likenefs, when I wake I fatisfy'd fhall be. P S A L. XVIIL ''pllee will I love, O Lord, my ftrengtlj X 2 Mvfortrcfsis the Lord, i My rock, and he that doth to me deliverance aftbrd: My God, my ftrength, whom I will truft' a buckle r unto me, ' The horn of my falvation, and my high tcw'r is he. 3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is of praifes, will I cry : And then (liall I preferved be fafe from mine enemy. 4 Floods of ill men affrighted m.e, death's pangs about me went. J Hell's forrows me environed: death's fnares did me prevent. 6 In my diftrefs I call'd on God, cry to my God did I : He from his tem.ple heard my voice, to his ears came my cry. 7 Th' earth, as affrighted, then did Hiak trembling upon it fei/'d; The hills foundations moved were, becaufe he was difpleas'd. i Up from his noftrils came a fmoke, aud fi-om his moulh there came Devouring fire, and coals by it v/ere tunitd into llam.e. 9 I Ic alfo bowed down the heav'ns, and thence he did defcend : And thicke-f. clouds of dar'uicf; did P S A L under his feet attend. D And he upon a cherub rode, and thereon he did fly: I'ea, on the i'wift wings of the wind his flight was fi-om on high. He darknefs made his fecrct place: about him for his tent, )ark waters were, and thickeft clouds of th' airy firmament. z And at the bright nefs of that Hght which was before his eye, lis thick clouds part away, hailftones and coals of fire did fly. The Lord God alfo in the heav'ns did thunder in !iis ire : ind there the Highcft gave his voice, hailftones and coals of fire. 4 Yea, he his arrows fent abroad, and them he fcattered; ■lis lightnings alfo he flu.t out, and them difconifitcd'. 5 The waters channels then were feen, the world's foundations vaft \.t thy rebuke difcover'd were, and at thy uoftrils blaft. 6 And from above the Lord fent down, and took me from below ; ■Vom many waters he me drew, which would me overflow. 7 He m.e reiiev'd from my ftrong foes, and i uch as did me hate ; kcaufe he faw that they for me too ftrong were, and too great. 8 They me prevented in the day of my calamity: iut even then the Lord himfelf a ftay was unto mc 9 He to a place, where liberty and room was, hath me brought : Becaufe he took deiigiit in me, he my dcliv'rance wrought. 10 According to my righteoufnefs he did me recompenfe. ^e me repaid according to my hands pure iiiuocence, ii For I God's v.ays kept, from my God did not turn wickedly, u His judgments were before me, I his laws put not from me. S3 Sincere before him was my heart, with him upright was I : \.nd watchfully I kept myfelf from mine iniquity. .4 After my righteoufnefs the Lord hath recompenfed me, lifter the cleannefs of my hands appearing in his eye. 15 Thou gracious to the gracious art, to upright men upright. ;6 Pure to the pure, frowardthou kytii'ft XVIII. 7 "unto the froward wight. 17 For thou wilt the afllicted fave, in grief that low do ly : Bat wik bring down the countenance of them whole looks are high. 28 The Lord will light my candle fo, that it ftiall fliine fuH'bright: The Lord my God will alfo make my darkjiefs to be light. 29 By thee through troops of men I break, and them difcomftt all: And, by m.y God alhfting me, I over-leap a wall. 30 As for God, perfeft is his way; the Lord his word is try'd: He is a buckler U, all thofj w ha do in him confide. 5 1 "Who but the Lord is G >d ? but he who is a rock and ftay? 31 'Tis God that girdeth me with ftrengtb. and perfcift makes my way. 33 He made my feet fwift as the hinds, fet me on my high places. 34 Mine han'ds to war he taught, mine aiTns brake bows of fteel in pieces. 35 The fliield of thy falvation thou didft on me beftow : Thy right hand held me up, and great thy kindncfs made me grow. 36 And, in my way, my fteps thou haft enlarged imder me : That I go fafely, and my feet are kept from Aiding free. 37 Mine eu'mies I purfued have, auvl did them overtake : Nor did I turn again, till I an end of them did make. 38 I wounded them, they could not rife: the^' at my feet did fall. 39 TIiou girdcdft nie with ftrength for war: my foes thou brought'ft down all. 40 And thou haft giv'n to me the necks of all mine enemies: That I might them deftroy and flay who did againft me rife. 41 They cried out, but there was none that would or could them five : Yea, they did cry unto the Lord, but he no anfwer gave. 42 Then I did beat them fmall as duft before the wind that flies: And 1 did caft them out like dirt upon the ftreet that lies. 43 Thou mad'ft me free from peoples (IriiV, and Iicatkens head to be : A people, whom I have not known, fliall fervice do to me. 44 At heaving they fnaii me obey, to me they fliall fubmit. 45 Strangers for fear fhall fade away, -0^ a. 8 P S A L. who in clofe places fit. 46 God lives, bleft be my Rock; the God of my health piaifed be. 47 God doth avenge me, andfubdues the people under me. 48 He faves me from mine enemies : yea, thou haft lifted me Above my foes ; and from the man of vi'lence fet me free. 49 Therefore to thee will 1 give thanks the heathen folk among : And to thy name, O Lord, I will ling praifcs in a fong. 50 He great deiivVance gives his king: he mercy doth extend To David, his anointed one, and his feed without end. P S A L. XIX. THe hcav'ns God's glory do declare, the Ikies his hand-works, preach. 2, Day utters fpeech to day, and ni^'i.t to night doth knowledge teach. 3 There is no Ipeech, nor tongue, to which their voice doth not extend. 4 Their line is gone through all the earth, their words to the world's end. In their, he fet the fun a tent, 5 Who oiidegroom-like forth goes From's chamber, as a ftrong man doth, to run his race, rejoice. 6 From hcav'ns end is his going forth, circling to th' end again : And there is nothing from his heat that hidden doth remain. 7 . God's law is perfed:, and converts the foul in hn that lies: God's teltiinony is molt fui e, and makes the fimpie wife. 8 The Itatutes of the Lord are right, and do rejoice the heart: The Lord's command is pure, and doth light to the eyes impart. 9 Unfpottcd is the fear of God, and doth endure for ever: ■ The judgmen's of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 They more than gold, yea, much fine gold, to be defiredare: Than honey, honey from the comb that droppeth, fwecter far. 11 Moreover, they thy fervantwarn how he his life Ihould frame : A great reward provided is for them that keep the liime. iz ^A'ho can his eiTors underftand? O cleanfe thou me w ithin 13 From fecret faults. Thy fervant keep from all prefumptuous fin: And do not fuffer them to have dominion over me : ( XIX, XX, XXI. Then righteous and innocent I from much fin fiiall be. i4Thewords v/hich from my m.outh proceec the thoughts fent from my heart. Accept, O Lord; for thou my ftrength and my Redeemer art. P S A L. XX. JEhovah hear thee in the day when trouble he doth fend: And let the name of Jacob's God ' thee from all ill defend. 2 O let him help fend from above, out of his fanetuary : From Sion his own holy hill, let him give ftrength to thee. 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, accept thy facrifice : 4 Grant thee thine heart's wirn, and fulfil thy thoughts andcounfel wife. 5 In thy falvation we will joy ; in our God's name we will Difplay our banners: and the Lord thy prayers ail fulfil. 6 Now know I, God his king doth fovCi I he from his holy heav n Will hear him, with the laving ftrength by his own right hand givn. 7 In chariots fome put confidence, fome horfes trull upon : But we remember will the name of our Lord God alone. 8 We rife, and upright iiand, when they are bowed down, and tall. 9 Deliver, Lord, and let the King us hear, when we do cal'. P S A L. XXI. THe king in tl\y great ftrength, O Lord; fliall very joyful be: In thy falvation rejoice how veh'mently fhall he .'' 2 Thou haft beftowed upon lijm all that his heart would have. And thou from him didft not withhold v.hate'er his lips did crave. 3 For thou with bleftings him prevcnt'ft of goodnefs manifold ; And thou haft fet upon his head a crown of pureft gold . 4 A\ hen he defired life of thee, thou life to him didft give ; Ev'n fuch a length of days, that he for evermore fliculd live. 5 In that falvation wrought by thee, his glory is made great : Honour and comely majefty thou haft upon him fet. 6 Becaufe that thou for evermore moft blcfled haft liim made : And thou haft with thy countenance made him exceeding glad. P S A L. 7 Secaufc tiie king upon Ihe Lord his confidenct' doth lay, .And throuL;h the grace of the moft High Oiall not be mov'd away. 8 Tliine hand iliall all thole men find out that en'mies are to thee, Ev'n thy right hand Ihall find out thcfe of thee that haters be. 9 Like fiery ov'n thou flialt them make, when kindled is thine ire : God fliall them fwallow in his wrath, devour them fhall the fire. 10 Tiieir fruit from earth thou llialt deftroy, their feed men from among. 1 1 For they beyond their might 'gainft thee did plot mifchief and wrong. izTliouthercforefiialt ma'lsiethem turnback, when thou thy lliafts (h.ilt place Upon thy firings, made ready all to fly ngainft their face. 13 In thy great pow'r and ftrength, O Lord, be thou exalted high; So fhall we fing with joyful hearts, thy power praife lliall we. P S A L. xxi'r. MY God, mv God, why haft thou me forfaken .? why fo far Art thou from helping me, and from my words that roring are ? a All day, my Ciod, to thee I cry, yet am not heard by thee ; And in tlie feafon of the night I cannot filent be. 3 But thou art holy, thou that doft inhabit Ifra'l's praife. 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop 'd, and thou didft them releafe. 5 When unto thee they feiit their cry, to them deliv'rance came : Becaufe they put their truft in thee, they were not put to fliame. 6 But as for me, a worm I am, and as no man I'm priz'd: Reproach of men I am, and by the people am defpis'd. 7 All that me fee, laugh me to fcorn : flioot out the lip do they. They nod aiid fhake their heads at me, and, mocking, thus do fay, 8 This m.an did truft in God, that he would free him by his might: Let him deliver him, fith he had in him fuch delight. 9 But thou art he out of the womb that didft me fafely take : When 1 was on my mother's breafts, thou me to hope didft make. 10 And 1 was caft upon thy care, ev'n from the womb 'till now: And from my mother's belly, Lord, 3 B XXIT. 9 my God and guide art thou. u Be not far oft", for grief is near; and none to help is found, n Bulls many compafs mc, ftrong bulls of Baflian me furround. 13 Their mouths they open'd wide on me, upon me gape did they, Like to a lion ravening, and roring for his prey. 14 Like water I'm pour'd out, my bones all out of joint do part: Amidft my bowels, as the wax, fo melted is my heart. 15 My ftrength is like a potfherd dry'd: my tongue it cleaveth faft Unto my jaws ; and to the duft of death thou brought me haft. 16 For dogs ha\^ compafs'd me about: the wicked that did meet In their affcmbly, me inclos'd; they pierc'd my hands and feet. 17 I all my bones may teil: they do upon me look and ftare. 18 Upon my vcfture lots Ihey caft, and clothes among them ftiare. 19 But be not far, O L©rd, my ftrength; hafte to give, help to me. 20 From fword my foul, from pow'rof dog3 my dailing fet thou free. 21 Out of the roring lion's mouth do thou me fliield and lave : For from the horns of unicorns an ear to me thou gave. 22 i will fliew forth thy nam^e unto thofe that my brethren are : Amidft the congregation thy praife I will declare. 23 Praife ye the Lord, who do him fear; him glorify, all ye The feed of Jacob ; fear him all that Ifra'l's children be. 24 For he defpis'd not, nor abhorr'd th' afHided's raifery: Nor from him hid liis face, but heard when he to him did cry. 25 Within the congregation great my praife fhall be of thee; My vows before them that him fear fhall be perform'd by me. 26 The meek fhall eat, and fliall be fill'd; they alfo praife fliall give Unto the Lord, that do him feek; your heart fliall ever live. 27 All ends of th' earth remember fliall, and turn the Lord unto : All kindreds of the nations to him fhall homage do : 28 Becaufe the kingdom to the Lord e doth appertain, as his; Likewife among the nations ID the governor he is. , 29 Earth's fat ones eat, and worfhip fhall: all who to duft defcend Shall bow to him, none of them can his foul from death defend. 30 A feed fhall fervice do to him, . unto the Lord it feall Be for agencration reck'ned in ages all. 31 They fliall come, and they fliall declare his truth and righteoufnefs Unto a people yet unborn, and that he hath done this. P S A L. XXIII. THe Lord's my fhepherd, I'll not want, a He makes me down to ly In paftures green : he leadeth me the quiet waters by. 3 My foul he doth reftore again ; and me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteoufnefs, ev'n for his own name's fake. 4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill: For thou art with me, and thy rod and ftaft" me comfort ftill. 5 My table thou haft furnifhed, in prefence of my foes : Jly head thou doit with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. 6 Goodnefs and mercy all my Ufe fhall furely follow me: And in God's houfe for evermore my dweUing-pIace fhall be. P S A L. XXIV. THe earth belongs unto the Lord, and all that it contains ; The world that is inhabited, and all that there remains. 0, For the foundations thereof he on the fcas did lay. And he hath it eftabliflied upon the floods to ftay. 3 Who is the man that fl.all afccnd into the hill of God ? Or, who within his holy place fhal! have a firm abode ? 4Whofe hands are clean, whofe heart is pure, and unto vanity Who hath not lifted up his foul, r.or fwcrn deceitfully. 5 He from th' Eternal fliall receive the bleflmg him upon. And righteoufnefs ev'n from the God of his falvation. 6 This is the generation that after him enquire, O Jacob, vi'ho do feck thy face with their whole hearts dtfire. 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high, P S A L. XXIII, XXIV, XXV; ye doors that laft for ay, Be lifted up, that fo the King of glory enter may. 8 But who of glory is the King ? the mighty Lord is this ; Ev'n that fame Lord, that great in might and ftrong in battle is. 9 Ye gates, lift up your heads, ye doors, doors that do laft for ay. Be lifted up, that fo the King of glory enter may. 10 But who is he that is the King of glory ? who is this ? The Lord of hofts, and none but he the King of glory is. P S a'l. XXV. To thee I lift my foul : a O Lord, I truft in thee: My God, let me not be aiham'd, nor foes triumph o'er me. 3 Let none that wait on thee be put to fhame atall; But thofe that without caufe tranfgrefs* let fhame upon them fall. 4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; thy paths, O teach thou me : 5 And do thou lead me in thy truth, therein my teacher be : For thou art God that doft to me falvation fend, And I upon thee all the day expeding do attend. 6 Thy tender mercies. Lord, I pray thee to remember. And loving kindnefles ; for they have been of old for ever. 7 My fins and faults of youth do thou, O Lord, forget; After thy mercy think on me, and for thy goodnefs great. 8 God good and upright is: the way he'll finners fliow. 9 The meek in judgment he will guide, and make his path to know. 10 The whole paths of the Lord are truth and mercy lure. To thofe that do his cov'nant keep, and teftimonies pure. 11 Now for thine own name's fake, O Lord, I thee intreat To pardon mine iniquity; for it is very great, iz What man is he that fears the Lord, and dotii him ferve? Him fhall.he teach the way that he fhall chufe, and ftill obferve. 13 His foul Ihall dwell at eafe, and his pofterity Shall flouriflr ftill, and cf the earth inheritors fliall be. I 14 With thofe that fear him is I , the fecret of the Lord : The knowledge of his covenant he will to thena afford. I . is Mine eyes upon the Lord ! continually are fet : For he it is that Ihall bring forth my feet out of the net. 16 Turn unto me thy face, and to me mercy fhow: Becaufe that I am defolate, and am brought \'ery low. 17 My heart's griefs are increas'd : me from diftrefs relieve. j8 See mine affliction and my pain, and all my fins forgive. 19 Confidcr thou ray foes, becaufe they many are. And it a cruel hatred is, which they againft me bear. 20 O do thou keep my foul, do thou deliver me: And let me never be afliam'd, becaufe I truft in thee. il Let uprightnefs and truth keep me, who thee attend, a 2 Redemption, Lord, to Ifracl from all his troubles fend . Another of the fame, TO thee 1 lift my foul, O Lord: a My God, I truft in thee: Let me notbealham'd; let not my foes triumph o'er me. 3 Yea, let thou none alhamed be that do Oil thee attend ; Afhamed let them be, O Lord, who without caufc offend. 4Thy ways, Lord, fiiew; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in truth, teach me: For of my fafety thou art God, all day I wait on thee. 6 Thy mercie'^, that moft tender are, do thou, O Lord, remember, Andio\ingkindnefles; for they have been of old for ever. 7 Let not the errors of my youth, nor fins remembred be : In mercy, for thy goodnefs fake, O Lord, remember mc. 8 The Lord is good and gracious, he uprighft is alfo: He therefore finners will inftrucft in ways that they fhould go. 9 The meek and lowly he will guide in judgment juft alway : To meek and pooraffliifted ones he'll clearly teach his way. 10 The whole paths of the Lord our God are truth and mercy fure. To fuch as keep his covenant, P S A L. XXVI. II and tcftimonies pure. 11 Now for thine own name's fake, O Lord I humbly thee intreat To pardon mine iniquity; for it is very great. 12 What man fears God ? him ftiallhe teach the way that he fliall chufe. 13 His foul lliall dwell at eafc, his feed theesrth, as heirs, (hall ufe, 14 The fecret of the Lord is with fuch as do fear his name ; And he his holy covenant will manifelttothem. 15 Towards the Lord my waiting eycs continually are fet: For he it is that fhall bring forth my feet out of the net 16 O turn thee unto me, O God, have mercy me upon: Becaufe I folitaryam, and in affliction. 17 Enlarg'd the griefs are of mine heart: me from diftrefs relieve. 18 See mine affli(5tion and my pain, and all my fins forgive. 19 Confider thou mine enemies, becaufe they many are. And it a cruel hatred is which they againft me bear. 20 O do thou keep my foul, O God, do thou deliver me : Let me not be afliam'd; for I r put my truft in thee. 21 O let integrity and truth keep me, who thee attend. 22 Redemption, Lord, to Ifrael from all his troubles fend. P S A L. XXVL Judge me, O Lord, for I have walk'J in mine integrity : 1 trufted alfo in the Lord ; Hide therefore Ihall not L 2 Examine me, and do me prove ; try heart and reins, O God. 3 For thy love is before mine ^es, thy truth's paths I have trode. 4 With perfons vain I have not fat, nor with diflemblers gone. 5 Th' aflembly of ill men I hate: to fit with fuch I fhun. 6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, I'll wafh and purify: So to thine holy altar go, and compafs it will I. 7 That I, with voice of thankfgiving', may publifh and declare. And tell of all thy mighty works that great and wondrous arc. 8 The habitation of thy houfc, , "-. Lord, I have loved weljj B V 12 P S A L. Yea, in that place I do delight where doth thine honour dwell. 9 With finners gather not my foul, and fuch as blood would Ipill: loWhofehandsmifchievous plots, right hand corrupting bribes do fill. 11 But as for me, I will walk on in mine integrity : Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord, be merciful to me. 12 My foot upon an even place _ doth ftand with ftedfaRncfs: "Within the congregations th' Eternari will blefs. PSA L. xxvir. THe Lord's my light and laving health, who ihall make me difmaid ? My life's firenejth is the Lord, of whom then iTiall 1 be afraid > 2 Vv hen as mine enemies and foes, moft wicked perfons all, To eat my fielh againft me rofe, they ftumblcd and did fall. 3 Againft me though an hofl: encamp, my heart yet fearlefs is: Though war againft me rife, I will be confident in this. 4 One thing I of the Lord defir'd, and will feek to obtain, That all days of my life I may Avithin God's lioufe rem.ain< That I the beauty of the Lord behold may and admire. And tliat I in his holy place m?y rev'rently enquire.' 5 For he, in his pavilion, fliall me hide in evil days: In fecret of hie tent me hide, and on a rock me raife. 6 And now, ev'n at this prefent time, mine head Ihall lifted be Above all thofe that are my foes, and round encompafs me: Tlierefore unto his tabernacle I'll fa edifices bring Of joyfulnefs, I'll fing, yea, I to God will praifes !ing. 7 O Lord, give ear unto my voice, when 1 do cry to thee: Upon me alfo mercy have, and do thou anfwer me. 8 When thou didft fay, Seek ye my face ; tlien unto thee reply Thus did my heart. Above all things thy face, Lord, feek will I. 9 Far from me hide thou not thy face, put not away from thee Thy fei-yant in thy wrath: thou haft an helper been to me. O God of rny fa 1 vat ion, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX. leave me not, nor forfake. 10 Though me my parents both ftiould leave, the Lord will me up take. 11 O Lord, inftruct me in thy way, to me a leader be In a plain path, becaufe of thofe that hatred bear to me. 12 Give me not to mine en'mies will ; forwitneffes, that lie, Againft me rifen are, and fuch as breathe out cruelty. 13 I fainted had, unlefs that I believed had to fee The Lord's own goodnefs in the land of them that living be. 14 Wait on the Lord, and be thou ftrong, and he Ihall ftrength afford Unto thine heart ; yea, do thou wait, 1 i"ay, upon the Lord. P S A L. XXVIIL TO thee I'll cry, O Lord, my rock, hold not thy peace to me ; Left like thofe that to pit defcend I by thy filence be. a The voice hear of my humble pray'rs, when unto thee I cry : AVhen to thy holy oracle I lift mine hands on high. 3 With ill men draw me not away, that work iniquity. That fpeak peace to their friends, while in their hearts doth mifchief lie. 4 Give them according to their deeds, and ills endeavoured: And as their handy-works deferve, to them be rendered. 5 Gcd fliall not build, but them deftroy, who would not underftand The Lord's own works, nor did regard the doing of his hand. 6 For ever blcfled be the Lord, for gracioufly he heard The voice of my petitions, and prayers did regard. 7The Lord's my ftrength and fhield,my heart upon him did rely ; And I am helped : hence my heart doth joy exceedingly, And with my fong I will him praife. 8 Their ftrength is God alone : He alfo is the faving ftrength of his anointed one. 9 O thine own people do thou fave, blefs thine inheritance : Them alfo do thou feed, and them for evermore advance. P S A L. XXIX. Give ye unto the Lord, ye fons that of the mighty be ; ^U ftrength and glory to the Lor^i PSA with cheerfulnefs give ye. a Unto^the Lord the glory give, that to his name is due; And in the beauty of hohnefs, t- unto Jehovah bow. 13 3 The Lord's voice on the waters is: tile God of niajcfty Doth thunder, and on muhitudes of waters iitteth he. 4 A povv'rful voiceitis, that comes out frem the Lord moft high ; The voice of that great Lord is full of glorious majefty. 5 The voice or the Eternal doth afunder cedars tear: Yea, God tlie Lord doth cedars break that Lebanon doth bear. 6 He makes them hkc a calf to Ikip, ev'n that great Lebanon, And like to a young unicorn the moimtain Sirion. 7 God's voice divides the flames of fire: 8 The defert it doth fhake: The Lord doth make the wildernefs of Kadelh all to quake. 9 God's voice doth make the hinds to calve, it makes the foiefts bare : And in his temple ev'ry one his glory doth declare. 10 The Lord fits on the floods: the Lord fits King, and ever ihall. 11 The Lord v>'i]l give his people ftrength, and with peace blefs them all. P S A L. XXX. LOrd, I v>nll thee extol; for thou haft lifted me on high, And over me thou to rejoice mad ft not mine enemy. a O thou who art the Lord my God, I ill diffrefs to thee With loud cries lilted up my voice, and thou haft healed me. 3 O Lord, my foul thou haft brought up, ,and refcu'd from the grave : That I to pit fliould not go down, alive thou didft me fave. 4 O ye that are his holy ones, fing praife unto the Lord ; And give unto him thanks, when you his holinefs record. 5 For, but a moment lafts his wrath, life in his favour lies : \N''eeping may for a night endure, at m^orn doth joy arife. 6 In my profperity, I faid, that nothing fiialllne move. 7 O Lord, thou haft my mountain made to ftand ftrong by thy love: Put when that thou, O gracious God, didft hide thy face from me. L. XXX, XXXI. Then quickly was my profp'rous ftate turn'd into mifery. 8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry I cauled to afcend : My humble fuppHcation I to the Lord did fend. 9 "^^'hat profit is there in my -blood, when I go down to pit ? Shall un'io thee the dnft give praife? thy truth declare fliall it? 10 Hear, Lord, have mercy, help me. Lord : II Tiiou turned haft my ladneis To dancing; yea, my fackcloth loos'd, and girded me with gladnefs: 13 That iing thy praife my glory may, and never filent be: O Lord my God, for evermore I will give thanks to thee. P S A L. XXXL IN thee, O Lord, 1 put my truft, fliam'd let me never be: According to thy righteuufncfs, do thou deliver me. 2 Bow down thine ear to me, with fpeed fend me deliverance: To iave me, my ftrong rock be thou, and my houfe of defence. 3 Becaufe thou art my rock, and thee I for my fortrefs take : Therefore do thou me lead and guide, ev'n for thine ov^rn name's iake. 4 And fith thou art my ftrength, therefore pull me out of the net. Which they in fubtilty for me fo ptivily have fet. 5 Into thine hands I do commit my fp'rit; for thou art he, O thou JEI-IUVAH, Cod of truth, that haft redeemed me. 6 Thofe that do lying vanities regard, I have abhorr'd : But as for me, my confidence is fixed on the Lord. 7 I'll in thy mercy gladly joy: for thou my miferics Confider'd haft ; thou haft my foul known in adverfities: 8 And tliou haft not inclofed ine within the en'mies hand; And by thee have my feet beeii made in a large room to ftand. 9 O Lord, upon me mercy have; for ti-ouble is on me: Mine eye, my belly, and my foul with grief confumcd be. 10 Becaufe my life with grid' is fpent. my years with fighs and groans ; My ftrength doth fail; and for my fia confumed are my bones. Ill v/as a fcorn to all my foes. M P S A L. and to my friends a feav : And fpecially reproach'd of tliofe that were my neighbours near; When they me faw, they from me fled. 12 Ev'n fo I am forgot. As men arc out of mind when dead: I'm like a broken pot. 13 For flandcrs I of many heard, fear ccmpafl: me, while they Againft me did confult arjd plot to take my life away. 14 But as for mt, O Lord, my truft upon thee I did lay: And I to thee. Thou art my God, did confidently fay. 15 My times are wholly in thine hand: do thou deliver me From their hands that mine enemies and perfecutors be. 16 Thy countenance to fhine do tlioa upon thy fervant make : Unto me give falvation, for thy great mercies fake. 17 Let me not be aftiam'd, O Lord, for on thee call'd I have : l*et wicked men be fliam'd, let them be filcnt in the gi'ave. 18 To (ilence put the lying lips, ll-.at grievous things do fay. And hard reports, in pride and fcorn, on righteous men do lay. 19 How great's the goodncfs thou for them that fear thee keep'ft in ftore; And v.Tt)ught'ft for them that truft in thee, the fons of men before ! 2 In fccnt of thy prcfence, thou flialt hide them from man's pride; Frorr; ftrife of tongues, thou clofely fhalt, as in a tent them hide. 31 A\l praife and thanks be to the Lord; for lie hath magiilfy'd iiis wandroiis love to me, within a city fortify'd. ;; For from thine eyes cut off I am, ( I in my IkiAc hid faid :) My voice yet heardTi thou, when to thee with cries my mone 1 made. 2j OlovetfiC Lord, all ye his faints; becaufe the Lord doth guard The faithful, and he plenteoudy proud doers doth reward. 24 Be of good courage, and he ftrength unto your hearts flia'l fend. All yc whufc hope and confidence doth on the Lord depend. P S A L. XXXJI. OC'cffed is the man, to whom is freeK" pardoned Ali the tranfgrellion he hath doiie, '.vholc Iin ii covered. - XXXII, XXXIII. 2 Bleft is the man, to whom the Lorif imputeth not his fin. And in whofe fp'rit there is no guile, nor fraud is found therein. 3 When as i did refrain my fpeech, and filent was my tongue; My bones then waxed old, becaufe I rored all day long. 4 For, upon me both day and night thine hand di,d heavy lie; So that my moiilure turned is » in fummer'f drought thereby, 5 I thereupon have unto thee my Iin acknowledged. And like wife mine iniquity , 1 have not covered : 1 wjll confel's unto the Lord my trefpafles, faid 1 ; And of my fin thou freely didil forgive th' iniquity. 6 For this fliall ev'ry godly one his prayer make to thee : In fuch a time he fhall thee feek, as found thou mayeft be. Surely, when floods of waters great do f\\ ell up to the brim. They fhall not overwhelm his foul, , nor once come near to him, 7 Thou art my hiding-place, thou fhalt from trouble keep me free : Thou, with f( ngs of deliverance, about fhali compafe me. 8 I will inftrucft thee, and thee teach the way that thou fhalt go: And with mine eye upon thee fet, I will direction fhow. 9 Then be not like the horfe or mule, which do not underftand; Whofe mouth, left they come near to thcc^ a bridle muft command. 10 Unto the man that wicked is, his forrows fhall abound ; But him that trufteth in the Lord mercy fliall cornpafs round, 11 Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, in him do ye rejoice : All ye that upright are in heart, for joy lift up your voice. P S A L. XXXIIL YE righteous, in the Lord rejoice; , it comely is, and right, i That npiight men, with thankful voice, 1 fnould praife the Lord of might. 2 Praiie God with harp, and unto him fing with the pfaltery. Upon a ten-ftring'd inftrument make ye fweet melody. 3 A new fong to him fing, and play with loud noife Ikilfully. . J 4 For right is God's word ; all lus works I ? S A L. XXXIV, XXXV. are done in verity. 5 To judgment ami to righteoufnefs a love he beareth ftill: The loving kindncfs of tlie Lord the earth tlu'oughout doth fHl. 6 The heavens by the word of God did then- beginning take ; And, by the breathing of his mouth, he all their hofts did make. 7 The waters of the feas he brings together as an heap : And, in ftore-houfes, as it were, he layeth up the depth. 8 Let earth, and all that live therein, vith rev'rencc fear the Lord: Let all the world's inhabitants dread him with one accord, 9 For he did fpeak tJie word, and done it was without delay ; Eftabliflied it firmly flood whatever he did fay. 10 God doth the coiinftl bring to nought which heathen folk do take ; And what the people do devife, of none effect doth make. ji O! but the coiinfel of the Lord doth ftand for ever fure; And of his heait the pui-pofes from age to age endure. X2 That nation blefTed is, whofe God JEHOVAH is ; and thofe A blefled people are, \\ hom for his heritage he chofe. 13 The Lord Trom heaven fees and beholds all fons of men full well. 14 He views all from his dwelling-place that in the eartii do dwell. is He forms their hearts alike, and all their doings he oLferves. X6 Great hofis fave not a king, much llrengtb no mighty man preferves. 17 An horfe for preiervation is a deceitful thing; And, by the greatnefs of his ftrength, can no deliv'rance bring. iS Behold, on thofe that do him fear the Lord doth fet his eye ; Ev'n thofe who on his mercy do with confidence rely : 19 From death to free their foul, in dearth life unto them to yield, ao Our foul doth wait upon the Lord, he is our help and ihield. 41 Sith in his holy name we truft, our heart, fliall joyful be. 22 Lord, let thy mercy be on us, as we do hope in thee. P S A L. XXXIV. GOd will I blefs all times; his praife my mouth fhall ftill exprefs.. IJ a My foul iliall boaft in God: the meek fliail l5car with joyfulnefs. 3 Extol the Lord with me, let us exalt his name together. 4 I fought the Lord, he heard, and did me from all fears deliver. 5 They looked to him, and light'ned were: not fliamed were their faces. 6 Tliispoor man cy'd, God heard, and fav'd him from aii his diftrefTes. 7 The angel of the Lord encamps, and round encompafieth All thofe about that do him fear, and them delivereth. 8 O tafte and fee that God is good : who trufts in him is bleft. 9 Fear God, his faints: none that him fear fnall be with want oppreft. 10 The lions young may hungry be, and tliey may lack their food: But they that truly feek the Lord fliall not lack any good. 11 O children, hither do ye come, and unto me give ear : I fhall you teach to underftand how ye the Lord iliould fear. '^ 12 What man is he that life defires, to fee good would live Jong ? 13 Thy lips ref/ainfrom fpeaking guile, and from ill words thy tongue. 14 Depart from ill, do good: feek peace, purfue it earneftly. 15 God's eyes are on thejuft; his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of God is fet againft thofe that do wickedly, That he may quite out from the earth . cut oif their memory. 17 The righteous cry imto the Lord, he unto them gives ear; And they out of their troubles all by him dehver'd are. iS The Lord is ever nigh to them that be of broken fp'rit: To them he fafety doth afford that are in heart contrite. 19 The troubles that afflict thejuft, in number many be : But yet at length out of them all the Lord doth fet him free. 20 He carefully his bones doth keep, whatever doth befal ; That not fo much as one of them can broken be at all. 21 111 fhall the wicked flay; laid wafte fhall be who hate the juft. 22 The Lord redeems his fervants foul, none pcrifh that him truft. PP S A L. XXXV. LeadjLord, with thofcthatplcud, 5c fight i6 P S A L. With thofe that fight with me, a Of (liiekl and buckler take thou hold, ftand up mine help to bfe. 3 Draw alfo out * he fpear, and do againft them (top tlie way, That me purfiie : unto my foul, ^ I'm thy falvation, fay. 4 Let them confoudcd be, and fham'd, that for my foul have fought : AVho plot my hurt, turn'd back be they, and toconfulion brought. 5 Let them be like unto the chaff that tlies before the wind. And let the angel of the Lord purfue them hard behind. 6 With darknefs cover thou their way, and let it flipp'ry prove. And let the angel of the Lord purfue them from above. 7 For, without caufe, ha^e they ibr me their net hid in a pit • They alfo have, without a caufe, for my foul digged it. 8 Let ruin foize him unawares; hi'-, net he hid withal Himfelf Ift catch; and in the fame deftruftion let him fall. 9 My foul in G cd Ihalljoy ; and glad in his falvation be. 10 And all my bones fliall fay, O Lord, who is like unto thee ; "\^luch doft the poor fet free from him that is for him too ftrong; The poor and needy from the man that fpoils and does him wrong ? 11 Fnlfe witnefies rofe; to my charge things I not kncw^ they laid, iz They, to the fpcilir.g of my foul, me ill for good repaid. 13 But as for me, when they were lack, in fackcioth f^ll I mourn'd: My humbled foul did fail, my pray'r into ray bofom turn'd. 14 Myfelfi did behave, as he liad been my fr>end or broLher: 1 heavily bow'd down, as one that mourneth for liis mother. 15 But in my trouble they rejoic'd, gathering themfelves together: Yea, abjeifts viie to.i;ether did themfelves againit n".e gather; I knew it not, they did mc tear, and quiet would net be. 16 With mocking hypocrites, .tt fcalls tl.ey gnadit their teeth at m>e. i' 7 Hov>' long,' Lord, look'rt thou on ? from deftrucilons they intend (thofe "'e'ci'e my fon!, from lions young niy darling do defend. 18 1 will give thanks to thecj O Lord, XXXV, XXXVI. within th' alTembly great : And, where much people gather'd are-^ thy praifcs forth will fet. 19 Let not my wrongful enemies proudly rejoice o'er me: Nor, who me hate without a caufe, let them wink with the eye. 20 For peace they do not fpcak at all : but crafty plots prepare Againft all thofe within the land that meek and quiet are. a I With mouths let wide, they 'gainft me faid, Ha, ha, oui- eye doth fee. 22 Lord, thou haft feen, hold not thy peace : Lord, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyfelf; wake, that thou may'fl judgment to meaiford, Ev'n to my caufe, O thou that art my only God and Lord. 24 O Lord my God, do thou me judge after thy righteoufnefs ; And let them not their joy 'gainft me triumphantly exprcfs. 25 Nor let them fay within their hearts. Ah, \^'e would have it thus ; Nor fuffer them to fay, that he is fwallow\l up by us. ' 26 Sham'd and confoimded be they all that at my hurt are glad: Let thofe againft me that do boaft, with fliame and fcorn be clad. 27 Let them that love my righteous caufe ^ be glad, fhout, and not ceafe To fay. The Lord be magnJfy'd, who loves his fervants peace. 28 Thy righteoufnefs fhall alfo be declared by my tongue; The praifes that belong to thee fpeak Ihall it all day long. P S A L. XXXVI. THe wicked man's tranfgreffion within my heart thus fays. Undoubtedly the i\-ar of God is not before his eyes. 2 Eecaufe himfelf he fiattereth in his own bunded eye. Until the hatefulncfs be found . of his iniquity. 3 Words from his mouth proceeding are, fr-aud and iniquity. He to be wife, and to do good, hath left oft" utterly. 4 He mifchief, lying on hisbed, moft cunningly doth plot ; He fets himfelf in ways not good, ill he abhorreth not. 5 Thy mercy. Lord, is in the heav'ns ; thy truth doth reach the clouds. 6 Thv juftice is like mountains great ; thy judgments deep as floods; P S A L. Lorii, thou prefeiTcfl man and beaft. 7 How precious is thy grace I Therefore in {]\^dow of thy wings mcn^ fons their trult ihall place, S Thev with the fatnefs of thy houfe (liallbe wdlfatisfy'd; From rivers of thy pleafures thou wilt drink to them provide. 9.Becaiife of life the fountain pure remains alone with thee : And in that pureit light of thine weciearl) lit;ht fliall fee. 10 Thy loving kindnefs unto them continue that thee know And ftiii on men upright in heart thy righteoufnefs bellow. 11 Let not the foot of cruel pride come, and againft me ftaud : And let me not removed be. Lord, by the wicked's hand. 12 There fall'n are they, and ruined, that work iniquities: Call down they are, and never fhall be abletoarife. P S A L. XXXVIL Or evil doers fret thou not thyfelf ui^iquietly. Nor do thou envy bear to thofe that work iniquity. 2 For, even like unto the grafs, foon be cut down ihall they: And, like the green and tender herb, they wither fhall away. 3 Set thou thy truft upon the Lord, and be thou doing good ; And fo thou in the land flialt dwell, and verily have food. 4 Dehght thyfelf in God, he'll give thine heart's defire tothee. 5 Thy way to God commit, him truft; it bring to pafs ihall he : 6 And. hke unto the light, he fliall thy righteoufnefs difplay; And he thy judgments fhall bring forth hke noon-tide of the day. 7 P.eft in tlie Lord, aiid patiently wait for him : do not fret For him, who, profp'ring in his way, fuccefs in fm dctl. get. 8 Do thou from anger ceafe, and wrath I fee thou forfake alio : I Fret not thyfelf in any wife, ■ that evil thou fliouidfl do. 9 For thofe that evil-doers are, fhail be cut ct; ^nd fall: But thofe that wait upon the Lord, the earth inherit fhall, 1 10 For yet a little while, and then the wicked lliall not be; tlis place thou flialt confukr well, XXXVIL 17 but it thon fljak not fee, II But by inheritance the earth tlic meek ones fliall pafyi^fs: They aifo fliall delight tbemfelves in an abundant peate. iz The wicked plots againft the jufl", and at him whets his teeth. 13 The Lord iliall laugh at him, becaufe his day he coming feeth. 14 The wicked have drawn out the fwordj a.nd bent their how, to fla^' The poor and needy, and to kill men of an upright way. 15 But their own fword which they have ihall enter their own heart ; (drawn. Their bows which they have bent lliall break, and into pieces part. 16 A little that a juft man hath, is more and better far. Than is the wealth of many fuch as lewd and wicked are. 17 For linners arms fhall broken be; but God the juft fuftains. 18 God knows the juft man's days, and flill their herifage remains. 19 They fliull not be afham'd, when they the evil time 3o fee ; And when the days of famine are, they fatisfy'd fliall be. 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, as fat of lambs oecay ; They fiiali confume, yea, into fmoke they fliall confume aw^y. 21 The wicked borrows, but the fame again he doth not pay ; Whereas the righteous mercy fhows, and gives his own away. 22 For fuch as blefTcd be of him, the earth inherit fhall ; And they that curfed are of him, fliall be deftroyed all. 23 A good man's footfteps by the Lord are ordered aright : Atfti in the way wherein he walks, he greatly doth delight. 24 Although he fall, yet fhall he not be caft down utterly : Becaufe the Lord with his own hand uphoids him mightily. 25 I have been young, and now am old ; yet have I never feen The juft man left, nor that his feed for bread have beggars been. 26 He's ever merciful, and lends : his feed is bleft therefore. 27 Depart from evil, and do good : and dwell for evermore. 28 For God lovesjudgment, and his f^iints leaves not in any cafe. They 'jxq kept ever ; but cut oS i8 P S A L. fliall be the tinners race. 29 The juft inherit fhall the land, and ever in it dwell. 3 oThe juft man's mouth doth wifdomfpeak ; his tongue doth judgment tell. 3 I In's heart the law is of his God, Itis fteps fiide not away. 3i The wicked man doth watch the juft, and feeketh him to flay. 33 Yet him the Lord will not forfake, nor leave him in his hands, The righteous will he net condemn, when he in judgment ftands. 34 "Wait on the Lord, and keep his way; and thee exalt ihall he, Th' earth to inherit : \yhcn cut off the wicked thou Ihalt fee. 35 1 lav.- the wiclicd great in powV, fpread like a green bay-tree, 36 He paft, yea, was not: him I fought, butibund he could not be. 3 7 Mai-k thou the perfect, and behold the man of uprightnefs: Becaufe that lurely of this man the latter end is peace. 38 Bnt thofe men that tranfgreflbrs are ihall be deftrcy'd together, The latter end of wicked men fhall be cut oft" for ever. 39 But tlu; falvation of the juft is from the Lord above; He, in the time of their diftreft, their ftay and ftrength doth prove. 40 The Lord fli a! I help, antl them deliver: he fiiall them free and lave From wicked men, becaufe in him their confidence they have. P S A L. XXXVIIL IN thy great indignation, O Lord rebuke me not ; Nor on me lay thy chaftning hand, in thy difpleafurc hot. a For in me fall thine arrows ftick, thine hand dcth prefs me fore. 3 And in my flelh there is no health, nor foundnefs any more. - This grief I have, becaufe thy wrath is forth agaiiift me gone: And in hiy bones there is no reft for fm that I have done. 4 "Becaufe gone up above mine head my great tranfgrefTions be: And, as a weighty burden, they too heavy are for me. 5 My wounds do ftink, and are corrupt : my folly makes it fo. 6 [ troubled am, and much bow'd down; all day I mourning go. 7 For a difeafe that Icthfomc is, fo tills my loins with p.un, XXXVIII, XXXIX, That in my weak and weary flcffi no foundnefs doth remain. 8 So feeble and infirm am I, and broken am fo fore ; That, through difquiet of my hearf, I have been made to rore, 9 O Lord, all that I do deli re is ftill before thine eye : And of my heart the fecret groans not hidden arc from thee. 10 My heart doth pant incefTantly, my ftrength doth quite decay : As for mine eyes, their wontedlight is from me gone away. 11 My loversand my friends do ftand at diftance from my fore : And thofe do ftand aloof that were kinfmen, and kind before. iz Yea, they that feek my life, lay fnarcs : who leek to do ine wrong Speak things mifchievous, and deceits imagine all day long. 13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not, Ifuffer'dalltopafs: I as a dumb man did become, whofe mouth not open'd was : As one that hears not, in whofe mouth are no reproofs at all . For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God, thou'lt hear me when 1 call. For I faid, Hear me, left they fhould rejoice o'er me with pride : And o'er me magnify themfelves, when as my foot doth Hide. 17 For I am near to halt, my grief is ftill before mine eye. 18 For ril declare my fin, and grieve for mine iniquity. 19 But yet mine en'mies lively are, and ftrong are they befide : And they that hate me wrongfully, are greatly multiply'd. 20 And they for good that render ill, as en'mies me withftood : Yea, ev'n for this, becaufe that I do follow what is good. ai Forfake me not, O Lord : my God, far from me never be.^ _ 22 O Lord, thou my falvation art, hafte to give help to rjie. P S A L. XXXIX. Said, I will look to my ways, left with my tongue I fin : In fight of wicked men my mouth with bridle I'll keep in. z With filence I as dumb became, Ididmyfclfreftrain From fpeaking good ; but then the more increafcd was my pain. 3 My heart within me waxed hot, ^ 14 15 16 I P S A L. and, wliile I mufing was, The fire dkl burn : and from my tongue thefc words I did let pafs. 4 Mine end, and meafurc of my days, O Lord, unto me fliow M^liat is the fame : that 1 thereby ray frailty Avell may know. 5 Lo, thou my days an hand-breadth mad'ft, mine age is in thine eye As nothing: fure each man at bed is wholly vanity, 6 Sure each man walks in a vain fliow, they vtx themfelves in vain : He heaps up wealth, and doth not know to whom it fliall pertain. 7 And now, O Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is fix'd on thee. 8 Free me from all my trefpafles, the fools fcorn make not me. 9 Dumb was I, op'ning not my mouth, becaufe this work was thine. 10 Thy ftroke take from me : by the blow of thine hand I do pine. 11 When with rebukes thou doll correct man for iniquity, Thou waftes his beauty like a moth : fure each man's vanity. 12 Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears, and pray'rs not filent be : I fojourn as my fathers all, and ftranger am with thee. 23 O fpare thou me, that I my ftrength recover may again, Before from hence 1 do depart, and here no more remain. P S A L. XL. I Waited for the Lord my God, and patiently did bear ; At length to me he did inchne my voice and cry to hear, a He took me from a fearful pit, and from the miry clay. And on a rock he fet my feet, eftablifliing my way. 3 He put a new fong in my mouth, our God to magnify : Many (liall fee it, and fliall fear, and on the Lord rely. 4 O bleffed is the man whofe truft upon the Lord relies: Refpedling not the proud, nor fuch as turn alide to lies. J O Lord my God, full many ai-e the wonders thou haft done ; Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far above all thoughts are gone : In order none can reckon them , to thee: if them declare, And fpcak of them I would, they more than can be numbi'ed are. XL, XLI. 19 6 No ficrifice, nor offering didll thou at all deiire, Mine ears thou.bor'd : lin-oftering thou and burnt diufi: not require. 7 Then to the Lord thefe were my words, I come, behold and fee : Within tlie volume of thy book it written is of me: 8 To do thy will I take delight, thou my God that ait; Yea, that moft holy law of thine 1 have within my heart. 9 Within the congregation great I righteoufncfs did preach : Lo, thou doft know, O Lord, that I refrained not my fpeech. 10 I never did within my heart conceal thy righteoufuefs : I thy falvation have declar'd, and fliown thy faithfulnefs: Thy kindncfs, which mod loving is, concealed have not I, Nor from the congregation great have hid thy verity. 11 Thy tender mercies, Lord, from in c do thou not reftrain : Thy loving kindncfs, andthy truth, let them nic ftill maintain. 1 a For ills pafl: reck'ning compafs me, and mine iniquities Such hold up,on me taken have, 1 cannot lift mine eyes: They more than hairs are on mine head, thence is my heart difmay'd. 13 Be pleafed, Lord, to refcae me : Lord, haften to mine aid. 14 Sham'd and confounded be they all that feek my foul to kill: Yea, let them backward driven be, and fliam'd that wifli me ill. 15 For a reward of this their fliame, confounded let tliem be. That in this manner fcoffing fay. Aha, aha, to mc. j6 In thee let ail be glad, and joy, who feeking thee abide: Who thy falvation love, fay ftill, the Lord be magnify'd. 17 I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord of me a care doth take : Thou art my help and Saviour; my God, no tarrying make. P S A L. XLI. BLefTed is he that wifely doth the poor man's cafe confider; For when the time of trouble is, the Lord will him deliver, 2 God will In'm keep; yea, fave aliv°: on earth he blclt ihall live ; And to his enemies dcfire JO P S A L. tlio'a Ts^ilt him laot ap give. 3 God wiD give ftreTigth, when he on bed of Janguiilunj^ dotli monra : Acd, in his lick/iers fore, O Lord, thou all his bed vfilt turn. 4 ICiid, O Lord, dothouext^d tliy mere J unto ma ; O do thou heal my foul, for why ? I iiave ofTendtu thee. 5 Thoiethat to me are enemies of ir.e do ievil lay, Allien iliali h« die, that fo his name may perifli quite awaj'? 6 To iec me if he coine.3, he fpeaks X3ia words; but then his heart He^ips inifchief to it> which he tells when forth he doth depart. y My hatere, jointly whifpcring, 'gainll iTie my hurt dcvife. 8 Mifchicf, fay they, cleave? fafc to hira ; he ly'tb, and fhali not rife. 9 Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend, on whom I did rely, "Who ate my bread, ev'n he his heel againft me lifteth high. 10 But, Lord, be merciful to me, and sip again me raife, That I may juflly them requite according to their ways. 31 By this i knov/that certainly 1 favour'd am by thee : Bccai-ife my hateful enemy triumphs not over me. " J a But as for me, thou me uphold' II in mine integrity : And me before thy countenance thou fett'ft continually, 13 The Lord, the God of Ifrael, be bleft for ever then, From age to age eternally. Amen, yea, and amen. P S A L. XLII. Like as the hart for water-brooks in thirft doth pant and bray ; So pants my longing foul, O God, that come to thee i may. a My foul for God, thdiving God, doth thirft; when Ihall I near Unto thy countenance approach, and in God's fight appeal- f 3 My tears have unto me been meat, both in the night and day, WTiile unto me continually, Where is thy God? they fay. 4 My foul is poured out in me, when this I think upon ; Becaufe that vvitii the multitude I heretofore had gone : Witli them into God's houfe I went, V'ith voice of joy and pi^aife ; XLII, XLIII. Yea, with the multitude that kept . the folemn holy days. 5 O Avhy art thou caft down, nly foul ? why in me fo difmay d? Truft God, for I fhall praife him yet, his count'nance is mine aid. 6 My God, my foul's cad; down in mc ; thee therefore njind I will From Jordan's land, the Hermonites, and even from Mizar-hill. 7 At the noife of thy water- fpouts deep unto deep doth call ; Thy breaking v/aves pafs over me^ , yea, and thy billows all. 8 His loving kindnefs yet the Lord command will inthe day ; His fong's with me by night ; to God, by whom I live, I'll pray. 9 And I will fay to God, my rock, V/hy me forgett'ft thou fo ? W"hy, for my foes opprefiion, thus mourning do I go ? 10 'Tis as a fword within my bones, when my foes me upbraid : Ev'n when by them, ^^'here is thy God ? 'tis daily to me faid, 11 O why art thou caft down, my foul ? why, thus with grief opprcft. Art thou difqnieted in rae ? in God llili hope and reft : For yet I know I ihall him praife, who gracioufly to me The health is of my countenance ; yea, mine own God is he. P S A L. XLIIL Judge me, O God, and plead my caufe again ft th' ungodly nation ; From the unjuft and crafty man, O be thou my filvation. 2 For thou the God art of my ftrength, why thrufts thou me thee fco ? For th' enemies oppreffion why do I mourning go ? 3 P fend thy light f(,rth and thy truth ; let them be gitides to me, And bring me to thine holy hill, ev'n where thy dwellings be. 4 Then will i to God's altar go, to God my chiefeft joy : Yea, God, my God, thy name to praife my harp I will employ. J Why art thou then caft down, my f.ml ? what fliould difcourage thee? And why, with vexing thoughts, art thou difquieted in me ? Still truft in God, for him to praife good caufe I yet fiirJI have : He of my count'nance is the health, mv God that doth me iave. P S A L. P S A L. P S A^L, XLIV. DGod, '.ve ivith our ears have heard, our fathers have us told, V hat works thou in their daj-s had'ft done, ev'n in the days of old. Thy hand did drive the heathen out, and plant them in their place ; :'hou did'ft afliict the nations, but them thou didft increafe. I For neither got their fword the land, j nor did their arm them fave : fut thy right hand, arm, countenance j for thou them favour gave. Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord, deliv'rances command. Through thee we fhall pufli down our foes, that do againft us ftand. V"e, through thy name, fuall tread down that ris'n againft us liave. (thofe For in my bow I ihall not trvift, nor ihall my fword me fave. But from our foes thou haft us fav'd, cur haters pat to fliame. In God we all the day do boaft, and ever praifc thy name. But now we are caift off by thee, and us thou pu^t'ft to fhame : nd, when our armies do go forth, thou go'fl not with the fame. 5 Thou mak'/t us from the enemy fnint-hearted to turn back : ^.nd they who hate us, forthemfelves our fp;)ils awrr/ do take, I Like Ihtep for meat thou gavefl: us: 'mong beatheu cafe we be. rhou didil for nought thy people fell ; their pnce enrich'd not thee. 3 Thou niHk'fV us a reproach to be unto our neighbours near ; ^rilion, and a fcoru to them that round about us are. A by-word idlo thou doft us among the heathen make : "he people, in contempt and Ipite, at us their heads do iliake. Before me my confulion continually abides ; LiiQ of my bafnful countenance the fname me ever hides. For voice of him that doth reproach, and fpeaktth blafphemy ; reafon of th' avenging toe, and cruel enemy. All this :g come on us : yet we h:ive not forgotten thee; r f.dfely in thy covenant behav'd ourf<.lves have we. 8 Eack from thy v/ay our heart net turn'd ; . our rif-.-is no fu;;ying made. Thjugh v.£ thou brak il i:; ilragons place. XLIV, XLV. , 2! and cov'redft with death's fliade. 20 If we God's name forgot, or ftretcli'd to a flrange god our hands : 21 Shall not God learch this out ? for he hearts fecrets underftands. 24 Yea, for thy fake we're kiii'd all day, counted as fiaughter-fheep. 23 F.'fe, Lord, call us not ever off; avi'ake, why doft thou fle^p i* 24 O wl.ereforc hideli thoa thy face i forgett'ft our cafe dilcreft, 2 J And our oppreiTion f For our foiii is to the dull doxvn preft; Our beliy alfo on the earth, faft cleaving hold doth take. 26 Rife for our help, and us redeem, ev'a for thy mercies fake. P S A L. XLV. Y heart bi ings forth a godly thing ; my, works that I indite Concern the King : ray tongue's a pea of one that fwift doth write. 2 Thou fairer art than ions cf men : into thy lips is (lore Of grace infusVl ; God therefore thee hath blelt for evermore. 3 O thou that art the rnighty One, thy fword gird on thy thigh : Ev'n with thy glory excellent, and wUh thy mnjcfcy. 4 For meeknefs, truth, and righteoufnefs, in ftate ride profp'rouflv ; And thy right hand fhall thee inflruct, in things that fearful he. 5 Thine arrows iharply pierce the hearts of th' en'mies of the King; And under thy fubjection the people down to bring. 6 For ever and fur ever is, O God, thy throne of might t The feeptre of thy kingdom is a feeptre that is right. 7 Thou lovefl right, and hatell ill ; for God, thy God molt high. Above thy icilov. s jiath \\ith tix' oil, of joy anointed thee. 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cajTia, a fmeli thy garments had : Out of tliC iv'ry palaces, whei'cby they made thee glad. 9 Among thy v>omen honourable . kings daughters were at hand : Upon thy right hand did tlie queen in gold of Ophir fcaud. 10 O daugh.ter, hearken and regard, and do thine ear iricline ; Likewife forget thy f^the: 's houfe, and people lh;it arc thine. 11 Then of the King dxiir'd fhall be thy bcauiy veh'rneutly : 22 PSA L. Becaufe he is the Lord, do thou liim worfliip rev'rently. la The daughter there of Tyre fnall be, with gifts and ofF'rings great : Thofe of the people that are rich, thy favour fliall intreat. 13 Behold, the daughter of the king all glorious is within ; And with embroideries of gold her garments wrought have been. 54 She fliall be brought unto the King, in robes with needle wrought : Her fellow-virgins following, fliall unto thee be brought. Ij Theyfliallbebrought withgladnefs great and mirth on ev'ry fide, Into the palace of the King, and there they fhall abide. 16 Inftead of thefe thy fathers dear, thy children thou may'ft take, And in all places of the earth them noble princes make. J 7 Thy name remembred 1 will make through ages all to be : The people therefore evermore Ihall praifes give to thee. Allot her of the fame. MY heart inditing is good niatter in a fong : I fpeak the things that I have made, which to the King belong: Jkly tongue fhall be as quick his honour to indite, » As is the pen of any fcribe that ufeth faft to write, a Thou'rt faireft of all men, grace in thy lips doth flow : And therefore blcflings evermore on thee doth God bellow. 3 Thy fword gird on thy thigh, thou that art moft of might : Appear in dreadful majefiy, and in thy glory bright. 4 For meeknefs, truth, and right, ride profp'roufly in f:.ate : And thy right hand ihall teach to thee things terrible and great. J Thy fiiaft fliail pierce their hearts that foes are to the King, '\^'hereby into fubJe<.T:ion the people thou flialt bring. 6 Thy royal feat, O Lord, for ever fliall rem.ain : The fceptre of thy kingdom doth all righteoufnefs m.aintain. 7 Thou lov'ft right, and hat'ft ill : for God, thy God moft high, ^\bove thy fellows hath with th' oil of joy anointed thee. 5 Of Riyrrh ar.d ipiccs fweet XLV, XLVI. a fmell thy garments had : Out of the iv'ry palaces, whereby they made thee glad. 9 And in thy glorious train, kings daughters waiting ftand : And thy fair queen, in Ophir-gold, doth ftand at thy right hand. 10 O daughter, take good heed, incline, and give good ear ; Thou nauft forget tby kindred all and fatSier's houfe moft dear. 11 Thy beauty to the King fliall then delightful be : And do thou humbly worfliip him, becaufe thy Lord is he. iz The daughter then of Tyre there with a gift ihall be. And all the wealthy of the land fliall make tiieir fuit to thee. 13 The daughter of the king all glorious is within ; And with embroideries of gold, her garments v\Tought have been. 14 She cometh to the King , ■ in robes with needle wrought : The virgins that do follow her fliall unto thee be brought. 15 They fhall be brought with joy, and mirth on ev'ry fide, Into the palace of the King, and there they fliall abide. 16 And in thy father's ftead, thy children thou may'ft take, And, in all places of the earth, them noble princes make. 1 7 I will Ihew forth thy name to generations all : < Therefore the people evermore '• . to thee give "praifjs fliafl. P S A L, XLVL GOd is our refuge and our ftrength, in ftraits a prefent aid. z Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid : Though hills amidft the fea be caft, 3 Though waters roring make, And troubled be ; yea, though the hills by fwelling feas do fliake. . 4 A river is, whofe ftreams do glad the city of our God : The holy place, wherein the Lord 'moft high hath his abode. 5 God ir the niidft of her doth dvvefl : nothing fhafl her remove ; The Lord to her an helper will, and that right early, prove. 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuoufly, the kingdoms moved were: The Lord God uttered his voicr;, the earth did melt for fear. P S A L. XLVII, The Lord of hofts upon our fide doth conftantly remain : "he God of Jacob's our refuge, us fafely to maintain. Come, and behold what wondrous works have by the Lord been wrought : ome, fee what defolations he on the earth hath brought. Unto the ends of all the earth wars into peace he turns: 'he bow he breaks, the fpear he cuts, in fire the chariot burns. [o Be ftlll, and know that I am God : '■ among the heathen I Ivill be exalted, I on earth « will be exalted high. |i Our God, who is the Lord of hofts, i is ftill upon our lide : rhe God of Jacob our refuge j for ever will abide. I P S A L. XLVIL |/\ LI people, clap your hands, to God f\. with voice of triumph Oiout; \ For dreadful is the Lord moft high, 1 great King the earth throughout. I The heathen people under us he furely fliall fubdue : Lnd he fhall make the nations ( under our feet to bow. I The lot of our inheritance chufe out for us fhall he, )f Jacob whom he loved well, ev'n the excellency. God is with fliouts gone up, the Lord with trumpets founding high. 'i Sing praife to God, (ing praife, fing praife, j praife to our King fing ye. \ For God is King of all the earth, with knowledge praife exprefs. I God rules the nations, God fits on his throne of holinefs. \ The princes of the people are ! aflembled willingly ; pv'n of the God of Abraham I they who the psople be. ^or why ? the fhields that do defend the earth, are only his : hey to the Lord belong ; yea, he exalted greatly is. bP S A L. XLVIII. Reat is the Lord, and greatly he is to be praifed ftill Within the city of our God, j upon his holy hill. \, Mount Zion ftands moft beautiful, ' the joy of all the land ; The city of the mighty King j on her norlh-fide doth ftand, i The Lord within her palaces is for a refuge known. XLVIII, XLIX. 23 4 For lo, the kings that gather'd Were together by have gone. 5 Bat when they did behold the fame, they wond'ring would not ftay : But, being troubled at the fight, they thence did hafte av/ay. 6 Great terror there touk hold on them, they were polfeft with fear. Their grief came like a woman's paliy when fhe a child doth bear. 7ThouTarIhinifliipswitheaftwindbreak'ftr 8 As we have heard it told ; So in the city of the Lord our eyes did it behold : In our God's city, which his hand for ever ftablifii will. 9 We of thy loving kindncfs thought, Lord, in thy temple ftill, 10 O Lord, according to thy name, through all the earth's thy praife ; And thy right hand, O Lord, is full of righteoufnefs always. 11 Becaufe thy judgments are made knows, let Zion-mount rejoice ; Of Judah let the daugliters all fend forth a cheerful voice. 12 Walkabout Ziun, and go round: the high tow'rs thereof tell. 13 Conuder ye her palaces, and mark her bulwarks well ; That ye may tell pofterity. 14 For this God doth abide Our God for evermore, he will ev'n unto death us guide. P S A L. XLIX. HEar this, all people, and give ear, all in the world that dwell : 2 Both low and high, both rich and poor. 3 My mouth iball wifdom tell. My heart fhall knowledge meditate. 4 I will incline mine ear To parables, and on the harp my fayings dark declare. 5 Amidft thofe days that evil be, why fhould I, fearing, doubt? . When of my heels th' iniquity fhall compafs me about. 6 Whoe'er they be that in their wealth their confidence do pitch, Andboaft themfelves, becaufe they are become exceeding rich : 7 Yet none of thefe his brother can redeem by any way : Nor can he unto God for him fufficient ranfom pay. 8 (Their fouls redemption precious is, audit can never be) 9 That ftill he fhould for ever live, and not corruption fee. ' 10 For why : he fe^th that wife men d'a, 24 F ^ A and brutiili fools alio Po perift, and their wealth, when dead, to others they let go. 11 Their inward thought is,.that their houfe and dwdling-pkcesfhalL •- Stand through all ages ; they their lands bv their own names do call. 12 But yet in honour fliall not man abide continually : But, palling hence, may be compared unto the beafts that die. ij Thus, brutifli folly ]>/ainly is their wifdom, and their way ; Yet their poRe'rity approve what they do fondly fay. 14 Like ilieep they in the grave are laid, and death fhall them devour ; And, in the moraing, upright men fhall over them have pow'r ; Thv^ir beauty, from their dwelling-, fliall confume within the grave. ij- But from hell's hand God will me free, for he fliall me receive. i6 Be thou not then afraid, when one enriched thou dofi: fee. Nor when the gloiy of his houfe advanced is on higlv. J 7 For he fliaJl carry nothing hence, v.-hen death his days. doth end: Nor fhall his glory after him into the grave defcend. 18 Although he his own foul did blefs, whilll: he on earth did live : (And when thou to thyfelf doft well, men will thee praifes give) 19 He to his fathers race fliall go, they never fliall fee light. 20 Man' honoured, wanting knowledge, is like beafts that perifli quite. P S A L. L. »T^He mighty God, the Lord X halh ipoken, and did call The earth from rifing of the fun, to where he h.lth his fall. 3 From out of Zion-hill, which of excellency And beauty the perfeition is, God fliined gloriouOy. 3 Oiir God fliall furely come, keep filcnce fliall not he: Before him fire fliall wafte, grsat ftorms flu'ii round about him be. 4 Unto' the heavens clear, he from above fhall call. And to the earth likewife, that he may judge his people all. 5 Together let my faints unto me gath>.r'd Le, Thofe that by facriilce have made a covenant with mc. L. L. 6 And then the heavens fiiafl his righteoufiicfs declare: Becaufe the Lord himfelf is he by whom men judged are. 7 IMy people Ifra'l hear, fpeak will I from on high, Againft thee 1 wiil tcftify, God, evVi thy God am L 8 I, for thy lacrifice, no blame will on thee lay. Nor for burnt ofF'rings, which to me thou ofTrcdfl; ev'ry day. 9 I'll take no calf, nor goats, from houfe or fold of thine. 10 For beafts of forelts, cattle all on thuufand hills, are mine. u The fowls on mountains high, are all to me well known. Wild beafl?, which in the field do lie, ev'n they are all mine own. IJ Then, if 1 hungry were, 1 would not tell it thee ; Becaufe the world, and fnl'iefs all thereof belong? to me. 13 Willi eat flefli of bulk-? or goats blood drink will I ? 14 Thanksoffer thou to God, and pay' thy vows to the mote High. 15 And call upon me, when in trouble thou ihalt be ; r will deliver thee, and thou my name fhalt glorify. 16 But to the wicked man God faith. My laws and truth Shouldfl thou declare? hou- dar'ft thou take my cov'nant in thy mouth i 17 Sith thou inftrutflion l;at'ft, wliich fliould thy ways direft ; And, fith iray words behind thy back thou cafl'/t, and doft rejeJl. 18 A\ I'cn thou a thief didft "fee, with him thou didft conlent; And ;\ ith the vile adulterers partaker on thou wenL. 19 Thou giv'ft thy mouth to ill, thy tongue deceit doth frame, aoThoulitt ft and 'gainfi thy brother fpeak'ft, thy mother's ion tf> fname. ai Becaufe 1 lilence kept, while thou theft- things haft wrought ; That I was altogether like tliylclt hath been thy thought : Yet I wiil tiifc reprove, and fet before thine eyes In order ranked thy mifuecds, and thine iniquities. 22 Now, ye that God forget, this carcfuliy coniidei ; Left I in pieces tear you all, and none can you deliver. PSA 23 Wnofo doth offer praife, me glorifies: and I Will nievv him God's lalvation, ttiat orders right iiis ways. Another of the fame. THe mighty God the Lord hath fpoke, and cail'd the earth upon, Ev'n from the riling of the fun unto his going down, a From out of Zion his own hill, where the perfedion high Of beauty is, from thence the Lord hath iliined glorioufly. 3 Our God fliall come, and fhall no more be filent, but fpeak out: Before him fire fhall waRe, great florms fiiall compafs him about. 4 He to thx; heavens from above, and to the earth below, Shall call, that he his judgments may before his people fhow. 5 Let all my faints together be unto me gathered: Thofe that by facritice with me a covenant have ir.-ade. 6 And then the heavens fliall declare hisrighteoufnefs abroad : Becaufc the Lord himfelf doth come, none elfe is judge but God. 7 Hear, O my people, and I'll fpeak ; O Ifrae! by name, lAgainft thee I will teftify : God, ev'n thy God I am. 8 I, for thy facrifices few, reprove thee never will ; Nor for burnt-off' rings to have been before me off'red ftill. 9 ril take no bullock, nor hc-goats, from houfe nor folds of thine. 10 For beafts of forefts, cattle all on thoufand hills, are mine. ii The fowls are all to me well known, that mountains high do yield : And I do challenge as mine own the wild beafts ef the field. iz If I were hungry, I would not to thee for need complain ; For earth, and all its fulnefs, doth to me of right pertain. 13 That I, to cat the fiefh of bulls, take plcalV.re, doft thou think ? Or that i need, to quench my thirft, the blood of goats to drink ? 14 Nay, rather unto me thy Gcd thankfgiving offer thou ; To the moR High perform thy v/ord, and fully pay thy vow. 15 And, in the day of trouble great, fee that thou call on me ; jl wiii deliver thi f, and tliou L. LI. 03. my name fhalt glorify. 16 Bnt God unto the wicked friithj Why iliouidft th )u mention make Of my commands? Jiowdar'it thou in thy mouth mycov nant take? 17 Sitli it is fo, that thou doft hate all good iufaudlion; And fith thou caft'ft behind thy back, and flight'ft niy words each one. 18 When thou a thief did'ftfe?, then Jbaight thou join'dll with him in Ini, And v.'ith the vile adulterers thou haft partaker been. 19 Thy mouth to evil thou doft give, thy tongue deceit doth frame. 2oThoufitt'll:,and'gainftthybrot])crfpeak'ft, thy mother's fon to fliame. zi Thefe things thou wickedly haft done, and I have iilentbeen; Thouthought'ft that I was like thyfclf, and did approve thy fin : But I will fihirply thee reprove, and 1 will order right Thy fins and thy tranfgreifions, in prefencc of thy figiit. %% Coniider this, and be afraid, ye that forget tlie Lord, Left I in pieces tear you all, when none can help aiford, 23 Who off'reth praife, mc glorifies : • I will fliew God's lalvation To him that ordereth aright his life and converfation. P S A L. LI. AFterthy loving kindnefs. Lord, have mercy upon me: For thy compafiions great, blot cut all mine iniquity. % Me clcanfe from fin, and throughly waili from mine iuiquity: 3 For my tranfgrefiions I cdnfefs; my fin 1 ever fee. 4 'Gainft thee, thee only have I finn'd, in thy fight done this il]. That, when thoufpeak'ft, thoumayft bejuft, and clear in judging llill. J Behold, I in iniquity was form'd the womb within : My m.other aUb me conceiv'd in gulltincls and fin. 6 Behold, thou in the inward parts with truth delighted art; And wifdom thou fhalt make mc know v.'ithin the hidden part. 7 Do thou with hyirop fprinkle me, 1 fliall be cleanfcd fo ; Yea, wafli thou me, and tlien I iliaU be whiter than the fnow. C Of gladtiefs and of joy fulnefs make me to liear the voice; 26 PSA L. That fo thefe very bones which thou haft broken may rejoice. 9 All mine iniquities blot out, thy face hide from my (in. 10 Create a clean heart, Lord, renew a right fp'rit me within. 11 Caft me not from thy fight, nor take thy holy fp'rit away. 12 Reftore me thy falvation's joy ; with thy free fp'rit me ftay. 13 Then will 1 teach thy ways unto thofe that tranfgreitors be ; And thofe that finners are, ihall then be turned-unto thee. 14 O God, of my faivation God, me from blood-guiltinefs Set free : then (hall my tongue aloud fing of thy righteoufnefs. 15 My elofed lips, O Lord, by thee let them be opened; Then fliall thy praifes by my mouth abroad be publiilifd. 16 For thou defir'ft not facrifice, elfe would I give it thee ; Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering . at all delighted be. 17 A broktii fpirit is to God a pleating facrifice : A broken and a contrite heart, Lord, thou wilt not defpife. 18 Shew kindiiefs, and do good, O Lord, to Zion thine own hill: The walls of thy Jerufalem build up of thy goodwill. 19 Then righteous off' rings fliall thee pleafe, and off'rings burnt, which they. With whole burnt-ofl"'r(ngs,andwithcalves fhall en thine aliar lay. p s A L. Ln. WHy doft thou boaft, O mighty man, «fmifchiefandofill? ThegoodViefs of almighty God endureth ever ftill. 4 Thy tongue mifchievous calumnies dcvifeth fabLilly; Like to a rafor, fliarp to cut, worldng deceitfully. 3 111 more than good, and more than truth thou loveft to fpeak wrong: 4 Thou loveft all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. J So Gorl fhall thee deftroy for ay, remove thee, pluck thee out Quite from thy houfe, out of the land of life he fhall thee root» 6 The righteous fhall it fee, and fear, and laugh at him they fhall. 7 Lo, this the man is, that did not make God his ftrength at all: But he, in his abundant wealth , Ul, LIH, LIV. his confidence did place; And he took ftrength unto himfelf from his own wickednefs. 8 But I am in the houfe of God like to an olive green : My confidence for ever hath upon God's mercy been. 9 And 1 for ever will thee praife, becaufe thou haft done this: I on thy name will wait, for good before thy faints it is. P S A L. LIIL 'T~^Hat there is not a God, the fool JL doth in his heart conclude ; They are corrupt, their works are vile^ not one of them doth good. z The Lord upon the fons of men fror.i heav'n did caft his eyes. To fee if any one there was that fought God, and was wife. 3 They altogether filthy are, they all are backward gone ; And there is none that doeth good, no not fo much as one. 4 Thefe workers of iniquity, do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, and on God do not call ? 5 Ev'n there tbey were afraid, andftoocT with trembling all difmay'd ; Whereas there was no caufe at all why they fliould be afraid: For God his bones that thee befieg'd hath fcatter'd all abroad ; Thou haft confounded them, for they defpifed are of God. 6 Let Ifra'l's help frofn Zion come ! when back the Lord fhall bring His captives, Jacob fhall rejoice, and Ifraei fliall fing. P S A L. LIV. SAve mc, O God, by thy great name, and judge me by thy ftrength : z My prayer hear, O God ; give ear unto my words at length. 3 For they that ftrangers are to me do up againft me rife ; Oppreffors feek my foul, and God fet not before their eyes. 4 The Lord my God my helper is, lo, therefore I am bold: He taketh part with ev'ry one that doth my foul uphold. 5 Unto mine enemies he fhall mifchief and ill repay : O for thy truth's fake cut them off and fvveep them clean away. . 6 I will a facrifice to thee give with free willingncfs : Thy name, O Lord, becaufe 'tis good. P S A L. "Willi priife I will confcfs. 7 For he hath me delivered from all adverfities : And his defire mine eye hath feen upon mine enemies. P S A L. LV. LOrd, hear my pray'r: hide not thyfelf from my intreating voice. 2 Attend and hear me: in my plaint I mourn and make a noife. 3 Bccaufe of th' en'mies voice, and for lewd mens opprefTion great: On me they caft iniquity, and they in wrath me hate. 4 Sore pain'd within me is my heart : death's terrors on me fall. J On me comes trembling, fear, and dread o'erwhelmed me withal. 6 O that I like a dove had wings ! faid 1; then would 1 fly Far hence, that I might find a place where I in reft might be. 7 Lo, then far off I wander would, and in thedefert Itay: 2 From windy ftorm, and tempeft I would haft to 'fcape away. 9 O Lord, on them deftrudion bring, and do their tongues divide : For in the city violence and ftrife I have efpy'd. JO They day and night upon the walls do go about it round: There mifchief is, and forrow there in midft of it is found. II Abundant wickednefs there is within her inward part : And from her ftreets deceitfulnefs and guile do not depart. I a He was no foe that me reproach 'd, then that endure I could; Nor hater that did 'gainft me boaft, from him me hide I would. I.l Butthou, man, whom mine equal, guide, and mine acquaintance waft. 14 Wejoin'dfweetcounfels, to God'shoufe in company we paft. 15 Let death upon them feize, and down let them go quick to hell ; For wickednefs doth much abound among them where they dwell. 16 I'll call on God: God will me fave. 17 I'll pray, and make a noife. At ev'ning, morning, and at noon; and he fliall hear my voice. 18 He hath my foul delivered, that it in peace might be. From battle that againft me was, for many were with me. j29 The Lord fhall hear and them afflicft of old who hath abode: D LV, LVI, 2:7 ' Becaufe they never changes have, therefore they fear not God. 20 'Gainft thofethat were at peace with him he hath put '"orth his hand : The covenant that he had made, by breaking he profan'd. 21 More fmooth thanbutterwcre his words, while in his heart was war; His fpeeches were more foft than oil, and yet drawn fwords they are. 12 Caft thou thy burden on the Lord, and he fhall thee fuftain ; Yea, he fliall.caufe the righteous man unmoved to remain. 23 But thou, OJyord my God, thofe meji in jurticc fhall o'erthrow. And in deftrudtion's dungeon dark at laft {halt lay them low: The bloody an^ deceitful men fliall not live half their days; But upon- thee with confidence I will depend always. P S A L. LVI. SHew mercy. Lord, to me : for man would fwallow me outright; He me opprefTeth, while he doth againft me daily fight. 2 They daily would me fwallow up, that hate me fpitefully ; For they be many that do fight againft me, O moft High. 3 "When I'm afraid, I'll truft in thcc: 4 In God I'll praife his word: I will not fear what flefh can do, my truft is in the Lord. (thoughts 5 Each day they wreft my words, their 'gainft me are all for ill. 6 They meet, they lurk, they mark my fteps, v\'-aiting my foul to kill. 7 But fhall they by iniquity cfcapc thy judgments lb ? O God, with indignation down do thou the people throw. 8 My wandrings all, what they have been thou know'ft, their number took ; Into thy bottle put my tears: are they not in thy book? 9 My foes fhall, when I cry, turn back, I know't, God is for me. 10 In God his word I'll praife : his word in God lliall praifed be. II In God I truft, I will not fear what man can do to me. 12 Thy vows upon me are, O God : I'll render praife to thee. 13 Wiltthou not, who from death mefav'd, my feet from f::lls keep free, To walk before God in the light of thofc that living be? P S A L, i £8 P S A L, P S A L. LVII. BE merciful to me, O God, thy mercy unto me Do thou extend, bec?.ufe my foul doth put her truft in thee: Yea, in the fltadow of thy wings my refuge I will place. Until thefe fad calamities ' do wholly overpafs. 1 My cry I will caufe to afcend ■ unto tlie Lord moft High ; To God, who doth all things for me perform moft perfectly. 3 From hcav'n he iLall fend down, and me from his reproach defend That would devour me: God his truth and mercy forth iliall fend. 4 My foul among fierce lions is, 1 firebrands live among, Mens fons, whofe teeth are fpears anddarts, a fharp fword is their tongue. 5 Be thou exalted very high above the heav'ns, O God ; Let tliou tliy glory be advanced o'er all the earth abroad. 6 My foul's bow'd down : for they a net have laid, my fteps to fnare : Lito the pit, which they have digg'd for me, they fallen are, 7 My heart is fixt, my heart is fixt, O God, I'll fing and praife. 8 My glory, wake; wake, pfalt'ry, harp: myfelf I'll early raife. 9 ril praife thee 'mongtlie people, Lord; 'mong nations fing will I : 10 For great to heav'n thy mercy is, thy truth is to the fky. it O Lord, exalted be thy name, above the heav'ns to ftand: Do thou thy glory far advance above both fea and land. P S A L. LVIIL DO ye, O congregation, indeed fpeak righteoufnefs? O ye that are the fons of men, judge ye with upright'.iefs ? a Yea, ev'n within your very hearts yewickednefs have done; And ye the vi'lenceof your hands do weigh the earth upon. .■; The wicked men eflranged are ev'n from the very womb; They, fpeaking lies, do llray, as foon as to the world 1 hey come. 4 Unto a fcrpent's poifon like thv'ir poifon doth appear; Yea, they are like the adder deaf, that clofely flops her car : "'"nat fo Ibe might not hear the voice of one that charm her would. LVII, LVin, LIX. No not though he moft cunning were, and charm moft wifely could. 6 Their teeth, OGod, within their mouth break thou in pieces fmall ; The great teeth break thou out, O Lord, of thefe young lions all. 7 Let them like waters melt away, which downward ftill do flow: In pieces cut his arrows all, when he ftiall bend his bow. 8 Like to a fnail that melts away, let each of them be gone ; Like woman's birth untimely, that they never fee the fan. 9 He fliall them take av/ay, before your pots the thorn can find, Both living, and in fury great, as with a itormy wind. 10 The righteous when he vengeance fees, he fliall be joyful then ; The righteous one ftiall walli his feet in blood of wicked men. 11 So men fhall fay, The righteous man reward fiiall never mifs; And verily upon the earth a God to judge there is. P S A L. LIX. MY God , deliver me from thofe that are mine enernies : And do thou me defend from thofe that up againft me rife. % Do thou deliver me from them that work iniquity, And give me fafety from the men of bloody cruelty. 3 For lo, they for my foul lay wait ; the mighty do conibine Againft me, Lord, not for my fault, nor any fin of mine. 4 They run, and without fault in me themfelves do ready make: Awake to meet me with thy help, and do thou notice take. 5 Awake therefore. Lord God of hofts, thou God of Ifrael, To vifit heathen all: fpare none that wickedly rebel. 6 At ev'ning they go to and fro: they make great noife and found Like to a dog, and often walk about the city round. 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth : and in their lips are fwords ; For they do fay thus, Who is he that now doth hear our words ? 8 But thou, O Lord, flialt laugh at them, and all the heathen mock. 9 While he's in pow'r I'll wait on thee: for God is my high rock. ' |o He of my me'rcy that is God^ P S A L. LX, betimes fliall mc prevent: Upon mine en'mics God ihall let me fee mine heart's content, 11 Them flay not, left my folk forget: but fc.itter them abroad By thy ftrong poU''r; and bring them down, O thou our ihield and God. 12 For their mouth's fin, and for the words that from their lips do fly. Let tliem be taken in their pride; becaufc they curfe and lie. 13 In wrath confume them, them confume, that fothey may not be: And, that in Jacob God doth rule, to th' earth's ends let them fee. 14 At ev'ning let thou them return, making- great noife and found Like to a dog, and often walk about the city round. 15 And let them wander up and down, in feeking food to eat; And let them grudge, when they flaall not be fatisfied with meat. 16 Rut of thy pow'r I'll fing aloud, at morn thy mercy praife : For thou to me my refuge waft, and tow'r in troubluus days. 17 O God, that art my ftreng'th, I will fingpraifes unto 'hee; For God is my defence, a God of mercy unto me. P S A L. LX. OLord, thou haft rejefted us, and fcatter'd us abroad. Thou juftly haft difpleafed been; ■ return to us, O God. a The earth to tixmble thou haft made; tlierein didft breaches make : Do thou thereof the breaches heal, becaufe the lai-id doth fhake. 3 Unto thy people thou hard things haft fliew'd, and on them fent; And thou haft caufed us to drink wine of aftoniihmenf. 4 And yet a banner thou haft giv'n to them who thee do fear: That it by them, becaufe of truth, difplavcd may appear. 5 That thy beloved people may dcliver'd be from thrail. Save ui.h the pow'r of thy right hand, and hear me when I call. 6 God in his holintfs hath fpoke, Herein I wHl taice pieafure: Shechcm I will divide, and forth will Succoth's valley meafure. 7 Gilead I claim as mine by right, Manafleh mine iliali be ; JEphra'm is or mine head the ftrcngth, Judah givts laws for me. LXI, LXII. 29 8 Moab's my wafhing pot, my fhoc I'll over Edom throw ; And over Paleftina's laud I will in triumph go. 9 O who is he will bring me to the city fortify 'd ? , O who is he that to the land . Of Edom will me guide ? 10 O God, which hadeft us caft off, this thmg wilt thou not do ? Ev'n thoi^»%) God, which dideft not forthv^mh our armies go. 11 Help usjfc'om trouble: for the help is vainM^ch man fupplles. laThrough^Kdwe'lldogreatacls : helTiall tread dorl^ our enemi^iG, P S A L. LXI. OGod, give ear imto my cry, unto my pray'r attend. % Fromtlv utmoft coiner of the land my cry to tkee I'll fend. What time my heart iicverwhelni'd and in perplexity: Do thou me lead unto the rock that higher is than f . 3 For thou haft for my refuge been a flieller by thy pow'r; xlnd, for defence againft- my foes, thou haft been a ftrong tow'r. 4 Within thy tabernacle i for ever will abide : And under covert of thy v.'ings, with confidence me hide. 5 For thou the vows that I did make^ O Lord my God, did'fthear: Thou haft giv'n m.e the heritage oftliofethy name that fear. 6 A life prolong'd for many days thou to the king wilt give: Like many generations be the years which he ihall live. 7 He in God's prefence his abode for evermore ihall have: O do thou truth and mercy both prepare, that may him fave. 8 And ib will I perpetually fing praife unto thy name; That, having made my vows, 1 may each day perform the fame. P S A L. LXII. Y foul with expectation depends on God indeed: My ftrength and my faivation doth from him alone proceed, a He only my falvation is, and my itrong rock is he: He only is my fure defence ; much mov'd I fliall not be. 3 How long will ye againft. a man T.'t.t m'fchief? ycfl.allall 5^ PSA L. he flain ; ye as a tott'ring fence Ihall be, and bowing wall. 4 They only plot to caft him doAvn from his excellency ; They joy in lies : with month they blefs, but they curfe inwardly. 5 My foul, wait thou with patience upon thy God alone : On him dependeth all my hope and expeftation. ^ 6 He only my falvation is, r'^tf and my ftrong Rock is he '- and with fat, my foul fha'l fil'ed be; Then fliall mvmouth with joyful lips fing praifes unto thee : 6 When I do thee upon my bed remember with delight. And when on thee I meditate in watches of the night. 7 in Shadow of thy wings IMI joy, LXIII, LXIV, LXV. for thou mine help hall been. 8 My foul thee follows hard ; and me thy right handdoth fiiftain. 9 Who feek my foultofpill, fhall fink down to earth's loweft room. 10 They by the fword fliall be cut off), and foxes prey become, 11 Yet fhall the king in God rejoice, and each one glory fliall That fwearby him: but ftopt fliall be the mouth of liars all. P S A L. LXIV. WHen I to thee my prayer make. Lord, to my voice give ear; My lifefave from the enemy, of whom I (land in fear. z Me from their fecret counfel hide who do live wickedly; From infurredtion of thofe men that work iniquity. 3 \^''ho do their tongues with malice whet, and make them cut like fwords; In whofe bent bows are arrows fet, ev'n fliarp and bitter words. 4 That they may at the perfed man in fecret aim their Ihot: Yea, fuddenly they dare at him to flioot, and fear it not. 5 In ill encourage ^hey themfelves, and their fnares clofe to lay : Together conference they have, Who fhall them fee? they fay. 6 They have fcarch'd out iniquities, a perfecft fearch they keep: Of each of them the inv.'ard thought and very heart is deep. 7 God fhall an arrow flioot at them, and wound them fuddenly. 8 So their own tongue ihall them confound^ all who them ice fliall flee. 9 And on all men a fear fhall fall, God's work they fliall declare; For they fhall wifely notice take what thefe his doings are. 10 In God the righteous fliall rejoice, and tiuft upon his might: Yea, they fhall greatly glory all, in heart that are upright, P S A L. LXV. PRaife waits for thee in Zion, Lor to thee vows paid fliafl be. z O thou that hearer art of pray'r, all flefli fliall come to thee. 3 Iniquities, I mult confefs, prevail againfl: me do: But as for our tranfgreflions, ' them purge away flialt thou. 4 Bleft is the man whom thou dofl chufc, and mak'it approach to thee, That he witliin thy courts^ O Lord, PS A L. rnay ftill a dweller be: "We iui-ely (hall be fatisfy'd with thy abundantgrac;e, And with the goodnels of thy houfe, ev'ii of thy hoj^ place. 5 O God of our falvation, thou in thy righleouTncfs By fearful works unto our pray'rs thine anfwer doit exprefs : Therefore the ends of all the earth, and thofe afar that be L^ponthefea, their confidence, O Lord, will place in thee. 6 Who, being girt with pow'r, fets faft, by his great ftrength, the hills. 7 Who noife of feas, noife of their waves, and peoples tumult ftills. $ Thofe in the utmoft parts that dwell are at thy figns afraid : Th' out-goings of the morn andev'n by thee are joyful made. 9 The earth thou vilit'ft, wat'ringit, thou mak'ft it rich to grow With God's full flood ; thou corn prepar'ft, when thou provid'ft it fo. 10 Her riggsthou wat'reftplenteoudy, her furrows fcttlcft: With fliow'rs thou dofb her mollify, her fpring by thee is bleft. 11 So thou the yearmoftlib'rally doft with thy goodnefs crown ; And all thy paths abundantly on us drop fatnefs down. li They drop upon the paftures wide, that do in deferts ly : The little hills on ev'ry fide rejoice right pleafantly . 13 With flocks the paftures clothed be, the vales with corn are clad: And now they fhoot and fing to thee, for thou haft made them glad. P S A L. LXVI. A LI lands, to God in joyful founds aloft your voices raife. a Sing forth the honour of his name, and glorious make his praife» 3 Say unto God, How terrible in all thy works art thou ? Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee /hall be conftrain'd to bow. 4 All on the earth fliall worfnip thee, t they Ihall thy praife proclaim j In fongs : they fhall fing cheerfully ^•j. unto thy holy name. (wrought I J Come, and the works that God hafh f ^ with admiration fee : ■ Id's working to the fons of men t ■ moft terrible is he 6 Into dry land the Tea he turn 'd audtl)eyapaiT3£eliad, LXVI, LXVIT. 31 Ev'n marching through the flood on foot, there we in him were glad. 7 He ruleth ever by his powV, his eyes the nations fee : O let not the rebellious ones lift up thcralelves on high. 8 Ye people, blelsourGod: aloud the voice Ibeak of his praife. 9 Our foul in life who fafe prefeives, our ff..-*' from Hiding ftays. ID For the a Jidft prove, and try us. Lord, as men<*U) filver try : II Brouglil'ft us into the net, and mad'ft bands o.:^pur loins to ly'. rz Thou haiM^s'd men ride o'erour heads, and thoi|wthat we did pafs Through fireai^ water, yetthou brought'lt us to a wealthy place. 13 I'll bring burnt-off'rings to thy houfe ; to thee my vows I'll pay, 14 Which my lips utter'd, mymouthfpakc when trouble on me lay: 15 Burnt-facrifices of fat rams with incenfe I will bring ; Of bullocks and of goats I will prefent an offering. 16 All that fear God, come, hear, I'll tell' what he did for my foul. 17 I with my mouth unto him cry'd, my tongue did him extol. iS If in my heart I fin regard, the Lord me will not hear: 19 But furcly God me heard, and to my prayer's voice gave ear. iO O Let the Lord, our gracious God» for ever blefled be, Who turned not my pray'r from him, nor yet his grace from me. P S A L. LXVIL LOrd, blefs and pity us, fliine on us with thy face: z That th' earth thy way, and nations all may know thy faving grace. 3 Let people praife thee. Lord, let people all thee praife. 4 O let the nations be glad, in fongs their voices raife: Thou'ltjuftly people judge, on earth rule aations all. 5 Let people praife thee. Lord; let them praife thee, both great and finall. 6 The earth her fruit lliall yield, our God (hall bleffing fend. 7 God fhall us blefs, men Ihall him fear unto earth's utmoft end. Another of the fame. LOrd, unto us be merciful, do thou us alfo. blefs: And gracioufly caufe fhine on u» the brightr.efs of tby fig;. P S A L. z That fo thy way upon tlie earth to all men maybe known, Alfo among the nations all thy faving health be fhown. 3 O let the people praife thee. Lord, let people all thee praife. 4 O let the nations be glad, and fing for joy always: For rightly thou flialt people jiidg;e, and naiions rule on earth. 5 Let people praife th;?e, Lordj let all the folk praife thee with ^^T^h. 6 Then fhallthe earth yield hd^mcreafe; God, our God blefs us Q&IJ. 7 God fiiall us blcf:^, and Qmp'^ earth the ends fhall fear him fl^ P S A L. LXJfin. LEt God arife, and fcattered let all his en'niies be: And let all thofe that do him hate, before his prefencc flee. 2 As fmoke is driven, fo drive thou them : as fire melts wax away, Before God's face let wicked men fo perifh and decay. 3 But let t\}e righteous be glad : let tiiem before God's fight Be very joyful ; yea, let them rejoice with all their might. 4 To God fing, to his name iing praife: extol him with your voice, That rides on heav'n by his name J AH, before his face rejoice. 5 Becaufe the Lord a father is unto the fatherlefs: Cod is the widow's judge, within his place of holinefs. 6 God doth the folitary fet in famlies, and from bands The chain'd doth free ; but rebels do inhabit parched lands. 7 O God, what time thou did'ft go forth before thy people's face; And when through the great wilderncfs thy glorious marching was: S Then at God's prefence {hook the earth. Then drops from heaven fell ; This Sinai fhook before the Lord, the God of Ifrael. 9 O God, thou to thine heritage didl^ fend a plenteous rain, Whereby thou, when it weary was, didii it refrcfh again. 10 Thy congregation then did make their habitation there: Of thine own goodnefo for the poor, O God, thou didft prepare, ir The Lord himfelf did give the word, the word abroad did fpread ; Great was the company of them LXVIII. ij^ the fame who publi/lied. iz Kingsof great armies foiled were, and forc'd to flee away; And women, who remain'd at home, did dillribute the prev. i^ Though ye have ly'n among the pots, like doves ye fliall appear, Whofe wings with filver, and with gold whofe feathers cover'd are. T4 When there th'Almighty fcatter'd kings,* like Salmon's fnow, '.was white. 15 God's hill is like to Bafhan hill, like Balhan hill for height. i6 Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? this is the hill where God t>efires to dwell; yea, God in it for ay will make abode. 17 God's chariots twenty thoufand are, thoufands of angels ftrong; In's holy place God is, as in mount Sinai, them among. 18 Thou haft, OLord, moft glorious afcended up on high; And in triumph victorious led captive captivity: Thou haft received gifts for men, for fuch as did rebel ; Yea, ev'n for ihem; that God the Lord in midft of them might dwell. 19 Bleft be the Lord, who is to us of our falvation God, Who daily with his benefits us plenteouilydoth load. 20 He of falvation is the God, who is our God moft ftrong; And, unto God the Lord from death the ifllies do belong, zi But furely God fhall wound the head of thofe that are his foes: The hairy fcalp of him that ftili on in his trefpafs goes. 22 God faid, My people I will bring again from Baflian hill : Yea, from the fea's devouring deeps them bring again I will. 23 That in the blood of enemies thy foot imbru'd may be ; And of thy dogs dipt in the fame the tongues thou mayeft fee. 24 Thy goings they have feen, O God, the fteps of majefty Of my God and my mighty King, within the fandtuary. 25 Before went fingers, players next on inftruments took v.-ay ; And them among the damfels were, /it that did on timbrels play. j; 26 Within the congretations "* blefs God with one accord ; From Ifracl's fountain do ye blefs, P S A L. and praife the might)' Lord. 27 Withtlicir prince little Benjamin, princes and coLmfel there Of Judah were, thcje Zebnlun's and Napht'li's princes were. (ftrong 28 Thy God commands thy ftrength : make v.'hat thou wronght'ft for us, Lord. «9 Fur thy hoofc at jerufalem, kings fliall thee gifts afford. 30 The fpear-mens hoft,' the multitude of bulls, which fiercely look, Thofe calves which people have forth fent, O Lord our God, rebuke. Till ev'ry one fubmit himfelf, and filver pieces bring: The people that delight in war difperfe, O God and King. 31 Thofe that be princes great, fhallthen come out of Egypt lands, And Ethiopia to God fliall foon ftreteh out her hands, 3Z O all ye kingdoms of the earth, fing praifes to this King, For he is Lord that ruleth all, unto him praifes fing: 33 To him that rides on hcav'ns of heav'ns, which he of old did found ; Lo, he fends out his voice, a voice in might that doth abound. 34 Strength unto God do ye afcribc; for his excellency Is over Ifrael, his ftrength is in the clouds moft high. 35 Thou'rt from thy temple dreadful, Lord, IfiraTs own God is he. Who gives his people ftrength and pow'r: let God bleffed be. P S A L. LXIX. SAvc me, O God, becaufe the floods do i'o environ me. That ev'n unto my very foul come in the waters be. a I downward in deep mire do fink. Where ftanding there is none: I am into deep waters come, where floods have o'er me gone. 3 I vi^eary with my crying am, my throat is alfo dried ; Mine eyes do fail, v^'hile for m^y God 1 waiting do abide. 4 Thofe men that do without acaufe bear hatred unto me, Than are the hairs upon my head in number more tl;ev he. They that would me deftroy, and are mine en'mies wrongfully. Are mighty: fo what I took not to render forc'd was L J Lord, thou my foliy know'ft ; my fing jiot Qov^r'd are from thee. LXIX. !3 6 Let none that wait on thee be fliam'd. Lord God of hofts, forme. O Lord the God of ifrael, let none who fearch do nvike. And feek thee, be at any time confounded for my fake. 7 For I have borne reproach for thee : my face is hid with fhame. 8 To brethren ftrange, to mother's fons an alien 4 became. 9 Becaufe the zeal did eat me up which to thine houfe I bare; And the reproaches caft at thee, upon me fallen are, 10 My tears and fafts, t'afFli^ft my foul, were turned to my fliame. 11 When fackcloth I did wear, to them a proverb I became, iz The men that in the gate do fit againll me evil fpeak ; They alfo that vile drunkards were, of me their fong did make. 13 But, in an acceptable time, my pray'r, Lord, is to thee: In truth of thy falvation, Lord, and mercy great, hear me. > 14 Deliver me out of the mire, from finking do me keep ; Free me from thofe that do me hate, and from the waters deep. 15 Let not the flood on me prevail, whofe water overflows ; Nor deep mefwaflow, nor the pit her mouth upon me clofe. 16 Hear me, O Lord, becaufe thy love and kindnefs is moft good; Turn unto me according to thy mercies multitude. 17 Nor from thy fcrvant hide thy face; I'm troubl'd, foon attend. 18 Draw near ray foul, and it redeem; me from my foes defend. 19 To thee is my reproach well known, my fhame, and my difgrace: Thofe that mine adverfarics be are all before thy face. 20 Reproach hath broke my heart, I'm fuH of grief; I look'd for one To pity me ; but none I found; comforters found I none. 21 They alfo biiter gall did give unto me for my meat : They -gave me vinegar to drink, when as my thirft was great. 22 Before them let their, table prove a fnare; and do thou make Their welfare and profperity a trap themfelves to take. 23 Let thou their eyes fo darkned be, that fight may them forfakc : E I 4 P S A L. LXX And let their loins be made by thee continually to fhalce, 24 Thy furv pour thou out on them, and indignation; And let thy wrathful anger, Lord, faft hold take them upon. 25 All wade and defolate let be their habitation ; And in their tabernacles all inhabitants be none. I s6 Becaufe him they do p^irfecute, w,hom thou didft fmite before ; They talk unto the grief of thofe whom thou haft wounded fore, 37 Add thou iniquity unto their former wickednefs; And do not let them come at all into thy righteoufnefs. 28 Out of the book of life let them be raz'd and blotted quite ; Among the juft and righteous let not their names be writ. 29 But now become exceeding poor. and forrowful am. I : By thy falvation, O my God, let me befet on high. 30 The name of God I with a long moft cheerfully will praife ; And I, in giving thanks to him, his name fliall highly raife. 31 This to the Lord a facriiice more gracious fhall prove, Than bullock, ox, or any beaft, that hath both horn and hoof. 3Z When this the humble men lliallfee, it joy to them fnall give: O all ye that do feek the Lord, your hearts fliall ever live. 33 For God the poor hears, and will not his prifoners contemn. 34 Letheav'n,and earth, and feashim praife, and all that move in them. 35 For Godwin judah's cities build, and he willSion fave; That they may dwell therein, and it in fure poffeffion have. 36 And they that are his fervants feed inherit lliall the fame; So fliall they have their dwelling here that love his bleffed name. P S A L. LXX. LOrd, haftc, me to deliver; with fpeed. Lord, fuccour mc. 2 Let them that for my foul do feck, fiiam'd and confounded be : Turn'd back be they, and lliam'd, that in my hurt delight. 3 Turn'd back be they. Ha, ha, that fay, their fhaming to requite. 4 In thee let all be glad, Lxxr. and joy, that feek for thee: Let them who thy falvation love, fay ftill, God praifed be. 5 I poor and needy am, come. Lord, and make noftay: My help thou and deliv*rer art, O Lord, make no delay. Another of the fame. MAke hafte, O God, me to preferve ; with fpeed, Lord fuccour me. J Let them that for my foul do feek. fiiara'd and confounded be : Let them be turned back, and Iham'd, that in my hurt delight. 3 Turn'd back be th-ey. Ha, ha, that fay, their fhaming to requite. 4 O Lord, in thee let all be glad, and joy, that feek for thee: Let them who thy falvation love, fay ftill, God praifed be. . 5 But I both poor and needy am; come, Lord, and make no ftay : My help thou and deliv'rer art ; Lord, make no delay. P S A L. LXXL OL'ord, my hope and confidence is plac'd in thee alone: Then kt thy fervant never be put to confufion. 2 And let me, in thy righteoufnefs, from thee deliv'rance have; Caufe me efcape, incline thine ear unto me, and me favc. 3 Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which 1 ever may refort : Thou gav'ft commandment me to fave, for tiiou'rt my rock and fort. 4 Free mc, my God, from wicked hands,- hands cruel and unjuft. 5 For thou, O Lord God, art my hope, and, from my youth, my truft. 6 Thou from the womb didft hold me up : thou art the fame that me Out of my mother's bowels took; 1 ever will praife thee. 7 To many I a wonder am ; but th'ou'rt my refuge ftrong. 8 Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praife, and honour all day long. 9 Odonoteaftme oiT, when as old age doth overtake me ; And, when my ftrength decayed is, , then do not thou forfake me. 10 For thofe that are mine enemies, againft me fpeak with hate : And they together counfel take, that for my foul lay wait. li Theyfaid, God leaves him, him purfue;.J and take; none will him fave. 12 Bethoii not far from me, my God : p s A : ihv fpecdy help I crave. 13 Confound, confume them, that unto my foul arc enemies : Cloth 'd be they with reproach and fhame that do my hurtdevife. 14 But I with expectation will hope continually; And yet with praiies more and more I will thee magnify. 15 Thy juftice and falvation, my mouth abroad fliall fhow Ev'n all the day; for I thereof the numbers do not know. j6 And I will conftantly go on in ftrength of God the Lord: And thine own righteoufnefs, ev'n thine alone, I will record. 17 For even*f>om my youth, O God, by thee 1 have been taught ; And hitherto 1 have declar'd the wonders thou haft wrought. 18 And now. Lord, leave me not, when I old and gray-headed grow : Till to this age thy ftrength and pow'r to alj to come I fhow. 19 And thy moft perfect righteoufnefs, O Lord, is very high, Who haft fo great things done : O God, who is like unto thee ? io Thou, Lord, who great advcrfities, and fore, to me didrt fhow, Shalt quicken and bring me again from depths of earth below. ii My greatnefs and my pow'r thou wilt increafe, and far extend: On ev'ry fide againft all grief thou wilt me comfort fend. 2a Thee, ev'n thy truth, I'll alfo praife, my God, with pfelteiy : Thou holy one of Ifrael, with harp I'll ling to thee. 7,$ My lips fliall much rejoice in thee, when I thy praifes found ; My foul, which thou red^med haft, in joy fhall much abound. 24 My tongue thy juftit . fhall proclaim, continuing all day long : For they confounded are, and fham'd, that feek to do me wrong. P S A L. LXXII. O Lord, thy judgments give the king, his fon thy righteoufnefs. a With right he fhall thy people judge, thy poor with uprightnefs. 3 The lofty mountains fhall bring forth unto the people peace; Likewife the little hills the fame fhall do by righteoufnefs. 4 The people's poor ones he fhall judge, the needy's children fave : LXXIT. ;3 And thofe Jliall he In pieces birak who them opprefied have. 5 They n-.all thee fear, vrhile lun and moo» do laft, through ages all. 6 Like rain on mown grafs he fliall drop, or ftiow'rs on earth that fall. 7 The juft fhall flourifh in his days, and profperin his reign : He fhall, while doth the moon endure, abundant peace maintain. 2 His large and great dominion fhall from fea to fea extend: It from the river fhall reach forth unto earth's utmoft end. 9 They in the wildernefs that dwell, bow down before him muft : And they that are his enemies fliall lick the very duft. j-Q The kings of Tanhifh, and the ifles, to him ihall prefents bnng; And unto him fliall ofier gifts Sheba's and Scba's king. 11 Yea, all the mighty kings on earth before him down fhall fall : And all the nations of the world do fervicc to him fhall. 12 For he the needy Ihall preferve, when he to him doth call: The poor alfo, and him that hath no help ef man at all. 13 The poor man and the indigent in mercy he fhall fpare ; ile fhall preferve alive the fouls of thofe that needy are. 14 Both from deceit and violence, their foul he fhall let free; And in bis fight right precious and dear their blood fliall be. 15 Yea, he fhall life, and giv'n to him fliall be of Sheba's gold; For him ftill fliall they pray, and he fhall dai;ly be extoll'd. 16 Of corn an handful in the earth on tops of mountains high. With profp'rous fniitiihall fliake, like trees on Lebanon that be. The city fhall be flourifliing, her citizens abound In number fliall, like to the grafs that grows upon the ground. 17 His name for ever fhall endure, laft like the fun it fhall : Men fljall be bleft in him, and bleft all nations fliall him call. 18 NowblefTed be the Lord our God, the God of Ifrael; For he alone doth wondrous works, in glory that excel. 19 And blefTed be his glorious name to all eternity ; 56 The whole e^-tli let his glory fill Amen, fo let it be. P S A L. LXXIII. YEt God is good to Ifracl, to each pure-hearted one. ft But as for me, my fteps near flipt, my feet were almofl go:ic. 3 For I envious was, andgrCtdg'd the foolifli folk to fee, When I perceiv'd the wicked fort enjcy jDrofoerity. 4 For ft:!! their lirength continueth firm, their death of bands is free. 5 They are not toil'd as other men, nor plagii'd as others be. 6 Therefore their pride, like to a chain, them corrip^.fTeth about; And, as a garment, violence doth cover them throughout. 7 Their eycsftand out>v;th fat, they have more than their hearts could wifli. 8 They are corrupt, their talk of wrong both lewd and lofty is. 9 They fet their mouth againfl: the heav'ns in their blafpheraous talk; And their reproaching tongue throughout the earth at large doth walk. JO His people oftentimes for this look back, and turn about ; Sith waters of fo full a cup to thefe are poured out. 11 And thus they fay, How can it be that God thefe things doth know? Or, can there in the Higheft be knowledge of things below ? 12 Behold, thefe are the wicked ones, yet profper at their will In worldly things, they do increafe in wealth and riches ftill. 13 I verily have done in vain my heart to purify ; To no eft'ect in innocence wafhed my hands have I, 14 For daily, and all day throughout, greatplagius I fun'er'd have; Yea, ev'ry morning I of new did chaftifement receive. J5 If in this manner fooliftily to fpeak i vvoukl intend. Thy childrens generation, behold, i fhould offend. 16 When I this thought to know, it was too hard a thing' for me : * 17 Till to God's fanftuary I went; then I their end did fee. 18 Aifuvedly thou didft them fet a nippery place upon : Them fuddenly thou caftedft down into deftruiStion. 19 How, in a moment fuddenly P S A L. LXXIII, LXXIV. to ruin brought are they ! With fearful terrors utterly they are confum'd away, zo Ev'n like unto a dream, when one from fleeping doth arife; So thou, O Lord, when thou awak'ft, their image {halt defpife. 21 Thus grieved was my heart in me, aod mc my reins oppreft. 2Z So rude was I, and ignorant ; and in thy fight a bead. 23 Neverthelefs continually, O Lord, I am v/ith thee : Thou doft me hold hy my right hand, and fiiil upholdeft me. 24 Thou wiih thyconnfel, while I live, wilt me conduct: and guide ; And to thy glory afterward receive me to abide. 25 Whom have I in the heavens high, but thee, O Lord, alone? And m the earth, whom I defire befides thee there is none. 26 My flefli and heart doth faint and fail ; but God doth fail me never; For of my heart God is the ftrength, and portion for ever. 27 For lo, they that are far from thee for ever perilh fliall : Them that a-wfaoringfrom thee go thou haft dellroyed all. 28 But furely it is good for me, that 1 draw near to God : In God I truft, that all thy works I may declare abroad. P S A L. LXXIV. OGod, why haft thou caft us off? is it for evermore? Againft thy pafture-flieep why doth thine anger fmoke fo fore ? 2 O call to thy rememberance thy congregation, Which thou haft purchafed of old, ftill think tiTe fame upon.; The rod of thine inheritance, which thou redeemed haft; This Sion hill, wherein thou hadft thy dwelling in times paft. 3 To thefe longdefolations thy feet lift, do not tarry ; For all the ills thy foes have done within thy fandtuary. 4 Amidft thy congregations, thine enemies do rore ; Their enfigns theyfet up for figns of trumph thee before. 5 A man was famous, and was had in eftimationj According as he lifted up his axe thick trees upon, P S A L. i But all at once with axes now and hammers they go to: And down the carved work thereof, they break and quite undo. 7 They fired have thy faniftuary, and have defil'd the fame, By carting down unto the ground the place where dwelt thy name. 8 Thns faid they in their hearts, Let us deftroy them out of hand : They burnt up all the fynagogues of God within the land: 9 Our figns we do not now behold ; there is not us among A prophet more, nor any one that knows the time how long. 10 How long, Lord, (hall the enemy thus in reproach exclaim ? And fliall the adverfary thus always blafpheme thy name ? 11 Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might, why dort thou thus draw back? Ofrom thy bofom pluck it out, for our deliv'rance fake. IS For certainly God is my King, ev'n from the times of old, AVorking in midft of all the earth falvation manifold. 13 The fea, by thygreat pow'r, to part afunder thou didft make: And thou the dragons heads, O Lend, within the waters brake. 14 Tiie leviathans heads thoubrak'ft _ in fiieces, and didft give Him to be meat unto the folk in wildernefs that live. 15 Thou clav'll: the fountain and the flood, which did with ftreams abound : Thou dry'dft the mighty waters up unto the veiy ground. 16 Thine only is the day, O Lord, thine alfo is the night: And thou alone prepared haft the fun and fhining light. 17 By thee the borders of the earth ^ were fettled ev'ry where: The fummcr and the winter both by thee created were. 18 That th' enemy reproached hath, O keep it in record: And that the foolifh people have blafphem'il thy name, OLord. 19 Unto the multitude do rjot thy turtle's foul deliver : The congregation of thy poor do not forget for ever. 20 Unto thy cov'nant have refpefl: for earth's dark places be Full of the habitations of horrid cruelty. LXXV. LXXVI." 37 21 O let notthofc that be oppreft, return again with fliame: Let thofe that poor and needy are give praife unto thy name. zz Do thou, O God, arife and plead the caufe that is thine own : Remember how thou art reproach'd ftill by the foolifh one. 23 Do not forget the voice of thofc that are thine enemies. Of thofe the tumult ever grows that do againft thee rife. P S A L. LXXV. TO thee, O God, do we give thanks, we do give thanlj;s to thee : Becaufe thy wondrous v>'orks declare thy great name near to be< 2 I purpofe, when I fliall receive the congregation, That I fliall judgntent uprightly render to ev'ry one. 3 DifTolved is the land, with all that in the fame do dwell; But 1 the pillars thereof do bear up and 'ftablifli well. 4 I to the foolifh people faid. Do not deal foolifhly ; And unto thofe that wicked are, Lift not your horn on high. 5 Lift not your horn on high, nor fpeak, 6 with ftubborn neck. But know. That nor from eaft, norweft, norfouth, promotion doth flow. 7 But God is judge: he puts down one, and lets another up. ,■ 8 For in the hand of God moft high of red wine is a cup: 'Tis full of mixture, he pours forth, and makes the wicked all Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; yea, and they drink them fhall. 9 But I for ever will declare, I Jacob's God will praife. 10 All horns of lewd men I'll cutoff; but juft mens horns will raile. P S A L. LXXVL IN Juc^h's land God is well known, his name's in Ifra'l great: 1 2 In Salem is his tabernacle, in Sion is his feat. 3 There arrows of the bow he brake, the fliield, the fword, the war. 4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, more excellent art far. 5 Thofe that were ftout of heart are fpoil'dj they flept their fleep outright: And none of thofe their hands did find, that were the men of might. 6 When thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, had forth againft them paft. 38 - P 5 xl Their horfes and their chariots both were in a dead flecp caft. 7 Thou, Lord, ev'n thou art he that fhould be fear'd ; and who is he That may ftand up before thy fight, if once thou angry be? (heard ; 8 From heav'n thovi judgment caus'd be the earth was ftill with fear, 9 When God to judgment rofe, to fave all meek on eazth that were. 10 Surely the very wrath of man unto thy praife redounds : Thou to the remnant of his wrath wilt fet reftraining bounds. I r Vow to the Lord your God, and pay, all ye that near him be. Bring gifts and prefents unto him; for to be fear'd is he : la By him the fpVits fliall be cut off of thofe that princes are : Unto the kings that are on earth he fearful doth appear. P S A L. LXXVII. U'Nto the Lord I with my voice, I unto Gcd did cry Ev'n with my voice; and unto me his ear he did apply. a I in my trouble fought the Lord: my fore by night did run, And ceafed not: my grieved foul did confolation (lum. 3 I to remembrance God did call, yet trouble did remain : And overwhelm'd my fpirit was, whilft I did fore complain. 4 Mine eyes, debarred from reft and fleep, thou makeft ftill to wake : My trouble is lb great, that I unable am to fneak. 5 The days of old to mind I call'd, and oft did think upon The times and ages that are paft full many years agone. 6 By night my fong I call to mind, and commune with my heart. My fp'rit did carefully inquire how I might eafe my fmart. . 7 For ever will the Lord caft off, and gracious be no more? 8 For ever is his mercy gone ? fails his word evermore ? 9 Is't true, that to he gracious the Lord forgotten hath? And that his tender mercies he hath fliut up in his wrath ? 10 Then did I lay, that furely this is mine infirmity : i'll mind the years of the right hand of him that is moft High. II Yea, I ren^.tn.ber will the works L. LXXVII, LXXVIII. performed by the Lord: The wonders done of old by thcc I furely will record. I a I alio will of all thy works my meditation make ; And of thy doings to difcourfe, great pleafure I will take. 13 O God, thy way moft holy is within thy fanftuary: • And what god is fo great in pow'r, as is our God moft high? 14 Thou art the God that wonders doft by thy right hand moft ftrong ; Thy m.ighty pow'r thou haft declar'd the nations among. 15 To thine own people with thine arns thou didft redemption bring : To Jacob's fons, and to the tribes of Jofeph that do fpring. 16 The waters. Lord, perceived thee, the waters faw thee well: And they for fear afide did flee ; the depths on trembling fell. 17 The clouds in water forth were pour'd, found loudly did the fky ; And f-R-iftly through the world abroad thine arrows fierce did fly. 18 Thy thunder's voice alongft the heav'n a mighty noife dic^make : By lightnings lightned was the world, th' earth tremble did and Ihake. 19 Thy v/ay is in the fea, and in the waters great thy path ; Yet are thy footfteps hid, O Lord, none knowledge thereof hath. 20 Thy people thou didft fafely lead like to a flock of fheep ; ByMofes hand and Aaron's thou didft them condud and keep. P S A L. LXXVIII. ATtend, my people, to my law, thereto give thou an ear: The words that from my mouth proceed atteintively do hear. a My mouth fhal'l fpealc a parable, and fayings dark of old : 3 The fame which we have heard, and known, and us our fathers told. 4 We alfo will them not conceal from their pofterity: Them to the generation to come declare will we : The praifes of the Lord our God, and his almighty ftrength, The wondrous works that he hath done we will ihew forth at length. 5 His teftimony and his law in Ifra'l he did place, ' And charg'd our fathers it to fliow to their fucceeding race. '1 P S A L. i That fo the race which was to come might well them learn andknow ; And fons unborn who fhould arife might to their fons them fhow. 7 That they might fet their hope in God, and iuffer not to fall His mighty works out of their mind: but keep his precepts all. 8 Add might not, like their fathers, be a ftitf rebellious race ; A race not right in hi'art, with God ' whofe fp'rit not ftedfaft was. 9 The fons of Ephra'm, who nor bows, nor other arms did lack. When as the day of battle was, they faintly turned back. 10 They brake God's cov'nant and refus'd in his commands to go. • 11 His works and wonders they forgot, which he to them did flricw. 12 Things marvellous he brought to paf?, their fathers them beheld, Within the land of F.gypt done, yea, ev'n in Zoan's field. 13 By him divided was the fea, he caus'd them through to pafs ; And made the waters fo to ftand, as Uke an heap it was. 14 "\Vith cloud by day, with light of fire, all night he did them guide. 15 In defert rocks he clave, and drink as from great depths fupply'd. (floods 16 He from the rock brought ftreanis, like made waters to i-un down. 17 Yet finning more, in defert they provok'd the higheft One. 18 For in their heart they tempted God, and, fpeaking with miftruft. They greedily did meat require to fatisfy their luit, 1.9 Againlt the Lord himfelf they fpake ; and murmuring, faid thus, A table in the wildernefs, can God prepare for us ? a© Behold, he fmotethe rock; and thence came ftreams and waters great : But can he give his people bread ? ' and fend them flefh to eat ? 31 The LoVd did hear, and waxed wrotb, fo kindled was a Hanie 'Gainlt Jacob, and 'gainit Ifrael up indignation came, ai Forthcy behev'd not God, nor truft in his falvation had: »5 Though clouds above he did command, andheav'n's doors open made; 0.4 And manna rain'd on them, ar.d gave them corn of heav'n to eat. aj Man angels food did eat : to them he to the fu'.i fent meat. LXXVIII. 3^ 26 And in the heaven he did caufc an eaftern wind to blow; And by his power he let out the fouthern wind to go. 27 Then lleih as thick as duft he made to rain down them among; And feather'd fowls, like as the faiid which ly'th the lliore along. zS At his command amidft their camp thefe fliow'rs of flefh down fell. All roundabout the tabernacles, and tents where they did dwell. 29 So did they eat abundantly, and had of meat their fill : For he did give to them what was their own defire and will. 30 They from their lufl; had not eftrang'd their heart and their defire: But while the meat was in their mouth, which they did fo require, 3 1 God's wrath upon them cam.e, and flew the fatteft of thera all : So that the choice of Ifrael o'erthrown by death did fall, 32 Yet notwithftanding of all tliis, they finned ftill the more: And though he had great wonders wrought^ believYl him not therefore. 3 3 Wherefore their days in vanity he did confume and wafte: And by his wrath their wretched years away in trouble part. 34 But when he flew them, then they did to feek him fliew defire: Yea, they return'd, and after God right early did inquire. 35 And that the Lord had been their rock, they did remember then: Ev'n that the high almighty God had their Redeemer been. 36 Yet with their mouth they flatter'd him^ and fpake but feignedly: And they unto the God of truth with their falfe tongues did lie. (heart 3 7 For though their words were good, their with him was not fincere : Unftedfaft and perfidious they in his cov'nant were. 38 But fall of pity, he forgave their fin, them did not flay : Nor ftirr'd up all his wrath, but oft his anger turn'd away. 39 For that they were but fading flefli to mind he did rccal ; A wind that palToth foon away, and not returns at all. 40 How often did th.ey him pi-ovoke within the wildcrnefs ? And in the defert did him grieve with, their rcbellioiifn-ts ' 40 P S A L 41 Yea, turning back they tempted God, and limits fet upon Him, who in the midft of Ifra'l is the only holy One. 4i They did not call to mind his pow'r, nor yet the day when he Deliver'd them out of the hand of their fierce enemy. 43 Nor how great figns in Egypt land he openly had wrought, What miz^acles in Zoan's field his hand topafs had brought. 44 How lakes and rivers every where he turned into blood ; 50 that no man nor beaft could drink of Handing lake or flood. 45 He brought among them fwarms of flies, which did them fore annoy ; And divers kinds of filthy ft-ogs he fent,' them to deftroy. 46 He to the caterpillar gave the fruits of all their foil: Their labours he deliver'd up unto the locufts fpoil. 47 Their vines with hail, their fycomores he with the froft did blaft. 48 Their beaftsto hail he gave, their flocks hot thunder-bolts did wafte. 49 Fierce burning wrath he on them caft, and indignation ftrong, And troubles fore, by fending forth ill angels them among. JO He to his wrath made way, their foul from death he did not fave ; But over to the peftilence the lives of them he gave. 51 In Egypt land the firlt-born all he fmote down ev'ry where ; Amongft the tents of Ham, ev'nthefe chief of their flrength that were. 5» But his own people like to fhcep thence to go forth he made ; And he amidfl: the wildernefs them as a flock did lead. 53 And he them fafely on did lead^ fo that they did ,not fear: Whereas their en'mies by the fea quite overwhelmed were. 54 To borders of his fanftuary the Lord his people led, Ev'n to the mount which his right band for them had purchafed. 55 The nations of Canaan, by his almighty hand Before their face he did expel out of their native land ; Which for inheritance to them by line he did divide, And made the tribes of Ifrael within their tents abide. LXXVIII. 56 Yet God moft high they did provoke, and tempted ever ftill ; And to obferve his teftimonies, did not incline their will. 57 But like their fathers, turned back, and dealt unfaithfully: Afide they turned, Uke a bow that fhoots deceitfully. 58 For they to anger did provoke him with their places high ; And with their graven images mov'd him to jealoufy. 59 When God heard this, he waxed wrothy and much loth'd Ifra'l then : 60 So Sliiloh's tent he left, the tent which he had plac'd with men : 61 And he his flrength delivered into captivity. He left his glory inthe hand of his proud enemy. 62 His people alfo he gave o'er unto the fword's fierce rage: So fore his wrath inflamed was againft his heritage. djThe fire confum'd their choice young men; their maids no marriage had. 64 And when their priefts fell by the fword, their wives no mourning made. 6s But then the Lord arofe, as one that doth from fleep awake ; And Uke a giant that, by wirle refrefli'd, a fliout doth make. 66 Upon his en'mies hinderparts he made his ftroke to fall ; And fo upon them he did put a fhame perpetual. 67 Moreover, he the tabernacle of Jofeph did refufe ; The mighty tribe of Ephraim 1 he would in no wife chufe. 68 But he did chufe Jehudah's tribe to be the reft above ; And of mount Sion he made choice, which he fo much did love. 69 And he his fanctuary built like to a palace high. Like to the earth which he did found to perpetuity. 70 OfDavid that his fervantwal, ^ A he alfo choice did make; " And even from the folds of Iheep, was plealed him to take : 71 From waiting on the ews with young, he brought him forth- to feed Ifrael, his inheritance, his people, Jacob's feed. 7a So after the integrity he of his heart them fed; And by the good Ikill of his hauds^ thein wifely governed. P S A L. P S A L. LXXIX. OGod, the heathen enter'd have thine heritage ; by them Defiled is thy houfe: on heaps they laid Jerunilem. a The bodice ofthy fcrvants they have caft forth, to be meat To rav'nous Towls, thy dear faints flefli they gave to beafts to eat. 3 Tlieir blood about f erufalem like water they have flied: And there was none to bury therrt ivhen they were fiain and dead. 4 Unto our neighbours a reproach molt bafe become are we: Afcorn and huj^hing-ftock to them that round about us be. 5 How long, Lord, fliall thine anger laft ? wilt thou ftill keep the fame ? And fliall thy fervent jealoufy burn likeunto a iflame ? 6 On heathens pour thy fury forth, that have thee never knowa, And on thofc kingdoms which thy name have never call'd upon. 7 For thefe are they who Jacob have devoured cruelly. And they his habitation have caufed wafte to ly. 8 Againft us mind pot former fins : thy tender mercies {how. Let them prevent us fpeedily, for we're brought very low. 9 For thy name's glory, help us, Lord, who hall our faviour been : Deliver us for thy name's fake, O purge away our lin. 10 Why fay the heathen, V^'here's their God: let him to them be known ; When thofe who ibed thy fervants blood, are in our fight o'erthrown. 11 O let the pris'ners fighs afcend before thy fight on high : Prefcrve thofe in thy mighty pow'r that are defign'd to die. la And to our neighbour's bofom caufe itfev'n-fold rendred be, Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have, O Lord, reproached thee. 13 So we thy folk and pafture-flieep will give thee thanks always : And unto generations all we will fliew forth thy pralfe. P S A L. LXXX. HEar, Ifra'l's fliepherd, like a flock thou that doft Jofeph guide. Shine forth, O thou that doft between the cherubims abide, a In Ephraim's and Benjamin's and in Manalfeh's fight. LXXIX, LXXX. 41 O come, for our falvation ftir up thy ftrength and might. 3 Turn us again, O Lord our God, and upon us vouchfafe To make thy countenance to Ihine and fo we fiiall be fafe. 4 O Lord of hofts, almighty God, hcv/ long Oiall kindled be Thy wrath againft the prayer made by thine own folk to thee ? 5 Thou tears of forrow giv'ft to them, inftead of bread, to eat ; Yea, tears inftead of drink thou giv'il to them in meafure great. 6 Thou makeft ua a ftrifc unto our neighbours round about: Our enemies among themfelves at us do laugh and flout. 7 Turn us again, O God of hofts, and upon us vouchfife To make thy countenance to fliine ; and i^o we fliall be fafe. o A vine from Egypt brought thou haft, by thine outilretched hand: And thou the heathen out didft caft, to plant it in their land. 9 Before it thou a room didft make, where it might grow and ftand: , Thou caufedft it deep root to take, audit did fill the land. 10 The mountains vail'd were with its fliade, as v,rith a covering; Like goodly cedars were the boughs which cut from it did fpring. n Upon the one hand, to the fca her boughs flie did out-fend ; On the other fide, unto the flood, her branches did extend. 11 Why haft thou then thus broken down and ta'en her hedge away? So that all paflengers do pluck, and make of her a prey. 13 The boar who from the foreft comes, doth wafte it at his pleafure ; The wild beaft of the field alfo devours it out of meafure. 14 O God of hofts, we thee befeech, return now unto thine : Look down from heav'n in love, behold, and vifit this thy vine: 15 This vineyard which thine ov/n riglit hath planted us among; (hand And that fame branch which for thyfeif thou haft made to be ftrong. 16 Burnt up it is with flaming fire; it alfo is cut down: They utterly are perifhed, when as thy face doth frown. J 7 O let thy hand be ftill upon the man ofthy right hand. 4£ P S A L. LXXXI, The for. of man, whom for thyfelf thou madeft ftiotig to ftand. Jo So henceforth we will not go back; nor turn from thee at all: O do thou quicken us, and we upon thy name will call. 19 Turn us again, Lord God of hofts, and upon us vouchfafe To make thy countenance to fliine, and fo we fJi.all be fafe, P S A L. LXXXI. Sing loud to God, our ftrength : with joy to Jacob's God do ling. 2 Take up a pfalm, the pleafant harp, timbrel imd pfaltery bring. 5 Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day our feaft appointed is: 4 For charge to Ifra'l, and a law of Jacob's God was this. 5 To Jofeph this a teftimony he made, when Egypt land Hetraveil'd througli, where fpeech I heard 1 did not underiland. 6 His fl-ioulder 1 from burdens took, his hands from p'^ts did free. 7 Thou didft in trouble on me call, and I dcliver'd thee: In fecret place of thundering, I did theeanfwcr make; And at the ftreams of Meribah, of thee a proof did take. S O thou mv people, give an ear; , niteftifytothee; To thee, O llra'l, if thou wilt but hearken unto me. 9 Inmidftof theetherefhallnotbe any ftrange god at all : Nor unto any god unknown thou bowing down fhalt fall, io I am the Lord thy God, which did from Kgypt land thee guide: I'll fill thy mouth abundantly, do thou it open wide. II But yet my people to my voice would not attentive be ; And ev'n my chofen Ifrael he would have none of me. la So to the luft of their own hearts, 1 them delivered: And then in counfcls of their own they vainly wandered. S3 O that my people had me heard; Ifra'l my ways had chofe ! 14 I had their en'mies foon fnbdu'd; my hand turn'd on their foes. 15 The haters of the Lord, to him fubmifiion fhould have feign'd; But as for them, their time fhould have for evermore remain'd. j6 He fliould have alfo fed them with LXXXil, LXXXitl. the fineft of the wheat: Of honey from the rock, thy fill I fhould have made thee eat. P S A L. LXXXII. IN gods aflembly God doth ftand ; he judgeth gods among ; a How long, accepting perfons vile, will ye give judgment wrong ? 3 Defend the poor and fatherlefs, to poor oppreft do right. 4 The poor and needy ones fet free, rid them from ill mens might. 5 They know not, nor will underftand, in darknefs they walk on: All the foundations of the earth out of their courfe are gone. 6 I faid that you are gods, and are fons of the higheft all: 7 But ye fhall die like men, and as one of the princes fall. 8 O God, do thou raife up thyfelf, the earth to judgment call: For thou, as thine inheritai>ce, fhalt take the nations all. P S A L. LXXXIIL KEep not, O God, we thee intrcat, O keep not iilence now : Do thou not hold thy peace, O God, and fiill no more be thou, a Forlo, thine enemies a noife tumultuoudy have made; And they that haters are of thee have lifted up the head. 3 Againft thy chofen people they do crafty counfel take; And they againft thy hidden ones do conialtations make. 4 Come let us cut them off, faid they, from being a nation; That of the name of llra'l may no more be mention. 5 For with joint heart they plot, in league againft thee they combine: 6 The tents of Edom, Ifhma'lites, Moab's and Hagar's line, 7 Gebal.and Ammon, Amalek, Phihftines, thofe of Tyre, 8 And Affur joined with them, to help Lot's children they confpire. 9 Do to than as to Midian, Jabin at Kifon ftrand: 10 And Sif 'ra w hich at Endor fell, as dung to fat the land. 11 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make their noblemen to fall : Like Zcba, and Zairnunna like, make thou their princes all : ^ la '\^'^ho faid, For our pofTeffion, let us God's houfes take, ' 13 My God, them like a wiicel, as chaff P S A L. LXXXIV before the wind them make. 14 As fire confame 1 the wood, as flame doth mountains fet on fire; ts Chafe and affright them with the ftorm and tempeft of thine ire. 16 Their f ices fill with (hame, O Lord, that tliey may feek thy name. 17 Let them confounded be andvex'd, and perifh in their (liame. 18 That men may know, that thou, to whom alone doth appertain The name JEHOVAH, doft moft high o'er all the earth remain. P S A L. LXXXIV. HOw lovely is thy dweliing-pla;e, O Lord of hofts, to me ! The tabernacles of thy grace, how pleafant. Lord, they be ! a Mv thinly foul longs veh'mently, y ja, faint?, thy courts to fee: • Jly very heart and flefli cry out, O living God, for thee. 3 Behold, the fparrow findeth out an houfe wherein to reft; The fwallow alfo for herfelf hath purchafed a neft ; Ev'n thine own altars, where (he fife her young ones forth m.ay bring; O thou Almighty, Lord of hofts, who art my God and King. 4 Bleft are they in thy houfe that dwell, they ever give thee praife. 5 Bleft is the man whofe ftrength thou art, in whofe heart are thy ways. 6 Who palling thorough Baca's vale, therein do dig up wells : AJfo the rain that falleth down the pools with water fills. 7 So they from ftrength unweary'd go ftill forward unto ftrength. Until in Zion they appear before the Lord at length. 8 Lord God of hofts, my prayer hear, O Jacob's God, g've ear. 9 See God, our ftiield , look on the face of thine anointed dear. 10 For in thy courts one day excells a thnufcnd ; rather in My God's houfe will 1 keep a door, than dwell in tents of lin. 11 For God the Lord's a fun and fhield: he'll grace and glory give : And will withold nu good from them that uprightly d(^ live. 12 O thou Ihat art the Lord of hofts, that man is truly bleft. Who by afTured confidence on thee abne doth reft. OP S A L. LXXXV. Lord, uiou haft been favourable LXXXV, LXXXVT. 43 to thy beloved land: Jacob's captivity thou haft recall'dwith mighty hand. z Thou pardoned thy people haft all their iniquities. Thou all their trefpaffes and fins haft cover'd from thine eyes. 3 Thou took'ft oft" all thine ire, and turn\ift from thy wrath's furioufnefs. 4 Turn us, God of our health, and caufe thy wraih 'gainft us to ceafe. 5 Shall thy difpleafure thus endure againft us without end ? \Vilt thou to generations all thine anger forth extend? 6 That in thee may thy people joy, wilt thou not us revive ? 7 Shew us thy mercy, Lord, to us do thy falvation give. 8 I'll hear what God the Lord will fpeak: to his folk he'll fpeak peace, And to his faints; but let them not return to foohfhnefs. 9 To them that fear him, fuitly near is his falvation; That glory in our land may have her habitation. ro Truth met with mercy, righteoufnefs and peace kifs'd mutually : (nefs II Truth fprings firom earth, and rightcouf- looks down from heaven high. 1% Yea, what is good the Loi-d fliall give : our land fhaii yieldincteafe. 13 Juftice, to fet us in his fteps, fliall go before his face. P S A L. LXXXVI, OLord, do thou bow down thine ear, and hear me gracioufly ; Becaufe I fore afRic^ed am, and am in poverty. I Becaufe I'm holy, let my foul by thee preferved be : Othou my God, thyfervant favc, that puts his truft in thee. 1, Sith unto thee I daily cry, be merciful to me. 4 Re'o'ce thy fervsnt's foul: for, Loi-d, I lift my foul io tliee, 5 For thou art gracious, O Lord, and ready to forgive ; And rich in mercy, all that call I'pon thee to relieve. 6 Hear, Lord, m.ypray'r: unto the voice of my requcft attend. 7 In troublous times I'll call on thee, for thou wilt anfwer fend, 8 Lord, there is none among the pods that may with thee compare ; And, like the works which thou hnft d.:nc-. not any work i,s there, 2 44 P S A L: LXXXVII, LXXXVIII, LXXXIX. 9 All nations whom thou mad'ft, fhall come and worfiiip revVcntly Before thy face; and they, O Lord, thy name lliall glorify. 10 Becaufethou art exceeding great, and Avorks by thee are done Which are to be admir'd ; and thou art God thyfelf alone. 11 Teach mc thy way, and in thy truth, O Lord, then walk will I ; Unite my hearty that I thy name may fear continually. xz OLord my God, with all my heart to thee I will give praife; And I the glory will afcribe unto thy name always. 13 Becaufe thy mercy toward me in greatnefs doth excel; And tiiou deliver 'd haft my foul out from the loweft hell. 14 O God, the proud againft me rife, and vi'lent men have met, That for my foul have fought ; and thee before them have notfet. ij But thou art full of pity, Lord, a God moft gracious, Long-fufftring, and in tb.y truth and mercy plei^teous. i6 X) turn to me thy countenance, and mercy on me have : Thy ferv^nc ftrengthen, and the fon of thine ov/n handmaid fave. 17 Shew me a fign for good ; that they which do me hate, may fee. And be afliam'd, becaufe thou, Lord, didft help and comfort me. P S A L. LXXXVIL UPon the hills of holincfs he his foundation fets. 3 God more than Jacob's dwellings all, dcliglits in Zion's gates. 3 Things glorious are faid of thee, thou city of the Lord. 4 Rahab and Babel, I tothofe that know me, will record : Behold, ev'n Tyrus, and with it theland of Paleftine, And likewife Etliiopia; this man was born therein. 5 And it of Zion fhali be faid. This man and that man there Was born ; and he that is moit High himfelffliallftablilh her. 6 When God the people writes, he'll count tliat this man born was there. 7 There be that fing, and play ; and all my well-fprings in thee are. P S A L. LXXXVIII. TOrd God, my Saviour, day and night .^—4 bdb;e thef cry'd have L % Before thee let my prayer come; give ear unto my cry. 3 For troubles great do fill my foul : my life draws nigh the grave. 4 I'm counted with Ibofethatgo down to pit, and no ftrength have. 5 Ev'n free among the dead, like them that nain in grave do ly; Cut off from thy hand, whom no more thon haft in m.emory. 6 Thou haft me laid in loweft pit; in deeps and darkfome caves. 7 Thy wrath lies hard on mc,thou haft mc preft with all thy waves. 8 Thou haft put far from me my friends, thou mad'ft them to abhor me : And I am lb fhut up, that I find noevafion forme. 9 By reafon of affliction, mine eye mourns dolefully: To thee, Lord, do I call, and ftretch my hands continually. 10 Wilt thou fhew wonders to the dead ? ftiall they rife, and thee blefs ? 11 Shall in the grave thy love be told? in death thy faithfuinefs ? I a Shall thy great wonders in the dark, or fliall thy rightoufnefs Be known to any in the land ' of deep forgetfulnefs? But Lord, to thee I cry'd, my pray'r at mora prevent fiiall thee. Why, Lord, doft thou caft off my foul? and hid'ft thy face from me ? 15 Diftreft am I, and from my youth I ready am to die; Thy terrors I have born, and am diftradled fearfully. 16 The dreadful fiercenefs of thy wrath quite over me doth go: Thy terrors great have cut me off, they did purfue me fo. 17 For roundabout me ev'ry day, like water they didroul; And, gathering together, they have compaficd my foul. i8 My friend thou haft put far from me, and him that did me love; And thofe that mine acquaintance were to darkncfs didft remove. P S A L. LXXXIX. GOd's mercies I will ever fing, and with my mouth I ftiall Thy faithfulnefs make to be known to generations all. z For mercy fnall be built, faid I, for ever to endure : Thy faithfulnefs, ev'n in the hcav'ns, ' thou wilt eftablifti fure. 3 I vv^ith ray chofen one have made 13 14 P S A L, a cov'nant gracioufly ; And to my iervant whom I lov'd, to David fworn liave I, 4 Tiiat 1 thy leed eftabliih Ihall for ever to remain; And will to generations all thy throne build and maintain. 5 The praiTes of thy wonders, Lord, the heavens Jhall exprefs; And in the' congregation , of faints thy iaithfulnefs. 6 For who in heaven with the Lord may once himfelf compare? Who is like God among the fons of thofe that mighty arc ? 7 Great fear in meeting of the faints is due unto the Lord ; And he of all about him fhould with rev'rence be ador'd. 8 O thou tl;at art the Lord of hofls, what lord in mightinefs Is like to thee ?' who compaft round art with thy faithfulnefs. 9 Ev'n in the raging of the fea thou over it doft reign : And when the waves thereof do fwell, thou ftilleft them again. 10 Rahab in pieces thou didft break, like one that fiaughter'd is: And with thy mighty arm thou haft difpers'd thine enemies. 1 1 The heav'ns are thine, thou for thine own the earth doth alfo take: The world, and fulnefs of the fame, thy pow'r did tbund and make. iz The north and fouth from thee alone their firft beginning had : Both Tabor mount and flermon hill Ihall in thy name be glad. 13 Thou haft an arm that's full of pow'r, thy hand is great in might : And thy right hand exceedingly exalted is in height. 14 Juftice and judgment of thy throne are made the dwelling-place : Mercy, accompany'd with truth, fliall go before thy face. 15 O greatly bled the people are the joyful f )vmd that know: In brightnefs of thy face, O Lord, they ever on fhal! go. 16 They in thy name fhall all the day rejoice exceedingly: And in thy righteoufnefs fhall they exalted be on high. 17 Becaufethe glory of their ftrcngth doth only Uand in tliee : * And in thy favour ihall our horn and pow'r exalted be. rS For God is ourdtfence, and he LXXXIX. 4j to us doth (afety bring : The hoiy One of Ifrael is our almighty King. 19 In vifion to thy holy One thou faidft, I help upon A ftrong one laid ; out of the folk I rp.is'd a chofen one. lo Ev'n David, I have found liim out a fervant unto me; And witli my holy oil my king anointed him to be. 21 With v.'hom my hand fliall ftablifli'd be : mine arm /hall him make ftrong. 21 On him the foe fnall not exaft, nor fon of milchief wrong. 23 I will beat down before his face all his malicious foes: I will them greatly plague, who do with hatred him oppofe. i4 My mercy, and my faithfulnefs with him yet ftill fliall be: And in my name his horn and pow'r men fhall exalted fee. 35 His hand and pow'r fliall reach afar, ril fetit in the fea ; And his right hand eftablifliod fhall in the rivers be. z6 Thou art ray Father, he null cry thou art my God alone ; And he fhal] fay, Thou art the rock of my falvation. 27 I'll make him my firft -born ; more high than kings of any iand. 2,2 My love I'll ever keep for him, my cov'nant faft fliall f and. 29 His feed I by my pow'r will make for ever to endure : And, as the days of heav'n, his throne Ihal! ftable be and fare. 30 But if his children fliall forfake my laws, and go aftray, And in my judgments fliall not walk, but wander from my way; 31 If they my laws break, and do not keep my coramandsments ; 3 2 I'll vifit then their faults with rods, their lins with challiiements. 33 Yet I'll not take my love from him, nor falfe my promife make, 34 My cov'nant I'll not break, nor change what with my mouth 1 fpake. 35 Once by my holinefs I fware, to David I'll not lie. 36 His feed and throne fliall as the fun before me lall for ay. s6 It, like the moon, flial! ever be eflablilli'dltedfafdy; • And like to that which in the Iieav'n doth witnefs faithfully. 38 But thou, difpkafcd, haft caft off. 46 P S A L. thou didft abhor and lothe ; With him that thine anointed is tlioii hall been very wroth. 39 Thou haft thy fervant's covenant made void, and quite caft by ; Thou haft profan'd his crown, while it caft on the ground doth ly. 40 Thou all his hedges haft broke down, his ftrong holds down haft toni. 41 He to all paflers by a fpoil, to neighbours is a fcorn. 42 Thou haft fet up his fees right hand, mad'ft all his en'mies glad. (ftand 43 Turn'd his fword's edge, and him to in battle haft not made. 44 His glory thou haft made to ceafe, his throne to ground down caft. 45 Shortnea his days of youth, and him with fhame thou cover 'd haft. 46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyfelf, for ever in thine ire ? And {hall thine indignation burn like unto a fire? 4 7 Remember, Lord, how fiiort a time I fhall on earth remain: O wherefore is it fo, that thou haft made all men in vain ? 48 What man is he that liveth here, and death fhall never fee ? Or from the power of the grave what man his foul Ihall free ? 49 Thy former loving kindneflfes, O Lord, where be they now ? Thofe which in truth and faithfulnefs to David fworn haft thou. 50 Mind, Lord, thy fervant's fad reproach: how 1 in bofom bear The fcornings of the people all, who ftrong and mighty are. 51 "Wherewith thy raging enemies reproach'd, O Lord, think on. Wherewith they have reproach'd the fteps of thine anointed one. ^ f, All bleffing to the Lord our God let be afcribed then : i'Or evermore fo let it be. Amen, yea, and amen. P S A L. XC. LOrd, thou haft been < ► ir dwelling-place in generations all. s Before thou ever hadfc brought forth the mountains great or fmall ; Ere ever thou hadft forni'd the earth, and all the world abroad ; T.^'n thou from everlafting art to everlailing God. :• Tho'J doft unto deuiuflion man that is rrortal turn: A;(ii unto ;hem thou fay'ft, Again. ye fonsi of men, returti- XC, XCI. 4 Becaufe a thoufand years appear no more before thy fight Than yefterday when it is paft, or than a watch by night. 5 As with an overflowing flood thou carry 'ft them away: They like a fleep are, like the grafs that grows at morn are they. 6 At morn it flourifiies and grows, cut down at ev'n doth fide. 7 For by thine anger we're confum'd; thy wrath makes us afraid. 8 Our fins thou and iniquities d(;ft in tny prefince place, And fett'ft our fecret faults before the brightntfs of thy face. 9 For in thine anger all our days do pafb on to an erd ; And, as a tale that hath been told, fo we our years do ipend. 10 Threefcore andllen years do fumup our days and ^^ars, v/e fee: Or if, by re^.fon of more ftrength, in fome fourfco'e they be: Yet doth the ftrength ot fuch old men but grief and labour prove ; For it is loon cut off, and we fly hence and foon remove. 11 Who knows the power of thy wrath? according to thy fear, 12 So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou us our end in mind to bear ; And fo to count our days, that we our hearts may ftill apply To learn thy wifdom and thy truth, that we may live thereby. 13 Turn yet again to us, O Lord, how long thus fhall it be ? Let it repent thee now for thofe that fervants are to thee. 14 O with thy tender mercies. Lord, u early fatisfy; So we rejoice fliall all our days, and ftill be glad in thee. 15 According as the days have been, v/herein we grief have had, And years vvherein we gritf have feen, fo do thou make us glad. 16 O let thy work and pow'r appear thy fervant's face before; And fliew unto thy children dear thy glory evermore. 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be us upon: Our handy works eftabliih thou, eftabhlh them each one. • P S A L. XCI. HE that doth in the fecret place of the moft High refide, Under the .liade of himtl^st k. PSA L. tTi' Almighty ihall abide, a I of the Lord my God will fay, He is my refuge (till ; He is my fortrefs, and my God, and in him truft 1 will. 3 AlTuredly he ihall theefave, and give deliverance From fubtil fowler's fnare, and from the noiforae peftilence. 4 His feathers fhall thee hide: thy truft under his wings fliall be : Hisfailhfulnefofliall be a Ihield and buckler unto thee. J Thou fhalt not need to be afraid for terrors of t lie night •, Nor f r the arrow that doth fly by day, whiie it is light: 6 Nor for the peftilence, that walks in darkneis fecrctly ; Norfordeftrudtion, that doth wafte at noon day openly. 7 A thoufand at thy fuie fhall fall, on thy right hand fhall ly Ten thoufand dead, yet unto thee it fliall not once come nigh. 8 Only thou with thine eyes IhaltlooK, and a beholder be: And thou therein the juft reward of wicked men flialt fee. 9 Becaufe the Lord, who conftantly my refuge is alone, Ev'n the moft High, is made by thee thy habitation. 10 No plague fhall near thy dwelling come, no ill fhall thee befal : 11 For thee to keep in all thy ways his angels charge he fliall. li They in their hands fhall bear thee up, ftiil waiting thee upon ; Left thou at any time fliouldft dafh thy foot againfl a ftone. 13 Upon the adder thou flialt tread, and on the lion ftrong: Thy feet on dragons trample fhall, and on the lions young. 14 Becaufe on me he fet his love, I'll fave,and fet him free: Becaufe my great name he hath known, 1 will him fet on high. 15 He'il call on me, Til anfwer him ; i will be with him ftill, In trouble to deliver him ; and honour him I will. i6 With length of days unto his mind, I will himfatisfy; I alfo my falvation will caufe his eyes to fee. ? S A L. XCIL TO render thanks unto the Lord it is a comely thing, XCTI, XCIII. 47 And to thy name, O thou moft High, due praife aloud to fing. a Thy loving kindnefs to fhew forth, when fhines the morning light; And to declare thy faithfulnefs with plealure ev'ry night. 3 On aten-ftringed inftrument, upon the pfaltery ; And on the harp with folemn found, and grave fweet melody. 4 For thou. Lord, by thy mighty' work, haft made my heart right glad : And I will triumph in the works, which by thine hands were made. 5 How great, Lord, are thy works ! each of thine a deep it is. (thought 6 A brutifh man it knoweth not; fools underftand not this. 7 When thofe that lewd and wicked are fpring quickly up like grafs, And workers of iniquity do floiirifliall apace; It is that they for ever may deflroyed be and Oain: 8 But thou, O Lord, art the moft High, for ever to remain. 9 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, thine en'mies perifh fliall: The workers of iniquity fhall be difperfedTall. 10 But thou fhalt, like unto the horn of th' unicorn, exalt My horn on high : thou with frefh oil anoint me alfo flialt. 11 Mine eyes fliall alfo my defire fee on min,i enemies: Mine ears fhall of the wicked hear, that do againft me rife. 12 But like the palm-tree flourtfhing, fliall be the righteous one ; He fliall like to the cedar grow that is in Lebanon. 13 Thofc that within the houfe of Gov.: are planted by his grace, They fliall grow up, and flourifli all in our God's holy place. 14 And in old age, when others fade, they fruit ftill forth fliall bring: They fliall be fat and full of fap, and ay beflourifliing. 15 To fhew that upr ght is the Lord, he is a rock to me : And he from all unrigliteoufnefs is altogether free. P S A L. XCIII. THe Lord doth reign, aad cloth'd is he with majefty raoft 'oright: His works do fhew him c;v)i.h'd to be, and girt about with might. The world is alfo fta'olilhcd, m 48 P S A L. that it cannot depart. a Thy throne is fix'd of old, and thou from everlafcing art, 3 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice; The floods have lifted up their wa%-es, and made a mighty noife. 4 But yet the Lord, that is on high, is more of might by far. Than noife of ma\iy waters is, or great fea-billcws are. 5 Thy tcftimonies evVy one, in faithfulnefs excell ; And holincfs for ever, Lord, ' thine houfe becometh well. P S A L. XCIV. OLord God, nnto whom alone all vengeance doth belong, O mighty God, who vengeance own'll, iliine forth, avenging wrong. a Lift up thyfelf, thou of t'ne earth the fov'reign Judge that art, And unto thofe that are fo proud a due reward impart. 3 How long, O mighty God, fhall they who lewd and v.^cked be. How long fliail they who wicked are, thus triumph haughtily? 4 How long fliall things rnoft hard by them be uttered and told. And all that work iniquity to boaft themfelve? be bold ? 5 Thy folk they break in pieces. Lord, thine heritage oppreis. 6 The widow they, and ftranger flay, and kill the fatherlefs. 7 Yet fay they, God it fliall not fee, nor God of Jacob know. 8 Ye brutifli people, underftand ; fools, when wife will ye grow? 9 The Lord did plant the ear of man, and hear then ihal! not he? He only form'd the eye, and then (hall he not clearly fee? 30 He tiiat the nations doth corre'f^, fliall he not cliafdfe vou? He knowledge unto man doth teach, and ihal! himfelf not know? II Man's thoughts to be but vanity, the Lord doth weH difcern. 11 Bleft is the man thcM chadneft, Lord, . and mak'/t thy law to learn. 13 That thou mavTc give him reft from days of fad adverfitv, Until the pit be digg'd for thofe that work iniquity. J4 For fure the Lord \vi]] not caft off thofe that hio people be, Niither his own inherit ince quit and forlake v/ill he. XCIV, xcv. 15 But judgment unto righteoufhefs Ihail yet return again ; And all fliall follow after it, that are right-hearted men. 16 Who will rife up for me, againft thofe that do wickedly ? Who will (land up for me, 'gainft' thofe that work iniquity? 17 Unlefs the Lord had been my help, when I was fore opprefl:, Almoft my foul had in the houfe of filence been at reft. 18 When I had uttered this word, (My foot doth flip away;) Thy mercy held me up, O Lord, thy goodnefs did me flay. 19 Amidft the multitude of thoughts, which in my heart do fiuht. My foul, left it be ovevcharg'd, thy comforts do delight. 20 Shall of iniquity the throne have fcllowfliip with thee. Which mifchief, cunningly contrived, doth by a law decree ? 21 Againft the righteous fouls they join, they guiitlefs blood condemn. 22 But of my refuge God's the Rock, and my defence from them. 33 On them their own iniquity the Lord fliall bring and lay. And cut them off in their own fin, our Lord God fliall them flay. P S A L. XCV. OCome, let us fing to the Lord ; come, let us ev'ry one A joyful noife make to the Rock of our falvation. 2 Let us before his prefence come, with praife and thankful voice: Let us fing pfalms to him with grace, and make a joyful noife. 3 For God a great God, and great King above all gods he is. 4 Depths of the earth are in his hand,. the ftrength of hills is his. 5 To him the fpacious fea belongs, for he the fame d'd make: The dry land aho from his hands its form at firft did take. 6 O come, and let us worfliip him, let us bow down withal, And on our knees before the Lord our Maker let us fall. 7 For he's our God, the people we of his own pafture are. And of his hand the flieep: to-day if ye his voice will hear, 8 Then harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, As in the defut, on the day P S A L. XCVI of the tentation : pWheii me vour fatlu-is tempt'd andprov'd, and aid my working fee: 10 Ev'n for the fpace of forty years this race hath grieved me : I £iid. This people errs in heart, my ways they do not know. 11 To whom 1 fware in wratJi, that to my relt they fliould not go. P S A L. XCVI. OSing a new fong to the Lord; (inp:, all the earth, to God j a To God ling, blefs his name, fliew flill his faving health abroad. 3 Among the heathen nations his glory do declare; And unto all the people Ihow his works that wondrous are. 4 For great's the Lord, and greatly he is to be magnify'd: Yea, worthy to be fear'd is he above all gods befide. 5 For all the gods are idols dimib which blinded nations fear; But our God is the Lord, by whom the heav'us created were. 6 Great honour is before his face, and majefty divine: Strength is within his holy place, and there doth beauty fliine. 7 Do you afcribe unto the Lord, of people ev'ry tribe, Glory do you unto the Lord, and mighty pow'r afcribe. S Give ye the glory to the Lord that to his name is due : Come ye into his courts, and bring an offering with you. 9 In beauty of his holinefs O do the Lord adore : Likewife let all the earth throughout tremble his face before. 10 Among the heathen fav, God reigns : the world fliall ftedfa'ftly Be fix'd from moving, he fliall judge the people righteoufly. II Let heav'ns be glad before the Lord, and let the earth rejoice : Let feas, and all that is therein, cry out, and make a noife. 12 Let fields rejoice, and ev'ry thing that fpringeth of the earth: Then woods, and ev'ry tree fhall fing with gladnefs and with mirth 13 Before the Lord; becaufe he comes, to judge the earth comes he: He'll judge the world with righteoufncfs, the people faithfully. GP S A L. XCVIL Od rei^neth, let the earth be glad. XCVII, XCVIII. 45» and ifles rejoice each one. a Dark clouds him compafs, and in right with judgment dwells his throne. 3 Fire goes before him., and his foes it burns up round about. 4 His lightnings lighten did the world ; earth faw, and fhook throughout. 5 Hills, at the prefence of the Lord, like wax, did melt away: Ev'n at the prefence of the Lord of all the earth, I fav. 6 The heav'ns declare his righteoufnefs, all rnen his glory fee. 7 All v/ho ferve graven images, confounded let them be. Who do of idols boaft themfelvcs, let Ihame upon them fall : Ye that are called gods, fee that ye do him worfliip him all. 8 Zion did hear, and joyful was, glad Judali's daughters were. They much rejoic'd, O Lord, becaufe thy judgments did appear. 9 For thou, O Lord, art high above all things on earth that are: Above all other gods thou art exalted very far. 10 Hate ill, all ye that love the Lord: his faints fouls keepeth he, And from the hands of wicked men he fets them fafe and free. 11 For all thofe that be righteous fown is a joyful light. And gladnefs fown is for all thofe that are in heart upright. iz Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice, exprefs your thankfulnefs. When ye into your memory do call his holinefs. P S A L. XCVHI. OSing a new fong to the Lord, for wonders he hath done: His right-hand, and his holy arm^ him victory hath won. z The Lord God his falvation hath caufed to be known: His juftice in the heathens fight he openly hath fliown. 3 He mindful of his grace and truth to Ifra'i's houfe hath been : And the falvation of our God all ends of th' earth have feen. 4 Let all the earth unto the Lord fend forth a joyful noife : Lift up your voice aloud to him, fing praifes, and rejoice. 5 With harp, with harp, and voice of pfalms unto JEHOVAH fing. 6 With trumpets, cornets, gladly found before the Lord the King. 50 P S A L. 7 Let feas, and all their fulncis roar, the world, and dwellers there. 8 Let Hoods clap hands, and let the hills toget'ner joy declare 9 Before the Lord : becaufe he comes, to judge the earth comes he: He'll judge the world with righteoufnefs, his folk with equity. P S A L. XCIX. TH' eternal Lord doth reign as King-, let all the people quake : He fits between the cherubims, let th' earth be mov'd and Ihake. a The Lord in Zion great, and high above all people is. 3 Thy great and dreadful name (for it is holy) let them blefs. 4 The king's ftrength alfo judgment loves thou fettleft equity, Juft judgment thou doft execute in Jacob righteoudy. 5 The Lord our God exalt on high, and rev'rently do ye Before his footftool worihip him : the holy One is he. 6 Mofes and Aaron 'mongfl; his priefts, Samuel with them that call Upon his name : thefe calFd en God,, and he them anfwer'd all. 7 Within the pillar of the cloud he unto them did fpeak: The teftimonies he them taught, and laws, they did not break. 8 Thou anfwer'dft them, O Lord our God, thou waft a God that gave Pardon tothem, though on their deeds thou wouldeft vengeance have. 9 Do ye exalt the Lord our God, and at his holy hill Do ye him worfnip: for the Lord our God is holy ftill. P S A L. C. A LI people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with chearful voice. 5 Him ferve with mirth, his praile forth tell : Come ye before him, and rejoice. 3 Know, that the Lord is God indeed, Without our aid he did us make ; We are his flock, he doth us feed. And for his ftieep he doth us take. 4 O enter then his gates with praife, • Approach with joy his courts unto: , Praife, laud, and blefs his name always. For it is feemly fo to do. 5 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever fure : His truth at all tim.es firmly ftood. And fhall from age to age endure. O Another of the fatne. All ye lauds, unto the Lord xeix, c, CI, cir. make ye a joyful noife. % Serve God with gladnefs, him before come with a finging voice. 3 Know ye the Lord, that he is God; not we, but he us made: We are his people, and the ftieep; within his pafture fed. 4 Ent«r his gates and courts with praife^ to thank him go ye thither: To him exprefs your thankfulnefs, and blefs his name together. 5 Becaufe the Lord our God is good, his mercy faileth never; And to all generations his truth endureth ever. P S A L. CL I Mercy will and judgment ling. Lord, I will ling to thee. 1 With wililom, in a perfeft way,, fhall my behaviour be: when in kindnefs unto me, wilt thou be plcas'd to comef 1 with a pcrfeft heart will walk within my houfe at home. 3 I will endure no wicked thing before mine eves to be: I hate their work th;it turn afide,' it iliall not ciedve to me. 4 A ftubborn and a froward heart depart quite frtjin me fliall: A perfon given to wickednefs 1 will not know at all. 5 I'll cut him off that (landereth his neighbour privily : The haughty heart I will not bear, nor him that looketh high. 6 Upon the faithful of the land mine eyes fliall be, that they May dwell with me; he fliall me ferve that walks in perfect way. 7 Who of deceit a worker is, in my houfe fliall not dwell: And in my prefence fliall he not remain, that lies doth tell. 8 Yea, all tae wicked of the land early deftroy will 1 : All from God's city to cut off, that work iniquity. p s A L. cn. Lord, unto my pray'r give ear, my cry let come to thee : a And in the day of my diftrefs, hide not thy face from me. Give ear to me; what time I call, to anfwer me make hafte. 3 For as an hearth my bones are burnt, my days like fmoke do wafte. 4 My heart witliin me fmitten is, and it is withered Like very grais: fo that I do O PSA forget to cat my bread. 5 By reafon of my groaning voice, ray bones cleave to my fkin: 6 Like pelic?n in wildernefs, forfaken I have been. I like an owl in defart am, that nightly there doth moan. 7 I watch, and like a Iparrow am on the houfe-top alone. S My bitter en'mies all the day reproaches caft on me: And being mad at me, with rage againft me iworn they be. 9 For why, I aflies eaten have, like bread, in forrows deep: My drink I alfo mingled have with tears that I did weep, 10 Thy wrath and indignation didcaufe this grief and pain; Tor thou haft lifted me on high, and caft me down again. II My days are like unto a fhade which doth declining pafs; And I am dry'd and withered, ev'n like unto the grafs. X2 Butthou, Lord, everlafting art, and thy remembrance fhall Continually endure, and be to generations all. 13 Thoufhalt arife, and mercy have upon thy Zion yet: The time to favour her is come, the time that thou haft fet. 14 For in her rubbifh and herftoneSj thy fervants pleafure take; Yea, they the very duft thereof do favour for her fake. 25 So fliall the heathen people fear the Lord's moft holy name ; And all the kings on earth fhall dread thy glory and thy fame. i6 When Zion by the mighty Lord built up again fhall be. In glory then and majefty to men appear fhall he. 17 The prayer of the deftitute • he furely will regard. Their prayer will he not defpife ; by him it (hall be heard. 18 For generations yet to come this fhall be on record : So fhall the people, that fliall be created, praifethe Lord. 19 He from his fanituary's height hath downward caft his eye: And from his glorious throne in heav'n, the Lord the earth did fpy: ao Th.itof the mournful prifoner the groanings he might hear, "Xo fet them free that unto death L. CII. SI by men appointed are : zi That they in Zion may declare the Lord's moft holy name, And publifh in Jerufalem the prailes of the fame; 2Z When as the people gather fhall in troops with one accord, When kingdoms fliall aflembled be to ferve the highcft Lord. 23 My wonted ftrength and force he hath abated in the way. And he my days hath ihortened: 24 Thus therefore did I fay, My God, in mid-time of my days, take thou me not away: From age to age eternally thy years endure and ftay. ij The firm fi^undation of the earth of old tim.e thou haft laid : The heavens alfo are the work which thine own hands have made. 26 Thou fnalt for evermore endure, but they fliall perifh all : Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old, like to a garment, fiiall: Thou, as a vefture, fhaltthem change, and they fliall changed be ; 27 But thou the fame art, and thy years are to eternity. zB The children of thy fervants fhall continually endure; And in thy light, O Lord, their feed fliall be eftablifti'dfure. Another of the fa77ie. LOrd, hear my pray'r, and let my cry Havef)-«:edy accefs unto thee. z In day of my calamity, hide not thou thy face from me : Hear when I call to thee, that day An anfwer fpeedily return. 3 My days like fmoke confume away. And, as an hearth, my bones do burn. 4 My heart is wounded very fore. And, withered, like grafs doth fade : 1 am forgetful grown therefore To take and eat my daily bread. 5 By reafon of my fmart within. And voice of my moft grievous groans. My flefti confumed is, my fkin. All parch'd, doth cleave unto my bones, 6 The pelican of wildernefs. The owl in defart I do match ; 7 And fparrow-like, companionlefs, Upon the houfe's top, I watch. 8 I all day long am made a fcorn ; Reproach'd by my malicious foes : The madmen are againft. me fworn. The men againft me thatarofe. 9 For I have afties eaten up To me as if they had been bread-j G 2 ^2 PSA And with my drink, I in my cup Of bitter tears a mixture made. 10 Bccaufe ; hy wr^th was not appeas'd, And dreadful indignation: Therefore it was that thou me rais'd. And thou again didft caft me down. 1 1 My days are like a fliade alway, AVhich doth declining fwiftly pai^: And I am withered away Much like unto the fading grafs, 12 But thou, O Lord, flialt ftill endure, From change and all mutation free. And, to all generations, fure Shall thy remembrance ever be. 13 Tiuni fl-ialt arife, and mercy yet Thou to mount Zion fh^lt extend: Her time for favour which was fet, Behold, is now come to an end. 14 Thy faints take pleafure in her flones. Her very duft to them is dear. 15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones On earth, thy glorious name fhall fear. 16 God in his glory fliall appear. When Zion he builds and repairs. 17 Hefhali regard and lend his ear Unto the needy 's humble pray'rs : Th' afflifted's pray'r he will not fcorn. 18 All times this ihall be on record. And generations yet unborn Shall praife and magnify the Lord. 19 He from his holy place look'd down; The earth he view'd from heav'n on high : 20 To hear the pris'ners mourning groan, And free them that are doom'd to die ; 511 That Zion and Jerusalem too His name and praife may well record ; 2a When people and the kingdoms do Aflemble all to praife the Lord. ^3 My ftrength he weakned }n the way. My days of life he fhortened. 34 My God, O take me not away In mid-time of ray days, I faid : Thv years throughout all ages laft, 55 Of old thou haft eftablifhed The earth's foundations firm andfaft, Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have made. i,6 They perifh fhall, as garments do; But thou fhalt evermore endure : As veftures, thou flialt change them fo; And they fhall all be changed fure. 27 But from all changes ihou art free ; Thy endlcfs years do laft for ay. a8 Thy fervants, and their feed who be Eftablifh'd, fhall before thee ftay. P S A L. CIIL OThou my foul, blefs God the Lord, and all that in ir.e is Ee ftirred up his holy name to magnify and blefs. s Blefs, O my foul, the Lord thy God, L. cm. and not forgetful be Of all his gracious benefits he hath beftow'd on thee. 3 All thine iniquities who doth moft gracioufly forgive: Who thy difeafes all and pains doth heal, and thee relieve. 4 Who doth cedeem thy life, that thou to death may 'ft not go down : Who thee with loving kindnefs doth and tender mercies crown. 5 Who mth abundance of good things dothfatisfy thy mouth: SothatjCv'n as the eagle's age, renewed is thy youth. 6 God righteous judgment executes for all opprefled ones. 7 His way to Mofcs, he his acfts made known to Ifrael's fons, 8 The Lord our God is merciful, and he is gracious, Long-fuffering, and flow to wrath, in mercy plenteous. 9 He will not chide continually, nor keep his anger ftill. 10 With us he dealt not as we finn'd, nor did requite our ill. 11 For as the heaven in its height the earth furmountelh far; So great to thofe that do him fear, his tender mercies are. I a As far as eaft is diftant from the weft; fo far hath he From us removed, in his love, all our iniquity. 13 Such pity as a father hath unto his children dear; Like pity fhews the Lord to fuch as worfhip him in fear. 14 For be remembers we are duft, and he our frame well knows. 15 Frail man, his days arc like the grafs: as flow'r in field he grows. 16 For over it the wind doth pafs, and it away is gone; And of the place where once it was it fhall no more be known. 17 But unto them that do him fear God's mei'cy never ends And to their childrcns children ftill his righteoufnefs extends : 18 To fuch as keep his covenant, and mindful are alway Of his moft juft commandements, that they may them obey. 19 The Lord prepared hath his thrpne in heavens firm to ftand : And ev'ry thing that being hath, his kingdom doth command, 20 O ye his angels, that excel PSA in ilrcngth, blefs ye the Lord, Ye who obey what he commands, and hearken to his word. ai O blefs and magnify the Lord, ye glorious hofts of his, Ye minifters that do fulfil whatever his plealiire is. aa O blefs the Lord, all ye his works, wherewith the world is ftor'd In his dominions ev'ry where : my foul, blefs thou the Lord. P S A L. CIV. BLefs God, my foul; O Lord my God, thou art exceeding great. With honour and with majefty thou clothed art in ftate. a With light, as with a robe, thyfelf thou covercft about; And, like unto a curtain, thou the heavens ftretcheft out. 3 Who of liis chambers doth the beams within the waters lay. Who doth the clouds his chariot make, on wings of wind make way. 4 Who flaming fire his minifters, his angels fp'rits doth make. 5 Who earth's foundations did lay, that it fliould never fliake. 6 Thou didft it cover with the deep, as with a garment fpread: The waters ftood above the hills, when thou the word but faid. 7 But at the voice of thy rebuke, they fled and would not ftay : They at thy thunder's dreadful voice did hafte them faft away. 8 They by the mountains do afcend, and by the valley-ground Defcend unto the very place which thou for them didft found. 9 Thou haft a bound unto them fet, that they may not pair, over. That they do not return again, the face of earth to cover. 10 He to the valleys fends the fprings, which run among the hills: I i They to all beafts of field give drink, wild affes drink their fills. iz By them the fowls of heav'n fliall have their habitation, Which do among the branches fing with delegation. 13 He from his chambers watereth the hills, when they are dry'd : With fruit and increafe of thy works, the earth is fatisfy'd. J4 For cattle he makes grafs to grow, he makes the herb to fpring for th' ufe of man, that food to him 1^ he from the earth may bring : L. CIV. 53 15 And wine, that to the heart of man doth cheerfulnefs impart: t>il that his face makes flilne, and bread, that ftrengtheneth his heart. 16 The trees of God are full of fap, the cedars that do ftand In Lebanon, which planted were by his almighty hand. 1 7 Birds of the air upon their boughs do chufe their nefts to m'ke: As for the ftork, the fir-tree fhe doth for her dwelling take. 18 The lofty mountains for wild goats a place of refuge be : The conies alfo to the rocks do for their fafety flee. 19 He fets the moon in heav'n, thereby the feafons to difccrn : From him the fun his certain time of going down doth learn. (beafts 20 Thou darknefs mak'ft, 'tis night; then of forefts creep abroad : a I The lions young roar for their prey, and feek their meat from God, 22 The fun doth rife, and home they flock, down in their dens they lie : 23 Man goes to work, his labour he doth to the ev'ningply. 24 How manifold. Lord, are thy works ! in wifdom wonderful Thou ev'ry one of them haft made ; earth's of thy riches full. 25 So is this great and fpacious fea, wherein things creeping are, Which numbred cannot be ; and beafts both great and fmall are there. 26 There fhips go, there thou mak'ft to play the leviathan great. 27 Thefe all wait on thee, that thou may'ft in due time give them meat. 28 That which thou giveft unto them, they gather for their food; Thine hand thou open'ft lib'rally, they filled arc with good, 29 Thou hid'ft thy face, they troubled are, their breath thou tak'ft away; Then do they die, and to the duft return again do they. 30 Thyquickning fp'rit thou fendeft forth, then they created be: And then the earth's decayed face renewed is by thee. 3 1 The glory of the. mighty Lord continue fhali for ever : The Lord JEHOVAH fhall rejoice in all his works together. 32 Earth, as affrighted, trembleth all, if he on it but look: And if the mountains he but touch, they prefently do fmoke. 54 PS 33 I will fing to the Lord mofl high, fo long as I fliall live ; And while I being have, I fhall to my God praifes give. 34 Of him my meditation fhall Iweet thoughts to me afford; And, as for me, I will rejoice in God my only Lord. 35 From earth let fmners be confum'd, let ill men no more be : O thou, my foul, blefs thou the Lord. Praife to the Lord give ye. P S A L. CV. Give thanks to God, call on his name, to men his deeds make known. 2 Sing ye to him, Ung pfalms, proclaim his wondrous works each one. 3 See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord: And let the heart of ev'ry one rejoice, that feeks the Lord. 4 The Lord almighty, and his llrength, with Redfafl: hearts feek ye : His blefled and his gracious face feek ye continually. 5 Think on the works that he hath done which admiration breed; His wonders, and the judgments all which from his mouth proceed ; 6 O ye that are of Abr'ham's race, his fervant well approv'n; And ye that Jacob's children are, whom he chus'd for his own. 7 Becaufe he, and he only, is the mighty Lord our God ; And his moft righteous judgments are in all the earth abroad. 8 His cov'nant he remembred hath, that it m.ay ever ftand: To a thoufand generations the word he did command. 9 Which covenant he firmly made with faithful Abraham ; And unto Ifaac, by his oath, he did renew the fame: 10 And unto Jacob for a lav/, he made it firm and fure; A covenant to Ifracl, which ever fliould endure. ir He faid, I'll give Canaan's land for heritage to you: ij ^^'hile they were ftrangers there and few, in number very few. . 13 "While yet they went from land to land without a fure abode; And while, through fundry kingdoms,' they did wander far abroad: .14 Yet notwithftanding fuffer'd he no man to do them wrong: Yea, for their fakes, he did reprove A L. CV. kings, who were gi'eat and ftrong. 15 Thus did he fay, Touch ye not thofc that mine anointed be. Nor do the prophets any harm that do pertain to me. i6 He call'd for famine on the land, he brake the ftaff of bread. 17 But yet he fent a man b&fore, by whom they fliould be fed: Ev'n Jofeph, whom unnat'rally fell for a flave did they; 18 Whofe feet with fetters they did hurt, and he in irons lay; 19 Until the time that his word came to give him liberty : The word and purpofe of the Lord did him in prifon try. 20 Then fent the king, and did command that he enlarg'd Ihould be : He that the people's ruler was, did fend to fet him free. 21 A lord, to rule his family, he rais'd him as moft fit; To him, of all that he polTeft, he did the charge commit : 2Z That he might at his pleafure bind the princes of the land ; And he might teach his fenators wifdom to underftand. 23 The people then of Ifraei down into Egypt camei And Jacob alfo fojourned within the land of Ham. 24 And he did greatly by his pow'r * increafe his people there; And llronger than their enemies they by his bleffmg were. 25 Their heart he turned to envy his folk malicioufly, With thofe that his own fervants were to deal in fu'otilty. 26 His fervant Mofes he did fend, Aaron his chofcn one. 27 By thefe his figns and wonden great in Ham's land were made known. 28 Darknefs he fent, and made it dark; his word they did obey. 29 He tiu'n'd their waters into blood, and he their fifh did flay. 30 The land in plenty brought forth frogs in chambers of their kings. 31 His word all forts of flies and Hce in all their borders brings. 32 He hail for rain, and flaming fire into their land he fent : 33 And he their vines and fig-trees fmotc, trees of their coafts he rent. 34 He fpake, and caterpillars came, locufls did much abound ; 35 \Vhich HI their land all herbs confum'd. PSA and all fruits of their ground. 36 He fmote all firft-born in tkeir land, chief of their ftrength each one. 37 With gold and filver brought them forth, weak in their tribes were none. 38 Egypt was glad when forth they went, their fear on them did liglit : 39 lie fpread a cloud for coveriog, and fire to ihinc by night : (bread 40 They alk'd, and he brought quails; with of heav'n he fill'd them. 41 He open'd rocks, floods gufh'd, and ran in deiarts like a ftream. 4Z For on his holy promife he and fervant Abr'ham thought : 43 With joy his people, his cleft with gladnefs forth he brought : 44 And unto them the pleafant lands he of the heathen gave ; That of the people's labour they inhei-itiince might have : 45 That they his ftatutes might obfervc according to his word ; And that they might his laws obey. Give praife unto the Lord. P S A L. CVI. Give praife and thanks unto the Lord, for bountiful is he ; His tender mercy doth endure unto eternity, a God's mighty works who can exprefs, or fhew forth all his praife? 3 Blefled are they that judgment keep, and jufily do always. 4 Remember me. Lord, with that love, which thou to thine doth bear; With thy falvation, O my God, to vifit me draw near : 5 That I thy chofens good may fee, and in their joy rejoice; And may with thine inheritance triumph with cheerful voice. 6 We with our fathers finned have, and of iniquity Too long we have the workers been, we have done wickedly. 7 The wonders great, which thou, O Lord didlt work in Egypt land. Our fathers, though they faw, yet them they did not underftand : And they thy mercies multitude kept not in memory : But at the lea, ev'n the Red-fea, provok'd him grievoufiy. 8 Neverthelefs he faved them, ev'n for his own name's fake : That fo he might to be well known his mighty power make. 5 When he the Red-fea did rebuke, then dried up it v.-as ; L. CVI. s> Through depths, as through the wilderncfs, he fafely made them pafs. "• ro From hands of thofe that hated them he did his people fave : And fiom tlie en'mies cruel hand to them redemption gave. II The waters ovcrwhelm'd their foes, not one was left alive. I a Then they believ'd his word, and praife to him in fongs did give. 13 But foon did they his mighty works forget unthankfuliy, And on his counfel and his will did not wait patiently : 14 But much did luft in wildcrnefs, and God in defart tempt. ij He gave them what they fought, but to their foul he leannefs fent. 16 And againft Mofcs in the camp, their envy did appear ; At Aaron they, the faint of God, envious alfo were. 17 Therefore the earth did open wide, and Dathan did devour, And all Abiram's company did cover in that hour. 18 Likewife among their company a fire was kindled then ; And fo the hot confuming flame burnt up thefe wicked men. 19 Upon the hill of Horeb they an idol-calf did frame, A molten image they did make^ and worlhipped the fame, ao And thus their glory, and their God, moft vainly changed they Into the likenefs of an ox that eateth grafs or hay. 21 They did forget the mighty God, that had their faviour been. By whom fuch great things brought to pais they had in Egypt feen. 2Z In Ham's land he did wondrous works, things terrible did he. When he his mighty hand and arm fcretch'd out at the Red-fea, 23 Then faid he, He would them deftroy, had not, his wrath to ftay. His chofen Mofes ftood in breach, that them he fliould not flay. 24 Yea, they defpis'd the pleafant land, believed not his word: 2j But in their tents they munnured, not hearkning to the Lord. 26 Therefore in defart them to flay he lifted up his hand ; 27 'Mong nations to o'erthrow their f^ed, and fcatter in each land. 28 They unto Baal-peor did themfelves alTociate ; 56 P S A The facrifices of the dead they did pronn^ly eat. 39 Thus by their le\Vd inventions, they did provoke his ire ; And then upon them fuddenly the pLip'ue brake in as fire. 30 Then Phineas rofe and juftice did, and fo the plague did ceafe. 31 That to all ages counted was to him for righteouihefs. 3 a And at the waters where they ftrove, they did him angry make. In fuch fort, that it fared ill with "VIofes for their fake : 3 3 Becaufe they there his fpirit meek provoked bitterly, So that he utter'd with his lips words unadvifedly. 54 Hot, as theLord commanded them, did they the nations flay: ^S But with the heathen mingled were, and learn'd of them their way. 26 And they their idols ferv'd, which did a fnare unto them turn. 37, Their fonsand daughters they to dev'ls in facrifice did biu'n. 38 In their own childrens guiltlefs blood their hanctS they did imbrue; Whom to Canaan's idols they for facrifices flew ; So was the land defil'd v.ith blood. 39 Theyftain'd with their own way, And with their own inventions, a- whoring they did ftray. 40 Againft his people kindled was the wrath of God therefore; Infomuch, that he did his own inheritance abhor. 41 He gave them to the heathens hand ; their foes did them command. 4a Their en'mies them oppreft, they were madefubjedtto their hand. 43 He many times deliver'd them ; but with their counfel fo They him provok'd, that for their Gn they were brought very low. 44 Yet their afflielion he beheld, when he did hear their cry; 45 And he for them his covenant did call to memory : After his mercies multitude, 46 He did repent ; and made Them to be pity'd of all thofe who did them captive lead. 47 O Lord our God, usfave, and gather the heathen from among. That we thy holy name may praife in a triumphant fong. 48 Bleft be JEHOVAH, Ifra'ls God, to all eternity: L. CVII. Let all the people fay, Amen. Praife to the Lord give ye. PSA L. ''CVII. PRaife God, for he is good : for fllll his meiries lafting be. a Let God's redeem'd fay fo, whom^he from th' en'mies hand did free: 3 And gather'd them out of the lands, from north, fouth, eaft, and weft. 4 They flray'd in defaits pathlcfs way ; no city found to reft. 5 For thirft and hunger in them faints 6 their foul. When ftraits them prefs. They cry unto the Lord, and he them irees from their diftrefs. 7 Them alfo in a v/ay to walk that right is he did guide. That they migiit to a city go wherein they might abide. O that me.i to the Lord would give praife, for his goodnefs then. And for his works of wonder done unto the fons of men ! 9 For he the foul that longing is doth fully fatisfy. With goodnei's he the hungry foul doth fill abundantly. 10 Such as Ihut up in darknefs deep, and in death's fliade abide. Whom ftrongly hath affliction bound, and irons faft have ty'd. 11 (Becaufe againft the words of Cod they wrought rebellioufly, And they the counfel did contemn of him that is moft high.) la Their heart he did bring down with grief, they fell, no help could have. 13 In trouble then they cry'd to God, he them from ftraits did fave. 14 He out of darknefs did them bring, and from death's fliade them take : Thefe bands wherewith they had been bound afunder quite he brake. 15 O that men to the Lord would give praife, for his goodnefs then. And for his works of wonder done unto the fons of men ! 16 Becaufe the mighty gates of brafs in pieces he did tear, By him in funder alfo cut the bars of iron were. 17 Fools for their fin and their offence do fore afflidtion bear. 18 All kind of meat their foul abhors, they to death's gates draw near. 19 Ln grief they cry to God, he faves them from their miferies. .j ao He fends his word, them heals, and them i from their deftrurtions frees. SI O that men to the Lord would give P S A L. praife for his goodnefs then, And for his works of wonder done ,unto tlie fons of men ! 22 And let them facrifice to him ofF'rings of thankfulnefo ; And Jet them (hew abroad his works in fongs of joyfulnefs. 23 Who go to feain fliips, and in great waters trading be, 24 AMthin the deep thefe men God's works and his great wanders fee. 25 For he commands, and forth in hafte the ftormy tempert flies. Which makes the fea with rowling waves aloft to fwell and rife. 26 They mount to heav'n, then to the depths they do go down again ; Their foul doth faint and melt away with trouble and with pain. 27 They reel and ftagger like one drunk : at their wits end they be. 28 Then they to God in trouble cry, who them from ftraits doth free. 29 The ftorm is chang'd into a calm, at his command and will ; So that the waves which rag'd before, now quiet are and ftill. 30 Then are they glad, becaufc at reft and quiet now they be ; So to the haven he them brings, which they defir'd to fee. 31 Othat men to the Lord would give praife for his goodnefs then. And for his works of wonder done unto the fons of men ! 31 Among the people gathered, let them exalt his name; Among afiembled elders fpread his moft renowned fame. 33 He to dry land turn'd water-fprings, and floods to wildernefs : 31 For fins of thofe that dwell therein, fat land to barrennefs. 35 The burnt and parched wildernefs to water-pools he brings ; The ground that was dr/d up before, he turns to water-fprings. 36 Andthere,for dwelling, he a place doth to the hungry give : That they a city may prepare commodioufly to live. 3 7 There fow they fields,and vineyards plant, to yield fruits of increafe. 38 His blefling makes them multiply ; lets not their beafts decreafe. 39 Again they are diminiflied, and very low brought down, Through forrow and afflidion, \, and great opprcflTion . ^r .40 He upon princes pours contempt. CVII, CVIII, CIX. 57 and caufeth them to ftray, And wander in a wildernefs, wherein there is no way. 41 Yet fetteth he the poor on high from all his miferies; And he, much like unto a flock, doth make him families. 42 They that are righteous fliall rejoice, when they the fame fliall fee ; And, as alhamed, ftop her mouth fhall all iniquity. 43 Whofo is wife, and will thefe things obferve, and them record; Ev'n they ihall underftand the love and kindnefs of the Lord. P S A L. CVIII. MY heart is fixt, Lord, I will fing, and with my glory praife. z Awake up, pfaltery and harp, myfelf I'll early raife. 3 I'll praife thee 'mong the people. Lord, 'mong nations fing will I ; 4 For above heav'n thy mercy's great, thy truth doth reach the fky. J Be thou above the heavens. Lord, exalted glorioufly: Thy glory all the earth above be lifted upon high. 6 That thofe who thy beloved are, delivered maybe: Odo thou lave with thy right hand, and anfvver give to me. 7 God in his holinefs hath faid. Herein I will take pleafure, Shechem I will divide, and forth will Succoth's valley meafure. 8 Gilead I claim as mine by right; ManaflTch mine fliall be ; Ephra'mis of my head the Itrength; Judah gives laws for me. 9 Moab's my wafliing-pot; my flioe I'll over Edom throw. Over the land of Paleftine I will in triumph go. 10 O who is he will bring me to the city fortify'd ? O who is he that to the land of Edom will mc guide? 11 O God, thou who had'ft cafl: us off, this thing wilt thou not do .'' And wilt not thcu, ev'n thou, O God, forth with our armies go ? 12 Do thou from trouble give us help ; for heiplefs is man's aid. 13 Through God we fhall do valiantly, our foes he fliall down tread. P S A L. CIX. Thou the God of all my praife, do thou not hold thy peace: 2 For mouths of wicked men to fpeak O H 58 P S A L. agalnft me do not ceafe. The mouths of vile deceitful men againft me open'd be ; And with a falfe and lying tongue, they have accufed me. 3 They did befet me round about with words of hateful fpight ; And though to them no caufe I gave, againft me they did fight. 4 They for my love became my foes; but I me fet to pray. 5 Evil for good, hatred for love to me they did repay. 6 Set thou the wicked over him,, and upon his right hand Give thou his greateft enemy, ev'n Satan, leave to ftand. 7 And when by thee he fliall be judg'd, let him condemned be ; And let his pray'r be turn'd to fin when he fhall call on thee. 8 Few Be his days, and in his room his charge another take. 9 His children let be fatherlefs,. his wife a widow make; 10 His children let be vagabonds,, and beg continually; And from their places defolate <• feek bread for their fupply. 11 Let covetous extortioners catch all he hath away: Of all for which he labour'd hatH' let ftrangers make a prey. I a Let there be none to pity him: let there be none at all That on his children fatherlefs willlet his mercy fall. 13 Let his pofterity from earth cut off for ever be, And in the following age their name be blotted out by thee; 14 Let God his father's wickednefs ftill to remembrance call : And never let his mother's fin be blotted out at all. 15 But let them all before the Lord appear continually. That he may wholly from the earth cut off their memory: 16 Bccaufe he mercy minded not;. but perfecutcd ftill The poor and needy, that he might the broken-hearted kill. 17 As he in curfing pleafure took, fo let it to him fall ; As he delighted not to blefs, fo blefs him not at all. 18 As curling he like clothes put on, into his bowels fo. Like water; and intg his bones. crx, ex, like oil, down let it go. 19 Like to the garment let it be which doth himfelf aray. And for a girdle wherewith he is girt about alway. ao From God let this be their reward that en'mies are to mc; And their reward that fpeak againft: my foul malicioufly. zi But do thou, for thine ov/n name's fake, O God, the Lord, for me: Sith good and fwcet thy mercy is: from trouble fet me free, az For I am poor and indigent ; afflid:ed fore am I : My heart within me alfo is wounded exceedingly, 23 I pafs like a declining fhade ; am like the locuft toft. Z4 My knees through failing weakncd arc, my flefli hathfatnefs loft: jj I alfo am a vilereproach unto them made to be ; And they that did upon me look, did fliake their heads at me. %6 O do thou help and fuccour me, who art my Cod and Lord; And, for thy tender mercies fake, fafety to mc afford. ayThat thereby they may know that this is thy almighty hand; And that thou, Lord, haft done the fame, they may well underftand. i8 Although they curfe with fpite ; yet, Lord, blefs thou with loving voice : Let them afliam'd be when they rife; thy fervantlet rejoice. 29 Let thou mine adverfarics all with (hame be clothed over ; And let their own confufion them, as a mantle, cover. 30 But as for me, I with my mouth, will greatly praife the Lord; And I among the multitude his praifes will recgrd. 3 1 For he iha.U ftand at his right hand: who is in poverty. To fave him from all thofc thflt would condemn his foul to die. P S A L. ex. '' pHc Lo RD did fay unto my Lord, J. Sit thou at my right hand Until I make thy foes a ftool whereon thy feet may ftand' a The Lord fhall out of Zion fend. the rod of thy great pow'r : In midft of all thine enemies, be thou the governor. 3 A willing people in thy day of pow'r Ihafl- come to thee. ? S A L: CXI In holy beauties, from morn's womb : thy youth like dew fliall be. 4 The Lord himfelf hath made an oatJi, and will repent him ne^'er ; Of th' order of Melchifedek, thou art a prieft for ever. 5 The glorious and mighty Lord, that fits at thy right hand, Shall, in his day of wrath, ftrike through kings that do him withftand. 6 He fhall among the heathen judge ; he fliall with bodies dead The places fill ; o'er many lands he wound fhall ev'ry head. 7 The brook that runneth in the way with drink fhall him fupply : And for this canfe, in triumph he fhall lift his head on high. P S A L. CXI. PRijife ye the Lord : Vv'ith my whole'heart ] will God's praife declare, Where the aflemblies of the juft and congregations are. a The whole works of the Lord our '.God are great above all meafure : Sought out they are of ev'ry one that doth therein take pleafure. 3 His work moft honourable is, moft glorious and pure. And his untainted righteoufnefs for ever doth endure. 4 His works moft wonderful he hath made to be thought upon : The Lord is gracious, and he is full of compaffion. 5 He givcth meat unto all thofe that truly do him fear ; And e .^more his covenant he in his mind will hear. 6 He did the power of his works unto his people fhow, When he the heathen's heritage Hpon them did beftow. 7 His handy- works are truth and right; all his commands are fure : S And done in truth and uprightnefs, they evermore endure. 9 He fent redemption to his folk; his covenant foray He did command : holy his name and rev'rend is alway. 10 Wifdom's beginning is God's fear: good underftanding they Have all, that his commands fulfil: his praife endures for ay. P S A L. CXIL PRaife ye the Lord. The man is bleft that fears the Lord aright; He who in his commandements ,doth greatly take delight. S9 , CXII, CXIIT. 2 His feed and offspring powerful fhall be the earth upon : Of upright men bleffed fliall be the generation. 3 Riches and wealth fhall ever be within his houfe in ftore; And his unfpotted righteoufnefs endures for evermore. 4 Unto the upright light doth rife, though he in darknefs be: Compaflionate and merciful, and righteous is he. 5 A good man doth his favour fhew, and doth to others lend: He with difcretion his affairs will guide unto the end. 6 Surely there is not any thing that ever fliall him move : The righteous man's memorial fliall everlafting prove. 7 When he fliall evil tidings hear, he fhall not be afraid : His heart is fix'd, his confidence upon the Lord isftay'd. 8 His heart is firmly ftablifhed; afraid he fhall not be. Until upon his enemies he his defire fhall fee. 9 He hath difpers'd, giv'n to the poor: his righteoufnefs fhall be To ages all : with honour fhall his horn be raifed high. ID The Avicked fhall it fee, and fret, his teeth gnafh, melt away: What wicked men do mofl defire fhall utterly decay. P S A L. cxin. PRaifeGod: ye fervants of theLord, O praife, the Lord's name praife. 2 Yea, bleffed be the name of God fi-om this time forth always. 3 From riling fun, to where it fets, God's name is to be prais'd. 4 Above all nations God is high, 'bove heav'n his glory rais'd. 5 Unto the Lord our God, that dwclh on high, who can compare .' 5 Himfelf that humbleth, things to fee in heav'n and earth that are. 7 He from the duft doth raife the poor, that very low doth ly ; And from the dunghil lifts the man opprefs'd with poverty. 8 That he may highly him advance, and with the princes fet. With thofe that of his people are the chief, ev'n princes great. 9 The barren woman houfe to keep he maketh, and to be Of fons a mother fall of joy. H 2 6o P S A L. Praife to the Lord give ye. P S A L. CXIV. WHcn Ifra'l out of Egypt went, and did his dwelling change; When Jacob's honfe went out from thofe that were of language ftrange; a He Judah did his fandtuar)', his kingdom Ifrael make: 3 The fea it law, and quickly fled, Jordan was driven back. 4 Like rams the mount^ins, and likelambfS the hills ikipp'd to and fro, 5 O fea, why fiedd'ft thou r Jordan, back why waft thou driven fo ? 6 Ye mountains great, wherefore was it that ye did ikip like rams ? And wherefore was it, little hills, that ye did leap like lambs ? 7 O at the prefence of the Lord, earth, tremble thou for fear. While as the prefence of the God of Jacob doth appear: S Who from the hard and ftony rock did ftanding water bring, And by his pow'r did turn the flint into a water-fpring. P S A L. CXV. Not unto us. Lord, not to us, but do thou glory take I'nto thy name, ev'n for thy truth, and for thy mercies fake. i O wherefore fhould the heathen fay, Where is their God now gone ? 3 But our God in the heavens is, what pleas'd him he hath done. 4 Their idols filver are and gold, work of mens hands they be. 5 Mouths have they, but they do not fpeak ; and eyes, but do not fee. 6 Ears have they, but they do not hear; nofes, but favour not: 7 Hands, feet, bui handle not, nor walk; nor fpeak they through their throat. 8 Like them their makers are, and all on them their truft that build. 9 O Ifra'l, truft thou in the Lord, he is their help and fliield : 10 O Aaron's houfe, truft in the Lord, their help and ihield is he : 11 Ye that fear God, truft in the Lord, their help and fhield he'll be. xz The Lord of us hath mindful been» and he will blefs us ftill, He will the houfe of Ifra'l blefs, blefs Aaron's houfe he wiil. 13 Both fmall and great that fear the Lord, he will them furely blefs, 14 The Lord will yon, you and your feed ay more and more increafe. 15 O blefled are ye of the Lord, CXIV, CXV, CXVI, CXVII. who made the earth and heav'n. 1 6 The heav'n , ev'n heav'ns are God's ; but he earth to mens fons hath-giv'n. 17 The dead, nor vrho to filence go, God's praife do not record. 18 But henceforth we for ever will blefs God. Praife ye the Lord. P S A L. CXVL ILove the Lord, becaufe my voice and prayers he did hear, a I, while I live, wall call on him, who bow'd to me his ear. 3 Of death the cords and forrows did about me compafs round. The pains of hell took hold on me, I grief and trouble found. 4 Upon the name of God the Lord then did I call, and fay, Deliver thou my foul, O Lord, I do thee hvunbly pray. 5 God merciful and righteous is; yea, gracious is our Lord: 6 God faves the meek ; I was brought low, he did me help afford. 7 O thou my foul, do thou return unto thy quiet reft ; For largely, lo, the Lord to thee ~ his bounty hath expreft. 8 For my diftrefled foul from death deliver'd was by thee : Thou didft my mourning eyes from tears, my feet from falling, free. 9 I in the land of thofe that live will walk the Lord before. 10 I did believe, therefore I fpake: I was afilicled fore. 1 1 I faid, when I was in my hafte, that all men liars be. iz What fliall I render to the Lord, for all his gifts to me ? 13 I'll of falvation take the cup, on God's name will I call : 14 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord, before his people all. 15 Dear in God's fight is his faints death. 16 Thy fervant. Lord, am I,^ Thy fervant fure, thine handmaid's fon: my bands thou didft unty. 17 Thank -offerings I to thee will give, and on God's name will call. 18 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord, before his people all : 19 Within the courts of Ged's own houfe, within the midft of thee, O city of Jerufalem, Praife to the Lord give ye. P S A L. CXVII. OGive ye praife unto the Lord, all nations that be: Likewife, ye people all, accord P S A L. CXVIII, CXIX. 6i Ills name to magnify, a For great to us -ward ever are his loving kindncffes: His truth endures for evermore. The Lord O do ye blefs. P S A L. CXVIII. OPraife the Lord, for he is good: his mercy lafteth ever. 2, Let thofe of Ifrael now fay, His mercy faileth never. 3 Now let the houfe of Aaron fay. His mercy lafteth ever. 4 Let thofe that fear the Lord now fay, His mercy faileth never. 5 I in diftrefs call'd on the Lord: the Lord did anfwer me; He in a large place did me fet, from trouble made me free. 6 The mighty Lord is on nay fide, I will not be afi'aid ; For any thing that »ian can dO' I fliall not be difmay'd. 7 The Lord doth take my part with them that help to fuccour me: Therefore on thofe that do me hate I my defire fliall fee. 8 Better it is to truft in God, than trult in man's defence: 9 Better to truft in God, than make princes our confidence. 10 The nations, joining all in one, did compafs me about : But in the Lord's moft holy name I fhall them all root out. 11 They compafs'd me about, I fay, they compafs'd me about: But in the Lord's moft holy name I fhall them all root out. iz Like bees, they compafs'd me about; like unto thorns that flame. They quenched are: for them ihall I deftroy in God's own name. 13 Thou fore haft thruft, that I might fall; but my Lord helped me. 14 God my falvation is become, my ftrength and fong is he. 15 In dwellings of the righteous is heard the melody Of joy and health: the Lord's right-hand doth ever valiantly. 1 6 The right-hand of the mighty Lord exalted is on high: The right-hand of the mighty Lord doth ever valiantly, 17 I fliall not die, but live, and fliall the works of God difcover. i8 The Lord hath me chaftifed fore, but not to death giv'n over. 19 O fet ye open unto me the gates of righteoufnefs; Then will 1 enter into them, and I the Lord will blefs. 20 This is the gate of God, by it the juft fliall enter in: ai Thee will I praife ; for thou nic heardft, and haft my fafety been. zz That ftone is made head corner-ftone, which builders did defpife: 33 This is the doing of the Lord, and wondrous in our eyes. 24 This is the day God made, in it we'll joy triumphantly. ■25 Save now, I pray thee. Lord, I pray, fend now profperity. 26 Blefled is he in God's great name that cometh us to fave : We, fi-om the houfe which to the Lord pertains, you blefled have. 27 Cod is the Lord, who unto us hath made light to arife: Bind ye unto the altar's horns with cords the facrifice. 28 Thou art my God, I'll thee exalt; my God, I will thee praife. 29 Give thanks to God, for he is good: his mercy lafts always. P S A L. CXIX. A L E P H. T/,f ijipart. BLeflTed are they that undefil'd and ftraight are in the way; Who in the Lord's moft holylavr do walk, and do not ftray. a BleflTed are they, who to obferve his ftatutes are inclin'd; And who do feek the living God with their whole heart and mind. 3 Such in his ways do walk, and they do no iniquity. 4 Thou haft commanded us to keep thy precepts carefully. 5 O that thy ftatutes to obferve thou wouldft my ways direcfl:: 6 Then fliall I not be fliam'd when I thy precepts all refpetft. 7 Then with integrity of heart thee will I praife and blefs, When I the judgments all have learn'd of thy pure righteoufnefs. 8 That I will keep thy ftatutes all firmly refolv'd have I : , O do not then, moft gracious God, forfake me utterly^ BETH. Th %dparf^ 9 By what means fliall a young man kars his way to purify ? If he according to thy word thereto attentive be. 10 Unfeigr,' clly thee have I fought with all my foul and heart : O let me not from the right path 62 PSA of thy commands depart. jl Thy word I in my heart have hid,' that I offend not thee. la O Lord, thou ever blefled art, thy ftatutes teach thou me. 13 The judgments of thy mouth, each one my lips declared have. 14 More joy thy teftimonies vpay than riches all me gave. at J I will thy holy precepts make my meditation : And carefully I'il have refpe(fl unto thy ways each one. X6 Upon thy ftatutes my delight ihall conftantly be fet: And by thy grace I never vfill thy holy word forget. G I M E L. Tie ^dpart- 17 With me thy fervant, in thy grace, deal bountifully. Lord; That by thy favour I may live, and duly keep thy word. 18 Open mine eyes, that of thy law the wonders I may fee. 19 I am a ftranger on this earth, hide not thy laws from me. ' SO My foul within me breaks, and doth much fainting ftill endure, Through longing, that it hath all times untothy judgments pure, fti Thou haft rebuk'd the curfed proud, who from thy precepts fwerve. 'jiz Reproach and ftiamc remove from me, for I thy laws obferve. fl3 Againft me princes fpake with fpitc, while they in council fat ; But I thy fervant did upon thy ftatutes meditate. 24 My comfort, and my heart's delight, thy teftimonies he ; And they in all my doubts and fears arecounfellorsto me. D A L E T H. The Ath part. aj My foul to duft cleaves: quicken me according to thy word. 26 My ways i fheiv'd, and me thou hcardft : teach me thy ftatutes. Lord. 27 The way of thy commandements, make me aright to know ; So all thy works that wondrous are, I fnall to others fhoAv. a8 My foul doth melt, and drop away for heavinefs and grief: To me, according to thy word, give ftrenpth and fend relief. 9.9 From me the wcked way of lies let far removed be; And graciouny thy holy law • do thou grant unto me. SO I chofen ha'Cthe peifeci way L. CXTX. of truth and verityt Thy judgments that moft righteous are before me laid have L 3 1 I to thy teftimonies cleave ; Ihame do not on mecaft. 3 2 I'll run thy precepts way, when thou my heart enlarged haft. H E. The sth part. 33 Teach rac, O Lord, the perfeft way of thy precepts divine; And to obferve it to the end, I fhall my heart incline. 34 Give underftanding unto me, fo keep thy law ihall I; Yea, ev'n with my whole heart, I fhali obferve it carefully. 15 In thy laws path make mc to go, for I delight therein. 36 My heart unto thy teftimonies, and not to greed, incline. 3 7 Turn thou away my fi^ht and eyes from viemng vanity: And in thy good and holy way be pleas'd to quicken me. 38 Confirm to me thy gracious word, which I did gladly hear, Ev'n to thy fei-vant, Lord, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 Turn thou away my fear'd reproach: for good thy judgments be. # 40 Lo, for thy precepts I have long'd: in thy truth quicken me. V A U. The Uh part. 41 Let thy fweet mercies alfo come and vifit me, O Lord, Ev'n thy benign falvation, according to thy word. 42 So fhall I have wherewith I may give him an anfwer juft Who fpitefiilly reproacheth me; for in thy word I truft. 43 The word of truth out of my mouth take thou not utterly ; For on thy judgments righteous my hope doth ftill rely. 44 So fhall I keep for evermore thy law continually. 45 And, fith that I thy precepts' feek, I'll walk at liberty. 46 I'll fpeak thy word to kings, and I with fhame fhall not be mov'd: 47 And will delight myfelf always in thy laws which 1 lov'd; 48 To thy commandments which I lov'd, niy hands lift up I will: And I will alfo meditate upon thy ftatutes ftill. Z A I N. The-jthpttrt. 49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word thou to thy fervant fpake. P S A L Which, for a ground of ray fure hope, thou caufedft me to take: 50 This word of thine my comfort is in mine afllicftion; For in my Itraits 1 am reviv'd by this thy word alone. (ftuft^'d, 51 The men whofe hearts with pride are did greatly me deride ; Yet from thy ftraight commandements I have not turn'd afide. S% Thy judgments righteous, O Lord, which thou of old forth gave, I did remember, and myfelf by them comforted have. 53 Horror took, hold on me, bccaufc ill men thy law forfake, 54 I in my houfe of pilgrimage thy laws my fongs do make. 55 Thy name by night. Lord, I did mind, and I have kept thy law. 56 And this I had, becaufe thy word I kept, and ftood in awe. C H E T H. ne %th part. 57 Thou my fure portion art alone, which I did chufe, O Lord : I have refolv'd, and faid, that I would keep thy holy word. 58 Witii my whole heart I did intreat thy face and favoiu* free: According to thy gracious word be merciful to me. 59 I thought upon my former ways^ and did my life well try: And to thy teftimonies pure my feet then turned I. 60 I did not Itay, nor linger long, as thofe that flothful are ; But haftily thy laws to keep myfelf I did prepare. 61 Bands of ill men me robb'd ; yet I thy precepts did not flight. 4z I'll rife at midnight thee to praife, ev'n for thy judgments right. 63 I am companion to all thofe who fear and thee obey. 64 O Lord,, thy mercy fills the earth: teach me thy laws, I pray. T E T H. The ^th part. 65 Well haft thou with thyfervant dealt, as thou didft promife give. 66 Goodjudgmentme, and knowledge teach; for I thy word believe. 67 Ere I affliifted was, I ftray'd; but now I keep thy word. 68 Both good thou art, and good thou doft: teach me thy itatutes, Lord, 69 The men that are puff' d up with pride ' againll me forg'd a lie; Yet thy commandements obferve with ray whole heart will I, CXIX. 65 7oTheir hearts thro' worldly eafe and wealth as /at as greafc they be: But in thy holy law 1 take delight continually. 71 It hath been very good for mc that I afflided was ; That I might well inftrud;ed be, and learn thy holy laws. 7a The word that cometh from thy mouth is better unto me Than many thoufands, and great fums of gold and filvcr be. ^ J O D. The loth part. 73 Thou mad'ft and fafliion'dft me: thy laws to know, give wifdom. Lord: 74 So v/ho thee fear fliall joy to fee me trufling in thy word. 75 That very right thy jud^^mentsarc I knovir, and do confefs. And that thou hail aflliitcd mc in truth and faithfulnefs. 76 O let thy kindnefs merciful, 1 pray thee, comfort me, As to thy fervant faithfully was promifcd by thee. 77 And let thy tender mercies come to me, that I may live : Becaufe thy holy laws to me fweet dele(ftation give. 78 Lord, let the proud ailiamed be: for they, without a caufe, With me perverfely dealt ; but I will mufe upon thy laws. 79 Let fuch as fear thee, and have knowi thy ftatutes, turn to me. 80 My heart let in thy laws be found, that fham'd I never be. C A P H. The nth part. 81 My foul for thy falvation faints: yet I thy word believe. 2a Mine eyes fail for thy word: I fay. When wilt thou comfort give? S3 P'or like a bottle I'm become, that in the fmoke is fet : I'm black and parch'd with grief; yet I thy ftatutes not forget. 84 How many are thy fervant's days? when wilt thou execute Juft judgment on thefe wicked men that do me perfccute ? 85 The proud have digged pits for mc, which is againft thy laws. 86 Thy words all faithful are: help me purfu'd without a caufe. 87 They lo confum'd me, that on eartll my life they fcarce did leave: Thy prfecepts yet forfook I not, but clofe to them did cleave. 88 After thy loving kindnefs. Lord, me quicken and prefervc: 64 P S A L The teftimony of thy mouth fo fhall I ftill obferve. LAMED. The lit h pari. 89 Thy word for ever is, O Lord, in heaven fettled faft : 90 Unto all generations thy faithfulnefs doth lafl r The earth thou haft eftabliflied, and it abides by thee. 9 1 This day they ftand, as thou ordain'dft ; for all thy fervants be. 9Z UnlefG in thy moft perfeft law my fonl delights had fouftd, I fhould have periflied, when as my troubles did abound. 93 Thy precepts I will ne'er forget: they quick'ning to me brought. 94 Lord, 1 am thine, O fave thou me : thy precepts I have fought. 95 For me the wicked have laid wait, me feeking to deftroy: But I thy tcftimonies true confider \n\\ with joy. 96 An end of all perfection here have I fcen, C> God: But as for thy commandement, it is exceeding broad. M E M. The \ith part. 97 O how love I thy law ! it is my lludy all the day. 98 It makes me wifer than my foes : for it doth with me ftay. 99 Than all my teachers now I have more underftanding far: Becaufe my meditation thy teftimonies are. 100 In underftanding I excel thofe that are ancients ; For I endeavoured to keep all thy com.mandements. loi My feet from each ill way I itay'd, that I may keep thy word. loz I from thy judgments have not <"Yerv'd, for thou haft taught me, Loru. 303 How fweet unto my tafte, O Lord, are all thy words of truth ! Yea, I do find them fwceter far than honey to my mouth. 104 I, through thy precepts that are pure, do underftanding get: I therefore ev'ry way that's falfe with all my heart do hate. NUN. The uthpart. 105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, and to my path a light. 106 I fworn have, and will perform, to keep thy Judgments right. 107 I am with fore afflidtion ev'n overwhelm'd, O Lord, In mercy raife and quicken me. . CXIX. according to thy word. io8 The free-will ofT'rings of my mouth accept, I thee befeech: ' And unto me, thy fervant, Lord, thy judgments clearly teach: 109 Though Aill my foul be in my hand, thy laws I'll not forget : no I err'd not from them, though forme the wicked fnares did fet. Ill I of thy teftimonies have above all things made choice, To be my heritage for ay ; for they my heart rejoice, iiz I carefully inclined have my heart, ftill to attend ; That I thy ftatutes may perform ahvay unto the end. S A M E C H. The isth part, 113 I hate the thoughts of vanity, but love thy law do I. 114 Myihield and hiding-place thou art: I on thy word rely. 115 All ye that evil-doers are, from me depart away ; For the commandments of my God I purpofe to obey. 116 According to thy faithful word, uphold and ftablifli me ; That I may live, and of my hope alhamed never be. 117 Hold thou me up, fo fhall I be in peace and fafety ftill : And to thy ftatutes have refpeft continually I will. 118 Thou tread'ftdown all that love toftray, falfe their deceit doth prove : 1 19 Lewd men , like drofs, away thou putt'ft, therefore thy law I love. 120 For fear of thee my veiy flefli doth tremble, all difmay'd ; And of thy righteous judgments. Lord, my foul is much afraid, A I N. The i6th part, lai To all men I have judgment done, performing juftice right : Then let me not be left unto my fierce oppreflTors might. izz For good unto thy fervant, Lord, thy fervant's furety be : From the oppreffion of the proud do thou deliver me. 123 Mine eyes do fail with looking long for thy falvation. The word of thy pure righteoufnefs while I do wait upon. 124 In mercy with thy fervant deal^ thy laws me teach and fliow : 125 I am thy fervant, wifdom give, • that I thy laws may know. ia6 'Tis time thou work, Lordj for they have P S A L made void thy law divine. 127 Therefore thy precepts more I love than gold; yea, gold moft tine. 128 Concerning all things thy commands all right I judge therefore: And ev'ry falfe and wicked way f perL-sftly abhor. P £. Thei-jthpprt. 129 Thy ftatutes. Lord, are wonderful, my foul them keeps with care : 130 The entrance of thy words gives light, makes wife whc* iimple are. 13 I My mouth I have wide opened, and panted earnellly, A\''hile after thy commandements I long'd exceedingly. 132 Look on me. Lord, and merciful do tiiou unto me prove. As tli(!U art wont to do to thofe thy name who truly love. 133 O let my footfteps in thy word aright fiill order'd be: Let no iniquity obtain dominion over .me. 134 From man's oppreffion fave thou me; fo keep thy laws 1 will: 33 J Thy face make bn thy fcrvant ihine; teach me thy ftatutes ftill. 136 Rivers of waters from mine eyes did run down, when I faw Mow wicked men run on in fm, and do not keep thy law. T S A D D L The i%th part. 137 O Lord, thou art moft righteous, thy judgments are upright: 138 Thy teftimonies thou command'ft, moft faithful are and right. 139 My zeal hath ev'n confumed me, becaufe mine enemies Thy holy words forgotten have, and do thy laws defpife. 140 Thy word's moft pure; therefore on it thy fervant's love is fet. 141 Small, anddefpis'd I am; yet I thy precepts not forget. 142 Thy righteoufnefs is righteoufnefs, which ever doth endure : Thy holy law, Lord, alfo is the very truth moil pure. 143 Trouble and anguifli have me found, and taken hold on me; Yet in my trouble, my delight thy juft commandments be. 144 Eternal righteoufnefs is in thy teftimonies all : Lord, to m,e underftanding give, and ever live 1 Ihall. K O P H. The i<)th part. 145 With ray whole h cart I cry 'd, Lord, hear : I will thy word obey. 6; . CXIX. 146 I cry'd to thee, fave me, and I vvill keep thy laws alway. 147 I of the morning did prevertt the dawning, and did cry: For ail mine expe(fiation did on thy word rely. 148 Mine eyes did timeoudy prevent the watches of the night, That in thy word, with careful mind, tiien meditate I migiit. 149 After thy loving kindnefs hear my voice that calls on thee : According to thy judgment. Lord, revive and quicken me. 150 Who follow mifchief they draw nigh ; they from thy law are far : 15 1 But thou aj-t near, Lord : moft firm truth ajl thy commandments are. 153 As for thy teftimonies all, of old this have I try'd, That thou hafc furely founded them for ever to abide. R E S H. The zoth part. iSl Confider mine afBiaion, in llifety do me fet: Deliver m.e, O Lord, for I thv law do not forget. 154 After thy word revive thou me, Ttve me, and plead my caufe. iSS Salvation is from fmners far, for they feek not thy laws. iS(> O Lord, both great and manifold thy tender mercies be: According to thy judgments juft revive and quicken me. r J 7 My perfecutors many are, and foes that do combine : Yet from thy teftimonies pure my heart doth not decline. 158 I faw tranfgi-efTors, and was griev'd: for they keep not thy word. 159 See how I love thy law ! as thou art kind, me quicken, Lord. 160 From the beginning all thy word hath been moft true and fure : Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one for evermore endure. S C H I N. The 21/} part. 161 Princes have perfecuted me, although no caufe they faw : But ftill of thy moft holy word my heart doth ftand in awe. 162 I at thy word rejoice, as one of fpoil that finds great ftore. 163 Thy law I love, but lying all 1 hate and do abhor. 164 Sev'n times a day it is my care to give due praife to thee : Bccaufe.of all thy judgments. Lord, which righteous ever be. 66 i6jr P S A L. CXIX, CXX, CXXI, CXXTI, CXXIII, CXXIV. Grer.t peace have they who love thylaw : oifeace tiiey fliall have none. i66 1 hop'd for thy falvation, Lord, and thy commands have done. 167 My foul t!iy tefiimonies pure obferved ccirefully; On tlicm my heart is fet, and them I love exceedingly, 168 Thy teftimonies and thy laws I kept with fpecial care : Tor all my works, and ways each one, before thee open are. T A U. The lid pari. 169 O let my earncft pray'r and cry come near before thee, Lord; Give underfl^anding unto me, according to thy word. 170 Let my requeft before thee come : after thy word me free. 171 My lips (hail utter praife, when thou haft taught thy laws to me. I7Z My tongue of thy moft blefled v%'ord fhall f;;e.ik, and it confcfs : Becaufe all thy commandements are perfecl: righteoufnef-. 173 Let thy ilrong hand make help to me: thy precepts are my choice. 174 I long'd for thy falvation. Lord, and in thy law rejoice. 175 O let my fcul live, and it fnall give praifes unto thee : And let thy judgments gracious be helpful unto me. 176 1 like a loA; Iheep went aftray; thy fen'ant feek, and find: For thy commande I fuffer'd not to nip out of my mi;id. P S A L. CXX. TN my diftrefs to God I cry'd, JL and he gave ear to me. a From lying lips, and guileful tongue, O Lord, my foul fct free. 3 What (hall be giv'n thee ? or what (hall be done to thee, falfc tongue ? 4 Ev'n burni>jg coals of juniper, (harp arrows of the ftrong. 5 Wo's me, that I in ?vlelbech am a fojourner io long; That I in tabernacles dwell to Kedar that belong. 6 My foul with him that hateth peace hath long a d^veller been. 7 I am for peace: but when I fpeak, for battle they are keen. P S A L. CXXL I To the hills will lift mine eyes, from whence doth come mine aid. z My fafety cometh iVom the Lord, who heav'n and earth hath made. 3 Thy foot he'll not let Aide, nor will I he (lumber that thee keeps. 4 Behold, be that keeps Ifrael, he (lumbers not, nor Deeps. 5 The Lord thee keeps,^thc Lord thy (hade en thy right hand doth ftay ; 6 The moon by night thee (liall not fmite, nor vet tlie fun bv day. 7 The Lord (hall keep thy foul, he (hall preferve thee from all ill. 8 Henceforth thy going out and in God keep for ever will. P S A L. CXXIL Jcy'd, when to the houfe of God, Go up, they fiid to me,' 2 Jerufalcm, within thy gates our feet (hall Itanding be. 3 Jerus'lem as a city Is compactly built together: 4 Unto tiiat place the tribes go up, the tribes of God go thither : To Ifra'l's teftimony, there to God's name thanks to pay. 5 For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones of David's houfe, there (l;ay. 6 Pray that Jerulalem may have peace and fehcity: Let them that love thee, and thy peace, have (till profperlty, 7 Therefore I wifli that peace may ftjll within thy walls remain. And ever may thy palaces profperity retain. 8 Now, for my frieiids, and brethrens fakes. Pen re be in tliee, I'll fay. J And for the houfe of God our Lord, I'll feek thy good alway. P S A L. CXXIII. Thou that dwelleft in the heav'ns, I lift mine eyes to thee, a Behold, as fervants eyes do look thtir mafiers haad to f-e. As handmaid's eyes her milircf fo do our eyes attend Upon the Lord our God, until to us he mercy fend. 3 O Lord, be gracious to us, unto us graci^ius be ; Becaufe replenifn'd with contempt exceedingly are we. 4 Our foul is (ill'd with (corn of thofe that at their eafe abide, And with tlie infolent contempt of tliofe that (well in pride. P S A L. CXXIV. Ad not the Lord been on our fide, may Ifrael nov/ fay: 2 Had not the Lord been on our fide, when men rofe us to flay : 3 They had i:g fwallow'd quick, Avhen tli'dr v.-rath 'gainft as did ll.ime: o hand. ff P S A L. CXXIV, CXXV, '^aters had cover'd us, our foul had funic beneath the fcream. len had the waters fwclling high, over our foul made way. eft be the Lord, who to their teeth us gave not far a prey. ir foul's efcaped, as a bird out of the fowler's fnare: fnare afunder broken is, and we efcaped are. 1| Lir fure and all-fufficient help is in jElIOVAH's name: lame who did the heaven create, and who the earth did frame. Another of the fame. Ow Ifrael may fay, and that truly, lat the Lord had not our caufe maintain'd: that the Lord had not our right faflain'd, ■n cruel men againft us furioully up in v/rath, to make of us their prey, [len certainly they had dcvour'd U5 all, fvvallow'd quiek, for ought that we could deem ; was their rage, as we might \\rell efteem : id as fierce floods before them all things drown, id they brought our foul to death quite down, he raging ftreams, ^^'ith their proud fwelling waves, then our foul o'erwhelmed in the deep: It bleft be God, who doth us fafely keep ; hath not giv'n U3 for a living prey ) their teeth, and bloody cruelty, en as a bird out of the fowler's fnare pes away, fo is our foul fet free ; :e are their nets, and thus efcaped we. lerefore oiir help is in the Lord's great name, ) heaven and earth by his great pow'r did frame. P S A L. CXXV. Hey in the Lord that firmly trail, fnall be like Zion hill, ;ch at no time can be remov'd, but ftaiideth ever ftil!. cxxvT, cxxvir, cxxviii. 69 2 As round about Jerufalem the m.ountains ftand alway. The Lord his folk dolh compafs fo from henceforth and for ay. 3 For ill mens rod upon the lot of juft men (hall not ly ; Left righteous men ftretch forth their hands unto iniquity. 4 Do thou to all thofe that be good thy goodnefs, Loi"d, impart, And do thou good to thcfe that are upright within their heart. 5 But as for fuch as turn aiide after their crooked way, God ftiall lead forth uith wicked men: on Ifrael peace Ihall ftay. P S A L. CXXVL "f ")5^7"Hen Zion's bondage God turn'd back, \' V as men that dream'd were we. ^ Then fill'd with laug'liter was our mouth, our tongue with melody: They 'mong the heathen faid, The Lord griMt tilings for them hath wrought. 3 T'ne Lord hath done great things for us, whence joy to us is brought. 4 As ftreims of water in the fouth, our bondage. Lord, recal. 5 Who fow in tears, a reaping time of joy enjoy they fhall, 6 That man who bearing precious feed, in going forth doth mourn. He doubtlefs, bringing back his fhcaves, rejoicing fiiall return. P S A L. CXXVIL Except the Lord do build the houfe, the builders lofe their pain; Except the Lord the city keep, the Avatchmen watch in vain. 2 'Tis vain for you to rife betimes, or late from reft to keep. To feed on forrow's bread : fo gives he his beloved deep. 3 Lo, children are God's heritage, the womb's fruit his reward. 4 The fons of youth as arrows arc, for ftrong m.ens hands prepar'd. 5 O happy is the man that hath his quiver fill'd v^'ith thofe ; They unafhamed in the gate fliall fpeak unto their foes. P S A L. cxxvin. BLeft is each one that fears the Lord, and walketii in his ways. 2 For of t'iiy labour thcu fhait eat, and happy 'oe always. 3 Thy wife fliall, as a fruitful vine, 'oy thy houfe-fides, be found: Thy children like to oiive-plants about thy table round. 4 Behold, the man that fears the Lord^ I 2 68 P S A L. CXXIX, CXXX, thus bleOed fliail he be. 5 The Lord (hall out of Zion give his bleflTing unto thee : Thou fhalt Jerus'lem's good beholdj whW'l thou on earth dofl: dwell, 6 Thou fhalt thy childrens children fee, and peace on Ifrael. P S A L. CXXIX. OFt did they vex me from my youth, may Ifra'l now declare : 4 Oft did they vex me from my youth, yet not viftorious were. 3 Tir plowers plow'd upon my back, they long their furrows drew. 4 The righteous Lord did cut the cords of the ungodly crew. 5 Let Zion's haters all be turn'd back with confuuon. 6 As grafs on houfes tops be they, which fades ere it be grown. •7 Whereof enough to fill his hand the mower cannot find; Nor can the man his bofom fill, whofe work is fiieaves to bind. S Neither fay they who do go by, God's blefUDg on you reft: We, in the name of God the Lord, do wifh you to be bleft. P S A L. CXXX. LOrd, from the depths to thee I cry'd, 2 My voice, Lord, do thou hear : TJnto my fupplications voJfC give an attentive ear. 3 Lord, who ihaW ftand, if, thou, O Lord, faouldft mark iniquity ? 4 But yet witfc thee forgivenefs is, that fear'd thou maycft be. 5 I wait for God, my foul doth wait, my hope is in bis v>ford : 6 More than they that for morning watch, my foul waits for the Lord; J fay, more than they that do watch the morning ligbt to fee. 7 Let Ifrael hope in the Lord, for with him mercies be ; And plenteous redemption is ever found with him. S And from ail his iniquities he Ifra'l fiiall redeem. P S A L. CXXXL MY heart not haughty is, O Lord, mine eyes not iofiy be: Mor do I deal in matters great, or things too high for me. 2 I fi;rely have mvfelf behav'd with quiet fp'rit and mild, Ae child of mother wean d : my foul is like a weaned ciiild. 9 Upi-n the Lord let all the hope of Ifrael rely. CXXXL CXXXII, CXXXIIL Ev'n from the time that prefent is unto eternity. P S A L. CXXXII. DAvid, and his afflictions all. Lord, do thou think upon : 2 How unto God he fware, and vow'd to Jacob's mighty One. 3 I will not come within my houfe, nor reft on bed at all : 4 ]^ fhall mine eyes take any Deep, nor eye-lids flumber fliall ; 5 Till for the Lord a place I find, where he may make abode: A place of habitation for Jacob's mighty God. 6 Lo, at the place of Ephratah of it we underftood: And we did find it in the fields, and city of the wood, 7 We'll go into his tabernacles, and at his footftool bow : 8 Arife, O Lord, into thy reft, th'ark of thy ftrengtla, and thou. 9 O let thy priefts be clothed. Lord- with truth and righteoufnefs : And let all thofe that are thy faints thout loud for joyfulnefs. 10 For thine own fervant David's fake, do not deny thy grace, Nor of thine own anointed one turn thou away the face. 11 The Lord in truth to David fware, he will not turn from it, I of thy body's fruit will make upon thy throne to fit. iz My cov'nant if thy fons will keep, and laws to them made known, Their children then ihall alfo fit for ever on thy throne. 13 For God of Zion hath made choice": there he defires to dwell : 14 This is my reft, here ftill I'll ftay, for I do like it well. 15 Her food I'll greatly blefs, her poor with bread will fatisfy. 16 Her priefts I'll clothe with health, her fhall Ihout forth joyfully. (faints 17 And there will I make David's horn to bud forth pleafantly. For him that mine anointed is a lamp ordaiu'd have I. f j8 As with a garment I will clothe, with fhame his en'mies all : But yet the crown that he doth wear upon him flourifh fhall. P S A L. CXXXIIL BEhoifi, how good a thing it is, and how becoming well, Togrther fuch as brethren are in unity to dwell, b' P S A L. CXXXIV, 2 Like prcciou:; ointment en the head, that down the heard did fiow, Ev'n Aaron's bcnrd, and to the fkirts did of his garment go. 3 As Herman's dew, the dew that doth on Zion hills delcend : For there the blefung God commands, life that fhall never end. P S A L. CXXXIV. BEhold, blefs ye the Lord, all ye ^ that his attendants are, Ev'n you that in God's temple be, and praife hhn nightly there. 2 Your hands within his holy place life up, and praife his name. 3 From Zion liill the Lord thee blefs, thatheav'n and earth did frame. P S A L. CXXXV. J )R.aifeye the Lord, the Lord's name praife; his fervants, praife ye God, a Who ftand in God's houfe, in the courts of our God make abode. 3 Praife ye the Lord, for he is good, unto him praifes fing: Sing praifes to his name, becaufe it is a pleafant thing. 4 For Jacob to him.felf the Lord did chufe of his good pleafure. And he hath cliofen Ifr.^el for his peculiar treafure. 5 Becaufe I know alTuredly the Lord is very great. And that our Lord above all gods in glory hath his feat. 6 What things foever pleas'd the Lord, that in the heav'n did he. And in the earth, the feas, and all the places deep that be. 7 He from the ends of earth doth make the vapours to afcend. With rain he lightnings makes, and wind doth from his treafures fend. 8 Egypt's firft-born from man to bcaft 9 who fmote. Strange tokens he On Pharaoh and his fervants fent, Egypt, in midft of thee. 10 He fmote great nations, flew great kings: II Sihon of Hefhbon king. And Og of Balhan, and to nought did Canaan's kingdoms bring. 12 And for a wealthy heritage their pleafant land he gave. An heritage which Ifrael his chofen folk fhould have. 13 Thy name, O Lord, fliall fcill endure, and thy memorial With honour ihall continu'd be to generations all. J4 For why, the righteous God will judge his people rightcoufly. CXXXV, CXXXVI. 69 Concerning Ihoie that do him ferve, himfelf repent will he. 15 The idols of the nations of*{ilver are and gold, And by the hands of men is made their fafliion and mould. 16 Mouths have they , but they do not fpcak; eyes, but they do not fee ; 17 Ears have they, but hear not, and in their mouths no l-rcathing be. 18 Their makers are like them, fo arc all that on them rely. 19 O Ifia'l's houfe. blefs God; blefs God, O Aaron's famiiy. 20 O blefs the Lord, of Levi's houfe ye who his fervants are ; And blefs the holy name of God, all ye the Lord that fear. 21 And bleffedbe the Lord our God, from Zion's holy iiill, Whodwelleth at Jerufalem. The Lord O praife ye ftill. P S A L. CXXXVL Give tlianks to God, for good h he: for mercy hath he ever. z Thanks to the God of gods give ye : for his grrxe faileth never. 3 Thanks give the Lord of lords unto: for mercy hath he ever. 4 Who only wonders great can do : for his grace faileth never. 5 Who by his wifdom made heav'ns high : for mercy hath he ever. 6 Who ftretch'd the earth above the fea: for his grace faileth never. 7 To him that made the great lights Ihine: for mercy hath he ever. 8 The fun to rule till day decline : for his grace faileth never. 9 The moon and ftars to rule by night: for mercy hath he ever. 10 Vv'ho Egypt's firft-born kill'd outright: for his grace faileth never. 11 And I fr a' i brought from Egypt land: for mercy hath he ever. (hand: I a With ftretch'd-out arm and with ftrong for his grace faileth never. 13 By whom the Red fea parted was: for mercy hath he ever. 14 And through its midft made Ifra'l pafs : for I'.is grace faileth never. 15 But Pharaoh and his hoft dkl drown: for mercy hath he ever. 16 Who through the defart led his own : for his grace faileth never. 17 To him great kings who overthrew : for he hath mercy ever. 18 Yea, famous kings in battle flew : for his grace faileth never. 19 Ev'n Sihon king of Amcritcs : ^f 70 P S A L. for he hath mercy ever. ao And Og the king of Bafhanltes : for his grace faileth never. 21 Their land in heritage to have, (for mercy hath he ever,) 22 His fervant IlVa'l right he gave : for his grace faileth never. 23 In our low (late vs^ho on us thought: for he hath mercy ever. 34 Andfrom our foes our freedom wrought for his grace faileth never. 2 J ^Vho doth all flcih with food relieve : for he hath mercy ever. 26 Thanks to the God of heaven give : for his grace faileth never. Another of the fame. PPvaife God, for he is hind, His mercy lafts for ay. a Give thanks with heart and mind To God of godsalway: For certainly His mercies dure Mod: firm and fure Eternally. 3 The Lord of lords praife ye, Whofe mercies ftill endure. 4 Great wonders only he Doth work by his great pow'r: For certainly, &c, 5 Which God omnipotent. By might and wifdom high, The heav'n and firmament Did frame, as we may fee : For certainly, &c, 6 To him who did outllretch This earth fo great and wide, Above the waters reach. Making it to abide : For certainly, &c. 7 Great lights he made to be, For his grace laft'eth ay. 8 Such as the fun vvc fee. To rule the lightfome day: For certainly, &c. 9 Alfo the mocn fo clear, Which ihineth in our fight, The flars that do appear To guide the darkfome night : For certainly, &c. ID To him that Egypt fmote. Who did his melfage fcorn ; And in hi; anger hot Did kill all their firft-born. For certainly, &c. ?i Thence Ifral out he brought: For his grace laitcth ever. r% With a flrong hand he wrought, And ftretch\l-out arm deliver: For certainly, &c. 13 The fea he cut in two: C XXXVI, CXXXVIL For his grace lafteth ftill. 14 And through its midft: to go Made his own Ifrael : For certainly, &c. 15 But overwhelm'd and loft AVas proud king Pharaoh, With all his mighty hoft. And chariots there alfo : For certainly, &c. 16 Jfo him who pow'rfully His chofen people \d, Ev'n through the defart dry, Asd in that place tlicm fed : For certainly, &c. 17 To hiin great kings who fmotc : For his grace hath no bound. 18 "\^'ho flew, and fparcd not Kings famous and renown'd: For certainly, ccc. 19 Sihon th' Amcn-itesking: For his grace lafteth ever ; 20 Og alfo, who did reign The land of Bafhan over: For certainly, &c. 21 Their land by lot he gave: For his grace faileth never: la That Ifra'l might it have In heritage forever: For certainly, &c. 23 Who hath remembered Us in our low eftate ; 24 And us delivered From foes which did us hate: For certainly, &c. 25 Who to all fie 111 gives food : For his grace faileth never. 26 Give thanks to God moft good. The God of heav'n forever. For certainly, &c. P S A L. CXXXVIL BY Babel's ftreams we fat and wept, when Zion we thought on. a In midft thereof we hang'd our harps the willow-tiTes upon. 3 For there a fong required they who did us captive bring ; Our ^x)iiers calVd for mirth, and faid, A fong of Zion fing. 4 O how the Lord's fong fhall we fing within a foreign la^^d ? 5 If thee, Jerus'Iem, I forget, fkill part from my right hand. 6 My tongueto my mouth's roof let cleave, if I do thee forget, Jerufalem, and thee above my chief joy do not fet. 7 Remember Edom's children, Lord, who in Jerus'lem's day Ev'n unto its foundation Raze, raze it quite, did fay. P S A L. CXXXVm, CXXXIX, CXL. 8 O daughter, thou of Babylon, near to deftrudion: Bleft fliall he be that thee rewards, as thou to us hall done. 9 Yea, happy lurely (hall he be, thy texiUcr little ones. Who Ih.all lay hold upon, and them ihall daih agaiclt the itones, P S A L CXXXVIII. T"'Hee will I praife with all my heart, I will ling praife to thee 2 Before the gods: And worfhip will toward lliy ianduar/. I'll praife thy name, ev'nfor thy truth, and kindnefi of thy love : For thou thy word haft magnify 'd all thy greac name above. 3 Thou didli me anfvver in the day when 1 to thee did cry : And thou my fainting foul with ftrength didft fbxnglhen inwardly. 4 All kings upon the earth that are, fhall give tfcee praife, O Lord: AVhen as they f-ora thy mouth ihall hear thy true and faithful word. 5 Yea, in the righteou3 ways of God, withgladnefs they fiiall ling: For great s the glory of the Lord, who doth for ever reign. 6 Though God be high, yet he refpefls all thofc that lowly be ; Whereas the proud and lofty ones afar off knoweth he. 7 Though I in midil of trouble v/alk, 1 life from thee fliall have : (hand, 'Gainft my foes wrath tnou'Jt ftretch thine thy right hand iiiall me i'dv,:. 8 Surely tnat which coiicerneth me. The Lord will perfect make; Lord, flill thy mercy lafts, do not thine own hands works forfake. P S A L. CXXXIX. O Lord, thou liait me fearch'dand known. 2 'I'hou know'it my fitting down And rifmg up : yea, all my thoughts afar to thee are known. 3 My fooLfteps and my lying down, tiiou compiiTeft always; Thou alfo moft entirely art acquaint with all my ways. 4 For in my tongue, before I fpeak, not anv word can be. But altogether, lo, O Lord, it is well known to thcc. 5 Behind, before, thou haftbefet, and! laid on me thine hand. 6 Such knowledge is too fbrange for me ; too high to underftand. 7 From thy Sp'rit whither Ihall I go? or iion; th» prrfence ux f 8 Afcend 1 heav'n, lothou art there; there, if in hell I ly. 9 Take I the morning-wings and dwell in ntmoft parts of fea; 10 Ev'n there, Lord, Ihall thy hand me lead, thy right hand hold Ihall mc. 11 If I do fay, that darknefs fliall me cover from thy fight; Then furely fhall the very night about me be as light, li Yea, darknefs hideth not from thee, bat night doth iiiine as day: To thee the darknefs and the light are both alike ahvay. 13 For thou poflelTed haft my reins, and thou haft cover'd me, When I within my mother's womb inclofed was by thee. 14 Thee will I praife, for fearfully and ftrangely made I am ; Thy works aremarv'lous, and right well my fcul doth know the fame. 15 My fubftance was not hid from thee, when aa in fecret 1 Was made; and in earth's loweft parts was wrought moft curioufiy. 16 Thine eyes my fiibftance did behold, yet being unperfect; And in the volume of thy book my members all were writ; Which after in continuance were faiTiion'd ev'ry one, When as they yet all ftiapelefs were, and of them there was none. 17 How precious alfo are thy thoughts, () gracious God, to me ! And in their fum how pailing great and numberlefs they be ! 18 If I fliould count them, than the fand they more in number be: V/hat time foever I awake, 1 ever am with thee. 19 Thou, Lord, wilt fure the wicked flay: hence from me bloody men. 20 Thy foes agalnft thee loudly fpeak, and take thy name in vain. a i Do not I hate all thofe, O Lord, that hatred bear to thee? With thofe that up againft thee rife can 1 but grieved be ? 2Z With perfect hatred them I hate; my foes I do them hold. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, my thoughts unfold: 24 And fee if any wicked way there be at all in me : And in thine everlafting way, to me a leader be. T PSA L. CXL. X^Ord, from the ill andfroward man 72 P S A L. give me delive-rance. And do thou fatL* prefcrve me from the man of violence: 2 Who in their heart rnifjhievous things are meditating ever; And they for war alfemblcd are continually together, 3 Much like unto a ferpent's tongue, their tongues they Iharp do make; And underneath theirhps there lies the poiibii of a fnake. 4 Lord, keep me from the wicked's hands, IVom vi lent men me fave; Who utterly to overthrow my goings, purpos'd have 5 The proud for me a fnare have hid, and colds, yea, they a net Have bythe v/ay-(idc forme fpread; they grins have for me fet. 6 I faid unto the Lord, Thou art my God : unto the cry Of all my fupplications, Lord, do thine ear apply, 7 O God, the Lord, who art the ilrength of my falvaticn; A GOV 'ring in the day of war my head thou haft put on. 8 Unto the wicked man, O Lord, his wilhcs do not grant ; Nor further thou his ill device, left they themfelves Ihould varnt. 9 As for the head and chief of thofe about that compafs me, Ev'n by the rnifchief of their lips let thou them cover'd be. 10 Let burning coals upon them faU; them throw in fiery flame. And in deep pits, that they no more may rife out of the fame. 11 Let not an evil fpeaker be on earth eftabhflied: Mifchief Ihall hunt the vi'lent man, till he be ruined. la I know God will th' affli<^ed's caufe maintain, and poor mens right. 13 Surely the juft fliall praife thy name ; th' upright dwell in thy fight. P S A L. CXLL OLord, 1 unto thee do cry, do thou make lufte "to me, And give an ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee, a As incenfe let my prayer be directed in thine eyes; And the uplifting of my hands, as th' ev'ning facrifice. 3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth, keep of my lips the door. 4 My heart incline thou not uuto the ills I fhould abhor. CXLI, CXLII, CXLIII. To pra,ftife wicked works with men that work iniquity: And with their delicates my t.ifte let me not fatisfy. 5 Let him that righteous is, me fmite; it {hall a kindnefs be : Let him reprove ; I fhaii it count a precious oil to mc: Such fmiting ihail not break my head; for yet the time (liall fall. When 1 intlieir calamities to God pray for them fliall. 6 When as their judges down iliill be in ftony places caft: Then fhall they hear my words, for the fliall fvveet be to their tafte. 7 About the grave's devouring mouth our bones afe fcatter'd round. As wood, which men do cut and cleave, . lies fcatter'd on the ground. 8 But unto thee, O God the Lord, mine eyes up-lifted be: My foul do not leave deftitute; my truft is let on thee. 9 Lord, keep me fafely from the fnare which they for me prepare. And from the fubtil grins of them tliat wicked workers are. 10 Let workers of iniquity into their own nets fall, Whilft I do by tiiine help efcape the dangers of them all. P S A L CXLII. I With my voice cry'd to the Lord; with it fnadc my requeft: z Pour'd cut to him my plaint, to him my trouble I expreft. 3 When in me was o'erwhelm'd my fp'rit, then well thou knew'ft my wa^ : Where I did walk, a fnare for me they privily did lay. 4 1 look'd on my right hand, and vicw'd, but none to know me were: All refuge failed me, no man did for my foul take care. 5 I cry'd to thee: I faid. Thou art my refuge. Lord, alone; And in the land of thofe that live, thou art my portion. 6 Becaufe I am brought very low, attend unto my cry ; Me from my perfecutors fave, who ftronger are than I. 7 From'prifon briag my foul, that I thy name may glorify: The juft fhall compafs me, when thou with me deal'ft bounteoufly. P S A L CXLIII. T Ord, hear my pray'r, attend my fuit; and in thy faithfulnefs PS A L. Give thou an anfwer unto mc, and in thy lighteouinels. a Thy lervant alio bring thou not in judgment t;o be try'd ; Becaufc no living man can be in thy fight jultify'd. 3 For th' en'my hath pnrfu'd my foul, my life to ground down tread; In darknefs he hath made me dwell, as who have long been dead. 4 My fp'rit is therefore overwhclm'd in me perplexedly: Within me is my very heart amazed vvond'roufly. 5 I call to mind the days of old, to meditate I ufe On all thy works: upon the deeds I of thy hands do mufe. 6 My hand's to thee I ftretch: my foul thirfts as dry land for thee. 7 Hafte, Lord, to hear, my fpirit fails ; hide not thy face from me. Left like to them I do become, that go down to the duft. 8 At morn let me thy kindnefs hear, for in thee do I truft : Teach me the way that I fliould walk, I lift my foul to thee. 9 Lord, free me from my foes, I flee to thee to cover me. 10 Becaufe thou art my God, to do thy will do me inftruct : Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the land of uprightnefs condu(ft. 1 1 Revive, and quicken me, O Lord, ev'n for thine own name's fake: And do thou, for thy righteoufnefs, my foul from trouble take. iz And of thy mercy flay my foes; let alldeftroyedbe That do afflid rtiy foul, for I a fefVant am to thee. Another of the fame. OH, hear my prayer. Lord, And unto my defire To bow thine ear accord, I humbly thee require: And in thy faithfulnefs Unto me anfwer make. And in thy righteoufnefs Upon me pity take. a In judgment enter not With me thy fervant poor: For why, this well I wot, No Rnner can endure The fight of thee, O God, If thou his deeds fhalt try; He dare make none abode Himfelftojuftify. 3 Behold, the cruel foe 2 CXLIII, CXLIV. 73 Me perfecutes with fpite, My foul to overthrow: Yea, he my life down quite Unto the ground hath fmote, And made me dwell full low In darknefs, as forgot. Or men dead long ago. 4 Therefore my fp'rit much vex'd, O'erwhelm'd is me within: My heart right fore perplex'd, And defolate hath been. 5 Yet do I call to mind What ancient days record; Thy works of ev'ry kind I think upon, O Lord. 6 Lo, I do ftretch my hands To thee, my help alone; For thou well underftands All my complaint and moan. My thirfting foul defires And longeth after thee, As thirfty ground requires With rain refrefli'd to be. 7 Lord, let m.y pray'r prevail. To anfwer it make fpeed, For lo, my fp'rit doth fail : Hide not thy face in need. Left 1 be like to thofe That do in darknefs fit, Or him that downward goes Into the dreadful pit. 8 Becaufe 1 truft in thee, Lord, caufe me to hear Thy loving-kindnefsfree, When morning doth appear: Caufe me to know the way Wherein my path fhould be, For why, my foul on high 1 do lift up to thee. 9 From my fierce enemy In fafety do me guide, Becaufe I flee to thee. Lord, that thou may'ft me hide, 10 My Godalonpartthou, Teach me thy righteoufnefs: Thy fp'r.t's good, lead me to the land of uprightnefs. 11 O Lord, for thy name's fake. Be plcas'd to quicken me: And for thy truth forth take My foul from mifery. 12 And of thy grace, deftroy Mv foes, and put to fliame All who my foul annoy ; For I thy fervant am. P S A L. CXLIV. OBlefled ever be the Lord, who is my ftrength and might; Who doth inftruftmy hands to war, my fingerr> teach to fight. K 7* ^^' PSA L. i My .q-podnefs, fortrefs, my high tow'r, deliverer, and f)-,ic!d, In whom 1 iriift: who under tne my people make? to yield, 3 Lord, what "is man, that .thou of him doft fo much knowledge take ? Or fon of man, that thou of him fo great account doil make? 4 Man is like vanity: his days, as ihadows, pais away. ' (thou J Lot-d, how thy heav'ns, come down, touch the hills, and fmoke fhall they. 6 Cafl: forth thy lightnings, fcattcr them : thine arrows flioot, them rout. 7 Thine hand fend from above, me fave, from great depths draw me out ; And from the hand of children ftrange; 8 Whofe mouth fpeaks vanity; And thdr right hand is a righ.t hand that works deceitfully. 9 A new fong I f o thee will fing, Lord, on apfaltcry; 1 on a ten-ftring'd inftrument wi;I praifesfing to thee. 10 Ev'n he it i-s, that unto kings ' fa Ivation doth fend: Who his own fervant ])avid doth from hurtful fword defend. 11 O free me frotn ftrange childrens hands, whoie mouth fpeaks vanity; And their right hand a right hand is, that works deceitfully. 12 That as the plants our'fons may be in youth grown up that ai-e; ' Our daughters like to corner-ftones, carv'^d h'ke a palace fair: 13 That to afford all kind of ftore, cur garners m.?y be fiU'd; That our fneep thoufands. in our fcreets ten thoufands thev may vield. 14 That ftrong our oxen be for work, that no in-breaking be, forgoing out, and <-hai: our ftreets may from complaints be fioe. JS Thofe people bleffcd are, who be in fuch a cafe as this: Yea, Meficd all thof: peon'eare, whofe God JKKbVAi^ is. P S A L. CXLV. I 'LI tiiee extol, my G-id, (:) King, Til blefs thv name always, a Thee will I biefs each day, and will thy name for ever praifc. n Great is the Lord, much to he prais'd, hi5greatnefs fearch exceeds. 4 Race unto race fhal! praife thy works, and fhcwr thy mighty deeds^ " I of thy g-orlons ma;ef!:y the h-rour will reci.rJ, i 'II fpeak of all t h y mi'^hij works. CXLV. which wond'rous are, O Lord. 6 Men of thine ads the might fhall fhcVT, thine afts that dreadful are: And I thy glory to advance, thjr^greatnefs will declare. 7 Themem'ryof thy goodnefs great they largely fhall exprefs. With fongs of praife thev fliall extol thy perfed righteoufnefs. 8 The Lord is very gracious ; in him compaffions flow ; In mercy he is very great, and is to angerflow. 9 The Lord JEHOVAH unto all his goodnefs doth declare: And over all his other works his tender mercies are. 10 Thee all thy works fliall praife, O Lord, and thee thy faints fhall blefs. 11 They fhall thy kingdom's glory fhow, thy powVby fpeech exprefs. iz To make the fons of men to know his acfts done mightily. And of his kingdom fh' excellent and glorious majefty. 13 Thy kingdom fhall for ever ftand; thy reign through ages all. 14 God raifeth all that are bow'd down ; upholdeth all that fall. 15 The eyes of all things wait on thee, the giver of all good. And thou in time convenient heftows on them their food. i6 Thine hand thou open'ft lib'rally, and of thy bounty gives Enough to fat'isfy the need of ev'ry thing that lives. 17 The Lord is juft in all his ways; holy in his works all. i8 God's near to ail that call on hira, in truth that on him call. 19 He will accomplifli the defire of thofe that do himfear: He alfo will deliver them, and he their cry will hear. 30 The Lord prcferves all who him love, that nought can them annoy; But he all thofe that wicked are will utterly deflroy. 21 My mouth the praifes of the Lord- to publifh ceafe fliall never. Let all fielh blefs his holy name for ever and for ever. y4n'jther of the fame. OLord, that art my God and Krng. Thee will I magnify and praife: 1 will thee blefs, and gladly (ing Unto thy holy name always. 2 Each day I rife, I will thee blefs, And praife thy name time without end. P S A L. CXLVI, CXLVII. 3 Much to be prais'd, and great God is, His greatnefs none can comprehend. 4 Race fliall thy works praiie unto race, The mighty ads (how done by thee. 5 I will fpeak of thy glorious grace, And honour of thy majefty; Thy wond'rous works I will record. 6 -'-y men the might iliallbe extoU'd Ot all thy dreadful ads, O Lord : And I thy greatnefs will unfold. 7 They utter fhall abundantly The mem'ry of thy gooduefs great. And fliall fing praifes cheerfully, AVhilfl; they thy righteoufnefs relate. 8 The Lord our God is gracious, Compaifionate he is alfo; In mercy he is pknteous, But unto wrath and anger flow. 9 Good unto all men is the Lord : O'er all his works his mercy is. 10 Thy works all praife to thee afibrd ; Thy faints, O Lord, thy name ihall bicfs. ir The glory of thy kingdom Ihow Shall they, and of thy power tell. la Thatfo mens fons his deeds may know: His kingdom's grace that doth excel. 13 Thy kingdom hath no end at all; It doth through ages all remain. 14 The Lord upho deth all that fall; The caft-down raifeth up again. 15 The eyes of all things, Lord, attend. And on thee wait, that here do live: And thou in feafon due doft fend Sufficient food them to relieve. 16 Yea, thou thine hand doft open wide, And ev'ry thing doft fatisfy That lives, and doth on earth abide, Of thy great liberality. 17 The Lord is juft in his ways all. And holy in his works each one. 18 He's near to all that on him call. Who call in truth on him alone. 19 God will the juft defire fulfil Of fuch as do him fear and dread ; Their cry regard, and hear he will. And fave them in the time of need. 20 The Lord preferves all, more and lefs. That bear to him a loving heart; But workers all of wickednefs Defcroy will he and clean fubvert. ii Therefore my moulh and lips I'll frame To fpeak the praift:sof the Lord: To magnify his holy name For ever, let ail Hefh accord. P S A L. CXLVL PRaife God. TheLord praife, O myfoul, 3 I'll praife God while 1 live : While I have being, to my God in fpngs I'ii praifes gi^c. 3 Trult not in princes,- nor man's fon 7J K 2 in whom there is no ftay. 4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns : that day his thoughts decay. 5 O happy is that man, and bleft, whcm Jacob's God doth aid, Whole hope upon the Lord doth reft, and on his God is ftaid : 6 Who made the earth and heavens high,' who made the fwelling deep. And all that is within the fame: who truth doth ever keep. 7 Who righteous judgment executes for thofe oppreft that be. Who to the liungry giveth food : God fets the pris'ners free. 8 TheLord doth give the blind their fight; the bowed down doth raife: The Lord doth dearlyjove all thofe that walk in upright ways. 9 The ftranger's lliield, the widow's ftay, the orphan's help is he: But yet by him the wicked's wav turn d uplide down fhall be.' 10 The Lord Ihali reign for evermore, thy God, O Zion, he Reigns to all generations. Praife to the Lord gi*e ye. P S A L. CXLVJL P Raife ye the Lord: for it is good praife to our God to fin^ ; For it is pleafant, and to praife it is a comely thing. 2 God doth build up Jerufalenj: and he it is alone That the difperg'd of Ifrael doth gather into one. 3 Thofe that are broken in their hearts, and grieved in their minds, He healeth, and their painful wounds he tenderly up-binds. » 4 He counts the number of the ftars: he names them ev'ry one. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great pow'r: his wifdom fearch can none. . 6 The Lord lifts up the meek : and cafts the wicked to the ground. 7 Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks: on harp his praifes found. 8 Who covereth the heav'n with clouds, who for the earth below Prepareth lain, who maketh grafe upon the mountains groAv. 9 He gives the beaft his food, he iceds the ravens young that cry. 10 His pieafure not in horfe's ftrength, nor in man's legs doth ly. 11 But io all thofe that do him fec^r, the Lord doth pieafure take. In thofe that to his mercy do by hope themfelves betake. ^6 P S A L. CXLVIII, CXLIX. li The Lord praife, O Jerufalem : Zion, thy God confefs. 13 For thy gates bars he maketh ftrong: thy fons in thee doth blefs. 14 He in thy borders maketh peace : with fine wheat filleth thee. 15 He fends forth his command on earth, liis word runs fpeedily. 16 Hoar froft, like afhes, fcatt'reth he ; like wool he fnow doth give : 17 Like morf(;ls caftcth forth his ice : who in its cold can live ? 18 He fendeth forth his mighty word, and melteth them again : His winds he makes to blow, and then the waters flow amain. 19 The doftrine of his holy word to Jacob he doth fliow: Plis flatutes and his judgments he gives Ifrael to know. 40 To any nation never he fuch favour did afford ; For they his judgments have not known. O do ye praife the Lord. P S A L. CXLVIIL PRaife God. From heavens praife the Lord, in heights praiPe to him be. a All ye his angels, praife ye him ; his hofts all, praife him ye. 3 O praife ye him, both fun and moon ; praife him, all ftars of light ; 4Yeheav'ns of heav'ns him praife, and floods above the heav'ns height. 5 Let all the creatures praife the name of our almighty Lord ; For he commanded, and they were created by his word. 6 He alfo, for all times to come, hath them eftablilb'd fure: He hath appointed them a law, which ever fhall endure. V Praife ye J E H O VAH from the earth, dragons and ev'ry deep: 8 Fire, hail, fnow, vapour, ftormy wind, his word that fully keep, 9 All hills and mountains, fruitful trees, and all ye cedars high. 10 Beafts, and all cattle, creeping things, and all ye birds that fly. It Kings of the earth, all nations, princes, earth's judges all : la Both young men; yea, and maidens too, old men, and children fmall. J3 Let them God's namepraife: for his name alone is excellent: His glory reacheth far above the earth and firmament. S4 His people's horn, the praife of all his faints exalteth he. E'en Ifra'I's feed, a people near to him. The Lord praife yd Another of thefaine. ''P'He Lord of heav'n confefs, X on high his glory raife. a Him let all aegels blcfs. Him ail his armies praife. 3 Him glorify Sun, moon, and ftars, 4 Ye higher fphcres. And cloudy flcy. 5 From God your beings are. Him therefore famous make : You all created were, "When he the word but fpake. 6 And from that place. Where fix'd you be By his decree. You cannot pafs. 7 Praife God from earth below, Y'e dragons, and ye deeps: S Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and fnow. Whom in command he keeps. 9 Praife ye his name, Hills great and fmall. Trees low and tall, 10 Beafts wild and tame, All things that creep or fly: II Y'e kings, ye vulgar throng. All princes mean or high : II Both men and virgins young, Ev'n young and old : 13 Exalt his name ; For much his fame Should be extoll'd. O let God's name be prais'd Above both earth and iky: 14 For he his faints hath rais'd. And fet their horn on high; Ev'n thofe that be Of Ifra'I's race Near to his grace. The Lord praife ye. P S A L. CXLIX. P Raife ye the Lord: unto him fing a new fong, and his praife In the afltrmbly of his faints in fweet pfalms do ye raife. a Let Ifra'l in his Maker joy and to him praifes fing: Let all that Zion's children arc, be joyful in their King. 3 O let them unto his great name give praifes in the dance : Let them with timbrel and with harp in fongs his praife advance. 4 For God doth pleafure take in thoft that his own people be: And he with his falvation the meek will beautify, 5 And in his gloJ7 excellent PSA let all his faints rejoice: Xet them to him upon their beds aloud lift up their voice. 6 Let m tneir mouth aloft be rais'd the high praifc of the Lord, And 'et them have in their right hand a fharp two-edged fword ; 7 To execute the vengeance due upon the heathen all, And- make deferved punifiimcnt upon the people fall ; S And ev'n with chains, as pris'ners, bind their kings that them command. Yea, and with iron fetters ftrong the nobles of their land. 9 On them the judgment to perform found written in his word: This honour is to all his faints. L. CL. 77 O do ye praife the Lord. P S A L. CL. PRaife ye the Lord. God's praife wllhiii his fancftuary raife: And to him in the firmament of his pow'r give ye praife. a Becaufc of all his mighty acfls, with praife him magnify : O praife him as he doth excel in glorious raajefty. 3 Praifc him with trumpets found ; his praifc with pfaltery advance : 4 With timbrel, harp, ftring'd inftruments, and organs in the dance. 5 Praife him on cyrribals loud, him praife on cymbals founding high. 6 Let each thing breathing praife the Lord, Praife to the Lord give ye. END of fie PSALMS of D A V 1 D- TRANSLATIONS TRANSLATIONS and PARAPHRASES Of Several Passages of SACRED SCRIPTURE. Collecfted and prepared by A Committee appointed by the Gkneral Assembly of the Church of Scotland. ADVERTISEMENT. IT has been often and earneA!y defircd, by pious and devout perfons, to have ' our Pjuhiiody enlarged, by joining with the Pfalnis oj David fome other Scriptural S)n'.':s, out of the NewTeftament as well as the bid. The Churchof Scotlaiid had this defign in v. .v not long after the Revolu- tion, and it has been at ieveral times under their deliberation, as appears by feveral aifis and recommendations of General Afltm- biics. By Ad: of AlTembly 174a, a com- mittee was appointed to colled: and prepare tranflations and paraphrafes of facred writ in verfe: This committee having made no report, the AjFeinbly 1744 rene\ji'ed their appointment on them for tins purpofe, and ;;dded fome others to their number. In tonfequence of thcfe appointments of the AfTembly, letters were writ, in name of this committee, to the feveral pre/byterics, de- f'ring them to fend any materials they could furnifh for this pious defign. Thefe poems, wiiich are now printed, and tranfmicted to prefbyteries, by Ait of Affembly, are part- ly colkdted from the pious and ingenioiis Dr. IVatts, and fome other writers, with fuch alterations as appeared to fit them more for the prefenf purpofe ; and partly furnifhed by minifters of this church. The nfe for which they were intended, reqHired fimplicity and plainnefs of compofition and ftyle. The committee who prepared them, chiefly aimed at having the fenfe of Scrip- ture exprefled in eafy verli?, fucii as might be fitted to raife devotion, might be intel- ligible to all, and might rffe above con- tempt from perfons of better tafte. The GencralAflembly i749,did,by their Adt, tranfmit thefe tranflations and para- phrafes to the committee; with kiftrudions to confider the amendments which have been offered by prcfoyterieS, to admit fuch as they judge proper and material, and to caufe print a new impreffion of the collec- tion fo .amended, in order to its being again tranfmittcd to prefbyteries : Accordingly the propofcd amendments have been care- fully confidered and examined by the com- mittee, and many of them admitted into thjs new imipre/fion. T. LUKE ii. 8.— 15, ,0 , Tl^yiiile hurrible fiiepherds watch'd their w 1 bethleh'm's fields by night, /a Angel fent from heav'n apnear'd, ar:d fili'd tiie fields with light. z i'ear not,, iiiid he; (for fudden dread had feiz'd their troubled mind;) Glad tidings or great joy 1 bring to you, and all m.ankind. To you, in Dwld's to endure the chaft'ning rod; Believe, when by affliction try'd, that thou art lov'd of God. 8 His children thus, moft dear to him, their heav'nly Father trains. Through all the hard experience led of forrows and of pains. 9 'Tis thus we know he owns us his, when we correction fhare; Nor wander, as a baftard race, without our father's care. 10 A father's voice with rev'rence we on earth have often heard ; The Father of our fpirits, then, how much fhould we regard? 11 Our fathers here, with erring hand, may fometimes deal the rod: But heav'n's wife chaftifements are fent, to raife ourft)ulsto God. iz Tho' harfh and grievous now they f^en^^ and fpread a field of wo ; Yet, planted there, the peaceful fruits of righteoufnefs fhall grow. 13 Then let our hearts no more defpdnd, our hands be weak no more: StiH truft your heav'nly Father's love, and ftill his ways adore. 13. JOB i. 21. NAked ab' from the earth we came, and enter'dlife at firft. We to the earth return again, and mingle with our dud. i The dear delights we here enjoy, and fondly call our own. Are but fliort favours lent us now, to be repaid anon. 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, or finks them in the grave; He gives, and takes, (bit ft be his name !) he takes but what he gave. 4 Peace, ail our angry pafiions, then ; let each rebellious ir/^h. Be filent, at his fov'reign will, and every murmur die. 5 If fmiling mercy crown our lives, its praifes fhall be fpread: And we'll adore thejuftice too that ftrikes our comforts dead. JOHN XIV, XV 14. JOHN xiv. I,— 5- LEtnot your hearts with anxiousthoughts be troubiled or difmay'd; But truft to providence divine, and tinift my gracious aid. a I to my Father's houfe return: there num'rous manfions ftand; And glory manifold abounds through all the happy land. 3 If.no fuch happy land there were, the truth I'd have declar'd ; •.'%'And not with vain delufive hopes your eafy minds enfnar'd. 4 Now, in your name, I go before, to take pofleifion there ; And, in the land of promis'd reft, your manfion to prepare. 5 But thence I fhall return again, and take 3'ou home with me: Then fhall we meet, to part no more, and ftill together be ! 6 Thus, whither I am bound you know* and I have fhewii the road: For I'm the true and living way that leads the foul to God. IS. JOHN XV. a5,— 29. YOu now mufl: hear my voice no more.; my Father calls me home : But foon from heav'n the Holy Ghoft, your Comforter, fhall come, a Him God the Father, in my name, will fend, your guide to be ; Reviving ev'ry facred truth that you have heard from me. 3 Peace to your fouls I, parting, give; my peace to you bequeath : I brought the precious gift from heav'n, and feal it with my death. 4 I give not like this world, whofe hopes with vain pretence impofe: Seek ye my peace, and truft my words, and ye fliall find repofe. 5 I know you're griev'd, becaufe I faidj that you and I muft part; But when you hear I'm to return, how fhould it cheer your heart? 6 If, with a pure and grateful love, to me your bofoms glow, You'll fhare my joy, iince I have faid, I to my Father go. 16. ISAIAH xl. 27,-31. WHY pour'fl: thou forth thine anxious defpairing of relief; (plaint. As if the Lord o'erlook'd thy caufe, and did not heed thy grief ? ■0: Haft thou forgat th' almighty name that form'd the earth and fea ? I S A I A H XL. XLIX.— J B IX. Sg Andean an all-creating arm grow weary or decay? 3 Supreme in wifdom, as in pow'r, that Rock of ages ftands ; Tho' him thou can ft not fee, nor trace the working of his hands. 4 He gives the conqueft to the weak, fupports the fainting heart ; And courage in the evil hour his ftrength'ning aids impart. 5 Mere mortal pow'r fliall fade and die, and youthful vigour ceafe : But they tbat wait upon the Lord, fhall feel their ftrength increafe. 6 They, with unweary'd feet, fhall tread the path of life divine ; They ftill with growing ardour move, with growing brightnefs fhine. 7 On eagles wings they mount, they foar; their wings arc faith and love : Till paft the cloudy regions here, they rife to heaven above. 17. ISAIAH xlix. 13,— 17. E heav'rs, fend forth your praifing fong I earth, raife thy voice below ! Let hills and mountains join the hymn ; aqd joy through nature flow ! 2 Behold, how gracious is our God! with what comforting ftrains He cheers thrXorrows of our heart, and banifhes.our pains ! 3 Ceafe ye, when days of darknefs fall, with troubled hearts to mourn ; As if the Lord could leave a faint forfaken or forlorn. 4 Can a fond mother e'er forget the infant of her womb ? And 'mongft a thoufand tender thoughts, her fuckling have no room ? 5 Yet, faith the Lord, fhould nature change, and mothers moniters prove ; Sion ftill dwells upon the heart of everlafling love. 6 Deep on the palms of both my hapds I have engrav'd her name : My hands fliall raife her ruiii'd walls, and build her broken frame. Y' H' ,18. JOB ix. 2,— 10. OW fliould the fons of Adam's race be pure before their God ! If he contend in righteoufnefs, we fall beneath his rod. z If he fliould fcan my words .nnd thoughts, with ftrict inquiring eyes ; Could I, for one of thoufand faults, the lea ft excufe devife ? 3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wif^; 2 .^ S4 TITUS III.— JOHN what vain prefomers dare Againft their Maker's hand to rife, or 'tempt th' unequal war? 4 He makes the mountains feel his wrath, and their old feats forfake; The trembling earth defert her place, and all her pillars fhake. 5 He bids the fun forbear to rife ; th' obedient fun forbears : His hand with fackcloth fprpads the Ikies, and feals up all the ftars. 6 He walks upon the raging fea, flies on the fhormy wind: There's none can trace his wondrous way, or his dark /ootfteps find. 19. TITUS ■■■. 3,-9. LOrd, we Gonfefs our num'rous faults ; how great our guilt has been ! Foolilh and vain were all our thoughts, and all our lives were (in. s But, O my foul ! for ever praife, for ever love his name; \A'ho turns thy feet from dang'rous ways of foily, iin, and Ihame. 3 'Tis not by works of righteoufnefs, which we ourfelves have done : But we ?.re fav'd by fov reign grace, abounding through his Son. 4 'Tis from the mei'cy of our God, that all our hopes begin : HI3 roercy fav'd our fouls from death, and v/afh'd'our fouls from fm. 5 His S'pirit, through the Saviour fhed, its facred fire imparts ; Refines our drofs ; and love divine does kindle in our hearts. 6 Thence, rais'd from death, we live anew, and juftify'd by grace. We fhall appear in glory too, . and fee our Father's face. •7 Let all who hold this faith and hope, in holy deeds abound ; Thus only faith is genuine prov'd ; by afUve virtue crown'd. io. JOHN iii. i4,-?-i9. AS, when the Hebrew prophet rais'd the brazen ferpent high, Thewptmdedlook'd,andftraightwerecur'd; the people ceas'd to die : a Look upward in the dying hour, and live, the prophet cries : So Chrift performs a nobler cure, when faith lifts up her eyes. 3 High on the crofs the Saviour hung; high in the heav'ns he reigns : Here Tinners, by th' old ferpent itong, look and forget their pains. Ill— ROM. Ill, VI, 11. 4 Such was the pity of our God, mankind he lov'd fo well. He fent his Son to bear our fins, and fave our fouls from hell. 5 Not to condemn the fons of men the Son of God appear'd; But that falvation's joyful found might from his lips be heard. 6 Let fmners hearken to his voice, believe on him and live ; He'll guide them in the paths of blil^, and peace and pardon give. 7 But vengeance juft for ever lies on all the I'ebel race, Who God's eternal Son defpife, and fcorn his ofFer'd grace. ai. ROM. iii. 19,-22. VAin arc the hopes the fons of men on their own works have built; Their hearts by nature all unclean, and ail their aftiows guilt, a Let Jew and Gentile flop their mouths, without a murm'ring word. And the whole race of Adam ftand guilty before the Lord. 3 No hope can on the law be built of juftifying grace ; The law, that fliows the finner's guilt, condemns him to his face. 4 Jefus, how glorious is thy grace ! when in thy name we truft, Our faith receives a, righteoufnefs that makes the finner juft. ^%, ROM. vi. I, 2,6. AND fliall we then go on to fin becaufe thy grace abounds? Or crucify the Lord again; and open all his wounds ? 2 Great God ! forbid the impious thought; nor let it e'er be faid, That we, whofe fins are crucify 'd, fnould raife them from the dead. 3 Nav, now we will be flaves no more, fince Chrift hath made us free; Has nail'd our tyrants to his crofs, and bought our liberty. 23. ROM. ii. 4, 5. T TNgrateful finneri wbence this fcorn U of God's long-futf 'ring grace? . And whence this madnefs, that inlu.ts th' Almighty to his face ? a Is it becaufe bis patience waits, and pitying bowels move, You multiply tranfgreflions more, and fpurn his richeft love ? 3 Doft thou not know, feff-blindeu man ! J JOB VIII.— LUKE XV.- his goodnefs is defign'd, To move repentance in thy foul, and melt thy harden'd mind ? 4 Is all tKe treafur'd wrath fo imall, you treafure up ftill more ? The' not eternal rolling years can e'er exhauft the ftorc. 5 Swift doth the day of vengeance come that muft your fentence feal. And righteous judgments, now unknown, in awful pomp reveal. 6 Alarm'd and melted at the thought, our conquer'd hearts Ihould bow ; And, to efcape th' avenger then, embrace the Savlu-ir now. 24. JOB viii. II,— 22. SAY, grows the rufii without the mire? the flag without the ftream ? Green and uncut, it quickly fades ; the wicked's fate's the fame. 2 Slight is his hope, cut off and broke; or if entire it rife, Yet, as the fpider's web, when try'd, it yieldeth, breaks, and flies. 3 Fix'd on his houfe he leans; his haufe and all its props decay : He holds it faft, but fafter fall the tott'ring frame gives way. 4 Tho' in his garden to the fvm his boughs with verdure fmile ; Tho', deeply fix'd, his fpreading roots unfiwken ftand a while : J Yet, when fi-om heav'n his fentence flies he's hurry'd from his place; • It then denies him for its lord, » nor ov/ns it knew his face. 6 Lo, this the joy of wicked men, who heav'n's juft laws defpife ; They quickly fall, and in their rocJm as quickly others rife, 7 But God his pow'r will for the juft, with tender care, employ : He'll fill their mouths with fongs of praife, and fill their hearts with joy. 15. LUKE XV. 13, --25. BEhold the wretch, whofe luft and wine had wafted his eftate; He begs a {hare amor.gft the Ivvine, to tafte the hufics they eat. a V/hilft I with hunger die, he cries, and ftarve in foreign land. The meaneft in my father's houfe is fed with bounteous hand. 3 I'll go, and, with a mournful tongue, fall down before his face : father, I've finn'd 'gaiuft heav'n and thee, -MATTH. XI.— ISA. LV. 85 nor can deferve thy grace. 4 He faid, and haften'd to his home, to feek his father's love ; The father faw him from afar, and all his bowels move. 5 He ran, and fell upon his neck, embrac'd and kifs'd his fon : The grieving prodigal bewail'd the follies he had done. 6 Bring forth the faireft robe for him, the joyful father faid; To him each mark of grace be fhown, and ev'ry honour paid. 7 A day of feafting I ordain ; let mirth and joy abound : My foil was dead, and lives again ; was loft, and now is found. 26. MATTH. xi. 25, to the end. With folemn thankfgiving, our Lord his Father thus addrefs'd : For ever may the Sov'reign Lord of heav'n and earth be blefs'd ; 2 Who from the wife and prudent haft thy heav'nly truths conceal'd. Which yet to weak and fimple babes thou plainly haft reveal'd. 3 Ev'n fo thou, Father ! haft crdain'd thy wife decree to ftand ; Nor men, nor angels may prefume the reafon to demand. 4 All pow'r my Father me hath giv'n ; for me he knows and loves: Him none can know, but they to whons the Son a Saviour proves. 5 Come then , all weary lab'ring fouls, with guilt and fears oppreft ; By faith your burdens on me caft, and I will give you reft. 6 Your willing necks bend to my yoke, and own my rightful fv^ay : My pattern learn to imitate, and all my laws obey. 7 Learn from your meek and humble Lord, a meek and humble mind : And thus your weary troubled hearts fhall reft and quiet find. 8 Gentle and eafy is my yoke, my yoke the finner frees: And the light burden 1 impofe, a heavier load doth eafe. 27. ISAIAH Iv.' HO ! ye that thirft, approach the fprinj of ever-flowing blifs ; Free to the poor, life'g waters flow, and bought without a price. 2 Why bargain ye for earthly goods, where fruitlefs is the coft ? u In vanity you wafte your days, and all your labour's loft ? 3 To me incline your willing ear, fo fhall your fouls be bleft ; And, fed with truth and real good, attain their native reft. 4 Hear ye, and live for evermore ; my mercy fliall renew The hope that gladden'd David's heart, in covenant with you. 5 Him for my witnefs have I rais'd, your leader and yoilr chief: The nations he fliall call, and they be blefs'd in his belief. 6 Behold, great Prophet ! lands unknown, and lands that knew not thee. Shall haften to thy call, and God in thee exalted be. 7 Seek ye the Lord, whilft yet his ear is open to your call ; Whilft offer'd mercy yet is near, before his footilool fall). 8 Now let the fons of vice repent ; from lin the linner ccafe : To God returning, they fhall meet their God's returning grace. 9 He pardons with o'erflowing love : for hear the voice divine; My nature, as 'tis not like yours, fo nor my ways as thine. 30 But far as heav'n'o refpleiident orbs beyond earth's fpot extend ; So far my nature, thoughts, and ways, your ways and th&ughts tranfcend. 11 For as the rains from hcav'n diftil, nor thither tend again; But fwell the earth with fruitful juice, and all its tribes fuftain : xa So not a word that flows from me fliall ineffectual fall; But univerfal nature prove obfequious to my call. £3 With joy aud peace then fhall be led the glad converted lands ; The mountains then fliall feem to fing, the trees to clap their hands. £4 For briers then and thorny wilds, fhall firs and myrtles fpring : Thus fliall it ever laft ; and all - to God fliall pralfes iing. 28. ISAIAH ii. 1,-6. IN latter days, the mount of God, his facred Iioyle, fhail rife_ Above the niountain.s suid the hills, and ftrike tlie --vond'rlng eyes, a To this the joyful nation? round, all tribes and iGagues fliall ft»'-v ;. ISAIAH II, XXVI.— r JOHN III. Up to the houfe of God, they'll fay, to Jacob's God, we'll go. 3 To us he'll peint the ways of truth ; the facred path we'll tread: From Salem and from Zion hill, his law fhall then proceed. 4 Among the nations and the itles, as judge fupreme he'll fit : And vefied with unbounded pow'r, will punifli or acquit. 5 No flrife fliall rage, nor angry feuds difturb thefe peaceful years ; (fwisrds, To ploughfhares then they'll beat their to pruning-hooks their fpears. 6 Then nation fhan't'gaiwft nation rife, and flaughter'd hofts deplore: They'll lay the ufelefs trumpet by, and fiudy warno more, 7 O come ye then of Jacob's houfe, our hearts now let us join; And, walking in the light of God, with holy beauties fliine. ISAIAH xxvi. 29. 1,-6. HOw honourable is the place, where we, adoring, fvand; Zion, the glory of the earth, and beauty of the land I z Bulwarks of mighty grace defend the city where we dwell ; The walls of ftrong falvation made, defy th' aiTaults of hell. 3 Lift up the everlafting gates ! the doors wide open fling I Enter, ye nations that obey the ftatutes of our King. 4 Here fliall you tafte unmingled joys, and live in perfek>r death, nor life, rixjr heav'n, nor hell, nor time's deftroying fway. Can e'er efface us from his heart, or make his love decay. 9 Each future period this will blcfs, as it has blefs'd the part: He lov'd us from the firft of time, and loves us to the hft. 36. PROV. vjii. I, 22j— 36. Sllall heav'nly Wifdom cry aloud, and not her fpeech be heard? The voice of God's eternal Word, deferves it no regard ? a I was th' Almighty's chief delight, his everlaftingSon: Before the firft of all his works, creation, was begun. 3 Before the ikies and flying clouds, before the folid land ; Before *he fields, before the flood, I dwelt at his right hand. 4 When he adorn'd the arch of heav'n, and built it, I was there ; To order when the fun ftiould rife, and marflial ev'ry ftar. 5 When ocean's bed he meafur'd out, and fpread the flowing deep ; I gave the flood a firm decree, in its own bounds to keep. 6 When, hung amidft the empty fpace, the earth was balanc'd well, With joy I faw the manfion where the fons of men fliould dwell. 7 My thoughts from everlafting days, on their falvation ran; Ere fin was known, or Adam's duft was fafliion'd into man. ^ 8 Now, therefore, hearken to my words", ye children, and be wife: Happy the man that keeps my ways; the man that fliuns them die*. 9 'Tis I that point the path of life, and give^the belt reward,j.;^i Life fliall be his that follows m'e'. " and favour fi-om the Lord. 10 Surely they to themfelves are foes, who 'gainft my v:ord rf;bel: EN. T.— REV. XXI. And they who my inftrudtior.s hate, do count the road to hell. 37. GENESIS i. NOw, kt the fpacious world arifc, faid the Creator Lord: At once th' obedient earth and Ikies rofe at his fov'reign word. % Dark was the deep, the waters lav confus'd, and drown'd the lancl: He call'd the light ; the new-born day attends on his command. 3 He bids the clouds afcend on high; tlte clouds afcend, and bear A wat'ry treafure to the fliy, and float on fofter air. 4 The liquid element below, was gatlier'dby his hand; The rolling feas together flow, and leave the folid land. 5 With herbs and plants (a flow'ry birth) the naked globe hecrown'd. Ere there was rain to blefs the earth, or fun to warm the ground. 6 Then he adorn'd the upper Ikies: behold, the fun appears; The moon and fl;ars in order rife, to mark out months and years. 7 Out of the deep th' Almighty King did vital beings frame ; And painted fowls of ev'ry wing, and fifh of ev'ry name. 8 He gave the lion and the worm at once their wond'rous birth : And grazing beafts, of various form, rofe from the teeming earth. 9 Then, chief o'er all his works below, at laft was Adam made : His Maker's image blefs'd his foul, and glory crown'd his head. 10 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye the young creation ftood : He faw the building from on high ; his word pronounc'd it good. 38. REV. xxi. 1,-9. LO, what a glorious fight appears to our believing eyes ! The earth and feas are pafs'd away, and the old rolling Ikies. a From heav'n the new Jcrus'lem comes^ all worthy of its Lord: See, all things now at laft rcnew'd, and paradife reftor'd. 3 Attending angels fliout for joy, and the brirrht arm.ies fing : Mortals ! behold the facred feat of your defcending King. ■ 4 The Cod of gloiy down to men JOB III.— 1 PET. I.— I removes his blefs'd abode: He dwells with men; his people they, and he liis people's God. 5 His gracious hands Ihall wipe the tears from ev'ry weeping eye ; And pains, and groans,and griefs, and fears, and death itfelf, fhall die. 6 Behold, I change all human things! thus fpeaks th' eternal One; The world fhall vanifh from its place, and time fhall ceafe to run. 7 I am the firft, and I the laft, through endlefs years the fame; I AM, is my memorial flill and my eternal name. 8 Such favours as a God can give, my royal grace beftovvs: Ho ! ye that thirft, come tafte the ftream where life and pleafure flows. 9 The faint that triumphs o'er his fins, I'll own him for afon; The whole creation fhall reward the conqueiis he has Won. 10 But bloody b.ands, and hearts unclean. and all the lying race ; The faithlefs and the fcofHng crew, that fpurn at olfer'd grace; 31 They fhall be taken from my fight, bound faft in iron chains ; And headlong plung'd into the lake where fire, and darknefs, reigns. 3a O may I ftand before the Lamb, when earth and feas are fied ! And hear the Judge pronounce my name, with bleffmgs on my head ! • 13 How long, dear Saviour, O how long, fhall this bright hour delay ? Fly fwifter round, ye wheels of time, and bring the promis'd day. 39. JOB iii. 17,— ao. HOW ftill and peaceful is the grave ! that filent bed how blefl ! The wicked there from troubling ceafe, and there the weary reft, a There the freed pris'ner groans no more beneath life's galling load; Mute is th' oppreflbr's cruel yoice, and broke the tyrant's rod. 3 There llaves and mafters equal lie, and fhare the fame repofe : The fmall and great are there ; and friends now mingle with their foes. I PET COR. XV.— 2 COR. V. 8y a When from the dead he rais'd his Son, 40. 3.— 5- B Lefs'd be the everlafung God, ' the Father of our Lord: Se his abounding mercy praib'd, his- Msyefty s.dor'd. 3 and call'd him to the iky, He gave our fouls a lively hope that they fhould never die. 3 What tho' our inbred fins require our flefh fhould fee the duft ; Yet as the Lord our Saviour rofe, fo all his foll'wers muft. 4 There's an inheritance divine referv'd againft that day ; 'Tis uncorrupted, undefil'd, and cannot wafte away, 5 Saints, bv the pow'r of God, are kept till the'falvation come: We walk by faith, as ftrangers here, till Cfirift fhall call us home. 41. iCOK.-^v. S2,to the e~d.^ WHen the laft trumpet's awful voice this Vending earth fhall fhake. The op'ning graves fliail yield their charge, andduft to life awake, a Thefe bodies, then, lb corrupt now, fhall uncorrupted rife: Mortal they fell, but rife to life immortal in the Ikies. 3 Behold, what heav'nly prophets fung, is now at laft fulfiU'd ; That death fhould yield its ancient reign, and, vanquifh'd, quit the field. 4 Let faith exalt her joyful voice, and thus begin to fing : O grave ! where be thy triumphs now ? and where, O death ! thy fting ? 5 Thy fting was fin, and confcious guilt; 'twas this that arm'd thy dart : The law gave that its ftrengthand force to pierce the finner's heart. 6 But God, whofe na!;ne be ever blefs'd '. difarms that foe we dread ; And makes us conqu'rors when we die, through Chrift our living head. 7 Then fix'd and conftant be your hearts, and in his grace abound: Thro' him, vour labour's not m -rain, with fuch an ifTue crown'd, 4?.. a COR. V. I,— II. Q Con fnail this earthly frame, difTolv'd, O in death and ruins lie : But better manfions wait our foul, prepar'd above the ficy. z An houfe eternal, built by God, fhall clothe a purer mind. When once tbefe prifon-walls fhall tali Iin which 'tis now confin'd. - 3 Hence, burden'd with this load of clay, our weary 'd fpirits groan ; Till death's land hand fhall fet them free, M Rev. vii— gen. xxviii.-rev. t. ^6 3nd God ihall bring them home. 4 Not that we wifii the foul, undoth'd, might from this body fly 5 But animate a purer frame, with life that cannot die. 5 Such jre the hopes that wait the juft; tbefe hopes their God hath giv'n: His Spirit is the carneft now, and feals their fouls for heav'n. 6 We walk by faith of joys to Come ; faith livcG upon liis word : But while this body is our home, we mourn an abfent Lord. ' 7 What faith rejoices to believe, vre long and pant to fee: We would be abfent from the flpih and prefcnt, Lord, with thee.' ' 8 But ftill, cr here, or going hence, to this our labours tend. That in his fervice fpent, our hfe may in his favour end. 9 ^'"/i',^" ' ^^^fore the Son, as Judge, th aflembled world ihall ftand, " o take the punilliment, or prize, from his impartial hand. 10 Impartial retributions then our different lives await • Our prefent adions, good or bad, mail fix our future fate. How came they to the haPpy feats ' ^ ' T ,\"^ ""'^^^ "? '" ^'' ^^^^"d; of everlaftiV day ? ^^ ^"^ ""^y^^ ^°"°"''^ '"^'^ d our head. By day, by nigl^t, the blefs'd abodes Th' Al^-^v God" "> "'' H • wUh glad hol>.nna's ring. ) ^'^ an Jetl^^c^'i^atrbr"' '"' "' ««coco=oc.o=o.ocoo=«=ccooocoo«,oocooooo=.coocc.oococooococco.o.c=ooo=oo,ococooo.ooococoocoococc.o«oooocooo„.o.o.c«ooo^ ^.,, „ INDEX of the TEXTS. ' r Uke ii. 8,---i5. - a X^ Luke i. 46,--56. 5 Hunger and thirft are felt no morj?i nor funs with fcorching ray- God is their fun, whofe cheering'beams diftufe eternal day. 6 The Lamb fhall lead his heav'nly flock where hving fountains rife: ' And love divine fhall wipe away all forrows oiF their eyes. -44. GEN. xxviii, ao, ai, a,. OGod of Bethel, by whofe hand thme Ifr'el ftill is fed ! Who, through this weary pilgrimaee haft all our fathers led. ^ ' z To thee our humble vows we raife- totheeaddrefs our pray'r; ' And in thy kind and faithful breaft depofite all our care. 3 If thou through each perplexing path, wilt be our conftant guide • If thou wilt daily bread fupply,' and raiment wilt provide • 4 If thou wilt fpread thy wings around till thefe our wand'rings ceafc And at our Father's lov'd abode ' our fouls arrive in peace : 5 To thee, as to oiircov'nant-God, we'll our whole fdves refign • And count that not our tenth alone, but all we have is thine. REV. • 78 ■33- 19. - ,- — I ■>. 16. 79 80 Luke ii. zp, 4 '-ukc iv. i8. T Jftil'h -xliii. '^ ir^iiah liii. 7 I'hilip. ii. 6,---i. 8 Meb. iv. 14, i5j 9 Rev. V. 6,---i4. . - 10 rw Lord's Prayer, M.itth. 7 „ vi. &,— 14. . . >8l ' 1 I Cor. xiii. - . J 21 Heh. xii. I,--!]. ' 3 lob i. zi. ;4 lolin xiv. I,---?. - -, — p. f' f 38 1. ■f^ 1\ I u