A new version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the tunes used in churches by N. Tate and N. Brady. Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. 1696 Approx. 447 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 165 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2003-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A27952 Wing B2598 ESTC R17748 12109870 ocm 12109870 54178 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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THIS NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS of DAVID Is most Humbly DEDICATED , BY His MAJESTY'S Most Obedient Subjects and Servants N. Brady , N. Tate . THE PSALMS OF DAVID . A New Version of the PSALMS , &c. PSALM I. 1. HAppy the Man whom ill Advice From Virtue ne'er withdrew , Who ne'er with Sinners stood , nor ●a● Amongst the scoffing Crew : 2. But makes the perfect Law of God His Bus'ness and Delight ; Devoutly reads therein by Day , And meditates by Night . 3. He , like a Tree by Rivers fed , With timely Fruit shall bend ; His ●eaf shall flourish , and Success All his Designs attend . 4. Ungodly M●n and their Attempts No lasting Roo● shall find ; Untimely blasted and dispers'd Like Cha●f before the Wind. 5. The W●●k●d th●refore shall no● stand Before their Judge's Face , Nor Hypocri●es , who pass'd for Saints , Amongst the Just take place . 6. God knows the ways of ●ighteous Men , To Happiness they tend ; But Sinners , and their vain Designs , Shall both in Ruin end . PSALM II. 1. WIth restless and ungovern'd Rage , Why do the Heathen storm ? Why in such rash Attempts engage , As they can ne'er perform ? 2. The Great in Counsel and in Might , Their various Forces bring ; Against the Lord they all unite , And his anointed King. 3. Must we submit to their Commands ? Puff'd up with Pride , they say ; No , let us break their slavish Bands , And cast their Chains away . 4. But God , who sits enthron'd on high , Who all things wisely guides , Does their conspiring Strength defie , Their empty Plots derides . 5. Thick Clouds of Wrath divine shall break On his rebellious Foes ; And in loud Thunder thus he 'll speak To all that dare oppose . 6. In spight of those who thwart my Will , The King that I approve , Whose Throne is fix'd on Sion's Hill , Like that , shall never nove . 7. Listen , O Earth , whilst I declare , God's uncontroul'd Decree : Thou art my Son , this day my Heir Have I begotten thee . 8. Ask and receive ; thy just Commands The Heathen World shall sway , The utmost Limits of the Lands Shall thy dread Will obey . 9. Thy pow'rful Sceptre thou shalt shake● And crush them every where ; As massy Bars of Iron break The Potter's brittle Ware. 10. Learn then , ye Princes , and give ear , Ye Judges of the Earth ; 11. Worship the Lord with holy Fear , Rejoyce with awful Mirth . 12. Appease the Son with due Respect , Your humble Homage pay ; Lest he revenge the bold Neglect , Incens'd by your Delay : 13. If but in part his Anger rise , Who can endure its Flame ? Then bless'd are they whose Hope relies On his most holy Name . PSALM III. 1. HOW num'rous , Lord , of late are grown The Troublers of my Peace ! And as their Factious Numbers rise , So does their Rage increase . 2. Insulting , they my Soul upbraid , And him that I adore ; The God in whom he trusts , say they , Shall rescue him no more . 3. But thou , O Lord , art my Defence ; On thee my Hopes rely ; Thou art my Glory , and shalt yet Lift up my Head on high . 4. Since , whensoe'er in like Distress To God I made my Pray'r , He heard me from his holy Hill , Why should I now despair ? 5. Guarded by him , I laid me down My sweet Repose to take ; For I through him securely sleep , Through him in safety wake . 6. No Force nor Fury of my Foes My Courage shall confound , Were they as many Hosts as Men , That have beset me round . 7. Arise , and save me , O my God , Who oft hast own'd my Cause , And scatter'd oft these Foes to me , And to thy righteous Laws . 8. Salvation to the Lord belongs , He only can defend ; His Blessings he extends to all That on his Power depend . PSALM IV. 1. O Lord , that art my righteous Judge , To my Complaint give ear ; Thou still redeem'd'st me from Distress , Have mercy , Lord and hear . 2. How long will ye , O Sons of Men , To blot my Fame devise ? How long your vain Designs pursue , And spread malicious Lies ? 3. Consider , that the righteous Man Is God's peculiar Choice , And when to God I make my Pray'r . He always hears my Voice . 4. Then stand in aw of his Commands , Flee ev'ry thing that 's ill ; Commune in private with your Hearts , And bend them to his Will. 5. The place of other Sacrifice Let Righteousness supply ; And let your Hope , securely fix'd , On God alone rely . 6. Whilst wordly Minds impatient grow More prosp'rous Times to see , Still let the Glories of thy Face Shine brightly , Lord , on me . 7. So shall my Heart o'erflow with Joy More lasting and more true , Than theirs , who stores of Corn and Wine Successively renew . 8. Then down in peace I 'll lay my Head , And take my needful Rest ; No other Guard , O Lord , I crave , Of thy Defence possest . PSALM V. 1. LOrd , hear the voice of my Complaint , Accept my secret Pray'r ; 2. To thee alone , my King my God , Will I for Help repair . 3. Thou in the Morn my Voice shalt hear ; And with the dawning Day To thee devoutly I 'll look up , To thee devoutly pray . 4. For thou the Wrongs that I sustain Canst never , Lord , approve , Who from thy sacred Dwelling-place All Evil dost remove . 5. Not long shall hard'ned Fools remain Unpunish'd in thy sight . All such as act unrighteous things Thy Vengeance shall requite . 6. The sland'ring Tongue , O God of Truth , By thee shall be destroy'd , Who hat'st alike the Man in Blood And in Deceit employ'd . 7. But when thy boundless Grace shall me To thy lov'd Court 's restore , On thee I 'll fix my longing Eyes , And humbly there adore . 8. Conduct me by thy righteous Laws , For watchful is my Foe : Therefore , O Lord , make plain the way Wherein I ought to go . 9. Their Mouth vents nothing but Deceit , Their Heart is set on Wrong ; Their Throat is a devouring Grave , They flatter with their Tongue . 10. By their own Counsels let them fall , Oppress'd with Loads of Sin ; For they against thy righteous Laws Have harden'd Rebels been . 11. But let all those who trust in thee , With Shouts their Joy proclaim ; Let them rejoyce whom thou preserv'st , And all that love thy Name . 12. To righteous Men , the righteous Lord His Blessings will extend , And with his Favour , from their Foes , As with a Shield , defend . PSALM VI. 1. THY dreadful Anger , Lord , restrain , And spare a Wretch forlorn ; Correct me not in thy fierce Wrath , Too heavy to be born . 2. Have Mercy , Lord , my Strength decays , Unable to endure The Anguish of my aking Bones , Which thou alone canst cure . 3. My tortur'd Flesh infects my Mind , And fills my Soul with Grief ; But , Lord , how long wilt thou delay To grant me thy Relief ? 4. Thy wonted Goodness , Lord , repeat , And ease my troubled Soul ; Lord , for thy wond'rous Mercy 's sake Vouchsafe to make me whole . 5. For after death no more can I Thy glorious Acts proclaim ; No Pris'ner of the silent Grave Can magnifie thy Name . 6. Quite tir'd with Pain , with Groaning faint , No hope of Ease I see ; The Night , that quiets common Griefs , Is spent in Tears by me . 7. My Beauty fades , my Sight grows dim , My Eyes with Weakness close ; Old Age o'ertakes me , whilst I think On my insulting Foes . 8. Depart , ye Wicked , in my Harms Ye shall no more rejoyce ; For God , I find , accepts my Tears , And listens to my Voice . 9 , 10. He hears and grants my humble Pray'r , And they that wish my Fall , Shall blush and rage , to see that God Protects me from them all . PSALM VII . 1. O Lord , my God , as I have plac'd My Trust alone in Thee , From all my Persecutors Rage Do thou deliver me . 2. Save me from my remorseless Foe , Lord , interpose thy Pow'r ; Lest , like a salvage Lion , he My helpless Soul devour . 3 , 4. If I am guilty , or did e'er Against his Peace combine ; Nay , if I have not spar'd his Life , Who sought unjustly mine ; 5. Let then to persecuting Foes My Soul become a Prey ; Let them to Earth tread down my Life , In dust my Honor lay . 6. Arise , and let thine Anger , Lord , In my Defence engage ; Exalt thy self above my Foes , And their insulting Rage : Awake , awake in my behalf , The Judgment to dispence , Which thou hast righteously ordain'd For injur'd Innocence . 7. So to thy Throne adoring Crouds Shall still for Justice fly ! O! therefore for their ●uff'ring sakes , Do thou return on high . 8. Impartial Judge of all the World , I leave my Cause to thee ; O! judge me by thy Righteousness , And Heart's Integrity . 9. Let Wickedness , and wicked Men , Together be o'erthrown ; But fix the Just● thou God to whom The Hearts of both are known . 10 , 11. God me protects , nor only me , But all of Upright Heart ; And daily lays up Wrath for those Who from his Laws depart . 12. If they persist , he whets his Sword , His Bow stands ready bent ; 13. Ev'n now with swift Destruction wing'd , His pointed Shafts are sent . 14. Those treach'rous Plots my Foe conceiv'd Abortive are and vain ; 15. The Pit he digg'd has prov'd a Grave His Ruines to contain . 16. On his own Head his Spite returns , Whilst I from Harm am free ; The Violence is fall'n on him , Which he design'd for me . 17. Therefore of Providence Divine , The Justice I 'll proclaim ; I 'll sing the Praise of God most High , And celebrate his Name . PSALM VIII . 1. O Thou to whom all Creatures bow Within this earthly Frame , Thro' all the World how great art Thou ! How glorious is thy Name ! In Heav'n thy wond'rous Acts are sung , Nor fully reckon'd there ; 2. And yet thou mak'st the Infant Tongue Thy boundless Praise declare : Thro thee the Weak confound the Strong , And crush their haughty Foes ; And so thou quell'st the wicked Throng That thee and thine oppose . 3. When Heav'n , thy beauteous Work on high , Employs my wond'ring Sight ; The Moon , that nightly gilds the Skie , With Stars of feebler Light ; 4. Lord , what is Man that still thou lov'st To keep him in thy mind ! Or what his Offspring that thou prov'st To him so wond'rous kind ! 5. Him next in Pow'r thou didst create To thy celestial Train ; 6. Ordain'd with Dignity and State O'er all thy Works to reign . 7. They jointly own his potent Sway , The Beasts that prey or graze ; 8. The Bird that wings its airy way , The Fish that cuts the Seas . 9. O Thou , to whom all Creatures bow Within this earthly Frame , Thro' all the World how great art Thou ! How glorious thy Name ! PSALM IX . 1. TO celebrate thy Praise , O Lord , I will my Heart prepare ; To all the list'ning World thy Works , Thy wond'rous Works declare . 2. The Thought o● them shall to my Soul Exalted Raptures bring ; Whilst to thy Name , O thou most High ! Triumphant Praise I sing . 3. Thou mad'st my haughty Foes to turn Their backs in shameful Flight ; Struck with thy Presence , down they fell , They perish'd at thy sight . 4. Against insulting Foes advanc'd , Thou didst my Cause maintain ; My right asserting from thy Throne , Where Truth and Justice reign . 5. The Insolence of Heathen Pride Thou hast reduc'd to Shame ; Their wicked Offspring quite destroy'd , And blotted out their Name . 6. Mistaken Foes ! your Threats and you Are to a period come : Our Cities stand , design'd by you Their slaughter'd Owners Tomb , 7 , 8. The Lord endures , who has on high His righteous Throne prepar'd , Impartial Justice to dispense , To punish or reward . 9. His Kindness is a sure Defence Against oppressing Rage ; As Troubles rise , his needful Aids In our behalf engage . 10. All those who have his Goodness prov'd , Will in his Truth confide ; Whose Mercy ne'er ●orsook the Man That on his Help rely'd . 11. Sing Praises therefore to the Lord , From Si●n his abode ; Proclaim his Deeds , till all the World Confess no other God. PART II. 12. When he enquiry makes for Blood , He 'll ●●ll their Case to mind ; The injur'd humble Mans Complaint Relief from him shall find . 13. Compassion on my Troubles take , That spiteful Foes create , Thou that hast rescu'd me so oft From Death's devouring Gate . 14. In Sion then I 'll sing thy Praise , To all that love thy Name ; And with loud Shouts of grateful Joy Thy saving Pow'r proclaim . 15. Deep in the Pit they digg'd for me , The Heathen Pride is laid ; Their guilty Feet to their own Snare Insensibly betray'd . 16. Thus by the just Returns he makes The mighty Lord is known ; While wicked Men by their own Plots Are shamefully o'erthrown . 17. His injur'd Saints , when most distress'd , He ne'er forgets to aid ; Their Expectation shall be crown'd , Tho for a time delay'd . 18. No single Sinner shall escape By Privacy obscur'd ; Nor Nations from his just Revenge By Numbers be secur'd . 19. Arise , O Lord , assert thy Pow'r , And let no Man o'ercome ; Descend to Judgment , and pronounce The guilty Heathens Doom . 20. Strike Terror through the Nations round , Till by consenting Fear , They , to each other and themselves , But mortal Men appear . PSALM X. 1. THY presence why withdraw'st thou , Lord ? Why hid'st thou now thy Face ? When dismal Times of deep Distress Call for thy wonted Grace . 2. The Wicked swell'd with lawless Pride , The Poor their Prey have made , O! let them fall by those Designs Which they for others laid . 3. For strait they triumph , if Success Their thriving Crimes attend ; And sordid Wretches whom God hates , In his despite commend . 4. To own a Pow'r above themselves Their haughty Pride disdains ; And therefore in their stubborn Mind No thought of God remains . 5. Oppressive Methods they pursue , And all their Foes they slight ; Because thy Judgments , unobserv'd , Are far above their Sight . 6. They fondly think their prosp'rous State Shall unmolested be ; They think their vain Designs shall thrive , From all Misfortunes free . 7. Vain and deceitful is their Speech , With Curses fill'd and Lies ; By which the Mischeif they intend , They study to disguise . 8. Near publick Roads they lie conceal'd , And all their Art employ , The Innocent and Poor at once To ri●●e and destroy . 9. Not Lions , couching in their Dens , Surprise their heedless Prey With greater Cunning , or express More salvage Rage than they . 10. Sometimes they act the Harmless Man , And humble Looks they wear ; That , so deceiv'd , the Poor may less Their sudden Onset fear . PART II. 11. For God , they think , no notice takes Of their unrighteous Deeds ; He never minds the suff'ring Poor , Nor their Oppression heeds . 12. But thou , O Lord , at length arise ; Stretch forth thy mighty Arm ; And by the Greatness of thy Pow'r Defend the Poor from Harm . 13. No longer let the Wicked vaunt , And proudly boasting say , Tush , God regards not what we do , He never will repay . 14. But sure thou saw'st , and all their Deeds Impartially dost try ; The Orphan therefore and the Poor On thee for Aid rely . 15. Defenceless let the Wicked fall , Of all their Strength bereft : Confound , O God , their dark Designs , Till no Remains are left . 16. Assert thy just Dominion , Lord , Which shall for ever stand ; Throug which the Heathen were expell'd From this thy chosen Land. 17. Thy humble Suppliants still thou hear'st , That to thy Throne repair ; Thou first prepar'st their Hearts to pray , And then accept'st their Pray'r . 18. Thou , in thy righteous Judgment , weigh'st The Fatherless and Poor ; That so the Tyrants of the Earth May persecute no more . PSALM XI . 1. SInce I in God have plac'd my Trust , A Refuge always nigh , Why should I , like a tim'rous Bird , To di●tant Mountains fly ? 2. Beho●d , the Wicked bend their Bow , And ready ●ix their Dart : Lurking in ambush to destroy The ●an of upright Heart . 3. When once the firm Assurance fails Which publick Faith imparts , 'T is time for ●nnocence to fly From such deceitful Arts. 4. The Lord has both a Temple here , And righteous Throne above ; Whence he surveys the Sons of Men , And how their Counsels move . 5. If God , the Righteous whom he loves For Trial does correct ; What must the Sons of Violence , Whom he abhors , expect ? 6. Snares , Fire , and Brimstone on their Heads Shall in one Tempest show'r ; This dreadful Mixture his Revenge Into their Cup shall pour . 7. The righteous Lord will righteous Deeds With signal Favour grace ; And on the upright Man reflect The brightness of his Face . PSALM XII . 1. SInce Godly Men decay , O Lord , Do thou my Cause defend ; For scarce these wretched times afford One just and faithful Friend . 2. One Neighbour now can scarce believe What t'other does impart ; With flatt'ring Lips they all deceive , And with a double Heart . 3. But Lips that with Deceit abound Can never prosper long ; God's righteous Vengeance will confound The proud blaspheming Tongue . 4. In v●in those foolish Boasters say , Our Tongues are sure our own ; With doubtful Words we 'll still betray● And be controul'd by none . 5. For God , who hears the Poor opprest , And all their Sufferings knows , Will soon arise and give them rest , I●●pight of all their Foes . 6. The Word of God shall still abide , And void of Falshood be : As is the Silver sev'n times try'd From drossy Mixture free . 7. The Promise of his aiding Grace Shall reach its purpos'd End ; His Servants from his faithless Race He ever shall defend . 8. Then shall the wicked be perplex'd , Nor know which way to fly ; When those whom they despis'd and vex'd Shall be advanc'd on high . PSALM XIII . 1. HOW long wilt thou forget me , Lord ? Must I for ever mourn ? How long wilt thou withdraw from me ? Oh! never to return ! 2. How long shall anxious Thoughts my Soul , And Grief my Heart oppress ? How long my Enemies insult , And I have no Redress ? 3. O hear ! and to my longing Eyes Restore thy wonted Light ; wnd suddenly , or I shall sleep In everlasting Night . 4. Restore me , lest they proudly boast 'T was their own Strength o'ercame ; Permit not them that vex my Soul To triumph in my Shame . 5. Since I have always plac'd my trust Beneath thy Mercy 's Wing , Thy saving Health will come , and then My Heart with Joy shall spring , 6. Then shall my Song , with Praise inspir'd , To thee my God ascend ; Who to thy Servant in Distress Such Bounty didst extend . PSALM XIV . 1. SUre wicked Fools must needs suppose That God is nothing but a Name , Corrupt and lewd their Practice grows ; No B●east is warm'd with holy Flame . 2. The Lord look'd down from Heaven's high Tow'r , And did the race of Mankind view ; To see if any own'd his Pow'r , If any Truth or Justice knew . 3. But all , he saw , were gone aside , All were degen'rate grown and base ; None took Religion for their guide , Not one of all the sinful Race . 4. But can these Workers of Deceit Be all so dull and senseless grown ? That they , like Bread , my People eat , And God's Almighty Pow'r disown ? 5. How will they tremble then for Fear , When his just Wrath shall them o'ertake ? For to the righteous , God is near , And never will their Cause forsake . 6. In vain ungodly Men expose Those Methods which the Just pursue ; Since God a Refuge is for those Whom his just Eyes with Favour view . 7. Would he his saving Pow'r employ . To break his People's servile Band ! Then Shouts of universal Joy Should loudly echo through the Land. PSALM XV. 1. LOrd , who 's the happy Man that may To thy blest Courts repair ? Not , Stranger-like , to visit them , But to inhabit there ? 2. 'T is he whose ev'ry Thought and Deed By Rules of Virtue moves ; Whose gen'rous Tongue disdains to speak The thing his Heart disproves . 3. Who never did a Slander forge His Neighbour's Fame to wound ; Nor hearkens to a false Report , By Malice whisper'd round . 4. Who Vice , in all its Pomp and Pow'r , Can treat with just Neglect ; And Piety , tho cloath'd in Rags , Religiously respect . Who to his plighted Vows and Trust Has ever firmly stood ; And tho he promise to his Loss , He makes the Promise good . 5. Whose Soul in Usury disdains His Treasure to employ ; Whom no Rewards could ever bribe , The Guiltless to destroy . The Man , who , by his steady Course , Has Happiness ensur'd , When Earth's Foundations shake , shall stand , By Providence secur'd . PSALM XVI . 1. PRotect me from my cruel Foes , And shield me , Lord , from Harm ; Because my Trust I still repose On thy Almighty Arm. 2. My Soul , all Help but thine does slight , All Gods but thee disown ; Yet can no Deeds of mine requite The Goodness thou hast shown . 3. But those that are of vertuous Note , Who love the thing that 's right , To favour always and promote Shall be my chief Delight . 4. How shall their Sorrows be increas'd , Who other Gods adore ? Their bloody Off'rings I detest , Their very Names abhor . 7. . My Lot is fall'n in the blest Land Where God is purely serv'd ; He fills my Cup with lib'ral hand ; My Right 's by him preserv'd . 6. In Nature's most delightful Scene My happy Portion lies ; The place of my appointed Reign All other Lands outvies . 7. Therefore my Soul shall bless the Lord , Whose Word 's my Guide and Light ; Who private Counsel does afford , In dark Afflictions Night . 8. Nothing , I know , can lie conceal'd From his All-seeing Eye ; And my firm Hope has never fail'd , Because he still is nigh . 9. Therefore my Heart all Grief defies , My Glory does rejoice ; My Flesh shall rest , in hope to rise , Wak'd by his pow'rful Voice . 10. Thou , Lord , when I resign my Breath● My Soul from Hell wilt free ; Nor let thy Holy One in death The least Corruption see . 11. Thou shalt the Paths of Life display , Which to thy presence lead ; Where Pleasures dwell without allay , And Joys that never fade . PSALM XVII . 1. TO my just Plea , my sad Complaint Attend , O Righteous Lord , And to my Pray'r , as 't is unfeign'd , A gracious Ear afford . 2. As in ●hy Presence I 'm approv'd , So let my Sentence be ; And with impartial Eyes , O Lord , My upright Dealing see . 3. For thou hast prov'd my Heart by day , And visited by Night ; And on the strictest Tryal found ●ts secret Motions right . Nor shall thy Justice , Lord , alone My Heart's Designs acquit ; For I have purpos'd that my Tongue Shall no Offence commit . 4. I know , what wicked Men would do , Their Safety to maintain ; But me thy just and mild Commands From bloody Paths restrain . 5. That I may still , in spight of Wrongs , My Innocence secure ; O! Guide me in thy righteous Ways , And make my Footsteps sure . 6. Since heretofore I ne'er in vain To thee my Pray'r address'd ; O! now , my God , incline thine Ear To this my just request . 7. The Wonders of thy Love and Care In my Defence engage , Thou , whose right Hand preserves thy Saints From their Oppressors Rage . PART II. 8 , 9. O! keep me in thy tend'rest Care , With shelt'ring Wings stretch'd out , From cruel and oppressing Foes , That compass me about . 10. O'ergrown with Luxury , enclos'd In their own Fat they lie ; And with a proud blaspheming Mouth Both God and Man defie . 11. Well , may they boast ; for they have now My Path encompass'd round ; Their Eyes at Watch , their Bodies bow'd , And couching to the Ground . 12. In Posture of a Lion set , When greedy of his Prey ; Or a young Lion , when he lurks Within a Covert Way . 13. Arise , O Lord , defeat their Plots , Their swelling Rage controul ; From the ungodly Man , thy Sword , Deliver thou my Soul. 14. From worldly Men , thy sharpest Scourge , Whose Portion 's here below ; Who , fill'd with earthly Stores , aspire No other Bliss to know ; 15. Pleas'd with a num'rous Race , to share Their Substance while they live ; Successive Heirs , to whom they may The vast Remainder give . 16. But , Lord , for me , I only crave The Treasure of thy Grace ? And waking in my Soul to find The ●mage of thy Face . PSALM XVIII . 1 , 2. NO Change of Times shall ever shock My firm Affection , Lord , to thee ? For thou hast always been a Rock , A Fortress and Defence to me . Thou my Deliv'rer art , my God ; My Trust is in thy mighty Pow'r ; Thou art my Shield from Foes abroad , At home my Safeguard and my Tow'r . 3. To thee I 'll still address my Pray'r , ( To whom all Praise we justly owe ; ) So shall I , by thy watchful Care , Be guarded from my Treach'rous Foe . 4 , 5. By Floods of wicked Men distress'd , With deadly Sorrows compass'd round , With dire infernal Pangs oppress'd , In Death's unwieldy Fetters bound . 6. To Heav'n I made my mournful Pray'r , To God address'd my humble Moan ; Who graciously inclin'd his Ear , And heard me from his lofty Throne . PART II. 7. When God arose to take my part , The trembling Earth did quake for fear ; From their firm Posts the Hills did start , Nor durst his dreadful Fury bear . 8. Thick Clouds of Smoak disperst abroad , Ensigns of Wrath , before him came ; Devouring Fire around him glow'd , That Coals were kindled at its Flame . 9. He left the beauteous Realms of Light , Whilst Heav'n bow'd down its awful head ; Beneath his feet , substantial Night Was , like a sable Carpet , spread . 10. The Chariot of the King of Kings , Which Troops of harness'd Ang●ls drew , On a strong Tempest 's rapid Wings With most amazing Swiftness flew . 11 , 12. Black wat'ry Mists and Clouds conspir'd With thickest Shades his Face to veil ; But at his Brightness soon retir'd , And fell in show'rs of Fire and Hail . 13. Thro Heav'n's wide Arch a thundring Peal , God's angry Voice did loudly roar ; While Earth's sad Face , with heaps of Hail And flakes of Fire , was cover'd o'er . 14. His sharpen'd Arrows round he threw , Which made his scatter'd Foes retreat ; Like Darts , his nimble Light'nings ●lew , And quickly finish'd their Defeat . 15. The Deep its secret Stores disclos'd ; The World's Foundations naked lay ; By his avenging Wrath expos'd , Which fiercely rag'd , that dreadful Day . PART III. 16. The Lord did on my side engage , From Heav'n ( his Throne ) my Cause upheld ; And snatch'd me from the furious Rage Of threat'ning Waves that proudly swell'd . 17. God his resistless Pow'r employ'd , My strongest Foes Attempts to break ; Who else with ease had soon destroy'd The Weak defence that I could make . 18. Their subtle Rage had near prevail'd , When I distress'd and friendless lay ; But still when other Succours fail'd , God was my firm Support and Stay. 19. From Dangers that enclos'd me round , He brought me forth , and set me free ; For some just cause his Goodness found , That mov'd him to delight in me . 20. Because in me no Guilt remains , God does his gracious Help extend ; My Hands are free from bloody Stains , Therefore the Lord is still my Friend . 21 , 22. For I his Judgments kept in sight ; In his just Ways I always trod ; I never did his Statutes slight , Nor vainly wander'd from my God. 23 , 24. But still my Soul sincere and pure , Did ev'n from darling Sins refrain ; His Favours therefore yet endure , Because my Heart and Hands are clean . PART IV. 25 , 26. Thou suit'st , O Lord , thy righteous Ways To various Paths of Human-kind ; They who for Mercy merit Praise , With thee shall wond'rous Mercy find . Thou to the Just shalt Justice shew . The Pure thy Purity shall see ; Such as perversly chuse to go , Shall meet perverse Returns from Thee . 27 , 28. That he the humble Soul will save , And crush the Haughty's boasted Might . In me the Lord an Instance gave , Whose Darkness he has turn'd to Light. 29. On his firm Succour I rely'd , And did o'er num'rous Foes prevail ; Nor fear'd , whilst he was on my side , The best defended Walls to scale . 30. For Gods Designs shall still succeed ; His Word will bear the strictest Test : He 's a strong Shield to all that need , And on his sure Protection rest . 31. Who then deserves to be ador'd , But God , on whom my Hopes depend ? Or who , except the mighty Lord , Can with resistless Pow'r defend ? PART V. 32 , 33. 'T is God that girds my Armour on , And all my just Designs ful●ills ; Through him my Feet can swiftly run , And nimbly climb the steepest Hills . 34. Lessons of War from him I take , And manly Weapons learn to wield ; Strong Bows of Steel with ease I break , Forc'd , by my stronger Arms , to yield . 35. The Buckler of his Saving Health Protects me from assaulting Foes ; His Hand sustains me still ; my Wealth And Greatness from his Bounty flows . 36. My Goings he enlarg'd abroad , Till then to narrow Paths confin'd ; And when in slipp'ry ways ● trod , The Method of my Steps design'd . 37. Through him I num'rous Foes defeat , And flying Squadrons captive make ; Nor from my fierce Pursuit retreat , Till full Revenge of all I take . 38. Cover'd with Wounds , in vain they try Their vanquish'd Heads again to rear ; Spight of their boasted Strength they lie Beneath my Feet , and grovel there . 39. God● when fierce Armies take the field , Recruits my Strength , my Courage warms ; He makes my strong Opposers yield , Subdu'd by my prevailing Arms. 40. Through him the Necks of prostrate Foes My conqu'ring Feet in Triumph press ; Aided by him , I root out those Who hate and envy my Success . 41. With loud Complaints all Friends they try'd , But none was able to defend ; At length to God for Succour cry'd , But God would no Assistance lend . 42. Like flying Dust which Winds pursue , Their broken Troops were scatter'd round : Their baffled Numbers forth I threw , Like loathsome Dust that clogs the Ground . PART VI. 43. Our Factious Tribes , at Strife till now , At God's Appointment me obey ; The Heathen to my Sceptre bow , And Foreign Nations own my Sway. 44. Remotest Realms their Homage send , When my successful Name they hear ; Strangers for my Commands attend , Charm'd with Respect , or aw'd by Fear . 45. All to my Summons tamely yield , Or soon in Battel are dismay'd ; For stronger holds they quit the Field , And still in strongest Holds afraid . 46. Let the Eternal Lord be prais'd ! The Rock on whose Defence I rest ; O'er highest Heav'ns his Name be rais'd , Who me with his Salvation bless'd ! 47. T is God that still supports my Right , His just Revenge my Foes pursues ; 'T is he , that with resistless Might , Fierce Nations to my Yoke subdues , 48. My universal Safe-guard , He ! From whom my lasting Honours flow● He made me Great , and set me free From my remorseless bloody Foe . 49. Therefore to celebrate his Fame , My grateful Voice to Heav'n I 'll raise● And Nations , Strangers to his Name , Shall thus be taught to sing his Praise ; 50. God to his King Deliv'rance sends ; Shews his Anointed signal Grace ? His Mercy evermore extends To David , and his promis'd Race . PSALM XIX . 1. THE Heav'ns declare thy Glory , Lord● Which that alone can fill ; The Firmament and Stars express Their great Creator's Skill . 2. Revolving Days , with ev'ry Dawn , Fresh Beams of Knowledge bring ; From darkest Nights successive Rounds Divine Instructions spring . 3. Their pow'rful Language to no Realm Or Region is confin'd ; 'T is Nature's Voice , and understood Alike by all Mankind . 4. Their Doctrines sacred Sense itself Through Earth's extent displays ; Whose bright Contents the circ'ling Sun Around the World conveys . 5. No Bridegroom , for his Nuptials drest , Has such a cheerful Face ; No Giant does like him rejoice , To run his glorious Race . 6. From East to West from West to East , His restless Circuit goes ; And through his Progress cheerful Light And vital Warmth bestows . PART II. 7. God's perfect Law converts the Soul , Reclaims from false Desires ; With sacred Wisdom his sure Word The Ignorant inspires . 8. The Statutes of the Lord are just , And bring sincere Delight ; His pure Commands , in search of Truth , Assist the feeblest Sight . 9. His Fear is clean , his Worship fix'd For ever to abide ; His equal Judgments in the scale Of Truth and Justice try'd . 10. Of more esteem than Golden Mines , Or Gold refin'd with skill ; More sweet than Honey , or the Drops That from the Comb distil . 11. My trusty Counsellours they are , And friendly Warnings give : Divine Rewards attend on those Who by thy Precepts live . 12. But what frail Man observes , how of● He does from Vertue fall ? O cleanse me from my secret Faults , Thou God who know'st them all . 13. Let no presumptuous Sin , O Lord , Dominion have o'er me ; That by thy Grace preserv'd , I may The great Trangression flee , 14. So shall my Pray'r and Praises be With thy Acceptance blest ; And I , secure , on thy Defence , My Strength and Saviour , rest . PSALM XX. 1. THE Lord to thy Request attend , And hear thee in Distress ; The Name of Iacob's God defend , And grant thy Arms Success . 2. To aid thee from on high repair , And Strength from Sion give ; Remember all thy Offerings there , Thy Sacrifice receive . 3. To compass thy own Heart's Desire Thy Counsels still direct ; Make kindly all Events conspire To bring them to effect . 4. To thy Salvation , Lord , for Aid We 'll cheerfully repair , With Banners in thy Name display'd : The Lord accept thy Pray'r . 5. Our Hopes are now confirm'd , the Lord Will by our Sov'reign stand ; From Heav'n the saving Strength afford Of his resistless Hand . 6. Some trust in Steeds for War design'd , On Chariots some rely ; Against them all , we 'll call to mind The Name of God most High. 7. But from their Steeds and Chariots thrown , Behold them through the Plain , Disorder'd , broke , and trampled down , Whilst firm our Troops remain . 8. Still save us , Lord , and still proceed Our rightful Cause to bless ; Hear , King of Heav'n , in times of need The Pray'rs that we address . PSALM XXI . 1. THE King , O Lord , with Songs of Praise Shall in thy Strength rejoice ; With thy Salvation glad shall raise To Heav'n his cheerful Voice , 2. For thou whate'r his Lips request Not only didst impart , But hast with thy Acceptance blest The Wishes of his Heart . 3. Thy Goodness and thy tender Care Have ev'n his Hope 's out-gone ; A Crown of Gold thou mak'st him wear And sett'st it firmly on . 4. He pray'd for Life , and thou , O Lord , Didst his short span extend ; And graciously to him afford A Life that ne'er shall end . 5. Thy sure Defence to Nations round Has spread his glorious Name ; And his successful Actions crown'd With Majesty and Fame . 6. Eternal Blessings thou bestow'st , And mak'st his Joy encrease , Whilst thou to him unclouded show'st The Brightnes● of thy ●ace . PART II. 7. Because the King on God alone For timely Aid relies , His Mercy still supports his Throne , And all his Needs supplies . 8. But , righteous Lord , thy stubborn Foes Shall feel thy heavy Hand ; Thy vengeful Arm shall find out those That hate thy mild Command . 9. When thou against them dost engage , Thy just but dreadful Doom Shall like a glowing Oven's Rage , Their Hopes and them consume . 10. Nor shall thy furious Anger cease , Or with their Ruine end ; But ravage all their guilty Race , And to their Seed descend . 11. For all their Thoughts were set on ill , Their Hearts on Malice bent , ( Though thou with watchful care didst still The ill Effects prevent . ) 12. In vain by shameful flight they 'll try To scape thy dreaded Might ; While thy swift Darts shall fa●ter fly , And gaul them in their Flight . 13. Thus , Lord , thy wond'rous Strength disclose , And thus exalt thy Name ; Whilst we loud Songs of Joy compose , And make thy Pow'r the Theme . PSALM XXII . 1. MY God , my God , why leav'st thou me When I with Anguish faint ? O why so far from me remov'd , And from my loud Complaint . 2. All day , but all the day unheard , To thee do I complain ; With Cries implore Relief all night , But cry all night in vain . 3. But thou art still the righteous Judge Of Innocence oppress'd , And therefore Israel's Praises are Of right to Thee address'd . 4 , 5. On Thee our Ancestors rely'd , And thy Deliv'rance found ; With pious Confidence they pray'd And with Success were crown'd . 6. But I am treated as a Worm , Like none of Woman born : Not only by the Great revil'd , But made the Rabble's Scorn . 7. With Laughter all the gazing Crowd My Agonies survey . They shoot the Lip , they shake the Head , And thus , deriding , say , 8. In God he trusted , boasting oft That he was Heaven's Delight ; Let God come down to own him now , And save his Favourite . PART II. 9. Thou mad'st my teeming Mother's Womb A living Offspring bear ; When but a Suckling at the Breast , I was th' Almighty's Care. 10. My Guardian thou didst shield from Wrongs My helpless Infant days ; Up from my Birth my God and Guide , Through Life's bewilder'd ways . 11. Withdraw not then so far from me When Trouble is so nigh : O send me Help ! thy Help , on which I only can rely . 12. High pamper'd Bulls , a frowning Herd , From Basan Forests met , With Strength proportion'd to their Rage , Have me around beset . 13. They gape on me and every Mouth A yawning Grave appears ; The rav'ning Lion's loudest Roar Less dreadful is than theirs . PART III. 14. My Blood like Water 's spill'd , my Joints Distorted out of Frame ; My Heart dissolves within my Breast , Like Wax before the Flame● 15. My Strength like Potter's Earth is parch'd , My thirsty Tongue and Breath From Plaints restrain'd ; my Life reduc'd Ev'n to the Gates of Death . 16. Like Blood hounds to surround me , they In pack'd Assemblies meet ; They pierc'd my inoffensive Hands , They pierc'd my harmless Feet . 17. My Body 's rack'd till all my Bones Distinctly may be told : Yet such a Spectacle of Woe As Pastime they behold . 18. As Spoil my Garments they divide , Lots for my Vesture cast ; Therefore approach , O Lord , my Strength , And to my Succour haste . 20. Deliver from their Sword my Soul , ( Of all but Life bereft ! ) Nor let my Darling in the Pow'r Of cruel Dogs be left . 21. Retrieve me from the Lion's Jaws As from the brandish'd Horns Thou rescued'st me , and from the Hoofs Of trampling Unicorns . 22. Then to my Brethren I 'll declare The Triumphs of thy Name , In Presence of assembled Saints Thy Glory thus proclaim , 23. Ye Worshippers of Iacob's God , All you of Israel's Line , O praise the Lord , and to your Praise Sincere Obedience join . 24. He ne'er disdain'd on low Distress To cast a gracious Eye ; Nor turn'd from Poverty his Face , But hears its humble Cry. Part IV. 25. Thus in thy Courts Religious Throng My Thanks I will express , In presence of thy Saints perform The Vows of my Distress . 26. The Meek Companions of my Grief Shall find my Table spread , And all that seek the Lord shall be With Joys immortal fed . 27. Then shall the Universe , convinc'd , To God their Homage pay ; And scatter'd Nations of the Earth One Sov'reign Lord obey . 28. 'T is his supream Prerogative O'er Subject-Kings to reign , 'T is just that he should rule the World , Who does the World sustain 29. The Rich , who are with Plenty fed , His Bounty must confess ; The Sons of Want , by him reliev'd , Their gen'rous Patron bless . With humble Worship , to his Throne They all for Aid resort That Power which first their Beings gave , Can only them support . 30 , 31. Then shall a chosen spotless Race Devoted to his Name , To their admiring Heirs his Truth And glorious Acts proclaim . PSALM XXIII . 1. SInce God does me , his worthless Charge , Protect with tender Care , As watchful Shepherds guard their Flocks , What can I want or fear ? 2. In shady Pastures fresh and green He makes me feed and lie ; Then leads me on to silver Streams , That gently murmur by . 3. My wand'ring Soul , by him restor'd , To his immortal Praise , He taught with humble Zeal to walk In his most righteous ways . 4. Tho through Death's gloomy Vale I march , Yet safe and undismaid ; His Presence cheers , his Rod and Staff Afford me constant Aid . 5. By him , in sight of all my Foes , My Table 's richly spread , My Cup o'erflows with gen'rous Wine , With pretious Oyls my Head. 6. Since God thus shews his wond'rous Love Through all my Life's extent , My time to come shall , in his House , In Pray'r and Praise be spent . PSALM XXIV . 1. THis spacious Earth is all the Lord's , The Lord 's her Fulness is ; The World and its Inhabitants By sov'reign Right are his . 2. He fram'd and fix'd it on the Seas , And with Almighty Hand Upon inconstant Floods he made Her stable Fabrick stand . 3. But for himself this Lord of All One chosen Seat design'd ; O who shall to that Sacred Hill Deserv'd Admittance find ? 4. The Man whose Hands and Heart are pure , Whose Thoughts were never vain , Had rather live despis'd and poor , Than thrive ●y perjur'd Gain . 5. This , this is He on whom the Lord Shall show'r his Blessings down , Whom God his Saviour shall vouchsafe With Righteousness to crown● 6. Such is the Race of Saints , by whom Thy sacred Courts are trod ; And such the Proselytes that seek The face of Iacob's God. 7. Erect your Heads , eternal Gates , Unfold , to entertain The King of Glory : see he comes With his celes●ial Train . 8. Who is this King of Glory ? who ? The Lord for Strength renown'd , In Battel mighty , o'er his Foes Eternal Victor crown'd . 9. Erect your Heads , ye Gates , unfold In state to entertain The King of Glory : see he comes With all his shining Train . 10. Who is this King of Glory ? who ? The Lord of Hosts renown'd : Of Glory He alone is King , Who is with Glory crown'd . PSALM XXV . 1 , 2. TO thee , the God in whom I trust I li●t my Heart and Voice ; O let me not be put to shame , Nor let my Foes rejoice . 3. Those who on Thee for Succour wait Let no Disgrace attend . Be that the shameful Lot of such As wilfully offend . 4 , 5. Thy Paths disclose , thy Truth impart And lead me in thy way , For thou art he that brings me Help , On Thee I wait all day . 6. Thy Mercies and thy tender Love , O Lord , recall to mind , And graciously continue still , As thou wert ever kind . 7. Let all my early youthful Crimes Be blotted out by thee ; And for thy wond'rous Goodness sake In Mercy think on me . 8. His Mercy and his Justice both The righteous Lord displays , In bringing wand'ring Sinners home And teaching them his ways . 9. All those in Judgment shall he guide Who his Direction seek ; And in his sacred Paths shall lead The humble and the meek . 10. Through all the equal ways of God Both Truth and Mercy shine , Tow'rds them , that with religious Hearts To his blest Will incline . PART II. 11. Since Mercy is thy darling Grace , And most exalts thy Fame , Forgive my heinous Sin , O Lord , And so advance thy Name . 12. Whoe'er to God with holy Fear His humble Duty pays , Shall find the Lord a faithful Guide In all his righteous Ways . 13. His quiet Soul with inward Peace Shall be for ever blest , And by his num'rous Race the Land Successively possest . 14. For God to such as fear his Name , His secret Will imparts , And does his gracious Cov'nant write In their obedient Hearts . 15. To him I still will lift my Eyes , And wait his timely Aid , Who breaks the strong and treach'rous snare Which for my Feet was laid . 16. O turn again , and all my Griefs In mercy , Lord , redress ; For I am compass'd round with Woes , And plung'd in deep Distress . 17. The Sorrows of my pensive Heart To mighty Sums increase ; O from this dark and dismal state My troubled Soul release ! 18. With tender Eyes and pitying Looks My sad Afflictions see ; Acquit me , Lord , and from my Guilt , Intirely set me free . 19. Consider , Lord , my cruel Foes , How fast their Numbers grow ! What lawless Force and Rage they use , What boundless Hate they show ! 20. O guard my life , and set my Soul From their fierce Malice free ; Nor let me , Lord , be sham'd , who place My stedfast Trust in thee . 21. Let all my just and righteous Acts To full Perfection rise , Because my firm and constant Hope On thee alone relies . 12. To Israel , Lord , thy chosen Race , Continue ever kind ; And in the midst of all their Wants Let them thy Succour find . PSALM XXVI . 1. JUdge me , O Lord , for I the Paths Of Righteousness have trod ; I cannot fail , who all my Trust Repose on thee , my God. 2 , 3. Search , prove my Heart , whose Innocence Will shine the more 't is try'd ; For I have kept thy Grace in view , Thy Truth my constant Guide . 4. I never for Companions took The Idle or Prophane , No Hypocrite with all his Arts My Friendship e'er could gain . 5. I hate the Factious Plotting Crew Who make distracted Times . No more would share their Company , Than I 'd partake their Crimes . 6. I 'll wash my Hands in Innocence ; And bring a Heart so pure As shall when I approach thy Courts , My Welcome there secure . 7 , 8. My Thanks I 'll publish there and tell How thy Renown excels : That Seat affords me most Delight , In which thy Honour dwells . 9. Involve me not in Sinners doom , Who Murder make their Trade ; 10. Who other 's Rights by secret Bribes , Or open Force invade . 11. But I will walk in Paths of Truth , Integrity pursue ; Protect me therefore , and on me Thy Mercies , Lord , renew . 12. In spight of all my Foes Attacks I still maintain my ground : And shall survive , amongst thy Saints . Thy Praises to resound . PSALM XXVII . 1. WHom should I fear , since God to me Salvation is and Light ? Since strongly he my Life supports , What can my Soul affright ? 2. With rav'nous Aims , my Flesh to tear When Foes beset me round , They stumbled , and their lofty Crests Were made to strike the Ground . 3. Through him my Heart , undaunted , dares With num'rous Hosts to cope ; Through him , in dang'rous Straits of War , For good Success I hope . 4. Henceforth within his House to dwell I earnestly desire , His wond'rous Beauty there to view , And his blest Will enquire . 5. For there may I with Comfort rest , In times of deep Distress , And safe as on a Rock abide In that secure recess . 6. Whil●t God above my haughty Foes My lofty Head shall raise , And I my joyful Off'ring bring , And sing glad Songs of Praise PART II. 7. Continue , Lord , to hear my Voice , Whene'er to thee I cry ; In mercy all my Pray'rs receive , Nor my Request deny . 8. When thou to seek thy glorious Face Dost graciously advise , Thy glorious Face I 'll always seek , My grateful Heart replies . 9. Then hide not thou thy Face , O Lord , Nor me in Wrath reject ; My God and Saviour , leave not him Thou did●t so oft protect . 10. Tho all my Friends and nearest Kin Their helpless Charge forsake , Yet thou , whose Love excels them all , Wilt Care and Pity take . 11. Instruct me in thy ways , O Lord , My Goings plainly guide , Lest envious Men , who watch my steps , Should see me tread aside : 12. Defeat , O Lord , my cruel Foes , And thwart their ill Desire , Whose lying Lips and bloody Hands Against my Peace conspire . 13. I trusted that my future Life Should with thy Love be crown'd , Or else my fainting Soul had sunk With Sorrows compass'd round . 14. With patient Faith expect God's time , And he 'll inspire thy Breast With inward Strength ; do thus thy part . And leave to him the rest . PSALM XXVIII . 1. O Lord , my Rock , to Thee I cry● In Sighs consume my Breath : O answer , or I shall become Like those that sleep in Death . 2. Regard my Supplication , Lord● The Cries that I repeat , With weeping Eyes , and Hands stretch'd o●● Before thy Mercy-seat , 3. Involve me not in Sinners doom , Who make a Trade of Ill , And ever speak the Person fair , Whose Blood they mean to spill . 4. According to their Crimes extent Let Justice have its Course ; Relentless be to them , as they Have sinn'd without Remorse . 5. Since they the Works of God despise , Nor would his Grace adore , His Wrath shall utterly destroy , And build them up no more . 6. But I , with due Acknowledgment , His Praises will resound , From whom the Cries of my Distress A gracious Answer found . 7. My Heard repos'd its Confidence In God , my Strength and Shield , In him I trusted , and return'd Triumphant from the Field . As he has made my Joys compleat , 'T is just that I should raise The chearful Tribute of my Thanks , And thus resound his Praise . 8. His aiding Pow'r supports the Troops That my just cause maintain ; 'T was he advanc'd me to the Throne , 'T is he secures my Reign . 9. Preserve thy chosen , and proceed Thine Heritage to bless ; With Plenty prosper them , in Peace ; In Battle , with Success . PSALM XXIX . 1. YE Princes that in Might excel , Devout Oblations strait prepare ; God's glorious Actions loudly tell , To all his wond'rous pow'r declare● 2. To his great Name fresh Altars raise , And due Respect with Care afford ; Him in his holy Temple praise , Where he 's with solemn State ador'd . 3. 'T is he that with amazing Noise The wat'ry Clouds in sunder brake ; The Ocean trembled at his Voice , When he from Heaven in Thund●r spake . 4 , 5. How full of Pow'r his Voice appears ! With what majestick Horror crown'd ! Which from their Roots tall Cedars tears , And strews their scatter'd Branches round ! 6. They , and the Hills on which they grow , Are sometimes hurried far away ; And leap , like Hinds that bounding go , Or Unicorns in youthful play . 7 , 8. When God in Thunder loudly speaks , And scatter'd Flames of Lightning sends , The Forest nods , the Desart quakes , And stubborn Kadesh lowly bends . 9. He aids the Hinds with Pangs oppress'd , And lays the Beasts dark Coverts bare , Whil●t those that in his Temple rest , Securely sing his Praises there . 10 , 11. God rules the angry Floods on high ; His boundless Sway shall never cease ; His People he 'll with Strength supply , And bless his own with constant Peace . PSALM XXX . 1. I 'll celebrate thy Praises , Lord , Who didst thy Pow'r employ To lift my drooping Head above My Foes insulting Joy. 2 , 3. To Thee I cry'd in my Distress , Who kindly didst relieve , And from the Grave 's expecting Jaws My hopeless Life retrieve . 4. Thus to his Courts ye Saints of his With Songs of Praise repair , With me commemorate his Truth , And providential Care. 5. His Wrath has but a Moment's reign , His Favour no Decay : Your Night of Grief is recompenc'd With Joy's returning Day . 6. But I in prosp'rous days presum'd , No Revolution fear'd , Whilst in my Sun-shine of Success No low'ring Cloud appear'd . 7. But soon perceiv'd thy Favour , Lord , My Empire 's strongest Trust ; Thou hidd'st thy Face , and strait I found My Honour laid in Dust. 8. Then , as I vainly had presum'd , My Error I confess'd , And thus , with supplicating Voice , Thy Mercy 's Throne address'd . 9. What Profit is there in my Blood , Congeal'd by Death's cold Night ? Can silent Ashes speak thy Praise , Thy wond'rous Truth recite ? 10. Hear me , O Lord , in Mercy hear , Thy wonted Aid extend ; Be thou my Helper , on whose Help I only can depend . 11. 'T is done ! Thou hast my mournful Scene . To Songs and Dances turn'd ; In Robes of State invested me , Who late in Sackcloth mourn'd . 12. My Glory therefore shall proclaim Thy Praise in grateful Verse ; And , as thy Favours endless are , Thy endless Praise rehearse . PSALM XXXI . 1. DEfend me , Lord , from Shame , For still I trust in Thee ; As ●ust and Righteous is thy Name , From Danger set me free . 2. Bow down thy gracious Ear , And speedy Succour send ; Do thou my stedfast Rock appear , To rescue and defend . 3. Since Thou , when Foes oppress , My Rock and Fortress art , To guide me forth from this Distress Thy usual Help impart . 4. Release me from the Snare Which they have closely laid , Since I , O God my Strength , repair To thee alone for Aid . 5. To Thee , the God of Truth , My Life , and all that 's mine , ( For thou preserv'dst me from my Youth ) I willingly resign . 6. All vain Designs I hate , Of those that trust in ●●es ; Whilst my firm Hope , in every state , On God alone relies . PART II. 7. The Mercies thou hast shown I 'll cheerfully express ; For thou hast view'd my Straits , and known My Soul in deep Distress . 8. When Keilah's treach'rous Race Did all my Strength enclose , Thou gav'st my Feet a larger space To shun my watchful Foes . 9. Thy Mercy , Lord , display , Redress my just Complaint ; For both my Heart and Flesh decay , With Grief and Hunger faint . 10. Sad Thoughts my Life oppress , My Years are spent in Groans , My Sins have made my Strength grow less , And ev'n consum'd my Bones . 11. My Foes insulting mock'd , My Neighbours did upbraid ; My Friends at sight of me were shock'd , And fled as Men dismaid . 12. By all I am forgot , As dead , and out of mind ; And hopeless as a shatter'd Pot , Whose Parts can ne'er be join'd . 13. With sland'rous Tongues they speak , And seem my Pow'r to dread , Whilst they together Counsel take My guiltless Blood to shed . 14. But still my stedfast Trust , I on thy Help repose ; That thou , my God , art good and just , My Heart with Comfort knows . PART III. 15. Whate'er Events betide Thy Wisdom times them all ; Then , Lord , thy Servant safely hide From those that seek his Fall. 16. The Brightness of thy Face To me , O Lord , disclose ; And , as thy Mercies still encrease , Preserve me from my Foes , 17. Let me no Shame receive , Who still have call'd on Thee ; Let That and Silence in the Grave , The Sinner's Portion be . 18. Do thou their Tongues restrain , Whose Breath in Lies is spent ; Who false Reports , with proud Disdain , Against the Righteous vent . 19. How great thy Mercies are To such as fear thy Name ! Which thou , for those that trust thy Care , Dost to the World proclaim . 20. Thou shrowd'st them in thy Sight From Man's defeated Pride ; From Tongues that do in Strife delight Thou dost them safely hide . 21. With Glory and Renown God's Name be ever bless'd ; Whose Love in Keilah's well-fenc'd Town Was wond'rously express'd ! 22. I said , in hasty Flight , " I 'm banish'd from thine Eyes Yet still thou kept'st me in thy Sight , And heard'st my earnest Cries . 23. Let holy Men the Lord With eager Love pursue , Who to the Just will Help afford , And give the Proud their due . 24. All that on God rely Couragiously proceed For he will still your Hearts supply With Strength in time of need . PSALM XXXII . 1. THrice blest , whose Sins have Pardon gain'd No more in Judgment to appear ; 2. Whose Guilt Remission has obtain'd , And whose Repentance is sincere . 3. Whilst I conceal'd the fretting Sore , My Bones consum'd without Relief ; All day with Anguish I did roar , But no Complaints asswag'd my Grief . 4. Heavy on me thy Hand remain'd , By Day and Night alike distrest , Till quite of vital Moisture drain'd , Like Land with Summer's drought opprest . 5. No sooner I my Wound disclos'd , The Guilt that tortur'd me within , But thy Forgiveness interpos'd , And Mercy 's healing Balm pour'd in . 6. True Penitents shall thus succeed , Who seek Thee whilst thou mayst be found , From Danger 's common Deluge freed , See the lewd World about 'em drown'd . 7. Thy Favour , Lord , in last Distress , My Tow'r of Refuge I must own , Thou shalt my haughty Foes suppress , And me with Songs of Triumph Crown . 8. To my Instruction then confide , You that would Truth 's safe Path descry , Your Progress , I 'll securely guide , And keep you in my watchful Eye . 9. Submit your selves to Wisdom's Rule , Like Men that Reason have attain'd ; Not like th' ungovern'd Horse and Mule , Whose Fury must be Curb'd and Rein'd . 10. Sorrows on Sorrows multiply'd Obdurate Sinners shall confound , But them who in his Truth confide Blessings of Mercy shall surround . 11. His Saints that have perform'd his Law● Their Life in Triumphs shall employ : Let then ( as such alone have cause ) The Heart that 's Upright shout for Joy. PSALM XXXIII . 1. LEt all the Just to God with Joy Their chearful Voices raise , For well the Righteous it becomes To sing glad Songs of Praise . 2 , 3. Let Harps , and Psalteries , and Lutes , Be in one Consort met , And new-made Songs of loud Applaus● To skilful Notes be set . 4 , 5. For faithful is the Word of God , His Works with Truth abound ; He Justice loves , and o'er the Earth Distils his Goodness round , 6. By his Almighty Word at first Heav'ns glorious Arch was rear'd ; And all the beauteous Hosts of Light At his Command appear'd . 7. The swelling Floods together rowl'd , He makes in Heaps to lye , And lays , as in a Store-house , safe , The wat'ry Treasures by . 8 , 9. Let Earth and all that dwell therein Before him trembling stand : For when he spake the word , 't was done , 'T was fix'd at his Command . 10. He , when the Heathen closely plot , Their Counsels undermines ; His Wisdom ineffectual makes The People's vain Designs . 11. But what the mighty Lord decrees Shall stand for ever sure ; The settled purpose of his Heart To Ages shall endure . PART II. 12. How happy then are they , to whom The Lord for God is known ! Whom he from all the World besides Has chosen for his own ! 13 , 14 , 15. He all the Nations of the Earth From Heav'n his Throne survey'd ; He saw their Works , and view'd their Thoughts . By him their Hearts were made 16 , 17. No King is safe by num'rous Host● , Their Strength the Strong deceives ; No manag'd Horse , by Force or Speed , His Warlike Rider saves : 18 , 19. 'T is God , who those that trust in him Beholds with gracious Eyes : He frees their Soul from Death , their Wants In time of Dearth supplies . 20 , 21. Our Soul on God with Patience waits , Our Help and Shield is He ! Then , Lord , let still our Hearts rejoice , Because we trust in Thee . 22. The Riches of thy Mercy , Lord , Do Thou to us extend ; Since we , for all we want or wish , On Thee alone depend . PSALM XXXIV . 1. THrough all the changing Scenes of Life , In Trouble and in Joy , The Praises of my God shall still My Heart and Tongue employ . 2. Of his Deliv'rance I will boast , Till all that are distrest , From my Example Comfort take , And charm their Grief to rest . 3. O magnifie the Lord with me , With me exalt his Name : 4. Distress'd , to him I sought , he heard , And to my rescue came . 5. Their drooping Hearts were soon refresh'd , Who look'd to him for Aid : Desir'd Success in ev'ry Face A chearful Air displaid . 6. Behold ( say they ) the Supplicant Whom Providence reliev'd , The Man so dang'rously beset , So wond'rously retriev'd ! 7. His Angel Hosts encamp around The Dwellings of the Just ; Deliv'rance he affords to all Who on his Succour trust . 8. O taste th' Experience of his Love ; The Tryal will decide , How bless'd they are , and only they , Who in his Truth confide . 9. Fear him , ye Saints , and you will then Have nothing else to fear ; Fear him , make you his Service yours , He 'll make your Wants his Care. 10. When Hungry Rapine fails with Prey Young Lions to provide , All those that meekly fear the Lord Shall have their Wants supply'd● PART II. 11. Approach , ye piously dispos'd , And my Instruction hear , I 'll teach you the true Discipline Of his religious Fear . 12. Let him who Length of Life desires , And prosp'rous Days would see 13. From Slander 's Venom keep his Tongue , His Lips from Falshood free . 14. The crooked Paths of Vice decline And Virtue 's Ways pursue , Establish Peace where 't is begun , And , where 't is lost , renew . 15. The Lord , from Heav'n , beholds the Just With favourable Eyes , And when distress'd , his gracious Ear Is opened to their Cries . 16. But turns his wrathful Look on those Whom Mercy can't reclaim , To cut them off , and raze from Earth Their hated Race and Name . 17. Deliv'rance to his Saints he gives When his relief they crave : 18. Still nigh to heal the broken Heart And contrite Spirit save . 19. The Wicked oft , but still in vain , Against the Just conspire : 20. For under their Af●liction's weight He keeps their Bones entire . 21. The Wicked from their Wickedness Their Ruine shall derive ; Whilst them their Malice , and their Names , The Righteous shall survive . 22. The Lord redeems his Servants Souls , Who on his Trust depend , To them and their Posterity His Blessings shall descend . PSALM XXXV . 1. AGainst all those that strive with me , O Lord , assert my Right ; With such as War unjustly wage Do Thou my Battels sight . 2. Thy Buckler take , and bind thy Shield Upon thy warlike Arm ; Stand up , my God , in my defence , And keep me safe from Harm . 3. Bring forth thy Spear , stop those that seek My guiltless Blood to spill ; Say to my Soul , I am thy Health , And will preserve thee still . 4. Whilst they with Shame are covered o'er That my Destruction sought ; And such as did my Harm devise Are to Confusion brought . 5. Then shall they fly , dispers'd like Chaff That 's scatter'd by the Wind ; God's vengeful Minister of Wrath Shall follow close behind . 6. And when through dark and slipp'ry ways They strive thy Rage to shun , Thy vengeful Ministers of Wrath Shall goad them as they run . 7. Since unprovok'd by any Wrong They hid their treach'rous Snare ; And for my harmless Soul a Pit Did without Cause prepare ; 8. Surpriz'd by Mischiefs unforeseen , By their own Traps betray'd ; Their Feet shall fall into the Net Which they for me had laid . 9. Whilst my glad Soul shall God's great Name For his Deliv'rance bless ; And by his Saving Health secur'd , It s grateful Joy express . 10. My very Bones shall say , O Lord , Who can compare with Thee ? Who sett'st the poor and helpless Man From strong Oppressors free . PART II. 11. False Witnesses , with forg'd Complaints , Against my Truth combin'd ; And to my Charge such things they laid As I had ne'er design'd . 12. The Good which I to them had done , With Evil they repaid ; And , urg'd by Malice undeserv'd , Did ev'n my Life invade . 13. But as for me , when they were sick I did in Sackcloth mourn ; I pray'd and fasted , and my Pray'r Did to my self return . 14. Had they my Friends or Breth'ren been , I could have done no more ; Nor with a Grief more sharp and true A Mother's Loss deplore . 15. How diff'ring has their Carriage prov'd , In times of my Distress ; When they in Crowds together met , Did salvage Joy express . The Rabble too , in num'rous Throngs , By their Example came ; And ceas'd not , with their sordid Taunts , To wound my spotless Fame . 16. Sco●fers , that noble Tables haunt , And earn their Bread with Lies , Did gnash their Teeth , and sland'rous Jests Maliciously devise . 17. But , Lord , how long wilt thou look on● On my behalf appear ; And save my guiltless Soul , which they Like salvage Beasts would tear . PART III. 18. So I , before the list'ning World , Shall grateful Thanks express ; And where the great Assembly meets , Thy Name with Praises bless . 19. Lord , suffer not my causeless Foes , Who me unjustly hate ; With pu●lick Joy , or private Winks To mock my sad Estate . 20. For they , with Hearts averse from Peace , Maliciously devise , Against the Men of quiet Minds To utter spiteful Lies : 21. Nor with these private Arts content , With open Mouths they bawl , And say , at last we 've found him out , Our selves have seen it all . 22. But Thou , who dost both them and me With righteous Eyes survey , Declare my Innocence , O Lord , And keep not far away . 23. Stir up thy self , and freshly rowz'd To Judgment , Lord , awake ; Thy righteous Servant's Cause , O God , To thy Decision take . 24. Lord , as my Heart has upright been , Let me thy Judgment find ; Nor let my cruel Foes obtain The Triumph they design'd . 25. O let them not amongst themselves , In Boasting Language say , At length our Wishes are compleat , At last he 's made our Prey . 26. Let such as in my Harm rejoic'd For shame their Faces hide ; And foul Dishonour wait on those That proudly me defy'd : 27. Whilst they with Joy and Gladness shout , Who my just Cause befriend ; And bless the Lord , who loves to make Success his Saints attend . 28. So shall my Tongue , with Joy inspir'd , Thy Righteousness proclaim ; And of my grateful Songs thy Praise Shall be the constant Theme . PSALM XXXVI . 1. MY crafty Foe with flatt'ring Art His wicked Purpose would disguise ; But Reason whispers to my Heart , No Fear of God's before his Eyes . 2. He sooths himself , retir'd from sight , And thinks secur'd his treach'rous Game ; Till his dark Plots expos'd to Light , Their false Contriver brand with Sha●e . 3. In Deeds he is my Foe confess'd , Whilst , to destroy , he speaks me fair : True Wisdom's banish'd from his Breast , And Vice has sole Dominion there . 4. His Malice spends the sleepless Night In forging mischievous Designs ; His obstinate ungen'rous Spite No execrable Means declines . 5. But , Lord , thy Mercy is my Hope , That Heav'ns sublimest Orb transcends : O Lord , thy Truth 's unmeasured Scope Beyond the spreading Skies extends . 6. Thy Justice , like the Hills remains ; Unfathom'd Depths thy Judgments are ; Thy Providence the World sustains , To Men and Bea●ts extends its Care. 7. O , since thy Kindness all partake , With what Assurance should the Just Thy shelt'ring Wings their Refuge make , And Saints to thy Protection trust ! 8. Such Guests shall to thy Courts be led , To banquet on thy Love's Repast . And drink , as from a Fountain's head , Of Joys that shall for ever last . 9. With Thee the Springs of Life remain , Thy Presence is eternal Day ; 10. O let thy Saints thy Favour gain ; To upright Hearts thy Truth display . 11. Let Pride's insulting Foot ne'er tread , Nor wicked Hand my Life surprize : 12. Their Mischief turns on their own Head● Down , down they 're fall'n , no more to ris● PSALM XXXVII . 1. THough wicked Men grow Rich or Great , Yet let not their successful State , Thy Anger or thy Envy raise : 2. For they cut down like tender Grass , Or like young Flow'rs away shall pass , Whose blooming Beauty soon decays . 3. Depend on God , and still live well ; So Thou within the Land shalt dwell , Secure from Danger , and from Want : 4. Make him thy only chief Delight , And He , thy Duty to requite , Shall all thy earnest wishes grant . 5. In all thy ways trust thou the Lord , And he 'll his needful Help afford To perfect ev'ry just Design : 6. He 'll make , like Light serene and clear , Thy clouded Innocence appear , And as a mid-day Sun to shine . 7. With quiet Mind on God depend , And patiently for him attend ; Nor let thy Anger fondly rise , Tho wicked Men with Wealth abound , And with Success the Plots are crown'd , Which they maliciously devise . 8. From Anger cease , and Wrath ●orsake , Let no ungovern'd Passion make Thy wav'ring Heart espouse their Crime ; 9. For God shall sinful Men destroy , Whilst only they the Land enjoy , Who trust on him and wait his time . 10. How soon shall wicked Men decay ! Their Place shall vanish quite away , Nor by the strictest search be found : 11. Whilst humble Souls possess the Earth , Rejoicing still with godly Mirth , With Peace and Plenty always crown'd . PART II. 12. While Sinful Crowds with fell Design Against the righteous Few combine , And gnash their Teeth and threatning stand : 13. God shall their empty Plots deride , And laugh at their def●ated Pride ; He sees their Ruine near at hand . 14. They draw the Sword , and bend the Bow , The Poor and Needy to oe'rthrow , And Men of upright Lives to slay : 15. But their strong Bows shall soon be broke , Their sharp-edg'd Weapon's mortal Stroke Through their own Hearts shall force it's way . 16. A little , with God's Favour bless'd , That 's by a Righteous Man possess'd , The Wealth of many Bad excels : 17. For God supports the righteous Cause , But as for those that break his Laws , Their ineffectual Pow'r he quells . 18. His constant Care the Upright guides , And over all their Days presides , Their Portion shall for ever last : 19. They , when Distress o'erspreads the Earth , Shall be unmov'd , and ev'n in Dearth The happy Fruits of Plenty taste . 20. Not so the wicked Men , and those Who proudly dare Gods will oppose ; Destruction is their hapless share : Like Fat of Lambs , their Hopes and they Shall in an instant melt away , And vanish into Smoak and Air. PART III. 21. While Sinners brought to sad Decay , Tho forc'd to borrow , can't repay , The Just have Will and Pow'r to give : 22. For such as God vouchsafes to bless , Shall peaceably the Earth possess ; And those he curses shall not live . 23. The good Man's way is God's Delight , He orders all the Steps aright Of him that owns his dread Command● 24. Tho he sometimes may be distress'd , Yet shall he ne'er be quite oppress'd , For God upholds him with his Hand . 25. From blooming Youth till Age prevail'd , I never saw the Righteous fail'd , Or Want o'ertake his num'rous Race ; 26. Because Compassion fill'd his Heart , And he did chearfully impart , God made his Offsprings Wealth increase . 27. Ill Deeds with utmost Caution shun ; In that that 's good with Zeal go on , And so prolong your happy Days : 28. For God who judgment loves , will still Preserve his Saints secure from Ill , While soon the wicked Race decays . 29 , 30 , 31. The Upright shall possess the Land , His Portion there for Ages stand ; His Mouth with Wisdom's stores supply'd , His Tongue by Rules of Judgment moves , His Heart the Law of God approves , Which makes his Footsteps never slide . PART IV. 32. In vain the watch●ul Sinner lies In wait , the Righteous to surprise ; In vain his Ruine does decree ; 33. God will not him defenceless leave , To his Revenge expos'd , but save , And when he 's sentenc'd , set him free . 34. Wait still on God , and keep his way , And thou , advanc'd the Land to sway , Thy firm possession ne'er shalt quit : With longing Eyes thou soon shalt see The Wicked's fatal Tragedy , And as a glad Spectator sit . 35. The Wicked in great Pow'r I 've seen , And like a Bay-tree fresh and green That spreads its pleasant Branches round : 36. But he was gone as swift as Thought , He disappear'd , where e'er I sought , Nor could his smallest Track be found . 37. Observe the perfect Man with Care , And mark all such as Upright are ; For their calm days in Peace shall end : 38. While still the latter end of those Who dare Gods sacred Will oppose , A common Ruine shall attend . 39. God to the Just will Aid afford , Their onely Safeguard is the Lord , Their Strength in time of Trouble , He. 40. Because on H●m they still depend , The Lord shall Help and Succour send , And from the Wicked set them free . PSALM XXXVIII . 1. COrrect me not in Anger , Lord , Tho I deserve it all ; Nor let at once on me the Storm Of thy Displeasure fall . 2. In ev'ry wretched Part of me Thy Arrows deep remain : Thy heavy Hand 's afflicting Weigh● I can no more sustain . 3. My Flesh is one continued Wound , Thy Wrath so fiercely glows ; Betwixt my Punishment and Guilt My Bones have no Repose . 4. My Sins are to a Deluge swell'd My wretched Head to drown ; And for my feeble Strength to bear Too vast a Burthen grown . 5. My Wounds with putrid Stench are fill'd , My Folly 's just Return . 6. With Trouble I am warp'd and bow'd , For all the day I mourn . 7. A Loath'd Disease afflicts my Loins , Unsound in ev'ry Part ; 8. I 'm feeble , broken , groan and roar Through Anguish of my Heart . PART II. 9. But , Lord , before thy searching Eyes All my Designs appear ; And sure my Groans have been too loud , Not to have reach'd thine Ear. 10. My Heart 's opprest , my Strength decay'd● My Eyes depriv'd of Light : 11. Friends , Lovers , Kinsmen gaze aloof On such a dismal Sight . 12. Mean while the Foes that seek my Life , Their Snares to take me set ; Vent Slanders , and contrive all day To forge some new Deceit . 13. But I , as if both Deaf and Dumb , Nor heard , nor once reply'd : 14. Quite Deaf and Dumb , like one whos● Tongu● With conscious Guilt were ty'd . 15. For , Lord , to Thee I do appeal My Innocence to clear ; Assur'd that Thou , the Righteous God , My injur'd Cause wilt hear . 16. Hear me , I said , lest they rejoice Who triumph in my Woe ; Insulting if they see my Foot Once indirectly goe . 17. And , with continual Grief opprest , To halt I now begin : 18. For , Lord to Thee I will confess , To thee bewail my Sin. 19. But whilst I languish my proud Foes Their Strength and Vigor boast ; Who hate me without Cause , are grown A formidable Host. 20. Ev'n they whom I oblig'd , return My Kindness with Despight ; Become my Enemies , because ● chuse the Path that 's right . 21. Forsake me not , O Lord my God , Nor far from me depart ; 22. Make hast to my Relief , O Thou● Who my Salvation art . PSALM XXXIX . 1. REsolv'd to watch o'er all my Ways , My very Words to aw , I curb'd my hasty Tongue , when I The prosp'rous Wicked saw . 2. Like one that 's dumb I Silence kept , And did my Tongue refrain From good Discourse ; but that Constraint Increas'd my inward Pain . 3. My Heart did glow , which waking Thoughts Did hot and restless make , And warm Reflections fann'd the Fire , Till thus at length I spake . 4. Lord , let me know my term of days , How soon my Life will end ; The num'rous Train of Ills disclose Which this frail State attend . 5. My Life , thou know'st is but a Span , A Cypher sums my Years ; And ev'ry Man in best estate But Vanity appears . 6. Man , like a Shadow , vainly walks , With Fruitless Cares oppress'd ; He heaps up Wealth , but cannot tell By whom ' ●will be possess'd . 7. Why then should I for worthless Toys With anxious Care attend ? On Thee alone my stedfast Hope Shall ever , Lord , depend . 8 , 9. Forgive my Sins , nor let me scorn'd By foolish Sinners be ; For I was dumb , and murmur'd not , Because 't was done by Thee . 10. The dreadful Burthen of thy Wrath In mercy , Lord , remove ; Lest my frail Flesh too weak to bear The heavy Load should prove . 11. For when thou chast'nest Man for Sin , Thou mak'st his Beauty fade , ( So vain a thing is he ! ) like Cloth By fretting Moths decay'd . 12. Lord , hear my Cry , my Tears accept , And listen to my Pray'r ; Who sojourn , like a Stranger , here , As all my Fathers were . 13. O spare me yet a little time , My Strength again restore ; Before I vanish quite from hence , And shall be seen no more . PSALM XL. 1. I Waited meekly for the Lord , Till he 'd vouchsafe a kind Reply ; Who did his gracious Ear afford , And heard from Heav'n my humble Cry● 2. Me from the dismal Pit he took , When founder'd deep in miry Clay ; He plac'd my Feet on solid Rock , And suffer'd not my Steps to stray● 3. The Wonders he for me has wrought Inspire me with new Songs of Praise ; Whence Strangers shall his Fear be taught , And Hope of like Deliv'rance raise . 4. For Blessings shall that Man reward Who on th' Almighty Lord relies ; Who treats the Proud with Disregard , And hates the Hypocrites Disguise . 5. Who can the wond'rous Works recount , Which thou , O God , for us hast wrought ? Thy treasur'd Thoughts of Love surmount The Pow'r of numbers , speech and thought . 6. I 've learn'd , that Thou hast not desir'd Off'rings and Sacrifice alone ; Nor Blood of guiltless Beasts requir'd For Man's Transgression to atone . 7. I therefore come , — come to fulfil The Oracles thy Books impart : 8. 'T is my Delight to do thy Will ; Thy Law is written in my Heart . PART II. 9. In full Assemblies I have told Thy Truth and Righteousness at large ; Nor did , thou know'st , my Lips with-hold From utt'ring what thou gav'st in charge . 10. Nor kept within my Breast confin'd , Thy Justice , Faith , and saving Grace But preach'd thy Love and Truth ( design'd For All , ) that All might them embrace . 11. Then let those Mercies I declar'd To others , Lord , extend to me ; Thy loving Kindness my Reward , Thy Truth my safe Protection be . 12. For I with Troubles am distrest Too vast and numberless to bear ; Nor less with Loads of Guilt opprest That plunge and sink me to Despair . As soon , alas ! I may recount The Hai●s on this afflicted Head , My vanquisht Courage they surmount And fill my drooping Soul with Dread . PART III. 13. But , Lord , to my Relief draw near , For never was more pressing Need ! For my Deliv'rance , Lord , appear , And add to that Deliverance Speed. 14. Confusion on their Heads return Who to destroy my Soul combine ; Let them , defeated , blush and mourn , Ensnar'd in their own vile Design . 15. Their Doom let Desolation be , With Shame their Malice be repaid , Who mock'd my Confidence in Thee , And Sport of my Affliction made . 16. While those who humbly seek thy Face To joyful Triumphs are uprais'd ; And all who prize thy Saving Grace Ever resound , The Lord be prais'd . 17. Thus wretched tho I am and poor , Of me th' Almighty Lord takes care . Thou , God , who onely can'st restore , To my Relief with Speed repair . PSALM XLI . 1. HAppy the Man , whose tender Care Relieves the poor Distrest ; Whene'er by Troubles compass'd round , The Lord shall give him Rest. 2. The Lord his Life , with Blessings crown'd , In Safety shall prolong ; And disappoint the Will of those That seek to do him wrong . 3. If he in languishing estate Opprest with Sickness ly ; The Lord will make his easie Bed , And inward Strength supply . 4. Secure of This , to thee● my God , I thus my Pray'r address'd ; Lord , for thy Mercy heal my Soul , Tho I have much transgress'd . 5. My cruel Foes , with sland'rous words , Attempt to wound my Fame . When shall he die , ( say they ) and M●n Forget his very Name ? 6. Suppose they formal Visits make , 'T is all but empty show ; They gather Mischief in their Hearts , And vent it where they go . 7 , 8. With private Whispers , such as these , My Foes my Hurt devise ; A sore Disease afflicts him now , He 's fall'n , no more to rise . 9. My own familiar Bosom Friend On whom I most rely'd , Has me , whose Bread he daily eat , With open Scorn defy'd . 10. But thou , my sad and wretched State , In Mercy , Lord , regard ; And raise me up , that all their Crimes May meet their just Reward . 11. By this , I know , thy gracious Ear Is open when I call ; Because thou suffer'st not my Foes To triumph in my Fall. 12. Thy tender Care secures my Life From Danger and Disgrace ; And thou vouchsaf'st to set me still Before thy glorious Face . 13. Let therefore Isr'el's Lord and God From age to age be bless'd ; And all the People's glad Applause With loud Amens express'd . PSALM XLII . 1. AS pants a Hart for cooling Streams When heated in the Chace , So pants my Soul , O God , for thee And thy refreshing Grace . 2. For thee , my God , the living God , My thirsty Soul doth pine ; O when shall I behold thy Face , Thou Majesty Divine ! 3. Tears are my constant Food , while thu● Insulting Foes upbraid , Deluded Wretch , where 's now thy God ? And where his promis'd Aid ? 4. I sigh , when recollecting Thoughts Those happy Days present , When I with Troops of pious Friends Thy Temple did frequent . When I advanc'd with Songs of Praise , My solemn Vows to pay , And led the joyful sacred Throng That kept the Festal Day . 5. Why restless , why cast down my Soul ? Trust God , and he 'll employ His Aid for thee ; convert these Sighs To thankful Hymns of Joy. 6. My Soul 's cast down . O God , but thinks On thee and Sion still ; From Iordan's Banks , from Hermon's Heights , And Missar's humble Hill. 7. One Trouble calls another on , And bursting o'er my Head , Fall spouting down , till round my Soul A roaring Deluge spread . 8. But when thy Presence , Lord of Life , Has once dispell'd this Storm , To thee I 'll midnight Anthems sing , And midnight Vows perform . 9. God of my Strength , how long shall I Like one forgotten mourn ? Forlorn , forsaken , and expos'd To my Oppressors Scorn . 10. My Heart is pierc'd , as with a Sword , Whilst thus my Foes upbraid Vain Boaster , where is now thy God ? And where his promis'd Aid . 11. Why restless , why cast down my Soul ? Hope still , and thou shalt sing The Praise of him , who is thy God , Thy Health and Safety 's Spring . PSALM XLIII . 1. AGainst my wicked Rebel-Foes , Just Judge of Heav'n , assert my Right● O set me free , my God , from those That in Deceit and Wrong delight . 2. Since thou art still my only Stay , Why leav'st thou me in deep Distress ? Why go I mourning all the day , Whilst proud insulting Foes oppress ? 3. Let me with Light and Truth be blest , Be these my Guides and lead the way ; Till on thy holy Hill I rest , And in thy sacred Temple pray . 4. Then will I there fresh Altars raise To God , my chief my only Joy ; And well tun'd Harps with Songs of Prais● Shall all my grateful Hours employ . 5. Why then art thou , my Soul , so much Cast down and press'd with anxious Care , O trust in God , for he , as such , My low dejected Head shall rear . PSALM XLIV . 1. O Lord , our Fathers oft have told In our astonisht Ears , Thy Wonders in their days perform'd , And elder Times than theirs : 2. How Thou , to plant them here , didst drive The Heathen from this Land● Dispeopled by repeated Strokes Of thy avenging Hand . 3. For , not their Courage nor their Sword To them Possession gave ; Nor Strength , that from unequal Force Their fainting Troops could save ; But thy Right Hand and pow'rful Arm , Whose Succour they implor'd , Thy Presence with the chosen Tribes Who thy great Name ador'd . 4. As Thee , O God , our Fathers own'd , Thou art our Sov'reign King ; O therefore , as to them thou didst , To us Deliv'rance bring . 5. Through thy victorious Name our Arms The proudest Foe shall quell , And crush 'em with repeated Strokes Presuming to rebel . 6. I 'll neither trust to Bow nor Sword , when I in Fight engage ; 7. But Thee , who hast our Foes subdu'd , And sham'd their spiteful Rage● 8. To Thee the Triumph we ascribe , From whom the Conquest came ; In God rejoicing all the day , And ever bless his Name● PART II. 9. But thou hast cast us off , and now Most shamefully we yield ; For thou no more vouchsaf'st to lead Our Armies to the Field . 10. Since when , to every upstart Foe We turn our Backs in Fight ; And with our Spoil their Malice feast Who bear us antient Spite . 11. To Slaughter doom'd , we fall like Sheep Into their Butch'ring Hands ; Or ( what 's more wretched yet ) survive Disperst through Heathen Lands . 12. Thy People thou hast sold for Slaves , And set their Price so low , That not thy Treasure by the Sale But their Disgrace might grow . 13 , 14. Reproacht and scofft by Nations round , The Heathen's By-word grown , Whose Scorn of us is both in Speech And mocking Gestures shown . 15. Confusion strikes me blind , my Face In conscious shame I hide , 16. While we are scoff'd , and God blasphem'd By their licentious Pride . PART III. 17. On us this Mass of Woes is fall'n , All this we have endur'd ; Yet have not , Lord , renounc'd thy Name ; Nor Covenant abjur'd . 18. But kept in Paths , by Thee prescrib'd , Our Heart and Steps with Care ; 19. Tho shatter'd , mangled and reduc'd To Confines of Despair . 20. Could we th' Almighty's Name forget And other Gods adore , 21. And not the Searcher of all Hearts The treach'rous Crime explore ? 22. Thou seest how for thy sake all day We Martyrdom sustain ; All slaughter'd , or reserv'd like Sheep Appointed to be slain . 23. Wake , Lord , arise ; let seeming Sleep No longer thee detain ; Nor we , thy faithful Supplicants , For ever sue in vain ! 24. O wherefore hidest thou thy Face From our afflicted state ? 25. Whose Souls and Bodies sink to Earth With Grief's oppressive Weight . 26. Arise , O Lord , and timely Speed To our Deliv'rance make ; Redeem us , Lord , — if not for Ours , Yet ●or thy Mercies sake . PSALM XLV . 1. WHile I the King 's loud Praise rehearse , Endited by my Heart , My Tongue is like the Pen of one That writes with ready Art. 2. How matchless is thy Form , O King ! Thy Mouth with Grace o'erflows ; Because fresh Blessings , God , on thee Eternally bestows . 3. Gird on thy Sword , most mighty Prince , And clad in rich array , With glorious Ornaments of Pow'r , Majestick Pomp display . 4. Ride on in state , and still protect The Meek , the Just , and True ; Whilst thy Right-hand with fell Revenge Does all thy Foes pursue . 5. How sharp thy Weapons are to them That dare thy Pow'r oppose ! Down , down they fall , while through their Heart The feather'd Arrow goes . 6. But thy firm Throne , O God , is fix'd For ever to endure ; Thy Sceptre 's sway shall always last , Through righteous Laws secure . 7. Because thy Heart , by Justice steer'd Did upright ways approve , And hated still the crooked Paths Where wand'ring Sinners rove . Therefore did God , thy God , on thee The Oyl of Gladness shed ; And has above thy Fellows round Advanc'd thy lofty Head. 8. With Cassia , Aloës and Myrrh Thy Royal Robes abound ; Which from thy stately Wardrobes brought Spread grateful Odours round . 9. Among thy honourable Train Did Princely Virgins wait , The Queen was plac'd at thy Right-hand , In Golden Robes of State. PART II. 10. But thou , O Royal Bride , give ear And to my Words attend ; Forget thy Native Country now , And ev'ry former Friend . 11. So shall thy Beauty charm the King , Nor shall his Love decay ; For he is now become thy Lord , To him due Rev'rence pay . 12. The Tyrian Ladies rich and proud Shall humble Presents make ; And all the wealthy Nations sue Thy Favour to partake : 13. The King 's fair Daughter 's beauteous Soul All inward Graces fill ; Her Raiment is of purest Gold , Adorn'd with costly skill . 14. She , in her nuptial Garments dress'd , With Needles richly wrought , Attended by her Virgin Train , Shall to the King be brought . 15. With all that State of solemn Joy The Triumph moves along , Till with wide Gates the Royal Court Receives the pompous Throng . 16. Thou , in thy Royal Fathers Room , Must princely Sons expect ; Whom thou to diff'rent Realms mayst send To govern and protect : 17. Whilst this my Song to future times Transmits thy Glorious Name ; And makes the World , with joint consent , Thy lasting Praise proclaim . PSALM XLVI . 1. GOD is our Refuge in Distress , A present Help when Troubles press ; In him undaunted we confide : 2 , 3. Tho Earth were from her Centre tost , And Mountains in the Ocean lost , Torn piece-meal by the roaring Tide . 4. A Gentler Stream with Gladness still The City of our Lord shall ●ill , Imperial Seat of God most High : 5. God dwells in Sion , whose fair Tow'rs Shall mock th' Assaults of Earthly Pow'rs , While his Almighty Aid is nigh . 6. In Tumults when the Heathen rag'd , And Kingdoms War against us wag'd , He thunder'd and dissolv'd their Pow'rs : 7. The Lord of Hosts conducts our Arms , Our Tow'r of Refuge in Alarms , Our Fathers Guardian-God and ours . 8. Come , see the Wonders he hath wrought , On Earth what Desolation brought , 9. And crush'd to Peace the jarring World ; In shivers brake the Spear and Bow , With them their thund'ring Chariots too Into devouring Flames were hurld . 10. Submit to God's Almighty Sway For Him the Heathen shall obey , And Earth her Sov'reign Lord confess . 11. The God of Hosts conducts our Arms , Our Tow'r of Refuge in Alarms , As to our Fathers in Distress . PSALM XLVII . 1 , 2. O All ye People clap your hands , And with triumphant Voices sing ; No Force the mighty Pow'r withstands , Of God , the universal King. 3 , 4. He shall opposing Nations quell , And with Success our Battels fight ; Shall point the place where we must dwell , The Pride of Iacob , his Delight . 5 , 6. God is gone up , our Lord and King , With Shouts of Joy and Trumpet 's Sound ; To him repeated Praises sing , And let the chearful Song go round . 7 , 8. Your utmost Skill in Praise be shown ; For him that all the World commands . Who sits upon his Holy Throne , And spreads his Sway o'er Heathen Lands . 9. Our Chiefs and Tribes , that far from hence T' adore the God of Abr'am came , Found him their constant sure defence . How great and glorious is his Name ! PSALM XLVIII . 1. THE Lord is great , and o'er the Gods Sublimely to be prais'd ; In Sion , on whose happy Mount His sacred Throne is rais'd . 2. Her Tow'rs , the Joy of all the Earth , With beauteous Prospect rise : On her North side th' Almighty King 's Imperial City lies . 3. God in her Palaces is known , His Presence is her Guard. 4. Confed'rate Kings withdrew their Siege , And of Success despair'd . 5. They view'd her Walls , admir'd and fled , With Grief and Terror struck , 6. Like Women whom the sudden Pangs Of Travel had o'ertook . 7. No wretched Crew of Mariners Appear like them forlorn , When freighted Fleets from Tarshish shore By Eastern Winds are torn . 8. In Sion we have seen perform'd A Work that was foretold , In pledge that God , for times to come , His City will uphold . 9. Not in our Fortresses and Walls Did we , O God , confide , But on the Temple fix'd our Hopes , In which thou dost reside . 10. Thy Name i● , Lord of Hosts , supream Whose Fame through Earth extends ; Thy pow'ful Arm , as Justice guides , Chastises or defends . 11. Let Sion's Mount with Joy resound , Her Daughters all be taught In Songs his Judgments to extol , Who this Deliv'rance wrought . 12. Walk round her Walls in solemn Pomp , Your Eyes about her cast , Recount her Tow'rs , if by the Siege You find a Stone displac'd . 13. Her Forts and Palaces survey , Observe their Order well . That with Assurance to your Heirs , This Wonder you may tell . 14. This God is ours , and will be ours , Whilst we in him confide ; And , as he has preserv'd us now , Till Death will be our Guide . PSALM XLIX . 1 , 2. LET all the list'ning World attend , And my Instructions hear ; Let High and Low , and Rich and Poor With joint Consent give ear . 3. My Mouth , with sacred Wisdom fill'd , Shall good Advice impart , The sound Result of prudent Thoughts , Digested in my Heart . 4. To Parables of weighty Sense I will my Ear incline ; Whilst to the tuneful Harp I sing Dark Words of deep Design . 5. Why should my Courage fail in times Of Danger and of Doubt ? When Sinners that would me supplant Have compass'd me about ? 6. Those Men that all their Hope and Trust In Heaps of Treasure place , And boast and triumph when they see Their ill-got Wealth encrease . 7. Are yet unable from the Grave Their dearest Friend to free ; Nor can by force of costly Bribes Reverse God's firm Decree . 8 , 9. Their vain Endeavours they must quit , The Price is held too high ; No Sums can purchase such a Grant , That Man should never die . 10. Not Wisdom can the Wise exempt , Nor Fools their Folly save ; But both must perish , and in Death Their Wealth to others leave . 11. For tho they think their stately Seats Shall ne'r to Ruine fall ; But their remembrance last , in Lands Which by their Names they call ; 12. Yet shall their Fame be soon forgo● , How great so●'er their State , With Beasts their Memory and They Shall share one common Fate . PART II. 13. How great theri Folly is who thus Absurd Conclusions make ! And yet their Children , unreclaim'd , Repeat the gross Mistake . 14. Like Sheep , the Prey of rav'nous Death , Within the Grave they 're laid ; And there , whilst Righteous Men rejoice , Shall all their Beauty fade . 15. But God will yet redeem my Soul , And from the greedy Grave His greater Pow'r shall set me free , And to himself receive . 16. Then fear not Thou , when worldly Men In envy'd Wealth abound , Nor tho their prosp'rous House increase , With lofty Honours crown'd . 17. For when they 're summon'd hence by Dea●● They leave all this behind● No Shadow of their former Pomp Within the Grave they find : 18. And yet they thought their State was blest , Caught in the Flatt'rers Snare , Who praises those that slight all else , And of themselves take care . 19. In their Forefathers Steps they tread ; And when , like them , they die , Their wretched Ancestors and they In endless Dark●ess lie . 20. For Man , how great soe'●r his state , Unless he 's truly wise , As like a sensual Beast he lives , So like a Beast he dies . PSALM L. 1 , 2. THE Lord hath spoke , the mighty God Hath sent his Summons all abroad , From dawning Light till Day declines : The list'ning Earth his Voice has heard , And he from Sion has appear'd , Where Beauty in Perfection shines . 3 , 4. Our God shall come , and keep no more Misconstru'd Silence as before , But wasting Flames before him send : Around shall Tempests fiercely rage , While he does Heav'n and Earth engage His just Tribunal to attend . 5 , 6. Assemble all my Saints to me ( Thus runs the Great Divine Decree ) That in my lasting Cov'nant live , And Off'rings bring with constant Care ; ( The Heavens his Justice shall declare , For God himself shall Sentence give . ) 7. Attend , my People ; Isr'el , hear ; Thy strong Accuser I 'll appear ; Thy God , thy only God am I ; 8. 'T is not of Off'rings I complain , With which you did , both burnt and slain , My sacred Altar still supply . 9. Will this alone Atonement make ? No Bullock from thy Stall I 'll take , Nor He-goat from thy Fold accept : 10. The Forest Beasts that range alone , The Cattel too are all my own , That on a thousand Hills are kept . 11. I know the Fowls , that build their Nests In craggy Rocks ; and salvage Beasts , That loosely haunt the open Fields . 12. To thee , if Hunger did oppress , I need not tell my sad Distress , Since the World 's mine , and all it yields . 13. Think'st thou that I have any need On slaughter'd Bulls and Goats to feed , To eat their Flesh , and drink their Blood ? 14. The sacrifice by me requir'd , Is Hearts with grateful Love inspir'd , And Vows with strictest Care made good . 15. In time of Trouble call on me , And I will set thee safe and free ; And Thou returns of Praise shalt make : 16. But to the Wicked thus saith God , How dar'st thou teach my Laws abroad , Or in thy Mouth my Cov'nant take ? 17. For stubborn thou , confirm'd i● Sin , Hast proof against Instruction been , And of my Word didst lightly speak : 18. When thou a subtle Thief didst see , Thou gladly didst with him agree , And with Adult'rers didst partake . 19. Vile Slander is thy constant Theme , And thou thy Mouth and Tongue dost frame Vile and deceitful Words to spread : 20. Thou dost with hateful Scandals wound Thy Brother , and with Lies confound The Offspring of thy Mother's Bed. 21. These things thou didst , whom still I strove To gain with Silence and with Love ; Till thou didst wickedly surmise , That I was such a one as thou ; But ●'ll rep●ove and shame thee now , And set thy Sins before thine Eyes . 22. Ye wicked Fools , mark this with Care , Lest I should you in pieces tear , Whilst none shall dare your Cause to own . 23. Who praises me due Honour gives ; And to the Man that justly lives My strong Salvation shall be shown . PSALM LI. 1. MY God , as thou hast always been , Continue ever kind ; Let me , opprest with Loads of Guilt , Thy wonted Mercy find . 2 , 3. O wash me from my foul Offence , And cleanse me from my Sin ; For I confess my Crime , and see How great my Guilt has been . 4. Against Thee only , Lord , have I , And in thy Sight transgress'd ; Whose Words and Judgments , pure and just , Will bear the strictest Test. 5. In Guilt each sev'ral part was form'd Of all this sinful Frame ; In Guilt I was c●●ceiv'd , and born The Heir of Sin and Shame . 6. Yet thou , O God , whose searching Eye Does inward Truth require , In secret didst with Wisdom's Laws , My tender Soul inspire . 7. O then with Hys●op purge my Soul , And so I shall be clean ; In pity wash me , and I shall More white than Snow remain . 8. Make me with Joy and Gladness hear Thy kind forgiving Voice ; That so the Bones which thou hast broke , With Comfort may rejoice . 9 , 10. Blot out my Sins , nor let thine Eyes My Fault in Anger view ; Create in me a Heart that 's clea● , A virtuous mind renew . PART II. 11. Withdraw not thou thy Presence , Lord , Nor ca●t me from thy sight ; Nor let thy Holy Spirit take It 's everlasting Flight : 12. The Joy which thy Salvation gives Let m● again obtain ; And thy free Spirit 's firm Support My stagg'ring Soul sustain . 13. So I thy just and righteous Ways To Sinners will impart , Whil●t my Advice shall wicked Men To thy just Laws co●vert . 14. Do Thou my Guilt of Blood remove , My Saviour and my God ; And my glad Tongue shall loudly tell Thy r●ghteous Acts abroad . 15. Let thy Free Grace unlock my Lips , With Sorrow clos'd and Shame ; So shall my Mouth thy Wond'rous Praise To all the World proclaim . 16. Could Victims for my Guilt atone , Whole Hecatombs should die ; But on such Off'rings thou disdain'st To cast a gracious Eye : 17. A broken Spirit is the Gift By God most highly priz'd ; By him a broken contrite Heart Shall never be despis'd . 18. Let Sion , Lord , thy Favour find , Of thy Good Will assur'd ; And thy own City flourish long , By lofty Walls secur'd . 19. The● shall the Righteous Off'rings bring , And pleasing Tribute pay ; And Sacrifice of choicest kind , Upon thy Altar lay . PSALM LII . 1. IN vain , O Man of matchless Might , Thou boast'st thy self in Ill ; Since God , whose Pow'r is much more great , Vouchsafes his Favour still . 2. Thy wicked Tongue does sland'rous Tales , Maliciously devise ; And like a Rasor sharply set , Does wound with treach'rous Lies . 3 , 4. Thy Thoughts are more on Ill than Good , On Lies than Truth employ'd , Thy Tongue delights in Words by which The Guiltless are destroy'd . 5. God shall for ever blast thy Hopes , And snatch thee soon away ; Nor in thy Dwelling-place permit , Nor in the World to stay . 6. The Just with pious Fear shall see The downfall of thy Pride ; Shall at thy sudden Ruine laugh , And thus thy Fall deride : 7. See there the haughty Man that was , Who proudly God defy'd , Who trusted in his Wealth , and still On wicked Arts rely'd . 8. But like those Olive-Plants am I , That shade God's Temple round ; And hope with his indulgent Grace To be for ever crown'd . 9. So shall my Soul with Praise , O God , Extoll thy wondrous Love ; And on thy Name with Patience wait ; For this thy Saints approve . PSALM LIII . 1. THE wicked Fools must sure suppose That God is but a Name ; This their lewd Practice plainly shows , Since Virtue all disclaim . 2. The Lord look'd down from Heav'n's high Tow'r And did all Mankind view ; To see if any own'd his Pow'r , Or Truth or Justice knew . 3. But all , he saw , were backwards gone , Degen'rate grown and base ; None for Religion car'd , not One Of all the sinful Race . 4. But are those Workers of Deceit So dull and senseless grown , That they like Bread my People eat , And God's just Pow'r disown ? 5. Their causeless Fears shall strangely grow ; And they , despis'd by God , Shall soon be foil'd ; his hand shall throw Their shatter'd Bones abroad . 6. Would he his saving Pow'r employ , To break our servile Band , Loud Shouts of universal Joy Should eccho through the Land. PSALM LIV. 1 , 2. LOrd , save me , for thy Glorious Name , And in thy Strength appear To judge my Cause : accept my Pray'r , And to my Words give Ear. 3. Mere Strangers , whom I never wrong'd , To ruine me design'd ; And cruel Men , that fear no God , Against my Soul combin'd . 4 , 5. But God takes part with all my Friends , And he 's the surest Guard ; The God of Truth shall slay my Foes , Their Falshood's just Reward . 6. While I my grateful Off'rings bring , And Sacrifice with Joy ; And in his Praise my time to come Delightfully employ . 7. From dreadful Danger and Distress The Lord has set me free ; Through him shall I of all my Foes The wish'd Destruction see ! PSALM LV. 1. GIve ear , thou Judge of all the Earth , And listen when I pray ; Nor from thy humble Suppliant turn Thy glorious Face away . 2. Attend to this my sad complaint , And hear my grievous Moans ; Whilst I my mournful Case declare With artless Sighs and Groans . 3. Hark! how the Foe insults aloud , How fierce Oppressors Rage ! Whose sland'rous Tongues with wrathful Hate Against my Fame engage . 4 , 5. My Heart is rack'd with Pain , my Soul With deadly Frights distrest ; With Fear and Trembling compass'd round With Horror quite opprest . 6. How often wish'd I then , that I Swift Dove-like Wings could get ; That I might take my speedy Flight , And seek a safe Retreat ! 7 , 8. Then would I wander far from hence , And in wild Desarts stray , Till all this furious Storm were spent , This Tempest past away . PART II. 9. Destroy , O Lord , their ill Design 's , Their Counsels all divide ; For my griev'd Eyes in ev'ry Stree● Have Strife and Rapine spy'd . 10. By Day and Night on ev'ry Wall They walk their constant Round ; And in the midst of all her Strength , Are Grief Mischief found . 11. Whoe'er through ev'ry Part shall roam , Will fresh Disorders meet ; Deceit and Guile their constant posts Maintain in ev'ry Street . 12. For 't was not any open Foe That did my Faults upbraid ; For then I could with ease have bor● The bitter'st things he said : 'T was none who Hatred had pro●est That did against me rise ; For then I had withdrawn my self From his malicious Eyes . 13 , 14. But 't was ev'n thou , my Guide , my Friend , Whom tend'rest Love did join ; Whose swe●t Advice ● valu'd most , Whose Pray'rs were mixt with mine . 15. Sure Vengeance , equal to their Crimes , Such Traytors must surprize ; And Sudden Death requite those Ills They wickedly devise ! 16 , 17. But I 'll still call on God , and he Shall in my Aid appear ; At Morn , and Noon , and Night I 'll pray , And he my Voice shall hear . PART III. 18. God has releas'd my Soul from those That in fierce Fight contend ; And made a num'rous Host of Friends My righteous Cause defend . 19. For He who was my Help of old , Shall my Petition hear ; And punish them whose prosp'rous State Makes them no God to fear . 20. Whom can I trust , if faithless Men Perfidiously devise To ruine me , their peaceful Friend , And break the strongest Ties ! 21. Tho smooth as Butter are their Words , Their Hearts with War abound ; Their Speeches are more soft than Oyl , And yet like Swords they wound . 22. Do thou , my Soul on God depend , And He shall thee sustain , He aids the Just , whom to remove The Wicked strive in vain . 23. Thou , Lord● shal● soon destroy my Foes ; While those who trust in Lies , And trade in Blood , untimely fall , My Soul on God relies● PSALM LVI . 1. DO Thou , O God , in Mercy help , For Man my Life pursues ; To crush me with repeated Wrongs , He dayly Strife renews . 2. Each Day , all Day , invet'ra●e Foes To ruine me combine ; Thou see'st , who sit'st enthron'd on high , What mighty Numbers join . 3. But , tho sometimes surpriz'd by Fear , ( On Danger 's first Alarm ) For Succour I repose my Trust On thy Almighty Arm. 4. God's Word I shall hereafter praise , On which I now relie : In God ● trust , and trusting him , The Arm of Flesh defie . 5. They rack my harmless Words to speak A Sense they never meant : Their Thoughts are all , with restless Spite , On my Destruct on bent . 6. In close Assemblies they combine , And wicked Projects lay . They watch my Steps and lie in wait , To make my Soul the● Prey . 7. Shall such Injusticce still escape ? O Righteous God a●●e ; Let thy just Wra●h ( ●oo ●●ng provok'd ) This impious Race chastise . 8. My Wand'rings Thou , and Suff'rings knowst Since first compell'd to flee : My very Tears are treasur'd up , And regist'red by Thee . 9. When therefore I invoke thy Aid , My Foes ●hall be o'erthrown ; For I am well assur'd that God My righteous cause will own . 10 , 11. I 'll bless God's Word , trust him , nor fear The Force that Man can raise : 12. To Thee , O God , my Vows are due , To Thee I 'll render Praise . 13. Thou hast retriev'd my Soul from Death ; And Thou wilt still secure The Life thou hast so oft preserv'd , And make my Footsteps sure ; That thus protected by thy Pow'r , I may this Light enjoy , And in the Servi●e of my God My length'ned Days employ . PSALM LVII . 1. THY Mercy , Lord , to me extend , On thy Protection I depend ; And to thy Wing for shelter haste , Till this outragious Storm is past . 2. To thy Tribunal , Lord , I fly , Thou Sov'reign Judge and God most high ; Who Wonders hast for me begun , And wilt not leave thy Work undone . 3. From Heav'n Thou'●t save me by thine Arm , Bring those to shame who seek my Harm ; To aid me , forth thy Mercy send , And Truth , on which my Hopes depend . 4. Condemn'd , as to a Lion's Den , I lie among more salvage Men ; Whose Teeth are pointed Spears , their Words Invenom'd Darts and two-edg'd Swords . 5. Be thou , O God , exalted high ; And , as thy Glory fills the Skie , So let it be on Earth displaid , Till thou art here , as there , obey'd . 6. To take me they their Net prepar'd , And had almost my Soul ensnar'd , But fell themselves , by just Decree , Into the Pit they delv'd for me . 7. O God my Heart is fix'd , 't is bent It 's thankful Tribute to present , And with my Heart , my Voice I 'll raise To Thee , my God , in Songs of Praise . 8. Awake my Glory ; Harp and Lute , No longer let your Strings be mute ; Awake his Praises to pursue , As I my self will early do . 9. Thy Praises , Lord , I will resound To all the list'ning Nations round : 10. Thy Mercy highest Heav'n tran●cends , Thy Truth beyond the Clouds extends . 11. Be Thou , O God , exalted High ; And as thy Glory fills the Skie , So let it be on Earth displaid , Till thou art here , as there , obey'd . PSALM LVIII . 1. SPeak , O ye Judges of the Earth , If just your Sentence be , Or , must not Innocence appeal To Heav'n from your Decree ? 2. Your wicked Hearts and Judgments are Alike by Malice sway'd : Your covetous Hands by weighty Bribes To Violence betray'd . 3. Estrang'd from Virtue from the Womb , Their Infant-steps went wrong : They prattled Slander , and in Lies Employ'd their lisping Tongue . 4. No Serpent of parch'd Africk's breed Does ranker Poison bear ; The drowsie Adder will as soon Unlock his sullen Ear. 5. To Counsel obstinately deaf As Adders they remain ; From whom the skilful Charmer's Voice Can no Attention gain . 6. Defeat , O God , their threat'ning Rage , And timely break their Pow'r : Disarm these growing Lion's Jaws , E'er practis'd to devour , 7. Let now their Insolence at height , Like ebbing Tides be spent ; Their splint'ring Darts deceive their Aim When they their Bow have bent . 8. Like Snails let them dissolve to Slime ; Abortive Births become , Unwor●hy to behold the Sun And buried in the Womb. 9. E'er Thorns can make the Flesh-pots boil , Tempestuous Wrath shall come From God , and Living snatch them hence , To their eternal Doom . 10. The Righteous shall rejoice to see Their Crimes such Vengeance meet , And Saints in Persecutors Blood , Wash their victorious Feet . 11. Transgressors then with Grief shall see Just men Rewards obtain ; And own a God that s●rictly will The guilty Earth arraign . PSALM LIX . 1. DEliver me , O Lord my God , From all my spiteful Foes : In my Defence oppose thy Pow'r To theirs who me oppose , 2. Preserve me from a wicked Race Who make a Trade of Ill ; Protect me from remorseless Men Who seek my Blood to spill . 3. They lie in wait , and mighty Pow'rs Against my Life combine : Implacable ; yet , Lord , thou knowst , For no Offence of mine . 4. In hurry they set watch and ward My guiltless Life to take : Look down , O Lord , on my Distress , And to my Help awake ! 5. Thou , Lord of Hosts and Isr'el's God , Their Heathen Rage suppress : Relentless Vengeance take on those Who stubbornly transgress . 6. At Ev'ning to beset my House Like growling Dogs they meet ; While others through the City roam , And ransack ev'ry Street . 7. Their Throats belch Slanders , from their Mouths They brandish sharpned Swords ; Who hears ( say they ) or hearing , dares Reprove our lawless Words ? 8. But from thy Throne thou shalt , O Lord , Their bassled Plots deride ; To Scorn and Infamy expose Insulting Heathen's Pride . 9. On Thee I wait , 't is on thy Strength For Succour I depend , 'T is Thou , O God , art my Defence , Who only canst defend . 10. Thy Mercy , Lord , shall first prevent And me from Danger free ; Then crown my Wishes , and subdue My Haughty Foes to me . 11. Destroy 'em , Lord , but not intire , Nor at a single Blow , Lest we , ingratefully , too soon Forget their Overthrow . But Vagabonds through sundry Realms Disperse 'em by thy Pow'r ; Do Thou bring down their haughty Pride , O Lord , our Shield and Tow'r . 12. Now , in the Height of all their Pride , Their Arrogance chastise ; Whose Tongues have sinn'd without Restraint And Curses join'd with Lies . 13. Nor till thou hast consum'd their Race Thine Anger , Lord , suppress , That outmost Lands , by their just Doom , May Isr'el's God confess . 14. At Ev'ning let them still persist Like growling Dogs to meet , Still traverse all the City round , And ransack ev'ry Street . 15. Then , as for Malice now they do , For Hunger let 'em stray , And yell their vain Complaints aloud , Defeated of their Prey . 16. Whilst early ● thy Mercy sing , Thy wond'rous Pow'r confess ; For thou hast been my sure Defence My Refuge in Distress . 17. To Thee with never-ceasing Praise , O God , my Strength , I 'll sing ; For thou hast always been the Rock From whence my Comforts spring . PSALM LX. 1. O God who hast our Troops disperst , Forsaking them forsook Thee first , As we thy just Displeasure mourn , To us in Mercy , Lord , return . 2. Our Strength , that firm as Earth did stand , Is rent by thy avenging Hand ; O heal the Breaches thou hast made , We shake , we fall , without thy Aid ! 3. Our Folly 's sad Effects we feel , For drunk with Discord's Cup we reel . 4. But now for them who thee rever'd , Thou hast thy Truth 's bright Banner rear'd . 5. Let thy Right-hand thy Saints protect , Lord hear the Pray'rs that we direct ! 6. The Holy God has spoke ; and I On his firm Word , o'erjoy'd , relie . To Thee in Portions I 'll divide Fair Sichem's Soil , Samaria's Pride , To Sichem , Succoth next I 'll join , And measure out her Vale by Line . 7. Manasseh , Gilead , both subscribe To my Commands , with Ephraim's Tribe ; Ephraim by Arms supports my Cause , And Iudah by religious Laws . 8. Moab my Slave and Drudge shall be , Nor Ed●m from my Yoke get free ; Proud Palestine's imperious State Shall humbly on our Triumph wait . 9. But who shall quell these mighty Pow'rs And me possess of Edom's Tow'rs ? Or through her guarded Frontiers tread The Path that does to Conquest lead ? 10. Ev'n thou , O God , who hast disperst Our Troops , ( for we forsook Thee first ) Whom in just wrath thou didst forsake , Aton'd , thou wilt victorious make . 11. Do thou our fainting Cause sustain , For humane Succours are but vain . 12. Fresh Strength and Courage God bestows , 'T is He treads down our proudest Foes . PSALM LXI . 1. LOrd , hear my Cry , regard my Pray'r , Which I , opprest with Grief , 2. From Earth's remotest Parts address To thee for kind Relief . O lodge me safe beyond the Reach Of persecuting Pow'r , 3. Thou who so oft from spit●●ul Foes , Hast been my shelt'●●g Tow'r . 4. Wi●hin thy sacred Co●rts I shall S●cure from Danger lie : Beneath the Covert of thy Wings , All future Storms de●ie● 5. In sign my Vows are heard , once more I o'er thy Chosen reign : 6. O bless with long and prosp'rous Life The King thou didst ordain . 7. Confirm his Throne , and make his Reign Accepted in thy sight ; And let thy Truth and Mercy both In his Defence unite . 8. So shall I ever sing thy Praise , Thy Name for ever bless ; Devote my prosp'rous Days to pay The Vows of my Distress . PSALM LXII . 1 , 2. MY Soul for Help on God relies , From him alone my Safety flows : My Rock , my Health , that Strength supplies , To bear the shock of all my Foes . 3. How long will ye contrive my Fall ? Which will but hasten on your own You 'll totter like a bowing Wall , Or fence of uncemented Stone . 4. To make my envy'd Fortunes less They strive with Lies their chief Delight ; For they , tho with their Mouths they bless , In private curse with inward Spite . 5 , 6. But thou , my Soul , on God rely ; On him alone thy Trust repose ; My Rock and Health will strength supply , To bear the Shock of all my Foes . 7. God does his saving Health dispence , And flowing Glories largely send ; He is my Fortress and Defence , On him my Soul shall still depe●d . 8. In h●m , ye People , always trust , B●●or● his Throne pour out your Hearts ; Fo● God , the Merciful and Jus● , His timely Aid to us imparts . 9. Sure High and Low in balance laid● With vain Conceits and Lies abound ; And if with Vanity they 're weigh'd , Lighter than that they 'll both be found . 10. Then trust not in oppre●●ive Ways , By Spoil and Rapine grow not vain ; Nor let your Hearts , if Wealth increase , Be set too much upon your Gain . 11. For God has oft his Will express'd ; And I this Truth have fully known ; To be of boundless Pow'r possess'd Belongs of right to God alone . 12. Tho Mercy is his Darling Grace , In which he chiefly takes delight . Yet will he all the Human Race According to their Works requi●e . PSALM LXIII . 1. O God , my gracious God , to Thee , My Morning Pray'rs s●all offer'd be ; For Thee my thirsty So●l does pant ; My fainting Flesh implores thy Grace , Within this dry and barren Place , Where I refreshing Waters want . 2. O to my longing Eyes once more That View of glorious Pow'r restore , Which thy majestick House displays : 3. Because to me thy wond'rous Love Than Life it self does dearer prove , My Lips shall always speak thy Praise● 4. My Life , while I that Life enjoy . In blessing God I 'll still employ , With lif●ed Hands adore his Name : 5. My Soul 's Content shall be as great , As theirs who choicest Dainties eat , While I with Joy his Praise proclaim , 6. When down I lie sweet Sleep to find , Thou' rt always present to my Min● , And when I wake in dead of Night : 7. Because thou still didst Succour bring , Beneath the Shadow of thy Wing I 'll rest with Safety and Delight . 8. My Soul , when Foes would me devour Cleaves fast to Thee , whose matchless Pow'● In her Support is daily shown : 9. But those the Righteous Lord shall slay That my Destruction wish ; and they That seek my Life shall lose their own , 10 , 11. They by untimely Ends shall die , Their Flesh a Prey to Foxes lie : But God shall fill the King with Joy. Who swears by him shall still rejoice , Whilst the false Mouth and lying Voice The Lord shall silence and destroy . PSALM LXIV . LOrd , hear the Voice of my Complaint , And to my Pray'r give ear ; Preserve my Life from cruel Foes , And free my Soul from Fear . 2. O hide me with thy tend'rest Care In some secure Retreat , From Sinners that against me rise , And their close Plots defeat . 3. See how intent to work my Harm , They whet their Tongues like Swords ; And bend their Bows to shoot their Darts , Sharp Lies and bitter Words ! 4. In private lurking , at the Just They take their secret Aim ; And suddenly at him they shoot , Quite void of Fear and Shame . 5. To carry on their ill Designs , They mutual Help supply , They speak of laying private Snares , And think that none shall spy . 6. With utmost Diligence and Care Their wicked Plots they lay ; The private Thoughts of all their Hearts With deep Designs betray . 7. But God , to Anger justly mov'd , His dreadful Bow shall bend , And on his flying Arrows point Shall swift Destruction send . 8. Sharp Slanders , which their Tongues did vent , Upon themselves shall fall ; Their Friends that see 't shall them forsake , Despis'd and shun'd by All. 9. The World shall then God's Power confess And Nations trembling stand , Convinc'd that 't is the mighty Work Of his avenging Hand . 10. Whilst righteous Men by God secur'd In him shall gladly trust ; And all the list'ning Earth shall hear Loud Triumphs of the Just. PSALM LXV . 1. FOR Thee , O God , our constant Praise In Sion waits , thy chosen Seat ; Whilst there we promis'd Altars raise , We 'll all our zealous Vows compleat . 2. O Thou , who to my humble Pray'r Didst always bend thy list'ning Ear , To Thee shall all Mankind repair , And at thy gracious Throne appear . 3. In vain of Sins a num'rous Train To stop thy flowing Mercies try ; Whilst thou o'erlook'st the Guilty Stai●● And washest out the Crimson Dye . 4. Blest is the Man , who , near Thee plac●d . Within thy Sacred Dwelling lives ! Whilst we at humbler Distance taste The vast delights thy Temple gives . 5. By wond'rous Acts , O God , most jus● , Have we thy gracious Answer found ; In Thee remorest Nations trust , And those whom stormy Waves surroun● . 6 , 7. God , by his Strength , sets fast the Hills , And does his matchless Pow'r engage , With which the Seas loud Waves he s●ills , And angry Crowds tumultuous Rage . PART II. 8. Thou , Lord , dost barb'rous Lands dismay When they thy dreadful Tokens view : With Joy they see the Night and Day Each other's Track by turns pursue . 9. From out thy unexhausted Store Thy Rain relieves the thirsty Ground● And makes the Earth , quite parch'd befo●●● With Corn and useful Fruits abound . 10. On rising Ridges down it pours , And all the furrow'd Valleys fills● Thou mak'st them soft with gentle Show'rs , In which a blest Increase distils . 11. Thy Goodness does the circling Year With fresh Returns of Plenty Crown ; And where thy glorious Paths appear , Thy fruitful Clouds drop Fatness down . 12. They drop on barren Forrests chang'd By them to Pastures fresh and green ; The Hills about in order rang'd , In beauteous Robes of Joy are seen . 13. Large Flocks with fleecy Wool adorn The chearful Downs ; the Valleys bring A plenteous Crop of full-ear'd Corn , And seem for Joy to shout and sing . PSALM LXVI . 1 , 2. LET all the Lands with Shouts of Joy To God their Voices raise . Sing Psalms in Honour of his Name , And spread his glorious Praise . 3. And let them say , how dreadful , Lord , In all thy Works art thou ! To thy great Power thy stubborn Foes Shall all be forc'd to bow . 4. Through all the Earth the Nations round Shall Thee their God confess ; And with glad Hymns their awful Dread Of thy great Name express . 5. O come , behold the Works of God , And then with me you 'll own , That he tow'rds all the Sons of Men Has wond'rous Judgments shown . 6. He made the Sea become dry Land , And through the Flood they walk'd ; Whilst to each other of his Might With Joy his People talk'd . 7. He by his Pow'r for ever rules ; His Eyes the World survey ; Let no Presumptuous Man rebel Against his sov'reign Sway. PART II. 8 , 9. O all ye Nations , bless our God , And loudly tell his Praise ; Who keeps our Soul alive and still Confirms our stedfast Ways . 10 , 11. For thou hast try'd us , Lord , as Fir● Does try the precious Ore● Thou brought'st us to the Net , where w● Oppressing Burthens bore . 12. By Thee permitted , Men did us Through Fire and Water chase ; But yet at last thou brought'st us forth Into a wealthy place . 13 , 14. Burnt-off●rings to thy House I 'll b●ing , And there my Vows I 'll pay , Which I with solemn Zeal did make ●n that disastrous day . 15. Then shall the richest Incense smoak , The fattest Rams shall fall ; The choicest Goats from out the Fold , And Bullocks from the Stall . 16. O come all ye that fear the Lord , Attend with heedful Care ; Whilst I what God has done for me , With grateful Joy declare . 17 , 18. As I before his Aid implor'd , So now I praise his Name ; Who , if my Heart had harbour'd Sin , Would all my Pray'rs disclaim . 19. But God to me whene're I cry'd His gracious Ear did bend ; And to the Voice of my Request With constant Love attend . 20. Then bless'd for ever be my God , Who never , when I pray , With-holds his Mercy from my Soul , Nor turns his Face away . PSALM LXVII . 1. TO bless thy chosen Race , In Mercy , Lord , incline ; And cause the Brightness of thy Face Upon us all to shine . 2. That so thy wond'rous Ways May through the World be known ; Whilst distant Lands glad Tribute pay , And thy Salvation own . 3. Let diff'ring Nations join To celebrate thy Fame ; Let all the World , O Lord , combine To praise thy glorious Name● 4. O let them shout and sing , Dissolv'd in pious Mirth , For Thou , the righteous Judge and King , Shalt govern all the Earth . 5. Let diff'ring Nations join To celebrate thy Fame ; Let all the World , O Lord , combine To praise thy glorious Name . 6. Then shall the teeming Ground A large Encrease disclose ; And we with Plenty shall abound , Which God , our God , bestows . 7. Then God upon our Land Shall constant Blessings shower ; And all the World in aw shall stand Of his resistless Power . PSALM LXVIII . 1. LET God , the God of Battle rise , And scatter his presumptuous Foes ; Let shameful Rout their Host surprise , Who spitefully his Pow'r oppose . 2. As Smoak in Tempests Rage is lost , Or Wax into the Furnace cast , So let their sacrilegious Host Before his wrathful Presence waste , 3. But let the Servants of his Will His Favour 's gentle Beams enjoy ; Their upright Heart let Transports ●ill , And chearful Songs their Tongue employ● 4. To him your Voice in Anthems raise , Iehovah's pow'rful Name he bears : ●n him rejoice , extol his Praise , Who rides upon high-rowling Spheres . 5. Him , from his Empire of the Skies , Down , down to Earth Compassion draws The Orphan's Claim to patronize , And judge the injur'd Widow's Cause . 6. 'T is God who , from a foreign Soil , Restores poor Exiles to their Home , Makes Captives free , and fruitless Toil Their Proud Oppressors righteous Doom● 7. 'T was so of old , when thou , O God , In Person led'st our Armies forth , Strange Terrors through the Desart spread , 8. Convulsions shook th' astonish'd Earth . When Lightning's made the Skies distil , And Heav'ns high Arches shook with Fear , How then should Sinai's humble Hill Of Israel's God the Presence bear ? 9. Thy Hand at famisht Earth's Complaint , Reliev'd her from celestial Stores ; And when thy Heritage was faint Refresh'd the Drought with plenteous show'rs● 10. Where Salvages had rang'd before At Ease thou mad'st our Tribes reside ; And in the Desart , for the Poor , Thy gen'rous Bounty did provide . PART II. 11. Thou gav'st the Word , we sally'd forth , And in that pow'rful Word o'ercame ; While Virgin-Troops with Songs of Mirth In state our Conquest did proclaim . 12. Vast Armies by such Gen'rals led , As yet had ne'er receiv'd a Foil , Forsook their Camp with sudden Dread , And to our Women left the Spoil . 13. Tho Egypt's Drudges you have been , Your Armies Wings shall shine more bright Than Doves in golden Sun-shine seen , Or silver'd o'er with paler Light. 14. 'T was so when God's Almighty Hand O'er scatter'd Kings the Conquest won ; Our Troops , drawn up on Iordan's Strand , High Salmon's glitt'ring Snow out-shone . 15. From thence to Iordan's farther Coast And Bashan's Hill we did advance : No more her Height shall Bashan boast , But that she 's God's Inheritance . 16. But wherefore ( tho the Honour 's great ) Should this , ye Mountains swell your Pride ? For Sion is his chosen Seat , Where he for ever will reside . 17. His Chariots numberless , his Pow'rs Are Angel-Hosts that wait his Will ; His Presence now fills Sion's Tow'rs , ●s once i● honour'd Sinai's Hill. 18. Ascending high , in Triumph Thou Captivity hast Captive led , And on thy People didst bestow The Spoil of Armies once their Dread . Ev'n Rebels shall partake thy Grace , And humble Proselytes repair To worship at thy Dwelling-place , And all the World pay Homage there . 19. For Benefits each Day bestow'd Be daily his great Name ador'd ; 20. Who is our Saviour and our God , Of Life and Death the Sov'reign Lord● 21. But Justice , for his hard'ned Foes Proportion'd Vengeance has decreed , To wound the grizly Head of those Who in presumptuous Crimes proceed . 22. The Lord has thus , in Thunder , spoke ; As I subdu'd proud Bashan's King , Once more I 'll break my People's Yoak , And from the Deep my Servant's bring . 23. Their Feet shall in a Crimson Flood Of slaughter'd Foes be cover'd o'er , Nor Earth receive such impious Blood , But leave for Dogs th' unhallow'd Gore . PART III. 24. When entring to thy blest Abode , The wond'ring Multitude survey'd Thy pompous State , my King and God , In Robes of Majesty array'd● 25. Sweet-singing Levites led the Van , Loud Instruments brought up the Rear ; Between both Troops a Virgin-Train With Voice and Timbrel charm'd the Ear. 26. This was the Burden of their Song , In full Assemblies bless the Lord , All , who to Israel's Tribes belong , The God of Israel's Praise record . 27. Nor little Benjamin alone From neighb'ring Bounds did there attend , Nor only Iudah's nearer Throne , Her Counsellours in state did send ; But Zebulon's remoter Seat , And Nephthali's more distant Coast ( The grand Procession to compleat ) Sent up their Tribes , a Princely Host. 28. Thus God to Strength and Union brought Our Tribes , at Strife till that blest Hour : This Work which thou , O God , hast wrought , Confirm , with fresh Recruits of Pow'r . 29. To visit Salem , Lord , descend , And Sion thy terrestrial Throne ; Where Kings with Presents shall atte●d , And there with offer'd Crowns atone . 30. Break down their Spear-mens Ranks tha● threat Like pamper'd Herds of Salvage Might , Their Silver-armour'd Chiefs defeat Who in destructive War delight . 31. To God shall Egypt then stretch forth Her Hands , and Africk Homage bring : 32. The scatter'd Kingdoms of the Earth Their common Sovereign's Praises sing . 33. Who mounted on the loftiest Sphere Of ancient Heav'n , sublimely rides ; From whence his dreadful Voice we hear , Like that of warring Winds and Tides . 34. Ascribe ye Pow'r to God most High , Of humble Israel he takes Care ; Whose Strength from out the dusky Sky Darts shining Terrors through the Air. 35. How dreadful are the sacred Courts Where God has fix'd his earthly Throne ! His Strength his feeble Saints supports : To God give Praise and him alone . PSALM LXIX . 1. SAve me , O God , from Waves that rowl , And press to overwhelm my Soul. 2. In Mire my found'ring Foot-steps tread , And Deluges o'erflow my Head. 3. With restless Cries my Spirits faint , My Voice is hoarse with long Complaint , My Sight decays with tedious Pain , Whilst for my God I wait in vain . 4. My Heads unnumber'd Hairs are few , Compar'd to Foes that me pursue With groundless Hate , grown now of might To execute their lawless Spite . They force me guiltless to resign As Rapine , what by right was mine . 5. Thou Lord my Innocence dost see , Nor are my Sins conceal'd from Thee . 6. Lord God of Hosts take timely care , Lest for my sake thy Saints despair ; 7. Since I have sufferd , for thy Name , Reproach , and hid my Face in shame . 8. A Stranger to my Country grown , Nor to my nearest Kindred known ; A Foreigner , expos'd to Scorn , By Brethren of my Mother born . 9. For Zeal to thy lov'd House and Name Consumes me like devouring Flame , Concern'd at their Affronts to Thee Beyond their Slanders cast on me . 10. My very Tears and Abstinence They construe in a spiteful sense ; 11. When cloth'd with Sack●loth for their sake , They me their Jest and Proverb make . 12. Their Judges make my Wrongs their Jest , Those Wrongs they ought to have redrest ! How shall I then expect to be From Libels of Lewd Drunkards free ? 13. But , Lord , to Thee I will repair For Help , with humble timely Pray'r ; Relieve me from thy Mercies store , Display thy Truth 's preserving Pow'r . 14. O save me yet from Dangers Brink , Nor suffer me in Mire to sink ; From spiteful Foes in Safety keep , And snatch me from the raging Deep . 15. Control the Deluge e'er it spread , And rowl its Waves above my Head ; Nor deep Destruction's yawning Pit To close her Jaws on me permit . 16. Lord , hear the humble Pray'r I make , For thy transcending Kindness sake ; Relieve thy Suppliant once more From thy abounding Mercies store . 17. Nor from thy Servant hide thy Face ; Make speed , for desp'rate is my Case : 18. Thy timely Succour interpose , And shield me from remorseless Foes . 19. The Slanders , Infamy and Scorn I from my Enemies have born Thou knowst , nor has their open Spite Or secret Plots escap'd thy Sight . 20. Reproach and Grief have broke my Heart , I look'd for some to take my part , To pity or relieve my Pain , But lookt ( alas ! ) for both in vain ! 21. With Hunger pin'd for Food I call , Instead of Food they give me Gall ; And when with Thirst my Spirits sink , They give me Vinegar to drink . 22. Their Table therefore to their Health Shall prove a Snare , a Trap their Wealth : 23. Perpetual Darkness seize their Eyes , And sudden Blasts their Hope surprise . 24. On them and theirs thy Fury pour , And in tempestuous Wrath devour : 25. Their House dis-people to a Cell , Till none remain therein to dwell . 26. For new Afflictions they procur'd For him who had thy Stripes endur'd ; And made the Wounds thy Scourge had torn To bleed afresh with sharper Scorn . 27. Let Sin to Sin their steps betray , Till they to Truth have lost the Way . 28. From Life's bright List exclude their Soul , Nor with the Just their Names enrol . 29. But me , howe'er distrest and poor , Thy strong Salvation shall restore : 30. Thy Power with Songs I 'll then proclaim , And celebrate with Thanks thy Name . 31. Our God shall this more highly prize Than Hecatombs of Sacrifice : 32. Which humble Saints with Joy shall see , And hope for like Redress with me . 33. For God regards the Poor's Complaint , Sets Pris'ners free from close Restraint : 34. Let Heav'n , Earth , Sea their Voices raise , The Universe resound his Praise . 35. For God will Sion's Walls protect , Fair Iudah's Cities He 'll erect , Till all her scatter'd Sons repair To undisturb'd possession there ; 36. Enjoy for Life , and at their Death To their religious Heirs bequeath ; And they to endless Ages more , On such as his blest Name adore . PSALM LXX . 1. O Lord , to my Relief draw near , For never was more pressing Need ! For my Deliv'rance , Lord , appear , And add to that Deliverance Speed. 2. Confusion on their Heads return Who to destroy my Soul combine ; Let them , defeated , blush and mourn , Ensnar'd in their own vile Design . 3. Their Doom let Desolation be , With Shame their Malice be repaid , Who mock'd my Confidence in Thee , And Sport of my Affliction made . 4. While those who humbly seek thy Face To joyful Triumphs are uprais'd ; And all who prize thy Saving Grace Ever resound , The Lord be prais'd . 5. Thus wretched tho I am and poor , Of me th' Almighty Lord takes care . Thou , God , who onely can'st restore , To my Relief with Speed repair . PSALM LXXI . 1 , 2. IN Thee I put my stedfast Trust , Defend me , Lord , from Shame ; Incline thine Ear , and save my Soul , For righteous is thy Name . 3. Be thou my strong abiding Place , To which I may resort ; 'T is thy Decree that keeps me safe , Thou art my Rock and Fort. 4 , 5. From cruel and ungodly Men Protect and set me free , For from my earliest Youth till now My Hope has been in Thee . 6. Thy constant Care did safely guard My tender Infant days ; Thou took'●t me from my Mother's Womb To sing thy constant Praise . 7 , 8. While some with Wonder on me gaze● Thy Hand supports me still ; Thy Honour therefore and thy praise My Mouth shall always fill . 9. Reject not then thy Servant , Lord , When freezing Age prevails ; Forsake me not , when spent with years My manly Vigour fails . 10. My Foes against my Fame , and me With crafty Malice speak● Against my Soul they lay their Snares , And mutual Counsel take . 11. His God , say they , forsakes him now , On whom he did rely ; Pursue and take him , whilst no Hope Of timely Succour's nigh . 12 , 13. But thou , my God , withdraw not far● For speedy Help I call ; To Shame and Ruine bring my Foes That seek to work my Fall. 14. But as for me , my stedfast Hope Shall on thy Help depend , And I in grateful Songs of Praise My time to come will spend . PART II. 15. Thy righteous Acts and saving Health My Mouth shall still declare : Unable yet to count ●hem all , Tho summ'd with utmost Care● 16. By God supported I 'll go on , And in his Strength proceed , And shew how far his Righteousness All others does exceed . 17. Thou , Lord , hast taught me from my Youth To praise thy glorious Name ; And ever since thy wond'rous Works Have been my constant Theme . 18. Then now forsake me not when I Am grey and feeble grown , Till ● to these and future times , Thy Strength and Pow'r have shown . 19. How high thy Justice soars , O God! How great and wond'rous are The mighty Works which thou ha●t done ! Who may with Thee compare ! 20. Me whom thy Hand has sorely press'd Thy Grace shall yet relieve ; And from the lowest Depth of Wo With tender Care retrieve . 21. Through Thee my time to come shall be With Pow'r and Greatness crown'd , My future Years shall all rejoice . With Comfort compass'd round . 22. Therefore with Psaltery and Harp Thy Truth , O Lord , I 'll praise ; To Thee , the God of Iacob's Rac● , My Voice in Anthems raise . 23. Then Joy shall fill my Mouth , and Songs Employ my chearful Voice ; My grateful Soul , by Thee redeem'd Shall in thy Aid rejoice . 24. My Tongue thy just and righteous Acts Shall all the day proclaim ; Because thou did●t confound my Foes And brought'st them all to shame . PSALM LXXII . 1. LOrd , let thy just Decrees the King In all his Ways Direct ; And let his Son throughout his Reign Thy righteous Laws respect . 2. So shall he s●ill thy People judge With pure and upright Mind , Whilst all the helpless Poor in him A just Protector find . 3. Then Hills and Mountains shall bring forth The happy Fruits of Peace ; Which all the Land shall own to be The Work of Righteousness : 4. Whilst he the poor and needy Race Shall rule with gentle Sway ; And from their humble Necks shall take Oppressive Yokes away . 5. In ev'ry Heart thy awful Fear Shall then be rooted fast , As long as Sun and Moon endure , Or Time it self shall la●t . 6. He shall descend like Rain that chears The M●adows second Birth , Or like warm Show'rs , whose gentle Drops Refresh the thirsty Earth . 7. In his blest days the just and good Shall be with Favour crown'd , The happy Land shall ev'ry where With endless Peace abound . 8. His uncontroul'd Dominion shall From Sea to Sea extend , Begin at proud Euphrates Streams , At Nature's Limits end . 9. To him the salvage Nations round Shall bow their servile Heads , His vanquisht Foes shall lick the Dust Where he their Conq'rour treads . 10. The Kings of Tarshish and the Isles Shall costly Presents bring ; From haughty Persia Gifts shall come , And from Arabia's King. 11. To him shall ev'ry King on Ear●h His humble Homage pay , And diff'ring Nations gladly join To own his righteous Sway. 12. For he shall set the Needy free , When they for Succour cry ; Shall save the Helpless and the Poor , And all their Wants supply . PART II. 13. His Eye the humble patient Man Indulgently shall spare ; And over his defenceless Life Shall watch with tender Care. 14. He shall preserve and keep their Souls From Fraud and Rapin● free , And in his sight their guiltless Blood Of mighty Price shall be . 15. Therefore shall God his Life and Reign To many Years extend , Whilst Eastern Princes Tribute pay , And golden Presents send . For him shall constant Pray'rs be made , And all his prosp'rous Days , His just Dominion shall afford A lasting Theme of Praise . 16. Through all the Land , of useful Grain Great Plenty shall appear ; A Handful sown on Mountain Tops A mighty Crop shall bear : Its Fruit , like Cedars shook by Winds , A ratling Noise shall yield ; The City too shall thrive , and vie For Plenty with the Field . 17. To endless Ages shall endure His great and glorious Name ; As bright and lasting as the Sun , Shall shine his spotless Fame : In him the Nations of the World Shall be compleatly blest , And his unbounded Happiness By ev'ry Tongue confe●t . 18. Then blest be God , the mighty Lord , The God whom Israel fears ; Who only wond'rous in his Works , Beyond Compare appears . 19. Let Earth be with his Glory fill'd ; For ever bless his Name : Whilst to his Praise the list'ning World Their glad assent proclaim . 20. [ With this exalted Hymn of Praise The Pray'rs and Praises end , Which holy David , Iesse's Son , In pious Raptures penn'd . ] PSALM LXXIII . 1. AT length , by certain proofs 't is plain That God will to his own be kind● That all , whose Hearts are pure and clean , Shall his indulgent Favour find , 2 , 3. But my unwary Feet before And stagg'ring Steps had almost fail'd ; With Pain I view'd the Sinner's store , And envy'd when the Fools prevail'd . 4 , 5. They to the Grave in peace descend , And whilst they live are hail and strong ; No Plagues or Troubles them offend , Which ●till to other Men belong . 6 , 7. With Pride as with a Chain they 're held , And Rapine is their Robe of State ; Their Eyes stand out , with Fatness swell'd , They grow , beyond their Wishes , great . 8 , 9. With Hearts corrupt , and lofty Talk , Oppressive Methods they defend ; Their Tongue thro all the Earth does walk , Their Blasphemies to Heav'n ascend . 10. And yet admiring Crowds are found Who servile Visits duly make , Because with Plenty they abound , Of which their pamper'd Slaves partake . 11. Their fond Opinions these pursue , Till they with them profanely cry , How should the Lord our Actions view , Can he perceive who dwells on high ? 12. Behold the Wicked ! these are they Who openly their Sins profess ; And yet their Wealth 's increas'd each day● And all their Actions meet Success . 13 , 14. Then have I cleans'd my Heart ( said I ) And wash'd my Hands from Guilt in vain , If all the Day oppress'd I lie , And ev'ry Morning suffer Pain . 15. Thus did I once to speak intend ; But if such things I rashly say , Thy Children , Lord , I must offend , And basely should their Cause betray . PART III. 16 , 17. To fathom This my Thoughts I bent , But found the Case too hard for me , Till to the House of God I went , Then I their End did plainly see . 18. How high soe're advanc'd , they all In slipp'ry Places tott'ring stand ; Thence into Ruine headlong fall , Cast down by thy avenging Hand . 19 , 20. How dreadful and how quick their Fate ! Despis'd by Thee when they 're destroy'd ; As waking Men with Scorn do treat The Fancies that their Dreams employ'd . 21 , 22. Thus was my Heart with Grief opprest● My Reins were rack'd with restless Pains , So foolish was I , like a Beast , In whom no Thought or Sense remain● . 23 , 24. And yet thy Presence cheer'd me still● And thy Right-hand did always save ; Thou first didst guide me with thy Skill , And to thy Glory then receive . 25. Whom then in Heav'n , but Thee alone● Have I , whose Favour I require ? And over all the Earth there 's none That I besides Thee can desire . 26. My trembling Flesh and aking Heart May often fail to succour me ; But God shall inward Strength impart● And my Eternal Portion be . 27. For they that far from Thee remove● Shall into sudden Ruine fall ; If after other Gods they rove , Thy Vengeance shall destroy them all . 28. But as for me , 't is good and just That I should still to God repair ; In him I always put my Trust , And will his wond'rous Works declare . PSALM LXXIV . 1. WHY hast thou cast us off , O God ; Must we no more return ? O why , against thy chosen Flock , Does thy fierce Anger burn ? 2. Think on thy antient Purchase , Lord , The Land that is thy own , By Thee redeem'd , and Sion's Mount Where once thy Glory shone . 3. O come and view our ruin'd state ! How long our Troubles last ! See! how the Foe with wicked Rage Has laid thy Temple waste ! 4. Thy Foes blaspheme thy Name , where late● Thy zealous Servants pray'd ; Their Banners all , as conqu'ring Signs , With haughty Pomp display'd . 5 , 6. Those curious Carvings which did once The Workmen famous make , With Axes and with Hammers now They all in pieces break . 7. Thy Holy Temple have they burnt ; And what escap'd the Flame , Has been prophan'd and quite pull'd down Tho sacred to thy Name . 8. Together to destroy us all Maliciously they aim'd ; And all the sacred Places burn'd Where we thy Praise proclaim'd : 9. Yet of thy Presence thou vouchsaf'st No tender Signs to send ; We have no Prophet now that knows When this sad state shall end . PART II. 10. But , Lord , how long wilt thou permit Th' insulting Foe to boast ? Shall all the Honour of thy Name For evermore be lost ? 11. Why hold'st thou back thy strong Right-hand ? And on thy patient Breast When Vengeance calls to stretch it forth , So calmly let'st it rest ? 12. Thou heretofore , with Kingly Pow'r , In our Defence hast fought ; For us , throughout the wond'ring World , Hast great Salvation wrought . 13. 'T was Thou , O God , that didst the Sea By thy own Strength divide ; Thou break'st the watry Monsters Head , The Waves o'rwhelm'd their Pride . 14. The greatest , fiercest of them all , That seem'd the Deep to sway ; Was by thy Pow'r destroy'd , and made To salvage Beasts a Prey . 15. Thou clav'●t the solid Rock , and bad'st The Waters largely flow ; Again , Thou mad'st , through dry'd up Streams Thy wond'ring People go . 16. Thine is the chearful Day , and thine The black Return of Night ; Thou hast prepar'd the glorious Sun , And ev'ry feebler Light. 17. By Thee the Borders of the Earth In perfect order stand ; The Summer's Warmth and Winter's Co●● Attend on thy Command . PART III. 18. Remember , Lord , how scornful Foes Have daily urg'd our Shame ; And how the foolish People have Blasphem'd thy holy Name . 19. O free thy mourning Turtle-dove , By sinful Crowds beset ; Nor the Assembly of the Poor For evermore forget . 20. Thy ancient Cov'nant , Lord , regard , And make thy promise good ; For now each Corner of the Land Is fill'd with Men of Blood. 21. O let not the Opprest return , With Sorrow cloath'd and Shame ; But let the Helpless , and the Poor For ever praise thy Name . 22. Arise , O God , in our behalf , Thy Cause and ours maintain ; Remember how insulting Fools Each day thy Name prophane ! 23. Make Thou the Boastings of thy Foes For ever , Lord , to cease ; Whose haughty Rage and furious Threats Still more and more increase . PSALM LXXV . 1. TO Thee , O God , we render Praise , To Thee with Thanks repair ; For , that thy Name to us is nigh Thy wond'rous Works declare . 2. In Israel when my Thron● is fix'd With me shall Justice reign : 3. The Land with Discord shakes , but I The tott'ring Frame sustain . 4. Deluded Wretches I advis'd Their Errors to redress , Presumptuous Sinners warn'd that they Their Swelling Pride suppress . 5. Bear not your selves so high , as if No Pow'r could yours restrain ; Submit your stubborn Necks , and learn To speak with less Disdain . 6. For that Promotion , which to gain , Your vain Ambition strives , From neither East nor West , nor yet From Southern Climes arrives . 7. For God the great Disposer is And Sov'reign Judge alone , Who casts the Proud to Earth , and lifts The Humble to a Throne . 8. His Hand holds forth a dreadful Cup , With purple Wine 't is crown'd ; Fill'd with Ingredients which his Wrath Deals out to Nations round . Of This his darling Saints may taste , But Wicked Men shall squeeze The baleful Dregs , and be condemn'd To d●ink the very Lees. 9. His Prophet , I to all the World This Message will relate ; The Justice then of Iacob's God● My Song shall celebrate . 10. The Wicked's Pride I will reduce , Their Cruelty disarm ; Exalt the Just , and seat him high , Above the Reach of Harm . PSALM LXXVI . 1. IN Iudah the Almighty's known , ( Almighty there by Wonders shown ) His Name in Iacob does excel : 2. His Sanctuary in Salem stands , The Majesty that Heav'n commands In Sion condescends to dwell . 3. He brake the Bow and Arrows there The Shield , the temper'd Sword and Spear , There slain the mighty Army lay ; 4. Whence Sion's Fame through Earth is spread Of greater Glory greater Dread , Than Hills where Robbers lodge their Prey . 5. Their valiant Chiefs , who came for Spoil , Themselves met there a shameful Foil , Securely down to sleep they lay . But , wak'd no more ; their stoutest Ba●d Ne'er lifted one resisting Hand 'gainst his that did their Legions slay . 6. When Iacob's God began to frown Horse , Horsemen , Chariots were o'erthrown , Together husht in endless Night : 7. When Thou , whom Earth and Heav'n revere , Dost once in wrathful Looks appear , What Mortal Pow'r can stand thy sight● 8. Pronounc'd from Heav'n , Earth heard its Doom , Grew husht with Fear , when Thou didst come 9. To Judgment , and the Meek restore : 10. The Wrath of Man shall yield Thee Praise Its proud Reserves but serve to raise The Triumphs of Almighty Pow'r . 11. Vow to the Lord , ye Nations , bring Vow'd Presents to th' eternal King ; Thus to his Name due Rev'rence pay , 12. Who proudest Potentates can quell , To Earthly Kings more terrible Than to their trembling Subjects They. PSALM LXXVII . 1. TO God I sent my mournful Cry , Who graciously did hear ; 3. In Trouble's dismal Day I sought My God with humble Pray'r . All Night my fest'ring Wound did run , No Med'cine gave Relief ; My Soul no Comfort would admit , My Soul indulg'd her Grief . 3. I thought on God , and Favours past , But that increas'd my Pain● I found my Spirit more opprest The more I did complain . 4. Through ev'ry watch of tedious Night Thou keep'st my Eyes awake ; My Grief is swell'd to that Excess I sigh but cannot speak . 5. I call to mind the Days of old With signal Mercy crown'd , Those famous years of antient Times For Miracles renown'd . 6. By Night I recollect my Songs On former Triumphs made , Then search , consult and ask my Heart Where 's now that wond'rous Aid ? 7. Has God for ever cast us off , Withrawn his Favour quite ? 8. Are both his Mercy and his Truth Re●ir'd to endless Night ? 9. Can his long-practis'd Love forget Its wonted Aids to bring ? Has he in Wrath shut up and seal'd His Mercy 's healing Spring ? 10. I said my Weakness hints these Fears , But I 'll my Fears disband ; I 'll yet remember the most High , And Years of his Right-hand . 11. I 'll call to mind his Works of old , The Wonders of his Might ; 12. On them my Heart shall meditate , My Tongue shall them recite . 13. Safe lodg'd from humane Search on high O God thy Counsels are ! Who is so great a God as Ours ? Who can with him compare ? 14. Long since a God of Wonders Thee Thy rescu'd People found ; 15. Ioseph and Israel's Seed thy Arm With strong Deliv'rance crown'd . 16. When Thee , O God , the Waters saw The frighted Billows shrunk ; The troubled Depths ●hemselves , for Fea● , Beneath their Channels sunk . 17. The Clouds pour'd down , while with their Noise The rending Skies conspire ; Thy Arrows all abroad were sent , Wing'd with avenging Fire . 18. Heav'n with thy Thunder's Voice was torn Whilst all the lower World With Lightnings blaz'd ; Earth shook and seem'd From her Foundations hurl'd . 19. Thro' rowling Seas Thou find'st thy Way , Thy Paths in waters lie ; Thy wond'rous passage , where no Sight Thy Footsteps can descry . 20. Thou led'st thy People like a Flock , Conducted by the Hand Of Moses and of Aaron , safe To Canaan's promis'd Land. PSALM LXXVIII . 1. HEar , O my People ; to my Law Devout Attention lend ; Let the Instruction of my Mouth Deep in your Hearts descend . 2. My Tongue , by Inspiration taught , Shall Parables unfold , Dark Oracles , but understood , And known for Truths of Old ; 3. Which we from sacred Registers Of ancient Times have known , Which our Fore-fathers pious Care To Us has handed down . 4. We will not hide them from our Sons ; Our Offspring shall be taught The Praises of the Lord , whose Strength Has Works of Wonder wrought . 5. With Iacob He this League ordain'd , This Law with Israel made , With Charge to be from Age to Age , From Race to Race convey'd● 6. That Generations yet to com● Should to their unborn Heirs Religiously transmit the same , And they again to theirs . 7. To teach 'em that in God alone Their Hope securely stands ; That they should ne'er his Works forge● , But keep his just Commands . 8. Lest , like their Fathers , they might prov● A stiff rebellious Race , False-hearted , fickle to their God , Unstedfast in his Grace . 9. Such were revolting Ephraim's Tribe● A Tribe to Warfare bred , Who , arm'd with Bows and Archers skill●d , From Field ignobly fled . 10 , 11. They falsify'd their League with God , His Orders dis-obey'd ; Forgot his Works and Miracles Before their Eyes display'd . 12. Nor Wonders , which th●ir Fathers s●●● Did they in Mind retain ; Prodigious things in Egypt done , And Zoan's fertile Plain . 13. He cut the Seas to let 'em pass , Restrain'd the pressing Floo●● While pil'd in Heaps , on either ●ide , The wond'ring Waters stood . 14. He led 'em by a Prodigy Compos'd of Shade and Light ; A shelt'ring Cloud it prov'd by Day , A leading Fire by Night . 15. With Drought afflicted , where no Stream The Wilderness supply'd , He cleft the Rock , whose flinty Breast Dissolv'd into a Tide . 16. Streams from the solid Rock he brought , Which down in Rivers fell , That , trav'ling with their Camp , each day Renew'd the Miracle . 17. Yet there they sinn'd against him more , Provoking the Most High , In that same Desart where he did Their fainting Souls supply . 18. They first incens'd him in their Hearts That crav'd for stronger Meat , Not mov'd by Hunger , but their Lust Luxuriously to treat . 19. Then utter'd their blaspheming Doubts , Can God , said they , prepare A Table in the Wilderness , Set out with various Fare ? 20. He smote the Flinty Rock ( 't is true ) And gushing Streams ensu'd , But can He Corn and Flesh provide For such a Multitude ? 21. The Lord with Indignation heard ; From Heav'n avenging Flame On Iacob fell , consuming Wrath On thankless Israel came . 22. Because their unbelieving Hearts In God would not confide , Who had from Heav'ns own Granary Their Wants so oft supply'd . 23. Tho he had made his Clouds discharge Provisions down in Show'rs ; And , when Earth fail'd , reliev'd their Needs From his celestial Stores . 24. Tho tastful Manna had rain'd down Their Hunger to relieve . Tho from the Stores of Heav'n they did Sustaining Corn receive . 25. And thus with Angels sacred Food Ingrateful Man was fed , Not sparingly , for still they found A plenteous Table spread . 26. From Heav'n he made an East-Wind blow And next the South commands 27. To rain down Flesh like Dust , and Fowls Like Seas unnumb'red Sands . 28. Within their Trenches he let fall The luscious easy Prey , And all around their spreading Camp The feather'd Booty lay . 29. They fed , were fill'd , he gave 'em leave Their Appetites to feast ; 30 , 31. Yet still their wanton Lust gorg'd on , Nor with their Hunger ceas'd . But whilst in their luxurious Mouths . They did their Dainties chew , The Wrath of God smote down their Chiefs , And Israel's chosen slew . PART II. 32. Yet still they sinn'd , nor would affor● His Miracle Belief ; 33. Therefore through fruitless Travels , he Consum'd their Lives in Grief . 34. When some were slain , the rest return'd To God with early Cry ; 35. Own him the Rock of their Defence , Their Saviour , God most High. 36. But this was feign'd Submission all Their Heart their Tongue bely'd ; 37. Their Hearts were still perverse , nor wou'd Firm in his League abide . 38. Yet , full of Mercy , he forgave , Nor did with Death chastise ; Oft turn'd his kindled Wrath aside . Or suffer'd not to rise . 39. For he remember'd they were Flesh That could not long remain ; A murm'ring Wind that 's quickly past And ne'er returns again . 40. How oft did they provoke h●m there , How oft his Patience grieve , In that same Desart where he did Their fainting Souls relieve ? 41. They tempted him by turning back , And gracelesly repin'd , When Israel's God refus'd to be By their Desires confin'd . 42. Nor call'd to mind the Hand and Day That their Redemption brought ; 43. His Signs in Egypt , wond'rous Works In Zoan's Valley wrought . 44. He turn'd their Rivers into Blood That Man and Beast forbore , And rather chose to die of Thirst Than drink the putrid Gore . 45. He sent devouring Swarms of Flies , Hoarse Frogs annoy'd their Soil ; 46. Locusts and Caterpillars reap'd The Harvest of their Toil. 47. Their Vines with batt'ring Hail , with Frost The Tender Fig-tree dies ; 48. Light'ning and Hail made Flocks and Herds One gen'ral Sacrifice . 49. He turn'd his furious Anger loose , No time prescrib'd to cease ; And , with their Plagues , ill Angels sent Their Torments to increase . 50. He op'd a Passage to his Wrath , To ravage uncontrol'd ; The Murrain on their Firstlings s●iz'd In ev'ry Field and Fold● 51. From Beast to Man the deadly Pest , From Field to City came ; It slew their Heirs● their eldest Hopes , Through all the Tents of Ham. 52. But his own Tribes● like folded Sheep , He brought from their Distress , And , like a Flock , conducted through The pathless Wilderness . 53. He led 'em on , and in their way . No cause of Fear they found ; But march'd securely through those Deeps In which their Foes were drown'd . 54. Nor ceas'd his Care till them he brought Into his promis'd Land , His Sanctu'ry and Mount , the Prize Of his victorious Hand . 55. To them the Out-cast Heathen's Land He did by Lot divide ; And safe in their abandon'd Tents Made Israel's Tribes reside . PART III. 56. Yet still they tempted , still provok'd The Wrath of God most High ; Nor would to practise his Commands Their stubborn Hearts apply . 57. But in their faithless Father's Steps Perversly chose to go ; They turn'd aside , like Arrows shot From some deceitful Bow. 58. For him to Fury they provok'd , With Altars set on high ; And with their graven Images Inflam'd his Jealousie . 59. When God heard this , on Israel's Tribes His Wrath and Hatred fell ; 60. He quitted Shilo and the Tents Where once he chose to dwell . 61. To vile Captivity his Ark , His Glory to Disdain , 62. His People to the Sword he gave , Nor would his Wrath restrain . 63. Destructive War their ablest Youth Untimely did confound ; No Virgin was to th' Altar led , With nuptial Garlands crown'd . 64. In Fight the Sacrificer fell , The Priest a Victim bled ; Widows , that should their Fun'rals mourn , Themselves of Grief were dead . 65. Then , like a Giant fresh from Sleep , Or Wine 's inspiring Charms , The Lord awak'd , and shouting loud The trembling Foe alarms . 66. He smote their Host , that home from Field A scatter'd Remnant came , With Wounds , imprinted on their Backs , Of everlasting Shame . 67. With Conquest crown'd , He , Ioseph's Tents And Ephraim's Tribe forsook ; 68. But Iudah chose , and Sion's Mount For his lov'd Dwelling took . 69. His Temple He erected there , Whose Head confronts the Skies , While deep and fix'd , as that of Earth , The strong Foundation lies . 70. His faithful Servant David too He for his Choice did own , And from the Sheep-folds him advanc'd To sit on Iudah's Throne . 71. From tending on the teeming Ews He brought him forth to feed His own Inheritance , the Tribes Of Israel's chosen Seed . 72. Exalted thus , the Monarch prov'd A faithful Shepherd still . He fed them with an Upright Heart , And guided them with Skill . PSALM LXXIX . 1. BEhold , O God , the Heathen have On thy Possession seiz'd ; Thy sacred House have they defil'd , Thy holy City raz'd . 2. The mangled Bodies of thy Saints Abroad unburied lay ; Their Flesh expos'd to salvage Beasts , And rav'nous Birds of Prey . 3. Quite through Ierus'lem was their Blood Like Common Water shed ; And none were left alive to pay Last Duties to the Dead . 4. The neighb'ring Lands our small Remains With loud Reproaches wound ; We 're made a Laughing-stock and Scorn To all the Nations round . 5. How long wilt Thou be angry , Lord , Must we for ever mourn ? Shall thy devouring jealous Rage Like Fire , for ever burn ? 6. On Foreign Lands , that know not Thee , Thy heavy Vengeance show'r , Those sinful Kingdoms let it crush That have not own'd thy Pow'r . 7. For they their greedy Throats have gorg'● With Iacob's chosen Race . And to a barren Desart turn'd Their fruitful Dwelling-place , 8. O think not on our former Sins , But speedily preven● Thy Suff'ring People's utter Loss , Almost with Sorrow spent . 9. O God our Saviour , help and save , And free our Souls from blame ; So shall our Pardon and Defence Exalt thy glorious Name . 10. Let Infidels , that scoffing say , Where is the God they boast ? In Vengeance for thy slaughter'd Saints Perceive thee to their Cost . 11. Lord , hear the sighing Pris'ner's moan , And as thy Pow'r is great ; Preserve the Wretches doom'd to die , From that untimely Fate . 12. On our oppressive Neighbours let Our Suff'rings be repaid ; Make their Confusion sev'n times more Than what on us they laid . 13. So we thy People and thy Flock Shall ever praise thy Name ; And with glad Hearts our grateful Thanks From Age to Age proclaim . PSALM LXXX . 1. O Israel's Shepherd , Iacob's Guide , Whom like a Sheep thou leadst , give ear ; Thou that dost on the Cherubs ride , Again in solemn State appear . 2. Behold , how Benjamin expects , With Ephraim and Manasseh join'd , In our Deliv'rance the Effects Of thy resistless Strength to find . 3. Do thou convert us , Lord , do thou The lustre of thy Face display ; And all the Ills we suffer now Like scatter'd Clouds shall pass away . 4. O Thou , whom heav'nly Hosts obey , How long shall thy fierce Anger burn ? How long thy suff'ring People pray , And yet their Pray'rs meet no Return . 5. Thou , when we 're hungry mak'st us drench Our scanty Food in Floods of Woe ; When dry , our raging Thirst we quench With Streams of Tears that largely flow . 6. For us the Heathen Nations round As for a certain Prey , contest ; Our Foes with spiteful Joy abound And at our lost Condition jest . 7. Do thou convert us Lord , do thou The Lustre of thy Face display ; And all the Ills we suffer now , Like scatter'd Clouds shall pass away . PART II. 8. Thou brought'st a Vine from Egypt's land ; And casting out the Heathen Race , Did'st plant it with thy own Right-hand , And firmly fix it in their Place . 9. Before it thou prepar'dst the Way , And mad'st it take a lasting Root , Which blest with thy indulgent Ray O'er all the Land did widely shoot . 10 , 11. The Hills were cover'd with its Shade , Her goodly Boughs did Cedars seem ; Her Branches to the Sea were spread , And reach'd to proud Euphrates Stream . 12. Why then hast Thou its Hedge o'rthrown , Which thou hadst made so firm and strong ? Whilst all its Grapes , defenceless grown , Are pluck'd by those that pass along . 13. See how the brist'ling Forest Boar With dreadful Fury lays it waste ; Hark how the salvage Monsters roar , And to their helpless Prey make haste , PART III. 14. To Thee , O God of Hosts , we pray : Thy wonted Goodness , Lord , renew : From Heav'n , thy Throne , this Vine survey , And her sad State with Pity view . 15. Behold the Vineyard , made by Thee , Which thy Right-hand did guard so long ; And keep that Branch from Danger free , Which for thy self thou mad'st so strong . 16. To wasting Flames 't is made a Prey , And all its spreading Boughs cut down ; At thy Rebuke they soon decay , And perish at thy mortal Frown . 17. Crown thou the King with good Success , By thy Right-hand secur'd from Wrong ; The Son of Man in Mercy bless Whom for thy self thou mad'st so strong . 18. So will we still continue free From whatsoe'r deserves thy blame ; And if once more reviv'd by Thee Will always praise thy holy Name . 19. Do thou convert us , Lord , do thou The Lustre of thy Face display ; And all the ●lls we suffer now Like scatter'd Clouds shall pass away . PSALM LXXXI . 1. TO God our never-failing Strength , With loud Applauses sing ; And jointly make a chearful Noise To Iacob's awful King. 2. Compose a Hymn of Praise , and touch Your ●nstruments of Joy ; Let Psalteries and pleasant Harps Your grateful skill employ . 3. Let Trumpets at the Great New-Moo● Their joyful Voices raise , To celebrate th' appointed time , The solemn Day of Praise . 4. For this a Statute was of old , Which Iacob's God decreed To be with pious Care observ'd By Isr'el's chosen Seed . 5. This He for a Memorial fix'd When freed from E●ypt's Land , Strange Nations barb'rous Speech we heard , But could not understand . 6. Your burthen'd Shoulders I reliev'd , ( Thus seems our God to say ) Your servile Hands by me were freed From lab'ring in the Clay . 7. With Troubles quite opprest , on me Your Ancestors did call ; With Pity ● their Suff'rings saw , And set them free from all . In Thunder from my secret Place My frequent Answers came ; And I their Faith and Duty try'd , At that contentious Stream . PART II. 8. While I my solemn Will declare , My chosen People , hear ; If thou , O Isr'el , to my Words Wilt bend thy list'ning Ear ; 9. Then shall no God besides my self Within thy Coasts be found ; Nor shalt thou worship any God Of all the Nations round . 10. The Lord thy God am I , who thee Brought forth from Egypt's Land ; 'T is ● , that all thy just Desires Supply with lib'ral Hand . 11. But they , my chosen Race , refus'd To hearken to my Voice , Nor would rebellious Isr'el's Sons Make me their happy Choice . 12. So I , provok'd by their Neglect , To all their Lusts gave way , And in their own perverse Designs , I suffer'd them to stray : 13. O that my P●ople wisely would My just Commandments heed ! And Isr'el in my righteous ways With pious care proceed ! 14. Then should my heavy Judgments fall On all that them oppose , And my avenging Hand be turn'd Against their num'rous Foes . 15. The Haters of the Lord should all Before his Foot-stool bend ; But as for them , their happy State Should never know an end . 16. All parts with Plenty should abound ; And I with ●inest Wheat , And Honey from the Rock , would them In great abundance treat . PSALM LXXXII . 1. GOD in the great Assembly stands Where his impartial Eye In state surveys the Earthly Gods , And does their Judgments try . 2 , 3. How dare you then unjustly judge , Or be to Sinners kind ? Defend the Orphans and the Poor , Let such your Justice find . 4. Protect the humble helpless Man , That 's plung'd in deep Distress , And let not him become a Prey To such as would oppress . 5. They neither know nor will they learn , But blindly rove and stray ; Justice and Truth , the World 's great Props , Through all the Land decay . 6. Well then may God in anger say , I 've call'd you by my Name , I 've said ye're Gods the Sons and Heirs Of my immortal Fame . 7. But ne'ertheless your unjust Deeds To strict account I 'll call ; You all shall die like common Men , Like other Tyrants fall . 8. Arise , and thy just Judgments , Lord , Throughout the Earth display ; And all the Nations of the World Shall own thy righteous Sway. PSALM LXXXIII . 1. HOld not thy peace , O Lord our God , No longer silent be ; Nor with consenting quiet Looks Our Ruine calmly see ! 2. For ●o ! the Tumults of thy Foes O'er all the Land are spread ; And they which hate thy Saints and Thee Lift up their threatning Head. 3. Against thy zealous People , Lord , They craftily combine ; And to destroy thy chosen Saints Have laid their close Design . 4. Come , let us cut them off , say they , Their Nation quite deface ; That no remembrance any more May be of Isr'el's Race . 5. Thus they against thy People's Peace Consult with one Consent ; And diff'ring Nations jointly leagu'd Their common Hatred vent . 6. The Ishm'elites that dwell in Tents With warlike Edom join'd , And Moab's Sons our Ruine vow With Hagar's Race combin'd : 7. Proud Ammon's Offspring● Gebal too , With Amalek conspire ; The Lords of Pal●estine , and all The wealthy Sons of Tyre : 8. All these the strong Assyrian King Their firm Ally have got , Who with a pow'rful Army aids Th' incestuous Race of Lot , PART II. 9. But let such Vengeance come to them As once t● ●●idian came , To Iabin and proud Sisera At Kishon's fatal Stream . 10. When thy Right-hand their num'rous Hosts Near Endor did confound , And their Dead Bodies , left for Dung , Manur'd the neighb'ring Ground . 11. Let all their mighty Men the Fate Of Zeb and Oreb share ; As Zebah and Zalmunnah , so Let all their Princes fare . 12. Who with the same Design inspir'd , Thus vainly boasting spake , In firm possession for our selves Let us God's Houses take . 13. O make them all like Wheels , my God , Which downwards swiftly move ; Like Chaff that 's toss'd by Winds , let all Their scatter'd Forces prove . 14 , 15. As Flames consume dry Wood , or Heath That on parch'd Mountains grows , So let thy fierce pursuing Wrath With Terror strike thy Foes . 16 , 17. Lord , shroud their Faces with Disgrace That they may own thy Name ; Or , quite con●ounded , Victims fall At once to Grief and Shame . 18. That so the wond'ring World may know , That Thou whose Name alone Iehovah is , o'er all the Earth Hast rais'd thy lofty Throne . PSALM LXXXIV . 1. O God of Hosts , the mighty Lord , How lovely is the Place Where Thou , enshrin'd in Glory , shew'st The Brightness of thy Face ! 2. My longing Soul faints with Desire , To view thy blest abode ; My panting Heart and Flesh cry out For Thee the living God. 3. The Birds , more happy far than I , About thine Altars rest ; There lay their little Young , and there Securely build their Nest. O Lord of Hosts , my King and God , 4. How highly blest are They , Who in thy Temple always dwell , And there thy Praise display ! 5. Thrice happy they , whose Choice has Thee Their sure Protection made ; Who long to tread the sacred ways That to thy Dwelling lead ! 6. Who pass through Baca's thirsty Vale , Yet no Refreshments want ; Their Pools being fill'd with Rain , which Thou At their Request dost grant . 7. Thus with unweary'd Strength and Pains They still approach more near ; Till all on Sion's holy Mount , Before their God appear . 8. O Lord , the mighty God of Hosts My just Request regard ; Thou God of Iacob , let my Pray'r Be still with Favour heard . 9. Behold , O God , for thou alone Dost timely Aid dispence ; On thy anointed Servant look , Be Thou his strong Defence . 10. For in thy Courts one single Day 'T is better to attend ; Than any other where besides , A thousand Days to spend . Much rather would I in God's House The meanest Office take , Than in the Tents of Wickedness My constant Dwelling make . 11. For God is both our Sun and Shield , He 'll Grace and Glory give ; And no good thing will he with-hold From them that justly live . 12. O God , whom heav'nly Hosts obey . How highly blest is he Whose constant Trust , securely plac'd● Is still repos'd on Thee ! PSALM LXXXV . 1. LOrd , thou hast granted to thy Land The Favours we implor'd ; And faithful Iacob's captive Race Hast graciously restor'd . 2 , 3. Thou hast forgiv'n thy People's Sins And all their Guilt defac'd ; Thou hast not let thy Wrath flame on , Nor thy fierce Anger last . 4. O God our Saviour , all our Hearts To thy Obedience turn , That so thy Rage , extinguisht now , Again may never burn . 5 , 6. For why shouldst Thou be angry still , And Wrath so long retain ? O soon revive us that thy Saints May speedy Comfort gain ! 7. Thy gracious Favour , Lord , display , Which we so long implor'd ; And for thy wond'rous Mercies sake Thy wonted Aid afford . 8. God's Answer patiently I 'll wait , For he his Saints will bless ( ●f they no more to Folly turn ) With Peace and good Success . 9. To all that fear his holy Name His sure Salvation's near ; That in its former happy state Our Nation may appear . 10. For Mercy now with Truth is join'd ; And Righteousness and Peace , Like kind Companions absent long , With friendly Arms embrace . 11 , 12. Truth from the Earth shall spring , from Heav'n Shall Streams of Justice pour ; And God , from whom all Goodness flows , Shall endless Plenty show'r . 13. Be●ore him Righteousness shall march● And his just Paths prepare ; Whilst we his holy Steps pursue , With constant Zeal and Care. PSALM LXXXVI . 1. TO my Complaint , O Lord my God , Thy gracious Ear incline ; Hear me , distrest and destitute Of all Reli●f but thine● 2. Do Thou , O God , preserve my Soul That does thy Name adore . Thy Servant keep , and him , whose Trust Relies ●n Thee , restore . 3. To me● who daily Thee invoke , Thy Mercy , Lord extend : 4. Rejoice thy Servant's Soul , a Soul That does on Thee depend . 5. Thou , Lord , art good , nor only good , But prompt to pardon too ; Of ●lenteous Mercy to all those Who ●or thy Mercy sue . 6. To my repeated Suppliant Pray'r , O Lord , attentive be ! 7. In Trouble on thy Name I 'll call , For Thou wilt answer me . 8. Among the Gods is none like Thee , O Lord , alone divine ! To Thee as much Inferiour they , As are their Works to thine . 9. Therefore their great Creator Thee The Nations shall adore , Their long misguided Pray'rs and Prais● To thy blest Name restore . 10. All shall confess Thee great , and gre●● The Wonders thou hast done : Confess Thee God , the God supreme● Confess Thee God alone . PART II. 11. Teach me thy way , O Lord , and I From Truth shall ne'er depart ; In rev'rence to thy sacred Name Devoutly fix my Heart . 12. Thee will I praise , O Lord my God , Praise Thee with Heart sincere ; And to thy everlasting Name Eternal Trophies rear . 13. Thy boundless Mercy shewn to m● Transcends my Pow'r to tell , For Thou hast oft redeem'd my Soul From lowest depths of Hell. 14. O God , the Proud are risen , the Sons Of Strife my soul have sought ; Regardless of thy Pow'r , that oft Has my Deliv'rance wrought . 15. When they remorseless were , Thou , Lord , Did●t full Compassion bring ; Of Patience , Mercy , and of Truth , Thou everlasting Spring ! 16. O turn to me ; thy Grace and Strengt● To me thy Servant show ; Thy kind Protection , Lord , on me Thy Handmaid's Son bestow . 17. Some Signal give , which my proud Foes● May see with Shame and Rage , Because Thou , Lord , for my Relief And Comfort dost engage . PSALM LXXXVII . 1. GOD's Temple crowns the Holy Mount ; The Lord there condescends to dwell : 2. His Sion's Gates , in his Account , Our Israel's fairest Tents excel . 3. Fame glorious things of Thee shall sing , O City of th' almighty King ! 4. The Fame of Rahab I will raise , In Babylon's Appl●use conspire ; Nor d●rogate from the just Praise Of AE●hiop , Pal●stine and Tyre ; Among● 'em such a Person born , His Age and Country did adorn . 5. But still of Sion I 'll averr That many such from her proceed● Th' Almighty shall establish her . 6. His gen'ral List shall shew , when read , That such a Person there was born , And such did such an Age adorn . 7. He 'll Sion find with Numbers fill'd Of such as merit high Renown ; For Hand and Voice Musicians skill'd , And ( her transcending Fame to crown ) Of such she shall Successions bring , Like Waters from a living Spring . PSALM LXXXVIII . 1. TO Thee my God and Saviour I By day and night address my Cry● 2. Permit my mournful Voice access , Incline thine Ear to my Distress . 3. For Seas of Trouble me invade , My Soul draws nigh to Death's cold s●a●●● 4. Like one whose Stre●g●h and Hopes are ●le● They number me among the Dea● . 5. Like those who shrouded in the Grave , F●om Thee no more Remembrance have ; Ca●t down from thy su●●aining Care 6. To lowest Depths of dark Despair . 7. Thy Wrath has hard upon me lain , Af●licting me with restless Pain ; Me all thy Mountain Waves have pre●●●● , Too weak alas to bear the lea●t . 8. Remov'd from Friends , I sigh alone , In a loath'd Dungeon laid , where none A Visit will vouchsafe to me , Confin'd past Hopes of Liberty . 9. My Eyes from weeping never cease , They waste , but still my Griefs increase ! Yet daily , Lord , to Thee I 've pray'd , With out-stretcht Hands invok'd thy Aid . 10. Wilt thou by miracle revive The Dead whom thou forsook'st Alive ? From Death restore thy Praise to sing , Whom thou from Prison wouldst not bring ? 11. Shall the mute Grave thy Love confess ? A mold'ring Tomb thy Faithfulness ; 12. Thy Truth and Pow'r Renown obtain , Where Darkness and Oblivion reign ? 13. To Thee , O Lord , I cry , forlorn , My Pray'r prevents the early Morn ? 14. Why hast thou , Lord , my Soul forsook , Nor once vouchsaf'd a gracious Look ? 15. Prevailing Sorrows bear me down , Which from my Youth with me have grown , Thy Terrors past distract my Mind , And Fears of blacker Days behind . 16. Thy Wrath has burst upon my Head , Thy Terrors fill my Soul with Dread ; 17. Environ'd as with Waves combin'd , And for a gen'ral Deluge join'd . 18. My Lovers , Friends , Familiars , all Remov'd from sight and out of call ; To dark Oblivion all retir'd , Dead , or at least to me expir'd . PSALM LXXXIX . 1. THY Mercies , Lord , shall be my Song● My Song on them shall ever dwell ; To Ages yet Unborn my Tongue Thy never-failing Truth shall tell . 2. I have affirm'd , and still maintain , Thy Mercy shall for ever last ; Thy Truth , that does the Heav'ns sustain , Like them shall stand for ever fast . 3. Thus spak'st Thou , by thy Prophet's voice , With David I a League have made , To him , my Servant and my Choice , By solemn Oath this Grant convey'd , 4. While Earth , and Seas , and Skies endure Thy Seed shall in my sight remain ; To them thy Throne I will ensure ; They shall to endless Ages reign . 5. For such stupendious Truth and Love Both Heav'n and Earth just Praises ow , By Choirs of Angels sung above , And by assembled Saints below . 6. What Seraph of celestial Birth To vie with Heav'ns Supreme shall dare ? 7. Or who , among the Gods of Earth , With our Almighty Lord compare ? 8. Lord God of Armies , who can boast Of Strength or Pow'r● like thine , r●nown'd ? Of such a num'rous faithful Host , As that which does thy Throne surround ? 9. Thou dost the lawless Sea controul , And change the Prospect of the Deep ; Thou mak'st the sleeping Billows rowl , Thou mak'st the rowling Billows sleep . 10. Thou break'st in pieces Rahab's Pride , And didst oppressing Pow'r disarm ; Thy scatter'd Foes have dearly try'd The Force of thy resis●less Arm. 11. In Thee the sov'reign Right remains Of Earth and Heav'n ; Thee , Lord , alone The World , and all the World contains , Their Maker and Preserver own . 12. The Poles on which the Globe does rest Were form'd by thy creating Voice ; T●bor and Hermon , East and West , In thy sustaining Pow'r rejoice . 13. Thy Arm is mighty , strong thy Ha●d● Yet , Lord , thou dost with Justice reign ; 14. Possest of absolute Command , Thou Truth and Mercy dost maintain . 15. Happy , thrice happy they who hear Thy sacred Trumpet 's joyful Sound ; Who may at Festivals appear , With thy most glorious Presence crown'd● 16. With Triumph they shall be o'erjoy'd Who on thy sacred Name rely . And , in thy Righteousness employ'd , Above their Foes exalted high . 17. For in thy Strength they shall advance , Their Conquests from thy Favour spring● 18. The Lord of Hosts is our Defence , And Israel's God our Israel's King. 19. Thus spak'st Thou , by thy Prophet's voic● , A mighty Champion I will send , From Iudah's Tribe have I made choice Of one who shall the rest defend . 20. My Servant David I have found , With holy Oil anointed him ; 21. Him shall the Hand support that crown'd , And guard , that gave the Diadem . 22. No Prince from him shall Tribute force , Nor Son of Violence annoy ; 23. Before his Face will I disperse , And all his spiteful Foes destroy . 24. My Truth and Grace shall him sustain , His Arms through my auspicious Beams , 25. Shall conquer , from the Tyrian Main To Tigris and Euphrates Streams . 26. Me for his Father he shall take , His God and Rock of Safety call ; 27. And him my first-born Son I 'll make , The Kings of Earth his Subjects all . 28. My Mercy shall to him secure , My Cov'nant stand for ever fast ; 29. His Seed for ever shall endure , His Throne till Heav'n dissolves shall last ; PART II. 30. But if his Heirs my Law forsake , And from my sacred Precepts stray , 31. If they my righteous Statutes break , Nor strictly my Commands obey , 32. Their Sins I 'll visit with a Rod , And for their Folly make them smart ; 33. Yet will not cease to be their God , Nor from my Truth , like them , depart● 34. My Cov'nant I will ne'er revoke , But in remembrance fast retain ; The thing that once my Lips have spoke Shall in eternal Force remain . 35. Once have I sworn , but once for all , And made my Holiness the Tie , That I my Grant will ne'er recal , Nor to my Servant David lie . 36. Whose Throne and Race the constant Sun Shall , like his Course , establisht see ; 37. Of this my Vow , thou conscious Moon , In Heav'n my faithful Witness be . 38. Such was thy gracious Promise , Lord , But thou alas hast now forsook . Thy own Anointed hast abhorr'd , And turn'd on him thy wrathful Look . 39. Thou hast repeal'd , and render'd void The Cov'nant with thy Servant made , His Crown and Dignity destroy'd , And in the Dust his Honour laid . 40. Of Strong-holds thou hast him bere●t , Reduc'd his Bulwarks to decay , 41. His Frontier-Coasts defenceless left , A publick Scorn and common Prey . 42. His Ruine does glad Triumphs yield To Foes advanc'd by Thee to Might ; 43. Thou hast his conqu'ring Sword unsteel'd , His Valour turn'd to shameful Flight . 44. His Glory is to Darkness fled , His Throne is levell'd with the Ground : 45. His Youth to wretched Bondage led , With Shame o'erwhelm'd & Sorrow drown'd . 46. How long shall we thy Absence mourn ? Wilt thou for ever , Lord retire ? Shall thy consuming Anger burn Till that and we at once expire ? 47. Consider , Lord , how short a space Thou dost for Mortal Life ordain ; No Method to prolong the Race , But loading it with Grief and Pain ? 48. What Son of Nature can controul Strict Death's unalterable Doom ? Or rescue from the Grave his Soul ? The Grave that must Mankind entomb . 49. Lord , where 's thy Love , thy boundless Grace , The Oath to which thy Truth did seal , Consign'd to David and his Race , The Grant which Time should ne'er repeal ? 50. See how thy Servants treated are With Infamy , Reproach and Spite ; Which in my Silent Breast I bear From Nations of licentious Might ; 51. How They , reproaching thy great Name Make ●hy Anointed's Hope their Jest : 52. Yet thy ju●t Praises we 'll proclaim , And ever sing , The Lord be Blest . Amen , Amen . PSALM XC . 1. O Lord , the Saviour and Defence Of us thy chosen Race , From Age to Age thou still hast been Our sure Abiding-place . 2. Before thou brought'st the Mountains forth , Or Earth and World didst frame , Thou always wert the mighty God , A●d ever art the same . 3. Thou turnest Man , O Lord , to Dust , Of which he first was made ; And when thou speak'●t the word , Return , 'T is punctually obey'd . 4. For in thy sight a thousand Years Are like a Day that 's past , Or like a Watch in dead of night , Whose Hours unminded waste . 5. Thou with a Torrent sweep'st them off , They vanish like a Dream , At first they grow like Grass that feels The Sun's reviving Beam. 6. But howsoever fresh and fair Its Morning Beauty shows ; 'T is all cut down and wither'd quite Before the Evening's close . 7 , 8. For by thine Anger we 're consum'd , And by thy Wrath dismaid ; Our publick Cr●mes and secret Sins Are in thy presence laid . 9. Beneath thy Anger 's sad Effects Our drooping Days we spend ; Our unregarded Years break off , Like Tales that quickly end . 10. Our Stint of Time is seventy Years● And longer few survive ; But if , with more than common Strength , To eighty we arrive ; Yet then our boasted Strength decays , To Sorrow turn'd and Pain ; So soon the slender Thread is c●t , And we no more remain . PART II. 11. But who thy Anger 's dread Effects Does as he ought revere ? And yet thy Wrath does fall or rise ; As more or less we fear . 12. So teach us , Lord , of our short Days The trifling Summ to mind : That to true Wisdom all our Hearts May ever be inclin'd . 13. O to thy Servants , Lord , return , And speedily relent ! As we of our Misdeeds , do thou Of our just Doom repent . 14. To satisfie and chear our Souls Thy early Mercy send ; That all our Days to come we may In Joy and Gladness spend . 15. Let joyful Times , with large amends Dry up our former Tears ; Or equal , at the least , the Term Of our afflicted Years . 16. To all thy Servants , Lord , let this Thy wond'rous Work be known , And to their Sons thy Glorious Pow'r Abundantly be shown . 17. Let thy bright Rays upon us shine , And give our Work Success ; Whatever Work we undertake With thy Assistance bless . PSALM XCI . 1. HE that has God his Guardian made , Shall , under the Almighty's Shade● Secure and undisturb'd abide . 2. With grateful Joy of him I 'll say , He is my Fortress and my Stay , My God in whom I 'll still confide . 3. His tender Love and watchful Care Shall free thee from the Fowler 's Snare , And from the noisome Pestilence : 4. He over thee his Wings shall spread , And cover thy unguarded Head ; His Truth shall be thy strong Defence . 5. No Terrors that surprize by Night Shall thy undaunted Courage fright , Nor deadly Shafts that fly by Day ; 6. Nor Plague of unknown Rise that kills In Darkness , nor infectious Ills That in the hottest Season slay . 7. A thousand at thy side shall die , At thy Right-hand ten thousand lie , While thy firm Health untouch'd remains , 8. Thou only shalt look on , and see The Wicked's deserv'd Tragedy , And count the Sinner's mournful Gains . 9. Because with well-plac'd Confidence , Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure Defence , And on the Highest dost rely ; 10. Therefore no Ill shall thee befal , Nor to thy healthful Dwelling shall Any infectious Plague draw nigh . 11. For he , throughout thy happy Days , To keep thee safe in all thy ways , Shall give his Angels strict Commands , 12. And they , lest any time thou meet A rugged Stone to wound thy Feet , Shall bear thee safely in their Hands . 13. Dragons and Asps that thirst for Blood , And Lions roaring for their Food , Beneath his conq'ring Feet shall lie . 14. Because he plac'd his Love on me , And own'd my Name , I 'll set him free And fix his glorious Throne on high . 15. He 'll call ; I 'll answer when he calls , And rescue him when ill befals ; Till full of Honour and of Wealth . 16. When he with undisturb'd Content A long and happy Life has spent , His end I 'll crown with saving Health . PSALM XCII . 1. HOW good and pleasant must it be To thank the Lord most high ; And with repeated Hymns of Praise His Name to magnifie . 2. With ev'ry Morning 's early dawn , His Goodness to relate ; And of his constant Truth each Night . The glad effects repeat . 3. To ten-string'd Instruments we 'll sing , With tuneful Psalt'ry's join'd ; And to the Harp , with solemn Sounds , For sacred use design'd . 4. For through thy wond'rous Works , O Lord , Thou mak'st my Heart rejoice . The Thoughts of them shall make me glad , And shout with chearful Voice . 5 , 6. How wond'rous are thy Works , O Lord ! How deep are thy Decrees ! Whose private Tracks in secret laid No stupid Sinner sees . 7. He little thinks , when wicked Men Like Grass look fresh and gay , How soon their short-liv'd Splendour must For ever pass away . 8 , 9. But God for ever is most High ; And all his lofty Foes Who thought they might securely sin , Shall be o'erwhelm'd with Woes . 10. Whilst thou exalt'st my Horn of Pow'r , And mak'●t it largely spread ; And with refreshing Oil anoint'st My consecrated Head. 11. I soon shall see my stubborn Foes To utter Ruine brought ; And hear the dismal Fate of such As have against me fought . 12. But righteous Men , like fruitful Palms , Shall make a glorious Show ; As Cedars that in Lebanon With stately Verdure grow . 13 , 14. These planted in the House of God , Within his Courts shall thrive ; Their Vigour and their Lu●tre both Shall in old Age revive . 15. Thus w●ll the Lord his Justice shew : And God , my strong Defence , Shall due Rewards to all the World Impartially dispense . PSALM XCIII . 1. WIth Glory ●lad , with Strength array'd , The Lord that o'er all Nature reigns , The World's Foundations strongly laid , And the firm Globe unmov'd sustains . 2. How surely stablisht is thy Throne ! Which still maintains its antient State ! And yet no length of Time is known , That measures thy eternal Date . 3 , 4. The Floods , O Lord , lift up their Voice , And toss the troubled Waves on high ; But God above can still their Noise And make the angry Sea comply . 5. Thy Promise , Lord , is ever sure ; And they that closely wait on Thee , To make their Happiness secure , Must always pure and spotless be . PSALM XCIV . 1 , 2. O God , to whom Revenge belongs , Let us thy Vengeance view ; Arise , thou Judge of all the Earth , And give the Proud their due . 3 , 4. How long , O Lord , shall sinful Men Their solemn Triumphs make ? How long their wicked Actions boast ? And insolently speak ? 5 , 6. They , not alone thy Saints oppress , But unprovok'd they spill The Widow's and the Stranger 's Blood , And helpless Orphans kill . 7. And yet the Lord shall ne'r perceive , ( Profanely thus they speak : ) Nor any notice of our Deeds The God of Iacob take . 8. At length , ye stupid Fools , your Wants Endeavour to discern . In Folly will you still proceed , And Wisdom never learn ? 9. Shall not that God who made the Ear , Your Speeches hear and mind ? The Lord , by whom the Eye was fram'd , Shall he be counted blind ? 10. Shall he , whose Judgments aw the World , To punish Sinners fear ? Or he , from whom all Wisdom flows , Himself unwise appear ? 11. He the most dark and secret Thoughts Of all Mankind does see ; His piercing Eye surveys them all , How very vain they be . PART II. 12. Blest is the Man , whom thou , O Lord , In kindness dost chastise ; And by thy sacred Rules to walk Dost lovingly advise . 13. He , in the days of deep Distress , Shall Rest and Safety find ; While Sinners in the Snare are caught , Which was for them design'd . 14. For God will never from his Saints His Favour wholly take ; His own Possession and his Lot , He will not quite forsake . 15. But all his Actions shall appear In Truth and Justice done ; And those that walk in upright ways , Shall in those Paths go on . 16. Who will appear in my behalf , When wicked Men invade ? Or who , when Sinners would oppress , My righteous Cause shall plead ? 17 , 18 , 19. My Soul had now in Silence dwelt , But that the Lord was near . He held me when I slip'd , when sad , He did my Sorrows chear . 20. Wilt thou , who art a God most just , The sinful Throne defend ; Which makes the Law a fair Pretence , To gain its wicked End ? 21. Against the Lives of righteous Men They lay their close Design ; And how to spill the guiltless Blood They wickedly combine . 22. But my Defence is firmly plac'd In God the Lord most High ; He is my Rock to which I may For Refuge always fly . 23. The Lord shall cause their ill Designs On their own Heads to fall ; He in their Sins shall cut them off , Our God shall slay them all . PSALM XCV . 1. O Come , loud Anthems let us sing Loud Thanks to our Almighty King , For we our Voices high should raise , When our Salvation's Rock we praise . 2. Into his Presence let us haste , To thank him for his Favours past ; To him address in joyful Songs The Praise that to his Name belongs . 3. The Depths of Earth are in his Hand , Her Centre 's Wealth at his Command ; The Strength of Hills that threat the Skies Subjected to his Empire lies . 4. The rowling Ocean's vast Abyss Her Maker's liquid Empire is ; 'T is mov'd by his Almighty Hand , That form'd and fix'd the solid Land. 5. O let us to his Courts repair , And bow with Adoration there , Down on our Knees devoutly All Before the Lord our Maker fall . 6. For he 's our God , our Shepherd he , His Flock and Pasture-sheep are we ; If then you 'll ( like his Flock ) draw near , To day if you his voice will hear , 7. Let not your hard'ned Heart renew Your Fathers Crimes and Judgments too ; Nor here provoke my Wrath as they In desart Plains of Meribah ; 8. When through the Wilderness they mov'd And me with fresh Temptations prov'd , 9. Ev'n then through Unbelief rebell'd , While they my wond'rons Works beheld . 10. Full forty years , from place , to place , They griev'd my Patience , mock'd my Grace , Then , — 'T is a faithless Race , I said , Whose Heart from me has always stray'd ; They ne'er will tread my righteous Path ; Therefore to them , in settled Wrath , Since they despis'd my Rest , I sware That they should never enter there . PSALM XCVI . 1. SIng to the Lord a new made Song ; Let Earth , in one assembled Throng , Her common Patron 's Praise resound● 2. Sing to the Lord , and bless his Name , From day to day his Praise proclaim Who us has with Salvation crown'd . 3. To Heathen Lands his Fame rehearse , His Wonders to the Universe . 4. For great is He , nor can we rai●e Proportion'd to his Pow'r our Praise , The Dread of other Deities : 5. For Pageantry and Idols all Are they whom Gods the Heathen call ; He only rules who made the Skies . 6. With Majesty and Honour crown'd , Beauty and Strength his Throne surround● 7. Be therefore Both to him restor'd By you who have false Gods ador'd , Ascribe due Honour to his Name ; 8. Peace-Off'rings on his Altar lay , Before his Throne your Homage pay , Which He , and He alone , can claim . 9. To worship at his sacred Court Let all the trembling World resort . 10. Proclaim aloud , Iehovah reigns , Whose Pow'r the Universe sustains , And banisht Justice will restore ; 11. Let therefore Heav'n new Joys confess , And Earth celestial Transport bless , Her loud Applause the Ocean roar ; Her mute Inhabitants rejoice , And for this Triumph find a Voice . 12. For Joy let fertile Valleys sing , The Meads their flowing Tribute bring , The Groves wing'd Choristers awake , 13. To welcome great Messiah's Day : For lo ! the Lord is on his way , His Circuit through the Earth to take ; From Heav'n to judge the World he 's come , With Justice to reward and doom . PSALM XCVII . 1. IEhovah reigns , let all the Earth In his just Government rejoice ; Let all the Isles , with sacred Mirth , In his Applause unite their Voice . 2. Darkness and Clouds of awful shade His dazling Glory shroud in state ; Justice and Truth his Guards are made , And fixt by his Pavilion wait . 3. Devouring Fire before his Face His ●oes around with Vengeance strook ; 4. His Lightnings set the World on blaze . Earth saw it , and with Terror shook . 5. The proudest Hills his Presence felt , Their Height nor Strength could● Help afford , The proudest Hills like Wax did melt In presence of Earth's Sov'reign Lord. 6. The Heav'ns , his Righteousness to show , With Storms of Fire our Foes pursu'd ; And all the trembling World below , Have his descending Glory view'd . 7. Confounded be their impious Host Who make the Gods to whom they pray ; All who of Pageant-Idols boast : To him ye Gods your Worship pay . 8. Glad Sion of thy Triumph heard , And Iudah's Daughters were o'erjoy'd ; Because thy Righteous Judgments , Lord● Have Pagan Pride and Power destroy'd . 9. For thou , O Lord , art seated high , Above Earth's Potentates enthron'd ; Thou Lord , unrivall'd , in the Skie , Supream by all the Gods art own'd . 10. You who to serve this Lord aspire , Abhor what 's ill , and Truth esteem : He keeps his Servants Souls entire , And will from wicked Hands redeem . 11. For Seeds are sown of glorious Light , A future Harvest for the Just ; And Gladness for the Heart upright , To recompence its pious Trust. 12. Rejoice ye Righteous , in the Lord ; Memorials of his Holiness Deep in your Faithful Breasts record , And with your thankful Tongues confess . PSALM XCVIII . 1. SIng to the Lord a new-made Song , Who wond'rous things has done ; With his Right-hand and holy Arm The Conquest he has won . 2. The Lord has through th' astonisht World Display'd his saving Might , His Righteousness shewn openly , Before the Heathens sight . 3. Of Israel's House his Love and Truth Have ever mindful been : Wide Earth's remotest Parts the Power Of Israel's God have seen . 4. Let therefore Earth's Inhabitants Their cheerful Voices raise , With Universal Jubilee Mankind resound his Praise . 5. With Harp and Hymns soft Melody Into the Consort bring 6. The Trumpet and shrill Cornet's Sound , Before th' Almighty King. 7. Let the loud Ocean roar her Joy , With all that Seas contain ; The Earth and her Inhabitants Join consort with the Main . 8. With Joy let Riv'lets swell to Streams , To joyful Torrents they ; And ecchoing Vales , from Hill to Hill , Redoubled Shouts convey ; 9. To welcom the great Judge of Earth Who does with Justice come ; And with impartial Equity Both to reward and doom . PSALM XCIX . 1. IEhovah reigns , let therefore all● The guilty Nations quake ; On Cherubs Wings he sits enthron'd : Let Earth's Foundations shake● 2. On Sion's Hill he keeps his Court , His Palace makes her Tow'rs ; Yet thence his Sov'reignty extends Supreme o'er Earthly Pow'rs . 3. Let therefore all with Praise address His great and dreadful Name ; And with his unresisted Might , His Holiness proclaim . 4. For Truth and Justice , in his Reign , Of Strength and Pow'r take place ; His Judgments are with Righteousness Dispens'd to Iacob's Race . 5. Therefore exalt the Lord our God , Before his Footstool fall ; And with his unresisted might , His Holiness extol . 6. Moses and Aaron thus of old● Among his Priests ador'd ; Among●t his Prophets Samuel thus His sacred Name implor'd , Distrest upon the Lord they call'd , Who ne'r their Suit deny'd , But , as with Rev'rence they invok'd , He graciously reply'd . 7. For , with their Camp , his Oracle The cloudy Pillar mov'd . They kept his Laws , and to his Will Obedient Servants prov'd . 8. Thou answer'dst them , forgiving oft , Thy People for their sake , And such as against them conspir'd Didst sad Examples make . 9. With Worship at his sacred Courts . Exalt our God and Lord ; For He , who only holy is , Alone should be ador'd . PSALM C. 1. BE joyfull all ye Realms of Earth , Praise God , to whom your Praise belongs● Serve ye the Lord with awful Mirth , Before his Presence come with Songs . 2. The Lord , ye know , is God alone , Who us , without our Aid , did make ; Us for his Flock vouchsafes to own , And for his Pasture-Sheep to take . 3. O enter then with Thanks sincere His Temple Gates , his Courts with Praise , To bless his Name devourly there Your grateful Hearts and Voices raise . 4. For He 's the Lord , supreamly good , His Mercy shall for ever last ; His Truth has always firmly stood , And so shall stand for ever fast . PSALM CI. 1. OF Mercy 's never-failing Spring , And stedfast Judgment I will sing ; And , since they both to Thee belong , To Thee , O Lord , address my Song . 2. When , Lord , thou shalt with me reside , Wise Discipline my Reign shall guide ; With blameless Life my self I 'll make A Pattern for my Court to take . 3. No ill Design will I pursue , Nor those my Fav'rites make tha● do● 4. Who to Reproof bears no regard , Him will I totally discard . 5. The private Slanderer shall be In publick Justice doom'd by me● From haughty Looks I 'll turn aside , And mortifie the Heart of Pride ; 6. But Honesty call from her Cell , In Splendour at my Court to dwell : Who Vir●ue's Practice make their Care , Shall have the first Preferments there● 7. No Politicks shall recommend His Country's Foe to be my Friend : None e'er shall to my Favour rise By Flatt'ring or Malicious Lies . 8. All those who wicked Courses take An early Sacrifice I 'll make ; Cut off , destroy , till none remain God's holy City to prophane . PSALM CII . 1. WHen I pour out my Soul in Pray'r , Do thou , O Lord , attend ; To thy Eternal Throne of Grace Let my sad Cry ascend . 2. O hide not thou thy glorious Face In times of deep Distress , Incline thine Ear , and when I call My Sorrows soon redress . 3. Each cloudly Portion of my Life Like scatter'd Smoak expires ; My shriv'led Bones are like a Hearth That 's parch'd with constant Fires . 4. My Heart , like Grass that feels the Blast● Of some infectious Wind , Is wither'd so with Grief , that scarce My needful Food I mind . 5. By reason of my sad Estate I spend my Breath in Groans ; My Flesh is worn away , my Skin Scarce hides my starting Bones . 6. I 'm ●●ke a Pelican become , That does in Desarts mourn ; Or like an Owl that sits all day On barren Trees forlorn , 7. In Watchings or in restless Dreams I spend the tedious Night ; Like Sparrows , that on Houses tops To sit alone delight . 8. All day by railing Foes I 'm made The Object of their Scorn ; Who all , inspir'd with furious Rage , Have my Destruction sworn . 9. In dust I lie , and all my Bread With Ashes mixt appears ; Whene'er I quench my burning Thirst , My Drink is dash'd with Tears . 10. Because on me with Double weight Thy heavy Wrath doe lie ; For thou to make my Fall more great Didst lift me up on high . 11. My Days are like the Ev'●ing Shade That hastily declines● My Beauty too , like wither'd Grass , With faded Lustre pines : 12. But thy eternal State , O ●ord , No length of Time shall waste ; The mem'ry of thy wondrous Works , From Age to Age shall last . 13. Thou 'lt soon arise and Sion view With an unclouded Face ; For now her Time is come , thy own Appointed Day of Grace . 14. Thy Saints , with Tenderness and Love , Her scatter'd Ruines spy ; And grieve to see her lofty Spires In Dust and Rubbish lie . 15 , 16. The Name and Glory of the Lord All Heathen Kings shall fear ; When he shall Sion build again , And in full state appear . 17 , 18. When he regards the Poor's Request , Nor slights their earnest Pray'r ; His Praise for this recorded Grace , Shall future Times declare . 19. For God , from his Abode on high , His gracious Beams display'd ; The Lord , from Heav'n his lofty Throne● Has all the Earth survey'd . 20. He list'ned to the Captives Moans , He heard their mournful Cry , And freed by his resistless Pow'r The Wretches doom'd to die . 21. That they in Sion , where he dwells , Might celebrate his Fame , And through the holy City sing Loud Praises to his Name . 22. When all the Tribes , together met , Their solemn Prayers address , And neighb'ring Lands , with glad Consent , The Lo●d their God confess . 23. But e'er my Journey ends , my Strength Through his ●ier●e Wrath decays ; He has , when all my Wishes bloom'd , Cut short my hopeful Days● 24. Lord , end not thou my Life , said I , When half is scarcely past ; Thy Years from earthly Changes free , To endless Ages last . 25. The strong Foundations of the Earth Of old by Thee were laid ; Thy Hands the beauteous Arch of Heav'n With wond'rous Skill have made : 26 , 27. Whilst thou for ever shalt endure , They soon shall pass away ; And , like a Garment often worn , Shall tarnish and decay . Like that , when thou their Change ordain'st , To thy Command they bend ; But Thou continu'st still the same , Nor have thy years an End. 28. Thou to the Children of thy Saints Shalt lasting Quiet give ; Whose happy Race , securely fixt , Shall in thy Presence live . PSALM CIII . 1 , 2. MY Soul , inspir'd with sacred Love , God's holy Name for ever bless ; Of all his Favours mindful prove , And still thy grateful thanks express . 3 , 4. 'T is He that all thy Sins forgives , And after Sickness makes thee sound . Thy Life from Danger He retrieves , By him with Grace and Mercy crown'd . 5 , 6. He with good things thy Mouth supplies , And Eagle-like thy Youth renews ; He when the guiltless Suff'rer cries , His Foe with just Revenge pursues . 7. God made of old his right●ous Ways To Moses and our Fathers known● His Works , to his eternal Praise , Were to the Sons of Iacob shown . 8. The Lord abounds with tender Love , And unexampled Acts of Grace , His waken'd Wrath does slowly move , His willing Mercy flows apace . 9 , 10. God will not always harshly chide , But with his Anger quickly parts ; And loves his Punishments to guide More by his Love than our Deserts . 11. As high as Heav'n its Arch extends , Above this little Spot of Clay ; So much his boundless Love transcends The small Respects that we can pay . 12 , 13. As far as 't is from ●ast to West , So far has he our Sins remov'd ; Who with a Father's tender Breast Has such as fear him always lov'd . 14 , 15. For God , who all our Frame surveys , Considers that we are but Clay ; How fresh soe'er we seem , our Days Like Grass or Flowers must fade away . 16 , 17. Whilst they are nipt with sudden Blasts , Nor can we find their former place ; God's faithful mercy ever lasts , To those that fear him , and their Race . 18. This shall attend on such as still Proceed in his appointed way● And who not only know his Will , But just obedience to it pay . 19 , 20. The Lord , the universal King , In Heav'n has fix'd his lofty Throne : To him , ye Angels , praises sing In whose great Strength his Pow'r is shown , Ye that his just Commands obey , And hear and do his sacred Will ; 21. Ye Hosts of his , this Tribute pay , Who still what he ordains fulfil . 22. Let every Creature jointly bless The mighty Lord : and thou , my Heart , With grateful Joy thy Thanks express ; And in this Consort bear thy part . PSALM CIV . 1. BLess God my Soul ; Thou Lord alone Possessest Empire without Bounds● With Honour thou art crown'd , thy Throne Eternal Majesty surrounds . 2. With Light thou dost thy self enrobe , And Glory for a Garment take : Heaven's Curtains stretch beyond the Globe Thy Canopy of State to make . 3. He builds on liquid Air , and forms His Palace-Chambers in the Skies ; The Clouds his Chariot are , and Storms The swift-wing'd Steeds with which he flies . 4. Spirits he made his heav'nly Quire , With speed his Orders to fulfil ; His Ministers a flaming Fire , To execute his dreadful Will. 5 , 6. Earth , on her Centre fixt , he set , Her Face with Waters overspread ; Nor proudest Mountains dar'd , as yet , To lift above the Waves their Head. 7. But when thy awful Face appear'd , Th' insulting Waves dispers'd ; they fled When once thy Thunders Voice they heard , And by their haste confess'd their Dread . 8. Thence up , by secret Tracks they creep , And , gushing from the Mountains side , Through Valleys travel to the Deep , Appointed to receive their Tide . 9. There hast thou fix'd the Ocean bounds , Her threatning Surges to repel ; That she no more o'erpass her Mounds , Nor to a second Deluge swell . PART II. 10. Yet thence , in smaller Parties drawn , The Sea recovers her lost Hills ; And starting Springs from ev'ry Lawn , Surprize the Vales in plenteous Rills . 11. The Field's tame Beasts are thither led , Weary with Labour , faint with Drought ; And Asses on wild Mountains bred , Have sense to find these Currents out . 12. There shady Trees , from scorching Beams , Yield shelter to the feather'd Throng ; They drink● and to the bounteous Streams Return the Tribute of their Song . 13. His Rains from Heav'n , parcht Hills recruit , That soon transmit the liquid Store ; Till Earth is burthen'd with her Fruit , And Nature's Lap can hold no more . 14. Grass , for our Cattle to devour , He makes the Growth of every Field ; Herbs , for Man's use , of various Pow'r , That either Food or Physick yield . 15. With cluster'd Grapes he crowns the Vine , Whose Nectar mortal Cares subdues ; Gives Oyl , that makes our Face to shine ; And Corn , that wasted Strength renews . PART III. 16. The Trees of God without the Care Or Art of Man with Sap are fed ; The Mountain Cedar looks as fair As those in Royal Gardens bred . 17. Safe in the lofty Cedars Arms The Wand'rers of the Air may rest . The hospitable Pine from harms Protects the Stork her pious Guest . 18. Wild Goats the craggy Rock ascend , Its tow'ring Heights their Fortress make , Whose Cells in Labyrinths extend Where feebler Creatures Refuge take . 19. The Moon 's inconstant Aspect shows Th' appointed Seasons of the Year ; Th'instructed Sun his Duty knows , His Hours to rise and disappear . 20 , 21. Darkness he makes the Day to shroud , When Forest-Beasts securely stray ; Young Lions roar their Wants aloud To Providence that sends 'em Prey . 22. They range all Night , on Slaughter bent , Till summon'd by the rising Morn , To sculk in Dens with one consent The conscious Ravagers return . 23. Forth to the Tillage of his Soil , The Husbandman securely goes , Commencing with the Sun his Toil , With him returns to his Repose . 24. How various , Lord , thy Works are found For which thy Wisdom we adore ! The Earth is with thy Treasure crown'd , Till Nature's Hand can grasp no more . PART IV. 25. But still thy vast unfathom'd Main Of Wonders a new Scene supplies , Whose Depths ●nhabitants contain Of every Form and every Size . 26. Full-freighted Ships from ev'ry Port , There cut their unmolested way ; Leviathan , whom there to sport Thou mad'st , has compass there to play . 27. These various Troops of Sea and Land , In sense of common Want agree ; All wait on thy dispensing Hand● And have their daily Alms from Thee . 28. They gather what thy Stores disperse , Without their Trouble to provide ; Thou op'st thy Hand , the Universe , The craving World is all supply'd . 29. Thou for a moment hid'st thy Face , The numerous Ranks of Creatures mourn : Thou tak'st their Breath all Nature's Race Forthwith to mother Earth return . 30. Again thou send'st thy Spirit forth T' inspire the Mass with vital Seed , Nature's restor'd , and Parent Earth Smiles on her new-created Breed . 31. Thus through successive Ages stands Firm fixt thy Providential Care ; Pleas'd with the Work of thy own Hands , Thou dost the Wastes of Time repair . 32. One Look of thine , one wrathful Look , Earth's panting Breast with Terror sills ; One Touch from Thee , with Clouds of Smoak , In Darkness shrouds the proudest Hills . 33. In praising him , while he prolongs My Breath , I will that Breath employ ; 34. And join Devotion to my Songs , Sincere , as is in him my Joy. 35. While Sinners from Earth's Face are hurl'd , My Soul , praise thou his holy Name , Till , with thy Song , the listning World Join consort , and his Praise proclaim , PSALM CV . 1. O Render Thanks , and bless the Lord , Invoke his sacred Name : Acquaint the Nations with his Deeds , His matchless Deeds proclaim . 2. Sing to his Praise , in lofty Hymns His wond'rous Works rehearse ; Make them the Theme of your Discourse , And Subject of your Verse . 3. Boast in his sacred Name , a Name Alone to be ador'd ; And let their Heart o'erflow with Joy That humbly seek the Lord. 4. Seek ye the Lord , his saving Strength Devoutly still implore ; And , where he 's ever present , seek His Face for evermore . 5. The Wonders that his Hands have wrought Keep thankfully in mind ; The righteous Statutes of his Mouth , And Laws to us assign'd . 6. Know ye his Servant Abr'am's Seed , And Iacob's chosen Race , 7. He 's still our God , his Judgments still Throughout the Earth take place . 8. His Cov'nant he has kept in mind For num'rous Ages past , That yet , for thousand Ages more , In equal Force shall last . 9. First sign'd to Abr'am , next by Oath To Isaac made secure ; 10. To Iacob and his Heirs a Law For ever to endure . 11. That Canaan's Land should be their Lot , When yet but few they were ; 12. But few in number , and those few Unfriended Strangers there . 13. In Pilgrimage from Realm to Realm Uninjur'd they remov'd ; 14. Whilst proudest Monarchs for their sakes , Severely he reprov'd . 15. These mine Anointed are , said he , Let none my Servants wrong , Nor treat the poorest Prophet ill That does to me belong . 16. A Dearth at last , by his Command , Did far and near prevail ; Till Corn , the chief Support of Life , Sustaining Corn did fail . 17. But his indulgent Providence Had Ioseph sent before , Sold into Egypt , but their Lives Who sold him to restore . 18. His Feet with heavy Chains were crush'd , With Calumny his Fame ; 19. Till God's appointed Time and Word To his Acquittal came . 20. The King his Sov'reign Orders sent , And rescu'd him with speed . Whom private Malice had confin'd , The People's Ruler freed . 21. His Court and Realm , Revenues , all Subjected to his Will ; 22. His Princes to controul , and teach His Politicians Skill . PART II. 23. To Egypt then , invited Guests , Half-famisht Israel came ; And Iacob held , by Royal Grant , The fertile Soil of Ham. 24. Th' Almighty there with such Increase His People multiply'd , Till , both for Strength and Number , they Their envious Foes desy'd . 25. His People's Growth Egyptian Hearts With jealous Anger fir'd , Till they his Servants to destroy By treach'rous Arts conspir'd . 26. His Envoy Moses then he sent , His chosen Aaron too ; 27. Empowr'd with Signs and Miracles To prove their Mission true . 28. He call'd for Darkness , Darkness came , Nature his Summons knew . 29. Each Stream and Lake , transform'd to Blood , Their scaly Offspring slew . 30. In putrid Floods , throughout the Land , The Pest of Frogs was bred ; From noisome Fens preferr'd to croak At Pharaoh's Board and Bed. 31. He gave the Signal , Swarms of Flies Came down in cloudy Hosts ; Whilst Earth's enliv'ned Dust below Bred Lice through all their Coasts . 32. He sent 'em batt'ring Hail for Rain , And Fire for cooling Dew . 33. He smote their Vines , their Forest-Plants , And Gardens Pride o'erthrew . 34. He spake the word and Locusts came , With Caterpillars join'd , They prey'd upon the poor Remains The S●orm had left behind . 35. From Trees to Herbage they descend ; No verdant thing they spare ; But naked , as the fallow'd Field , Leave all the Pastures bare . 36. From Memphis Soil to Memphis Sons , Commission'd Vengeance flew , One fatal Stroke their eldest Hopes And Strength of Egypt slew . 37. He brought 'em forth , each one enrich'd With Egypt's borrow'd Wealth ; And , what transcends all Treasures else , Enrich'd with vig'rous Health . 38. Egypt rejoic'd , in hopes to find Her Plagues with them remov'd ; Taught dearly now to fear worse Ills By those already prov'd . 39. Their shrouding Canopy by day A journeying Cloud was spread ; A fiery Pillar all the night Their Desart-marches led . 40. They long'd for Flesh ; with Ev'ning-Quails He furnish'd ev'ry Tent ; From Heav'ns own Granary , each Morn , The Bread of Angels sent . 41. He smote the Rock ; her flinty Breast A gushing Tide pour'd out , Whose following Stream , where-e'er they march'd , Reliev'd the Desart's Drought . 42. For still he did on Abr'am's Faith And ancient League reflect ; 43. He brought his People forth with Joy , With Triumph his Elect. 44. Extirpating their Heathen Foes , From Canaan's Fertile Soil , To them in cheap possession gave The Fruit of others Toil. 45. That they his Statutes might observe , His sacred Laws obey . For Benefits so vast let us Our Songs of Praise repay● PSALM CVI. 1. O Render Thanks to God above , The Fountain of eternal Love ; Whose Mercy firm through Ages past Has stood , and shall for ever last . 2. Who can his mighty Deeds express , Not only vast but numberless ; What Mortal Eloquence can raise His Tribute of immortal Praise 3. Happy are they , and only they Who from thy Judgments never stray ; Who know what 's right , nor only ●o , But always practise what they know . 4. Extend to me that Favour , Lord , Thou to thy chosen dost afford ; When thou return'st , to set them free , Let thy Salvation visit me . 5. O may I worthy prove to see Thy Saints in full Prosperity ! That I that joyful Choir may join . And count thy People's Triumph mine● 6. But ah can we expect such Grace , Of Parents vile the viler Race , Who their Misdeeds have acted o'er , And with new Crimes increas'd the Score● 7. Ingrateful , they no longer thought On all his Works in Egypt wrought ; The Red-Sea yet is scarce in view , When they their base Distrust renew . 8. Yet He , to vindicate his Name , Once more to their Deliv'rance came , To make his sov'reign Pow'r be known , That He is God , and He alone . 9. To right and left , at his Command , The parting Deep disclos'd her Sand ; Where firm and dry the Passage lay , As through some parcht and Desart way , 10. Thus sav'd from fronting Seas they were , And Foes that press'd upon their Rear , 11. Whose Rage pursu'd 'em to those Waves That prov'd the rash Pursuers Graves . 12. The pendant Waters sudden Fall O'erwhelms proud Pharaoh , Host and all : This Proof did stupid Israel raise To trust God's Word , and sing his Praise . PART II. 13. But soon relaps'd , they all forgat● Nor on his Providence would wait ; 14. But lusting in the Wilderness , Their God with fresh Temptations press . 15. Strong Food at their Request he sent , But made their Sin their Punishment . 16. God's Envoy Moses they oppose , And Aaron whom the Lord had chose . 17. But Earth , the Quarrel to decide , Her vengeful Jaws extending wide , Rash Dathan to her Centre drew . With proud Abiram's factious Crew . 18. Bold Korah , who did next aspire To kindle wild Sedition's Fire , With all his impious Train became Ju●t Victims to devouring Flame . 19. Near Horeb's Mount , a Calf ●hey made , And to the ●olt●n Image pray'd ; The Law their God in Thunder spake From Sinai , they near Sinai brake : 20. Adoring what their Hands did frame , They chang'd their Glory to their Shame , Into the Likeness made it pass Of a brute Ox that feeds on Grass . 21. Their God and Saviour they forgot , And all his Works in Egypt wrought ; 22. His Terrors shewn through Egypt's Coast , And where proud Pharaoh's Troops were lost . 23. Thus urg'd , and from his Promise freed , Their total Ruine he decreed ; His Hand for Execution rear'd : But Moses in the Breach appear'd ; His Fav'rite Moses intercedes , And to revoke their Sentence pleads : Heav'n heard its faithful Servant pray , And turn'd its kindled Wrath away . 24. Yet they his pleasant Land despis'd , Nor his repeated Promise priz'd ; 25. But in their Tents repining staid , Nor the Almighty's Voice obey'd . 26. This seal'd their Doom without Redress , To perish in the Wilderness ; 27. And who escap'd the Desart Sands , To live dispers'd through Heathen Lands . PART III. 28. The next , but more degen'rate Race , Baal Peor's Worship did embrace ; Became his impious Guests , and sed On Sacrifices to the Dead . 29. Thus they persisted to provoke God's Vengeance to the final Stroke : 'T is come : — the deadly Pest is come To execute their gen'ral Doom . 30. It spreads ; till Phineah's Zeal and Sword A stronger Antidote afford ; Two guilty Persons timely Fall , Atonement makes and ransoms all . 31. As his Seraphick Zeal had mov'd , So Heav'n the gen'rous Act approv'd , To him confirming and his Race The Priesthood he so well did grace . 32. At Meribah God's Wrath they mov'd , Who Moses for their sakes reprov'd ; 33. Whose patient Soul they did provoke , Till rashly the meek Prophet spoke . 34. Nor when possest of Canaan's Land , Did they perform their Lords Command , Nor his commission'd Sword employ The guilty Nations to destroy . 35. Nor only spar'd the Pagan Crew , But , mingling , learnt their Vices too ; 36. Their Idols serv'd , the fatal Snare Of which so oft fore-warn'd they were . 37 , 38. To Hell's dark Pow'rs they Sacrifice Their Children with relentless Eyes , Approach their Altars through a Flood Of their own Sons and Daughters Blood● No cheaper Victims will appease Canaan's remorseless Deities ; No Blood her Idols reconcile But that which does the Land defile . PART IV. 39. Nor yet will Canaan's Deities Apostate Israel's Tribes suffice ; For lusting after More they went , And did new Gods and Crimes invent . 40. But Sins of such infernal Hue God's Wrath against his People drew , Till he , their once indulgent Lord , His own Inheritance abhor'd . 41. To Heathen Hands he them subjects , Their guilty Friendships just Effects , To rue and mourn too late , when they Must those , who hate them most , obey . 42. Nor thus his Indignation ceas'd , Their List of Tyrants he increas'd , Till they , who God's mild Sway declin'd . Were made the Vassals of Mankind . 43. Yet when , distrest , they did repent , His Anger did as oft relent , But , rescu'd , they his Wrath provoke , Renew their Sins , and he their Yoke . 44. Nor yet implacable he prov'd , Nor heard their wretched Cries unmov'd , 45. But did to mind his Promise bring , And Mercy 's inexhausted Spring : 46. Surprising Pity too impart● Ev'n to their Foes obdurate Hearts ; Compassion for their Suff'rings bred In those who them as Captives led . 47. Still save us , Lord , and Israel's Bands Together bring from Heathen Lands , Our Thanks in thy blest Name to raise , And ever triumph in thy Praise . 48. Let Israel's God be ever blest , His Name eternally addrest ; And all his Saints , with full Accord , Sing loud Amens . — Praise ye the Lord. PSALM CVII . 1. TO God your grateful Voices raise , Who still to us did gracious prove ; And let your never-ceasing Praise Keep pace with his eternal Love. 2 , 3. Let those give thanks , whom he from Bands Of proud oppressing Foes releas'd ; And brought them back from distant Lands , From North and South and West and Ea●t . 4 , 5. Through lonely Desart Ways they stray'd , Nor could a peopled City find ; With Thirst and Hunger quite dismay'd , Their fainting Soul within them pin'd . 6. Then soon to God's indulgent Ear Did they their mournful Cry address ; Who graciously vouchsaf'd to hear , And freed them from their deep Distress● 7. From crooked Paths he led them forth , And in the certain way did guide , To wealthy Tow'rs of great resort , Where all their Wants were well supply●d . 8. O then that all the Earth with me Would God for this his Goodness praise ! And for the mighty Works which he Throughout the wond'ring World display● ! 9. For he from Heav'n the sad estate Of longing Souls with Pity Eyes ; And hungry Souls that pa●t for Meat , With envy'd Plenty He supplies . PART II. 10. Those that with darkness compass'd round , Sit down in Death's most dismal Shade ; Or lie with weighty Fetters bound , By pressing Cares more heavy made ; 11 , 12. Because God's Counsel they desy'd , And proudly scorn'd his holy Word ; He them with these Affli●tions try'd● They fell , and none could Help a●●ord● 13. Then soon to God's indulgent Ear , Did they their mournful Cry address ; Who graciously vouchsaf'd to hear , And freed them from their deep Distress . 14. From dismal Dungeons dark as Night , And Shades as black as Death 's Abode ; He brought them forth to chearful Light , And welcom Liberty bestow'd . 15. O then that all the Earth with me , Would God for this his Goodness praise ! And for the mighty Works which he Throughout the wond'ring World displays . 16. For he with his almighty Hand The Gates of Brass in pieces broke ; Nor could the massy Bars withstand , Or temper'd Steel resist his Stroke . PART III. 17. Remorseless Wretches , void of Sense With bold Transgressions God defie ; And , for their multiply'd Offence , Opprest with sore Diseases lie : 18. Their Soul , a Prey to Pain and Fear , Abhors to taste the choicest Meats , And they by faint Degrees draw near To Death's uncomfortable Gates . 19. Then strait to Gods indulgent Ear Do they their mournful Cry address ; Who graciously vouchsafes to hear , And frees them from their deep Distress . 20. He all the●● sad Distempers heals , His Word both Health and Safety gives ; And when all humane Succour fails , From near Destruction them retrieves . 21. O then that all the Earth , with me , Would God for this his Goodness praise ! And for the mighty Works which he Through all the wond'ring World displays ! 22. With Off'rings let the Altars flame , Whilst they their grateful Thanks express ! And with loud Joy his holy Name For all his wond'rous Actions bles● ! PART IV. 23 , 24. They that in Ships with Courage bold , O'er swelling Waves their Trade pursue ; Do God's amazing Works behold , And in the Deep his Wonders view . 25. No sooner his Command is past , But forth a dreadful Tempest flies , Which sweeps the Sea with rapid Haste , And makes its stormy Billows rise : 26. Sometimes the Ships , toss'd up to Heav'n , On Tops of mounting Waves appear ; Then down the vast Abyss are driv'n ; Whilst ev'ry Soul dissolves with fear . 27. They reel and stagger to and fro , Like Men with Fumes of Wine opprest ; Nor do the skilful Seamen know Which way to steer , what Course is best . 28. Then strait to God's indulgent Ear They do their mournful Cry address ; Who graciously vouchsafes to hear , And frees them from their deep Distress . 29 , 30. The stormy Tempest he allays , And makes the Billows calm and still ; With Joy they see their Fury cease ; And he conducts them where they will. 31. O then that all the Earth , with me , Would God for this his Goodness Praise ! And for the mighty Works which he Throughout the wond'ring World displays ! 32. Let them , where all the Tribes resort , Advance to Heav'n his glorious Name , And in the Elders sov'reign Court , With one consent his Praise proclaim ! PART V. 33 , 34. A fruitful Land , where Streams abound , Gods just Revenge , if People sin , Will turn to dry and barren Ground , To punish those that dwell therein . 35 , 36. The parcht and desart Heath he makes To flow with Streams and springing Wells ; Which for his Lot the Hungry takes , And in strong Cities safely dwells . 37 , 38. He sows the Fields , and Vineyards plants , Which all his Toil with Int'rest pay ; Nor can , whilst God his Blessing grants , His fruitful Seed or Stock decay . 39. But when his Sins Heav'n's Wrath provoke , He quickly fades and falls away ; He feels th' Oppressor's gauling Yoke , Of Care and Grief the wretched Prey . 40. The Prince , that slights God's just Commands , Expos'd to scorn , must quit his Throne ; And over wild and desart Lands , Where no Path offers , stray alone , 41. Whilst God , from all Afflicting Cares , Sets up the humble Man on high ; And causes his increasing Heirs , With his abounding Flocks to vie . 42 , 43. Then Sinners shall have nought to say , The just a decent Joy shall show ; The Wise the strange Events shall weigh , And thence God's Goodness fully know . PSALM CVIII . 1. O God , my Heart is fully bent , To magnifie thy Name ; And of my cheerful Songs thy Praise Shall be the glorious Theme . 2. Awake , my Lute ; nor thou my Harp , Thy warbling Notes delay ; Whilst I with early Hymns of Joy , Prevent the dawning Day . 3. To all the list'ning Tribes , O Lord , Thy wond'rous Works I 'll tell ; And to those Nations sing thy Praise That round about us dwell : 4. Because thy Mercy 's boundless Height The Heav'ns themselves transcends ; And far beyond th' aspiring Clouds Thy faithful Truth extends . 5. Be thou exalted , Lord , by them , Above the Starry Frame ; O let the World , with one Consent , Confess thy glorious Name . 6. That all thy chosen People Thee Their Saviour may declare . Let thy Right-hand protect me still , And answer thou my Pray'r . 7. Since God , the God of Truth hath spoke , My Arms shall sure prevail ; With Joy I Shechem shall divide : And measure Succoth's Vale : 8. Gilead is mine , Manass●h too ; And Ephraim owns my Cause : Their Strength my Regal Pow'r supports , And Iudah gives my Laws . 9. Moab I 'll make my servile Drudge , On vanquisht Edom tread ; And o'er the proud Philistine Lands Advance my lofty Head. 10. By whose Support and Aid shall I Their well-fenc'd Towns invade ? Who will my conq'ring Troops conduct , And into Edom lead ? 11. Lord , wilt not thou assist our Arms , Tho late thou didst forsake ? And wilt not thou , of these our Hosts , The happy Guidance take ? 12. O to thy Servants in Distress Thy speedy Succour send : For vain it is on humane Aid For Safety to depend . 13. Then valiant Acts shall we per●orm , If thou thy Pow'r disclose ; For God it is , and God alone , That treads down all our Foes . PSALM CIX . 1. O God , whose former Mercies make My constant Praise thy Due , Hold not thy peace , but my sad State With wonted Favour view . 2. For sinful Men , with lying Lips , Deceitful Speeches frame , And with their studied Slanders seek To wound my spotless Fame . 3. Their envious Hatred prompts them still Malicious Lies to spread ; And all against my Life combine , By causeless Fury led . 4. Those whom with tend'rest Love I us'd , My chief Opposers are ; Whilst I , of other Friends bereft , Resort to Thee by Pray'r . 5. Since Mischief , for the Good I did , Their strange Reward does prove ; And Hatred's the Return they make For undissembled Love. 6. Their guilty Leader shall be made To some bad Man a Slave ; And when he 's try'd , his mortal Foe For his Accuser have . 7. His Guilt , when Sentence is pronounc'd , Shall find a dreadful Fate ; Whilst his rejected Pray'r but serves To make his Crime more great . 8. He , snatcht by some untimely Fate , Sha'n't live out half his Days ; Another , by divine Decree , Shall on his Office seize . 9 , 10. His Seed shall Orphans be , his Wife A Widow plung'd in Grief ; His vagrant Children beg their Bread , Where none can give Relief . 11. His ill-got Fortune shall be made To Userers a Prey ; The Fruit of all his Toil and Care By Strangers born away . 12. None shall be found , that to his Wants Their Mercy shall extend , Or to his helpless Orphan Seed The least Assistance lend . 13. A swift Destruction soon shall seize On his unhappy Race ; And the next Age his hated Name Shall utterly deface . 14. The Vengeanc● of his Father's Sins Upon his Head shall fall ; God on his Mother's Crimes shall think , And punish him for all . 15. All these , in horrid Order rank'd , Before the Lord shall stand , Till his fierce Anger quite cuts off Their Mem'ry from the Land. PART II. 16. Because he never Mercy shew'd , But still the Poor oppress'd ; And sought to slay the helpless Man , With heavy Woes oppress'd ; 17. Therefore the Curse he lov'd to vent , Shall his own Portion prove ; And Ble●sing , which he always loath'd , Shall far from him remove . 18. Since Cursing was his constant Pride , ●ike Water it shall spread Through all his Veins , and stick like Oyl , With which his Bones are fed . 19. This like a poison'd Robe , shall still His constant Cov'ring be , Or an envenom'd Belt , from which He never shall be free . 20. Thus shall the Lord reward all those That Ill to me design ; That with malicious false Reports Against my Life combine . 21. But for thy glorious Name , O God , Do thou appear for me , And for thy gracious Mercy 's sake , Preserve and set me free . 22. For I a poor and helpless Wretch Am void of all Relief ; My Heart is wounded with Distress , And quite pierc'd through with Grief . 23. I , like an Ev'ning Shade , am gone , Which vanishes apace ; Like Locusts up and down I 'm tost , That have no certain place . 24 , 25. My Knees with Fasting are grown weak , My Body lank and lean ; All that behold me shake their Heads , And treat me with Disdain . 26 , 27. But for thy Mercy 's sake , O Lord , Do thou my Foes withstand ; That all may see 't is thy own Act , The Work of thy Right-hand . 28. Then let them curse , if thou but bless ; Their Portion shall be Shame , When they against me rise ; but I With Joy shall praise thy Name . 29. Thus shall my Foe be cloath'd with Shame , And spight of all his Pride , His own Confusion , like a Cloak , The guilty Wretch shall hide . 30. But I to Heav'n , in grateful Thanks , My chearful Voice will raise ; And where the great Assembly meets , Set forth God's noble Praise . 31. For him the Poor shall always ●ind , His sure and constant Friend ; And he shall from unrighteous Dooms His guiltless Soul defend . PSALM CX . 1. THE Lord said to my Lord , Sit thou At my Right-hand , till I subdue And all thy Foes thy Foot-stool make● 2. Supream in Sion thou shalt be , And thence extend thy Sov'reignty O'er all who thy just Rights would take . 3. Thee , in thy Pow'rs triumphant Day , The willing Nations shall obey , And when thy rising Beams they view , Redeem'd from Superstition's Night , To Thee shall be assembled , bright And numberless as Morning Dew . 4. The Lord has sworn , nor sworn in vain , That , like Melchizedech's , thy Reign And Priesthood ●●all no Period know● 5. No proud Competitor to sit At thy Right-hand will he permit ; But in his Wrath Crown'd Heads o'erthrow . 6. The sentenc'd Heathen he shall slay , And fill with Carcasses his way , Till he has struck Earth's Tyrants dead : 7. But in the High-way Brook shall first , Like some poor Pilgrim slack his Thirst , And then in Triumph lift his Head. PSALM CXI . 1. PRaise ye the Lord ; our God to praise My Soul her utmost Pow'rs shall raise , 'Mongst private Friends , and in the Throng O● Saints , his Praise shall be my Song . 2. His Works , for Greatness tho renown'd , His wond'rous Works with Ease are found By those who seek for them aright , And in the pious Search delight . 3. Glory and Majesty attend On ev'ry Work he takes in hand ; His Truth , confirm'd through Ages past , Shall to eternal Ages last . 4. By Precept he has us enjoin'd , To keep his wond'rous Works in mind , And to Posterity record , That good and gracious is our Lord , 5. Whose Bounty 's ever-flowing Tide Their Wants , who fear'd his Name , supply'd ; For ever he will keep in mind His Cov'nant with our Fathers sign'd . 6. At once astonisht and o'erjoy'd , They saw his matchless Pow'r employ'd , Whereby the Heathen were suppress'd , And we their Heritage possess'd . 7. Just are the Dealings of his Hands ●mmurable are his Commands . 8. By Truth and Equity sustain'd , And for eternal Rules ordain'd . 9. Deliv'rance to his Saints has sent , And ratify'd his Covenant , For ever to remain the same : Awful and sacred is his Name . 10. God's Fear is Wisdom's Source : good skill Have they obtain'd who do his Will ; This only can true Bliss procure , And Praise that always shall endure . PSALM CXII . HALLELVIAH . 1. THat Man is blest who stands in aw Of God , and loves his sacred Law : 2. His Seed on Earth shall be renown'd , And with successive Honours crown'd . 3. His House , the Seat of Wealth , shall be An inexhausted Treasury ; Their Fathers Justice shall avail , And Blessings on his Heirs entail . 4. The Soul that 's fill'd with Vertue 's Light , Shines brightest in Affliction 's Night : To pity the Distrest inclin'd , As well as just to all Mankind . 5. His lib'ral Favours he extends , To some he gives , to others lends : Yet what his Charity impairs Recruits by Prudence in Affairs . 6. The Storm of Angry Fate may threat , But ne'er displace him from his Seat , The sweet Memorial of the Just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust . 7. Ill Tidings can't with Fear surprize His Heart that , fix'd , on God relies : 8. On Safety 's Rock he sits and sees The Ship-wreck of his Enemies . 9. His Hands , while they his Alms bestow'd , His Glory 's future Harvest sow'd , Whence he shall reap Wealth , Fame , Renown , A temp'ral and eternal Crown . 10. The Wicked shall his Triumph see , And gnash their Teeth in Agony , While their unrighteous Hopes decay , And vanish , with themselves , away . PSALM CXIII . 1. YE Saints and Servants of the Lord , The Triumphs of his Name record , 2. His sacred Name for ever bless . 3. Where e'r the circling Sun displays , His rising Beams or setting Rays , Due Praise to his great Name address . 4. The Lord o'er Earth bears sov'reign Sway , The Regions of eternal Day Reflections of his Glory are . 5. To Him , whose Majesty excels , Who made the Heav'n in which he dwells , Let no created Pow'r compare . 6. Affairs of highest Heav'n to know , In him does Condescension show , Yet he extends his Care to Earth . 7. The Poor and Needy from their Cell , 8. Prefers in Palaces to dwell With Princes of high Rank and Birth . 9. When Childless Families despair , He sends the Comfort of an Heir , To rescue their exspiring Fame ; Grants her that barren was to bear , And joyfully her Fruit to rear . Praise ye the Lord's almighty Name . PSALM CXIV . 1. WHen Isr'el , by th' Almighty led , ( Enrich'd with their Oppressors Spoil ) From Egypt march'd ; and Iacob's Seed From Bondage in a foreign Soil . 2. Iehovah , for his Residence , Chose out imperial Iudah's Tent , His Mansion-Royal , and from thence Through Israel's Camp his Orders sent . 3. The distant Sea with Terrour saw , And from th' Almighty's Presence fled ; Old Iordan's Streams , surpriz'd with Aw , Retreated to their Fountain's Head. 4. The taller Mountains skipp'd , like Rams , When Danger near the Fold they spy ; To see their Fright , the Hills , like Lambs , Leap'd after them , not knowing why . 5. O Sea , what made your Tide withdraw , And naked leave your oozy Bed ? Why Iordan ● against Nature's Law , Recoil'dst thou to thy Fountain's Head ? 6. Why Mountains did you skip like Rams● When Danger does approach the Fold ? Why after you the Hills like Lambs When they their Leaders Flight behold ? 7. Earth tremble on ; well may'st thou fear , Thy Lord and Maker's Face to see ; When Iacob's awful God draws near , 'T is time for Earth , and Seas to flee . 8. To flee from God , who Nature's Law Repeals and cancels at his Will ; Who Springs from flinty Rocks can draw , And thirsty Vales with Water fill . PSALM CXV . 1. LOrd , not to us , we claim no Share , But to thy sacred Name Give Glory , for thy Mercy 's sake , And Truth 's eternal Fame . 2. Why should the Heathen cry , where 's now The God whom we adore ? 3. Convince 'em that in Heav'n thou art , And uncontroll'd thy Pow'r . 4. Their Gods but Gold and Silver are , The Work of mortal Hands : 5. With speechless Mouth , and sightless Eyes The molten Idol stands . 6. The Pageant-thing has Ears and Nose , But neither hears nor smells . 7. Hands , Feet , but neither feels nor moves ; No Breath within it dwells . 8. Such senseless Stocks , that to compare With them we nothing find , But those who on their Help rely , And them for Gods design'd . 9. O Isr'el , make the Lord your Trust , Who is your Help and Shield ; 10. Priests , Levites trust in him alone Who only Help can yield . 11. Let all who fear the Lord , for Aid , On him they fear , rely ; Who them in Danger can defend , And all their Wants supply . 12 , 13. Of us he oft has mindful been , And Isr'el's House will bless , Priests , Levites , Proselytes , ev'n All Who his great Name confess . 14. On you , and on your Heirs , increase Of Blessings he will bring ; 15. Thrice happy you , who Fav'rites are Of this Almighty King. 16. Heav'n's highest Orb of Glory , He His Empire 's Seat design'd ; And gave this lower Globe of Earth A Portion to Mankind . 17. They who in Death and Silence sleep To him no Praise afford : 18. But we will bless for evermore Our ever-living Lord. PSALM CXVI . 1. MY Soul with Ecstasies of Love Intirely is possest , Because the Lord has deign'd to hear The Voice of my Request . 2. Since he has now his Ear inclin'd , I never will despair , But , while my Life shall last , to him Address my humble Pray'r● 3. With deadly Sorrows compast round , With hellish Pangs opprest , When Grief and Anguish fill'd my Heart , And heav'd my throbbing Breast ; 4. On God's Almighty Name I call'd , And thus to him I pray'd ; Lord , I beseech thee save my Soul , With Sorrow quite dismaid . 5 , 6. How just and merciful is God! How gracious is the Lord ! Who saves the Simple , and to me Does timely Help afford . 7. Then , free from racking Cares , my Soul , Resume thy wonted Rest ; For God has wond'rously to thee His bounteous Love exprest . 8. He , when Death threat'ned , soon remov'd My Dangers and my Fears ; My Feet from falling he secur'd , And dry'd my Eyes from Tears . 9. The whole remaining Stock of Life Which he to me has lent , Shall therefore in his Service be With grateful Duty spent . 10 , 11. In God I trusted , and of him In greatest straits did boast ; ( For in my Flight all hopes of Aid From faithless Man were lost : ) 12 , 13. Then what Return to him shall I For all his Goodness make● I 'll praise his Name , and with glad Zeal The Cup of Blessing ●ake . 14 , 15. The Vows I made to God , I 'll pay In all his People's sight . Because by him his Servant's blood Was never counted light . 16. Lord , by how many Ties must I To thy Obedience bow ? Before , thy humble Handmaid's Son , Thy ransom'd Captive now ! 17 , 18. To Thee I 'll Off'rings bring of Praise ; And whilst I bless thy Name , The just performance of my Vows To all thy Saints proclaim . 19. They , in thy holy City met , And in thy House shall join , With one Consent thy Name to bless , And mix their Praise with mine . PSALM CXVII . 1. WIth cheerful Notes let all the Earth To Heav'n their Voices raise ; Let all , inspir'd with godly Mirth , Sing solemn Hymns of Praise : 2. God's ●ender Mercy knows no bound , His Truth shall ne'er decay ; Then l●t the willing Nations round , This grateful Tribute pay . PSALM CXVIII . 1 , 2. O Praise the Lord , for he is good , His Mercies ne'er decay : That his kind Favours ever last , Let thankful Isr'el say . 3 , 4. Their Sense of his eternal Love Let Aaron's House express ; And that it never fails , let all That fear the Lord confess . 5. To God I made my humble Moan With Troubles quite opprest ; And he releas'd me from my Straits , And granted my Request . 6. Since therefore God does on my side So graciously appear , What Man against me can contrive I never need to fear . 7. Since God with those that aid my Cause Himself a Party makes ; I need not doubt , on all my Foes A just Revenge to take . 8 , 9. For better 't is to trust in God , And have the Lord our Friend , Than on the greatest humane Pow'● For Safety to depend . 10 , 11. Tho many Nations , closely leagu'd Did oft beset me round ; Yet , by his boundless Pow'r sustain'd , I did them all confound . 12. They swarm'd like Bees , and yet their Rage Was but a short-liv'd Blaze ; For whilst on God I still rely'd , I vanquish'd them with Ease . 13. When All together press'd me hard , In hopes to make me fall ; The Lord vouchsaf'd to take my part And sav'd me from them all . 14. The Honour of my strange Escape To him alone belongs ; He is my Saviour and my Strength , The Theme of all my Songs . 15. The Just's Abode resounds with Joy , By him preserv'd from Harm ; For wond'rous things are brought to pass By his almighty Arm. 16. He , by his vast resistless Pow'r , Has endless Honour won ; The saving Strength of his Right-hand Amazing Works has done . 17. God will not suffer me to fall But yet prolong my Days ; That by declaring all his Works , I may advance his Praise . 18. The Lord has chast'ned me in Love And great Afflictions laid ; But has not giv'n me o'er to those That did my Life invade . 19. Then open wide the Temple-Gates To which the Just repair ; That I may enter in and praise My great Deliv'rer there● 20 , 21. Within those Gates of God's abode To which the Righteous press ; Since thou hast heard and set me safe , Thy holy Name I 'll bless . 22 , 23. That Stone is now the Corner's Head , Which Builders did despise ; This is the Lord's amazing Act , And wond'rous in our Eyes . 24 , 25. This is God's Day ; let all the Land Exalt their cheerful Voice : Lord , we beseech thee save us now , And make us still rejoice . 26. Him that approaches in God's Name , Let all th' Assembly bless ; We that belong to God's own House , Have wish'd you good Success . 27. God is the Lord , through whom we all Both Light and Comfort find ; With Cords unto the Altar's Horns , The destin'd Victim bind . 28. Thou art my Lord , O God , and still I 'll praise thy holy Name ; Because Thou only art my God , I 'll celebrate thy Fame . 29. O then , with me , give Thanks to God , Who still does gracious prove ; And let the Tribute of our Praise Be endless as his Love. PSALM CXIX . ALEPH. 1. HOW blest are they who always keep The pure a●d perfect way ! Who never from the sacred Road Of God's Commandments stray ! 2. Thrice blest ! who to his righteous Laws Have still obedient been ! And warmly urg'd by hearty Zeal His Favour seek to win ! 3. Such Men , averse from Ill , abhor To do a wicked Deed ; But in the Path which he prescribes With constant Care proceed . 4. But 't is to thy Commands , O Lord , This Happiness we ow. Thou bid'st us keep those upright Laws From which such Comforts flow . 5. O then that thy most holy Will Might o'er my Ways preside ! And I the course of all my Life By thy Directions guide ! 6. Then should I walk erect and bold , From all Confusion free ; Convinc'd , with Joy , that all my Ways With thy Commands agree . 7. My upright Heart shall my glad Mouth With chearful Praises fill ; When , by thy righteous Judgments taught , I fully learn thy Will. 8. So to thy sacred Laws shall I All due observance pay ; O then forsake me not , my God , Nor cast me quite away . BETH . 9. How shall the young preserve their Ways From vile Pollutions free ? By making all their Course of Life With thy Commands agree . 10. With hearty Zeal , for Thee I seek , To Thee for Succour pray ; O suffer not my careless Steps From thy just Precepts stray . 11. Safe in my Heart , and closely hid Thy Word , my Treasure , lies ; And ready waits with timely Aid , When sinful Passions rise . 12. Secur'd by that , my grateful Soul Shall ever bless thy Name : O ●each me then my Life to come By thy just Laws to frame . 13. My Lips , unlockt by pious Zeal , To others have declar'd , How much the Judgments of thy Mouth Deserve our high Regard . 14. Whilst in the Way of thy Commands More solid Joy I found , Than had I been with vast Encrease Of envy'd riches crown'd . 15. Therefore thy just and upright Laws , Shall always fill my Mind ; And those sound Rules which thou prescrib'st All due Respect shall find . 16. To keep thy Statutes undefac'd Shall be my constant Joy ; The strict Remembrance of thy Word● Shall all my Thoughts employ . GIMEL . 17. Be gracious to thy Servant , Lord , Do thou my Life defend ; That I , according to thy Word , My Time to come may spend . 18. Enlighten both my Eyes and Mind , That so I may discern The wond'rous things which they behold Who thy just precepts learn. 19. Tho , like a Stranger in the Land● From place to place I stray , Thy righteous Judgments from my sig●● O hide thou not away . 20. My fainting Soul is almost pin'd , With earnest Longing spent ; Whilst always on the eager Search Of thy just Will , intent . 21. Thy sharp Rebuke shall crush the Proud , Whom still thy Curse pursues ; Who in thy righteous Paths to walk● Presumptuou●ly refuse . 22. But far from me do thou , O Lord , Contempt and Shame remove ; For I thy sacred Laws affect With undissembled Love. 23. Tho Princes oft , in Council met , Against thy Servant spake ; Yet I , thy Statutes to observe , My chiefest Bus'ness make . 24. For thy Commands have always been My Comfort and Delight ; By them I learn with prudent Care , And guide my Counsels right . DALETH . 25. My Soul 's oppress'd with deadly Care , And to the Dust does cleave ; Revive me , Lord , and let me now Thy promis'd Aid receive . 26. To thee I still declar'd my Ways , And thou inclin'dst thine Ear : O teach me then my future Life By thy just Laws to steer . 27. If thou wilt make me know thy Laws , And by their Guidance walk , The wond'rous Works which thou hast done Shall be my constant Talk. 28. But see my Soul within me sinks , Prest down with weighty Care ; O make thy Promise good , and soon My wasted Strength repair . 29. For far from me be all false Ways And lying Arts remov'd ! But kindly grant I still may keep The Path by thee approv'd . 30. Thy faithful Ways , thou God of Truth , My happy Choice I 've made ; Thy Judgments , as my Rule of Life , Before me always laid . 31. My Care has been to make my Life With thy just Laws agree ; O then preserve thy Servant , Lord , From Shame and Ruine free . 32. So in the Ways of thy Commands Shall I with Pleasure run , And with a Heart enlarg'd with Joy Successfully go on . HE. 33. Instruct me in thy Statutes , Lord , Thy righteous Paths display ; And I from them , through all my Life , Will ne'er perversly stray . 34. If thou true Wisdom from above Wilt graciously impart , To keep thy perfect Laws , I 'll still Apply my zealous Heart . 35. Direct me in the sacred Ways To which thy Precepts lead ; Because my chief Delight has been Thy Righteous Paths to tread . 36. Do thou to thy most just Commands Incline my willing Heart ; Let no Desire of Worldly Wealth From them my Thoughts divert . 37. From those vain Objects turn my Eyes Which this false World displays ; But active Life and Vigour give To keep thy righteous Ways . 38. Confirm the Promise which thou mad'st , And give thy Servant Aid , Who to transgress thy sacred Laws Is awfully afraid . 39. The foul Disgrace I 've cause to fear In mercy Lord remove ; For all the ●udgments thou ordain'st Are full of Grace and Love. 40. Thou know'st how , after thy Commands , My longing Heart does pant ; O then make haste to raise me up , And promis'd Succour grant . VAV . 41. Thy constant Blessing , Lord , bestow , To cheer my grateful Heart ; To me according to thy Word , Thy saving Health impart . 42. So shall I , when my Foes upbraid , This ready Answer make ; In God I trust , who never will His faithful Promise break . 43. Then let not quite the Word of Truth Be from my Mouth remov'd ; Since still my ground of stedfast Hope Thy just Decrees have prov'd . 44. So I to keep thy righteous Laws Will all my Study bend ; From Age to Age , my time to come In their Observance spend . 45. E'er long I trust to walk at large , From all Incumbrance free ; Because I aim'd to make my Life With thy Commands agree . 46. Thy Laws shall be my constant Talk ; And Princes shall attend , Whil●t I the Justice of thy Ways With Confidence defend . 47. My longing Heart and ravisht Soul Shall both o'erflow with Joy ; When in thy lov'd Commandments I My happy Hours employ . 48. Then will I to thy lov'd Decrees Lift up my willing Hands ; My Care and Bus'ness then shall be To study thy Commands . ZAIN . 49. According to thy promis'd Grace , Thy Favour , Lord , extend . Make good to me the Word , on which Thy Servants Hopes depend . 50. That , onely Comfort in D●stress Did all my Griefs controul ; Thy Word , when Troubles hem'd me round , Reviv'd my fainting Soul. 51. Insulting Foes did proudly laugh , And all my Hopes deride ; Yet from thy Law , not all their Taunts Could make me turn aside . 52. Thy Judgments , Lord , of ancient date I then recall'd to mind . And , with such Thoughts refresh'd , my Soul Did constant Comfort find . 53. Sometimes I stand amaz'd , like one With deadly Horror strook , To think how all my sinful Foes Have thy just Laws forsook . 54. But I thy Statutes and Decrees My cheerful Anthems made ; Whilst through strange Lands and desart Wilds I like a Pilgrim stray'd . 55. Thy Name , that cheer'd my Heart by day , Has ●ill'd my Thoughts by night ; I then resolv'd by thy just Laws , To guide my Steps a right . 56. That Peace of Mind , which has my Soul In deep Distress sustain'd , By strict Obedience to thy Will I happily obtain'd . CHETH . 57. O Lord , my God , my Portion thou And sure possession art ; Thy Words I stedfastly resolve To treasure in my Heart . 58. With all the strength of warm Desires I did thy Grace implore ; Disclose , according to thy Word , Thy Mercies boundless store . 59. With due Reflection and strict Care On all my Ways I thought ; And so reclaim'd to thy just Paths My wand'ring Steps I brought . 60. I lost no time , but made great haste , Resolv'd , without delay , To watch , that I might never more From thy Commandments stray . 61. Tho num'rous Troops of sinful Men To rob me have combin'd ; Yet I thy pure and righteous Laws Will ever keep in mind . 62. In dead of night will I arise , To sing thy solemn Praise ; Because convinc'd how much I ough● To love thy righteous Ways . 63. To such as fear thy holy Name My self I 'll closely join ; To all who their obedient Wills To thy Commands resign● 64. O'er all the Earth thy Mercy ; Lord , Abundantly is shed ; O make me then exactly learn , Thy sacred Paths to tread . TETH . 65. With me , thy Servant , thou hast dealt Most graciously , O Lord , Repeated Benefits bes●ow'd , According to thy Word . 66. Teach me the sacred Skill , by which Right Judgmen● is attain'd , Who in belief of thy Commands Have stedfastly remain'd . 67. Before Affliction stopt my Course , My Footsteps went astray ; But I have since been disciplin'd Thy Precepts to obey . 68. Thou art , O Lord , supreamly good , And all thou dost is so ; On me , thy Statutes to discern , The saving Skill be●tow . 69. The Proud have forg'd malicious Lies My spotless Fame to stain : But my fixt Heart , without Reserve , Thy Precepts shall retain . 70. While pamper'd they , with prosp'rous Ills , In sensual Pleasures live , My Soul can relish no Delight But what thy Precepts give . 71. 'T is good for me that I have felt Severe Affliction 's Rod , That I may duly learn and keep The Statutes of my God. 72. The Law that from thy Mouth proceeds Of more esteem I hold , Than untoucht Mines , than thousand Mines Of Silver and of Gold. IOD . 73. To me , who am the Workmanship Of thy almighty Hands , The Heav'nly Understanding give To learn thy just Commands . 74. My Preservation to thy Saints Strong Comfort will afford , To see Success attend my Hopes That trusted in thy Word . 75. That right thy Judgments are , I now By sure Experience see , And that in Faithfulness , O Lord , Thou hast afflicted me . 76. Let thy kind Mercy Comfort bring For all my Griefs at last , According to thy gracious Word To me thy Servant past . 77. To me thy saving Grace restore , That I again may live ; Whose Soul can relish no Delight But what thy Precepts give . 78. Defeat the Proud , who unprovok'd , To ruine me have sought , Who only on thy sacred Laws Employ my harmless Thought . 79. Let those that fear thy Name espouse My Cause and those alone Who have by strict and pious Search Thy Testimonies known . 80. In thy blest Statutes let my Heart Continue ever sound , That Guilt and Shame , the Sinners Lo● , May never me confound . CAPH . 81. My Soul with long Expectance faints To see thy saving Grace ; Yet still on thy unerring Word , My Confidence I place . 82. My very Eyes consume and fail With waiting for thy Word ; Thy Comfort and long promis'd Aid O when wilt thou afford ? 83. My Flesh like shriv'led Parchment shows That long in Smoke is set ; Yet no Affliction me can force Thy Statutes to forget . 84. How many are thy Servant's Days ? When wilt thou Lord redress My Wrongs ? and Judgment execute On them who me oppress ? 85. The proud have digg'd a Pit for me , Who have no other Foes , But who are Reprobates to Thee And thy just Laws oppose . 86. All thy Commandments are compos'd Of Truth and Equity : Men persecute me without Cause , Thou , Lord , my Helper be . 87. To snatch me from the Face of Earth Their Spite almost prevail'd ; Yet to thy righteous Precepts I My Duty never fail'd . 88. Thy wonted Kindness , Lord , restore , My drooping Heart to cheer ; That by thy Testimonies , I My Life 's whole Course may steer● LAMED . 89. For ever and for ever , Lord , Thou dost the same remain . In Heav'n thy Word establisht is , And does that Heav'n sustain . 90. Thro circling Ages , Lord , thy Truth Immoveably shall stand As Earth , whose Fabrick is upheld By thy almighty Hand . 91. All things the Course by Thee ordain'd Ev'n to this day fulfil ; They are thy faithful Subjects all , And Servants of thy Will. 92. Unless thy sacred Law had been My Comfort and Delight , I must have fainted and expir'd In dark Affliction 's Night . 93. Thy Precepts therefore from my Thoughts Shall never , Lord , depart ; For Thou , by them , hast to new Life Restor'd my dying Heart . 94. As I am thine , intirely thine , Protect me , Lord , from Harm ; Who have thy Precepts sought to know , And carefully perform . 95. The Wicked have their Ambush laid My guiltless Life to take ; But in the midst of Danger I Thy Word my Study make . 96. I 've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below , But thy Commandments , like thy self , No Change or Period know . MEM. 97. The Love that to thy Law I bear No Language can display ; They with fresh Wonders entertain My ravisht Thoughts all day . 98. Thro thy Commands I wiser grow Than all my subtle Foes ; For they are with me to direct And all my Ways dispose . 99. From me my former Teachers now May abler Counsel take ; Because thy Testimonies I My constant Study make . 100. In Understanding I excel The Sages of our days ; Because by thy unerring Rules I order all my ways . 101. My Feet with Care I have refrain'd From every sinful way , That to thy sacred Word I might Intire Obedience pay . 102. I have not from thy Judgments stray'd , By vain Desires misled ; For , Lord , thou hast instructed me Thy righteous Path to tread . 103. How sweet are all thy words to me ; O what divine Repast ! How more delicious to my Soul Than Honey to my Taste . 104. Taught by thy sacred Precepts , I With Heav'nly Skill am blest , The treach'rous ways of Sin to shun , And utterly detest . NVN. 105. Thy Word is to my Feet a Lamp The way of Truth to show ; A Watch-light to point out the Path , In which I ought to go . 106. I sware , and to my solemn Oath Resolve to prove sincere , That to thy righteous Judgments I Will stedfastly adhere . 107. Since I with Griefs am so opprest That I can bear no more , According to thy Word , do thou My fainting Soul restore . 108. Let the Oblations of my Praise With Thee Acceptance find , And in thy righteous Judgments , Lord , Instruct my willing Mind . 109. Tho Death and Danger me surround , My Soul they cannot aw , Nor with continual Terrors keep From thinking on thy Law. 110. My wicked and invet'rate Foes For me their Snares have laid ; Yet I have kept the upright Path , Nor from thy Precepts stray'd . 111. Thy Testimonies I have made My Heritage and Choice ; For they , when other Comforts fail , My drooping Heart rejoice . 112. My Heart thy Statutes to perform With early Zeal begun , And shall continue the same Course Till that of Life is run . SAMECH . 113. Deceitful Thoughts and Practices I utterly detest ; But for thy Law Affection bear Too great to be exprest . 114. My Hiding-Place , my Refuge-Tow●r And Shield art thou , O Lord , I firmly anchor all my Hopes On thy unerring Word . 115. Hence ye that trade in Wickedness , Approach not my Abode ; For firmly I resolve to keep The Precepts of my God. 116. According to thy gracious Word , From Danger set me free , Nor make me of those Hope 's asham'd That I repose on Thee . 117. Uphold me , so shall I be safe ; And , rescu'd from Distress , To thy Decrees continually My just Respect address . 118. The wicked thou hast trod to Earth , Who from thy Statutes stray'd ; Their vile Deceit the Recompence Of their own Falshood made . 119. The Wicked from thy holy Land Thou dost , like Dross , r●move , Charm'd with such Justice , therefore I Thy Testimonies love . 120. Yet with that Love they make me dread Lest I should so offend , When on Transgressors I behold Thy Judgments thus descend . AIN . 121. Judgment and Justice I have wrought , O therefore , Lord , engage In my Defence , nor give me up To my Oppressors Rage . 122. The Surety for thy Servant be , Converting this Distress To Good for me ; nor let the Proud My guiltless Soul oppress . 123. My Eyes , alas ! begin to fail , In long Expectance held , Till thy Salvation they behold , And righteous Word fulfill'd . 124. To me , thy Servant , in Di●●ress Thy wonted Grace display , And discipline my willing Heart Thy Statutes to obey . 125. On me , devoted to thy Fear , The sacred Skill bestow , That of thy Testimonies I The full extent may know . 126. 'T is time , high time for Thee , O Lord , Thy Vengeance to employ , When Men with open Violence Thy sacred Law des●roy . 127. Yet their Contempt of thy Commands But makes their Value rise With me , who Gold , refin'd with skill , Compar'd with them despise . 128. Thy Precepts therefore I esteem In all respects divine , By them instructed to detest And all false Ways decline . PE. 129. Who can express how wonderful Thy Testimonies are ? Which therefore to perform my Soul Employs her utmost Care. 130. The very Entrance to thy Word Celestial Light displays ; The Knowledge of true Happiness To simplest Minds conveys . 131. With open Mouth I waiting stood , And panted with Desire , That of thy wise Commands I might The sacred Skill acquire . 132. With Favour , Lord , look down on me Thy Mercy who implore , As thou art wont to visit them Who thy blest Name adore . 133. Directed by thy heav'nly Word Let all my Footsteps be ; Nor Wickedness of any kind Dominion have o'er me . 134. Release , intirely set me free From persecuting Hands , That , unmolested , I may learn , And practise thy Commands . 135. On me , devoted to thy Fea● , Lord make thy Face to shine , Thy Statutes both to know and keep My Heart with Zeal incline . 136. My Eyes to weeping Fountains turn , Whence briny Rivers press , To see Mankind , without Remorse , Thy sacred Law transgress . TSADE . 137. Thou art the righteous Judge , on whom Wrong'd Innocence may trust ; And , like thy self , thy Judgments , Lord , In all respects are just . 138. As just those Testimonies were , Which thou didst ●irst decree , So all with Faithfulness perform'd Succeeding Times shall see . 139. With Zeal my Flesh consumes away , My Soul with Anguish frets , To see my Foes contemn , at once , Thy P●omises and Threats . 140. Yet each neglected Word of thine , ( Howe●er by them despis'd , ) Is pure , and for eternal Truth By me , thy Servant priz'd . 141. Brought , for thy sake , to low Estate , Contempt from All I find ; Yet no Affronts or Wrongs can drive Thy Precepts from my Mind . 142. Thy Righteousness shall then endure , When Time it self is past ; Thy Law is Truth it ●elf , that Truth Which shall for ever last . 143. Tho Trouble , Anguish , Doubts and Dread To compass me unite , Beset with Danger , still I make Thy Pr●cepts my Delight . 144. Eternal and unerring Rules Thy Testi●onie● give : Teach me the Wisdom that will make My Soul for ever live . KOPH . 145. With my whole Heart to God I call'd , Lord h●ar my earne●t Cry ; And I , thy Statutes to perform , Will all my Care apply . 146. Again more fervently I pray'd , O save me , that I may Thy Testimonies throughly know And stedfa●●ly obey . 147. My earlier Pray'r the dawning Day Prevented , while I cry'd To Him on whose engaging Word My Hope alone rely'd . 148. With Zeal have I awak'd before The Midnight Watch was set , That I , of thy mysterious Word , May perfect Knowledg get . 149. Lord , hear my supplicating Voice . And wonted Favour shew ; O quicken me , and so approve Thy Judgments ever true . 150. My persecuting Foes advance And hourly nearer draw ; What Treatment can I hope from them Who violate thy Law ? 151. Tho they draw nigh , my Comfort is Thou , Lord , art yet more near , Thou , whose Commands are righteous all , Thy Promises sincere . 152. Concerning thy divine Decrees My Soul has known of old● How true they were , and shall their Truth To endless Ages hold . RESCH. 153. Consider my A●●li●tion , Lord , And me from Bondage draw ; Think on thy Servant in Distress , Who ne'er forgets thy Law. 154. Plead Thou my Cause ; to that and me Thy timely Aid afford ; With Beams of Mercy quicken me According to thy Word . 155. From hard'ned Sinners thou remov'st Salvation far away ; 'T is just thou shouldst withdraw from them Who from thy Statutes stray . 156. As great thy tender Mercies are To those who Thee adore ; According to thy Judgments , Lord , My fainting Hopes restore . 157. A num'rous Host of spiteful Foes Against my Life combine ; But all too few t' inforce my Soul Thy Statu●es to decline . 158. Those bold Transgressors I beheld , And was with Grief oppress'd , To see with what audacious Pride Thy Cov'nant they transgress'd . 159. Yet while they slight , consider , Lord , How I thy Precepts love ; O therefore quicken me with Beams Of Mercy from above . 160. As from Time's Birth thy Word 's firm Truth Has held through Ages past , Thy righteous Judgments shall , intire , To endless Ages la●t . SCHIN . 161. Tho mighty Tyrants , without Cause , C●nspire my Blood to shed , Thy sacred Word has only Pow'r To strike my Heart with Dread . 162. Yet that same Word my Breast with Beams Of joyful Rapture warms ; Not Conquest , Spoil and Triumph have More bright transporting Charms . 163. Perfidious Practices and Lies I utterly detest ; But to thy Laws affection bear Too vast to be exprest . 164. Sev'n times a day , with Voice and Heart , Thy Praises I resound , Because I find thy Judgments all With Truth and Justice crown'd . 165. Secure , substantial Peace have they Who truly love thy Law ; No smiling Mischief them can tempt , Nor frowning Danger aw . 166. For thy Salvation I have hop'd , And tho so long delay'd , With cheerful Zeal and strictest Care All thy Commands obey'd . 167. Thy Testimonies I have kept , More dear to me than Light ; So lov'd and priz'd , they were at once My Duty and Delight . 168. I kept thy Laws in view , lest I Thy Precepts should decline . Thy Ways observing , as I knew Strict watch thou kepst on mine . TAV . 169. To my Request and earnest Cry Attend , O gracious Lord ; Inspire my Heart with heav'nly Skill , Accordi●g to thy Word . 170. Let my repeated Pray'r at last Before thy Throne ascend ; According to thy plighted Word To me Deliv'rance send . 171. Then shall my grateful Lips return The Tribute of their Praise , When Thou thy Counsels hast reveal●d , And taught me they just Ways . 172. My Tongue the Praises of thy Word Shall thankfully resound , Because thy Promises are all With just performance crown'd . 173. Let thy Almighty Arm appear And bring me timely Aid ; Protect me as thy Precepts I My Heart 's free Choice h●ve made . 174. My Soul has waited long to see Thy saving Grace restor'd ; Nor Comfort knew , but what thy Laws , Thy heav'nly Laws afford . 175. Prolong my Life , that I may sing My great Restorer's Praise ; My Soul , that guiltless is opprest , Let thy just Judgments raise . 176. Like some lo●t Sheep , I 've stray'd so long Till I despair to sind My home-ward Way ; thy Servant seek , Who keeps thy Laws in Mind . PSALM CXX . 1. DIstrest , I oft have cry'd To God , who ne●er deny'd To rescue me from Wrongs : 2. Once more Deliv'rance send , From lying Lips defend , And from the stand'ring Tongue . 3. What Profit can accrue ? What Punishment is due , Perfidious Tongue , to thee ? 4. Thy Sting on thee shall turn ; Of Flames , that fiercely burn , The Fuel thou shalt be . 5. How wretched is my Doom , A Sojourner become , In Mesech's desart Soil ! With Kedar's Tents inclos'd , To Salvages expos'd , Who live on Theft and Spoil . 6. My Dwelling is with thos● Who are to Peace sworn Foes , And Pleasure take in Harms ; 7 Sweet Peace is all I seek , But when of Peace I speak ; They strait call out to Arms. PSALM CXXI . 1. TO Sion's Hill I lift my Eyes , From thence expecting Aid ; 2. From Sion's Hill and Sion's God , Who Heav'n and Earth has made . 3. Thy Throne and Person both are safe , Thy Guardian will not sleep ; 4. His Watchful Care that Isr'el guards Will Isr'el's Monarch keep . 5. Sheltred beneath th' Almighty's Wings , Thou shalt securely rest , 6. Where Noonday Suns nor Midnight Moons With Heat or Cold molest . 7. From common Accidents of Life His Care shall guard thee still : F●om the blind Strokes of Chance , and Foes That ●●e ●n wait to kill . 8. At home , abroad , in Peace , in War , Thy God shall thee defend ; Conduct thee through Life's Pilgrimage Safe to thy Journey 's End. PSALM CXXII . 1. O 'T was a joyful Sound to hear Our Tribes devoutly say , Up Isr'el , to the Temple haste , And keep your Festal Day . 2. At Salem's Courts we must appear With our united Pow'rs ; 3. In strong and beauteous Order rang'd Like her compacted Tow'rs . 4. 'T is thither , by divine Command The Tribes of God repair , Before his Ark to celebrate His Name with Praise and Pray'r . 5. Tribunals s●and erected there ; Where Equity takes place ; There stand the Courts and Palaces Of royal David ●s Race . 6. O , pray for Salem's Peace , all you That happy wish to be , For they shall prosper best who bear Most cordial Love to Thee . 7. May Peace within thy sacred Walls A constant Gue●t be f●●nd , With Plen●y and Pro●p●rity Thy Palaces be crown'd . 8. For my dear Brethren's sake , and Friends No less than Brethren dear , I'●l pray , — May Peace in Salem's Tow'●s A constant Guest appear . 9. But most of all I 'll seek thy Good , And ever wish thee well , For Sion and the Temple's sake , Where God vouchsafes to dwell . PSALM CXXIII . 1. TO Thee , who dwell'st above the Skies , I lift my supplicating Eyes ; 2. As Servants watch their Masters Hands , And Maids th●ir Mistresses Commands . Ev'n so , on our Almighty Lord , Wait we till Mercy he afford . 3. Have mercy , Lord , on us , chastis'd , Nor only wretched but despis'd . 4. Our Soul no longer can sustain The double Load of Scorn a●d Pain , While they grow proud by our distress And roll in Ea●e who us oppress . PSALM CXXIV . 1. LET Isr'el say , had not the Lord Been pleas'd to interpose , 2. Had God himself not took our Part When Men against us rose . 3 , 4 , 5. Their Wrath had swallow'd us alive , Devour'd without controul ; Their Spite and Pride's united Flood Had quite o'erwhelm'd our Soul. 6. But prais'd be our eternal Lord , Who rescu'd us that Day● Nor to their salvage Jaws gave up Our threat'ned Lives a Prey . 7. Our Soul is like a Bird escap'd From out the Fowler 's Net ; The Snare is broke , their Hopes are crost● And we at Freedom set . 8. Secure in his Almighty Name , Our Confidence remains , Who , as he made both Heav'n and Earth , Of both sole Monarch reigns . PSALM CXXV . 1. WHO place on Sion's God their Trust , Like Sion's Rock shall stand . Like her unmoveably be fixt By his Almighty Hand . 2. Look how the Hills of Solyma Ierusalem inclose , So stands the Lord around his Saints To guard 'em from their Foes . 3. The Wicked may afflict the Just , But ne'er too long oppress , Nor force him by Despair to seek Base means for his Redress . 4. Be good , O righteous God , to thos● Who Righteousness affect ; The Heart that Innocence retains Let Innocence protect . 5. Who turn aside to crooked Paths , The Lord shall them destroy ; Cut off th' Unjust , but crown the Sain●s With lasting Peace and Joy● PSALM CXXVI . WHen Sion's God her Sons recall'd From long Captivity , It seem'd at first a pleasing Dream Of what we wish'd to see . 2. But soon with unaccustom'd Mirth Our Voice we did employ , And fung our great Restorer's Praise In thankful Hymns of Joy. Our Heathen Foes repining stood , Yet were compell'd to own That great and wond'rous was the Work great Our God for us had done . 3. 'T was great , say they ; 't was wond'rous Much more should we confess ; The Lord has done great things , whereof We reap the glad Success . 4. To us bring back the Remnant , Lord , Of Isr'el's Captive Bands , More welcome than refreshing Show'rs To parcht and thirsty Lands . 5. That we , whose Work commenc'd in Tears , May see our Labours thrive , Till finisht with Success , to make Our drooping Hearts revive . 6. Tho he despond that sows his Grain , Yet doubtless he shall come To bind his full-ear'd Shea●es , and sing A joyful Harvest-home . PSALM CXXVII . 1. WE build with fruitless Cost , unless The Lord the Pile sustain , Unless the Lord the City keep , The Watchman wakes in vain . 2. In vain we rise before the Day , And late to Rest repair , Allow no Respite to our Toil , And eat the Bread of Care : Supplies of Life , with little Pains , He on his Saints bestows ; He crowns their Labour with Success , Their Nights with sound Repose . 3. So Children are an Heritage Sent from th' Almighty Lord , A teeming Womb , his Favour 's Gift , And virtuous Li●e's Reward . 4. As Arrows in a Giant 's Hand With dreadful Grace appea● , Ev'n so the Sons of vig'rous Yout● Their Parents Glory are . 5. Happy the Man whose Quiver's fill'd With these defensive Arms ; He need 's not fear to meet his Foe , At War or Law 's Alarms . PSALM CXXVIII . 1. THE Man is blest who fears the Lord , Nor Worship only pays , But keeps his Steps confin'd with Care , To his appointed Ways . 2. Thou shalt upon the sweet Returns Of thy own Labour feed ; Without Dependance live , and see Thy Wishes all succeed . 3. Thy Wife , like a domestick Vine ; Her gen'rous Fruit shall bring ; Thy Children , like young Olive-plants , About thy Table spring : 4. Who fears the Lord shall thus be blest ; 5. From Sion God shall bless , And grant him all his Days to see Ierusalem's Success . 6. Survive till Heirs of Heirs from him Descend with vast Increase : Twice blest ; in his own prosp'rous State , And more in Isr'el's Peace . PSALM CXXIX . 1. UP from my Youth , may Isr'el say , They oft have me a●●ail'd , 2. Reduc'd me oft to heavy Straits , But never yet prevail'd . 3. They oft have plow'd my patient Back With Furrows deep and long , 4. But our just God has broke their Chains , And rescu'd us from Wrong . 5. Defeat , Confusion , shameful Rout● Be still the Doom of those , Their righteous Doom , who Sion hate , And Sion's God oppose . 6. With too much Heat , and want of Root , Untimely let 'em fade , Like Corn upon our Houses Tops , That withers in the Blade . 7. With which no Reaper fills his Arms , But unregarded leaves ; Nor Binder thinks it worth his Pains To fold it into Sheaves . 8. No Traveller that journeys by Vouchsafes a Minute's Stop T' afford it one kind Look , or w●sh Heav'n's Blessing on the Crop. PSALM CXXX . 1. FRom lowest Regions of Despair , To God I sent my Cry , 2. Lord , hear my supplicating Voice And graciously reply . 3. Should'st thou severely mark our Faults , Who can the Tryal bear ? 4. But thou forgiv'st , lest we despond , And quite renounce thy Fear . 5. My Soul does with Impatience wait For Thee the living Lord ; My Hopes are on thy Promise built , Thy never-failing Word . 6. For Thee I look with longing Eyes , Impatient of Delay ; Ev'n more than Watchmen of the Night To spy the dawning Day . 7. Let Isr'el on the Lord depend , No Bounds his Mercy knows ; The plenteous Source and Spring from whence Eternal Succour flows● 8. Whose friendly Currents kind supplies To us in Want convey ; A healing Spring , a Spring to cleanse , And wash our Guilt away . PSALM CXXXI . 1. O Lord , I am not proud of Heart , Nor cast a scornful Eye ; Nor my aspiring Thoughts employ In things for me too high . 2. With Infant-Innocence , thou know'st I have my self demean'd ; Lull'd into Quiet like a Babe , That from the Breast is wean'd . 3. Like me let Isr'el hope in G●d His Aid alone implore ; Both now and ever trust in him Who lives for evermore . PSALM CXXXII . 1. LET David , Lord , a constant Place In thy Remembrance find ; Let all the Sorrows he endur'd Be ever in thy mind . 2. Remember what a solemn Oath To Thee , his Lord , he swore ; How to the mighty God he vow'd , Whom Iacob's Sons ado●e . 3 , 4. I will not go into my House , Nor to my Bed ascend ; No soft Repose shall close my Eyes Nor Sleep my Ey-lids ben● ; 5. Till for the Lord 's design'd Abode I mark the destin'd Ground ; Till I a decent place of Rest For Iacob's God have found . 6. Th' appointed Place , with Shouts of ●oy , At Eph●atah we found , And made the Fields , throughout the Wood , Our glad Applause resound . 7. O with due Rev'rence let us then To his Abode repair ; And prostrate a● his Foot-stool fal'n Pour out our humble Pray'r . 8. Arise , O Lord , and now possess Thy constant Place of Rest , Be that , not only with thy Ark , But with thy Presence blest . 9 , 10. Cloath thou thy Priest with Righteousness . And make thy Saints rejoice ; For David's sake , thy Servant , hear Thy own Anointed's Voice . 11. God sware to David in his Truth , ( Nor shall his Oath be vain ) One of thy Offspring after thee Upon thy Throne shall reign : 12. And if thy Seed my Cov'nant keep , And to my Laws submit ; Their Children too upon thy Throne For evermore shall sit . 13 , 14. For Sion's God's peculiar Choice , By him approv'd of well ; His place of everlasting Rest , Where he desires to dwell . 15 , 16. Her Store , says he , I will increase , Her Poor with Plenty cloy ; I 'll with Salvation cloath her Priests , Her Saints shall shout for Joy. 17. There David's Horn shall bud and breed A long successive Line , And my anointed Servants there Shall with fresh Lustre shine . 18. The Faces of his vanquisht Foes Confusion shall o'er-spread ; Whilst blest with good Success , his Crown Shall flourish on his Head. PSALM CXXXIII . 1. HOW vast must their advantage be ! How great their Pleasure prove ! Who live like Brethren , and consent In Offices of Love ! 2. Friendship is like that pretious Oyl Which , pour'd on Aaron's Head , Ran down his Beard , and o'er his Robes It 's costly Moisture shed . 3. Like cool refreshing Dew , which does On Hermon's Top distil ; Or like the early Drops that fall On Sion's fruitful Hill. For God to all , whose friendly Hearts With mutual Love abound ; Has firmly promis'd length of Days With constant Blessings crown'd . PSALM CXXXIV . 1. Bless God , ye Servants that attend Upon his solemn State ; That in his Temple night by night With humble Rev'rence wait : 2 , 3. Within his House lift up your hands , And bless his Holy Name ; From Sion bless thy Isr'el , Lord , Who Earth and Heav'n didst frame . PSALM CXXXV . 1. O Praise the Lord with one Consent And magnify his Name ; Let all the Servants of the Lord His worthy praise proclaim . 2. All ye that in the House of God Attend with constant Care ; With those that to his outmost Courts With humble Zeal repair . 3. For this our truest Int'rest is , Glad Hymns of Praise to sing ; And with loud Songs to bless his Name 's A most delightful thing . 4. For God his own peculiar choice The Sons of Iacob makes ; And Isr'el's Offspring for his own , As precious Treasure takes . 5. For oft have we , that God is great , By glad Experience found ; And seen how he with wond'rous Pow'r Above all Gods is crown'd . 6. For he with unresisted Strength Performs what e'er he will , In Heav'n and Earth and wa●ry Stores That Earth's deep Caverns fill . 7. He raises Vapours from the Ground , Which pois'd in liquid Air , Fall down at last in Show'rs , through which His dreadful Lightnings glare : He from his Store-house brings the Winds ; 8. And he , with vengeful Hand , The First-born slew of Man and Beast , Through Egypt's mourning Land. 9. He dreadful Signs and Wonders ●hew'd In Egypt's stubborn Coasts ; Not Pharaoh could his Plagues escape , Nor all his num'rous Hosts . 10 , 11. 'T was he that various Nations smote , And mighty Kings oppress'd ; Sihon and Og , and all besides That Canaan's Land possess'd . 12 , 13. He for his People of their Lands A firm possession made ; For which his Fame shall always last , His glory never fade . 14. For God shall soon his People's Cause With tender Favour weigh ; Repent him of his Wrath , and turn His kindled Rage away . 15. Those Idols , whose false Worship spreads O'er all the Heathen Lands , Are made of Silver and of Gold , The Work of humane Hands . 16 , 17. They speak not with fictitious Tongues , Nor see with polish'd Eyes ; Nor hear with fashion'd Ears ; no Breath Their empty Mouth supplies . 18. As senseless as themselves are they That all their Skill apply To make them , or in dang'rous Times , On them for Aid rely . 19. Their just Returns of Thanks to God , Let grateful Isr'el pay ; Nor let the Priests of Aaron's Stock To bless the Lord delay ; 20. Their Sense of his unbounded Love Let Levi's House express ; And let all those that fear the Lord His Name for ever bless : 21. Le● all with Thanks his wond'rous Works In Sion's Courts proclaim , And in Ierus'lem , where he dwells , Exalt his Holy Name . PSALM CXXXVI . 1. TO God , the mighty Lord , Your joyful Thanks repeat To him due Praise afford As good as he is great : For he will prove Our constant Friend , No time shall end His boundless Love. 2 , 3. To him whose wond'rous Pow'r All other Gods obey , Whom earthly Kings adore , This grateful Homage pay : For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 4 , 5. By his Almighty Hand Amazing Works are wrought ; The Heav'ns by his Command Were to perfection brought . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 6. He spread the Ocean round , About the spacious Land ; And made the rising Ground Above the Waters stand● For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 7 , 8 , 9. His matchless Pow'r displays The great and lasting Lights ; The Sun to rule by Days , The Moon and Stars by Nights . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 10 , 11 , 12. He struck the First-born dead Of Egypt's stubborn Land ; And thence his People led With his resistless Hand . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 13 , 14. By him the raging Sea , As if in pieces rent , Disclos'd a middle way Through which his People went. For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 15. Where soon he overthrew Proud Pharaoh and his Host , Who seeking to pursue Were in the Billows lost . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 16 , 17 , 18. Through Desarts vast and wild He led the chosen Seed ; And famous Princes foil'd , And made great Monarchs bleed . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 19 , 20. Sihon , whose potent Hand Great Ammon's Sceptre sway'd , And Og , whose stern Command Rich Bashan's Land obey'd . For he will prov● Our constant Friend ; No Time shall end His boundless Love. 21 , 22. And of his wond'rous Grace , Their Lands , whom he destroy'd , He gave to Isr'el's Race , To be by them enjoy'd . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 23 , 24. He , in our depth of Woes , On us with Favour thought ; And from our cruel Foes In Peace and Safety brought . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. 25 , 26. By him the Food is giv'n On which all Creatures live : To God who reigns in Heav'n Eternal Praises give . For he will prove Our constant Friend , No Time shall end His boundless Love. PSALM CXXXVII . 1. WHen we , our weary'd Limbs to rest , Sat down by proud Euphrates Stream , We wept , with doleful Thoughts opprest , And Sion was our mournful Theme . 2. Our Harps , that when with Joy we sung , Were wont their tuneful Parts to bear , With silent Strings neglected hung On barren Trees that wither'd there . 3. Mean while our Foes● with Pride inspir'd , The Authors of our slavish Wrongs , Musick and Mirth of us requir'd , " Come , sing us one of Sion's Songs . 4. How shall we tune our Voice to sing ? Or touch our Harps with skilful Hands ? Shall Hymns of Joy to God our King , Be sung by Slaves in foreign Lands ? 5. Ierusalem , our happy Seat ! When I of thee forgetful prove , Let then my trembling Hand forget The speaking Strings with Art to move ! 6. If I forget thee , let my Tongue To my parcht Roof , quite useless cleave ; Or if I count not thee among The chiefest Joys I can receive ! 7. Remember , Lord , how Edom's Race , In thy own City's fatal Day , Cry'd out , It 's stately Walls deface , And with the Ground quite level lay . 8. Proud Babel's Daughter , against whom God's stern Decrees severely run ; Blest shall he be that pays thee home , The Ills which thou to us hast done ! 9. Thrice blest , who , by just Fury led , Shall from the Breast thy Children take , And , with proud Rage , their tender Head , Against the rugged Pavement break . PSALM CXXXVIII . 1. WIth my whole Heart , my God and King , Thy Praises I 'll proclaim ; Before the Gods with Joy I 'll sing , And bless thy holy Name . 2. I 'll worship tow'rds thy sacred Seat ; And● ravisht with thy Love , The Praises of thy Truth repeat , Which thou dost most approve . 3. Thou graciously inclin'd'st thine Ear , When I to thee did cry ; And , when my Soul was press'd with Fear● Didst inward Strength supply . 4. Therefore shall ev'ry earthly Prince Thy Name with Praise pursue , Whom these admir'd Events convince That all thy Works are true . 5. They , walking in his ways , the Lord With chearful Songs shall bless ; And all his glorious Acts record , And his great Pow'r confess . 6. For God , tho he 's enthron'd on high , Does thence the Poor respect ; The proud far off , his scornful Eye Beholds with just neglect . 7. Tho I 'm with Troubles compass'd round , Yet he will me revive , Thy Hand shall all my Foes confound , And keep my Soul alive . 8. The Lord , whose mercies ever last , Shall fix my happy state ; And mindful of his favours past , Shall his own work complete . PSALM CXXXIX . 1 , 2. THou , Lord , by strictest search hast known My rising up and lying down ; My secret Thoughts are known to Thee , Known long before conceiv'd by me . 3. Thine Eye my Bed and Path surveys , My publick Haunts and private Ways ; 4. Thou know'st what 't is my Lips would vent , My yet un●utter'd Words intent . 5. B●set by Thee , before , behind , On ev'ry side thy Hand I sind . 6. O Skill , for human reach too high ! Too dazling bright for mortal Eye ! 7. O cou'd I so per●idious be To think of once deserting Thee , Where , Lord , could I thy Influence shun , Or whither from thy presence run ? 8. If up to Heav'n I take my flight● 'T is there Thou dwell'st e●thron'd in Light : Or dive to Hell's infernal Plains , 'T is there Almighty Vengeance reigns . 9. If I the Morning's Wings cou'd gain , And fly beyond the Western Main , 10. Thy nimbler Hand wou'd fir●t arrive And there arrest thy Fugitive . 11. Or should I sculk to shun thy sight Beneath the sable Wings of Night ; One glance from Thee , one piercing Ray Would kindle Darkness into Day . 12. The Veil of Night is no Disguise , No Umbrage to all-seeing Eyes ; Through mid-night Shades thou find'st thy way , As in the blazing Noon of Day . Thou know'st the Lab'rinths of my Hear● , 13. My Reins and ev'ry vital part ; Thou cloath'dst 'em early , or the Womb , Where Life they took , had prov'd their Tomb , 14. I 'll praise Thee from whose Hands I came , A work of such stupendious Frame ! That Wonders Thou in me hast shown To my admiring Soul is known . 15. Thine Eyes my Substance did survey While yet a lifeless Mass it lay , How curiously in secret wrought E'er on the World 's great Stage 't was brought . 16. Thou didst the shapeless Embryo see , Its Parts were registred by Thee ; Thou saw'st the daily growth they took , Form'd by the Model of thy Book . 17. Let me acknowledg too , O God , That since this Maze of Life I trod , Thy thoughts of Love to me surmount The Pow'r of Numbers t● recount● 18. For sooner could I reckon o'er The Sands upon the Ocean's shore : Each Morn revising what I 've done , I find th' Account but new begun . 19. The wicked shalt thou slay , O God : Depart from me , ye Men of Blood , 20. Whose Tongues Heav'ns Majesty profane , And take th' Almighty Name in vain . 21. Lord , hate I not their impious Crew Who Thee with Enmity pursue ? And does not Grief my Heart oppress , When Reprobates thy Laws transgress ? 22. Who practise Enmity to Thee Shall utmost Hatred have from me , Such Men I utterly detest As if they were my Foes profest . 23 , 24. Search , try , O God , my Thoughts and Heart If Mischief lurks in any part ; Correct me where I go astray , And guide me in thy perfect way . PSALM CXL . 1. PReserve me , Lord , from cruel Foes Of villanous intent , 2. Whose Hearts on mischievous Designs With restless Spight are bent . 3. Their sharpen'd Tongue the Serpent's sting In Virulence exceeds ; Be●ween their Lips the Gaul of Asps And Adders Venom breeds . 4. Preserve me , Lord , from wicked Hands Nor leave my Soul forlorn ; A Prey to Sons of Violence Who have my Ruin sworn . 5. The proud for me have laid their Snare , And spread their wily Net , With Traps and Gins where e'er I move , I find my Steps beset . 6. But thus inviron'd with Distress Thou art my God , I said , Lord● hear my supplicating Voice That calls to Thee for aid . 7. O Lord , the God whose saving Strength Kind Succour did convey , And cover'd my advent'rous Head , In Battle 's doubtful Day : 8. Permit not their unjust Designs , But disappoint th●ir Rage ; Lest prosp'rous Wickedness their Pride In bolder Crimes engage . 9. Let first their Chiefs the sad effects Of their Injustice mourn ; The blast of their envenom'd Breath Upon themselves return . 10. Let them who kindled first the Flame Its Victims ●irst become ; The Pit they dig'd for me be made Their everlasting Tomb. 11. Though Slander 's Breath may raise a Storm It quickly will decay ; Their Rage does but the Torrent swell That bears themselves away . 12. God will assert the poor Mans Cause , Relief to th' injur'd give : The just shall celebrate his Praise And in his Presence live . PSALM CXLI . 1. TO thee , O Lord , my Cries ascend , O ha●t to my relief : And with accustom'd Pity hear The Accents of my Grief 2. Without Oblations let my Pray'● Like Morning Incense rise ; My innocent up-lifted Hands Like Evening Sacrifice . 3. From rash Efforts restrain my Tongue With constant watch and ward , And keep the Portal of my Lips With wary silence barr'd . 4. From wicked Deeds and wicked Men My Heart and Hands restrain ; Nor let me in the Booty share Of their unrighteous Gain . 5. Let righteous Men reprove my Faults And I ●hall think 'em kind , Like Balm that heals a wounded Head I their Reproof shall ●ind ; And , in return , my fervent Pray'r On their behalf address , When they are tempted and reduc'd Like me to sore Distress . 6. When sculking in Eng●ddi's Rock ( I to themselves appeal ) If one reproachful Word I spake , When in my pow'r to kill . 7. Yet us they persecute to Death , Our scatter'd Ruins lie As thick as from the Hewer's A● The sever'd Splinters flie . 8. But , Lord , to Thee I still direct My supplicating Eyes , O leave not destitute my Soul , Whose Trust on Thee relies . 9. Preserve me from the Snares and Gin● That wicked Hands have laid ; Let them in their own Nets be caught , While my Escape is made . PSALM CXLII . 1. TO God with mournful Voice In deep distress I pray'd ; 2. Made him the Umpire of my Cause , My Wrongs before him laid . 3. Thou knew'st my way to 'scape When my griev'd ●oul despair'd ; For where I thought to walk secure , They had their Gins prepar'd . 4. I look'd , but found no Friend To own me in Distress ; All Refuge fail'd , no Man vouchsaf'd His Pity or Redress . 5. To God at last I pray'd , Thou , Lord , my Refuge art , My Portion in the Land of Life , Till Life it self depart . 6. Lord , hear my Cry , redn●'d To last extremity ! Save me from Persecutors Rage Too powerful grown for me . That I may praise thy Name , 7. My Soul from Prison bring ; Whilst of thy bounteous Care to me Assembled Saints shall sing . PSALM CXLIII . 1. LORD , hear my Pray'r , and to my Cry Thy wonted Audience lend ; In thy accustom'd Faith and Truth A gracious Answer send . 2. Nor at thy strict Tribunal bring Thy Servant to be try'd ; For in thy sight no living Man Can e'er be justi●i'd . 3. The Foe pursues my Life , a Life Whose Com●orts all are f●ed ; To Darkness chas'd and fo●c'd to seek A Mansion with the Dead . 4. My Spirit therefore is o'er-whelm'd , And sinks within my Brest ; My Vitals fail● my Heart it self That should support the rest . 5. I call to mind the Days of old ; The Wonders thou hast wrought For my Deliv'rance heretofore Employ my musing Thought . 6. To Thee my supplicating Hands Are eagerly stretch'd out ; My Soul for thy Refreshment thirsts Like Land opprest with Drought . 7. Hear me with speed ; my Spirit fails , Thy Face no longer hide , Lest I become forlorn like them That in the Grave reside . 8. Thy Kindness early let me hear , Whose Trust on Thee depends ; Teach me the way where I should go : My Soul to Thee ascends 9. Thou art my God , Thy righteous Will Instruct me to obey : Let thy good Spirit conduct and keep My Soul in thy right way . 10. For thy Name 's sake with quick'ni●g Grace , From Mercy 's healing Spring Revive me , and for thy Truth 's sake My Soul from Trouble bring . 11. In pity to my Suff'rings , Lord , Reduce my Foes to Shame ; Stay them that persecute a Soul Devoted to thy Name . PSALM CXLIV . 1. FOrever blest be God the Lord , Who does his needful Aid impart , At once both Strength and Skill afford To wield my Arms with warlike Art. 2. His Goodness is my Fort and Pow'r , My strong Deliverer and Shield ; In him I trust whose matchless Tow'r Makes to my sway fierce Nations yield . 3. Lord , what 's in Man that Thee should move Such tender Care of him to take ? Or what 's Man's Son that thou should'st love Such great account of him to make ? 4. The Life of Man does quickly fade , His Thoughts but empty are and vain ; His Days are like a flying Shade , Of which , when past , no Signs remain . 5. In solemn state , O God , descend , Whilst Heav'n its lofty Head inclines ; The smoaking Hills asunder rend , Of thy approach the awful Signs . 6. Discharge thy dreadful Lightnings round , And make my scatter'd Foes retreat ; Them with thy martial Arrows wound , And their Destruction soon complete . 7 , 8. Do thou , from Heav'n above engage Thy boundless Pow'r my Foes to quell ; And snatch me from the stormy Rage Of threat'ning Waves that proudly swell . Fight thou against my foreign Foes Whose Mouth vent Speeches false and vain , Who , tho in solemn Leagues they close , That firm Engagement ne'er maintain . 9. So I to Thee , the King of Kings , In joyful Hymns my Voice shall raise And Instruments of various Strings Shall help me thus to sing thy Praise : 10. God does to Kings his Aid afford , To them his sure Salvation sends 'T is he that from the hurtful Sword His Servant David still defends . 11. Fight thou against my foreign Foes , Whose Mouths vent Speeches false and vain , Who , tho in solemn Leagues they close , Their firm Engagement ne'er maintain . 12. Then our young Sons like Trees shall grow Well planted in some fruitful place ; Our Daughters shall like Pillars show , Design'd some Royal Court to grace . 13. Our Garners , fill'd with various Store , Shall us and ours with Plenty feed , Our Sheep , inc●easing more and more , Shall thousands and ten thousands breed . 14. Our lab'ring Oxen strong may grow , Nor in their constant Labour faint , Whilst we no War nor Slav'ry know , And in our Streets hear no Complaint . 15. Thrice happy is that People's Case , Whose various Blessings thus abound , Who God's true Worship s●ill embrace , With his Protection always crown'd . PSALM CXLV . 1 , 2. THEE I 'll extol , my God and King , Thy endless Praise proclaim ; This Tribute daily I will bring And ever bless thy Name . 3. Thou , Lord , beyond compare art great , And highly to be prais'd ; Thy Majesty , with boundless Height , Above our Knowledge rais'd . 4. Renown'd for mighty Acts , thy Fame To future Times extends ; From Age to Age thy glorious Name Successively descends . 5 , 6. Whilst I thy Glory and Renown , And wond'rous Works express ; The World with me thy Might shall own , And thy great Pow'r confess . 7. The Praise that to thy Love belongs They shall with Joy proclaim ; Thy Truth of all their grateful Songs Shall be the constant Theme . 8. The Lord abounds with Acts of Grace , Which Pity still supplies ; His Anger moves with leisure pace : His willing Mercy flies . 9 , 10. Thou , Lord● art good to all ; thy Love To all thy Works exprest ; By them still prais'd thy Name shall prove , And by thy Servants blest . 11. They , with the glorious Prospect sir'd , Shall of thy Kingdom speak ; And thy great Pow'r , by all admir'd , Their lofty Subject make . 12. God's glorious Works of antient date Shall thus to all be known ; And thus his Kingdom 's Royal State , With publick Splendor shown . 13. His stedfast Throne , from Changes free , Shall stand for ever fast ; His boundless Sway no end shall see , But Time it self out-last . PART II. 14 , 15. The Lord does them support that fall , And makes the prostrate rise ; For his kind Aid all Creatures call , Who timely Food supplies . 16. What e'er their frequent Wants require With open hand he gives ; And so fulfils the just Desire● Of ev'ry thing that lives . 17 , 18. How holy is the Lord , how just ! How righteous all his Ways ! How nigh to him , who with firm Trust , For his Assistance prays . 19. He 'll grant the full Desires of those Who him with Fear adore ; And all their Troubles soon compose When they his Aid implore . 20. The Lord preserves all those with Care Whom grateful Love employs ; But Sinners who his Vengeance dare , With furious Rage destroys . 21. My Time to come in Praises spent , Shall celebrate his Fame : And all Mankind with one Consent Shall ever bless his Name● PSALM CXLVI . 1 , 2. O Praise the Lord , and thou , my Soul , For ever bless his Name : His wond'rous Love , while Life shall last● My constant Praise does claim . 3. On Kings , the greatest Sons of Men , For Succour ne'er rely ; They can't defend in dang'rous times , Nor timely Help apply . 4. Form'd out of Dust , their Breath once gone Again in Dust they lie ; And all their Thoughts and vain Designs Together with them die . 5. Then happy he , who Iacob's God For his Protector takes ; Who still , with well-plac'd Hope , the Lord His constant Refuge makes . 6. The Lord , who made both Heav'n and Earth And all that both contain , Will never quit his stedfast Truth , Nor make his promise vain . 7. The poor opprest , from all their Wrongs , Are eas'd by his Decree ; He gives the Hungry needful Food , And sets the Pris'ners free . 8. By him the Blind receive their Sight , The weak and fall'n he rears : With kind Regard , and tender Love He for the righteous cares . 9. The Strangers he preserves from Harm , The Widow kindly treats , He guards the Orphan , and the Wiles Of wicked men defeats . 10. The God that does in Sion dwell , Is our eternal King : From Age to Age his Reign endures . Let all his Praises sing . PSALM CXLVII . 1. O Praise the Lord with Hymns of Joy , And celebrate his Fame ; For pleasant , good , and comely 't is To praise his Holy Name . 2. His holy City God will build , Tho levell'd with the Ground ; And bring his People back , dispers'd O'er all the Nations round . 3 , 4. He kindly heals the broken Hearts , And all their Wounds does close ; He tells the Number of the Stars Their sev'ral Names he knows . 5 , 6. Great is the Lord , and great his Pow'r ; His Wisdom knows no Bound . The meek he raises and throws down The Wicked to the Ground . 7. To God , the Lord , a Hymn of Praise With grateful Voices sing ; To Songs of Triumph tune the Harp , And strike each warbling string . 8. He covers Heav'n with Clouds , and thence Refreshing Rain bestows , Thro' him , on Mountain-tops , the Grass With wond'rous Plenty grows . 9. He , salvage Beasts , that loosely range With timely Food supplies . He feeds the Raven's tender Brood , And stops their hungry Cries . 10. He values not the warlike Steed , Nor in his Strength delights ; The nimble Foot , that swiftly runs , With just Disdain he slights . 11. But he , to him that fears his Name , His tender Love extends ; To him that on his boundless Grace With stedfast Hope depends . 12 , 13. Let Sion and Ierus'lem then , To God their Praise address ; Who fenc'd their Gates with massie Bars , And does their Children bless . 14 , 15. He makes in all their Borders Peace , With finest Wheat they 're fed , He speaks the Word , and what he wills Is done as soon as said . 16. Large Flakes of Snow , like fleecy Wool , Descend at his Command ; And Hoary Frost , like Ashes spread , Is scatter'd o'er the Land. 17. When he does , join'd to these , his Ice In little Morsels break , Who can against his piercing Cold Secure Defences make ? 18. He sends his Word , and strait it melts ; He makes his Wind to blow , And soon the Streams , congeal'd before In plenteous Currents flow . 19. By Him his Statutes and Decrees To Iacob's Sons were shown ; And still to Isr'el's chosen Seed His righteous Laws are known . 20. No other Nation this can boast , Nor did he e'er afford To heathen Lands his Oracles , And Knowledge of his Word . Hallelujah● PSALM CXLVIII . 1. YE boundless Realms of Joy Exalt your Maker's Fame ; His Praise your Song employ Above the starry Frame : 2. Your Voices raise , Ye Cherubims And Seraphims To sing his Praise . 3 , 4. Thou Moon , that rul'st the Night , And Sun that guid'st the Day , Ye glitt'ring Stars of Light To him your Homage pay : His Praise declare Ye Heav'ns above And Clouds that move In liquid Air. 5 , 6. Let them adore the Lord , And praise his holy Name , By whose Almighty Word They all from Nothing came . And so shall last , From Changes free , His firm Decree Stands ever fast . 7 , 8. Let Earth her Tribute pay ; Praise him , ye dreadful Whales , And Fish that through the Sea Glide swift with glitt'ring Scales . Fire , Hail , and Snow , And misty Air , And Winds that , where He bids them , blow . 9 , 10. By Hills and Mountains ( all In grateful Consort join'd ) By Cedars stately tall , And Trees for Fruit design'd . By ev'ry Beast , And creeping thing , And Fowl of Wing , His Name be blest . 11 , 12. Let all of Royal Birth , With those of humbler Frame , And Judges of the Earth , His matchless Praise proclaim . In this Design Let Youths with Maids , And hoary Heads With Children join . 13. United Zeal be shown , His wond'rous Fame to raise , Whose glorious Name alone Deserves our endless Praise . Earth's utmost Ends His Pow'r obey : His glorious Sway The Skies transcends . 14. His chosen Saints to grace He sets their Horn on high , And favours Isr'el's Race Who still to him are nigh . O therefore raise Your grateful Voice And still rejoice The Lord to praise . PSALM CXLIX . 1 , 2. O Praise ye the Lord , prepare your glad Voice His Praise in the great Assembly to sing . In our great Creator let Isr'el rejoice , And Children of Sion be glad in their King. 3 , 4. Let them his great Name extol in the Dance ; With Timbrel and Harp his Praises express , Who always takes pleasure his Saints to advance , And with his Salvation the Humble to bless . 5 , 6. With Glory adorn'd his People shall sing To God , who their Beds With Safety does shield ; Their Mouth fill'd with Praises of him their great King ; Whilst a two-edged Sword in their Hand they shall wield , 7 , 8. Just Vengeance to take for Injuries past ; To punish those Lands that know not his Mind ; With Chains , as their Captives , to tie their Kings fast , With Fetters of Iron their Nobles to bind . 9. Thus shall they make good , when them they destroy , The dreadful Decree which God does proclaim : Such Honour and Triumph his Saints shall enjoy . O therefore for ever exalt his great Name . PSALM CL. 1. O Praise the Lord in that blest Place , From whence his Goodness largely flows , Praise him in Heav'n where he his Face Unveil'd in perfect Glory shows . 2. Praise him for all the mighty Acts Which he in our behalf has done ; His Kindness this Return exacts , With which our Praise should equal run . 3. Let the Shrill Trumpet 's warlike Voice Make Rocks and Hills his Praise rebound ; Praise him with Harp's melodious Noise , And gentle Psaltry's silver Sound . 4. Let Virgin-Troops soft Timbrels bring , And some with graceful Motion dance ; Let Instruments of various Strings , With Organs join'd , his Praise advance● 5. Let them who joyful Hymns compose To Cymbals set their Songs of Praise ; Cymbals of common Use , and those That loudly sound on solemn Days . 6. Let all things with glad Zeal contend The Breath he does to them afford In just Returns of Praise to spend ; Let ev'ry ●reature praise the Lord. The END of the PSALMS . Gloria Patri , &c. Common Measure . To Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , The God whom we adore , Be Glory , as it was , is now , And shall be evermore . As Psalm 100 , &c. To Father , Son , and Holy Ghost , The God whom Earth and Heav'n adore , Be Glory , as it was of old , Is now , and shall be evermore . As Psalm 25 , &c. To God the Father , Son , And Spirit , Glory be , As 't was , and is , and shall be so To all Eternity . Advertisement . HAving design'd to make such a Version of the Psalms as may be fit for Common Use we have endeavour'd it by the following Methods , 1. By keeping strictly to the Text , and where the Sense was doubtful , determining it by the Scope and Occasion of the Psalm . 2. By taking care to make the whole Version easie and intelligible . 3. By endeavouring to express the Spirit and Genius of every Psalm , and suiting our Style to the several Passions of the Author . 4. By retaining ●he Connexion throughout each Psalm , which does not always appear in the Prose Translation . 5. By rendring the Hebraisms in their plain Sense and Meaning , as agreed on by the best Commentators . 6. By adapting our Measures to the Tunes that are best received , turning several Psalms to those that are most Musical , such as that of 100 , 113 , 148 , and others . N.T. N.B. FINIS .