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 VShLUSoi DAVID, 
 
 By GEO%_GE SANDYS. 
 
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 To the KING. 
 
 OMr graver Mufefrom her long Dream 
 I avpakes , 
 Peneian Groves^ ^^<^Cirrha*s C/t^'« 
 
 forsakes: 
 Infpir'd mth Zed, {he climhs tU Ethereal hiSs 
 of Solyma, rvhere bleeding Balm dijiills ; 
 where Trees of Life unfading Touth ajfure^ 
 K^nd Living Waters all Difeafes cure : 
 where the Svoeet Singer, in cceleflial Laies > 
 Sung to hisfolemn Harp Jehovah's Praife, 
 From that fain Temple, on her wings fhe bears 
 Thofe Heavenly Raptures toyour facred Ears : 
 Not that her bare and humble Feet afpire 
 To mount the Threjhold of th' harmonious Quire; 
 But that at once fhe might Oblations bring 
 To God ; and Tribute to a god-like King, 
 f^ndfince no narrovp Ferfe fuch Myfteries , 
 t)cep Senfe, and high exprefjions could comprise ; 
 Her labouring Wings a larger compafs fie -i 
 And Poefe refolves tvith Poefe : 
 Lejlfbe, who in the Orient clearly rofe , 
 should in your wejlern World obfburely chfe. 
 
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 To the QVEEN. 
 
 OY0U3 Who like a fruitful Vine ^ 
 To this our Royal Cedar joync: 
 Since it were impious to divide , 
 In fueh a Prefentj Hearts fo ty'd 5 
 UrantA your chafte Ears invites 
 To thefc her more fublime Delights. 
 Then^ with your zealous Lover, daign 
 To enter Davids numerous Fane, 
 Pure thoughts his Sacrifices are • 
 SAbxan Incenfe, fervent Prayer - 
 This holy Fire fell from the Skies 5 
 The holy Water from his eyes* 
 O fiiould You with your Voice infufe 
 Perfedion, and create a Mufe ! 
 Though mean our Verfe^ fuch Excellence 
 At once would ravifli Soul and Senfe : 
 Delight in Heavenly Dwellers move 5 
 Andj fince they cannot en vy^ Love : 
 When they from this our Earthly Sphear 
 Their own CoeleftialMufickhear, 
 
 To 
 
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«4f> «tff» f4f» **i^ *^'* *^ ♦tJ^ '^ X^^i .^l^ C^'^ X!^ .5*92. 
 
 To my Noble Friend , 
 Mr. GEORGE SANDYS, 
 
 Upon his Excellent Paraphrafe on the P S A L M S* 
 
 HAdl'fto B.lpt\l:cs Icfij but were of Thofe , 
 who Pratfe in Ve^p^what they Defpife in Profei 
 Had I this Vice from Canity or Toath ; 
 Tetfach a SiibjeJ would have taught me Trnth : 
 Hence it were BanijFdy where of Flattery 
 There is nor Vfe, nor Pojftbility. 
 Elfe thoH hadftcaufe to fear , leflfome might Raifk 
 ^Argument againsi thee from my Praife, 
 I therefore know-, Thoti canft expeUfrom me 
 But what I give ^ HiflorickJ^oetrie. 
 Friendjhipfor more coidd not a Pardon win 5, 
 JsIorthinkJNt4,mhersmak^aLienoSin. 
 And need I fay more than my Thoughts indite , 
 Nothing were e after ^ than not to write, 
 which now. were hard ; for wherefoe^re I Raife 
 Aiy thoHghts^ thy fever al Pains extort tny Praife* 
 Firfl^ that which doth the Pyramids difplay : His Tra-* 
 
 And in a workjmuch lafiinger than they y vels,wher» 
 
 And more a wonder yfcorns at large to Jhow 9 j" ^^ [f " 
 
 What were Indijferentif True or No : mioro{ 
 
 Or from its lofty Flight;, fioop to declare the Pyra- 
 
 What All men might have known, had all been There* raids. 
 But by thy learned Indnflry and Art , 
 To Thofe ^ whomever, from their Studies part ^ 
 
 A 4 Both 
 
Doth each Lands j LawSy Belief, Beginning JIjovp ; 
 
 Which of the Natives hut the Cwriom l^ow : 
 
 Teaching the frailty of all Humane things ; 
 
 How foon great Kingdoms fall ^ muchfooner Kings : 
 
 Prepares our Souls, that Chance cannot direci 
 
 A Machin at us, more thm we expech 
 Athens. We know, That Town is hut with Fijhers Fraught , 
 
 Where Thefeus Governed, and where Plato Taught : 
 Greece. That Spring of Knowledge^ to which Italy 
 
 Ows all her Arts, and her Civility , 
 
 In Vioe and Barha:'ifmfuplnely rowls ; 
 
 Their Fortunes not morejiavijh than their Souls, 
 
 Eallern Thofe Churches ^which from the fir ji Heretickf wan 
 Churches, j^n ^^^j^^j^ f^^^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^ i^^ji.j ^^^ ^^^ . - 
 
 Iff whom thofe Notes^fo mpt^h requlredy be *, 
 Of Do- Agreement^ Miracles, Antiquitie : 
 ctrine. Which can a Never -hrohe Succejfion^ow 
 Of Per- From the Apofiles dmvn ; (Here hrag£d of fo :) 
 foils. So hefl confute Her mofl Immodefi claim , 
 •As Anti- Who fear ce a Fart, yet to he All doth aim ; 
 
 Lie now difirefi, between two Enemy- Towers , 
 Whom the Weft damns, aad whom the Eafi devours. 
 What State than Theirs can more Vnhappy he , 
 Threatnedwith Helly andfure of Poverty. 
 Thefmall Beglnnhig of the Turkiih Kings , 
 Andthelr large Growth, jljew us that different Things 
 May meet In One Third -^ whatmofi Difagree , 
 May have fome Likenefs : For in this we fee , 
 A Muflard-feed m.iy he refemhled well 
 To the Two Kmgdoms^ both of Heaven and Hell. 
 Their Strength, andw^nts this workhath both unwound -, 
 Tiirkj. To teach how thefe ^' increafe, and that confound : 
 Relates their Tenets *, fcorning to dijpute 
 With JErrors yW^ich to tell, is to confute : 
 
 Shcc^i 
 
Shevps how even there y where Chrifi voHchfafd to 
 
 Teach J 
 Their Dervkes dare an Imjojior Preach, Pricfls; 
 
 for whllff with jrivate Quarrels we "Decaid^ 
 We way for phenty and Their Religion made : 
 
 And can hit Wijhes now to Heaven prefer , 
 
 May they gain Chrtfiy or We his Sepulchre. 
 
 Next Ovid calls me ; whwh though I admire , ^^I'^^^h*' 
 
 For Ecfualling the Authors quiokliing Fire ^ f^^ ^ -' 
 
 AndhiSfurePhrafe: yet More '^ remembringit 
 
 Was by a Mindfo m^tch difiroLied Writ : 
 
 Bus^nefs and War^ III Mtdwives to produce 
 
 The Happy Ojf-fpring of fofweet a Mufe : 
 
 Whilfi every unknown Face did Danger Threat ; 
 
 For evrry Native there was twice a Gete, i 
 
 More\ whrn (retftrrn'd) thy Workreview^dy exposed Com. 
 
 What Pith before the hiding Barhjnclos^d : racntar. 
 
 And with it that EJfay , which lets usfee . ^^^g. Aco,' 
 
 What by the Foot, what Hercules would be, * '• 
 
 All fitly offer'' d to his Princely Hands ; 
 
 By whofe Proteclion Learning chiefly fl a/ids : 
 Whofe Virtue move more Pens , thanhis Power 
 
 Swords ; 
 And Theme to thofsyand Edge to thefe affords. 
 Who could not be difplcas^d that his great Fame , ^^"cgy^ 
 
 So pure a Mufeyfo loudly jhouldproclaime : ^^^^' 
 
 With his Queens praife in the fame Model caff \ 
 Which Jhall not lefs, than all their Annals y lafl, 
 Tety though we wonder at thy Charming Voice ; 
 PerfeElionflill wai wanting in thy Choice : 
 And of a Souly^whichfo mnch Power poffefi , 
 That Choice is hardly Goody which is not Befi, 
 But though thy Mufe were Ethnically Chaff , 
 When nwfl F^ult could be found ; yet now Thouhafi 
 
 Diverted 
 
Diverted to a Pnrer Path thy Quid • 
 jind chan£d Parnailus Momt to Sions-Hllh 
 So thu blefl David mi^ht Jmofi Defire 
 'To hear his Harp thns Eccho^d by thy Lyre. 
 Such Eloquence^ th-it though it were abused , 
 Conld not but he (though not Allowed) excHs^d. 
 JoyrHd to a Work^fo choice, that though Ill-done , 
 So Pious an Attempt Praise could not \hm, 
 Hoivfirangely doth it darl^fi Texts difclofe , 
 In f^erfes of fuchjlveetnefs ; that even Thofe , 
 From whom the unknown Tongue conceals the Senfe j^ 
 Even in the Sound, mtfl findan Eloquence, 
 Eor though the m:fi bemtching Mujickcould 
 Move Men, no more than Rocks ; thy Language would. 
 Tooje who make wit their Curfe, who fpend their Brain, 
 Tiocir Time, and Art, in loofer Ferfe, to gain 
 Damnation, and a Mt fire fs\ till they fee 
 flonvConfi^ntthat is,h winc.njiantjhee I 
 My from this great Example learn, to f way 
 The Parts th"* are Bkfi-with,fime more Biejfed way. 
 Fate cmagainfl Thee but two Foes advance j 
 Sharp'fighted Envy, and Blind Ignorance : 
 Thefyfi (by Nature like ajh tdow, near 
 To all great Acis) I rather Hue than Fear : 
 Fo"^ them, (fmce whatsoever mofi they Raife 
 • In Private, That they mofi in Throngs Difpraife ; 
 Ao TBjt 01- And kjo v f^he III they AEh Condemned within) 
 ttt 51^75/, ly^j enviesT^ee, may no man envy Him, 
 The lafi IFear not much, but Pity more : 
 For though thry cannot the leaf} Fault explore ; 
 Tet, if they mi'^ht the high Tribunal Clime , 
 To Them thy Excellence would be thy Crime : 
 ForE iquence with things Prophane they joyn \ 
 Nor count it fit to Mix with what^s Divine j 
 
 Like 
 
X% Art and Paintings laidnpon a Face , 
 
 Of it f elf fm&t ^ vphich wore Deform than Grace, 
 
 Tety as the Ghnrch with Ornaments is Fraught , 
 
 Why may not That he too, which There is Tanght f 
 
 And^nre that Vefftl of Eletliony Paul , 
 
 Who Judais'd with Jews, who All to All : 
 
 Soy to Gainfomty would he (at leafl) Content , 
 
 Some for the Curious fljodd be Eloquent : 
 
 For fince the Way to Heaven is Rugged^ who 
 
 Would have the Way to that Way hefo too ? 
 
 Pr thinks it fit y wejhould not Leave obtain , 
 
 To learn wtth Tleafure, what we Ati with Pain ? 
 
 Since then Some fiofy unlefs their Path be Even , 
 
 Nor will be led by Solcefijmes to Heaven ; 
 
 And (through a Habit Jcarce to be control d) 
 
 Refufe a Cordialy when not brought in Gold^ 
 
 Much like to them to that Difeafe Inur*d , Tarantula 
 
 Which can be no way y but by Muftck^cur*d^ 
 
 J Joy in Hope y that no fmall Piety 
 
 Will in their Colder Hearts be Warmed by Thee. 
 
 For as none could more Harmony difpenfi ; 
 
 So neither could thy flowing Eloquence 
 
 So well in any Taskjbe us^dy as this : 
 
 To Sound His Praifes forth y whofe Gift it is, 
 
 ' Cui non certaverit ulla ^. 
 
 Aut tantum fluere,aut totidem durare per annos. Gmj^. u 
 
 FALKLAND. 
 
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An D E to my worthy Kinfinan , 
 
 Mr. GEO(^GE SANDYS, 
 
 upon his excellent Paraphrafeon the PSALMS* 
 
 O Breath again ! th^t holy Lay 
 Didconvay, 
 Unto ray foul fo fwcet a Fire l 7 
 
 Idefire, 
 That all my Senfcs charm'd to Ear 5 
 
 Should fix there. 
 O might this facred Anthem laft I 
 
 'Till Time's paft: 
 Until we warble forth a higher I 
 
 In the Quire 
 Of Angels, till the Sphcars keep time I 
 
 To your Rime. 
 i^mfhion did a City raife , 1 
 
 By his Layes : 
 The Stones did dance into a Wall y 
 
 At his call. 
 But your divinely-tuned Air 
 
 Doth repair 
 E v'n Man himfelf, whofe ftony Heart , 
 
 By this Art, 
 Rebuildethof its own accord , 
 
 To the Lord , 
 
A Temple breathing holy Songs , 
 
 In ftrange Tongues, 
 you Rthoth Davids Lyre, and Notes ^ 
 
 To our Throats. 
 Sec, thegreen Willow now not wears ^ 
 
 Of their Tears, 
 frhe fadly filent Trophy es, we 
 
 From the Tree , 
 Jake down the Hebrevp Harps, and reaeh ^ 
 
 In our fpeech , 
 Whatever we do hate, what fear , 
 
 What love dear. 
 Now in faint Accents praifing God , 
 
 For his Rod: 
 Since that his punifliing a Child ^ 
 
 Muftbeftil'd 
 ABleflingi But our thankful Layes 
 
 DohisPraifc 
 Sound in the loudeft Key, when e'rc 
 
 He draws near 
 In Mercy, not affrighting Power 5 
 
 In that Hour , 
 New Life approacheth : Then our Joy 
 
 Doth employ 
 Each Faculty, and Tune each Air 
 
 To a Prayer. 
 But by and by our Sins do caufe 
 
 A fad Paufe. 
 Our Hands lift-up, and caft-down Eyes , 
 
 Our faint Cryes, 
 
 Do 
 
Do in their fadly-pleafing Tones 
 
 Speak our Mones, 
 Inftead of Harps we ftrike our Breafts : 
 
 AUtheRefts 
 Attend his Mufick, are a Tear , '^^ 
 
 Which Sighs bear 5 
 In their fofc Language, up on high > 
 
 TotheSkie- 
 Whence God, delighted with our Grief 3 
 
 Sendb Relief. 
 Thus unto You we owe the Joys , 
 
 The Sweet Noile 
 Of our ravifh'd Souls 5 wx borrow 
 
 Henee our Sorrow 5 
 Repentant Sorrow, which doth glad ^ 
 
 Not make fad. 
 We weep in your LineSj we rejoyce 
 
 In your Voyce : 
 Whofe pleafing Language fans the Eire 
 
 Of Defire, 
 Which flames in Zeal, and calmly fafliiofls 
 
 All our Paffions. 
 Which you fo fweetly have expreft 5 '^ 
 
 Some have guelt, 
 We Hallelu-jahs ihall rehearfe , 
 
 In your Verfc. 
 
 Then be lecure, your well-tun'd Breath 
 Shall now ouc-Iive the Date of Death 5 
 
 And 
 
And when Fate pleafes, you ihall have 
 Still-Mufick in the filent Grave : 
 You from Above fliall hear each day 
 One Dirge difpatch'd unto your Clay , 
 Thefe your own Anthems fhall become 
 lYour lafting Epicedium. 
 
 T)udly Viggesi 
 
 To the Reader. 
 
 THe Paraphrafe upon the Pfalms , thon^h here 
 rmh^d according to the Chronology , was firfl 
 Wirk and TMi^ed , and therefore , thefe Verfes do 
 in time precede thofe that are fixt in the Front of the 
 Volnme. 
 

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 PARAPHRASE 
 
 Upon the FIRST BOOK 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Psalms of DAVID, 
 
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 TSALM I. 
 
 Hat Man is truly bicft, who never drays 
 
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 By falfe advice, nor walks in Sinners ways; 
 
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 Nor fits inferted with their icornful pride, 
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 Who God contemn, and Pi-^^e-'ty deride. 
 
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 But wholly fixeth his fincere delight 
 On heav'nly Laws •, thofe ftudies day and night. 
 He fhall be like a Tree that fpreads his Root 
 By living Streams, producing timely Fruit : 
 riis Leaf (hall never fall : the Lord fhall blefi 
 All his indeavours with defir'd fuccefs. 
 Men loft in Sin , unlike rewards fhall find , 
 Difperft like Chaff, before the furious Wind : 
 Their guilt fhall not that horrid day indure , 
 Nor they approach th' AfTemblies of the Pure : 
 For God approves thofe ways the Righteous tread 5 
 But Sinful Paths to fure Deflru£lion lead. 
 
 FSALM IL 
 
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 ^ -*• Gw are the Gentiles all on fire ! Why 
 
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 rage they with vain menacings •, Earths haughty^i 
 
 Potentates 
 
tlje ^raimss of DAViD, 
 
 Potentates and Kings, 'Gainft God againft his 
 
 Chrift confpire : Break wc, fay they, their fervile" ^ 
 
 bands, And caft their cords from our free hands. 
 
 But God from his Coeleftial Throne 
 
 ?- .'Shall laugh , and tlieir attempts; deride y 
 
 Then high incenft , thus check their pride ^ 
 (His Wrath in their confufion fhown ) 
 
 Loe^ I my King have Cro\Tn'd , and will 
 
 Inthrone on Sions facred Hill. 
 
 That great Decree I {hall declare : 
 
 For thus I heard Jehovah fay j 
 
 Thou art my Son begot this clay : 
 Requeft, and I will grant thy Prayer ^ 
 Subje^l all Nations to thy Throne ^ 
 And make the Sea-bound Earth thine own, 
 
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^ i^atap^jare upon 
 
 Thou (halt an Iron Scepter fway , 
 
 Like earthen Veflels , break their Bones. 
 Be wife, O you who fit on Thrones ^ 
 
 And Judges grave advice obey t 
 With joyful Fear,OTerve the Lord y 
 With trembling Joy embrace his Word. 
 
 In due of Homage kifs the Son , 
 Left He his wrathful looks difplay •, 
 And fo you perifh in the way j 
 
 His anger newly but begun : 
 Then blefled only are the Juft , 
 Who on th' Anointed fix their truft. 
 
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 TSALM in. 
 
 Camns 
 
 j*»^ •*> Y God, how are my foes increaft ! 
 
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 What multitudes againft me rife ! Who fay, give 
 
 we his Soul no reft^ Whom God forfakes , 
 
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tt|c jafaimg of DAVID. 
 
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 and Men defpife. 
 
 But thou art my Support, my Tower , 
 My Safety ^ ray choice Ornament. 
 
 Before thy Throne my Prayers I pow'r , 
 Heard from thy Sions high afcent. 
 
 No fears affright my foft repofe ^ 
 ' Thou my Night-watch, my Guard by Day 
 Not Miriads of Armed Foes , 
 Nor Treafons fecret hands difmay. 
 
 Arife , O vindicate my Caufe ! 
 
 My Foes, whom wicked Hate provoke , 
 Thou, Lord, haft fmit their cankred Jaws , 
 
 And all their Teeth afunder broke. 
 
 Thou, Lord, the only Hope of thofe , 
 Who thee with Holy Zeal adore *, 
 
 Whofe all-protecling Arms inclofe 
 Their Safety , who thy Aid implore. 
 
 TSALM IV. 
 
 Cantus, 
 
 •^ Hou Guardian of my Truth and "^^ 
 
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 Hou Guardian of my Truth and me , 
 B 3 " Thrt 
 
,1 ^avapl)?are upon 
 
 P^iiiiiiiiiiiiliiip 
 
 That from thefe ftraits had fet me free , I 
 
 iiEEEiiitfeliiiilrli^ 
 
 O hear my Pray'r ! Be I Thy Care^ \ 
 
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 For Mercy lives in Thee. 
 
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 You Sons of Men , how long will yov? 
 Eclipfe my Glory, and purfue 
 
 LovM Vanities-, 
 
 Delight in Lies, 
 To Man , to God untrue ? 
 
 f5.now, Qod my innocence hath bleft , 
 And will with foveraignty invell : 
 
 His gentle Ear 
 
 Prepared to hear 
 ^y^ never vain requeft. 
 
 Sin 
 
t^epfaims! of david. 
 
 Sin not, but fear ^ furceafe, and try 
 Your Hearts, as on your Beds you lie ; 
 
 Pure gifts prelent 
 
 With pure intent , 
 And place your hopes on high. 
 
 But Earthly Minds falfe Wealth admire , 
 And toil with uncontrol'd defire. 
 
 With clear afped 
 
 Thy Beams refleiH: , 
 And Heavenly Thoughts infpire. 
 
 O let my Joy, exempt from Fears , 
 Their Joys tranfcend, when Autumn bears 
 
 His pleafant Wines 
 
 On duftred Vines , 
 . And Grain-replenifh'd Ears, 
 
 Now (hall the peaceful hand of Sleep 
 In heavenly Dew my fenfes fteep •, 
 
 Whom thy large wings , 
 
 O King of Kings , 
 In {hades of Safety keep. 
 
 TSALM V. 
 
 •*• O hear me, Lord, be thou inclin'd •, 
 
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 U ^ntap^tnli upon 
 
 My thoughts O ponder in thy mind: And 
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 let my cryes acceptance find. Thou hear'ft my 
 
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 Morning Sacrifice : To thee, before the 
 
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 Day-Star Rife , My Pray'rs afcend , with 
 
 ftedfaft eyes. 
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 Thou 
 
t^j&falmjai ot DAviD, 
 
 Thou lov'ft no vice ^ none dwells with thee ^ 
 
 Nor glorious Fools thy Beauty tpc •, 
 
 AllSin-defiPddeteftedbe 
 
 Ly ars fhall fink beneath thy hate ^ 
 
 Who thirft for Blood, and weave deceit ^ 
 
 Thy Rage (hall fwiftly ruinate. 
 
 I to thy Temple will repair , 
 Since Infinite thy Mercies are *, 
 And thee adore with Fear and Prayer. 
 My God, conduft me by thy Grace •, 
 For many have my Soul in chafe. 
 Set thy ftrait Paths before my Face. 
 
 Falfc are their Tongues, their Hearts are hollow , 
 Like gaping fepulchres they Iwallow •, 
 Fawn, and betray even thofe they follow. 
 With Vengeance girt theie Rebels round ^ 
 In their own ccuniels them confound *, 
 Since their TranfgrelTions thus abound. 
 
 Joy they vath an exalted Voice, 
 
 That triift in thee , who guard'ft thy Choice : 
 
 Let thofe who love thy Name rejoyce. 
 
 Thy BlefTmgs fhall in (how'rs defcend -, 
 
 Thy favour as a fhield defend 
 
 All thofe, who righteouihefs intend. 
 
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 TSALM VI. 
 
 Ord , thy deferved Wrath aflwage •, As the id. 
 
 Nor punifh in thy burning Ire ^ 
 Let Mercy mitigate thv Rage , 
 
 Before my fainting Life expire, 
 
 O 
 
CAHtHi, 
 
 BaJfHi. 
 
 7 q 31 #awp^?af€ upoti 
 
 Oheal! my Bones with anguifli ake ; 
 
 My penfive Heart with forrow worn. 
 How long wilt thou my foul forfake ! 
 
 O pity, and at length return ! 
 
 O let thy Mercies comfort me , 
 
 And thy a{Bi£led Servant fave ! 
 Who will in death remember thee ? 
 
 Or praife thee in the filent Grave ? 
 
 Vext by infulting enemies , 
 
 My Groans difturb the peaceful Night ^ 
 My Bed wafli'd with my ftrearaing Eyes : 
 
 Through Grief grown old, and dim of fight. 
 
 All you of wicked life depart ; 
 
 The Lord my God hath heard my cry " 
 He will recure my wounded Heart , 
 
 And turn my Tears to tides of Joy. 
 
 Who hate me, let difhonour wound , 
 Let fear their guilty fouls affright *, 
 
 With fliame their haughty looks confound , 
 And let them vanifhfrommy fight. 
 
 TSALM VIL 
 
 ^^-^ Thou that art my Confidence , 
 
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 And 
 
t^c #falm$oE DAVID. 
 
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 And ftrong Defeiice •, From thofe who my fad 
 
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 fall intend , Great God, defend : Left Lion- 
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 like, if none controul , They tear my perfe- 
 cuted SouL 
 
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 Jf I am guilty •, if there be 
 Deceit in me^ 
 
 If III I ever to my Friend 
 Did but intend ; 
 
 Or rather have not fuccourM thofc 
 
 Who were my undefei^ved fo?s i 
 
 Let 
 
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 31 l^atap^jare upon 
 
 Let them my ftained Soul purfue , 
 
 With hate fubdue ^ 
 Let their proud feet in Triumph tread 
 
 Upon my head: 
 My life out of her manfion thruft , 
 And lay my Honour in the dull. 
 
 Againft my dreadful Enemies , 
 
 Great God, arife. 
 Jtift Judge, thy deeping Wrath awake , 
 
 And Vengeance take : 
 Then all fhall Thee adore alone. 
 O King of Kings, afcend thy Throne ! 
 
 f»n 1, Judge thou my Foes ^ as I am free , 
 
 So judge thou me : 
 Declare thou my integrity *, 
 
 For triou doft try 
 The Heart and Reins •, The Juft defend ^ 
 The Malice of the Wicked end. 
 
 God is my Shield *, he help imparts 
 
 To fmcere hearts *, 
 The Good Prote<^s, but menaceth 
 
 The Bad with Death-, 
 Nor will, unlefs they change, relent : 
 He whets his Sword, his Bow is bent. 
 
 Dire Inftruments prepared hath 
 
 Of deadly Wrath: 
 And will at thofe, who perfecute , 
 
 fwift Arrows (hoot : 
 Who wicked thoughts conceiv'd ^ now great 
 With Mifchief, travel j hatch Deceit. 
 
 Who 
 
t^e ^lAim Of D A V I D, 
 
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 Who digg'd a pit, firft fell therein , 
 Caught by his Sin*, 
 
 On his own head his outrage fhall 
 Like ruins fall. 
 
 But I, O thou eternal King , 
 
 Will of thy Truth and Juftice fing. 
 
 PSALM VIII. 
 
 Liiiiiiiiiiiiilii''""' 
 Ord, how lUuftrious is thy Name ! 
 
 liiiiilliiiiiipii "f-- 
 iiiiiiiiililiiii ' 
 
 WhofePow'r both Heav'n and Earth proclame! 
 
 Thy Glory thou haft fet on high , Above the 
 
 _ _ . .S. "" 
 
 Marble-arched Sky. 
 
 
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14 3 )^atap]^?are upon 
 
 The wonders of thy Power thou haft 
 
 In Mouths of Babes and Sucklings plac'd : 
 
 trhat fo thou might'ft thy Foes confound , 
 
 And who in malice moft abound. 
 
 When I pure Heav'n, thy Fabrick, fee ^ 
 
 The Moon and Stars difpos'd by thee i 
 
 O what is Man^ or his frail Race , 
 
 That thou fhouldft fuch a Shadow grace ! 
 
 Next to thy Angels moft renown'd ^ 
 
 With Majefty and Glory crown'd : 
 
 The King of all thy Creatures made 9 
 
 That all beneath his feet hath laid : 
 
 All that on Dales or Mountains feed , 
 
 That fhady Woods or Deferts breed ,- 
 
 What in the Airy Region glide , 
 
 Or through the rowling Ocean flide. 
 
 Lord, how illuftrious is thy Name ! 
 
 Whofe Pow'r both Heav'n and Earth prodamc. 
 
 Cafttffs, 
 
 Sajp^. 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 T^iiiiiiiilliElEiiii 
 
 "^ Hee will I praife with Heart and Voice j 
 
 Thy wondrous Works aloud refound : In" 
 
 thee 9' 
 
t\)Z #faltW8f of DAVID. 15 
 
 thee, O Lord, will I rejoyce ^ Thy Name with 
 
 
 Zealous Praifes Crown'd, 
 
 iiiiiiiiiii 
 
 My Foes fell by inglorious flight , 
 
 Before thy terrible Afpe£l : 
 Thy powerful Hands fupport my Right 9 
 
 Thou Judgement juftly doft dire«^. 
 
 The Proud are fain , the Heathen fly y 
 Oblivion fhall their names Intomb : 
 
 Deftruftion, O thou Enemy, 
 Hath now recievM a final Doom. 
 
 Thou Towns and Cities haft deftroyM '^ 
 Their memory with them decayes : 
 
 But God for ever fhall abide , 
 
 And high his Throne of Juftice rftifc, 
 
 A righteous Scepter fhall extend ^ 
 And Judgement diftribute to all : 
 
 He will opprefTed Souls defend , 
 •That in the time of Trouble call. 
 
 Yv no 
 
i6 31 i&arap]^?afe upon 
 
 Who know thy Name in thee willtruft •, 
 Thou never wilt forfake thine Own. 
 
 Praife Sions King, O praife the Juft , 
 And make his noble Actions known. 
 
 Blood fcapes not his revenging Hand ^ 
 He vindicates the Poor mans Caufc, 
 
 Lord, my infulting Foes withiland , 
 And araw me from Deaths greedy Jaws y 
 
 That I may in the Royal Gsite 
 Of Sions Daughter, raife my Voice 5 
 
 Thy ample Praifes celebrate , 
 And in thy faving health rejoice. 
 
 They (fain into the Pit they made ) 
 Are caught in Nets themfelves prepar^. 
 
 The Lord his Judgements hath difplayM : 
 The Wicked in their works infnar'd : 
 
 The Wicked down to Hell (hall fink , 
 And all that do the Lord difdain. 
 
 But God will on the Needy think y , 
 Nor {hall the Poor expe»fl in vain. 
 
 Lord, let not Man prevail', arife; 
 
 Th' Infulting Heathen judge: O then 
 Let trembling Fear their heart furpri2^e y , 
 
 That they may know they are but Men, 
 
 rSAtM 
 
t^e idfalmis ot david. 
 
 17 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 Ithdrawnot, O my God, my guide : 
 
 
 Igiiliiiiigiiliili 
 
 In time of Trouble doft thou hide thy cheerful 
 
 iiiiiillti^iiii^ii 
 
 face ? Who want thy Grace , The poor pur- 
 fue with cruel pride : O be they by their 
 
 iiiiliiiiiii;iiilrllii 
 iiiiiiiiiiiiilll 
 
 own rn-vcn-tions o-ver-thrown. 
 
 
 The 
 
i3 3 paraplj^afe npm 
 
 f The wicked boaft of their fuccefs^ 
 
 The covetous profanely blefs , 
 By Thee, O Lord , 
 So much abhorred. 
 Their pride will notthy pow'r confefsj 
 Nor have thy favour fought , 
 Or had of thee a thought. 
 
 They in oppreflion take delight :, 
 Thy Judgements far above their fight : 
 Their enemies 
 Scoff and defpife : 
 Who fay in heart, No oppofite 
 
 Can us remove, nor (hall 
 Our greatnefs ever fall. 
 
 Their mouths detefted curfesfiU 
 fraud, mifchief •, ever prone to ill : 
 In fecret they 
 Lurk to betray ^ 
 the Innocent in corners kill : 
 
 His eyes with fierce intent 
 Upon the poor are bent. 
 
 ?ar$ 2. He like a Lion in his den , 
 
 Awaits to catch opprefled men. 
 Who unaware 
 Light in his fnare. 
 His couched limbs contrails, that then 
 With all his ftrength he may 
 Rufti on his wretched prey. 
 
 His heart hath faid, God hath forgot $ 
 He hides his facej he minds it not. 
 
 Arife 
 
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 ti)e jafaimgog david. 19 
 
 Arife, O Lord , 
 
 Draw thy juft fword , 
 Nor out of thy remembrance blot 
 The poor and defolate : 
 O fhield them from his hate! 
 
 Why (hoiild the wicked Goddefpife,' 
 And fay he looks with carelefs eyes ? 
 Their well feen fpight 
 Thou (halt requite, 
 "the poor, O Lord, on Thee relies ^ 
 Thou help'ft the Fatherlefs , 
 Whom cruel men opprefs. 
 
 Afunder break the arras of thofe , 
 Who ill afFe£t, and good oppofe : 
 Their crimes explore , 
 Untill no more 
 Lurk in their bofoms to difclofc. 
 Eternal King, thy Hand 
 Hath chac'd them from thy Land. 
 
 Lord, thou haft heard thy Servants prayer v 
 Thou wilt their humble hearts prepare : 
 Thy gracious Ear 
 Inclined to hear. 
 The Fatherlefs, and worn with care 
 
 Judge thou-, that Mortals may 
 No more with outrage fway. 
 
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20 n i&atapi^iaf e upon 
 
 ' TSALM XL 
 
 Asthe^xh Tk /FY God, on Thee my hopes relie : 
 
 |%/| Why fay they to my troubled Soul 
 ^T X Arile, up to your Mountain flie *, 
 
 Flie, quickly, like a chaced Fowl ? 
 
 For loe, the Wicked bend their bows , 
 Their arrows fit with fecret Art v 
 
 That clofely they may (hoot at thofe , 
 Who are upright and pure in heart. 
 
 If their foundation be deftroy'd , 
 
 What can the Righteous build upon? - 
 
 God in his Temple doth abide; 
 Heav'n is the Great Jehovah's Throne. 
 
 His Eyes behold, his Eyc-!ids try 
 The Sons of Men •, allows the beft : 
 
 But fuch as joy in cruelty 
 
 The Lord doth from his Soul deteft. 
 
 Snares, horrid Tempeft, Brimftone, Fire , 
 (Their portion) on their heads (hall light : 
 
 Th' intirely Juft afFefts th' Intire •, 
 For ever precious in his fight. 
 
 CantHi. 
 
 FSALM XI L 
 
 **• A EIpLord, for Godly men decay, 
 
 "^'' iiiiiiFii^ii 
 
 From 
 
t^c ^afaimst of david, 
 
 31 
 
 iHlipliiiiSli • 
 
 From Mortals Faith, enforced , flies : And 
 with their fins Companions, they. Talk of af- 
 
 fefted Vanities : Their flattering Tongues a- 
 
 iiliiiiliiiiiliriii 
 
 bound with Lies *, Their double Hearts bent 
 
 ^X^-,. J..xj^ . 
 
 to betray. 
 
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22 S patapi^?afe uppn 
 
 God (hall thofe flattering Lips confound , 
 And Tongues which fwell with proud Difdain : 
 
 Whofe boaftings arrogantly found ^ 
 Our Tongues the conquefl fliafl obtain -, 
 They are oiar own, who Ihall reftrain ? 
 
 Or to our Wills prefcribe a bound ? 
 
 i^ut forth' Oppreflion of the Poor , 
 \ And Wretches fighs which pierce the Skies 5, 
 
 Who pity at his Throne implore , • 
 
 The Lord hath faid, I will arile , 
 jf^nd from their Foes, who them defpife , 
 
 Deliver all that me adore. 
 
 Gods Word is pure •, as pure as Gold 
 In melting Furnace feven times try'd : 
 
 His Arms for ever (hall infold 
 
 All thofe , who in his truth abide- 
 The wicked range on ev'ry fide , 
 
 When vitious men the Scepter hold. 
 
 Cantm 
 
 PSALM XIH. 
 
 Ow long ! Lord, let me not for e-ver 
 
 Bajfm. liiiiSEiiilEpii-illii 
 
 iiiiiiiiililiiiiiii 
 
 be forgot ! How long, my God, wilt thou 
 
 Con- 
 
tftei&fafmjiof david. 25 
 
 Contraft thy clouded brow! How long in 
 
 iIiiiliiiiii|iiiiiilE 
 
 Hiiiiiiiiiii^ 
 
 mind perplext Shall I be daily vext. 
 
 How long fliall he controul , 
 Who perfecutes my foul ! 
 Confider, hear my cries ^ 
 Illuminate mine eyes *, 
 Left with exhaufted breath 
 I ev€r fleep in Death *, 
 
 Left my infultingFoe 
 Boaft in my overthrow ^ 
 And thofe who would deftroy j 
 In my fubverfion joy. 
 But I, Thou ever Juft , 
 Will in thy Mercy truft j 
 
 And in thy faving Grace 
 My conftant Comfort place : 
 My Songs (hall fing thy Praife , 
 That haft prolong'd my Dfiyes- 
 
 C 4 VSALM 
 
24 
 
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 PSALM XIV 
 He fool hath faid in his falfe hearty 
 
 iili^iiiii^i^illife 
 
 God cares not what to Man fucceeds. Abomi- 
 
 iiiiiiiiiiiliilifgil 
 
 nable are their deeds \ All 111 afFefts from 
 
 t-'mt^m m%m ■ — Ji»»»^»»<»«»i 
 
 Good depart. 
 @, 
 
 •akaMHtaMBor'toBM^ > ■!!» 
 
 Jehovah Maps rebellious Race 
 Beheld from his celeftial Throne \ 
 To fee if there were any one 
 
 That upderftood, or foi^ghj: his Face. 
 
 All 
 
tljeiSfalmstof david. a; 
 
 All from forfaken Truth are flown -, 
 Corrupt in Body, fuch in Soul , 
 Defil'd within , ^without as foul •, 
 
 None Good indeavours, no, not One. 
 
 Are all, that work Iniquity , 
 
 By Ignorance fo blindly led ? 
 
 My People they devour like Bread ^ 
 Nor call on him who fits on highe • 
 
 Their Confciences with terrour quake-. 
 Since God doth with the Juft abide : 
 For Poor mens Counfels they deride , 
 
 Who him for their Proteftion take. 
 
 O that unto thy Ifrael 
 
 Salvation might from Sion Spring ! 
 
 When God (hall us from Bondage bring , 
 No joy (hall Jacobs joy excel. 
 
 FSALM XV. 
 
 Wiii^iiiliiPii 
 Ho (hall in thy Tent a-bide? 
 
 S|E|;i|E|E5:ji|E:|=:Ei|:S 
 
 On thy Holy Hill refide ? He that's Juft and 
 
 Innocent^ 
 
 :Z3 Ca^tm,, 
 
 Bafm. 
 
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 76 ill #arap]^?are upon 
 
 Innocent^ Tells the truth of his intent-, | 
 
 iiiliiiiiiiiiilii 
 
 Slanders none with venomb'J Tongue •, 
 
 Fears to do his Neighbour wrong j 
 
 Fofters not bafe Infamies j 
 
 Vice beholds with fcornful Eyes *, 
 
 Honours thole who fear the Lord j \ 
 
 Keeps, though to his lofs, his Word ^ ' 
 
 Takes no Bribes for wicked ends , 
 
 Nor to life his Money lends : 
 
 Who by thefe dire^lions guide 
 
 Their pure fteps, (hall never Aide. 
 
 PSALM XVI. 
 
 4s the 21 T^ Referve me, my undoubted Aid : 
 
 1^ To whom, thou, O my Soul, haft faid, 
 Jl Thou art my God 7 no good in me, 
 
 Nor Merit can extend to Thee ^ 
 But to thy blefled Saints that dwell 
 On Earth, whofe Graces moft excell : 
 Thofe Ravifh me with pure Delight. 
 Their forrows (hall be infinite , 
 Who other Gods with Gifts adore : 
 Their bloody OfF'rings I abhor •, 
 Nor lliall their Names my Lips profane^ 
 But God my Lot will ftill maintain : 
 
 He 
 
^-.^ — — 
 
 He is my Portion, he beftows 
 
 The Cup that with his Bounty flows. 
 
 I have a pleafant Seat obtain'd , 
 
 A fair and large PolTeffion gain'd. 
 
 The Lord will I for ever praife , * 
 
 Whofe Counfels have inform'd my Wayes : 
 
 And my inflamed Zeal excite 
 
 To ferve him in the filent Night. 
 
 He is my Obje^l^ by his Hand 
 
 Confirm'd, immoveable I iland. 
 
 Joy hath my Heart and Tongue pofleft : 
 
 My Flefh in conftant Hope (hall reft. 
 
 Thou wilt not leave my Soul alone 
 
 In Hell ^ nor let thy Holy One 
 
 Corruption fee : But that High -way 
 
 To Everlafting Life difphiy. 
 
 Thy Prefence yields intire delight : 
 
 At thy Right hand Joys infinite. 
 
 TSALM XVIL 
 
 LOrd, grantmy juft Requeft •, O hear my ciy , As the^i. 
 And Pray'us that Iips,untoucht with guile un- 
 My Caufe before thy High Tribunal try , (fold ! 
 And let thine Eyes my Righteoufneis behold. 
 
 Thou prov'ftmy Heart even in the Nights recefs, 
 LikeMettaltry'ft me, yet no Drofs haft found : 
 
 I am refolv'd, my Tongue (ball not tranfgrefs *, 
 Put on thy Word will all my Anions ground. 
 
 So fhall I frbm the Paths of Tyrants fly : ' 
 
 O, left I flip,dire6l my Steps by Thine ! 
 I Thee invoke ;, for Thou wilt hear my Cry : 
 
 Thine Ear to my afliided Voice incline. O. 
 
:S 3 f^araptufc ufsa 
 
 lTsmi§nm^ksk¥cK 
 
 
 as k i Toil ; 
 
 E^rth vick frnii^ Eves ; 
 
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 TtjXi rgn^yji^ch £rc ihy fiia^i jM h of tkewtKJd, 
 '.' '- - t-_ L ': -^-^z tbeir PortiaB hzfc 
 
 F£"i- Tresfiare, to their Race 
 
 Aad nfii^ ir " . ~ i..^e9 jov rccciic 
 
 
 ISALM XVHL 
 
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JO 3(1 |darap^?are upon 
 
 Tart $ . The Lord according to my innocence , 
 
 And Juftice,did his faving gracedifpeitce. 
 The narrow Path by him prefer ib'd , I took ; 
 Nor like the wicked, my Great God forfook. 
 For all his Judgements wete before mine eyes | 
 I with his ftatutes daily did advife , 
 And ever walk'd before him, void of guile : 
 No a£l or purpofe did my foul defile. 
 For this he recompencM my righteoufnefs 
 And crown'd my innocence with fair fuccels. 
 The merciful fliall flourifh in thy Grace •, 
 Thy Righteoufnefs the Righteous (hall embrace t 
 Thou to the Pure thy Purity wilt fhow ^ 
 And the perverfe fh all thy averfenefs know. 
 For thou wilt thy afflifted People fave •, 
 The proud caft down, down to the greedy grave. 
 Thou Lord wilt make my taper to fhine bright , 
 And clear my darknefs with celeftial Light. 
 Through Thee I have againft an Hoft prevaiPd J 
 And by thy aid , a lofty Bulwark fcai'd. 
 
 ^art 4. Gods Path is perfeft, all his Words are juft j 
 A Shield to thofe that in his promife truit. 
 What God is their in Heav'n or Earth but ours ! 
 What Rock but He, againft affailing Powers ! 
 He breath'd new ftrength and courage in the day 
 Of. Battel, and fecurely cleerM my way. 
 He makes my feet outftrip the nimble Hind , 
 Up to the Mountains, where I fafety find. 
 'Tis he that teachethmy weak hands to fight : 
 A Bow of fteel is broken by their might. 
 Thou didft thy ample Shield before me fet ^ 
 Thy Arm upheld, thy Favour made me great. 
 The pafTage of my fteps on ev'ry fide , 
 Thou haft hlarged^ left my feet fliOuId (lide; , 
 
-^ L 
 
 t!)e 0falms! Of david. 31 
 
 i followed, overtook •, nor made retreat , 
 
 Untill vidoriou? in my Foes defeat *, 
 
 So charg'd with wounds, that they no longer ftood •, 
 
 But at my feet lay bathed in their blood. S 
 
 Thou arm'ft me with prevailing Fortitude, 
 
 And all that rofe againft me haft fubdu'd : 
 
 Then ftubborn necks lubje^led to my Will , 
 
 That I their blood, who hate my Soul, might fpilL 
 
 They cryM aloud •, but found no fuccour near : 
 
 To thee, Jehovah ^ but thou wouldft not hear. 
 
 I pounded them like duft,whichWhirle. winds raife: Fsn j, 
 
 Trod under-foot as dirt in beaten way eg. 
 
 From Popular Fury thou haft fet me free *, 
 
 Among the Heathen haft exalted me *, 
 
 Whom unknown Nations ferve : as Ibon obey 
 
 As hear of me ^ and yield unto my fway. 
 
 The Stranger-born, befet with horrour,fled j 
 
 And in their clofe Retreats betray their dread, 
 
 praife the living Lord, the Rock whereon 
 
 1 build *, the God of my Salvation ! 
 
 Tis he who rights my wrongs ^ the People bends 
 To my Subjeftion ^ from my Foe defends. 
 Thou ra ifeft me above their proud controul ^ 
 And from the violent Man haft freed my Soul. 
 The Heathen fhall admire my Thankfulnefs : 
 My Songs fhall thy immortal Praife exprefs, 
 A great and manifold Deliverance 
 God gives his King : his mercy doth advance 
 In his Anointed •, and will (how'r his Grace 
 Eternally on Vavid and his Race. 
 
 TSALM 
 
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 PSALM XIX. 
 
 AS ,i. ik A^ ^t ^'""^ ^'^ ^f Heav'ns proclamc i 
 
 ^ ,Tne Firmament, his mighty Frame. ■■ 
 Day unto Day, and Night to Night 
 The wonders of his Works recite. 
 To thefe nor fpeech nor words belong , 
 Yet underftood without a Tongue. 
 The Globe of Earth they compafs round ; . 
 Through all the world diiperfe their found 
 There is the Suns Pavillion fet *, 
 Who from his Rofie Cabinet , . 
 
 Like a frefti Bride-groom fhe^ys his face ; 
 And as a Giant, runs his race* , 
 He rifeth in the dawning Eaft , 
 And glides obliquely to the Weft : 
 The World with his bright Rayes repleat ^ 
 All Creatures cherifh'd by his heat. 
 Gods Laws are perfeft, and reftore 
 The Soul to life, even dead before. 
 His Teftimonies, firmly true , 
 With Wifdom fimple men indue. 
 
 tm 1 . The Lords Commandments are upright ^ 
 And Fcaft the Soul with fweet delight. 
 His Precepts are all Puritie , 
 Such as illuminate the Eye , 
 The fear of God, foiPd with no ftain , 
 ShiJl everlaftingly remain. 
 Jehovah's Judgements arc Divine *, 
 With Judgement he doth Juftice joine : 
 Which men (hould more than Gold defirc , • 
 Then heaps of Gold refin'd by Fire : 
 More fweet than Honey of the Hive , 
 Or Cels where Bees their Treafure {live. 
 
t\)t jafatmg of d a v i d> 33 
 
 Thy Servant is inform'd from thence : 
 
 They, their Oblerversrecompence. 
 
 Who knows what his Offences be ? 
 
 From fecret fins O cleanie thou me ! 
 
 And frompreiumptuous Crimes reftrain *, 
 
 Nor let them in thy Servant reign :; 
 
 So fhall I live in Innocence, 
 
 Not ipotted with that great Offence. 
 
 My Fortrefs, my Deliverer '^ 
 
 O let the Prayers my Lips prefer , 
 
 And Thoughts which from my Heart arifc , 
 
 Be acceptable in thine Eyes. 
 
 ...PSJLM XX. 
 
 THe Lord in thy Adverfity ^' *** ?• 
 
 Regard thy cry *, 
 Great yacoh God with Safety arm f 
 And{hieid from harm: 
 Help from his San^fluary fend , 
 And out of Sion thee deifend. 
 
 Thy Odors, which pure flames confume , 
 
 Be his Perfume : 
 May he accept thy Sacrifice , 
 
 Fir'd from the Skies. 
 For ever thy indeavours blefs ^ 
 And crown thy Counfelswithfuccefe. 
 
 We will of thy Deliverance fing , 
 
 Triumphant King : 
 Our Enfigns in that pray'd-forDay 
 
 With Joy difplay, 
 Even in the Name of God, O ftill 
 May he thy juft Defires fulfil ! t 
 
 D Now 
 
34 3i |&awp^?afe upon 
 
 Now know I his Anointed He 
 Will hear, and free ; 
 
 With faving Hand and Mighty Power , 
 From his high Tower. 
 
 Thefe truft in Horfe ^ in Chariots thofe *, 
 
 Our truft we in our God repofc. 
 
 Their wounded limbs with anguifli bend , 
 To Death deicend : 
 
 But we in fervour of the fight 
 Have ftood upright. 
 
 O fave us, Lord •, thy Suppliants hear : 
 
 And in our aid , Great King, appear. 
 
 TSALM XXI. 
 
 Ai thus, TT ^^ ' ^" ^^y Salvation , 
 
 I In the Strength which thou haft fliown , 
 m A Greatly fliall the King rejoyce. 
 How will Joy exalt his Voice ! 
 
 Thou haft granted his requeft ^ 
 
 Of his Hearts defire pofTeft ; 
 
 Bleft with Bleflings manifold % 
 
 Crown'd with fparkling Gems and Gold. 
 
 Praid-for Life thou granted haft ^ 
 
 Length of Days which never wafte ^ 
 
 By thy Safe .guard glorious made •, 
 
 With high Majefty array'd : 
 
 Of refiftlefs PowV pofleft •, 
 
 By thy favours ever bleft. 
 
 Lo! his Joys are infinite ^ 
 
 Joy refleded from thy fight : 
 
 For the King in God did truft. 
 
 Through the Mercy of the Juft > 
 
t^e jafalllMt of DAVID. 3S_ 
 
 He {hall ever fixed ftand. 
 
 For thy Hand, thy own right Hand , 
 
 Shall thy Enemies deftroy , 
 
 Who would in thy ruin joy. 
 
 When thy Anger fliall awake , 
 
 Them a flaming Furnace make. 
 
 God fhall 1 wallow in his Ire , 
 
 And devour thera all with fire. 
 
 From the Earth deftroy their Fruit •, 
 
 Never let theirSeed take root. 
 
 Mifchievous was their intent *, 
 
 All their Thoughts againft me bent ^ 
 
 Thoughts, which nothing could perform. 
 
 Let thy Arrows, like a Storm , 
 
 Put them to inglorious flight *, 
 
 On their daunted faces light. 
 
 Lord, aloft thy Triumphs raile , 
 
 While we fmg thy Power and Praife. 
 
 TSALM XXIL 
 *-^ •* Y God 1 why haft thou forfook ! 
 
 
 BaJfM. 
 
 Why, O fo far, withdrawn thine Aid! 
 
 D 2 Kor 
 
36 
 
 SB idatap]^)!a(e upon 
 
 Nor when I roared, pity took ! My God, by 
 
 r^isiiliiiiiiiii 
 
 day to Thee I pray'd, And when Nights 
 
 g!=jE:|:Ei=:|Ej::*:|E5ES|:Er!|:p 
 
 Curtains were difplay'd : Yet would'ft not ! 
 
 iHiiiiilllglliii 
 
 iiPliiiiii?^!! 
 
 Tbou vouchfafe a look. 
 
 Yet thou art Holy j thron'd on high ^ 
 
 The Ifraelkes thy Praife refound. 
 Our Fat hers d id on thee rely e •, 
 Their Faith with wreaths of Conqueft crowned : 
 
 They fought, and thy Deliverance found f, 
 They trufted, and thy Truth did trie. 
 
 But 
 
t^ej&faimg of david. 37 
 
 But I, a worm, no man, am made 
 
 The (corn of men •, defpis'd by all : 
 Who (hake their Heads, niake mouths, upbraid. 
 
 Let God, fay they, redeem from thrall , 
 
 On whom thy Hopes fo vainly call : 
 Now let him his Beloved aid. 
 
 Thou drew'ft me from the Womb', by Thee 
 
 Confirmed at my Mothers breaft : 
 When born, Thou took'ft the charge of me ; 
 
 Even from my Birth, my God profeft. 
 
 O fuccour me with fear diftreft ! 
 Thou canft alone thy Servant free. 
 
 Incenfed Bulls about me flare •, ^m i. 
 
 Strong Bulls of Baflian girt me round i 
 Who their inflamed mouths prepare , 
 
 Like ravenous Lions, to confound. 
 
 I'mfpilt like water on the ground j 
 And all my Bones disjointed are. 
 
 My Heart like Wax within me thaws j 
 
 My vigour as a Pot -(heard dry'd : 
 My thirfty Tongue cleaves to my jaws j 
 
 In dull of Death thou do'ft me hide : 
 
 Dogscompafs me onev'ry fide *, 
 And multitudes; who hate thy Laws. 
 
 My Hands and Feet transfixed are •, 
 
 Bones, to be told, with anguifli wafte : 
 This feen with joy, my robes they {hare *, 
 
 Lots on my feamlels garment caft. 
 
 My Strength , to my redemption hafte ! 
 Nor O. be deaf to my fad prayer ! 
 
 R 3 Let 
 
38 ^ )datap^jiar^ upon 
 
 Let not the Sword thy Servant wound •, 
 My Dearling from the Dogprote^ : 
 
 From Lions that in rage abound ^ 
 From Unicorns guard thy Eleft. 
 I then my Brethren will direft ^ 
 
 Among the Saints thy Praife relbund. 
 
 Part 5. O praife him you who fear the Lord •, 
 You Sons of J'acohy God adore : 
 
 Let Ifraels Seed his praiie record j 
 For from their crys who help implore , 
 His Face he hides not, nor the Poor 
 
 In their AffliO;ion hath abhorr'd. 
 
 I in the great Aflembly fhall 
 Declare his Works, which words exceed ; 
 
 And pay my Vows before them all. 
 The Meek abundantly {hall feed ^ 
 The Faithful praiie their Help at need , 
 
 Nor by the ftroke of Death fhall fall. 
 
 All who behold the Suns Up-rife , 
 Shall God profels , and ferve alone : 
 
 And all the Heathen Families 
 Shall caft themfelves before his Throne •, 
 Becaufe the Kingdom is his own : 
 
 For over all his Empire lies. 
 
 Who in profperity abound , 
 
 Nor undeferved Honours gain ^ 
 Who poorly creep upon the ground , 
 
 And fcarcc their needy lives fuftain ^ 
 
 Shall eat, and to his eafie reign 
 Submit, with joys eternal crown'd. 
 
 Their 
 
t^e i&faimjBiof da via 39 
 
 Their fanftifi'd Pofteritie 
 Shall ever celebrate his Name *, 
 
 Adopted Sons of the moft High : 
 
 They (hall his Righteoulheisproclame , 
 And Works of cverlafting fame , 
 
 To their believing Progeny. 
 
 TSALM XXIII. 
 
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 He Lord my Shepherd, me his Sheep Jsth ?. 
 
 Will from coniuming Famine keep. 
 He fofters me in fragrant Meads , 
 By foftly-fliding waters ieads^ 
 
 My Soul refrefh'd with pleafant juice : 
 And left they fhould his Name traduce, 
 Then w^hen I wander in the Maze 
 Oi tempting fin , informs my ways. 
 
 No terrour can my courage quail , 
 Though (haded in Deaths gloomy vail ^ 
 By thy Proteftion fortifi'd : 
 Thy Staff my Stay, thy Rod my Guide. 
 
 My Table thou haft furnifhed •, 
 Powr'd pretious Odors on my head : 
 My Mazer flows with pleaiant Wine, 
 While all my Foes with envy pine. 
 
 Thy Mercy and Beneficence 
 Shall ever joyn in my Defence *, 
 Who in thy Houfc will iacrifice , 
 Till aged Time clofe up mine eyes. 
 
 D 4 FSALM 
 
40 1 f^aropi^jare upon 
 
 T 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 As the 8, f ■ I ^ He round and many-peopled Earth , 
 
 What from her womb extraft their birth , 
 And whom her foodfxil breaft fuftains , 
 Are his, who high in glory raigns. 
 
 The Land in moving Seas hath placM , 
 
 By ever-toiling Floods imbrac'd. 
 
 Who (hall upon his Mountain reft ? 
 
 Who in his Sandua ry feaft ? 
 
 Even he, whofe hands are innocent^ 
 
 His heart unfoilM with foul intent , 
 
 Whom fwoln Ambition, Avarice , 
 
 Nor tempting Pleafures can intice : 
 
 Who only their infe<flion fears ^ 
 
 And never fraudulently fwears : 
 
 The Lord his Saviour himfhall blefs , 
 
 And cloth him with his Righteoufnefs* 
 
 Such are of Jacobs Faithful Race , 
 
 Who feek him, and fhall find his Face. 
 
 You lofty Gates, your Leaves diiplay ^ 
 
 You everlafting Doors, give way \ 
 
 The King of Glory comes. O fing 
 
 His Praife ! Who is this glorious King ? 
 
 The Lord in Strength, in Pow'r compleat ^ 
 
 The Lord in Battail more than great. 
 
 You lofty Gates, your Leaves difplay *, 
 
 You everlafting Doors give way *, 
 
 The King of Glory comes. Ofmg - 
 
 His praife ! Who is this glorious King ? 
 
 The Lord of Hofts, of Vii5lory , 
 
 Is King of glory *, thron'd on high. 
 
 PSALM 
 
t^e i&falmsf of david- 4x 
 
 TSALM XXV. 
 
 ON Thee with Confidence I call , Jsthtz. 
 
 To thee my troubled Soul ere^l : 
 Lord, let not (liame my lookdeje^l , 
 Nor Malice triumph in my fall. 
 Thy Servants lave *, but thofe confound , 
 Wno Innocence with flander wound. 
 
 In thy difclofed paths dire<n: -^ 
 
 Thy Truth, that leading Star difplay : 
 
 O my Redeemer! everyday 
 My dangers thy relief expeft. 
 
 Think of thy Mercies (hown of old^ 
 
 Thy Mercies more than can be told. 
 
 Thefms of my unbridled Youth , 
 
 Nor frail TranfgrefTions c:ill to mind : 
 
 Let thofe that leek, thy Mercy find , 
 Even for the honour of thy Truth. 
 
 God, ever juft and good, the way 
 
 Of life will fhew to fuch as ftray. 
 
 The Meek in righteoufnefs (hall guide ^ 
 
 To fuch his heavenly Will exprefs: 
 
 Wh ich fhall with Truth and Mercy blefs 
 All fuch as in his Laws abide. 
 
 My fins, fo numerous and great 
 
 O tor thy honour. Lord, forget ! 
 
 What's he who fears The ever-Bleft ? ^^1^^ ^^ 
 
 To him fhall he his Paths difclofe : 
 His Soul refrefh'd with calm repofe ', 
 The Land bv his fiir Race poffeft : 
 
 T<^ 
 
_« _ m 
 
 41 3 l&atap^jafe upon 
 
 To him his Counfels fhall impart , 
 And feal his Covenants in his heart. 
 
 On thee withfixed Eyes I wait : 
 My feet inlarge thou from their fnares. 
 O pitty me lb worn with cares *, 
 
 JDefpifed, poor, anddefolate ! 
 
 The troubles of my mind incrcafe ^ 
 Lord, from their galling yoke releafc ! 
 
 Behold thou my affli£lion , 
 
 The toil and ilraits, wherein I live : 
 
 My fins, fo mfinite, forgive. 
 Behold my Foes, how potent grown ! 
 
 How are they raultiply'd of late , 
 
 Who hate me with a deadly hate ! 
 
 Deliver, O! from fliame protect ^ 
 
 Since from my Faith I never fwerve : 
 
 Let Innocence and Truth preferve , 
 Who conftantly thy aid expe^l. 
 
 Redeem thy chofen Jfrael , 
 
 And forrow from his brefl: expell. 
 
 PSALM XXVL 
 
 Ast^Ath T Ord, judge my caufe: thy piercing Eye 
 * Beholds my Souls integritie. 
 
 How can I fall ^ 
 When I, and all 
 My hopes on thee relie ? 
 
 L 
 
 Examine, try ray reins and heart ^ 
 Thou, Mercies Source, my objed art : 
 
 Nor 
 
t^e )&(alm]ei of DAylD. 43 
 
 Nor from thy Truth 
 Have I in Youth, 
 Or will in Age depart. 
 
 Men fold to fin offend my fight •, 
 I hate the two-tongu'd Hypocrite : 
 
 Thofe who devife 
 
 Malicious lie^ , 
 And in their crimes delight. 
 
 But will, with hands immaculate , 
 And offerings, at thy Altar wait : 
 
 Thy Praife difperle 
 
 In grateful verfe •, 
 Thy Noble A^s relate. 
 
 Thy Houfe, in my efteem, excels : 
 The Manfion where thy Glory dwells. 
 
 My life O clofe 
 
 Not up with thofe. 
 
 Whofe fin thy Grace expell 
 
 Who guiltlefs blood with pleafure fpill : 
 Subverting bribes their right-hands fill ^ 
 
 Bold in offence. 
 
 But Innocence 
 And Truth {hall guard me ftill. 
 
 Redeem *, O with thy Grace fuftain ! 
 
 My feet now ftand upon the plain. 
 Thy Juilice I 
 Will magnifie , 
 With thofe who fear thy Name. 
 
 TSALM 
 
_€ 
 
 44 ^ laavapl^^are upon 
 
 As tht 10, 
 
 G 
 
 TSALM XXVII. 
 
 Od is my Saviour, my clear light: 
 »Who then can my repoie affright ? 
 Or what appear 
 Worth fuch a fear. 
 My life protefted by his Might ? 
 
 Vain hatred, vain their power. 
 That would my life devour. 
 
 Thefe fell, when they againft me fought : 
 The Wicked fuffer'd what they fought. 
 Though troops of foes 
 At once inclofe , 
 Of fear I would not lodge a thought : 
 Should Armies compafs me % 
 So confident in thee. 
 
 One thing I have, and (hall requeft •, 
 That I may in thy Manfion reft , 
 
 Till Death furprize 
 My clofing eyes : 
 That they may on thy beauty feaft •, 
 That in thy Temple ftill 
 I may enquire thy Will. 
 
 When ftorms arife on ev'ry fide , 
 He will in his Pavillion hide : 
 
 How ever great , 
 In that retreat 
 Ifhal! conceal'd and fafe abide. 
 
 He, torefifttheirfhock, ' 
 Hath fixt me on a Rock. 
 
 Now 
 
t^ie pfaims{ of david. 45 
 
 Now is my head advanc'd, renown'd 
 Above my foes, who gird me round ^ 
 That in my Tent 
 I may prelent 
 My faerifice with Trumpets found : 
 There I thy praife will fmg , 
 Settoa well-tun'd firing. 
 
 O hear thou ray affli£led cry •, Part z, 
 
 Extend thy pity, and reply. 
 
 When thus the Lord 
 In fweet accord ^ 
 Seek thou my Face with fearchingEye. 
 Dire<^ed by thy Grace , 
 Lord, I will feek thy Face. 
 
 Thy Face O therefore never hide ! 
 Nor in thine anger turn afide i 
 
 From him that hath 
 Serv'd thee with faith. 
 Forfake me not, my ancient Guide ^ 
 So oft in dangers known : 
 O leave me not alone. 
 
 Although my Parents fhould forfake '^ 
 Yet, Lord, thou wouldft to Harbour take. 
 Oleftlftray, 
 Teach me the Way , 
 And in thy Precepts perfe£l make : 
 Becaufe my enemies 
 Watch like fo many Spies. 
 
 Expofe me not to their deiire -^ 
 
 For lying witnefTesconfpire, ] 
 
 Who in their breath 
 
 Bear Wrath and Death, My 
 
46 9 ^avat^tafe upn 
 
 My Soul had funk beneath their ire , 
 Butthatldidrelye 
 On thy benignity. 
 
 In hope to fee (within the Land 
 Of thofe that live) thy faving hand. 
 He (hall impart 
 Strength to thy heart. 
 Wait on the Lord, undaunted ftand *, 
 His heav'niy Will attend , 
 Who timdy aid wiil fend. 
 
 TSALM XXVIIL 
 
 At th 5th. 1^ ^Y God, my Rock, regard my Crie •, 
 Left I unheard, like thofe that die , 
 In (hades of dark Oblivion lie. 
 
 Ml 
 
 To my afcending Grief give ear. 
 When I my hands devoutly rear 
 Before thy Mercy-feat with fear. 
 
 With wicked men mix not my Fate t, 
 Nor drag me with the Reprobate , 
 Who fpeak of Peace, but fofter hate. 
 
 Such as their works, their dire intent , 
 And pra£licesto circumvent *, 
 Such be their dreadful punifliment. 
 
 Since they will not thy Choice renown , 
 But hate whom thou intend'ft to crown •, 
 O bui^d not up, but pull them down I 
 
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t^e i^faim^ of DA via 
 
 47 
 
 He hears ! His Name be magnified ! 
 My Strength, fecur'd on ev'ry fide , 
 Since all my hope on him rely'd. 
 
 Thefe Seas of Joy my Tears devour. 
 My Songs fhall celebrate thy Power , 
 O thou that art to thine a Tower, 
 
 O thou my ftrong Deliverance , 
 Thy People, thine Inheritance , 
 Blels, feed, prefcrvc, and ftill advance. 
 
 PSALM XXiX. 
 
 Praife the Lord of Heav'n and Earth ^ Glory 
 
 iiirliiiillililii 
 
 give, his Pow'r proclame*, Magnifie and 
 
48 % ^atap^^are upon 
 
 
 praife his Name. 
 
 iiiiiii 
 
 Worfhip-, in the Beauty blefs. 
 
 Beauty of hisHolinefs. 
 
 From a dark and fhow'ring Cloud , 
 
 On the floods that roar aloud , 
 
 Hark ! his Voice with terrour breaks : 
 
 God, our God in Thunder fpeaks. 
 
 Powerful in his Voice on high , 
 
 Full of PoVr and Majeftie : 
 
 Lofty Cedars overthrown , 
 
 Cedars of fteep Libanon , 
 
 Calf-Iike skipping on the ground. 
 
 Lihanon and Sir ion bound , 
 
 Like a youthful Unicorn , 
 
 Lab'ring Clouds with Lightening torn. 
 
 At his Voice the Defert (hakes j 
 
 Kadijhj thy vaft Defert quakes. 
 
 Trembling Hindes then calve for fear-. 
 
 Shady Forrefts bare appear : 
 
 His renown by ev'ry tongue 
 
 Through his Holy Temple fung. 
 
 He the raging Floods reftrains : 
 
 He a King for ever raigns. 
 
 God his People (hall increafe , 
 
 Arm with Strength, and blels with Peace. 
 
 rsjiM 
 
t^l^raimsiof david. 49 
 
 M 
 
 TSALM XXX. 
 
 Y Verfe (hall in thy praifes flow : '^^^^' ^*' 
 
 Lord, thou haft rais'd my head on high ', 
 Nor lufFer'd the proud Enemy 
 
 To triumph in my overthrow. 
 
 i cryM aloud *, thy Arm did fave^ . 
 
 Thou drew'ft me from the (hades of Death I 
 
 Repealing my exiled breath , 
 When almoft fwallow'd by the Grave. 
 
 You Saints of his, oh fing his praife ! 
 
 Prefent your Vows unto the Lord ^ 
 
 His perfeft Holinefs record , 
 Whofe Wrath but for a Moment ftays. 
 
 His. quickening Favour life be(tows i 
 
 Tears may continue for a night , 
 
 But Joy fprings with the Morning Light ', 
 Long-lafting Joys, foon-ending Woes* 
 
 In my Prosperity I faid , pm %\ 
 
 My feet (hall ever fixt abide : 
 
 I, by thy favour fortifi'd , 
 Am like a ftedfaft Mountain m'ade. 
 
 But when thou hid'ft thy cheerful Face '^ 
 
 How infinite my Troubles grew ! 
 
 My cries then with my grief renew , 
 Which thus implor'd thy faving Grace : 
 
 E - What 
 
50 3 l^f apl^aCe upon 
 
 What profit can my blood afford , 
 When I (hall to the Grave defcend ? 
 Can fenfelefs Duft thy Praife extend ? 
 
 Can Death thy living Truth record ? 
 
 ■Jo my Complaints attentive be ^ 
 Thy Mercy in my aid advance : 
 O perfeft my Deliverance , 
 
 That have no other Hope but Thee ! 
 
 ThoUj.Lord, haft made th' Affi£led glad ^ 
 My Sorrow into Dancing turn'd : 
 The Sack-doth torn wherein I mourn'd , 
 
 And me in Tyrian Purple clad : 
 
 That fo my Glory might proclame 
 Thy Favours in a joyful Verfe ; 
 UncefTatitly thy Praiie rehearfe , 
 
 And magnifie thy facred Name. 
 
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 ^ ^ Ho truftsinThee, O let not I 
 
 fhame deje£l ! Thou ever Juft , my chafed 
 
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t^e^falmsf ot david, 
 
 51 
 
 Soul fecure : Lord, lend a willing ear, with 
 
 
 ii|||y?||E||||||E|E| 
 
 fpced prote(n: •, Be thou my Rock •, with 
 
 iililiiiiiiiiiiiiii 
 
 • thy ilrong Arm immure. 
 
 My Rock, my Fortrefs, for thy Honour aid , 
 And my ingagedfeet from Danger guide ; 
 
 Pull from their fubtil Snares in fecret laid , 
 O thou my only Strength fo often try'd. 
 
 To thy fafe Hands my Spirit I commend , 
 
 my Redeemer, O thou God of Truth. 
 Who Lies invent, or unto Idols bend , 
 
 1 have abhorr'd, but iov'd Thee from my Youth- 
 
 I will rejoice, and in thy Mercy boaft., 
 
 That in his trouble wouldft thy Servant know : 
 
 E 2 Deli- 
 
52 at |dar ap^?afe upon 
 
 Deliver, when in expe<n:ation loft *, 
 Nor yield him to the Triumph of his Foe- 
 
 Part 1, Now help the Comfortlefs : my Sight decays , 
 
 My Spirits faint, my Flefli confumes with care : 
 My Life is fpent with grief, in fighs my Days *, 
 My Strength through Sin diffolves, my Bones im- 
 
 (pare. 
 
 To all my Foes I amhecome a fcorn ^ 
 
 Nor leaft to thofe, who feem'd in love moll: near : 
 By all my late familiar Friends forlorn ^ 
 
 Who when they meet me, turn afide for fear. 
 
 Forgot likethofe, who in the Grave abide , 
 And, as a broken veffel, paft repair : 
 
 Traduced by many, (fear on every fide) 
 
 Who counfel take, and would my life infnare. 
 
 But, Lord, my Hopes are on thee fixt : I faid , 
 Thou art my God •, my Days are in thy Hand : 
 
 Againft my furious Foes oppofe thy Aid ; 
 And thofe, who perfecute my Soul, withftand. 
 
 O let thy Fare upon thy Servant fliine ^ 
 
 Save for thy Mercies fake *, from Shame defend. 
 
 Shame cover thofe who keep no Laws of thine y 
 And undcplored to tl^e Grave defcend. 
 
 Pm ^. The lying lips in endlefsfilenceclofe, 
 
 That w^th dcfpite and pride traduce the Juft. 
 What Joy haft thou referv'd ! what wrought for 
 (In fight of all)who fear,and in thee truft ! (thofi 
 
 thol 
 
t^cidfafmst of david. 
 
 55 
 
 Thofe {halt Thou in thy f ecret Prefence hide 
 From their Oppreffors violence and wrongs •, 
 
 They in thy dole Pavilion ihall abide , 
 Secured from the ftrife of envious Tongues. 
 
 Blefl: he ! who in a walled City hath 
 Tome his wondeiiul Affeciion fhown. 
 
 I rafhly faid, I am the food of Wrath ^ 
 
 Cut ofF^ for ever from his Prclence thrown. 
 
 Yet thou, O ever bleffed, heard'il my Prayer , 
 When to thy Mercy I addrefsmy Cry. 
 
 O love the living Lord, all you that are 
 His chofen Saints, and on his Aid rely. 
 
 For he the Faithful ever will preferve *, 
 And render to the Proud their full deferts. 
 
 Couragiousbe all you, who hope, and ferve 
 The Lord of Life*, who will confirm your hearts. 
 
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 TSALM XXXIL 
 
 Left, O thrice bleft is he, Whofe 
 
 ^'^zr:Ezi:Jii:i::l::±EE±ir:r::S::?E 
 
 
 Sins remitted be*, And whofe Im-pi-e-ties 
 
 E 3 God 
 
 
54 
 
 311 0avap^?sre upon 
 
 lilEilEiiiii 
 
 God covers from his Eyes, 
 
 r:rlr:4i:i:|:wz::-i:: 
 
 5: 
 
 To whom his Sins are not 
 
 Imputed, as forgot: 
 
 His Soul with guile unftain'd. 
 
 While filent I remained , 
 
 My bones confum'd away -^ 
 
 I roared all the day : 
 
 For on me day and night 
 
 Thy Hand did heavy light. 
 
 My moifture dry'd throughout , 
 
 Like to a Summers drought. 
 
 I then my Sins confeft , 
 
 How far I had tranfgwefl : 
 
 When all I had reveal'd , *' 
 
 Thy Hand my Pardon feaPd. 
 
 For this, who Godly are 
 
 Shall leek to Thee by Prayer ^ 
 
 Seek, when thou may 'ft be found :, 
 
 In Deluges undrown'd. 
 
 Thou art my fafe Retreat , 
 
 My Shield, when dangers threat ; 
 
 Shalt my Deliverance 
 
 With Songs of Joy advance. 
 
 I wall inftru«ft, and fliow 
 
 The w^ay which thou (houldft goe *, 
 
 The way to Pic tic *, 
 
 And guide thee with mine eye. 
 
 Be 
 
tlje #fa:m0 ot JE) A V I D. 55 
 
 Be not like Mule and U^tf^i , . -; , . . j ^ .. ^ 
 Whofereafon is th^ixFpf (;€;•, .foViil"'r? 
 Whofe mouth theBit and Rein V 
 Left they rebel, reftrain. . i \. ; ; , 
 
 Innumerable Woes ; r . ■ : / 4p: ^ 
 
 The Wicked fhall iriclofe : ' ' l--. - 
 
 But thofe who God affa^., 
 liis Mercy fhall proted. 
 O you, who are upright , 
 In God your God delight : 
 You Juft, his bleffed Choice , 
 In Him with Songs re joice, /;j 
 
 -....,U:.M .:-:- 
 
 TSALM XXXI 11. 
 
 TO God, you Juft, your Voices raife ^ As th 8th. 
 
 It you heleems to fmg his Praife. 
 O celebrate the King of kings 
 On Inftruments ftrung with ten Strings ; 
 To Harp and Lute new Dities fmg : 
 Sing loud with skillful fingering. 
 His Words are crown'd by their event y 
 And all his Works are permanent. 
 Juftice and Judgement he afFefts : 
 His Bounty upon all refle£ls. ^ 
 His Word the arched Heav'ns did frame ^ 
 His Breath, the Stars eternal Flame. 
 He the collefled Seas confines , 
 And folds the Deep in Magazines. 
 The Lord, O all you Nations, fear •, 
 All whom the Earths round (houlders bean 
 He ipake, 'twas done as foon as faid •, 
 AthisCommandmen tftedfaftmade. 
 
 E 3 The 
 
56 n^MapfittLtt upon 
 
 The People counfcl take in vain ^ 
 
 Their Projefts no fuccefs obtain. 
 
 The Counfels of the Lord are fure ^ 
 
 His Purpofes no Change indure. 
 
 Bleft they, whofe God Jehovah is j 
 
 The Nation fet apart for his. 
 
 The Lof d looks from the lofty Skies ^ 
 
 On careful Mortals cafts his Eyes : 
 
 The Lord looks from his Refidence '-, 
 
 The Sons of men beholds from thente. 
 
 He fafhioned their hearts alone : 
 
 To him their Thoughts and deeds are known. 
 
 No King is faved by an Hoft *, 
 
 No Giant in his ftrength (hould boaft : 
 
 There reftsno Safety in a Horfe ; 
 
 Nofie are delivered by his force. 
 
 Gods eyes are ever on the juft , 
 
 Who fear, and in his Mercy truft ^ 
 
 To free their Souls from fwallowing Earth ^ 
 
 And keep alive in time of Dearth. 
 
 Our fervent Souls on God attend , 
 
 Our help, who only can defend : 
 
 In whom our Hearts exult for joy ^ 
 
 Becaufe we on his Name rely. 
 
 Great God to us propitious be , 
 
 As we have fixt our Hopes on thee. 
 
 TSJLM 
 
t^e lafalmisf ot DAviD, 
 
 57 
 
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 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 i|!|||| jllllgf lllll ^'»«"«- 
 
 He Lord I wiH for ever blefs ^ My 
 
 iiiiiiiiiiiiiilii"^- 
 
 iilil^liiiiil^ii 
 
 Tongue his praiies fhall profefs , In him my 
 
 iiiiiliplliliiiiili 
 
 Soul (hall boaft : The Meek fhall hear the 
 
 illilltliiiilfilllitil? 
 
 lame, and joy : His Name, with me, O magnifie ^ 
 
 Hiiil^ili 
 
 Ex toll the Lord of Hofts 
 
 :=:::z:-§r 
 
 1 *■••"■"• «■ 
 
 My 
 
5§ 31 pavap^;afe upon 
 
 My Prayers afcending pierc'd his ear ^ 
 Who fnatch'd me from thofe ftorms pf fear. 
 
 The Meek who God exped , 
 Who flow to him like living Brooks , 
 Shame never (hall diftain their looks , 
 
 Nor with foul guilt infe£V. 
 
 This Wretch in his adverfity 
 (Then men fhall fay) to God did cry , 
 
 Whofe Mercy himfecur'd. 
 The Angels of Jehovah thofe , 
 Who fear him, with their Tents inclofe , 
 
 By Strength divine immur'd. 
 
 How good our God, O tafte and fee ! 
 Who truft in him thrice happy be ^ 
 
 You Saints, O fear him ftill : 
 Such feel no want f, the Lions rore 
 For hunger*, but who God implore , 
 
 He fhall with Plenty fill. 
 
 Come children, with attention hear , 
 I will inilruiflyou in his fear. 
 
 What man delights in life ? 
 Seeks to live happily and long ? 
 From evil guard thy wary Tongue , 
 
 Thy lips from fraud and ftrife. 
 
 Do good, and wicked deeds efchew , 
 Seek facred Peace, her fteps purfue. 
 Gods Eyes are on the Juft ; 
 Their cries his open Ear attends : 
 But on the Bsd his wrath defcends. 
 Their Names reduc'dto dull. 
 
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t^cj^falmjsi of DAvip. 39 
 
 He hears the Righteous, and their cry ^ 
 Prcferv'd in their adverfity : 
 
 A broken heart ane£ls , 
 And Souls contrite which in Him truft. 
 Great are the a[fli£lions of the Juft ; 
 
 But He in all prote^s : 
 
 Keeps every bone of theirs intire. 
 The Wicked fwallows in his Ire , 
 
 And who the Righteous hate. 
 The Lord his Servants (hall redeem *, 
 Thofe ever dear in his efteem , 
 
 Who on his Proraile wait. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 LOrd, plead my caufe againft my foes ^ Asthe 5, 
 
 With fuch as fight agaiiift me, fight : 
 Arife, thy ample Shield oppofe. 
 And with thy Sword defend my right. 
 Addrefs thy Spear ^ thofe in their way 
 
 Encounter, who my Soul invade : 
 To her O let thy Spirit fay , 
 
 I am thy God, and faving Aide. 
 Let thofe, who ray difgrace contrive , 
 
 Hang down their heads, for flight defign'd : 
 Who feek my fall, let Angels drive 
 
 Like Chaff befote the bluftring wund. 
 Obfcure and flippery be their path ♦, 
 
 Let winged Troops purfiie their foil ^ 
 Since they for me with caufelefs wTath 
 Have dig'd a pit, and pitched a Toil •, 
 Let fuddain ruin them deff roy •, 
 
 Mefht in the Nets rhcmfelves had laid : 
 
 Then 
 
6q % l^arapi^^are upon 
 
 Then in the Lord my Soul (hall joy , 
 
 And glory in his timely Aid, 
 My Bones fhall fay, O who like thee , 
 
 That arm'ft the Weak againft the Strong •, 
 That do'ft the PQor and Needy free 
 
 From outrage, and too powerful wrong ? 
 
 FMtt % . Falfe witnefles againft me ftood , 
 
 Who unknown accufations brought : 
 That Evil rendered for Good , 
 
 And clofely my confufion fought. 
 I in their ficknefs did condole *, 
 
 llnfaincdly in Sack-cloth mourn-d : 
 With fafting humbled my fad Soul , 
 
 And often to my Prayers return'd : 
 Him vifited both Night and Day , 
 
 As if an ancient Friend or Brother : 
 In Black upon the Earth I lay , 
 
 And wept as for my dying Mother. 
 Yet thefe rejoyced in my woe , 
 
 Falie Comforters about me croud ^ 
 And leaft I fhould their cunning know , 
 
 They rent their Cloths, and cry'd aloud. 
 Like Hypocrites atFeafts, they jecr^ 
 
 Whofe gnafhing teeth their hate profefs : 
 OLord, how long wilt thou forbear. 
 
 And only look on my diftrefs ? 
 
 fave from thofe, who finile, and kill *, 
 My Dearling from the Lions Jaws : 
 
 1 in the great Affembly will 
 
 Thenpraife thy Name with full applaufe. 
 
 Tart 3. Let not my caufelefs Enemies 
 Rejoyce in my affliifled ftate : 
 Nor wink at me with fcornful eyes^ 
 Who fwell with undefcrved hate. Of 
 
ttft jdfalmgot DAVID, 6^ 
 
 of Peace they Ipcak not ^ rather they 
 
 The peaceable with fraud purfue : 
 Who wry their mouths at me, and fay , 
 
 Ha, Ha! our eyes thy ruin view. 
 This feen , O ftand no longer mute •, 
 
 Nor, Lord, defert my Innocence. 
 Awake, arife : O pfofecute 
 
 My Caufe, and plead in my Defence. 
 With Juftice Judge : nor let them fay 
 
 In triumph^ We our wifh poflefs : 
 Not in their mirthful hearts. Ha , Ha ! 
 
 W' have fwallow'd him in his diftrefs. 
 Wrath and confufion feize on thofe , 
 
 Who in my tribulation Joy : 
 Let them who glory in my woes , 
 
 Be cloth'd with (hame and infamy. 
 Let thofe eternally rejoyce , 
 
 Who favour and affift my right : 
 For ever with exalted voice 
 
 The goodnefs of our God recite. 
 And fay, O magnifie his Name , 
 
 Who glories in his fervants peace. 
 My tongue his Juftice fhall proclame , 
 
 Nor ever in his praifes ceafe. 
 
 PSALM XXXVL 
 
 WHen I the bold TranfgrefTor fee , -'^ '^^ U' 
 
 My thoughts thus whifper unto me ^ 
 He never fear'd the Lord : 
 He fmooths himfelf in hiso\sTi eyes, 
 'Till his fecure impieties 
 
 Become of allabhorr'd. 
 
 Their 
 
62 ai jaarsp^jafe upon 
 
 Their words are vain, and full of guile : 
 They Wiidom from their heaf-ts exile y 
 
 Forfaken Virtue hate : 
 Who mifchief on their Beds contrive y 
 Through by -ways to bad ends arrive , 
 
 And vices propagate. 
 
 Thy Mercy, Lord, is thron'd on high •, 
 And thy approved Fidelity ' 
 
 The lofty Skie tranfcends ; 
 Thy Juftice like a Mountain fteep \ 
 Thy Judgements an unfathom'd Deep *, 
 
 Who man and beaft defends. 
 
 O Lord, how precious is thy Grace ! 
 Thefons of men, their comfort place , 
 
 Beneath thy fhady wings : 
 They with thy Houfhold dainties (hall 
 Be fully fatisfi'd, and all 
 
 Drink of thy pleafant Springs/ 
 
 For O ! from thee the Fountain flows , 
 Which endlefs Life on thine beftows y 
 
 Inlight'ned with thy Light. 
 Onfuchas know theefhow'r thy Grace *, 
 O \^t thy Juftice thofe embrace , 
 
 Who are in heart upright. 
 
 Let not the feet of Pride defeat \ 
 Norfuchasare in mifchief great 
 
 My guiitlefsSoul furprize. 
 The workers of iniquity 
 Are fain like Meteors from the skie : 
 
 Caftdown, no more to rife. 
 
 VSALM 
 
ti)c )&falm$ of DAVID. 63 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 VEx not thy felf at the impiety ^^ ^^^ ^ 
 
 Of wicked men^ nor their frail height envy. 
 For they fhall foon bemow'd, like Summers Hay ^ 
 And as the verdure of the Herb decay. 
 Truft thou in God *, do good, and long in peace 
 Poflefs the Land *, refrelh'd by her increaie. 
 Be he thy fole delight v He fhall infpire 
 Thy raifed thoughts, and grant thy hearts defire. 
 Relye, and to his care thy ways commend , 
 Who will produce them to a happy end. 
 He (hall thy Juftice, like the Light difplay , 
 And make thy Judgement as the Height of Day. 
 Reft on the Lord, and patiently attend 
 His Heavenly Will : nor let it thee offend , 
 Becaufe the wicked in their con'rfes thrive ^ 
 And profperouOy at their defires arrive. 
 Abftain from anger, heady wrath efchew : 
 Nor fret thou, left ill Deeds ill Thoughts purfue. 
 God wifl Ncut off the Bad , the Faithful bleis ^ 
 Who fhallthe ev€r>fruitful Land pofTefs. 
 
 After a while th^ Unjuft: fhall ceafe to be *, Pan 2 . 
 
 Thou (halt his place confider, but not fee. 
 
 The Meek in heart fhall reap the Lands increafe , 
 
 And folace in the multitude of Peace. 
 
 Againft the Godly wicked Men confpire , 
 
 Gnafh their malicious Teeth, and foam with ire ^ 
 
 But God fhall hugh at their impiety ^ 
 
 Becaufe he knows their Day of Doom is nigh. 
 
 They draw their bloody Sw'ords,their Bows are bent: 
 
 To kill the Necdv, Pour, and Innocent. 
 
 But 
 
^4 ^ i&ar8p^?afe apon 
 
 But their proud hearts (hall perifh by the ftroke 
 Of their own Steel, their Bow's afunder broke.' 
 That little which the Righteous hath, excells 
 Th' abundant wealth, wherein the Wicked Iwells. 
 For God the arms of violent Men will break : 
 Butftiield the Righteous, and iupport the Weak. 
 His eyes behold the fuff'rings of the Poor : 
 Their firm pofleflioiis ever (hall ejidure. 
 They in the time of danger fhall not dread ^ 
 But (hall in Famin's rage be fiU'd with Bread. 
 When vitious meii (hall fpeedily decay : 
 And thofe who (light Jehovah, melt away 
 As fat of Lambs,whichfacred Fires confume'. 
 And forthwith vanifti like the rifing fume. 
 
 ^art 3. The Wicked borrow, never to rcftore: 
 
 The Juft are gracious and relieve the Poor. 
 Whom God (hall blefs, they (hall the Land enjoy : 
 WhomGod {hallcurfe,them vengeance (hall deftroy 
 The fteps of Righteous men the Lord direfts *, 
 For He, even He, their ordred paths afFe^. 
 Although they fall *, yet fall to rife again : 
 For his H is Care and power fill Hand fuftain. 
 I have been young, am old y yet never faw 
 The Juft abandon'd ^ nor thole, who draw 
 From him their birth, with beggery oppreft. 
 He lends in mercy, and his Seed are bleft. 
 Do good, ftiun evil, and remain unmov'd ^ 
 For Righteous Souls are of the Lord belov'd : 
 His undeferted Saints prote£ling ftill *, 
 Their Plants up-rooting, who tranfgrefs his Will. 
 Juft men inherit fhall the promised Land *, 
 And dwell therein, while Moylntains ftedfaft ftand. 
 
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t!)e jaralmsf of david 
 
 The Righteous Soul of lacred Judgement fi3eaks , ^^^^ 4. ^ 
 
 And from his Lips a fpring of Wifdom breaks. 
 
 Gods Law is in his Heart *, his Light, his Guide j 
 
 Nor fhall his Feet in flippery places Aide. 
 
 Men feek his blood ^ but God defends : nor (hall 
 
 He by the lentence of the Wicked fall. 
 
 Wait on the Lord, nor his ftraight paths tranfgrefs 5 
 
 And evermore this pregnant Soil poflefs. 
 
 But thofe who in iniquity delight , 
 
 Shall be cut off, and perifh in thy fight. 
 
 The Wicked I have feen in wealth to flow , 
 
 Exceed in power, and like a Laurel grow : 
 
 Yet vanifh hence, as he had never been ; 
 
 I fought him, but he was not to be feen. 
 
 Obferve the perfe.fl, and the pure of hearty 
 
 They d ie in peace, and happily depart. 
 
 But the Ungodly are at once cut down , 
 
 And perifh without pity, or renown. 
 
 The Lord is the fal vation of the Juft ^ - 
 
 Their ftrength in trouble, fince in him they truft : 
 
 Will thofe aflift, who on his^aid depend *, 
 
 Deliver, and from impious Foes defend. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIIL 
 
 "1^ '▼OT in thy wrath againft me rife *, As the 4. 
 
 j^^l Nor in thy fury, Lord,chaftife : 
 J^ ^ Thy Arrows wound , 
 
 Nail to the Ground , 
 Thy hand upon me lie?. 
 
 No Limb from pain and anguifh free ^ 
 Becaufe I have inrenfed thee : 
 
 Nor reft can take, 
 My bones fo ake *, 
 Such fin abound? in me. 
 
 F Like 
 
66 % |Siai;ap^?a(e upon 
 
 ^ Like Billows they my head tranfcend ^ 
 
 Benearh their heavy load I bend : 
 My Ulcers fwell, 
 ^ Corrupt, andimcU ^ 
 
 Of FoUytheladend. 
 
 Perplext in mind I pine away , 
 
 And mourning wafte the tedious day, 
 
 My Flefh no more 
 
 Then all one Sore ^ 
 All parts at once decay. 
 
 Much broken *, all my ftrength o're-thrown^ 
 Through anguifh of my Soul I groan. 
 Lord, thou doft fee 
 My thoughts and me ^ 
 My Sighs to thee are known. 
 
 My fad Heart pants, my nerves relent , 
 My Sight grows dim*, and to augment 
 
 Mymiferies, 
 
 All my Allies 
 And Friends themfelvesabfent. 
 
 fm % . Who feek my life, their Snares extend ^ 
 Their wickea thoughts on Mifchief bend : 
 Calumniate , 
 And lye in wait 
 To bring me to my end. 
 
 But I as deaf to them appear , 
 i\s mute, as if I tonguelefs were : 
 My paflion rul'd , 
 Like one that could 
 At all not fpeak nor hear^ 
 
 Pecaufc 
 
t^e jafalmig ot david. ej 
 
 Becaule ray hopes on thee relye : 
 My God, I laid, O hear my cry ^ 
 
 Left they ftiould boaft , 
 Who hate me moft , 
 And in my ruin joy. 
 
 For O ! I droop, with ftruggling fpent : 
 My thoughts are on my forrows bent. 
 My fins excels 
 I will confefs ^ 
 In (how^rs^of tears repent. 
 
 My foes are full of ftrength and pride *, 
 Who caufelcfs hate, are multiply'd : 
 Who good with ill 
 .Rejpay, would kill, 
 Becaufe I juft abide. 
 
 Depart not,Lord *, O pitty take 1 
 Nor me in my extreames forfake ! 
 Salvation 
 Is thine alone ^ 
 Haft to my fuccour make. 
 
 P 5 ^X^ XXXIX. 
 
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 •^ Said , I will my wayes obferve, Left 
 
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68 
 
 3S. ^arap^^are upon 
 
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 I {houldfwerve : With Bit and Reins my 
 
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 Tongue keep in, Too prone to Sin. Nor 
 
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 to their Calumnic reply, Who glory in Im- 
 
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 ^^ ^J^ fl._ 
 
 pi — e — ty. 
 
 I, like a Statue, filent flood , 
 
 Dumb even to good : 
 
 My Sorrows boyling in my breaft 
 Exil'dmyreft: 
 
 But when my Heart incenft witb wrong 
 
 Grew hot, I gave my Grief a tongue. 
 
 Of 
 
tljepfalmsiof david. 6^ 
 
 Of thofe few days I have to fpend , 
 And my laft End , 
 
 Jnform me, Lord *, that I may fp 
 My Frailty know. 
 
 My time is made fhort as a Span \ 
 
 As nothing is the Age of man. 
 
 Man nothing is but Vanitie , 
 
 Though thron'd on high *, 
 Walks like afhadow, and in vain 
 
 Turmoils with pain : 
 He heaps up wealth with wretched care y 
 Yet knows not who (hall prove his Heir. 
 
 Lord! whatexpefti? thou the Scope 
 Of ail my Hope : 
 
 Him from his loath'd TranfgreflTions free , 
 Who trufts in Thee : 
 
 Nor O fubje^l me to the Rule , 
 
 And proud derifion of a Fool ! ' 
 
 With filcnce, fince thy Will was fuch , 
 I fufFered much : 
 
 O now forbear ! left inftant Death 
 
 Force my faint breath. 
 
 When thou doft with thy Rod chaftife 
 
 Oifending man, his courage dies. 
 
 His Beauty wafted, like a cloth 
 
 Gnawn by the Moth : 
 
 Himfelf a fliort-Iiv'd vanitie , 
 
 And born to dye. 
 
 Lord, to my Prayers incline thine Ear 5 
 
 And thy aftliaed Ser\;imt hear. 
 
 F 5 Nor 
 
7Q ^ i&atap!)?afe Upon 
 
 Nor thele fait rivers of mine Eyes , 
 My God, defpife : 
 
 A Stranger, as my Fathers were , 
 I fojourn here. 
 
 let me gather ftrength, before 
 
 1 pafs away, and be no more. 
 
 FSALM XL. 
 
 Asth2: Y^Or God I patiently did look ^ 
 He to my crys inclin'd his Ear : 
 And when invironcd with fear , 
 From that Abyfs of horror took : 
 Drew from the Mud, and on a Rock 
 Eftablifti'd, to indure the (hock. 
 
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 Then did intomy mouth convey 
 
 Songs of hisPraife, un-fung before. 
 
 Many fhall fee, with fear adore \ 
 And triifting in th' Almighty, fay : 
 
 Who on the Lord depend, are bleft , 
 
 Who Liers, and the Proud deteft. 
 
 Many, and full of wonder, are 
 
 The Works, O Lord, which Thou haft wrought : 
 
 What Thou to raife our joyes haft thought,^ 
 O who in order can declare ! 
 
 'Twere loft endeavour to exprefs 
 
 Their number, that are numberlefs. 
 
 Thou Gifts, nor Offerings doft defire \ 
 
 But pierced haft thy Servants ear : 
 
 To Thee Oblations are not dear , 
 Nor Sacrifice confum'd with fire. 
 
 Then 
 
t^e iBfalmsfoE david. 71 
 
 Then faid I , Lo, I come : thus it 
 Is of me in Thy Volume writ. 
 
 Thy Laws are written in my Heart : 
 
 My Joy Thy Pleafure to fulfil. 
 
 I in the great AlTembly ftill 
 Thy Righteoufnefs to all impart . 
 
 My lips are unreftrain'd by me , 
 
 Which, Lord, is only known to Thee. 
 
 Thy Juftice I have not conceaPd 
 
 Within the clofure of my breaft : 
 
 But Thy Fidelity profeft ^ 
 And faving health at large revealed : 
 
 Amidft the Congregation 
 
 Thy conftant Truth and Mercy Qiown. 
 
 Withdraw not, Lord, thy long'd for Aid ^ BArt 
 
 With Truth and Mercy ftitl inclofe : 
 
 For O ! innumerable woes 
 On every fide my Soul invade : 
 
 So changed with Iniquities , 
 
 That they ev'n blind my fearful eyes. 
 
 In number they my hairs exceed *, 
 
 My fainting heart pants in my breaft : 
 
 Be pleas'd to fuccour the Diftreft ^ 
 And Lord deliver me with fpeed. 
 
 Let fhame at once confound them all , 
 
 That feek my Soul, and plot my fall. 
 
 Be they repulft with Infamy , 
 
 Who perfecute with deadly hate : 
 
 Defervedly left defolate , 
 Who Ha, Ha ! in derifion cry. 
 
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72 M i&atap^?afc upon 
 
 Let all who feek thy Help, re Joyce , 
 And praife Thee with a cheerful Voice. 
 
 Let them, who thy Salvation love , 
 Still fay. The Lord be magnifi'd ! 
 Though I be poor, andcaft afide ^ 
 
 Yet he regards me from above. 
 My Safety, my Deliverer , 
 No longer thy relief defer* 
 
 FSALM XLL 
 
 Jis thef. If Y yHo duly (hall the Poor regard , 
 Hath his Reward : 
 The Lord in time of Trouble, (hall 
 Prevent his fall : 
 He ftiall among the Living reft , 
 And with the Earths increafe be bleft. 
 
 
 Lord, render him not up to thofe , 
 Who are his Foes : 
 
 When he in f6rrow languifheth , 
 Near unto Deaths 
 
 Let him by Thee be comforted , 
 
 And in his Sicknefs make his bed. 
 
 I faid, O Lord, thy Mercy (how , 
 And Health beftow : 
 
 For O I my Soul the lothfome ftains 
 Of Sin retains. 
 
 My Foes have faid, When (hall he die , 
 
 And yet out-live his Memory ? 
 
 If 
 
t^e i&falm!B( of david. 73 
 
 If any vifit, they devife 
 
 DeceitftilLies: 
 Their hollow Hearts with Mifchief load , 
 
 Divulg'd abroad : 
 Who hate me, whiiper, and contrive , 
 How they may fwallow me alive. 
 
 Behold, fay they, this Puniihment 
 
 promHeav'n is fent : 
 He fromthe bed whereon he lies , 
 
 Shall never rile. 
 Yea, even my Friend, my Confident , 
 My Gueft, his heel againft me bent. 
 
 But, Lord, thy Mercy I implore -, 
 My Health reftore : 
 
 raife me ! that forthwith I may 
 
 Their Hate repay. 
 In this thy Love thou doft exprefs , 
 That none triumph in my diftrels. 
 
 For thou art of my Innocence 
 
 The ftrong Defence. 
 
 1 fhall, inlightned by the Grace , 
 
 Behold thy Face. 
 Jehovah, IfraelsGod,be bleft •, 
 While Day and Night the World inveft. 
 
 Amen J Atnen, 
 
74 
 
 A 
 
 PARAPHRASE 
 
 Upon the Second BOOK 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Psalms of DAVID. 
 
 PSALM XLII. 
 
 As the -^i^, Tf Ord! as the Hart, imboft with heat. 
 Braies after the cool Rivulet : 
 
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 So fighs my Soul for thee. 
 My Soul thirfts for the living God : 
 When (hall I enter his Abode , 
 
 And there his Beauty fee ! 
 
 Tears are my Food both Night and Day •, 
 While, Where's thy God •, they daily fay. 
 
 My Soul in plaints I (hed *, 
 When I remember, hovsr in throngs 
 We filFd thy Houfe withPraiie and Songs , 
 
 How I their Dances led. 
 
 My Soul, why art thou fo depreft ! 
 Why O thus troubled in my breaft ! 
 
 With 
 
t^e i&falmjEf of david. 75 
 
 With Gfief fo overthrown ! 
 ^1 With conftant Hope on God await : 
 \ yet his Name (hall celebrate , 
 
 For Mercy timely (hown. 
 
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 My fainting Heart within me pants : 
 My God^ confider my Complaints *, 
 
 My Songs (hall praife thee ftill : 
 Even from the Vale where Jordan flows \ 
 Where Hermon his high Fore head (hows , ' 
 
 From Mitfars humble Hill. 
 
 Deeps untoDeepsinraged call, part 2, 
 
 When thy dark Spouts of waters fall , 
 
 And dreadful Tempeft raves : 
 For all thy Floods upon me burft , 
 And billows after billows thruft 
 
 To fwallow in their Graves. 
 
 But yet by Day the Lord will charge 
 His ready Mercy to inlarge 
 
 My Soul, furpris'd with cares : 
 He gives my Songs their Argument ^ 
 God of my life, I will prefent 
 
 By night to thee my prayers. 
 
 And fay •, My God, my Rock, O why 
 Am I forgot, and mourning die , 
 
 By Foesreduc'dto Duft ! 
 Their words like weapons pierce my bones ^ 
 While ftill they Eccho to my Groans , 
 
 Where is the Lord thy Truft ? 
 
 My Soul, why art thou fo depreft ! 
 O why fo troubled in my breaft ! 
 
 Sunk 
 
76 3l^arap^;are upon 
 
 Sunk uaderneath thy Load ! 
 With conftant Hope on God await : 
 For I his Name fliall celebrate •, 
 
 My Saviour^and niy God. 
 
 PSALM XLIII. 
 
 Anhei^, "l^ ^Y God, thy Servant vindicate: 
 
 O plead my Caufe againft their hate , 
 
 Who feek my utter fpoil ! 
 Deliver from the Mercilefs , 
 Who with bold Injuries opprefs , 
 And profper in their guile. 
 
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 For of my Strength thou art the Lord, 
 Why like to one by thee abhorr'd 
 
 Doft thou my Soul expofe ! 
 Why wander I in black araid ! 
 My body worn, my mind difmaid ! 
 
 Purfu'd by cruel Foes ! 
 
 Thy Favour and thy X^uth extend ^ 
 Let them into my Soul delcend , 
 
 Conduced by their light-, 
 Conduced to thy holy Hill , 
 And Houfe bleft with thy Prefence ftill ', 
 
 There to in joy thy fight. 
 
 Then will I to thy Altar bring 
 An acceptable offering , 
 
 That doft fuch Joys afford : 
 There on a tuneful Inftrument , 
 With Songs that joyn in fweet confent , 
 
 Thy facred praife record. 
 
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t^ l&faimss of DAVID. 77^ 
 
 My Soul, why art thou lb depreft ! 
 Why O thus troubled in my breaft ! 
 
 Sunk underneath thy load 1 
 With conftant hope on God await \ 
 For I his Name fhall celebrate , 
 
 My Saviour and my God. 
 
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 TSALM XLIV. 
 
 Ord ! we have heard our Fathers tell js tht j, 
 
 The Wonders wrought by thee of old. 
 To them by their great Grandfires told ^ 
 
 How by thy Hand the Heathen fell ; 
 
 Of fruitfiill Canaan difpofleft , ■ 
 And ^^e/ planted in their room^ 
 They perifh'd by a fearful Doom , 
 
 While ours in growth and ftrength increaft. 
 
 Not their own Swords that pleafant Land 
 Did conquer, and their Foesejcc^:^ 
 Nor did their arms their lives protecl: : 
 
 It was thy Arm and powerful Hand *, 
 
 It was the Splendor of thy Face", 
 And by thy Favour they o're-came. 
 My King, my God, O'flill the fame ! 
 
 Salvation fend to Jacobs Race. 
 
 For by thy Aid our Enemies 
 
 Lay bleeding on the ft ained ground ; 
 
 And in thy Name we did confound 
 Who ever durft again 1 us rife. 
 
 Our 
 
7^ 311 ^avapl);are upon 
 
 Our Sword's unable to defend •, 
 We will not truft in our weak Bows. 
 Thou, Lord, haft fav'd us from our Foes , 
 
 And brought them to afhameful end. 
 
 Bm 1. por this with praifcs we adore , 
 And ever celebrate thy Name : 
 But now Thoii cafts us off to (hame , 
 Nor lead'ft our Armies as before. 
 
 Our faces from our Foes reverft ^ 
 A Spoil to fuch as hunt for blood : 
 Thou giv'ft us up as Sheep for food , 
 
 Among th' uncircumcis'd difperft. 
 
 Fornoughtthou doft thy People fell y 
 Nor art inriched by their price *, 
 Our Neighbours in our fall rejoice ^ 
 
 A Scorn to all that near us dwell. 
 
 A By-word to the Heathen grown , 
 Who fhake their heads in our difgrace : 
 My fhame is ftill before my face •, 
 
 My Eyes to Earth with blufhes thrown. 
 
 . Sprung from the bold blafphemers taunts , 
 And proud Avengers threatning look : 
 Yet, Lord, we have not thee forlook , 
 Nor falfify'd thy Covenants. 
 
 Tm 5. Our hearts have not their Faith diflblvM-, 
 Our Steps the Path prefcribed keep ; 
 Though Thou haft crufht us in the Deep , 
 And with the fhadesof Death involv'd. 
 
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t^e lafalmsf of david. 7^ 
 
 For fliould we from the Lord depart , 
 
 Or to ftrange Gods our hearts uprear •, 
 
 O would not this to him appear , 
 Who knows the Secrets of our Heart ? 
 
 Yet for thy fake are daily {lain ^ 
 For flaughter mark'd like butcher'd Sheep. 
 Awake, O Lord, why doft thou flecp ? 
 
 Rife, nor for ever Us difdain. 
 
 Q to thy Own at length return ! 
 
 Why doft Thou hide thy chearfulfacc ? 
 
 With-d rawing thy accuftom'd Grace 
 From fuch as in Affli<Slion mourn ? 
 
 For lo ! our Souls, are wrapt in dufl: , 
 
 Our bellies to the Centre cleave : 
 O, for thy Mercies fake receive , 
 And fuccour thofe who in Thee truft ! 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 With heat divine infpir'd, I fing as tU 8, 
 
 A Panegyrick to the King : 
 High Raptures in a numerous ftile 
 I with a ready Pen compile. 
 Much fairer than our Humane Race ; 
 Whofe lips like Fountains flow with Grace : 
 For this the Lord thy Soul fhall blcfs 
 With everlafting Happinefs. 
 Gird, O mod Mighty, on thy Thigh 
 Thy Sword of Awe and Majeftie : 
 In triumph, arm'd with Truth, ride on ^ 
 By aeraency and Juftice drawn. 
 
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So 9 )&arapi^idr^ upon 
 
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 No mortal vigour fhall withftahd 
 
 The fury of tKy dreadful Hand, 
 
 Thy piercing Arrows in the Kings 
 
 Oppofers hearts ihall dye their wings. 
 
 Thy Throne no waft of Tiniie decays j 
 
 Thy Scepter facred Justice fways. 
 
 Thou Virtue lov'ft *, but haft abhorr'd 
 
 Deformed Vice : for this, the Lord 
 
 Hath thee alone preferred, and fhed 
 
 The Oyl of Joy upon thy head. 
 
 Thy Garments, which in Grace excell , 
 
 Of Aloesi Myrrh, and Cafliafmellv 
 
 Brought from the Ivory Palaces : 
 
 Vl^hich more than other Odors pleafe. 
 
 Kings Daughters to augment thy State , ! 
 
 Among thy noble Damfels wait. 
 
 The Queen inthronM dn thy right hand , 
 
 Adorned with Ophyr's golden Sand. 
 
 PArt 2. I-Iark Daughter, and by me be taught j 
 Thy Countrey banifli from thy thought y 
 Thy Houfe and Family forget ,' 
 His Joy upon thy Beauty fet. . 
 He is thy Lord ^ Obow before. 
 And him eternally adore ! 
 The Daughters ot Sea-circled Tyre 
 Shall bring their Purple, and defire 
 (Even they whom V^ealth and Honour grace) 
 To fee the fweetnefs of thy Face. 
 Her Mind all Beauties dotn infold ^ 
 Her fair limbs clad in purfled Gold , 
 She (hall unto the King be brought / 
 In Robes v^^ith P/?ry^/>;^ Needle wrought : 
 While Virgins on her Train attend , 
 V^hofe Faith and Friendfhip know no end: 
 
 Whom 
 
tlje idfalmj! of david. 
 
 8i 
 
 Whom they with joy Hiall lead along -^ 
 Eterniz'd in a Nuptial Song : 
 And with renewed Applaufes bring 
 Unto the Palace of the King. 
 Thou in thy Royal Fathers place , 
 O^ Sons (halt fee a numerous Race ', 
 Who overall the Earth fhall fway , 
 While the cleer Sun dire£ls the Day. 
 My Song {hall celebrate thy Name , 
 And to the World divulge thy Fame. 
 
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 FSALM XLVL 
 
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 ^^ Od is our Refuge, our ftrong TowV 7 
 
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 Securing by his Mighty Pow'r, When 
 Dangers threaten to devour. Thus Arm'd, no 
 
82 3i l^atap^^afe upon 
 
 fears fhall chill our blood •, Though Earth no 
 
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 longet ftedfaft ftood, And (hook her Hills 
 
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 into the flood. 
 
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 Although the troubled Ocean rife 
 
 In foaming billows to the Skies ^ 
 
 And Mountains ihake with horrid noife. 
 
 Clear ftreams purl from a Cryftal Spring , 
 Which Gladnefs to Gods City bring , 
 The Manfionof th' eternal King. 
 
 He in her Centre takes his place : 
 What Foe can her fair Towers deface , 
 Frote(^ed by his early Grace ? .• 
 
 Tumultuar' 
 
t^ei^falmsi of david. 83 
 
 rumultuary Nations rofe , 
 
 \.nd armed Troops our walls inclofe ^ . 
 
 Jut his fear'd Voice unnervM our Foes» 
 
 rhe Lord of Hofts is on our fide ^ 
 
 rhe God by Jacolf magnifi'd •, 
 
 )ur Strength, on whom we have reJi'd . 
 
 I!ome, fee the wonders he hath wrought , 
 
 A^ho hath to defolation brought 
 
 rhofe Kingdoms, which our ruin fought. 
 
 it makes dcftruftive War furceafe ^ 
 fhe Earth, deflowr'd of her Increafe , 
 leftores with univerlal Peace. 
 
 le breaks their Bows, unarms their Quivers ^ 
 rhe bloody Speer in pieces (hivers, 
 rheir Chariots to the Flame delivers. 
 
 'orbear, and know, that I the Lord 
 A^ill by all Nations be ador'd ^ 
 'rais'd with unanimous accord. 
 
 rhe Lord of Hofts is on our fide ^ 
 
 rhe God by Jacob magnifi'd ^ 
 
 )ur Strength;, on whom we have reli'd. 
 
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 PSALM XLVII. 
 
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 • ^ ' ^ Et all in fweet accord Clap Hands, 
 
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 their Voices raife, In Honour of the Lord j 
 
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 And loudly fing his praife : Who from a- 
 bove. Dire Lightning flings : The King of 
 
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 kings. Of all thaC move. 
 
 
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 Whole Nations of our Foes 
 
 Beneath our Feet hath thrown : 
 A fair Pofleffion chofe , 
 For us that are his Own : 
 Thedignitie 
 Of Ifrad-^ 
 Belov'd fo well 
 BythemoflHigh, 
 
 In Triumph God afcends , 
 
 With Trumpet {hrill, and Shalmes , 
 Praife him, who his defends ^ 
 O praife our King with Pfalms ! 
 ForGodisKing 
 Of all the Earth 7 
 With facred Mirth 
 HisPraifesfing. 
 
 God o're the Heathen i^igos ; 
 
 Sits on his Holy Throne : 
 All whom the Earth fuftains , 
 Shall worfliip him alone. 
 His Shield extends 
 in their Defence*, 
 His Excellence 
 All height tranfcends. 
 
 TSAI,M XLVIII. 
 
 THe Lord is moft Ma jefticall •, j^ ^^^ ^ 
 
 Moft highly to be prais'd by all , 
 Within the Cit\' of our God / 
 And Manfion bled by his abode. 
 Fair SionhsLth a pleafant Site *, 
 0/ Earth the Beauty and Delight: 
 
 G 3 Upon 
 
86 ai i^atap^jtsrc npon 
 
 •'■■.• ~ ' >■ ~ 
 
 i Upon the North-fide bordering , 
 
 The City of the Mighty King. 
 God dwells within her lofty Towers ^ 
 SecurM from all aflailing Powers. 
 Confpiring Kings her ruin fought ^ 
 Who armed Troops before her brought. 
 
 Part %: At once they faw, admir'd, and fled j 
 
 Their hearts furpriz'd with fudden Dread. 
 
 Such fear, fuch pangs poffeft our foes , 
 
 As w^omen fufFer in their Thro\^ s. 
 
 At thy command black Bums rores , 
 
 And fpreads his wracks on TharflmihorQs. 
 
 We, what we heard our Fathers tell , 
 
 Have feen, who in this City dwell ^ 
 
 The City of our God, which Hee 
 
 Shall ever from deftruftion free. 
 
 Thy Favours, Lord, with Thankfulnefs 
 
 We in thy Temple ftill profefs. 
 
 As is thy Name, thou God of Might , 
 
 So are tny Praifes infinite ^ 
 
 And ftretch to Earths remoteft Bound : 
 
 Thy Hand for Juftice far renown'd. 
 
 O Sio^y Judah's Diadem , 
 
 You Daughters of Jerujalem^ 
 
 Unite your Joys, and glory in 
 
 His Judgement, which your eyes have feen. 
 
 Go walk the Round of 5/^;/^ tell 
 
 Her Towers ^ obferve her Bulwarks well : 
 
 On her fair Buildings cafl thine eye*, 
 
 Declare it to Pofteritie. 
 
 For God will ftill our God remain , 
 
 And us unto our Laft fuftain. 
 
 TSALM 
 
t^e ^Sfaims of david. 87 
 
 FSALM XLIX. 
 
 ^hi^i-{- . - .. 
 
 ALL you who dwell upon tHe foodful £arth •/' Asthe i\ 
 Both-Rich and Poor '^ of bafe and noble birth.^ 
 Attend : my Tongue deep wifdomfliall impart v ' : 
 And knowledge from the fountain of my heart. 
 I unto light dark Parables will bring , 
 And to my folemn Harp i^nigmaes fmg. 
 In Mifery and Age why fhould I fear , 
 When Sin purfues my fteps, and Death draws near ? 
 O you, who Riches as your God adore , 
 And glory in your fcarce poffeffed Store : 
 Who can redeem his Brother for one Day , 
 Or to the Lord his high-prais'd Ranfome pay ? . 
 (For O, not all the Gold, which Streams conceal ," 
 Or Hills inclofe, can banifh'd Life repeal , ) 
 That he might live unto Eternitie , 
 Nor in the Earths corrupting Entrails lye. 
 They fee the Wife, and Fools, to Death defcend , 
 While others their congefted treafures fpend : 
 Yet hoping to perpetuate their fame , .;-^- 
 
 Proud Structures raife, and call themby their name. ; 
 
 ButManinhonourisaVanitie, pm i. 
 
 That fleets away •, and as a Beail: muft die. 
 
 In this vain courfe, they circularly move , 
 
 And their Pofterity their words approve. 
 
 Death (hall as Sheep devour them in the Duft ^ 
 
 Till that great Day fubje£l them to the Juft. 
 
 Their Strength and Beauty ihall to nothing waft : 
 
 All naked, from their fumptuous Houfes caft. 
 
 But God (hall from the greedy Sepulchre 
 
 My Soul redeem, and to his Joys prefer. 
 
 G 4 Defpair, 
 
sa n i^arap^^afe mm 
 
 Defpa ir not, when a man grows Op iilent , 
 And that the Glories of his Hotie augment : 
 For with his thread of Life his Riche? end ^ 
 Nor (hall his Honours with his Soul dciccrid. 
 Though here he live in Juxury and eait ., 
 And thofe are prais'd^ who their own . -cv^iuspleafe^ 
 Yet as his Fathers, he fhall fet in Night \ ■ ■ . 
 Nor ever rife to fee the cheerful Light- 
 Man high in honour, whofe ignoble breaft 
 No knowledge holds^ {hall perifh like a beaft. 
 
 T 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
 A^ ihi I : f I ^ He God of gods, Jehovah, fhall convent 
 All from the Orient to the Suns defcent. 
 From Sions Towers (of Beauty the Divine 
 And full Perfeaion) (hall his Glory fhine. 
 Nor filent comes : devouring flames before. 
 And; round about him horrid Tem.pefts rore. 
 The righteous Judge^ to judge his People, Ihall 
 High Heav'n and confcious Earth towitnefscalL 
 Aflemble all my Saints, who with one mind 
 My Tcftaments with Sacrifice have (ign'd. 
 Thenthund'ring Skie Ihall make his Juftice known *, 
 When he our God afccnds his Judgements Throne.' 
 My People, hea-r •, Thy God, O Jfr.rel I 
 Will thee convince, and thy TranfgreHions tell. 
 I blame not thy unfrequcnt Sacrifice, ... . 
 Nor fumes, which rarely from my Altars rife : 
 I from thy Stall will take no well-fed Steer, 
 Nor from thy Folds a Male-goat of that year : 
 For all are Mine,, that Woods or Dcferts breed ,! 
 And Herds which on a thouiand fountains feed : 
 
 ■ J 
 
^t ^mmn of D A V I D. 89 
 
 I know all Fowl, which Hill or Valleys yield , 
 And number all the Cattel of the Field. 
 
 Will I, if hungry, unto Thee conaplain , Pan i,' 
 
 When all is Mine whkhSea and Land contain ? 
 
 Will I eat flefli of Bulls ? or canft thou think , 
 
 That I the blood of fliaggy Goats will drink ? 
 
 A thankful heart upon my Altar lay ^ 
 
 And righteous Vows to high Jehovah pay. , 
 
 Then call on me in trouble ^ I will raile 
 
 Thy Soul from Death,and thou my Name (hail praife. 
 
 But O thou Hypocrite! Dar'ft thou explain 
 
 My Law ^ My .Covenantswith thy lips prophane ? 
 
 That Icorn'ft inftruaion *, doft my Word defpife *, 
 
 Confent'ft with Theeves, and haft adulterous eyes ? 
 
 Deceit, and (lander tip thy impious tongue : 
 
 Thy brother woundft with Infamy and Wrong. 
 
 Thus didft thou*, thisdidlwithfilencefee. 
 
 So as thou thought'ft, that! was like to thee. 
 
 But I will thy Hypocrifie uncafe *, 
 
 And lay thy ugly crimes before thy face. 
 
 Confider this^ O you, who God negle^ : 
 
 Left I deftroy you, when none can prote£l. 
 
 Who praife for Inccnfe offer , honour Me *, 
 
 And upright Souls (hall my Salvation fee. 
 
 L 
 
 TSALM LL 
 
 Ord, to a fmner Mercy (how : As tU ^, 
 
 Which fmce in Thee fo infinite^ 
 Let all thy ftreams of Mercy fiow , 
 
 And purifie me in thy fight. 
 
90 SB i&arap^?afe upon 
 
 O wafh thou my polluted Soul ! 
 
 O clenfe me from my bloody Deed ! 
 That to my felf appears fo foul ^ 
 
 And now in true Contrition bleed. 
 My fins, unmaskM, before Thee lye ^ 
 
 Who have deferv'd thy wrath alone : 
 Which I confefs, to teftifie 
 
 Thy Truth, and make thy Juftice known. 
 In fin conceiv'd , brought forth in fin *, 
 
 Sin fuck'd I from my Mothers breaft : 
 Thou lov'ft a heart fincere within , 
 
 Where Wifdom is a conftant gueft. 
 With Hylbp purge, from blemifli clear •, 
 
 O wafh, then faUing Snow more white ! 
 Lord, let me thy remiflion hear : 
 
 The Bones, which thou haft broke, unite. 
 plot out my crimes •, O feparate 
 
 My trembling Guilt far from thy view ! 
 A clean Heart in my breaft create *, 
 
 A Mind, to Thee confirm'd, renew. 
 
 J^nn %, 
 
 Nor caft me from thy Prefence, Lord ^ 
 
 Nor O thy holy Spirit withdraw ! 
 But thy life-quick'ning Grace afford •, 
 
 Inlarge my Will t' imbrace thy Law. 
 Then Sinners I with heav'nIyFood 
 
 W^ill feed, dire£i:ed in thy Wayes : 
 O my Redeemer, clenfe from blood 
 
 The Soul, that will thy Mercy praife. 
 Give thou my Verfe an argument •, 
 
 And they thy Goodnefs fhall refound. 
 No Sacrifice will Thee content*, 
 
 Nor Altars with Oblations crown'dc 
 Elfe, I would Hecatombs impart ; 
 
 True forrow is thy Sacrifice. 
 
t^e pfaimjBf oE david. 91 
 
 A broken and a contrite Heart , : 
 
 My God, Thou never wilt defpife. -^ ( » 
 Thy Sion with accuftom'd Grace i i ' II J i ml 
 
 (Left my foul crimes her (hame procure ) 
 In thy protecting Arms imbrace ^ 
 
 AnAhitJerHfdemimmviYt, 
 Then we, with due Solemnity , 
 
 To Thee our grateful Vows wil! pay •, 
 And Bulls, which never Yoke did try , ^ 
 
 Upon thy flaming Altar lay. > 
 
 FSALM h\h 
 
 ^"^^ Thou in Mifchief great , As the 
 
 m ■ Why boafts thou in deceit ?' . 
 
 ^_^ Gods greater Mercy will 
 Protedl his Servants flill. 
 
 Thy Tongue w ith fraud abounds , 
 And like a Raibr wounds *, . 
 All evil doilafre(5l-, 
 All that is good negleft. 
 Lies are thy low delight ^ 
 To Virtue oppofite : 
 Thy words with treachery 
 The innocent deftroy. 
 God ihall repay thy hate , 
 Thy Stru^lures ruinate ^ 
 And make thee curfe thy birth : 
 Then tear thee from the Earth. 
 The Juft thy fall fhall fee, 
 Fear Him, and laugh at thee. 
 Lo he, who God forfook , 
 Nor for his refuge took %, 
 
 Self- 
 
9^ a )^arap^;are upon 
 
 Self-ftrength'ning with excefs 
 Of Wealth, and Wickednefs. 
 But I fhall planted be. 
 Like a green Olive-tree , 
 In Gods own Houfe *, and will 
 Truft in His Mercies ftill. 
 For this, I evermore 
 Shall thy great Name adore : 
 Thy Promifcs expe£^ ^ 
 The joy of thy Ele.5J:. 
 
 TSALM LIII. 
 
 As thiz, Tl ' lOols, flattering their own vic^s, fay 
 
 Within their hearts*, God is a Name 
 Devis'd to make the Strong obey *, 
 To fetter Nature *, quench her flame 
 When all this llniverlal Frame 
 The hands of potent Fortune fway. 
 
 f; 
 
 Secure and profperous in ill , 
 
 The fear and thought of God exile , 
 
 To follow their rebellious will •, 
 
 Think nothing that delights them vile : 
 Their Souls with wicked thoughts defile V 
 
 And all their foul Defires fulfill. 
 
 God from the Tow'r of Heav'n his Eyes 
 On men, and their endeavours, threw : 
 
 Not one beheld beneath the Skies , 
 That fought him, or his Statutes knew : 
 All Vice with winged Feet purfue ^ 
 
 But none forfaken Vif tue pr ifc* 
 
 O 
 
,^^,^l^iuj,f^^a««a 
 
 tljepfalltttfOf DAVID. 93 
 
 O deaf to good ! in knowledge blind ! 
 
 By Sin through clouds of errour led ! 
 Dull ienfualFornis, without a Mind ! 
 
 Not flow, though certain, Vengeance dread ! 
 
 The Righteous they devour like bread v 
 All piety at once declin'd. 
 
 Thefe, idle terrours fliall affright) 
 Their fleepsdifturb'd by guilty fear. 
 
 God (hall their Bones afunder fmite , 
 Who impious Arras againft him bear -, 
 Nor they their Infamy out-wear ^ 
 
 Since delpifeable in hisnght. 
 
 O that unto thy Ifrael ' 
 The Day-ftar might from Sion fpring ! 
 
 And all the (hades of Night expel ! 
 When Thou (halt us from Bondage bring , 
 How would we Lord thy Praifesfing ! 
 
 No joy (hall Jacobs joy excell. 
 
 L 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 Ord, for thy Promife fake defend , -'^ ^ 4* 
 
 And Thy AU-faving Shield extend : 
 
 O hear my cries , 
 
 Whi<:h with wet Eye« 
 And fighs to Thee afcend ! 
 
 For cruel men my life purfue ^ 
 And who thy Statutes never knew. 
 SupprcfsmyFoes: 
 O fide with thole, 
 Who to my im\ are true ! 
 
 With 
 
94 S i&atap^?afe upon 
 
 With vengeance recompence their Hate , 
 
 And in an inftant ruinate. 
 
 Then will I bring 
 My Offering, 
 And thy great A£ls relate; 
 
 Thy Name for ever praifed be •, 
 
 Wno from thofe fnares haft fet me free t 
 
 For loe, thefe eyes 
 
 My Enemies 
 DefirMfubverfion fee. 
 
 FSALM LV. 
 
 At th,9o TT ^^^y ^^ "^y Pj^ayers incline thine Ear ; 
 ^sm^9. I Th'afjliaedhear: 
 
 JLjNor be thou Deaf to my complaint \ 
 For O I faint ! 
 
 Regard the fighs, the groans, the cries 3, 
 
 Which from my pcnfive Soul arife. 
 
 Rais'd by the threatnings of my Foe , 
 
 Which ftorm-like grow ", 
 
 And by blood thirfty Violence ^ 
 Truth my offence : 
 
 Who flander with their wounding Tongues , 
 
 And prefs me unto Death with wrongs. 
 
 My heart, a ftranger unto reft , 
 
 Throbs in my breaft : 
 
 The terrours of approaching Death 
 Exhauft my breath. 
 
 My finews trembling Fear diffolvcs , 
 
 And Horror all mv Powers involvcse 
 
 O 
 
ttjci^taima! of d avid. 95 
 
 that with Dove-like wings I might 
 
 Take my fwift flight , 
 To calm Retreats of reft, where I 
 
 Conceal'd might lie! 
 Then would 1 find fome Wildernefs , 
 Removed far from mansaccefs. 
 
 Then all thefe Tempefts, which arife 
 
 With hideous noife ^ 
 And with their dreadful Tumults make 
 
 My Heart to quake*, 
 
 1 would, far fwifter than the Wind , 
 Or winged I. ightnings leave behind. 
 
 Lord, fwallow thofe, who fwell with pride ^ pan z. 
 
 Their Tongues divide : 
 For Strife, and Violence, bent to kill , 
 
 The City fill: 
 Both Day and Night they walk the Round v 
 Rape, Mifchief, Tears, within abound. 
 
 Wild Outrages her ftreets profane , 
 
 And boldly reign : 
 Fraud lurking in her Palaces , 
 
 Confpires with thefe. 
 For I, had he his hate profeft , 
 Had (hunn'd, or (hould his wrongs digeft. 
 
 But thou, my Friend, even of my Heart 
 
 The better Part ^ 
 To fo intire a union grown , 
 
 As if but one : 
 Gods Houfe we daily vifited , 
 Both Jfweetly by one Counfel led. 
 
 Let 
 
96; 31 i&atap^?8fe gpon 
 
 < Let Death devour them *, let them dive 
 
 ToHcllahvc. 
 With mifchicf their proud roofs abound 
 
 Their hearts unfound i 
 But God my Soul fhall dif-enthralJ 5 
 For I upon his Name v^ill calK 
 
 ^an ? ^y Prayers fhall with the Suns uprife , 
 
 Afcend the Skies v 
 RenewM, when he at Noon difplays 
 
 His fervent Rays*, 
 When he behind the Earth defcends,' , 
 And Day, out-worn with labour, ends. 
 
 My Cries (hall penetrate the Sphears , 
 And pierce his Ear's. 
 
 He (hall my captive Soul releale , 
 
 And crown with Peace. 
 
 For in the Fervor of the Fight , 
 
 His Angels (hall prote^ my Right. 
 
 Th' Eternal Judge, Jehovah, fhall 
 Confound them all V 
 
 Who only change from bad to worfe ,' 
 Nor fear his Curfe. 
 
 Sweet Peace he violated hath , '^ 
 
 And broken his obliged Faith. 
 
 His Words than Butter fmoother farr V 
 His Thoughts of Warr : 
 
 Words foftcr than the fluent Oil *, 
 Yet bent to Spoil. 
 
 But thou, my Soul, thy cares impofe 
 
 On God, who will redrcfs thv \\qc<. 
 
t^e i&falm$ of D A v i D. 97 
 
 The Tuft he (hall confirm with Joy V 
 Th'Unjuftdeftroy.. 
 
 Thofe who in blood and fraud delight 
 Shall fet in Night , 
 
 Before their Noon of Life be paft. 
 
 But I on God my hopes have plac'd. 
 
 O 
 
 VSALM Lvr. 
 
 Lord, prote£l me by thy Power , ^^ »^' 4^ 
 
 From fuch as would my Life devour \ 
 
 Whomercilefs 
 
 Strive to opprefs*. 
 Nor grant me Truce one hour. 
 
 That would devour nne every Day , 
 And make my chafed Life their prey : 
 yet,Lord,willI 
 On thee relief 
 When Dangers moftdifmay. 
 
 Thy Promife I will celebrate •, 
 In conftant hope thy Pleafure waif. 
 With patience bear 
 Thy Stay, nor fear 
 Frail man, or his vain hate. 
 
 My words and deeds they daily wreft , 
 And in their thoughts my fall digeft v 
 Unite in ill , 
 And lurk to kill: 
 My Feet can find no reft. 
 
 H 
 
98 % i^atap^jare upon 
 
 O fhall they with impunity 
 Efcape, and thus their fins enjoy ! 
 
 Let Death thy rage 
 Alone affwage *, 
 Them in their guilt deftroy. 
 
 My Wand'rings thou haft numbered *, 
 Even every Tear mine Eyes have fhed 
 Thy Vial holds : 
 All in the Folds 
 Of thy large Volume read. 
 
 Aflur'd, that whtli on God I call , 
 
 My Foes fhall by his Fury fall. 
 His Promife I 
 Will magnifie ^ 
 His Truth divulge to All. 
 
 To him my ready Vows will pay \ 
 My Vows of Thanks, both night and day ; 
 In whom I truft : 
 Norfhallth'Unjuft 
 My ftedfaft Hopes difmay. 
 
 For he hath fnatch'd me from the Night 
 Of Death, and kept my foot upright : 
 Thatlmayftill 
 ObfcrvehisVl^ill, 
 And fee the cheerllil Light. 
 
 PSALM 
 
 1 
 
t^cjafalmsf of DAVID. 9^ 
 
 O 
 
 VSALM LVII. 
 
 Thou, from whom all Mercy fprings , ^^ »*' 10. 
 Compaffidnate my Sufferings J 
 And pity me , 
 ThattruftinTheel 
 
 O fheltcr with thy fhady Wings, 
 Until thefe florms of Woe 
 Clear-up, or over-blow 1 
 
 Thee I invoke, O thou Moft High ^ 
 Thou All-performer! from the Skie 
 Thy Angels fend j 
 Let them defend 
 My Soul from him that would deftroy ; 
 O fend thy Mercy down *, 
 With Truth thy Promifc crown ! 
 
 For Salvage Lions girt me round , 
 And they whofe Malice knows no bound 5 
 Their cruel Words 
 More fharp than Swords *, 
 Their Teeth like Spears and Arrows wound. 
 To Hcav'n thy Glory raile \ 
 Let Earth refound thy Praile. 
 
 They fubtil fnares prepared have , 
 And bow'd my Soul even to the Grave : 
 With wicked wit 
 Havedigg'dapit, 
 From which themfelves they could not fave : 
 But juftly fell therein , 
 Intrapt by their own Sin. 
 
 H z My 
 
loo % i^atapi^jare upon 
 
 My ravifh'd Heart flames with defire j 
 I to the Mufick of my Lyre , 
 Eternal King, 
 Thy Praife will fmg, 
 Awak^ my Glory ! Zeal infpire ! 
 Awake my Harp and Lute , 
 Nor in his Praife be mute ! 
 
 To thee, before the Mbrningrife ,- 
 My Lips their Calves (hall facrifice : 
 Thy Mercy far 
 The higheft Star, 
 Thy Truth ti'anfcends the lofty Skies. 
 To Heaven thy Glory raife •, 
 Let Earth refound thy Praife. 
 
 TSALM LVUL 
 
 Aithej^a* 'j-^ErniciousCounfellors! Give you 
 ^Sincere advice ? to Juftice true ? 
 Or Virtue but in fliow purfue ? 
 
 p 
 
 Your Hearts are ftill onMifchief bent y 
 Your Hands impure and violent v 
 Nor favour Trinh, nor Wrong prevent. 
 
 Even from the womb they blindly ftray *, 
 Born, and per^rted in one day y 
 Liejflander, flatter, and betray : 
 
 Like Serpents, with black poyfon fwell •, 
 And charm th' Inchanter ne're fo well , 
 More deaf than Afps, his Charms repcL 
 
t^e l&ralmiBt ot D A v i D. igi 
 
 Lord, flit their Tongues, before they fpcak -jr^^ !oJ 
 Strike out their Teeth, which tear the WeakT; - ^ 
 And the young Lions grinders break. 
 
 As Sun-beat Snow, fo let them thaw •, 
 
 And when their weak'ned Bows they draw , 
 
 Let their crack'd Arrows flie like ftraw. 
 
 Let them like Snails confume away ^ 
 And as untimely Births decay , 
 Which never faw the cheerililDay, 
 
 Before their pots can feel the brier , 
 God in the Whirl-wind of his Ire , 
 Shall blaft alive, and burn with fire. 
 
 Sin with Revenge at length (hall meet ^ 
 The Godly fhall rejoyce to fce't \ 
 And in their blood fhall wa{h their feet. 
 
 Then erring Mortals (hall confefs , 
 There are Rewards for Righteoufnefs , 
 And Plagues for fach as do tranfgreis. 
 
 TSALM LIX. 
 
 LOrd, fave me from mine Enemies ^ 45 the J4 j 
 
 From thofe, who thus againft me rife , 
 Like an incenfed Flood : 
 From thofe, who in Impietie 
 Place their delight, and long to die 
 
 Their hands in guiltlefs blood. 
 
 H 3 Lo! 
 
loz Z l^atap^jare upon 
 
 Lo! for my Soul they lie in wait: 
 
 The Mighty joyn their power and hate , 
 
 Without my blame or crime. 
 Without my crime they weapons take ^ 
 Andperfecutemyfoul. Awake 
 
 My God! afTiftintime. 
 
 Great God of Hofts^of Ifrael, 
 Thefe all-oppreffing Tyrants queft j 
 
 Nor be to Mercy won : 
 At night their mifchief they begin ^ 
 Incenft like fnarling Dogs they grin , 
 
 And through the City run. 
 
 Behold ! they vomit bitter w^ords ^ 
 Between their lips they brandifli fwords; 
 
 Yet fay ^ Can thefe be known ? 
 But, Lord, thouihalt their threats deride ^ 
 The empty terrour of their pride 
 
 And Malice, vainly fhown. 
 
 ^^^f *• landmyftrengthareinthyPower. 
 
 In thee I trull, my Shield ! my Tower ! 
 
 Thy Mercy, Lord , how great ! 
 My Foes I'ubje^eft to my will : 
 Subdue, and fcatter *, but not kill. 
 
 Left we thy Truth forget. 
 
 O be they in their Pride furpris'd ! 
 Even for the Lies they have devis'd , 
 
 Their curfes, and clofe Arts. 
 Confume them, from the Land expel : 
 To (hew, God reigns in Ifiael, 
 
 To Earths remoteft parts. 
 
 Hope- 
 
t^e lafalntfl! oC david. 103 
 
 Hopelefs let them return with Night, 
 Like grinning Dogs bark, but not bite j 
 
 About the City rome : . 
 
 Pale, meager, and half famifhed*, 
 Like vagabonds howl they for bread ^ 
 
 Without or food, or home. 
 
 But I, before the Day-ftar fpring , 
 Will of thy Power and Mercy fing •, 
 
 My Safety in diftrefs. 
 Thou art my Rock, my ilrong Defence j 
 My living Verfe thy Excellence 
 
 And Bounty (hall exprefs. 
 
 JPSALM LX. 
 
 CAft off, and fcattered in thine Ire : Asth x\ 
 
 Lord on our woes with pity look. 
 The Lands inforc'd Foundations fhook % 
 Whofe yawning ruptures Sighs expire. 
 O cure the Breaches Thou haft rent , 
 And make Her firmly permanent ! 
 
 Our Souls thou haft with forrow fed *, 
 
 And mad'ft us drink of deadly Wine : 
 
 Yet now thy Enfigns giv'ft to Thine , 
 Even when befet with trembling dread ^ 
 
 That we thy Banner may d ifplay , 
 
 Whil'ft Truth to Conqueft makes our way, 
 
 O hear us, who thy Aid implore *, 
 
 Lord, with thy own Right hand defend : 
 
 To thy Beloved fuccour fend. 
 God by his Sandlity thus fwore *, 
 
 H 4 I 
 
104 ^ )darap^^4a(e upon 
 
 I Snccoths Valley will divide ; 
 In Shechcms Spoils be raagnifi'cj. 
 
 Mine Gilead is, Manaffeh mine ^ 
 
 Evhraim my ftrength, in battel bold ^ 
 Thou Jfidah fnalt my Scepter hold : 
 
 I will triumph on TaLiftine. 
 
 Bafe fervitude fhall Moab waft^ ^ 
 O're Edom I my (hooe will caft. 
 
 Who will our forward Troops dire^l , 
 
 To Rabhah ftrongly fortifi'd ? 
 
 Or into fandy Edojn guide ? 
 Lord, wilt not thou, that did'ft rejeft , 
 
 Nor would'ft before our Armies goe , , 
 
 Now lead our Hoft againft the Foe ? 
 
 O then, when Dangers moft affright , 
 Do thou our troubled Souls iuftaih ! 
 For loe ! the help of Man is vain. 
 
 Through Thee we valiantly fhall fight : 
 Our flying Foes thou 9cidXt tread down ^ 
 And Thine with wreaths of Conqueft crown. 
 
 M 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 
 M thi 13 , "^ ^ Y God, thy Servant hear ^ 
 
 O lend a willing ear ! 
 In exile my lad heart. 
 From Earths remoteft part , 
 
 O'rewhclm'd with Miferies, 
 
 To Thee for fuccour rries. 
 
 To that High Rock O lead. 
 
 So far abpve my head ! 
 
 That wert, and art my Tower, 
 
 Againft oppreffing Power. Fof 
 
tljepfaliiMfof DAVID. IQ5 
 
 Fortothyfacred Court 
 I ever fhall rcfort ^ 
 Secure beneath thy wings , 
 From all their mcnacings : 
 Even Thou my fuit haft fignM ^ 
 A King by Thee clefign'cl , 
 To govern ibch as will 
 Thy Holy Law fblfill. 
 Whom Thou long life wilt give , 
 His Ages fhall out-live *, 
 He Throne {hall ftand before 
 Thy Face for evermore. 
 Thy Mercy, Lord, extend ^ 
 Him for thy Truth defend. 
 Then I inchcarful Layes 
 Will celebrate thy praife ^ 
 And to Thee every day 
 My Vows devoutly pay. 
 
 FSALM LXII. 
 
 LOrd, thou art the only Scope Js th i ^ . 
 
 Of my never-fainting Hope *, 
 My Salvation, my Defence , 
 Refuge of my Innocence ; 
 Thou the Rock I build upon , 
 Not by njan to bq o're-thrown. 
 How long will youniachinate ! 
 Perfecu'te with cauflels hate 1 
 You (hail like a tott'ring wall , 
 Like a batter'd Bulwark, fall. 
 Allconipire tocaftme down *, 
 From my brows to tear my Crown : 
 Full of fraud, they blefs in fhow , 
 When their Thoughts with curies flow. 
 
 Yec 
 
Yet my Soul on God attends ^ 
 All my Hope on him depends *, 
 He the Rock I built upon , 
 Not by man to be o're-thrown. 
 He my Glory, he my Tower , 
 Guards me by his faying Power. 
 You, who are fincerc and juft , 
 In the Lord for ever truft : 
 Powr your Hearts before his Throne •, 
 His, who can proteft alone. 
 All that are of high Defcent, 
 To the Poor and Indigent , 
 Nothing are but Vanity •, 
 Nothing but deceive and lye : 
 Balanced, altogether they 
 Lighter than a Vapour weigh. 
 In Oppreflion truft thou not , 
 Nor in Wealth by Rapine got : 
 If thy Riches multiply , 
 See thou prize them not too high. 
 God fa id once -^ twice have I heard ; 
 Pov^er is his, by Him conferr'd : 
 His is Mercy, He rewards , 
 And, a^ we deferve, regards. 
 
 TSALM LXIIL 
 
 dsthei^, ^ § "^O Thee, O God, my God, I pray, 
 Before the dawning of the Day. 
 
 My Soul and wafting fle(h , 
 With thirfty Ardor Thee defire. 
 In Soils fcorch'd with ^ethereal Fire , 
 
 Whofe draught no fhow'rs refrelh 
 
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 That 
 
t^e}&falm0rt david. 107 
 
 That in thy Sanftuary I 
 
 May fee thy Power and Ma jefty , 
 
 Once more with ravifh'd eyes : 
 My lips (hall celebrate thy Praife*, 
 Thy Goodnefs, more than length of dales , 
 
 Orlifeitfelf,Iprife. 
 
 ExtolPd while I have utterance : - 
 
 To Thee will I my Palmes advance ^ 
 
 That wilt with marrow feaft. 
 My Verfe thy Wonders (hall recite •, 
 Remembred in the filent Night , 
 
 As on my Bed I reft. ■ . 
 
 Secur'd beneath thy fhady Wing , 
 I will in facred Raptures fmg •, 
 
 And to thy Promife cleave. 
 Thy Hand upholds*, but who with hate 
 My Soul leek to precipitate 
 
 Hells entrails Aiall receive. 
 
 The raging Sword fhall (bed their blood ^ 
 A prey for Wolves *, for Foxes, food. 
 
 Yet God his King (hall blefs^ 
 And fuch as fwear by his great Name : 
 But thofe, whofe Tongues the Juft defame , 
 
 Confufion fhall fupprcls. 
 
 rSALM 
 
loS n 0atap4;are upon 
 
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 TSALM LXIV. 
 
 As tht I o. ^ f \ Hou great Prote^lor , hear my Cry \ 
 Save from my dreadful Enemy : 
 O vindicate 
 From their clofe hate , 
 Who for my Soul in ambufh lie. 
 
 From their blind Rage prote^l j 
 Who Truth and Thee i*eje£t. 
 
 Who whet their Tongues, more fharp than Swords, 
 Their Arrows draw, even bitter words •, 
 To wound th' Upright , 
 With fierce delight, 
 When Time to their defire accords : 
 Then on a fudden fhoot \ 
 Nor fear divine purfuit. 
 
 Confirmed in skilful Malice •, they 
 Confpire, their Nets in fecret lay : 
 
 And fay. What eye 
 Can this defcry ? 
 Firft counfel take *, and then betray : 
 On mifchief fet their hearts , 
 Pu'rfii- d by wicked Arts. 
 
 But God fliall let his Arrows flie •, 
 Wound in the twinkling of an Eye : 
 
 Each deadly ftung * 
 
 By his own Tongue, 
 Shall with that fatall Poifon die. 
 
 Who this behold, or hear , 
 Shall tremble with cold fean 
 
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tije jaraimjEf of david. 109 
 
 Vien (hall their Eyes with wonder raife , 
 lehearfe his Deeds, and fing his Praife. 
 Eternity 
 
 Shall crown their Joy , 
 ^ho walk in his prefcribed ways. 
 He to the Pure of Heart 
 His Glory (hall impart. 
 
 PSALM LXV, 
 
 Dlle Honours, Lord, on Thee attend, jjtkt 8. 
 
 Where Sions facred Towers afcend : 
 There thy devoted Ifraelit^s 
 Shall pay their Vows, with folemn Rites, 
 To Thee (hall all Man-kind repair : 
 Since thou vouchfaPft to hear our Prayer. 
 Our Sins thy Mercies expiate , 
 When burthen'd with their loathed weight. 
 Thrice happy he, of whom thou mak'ft 
 Thy Choice -^ and to thy fervioe tak'ft ^ 
 That may within thy Courts rcfide *, 
 Therewith thy Goodnefs fatisfi'd *, 
 And tafte of that fincere Delight , 
 Which never cloys the Appetite. 
 From thee, O God, our Safety fprings •, 
 Thy Judgement threatens dreadful things. 
 Their Hope, whom Soils remote fuftain i 
 Whofloteupon the toiling Main. 
 Great is thy Power : propt by thy Hand , 
 Cloud-touching Mountains ftedtaft (land.- 
 Thou with thy Scepter doft appeafe 
 Theroarihgof the high-wrought Seas : 
 And the tumultuary jarrs 
 Of Fcopk breathing Blood andWarrs, 
 
 Who 
 
MO 3 i&aYapi)?are iipoti 
 
 Fart z. Who dwell upon the Earth's Confines^ 
 They tremble at thy fearful Signs. 
 Where firft the Sun his beam difplays *, 
 And where he fets his golden Rayes , 
 They triumph in the fruits of Peace *, 
 Inriched by the Earth's increafe. 
 He Rain upon her Bofom powVs , 
 His fwelling Clouds abound with Show'rs 
 And lb prepares the lufty Soil 
 To recompence the Reapers toil. 
 Mellows the Glebe with fatning juyce , 
 Whole furrows hopeful blades produce : 
 With Plenty crowns the fmiling Years , 
 Shed from the influence of the Sphears : 
 The Defert with fweet Claver fills •, 
 And richly Ihades the joyful Hills. 
 Flocks cover all the higher Plain : 
 The rancker Vallies cloth'd with Grain. 
 Thefe in Abundance iblacing , 
 Without a tongue thy Prailes fmg. 
 
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 TSALM LXVI. 
 
 Who in pleafant Cmam dwell , 
 Fill the Air with fhouts of Joy \ 
 Shouts redoubled from the Skie. 
 
 Sing the great Jehovah's Praile ^ 
 
 Trophces to his Glory raile : 
 
 Say *, How wonderful thy Deeds ! 
 
 Lord, thy Power all power exceeds ! 
 
 Conqueil on thy fword doth dt \ 
 
 Trembling Foes through fear lubmit. 
 
 Let 
 
tljt #falmiBioE DAVID. HI 
 
 Let the many-peopled Earth , 
 
 AH of high and humble birth , 
 
 Worfliip our eternal King ^ 
 
 Hymns unto his honour fing. 
 
 Come, and fee what God hath wrought j 
 
 Terrible to humane thought. < 
 
 He the Billows did divide ^ 
 
 Wall'd with waves on either fide , 
 
 While we pafled fafe and dry : 
 
 Then our fouls were wrap'd with joy. 
 
 Endlefs his Dominion *, 
 
 All beholding from his Throne. 
 
 Let not thofe, who hate us moft :^ 
 
 Let not the Rebellious boaft. 
 
 Blefs the Lord ^ his Praife be fung , 
 
 While an Ear can hear a Tongue. 
 
 He our feet eftabliiheth y 
 
 He our fouls redeems from Death , 
 
 Lord, as filver purifiM , 
 Thou haft with AffUaion try'd ; 
 Thoii haftdriv'n into the net v 
 Burthens on our (boulders fet : 
 Trod on by their Horfes hooves ^ 
 Theirs, whom Pity never moves. 
 We through fire, with flames imbracM •, 
 We through raging floods have pafs'd : 
 Yet by thy condu<^ing hand , 
 Brought into a wealthy Land . 
 I will to thy Houfe repair *, 
 Worfhip, and thy Power declare : 
 OfPrings on thy Altar lay ^ 
 All my vows devoutly pay , 
 UtterM with my heart and tongue , 
 When opprell with powerful Wrong. 
 
 Fatlings 
 
 Pan t] 
 
113 n 0avap^;are uport 
 
 Fatlings I will Sacrifice •, 
 Inccnfc in perfumes (hall rife ; 
 Bullocks, (haggy Goats and Rams 
 OffaM up in facred flames. 
 You, who great Jehovah fear , 
 Come, O come, you bleft, and hear 
 What for me the Lord hath wrought , 
 Then,whenneerto ruin brought. 
 Fervently to Him I cryM ^ 
 I his Goodnefs magnitiM. 
 If 1 Vices (houldaffea. 
 Would not He my Prayers re jeft : 
 But the Lord my Prayers hath heard , 
 Which my tongue with tears preferr'd. 
 Sourfe of Mercy, be Thou bleft , 
 That haft granted my Requeft. 
 
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 PSALM LXVIL 
 
 dsthi^y. IP Ordjfhow'ronusthyGrace, 
 
 Inrichwith Gifts divine : 
 [Let thy illuftrious Face 
 Upon thy Servants fliine : 
 That all below 
 
 The arched Skie , 
 May Thee, and thy 
 Salvation know. 
 
 Let all thy Praife rehearfe , 
 With one united Voyce : 
 
 Sing in melodious Verfe y 
 Eternally rejoyce. 
 
 Thy 
 
t^e jdralmsf of david. 113 
 
 Thy Power obey , 
 Whole Juftice fhaU 
 Difpofeof All-, 
 
 All Scepters fway. 
 
 Let all extol thy Worth : 
 
 Then (hall the fmiling Earth 
 Her pleafant fruits bring forth*, 
 Nor ever mourn in Dearth. 
 We who implore , 
 Thy BlefTings find;. 
 And all Mankind 
 With fear adore. 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 LEt God, the God of Battail, rife •, M the S. 
 
 And fcatter his proud Enemies. 
 O let them flee before his face , / 
 Like fmoak, which driving tempefts chace. 
 As Wax diiTolves with fcorching Fire ^ 
 So perifli in his burning Ire. 
 But If t the Jufl: with joy abound r 
 In joyful Songs his Praife relound : 
 Who riding on the rowling Sphears , 
 The Name of great Jehovah bears. 
 Before his Face your joys exprefs : 
 A Father to the fatherlefs. 
 He wipes the tears from Widows eyes y 
 The fingle Plan ts in Families *, 
 Inlarging thofe who late were bound : 
 While Rebels ftarve onthirfty Ground. 
 When he our numerous Army led , 
 And march'd through Deferts, full of dread v 
 
 I Heavec. 
 
114 211 iSawfapi^tafc upoo 
 
 Heaven melted, and Earths Centre fhook , 
 With his majeftick Prefence ftrook. 
 When Jfraels God in Clouds came down , 
 High Sinai bow'd his trembling Crown, 
 
 Pan X. He in th' approach of meager Dearth , 
 
 With fhow'rsrefrefht the feinting Earth : 
 
 Where his own Flock in lafety fed *, 
 
 The Needy unto plenty led. 
 
 By Him we conquer : Virgins fing 
 
 Our Victories, and Timbrels ring. 
 
 He Kings with their vaft Armies foils ; 
 
 While women {hare their wealthy fpoils. 
 
 You who among the Pots have Iain 
 
 In Soot and Smoak, (hall (hine again \ 
 
 Bright, as the filver-featherM Dove , 
 
 Whofe wings with golden Splendor move. 
 
 When he the Kings had overthrown , 
 
 Our Land like Ihowy Salmon fhone. 
 
 Gods Mountain ^^y/?^;7i' Mount tranfcends *, 
 
 Though he his many Heads extends. 
 
 Why boaft you lb, ye meaner Hills ? 
 
 God with his Glory Sion fills : 
 
 This his beloved Refidence *, 
 
 Nor ever will depart from hence. 
 
 Pan 3. His Chariots twenty thoufand were. 
 Which Myriads of Angels bear *, 
 He in the midft, as when he crown'd 
 High5j^^?'s fan^ified ground. 
 Lord, Thou thy Self haft rais'd on high ^ 
 Thou captivat'ft Captivity. 
 Deck'd with the trophees of his Foes, 
 The gifts receivM on his beftows ; 
 
 Reducing 
 
ti)epfaims! of i) Avid. us 
 
 Reducing thofe who did rebell *, 
 That both might in his SiondwdL 
 
 prailed be the God of gods , 
 Who his with daily bledings loads : 
 The God of our Salvation , 
 
 On whom our hopesdepend alone. 
 The Controverfe of Life and Death 
 Is arbitrated by his Breath. 
 He on their heads his Foes fhall wound *, 
 Their hairy fcalps, whofe fins abound , 
 And in their trefpafles proceed. 
 Thus fpake Jehovah •, Jacobs Seed 
 
 1 will from Bajhan bring again , 
 
 And through the bottom of the Main : 
 That Dogs may lap their enemies blood ^ 
 And they wade through a crimfon Flopd. 
 
 We in thy Sanftuary late , ^^^^ 4* 
 
 My God, mv King, beheld thy State. 
 
 The facred Singers march'd before ^ 
 
 Who inftruments of Mufick bore , 
 
 In order followed : Every Maid 
 
 Upon her pleaflmt Timbrel plaid. 
 
 His Praife in your Affemblies fing , 
 
 You, who from Ifrnels Fountain ipring. 
 
 Nor little Benjamw alone , 
 
 But J ndah from his Mountain-throne j 
 
 The far removed Zehuhtn-^ 
 
 And Nafhtdi which borders on 
 
 Old Jor^^^;/, where his dream dilates*, 
 
 Toyn'd all their Powers and Potentates. 
 
 For us his winged Souldiers fought : 
 
 Lord,ftrengthen, what thy hand hath wrought. 
 
 He that fupports a Diadem , 
 
 To Thee, divine JcntfaUm , 
 
 I 2 Shall 
 
ud 3(1 i^atap^^are upon 
 
 f i I ■•' I ■ J, 
 
 ' Shall in Devotion treafurc bring , 
 
 To build the Temple of his King. 
 
 PMrt J, Break tnroiigh their Pikes •, tlie multitude 
 OT Bulls, with favage ftrength indu'd •, 
 fill they with gifts fweet Peace invite : 
 But fcatter thofe, whom Wars delight. 
 Far off from Sun-burnt Mero'e , 
 From falling Nilui •, from the Sea 
 Which beats on thtzy£ayftian fhore , 
 Shall Princes come, and here adore. 
 You Kingdoms, through the World renownM , 
 Sing to the Lord ^ his praife refound : 
 He who Heavens upper Heaven bcftrides , 
 And on her aged (boulders rides : 
 Whofe voice the Clouds afunder rends ^ 
 In Thunder terrible defcends. 
 O praife his Strength *, whofe Majefty 
 In Ifr^l (hines, his Power on high. 
 He from hisSaniftuary throws 
 A trembling horror on his Foes : 
 While us his Power and Strength inveft. 
 O Ifrael^ praife the Ever-bleft. 
 
 ?SALM LXIX. ' 
 
 'ds the 21.' •Tif*' Ord, fnatch me from the raging Floud -, 
 I Now in deep Eddies almoft drown'd : 
 
 JLi'I'hat ftruggle in the yielding mud , 
 
 There, where no bottom can be f«und : 
 The rifing waves my head furround , 
 And with their terrors chill my Blond, 
 
 Tit'cl 
 
t!?e i&falmgoE DAVID, 117 
 
 Tir'dwithcomplaiaipg^ hoarfe, and fore ^ 
 
 Sight fails my Iong-expe£ling Eyes : 
 My Hairs are pQt in number more 
 
 Than my uninjured Enemies. 
 
 The great in wrong againft me rife j 
 I, what I never took, reftore. 
 
 My God, Thou know'll my Innocence : 
 
 Let not the faithful blufti for me , 
 Traduc'd by Hand erous Impudence : 
 
 NorO! let thofe that call on Thee 5 
 
 Their fhame in my Confufion fee *, 
 Since Thou art our profeft Defence. 
 
 For Thee I fufFer Calumnies ; 
 
 To Men become a general fcorn ^ 
 Deferted by my near Allies ^ 
 
 By children of my Mother born : 
 
 Through zeal unto thy Honour yroxn y 
 While thy reproach upon me lies. 
 
 I faded, wept, in Sack-cloth moyrn'd ^ 
 
 My anguifh in my looks expreft : 
 Yet this to my derifion turn'd ; 
 
 By Drunkards fung at every Feaft : 
 
 Even Judges at my forrow jeft: *, 
 My Innocence by flander fpurn'd. 
 
 Yet fhall my Prayers and Sighs afcen^ p^^i j^; 
 
 Even in an acceptable hour. 
 Thy Mercy, gracious Lord, extend \ 
 
 And fave by thy Almighty Power. 
 
 Let not the fwallowing mud devour : 
 Prcferve from fuch a fliaineful end. 
 
 I 3 Deliver 
 
ii8 3i Patap^jare Upon 
 
 Deliver from th* infulting Foe ; 
 ( My ftrugling Feet from finking keep : 
 
 Let not the Billows overflow , 
 
 Nor Whirl-pits fuck into their Deep. 
 
 O pity Thou the Eyes that weep : 
 And thy Tranfcendent Mercy (how. 
 
 Hear, and redeem without delay ^ 
 Nor in my trouble hide thy Face : 
 
 Left I become a wretched prey 
 To fuch as have my Soul in chafe. 
 My (hame, indignities, difgrace 
 
 And all their crimes before Thee lay. 
 
 Reproach my bleeding heart hath pierc'd : 
 Was ever Sorrow half fo great ! 
 
 CompalTion hath her Eyes averft •, 
 My Grief no comfort could intreat : 
 They gave me bitter Gall to eat ^ 
 
 And Vinegar to quench my Thirft. 
 
 O be their board a fnare to thofe ! 
 Profperity it fclf a Bait ! 
 
 Their Eyes in clouds of darknefs clofe •, 
 And let them fail by their own weight : 
 Pour on them thy Eternal hate •, 
 
 With vengeance multiply their woes. 
 
 Part 5. In Ruins let their Houfes lie '^ 
 
 None in their filent Tents be found *, 
 
 That would, whom thou haft fmit, deftroy t^ 
 And wounded Souls with Oander wound. 
 Let their Iniquities abound , 
 
 Nor ever in thy Mercy joy. 
 
 Their 
 
%u^ 
 
 t^faims of DAVID. iiy 
 
 Thcii names out of thy Volume blot *, 
 Nor with the Juil inthrone their Dales. 
 
 Though poor-, to miie^-y i^got ; 
 Yet Thou (halt my dejection raife : 
 Then will I celebrate thy Praile : 
 
 My thankful Heai"J no time fhafl fpot. 
 
 This will Jehovah more delight , 
 Than Bulls prepar'd for Sacrifice : 
 
 Their guilded Horns with Garlands dight. 
 This fhall the Meek with pleafed Eye» 
 Behold, and centuple their joys : 
 
 Their Day fhall never fet in Night. 
 
 • 
 
 For God the Poor regards, and thofe , 
 Who for his fake affliction try. 
 
 Round Earth, deep Seas, what Seas inclofe j 
 You Orbs, that move lb orderly *, 
 Our great Jehovah magnify , 
 
 Who crowns his Saints with fweet Repofe. 
 
 For God his Sion fhall immure , 
 And Judahh Cities build again : 
 
 Where they fhall ever live fecure ^ 
 A fair inheritance obtain : 
 There (hall their blefTed Seed remain •, 
 
 \nd fafely that rich Soil manure. 
 
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I20 n l^atap^jare upon 
 
 PSALM LXX. 
 
 ds the ^ T T^^' ^^^^ ' ^^^"^ ^"^'^ ^^ would devour , 
 Defend by thy almighty Power 
 Delay not in lo fearM an Hour. 
 
 Defend by thy almighty Power : 
 Delay not info 
 
 But let confufion feize on thofe , 
 Who feek my foul *, to (hame expofc : 
 Be fudden in their overthrows. 
 
 Let thofe with infamy return •, 
 Deje£led, and unpittyed, mourn -^ 
 Who laughj and blaH me with their fcorn. 
 
 Who love thy Name, with joy inveft : 
 Let them' in fhades of Safety feaft *, 
 And ever fay. The Lord be bleft. 
 
 But I am. poor, and full of need : 
 
 Haft, Lord *, deliver mc with fpeed ', 
 
 Our Strength, our Help, from Thee proceed. 
 
 PSALM LXXL 
 
 Js thss^i IP To thy Wing for refuge flie j 
 Protei^ me from foul Infauiie *, 
 Lord, in thy Juftice fave. 
 ^ Deliver from their treacherous Snares : 
 O favourably hear my Prayers •, 
 
 Snatch from the yawning Grave. 
 
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 Be 
 
t^z l^falmst of D A V I D. 1 2 r 
 
 Be thou my Fortrcfs of Defence , 
 There let me fix my Refidence. 
 
 O Thou, my Rock ! my Tower! 
 Who haft thy Angels given in charge , 
 That they thy Servants (hould in large 
 
 From circumventing Power. 
 
 Deliver from their cru^l might , 
 Whofe wicked hands in blood delight : 
 
 Left I their pray become. 
 Thou art my hope •, even from ray Youth 
 Have I rely'd upon thy Truth •, 
 
 By Thee kept in the womb : 
 
 From thence extrafted by thy Care. ; 
 
 Though, as a Prodigy they ftare 
 
 On me with wondring eyes *, 
 Yet Thee, my ftrength, my Song fliall praife , 
 A nd to the Stars thy glory raife , 
 
 While Suns (hall fet and rife. 
 
 O caft notoflF, when full of days *, Pan i, 
 
 Forfake not, when my Strength decays : 
 
 Watch'd by confpiringFoes. 
 God hath abandon'd him, lay they *, 
 Now let us make his life our prey : 
 
 Whofhall our power oppofe ? 
 
 My God, clofe to thy fcrvant ftand , 
 And help him with a ipeedy hand : 
 
 Thofe in their pride confound , 
 Who perfecute my wretched Soul -^ 
 Let Death their impious rage controul j 
 
 And with difhonour wound. 
 
 But 
 
na 31 |&arap^?afe upon 
 
 But I will ever hope, and raife 
 
 My Voice^o multiply thy praife *, , 
 
 ThyRighteoufnefs diijplay , 
 Thy manifold Deliveries : 
 Which O ! no number can coraprife *, 
 
 Thus fpend the harmlels Day. 
 
 I in thy Strength, though old arid weak , 
 Will walk, and of thy Juftice fpeak ^ 
 
 Of thine, even thine alone. 
 Thou haft informed me from my Youth : 
 I, to this hour, with fmgle Truth , 
 
 Thy wondrous works have fhown. 
 
 Part 3 . Now in the Winter of ray years *, 
 
 When Time hath fnow'd upon my hairs , 
 
 Abandon not, O Lord •, 
 Till I unto this Age proclame 
 Thy Mighty Power *, in Songs the fame 
 
 Unto the next record. 
 
 Thy Counfels depth our fearch exceeds : 
 How admirable are thy Deeds ! 
 
 O who is like to Thee ! 
 Thou haft afflictions on me Iain ., 
 Yet fhaitthou quicken me again , 
 
 And from Earths entrails free. 
 
 Still thou my glory wilt increafe , 
 And comfort with the joys of Peace. 
 
 Ijinalivingverfe, 
 Unto my warbling Harp will fing 
 Thy praifes, O eternal King *, 
 
 Thy noble Aclsrehearfe. 
 
 Unto 
 
t^eiaralms! of david. 
 
 123 
 
 Unto my Voice, and Inftrument 
 Shall my exalted Soiil conlent •, 
 
 By TIfce redeem'd from Death : 
 Thy Juftice every Day proclame : 
 That now haft cloth'd my Foes with Shame , 
 
 Difperied by thy breath. 
 
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 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 He King, Jehovah, with thy Juftice 
 
 iliiiiliiiliiiil 
 iiiililliiliiiiiiiii 
 
 crown ;, And in a God-like reign his Son renown. 
 Hefhallwith e-qui-ty tfcy People fway, 
 
 ' ^.11'^ ~' ~Z^ 
 
 And Judgemmt in the Icales of Juftice weigh. 
 
 Baffin. 
 
 
 Then 
 
124 31 i&arapi^jafe upon 
 
 Then little Hills fhall riot with incf eafc ^ 
 And Mountains flourifh in the fruits of Peace. 
 He (hall the Poor from Violence proteft ^ 
 Exalt the Humble, and the Proud deje£l. 
 They, while the reftlefs Sun direfts the Year ^ 
 While Moons increafe and wain^thy Name (hall fear. 
 He fhall defcend like plenty-dropping Showers , 
 Which cloath the earth, arid fill her lap with flowers. 
 The JuH: (hall flourifh in his happy Dayes , 
 And Peace abound, while Stars extend their Rayes. 
 He (hail from Sea to Sea inlarge his Reign ^ 
 Fromfwift Enfhratesto the fartheft: Main. 
 The wild Inhabitants, that live by prey 
 InfcorchedDeferts, (hall his Rule obey. 
 His Foes fhall lick the Duft, rich with their Spoils. 
 Kings of the Ocean, and Sea-grafped Ides , 
 Shall orient Pearl, and fparkling Stones prefent *, 
 Gold from the Sun-burnt zyEthiofUns fent. 
 The fwart Sah^ans and PanchaU\ Kina , 
 Shall Caflia, Myrrhe, and facred Incenle bring. 
 
 P4I J !• All Kings fhall homage to this King afford ^ 
 All Nations (hall receive him for their Lord. 
 He fhall th' Opprefled hear, the Poor defend *, 
 The Needy favc, and fuch as have no friend : 
 Redeem their Souls from Fraud, and Violence \ 
 And fhall with Blood revenge their Bloods expenfe. 
 For this, he long and happily fhall live : 
 To him they fhall the Gold of Sheba give. 
 The People for their King fhall hourly pray : 
 His Praifes fmg, and blcfs him day by day. 
 Rank crops of Gorn fhall on high Mountains grow, 
 And fhakc like Cedars, when rough Tempeils blow. 
 The Citizens (hall profper and abound •, 
 Like blades of Grafs, which cloath the pregnant 
 ground. His 
 
t^e pfalmst of david. 125 
 
 His Name (hall laft to all Eternitie : 
 Even while the Sun illuminates theSkie. 
 All Nations (hall in Him be bleft : Him all 
 The habitable Earth Ihallblefled call. 
 O praifedbeour God ! that King of kings. 
 Who only canaccomplifh wondrous things! 
 Forever celebrate his glorious Name , 
 And fill the World v^ithhis illuftrious Fame. 
 
 Amen^ Amen, 
 
 Here end the Prayers of David the Son of Jefle. 
 
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 PARAPHRASE 
 
 Upon the Third BOOK 
 
 OF r H £ 
 
 Psalms of DAVID. 
 
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 FSALM LXXIII. 
 
 A$ the I. fTf^Hat Power of powers, who Ifrael prote£ls , 
 The Pure of heart eternally afFcifls. 
 Yet I began to ftagger in my Faith \ 
 My Feet almoft had fwerved from his Path , 
 When I the Fool beheld with envious eyes*, 
 Saw profperous Vice to Wealth and Honour rife.. 
 Their Thread of Life is dole and firmly ipun *, 
 Whom feeble Age, and pale Difeafes fnun. 
 They, while we lufFer, furfeit in content *, 
 As if alone exempt from punifhracnt. 
 Pride hangs like precious Chainsabout their necks^ 
 And Violence in robes of Purple decks. 
 Their fwoln eyes fliinewith uncontroU'd excels ; 
 Whoraorej than what thcii: hearts ran wifli;, poffeis. 
 
 Even 
 
tl)e ^falmsfoE DAviD. 127 
 
 Even glory in their foul Impiety ^ 
 And Ipeak like Thunder from the troubled Sky, 
 Dire Blafphemies againft high Heaven they caft ^ 
 The fuffering Earth their Pride and Slander blaft. 
 The Good not feldom through their Scandal ftray , 
 And preft with Miferies, in Paflion fay ^ 
 
 how can we the Lord All feeing call ! 
 Or think he cares what unto men befall ! 
 
 When lo ! the Wicked with fuccefs are crowned , 
 And in the pleafures of this world abound. 
 
 1 to no end have purg'd my heart of ftain ^ 
 In Innocence have cleans'd my hands in vain ^ 
 That thus with daily puniQiments am worn , 
 And ftill chaftifed with the rifmg Morn. 
 
 If I gave words unto fuch thoughts as thefe , Fan 2, 
 
 I fhould th' aflemblies of thy Saints difpleaie : 
 
 For then, what were it to be juft, or good ? 
 
 My Soul this fecret never underftood ^ 
 
 Till I into thy San^uary came , 
 
 And there beheld their Honour end in Shame. 
 
 Thou haft on (lippery bights their greatnefs plac'd •, 
 
 Down Head-long from their Noon of glory caft. 
 
 How are they unto Defolation brought ! 
 
 Confumed in the moment of a thought ! 
 
 Such as a pleafant dream when Sleep forfakes 
 
 Our flattered fenfe *, lb, w^hen thy Wrath awakes. 
 
 Thou in thy dreadful fury (halt deftroy 
 
 Their empty and Imaginary joy. 
 
 Thefe former thoughts did my weak Soul moleft ^ ^ 
 
 So ignorant:, fovain*, folikeabeaft. 
 
 Yet I by thy Divine fupportance ftand : 
 
 Thou held'ft me up by thy Almighty hand. 
 
 Thou by thy counielibalt direcl mv waies j 
 
 And aftei" to eternal Glor\^ raife. 
 
 For 
 
128 ^ i^arapl^jare upon 
 
 For whom have I but Thee in Heaven above ? 
 
 Or what on Earth can my Affections move ? 
 
 My Thoughts and Flefh are frail : yet Lord, thou art 
 
 My Portion, and the Vigour of my Heart. 
 
 Who thee abandon, (hall to Death defcend •, 
 
 And they whofe knees to curfed Idols bend. 
 
 I as my duty, will to God repair *, 
 
 On Him rely, and his great Afts declare. 
 
 PS AIM LXXIV. 
 
 /fs ihe 14. IP' Ord ^ why haft Thou abandoned ! 
 O why for ever ! (hall thine Ire 
 Confume , like a devouring Fire , 
 The Sheep which in thy paftures fed ! 
 
 L 
 
 O think of thofe, who were thy own ^ 
 By Thee of old from bondage brought: 
 Th' Inheritance which thou haft bought , 
 
 And Sion thy affefted Throne. 
 
 Come, O come quickly, and furvey 
 
 What fpoil the barbarous Foe hath made.' 
 Lo ! all in heaps of ruins laid j 
 
 Thy Temple their accurfedprey. 
 
 Like Lions, with fharp Famine whet, 
 
 They in thy San^uary roar \ 
 
 All purple in thy Peoples gore *, 
 And there their conquering Enfigns fet. 
 
 It was efteem'd a great renown 
 
 With Axtofquare the Mountain Okes: 
 Now they demoUfh with their ftrokes, 
 
 And hew the carved Fabrick down. Who 
 
tl?e ^falmgf of david. np 
 
 Wholo! with all-infolding flame. 
 
 The beauty of the Earth devour: 
 
 Profanely proftrate on the floor 
 That Temple facred to thy Name. ^!- 
 
 Now (laid they) with a fudden hand ^ 
 
 Give we a general End to all. 
 
 By Fire the holy ftrudures fall , 
 Through this depopulated Land. 
 
 No Miracles amaze our Foes •, iAn %: 
 
 There are no Prophets to divine , 
 
 That might our miferies decline 5 
 None know the period of our woes* 
 
 Ah ! how long fhall our Enemies 
 
 Exult, and glory in oiir fhame ! 
 
 How long (hall they Blafpheme thy Name I 
 Great God, and thy flow Wrath defpife ! 
 
 Thy hand out of thy Bofome draw j 
 
 Nor longer thy Revenge with-hold : 
 
 My God, thou waft our King : The old 
 Amazed World thy Wonders faw. 
 
 Thou fl:ruck'fl the Efythaean waves , 
 
 When Seas from Seas in tumult fled •, 
 
 Brak'ft the zy£gyftian Dragons head , 
 Arid'mad'ft the joyning Floods their Graves. 
 
 That great Leviathan of Nile , 
 
 To Beafts and Serpents, which poflcfs 
 
 The dry and foodlels Wildernels , 
 By Thee delivered for a Spoil. 
 
 K Thou 
 
I30 % {^tap\)^fe upon 
 
 , Thou clav'ft the Rock, from whofe green wound 
 
 The third expelling Fountain brake : 
 Thou mad'ft the heady Streams forfake 
 Their Chancis, and become dry ground. 
 
 Tart t. The cheerful Pay,. Night cloth'd in (hade y 
 The Moon and radientSunare Thine : 
 Thy Bounds the fwelling Seas confine^ 
 Summer and Winter by Thee made. 
 
 .Great God of gods, forget not thofe 
 Who Thee reproachfully defpife. 
 Remember, Lord, the Blafphemies , 
 
 Caft on thee by our frantick Foes. 
 
 O! to the wicked Multitude 
 Surrender not thy Turtle -dove : 
 Nor from thy tender care remove 
 
 The Poor, by powerful Wrong purfu'd. 
 
 Thy Covenant, bound by Oath, maintain : 
 For Darknefs over-fpreads the Face 
 Of all the Land-, in everyplace 
 
 Deftruftion, Rape, and Slaughter reign. 
 
 Let not th' oppreft return with fhame ^ 
 But crown thee with deferv'd applaufe : 
 O patronize thy proper Caufe : 
 
 Remember, Fools revile thy Name. 
 
 O let their Sorrows never ceafe , 
 Who blafl Thee with their Calumnies. 
 The tumults of their Pride, who rife 
 
 Againft Thee, every day increaib. 
 
 PSALM 
 
tUe j^falmsf of D Avid. r?! 
 
 PSALM LXXVv^^ 
 
 THy Praifes v O eternal King,r i lO r"*\ a -^^^ 9i 
 Our Souls in iacredVeflew^Ufing. .^ m 
 The wonders of thy Wo^rk« declare ^.,.^,^ 
 Thy Prelencein thy Power and Cai^ 
 When I fhari wear the Hebrew Qt(^'^ti , • ^ '^ '^H 
 
 High Juftice fhall mv Reign renown. oviriS 
 
 The Land with weak'ning Difcord rent , - ^' "^H 
 
 The People without Government y '' • ' • ■ ■ r •-''^ J^' H 
 Faint and diffolve. Her Pillarsl-^I-''-:'^^ - ^' -<-i-^' 
 Support, her Breaches fortifie J fii-J^Mv: v.- / \:{C£ 
 
 Proud Man, I faid, renounce thyt^idev ' '' 
 
 Thou Fool, thy Folly caft afidc. 
 
 Do not fo high your Horns ere^l ^> > viiip; 
 
 Nor bellow, as with yoak uncheckis?'^ *:■: s\ 
 
 Preferment from the Orient , ' ■ ' » ''• • • 
 
 Nor from the Even ing-Suns Defcent , 
 
 Nor Defert comes : God guides our Fates 5 
 
 He raifeth, and He ruinates. ' .'■' 
 
 A cup of red and mingled Wine 
 
 He poureth out to me and mine : 
 
 But every Rebel in the Land 
 
 Shall drink the Dregs, IqueezM by his Hand. 
 
 His noble kCts I will relate ^ 
 
 The God of Jacob celebrate ; 
 
 Supprefs the Wicked , and their w^ayes *, 
 
 The Juft to Wealth and Honour raife. 
 
 K 2 PSALM' 
 
13^ 31 i^tap^^are ufion 
 
 G 
 
 ?5^Xi^ LXXVI. . 
 
 4i \U is. ^^ ^^ ^^ 7«^^^ is renowned v 
 
 .5^/f»> with his Temple crown'd : 
 He in facred5/o« dwells*, . 
 lfrad\i\% wonders tells. 
 
 He their flying Enfigns tears *, 
 
 Shivers the ^^rM« Spears. . 
 
 He their Swords, Shields, Arrows, broke •, 
 
 Kill'd, fubduM, without a ftroke. 
 
 Thou more excellent than they , 
 
 That on Jwrm Mountains prey : 
 
 Who the Great in battel foil'd •, 
 
 Of their lives and honours fpoil'd. 
 
 Not the Mighty could withftand , 
 
 Nor fo much as find a hand. 
 
 Princes, by thy only Breath , 
 
 With the Vulgar, fleep in Death. 
 
 Terrible unto thy Foes : 
 
 O, who can thy Wrath oppofe ! 
 
 When as they thy Thunder hear. 
 
 Mortals ftand amaz'd, and fear : 
 
 When from thy eternal Reft 
 
 Thou defcend'ft, tafave th' Oppreft. 
 
 Malice but it felf betrayes *, 
 
 And converts into thy praife. 
 
 Future rage thou (halt reftrain J 
 
 Making their iftdefivours vain. 
 
 Jacobs Seed, with one accord , 
 
 Pay your Vows unto the Lord. 
 
 Holy Levites, Offerings bring *, 
 
 Of his glorious Conqucft fmg. 
 
 He, who Princes overthrows , 
 
 ©3 how fearful to his Foes ! 
 
 TSALM 
 
T 
 
 tlje i&falmjBt of D A v i D. 133 
 
 PS^LM LXXVIL 
 
 O God I cry'd •, He heard my cries : ^^^«^l 
 
 Again, when plung'd in miferies , 
 Renew'd with raifed hands and eyes. 
 
 My feftred wounds ran all the Night *, 
 No comfort could my Soul invite 
 To relifti long out-worn delight. 
 
 I call'd upon the Ever-bleft : 
 
 And yet my troubles ftill increaft ; 
 
 Almoft to Death by forrow preft. 
 
 Thoukeep'ft my galled eyes awake : 
 Words fail my grief ^ fighs only fpake , 
 Which from my panting bofome brake. 
 
 Then did my Memory unfold 
 
 The wonders, which thou wrought'ft of old , 
 
 By our admiring Fathers told . 
 
 The Songs, which in the Night I fung-. 
 
 When deeply by affli^lion ftung : 
 
 Thefe thoughts thus m.ov'd my defperatc tongue ; 
 
 Wilt thou for ever, Lord, forfake ! 
 Nor pity on th' affli^ed take ! 
 O fhall thy mercy never wake ! 
 
 Wilt thou thy promife falfifie ! 
 Muft I in thy difpleafure die ! 
 Shall Grace before thy Fury flie ! 
 
 K I This 
 
Pxrt 2. 
 
 This faid ^ I thus my Paffions checkt : 
 His changes on jhjsir ends reflect, l 
 To punifti and teftore th' Eleft. 
 
 His great p^liyerance ffial! dwell 
 
 In my Rem^rtibratice^ I wiE tell , y;_ 
 
 What in our Fathers days befell. 
 
 His counfels from our reach are fet ; 
 
 Hid in his lacred Cabinet. 
 
 What God like ours! foGood! fo Great! 
 
 Who wonders can efifei^l alone •, 
 His Peoples great Redemption ^ 
 To Jacob\ S^td^ and Jofefh'*s known. 
 
 The yielding Floods confefs thy Might *, 
 The Deeps were troubled at thy Sight y 
 And Seas recoil'd in their affright. 
 
 The Cloiids in ftorms of rain delcend ; 
 The Air thy hideous Fragors rend *, 
 Thy arrows dreadful flames extend. 
 
 Thy Thunders rorings rake the Skies ^ 
 Thy fet^ Lightening fwiftly flies y 
 Earth trembles in her agonies. 
 
 Thy Ways even through the Billows lye : 
 The Floods then left their Chanels dry ^ 
 ^0 Mortal can thy fteps delcry, 
 
 \ Like Flocks through Wildernefs of Sand , 
 ^ Thou led'ft us to this pleafan t Land \ 
 By Mofcs and by jhrons hand. 
 
 PSALM 
 
t^e iafainijBf or DAvior tjj 
 
 PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 MY People, hear my Wor^s^ i will unfold ^ /*M*- 
 Dark Oracles, and Wonders done oi old j 
 By our great Anceilors bom heard and 
 known , 
 SuccefTively unto their Children (hown j 
 Which we will to Pofterity relate \ 
 That People, yet unknown, may celebrate 
 Gods Power, his Praife, and glorious A£ls : fmce Hq 
 Will's this Tradition by Divine Decree \ 
 Until one Day fhall give the World an end : 
 That all their hopes might on his Help depend. 
 Nor ever let his noble Anions fleep 
 In dark oblivion, but his Statutes keep. 
 Unlike their rebel Sires, a ftubborn Race ^ 
 Who fell from God, nor fought his (lighted Grace^ • 
 The Ephraimites^ though expert in their Bows , r 
 Though arm'd, ignobly fled before their Foes : 
 Who vainly brake the Cov'nant of their God j 
 Nor in the ways of his prefcription trod , 
 Forgot his famous A<fls, his Wonders {hown 
 In Zoan *, and the Plains by Nile o'reflown. 
 He brought them through the bowels of the Floods 
 The parted Waves like Iblid Mountains ftood. 
 By day with leading Clouds affords a (hade ; 
 By night a flaming Pyramis dilplaid. 
 Hard Rocks, He in the thirfty Deferts, clave , 
 And drink out of their ftony Entrails gave : 
 Even from their barren fides the waters gufht , 
 And down in rivers through the vallies ru(ht. 
 
 Yet ft ill they fmn'd, and meat to fatisfie Pm i. 
 
 Their Lull demand, provoking the mod High. 
 
 K 4 Blaf" 
 
196 31 )darapl);are upon 
 
 Blafpheming thus y Can God our wants redrefs ? ' 
 
 A Table furnifh in the Wildernefs ? 
 
 Though from the cloven Rocks frefh Currents drill. 
 
 Can he give Bread ? with Flefh the hungry fill ? 
 
 Thus tempted by their hourly murmurings , 
 
 He to his long retarded Wrath gives wings : 
 
 Their infidelity inrag'd the Juft , 
 
 That would not to his fure Protedlion truft. 
 
 Who all the Curtains of the Skies withdrew , 
 
 And made the clouds refolve into a dew. 
 
 With Manna, Food of Angels, Mortals fed , 
 
 And fill'd with plenty of caeleftial Bread. 
 
 Then caus'd the early Eaftern winds to rile , 
 
 And bad the dropping South obfcure the Skies : 
 
 Whence fhow'rs of Quails defcend •, as thick as fand 
 
 On Sea-wafh'd fhores, or dufl on Sun-dry'd Land •, 
 
 Which fell among their Tents : They their delights 
 
 In joy, and feaft their deadly a c netites. 
 
 For lo I while thfey thofe fatal Dainties chew , 
 
 And their inordinate Defires pursue *, 
 
 The Wrath of God furpriz 'd them, and cut down 
 
 The choice of all •, even thofe of moft renown. 
 
 Nor, by their own mif-haps admonifhed , 
 
 Would they his Works believe,or Judgments dread< 
 
 So he their Ipirits quench'd with daily fears *, 
 
 In Vanity and Toil confum'd their years. 
 
 f^^^ ^l But when by Slaughter wafted, the forlorn 
 
 Return'd, and fought Him in the early Morn : . 
 They then confeft, and faid *, Thou art our Tower , 
 Our Strength *, alone protcifleft by thy Power. 
 Yet their flie Tongues did but their Souls difguife ^ 
 Full of deluding flatteries and lies. 
 Their faithlefs hearts revolted from his Will *, 
 'j^ot ever would his juft Commands fulfill. 
 
 How 
 
t^c i^falrajs ot DAVID. 137 
 
 How oft would He, whofe Mercy hath no bound , 
 
 Their pardon fign I nor in their Sins confound ! 
 
 How oft did He his burning wrath aflwage ! 
 
 How oft divert the fiiry of his Rage ! 
 
 ConfiderM them as flefh, in frailty born-, 
 
 A pafling Wind, that never can return. 
 
 Yet flill would they his facred Laws tranfgrefs *, 
 
 ProvokM him in th' unpeopled Wilderneis : 
 
 Confin'd the Holy One of Jfrael', 
 
 Againft their Saviour frantickly rebel: 
 
 Forgetful of his Power, nor ever thought 
 
 Of that great day^when from long bondage brought. 
 
 His dreadful Miracles to zy^^yft known , 
 
 And Wonders in the Field of Zoanihov^n, 
 
 The River chang'd into a Sea of Blood *, 
 
 Men faint for thirfl^ t' avoid th' infe£^ed Flood. 
 
 Huge fwarms of unknown Flies difplay their wings. 
 
 Which wound to death with their invenom'd ftings. 
 
 Loath'd Frogs even in their Palaces abound •, 
 
 And with their filthy flime pollute the ground. 
 
 Their early Fruits the Caterpillers fpoil : Part 4, 
 
 And Grafhoppers devour the Plow-mans toil. 
 Long Vines with florms their dangling burdens loft : 
 The broad-leav'd Sycamores deftroy'd with froft. 
 Their Flocks beat down with Hail-ftones, breathlefs 
 Their Cartel by the ftroke of Thunder die. (lie : 
 The Vengeance of his Wrath all forms of woes , 
 More Plagues,then could be fear'd5upon them throws 
 Whom evil Angels to their fins betray. 
 He to the Torrent of his Wrath gave way ^ 
 Nor would with man or fmlefsbeafts difpenle ^ 
 Shot by the Arrows of his Peftilence. 
 Slew all the flower of Youth-, their Firft-born Sons; 
 There where old Niliij in feven chanels runs. 
 
 But 
 
t39 31 i^arap^^afe Upon 
 
 But like a flock of Sheep his People led ^ 
 Safe and fccure through Deferts, full of dreacj : . .i 
 Even through unfathoiu'd Deeps : which part^cufrT 
 clofe :->ri/ - /^oH 
 
 Their tumbling waves to fwallow their proud Foes. 
 Then brought them to his confecrated Land ^ 
 Evento his Mountain purchas'd by his Hand, 
 Caft out the Giant-like Inhabitants ^ 
 And in their rooms the Tribes of Ifrael phnts. 
 Yet they (O moft ingrateful ! ) falfifie 
 Their vows, and (till exafperate the moft High : 
 Who in their faithlefs Fathers traces goe ^ 
 And ftart afide ^ like a deceitful Bow. 
 Their Altars on the tops of Mountains blaze , 
 While they their hands to curfed Idols raife. 
 
 pMt J. Thefe objefts fuel to his wrath afford : 
 WhofeSoul revolted 7/r^f/abhor'd. 
 The ancient Seat of Shiloh then forfook ^ 
 Nor longer would that hated Manfion brook. 
 His Ark even to Captivity declin'd ^ 
 His Strength and Glory to the Foe refign'd : 
 And yielded up his People to the Rage 
 Of barbarous fwords *, nor would his wrath affwage. 
 Pevoi^ring flames their able Youth confound *, 
 Nor are their Maids with Nuptial Garlands crown'd. 
 Their Mitred Priefts in heat of Battel fall ;, 
 No Widows weeping at their Funeral. 
 Then as a Giant, folded in the Chaniis 
 Of Wine and Sleep, ftarts up and cries, To arms : 
 So rous'd, his Foes behind, Jehovah wounds*, 
 And with Eternal Infamy confounds : 
 Yet would in Jofcphs Tents no longer dwell *, , 
 Nor Ephraim chofe, who from his Cov'nant fell : 
 
t^e i&raimsi of DAVID. 139 
 
 But jHdahh Mountain for his Seat elea:s j ^j 
 
 And lacred Sion, which he moil aff^^s. 
 
 There our great God his glorious Temple plac'd , 
 
 Firm as the Centre, never to be ras'd. 
 
 And from the bleating Flocks his Darjiddxa^^^, .. 
 
 When he attended on the yeaning Ewsj '.~.-.V' i . 
 
 And rais'd him to a Throne, that he might feed 
 
 His people •, Ifrael\ feleded Seed. 
 
 Who fed them faithfully ^ and all the Land 
 
 Dire£led with a juil and equal hand. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 He Gentilej wafte thy Canaan^ Lord , As the 3^. 
 
 With Fire and Sword. 
 
 T 
 
 JP, Thy holy Temple they prophane ;, 
 With Slaughter ftain. 
 Bcneatli her ruins Sdem groans \ 
 Now nothing but a heap of Sfones. 
 
 The dead no Funeral pomp attends , 
 Nor weeping friends : 
 
 Their carkafes our barbarous Foes 
 To Beafts expole : 
 
 The ravenous Wolves become their tomb 
 
 Or eUe the.greedy Vultures womb. 
 
 With blood of Saints, the Streams grow red , 
 Like Water (hed : 
 
 Thy People now a general 
 
 Reproach to all. 
 
 The Syrian^ and bale Edomite 
 
 Deride, and in our woes delight. 
 
 How 
 
I40 a ^arap]^?afe upon 
 
 How long, Lord, (hall thy jealous ire 
 Devour like Fire ! 
 
 Thy Anger, in a dreadful (how'r 
 
 Of vengeance, pow*r 
 
 On thofe, who know not thy great Name : 
 
 And think thy Worfliip but a (hame. 
 
 Ifmt a. For they have laid our Country wafte : 
 
 Our Cities ras't. 
 Lord, O remember not the crimes 
 Of former times! 
 But for thy tender mercy fave 
 Our fouls •, now humbled to the grave. 
 
 Lord, for the glory of thy Name , 
 Redeem from ihame. 
 
 O purge us, and propitious be ! 
 
 From thraldom free. 
 
 Why fhould the Heathen thus blafpheme , 
 
 And fay. Your God is but a Dream ! 
 
 Againft them let thy Vengeance rife ^ 
 Before our eyes: 
 
 And for our blood, (bed by their guilt , 
 Let theirs be fpilt. 
 
 O hear the fighing Prifoners cry ! 
 
 And fave, whom they havedoom'd to die. 
 
 Our fpitefiil Neighbours, Lord, deride 
 Thee, in their pride. 
 
 With feven-fold vengeance recompenfc 
 Their infolence. 
 
 So we, thy flock, our God will praife \ 
 
 And to the Stars thy Glory raife. 
 
 PSALM 
 
t^ei^ralmsiof david. 141 
 
 FSALM LXXX. 
 
 THou Shepherd of thy Ifraely jlstheil 
 
 That, Flock-like, leadeft Jofephs Race : 
 Who 'twixt the Cherubims doft dwell , 
 O hear ! (hew thy inlightningFace, 
 Exalt thy faving power before 
 
 Manaffehy Efhraim^ Ben]amin : 
 O from Captivity reftore ! 
 
 And let thy beams upon us (hine. 
 Great God of Battail, wilt thou ftill 
 Be angry, and our prayers defpife ? 
 Bread, fteep'd in tears, our ftomachs fill j 
 
 We drink the rivers of our eyes. 
 Our fcoiSng Neighbours fall at ftrife 
 
 Among themfelves, to fhare our right : 
 Great God, reftore the dead to life *, 
 And comfort by the quick'ning light. 
 
 This Vine, from z^^gyft brought, (the Foe Psn a ," 
 
 Expel'd) was planted by thy hand : 
 Thou gav'ft it room and ftrength to grow , 
 
 Untill her branches fiU'd the Land. 
 The Mountains took afhade from thefe , 
 
 Which like a grove of Cedars ftood : 
 Extending to the Tyrian Seas , 
 
 And to Euphrates rowling Flood. 
 O why haft thou her Fences ras't ? , 
 
 Whilft every Stragler pulls her Fruit : 
 The browfmg Heard her branches waftev 
 
 And falvage Boars plow-up her root. 
 Great God, return *, this trampled V!tle 
 
 From Heaven behold with mild afpect : 
 Once planted by that Hand of thine j 
 
 The branches of thv own Ele«5l, Which 
 
14^^ ^ )9atapt)tare Upon 
 
 Which now cut down, wild Flames devour j 
 
 Through thy fierce wrath to ruin brought ; 
 Proteft thy People by thy Power ^ 
 
 And perfeft what thy lelf hath wrought. 
 Revived, we will thy Name adore ^ ' 
 
 Nor ever from thy Pleafure fwerve. 
 O fromCaptivity reftore , 
 
 And by thy powerful grace preferve ! 
 
 Pflrt a. 
 
 1 
 
 TSALM LXXXI. 
 
 4ith 8. ^TTHO God our Strength your voices raife : 
 ■ In facred numbers fmg his praife. 
 
 The warbling Lute, Iweet Viol bring , 
 And folemn Harp : loud Timbrels ring. 
 The new Moon leen, fhrill Trumpets found •, 
 Your facred Feaftswith Triumph crown'd. 
 Thefe Rites our God eftablifhed , 
 When Ifrael He from z/^gyp led : 
 Their necks with Yokes of bondage wrung ^ 
 Inured to an unknown tongue. 
 Your burdens I have caft away , 
 Said he, and cleans'd your hands from clay : 
 Then fav'd, when in your fears you cry'd *, 
 And from the thundring Cloud reply 'd. 
 I try'd you f, heard your murmurings. 
 At Mcrihah^s admired Springs. 
 You Sons of Ifrael J give ear *, 
 I vvill inftru^l you, would you bear. 
 Beware *, no foreign gods adore ^ 
 Nor their adulterate Powers implore. 
 
 I Thee alone brought from the Land 
 Of Bondage, with a mighty Hand. 
 
t^e iSfaimsi of david, 145 
 
 I know, and will fupply thy need ^ 
 When naked, cloath ^ when hungry, feed. 
 Yet w^ould not they my Counfel brook ^ 
 But defperately their God forfook : 
 Whom I unto their lufts refign'd , 
 And errors of their wandring Mind. 
 O that they had my voice obcy'd , 
 Nor from the paths of Virtue ftraid ! 
 Then Victory their brows had crown'd : 
 Their flaughter'd Foes had fpread the ground 
 Then had I made their enemy 
 Submit, and at their mercy lye : 
 Themfelves bleft with eternal Peace \ 
 Inriched with the Earths increafe : 
 With flour of Wheat, and Honey fill'd , 
 From breaches of the Rock diftill'd. 
 
 G 
 
 PSALM LXXXIL 
 
 Od fits upon the Throne of Kings , js tU 4, 
 
 And Judges unto judgement brings : 
 
 Why then {0 long 
 
 Maintain you wrong , 
 And favour Lawlefs things ? 
 
 Defend the Poor, the Fatherleli*, 
 Their crying injuries redrefs : 
 And vindicate 
 TheDefolate, 
 Whom wicked men opprefs. 
 
 For they of Knovv-ledge have no Light , 
 Nor Will to know ^ but walk in Night. 
 
 Earth' 
 
144 ^ )&arap]^;are upon 
 
 Earths Bafes fail t, 
 No Laws prevail*. 
 Scarce one in heart upright. 
 
 Though Gods, and Sons of the moft High :, 
 Yet you, like common men, (hall die *, 
 
 Like Princes fall. 
 
 Great God, judge all 
 The Earth, thy Monarchy. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIIL 
 
 I Ord, fit not ftill, as deaf unto our cries: 
 ^ ' * ^* X.^ For lo ! our Enemies in tumults rife. 
 Even thofe, who thy Omnipotence deny , 
 And hate thy Name, advance their Creftsonhigh : 
 Dark counfels take, and fecretly contrive 
 Their daughter, whom thy Mercy keeps alive. 
 Come, fay they, let us with inceffant ftrokes , 
 Hew down this Nation, like a grove of Okes , 
 Till they no longer be*, and 7/r^e/ die 
 Both in his Race, and ruin'd Memory. 
 They all, in one confederacy, have made 
 A folemn League ^ fupply'd with foreign aide 
 Fierce IdHmaanSy who in N^omades ^Yny , 
 And {haggy Ifmaelites^ that live by prey *, 
 Th' inceftuousRace, that border on the Lake 
 Of fait Affhalthis : Savage Thieves, who take 
 Their name from fervile Hagar ^ they , -who dwell 
 In Gebal ^ Ammonites, who Peace expell *, 
 StQxn PaUfilnes'y mdmld Amalekifes'^ 
 FalkTyriamj A^itr with Xorj Sons unites. 
 
 Let 
 
t^ laraims! ot david. 145 
 
 Let them like y!/»^/V?« fall 5 by mutual wounds ^ P^r» 
 
 Like Sifcra ^ fall like Jahin , on the bounds 
 
 Of £Wor,\vhere fwift Kifin takes his birth ^ 
 
 Who lay like Dung upon the fatned Earth : 
 
 Like Zt^, and Ore-/? J Princes ^ made a prey 
 
 For Wolves : like Zeba and proud Zalmma : 
 
 Who faid, let us thefe Ifradites deftroy 5 
 
 And.all the Cities of their God enjoy, 
 
 O let them, like a wheel be hurried round \ 
 
 Like chafFjwhich whirlwinds ravifhfrom theground^ 
 
 As Woods grown dry with age, irabracM with fire ^ 
 
 Whofe flames above the finged Hills afpire : 
 
 So in the Temped of thy Wrath puriue *, 
 
 And with thy Storms thy trembling Foes fubdue. 
 
 Ofill their hearts with gricfj their looks withftiame^ 
 
 Till they invoke thy late blalphemed Name. 
 
 Confound them with eternal Infamie , 
 
 That they, through anguifh of their Souls, may die. 
 
 That men Jehovah's Wonders may rehearfe*, 
 
 The great Commander of this Univerfee 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 O How amiable are ^/J^< ^9* 
 
 Thy Aboads, great God of War ! 
 How I languiih through reftraint ! 
 How my longing Spirits faint ! 
 Lord, for thee I daily crie. .^ 
 In thy abience hourly die. 
 Sparrows there their young ones rear ^ 
 And the Summers Harbinger 
 Bythy Altar builds her neft, 
 Where thev take their envvM reft ' > 
 
 L O 
 
14^ ^ i^atapl^mre upon 
 
 Omy King ! Othou moft High ! 
 Arbiter of Viftorie ! 
 Happy men ! who Ipend their Days 
 In thy Courts *, there fing thy Praile ! 
 Happy ! who on Thee depend ! 
 Thine their Way, and thou their End, 
 Who through Baca travelling , 
 Make that thirfty Vale a Spring ^ 
 Or foft Show'rs from Clouds deftill j 
 And their empty Cifterns fill : 
 Frefli in ftrength, their courie purfue > 
 Till they thee in Siort view. 
 Lord of Hofts, incline thine Ear. 
 O thou God of Jacob hear ! 
 Thou our Rock, extend thy Grace v 
 Look on thy Anointed'sFace. 
 One Day in thy Courts alone. 
 Far exceeds a Million. 
 Let me be contemn'd and poor ^ 
 In thy Temple keep a Door : 
 Then with wicked men pofTefs 
 AH that they call Happinels. 
 O thou Shield of our Defence ! 
 O thou Sun, whofe influence 
 Sweetly glides into our Hearts ! 
 Thou, who all to thine imparts! 
 Happy ! O thrice happy he , 
 Who alone depends on Thee ! 
 
 FSJLAf 
 
t\}Z JSfalm.Jf 0£ D A V I D. ^ 147" 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 AT length thou hafl thy Mercy fhown*, Asth 1; 
 Drawn from the Babylonian yoke *, 
 Our Sins remov'djwhiili did provoke 
 Thy Wrath ^ even that wi^w overblown. 
 Great God, our ruin'd State reftore *, 
 And let thy Anger flame no more. 
 
 Qiall it like a Comet reign ! 
 Extending to the yet unborn ! 
 Wilt thou not quicken the forlorn ^ 
 
 That thine in Thee may joy again ! 
 O (how'r thy Mercy from above ^ 
 Preferve, and fix us in thy love ! 
 
 1 w ill the Voice of God attend , 
 
 Who to his People fpeaks of PecTce. 
 Such as in SancHrity increaie \ 
 Nor to their Sins again defcend : 
 Thefe foon with Freedom (hall be bled 5 
 That Glory may our Land invcll:. 
 
 Thofe Dayes (hall confummate our Blifs : 
 
 Sweet Clemency with Truth fliall meet 9 
 
 High Juftice gentle Peace lliall greet , 
 Saluting with a holy Kifs : 
 
 For Truth fhall from the Earth arife , 
 
 And Righteoufneis look from the Skies* 
 
 rhen ihall Jehovah diflribute 
 
 His Blelfings with a liberal Hand : 
 
 The rich, and ever grateful L?aid 
 Voundantly produce her fruit. 
 
 For Juftice lliall before him go , 
 
 And her fair ftcps to Mortals lliow. 
 
 L 2 TSALM 
 
148 9 l^atapi^jare upon 
 
 p'sJlm Lxxxvi. 
 
 ^ . TL Jt^ God, thy Suppliant hear;. 
 
 ^ T Jit For I am comfortlefs y 
 And labour in diftrefs. 
 My righteous Soul relieve , 
 So ready to forgive. 
 Thy Servant, Lord, defend *, 
 Whofe hopes on Thee depend. 
 Me from the Grave reftore , 
 Who daily Thee implore : 
 From wafting Sorrow free 
 The Heart long vow'd to Thee. 
 For thou art* God alone. 
 To tehder pity prone , 
 Propitious unto all , 
 Who on thy Mercy call. 
 O hear my fervent prayer, 
 And take me to thy care : 
 Then ready to be found , 
 ' When troubles moft abound. 
 What God, like Thee, OLord-, 
 Of all by men ador'd ! 
 . Or underneath the Sun , 
 Such miracles hath done; 
 
 Pan i. 
 
 Zeal fhall all hearts inflame 
 P adore andpraife thy Name. 
 For thou art God alone •, 
 Thy Power in Wonders fhoWn; 
 Dire(^me in thy Way, 
 So fliall 1 never ftray. 
 
 M^ 
 
t^e |&raims( of d a v i d. 1^9 
 
 My thoughts from Tempefts clear •, 
 United in thy Fea^. 
 My Soul (hall celebrate 
 Thy Praife •, thy Power relate. 
 That haft advanced my head ., 
 And r^iis'd me from the Dead. 
 The Proud againft me rife , 
 And pow'rful Enemies 
 (AllRebellstothyWill) 
 My guiltlefs blood would fpill, 
 But,0 thou King of kings. 
 From Thee fweet Mercy fprings *, 
 Still gracious, flow to wrath j 
 True to thy Servants Faith. 
 Lord, for thy Mercies fake , 
 Into thy Bofome take : 
 Thy Hand-maids Son O favc 
 From the devouring Grave ! 
 Some happy Sign expofe 
 To my afhamed Foes ^ 
 That they thy Hate may iee 
 To them*, thy Love tQ me. 
 
 TSALM LXXXVII. 
 
 THe Lord hath with his Temple crowned As the 8, 
 Moridh^ by his Choice renown'd. 
 Not all the Tents of Israel , 
 Or Mountains which in height excel , 
 He fo afFe£^s , or celebrates , 
 As lofty Snons ftately Gates. 
 Jerufakm^ thou Throne of K-ings , 
 Of Theethev utter glorious things. 
 
 L 3 Not 
 
150 3 #stapl)?afe upon 
 
 Not by Jideah narrow bounds 
 
 Prefcrib'd *, the Land which Nik furrounds , 
 
 Great Babylon^ proud PaUflwe , 
 
 Rich Tyrcy which circHngSeas confine ;, 
 
 And black-brow'd zy£thiopam ^ 
 
 Shall yield thee Citizens and Sons. 
 
 All forts of People, foreign-bred , 
 
 As Natives there indenized ^ 
 
 In Sion^ built by immortal Hands : 
 
 Firm as the Mountain where it ftands. 
 
 The Lord in his eternal Scroll , 
 
 Shall thcfe, as Citizens, inroU. 
 
 Their Mufick fhall the AfFedlions raife , 
 
 And Songs fung in Jehovah's praile ^ 
 
 Whofe Blefiings on this City fhall , 
 
 Like Streams from Heavenly Fountains, fall. 
 
 TSALM LXXXVin. 
 
 As the 55>. "j^ /j[ Y Saviour ! both by night and day 
 
 To Thee I pray. 
 ,0 let my Cries tranfcend the Sphears , 
 And pierce thy Ears ! 
 Left Sorrow flop my fainting breath :, 
 Now near the Jaws of greedy Death. 
 
 M. 
 
 My light cxtinguidi'dj numbered 
 Among the Dead : 
 
 Like men in battail flain -^ the womb 
 Of Earth their Tomb: 
 
 Forgotten, as if never kno^vn •, 
 
 By thy tcmpeftuous Wrath o're thrown. 
 
 By 
 
tlje i^falmg of DAviD. 151" 
 
 By Thee lodg'd in the lower Deeps , 
 
 Where Horrour keeps *, 
 In Dungeons, where no Sun difplaies 
 
 H is cheerful Raies. 
 Crufh'd by thy Wrath *, on me thy Waves 
 Ruih, like fomany rolling Graves. 
 
 My old Familiars, now my Foes , 
 
 Deride my Woes. 
 My Houfe becomes my Goal ^ where I 
 
 In Fetters lie. 
 Blind with my tears \ with crying hoarfc *, 
 Hands rais'd in vain •, a walking Coarfe. 
 
 Wilt thou to thofe thy Wonders (how , f^rt ». 
 
 Who fleep below ? 
 The Dead from their cold Manfions raife , 
 
 To fmg thy Praife ? 
 Shall Mercy find us in the Grave ? 
 Or wilt thou in Deftru£lion fave ? 
 
 Wilt thou thy Wonders bring to light, 
 
 In Deaths long Night ? 
 Or (hall thy Juftice there be fhown , 
 
 Where none are known ? 
 I have, and dill to Thcc \\'\\\ pray ^ 
 Before the Sun rcilore the D.iy. 
 
 O, \vhy haft thou withdrawn thy Grace , 
 
 And hid thy Face ', 
 From me, who from my Infancy 
 
 But daily die? 
 Whilft I thy Terrours undergo ^ 
 Diftraifted by thefe ftorra^ of woe, 
 
 L 4 Thy 
 
XS2 31 )i^atap]()ltare Upon 
 
 Thy Anger, like a Gulph, devours ' 
 My trembling Powers : 
 
 With troops of Terrours circled round j 
 In Sorrow drown'd *, 
 
 Deprived of thofe, that lov'd me moft *, 
 
 To all in dark oblivion loft. 
 
 TSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 As the 71. X'"^^^ grateful Songs, O thou eternal King , 
 ■ ■ Shall ever of thy boundlefs Mercies fing : 
 ^^„^ And thy unalterable Truth rehearfe 
 
 ' To after Ages, in a living verfe. 
 For what is by thy Clemency decreed , > - 
 Shall orderly, and faithfully fucceed : 
 Even like thofe never reftingOrbs above , 
 Which on firm hinges circularly move. 
 Thus God unto hisfervant DavidHwovc^ 
 This Covenant made : I will for evermore 
 Thy feed eftablifh, and thy Throne fuftain ♦, 
 Whilft Seas (hall flow, or Moons increafe,and wain. 
 The heavenly Hierarchy thy Triith fhall praifc ^ 
 The Saintsbelow thy glorious Wonders blaze. 
 for who is like our God above the Clouds ! • 
 Or who fo great, whom humane frailty fhrowds ! 
 He to his Angels terrible appears •, 
 And daunts the Tyrants of the Earth with fears. 
 Great God ! how great,w^hen dreadful Armies joyn I 
 What God fo ftrong ! what Faith fo firm as thine ! 
 
 r^rt 2. Thy Bounds the Billows of the Sea redrain *, 
 Thou caim'fl the tumults of th' incenfed Main. 
 Proud Rahaby like a Coarfc, with blood imbruM •, 
 Hew'n down : the ftrong with greater ftreogth 
 
 ■ fubdu'd. ' •' "Thine 
 
tljeiaralmjJ of DAVID. 153 
 
 Thine are the Heavens *, thofe Lamps which guild 
 
 the Skies*, ^ 
 Round earth^broad feas^and all which they comprife. 
 Thou mad'fl the Southern and the Northern Pole, 
 Whereon the Orbscoeledialfwiftly rowl. 
 Hermon invefted v^ith the Morning Raies , 
 And Tabor with the Evenings, fing thy praife. 
 Thy Arm excellsin Strength : thy hands luftain 
 The World they made : And guide it with a rein. 
 Juftice with Judgement joyn'd , thy Throne uphold : 
 Mercy and Truth thy flicred browns infold. 
 Thrice happy they, who, when the Tmmpet calls , 
 Throng to thy celebrated Feftivalls ! 
 They of thy Beauty Ihall in joy the fight. 
 And guide their Feet by that informing light : 
 Thy Name ihall daily in their mouths be found ^ 
 And in thy Juftice (hall their Joys abound. 
 Our Ornament in Peace, our Strength in Wars *, part 3 . 
 Thy Favour fhall exalt us to the Stars. 
 Thou, Holy One of Jfrael^ our King •, 
 Thou, our defence *, fecure beneath thy Wing. 
 Thus ipake Jehovah by his Prophets voice :^ 
 Of (tx^enuous David have I m;ide my choice , 
 (On that Heroc powr'd my S.icred Oyl) 
 To guide my People, and prcferve from Ipoif. 
 I will liipport him with my powerful Arm *, 
 No Foe Ihall tribute force : nor Trealbn harm : 
 His c^Lcmies before his Face fhall flie , 
 And thofe, who hate his Soul, by flaughter die. 
 Our Truth and Clemency fhall crown his Dales, 
 And to the Firmament his Glory raife. 
 He, ^rom the Billows of the Tyrian Main , 
 To iwift EHfhrates{[\-A\ extenu his Reign. 
 Who in his oft renew'd Devotions fhall , 
 Me Father, God, and great Protedor call. 
 
 My 
 
154 ^ i&at:apl)?afe upon 
 
 My Favorite he (hall be, and my Firft birth •, 
 
 RaisM above all the Princes of the Earth* 
 
 My Mercy him for ever (hall preferve : 
 
 And from my Promife I will never fwerve. 
 
 His Seed (hall alwaies reign •, his Throne (hall lafl , 
 
 While days have light,and nights their (hadows caft. 
 
 Part ^, If they my Judgements flight, forfake my Law , 
 My Rites negled, and from my Rule withdraw j 
 Then I with whips will their ofenccs I'courge , 
 With labour, miiery , and forrows urge : 
 Yet will not utterly my King foriake •, 
 My Vow infringe, or alter what I fpake. 
 I by my San«5lity to David fware , 
 That he, and his (hould never want an Heir , 
 To fway the Hebrew Scepter, while the Sun 
 His ulual Race fhould through the Zodiack run ; 
 While Men, the Moon and radiant Stars (hould fee, 
 The faithful witne(res of my Decree. 
 But thou art angry with thy own Ele^H: , 
 And doft thy late affected King reje^ *, 
 Infringe the Covenant to thy Servant fworn *, 
 Thou from his Brows his Diadem haft torn , 
 Caft down the Rampicr,which his ftrcngth renown'd 
 And all his Bulwarks levelPd with the ground : 
 Whom now his Neighbours (corn •, a common prey , 
 And Ipoil to all that travail by the wdy. 
 
 Bart 5 . Thou add eft ftrcngth and courage to his Foes , 
 Who now rejoyce and triumph in his woes •, 
 Rebateft his lliarp Sword, unncrv'ft his might , 
 And mik'ft him (brink in fervour of the (ight ; 
 His fpieador haft Eclipfcd -^ his renown 
 in ruins buried, and his Throne caft down : 
 
 His 
 
ti)e ^rai msi of dAvid. i?? 
 
 His Youth coniumcd with untimely Age •, 
 Mark'd out for fhame *, the objeft of thy Rage. 
 How longfhall he in thy dilpleafurc nipum ! 
 Still (hall thy Angerlikc aFurnace burn! 
 O call to mind the fhortnefsof mydaies*, 
 That dream of Man, which like a Flow'r decays. 
 Who lives, that can the ftroke of Death defend ^ 
 Or (hall not to the filcntpravc delcend ? 
 Where is thy ancient^ we ! thy plighted froth , 
 Confirm'd to David by a folemn Oath ! 
 Remember the Reproaches I have born •, 
 Thofe of the Mighty *, and their bitter fcorn ; 
 Traduced ^ .by thy enemies abhorr'd. 
 Yet, O my penfivc Soul, praife thou the Lord. 
 
 Jlmm-i Amen* 
 
156 
 
 A 
 
 PARAPHRASE 
 
 Upon the Fourth BOOK 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PjALMS of DAVID. 
 
 FSALM XC 
 
 jnhiii^, y^^^ Thou the Father of us all, 
 
 # M Our refuge from th' Originall •, 
 X^_^ That wer t our God , be fore 
 
 The aery Mountains had their birth , 
 Or Fabrickof the peopled Earthy 
 And art for evermore. 
 
 But frail man, daily dying, muft 
 At thy Command return to Dud : 
 
 OrfliouldhcAgeslaft^ 
 Ten thoufand years arc in thy fight 
 Bnt like a quadrant of the Night , 
 
 Or as a Day that's paft. 
 
 He 
 
tljCl&falmiBtOf DAVID. 1J7 
 
 He by thy Torrent fwept from hence -, 
 An empty Dream, which mocks theScnfc , 
 
 And from the Phanfic flies : 
 Such as the beauty of the Rofe, 
 Which in the dewy Morning blows , 
 
 Then hangs the head and dies. 
 
 Through daily anguiih we expire : . - 
 
 Thy anger a confuming Fire , 
 
 To our offences due. 
 Our fins (although by Night copceaPd , 
 By fhame, and fear) are all reveal'd , 
 
 And naked to thy view. 
 
 Thus in thy wrath our years we fjiend v 
 And like a fad difcourfe they end , 
 
 Norbuttofeventylaft: "{ 
 
 Or if to eighty they arrive , 
 We then with Age, and Sicknefs ftrivc^ 
 
 Cut off with winged haft. 
 
 Who knows the terror of thy wrath , Fan tl 
 
 Or to thy dreadful anger hatn 
 
 Proportioned his due fear ? 
 Teach us to number our frail Daies , 
 That we our hearts to Thee may raife , 
 
 And- wifely fiA forbear. 
 
 Lord, O how long ! at icngth relent ! 
 And of our miferies repent ;, 
 
 Thy Early Mercy fhe w : 
 That we may unknown comfort tafte : 
 For thofe long daies in forrowpaft , 
 
 As long of joybeftow* 
 
 The 
 
1 58 M ^arapl)?afe upon 
 
 Thew^ks of thy accuftotii'd Grace 
 Shew to, thy Servants : on their Race 
 
 Thy chearful beams reflet^: , 
 O let on us thy Beauty fliine ! 
 Blefs our attempts with aid divine , 
 
 And by thy Hand dire^fl. 
 
 PSALM 
 
 ' -■ 
 ifCL 
 
 jffthe ^. T T 7 ^^ makes th' Almighty his retreat , 
 
 %y\/ Shall reft beneath his (hady Wings •, 
 
 V V Free from th' oppreflion of the Great , 
 The rage of Wi^r, or wrath of Kings. 
 Free from the cunning Fowlers train j 
 
 The tainted airs infc«5\ious breath : 
 His Truth in perils lliall fuftain , 
 
 And (hield thee from the ftroke of Death, 
 No terrors fhall thy fleeps affright ^ 
 
 Nor deadly flying Arrows flay : 
 - Nor Peftilence devour by Night, 
 
 Or Slaughter mafTacre by Day. 
 A thoufand and ten thoufand fliall 
 
 Sink on thy Right hand and thy Left : 
 Yet thou fccure lliall fee their fall •, 
 
 By vengeance, of their lives bereft. 
 Since God thou haft thy Retugc made , 
 
 And do'ft to him thy Vows dirc<fl:-, 
 No evil fhall thy ftrength invade , 
 . Nor wafting plagues thy roof infcifl. 
 Thee fhall his Angels lafely guide ^ ■ 
 
 Upheld by winged Legions , 
 Left thou at any time fliouldft.flido. 
 
 And dafh thy Footagainft the Stone?. 
 
 Thou 
 
tijei^falms of d avid. 159 
 
 rhou on the BafiUsk flialt tread ^ 
 
 The Mountain Lion boldly meet , 
 A.nd trample on the Dragons Head ^ 
 
 The Leopard proftrate at thy Feet* 
 Since he hath fix'd his love on me , 
 
 Saith God, and walked in my wayes *, 
 I will his Soul from danger free , 
 
 And from the reach of Envy raife. 
 To him I his defires will give ^ 
 
 From danger guard •, in honour place 
 He long, long happily (hall live, 
 
 And flourifli in my faving Grace. 
 
 
 psu4LM xcn. 
 
 Hou, who art inthron'd above •, ^^ t^^ t ^; 
 
 ■ Thou, by whom we live, and move^ 
 JL O how fweet, how excellent , 
 
 Is't with tongue and hearts confent , 
 Thankful hearts and joyful tongues , 
 To renown thy Name in Songs ! 
 When the Morning paints the Skies , 
 When the fpark ling Stars arife *, 
 Thy high favours to rehearfe , 
 Thy firm faith, in grateful Verfe. 
 Take the Lute, and Violin*, 
 Let the folemn Harp begin •, 
 Inftrumentsftrung with tcnftrings \ 
 While the Silver Cimhal rings. 
 From thy Works ray joy proceeds : 
 How I triumph in thy Deeds ! 
 W^ho thy Wonders can exprcfs I 
 All thy Thoughts are fathomlefe ♦, 
 
 ITld 
 
i6o Z )Siaeap^;are upon 
 
 Hid from Men in Knowledge blind • 
 
 Hid from Fools to Viceindin'd. 
 
 Who that Tyrant Sin obey ^ 
 
 Though they Ipring like Flowers in May •, 
 
 Parch'd with Heat, and nipt w^ith Froft , 
 
 Soon (hall fade, for ever loft. 
 
 Part 1. Lord, thou art mod Great, moft High *, 
 Such from all Eternitie. 
 Perifh (hall thy Enemies , 
 Rebels that againft thee rife. , 
 All, who in their Sins delight , 
 Shall be fcatter'd by thy Mighto 
 But thou fhalt exalt my Horn , 
 Like a youthful Unicorn *, 
 Frefh and fragrant Odors fhed 
 On thy crowned Prophets head. 
 I fhall fee my Foes defeat, 
 Shortly hear of their retreat : 
 But the Juft like Palms (hall flourifh , 
 Whichthe Plains of Judahnouriih ; 
 Like tall Cedars mounted on 
 Cloud afcending Lebanon. . 
 Plants fet in thy Court, below 
 Spread their roots, and upwards grow -^ 
 Fruit in their Old-age (hall bring *, 
 Ever fat and flourilhing. 
 This Gods Juftice celebrates*, 
 He, my Rock, Injuftice hates* 
 
 TSALM 
 
t^ jafafm.g of D A V I D. i6i 
 
 N 
 
 FSALM XCIII. 
 
 Ow great Jehovah reigns , Mth$ 47.' 
 
 With Majefty arayM ^ / 
 
 His Power all powers reftraincs , 
 
 By men and godg obeyed. 
 The round Earth hung 
 In liquid Air •, 
 EftabliOi'd there 
 But by his Tongue. 
 
 Thy Throne more old than Time , 
 
 And after, as before. 
 The Floods in billows clime , 
 And foming loudly rore. 
 With horrid Noife 
 The Ocean raves , 
 And breaks his \A^aves 
 Againft the Skies. 
 
 But thou more to be fear'd , 
 
 More terrible than thefe : 
 Thy Voice in Thunder heard ^ 
 Thy Nod rebukes the Seas. " ' 
 
 Thee Truth renowns ', 
 Pure San£lity- 
 Eternally 
 Thy Temple crowns. 
 
 M TSALM 
 
152 ^ )datapl)?are upon 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 ds the 10. ^^ Reat God of Hods, revenge our Wrong 
 .On thofe, who are in Mifchief ftrong. 
 Upon thy Foes 
 Inflid our woes : 
 For Vengeance doth to Thee belong. 
 Judge of the World, prevent 
 The Proud and Infolent. 
 
 
 How long fhall they the Juft opprefs , 
 And triumph in their Wickednefs ! 
 6ow long fupplant ! 
 Ah! how long vaunt , 
 And glory in their dire fuccefs ! 
 Thy Saints afunder break , 
 Infulting o're the Weak ! 
 
 Who Strangers, and poor Widows kill ', 
 The blood of wretched Orphans fpill : 
 And fay, Can he 
 Or hear, or fee? 
 Doth God regard what's good or ill ? 
 Brute Beads, without a mind ! 
 O Fools in knowledge blind ! 
 
 Shall not th' Almighty fee and hear , 
 Who form'd the Eye, and fram'd the Ear ? 
 Who Nations flew , 
 Not puniih you ? 
 Who taught, not know ? to hira appear 
 Dark Counfels, fecret Fires , 
 Vain Hopes, and vaft Defircs. 
 
 But 
 
t^e l^falmsf of DAviD. i«3 
 
 But O ! thrice bleffed he, whom God i»4ri s. • 
 
 Chaftiieth with his gentle Rod •, 
 Informs, and aws 
 By facred Laws. 
 In ftorms brought to a fafc aboad : 
 
 While the Unrighteous (hall 
 By winged Vengeance fall. 
 
 For he will not forfake th' Eleft *, 
 Nor who adore his Name re jeft : 
 
 But Judgement then 
 Shall turn again 
 To Jufticc, and her Throne Ereft : 
 Who arc in Heart upright 
 Shall follow that clear Light* 
 
 What mortal will th' Afflifted aid ? 
 Defend when impious Foes invade ? 
 Lord, hadft not thou ^ 
 My Soul e're now 
 In filent fhades of Death had laid : 
 For he my Out-cries heard •, 
 And from the Centre reared. 
 
 When Grief my labouring Soul confounds 5 
 Thou powreft Balm into her wounds. 
 Shall Tyranny 
 With thee comply ? 
 Who Mifchief for a Law propounds ? 
 Who fwarm to circumvent ^ 
 And doom the Innocent. 
 
 M 2 &ut 
 
164 ^ ^atapi)jale upon 
 
 But thou, OLord, art my Defence, 
 My Refuge, and my Recompence. 
 The Vicious fhall 
 By Vices fall-. 
 By their own Sins be fwept from hence. 
 God fhall cut off their breath 
 And give them up to Death. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 'Jsthes^* ^r^ Ome Sing the great Jehovah's Praife , 
 
 Whofe Mercies have prolong'd our Dayes •, 
 
 Sing mth a joyful voyce. 
 With bending Knees, and raifed Eyes 
 Adore your God : O facrifice *, 
 In facred Hymns rejoyce. 
 
 C 
 
 Great is the God of our Defence , 
 Tranfcending all in eminence : 
 
 His Hand the Earth fuftains ^ 
 The Depths, the lofty Mountains made *, 
 The Land and liquid Plains dilplaid , 
 
 And curbs them with his Reins. 
 
 O come, before his Foot-ftool fall , 
 Our only God, who form'd us all ^ 
 
 Through Storms of danger led. 
 He is our Shepherd, we his Sheep v 
 His Hands from W^olves and Rapine keep , 
 
 Inpleafant Failures fed. 
 
 The Voice of God thus ipake this Day •, 
 Repine not as at Meribab , 
 
t!?e iBfalmg of D A v I D. i6$ 
 
 AsintheWildernefs: , . 
 Where your Fore-Fathers tempted me ^ 
 Who did my Works of Wonder fee , 
 
 And to their (hame confefs.,. 
 
 When vex'd for forty years, I laid •, 
 This People in their hearts have ftray'd ^ 
 
 Rebellious to command : 
 To whom I in my Anger fwore 5 
 That Death fhould feife on them, before 
 
 They knew this pleafant Land. 
 
 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 NEw compofed Ditties fing ^s tht ^f\ 
 
 To our Everlafting King : 
 You, all you of Humane birth , 
 Fed and nourifh'd by the Earth, 
 Celebrate Jehovah's Praife , 
 Daily his Deliveries biafe. 
 His Glory let the Gemiles know j 
 To the World his wonders (how. 
 O how gracious ! O how great ! 
 Earth hisFoot-ftool, Heaven his Seat. 
 To be fear'd and honour'd more 
 Than thofe gods, whom Fools adore*. 
 Idols by their Servants made : 
 But our God the Heavens difplay'dc 
 Honour, Beauty, Power Divine , 
 In his Sanctuary fliine. 
 All, who by his Favour live , 
 Glory to Jehovah give *, 
 Glory due unto his Name , 
 And his Mighty Deeds prockme. 
 
 M s Offerings 
 
165 ^ l^arapi^jare upon 
 
 Offerings on his Altar lay •, 
 There your Vows devoutly pay. 
 
 ?*" ^ In his beauteous Holinefs 
 
 To the Lord your Prayer addrefs. 
 All, whom Earths round fhoulders bear y^ 
 Serve the Lord with Joy and Fear. 
 TeU Mankind, Jehovah reigns : 
 He fhall bind the world in Chains , 
 So as it fhall never Aide ^ 
 And with facred Juftice guide. 
 Let the fmiling Heavens re Joyce \ 
 Joyful Earth exalt her Voice : 
 Let the dancing Billows rore ; 
 Ecchoes anlwer from the Shore : 
 Fields their flowry Mantles (hake \ 
 All fhall in their Joy partake : 
 Vl^hile the Woods Muficiansfing 
 To the ever-youthful Spring. 
 Fill his Courts with facred Mirth^j 
 He, He comes to judge the Earth! 
 Juftly He the World fhall IWay , 
 And his Truth to men dilplay. 
 
 O 
 
 PSALM XCVIL 
 
 Js th 8. ^"^ 'Emh. ! joy in Jehovah's Reign •, 
 
 You numerous Ifles, clafp'd by the Main, 
 Him rolling Clouds and Shades infold. 
 Judgement and Truth his Throne uphold. 
 Who fiery Darts before him throws •, 
 With winged flames confumes his Foes. 
 His Lightning made a day of night j 
 Earth trembled at lb fear'd a fighto 
 
 -^ * . The 
 
t^e pfalmjBf of DAviD. 167 
 
 The Mountains at his Prefence fweat , 
 Like pliant Wax difToIv'd with Heat ^ 
 At his Defcenfion from the Skie , 
 Who rules the Worlds great Monai'chie. 
 The Heavens declare his Righteoufncfs •, 
 His Glory wondering men confefs. 
 Let thofe with (hame to Hell delcend , 
 Whofe Knees to curfed Idols bend ^ 
 Whofe rocks for Deities implore: 
 O all you gods, our God adore. 
 Rejoycing SionhcRrd her King : 
 Her Daughters of his Judgements fing. 
 Thou art exalted above all 
 Mankind, and Pow'rs Angelicall. 
 Thofe Saints thy fhady Wings prote^H: , 
 Who Sin abhor, and thee affed. 
 For thou haft fown the Seeds of Light, 
 And joy, which (hall inveft th' Upright. 
 You Juft, your joyful Hearts elate ^ 
 His bleft Memorial celebrate. 
 
 S 
 
 FSALM XCVIIL 
 
 Ing to the King of kings, Asth 47; 
 
 Sing in unufual Laies •, 
 That hath wrought wondrous things. 
 His Conqueft crown with Praife ; 
 Whofe Arms alone. 
 And facred Hands , 
 Their impious Bands 
 Have overthrown. 
 
 M 4 He 
 
168 S i^arap^jiare nifm 
 
 He Juftice brings to light'. 
 
 His faving Truth extends, 
 Even in the Gemles fight , 
 To Earths remoteft Ends. 
 His Heavenly Grace 
 AtMdifplayM, 
 And promiie made 
 To Jacobs Race, 
 
 Let all that dwell on Earth 
 
 Their high AfFe£lions raife ^ 
 With univerfal Mirth , 
 And loudly fing his Praife : 
 To Mufick joyn 
 
 The warbling Voice , 
 Let all rejoyce 
 With Joy divine. 
 
 The fprightly Trumpet found •, 
 
 Thefhrill-voic'd Cornet bring : 
 Let all with Joy abound 
 Before the Lord our King. 
 
 Rore out you Seas , ^ 
 
 You fpangled Skies , 
 All you comprife , 
 Rejoyce with thefe. 
 
 Floods clap your thronging waves ^ 
 
 You Hills exalt your mirth : 
 He, who his People faves , 
 
 Now comes to judge the Earth : 
 The round World (hall ' 
 With Juftice trie*, 
 His Equitic 
 DifpenfttoalL 
 
 FSJLM 
 
tlje iafalmjS of D A v i D. 169 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 LEt our Foes with terrour quake ^ ^ ^ ^^^. 
 
 Let the Earths Foundations/hake ; 
 Now the Lord his Reign begins , 
 Thron'd between the Cherubins, 
 D how great in Sions Towers ! 
 ■ligh above all Mortal Powers. 
 jreat and terrible his Name : 
 lince fo holy, praife the lame, 
 udgement his great Power affe£ls •, 
 ret by Equity dire^s. 
 'hefe celeftial Twins imbrace^ 
 'hefe refleft on Jacobs Race. 
 ) how holy ! above all 
 lonour *, at his Foot-ftool fall , 
 Wofes'^ ^.^rc;2 heretofore 
 imong thofe who Mitres wore : 
 amneL by Vow defir'd , 
 imong thofe who were infpir'd. 
 hefc to him their Prayers preferred , 
 h^^t by him as foon were heard, 
 hcfe his Statutes rarely brake : 
 into thefe th' Almighty fpake 
 I the Pillar of a Cloud : 
 his Service ever vow'd. 
 e d id their Petitions hear , 
 lerciful, and yet fcvere. 
 he Holy, on his Holy Hill 
 lorifie. and worfhip (lilk 
 
 FSALM 
 
I70 ^ idatap^;afe upon 
 
 jnL 
 
 TSALM C. 
 
 i$%h^f. ^ LL from the Suns uprifc, 
 
 Unto his Setting Raies , 
 Refound in Jubilees 
 
 The great Jehovah's Praifc. 
 Him ferve alone ^ 
 In triumph bring 
 Your Gifts, and fmg 
 Before his Throne. 
 
 Man drew from Man his Birth , 
 
 But God his noble Frame 
 Built of the ruddy Earth , 
 Fill'd with caeleftial Flame. 
 His Sons we are*, 
 Sheep by him led , 
 Prefer v'd, and fed 
 With tender care, 
 
 O, to his Portals prefs 
 
 In your divine refort^ : 
 With Thanks his Power profefs. 
 And praife him in his Courts. 
 How good ! how pure ! 
 His Mercies laft: 
 His Promife pad 
 For ever fure. 
 
 TSALM 
 
t^eiafaltttS of DAVID. 171 
 
 O 
 
 TSALM CI. 
 
 F Juftice I and Mercy fing , (fpring •, As tht 4tf. 
 
 Which, Lord, from thee, their Fountain 
 The Graces that adorn a King. 
 
 Grave Wifdom (hall my fteps dire^ , 
 No Vice my heart nor Roof infe^. 
 When wilt thouvifit thine Ele£l ! 
 
 Nopleafure {hall mine eyes mifguide: 
 Who from the Traft of Virtue Aide , 
 Juft Hate fhall from my Soul divide. 
 
 Who mifchief in their Hearts contrive , 
 Delight in Wrong, in Fa£lions ftrive , 
 I from my peaceful Court will drive. 
 
 Who hath his Friend with Slander ftrook , 
 
 I will cutoff^ nor ever brook 
 
 A proud Heart; and a haughty Look. 
 
 Mine Eyes the Faithful (hall ob'ferve j 
 Thofe in my Family fhall lerve ^ 
 Who never from pure Virtue Iwerve. 
 
 But who are cxercis'd in Guile , 
 Whofe Tongues malicious Lies defile , 
 I from my Prefence will exile. 
 
 And all the Wicked in the Land 
 Will cut off with a timely Hand ^ 
 Nor (hall they in Gods Citv (land. 
 
 FSALM 
 
172 a i&arapi^?afe upon 
 
 rSALM CII. 
 Ccept pay Prayers, nor to the Cry 
 
 Asthexu 
 
 Accept pay Prayers, nor to the Cry 
 Of my AiBidions ftop thine Ear : 
 Lord, in the time of Mifery 
 And fad reftraint ferene appear : 
 TheSighings of my Spirit hear ^ 
 And when I call, with fpeed reply. 
 
 As Smoak, fo fleets my Soul away *, 
 My marrow dry'd, as Hearths with heat : 
 
 My heart ftruckdown, like withered Hay;, 
 Through Sorrow I forfake my meat , 
 While meagre cares my Liver eat : 
 
 The clinging Skin my Bones difplay* 
 
 LikeDefert-haunting Pelicans ^ 
 In Cities not lefs de folate : 
 
 Like Screcch-Owls, who with ominous drains 
 Difturb the Night, and day-light hate : 
 A Sparrow, which hath loft his Mate , 
 
 And on a Pinacle complains. 
 
 Reviling Foes my Honour blaft , 
 
 And frantick men my ruin fwear. 
 For Bread, I roU'd-on afhes taft •, 
 
 Each drop I drink mixt with a tear. 
 
 For, Lord , O who thy Wrath can bear , 
 Thou raifeft, and doft head-long caft. 
 
 My Dayes fhort, as the Evening (hade ^ 
 
 As Morning dew confume away : 
 As Glafs cut down with Sithes, I fade , 
 
 Or 
 
tt)e i&falmiai of d A v i d. 173 
 
 Or like a flower crop'd yefterday : 
 But, Lord, thou iuffer'ft no decay : 
 Thy Promifes Ihall never vade. 
 
 For thou {halt from thy Reft arife , 
 
 (Since now th' appointed time draws near) 
 
 And look on Sions milerks , 
 
 Her Walls and batter'd Buildings rear 5 
 Whole ruins to thy Saints are dear ^ 
 
 For they her Duft as facred prife. 
 
 Thy Name then fhall the Gentiles praife ', jp<iri %\ 
 
 All Kings thy Honour celebrate : 
 For when the Lord fhall Sion raife , 
 
 His Glory fhall afcend in State : 
 
 So prone to hear the Defolate , 
 And fuccour them in all afTaies. 
 
 Unto eternal Memory 
 
 Onr Hiftories (hall this record *, 
 And all that are created by 
 
 His pow'rful Hand, fhall fear the Lord y 
 
 Who doth luch Grace to his afford , 
 And on the Earth looks from on high •, 
 
 To hear the penfive Captives grone *, 
 
 The Sons of Death by him unbound : 
 His Name again in Sion known , 
 
 That Salem may his Praife relbund : 
 
 When in his Service all the Round 
 Of Earth fhall there be joyn'd in onCc 
 
 Yet, Lord, amidfc thefe Hopes thou haft 
 
 Confum'd my ftrength, abridg'd my years : 
 Before my Noon of Life be paft 
 
 Let 
 
174 ^ Idardpi^iare upon 
 
 Let me not die thus drown'd in tears. 
 Time wafts not thee, which all out-wears •, 
 Thy happy Daies for ever laft. 
 
 Thou mad'ft the Earth, thou didfl: difplay 
 The Heavens in various motion rollM % 
 
 Thefe and their Glories fhall decay ^ 
 But thou fhalt thy exiftence hold : 
 They like a Garment (hall grow old ^ 
 
 And in their changes pafs away* 
 
 But thou art ftill the fame: before 
 The World, and after (halt remain. 
 
 You blefled Souls, who God adore , 
 With Patient Hope your harms fuftain t 
 For you (hall profper in his Reign 
 
 And yours, fubfift for evermore. 
 
 PSALM cm. 
 
 Js tht 8, T^ M Y Soul, and all my Faculties 
 
 |\/i Jehovah praife ^ fing till the Skies 
 JL ▼ ^Re-ecchohis afcending Fame : 
 
 My Soul, O celebrate his Name ! 
 Nor ever let the memory 
 Of his furpafling Favours die. 
 He gently pardons our mifdeeds i 
 And cures the Wounds which inward bleeds; 
 Hath from the Chains of Death unbound -^ 
 With Clemency and Mercy crown'd. 
 With Food our Hunger he fubdues : * 
 
 And Eagle-hke our Youth renucs* 
 His Juftice he extends to all *, 
 OpprefTors by his Vengeance fall,- 
 
t^e #falm!J ot DAviD. 17 j 
 
 His facred Paths to Mojes (hown ^ 
 His Miracles to Ifraelknovfn : 
 From Him the Springs of Mercy flow ^ 
 Swift to forgive, to anger flow. 
 For he will not for ever chide ; 
 Nor conftant to his Wrath abide : 
 But mildly from his Rage relents , 
 And fliortens our due Punifliments. 
 For as the Heavens in amplitude 
 Exceed the Centre they include : 
 So ample is his Clemency 
 To all who on his Grace rely. 
 
 As far as the bright Orient tart 2 J 
 
 Is diftant from the Suns Dcfcent ^ 
 
 So far he fetsfrom his Afped 
 
 Their Guilt, who him with fear affecl. 
 
 And as a Father to his Child ^ 
 
 So foft, fo quickly reconciPd. 
 
 He knows the Fabrick of us all j 
 
 Thatduft: is our Original. 
 
 Man flourilheth like Grafs, a Flower 
 
 That blows and withers in an hour : 
 
 By fcorching heat, by blafl:ing Wind 
 
 Deflowered, and leaves no print behind^ 
 
 But his firm Mercy fliall imbrace 
 
 His Saints for ever, and their Race : 
 
 Thofe who his equal Laws fulfill , 
 
 Remember, and perform his Will. 
 
 In Heaven the great Jehovah reigns^ 
 
 And governs all that Earth contains : 
 
 You Angels, who in ftrength exceed ^ 
 
 Who him obey with winged fpeed , 
 
 You ordred Hoftsof radiant Stars y 
 
 O vou his flaming Miniilers j 
 
 All 
 
ij6 % )davap^?are upon 
 
 All, whom his Wifdora did create *, 
 Through his large Empire celebrate 
 His glorious Name with fweet accord : 
 Joyn thou, my Soul, to praife the Lord. 
 
 M 
 
 PS JIM CIV. 
 
 Js the 7*. "^ yf Y ravifh'd Soul, great God, thy praifes 
 fmgs-. 
 Whom Glory circles with her radiant 
 Wings , 
 And Majefty inveils : then Day more bright ^ 
 Cloth'd with the beams of new-created Light. 
 He, like an all-infolding Canopy , 
 Fram'd the vaft concave of the fpangled Skie : 
 And in the Air-imbraced Waters fet 
 The Bafis of his hanging Cabinet. 
 Who on the Clouds, as on a Chariot, rides ; 
 And with a reign the flying Tempeft guides. 
 Bright Angels his attendant Spirits made j 
 By flame-difpeifmgSeraphims obey'd. 
 The ever-fixed Earth cloth'd with the Flood ^ 
 In whofe calm bofome unfeen Mountains flood ^ , 
 At his rebuke it (hrunk with fufldain dread , 
 And from his voices Thunder fwiftly fled. 
 Then Hills their late concealed Heads extend , 
 And finking Vallies to their Feetdefcend. 
 The trembling Waters through their bottoms wind, 
 Till they the Sea, their Nurfe and Mother, find. 
 He to the fweiling Waves prefcribcs a bound , 
 Left Earth again fhould by their rage bedrown'd. 
 
 Springs 
 
t^e pfaim^ ot D avid. 177 
 
 Springs through thepleaiant Medows pour their ji;/ 
 driJIs^ ■ 'i'j.A 
 
 Which Saake-like glide between the bordring/iblCl 
 HiUs^ , , K-r^^r 
 
 Till they to Rivers grow 'j where beafts of pxe^ ;lT 
 
 Their third affwage, and luch as man obey* , mur.vl 
 
 Jn neighbouring Groves the Ayr's Muficians fing;,//*''^ 
 And with their Mufick entertain the Spring. ; , od A, 
 He from coeleftial Cafement fhowers diftilis , i Lr ; A 
 And with renew'd increafe his Creatures fills. : ■.■> U A. 
 He makes the food -full Earth her fruit produce jf rO 
 For Cattel Grafs, and Herbs for humane ule. T 
 
 The fpreading Vine long purple clufters bears , 
 Whofejuyce the hearts of penfive Mortals chears: 
 Fat Olives fmooth our brows with iiippling Oyl, 
 And ftrengthning Corn rewards the Reapers toil. A 
 HisFruitaffording trees with lap abound. ;:i |'A. 
 The Lord hath Lekmon wath Cedars crown'd : " ^H? 
 They to the warbling Birds a (belter yield , T < Vf 
 And wandring Storks in lofty Fir-trees build. 'I 
 Wild Goats to craggy Cliffs for refuge Hie ^ ^ 
 
 And Conies in the Rocks dark entrails lie. 
 He guides the changing Moons alternate face : 
 The Suns diurnal and his annual Race. 
 'Twas he that made the all-informing Light ^ 
 And with dark (haclows cloaths thjc aged Night. .. / 
 Then Beafts of prey break from pheir Mountain ■ * 
 
 Caves ;> • i.> > b:{;;/r: ::-. 
 
 The roaring Lion pinch'd with hunger craves 
 Food from his hand. But when Heavens greatelt 
 
 Fire 
 Obfcurcs the Stars, they to their Dens retire. 
 Men with the Morning rife, to labour preft ^ 
 Toil all the Day, at Night return to reil:, 
 
 N Great 
 
rjs 3 t&ai8p^?afe upon 
 
 P»^t 3 • Great God ! how manifold, how infinite 
 
 Are all thy Works ! with what a clear fore-fight 
 Didft thou create and multiply their birth ! 
 Thy riches fill the far extended Earth. 
 Theample Sea *, inwhofeunfathomMDeep 
 Innumerable Ibrts of Creatures creep : 
 Bright fcaledFifhes in her Entrails glide , 
 And high-built Ships upon her bofome ride : 
 About whofe fides the crooked Dolphin plays , 
 And monftrous Whales huge fpouts of water raife. 
 All on the Land, or in the Ocean bred , 
 On Thee depend •, in their due feafon fed. 
 They gather what thy bounteous Hands beftow , 
 And in the Summer of thy Favour grow. 
 When thou contraift'ft thy clouded Brows, they 
 
 mourn ^ 
 And dying, to their former duft return. 
 Again created by thy quickning breath , 
 To re-fupply the Maflacres of Death. 
 No Traft of Time his Glory (hall deftroy : 
 He in th' Obedience of his Works fliall joy : 
 But when their wild revolts his Wrath provoke ;. 
 Earth trembles, and the airy Mountains fmoke- 
 I all my life will my Creator praife •, 
 And to his Service dedicate my Daies. 
 May he accept the Mufick of my Voice , 
 While I withfacred Harmony re Joyce. 
 Hence you profane, who in your Sins delight, 
 God fhall extirp, and caftyou from his Sight. 
 My Souljblefs thou this all-commanding King : 
 You Saints and Angels, Hallelujah fing. 
 
 TSALM 
 
t\)t ^t^lmfS of D A V I D. 179 
 
 Psalm cv. 
 
 To GodjO pay your vows •, invoke his Name, As tht 71 . 
 And to the World his noble A^s proclamc ! 
 O fing his praifes in immortal Verfe , 
 And his ftupendious Miracles rehearfc ! 
 You Saints^ rejoyce, and glory in his Grace ^ 
 Mis power adore •, for ever feek his Face. 
 Old Ahrahmms Seed, you Sons of the Ele^ 5 
 You Jfraelites *, O you, who God affed , 
 Report the Wonders by his finger v^rought , 
 When in your caufe th' inferiour creatures fought* 
 Jehovah rules the many-peopled Earth ^ 
 His judgement known to all of humane birth* 
 He never will forget his Promife paft ^ 
 His Covenants inviolable laft , 
 Which he to fa ithfu I Abraham mad e before , 
 And after to the holy Ifaao fwore : 
 To Jacob fign'd, confirm'd to Ifrael 5 
 That their large OfF-fpring (hould inCanam dwell 
 When they, but few in number, wandered 
 III unknown Regions, and their Cartel fed : 
 He did their lives from violence proteft , 
 And for their lakes even mighty Princes eheckt. 
 Touch not^ fliid he, my Anointed *, fear to wrong" 
 Thoie facred Prophets, who to Me belong. 
 
 ^A^hen raging Famine in thefe Climates reignM , Pm 2. 
 -He broke the Staff of Bread, which \ik fuftain'd : 
 But Jofefh fent before them 5 fold to lave 
 His Brethren, by whofe envy ma-de a flave. 
 There for th' Accufers guilt in prifon thrown •, 
 With galling fetters bound, for crimes unknown ^ 
 
 N 2 Tri'd 
 
i8o 31 iaai:apl)?afe up09 : * 
 
 Try'd with affli»ftion, at the time decreed , 
 
 At once by Pharo^tlp both advanc'd and freed. 
 
 He of his Houfhold gave him the command , 
 
 And made him Ruler over all his Land : . y 
 
 His princes to his government Subjed^s. 
 
 The prudent Youth grave Senators direds. 
 
 Theil aged y^ftrol? into jE^jpf came 5 
 
 And fojourn'd in the fruitful Fields of hant. 
 
 God in that Land his people multiply'd *, ft 
 
 Their Focs,which now their greater ftrength en vy'd, 
 
 Hate what they fear '^ he alienates their hearts , 
 
 To feek their ruin by deceitful Arts. 
 
 Part^, Theh^^y^^onafacredEmbaflie jij 
 
 And Aaro^ fent -^ th' Ele<^ of the moft High. It 
 There wrought his dreadful Wonders *, from the 
 
 Ifle 
 Of Sea-girt PW^% to the Falls of Nile. 
 He bade Cimmerian darknefs dim the Day : 
 Th' aflembled Vapours his commands obey. 
 He their feven chanell'd Waters turn'd to Blood ^ 
 The Fifhes ftrangled in their native Flood. 
 Frogs from the (limy Earth in Millions fpring \ 
 And skip about the Chambers of the King. H 
 
 All parts with fwarms of noifome Flies abound : A 
 And Lice, like quickned duft, crawl on the ground.r 
 Heftormsof killing Hail, for Showers, beftows*, IT 
 And from the breaking clouds his lightning throws : 
 Blafts all the Vines, and Fig-trees in the Land *, JJ 
 The W^oods, with Tempefts torn, or naked ftand. 
 Innumerable Locufts theie fucceed •, 
 And Caterpillars on their leavings feed: 
 They bite the tender Herb, the bud, and flower *, 
 And all.the verdure of the Earth Devour. 
 
 Their 
 
t!;e iSfalmgot DAviD. iSi 
 
 Their Strength (the Firil-born) flew : which fill'd ) 
 
 their ears 
 With Female fcreeches, and their hearts with fears. 
 
 Then He the Hebrews out of G pjkenhr ought ^ Pan 4, 
 
 In able health, with Gold and Silver fraught. 
 Th' Inhabitants, whole tears augment the Niley:^f^j 
 At their departure Joy, and Fear exile. ' "" 
 
 A Cloud to {hade them from the Surt was fpread ^ 
 And Nightly by a flaming Pillar led. . , 
 
 At their requeft he lends them fliowers of Qji.ails ^' 
 And Bread from Heaven, like Coriander, hails. 
 Cleaves the hardRocks, from whence a Fountain 
 
 flows. 
 And unknown Rivers to thofe Deferts fhows ; 
 For he his £icred Promife call'd to mind , 
 To ^^r^/:7<^m his Friend and Servant fign'd. 
 Thus he his People brought from fervitude , 
 Whole long-felt miferies in joy conclude. 
 From hence the Heathcahy our Weapons chac'd , 
 And us. his fons in their pofleflions plac'd : 
 That from his Statutes we might never iwerve. 
 O praife the Lord, arid hiin devoutly lerve ! 
 
 PSALM CVL 
 
 With grateful hearts Jehovahs praife re- ' As the 72, 
 found:, 
 In goodnefs great •, \vhofe Mercy hath ' 
 no bound. 
 What Language can exprefs his mighty deeds , 
 Or utter his due praife, which words exceeds ! 
 Thrice blefTed they, who his commands obfervre , 
 Nor ever from the tracl of Judice fwerve. 
 
 N 3 Great 
 
i8i M #arap^?8fe upon 
 
 Gr^t God, O with benevolent afpeft 
 (Even with the love thou bear'ft to thine EIe<fl) 
 Behold and fuccour •, That my ravifli'd Eyes 
 May fee a period of their miferies , 
 Who Thee adore : that I may give a voice 
 To thy great Arts, and in their joy rejoyce. 
 We as our Fathers, have thy Grace exil'd •, 
 Revolted, and our Souls with Sin defil'd. 
 They, of thy Miracles in £gyp^ wrought , 
 So full of Fear and Wonder, never thought*. 
 Thy Mercies, than their hairs in number, more ; 
 But murmur'd on the ErythrAan Shore. 
 Yet for his Honour uv'd them from the Foe , 
 That all the World his wondrous Power mighf 
 
 know. 
 There the commanded Sea afunder rent , 
 While TJ^^f/ through his dufty Chanel went: 
 Whom He from Pharoah and his Army faves '^^ 
 The fwift-returning Floods their fatal Graves. 
 
 P4rt 2. 
 
 Then they his Word believ'd,and fung his Praifc •, 
 Yet foon fprgot : and wandred from his Waies. 
 Who long for flefh to pamper their excefs •, 
 And tempt him in the barren Wildernds. 
 He grants their wifh, and with a Flight of Fowls , 
 Sent meager Death into their hungry Souls. 
 They, Mofes gcnth Goyernment oppofe ^ 
 And envy ^^ro;/, whom the Lord had chofe. 
 The yawning Earth then in her filent womb 
 Did JOathan and Jhiratns Troops intomb. 
 Afwiftly-fpreading Fire among them burns, 
 And thofe Confpirators to Afhes turns. 
 Yetthey,theflavesof Sin, in i/<?r^^ made 
 A Calf of Gold, and to an Idol pray'd. 
 
 The 
 
t^ t&ratmg of D A V I D, 183 
 
 The Lord, their Glory, thus exchanged they 
 For th' Image of a Beaft that feeds on Hey : 
 Forgot their Saviour, all his Wonders (hown 
 In Zoan^ and the Plains by M/fo're-flown-, 
 The Wonders aded by his pow'rful Hand % 
 Where the Red-Sea obey'd his ftern Command. 
 God hath pronounc'd their ruin : Mo^es then , 
 His Servant ^0/^/, and the beft of Men , 
 Stood in the Breach, which their Rebellion raadev 
 And by his Prayer the hand of Vengeance (laid. 
 
 Yea they this fruitful Paradife defpis'd , ^^^* ?• 
 
 Nor his Ib-oft-confirmed Promife priz'd : 
 
 But mutined againft their faithful Guide , 
 
 And bafely wifli'd, they had in <ty^gy}t dy'd. 
 
 For this, the Lord advanc'd his dreadful Hand , 
 
 To overthrow them on tWu4rabian Sand •, 
 
 To fcatter their rebellious Seed among 
 
 Their Foes *, expos'd to poverty and Wrong. 
 
 Befides *, BaaLPeor they ador'd, and fed 
 
 On Sacrifices olfer'd to the Dead. 
 
 Thus their Impieties the Lord incenfe , 
 
 Who fmote them with devouring Peftilencc. 
 
 But when with noble anger Phweas flew 
 
 The bold Offenders, He his Plagues with-drcw. 
 
 Th is was reputed for a righteous Deed , 
 
 Which fhould for ever confecrate his Seed. 
 
 So they atMeribah his Anger movM*, 
 
 The lacred Prophet for their fakes reprovM : 
 
 Their Cries his Saint-like fufferance provoke ^ 
 
 Who rafhly in his Souls diftemper fpoke , 
 
 Nor ever entred the afFecled Land. 
 
 They, ftill rebellious to divine Command , 
 
 Preferv'd thofe Nations by his Wrath fubdu'd •, 
 
 Mixt with the Heathen^ and their Sins purfu'd. 
 
 N 4 Their 
 
184 ^ | &apap^?afe upon 
 
 Their curfed Idols ferve with Rites profane , 
 (Snares to their Soul) and from no Crime abftain, 
 
 Part 4. Their Sons and Virgin daughters facrifice 
 To Devils ^ and look on with tearlefs eyes. 
 Defil'd the Land with innocent blood, which fprung 
 From their own loins, on flaming Altars flung. 
 Unto adulterate Deities they pray'd , 
 And worlhipped thole Gods their hands had made. 
 Thefe crying Sins exafperate the Lord •, 
 Who now his own Inheritance abhorrM : 
 . , Given up unto the Heathen for a Prey *, 
 
 Slaves to their Foes*, who hate them moll, obey. 
 Deliver'd oft *, as oft his Wrath provoke , 
 And with increafmg Sins renew their Yoke. 
 Yet he compaflTionates their miferies , 
 And with foft pity hears their mournful Cries : 
 His former Promife calls to mind, relents *, 
 And in his Mercy, of his Wrath repents. 
 In falvage Hearts unknown CompaflTion bred , 
 By whom but lately into thraldome led. 
 Great God of gods, thy Votaries proteifl, 
 And from among the Barbarous recolle£l : 
 That we to Thee may dedicate our Daies , 
 And joyntly triumph in thy glorious Praife, 
 Bleft, O for ever bleft, be Jjrads King : 
 All you^Ws People, Halelu jah fmg. 
 
 Amen ^ Amen, 
 
i85 
 
 «^ ct]&> <^ x^ '^^ jrffl S:^ ijfe. 1** *>s^ r^ '^'» ♦^•^ 
 
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 A 
 
 PARAPHRASE 
 
 Upon the Fifth BOOK 
 F r H :e 
 
 Psalms of DAVID. 
 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 EXtoll, and our good God adore, jinh^i. 
 
 Whole Sea of Mercy hath no Shore. 
 O you by Tyrants late oppreft. 
 Now from your fervile Yokes releaft •, 
 Praife him, who your Redemption wrought , 
 And home from barbarous Nations brought. 
 From where the Morn her Wings difphiys^ 
 From where the Evening crowns the Dayes ^ 
 Beneath the burning Zone, and near 
 The Influence of the freezing Bear. 
 Thev in unpeopled Deferts (Iraid ^ 
 The Heavens their Roof, the Clouds their fhade : 
 Their Souls w^ith third and hunger faint ^ 
 None by, to pity their Complaint : 
 When to the Lord their God they cry'd , 
 His Mercy their extreams fupplrd. 
 
 He 
 
its % if^wwfifiaSz upon 
 
 » ' — ■ . 
 
 He led them through the Wildernefs , 
 
 And gave them Cities tp poflefs. 
 
 O you, his Goodnefs celebrate ! 
 
 His Afts to all the World relate ! 
 
 For he in foodlefsDeferts fed 
 
 The Hungry with coeleftial Bread. 
 
 From wondring Rocks new Currents roul , 
 
 To fatisfie the thirfty Soul. 
 
 Bm J. Thofe Rebels, who his Counfel flight , 
 ImprifonM in the fhades of Night*, 
 Horrors of Guilt their Souls furprife : 
 When humbled with their miferies , 
 They to the Lord add reft their Prayers ; 
 His Mercy comforts their Defpairs , 
 From Darknefs draws, difToIves their Grieves*, 
 And from Deaths Jaws preferves their lives. 
 O you his Goodnefs celebrate ! 
 His A£Vs to all the World relate ? 
 He breaks Steel-bars, and Gates of Brafs, 
 To force a way for His to pafs. 
 Thofe Fools, whom pleafing Sins intice , 
 Are punilh'd by their darling Vice. 
 Their Souls all forts of Food diftaft : 
 Whom Troops of pale Difeafes wafte. 
 When they to God direft their Prayers , 
 His Mercy comforts their Defpairs. 
 His Word reftores them from their Graves , 
 And from a dreadful Ruin laves. 
 O you his Goodnefs celebrate ! 
 His Afts to all the World relate ! 
 Due Praifes to his Altar bring , 
 And of your great Redemption fmg. 
 
 Who 
 
t^eiafalmsi of DAVID. 187 
 
 Who fail upon the toiling Main , ^^* ^' 
 
 Andtraffickinpurfuitof Gain, 
 
 To fuch his Power is not unknown , 
 
 Nor wonders in the Ocean (hown. 
 
 At his Command black Tempefts rife ^ 
 
 Then mount they to the troubled Skies, 
 
 Thence fmking to the Depths below. 
 
 The Ship Hulls as the Billows flow ^ 
 
 And all Aboard at every feel , 
 
 Like Drunkards on the Hatches reel. 
 
 When they to God direft their Prayers , 
 
 His Mercy comforts their Defpairs. 
 
 Forthwith the bitter Storms afTwagc , 
 
 And fomingSeas fupprefs their Rage : 
 
 Theiiyfmging, with a profperous Gale , 
 
 To their defired Harbour fail. 
 
 O you his Goodnefs celebrate I 
 
 His Afts to all the World relate ! 
 
 His Fame in your Aflemblies raife , 
 
 And in the facred Senate praife. 
 
 He Rivers turns t' a Wilderneft ^ Fsn 4. 
 
 Springs dry'd up by the Suns accefs. 
 
 To fcourge their Sins, he makes the Soil 
 
 Ungrateful to the Owners toil : 
 
 Turns fand^y Deferts into Pools , 
 
 And parched Earth with Fountains cools : 
 
 There plants his hung ry Colonies , 
 
 Where ftrongty-ienced Cities rife : 
 
 The Fields their yellow Mantles wear , 
 
 And fpreading Vines full dufters bear. 
 
 They infinitely multiply : 
 
 Their Heards of no difeafcs die. 
 
 But when their Sins his Wrath incenfe , 
 
 Then Famine, War, aqd Feftilcnce , 
 
 Their 
 
iS8 3 )datap]^3taf0 Upon 
 
 •i ' Their miferable Lives devour : 
 
 Their Princes he deprives of Powder , 
 Who in the Path-lefs Wildernefs 
 Conceai'd themrelves from Mans accefs. 
 The Poor he raileth from the ground j 
 Their Families like flocks abound. 
 The Jufl: fliall this with Joy behold •, 
 Th' llnjuft with fear and fliame controll'd. 
 The Wife thefe Changes will record , 
 That they may know and ferve the Lord. 
 
 FSALM CVIIL 
 
 As the 1, Tk ft^ Thoughts the Lord their Obje£l make ^ 
 Before the ruddy Morning fpring , 
 My Glory of his Praifefhall fmg : 
 Awake, my Lute*, my Harp, awake ^ 
 While I to all the World rehearfe 
 His praifes in a living Verfe. 
 
 M 
 
 Thy Mercy (O how great ! ) extends 
 Above the Starry Firmament *, 
 Still unto tender pity bent : 
 
 Thy Truth the foaring clouds tranfcends. 
 Thy Head above the Heavens ere(rt *,: 
 Thy Glory on the Earth refle(fl. 
 
 O hear us, who thy aid implore *, 
 
 And with thy own Right hand defend •: 
 To thy Beloved Succour fend. 
 
 God by his Sanftity thus fwore ^ 
 1 5/ic:fof^j Valley will divide : 
 \vi.SichemsS^oiis be magiiihM., 
 
 Myjiajjeh y 
 
t^e pfalmst of D avid. is^ 
 
 Mamffehj Gileady both are mine : 
 
 Efhraim my Strength, in Battail bold. 
 Thou Judahj (halt my Scepter hold. 
 
 I will triumph o're PaUBwe. j(ri ei r( ^5 J 
 
 Bafe Servitude (hall -^^^^wafte. ^ - "^f 
 
 O're £^ow I my Shooe will call. 'J 
 
 Whowill our forward Troops direct . yj- 
 
 To /2^e? W ftrongly fortifi'd ? [j 
 
 Or into Tandy £5ow guide? ~- \ /: 
 
 Lord, wilt not thou, that didilreje£t, ; '] 
 
 Nor wouldft before our Armies goe , / 
 
 Now lead our Hoft againft the Foe ? ' 1 
 
 When Death and Horrour moft affrighp , 
 
 Do thou our troubled Souls fuftain. I 
 
 For 0> the help of Man is vain I ....._ ,y^ 
 
 Lead-, and we valiantly fhall fight. ^Kj-rbtoiVaf 
 Thy Feet our Foes (hall trample down^ /,,.f/^j jr' 
 Thy Hands our Brows with Conqueft crowti. ..' - ( ) 
 
 TSALM CIX. .inMul 
 
 MY God, my Glory, leave not in Diftrefs^ Asth i. 
 Nor let prevailing fraud the truth opprefc 
 They who delight in fubtilties and wrongs, 
 AfBid me with the poifon of their tongues. 
 With Slander and Detraction gird me round , 
 And would,.without a Gaul'e, my life confound, j 
 Good turns with evil proudly recompence ^ <^ ;^,p/t^ 
 And Love vAth Hate -, ray Merit, my.c&nce: -., -<T 
 But I in thefe Extremes to thee repa ir > .r •• • • :-. -: 
 And pour out rav perplexed Soul in Praver. 
 
 '• ' ' Subjea 
 
ipo n i^arap^jtare upon 
 
 Subjeft him to a Tyrants ftern command ^ 
 Subverting Satan place at his Right hand t, 
 Found guilty, when arraignM : in that fearM time 
 ^ Let his re jcftcd Prayers augment his Crime* 
 
 May he by violence untimely dye > 
 And let another his Command fupply. 
 Let hisdiftreffed Widow weep in vain ^ 
 His wretched Orphans to deaf Ears complain* 
 Let them the wandring Paths of Exile tread ^ 
 And in unpeopled Deferts feek their bread. 
 Let griping lliurers divide his fpoil -^ 
 And Strangers reap the harveft of his toil. 
 
 ?srt u I" '^^s long mifery may he find no Friend j 
 None to his Race fo much as Pity lend. 
 Let his Pofterity be overthrown •, 
 Their Names to the fucceeding Age unknown^ 
 Let not the Lord his Fathers Sins forget ^ 
 His Mothers Infamy before him fet. 
 O let them be the Objeft of his Eye, 
 Till he out-root their hated Memory t 
 That to the wretched would no Mercy (hoW 'i 
 But cruelly purfuM his Overthrow. 
 Laid Trains to kill the Broken and Contrite^ 
 On his own head let his dire Curfes light. 
 He hated Bleffing ; never be he bleft : 
 Let curfmg like a Robe his Loins invcft 5 
 Arrf like a fatal Girdle gird him round y 
 As he with Execrations did abound. 
 Let them like Water in his Bowels boil ^ 
 And cat into his Bones like burning Oyl. 
 Thus let the Lord reward my Enemies , 
 Who feek to blaft me with malicious lies. 
 
 Buti 
 
t^eiatelmstof dayid. 191 
 
 But, Lord, in my deliverance proclame pan j: 
 
 Thy Mercy, for the honour of thy Name. 
 
 For I am poor, with mifery opprcft j 
 
 My wounded heart bleeds in my panting breft, 
 
 I like the Evening fhadow am declined , 
 
 And hke the Locuft, toisM with every wind. 
 
 My feeble Knees beneath their burden bend ^ 
 
 My Flefli with fefting falls, my Bones afccnd. 
 
 Reproacii hath feiz'd on me •, my Foes revile ; 
 
 And in derifion, (hake their heads, andfmile. 
 
 My God, O fnatch me from the fwallowing grave ! 
 
 Thy fervantwith accuftomM Mercy favc: 
 
 That they may know it was thy powerful Hand ^ 
 
 And how I by divine Supportanceftand. 
 
 Still may they vainly curfe whom thou doft bicfsj 
 
 And pine with envy at my good fuccefs. 
 
 Let them be cloth'd with fharae : O be their own 
 
 Confufion on them like a Mantle thrown. 
 
 But I thy praife will duly celebrate ^ 
 
 And to the multitude thy Deeds relate : 
 
 That haft th' affli^led Soul from forrow freed , 
 
 And from their fnares who had his death decreed- 
 
 PSALM CX* 
 
 THe Lord unto my Lord thus fpake , dt the 3 4. 
 
 Sit at my right hand, till I make 
 A Foot-ftool of thy Foes. 
 He will thy Rod from S/'^;; ferid , 
 Unto whofe Power all powers (hall bend , 
 That dare thy Rule oppoie. 
 
 Thy 
 
J9Z 31 parapi^zafe upoit 
 
 ' Thy People willingly fhall pay 
 Their vowsin that triumphant Day , 
 
 With their united Powers: 
 Aray'd in Ephods -^ nor io few 
 As are thofe Pearls of Morning-dew , 
 
 Which hang on Herbs and Flowers. 
 
 He fworeyw^^ never Oath did break , 
 Of th' order of Melchifedeck^, 
 
 That thou a Prieft fhould'ft raign : 
 E^en while the Sun difperft his Light ^ 
 While Moons (hall rule th' alternate Night, 
 
 Or Stars their courfe maintain. 
 
 God, in that Day at thy right hand , 
 Their Blood, who Tyrant-hke command > 
 
 Shall in his fury fpill. 
 He, in his Juftice {hall confound 
 HheHeathen^^nd the purple ground 
 
 With heaps of flaughter fill. 
 
 701UO.I ' .0 '^ JvDt 
 
 Who over manyNati6tr^ fway , 
 And only their own Wills obey , 
 
 Shall fink beneath his rage. 
 Then fhall this all-fubduing King 
 With Water of the Cryftal Ipring 
 
 His burning thirft affwagCe 
 
 TSALM 
 
ti)e i&falmst ct david. 
 
 193 
 
 FSALM CXL 
 
 ■^ ' -^ Y Soul the honour of our King , 
 
 ii=isiEi:liilii=iili:fe 
 
 Shall in the great Affembly fmg. Great are the 
 
 liiiliiiiiiiiiiiiii 
 
 wonders Hehathfhown*, With joy by their 
 
 His glorious deeds all praife 
 O tranfcend j 
 
 
 admirers known. His glorious deeds all praife 
 
ip4 ^ )^atap^?are upon 
 
 tranfcend^ His equal Juflice knows no end. 
 
 Left in eternal Monuments *, 
 
 Whofe Mercy Death and Hell prevents : 
 
 Feeds thofe who fear his Name, and will 
 
 His Promife faithfully fulfill. 
 
 Who planted with a powerful Hand 
 
 His People in this pleafant Land. 
 
 Juft Judgement executes *, direfts 
 
 By facred Laws *, and Truth affefts. 
 
 Thefe fretting Time (hall never waile •, 
 
 But fquar'd by Juftice ever laft. 
 
 His Word to us confirra'd by deed^ 
 
 So often from opprefTion freed. 
 
 His Name is terrible to all : 
 
 His fear is the Original 
 
 Of Wifdom*, and they only wife 
 
 Who make his Laws their Exercife. 
 
 His praife, while men have memory , 
 
 And power of fpeech, {hall never dye. 
 
 FSALM CXH. 
 Hallelii-jah. 
 
 4s th in fTT^Hat man is bleft v\^ho fears the Lord , 
 And cheerfully obeys his W^ord. 
 His Seed (hall flourifh on the Earth -^ 
 Their OfF-fpring happy from their birth. 
 
 Hi?, 
 
 T 
 
t^e lafalms! of D A v i D. 195 
 
 HisHoufe with riches ihall abound : 
 
 His truth with endlefs honour crown'd* 
 
 To him in darknefs light afcends : 
 
 Mild, gracious, juft in all his ends. 
 
 His bounty for the poor provides : 
 
 Difcretion all his a^flions guides. 
 
 No violence fhall caft him down*. 
 
 No time deface his juft renown *-, 
 
 Nor rumours [hake his confidence : 
 
 The Lord his Hope, and ftrong Defence ; 
 
 Confirmed in fearlefs fortitude , 
 
 Till he have all his Foes fubdu'd. 
 
 He the necefTitated feeds. 
 
 The honour of his vertuous Deeds 
 
 Shall live in facred memory ^ 
 
 His Glories (hall afcend on high. 
 
 Th' unjuft inrag'd their teeth fhall grinde , 
 
 And languiOi with the grief of minde: 
 
 Pale envy fhall their fle^l! confurae , 
 
 And all their hopes convert to fame. 
 
 FSALM CXIII. 
 JHtalielH-jah, 
 
 OYou, who ferve the living Lord ^ Anhm 
 
 Due praifes to his Name afford : 
 Now and for ever celebrate f. 
 Let all his noble Acls relate. 
 Even from the purple Morn's uprife , 
 To where the Evening flecks the Skies. 
 All power to his Dominion bends : 
 H is Glorv the bright Stars tranfcends. 
 
 O 2 What 
 
ip5 31 #ai:apt)jiare upon 
 
 what God can be compared with ours ? 
 Who Thron'd in Heavens fuperiour towers 
 Submits himfelf to guide and move 
 All that is done in Heaven above : 
 And from that height vouchfafes to throve 
 His eyes on us, who creep below. 
 The poor he raifeth from the Duft : 
 Even from the Dunghill lifts the Jufl: , 
 Whom he to height of honour brings , 
 And fets him in the Thrones of Kings. 
 He frudlifies the barren Womb *, 
 The Childlefs, Mothers now become. 
 
 HallelH-]ah* 
 
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 PSALM CXIV. 
 
 W.f ihi III W IT T ^^" /T^^^^ l^ft ^1^' Egypian Land , 
 Freed from a tyrannous command °^ 
 God his own People fandifi'd , 
 And he himfelf became their Guide. 
 Th' amazed Seas, this feeing, fled *, 
 And Jor^^^fhrunk into his Head : 
 The cloiidv Mountains skipt like Rams*, 
 The little Hills like frisking Lambs. 
 Recoyling Seas, what caus'd your dread ? 
 Why Jordan^ fhrunk'ft thou to the Head ? 
 Why, Mountains, did you skip like Rams ? 
 And why you little Hills, like Lambs ? 
 Earth, tremble thou before his Face \ 
 Before the God of Jacobs Race *, 
 Who turn'd hard Rocks into a Lake *, 
 When Springs from flinty intrails brake. 
 
 PSALAf 
 
tt)e ^falms of david. 1^7 
 
 TSALM CXV. 
 
 WE nothing can of merit dame : Jsthe$. 
 
 Not for our fakes thy aid afford ^ 
 But for the honour of thy Name , 
 Thy Mercy^ and unfluling Word. 
 Why fhould th' infulting Heathen cry ;, 
 
 Where's now the God they vainly praife ? 
 Our Lord inthron'd above the Skie , 
 
 All underneath at pleafure iwaies. 
 Their Gods but Gold and Silver be ^ 
 
 Made by a frail Artificer : 
 For they have eyes, that cannot fee *, 
 
 Dumb mouths and ears, that cannot hear. 
 Fools on their Altars incenfe throw, 
 
 Who nothing fmell *, their Feet are bound , 
 Nor have they power to move or goe : 
 
 Their throats give paffage to no found. 
 Their hands can neither give nor take *, 
 
 Unapt to punifh or defend : 
 As fenfelefs they who Idols make , 
 
 Or to their carved Statues bend. 
 
 Your hopes on God, O Jfraely place ^ ?an 2. 
 
 He is your Help, and ftrong Defence : 
 Be he, you Priefts of Aarons Race , 
 
 The obje£l of your confidence. 
 In him, all you that fear him, truft ^ 
 
 He fhall protedlyou in diftrefs. 
 The Lord is of his Promife juft , 
 
 And vvill his faithful Servants blefs ; 
 
 O 3 The 
 
ip8 at |9atap]^?are upon 
 
 The Houfe of chofen Jprael^ 
 
 And Aarons holy Family : 
 The poor, and who in power excel ^ 
 
 That love, and on his aid rely. 
 Theyfhall a mighty People grow^ 
 
 Their Children happy from their birth x 
 He will increafe of gifts beftow, 
 
 Whofe hands created Heaven and Earth. 
 He in the Heaven of Heavens refides. 
 
 And over all his Creatures reigns : 
 Among the fons of men divides 
 
 The Earth, and all that Earth contains. ' 
 Who deep within the vaults of Death , 
 
 No Offerings to his Altars bring : 
 O praife his Name, while we have breath *, 
 
 And loudly Halelu-jah fing. 
 
 TSALM CXVL 
 
 JstheA, TV /l^ Soul intirely (hall affect 
 
 The Lord, whofe ears my grones refpe^ 
 Inmifery 
 He heard thy cry, 
 To him thy Prayers direct- 
 
 M^ 
 
 Sorrows of Death my Soul affiiPd ; 
 
 The greedy jaws of Hell prcvail'd : 
 Dcpreft with grief, 
 When all relief, 
 And humane pity faiPd *, 
 
t^e jafalmiBt oE D A v i D. 199 
 
 I cry'd •, My God, O look dn roe ; ' 
 
 T4iou ever Juft, th' affliaed free. 
 
 O from the Grave 
 
 Thy Servant fa ve^ 
 For mercy lives in thee. 
 
 The Innocent, and long diftreft ^ 
 The humble mind by wrongs oppreft ^ 
 Thy Favour ftill 
 Freferves from iti * 
 My Soul then take thy teil* 
 
 God {laid my feet, and dry'd my tears *, 
 Redeemed from Death, and deadly fears : 
 
 That ftill I might 
 
 Walk in his fight , 
 And number many years. 
 
 ThJs with a firm belief Ipray'd: pm a. 
 
 Yet inextreams of trouble faid •, 
 
 All on the Earth 
 
 Of mortal birth , 
 Even all of Lies are made,' 
 
 Whatfhall I unto God reftore 
 For all his Mercies? Fall before 
 
 His holy Throne, 
 
 And him alone 
 With facred Rites adore. 
 
 I will perform my Vows this day , 
 Where they frequent, who God obey. 
 Right precious is 
 The Death of His: 
 He fees, and will repay. 
 
 O 4 Lord, 
 
200 ^ i^arapi^^are upon 
 
 Lord, I am thine, thy Hand-maids Seed j 
 By Thee irom raging Tyrants freed. 
 
 My Prayers (hall rife 
 
 In Sacrifice °, 
 My thanks thy Altar feed. 
 
 I will perform my Vows this day , 
 Wherethey frequent who God obey : 
 Even in his Court *, 
 Within thy Fort, 
 Renowned 5(7/yw^. 
 
 PSALM CXVIL 
 
 jis the 47, "^ "Y Ou Nations of the Earth , 
 
 Our great Preferver praife. 
 All you of humane birth , 
 To Heaven his Glory raife 
 Whofe Mercy hath 
 No end, nor bound : 
 His Promife crown'd 
 With conftant Faith. 
 
 Y 
 
 P 
 
 PSALM cxvriL 
 
 4s the III Tf^Raifeour good God, that King of kings ^ 
 From whom eternal Mercy fprings. 
 Let Ifraely let Aarons Race , 
 Let all that flourifh in his Grace , 
 
 Confefs, that from the King of kings 
 
 Eternity of Mercy fprings. 
 
 He in my trouble heard my Prayers , 
 
 And freed me from their deadly Ihares : 
 
tlje ^falctsi of DAVID. 201 
 
 He fights my Battails *, then how can 
 
 I fear the Power of feeble Man ? 
 
 Aflifts my Friends •, my Enemies 
 
 Shall with their fiaughter feaft mine eyes. 
 
 Far better to have Confidence 
 
 In God, than tri^ft to mans Defence : 
 
 On him much iafer to relie , 
 
 Than on the ftrength of Monarchy. 
 
 The Nations all at once aflail'd ^ 
 
 But by his Aid my Sword prevaiPd. 
 
 Their Armies had befet me round ^ 
 
 I with their Bodies ftrewM the ground. 
 
 Though they like Bees about me iwarra^ 
 
 His holy Name and pow'rful Arm 
 
 Shall foon conilime their numerous powers , 
 
 As Fire the crackling Thorn devours. 
 
 Mad men ! his Fall you feek in vain , p.?? 1 2, 
 
 Whom great Jehovah's Hands fuftain. 
 
 He is my Strength *, his Praife my Song : 
 
 By him preferv'd from powerful Wrong. 
 
 Our Tents with publick Joy (hall ring : 
 
 The Juft of their Deliverance fing. 
 
 He with his own Right hand hath fought •, 
 
 His own Right hand hath Wonders wrought. 
 
 I (hall not dye, but live to praiie 
 
 The Lord, who hath prolong'd my Dales. 
 
 He with his Scourge my Sin corrects ^ 
 
 Yet from the Darts of Death proteds. 
 
 You to his Service fanfflifi'd , 
 
 The Temple Doors fet open wide ^ 
 
 That I may enter in his Name , 
 
 Andcelebrate his glorious Fame. 
 
 Thofeare the Doors, at which all they 
 
 Shall enter, who his Will obey, 
 
 Hi^. 
 
202 ^ ptirapl)2are upon 
 
 ( His Praife with Hymns immortallize ! 
 
 My Saviour, who hath heard ray Cries. 
 
 P(trt s» Xhat Stone the Builders from them caft ^ 
 Is higheft on the corner plac't. 
 God hath reveal'd thefe Myfteries, 
 So fall of Wonder, to our Eyes. 
 This is his Day, a Day of Joy ^ 
 Of everlafting Memory. 
 Great God of gods, thy King prote<n: •, 
 Propitious prove to thy Ele*^:. 
 O bleft be he, whom God fhall fend ! 
 We, who within his Courts attend , 
 You from his Sanftuary blefs ^ 
 And daily pray for your Ibccefs. 
 God, even the Lord, hath fhed his light 
 Into our Souls, and clear'd our fight. 
 Bind to the Altars horns, a Lamb , 
 New-weaned from the bleating Dam. 
 Thou art my God *, my Songs (hall praife , 
 And to the Stars thy Glory raife. 
 Praife our good God, The King of kings ^ 
 From whom eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 TSALM CXIX. 
 
 h tU r. T^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ llndefil'd, who God obey f, 
 
 Seek with their hearts, nor from his Precepts 
 
 dray. 
 No tempting Vice fhall thofe from Virtue 
 draw , 
 Who with unfainting Zeal obferve his Law, 
 
 Lord 5 
 
 B 
 
tt)C J&falms! of DAVID. 203 
 
 Lord, by thy facred Rule my fteps direcH:. 
 Thofe (hall not blulh who thy Commands afFeft. 
 Thy Juftice learnt, my Soul fhall fing thy Praife. 
 jForfake me not, O guide me in thy Waics ! 
 
 Young man, thy Aftions by his Precepts guide : ?art t, 
 ' From thefe let not thy zealous Servant Aide. 
 Thy Word, writ in my heart, (hall curb my Will, 
 O teach me how I may thy Laws fulfill ! 
 Thofe, by thy Tongue pronounc'd, I will unfold. 
 Thy Tcflaments by me more pris'd than Gold. 
 On thefel meditate, admire ^ there fet 
 My Souls delight : thefe never will forget, 
 
 GIMEL. 
 
 O let me live t' obferve thy Laws : mine Eyes Pan 3 
 
 Illuminate to view thofe Myfteries. 
 
 Me, a poor Pilgrim, with thy Truth infpire : 
 
 For whom my Soul even fiiinteth with defire. 
 
 The Proud is curd, w^hofrom thy Precepts ftraies. 
 
 Blefs, and preferve my Soul, which thefe obeies. 
 
 No hare of Princes from thy Law deters : 
 
 My Study, my Delight, ray Counfellers. 
 
 DALETH, 
 
 My dow-n-caft Soul, as thou haft promised, raife, Vah 4. 
 Thou know'ft my Thoughts *, dirccl me in thy w^aies. 
 Inform, and I thy Wonders will profefs. 
 O ftrengthen me, tliat labour in Diftrefs ! 
 Shew thy clear Paths, falfe Errors miftrcmov'd. 
 i have thy choien Truth and Judgements lov'd. 
 
 To 
 
^04 3 i^atapl^iare upon 
 
 To thefe I cleave : O fhield me from Difgrace. 
 Inlarge my heart to run that heavenly race. 
 
 HE. 
 
 P*rt s. Teach thou, and I thy Statutes will obferve ; 
 Nor from that facred Knowledge ever fwerve. 
 My Soul to thofe delightful Paths confine : 
 From Avarice purge, and to thy Laws incline. 
 Divert from vain defires, my darknefs clear ; 
 Confirm the Soul devoted to thy Fear. 
 Free from fear'd fhame: thy Judgements are upright. 
 O quicken me, who in thy Word delight. 
 
 ?4rt 6* His Soul prote^, who on thy Word relies •, 
 And filence my reproachful Enemies. 
 O thou my Hope, in me thy Truth preferve : 
 So j thy Laws for ever fhall obferve ^ 
 Will freely walk in thy afFe£led way : 
 Will boldly before Kings thy Truth difplay. 
 For in thy Statutes I my comfort place ^ 
 Thofe ftudy, love, and with my Soul imbrace, 
 
 ZAJN. 
 
 Qm 7, Jhink of thy Promife, which my Hopes hath fed , 
 All ftorras appeas'd, and rais'd me from the Dead. 
 Nor for proud feoffs have I thy Laws declin'd : 
 Confirm'd, when I thy Judgements call to mind. 
 They, who thy Laws defert, inccnfe my rage : 
 Sung in the manfion of my Pilgrimage. 
 Thy Name, great God, I prais'd, when others flept ", 
 This comfort had, fince I thy Statutes kept. 
 
 CHBTH 
 
tlje idfalmie! of D A v i D. 20 j 
 
 C HE TH, 
 
 Thou art ray Portion : I will thee adore , tan 3, 
 
 Thy Laws obferve, and promis'd Grace implore. 
 
 My Aiflions by thy facred Rules dire£l *, 
 
 And thy Commands with forward Zeal effe£l. 
 
 The Wicked rob *, but I thy Statutes prife : 
 
 At Midnight to applaud thy Juftice rife. 
 
 Who fear and keep thy Laws, fuch are my Friends- 
 
 Inftrudl j thy Mercy through the World extends* 
 
 TETH, 
 
 Thou to thy Servant haft performed thy Word : p^^^ « 
 
 Difcerning knowledge to his Faith afford. 
 Thou Sea of Goodnefs, that my Soul conforms 
 Unto thy Statutes, bv AfBi<^ionsftorms. 
 The Proud, fat at the Hjart, bafe Slanders raife: 
 But I will truft in thy atfefied Waies. 
 Me bleft AffiicHiion to thy Courts hath brought. 
 Thy Laws more pris'd than Ships with treafure 
 fraught. 
 
 JOD. 
 
 Inform me, my Creator, in thy Laws ^ P^,f jc. 
 
 That thine m'ay fee thy Obferver with applaufe. 
 Thou ever juft, in favour doft correct. 
 With promis'd Mercy comfort thine Elect. 
 Tliat 1 may live, who in thy Precepts joy •, 
 Thofe keep : the Proud , who cauilefs hate, deftroy. 
 Who fear and know thy Laws, to me unite : 
 Oj leillperifh., guide m.e by their light ! 
 
 CAFH. 
 
2o6 ai ISarap^jafe upon 
 
 CAPH. 
 
 Fan X I, With Expectation faint, and blind *, yet ftill 
 My Soul expeas. Thy Promife, Lord, fulfill. 
 I, though a bladder, on thy Word depend. 
 Confound my Foes : when (hall my Sorrows end ! 
 The Proud have pitch'd their toils ^ infringed thy 
 Laws : 
 . O facred Juftice, fnatch me from their }aws. 
 They had almoft devoured *, but I afFed 
 Thy Precepts : quicken, and by thofe direa. 
 
 LJMED, 
 
 Bart 1 2. Thy faithful Promifes are fixt above *, 
 
 , Firm as the Poles, or Earth *, which never move : 
 
 By thy eternal Ordinance difpos'd. 
 
 Thy Laws my Life ; elfe Grief my eyes had clos'd^ 
 
 Nor will I thefe forget ^ by thefe renew'd. 
 
 Thy chofen fave, who hath thy Truth purfu'd. 
 
 The Wicked chafe my Soul, which thee obeys. 
 
 Thy Wordfhall iaft, when Heaven and Earth de-^ 
 cays. 
 
 MEM. 
 
 Bm 13. o how I love thy Laws ! thofe exercife ! 
 By them made wiier than my Enemies. 
 More than my Teachers know, more than the Old : 
 With Virtue thefe inflame, from Vice with-hold. 
 That they may guide me, I have cleans'd my Heart : 
 And from thy Preceps never will depart : 
 Then Hermons Honey to my tafte more fweet. 
 By-ways 1 hate *, by thine become difcreet. 
 
tije iSfalms of DAviD. 207 
 
 NVN. 
 
 Thy Word, my Light', a Lamp to guide ray way. P«rM4. 
 I fware t' obfei ve thy Truth, and will not ftray. 
 My wounded Soul with promis'd mercy heal ; 
 Accept my offerings, and thy Will reveal. 
 Although inclos'd with Death*, though Foes have 
 
 laid 
 Snares for my Soul ;, yet have I thee obey'd. 
 My comforts, my eternal Heritage. 
 
 may I keep them, till I die through age. 
 
 SJMECH. 
 
 1 love thy Law *, my hate to fm is great : ^^n i j 
 O thou my hope, my Shield, my fafe retreat ! 
 
 My Willfhall thine obey. Hence you prophane. 
 Lord, fave my Soul, nor let me hope in vain. 
 Uphold :, and I thy Juftice fhall applaud. 
 Thou had intrap'd thy Foes in their own fraud j 
 Caft outlike Drofs. My heart afte£ls thy f)ath , 
 Yet trembles v^^ith the horror of thy wrath. 
 
 AJN. 
 
 O leave me not to my outragious Foes : 'P^^t i s 
 
 Nor to their fcorn ray righteous Soul espofe. 
 Mine Eyes even fail, while I thy aid expcift. 
 Be merciful, and in thy Wayes dire^!^. 
 Inlarge my mind, thy Wayes to underlland : 
 Tistime *, for they infringe thy jull Command , 
 Which more than Gold •, than <3old reHn'd Iprife •, 
 In all upright. Eur hate deceitful lies. 
 
 TE. 
 
2o8 it j&arap]^?afe upon 
 
 ^^ft ly. Thy Word, the Gate of Life, even Babes infpires 
 With Knowledge : this my obfequious Soul ad- 
 mires : 
 This I with thirfty appetite devour. 
 Thy ftreams of Mercy on thy Servant pour. 
 Compofe my fteps : fo (Jiall not fin fubjecl , 
 Nor man opprefs : for I thy Laws afFe<f^. 
 Shine on my Soul *, thy Statutes teach : mine Eyes 
 Shed fhow'rs of tears, vvhen men thy Laws delpifcj 
 
 rSJDDL 
 
 Part 18. As Thou thy Self, fo all thy Laws are juft : 
 Faithful to thofe, who in thy Promife truft. 
 Zeal hath confum'd me, for my Foes neglect 
 Of thy pure Laws, which I in heart affecfl. 
 Thofe toobferve, though mean and fcorn'd, intend. 
 Truth crowns thy Word *, thy Juftice without end.= 
 Thefc in my grief, and trouble comfort give. 
 Inform with Knowledge, that my Soul may live. 
 
 COPH. 
 
 Pan I p. O hear my cries ! prcferve his life, who will 
 Thy La\vs obey, and juft Commands fulfill. 
 My Eyesout-watch the Night •, my cries prevent 
 The early Morn, in due Devotion fpent. 
 Hear, and revive •, thy Juftice execute 
 On lawlefs men : preferve from their purfuit. 
 Thy oft-tri'd Mercy ever is at hand. 
 Thy Judgements on eternal Bafesiland. 
 
 R£SCH. 
 
H)e i&raimis of d A v i d. 20^ 
 
 RESCH, 
 
 Behold my forrows ', patronize my caufc. /* J Van ib; 
 
 rhy Word perform to him, that keeps thy L^s. • i 
 
 Death (hall devour, who thy Commands ncgle(ft. 
 
 rhou, great in Mercy, my fought life protc£l. 
 
 [n all extreams I have thy Will obferv'd : 
 
 Griev'd, v\^hen TranlgrefTors from thy Statutes ; ' 
 
 Iwerv'd. 
 lo me, who love thy Laws, thy Grace extend : 
 rhy Truth began with Time, and knows no end. 
 
 SCHIN. 
 
 lyrants opprefs •, thy Word reftrains my Mind : - Vart t r. 
 
 Wherein I joy, like thofe who Trealiire find. 
 
 Fraud I abhor -^ inaniour'd on thy Waies. 
 
 5even times a Day my Lips thy Juftice praiie. 
 
 IVho love thy Laws, iweet Peace, and Safety Weft. 
 
 [n Thee I hope, nor thy jufi: Will tranfgrefs. 
 
 Ihv Word ohfcrve : thy Statutes I affeft ;, 
 
 Which through theie humane Seas my courfe dire^fl. 
 
 ^.ccept my prayers : with Knowledge^ Lord, indue iy pan i ?. . 
 From Death redeem •, fince to thy Promife ti"ue. 
 rhy Statutes taught,"! will thy Praiit^ refound. 
 rhy Word extol, and Laws w> ith Juftice crown'd. 
 Fhefe are my choice : uphold with thy right Hand ; 
 Who feed on Hope, and jov in thy Command. 
 Prolong mv life, thati thy Praife may fmg. 
 Lord, thy ftri-y'd Sheep back to thy Pafture bring. 
 
 P rSALM 
 
2IO ^ l^arapi^mre upon 
 
 TSALM CXX. 
 
 'ds the <, T"^k Iftj^eft? ^"^ i^ ^^y "^in^^ difmayM , 
 I When deftitute of humane aid , 
 To Thee fuccefsfuUy I pray'd. 
 
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 Lord, (hield mc from the Fraudulent •, 
 From thofe that are on malice bent *, 
 Who envious Calumnies invent. 
 
 O thou falfe tongue, (leep'd in the gall 
 Of Serpents ! what reward, for all 
 Thy mifchief, fhall to thee befall ! 
 
 Like Arrows fhot from Parthian ftrings ^ 
 Fir'd Juniper, and Scorpions ftings •, 
 Such art thou, O thou word of things ! 
 
 Wo's me, that I from Jfrael 
 Exiled, muft in Mefech dwell ^ 
 And in the Tents of Ifmaell 
 
 O how long fliall I live with thofe , 
 Whofefavage minds fweet Peace oppofc-, 
 Where Fury by diffwafmn grows ; 
 
 TSALM CXXI. 
 
 ^nUi^. f-|-^OthcHillsthineEyesereft, 
 Help from thole alone expect. 
 He who Heaven and Earth hath made , 
 Shall from Sion fend thee aid, 
 
 God 
 
 
tl)c jafalmsi of DAVID. 211 
 
 L I ■ ■ <■!■ n i l I Bl W ■ 
 
 God thy ever-watchful Guide , 
 Will not luffer thee to Aide. 
 He, even he, who Jfrael keeps , 
 Never Oumbers, never fleep^. 
 He, thy Guard, wuth Wings difplay^d ^ 
 Shall refrefh Thee in their Shade : 
 Suns ihall not with heat infed , 
 But their temperate beams refled : 
 Nor unwhollom Serene (hall 
 From the Moons moift influence fall. 
 When thou travel'ft on the way , 
 When at home thou fpend'ft the Day , 
 When fweet Peace thy life delights , 
 When imbroyl'd in bloody Fights , 
 God (hall all thy fteps attend , 
 Now, and evermore defend. 
 
 TSALM CXXII. 
 
 O Happy Summons ! to the Court Asth m 
 
 And Temple of the Lord relbrt. 
 Jcrufdemj our Feet (hall tread 
 Within thy Walls : O thou the Head 
 Of all the Earth and Judaioh Throne ^ 
 Three Cities ftronglyjoyn'd m one ! 
 The Tribes in throngs to Thee afcend ^ 
 The Tribes which on the Lord depend i 
 Fat Offerings to his Altar bring , 
 And his immortal Praifes fing. 
 There (hall he his Tribunal place ^ 
 The Judgement-feat of Davids Race. 
 Your joys fhall with your d^.ys rncreafe ^ 
 Who love and pray for SalemsFcdCC, 
 
 P 2 May 
 
212 31 parapi^zafe upon 
 
 May Peace within thy Walls abound ^ 
 
 Thy Palaces with joy reibund : 
 
 Even for my Friends and Kindreds fiike , 
 
 May never War thy Bulwarks fhake : 
 
 Even for the hope of Ifrael, 
 
 And Houfe, where God vouchfafes todwelL 
 
 PSALM CXXIII. 
 
 /Is the 54, ^nr^Hou mover of the rolling Sphears, 
 I I through the Glaffes of my Tears , 
 JL f ^ Thee my Eyes ere£l : 
 
 As Servants mark their Mafters hands 
 As Maids their Miftreffcs commands , 
 And liberty expe^l : 
 
 So we, depreft by enemies , 
 
 And growing troubles, fix our Eyes 
 
 On God, who fits on High : 
 Till he in mercy (hall defcend 
 To give our miferies an end , 
 
 And turn our tears to joy, 
 
 O fave us, Lord, by all forlorn ", 
 The fubje(fl of contempt and fcorn. 
 
 Defend us from their pride , 
 Who live in fluency and eafe *, 
 W^ho with our woes their malice pleafe , 
 
 And miferies deride. 
 
 PSALM 
 
tije piaimi of david. 213 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. • 
 
 But that God fought for us, may IfraeK^^f ^ js the 72. 
 But that God fought for us, in that fad Day , 
 When nnen inflam'd with wrath *, againft us 
 rofe : 
 We had alive been fwallowed by our Foes : 
 Then had we funk beneath the roaring Waves , 
 And in their horrid entrails found our graves : 
 Then had their violence, like torrents pour'd 
 From melting Hills, our wretched lives devoured. 
 O bleft be God ! who hath not given our blood 
 To quench their thirft, nor made our flefh their food. 
 Our Souls, like Birds, have fcap'd the Fowlers Net •, 
 The fnaresarc broke, which for our lives were fet. 
 Our only confidence is in his Name , 
 Who made the Earth, and Heavens immortal frame. 
 
 FSALM CXXV. 
 
 THe\«, who the Lord their Fortrefs make , Js the ^, 
 Shall like the Towers of Sio/7 rife -^ 
 Which dreadful Earth-quakes never fhake , 
 Nor raging tumults of the skies. 
 Lo ! as the Hills of Solyma 
 
 Divine Jerufdem enclofe : 
 So fhall his Angels in the Day 
 
 Of danger, Ihield them from their Foes. 
 The Wicked fhail not long fubjecl: -^ 
 
 Their holy Race-, left through defpair .'J 
 
 They fhould the Laws of God neglecl: , 
 And be as their Commanders are. 
 
 P 3 Lord J 
 
214 3r }^atap]^?are upon 
 
 Lord, to the Good be good *, the Juft 
 Prote£l : Their puni ■ hments increale , 
 
 Who follow their rebellious luft : 
 But crown thy Jfrftel with Peace. 
 
 PSALM CXXVL 
 
 dsiht 111 «|r -jr y*Hen God had our deliverance wrought, 
 \/\f And Sion out of Bondage brought ^ 
 V V Itfeem'dtousaDream*, who were 
 DiftraiSled between Hope and Fear. 
 Then facred Joy fill'd every Breafl: : 
 In flowing Mirth, and Songs expreft. 
 ^ The wondring Heathen oft would fay *, 
 How good ! how great a God have they ! 
 Great things for us the Lord hath wrought j 
 Above the reach of humane thought : 
 We therefore will his praifes fmg. 
 The Remnant, Lord, from Bondage bring \ 
 As Rivers through the parched Sand , 
 Or (how'rs which fall on thirfty land. 
 Who fow in Tears, fhall reap in Joy. • 
 We after long Captivity , 
 ' Unto our native Soil retire *, 
 The fcope and crown of ourdefire. 
 
 PSALM CXXyiL 
 
 4s the 7. ^ Tl Nlefs the Lord the houfe fuftain , 
 
 They build in vain *, 
 In vain they watch, unlefs the Lord 
 The City guard. 
 In vain you rife before the Light , 
 And break theflumbers of thclsfight. 
 
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T f 
 
 t^c #raims! Of david. aij 
 
 ' ■ 1 III I »»^^»W»i^— ^,^,Mi 
 
 In vain the bread of forrow eat , 
 
 Got by your fweat ^ 
 Unlefs the Lord with good luccefs 
 
 Your labours blefs : ^ - - . ^ 
 
 For he all good on his beftows , 
 And crowns their eyes withfweet repofe. 
 
 Increafing fons, his Heritage , 
 
 Renew their age •, 
 The pledges of their fruitful love , 
 
 Given from above : 
 As formidable to the Foe , 
 As Arrows from a Giants bow* 
 
 He is belov'd of God, and blcft 
 
 Above the reft*, 
 Whofe Quivers with fuch Shafts abound ^\ ^ 
 
 By men renown'd : 
 Nor {hal'l his adverfary dread :, 
 When they at the Tribunal plead. 
 
 TSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 HAppy he, who God obeys , JUthti^^ 
 
 Nor from his dire^ion ftrayes : 
 Thou (halt of thy labours feed -^ 
 All (hall to thy wifh fucceed : 
 Like a fair and fruitful Vine , 
 By thy Houie, thy Wife (hall joyn: 
 Sons, obedient to command , 
 Shall about thy Table ftand *, 
 Like green plants of Olives, fet 
 By the moiftning rivulet, 
 
 P 4 He 
 
21 6 M patapi)?afe upon 
 
 He who fears the Power above , 
 Thus fhall profper in his love. 
 God fhall thee from Sion blefs *, 
 Thou {halt joy in the fucccfs 
 Which the Lord will Salem give ^ 
 While thou haft a day to live :. 
 Thou (halt fee our Jjraels peace , 
 And thy childrens large increafe. 
 
 O 
 
 FS^LM CX'^IX. 
 
 '4s the 1 1 T ^"^^ F^ fr^"^ "^y ^^^^y youth have they 
 Affli<^ed me, may Ifraelfny : 
 Oft from my early youth aifeil'd ♦, 
 As oft have their endeavours faiPd. 
 My back with long deep furrows wound -^ 
 As Plow-fhares ear the patient ground. 
 The ever Juft hath broke their bands , 
 And fav'd me from their cruel hands. 
 Let Sio^s Foes with infamy 
 Be clothed, and untimely dye. 
 Be they like Corn on Houfes tops , 
 Which Reapers fickle never crops , 
 Nor Binder in his bofome bears : 
 But withers ftill before it ears. 
 NoTravailer their labours blefs , 
 Nor fay. We wifh you good fucccfs. 
 
 PSJLM 
 
tlje idfalmsfof david. 217 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 Out of the horropr of the Deep , ^^<^* lo. 
 
 Where fear and forrow never deep , 
 To the my cries 
 
 In fighs arife : 
 Lord from defpair thy fervant keep : 
 O lend a gracious ear , 
 And my petitions hear. . 
 
 For if thou fliould'fl: our fins obferve : 
 And punifh us, as we deferve : 
 Not one of all 
 But then muft fall-, 
 Since all from their obedience fwerve : 
 Yet art not thou fevere , 
 That we thy Name might fear. 
 
 Thy Mercies our mifdeeds tranfcend : 
 My hopes upon thy Truth depend : 
 Difconfolate 
 Qn tliee I waite j 
 As weary Centinels attend 
 
 The chearful Morns uprife 
 With long-expcifling eyes. 
 
 O you that are of JacQhs Race , 
 In him your Hopes, and Comforts phKC, 
 Hisprailesfing*, 
 The living Spring 
 Qf Mercy and redundant Grace : 
 For he will Ifracl 
 Redeem fromSin and Hell. 
 
 TSALM 
 
2i8 3K laacap^^are upon 
 
 T 
 
 TSALM CXXXI. 
 
 /f tU^i, ^ I ^ Hon L ord my witnefs art ^ 
 I am not proud of heart •, 
 Nor look with lofty eyes ^ 
 None envy, nor deipile ^ 
 Nor to vain pomp apply 
 My thoughts, nor fore too high : 
 But in behaviour mild •, 
 And as a tender child , 
 Wean'dfrom his Mothers breaft, 
 On thee alone I reft. 
 Olfraely adore 
 The Lord for evermore : 
 Be He the only fcope 
 Of thy unfainting hope. 
 
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 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 Js the 7 2. "^^ Emember David^ Lord ^ remember Thou 
 His Troubles-, thy Redemptions *, and the 
 
 Vow 
 He to the mighty God of facob made *, 
 Bound by an Oath ^ and in thefe words convey'd : 
 No Roof fhall cover mc, nor fweet repofe 
 Refrefh my Limbs, or deep ray eye-lids dofe , 
 Till I have found a place for his abode *, 
 Even for the Temple of the living God. 
 The Ark, we heard, in E^hrata long ftood *, 
 And found it in the valley cloth'd with Wood. 
 We will into thy Tabernacle go , 
 And there our felves before thy Foot-ftool throw. 
 
 Afcend 
 
t\)z idfaimjB! of D A V I D. 21^ 
 
 Afcend to thy eternal Reft at length •, 
 Thou, and the Ark of thy admired ftrength. 
 O let thy Priefts becloth'd withfandity , 
 And all thy Saints fing with triumphant joy : 
 For Davids fake, receive into thy Grace : 
 From thy Anointed never turn thy Face. 
 For thus thou fwor'ft who never wilt forget ^ 
 Thy Son fhall long pofTefs thy royal Seat: 
 And if thy Children my commands obierve , 
 Nor from the rules of my prefcription fwerve •, 
 Their OfF-fpring {hall the Hehrevf^ Scepter fway , 
 Even while the Sun illuminates the Day. 
 For Sicn I have chofen *, Sion g reat 
 In my affections •, my eternal Seat. 
 I will abundantly increafe her ftore ^ 
 And with the flow'r of Wheat fuftain her poor : 
 Her Priefts (hall bleffings to her People bring ; 
 Her joyful Saints in facred meafures fmg. 
 There fhall the Horn of D^W^ frefhly fprout^ 
 Their lamp of glory never (hall burn out : 
 His Diadem fhall flourifh on his head : 
 But Nets of fhame his Foes (hall over-fpread. 
 
 FSALM CXXXIII. 
 
 OBIeil eftate ! bled from above! ^s th 1 1 1 
 
 When Brethren joyn in mutual love. 
 Tis like the precious Odors flicd 
 On confecrated Akrons head : 
 ^hich trickled from his Beard and Breail ^ 
 Down to the borders of his Veft. 
 Tis like the pearls of Dew that drop 
 Dn fhrmcns ever-fragrant top : 
 
 Or 
 
220 31 )^arap]^?are upon 
 
 Or which the fmiling Heavens diftill 
 On happy Sions iacred Hill. 
 For God hath there his f^ivours plac't , 
 And joy, which (hall for ever lall. 
 
 Y 
 
 PSJLM CXXXIV. 
 
 Af the 47. ^f T'OU'f who the Lord adore , 
 And at his Altar wait *, 
 Who keep your watch before 
 The threfhold of his Gate ^ 
 His praifes fing 
 • By filent Night , 
 
 Till cheerful light 
 In th' Orientfpring. 
 
 Your hands devoutly raife 
 
 To his divine Recefs *, 
 The Worlds Creator praife , 
 And thus the People blefs j 
 The God of Love , 
 From Sions Towers , 
 To you and yours 
 Propitious prove. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 . , j^"^^ You, who Ephods wear and Inccnfc fling 
 ^^^ ' m g^^ facred flames *, Jehovah's praifes fing. 
 ^^_^_^ You, who his Temple guard, O celebrate 
 His glorious Name -^ his noble A(fl:s relate. 
 How great a joy with fuch iincere delight 
 To crown the Day, and entertain the Night ! 
 
 Foi? 
 
t^e i&falms of D A v i D. 221 
 
 For Jfrael is his choice *, and Jacobs Race 
 
 His treafure, and the obje£tof his Grace. 
 
 In power how infinite ! how much before 
 
 Thofe mortal gods^ whom frantick men adore ! 
 
 All on his Will depend *, all homage owe, 
 
 In Heaven, in Earth, and in the Depths below. 
 
 At his command exhaled Vapors rife , 
 
 And in condenled clouds oblcure the Skies. 
 
 From thence, in fhow'rs He horrid Lightning flings ^ 
 
 And from their Caves the ftruglingTempefts brings. 
 
 He the firft-born of Men and Cattle (lew *^ 
 
 Frefh ftreams of blood the Towns and Plains imbrew* 
 
 Th' Inhabitants that drink of Nilns flood , 
 
 At his confounding Wonders trembling flood. 
 
 Great Princes, who excelled in fortitude , Van i, 
 
 And mighty Nations by h.\s power fubdu'd. 
 
 Strong SihoHy whom the Amor it es obey'd •, 
 
 And (IrcnuousC?^, who ^^.7;^/-?^ Scepter fway'd *, 
 
 With all the Kingdoms of the Cm^anites^ 
 
 Who to the Conquerours refign their rights : 
 
 To whom he their difmantlcd Cities grants , 
 
 And in thole fruitful fields Vvh Hebrews plants. 
 
 Thy Name (hall laft unto Eternity \ 
 
 And thy immortal Fame (hall never dye. 
 
 Thou doft thy Servant pardon and prote<^ *, 
 
 Advance the Humble, and the Proud dejeift. 
 
 Thofe helplel's gods, ador'd in foreign Lands , 
 
 Are Gold and Silver *, wrought by humane hand? : 
 
 Blind Eyes have they, deaf Ears,-T:ill filent Tongues : 
 
 Nor breath exhale from their unaiTbive Lungs. 
 
 Who made, reiemblc them •, and fucli -ire thofe , 
 
 Wlio in fuch fenfelefs ilocks their hopes repofe. 
 
 O praife the Lord, vou who from Jpriid Ipring ^ 
 
 His Praifes, O vou Sons of Jaron^ fin^' : 
 
 You 
 
222 
 
 311 ^arap})?are upon 
 
 You of the Houfe of Levi praife his Name : 
 All you who God adore, his Praife proclaime. 
 From 5/^;^ praife the only Good and Great j 
 Who in JerHfalem hath fixt his Seat. 
 
 Camas, 
 
 Bajfm, 
 
 rSALM CXXXVI. 
 
 -*• He Bounty of Jehovah praife : This 
 
 »||:5:::|::|:|:|::Ie±::^ 
 
 iiiiiiiiiliiiliiiii 
 
 God of gods all Scepters fways. Thanks to the 
 
 Lord of lords afford *, And his amazing Wonders 
 blaze : For from the King of kings E-ter-nal 
 
 iiiiiiiiiliiiliiiii 
 
 Mercy 
 
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tDc i&falmjat of david. 223 
 
 0. 
 
 mmtmmmmma 
 
 Mercy fprings. 
 
 Him praife, who frani'd the arched Sky *, 
 Thof e Orbs that move lb orderly. 
 Firm Earth above , 
 The Floods that move 
 Difplay'd, and rais'd the Hills on high. 
 For from the King of kings 
 Eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 Who Sun and Moon informed with Light , 
 To guide the Day, and rule the Night : 
 The fixed Stars, 
 And Wanderers 
 Created by divine fore-fight. 
 
 For from the King of kings . 
 Eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 The firft-born of zAlgyftians^iQyf ^ 
 Whofe wounds the thirfty Earth irabrew : 
 And from that Land , 
 With powerful hand , 
 Th* oppreffed fens of Jacob drew. 
 For from the King of kings 
 Eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 The parted Seas before them fled , 
 Who in their empty chanels tread ; 
 
 The 
 
224 ^ ^wnplimit tipDti 
 
 The joyning waves , 
 <t/£gypian graves : 
 And his through food-Iefs Defertsled. 
 For from the King of kings 
 Eternal mercy fprings. 
 
 Who numerous Armies put to flight ^ 
 And mighty Princes flew in fight : 
 Og proftrate laid , 
 Who5^JJj^;?fwai'd ^ 
 And Sihm the crown'd Amorite, 
 
 For from the King of kings 
 Eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 By his ftrong hand thofe Giants fell ^ 
 And gave their Lands to Ifrael : 
 
 Confirm'd by deed 
 Unto their Seed : 
 Who in their conquered Cities dwell. 
 For from the King of kings 
 Eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 Remembrcd us in our diftrefs ^ 
 And freed from thofe, who did opprefs* 
 He food doth give 
 To all that live. 
 The God of Heaven, O Ifrael, biefs. 
 For from the Kmg of kings 
 Eternal Mercy fprings. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. 
 
 '^^'^*^' As oni://pk/z^^jfIiadybanks welay, 
 \J_^ A nd there, O Sio??^ to thy A flies pay 
 Our funeral tears : our filent Harps , unllrung , 
 And unregarded, on the Willows hung. Lo , 
 
tlje idfalmiBi of david. 225 
 
 Lo, they who had thy deibhition wrought, 
 
 And captivM Jitdah unto Babd brought , 
 
 Deride the tears w^hich from our Sorrows fpring •, 
 
 And iky in fcorn, A Song of Sion^mg. 
 
 Shall we prophane our Harps at their command ?, : 
 
 Or holy Hymn^fmg in a forrcin Land ? 
 
 O Solyma ! thou that art now become 
 
 A heap of ftonqs, and to thy Mf a Tomb ! 
 
 When I forget thee, ray dear Mother, let 
 
 My fingers their melodious skill forget : 
 
 When I a joy disjoyn'd from thine, receive^ 
 
 Then may my tongue unto my palate cleave; 
 
 Remember Edomy Lord *, their cruel pride , 
 
 Who in the Sack of wretched Salem cry'd , 
 
 Down with their Build ings,rafe them to the ground. 
 
 Nor let one Stone be on another found. 
 
 ThoM Babylon^ whofe Towers now touch the Skye , 
 
 Thatfhortly fhaltas low in ruins lye ; 
 
 O happy ! O thrice happy they, who fhall 
 
 With equal cruelty revenge our {all ! 
 
 Thatdafti thy Child rens brains againft the ftones : 
 
 And without pity hear their dying groans. 
 
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 TSALM CXXXVIIi. 
 
 Y Soul, applaud our glorious King ; ^,- tie 4^; 
 Before the Gods his praifes fing : 
 His Mercy an eternal Spring. 
 
 For this, on confecrated ground 
 Will I. adore •, thy Truth I'efound ; 
 Thy Word above all Names renown'd. 
 
 Thou heard'il me, when to thee I citM "- 
 
 When Danger charg'd on cvei^fide *, 
 By thee confirm'd and fortifi'd.' 
 
 Q. AU 
 
116 n l^afap^^are upon 
 
 All thofe, who awful Scepters bear , 
 When they of thy Performance hear, 
 Shall worfhip thee with reverent fear. 
 
 They (hall his Truth and Mercy praife , 
 Who all the World with Juftice fwaies *, 
 Whofe Wonders Adoration raife. 
 
 Although inthron'd above the Skies , 
 He on the lowly cafts his eyes , 
 But doth the Infolent defpife. 
 
 Though ftorms of Troubles me inclofe •, 
 Yet thou (halt lave me from my Foes , 
 And raife me in their overthrows. 
 
 For God his Promife will effect t, 
 The Faithful faithfully protect *, 
 Nor ever his own Choice re jed. 
 
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 FSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 '4.^ th I XI ^"J^Hou know'ft me, O thou only Wife j 
 Seed when I fit, and when I rife *, 
 Can'ft my concealed thoughts difclofe ", 
 Obferv'ft my Labours and Repofe *, 
 
 Know'ft all my Counfels, all my Deeds , 
 
 Each word which from my Tongue proceeds : 
 
 Behind, before, by thee inclos'd *, 
 
 Thy Hand on every part impos'd. 
 
 Such knowledge my capacity 
 
 Tranlcends *, fo wonderful, fo high ! 
 
 O which way (ball I take ray flight ? 
 
 Or where conceal me from thy fight ? 
 
 Afccnd I Heaven , Heaven is thy Throne : 
 
 Dive I to Hell ; tbei-e art thou known, Shoulc 
 
t^eiafatmg of david. 227 
 
 Should I the Mornings wings obtain , 
 
 And flie beyond th' Hefferian Main ^ 
 
 Thy powerful Arm would reach me there , 
 
 Reduce, and curb me with thy fear. 
 
 Were 1 involv'd in (hades of Night ^ 
 
 That Darknefs would convert to Light. 
 
 What Clouds can from difcovery free ! 
 
 What Night, wherein thou canft not fee ! 
 
 The Night would fhine likes Dayes clear flame -^ 
 
 Darknefs and Light, to Thee the fame. 
 
 Thou fift'ft my reins, even thoughts to come : 
 
 Thou doth'dft me in my Mothers womb. 
 
 Great God, that haft fo ftrangely rais'd ... 
 
 This Fabrick, be thou ever prais'd. 
 
 O full of Admiration P^*-* »' 
 
 Are thefe thy Works ! to me well -known; 
 
 My Bones were to thy viewdifplaid , 
 
 When I in fecret (hades w%is made *, 
 
 When wrought by thee with curious art , 
 
 As in the Earths inferiour part. 
 
 On me, an Embryon,didft thou look : 
 
 Mv members written in thy Book 
 
 Before they were : which perfed grew 
 
 In time, and open to the view. 
 
 Thy Counfels admirable are^ 
 
 And yet as infinite as rare. 
 
 O could I number them, far more 
 
 Than Sands upon the murmuring fhore !" 
 
 When I awake, thy Works again 
 
 My thoughts with wonder entertain. ^ 
 
 The Wicked thou wilt furely kill. 
 
 Hence you, who blood withpleafure fpilL 
 
 Their tongues thy Majefty profane \ 
 
 Thev take thv facred Name in vain. 
 
 Q 2 Lortj; 
 
228 a i&arap ]^zafe upon 
 
 Lord, hate notlthy Enemies ? 
 And grieve, when they againft thee rife ? 
 I hate them with a perfeifl hate *, 
 And, as my Foes, would ruinate. 
 Search ?,m explore my heart : O try 
 My thoughts, and their Integrity. 
 Behold, if I from Virtue ftray : 
 And lead in thy eternal Way. 
 
 TSALM CXL. 
 
 'dsthtj^: '^ Ord, fave me from the Violent •, 
 
 From him who takes delight in ill : 
 Whofe heart Deceit and Mifchief fill 
 On bloody War and Outrage bent. 
 
 L 
 
 Their wounding Tongues, like Serpents wh'tt ; 
 
 Poyfon of Afps their Lips inclofe. 
 
 O fave from fierce and Wicked Foes ", 
 Who toils, to overthrow me, fet ! 
 
 The Proud have hid their cords and fnares ^ 
 Spread all their Nets •, their Gins have laid. 
 To God, Thou art my God, I faid ^ 
 
 O gemly hear thy Suppliant's prayers. 
 
 My ftrong ■ referver in the fight , 
 As with a Helm, my head defends- 
 Let not the Wicked gain their ends ^ 
 
 Lord, left their pride rife with their might. 
 
 Themfelves let their own Slanders wound ; 
 
 Deftroy Him who their fory leads. 
 
 Let burning coals fall on their heads ^ 
 And quenchlefs flames imbrace them round. 
 
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 Caft them into the Depths below *, 
 
 From thence, O Rever let them rife ! 
 
 Let Death the Slanderer furprile •, 
 And Milchief falvage Wrath o'rethrow. 
 
 God to th' AflBicled aid will give *, 
 
 The Poor defend from Death and Shame. 
 
 The Juftfhall celebrate thy Name ^ 
 And ever in thy Prefence live. 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 TO Thee I ciy *, Lord, hear my cries •, Ai the li. 
 
 O come with Ipeed unto my aid \ 
 Let my fad Prayers before Thee rife , 
 Like Incenfe on the Altar laid , 
 Or as when I, with hands difplaid , 
 Prefent my Evening Sacrifice. 
 
 Before my mouth a Guardian fet^ 
 
 My Lips with barrs of Silence clofe. 
 O let me not thy Laws forget *, 
 
 And wickedly combine-v;ith thofe , 
 
 Who Thee, and all that's good, oppofe ^ 
 Nor of their deadly Dainties eat. 
 
 But let the Juft wound and reprove ^ 
 
 Such ftripes and checks, an argument 
 Of their fmcere and prudent love ;, 
 
 Like Odours of a fragrant Scent , 
 
 Pour'd on my head, no breaches rent. 
 My praya-s fhall for their fafety mave. 
 
 Mongft Rocks their Chiefs in ambuQi lye , 
 Yet have ray faff'rings underftood. 
 
 Ct 3 Our 
 
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 Our fevered bones are fcattered by 
 
 The mouths of graves, like clefts of Wood. 
 Lord, fave from thofe, that hunt for blood : 
 
 On Thee with faith I caft mine eye. 
 
 O from their Machinations free , 
 That would my guiltlels Soul betray •, 
 
 From thofe who in my wrongs agree , 
 And for my life their engins lay. 
 May they by their own craft decay *, 
 
 But let me thy Salvation fee. 
 
 TSALM CXLII. 
 
 V y Pour'd out my tears. 
 
 My cares and fears *, 
 My wrongs before him laid. 
 
 My fainting fpirits almoft fpent ; 
 He knew the path in which I went. 
 
 Yet in my way 
 
 Their fnares they lay , 
 With mercilefs intent. 
 
 My Eyes I round about me throw , 
 None fee, that will th' Oppreffed know ^ 
 
 No refuge left :, < 
 
 Of hope bereft ^ 
 Vain pity none bcftow. 
 
 Then unto God I cry'd , and faid , 
 Thou art my Hope, and only Aid ^ 
 The Portion 
 1 build upon ^ 
 While with frail flciii ^raid. O 
 
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 O Sourfe of Mercy, hear my cry , 
 Left I with wafting forrow die : 
 
 Shield from my foes , 
 Who now inciofe ^ 
 Since of more ftrength than L 
 
 My Soul out of this Prifon bring , 
 That I may praife thee, O my King. 
 Who truft in thee , 
 Shall compafs me , 
 And of thy Bounty fmg. 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. • 
 
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 LOrd , to my cries afford an ear , 4s th 3 ^J 
 
 Th'affliaedhear^ 
 According to thy Equity , 
 And Truth reply ; 
 Nor prove fevere : for in thy fight 
 None living (hall be found upright. 
 
 The Foe my Soul befiegeth round , 
 
 Strikes to the ground : 
 In darkneis hath inveioped , 
 
 Like men long dead : 
 My mind with forrow overthrown ^ 
 My heart within me ftupid grown. 
 
 I call to mind thofe ancient Dales 
 
 Fill'd with thy praife : 
 Thy Works alone poffefs my thought , ■ 
 
 With wonder wrought. 
 To thee I ftretch my zealous Hand j 
 Defir'dlike rain by thirfty land. 
 
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 ?am. Approach with fpeed ^ my Spirits fail : 
 ' Thy Face unveil ; 
 
 Leaft I forthwith grow like to thofe , 
 Whom graves inclofe. 
 O let me of thy Mercy hear ^ 
 Before the morning Sun appear. 
 
 My God, thou art the only fcope 
 Of all my hope : 
 
 O fliew me thy prefcribed way , 
 
 Leftlfhouldftray. 
 
 For to thy Throne I raife mine eyes ^ 
 
 My Soul, and all my faculties. 
 
 Save from my Foes : to Thee loe I 
 Forrefugeflie: 
 
 Inform me, that I may fulfill 
 
 Thy facred Will. 
 
 My God, let thy good Spirit lead , 
 • That in thy paths my Feet may tread. 
 
 Ofor thy Honour quicken me , 
 
 Whotruftinthee: 
 
 Out of thefe Straights, for Juftice fake , 
 Thy Servant take. 
 
 In mercy cut thou off my Foes , 
 
 Whofe hate hath multiply'd my woes. 
 
 FSALM CXLIV. 
 
 Asthe in ^*|—\He Lord, my Strength, be only prais'd j 
 The Lord, who bath my courage rais'd : 
 In doubtful Battle given me might. 
 And skill how to direc% and fight. 
 
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 My Fautor, Fortrefs, high-built Tower ^ 
 My Rock, Redeemer, Shield and Power; 
 My only Confidence *, whoftill 
 Subjedls mv People to my will. 
 Lord, what is Man, or his frail Race , 
 That thou Ihould'ft fuch a vapour grace ! 
 Man nothing is but vanity •, 
 A fhadow fwiftly gliding by. 
 Great God, ftoop from the bending Skies , 
 The Mountains touch, and Clouds fhall rife ; 
 From thence thy winged Lightning throw ; 
 Rout and confound the flying Foe ; 
 Stretch down thy hand, which only faves , 
 And fnatch me from the furieus Waves. 
 Free from rebellious Enemies , 
 Inur'd to perjuries and lies : 
 Their Hands defil'd with fraud and wrong. 
 Then will I in a new-made Song , 
 Unto the foftly-warbling firing , 
 Of thy Illuftrious Praifes fmg. 
 
 Thou Kings preferv'ft ; haft me preferv'd ; part 1. 
 
 Even David ^ who thy Will obferv'd , 
 
 Free from rebellious Enemies , 
 
 Inur'd to perjuries and lies : 
 
 Foul deeds their violent hands defile ; 
 
 Hands prone to treachery and guile : 
 
 That in their Youth our Sons may grow 
 
 Like Lawrel Groves ^ our Daughters fhow 
 
 Like polifh'd pillars deck'd with Gold ; 
 
 Which high and Royal roofs uphold : 
 
 Our Magazines abound with Grain , 
 
 Provifion of all forts contain : 
 
 Increafmg Flocks our Paftures fill , 
 
 And well-fed Steers the Fallows till : 
 
 That 
 
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 That no incurfions Peace affright ^ 
 No Armies joyn in dreadfiil fight y 
 No daring Foe our Walls inveft , 
 Nor fearful (hrieks difturb our reft, 
 Bleft People ! who in this eftate 
 In joy your felves without debate : 
 And happy, O thrice happy they , 
 Who for their God, the Lord obey ! 
 
 TSALM CXLV. 
 
 A^^em T Sti« willof thyGloryfing; 
 
 ■ Thy Name extoll, my God, ray Kmg. 
 JL No day {hall pafs without thy praife *, 
 
 Prais'd while the Sun his Beams difplays. 
 Great is the Lord, whofe praife exceeds : 
 Infcrutable are all his Deeds. 
 One Age (hall to another tell 
 Thy Works, which fo in power excell. 
 The Beauty of thy Excellence , 
 And Oracles intrance my Senfe. 
 Men (hall thy dreadful A^s relate % 
 My Verfe thy Greatnefs celebrate *, 
 To memory thy Favours bring , 
 And of thy noble Jufticefmg. 
 For in Thee Grace and Pity live ^ 
 To anger flow, fwift to forgive. 
 All on thy Goodnefs, Lord, depend : 
 Thy Mercies all thy Works tranfccnd ; 
 Even all thy Works fhall praife thy Name ^ 
 Thy Saints (hall celebrate the fame : 
 Of thy far-fpreading Empire fpeak ^ 
 Thy Power, to which all Powers are weak : 
 
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 To make thy Afts to Mortals known, 
 And glory of thy awfdl Throne. 
 
 Thy Kingdom never (hall have end : part 2. 
 
 Thy Rule beyond Times flight extend. 
 
 The Lord (hail thole, who fall, fuftain \ 
 
 And Souls dejefted raife again. 
 
 All feek from Thee their livelyhood ^'', 
 
 Thou in due feafon giv'ft them food : 
 
 Thy liberal Hand, Men, Birds, and Beafts, 
 
 Even all that live, with plenty feafts. 
 
 The Lord is Jufl: in all his Waies , 
 
 Who Mercy in his Works difplaies*, 
 
 Is prefent by his power with all , 
 
 Who on his Name fmcerely call : 
 
 For he will their defires effe^ -, 
 
 Regard their cries *, from Foes proted. 
 
 Who love Him, Safety (hall enjoy : 
 
 The Lord the Wicked will deftroy. 
 
 My Tongue his Goodneis(hall proclame. 
 
 Man-kind, for ever praiie his Name. 
 
 FSALM CXLVI. 
 
 OMy Soul, praife thou the Lord : ^.' ^^e is, 
 
 Whilft thou iiv'ft, his praife record. 
 Whilft I am, eternal King , 
 I wiliof thypfaifesfmg, 
 O, no hope in Princes place *, 
 Truft in none of humane race ^ 
 Who can give no help at all , * 
 
 Nor prevent his proper fall. 
 
 When 
 
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 When his parting breath expires , 
 He again to Earth retires. 
 Ev'n in that uncertain day 
 AH his thoughts with him decay,. 
 Happy he, whom God protefts ; / 
 He, on whom his Grace reflefts. 
 Happy he, who plants his truft 
 On the only Good and Juft. 
 He who Heavens blew Arch difplay'd ; 
 He who Earths Foundation laid ; 
 Spread the Land-imbracing Main ; 
 Made whatever all contain : 
 True to what his Word profeft 5 
 He revengeth the oppreft ; 
 Hungry Souls with food lb ftains. 
 And unbinds the Prifoners chains : 
 To the blind reftores his fight ; 
 Rears, who fall by wicked might. 
 Righteoufnefs his Soul affedls. 
 Friendlefs Strangers he protects ^ 
 Widdows, and the Fatherlefs ; 
 Thofe confounds whothefeopprefs. 
 Zion, God, thy God fhall raign , 
 While the Poles their Orbs fuftain. 
 Ha/le/u-jah, 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 dfs the in ']pEhovah praife with one confent. 
 
 How comely ! fweet ! how excellent , 
 To fing our great Creators praife ! 
 Whofe hands late ruin'd Salem raife , 
 Collefting fcattcrcd//r^c/. 
 That they in their own Towns may dwell : 
 
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 He cures the forroWs of our minds ; 
 
 Our wounds imbalms, and Ibftly binds. 
 
 He numbers Heavens bright-lparkling Flames , 
 
 And calls them by their leveral Names. 
 
 Great is our God , and great in might ; 
 
 His Knowledge O moft infinite ! 
 
 The Humble unto Thrones ere^s ; 
 
 The Infolent to Earth deje^^s. 
 
 Prefent your thanks to our great King ; 
 
 On folemn Harps his Praifes fmg ; 
 
 Who Heaven with gloomy Vapors hides , 
 
 And timely Rain for Earth provides. 
 
 With grafs he clothes the pregnant Hills , 
 
 And hungry beafts with Herbage fills. 
 
 He feeds the Ravens croaking brood , 
 
 (Left by the Old) that cry for food. 
 
 He cares not for the ftrength of Horfe , part tl 
 
 Nor mans ftrong limbs^ and matchlefs force : 
 
 But thofe affe^ls, who in his Path 
 
 Their feet dire£l with conftant Faith. 
 
 OSolymn^ Jehovah pfaife ; 
 
 To God thy Voice, O Sion^ raife : 
 
 Who hath thy City fortify'd ; 
 
 Thy ftreets with Citizens iupply'd % 
 
 Firm peace in all thy borders itt , 
 
 And fed thee with the flower of Wheat. 
 
 He fends forth his Commands, which flie 
 
 More fwift than Lightning through the Skie : 
 
 The Snow-like Wool on Mountains fpreads ; 
 
 And hoary Frofts like Afncs fheds ; 
 
 While iblid Floods their courfe refrain , 
 
 What Mortal can his cold fuftain ? 
 
 At his Command, by Wind and Sun 
 
 Diffoh'd th' unfetter'd River<^ run. 
 
 His 
 
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 His Laws to Jacob he hath fhown •, 
 His Judgements are to Ifraelknown. 
 Not fo with other Nations deals , 
 From whom his Statutes he conceals. 
 
 TSALM CXLVllh 
 
 4s the 2^, ^T "TOu, who dwell above the Skies , 
 y^ Free from humane miferies; 
 M You whom higheft Heaven imbowers , 
 Praile the Lord with all your powers. 
 Angels, your clear Voices raife ^ 
 Him you Heavenly Armies praife : 
 Sun, and Moon with borrow'd light *, 
 All youfparkling Eyes of Night : 
 Waters hanging in the air *, 
 Heaven of Heavens his Praife declare. 
 His deferved Praife record *, 
 His, who made you by his Word ^ 
 Made you evermore to laft , 
 Set your bounds not to be paft. 
 Let the Earth his Praife refound : 
 Monftrous Whales, and Seas profound ^ 
 Vapors, Lightning, Hail, and Snow, 
 StornK, which when he bids them, blow : 
 Flowry Hills, and Mountains high j 
 Cedars, neighbours to the Skie *, 
 Trees that fruit in feafon yield •, 
 All the Cattle of the Field ^ 
 Salvage beafts *, all creeping things ; 
 All that cut the Air with wings. 
 You who awful Scepters Ivvay •, 
 You inured to ohev :, Princes 
 
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 Princes, Judges of the Earthy 
 All of high and humble birth; 
 Youths, and Virgins, flouriihing 
 In the beauty of your fpring : 
 You who bow with Ages weighty 
 You, who were but born of late : 
 Praife his Name wnth one confent : 
 O how great ! how excellent ! 
 Than the Earth profounder far ; 
 Higher than thehigheftftar. 
 He will his to honour raife. 
 You his Saints, reibund his Praife ; 
 You who are of JacobsKsiCCj 
 And united to his Grace. 
 Hailelu'jah, 
 
 rSALM CXLIX. 
 
 TO the God, whom we adore, ^^^^ _ 
 
 Sing a Song unfung before : 
 His immortal Praife re^earfe , 
 Where his Holy Saints converfe. 
 Ifrael^ O tliou his Choice , 
 In thy Makers Praiie rejoyce : 
 Ziom Sons, rejoyce, and ung 
 To the Honour of your King. 
 In the Dance his Praife refound ; 
 Strike the Harp, let Timbrels found, 
 God in Goodneis infinite, 
 In his People takes delight. 
 God with fafety will adorn 
 Thofe, whom men afllicl with fcorn. 
 Let his Saints in glory joy -^ 
 Sing as in their Beds they lye : 
 
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 rtighly praife the living Lord *, 
 ArraM with their two-edged Sword , 
 All the Heathen to confound -, 
 And the Nations bordering round ^ 
 Binding all their Kings with cords 5 
 Fettring their captived Lords : 
 That they in divine purfuit ^ 
 May his Judgements execute ^ 
 As 'tis writ, luch Honour ihall 
 Unto all his Saints befall 
 
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 PSALM CL. 
 
 Hallelfi-jah, 
 
 '/k tie 2p. "J^Raife the Lord inthron'd on high ^ 
 ^Praife him in his Sanftity ', 
 
 Praife him for his mighty Deeds; 
 
 Praife him who in Power exceeds ^ 
 Praife with Trumpets, pierce the Skies ., 
 Praife with Harps and Pfalteries *, 
 Praife with Timbrels, Organs, Flutes *, 
 Praife with Violins, and Lutes ; 
 Praife, with filver Cymbals fmg ; 
 Praife on thofe which loudly ring. 
 Angels, all of humane birth , 
 Praife the Lord of Heaven and Earth. 
 
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