THE PSALMS of DAVID Translated Into LYRICK-VERSE, according to the scope, of the ORIGINAL.  
And Illustrated, with a Short Argument, and a brief Prayer, or Meditation; before, & after, every Psalm.  
By GEORGE WITHER.  
Imprinted In the netherlands By Cornelis Gerrits van Breughel. M. DC. XXXII.   

To the MAJESTY of the most Virtuous and high-born Princess ELIZABETH PRINCESS of Great Britain, QUEEN of Bohemia, COUNTESS of the Palatinate of the Rhine etc.  
Most excellent Princess  
I May fail in Vulgar Titles; But, in my valuation of your heroïcal Virtues, I cannot be deceived. Therefore, I am the less curious in common Attributes. For, those Accomplishments, which in my repute, are your greatest glory, are well manifest in that, which is the greatest temporal honour; even in those Virtues, which have conquered a Kingdom for you, in the hearts of many millions of people: And procured you thousands of affectionate servants (who never saw your Majestive) Not only in your own Territories, and in the Dominions of your Friends; But, in the Cities & Kingdoms of your Enemies also: And, they who are unwilling to confess this, to give you honour; have honoured you, in discovering it by their envy.  
Among those, who are in Affection, your Ma. ties loyal servants, I am one: and, in my own Country, great multitudes have taken notice of a special Obligation, which I had, above many others, to honour & serve you. For, I do hereby most humbly, & thanckfully acknowledge; that, when my overforward Muse first fiutterd out of her nest, She obtained the preservation of her endangered Liberty, by your gracious favour: and perhaps, escaped also, thereby, that Pinioninge, which would have marred her flying forth, for ever after.  
Which extraordinary Clemency (in so great a Princess, to a person so undeservinge) did not only much magnify your nobleness, in the opinion of others, but so chained my hart also, to the love of your princely Goodness; that (although I was hitherto compelled to smother my unprofitable thankfulness in my breast, because I wanted means to discover it according to my desires) I have eversince, been spiritually present with your Ma. tie (& with God, for you, by my Prayers) in all your Afflictions, & Exaltations. And, fain I would have effected something, which might have witnessed, that I had a Hart, though not a Fortune, to be serviceable in the best manner.  
My Muse, was the hopefullst means I had of this ambition; & by her, I, awhile promised myself, some help. But (after I came to better understanding) I preceaved, her over-early Flights into the world, had (in her prime growth) so spent those times of opportunity whereby she should have enabled herself, for brave Attempts; that she could never be strong enough, to make wing half so high as my Desires.  
Yet, by your Ma. ties royal Father, of blessed Memory (who, a little before his death, was pleased to honour me with his gracious respect) I was commanded to perfect a Translation of the Psalms, which he understood I had begunn; & by his encouragement, I finished the same about the time of his Translation to a better Kingdom. Wherein, God so enabled me, that many have well approved thereof; and, ay, lately resolving to make it public (wanting other Testimony of my thankfulness) conceived it would be no dishonour to your Ma. tie if before the same, I conveyed your beloved Name to that Nation, who so dearly affect you.  
But, when I had well considered thereon I thought it would be a very pertinent compliment, so to do. For, they were Afflictions or Deliverances from Afflictions, which were occasions of every Psalm: Therefore, none but they who have been afflicted, cann relish the sweetness, or understand, the depth of these Raptures; And therefore also, they who come nearest in their Christian sufferings to those whom they personated, shall best feel, & understand their meaning. In which (if I be not more a stranger to your Highness, than I think I am) you have been honoured above all the kings & princes of the world: &, in my opinion you have had more occasion to make personal Application of these Hymns unto yourself, than any of them.  
And, there is no shame (most excellent Princess) in the Cross of Christ. For, the highest honour consists not in wearing a crown; but, in a Crown that hath many Thorns in it; & the more Thorns the more honourable. Though the sons of men, do skoffingly turn this glory into shame, & seek after Vanities; yet, they who shall sit nearest unto Christ jesus in his Kingdom, must drink deepest of his Cup: And, your Highness hath (in my Observation) more largely, pledged him, than many other. For, in all these Hymns (all which, are prophecies of such things as pertain to Christ, & his Mystical body) there are few passages, communicable to his Members, but (even in my own knowledge) your Ma. may apply them unto yourself, as a dependant on him. And, God let me not live, if I do not think, that more honours you, then to be Empress of the world.  
And, because it is the greatest honour to come so near, both to the Type & the Prototype, of our sufferings, as your Ma. hath done; &, to bear so many marks of the Lord jesus. Because also, some skoffing Ismaelites have mentioned these Glories to your Dishonour; I will to your Praise, repeat some few, out of those many which are appliable to your Ma. &, they shall be such, that most will confess, they are the very same Afflictions, whereof (as a type of Christ) king David complained.  
He, was exalted by God; &, yet, cast down. He was annonited king, & yet enjoyed not the Kingdom. He was driven from his own possessions, & compelled to sojourn in a foreign Land. Kings & Rulers, were confederated against him. He, was removed from his Kindred; & his Acquaintance were set far off. His enemies were powerful, & too strong for him. His adversaries were multiplied: Yea, they insulted over his calamities; & many judged his cause so bad, that they pronounced him forsaken of God. The proud, forged lies against him. False witnesses laid things to his Charge which he knew not. Princes, sit & spoke against him. The mighty, persecuted him without a Cause. They had almost consumed him upon earth. They waited to destroy him. The Bands of the wicked robbed him. They spoke of peace unto him when they purposed war. Trouble, & anguish, took hold upon him: &, he was persecuted, when God had smitten him. The ungodly rejoiced in his Adversity; & cried There, there, so we would have it. He was reproached of his Neighbours. He was the scorn of fools. The Drunckerds made songs of him. They said he was cast down, & should never rise again: And many other suchlike passages, there are, which my memory confusedly retains. In all which, (together with your Royal Consort,) you have heene a partaker, in such measure, as Christians of inferior Degree, cannot communicate in the like Sufferings, in the same sense.  
Nor are these things, only, Appliable unto your Highness in an extraordinary manner; But all those consolations, Hopes, Deliverances, promises of Mercy, Favours enjoyed, Resolutions of Praise, & Thanksgiving, with others of this nature, throughout the Psalms; are in a singular manner, pertinent also to you: & (no doubt) so applied, by your Ma: in your own hart, as occasion is offered.  
Which, when I had considered (for, your Highness, as a glorious Member of Christ jesus, is often in my serious & retired thoughts) And, I, remenbring also, that, long since, I vowed a Pilgrimage to your Ma. tie (so soon as I could be furnished with some Present) I thought this my endeavour would not be impertinently presented: therefore, I thus prepared the same; &, am now come, to accomplish my Vow. Which I humbly desire, may be acceptable to your Ma. tie I doubt not, but you often peruse this Book in other Translations. Yet, these Meditations, may, perhaps, occasion (either now, or hereafter) some use or application of them, to your extraordinary comfort. Howsoever; It is, in my own esteem, the best jewel, that I have: and, if it were answerable to my humble Affections, it would be the richest that ever was presented to a Princess.  
But, lest my overlong Epistle become tedious, I will think, by myself, what, I have more to Say; cravinge pardon for thus presuming, upon my hopes of your Acceptation; and, for my conceiving it possible, that (after so many years) the memory of his Name should be retained, with your Highness; who hath, in all this time, produced unto your view, no Testimony that he retains any Memorial of the benefits, which he long ago received, by your favour. I distrust not, the obtaining of that which I desire; for, my hart tells me I am thankful; Some live, who have heard me profess it; God, it witness of it, every time I come unto him for my own Soul; And I am, in all that I am.  
Your MAJESTY'S Most humble and Long-professed servant GEORGE WITHER.   

A Preface to the Reader.  
THis Translation, long since, finished in blurred papers (and often called for) I, lately, made legible to others: & it had my leave, to seek a public Pass into the world: which if it merit to obtain; Be the fault theirs who shall oppose it. I waited long, to see a more exact performance: But, none appearing, answerable to the dignity of our English-Muses, I have sent forth my Essay, to provoke others, to discover their endeavours, on this subject; that, choice being had, the best might receive the best Approbatton.  
I have had more care, to suit the Capacity of the Vulgar, then to observe those Criticisms which arride the Learned: yet, I hope, with so much discretion, that the best judgements shall have no cause to despise it. For, though the Language be plain, it is significant; & such a Dialect as is likely to continue unchanged, when fantastical expressions will grow as unfashionable as our clothes. It is also breifer, by above a fourth Part, than the Translations which I have yet seen, in any language of Europe: and preserves, likewise, the words of the Prose; the fullness of the Sense, & the relish of the Scripture phrase, as well as any of them. Which, considering how much other vulgar Tongues have ignorantly been preferred before our, (how difficultly the Hebrewismes are contracted; how much the often Transition from one Matter, & from one Person to another, interrupts brief knitting of things together; & how much the frequent Rhymes, & other things considerable in Lyric Translations, interrupt such Breifnes) is a great honour to our Language: Especially, seeing my Brevity, hath made no Psalm obscurer; But rather, so easy to be understood, that some Readers have confessed, it hath been instead of a Comment unto them, in sundry hard places.  
If you expect such elegant-seeming Paraphrases, as are composed by those, who selecting easy and Passionate Psalms, have trimmed them up with Rhetorical Illustrations, (suitable to their fancies, & the changeable garb of Affected Language) I shall deceive your expectation: For, I have purposely avoided those Descants, & confined myself to the grave, & simple Language of the Text: And I was thereby the better kept from wand'ring after mine own sense, as in their Circumlocutions they have done. Beside; their Versions are sitted rather to be Read, then Sung: which giveth a greater Liberty to the Translator. For, though it be most graceful in a reading - Poem, when the Period is cast, sometime into one part of the Line or Stanza, and sometime into another: Yet, in a Lyric Composition, where the same Staff is often reiterated to one Tune; the Periods, and words of the same Quantity, must be always observed in the same Places. For, if there be not always a decent pause in the Matter, when the Tune is ended; or, if in the singing, the natural quantity of the word be adulterated; or, if we be not careful, that a full-point fall not, where the Tune is in the height of a continueng strain; It will sound very absurdly to a judicious ear: as may appear, by offering to sing some of those Composures, which are plausible in Reading.  
I have used some, variety of Verse; Because, Prayers, Praises, Lamentations, Triumphs, and subjects which are Pastoral, Heroical, elegiacal, and mixed (all which are found in the Psalms) are not properly expressed in one sort of Measure. Yet, respecting them who cannot attain to many Tunes, I confined myself to such kinds of Verse as I found in the old Psalmebook; fitting them in such manner, that every Psalm in this Book, may sung to some Tune formerly in use, either in the single, or in one of the double Translations.  
And, because some will think to examine my Version by the Prose Translations, I do here inform them; that the Language of the Muses, in which the Psalms were Originally written, is not so properly expressed in the prose dialect as in verse: &, that there is a poetical emphasis, in many places, which requires such an alteration in the Grammatical expression, as will seem to make some difference in the judgement of the Common Reader; whereas, it giveth best life to the Author's intention; & makes that perspicuous, which was made obscure, by those mere Grammatical Interpreters, who were not acquainted with the proprieties, & Liberties, of this kind of writing.  
I do likewise inform them, that I have not always used the Metaphor which is in the Original; but, otherwhile (tendering the vulgar capacity) do express it, by what it signifies. For, the Hebrewismes, being in some places obscure (as where the Tongue is interpreted, Glory; and in many other suchlike particulars) I do use, expressions best agreeable with our English Dialect, & the vulgar Capacity.  
Moreover, when the Repetition of the same word or Clause; Or when two or three Synonamas together in one sentence as (Hear, give ear, attend) or, where either a Periphrasis, or a transposition of some words, seems not so graceful in English, as in the Hebrew; nor so powrfully to express the meaning of the Holy-Ghost, by the same Idioms of speech: I have not superstitiously tied myself to the Hebrew phrase, nor to any strict Order, or number of words (except some Mystery seemed thereby touched upon) but, using rather brevity where Circumlocution appeared needles, & affecting the Dialect most proper to our own Tongue; I laboured to deliver the meaning of the Original Text, as powerfully, as plainly, & as briefly, as I could.  
For that Cause, I have not every where observed the same Tense; But, used the pretertense, the Present-tense, & the Future-tense, indifferently, one for the other, in some Actions attributed to God. For, most things, which God is said in this book, to have done for his people, or against his enemies; he now doth, & will do hereafter. That, also, which he will do, he may be said to do now, & to have done heretofore; because, all time is present with God. Nevertheless, I have herein taken such care; That I confounded not History & Prophecy; But, in these places, have religiously observed the proper Tenses; & wheresoever else, I found it material, so to do.  
And, whereas, I perceaved that this particle FOR, is not always. a Causual; Nor this particle BUT, an exceptive, in every place; But (as YEA, NAY, & other such like words in our English) sometime rather inserted as supplements, only, becoming the Dialect, (or merely customary) without any material significancy, according to their ordinary use; And, finding that those Particles, in the English, did in some places, either obscure the sense, or make less powerful the expression thereof, by interrupting a natural connextion of the sentenses; I have there, waved or quallyfied, the use of those words.  
For like Reasons, I have in some places, kept the Person unchanged, throughout the Psalm, which is sometime varied in the Hebrew (as in the 18 & 104 Psalms) But, with such heed, that where any work (according to the School distinction Ad intra, or ad Extra) seems more proper to one distinct Person of the Trinity, them to the other (or where else it is Material) I have retained the Person according to the Original.  
And, in regard some abuse the prophetical Imprecations, as if David had given exemplary warrant of Cursing their enemies, I have (to prevent that profanation) otherwhile expressed that by the Future tense, which many do translate by the imparative mood; whereby, those passages, the more plainly appear, prophetically intended. In all which, let what I have done, be duly weighed, (not rashly condemned) by those who shall by some prose Translations, examine my Paraphrase. For, I hope I have preserved the lawful freedoms of an Interpreter, in all these things: Seeing, I have not therein followed my own opinion only; but the warrant of best Hebrew Grammarians, the Authority of the Septuagint, & Chaldean paraphrase, the example of the ancient & of the best modern prose Translators, together with the general practice & allowance, of all orthodox Expositors.  
Before every Psalm I prefix a short Preface, partly declaring the Scope & use thereof; not thereby limiting either their Scope or use. For, every Psalm is diverse ways useful, according to the several parts it hath; or according to the many Ages, Estates, & necessities of the Church, or her particular members. But, that, which I have intended in my brief Prefaces, & in those Meditations after the Psalms; is, to show the unlearned, how to make some good uses, of those many, to which they serve.  
Much more might be said as considerable (if it would not make this Preface overlarge) for, so it fares with some of us, that when we have taken much pains to do well, we must take as much more to prevent misconstructions; & think our double pains, well rewarded, if at last, we may escape without a mischief. But (how ever I shall be censured) I cann be well pleased when I have recollected myself: &, though I seek to avoid Rubs that are cast into my way; Yet, I can skip over them, or contemn them, if I find it more trouble some, then profitable, to remove them.  
Though others may perform this, more exactly; yet, Goodmen will confess, I have been honestly employed herein, & attempted an honourable work. But, if I have so endeavoured; That it manifestly appeareth to be better, then, what the partiality of this Age will accept, (and that Mumpsimus, must still be preferred before Sumpsimus) Then, this Work, shall become the judge of those partial judges; And, to their disgrace, gain esteem, hereafter, in despite of their envy.  
I regard the Censorious approbation of none, but such, as are (in their under standing, at least) both Divines and Poets: For, they, only, are competent judges, who know how much the Phrases or Mysteries confine the Translator; what Proprieties are to be observed in both Languages; & what Liberties, & restraints, belong to a Lyrick-poem.  
And,— but, I will now say no more save this; If I have pleased my Readers, I am glad: if not; Yet, I am glad, I have honestly endeavoured it. And, (being assured my labour shall not all be lost) I will sing, & be Merry, by my self, in the Use of this Translation, until others please to sing it with me; or, until a more exact Version, shall be produced, & allowed.  
Fare well,   

THE PSALMS OF DAVID.  

Psalm. I.  
It shows wherein Happiness consisteth; Illustrates the present and future estate both of the Just & unjust; and comforts the Righteous by declaring God's approbation of their Way. It may be sung for an incoragment in the right Path. etc.  


THe man is blessed, who neither strays,  
Where Godless counsellors have gone,  
Nor standeth in the Sinners ways,  
Nor sitteth on the Scorners throne.  
For, in God's Law his pleasures be;  
Theron, he day & night bestows.  
And, therefore shall be like a tree  
Which near unto the river grows.   

2.  
His fruits, in season, he doth give,  
Green leaves he shall for ever wear:  
All things he takes in hand shall thrive  
But, thus the Sinner doth not far.  
For, Wicked men with e'vry wind,  
Like dust or chaff, are blown aside,  
And therefore shall no standing find,  
When they their Judgement must abide,   

3.  
Nor place, nor fellowship have they,  
Among those men that are upright:  
For, God approoves the Just-mans' way  
But, Sinners path-ways perish quite.    
Grant oh merciful God, that shunning all the paths & seats of impiety, we may exercise & rest ourselves in the true love & practise of thy Law: & that (being planted in thy Church, & refreshed by the living waters of thy Word) we may flourish to our comfort & in due time, so fructify to thy glory, that we may be numbered among thine Elect; be justified in the general judgement; & become partakers of eternal blessedness in the kingdom of heaven, through jesus Christ our lord, Amen.  

Another of the same.  

Blessed is he, who neither strays  
Where the Godless man misguideth,  
Neither stands in Sinners ways,  
Nor in Scorners chair abideth:  
But, in God's pure Law delights,  
Theron musing, days & nights.   

2  
Like a tree set near the springs,  
He doth always freshly flourish,  
Still, his fruits he timely brings,  
And his leaf shall never perish:  
every thing shall prosper to,  
Which he undertakes to do.   

3  
Thus, the wicked shall not far,  
But, be like such dusty matter,  
As the whirlwind here & there,  
On the spacious earth doth scatter:  
Nor shall they withstand their dooms,  
When the day of Judgement comes.   

4  
Neither have they place, or stay,  
In the righteous congregation:  
For, God knows the Just-mans' way,  
With a gracious approbation:  
But, those paths that Sinners tread,  
To assured ruin lead.     

Psa. 2.  
It is a prophecy of Christ & his kingdom, Act. 4. declaring the vain fury of his Opposers; the wrath of God against them; his eternal Decree concerning that King; & the power & extent of his kingdom. etc. It exhorts Kings, & subjects also, to fear & serve him. It may be sung to increase Faith amid the Church's persecutions etc.  


WHat moves the Gentiles to repine?  
What makes the people foolish grow,  
That Earthly Kings do thus combine,  
And Rulers meet in Counsel so?  
The Lord, & his beloved Christ,  
Rebelliously they disobey:  
His power (say these) let us resist  
And break, & cast their cords away,   

2  
But, God who sits in heaven above,  
Their foolish purpose will deride:  
His anger shall their torment prove,  
And, them, in wrath he then shall chide,  
Even I (saith God) my King did place  
Upon my holy Zion hill.  
And, by the Lord, what uttered was  
To me (saith Christ) now sing I will,   

3  
Thou art my Sonn begot by me  
This day; and (if thou make demand)  
The gentiles I will give to thee,  
And make thee King of e'vry land.  
An iron sceptre thou shalt sway,  
And (if thy Lore they follow not)  
Thou shalt compel them to obey  
Or break them like an earthen pot.   

4  
Then Kings be wise; & Rulers learn  
To serve the Lord, with awful joy:  
Yea, kiss the Sonn, lest wroth he turn  
And overthrow you in your way.  
For, when his wrath inflamed grows,  
(Though but a little mooned he seem)  
Then blessed are all who shall repose  
Their constant hopes, & faith in him.    
Blessed Sonn of God, begotten before all time (and by. thy Father, appointed to be King over the whole world) let thy Kingdom come, & all the oppositions of thy adversaries, be turned to thy glory. let thy grace arable us to pluck down that Antichrist, which the world, the flesh or the Devil shall seek to set up against thee in the Temple of our hearts; that we yielding due obedience to thee & thy commands, may escape thy burning indignation, sincerely embrace thy Gospel, & with awful joy persevere in the way leading to that felicity which is prepared for those who put their trust in thee. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

SUch uproars mad, why do the Gentiles make?  
What follies do the people dote upon?  
Earth's Kings conspire, & Rulers counsel take,  
Against the Lord, & his Anointed-one.  
Oh come! & let us break their bands (they say)  
Come, let us cast from us, their cords away.   

2  
But God in heaven deriding their design  
Shall (vexing them) his mind in wrath declare:  
Who e'er (says he) repines this King of mine  
On Zion fits; 'twas I that placed him there.  
And, what the Lord himself, to me hath told,  
(Concerning him) I purpose to unfold.   

3  
Thou art my son, this day begot I thee;  
Demand therefore (he said) & I will give  
The Gentiles, thine inheritance to be;  
And rule of all the world thou shalt receive.  
An iron mace; thou shalt upon them lay;  
And break them like a sherd of potter's clay.   

4  
Therefore ye Kings & Rulers be more wise:  
Come serve the Lord your God, with awful joy.  
And kiss the Sonn; lest, if his wrath arise,  
You be destroyed, & perish from the way.  
For, when inflamed his burning anger grows,  
Right blessed are all who trust in him repose.     

Psa. 3.  
Apsalms of David when he fled from Absolom his Son. It mystically Prophesied the multitude of Christ's foes; their bitter censures; the great love of God; the effects of Prayer; Christ his Death & Resurrection; the confusion of his Adversaries, & the safety of his Elect. &c It is useful to strengthen faith in our temptations etc.  


MY foes, how many Lord are they!  
What swarms of them there be!  
And of my soul, how many say,  
In God no part hath he!  
Yet thou art, Lord, my praise, my guard;  
Thou didst my head uprear:  
And from thy holy-hill, hast heard,  
What my entreaties were.   

2  
I lay & slept, & safe arose;  
Because thou brought'st me aid:  
And though ten thousands me enclose,  
I will not be afraid.  
Rise, Lord my God; & from all foes  
Me safe, now also, make:  
Their Jawbone smite, & let thy blows  
The teeth of Sinners break.   

3  
For, saving health, alone to thee,  
To thee, oh Lord, pertains:  
And whosoever thy people be,  
Thy peace on them remains.    
Sweet jesus who being causesly compassed about with all those innumerable emnities & persecutions which we deserved, didst nevertheless (trusting in the power of thy God head) lie down without fear, sleeping (as it were) in the midst of them by a voluntary Death, & wake again the third day, by the same power, to the confusion of thy foes: Grant we pray thee, that the multitude of our corporal & spiritual enemies never make us despair of thy mercy; but that in all troubles & temptations, we rejoicing & trusting in thy love, may be kept harmless; & confess that our salvation, is by thee only, who livest & raignest world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 4.  
To the chief musician on Neginoth a Psalm of David. It upraides those who deride the Truth, & exhorts to faith & Repentance. The common with of worldlings, & the desire also of a faithful-soul, is here expressed. It serves to confirm us against the scorns of Atheists, & mere carnal men. etc.  


OH God my Righteousness, give ear;  
Enlarged I was by thee:  
My humble suit, now also, hear,  
And pity take on me.  
Vain Sons of men, how long will ye  
My glory thus abuse?  
Though lies you seek, assured be  
That God the just will choose.   

2  
Yea God will hear me when I cry,  
Fear therefore to offend;  
And, on your bed search privately  
Your thinckings, & amend.  
Make Righteousness your sacrifice,  
On God, assurance place.  
For worldly Goods, the world-ling cries;  
But grant me, Lord, thy grace.   

3  
For, thou my hart hast joyed more  
Than corn & wine's increase:  
Thou mak'st me safe, & I, therefore,  
In thee will sleep in peace.    
Olthou fountain of all righteousness, & free justifier of thne Elect, seeing, by thy common grace we are some:- what enlarged from our natural bondage; grant a full delverance from all our corruptions, by thy special favour. Let neither frailties, discouragments, nor allurements, incline v●to vanity: But, so cause us to consider whom thou choosest, that with a filial fear we may refrain from sin; & having our inward man renewed, as well as our outward actions reform, we may offer the true sacrifice of righteousness, Encourage us also through, assurance of thy favour, that contemning the desire of worldlings, & rejoicing more in thy gracious aspect, then in all temporal advantages, we may lie down to sleep our last sleep without horror; & rest in the firm hope of a glorious Resurrection. Amen.   

Psa. 5.  
To the chief musician on Neginoth a Psalm of David. It beseecheth audience of God, for sundry respects; & prayeth that he would subvert his Adversaries, & be merciful to his Church. It may be useful when we are oppressed by the enemies of Christ, for his Cause etc.  


LOrd, weigh my thoughts, my words attend,  
My King, my God, incline thine ear:  
My suits I will to thee commend,  
And thou my voice betime shalt hear.  
I will, oh Lord, betimes arise,  
And pray, & wait for thy supplies.   

2  
For, thou in sin hast no delight,  
No evils, in thy dwellings be;  
The fool abides not in thy sight,  
The wicked are abhorred of thee.  
Thou root'st out all who falsehoods prate,  
And blood, & guile, in man, dost hate.   

3  
But, ay, in thy abounding grace,  
Thy house will visit in thy fear,  
And worship in thy holy-place;  
Oh teach me, Lord, thy Justice there:  
Unto my view, thy way disclose,  
Because of them, that are my foes.   

4  
Their words & thoughts are false & naught;  
Their throat is like a gaping grave:  
Therefore, oh God, let them be caught  
And fall by what they plotted have,  
Yea, seeing they thy foes have binn,  
Expose them to their swarms of sin.   

5  
But, cheer up those who trust in thee,  
That such as well thy name affect,  
May, still, therein triumphant be,  
And joy that thou dost them protect.  
For Lord, the just thou shalt reward;  
And, shieldlike, make thy grace their guard.    
Oh, sovereign Lord God, make us both timely & diligent seekers of thy grace. Let the due consideration of thy perfections, & of our natural unworthiness cause us humbly to attend on thee; unfeignedly frequenting thy Congregation; & there, truly serving thee according to thine own ordinance. Instruct us fully in thy way, left our spiritual adversaries draw us into error: Let our experience of their malice & subtilety, keep us the more cautious: Let them be taken in their own snares to thy glory, & let the faithful always rejoice in thy protection, through, jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 6.  
To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith a Psalm of David. It bewails the miseries & corruptions of the humane nature, & with penitential expressions emplores God's mercy etc. It may be sung when oppressed by our sins & infirmities, we have invoked God, & received comforts.  


LOrd, in thy rage correct me not;  
To me, oh! do not roughly speak,  
Nor chide me when thy wrath is hit  
But, pity me, for I am weak.  
Oh Lord, vouchsafe to cure my pains;  
For, through my bones, the torments go:  
My hart is vexed, & much complains,  
Good God hów long shall this be so?   

2  
Return, & help my soul oh Lord;  
Me, let thy mere compassion save:  
For, who in death shall thee record,  
Or give thee praises in the grave?  
With groans I tyre; & in the nights  
My bed in floods of tears doth swim;  
Through in-ward griefs, & foes despites,  
Mine eyes decay, my sight grows dim,   

3  
But, Sinners, now depart fro me:  
God hears my suit, my plaint, my cry;  
Which let my foes with blushing see,  
And vexed, & grieved, my presence fly.    
Most awful God, speak favourably to us, in this day of thy offered grace, lest in the day of thy wrathful indignation we be cast into hell sire. Beholed our frailties, our torments, & our horrible distempers: Observe into how great perils our desperation may cast us, & have mercy (oh lord) have mercy upon us miserable offenders. Turify our polluted flesh; enlighten our bleared eyes; cure our wounded hearts; cheer our afflicted spirits; revive our fainting souls, & chase away all our malicious accusers; that we (escaping the dungeon in which thy praise is forgotten) may magnify thy mercies in the land of the living; to the vexation of malignant spirits, & to the honour of thy name, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 7.  
Shiggaijon of David which he sung to the Lord concerning the wòrds of Chush the Benjamite. It is the Complaint of an innocent, unjustly accused, & referring himself to be judged according to his inno-cency. It may be used, when the true Church or any members thereof are slandered by their foes etc.  


LOrd God, on thee I do depend,  
Me, from the spoiler save:  
Lest Lion-like my soul he rend  
When I no helper have.  
For, if oh Lord my God, in this,  
My hands found guilty be;  
If I rewarded him amiss  
That was at peace with me.   

2  
Nay, I to him did mercy show  
Who sought my causeless blame;  
Else, let my foe my soul pursue  
And overtake the same.  
Yea, let hlm tread (when down I fall)  
My life into the clay;  
And, in a dust-heap, therewithal,  
Mine honour let him lay.   

3  
Oh Lord! thyself, in wrath advance,  
For, wroth my spoilers be:  
According to thine ordinance.  
Arise, & judge thou me  
That multitudes to thee may come,  
(For their sakes) great appear:  
Yea judge them Lord, & give me doom  
As just, ag I am clear.   

4  
Confounded the sinner's wickedness;  
But, still, the just maintain:  
For, thou (oh God of righteousness)  
Canst search both Hart & Rhine.  
God is my shield, & he protects  
The Godly from decay.  
His dooms are just, & he corrects  
The wicked every day,   

5  
Except they turn, his blade he whetts,  
A bow, still bend, he hath:  
He, shafts for persecutors gets,  
And instruments of death.  
For, lo; with mischiefs being big,  
They first conceive a sin;  
Next, bring forth lies; then pitfalls dig,  
Where, they themselves fall in.   

6  
Thus, on their heads, their mischeeus all  
Do justly tumble down;  
And wicked men's devises fall  
On their devizers' crown.  
For which, the justice of the Lord,  
I'll strive to glorify;  
And, will, in songs of praise, record  
The name of God, most high.    
Eternal God, defend us from slanderous accusations, & from that roaring Lion who is always ready to devour us: And, though our accusers are often so malicious, that in respect of them we may have some appearance of innoceny; yet, cause us so to acknowledge ourselves guilty in thy sight, that we may be justifed by the righteousness, which we have by imputation from thy dear son: for, we have no Innocency but his; No Saviour but he; nor dare we (in our greatest purity) appear any where, but at the Throne of thy mercy. which let us, who seek the same, always obtain; & let the severity of thy justice, fall only on our Adversaries who despise thy grace; that both in mercy & justice, thou mayst be magnifyed for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 8.  
To the chief Musician upon Gittith a Psalm of David. It sings the glory, power, & dominion of Christ; & magnifies the love of God in the admirable exaltation of the humane nature, by the incarnation of his Sonn etc. It may be used, to praise God for the great privileges which we have received thereby.  


HOw famous, Lord, our God, appears  
Throughout, the world, thy glorious Name?  
Above the height of all the Spheres,  
Thou spread'st the splendour of thy fame.  
The mouths of babes, thy power to show;  
And suckling's tongues, thou didst ordain:  
To stop the mouth of every foe;  
And, their avenging to restrain.   

2  
When on the heavens I six mine eye,  
And moon & stars (thy creatures) heed;  
Why careth God for man (think I)  
Or why regardeth he his seed!  
He was below thine Angels placed,  
And, higher, now advanced is he:  
To rule thy works, him raised thou hast,  
And, at his feet, all creatures be.   

3  
O'er herds & flocks, in stall & sold,  
O'er cattle which at random go,  
The sovereign place he now doth hold  
And, over fowls & fishes, to.  
Yea, rule throughout the sea, he bears,  
And over all within the same:  
How famous, Lord our God, appears  
Throughout the world, thy glorious Name!    
Most glorious Lord God, thou so lovedst the humane nature, that it pleased thee to be made man; by the mouths of babes & sucklings magnifienge thy great power; & by humbling (as it were) of the Deity for a time, to exalt the Manhood for ever. For this thy unexpressible humiliation, & incomprehensible favour, we submissively prostrate our souls, and bend the knees of our bodies to the honour of thy Name; beseeching thee, that as all other creatures are obediently subjected to thy Sons Dominion, so we may truly submit our wills to his good pleasure; & in Act, word & thought, be thanckful for our many privileges, by his blessed Incarnation, Resurrection, & Ascension, now & for ever. Amen.   

Psa. 9  
To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben a psalm of David. Herein, the faithful praise God, for many good causes, & exhort others to do the same. It may be used, to praise the Lord, for his many fold mercies vouchsafed to his Church; &, for his just judgements on their foes. etc.  


NOw, Lord. with all my hart, & voice,  
Thy wondrous works I, le magnify:  
Of thee, I'll sing; Of thee, rejoice;  
And praise thy name (oh God most high)  
For, thou didst put my foes to slight;  
They fell, & fled out of thy sight.   

2  
My lawful cause thou dost uphold;  
Thou fittest enthroned; thou judgest right;  
The Gentiles, are by thee controlled;  
The wicked, thou destroyest quite:  
And, thou their names away dost blot,  
For evermore, to be forgot.   

3  
Thy slaughters, now, thou cruel Foe,  
Are to an end, for ever, brought;  
Those Towns which thou didst overthrow,  
Are nameless now, & out of thought:  
But, God still sitteth on his throne,  
Preparing judgement thereupon.   

4  
The world, he shall uprightly doom;  
And, justly judge the nations all.  
The poor, when times of trouble come,  
He guardeth, like a castle wall.  
And, they who seek & know his name,  
Are safe, by trusting in the same.   

5  
To God, therefore, in Zion sing;  
To nations all, make known his deeds:  
For, when to light, he blood will bring,  
He poremens' wrongs, & criengs, heeds.  
Now also, Lord, thy grace I crave:  
Oh! mark what woes, & foes I have.   

6  
Thou sav'st me from the gates of hell  
That I thy praise, with cheerful voice,  
To Syon's daughters may reveal,  
And in thy saving-health rejoice.  
The Gentiles, had a pitt-fall wrought;  
But, they themselves therein were caught.   

7  
Their Nets have their own feet en-inar'de,  
And, God is by his judgements known;  
The Sinners hands have traps prepared,  
Whereby themselves were overthrowue. 
Shiggaijon. Selah.   
Thus, down to hell the wicked go,  
As, all who fear not God shall do.   

8  
There is a time to mind the poor,  
Their hope shall not, for ever, fail;  
To judge the Gentiles Lord, therfere,  
Arise, & let not man prevail.  
The Nations fright, until they see,  
That they are men as others be. Selah.    
We have often experience, oh God, that by thy favour all oppressions, insultings, & secret cruelties, shall come to an end; and that thy Mercies, & thy Justice, shall everlastingly continue, both for the safeguard of thy servants, & to reward the wicked, according to their deserts. Let this experience, therefore, be always remembered when we are persecuted or afflicted, & let our confidence be ever so fixed upon thee, that we may neither be discouraged in Adversity, nor forgetful in prosperity, to magnify thy mercies; but, be ready upon all occasions, to glorify thee, both for the suppression of our foes, & for all our other deliverances, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 10.  
The Pride, Cruelty, profaneness, & Fraud of Antichrist, Atheists, & Hypocrites is described: God is invoked to redress it: his Dominion acknowledged, & his merciful regard of the afflicted is, confessed. It may be used, when we are oppressed by temporal or Spiritual Oppressors.  


THy face, oh Lord, why dost thou hide,  
And stand aloof, so far?  
Lo, Sinners, merely out of pride,  
The Spoil of poremen are.  
Ensnare them, by their own devise,  
For, of their Lust they boast  
And praise those Friends to Avarice,  
Whom God abborreth most.   

2  
Their scornful eyes regard not thee,  
Their hearts do thee denay.  
Too high for them thy judgements be;  
Still grievous is their way.  
They snuff, & slight their greatest Foes,  
And (come what mischeeves will)  
Within their hearts, they do suppose,  
That they shall prosper still.   

3  
Their mouths, with cursings overflowe,  
Their tongues, lie. swear, & vaunt:  
The poor to catch & overthrow,  
Obscured paths they haunt.  
They watch, unseen, for simple-men,  
To cease them un-aware.  
They lurk like Lions in their den,  
And slielie them ensnare.   

4  
To catch the poor, by lowly shows  
Their strength, doth help them on,  
They think in hart. that God nor views,  
Nor careth what is done.  
But, rise oh Lord, thy power to show;  
Leave not the poor forgot.  
For, why should Sinners slight thee so  
And think, thou mindest them not?   

5  
Thou seest, yea seest their wickedness,  
That punished it may be:  
And lo, the poor & Fatherless,  
Commit their Cause to thee.  
Lord God (their helper) break the strength  
Of every wicked-one;  
Search out their sins, & thou (at length)  
Shalt cause them to have none,   

6  
Our everlasting king thou art:  
Thou, from the Realm likewise,  
Hast forced the Gentiles to depart,  
And heard the poremans' cries.  
Their hearts thou shalt establish to,  
And hear & judge, the poor;  
That, earth-bred man, the Orphans foe,  
May them oppress no more.    
Almighty God, seeing our safety consisteth in thy loving presence, be thou near at hand, to defend & assist in all extremities. Abate the malice & wickedness of our foes, & let their pride, fraud, & cruelty, make us the more heedful that we depart not willingly out of thy protection. Vouchsafe also, so to reign in our souls, to the suppression of all intrusions, that (our affections being ordered by illuminated Reason, & sanctified by Grace) Christ may have the sole dominion there; &, that we may sincerely embrace him with our whole hearts; honour him with all our faculties; confess him with our tongues; & glorify him by our works, together with thee, oh father, & the blessed Spirit, now & for ever. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

LOrd, why standest thou so far?  
Why at need, am I forsaken?  
Poremen, wrondged by Tyrants are;  
Let them in those guiles, be taken,  
Which by them contrived were.   

2  
For, in boast, the Sinner says;  
That, his longings he possesseth:  
He, the Covetous doth praise,  
(And their practices he blesseth)  
Though the Lord abhors their ways.   

3  
Proud & lofty looks, hath he,  
God, nor seeking, nor believing:  
All his Courses grievous be;  
And thy judgements (past conceivinge)  
Are too high for him to see.   

4  
With contempt he sleights his foes,  
Fearing neither falls nor sliding:  
From his mouth much cursing flows,  
Underneath his tongue, still hiding,  
Mischief, sin, & guileful shows.   

In blind paths, he lurks & pries,  
Harmless men to spoil & murder:  
At the poor he darts his eyes,  
And (unseen) his drifts to further,  
Like the denned lion, lies.   

He doth watch the poor to spoil,  
Whom he snares & overthroweth:  
For, to take him in his toil,  
He with humble crowching boweth,  
Seizing him by force, the while.   

Then, in hart, thus muzeth he;  
God shall slightly pass it over;  
Hide his face, & never see:  
But, rise Lord, thy strength discover,  
That the meek aven'gd may be.   

Let not Sinners mock thee so,  
As if thou didst nought regard it:  
Lo: thou seest, yea seest them do  
Spightfull wrong; &, to reward it,  
Thou shalt set thy hand thereto.   

Thou, art poremens' hopeful stay,  
Orphans helper, in oppression:  
Break the Sinners arms I pray,  
Search thou after his transgression,  
And, then, purge it all away,   

God who reigns for evermore,  
From his land, the Gentiles driveth;  
Hears, & cheers, & helps the poor;  
And, the Orphan so reviveth,  
That, he fears not, as before.     

Psa. 11.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. The faithful soul (being tempted to despair) makes fast the Anchor of his Hope by considering God's power, his love to such as trust in him, & his hatred to their unfaithful adversaries etc. It may be used, to comfort us in desperate temptations, & imminent perils,  


IN God, my trust is placed still;  
Then, wherefor do you say,  
That, as a bird unto the hill,  
My soul should fly away?  
For, lo, their bow the wicked bend,  
And arrows they prepare,  
That they, unseen, their shafts may send,  
At such as needy are.   

If overthrown the Groundworks lie,  
What cann the best men do?  
God's holy seat, is heaven on high,  
And he must look thereto.  
Mankind, with closed, & open eyes,  
(Even righteous men) God proves;  
And, him he doth, in soul, despize,  
That wicked Courses loves.   

For wicked men, the Lord prepares,  
(And reins into their eupp)  
A storm of brimstone, fire, & snares,  
Which they must swallow up.  
But, being in himself upright,  
He, justice doth affect;  
And, godly men, have in his sight,  
A look of good respect.    
Permit not oh God the accuse of our consciences, nor the bitter censures of others, (whether justly or unjustly pronounced) to overthrow our hopes of thy Mercy. Let not the groundworks of our faith be undermined by any Temptation; but, seeing thou searchest the secrets of our hearts, & findest that (raked up among our many frailties & corruptions) there are yet unquenched in our souls, the smoking of that fire, which was first kindled by thy grace; Re-inflame, we pray thee, our spiritual affections to thee & thy law. That, when malicious offenders receive the bitter draught prepared for them, we may thanckfully take the Cup of Salvation, & rejoice in thy gracious favours, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 12.  
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. The elect are prayed for; The circumventions & insultings of the wicked are mentioned, with a promise of redress; & the stability of God's word is declared. It may be used when heresy, or profaneness begins to spread. etc.  


HElp Lord; for, no Good man is left:  
All faithfulness is quite bereft,  
And from the race of men departs:  
They, lies unto their neighbours, tell;  
Upon their lips, fair speeches dwell,  
When falsehood lurketh in their hearts.   

2  
But, God shall cut their lips that gloze,  
And, pluck away the tongues of those  
Who proudly make their vaunt, thus:  
We of our tongues will masters be;  
Our lips are ours, & who is he  
That shall have Lordship over us?   

3  
But, I (saith God) will now arise,  
Even for the sighengs & the cries  
Of those that wronged or greeved are:  
And, I will them in safety set,  
Beyond their power, who in their net,  
The poremans' footsteps would ensnare,   

4  
Gods words refined, the Test will bide,  
Like silver seven times purified;  
And, God will keep them ever true:  
Though, for a while, men lewd & base,  
Do sit in honours higest place,  
And, every where their folly show.    
Consider (oh Lord) the general unfaithfulness which now overpreads the whole earth; Observe the falsehood, pride, hypocrisy, & insolences of the Adversaris of Truth; Behold the sufferings of thy small flock; Convert or confound their oppressors; fulfil thy gracious promises made to the poor in Spirit; preserve thy word from being made frustrate or perverted, by those wicked-ones, who are now exalted, both in church & commonwealth, to thy dishonour; and (when they have acted their follies, during the time which thou shalt permit) let thy purified word prevail to the purging of this corrupt world, & to the increasing of the number of thy elect, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 13.  
To the Chief Musician a Psalm of David. It expresseth hearty longings after spiritual Consolations, & shows the perplexties of a soul, seeking rest in her own Counsels etc. It may besung, when feeling our natural defects, & the malice of our foes, we desire the comforts of the Holy-glost etc.  


HOw long forgettest thou me!  
Shall thus obscured be  
Thy cheerful face, oh Lord, for aye?  
Still, in my soul, shall I  
Perplexed, & musing lie,  
With hart oppressed all the day?   

2  
My God shall still my foe,  
Insult upon me foe?  
Hear, & mine eyes enlighten thou:  
Else, death will me surprise;  
And than mine enemies,  
Will say; we have prevailed, now.   

3  
For, they who malice me,  
Will joy my fall to see:  
But, Lord, thy mercies I will mind.  
I'll in thine aid rejoice,  
And praise thee, with my voice;  
Because, to me thou hast been kind.    
Dear God; unsufferable is a troubled spirit seeking rest in itself. Or in any thing without thee. when thou art absent, the presence of all temporal consolations do but increase torment; & unless thou speak peace to our souls, all thy creatures help to aggravate our afflictions. Revive therefore our hearts by thy sweet presence; Enlighten the eyes of our minds that we sleep not in sin, & so cbear us by the light of thy Countenance that our foes insult not over us: but grant rather, that we rejoicing in thy Salvation, may both live & die with Comfort, to the honour of thy blessed Name. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

OH Lord, how long wilt thou draw back,  
And hide thy face fro me?  
How long shall I selfe-Counsell take  
And, grieved in spirit be?  
How long shall my oppressors thrive,  
And, I their scorn bear?  
Lest, of my life, it me deptive,  
Behold, oh Lord, & hear.   

2  
For, else my foes will say, in boast,  
That I the foil have had,  
And, they who now afflict me most,  
Will of my fall be glad.  
But, in my hart, are hopes of thee  
Which health & joy will bring;  
And, thou hast dealt so well with me  
That I thy praise will sing.     

Psal. 14.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It showeth man's general corruption, & our natural estate before we become regenerated by God's especial Grace etc. We should sing it to mind us, what we are of ourselves, & how much we should desire a Renovation.  


THe fool, his God in hart denayes;  
And, quite corrupt mankind is grown:  
Their walkings are in hateful ways;  
Upright, or good, there is not one.  
The Lord, from heaven declined his eye,  
And, all the sons of men he scannd!  
That he from thence might search & try,  
Who did him seek, or understand.   

2  
But, all of them corrupted were,  
All men beside the way are gone,  
He saw not one deal justly there,  
Not one man good; oh no, not one,  
So brutish are Transgressor's all.  
That they like bread my people eat:  
On God, (likewise) they never call;  
And, therefore is their terror great.   

3  
For, God preserves the faithful seed,  
Even them who righteous ways affect;  
And, though his Counsel none doth heed,  
Yet, God, the poreman will protect.  
Would we Gods aid from Zion had,  
Which must his folk, from thraldom bring!  
For, jacob would thereof be glad,  
And Isr'el should rejoice & sing.    
acknowledging (oh! most gracious Redeemer) our general corruption, & that in us there is no goodness; we humbly beseech thee (by the Salvation promised out of Zion) to deliver us from our spiritual captivity; & so to sanctify our polluted nature, that our terrors may be removed; our lives amended; thy evangelical counsels heartily embraced; and that we (becoming true Israelites inwhome there is no guile) may at last be saved by thy Mercy, & rejoice among the faith full in thy new Jerusalem, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 15.  
A Psalm of David. It questions & answers, who shall be admitted into God's family (to wit) such as are sanctified in thought, word, & deed, etc. It is useful to inform us, what our Conversations ought to be, who profess ourselves to be of God's household.  


LOrd, who shall rest within thy tent,  
Or on thy holy hill?  
But, he that's truly innocent,  
And showeth mercy, still.  
Whose hart emploies a truthfull tongue;  
And none by slander grieves:  
Who neither doth his neighbour's wrong;  
Nor lies of them believes.   

2  
Who favours those that fear the Lord,  
And, sinners doth abhor:  
Who shifts not from his promised word,  
Though to his loss he swore.  
Who puts not coin to griping loan,  
Nor takes a wicked fee,  
He, doubtless, is a blessed one,  
And, shall unmooved be?    
Flesh & blood, oh God, is neither able to fulfil thy law, nor to enter into the kingdom of heaven before it be purged & sanctified by the precious body & blood of thy dear Sonn. Seeing, therefore, thou requirest that both our outward & inward man should be conformable to that example of perfect Righteousness which he hath left who is gone up, before (into thy holy Tabernacles, to prepare mansions for all who desire to be followers of him) make us we beseech thee, so obedient to the discipline of the Catholic Church (his dwelling place on earth) that we may have his righteousness imputed; & be kept immovable in thy favour, until we shallbe translated to those heavenly habitations, where thou livest & raignest world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 16.  
Michtam of David. It is a literal prophecy of Christ. Act. 2. 25. & it hath relation to the communion of saints, The sole-mediatorship of Christ, his resurrection, & his sitting at the right-hand of God, etc. It is useful to confirm us in these articles of our faith afore mentioned, etc.  


SAve me, oh Lord; for, I have laid  
My trustful hope, alone, on thee:  
And, to thyself, my Soul hath said,  
That thou (oh Lord) her Lord shalt be.  
My goods, to thee are nothing worth:  
But, in their use I will declare,  
That I affect thy Saints on earth;  
And, such as well-deservers are.   

2  
All they who serve another God,  
Shall gain increase of griefs & blame;  
Their drinck-oblation stained with blood,  
I'll nor prefer, nor speak their Name.  
God is my birthright, & my share;  
He fills my Cup; maintains my Lot;  
Fair portions, my divisions are,  
And pleasant places I have got.   

3  
The Lord be praised, who wrought it so:  
For, he in this, did me advise.  
My Reins, by night, informed me to;  
And, God I place before mine eyes.  
Who stands at my right-hand so near,  
That, me no fears of chaing molest:  
It both my hart & voice, doth cheer;  
My flesh likewise, in hope doth rest.   

4  
For, Lord, thou neither wilt permit  
That left in hell my soul should lie;  
Nor wilt thou suffer in the Pitt,  
Thy holy-one to putrify.  
But (through life's pathway) me shalt bring,  
Where, in thy sight (at thy right hand)  
All joys, and each delightful thing  
For ever, & for ever, stand.    
Grant, oh Lord, our souls may so truly affect thee, that thy poor members may reap the fruits of our charitable affections. Let us continue so constant also, in thy true worship, that all our offerings may be made acceptable by the mediation of Christ jesus, & that we may inherit our portion with him: So, his blessed Soul & body (against which nor hell nor corruption could prevail) shall draw after him, our souls, out of the hell of an afflicted conscience, & our bodies from the graves of sin, & mortality, to enjoy with him, a joyful resurrection at his right-hand; & the fullness of all pleasures, in thy glorious presence, for evermore. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

PReserve me Lord; for, I on thee depend;  
And, for her Lord, my soul professes thee.  
Though to thyself, my wealth no profit lend,  
Thy Saints on earth, my love shall thereby see.  
But, they shall feel their sorrow still increased,  
Whose offerings are to other Gods addressed.   

2  
Their bloudie-drinck-oblation to present,  
Or, with my lips so name them, I disdain:  
Thou art my Lott, where with I am content;  
Thou for my cup, a portion shalt maintain.  
To me, the Lines a goodly share divided;  
And praised be God, that me so well hath guided.   

3  
My reins likewise, instruct me in the night:  
Before mine eyes, the Lord still seems to stand;  
And, sure, I shall preserved be upright,  
Because, the Lord remains at my right-hand.  
It glads my hart; with joy my tongue now singeth;  
And, hopeful rest, unto my flesh it bringeth.   

4  
For why; my soul thou shalt not leave in hell,  
Nor let thy holy-one corruption see:  
But, unto me, thy path of life reveal,  
Which thither tends, where joys perfections be;  
Even thither, where at thy right-hand attending,  
Those plaesures are, which never shall have ending.     

Psa. 17.  
A prayer of David, It personates Christ's members in persecution desiring succour, & comforting them selves in hope of the blessed vision of God, after their Resurrection; etc. It is useful, when we have considered the quality of our foes, & by faith applied unto ourselves, the innocency of Christ, with an affection thereunto.  


LOrd, hear my cause, my suits, my cries.  
Which from unfeigned lips do flow;  
To rightful things decline thine eyes,  
And, from thyself, let sentence go.  
My secret thoughts are in thy sight;  
Thou vew'st them, in the darkest night.   

2  
Thou trid'st my fault, & foundst it none;  
For, from offence I kept my tongue:  
And (as for things by others done)  
My words preserved me from wrong.  
Oh! be thou pleased, my course to guide;  
And stay my feet, lest else they slide.   

3  
On thee I call; for thou wilt hear:  
Lord, hear, & my complaint attend.  
Let thy great love to me appear,  
And thy right-hand my life defend;  
Even that right-hand which from their foes,  
Guards them, who trust in thee repose:   

4  
From tyrants, me beseiging-round,  
From Sinners, who my harm assay,  
Lord, as thine eyeball keep me sound;  
And, over me, thy wings display.  
For, they with fat, quite round are clad;  
And, haughty brags, their mouths have made,   

5  
Me, in my ways, they have withstood,  
And sought about with downcast eyes,  
Like lions (when they hunt for food)  
Or lions whelp, which lurking lies.  
But, rise, resist; & foil them Lord:  
From Sinners, guard me, by thy sword.   

6  
Lord, from those worldlings guard thou me,  
Who in this life, their lot receive;  
Who full of wealth, & children be,  
And for their babes large portions leave.  
To wake from sin, & look on thee,  
In thine own form, cententeth me.    
Accept oh Lord, our weak endeavours, & so teach us to moderate our thoughts, to govern our tongues, & to order our conversations; that no temporal or spiritual adversary, may justly accuse or harm us. Take us into thy special protection; because, our foes are powerful, crew!, & deligent in seeking our destruction: but, above all, keep us from the polluted conversations & affections, of those whose belly is their God; and whose portion of happiness, is in this life; that when we shall awake out of our graves, we may appear in thy righteousness; rejoice in our happy lot; & be fully satified in the fruition of thee, who livest & raignest world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 18.  
A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who sung unto the Lord, the words of this song, when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his foes, & from the hand of Saul. It mystically declareth Gods majestical proceeding in the work of our redemption. And it may be used to praise God for our deliverances, by the Incarnation, resurrection, & exaltation of Christ; & for the benefits which we receive thereby.  


I Love the Lord; for, my support,  
My horn of health, is he:  
My Rock, my trust, my Shield, my fort,  
And, oft hath helped me.  
He merits praise; for, when I cry  
Me, from all foes he saves;  
Though wrapped in pangs of death, I lie  
And plunged in sorrows waves?   

2  
Yea, when by death & hell ensnared,  
I sought the Lord, in fear;  
My God, within his Temple heard,  
And my complaints did hear:  
Earth's groundwork shook to feel his ire;  
The trembling hills, did quake:  
His nostrils fum'de, his mouth breathed fire,  
Which burning coals did make.   

3  
Then, down he came, & heavu he bowed  
His feet thick darkness hid.  
A flying Cherube he bestrode;  
The winged winds, he rid.  
A dusky fog, his Covering was;  
Dark waters were his tent:  
Before the brightness of his face,  
Clouds. fire, & hail, he sent.   

4  
The Lord, from heaven did also make  
His thunders to be heard:  
Yea, when that great Almighty Spoke,  
Both fire & hail appeared:  
His darts, on every side he threw,  
Till they dispersed were:  
His burning Lightninghs, flashing flew,  
And caused them to fear.   

5  
When he did frown, a dreadful blast  
He from his nostrils blowed,  
Which, up the seas low Depths did cast,  
And, Earth's foundation showed,  
Then down he sent, & from among  
Great floods, advanced me;  
And from those foes that were too strong;  
He likewise guarded me.   

6  
They in my Cares did me prevent;  
But, still, God was my hope:  
He, for his love-sake, secure sent,  
And gave me larger scope.  
The Lord, my Righteousness observed,  
His favour he bestowed;  
And, as mine innocence deserved,  
So, he his mercy showed.   

7  
For, in God's ways my walkings were,  
From him I have not stepped;  
Still in my sight, his judgements are,  
And I his laws have kept.  
In him, I instifide became;  
For, I did leave my sin:  
And, as I just & righteous am,  
Rewarded I have binn.   

8  
As he my hands did guiltless find,  
He, so did me require:  
For, to the meek the Lord is kind,  
To righteous men upright.  
Among the pure, he will be pure,  
And, on the froward frown.  
The poreman he will make secure,  
And, pluck the proud-man down.   

9  
My Darkness, God shall brightness make;  
My Lamp, enlight he shall.  
By him, I through an Army broke,  
And overleaped a wall,  
God's way is right, pure is his word;  
He saves if sought he be:  
For, who is God, except the Lord,  
Or who cann save but he?   

10  
About my Loins, he strength did bind,  
He, set my pathway straight:  
He, made my feet out run the Hind,  
And raised me to this height  
My hands to fight; my Arms to bend  
A bow of steel, he taught;  
His Buckler, he to me did lend,  
And, saving-health it brought.   

11  
His right-hand hath supported me,  
His love hath made me great;  
My steps, by him enlarged be,  
And, safe my feet are set.  
I did pursue (yea took) my Foes,  
And slew till all were slain.  
They fell down wounded by my blows,  
And could not rise again.   

12  
For, he (to fit me for the war)  
With power, did me endue,  
And, those who my opposers are,  
Beneath my feet he threw.  
To conquer them, who me envied,  
Me, strong enough, he made.  
They cried, and (though to God they cried)  
Replies, nor helps, they had.   

13  
Then, as the dust which whirlwinds toss,  
So small, I them did beat;  
And threw them forth, as my rie-drosse,  
Which lies about the street.  
Thus, from the people's uproars freed,  
I (through his grace) became:  
And, now to be the Gentiles Head;  
By him, advanced I am.   

14  
A nation shall my Servants be,  
which knows me not, as yet:  
Assoon as they have heard of me,  
Themselves they shall submit.  
The stranger shall stand out no more;  
But, in his Bulwarks fear:  
Oh praise the living Lord, therefore;  
Aloud, Gods praise declare.   

15  
Let God, my saving-health, be praised,  
By whom to pass it came,  
That, I above the people raised,  
And thus avenged am.  
Above all them that me oppose,  
He doth exalt my throne;  
And, saveth me from all my foes,  
Even from the Cruel-one.   

16  
Among the gentiles, now, therefore  
I'll thank him for the same;  
My song shall be for evermore,  
In honour of his Name.  
His king, & his anointed-one  
He gloriously hath freed;  
And, everlasting mercy shown  
To David & his seed.    
Vouchsafe, most gracious Lord, according to thy accustomed mercy, to be still our Protector; & let thy Name be always glorified for the miraculous deliverances of thy Church, now & in all Ages; especially for the great work of man's general redemption. Instruct us in the spiritual warfar; enable us against all our visible & invisible foes; subdue unto us all our own rebellious Affections; deliver us out of all our sufferings; Give us victory over every temptation; Increase thy kingdom by the calling of those, who are not yet thy People; And make us unfeignedly thanckful unto thee for these, & all the rest of thy mercies through jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.   

Psal. 19  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It declares the universal preaching of God's Divinity by the book of his Creatures, & it is a prophecy of the general pub●iation of the Gospel, Rom. 10. It showeth a so, the properties, of the divine word. It may be used to praise God for the privileges which we have by his word; &, as a prayer for sanctification, etc.  


GOds glory, shines among the Spheres;  
The heavens, his handle-works disclose;  
Their daily speech, his power declares;  
And e'vry night, his wisdom shows.  
Their language, in all tongues is found;  
Their Line, about Earth's globe, doth run:  
Throughout the world their words do sound;  
And, there's the Palace of the Sun.   

2  
He Bride-groome-like, refreshed appears,  
When he foregoes his lodging place;  
Or giantlike, when up he rears  
And cheers himself, to run a Race.  
His Iorn●ies are from thence begun,  
Even where, the bounds of heaven are set;  
And, he quite round the world doth run,  
Refreshing all things with his heat.   

3  
God's Rule is plain, & soul's convarts;  
His witness firm, & maketh wise:  
His laws are just, & glad our hearts;  
His Precepts pure, & clear our eyes.  
His blameless Fear is vn-confin'de,  
Both true & right, are all his dooms,  
More worth than gold (even gold refin'de)  
More sweet, than honey in the combs,   

4  
Moreover, they thy servant warn,  
By keeping them, he profit wins:  
But, Lord, his guilt who cann discern?  
Oh! therefore purge my secret sins.  
From daring Crimes. thy sarvant save,  
And, let them bear no sway in me:  
So, I the less rebuke shall have,  
And, from the great-offence, be free.   

5  
Oh! when I speak, let every word,  
And every musing of my hart,  
Be pleasing in thy sight, oh Lord,  
For, thou my strength, & saviour art.    
No excuse is lest, oh merciful Father, if we be ignorant of thee, or unconformable to thy will: for, by the book of thy Creatures, it was long-since declared unto the whole world. which Text, being corrupted by humane Inventions, thou didst explain it again in the volumes of the Prophets: Since then, it was more illustrated by the writings of the Apostles; And the prime scope of all these Books, thy blessed Spirit daily preacheth & interpreteth throughout the world, by ordinary or extraordinary means. The power, truth, purity, sweetness, & profitabelnes of this divine word we do, or must, confess also, to be evident, Nevertheless (because we have much wilful ignorance, & many secret corruptions, we humbly pray thee, so extraordinarily to enlighten our darkness, & to purge our concealed pollutions, that (we being illuminated & sanctified by the holy-ghost) the unpardonable Sinn may be avoided, & we made acceptable to thee in Christ jesus, Amen.   

Psa. 20.  
To the chief Musician A Psalm of David. It is a prayer for spiritual graces, with a protestation of affiance in God; & it mystically toucheth the Prest-hood & royal dignity of Christ etc. It may be used to desire God's acceptance of us in his Sonn; & may serve, in some cases, as a prayer for christian princes and pastors. etc.  


THe Lord, at need, vouchsafe thee grace,  
Let jacob's God, thy cause defend,  
Protect thee from his holy-place,  
And, strength to thee from Zion send.  
Thy gifts, let him remember, still,  
Let him accept thy Sacrifice, Selah,  
Thy heart's request, let him fulfil,  
And, prosper all thou shalt devise.   

2  
We will rejoice thy peace to see,  
And in God's name our Ensigns wave,  
When all thy suits are granted thee:  
For, God (I know) his Christ will save.  
By his right-hand's almighty force,  
God hears us from his holy-hill.  
Some trust in charrets, or in horse,  
But, we Gods Name remember, still.   

3  
In that regard, we raised are,  
And stand upright, when they do fall.  
Oh! let the king, our prayers hear,  
And save us, Lord, when we do call.    
Assist us mercifully oh God, in all our Aflictions; Accept the Sacrifice offered for us by Christ jesus, the high-preist of our souls; & in his Mediations, grant unto us, all our faithful petitions; That so (renouncing all temporal Assurances, & trusting only in thy defence) we may arise from those sins, into which many fall without repentance; and that we may be made partakers of thy Salvation, with our kingly Mediator, who liveth & raighneth with thee oh father, & thy holy-spirit, world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 21.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It is a literal prophecy of the kingly dignity of Christ, mentioning some of his royal prerogatives, etc. It may be used as a thankful commemoration of the pre-eminence of our spiritual king. etc.  


LOrd, in thy strength, how joys the king?  
And, of thine aid, how glad is he?  
His heart's desires, in every thing,  
Have been bestowed on him, by thee Selah.  
With blessings, thou didst him prevent,  
With purest gold, thou cowud'st his head,  
To ask for life, was his intent;  
And, he of endless life, hath sped.   

2  
Through thy defence, he famous grows,  
And, is to high preferment reared;  
On him, thy blisse-evernal flows,  
Thy gracious looks his hart have cheered.  
Through thy mere love, the king shall stand  
Still firm, if he on thee tepose.  
And, Lord, thy hand (even thy right-hand)  
Shall search, & find out all thy foes.   

3  
As ovens, hot with flames, will do,  
So, thou shalt scorch them in thine ire:  
And, in thy wrath consume them so,  
As if they burned in the fire.  
Yea, thou shalt from the race of man,  
Root out their fruit, & pluck their seed;  
Because, to wrong thee, they began,  
Although they could not act the deed.   

4  
Thou shalt expose them (as it were)  
A Mark, within thy shooting-place;  
Thy stringed shafts thou shalt prepare  
And, stick thine Arrows in their face.  
Thus, be thou still exalted, Lord,  
By thine own power, thy trophies raise:  
And then, with joy we will record  
Thy Matchless might, in songs of praise.    
Blessed be thy Name, oh God, for that high preferment which thou hast ouchsafed the Manhood, by assuming the same to thy Deity, & by bestowing thereon a sovereignty, over all the rest of thy Creatures. Give us humility to ascribe all the glory thereof to Christ jesus; Hear all our petitions in him; Teach us by his example, so to trust in thee, that we may obtain the privileges of his glorious kingdom, & become partakers of that Life-eternal to which he ascended. So; escaping those terrible judgements which thou inflictest on thy malicious foes, we shall behold their confusion, to the exaltation of the power, to whom he all honour & glory, now & for evermore. Amen.   

Psa. 22.  
To the chief Musician upon Aijleth Shaha● A Psalm of David. It is a prophecy of Christ his passion, unfolding diverse passages thereof, & mentioning also the calling of the Gentiles, etc. It may be sung to commemorate the Passion, & some other mysteries of our Redemption, etc.  


WHy hast thou, oh my God, my God.  
Why hast thou me forgone?  
Why, nearer is not thy abode;  
To hear & help my moan?  
Unheard of thee, I cry whole days;  
Whole nights the same I do;  
Yet, thou art israel chiefest praise,  
And, thou art holy to.   

2  
Our fathers did on thee depend,  
And. thou didst them secure:  
They cried, & thou didst them defend;  
Their faith did them assure.  
But, ay, poor worm, an Abject am,  
No man, but one forlorn:  
The people make of me their game,  
Their proverb, & their scorn.   

3  
When me they view, their heads they nod,  
Make mouths, & jeering, say;  
God was his hope, now then, if God  
Him loves, him save he may.  
But, thou didst guard me in the womb,  
Thou didst convey me thence:  
At nurse, my hope thou didst become,  
And, keptst me eversince.   

4  
Er'e-since my birth, my God thou art;  
My trust is all in thee:  
Oh! do not far fro me depart,  
For, perils compass me.  
Strong Bulls (even herds of Bashan race)  
Beset me round about:  
They stand wide-gaping in my face;  
Like Lions, roaring-out.   

5  
Like water, I am pour'de aside;  
My bones are strained apart:  
E'vn potsherd-like, my strength is dried;  
Like wax, dissolves my hart.  
Unto my jaws, my tongue is glued;  
For, thou didst me confound.  
With cruel dogs I am pursued;  
By Sinners, closed round.   

6  
My hands & feet, they nailed fast;  
My bones apparent were:  
Upon my vesture, lots they cast,  
My garments they did share.  
Thine aid, therefore, no more delay,  
But, Lord my strength, draw near,  
Cause not the sword, my soul to slay,  
Nor dogs to rend my dear.   

7  
Me, from the mouths of Lions, guard,  
As I, in former days,  
From horns of unicorns was heard:  
So, I will sing thy praise.  
Thy fame, I'll in thy church record,  
My brethren being there.  
Oh! praise him ye that fear the Lord,  
And jacob's offspring are.   

8  
Him, oh ye seed of Isr'el, fear;  
For, he doth nor despize  
Afflicted souls, nor stop his ear,  
Nor turn from them his eyes.  
But, when thy cry, their cries are heard;  
For which, his praise I sing:  
And, in great throngs, where God is feared,  
My vows to him I'll bring.   

9  
The meek shall feed till they are full,  
And praise the Lord therefore.  
All ye, who seek him in your soul,  
Shall live for evermore.  
The world's far ends, to mind shall call  
Their duty to the Lord:  
And, he of heathen kingdoms, all,  
Shall see himself ador'de.   

10  
For, his the kingdom is, indeed,  
All nations, ruleth he.  
Earth's fatlings on his bread shall feed,  
And, thanckful they shallbe.  
Yea, they shall all before him bow  
Whose lodging is the grave,  
For, none but he hath power enough,  
The soul from death to save.   

11  
A seed, whom he shall count his own,  
Shall then, to God return;  
And, make his Acts of Justice known  
To people yet unborn.    
Oh! thou glory of Israel, & the hope of all who trust in thee; seeing by a voluntary humiliation, thou hast in thine own person felt the bitterness of reproaches, the cruelty of persecuters, the sharpness of poverty; the extreme torments of the flesh, the strongest Agonies of the soul, and every horror which may affright us (when in our greatest trials & temptations we seem (as it were) utterly for saken both of God & man) remember (oh remember) thine own passion, & have mercy upon us. Hear us, when we cry; help us, when we can cry no longer: And when all our strength faileth, let thy power plnck us out of our torments jaws; that we & they whom thou hast promised to collect from all places & Ages of the world, may meet in thy heavenly kingdom, to glorify thee, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 23.  
A Psalm of David. The Christian soul acknowledgeth Christ her pastor enritching, feeding, retoicinge, reforming, beautifying her, & providing for her an eternal habitation, in this own presence etc. It may be sung to praise God for the benefits herein mentioned, etc.  


THe Lord my Pastor daignes to be,  
I nothing, now, shall need:  
To drink sweet springs he bringeth me,  
And on green Meads to feed.  
For his Namesake, my hart he glads,  
He makes my ways upright:  
And, I, the vase of deaths black shades,  
Cann pass, without affright.   

2  
Thy staff, thy presence, & thy rod,  
My joyful comforts are,  
And, thou before my foes (oh God)  
My Table shalt prepare.  
Oil on my head. poured out thou hast,  
My Cup doth overflowe,  
And thou, on me, whilst life doth last,  
Thy favours wilt bestow.   

3  
Yea, Lord, thy goodness & thy grace,  
Shall always follow me:  
And, in thy house, my dwelling place  
For evermore shall be.    
Keep us, oh thou faithful Shepherd of our souls, that the Devil take us not out of thy fold, nor entice us from thy pastures by fair allurements. Settle us in thy Church, Refresh us by thy Spirit, Instruct us by thy Sacraments, Guide us by thy example, reform us by thy father'y correction, & so comfort us by thy presence; that we may acknowledge, there is no need of those beggarly assistances whereon worldlings depend; and, that we may walk without repininge, through the aflictions of this life; & without fear, through the shadows of Death, to those mansions, which thou hast appointed for thy chosen flock; in the kingdom of heaven. Amen.   

Psa. 24.  
A psalm of David. It describes the largnes of Christ's inheritance, & shows who are members of his Church. Then, by a poetical prosopopeia, the everlasting Gates are summoned to give passage for the Ascension of that glorious King, It is used, in commemoration of the Ascension.  


THe Earth's the Lords, with her increase;  
The world, & all her goods:  
He founded it upon the seas,  
And laid it on the Floods.  
What man is he that shall have grace  
To climb the hill of God?  
Or Who shall in his holy-place,  
Obtain their free abode?   

2  
Sure, they whose hands are innocent,  
Whose meanings are upright.  
Whose hearts to folly are not bend,  
Who swear, without deceit.  
Such, gain from God, a blessed meed,  
And, from their faviour grace:  
And, such (oh jacob) are their seed  
Who truly seek thy face.   

3  
Ye Gates, lift up your heads on high,  
(Ye doors which last for aye)  
The king of glory passeth-by,  
Unclose, & give him way.  
Who is the king of glory? tell,  
Oh tell! who might he be?  
The Lord, who doth in strength excel,  
That glorious king, is he.   

4  
Ye Gates, aloft your Arches heave,  
(Ye doors that have no end)  
Unto the king of glory, give  
Free passage to ascend.  
Who is the king of glory? say,  
Oh say! who might he be?  
The Lord of Armies in array,  
That glorious king is he.    
Seeing thou hast evidently declared, oh Christ the King of glory, who they are whom thou wilt admit into that kingdom whither thou art aseended; and who are truly of that spiritual seed, to whom thy promises appertain. Grant, we beseech thee, that we may make our Election sure, by the works of regeneration, & not be deluded by the false persuasions of a fruitless faith. So, all thy Creatures, shall give both way, and assistance, to our Ascension after thee; to whom with the father & holy-spirit, be ascribed all praise, power, & glory, now & for evermore. Amen.   

Psa. 25.  
A Psalm of David. It containeth many petitions of an afflicted penitent Soul; declares the excellence of the Law of Grace, & the privileges of the regenerate etc. It may be used when we are dejected by the sight of our guiltiness, & are truly penitent, etc.  


I Lift my soul to thee;  
My trust in thee is placed:  
Oh let me, Lord, nor scorned be,  
Nor by my foe disgraced,  
But, keep reproaches all  
From those who thee attend,  
And, let on them Confusion fall  
That without Cause offend.   

2  
Thy ways to me me impart,  
Let me thy Truth be taught;  
For, thou, oh God, my Saviour art:  
Whom I have always sought.  
Be still, to me as kind  
As thou of old haste binn;  
And, bear thou not those faults in mind,  
which I have erred in.   

3  
But, grace to me afford,  
Ev'u for thy goodness sake;  
As thou art good, & gracious, Lord,  
On me compassion take.  
Direct all those that stray,  
In judgement, guide the meek,  
And, them inform thou in thy way,  
That humbly, thee de seek.   

4  
For, Truth & Mercy, Lord,  
Are found in all thy ways,  
By every one who keeps thy word,  
And thy Commands obeys.  
Remit (though great they are)  
My sins, for thy Name sake,  
And, suffer him who thee doth fear,  
His chosen-path to take.   

5  
Then, eased his hart shall grow,  
His seed the Land shall fill,  
And, he that fears the Lord, shall know  
His Counsels, & his will.  
Mine eyes attend on thee,  
That thou mayst me release:  
In mercy, Lord, return to me  
Forlorn & in distress.   

6  
My griefs enlarged are;  
Oh come, & me relieve.  
My sorrow's heed, regard my care,  
And all my sins forgive.  
Observe, oh Lord, my foes;  
Mark how abused I am;  
And (since I trust in thee repose)  
Defend my soul from shame.   

7  
Yea, keep thou me upright;  
Because. I hope in thee:  
And, from all wrongs, & all despite,  
Let Isr'el saved be.    
Remember not, oh Lord, our offences; but of thy mere Mercy blot out all our transgressions. Let neither the follies of our youth, nor the greatness of any other sins, deprive us of thy wont compassion. Consider our weakness, our sufferings, & the condition of our adversaries, as motives of thy pity; That our sins being remitted, our fetters unlosed, and thy secrets (even the mysteries of Saving-grace) revealed; we may in true meekness. follow him, who is the way, the Truth, and the Life; & be kept by thy special Grace from all future sins & dangers, unto our lives end. Amen.  

Another of the same,  

A Loft, I raise my soul, oh Lord, to thee;  
And I in thee alone, my trust have placed,  
By those therefore, that seek to mischeeve me,  
Oh, let me not be shamed, nor disgraced.  
Confound not those who seek to do thy will;  
But, shame those men that Causeless have offended,  
Direct thou me in thy Truth's pathway, still;  
For (Lord my health) on thee I have attended.  
Eternal God, in mercy, think on me,  
As it hath been of old thy gracious fashion:  
Forgot, let all my youthful errors be;  
For thy love sake, Remember thy compassion.  
Great is thy grace, & great thy justice, Lord:  
Therefore, thy ways to sinful men thou showest  
help to thee meek, thou dost, likewise, afford  
When he is judged; & guid'st him where thou goest,  
In all thy ways, both Truth & Mercy be,  
For such, as have thy league, & word observed:  
Keep therefore, Lord, thy grace in store for me;  
(For thy namesake) though I have ill deserved.  
Let those, in whom thy sacred fear is found,  
In their desired pathway, Lord, persever.  
Make true content, in all their souls abound;  
And, let their seed, poslesse the land, for ever.  
No man oh Lord, who stands in fear of thee,  
Shall from thy league or Counsels, be debarred.  
On thee, therefore, mine eyes attending be,  
That from the net, my feet may be unsnared;  
Pleased be, in love, to visit me again;  
For, lo; despised I am, & sore distressed.  
Quit me, from all my sorrows & my pain;  
For, my hart-greefs (oh Lord) are much encraesed,  
Regard my wants; Behold, & mark my woes;  
Remitting all wherein I have offended.  
See, See, oh Lord, what numbers are my foes;  
And, what despites to me they have intended.  
To help & save my soul, entreated be:  
Thou art my Guard, oh! keep me undisgraced,  
Upright, & pure; because, I trust in thee:  
And, from all Cares, let Isr'el be released.     

Psal. 26.  
A Psalm of David. It sets down some marks of the true church & of her members; & personates her, iustifieing herself against the secret imputations of her foes (from whom she desires to be distinguished) etc. It is useful for those members of Christ, who are falsely accused. etc.  


GIve sentence, now, oh Lord, with me;  
For, I have walked aright;  
And, since I have relied on thee,  
Preserve me still upright.  
Prove thou my hart & Rains, oh God;  
Search there, what thou canst find:  
For, I the Paths of Truth have trodd;  
And, bear thy love in mind.   

2  
With wicked men I have not sat,  
Nor with dissemblers gone:  
Profane Assemblies I do hate,  
And shun the sinner's throne.  
With hands washed clean in simpleness,  
I'll round thine Altars go;  
And there; in songs of thankfulness,  
Thy wondrous works I'll show.   

3  
For, I that place affect, oh God,  
Where thou so much art fam'de:  
Therefore, with sinners, thirsting blood,  
Oh! let me not be named.  
Their hands (their very righthands) be  
with bribes, & mischeefs fraught:  
But, Lord, redeem & pity me;  
For, I truths Paths have sought.   

4  
In steadfast ways, with fixed feet,  
Firm standing, I possess:  
For which, where great Assemblies meet,  
I, will the Lord confess.    
Give us grace, oh Lord, so to avoid the society, & practices of wicked men; that neither our consciences may accuse us, to be wilfully guilty of their crimes, nor thou condemn us for hypocrites, when thou searchest & judgest the secrets of our hearts. join, to the purity of manners. a sincere devotion; that honesty & Religeon (being knit & married together in our souls by thee) may never be divorced, Let our zeal also to thy house, & our Love to thy Service, be such as may distinguish us from profane worldlings; & so link us by charity to thy faithful members, that we may continue thine to our lives end. Amen.   

Psa. 27.  
A Psalm of David. It expresseth confidence in God. & a longing to enjoy the privileges of his sanctuary. It vows also to seek & serve him; desires Gods assistance, & exhort, to faith & perseverance etc. It is useful, for all Christians, to these purposes.  


GOd is my light, my health mine Aid;  
My life's defence: whom should I fear?  
When wicked foes my death assayed,  
They tripped, & fell, & ruined were.  
ay, therefore, will nor faint, nor fly,  
Although an host beseigeth me;  
If God, will not this boon deny,  
For which, I'll now a suitor be.   

2  
Even that he grace to me afford,  
My life-time in his house to spend;  
To view the beauty of the Lord.  
And in his Temple to attend.  
For, in his Tent, when dangers threat,  
In secret, he should me enclose;  
Upon a Rock, my footing set,  
And, raise my head above my foes.   

3  
Then, in God's house, a Sacrifice  
Of praises, I would also give:  
Hear therefore, Lord; & let my cries  
A gracious Answer, now receive.  
When thou dost bid me seek thy face;  
Thy face I'll seek, my hart replies:  
Reject not therefore, nor disgrace.  
Thy Servant who on thee relies.   

4  
Oh Lord, who didst my soul preserve  
When, me my parents did forsake;  
(Because of them who me observe)  
Now, plain to me, thy path-ways make.  
Yea, from the pleasure of my foes,  
Protect me Lord: for, lo; with lies,  
False witnesses do me oppose;  
And, cruel words they do devise.   

5  
That, had I not belief to see  
God's grace (within that land of bliss  
Where endless life shall granted be)  
My soul had fainted, long ere this.  
Attend thou still upon the Lord,  
And faint thou not (who e'er thou art)  
Attend I say, upon the Lord;  
And, he shall fortify thy hart.    
It is an unspeakable favour oh Lord, to live where we may peaceably assemble in thy house, & obtain thy comfortable presence in thy blessed word & Sacraments. How many, oh God how many? are deprived of this consolation? And, oh how long? & with how little sense of our happiness, have we enjoyed this great blessing? Grant unto us, we beseech thee, mere thankfulness, lest thou justly withdraw thy abused grace; Give in due time, this great Benefit, to all who unfeignedly desire it for thy glory: In the mean while, vouchsafe them patience, to sustain their burden without fainting; & let the hope of that, which is prepared for thy saints, in the Land of the living, stir up them & us, to a faithful performance of our whole duty towards thee, through the assistance of thy holy-spirit, Amen.   

Psa. 28.  
A Psalm of David, It craves God's assistance, imprecates his judgements against the wicked, professeth assurance in the divine protection, & ascribes glory, & power, & thancks, to the Almighty, etc. It may be used as a prayer, & protestation of our faith in persecution.  


OH Lord My strength, I cry to thee,  
Give ear, & Silence do not keep:  
Lest, not unlike to those I be,  
Which down descend, into the deep.  
Observe my Cries, & what I pray,  
When to thine Ark, my hands I rear:  
With sinners, pluck me not, away,  
Who speak of peace, yet purpose war.   

2  
Give them what their ill deeds require;  
As they deserve, so them reward.  
For their lewd works, pay them their hire,  
Because, thy works they nought regard.  
Yea, seeing they thy works despize,  
Destroy them, never to be raised:  
But, hear my suit, & heed my cries,  
And be thou, Lord, for ever praised.   

3  
For, thou art, Lord, my shield, mine aid;  
My strength, of whom I hopeful am:  
Thereof, my hart is well paid,  
And, of thy praise, my Songs I frame.  
Thy Christ, thou always shalt protect:  
Thou art his rock; &, saved by thee,  
Thine heritage & thine Elect,  
(Blessed, fed, & magnifide) shall be.    
Immortal God, so many & so great perils do always threaten us, that we are still at the brinck of destruction; & unless thou be gracious, we shall soon be swallowed up. Hear us therefore, when we call on thee, in the Mediation of jesus Christ; & gather us not among Hypocrites, or notorious Malefactors: But, when they shall receive their due reward, who by a dissembled Unity, trouble the peace of thy Church, or dishonour thy Name, by Atheism or profanes; let us reap the fruit of our hopes, to our joyful exaltation among thine elect, & to the glorifying of thy Mercy, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 29.  
A Psalm of David It mystically expresseth the power of God's voice (or evangelical word) over all sorts of people, in all places. It may be used to praise God, for having thereby (according to this prophecy) converted those, who were naturally as obdurate as trees, mountains, fields, & brute-creatures.  


AScribe, ye Mighty, to the Lord,  
Ascribe all power & same:  
Let him be in his house adored,  
And, honour ye his Name.  
The Lord, commandeth, with his voice,  
The seas, & greatest Flood;  
And, when the thunder makes a noise,  
It is the voice of God.   

2  
With power, the God of glory, speaks,  
And, awful are his words.  
His voice, the strongest cedars breaks,  
That Libanon affords.  
e'en Libanon & Shirion to,  
He makes to start (through fear)  
As Unicorns & Bullocks do,  
That young & frightful are.   

3  
God's voice, between the flames doth fly,  
God's voice, the Desert shakes:  
God's Voice, doth (adesh terrify,  
The Hind, it Calfeles makes.  
Yea, with his Voice, the thickest grove,  
To plainest view he lays;  
And, in his Temple, those things move  
All tongues, to sing his praise.   

4  
The Lord, likewise, doth in the Flood  
An endless rule possess;  
And, blesseth all the Folk of God,  
With fortitude, & peace.    
Honour & praise, be given to thee, oh Lord God, for the powerful preaching of thy word, let the sound of thy voice be still in our ears. When we rage like a troubled sea, let it calm us; When we are like over-loftie Cedars, let it humble us; when me are as unmoveable as mountains (in our own opinions) let it shake us, when we are wanton like young Bullocks, let it tame us; when we are as rude, or barren as a wilderness, let it civilize & make us fruitful; when we are pregnant with any, mischief, let it make our conceptions abortive; when we are ensnared among, the thick bushes of ignorance, or worldly Cares, let it discover a passage out of error, & disentangle our hearts from carnal affections: that, the whole world may be subjected unto thee; & that we & all tongues may praise & magnify thy Name, for ever & ever Amen.   

Psa. 30.  
A Psalm or song of the dedication of the house of David. It seems a thancksgivinge for the resurrection of Christ, whose true house or Temple, was his Body. It confesseth God's graciousness, & man's weakness, etc. We may use it, when, arising from our sins, we resolve to dedicate ourselves as temples to the holy-ghost.  


LOrd God, thy praise I will declare;  
For why, thou me hast magnifide?  
My foes insultings thou didst bar,  
And, savedst me, when for help I cried.  
Yea, from the dungeon & the pit,  
Thou keptst my soul & life, oh Lord;  
Let all thy saints (remembering it)  
With praise, thy holiness record.   

2  
Thy wrath, abides not long in thee,  
But, in thy favour, life appears;  
And, joy shall in the morning be,  
Though, overnight, there may be tears.  
In my advancement, once I said,  
That nothing should my foot remove;  
Because, my mountain thou hadst laid  
So firmly, Lord, by thy mere love.   

3  
Yet, when thy face thou didst but hide,  
I quickly was oppressed, again;  
And, then, to thee again I cried;  
And in my cry, did thus complain.  
What profit will my blood afford,  
When, I, shall to the grave descend?  
Oh! cann it sing thy praises, Lord?  
Or cann the dust thy truth commend?   

4  
Lord, hear, & pity take on me;  
To succour me, thy help employ:  
That, changed to songs, my sighs, may be;  
My mourning-weeds to robes of joy,  
So, ay, for ever, with my tongue  
Will praise the, (oh my God my Lord)  
And, in a never-ending song,  
Thy mercies, thanckfully record.    
Sweet jesus, so great are thy Mercies, that in a night thou convertest into triumphs, the most desperate Afflictions; yea, in the very moment of greatest horrors, thou strangely infusest unexpressible joys: yet, such is our corruption, that upon thy favours, we often build those false assurances which beget more pride than thankfulness; & so, we are justly shaken again from our confidence; than 〈…〉 akinge the foundation thereof more firm (by true humiliation grounded merely on thy mercies) we way stand immovable forever. Oh! grant, that by meditating thy voluntarie-humiliation we may descend to the true Annihilation & renouncing of ourselves, & that by virtue of thy Burial & Resurrection we w●● escape the Dungeons of the Grave & Hell; Change the mourning-garment of our flesh, into the robes of immortality, & praise thee for thy mercies, world without end, Amen.   

Psa. 31.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It personates Christ & his Church in persecution; contains a large intermixture of many petitions, complaints &c, & admirably fets forth the variety of affections, incident to a soul, working out salvation with star & trembling. It is useful in great agonies & afflictions of mind, etc.  


BEcause, I do on thee depend,  
(That shamed I may not be)  
Lord, in thy justice me defend,  
And, quickly hear thou me.  
Be still my rock, my walled-bowre;  
And, me vouchsafe to save:  
For, thou art my defensive tower,  
And, all the strength I have.   

2  
Be pleased (for thy namesake) to come  
And be my hopeful stay;  
Direct thou me, & pluck me from  
Those nets my foes do lay.  
Thou art my strength, & unto thee  
My spirit I commit:  
For, thou Lord God of Truth, art he  
Who hast redeemed it.   

3  
ay, them abhor who lies approve;  
But, Lord, I trust in thee:  
And of thy grace, & in thy love,  
My whole rejoicings be.  
For, me thou didst from cares discharge;  
Thou knewest my soul in woe:  
My fettered feet thou didst enlarge,  
And keptst me from my foe.   

4  
Have mercy, Lord, for I am vexed;  
Mine eyes with grief decay:  
In soul & flesh, I am perplexed;  
Grief, wastes my life away.  
My years, with sigheng, shortened are;  
My sight, to fail begins:  
My bones consume, my strength doth wear;  
And, all is for my sins.   

5  
My scornful foes do me upraid;  
My neighbours, more than they:  
My friends, to see me are afraid,  
And, far they fly away.  
As one long dead, (unthought upon)  
Even pot-sherd like, I fare.  
I flandered am of many a one,  
And, round me, terrors are.   

6  
Yet (when to take my life fro me  
They plots against me laid)  
relying still, oh Lord, on thee.  
Thou art my God, I said,  
Thou knowst the times, when me to take  
From my persueng foes:  
Therefore, to me (for mercy sake)  
Thy cheerful face disclose.   

7  
Lord, let me not be made ashamed,  
Because, thy help I crave:  
But, let the wicked be defamed,  
And, silenced in the grave.  
Their lying lips, for ever close,  
Who murmur in despite,  
Disdainful words, in scorn of those,  
Whose courses are upright.   

8  
Oh! what great favours wilt thou show,  
To such as honour thee.  
And bring to pass, in public view,  
For them that faithful be?  
Thy secret presence shall prevent  
The Tyrant's haughty wrongs;  
And, they shall in thy privie-tent  
Avoid the strife of tongues.   

9  
Praise God; for, when I rash lie thought,  
That I quite lost had binn;  
Me, to a warlike Town he brought,  
And, honoured me therein.  
My suits, & cries, he likewise heard:  
Ye saints of his, therefore,  
The Lord your God, with good regard,  
Love, honour, & adore.   

10  
The faithful, he doth keep from harm,  
And their proud foes contemn.  
Be bold: & he your hearts will arm  
Who put your trust in him.    
Our sins (oh Lord) bring on us many great afflictions: They consume our flesh, blind our eyes, rot our bones, fright our hearts, & afflict our consciences: They cause us to be uprayded, scorned, betrayed, & persecuted, by our foes; They make us to be envied, contemned, reproached, & abused among our neighbours; They occasion, that we are miscensured, for saken, yea & forgotten of our best affected friends; and (which is worst of all) they bring on us thy displeasure, & make us almost desperately to forsake thee. Deliver us (oh deliver us) from these evils: but especially from the sins which occasion them. Thou art our sole refuge, & the God into whose hands we have committed our spirits: So embolden us therefore, in thy grace, that we, & the rest of thy Saints (seeing how great favours thou bestowest on all them that fear thee) may praise thy Name, for ever & ever, Amen.   

Psa. 32.  
A Psalm of David Maschil. It shows the free forgiveness of sin by grace, Rome, 4. 6. The danger of hiding, the benefit of confessing our sins, and the power of timely prayer; It exhorts also, that we do not brutishly abuse the grace of God &c, It should be sung, to remember us of God's mercies, & of these duties, etc.  


A Blessed estate, that man is in  
Whose crimes the Lord forgives, & hides!  
Even he, to whom God lays no sin,  
And in whose hart no fraud abides.  
Till I, my faults, did open lay,  
My bones with pain were tired out:  
Thy hand oppressed me night and day,  
And, I became like Summer's drought.   

2  
My Trespass, I revealed therefore:  
I showed my secret faults to thee;  
And vowed to hide my sins no more:  
So, thou, their guilt forgavest me.  
For this: the Just, on thee shall call,  
At seasons when thou mayst be found:  
And he shall have no harm at all,  
Though mighty Floods enclose him round.   

3  
Thou art, oh Lord, my hiding-place,  
Wherein; (when peril greatest grows)  
From dangers, thou shalt me release,  
And, me with songs of health enclose. (Selah.)  
Thus, thou dost also seem to say:  
I will instruct thee with mine eye,  
And, so inform thee in the way;  
That thou shalt never walk awry.   

4  
Then, be not like the Horse or Mule,  
That void of understanding be;  
Which thou with Bit, & Rains, must rule,  
Lest, else, they fling, or fall on thee.  
The Sinners plagues grow more & more;  
But, they find grace, who trust in God.  
Let just, & righteous men therefore,  
With Shouts, proclaim their joy, abroad.    
It is not, oh gracious Redeemer, our Innocence, or any good which of ourselves we can perform, that justifies us in thy sight; but thy free grace, thy hiding, & thy not-imputing our sins. That, which thou expect est & acceptest from us, toward the procuring of this favour, is nothing else but humbled souls, contrite spirits, unfeigned hearts, & sincere confessions; which, thou thyself also, must prepare & help perfect in us, or we shall never perform them: no, though all the dangers & torments of the world were before our eyes. Take therefore, from us, our brutish ignorance; kerb our headstrong wilfulness; Rain our unbridled appetites; instruct us, by thy favourable aspect; &, so guide us by the bridle of reason, & religeous awe; that (we being governed according to thy will) thou mayst be found of us in all troubles, at all seasons; &, we rejoice in thy mercy, for ever & ever, Amen.   

Psa. 33.  
It exhorts to praise God; declares who are most obliged thereunto; In what manner we should perform this duty; & for what principal causes etc. We should often use it to put us in mind how much we are obliged to praise God, etc.  


YE Righteous, in the Lord rejoice:  
For, praise with Godly men doth suit:  
Praise God with Psaltry, Harpe, & Voice,  
And on the twice-five-stringed Lute,  
To him, new ditties, sing & play;  
And tune them to the loudest key.   

2  
For, God is righteous in his word,  
His Actions, full of truth appear:  
His Bounty, all the world hath stored:  
His Darlings, Truth, & justice are.  
The heavens were formed when he but spoke;  
His breath, did all their Armies make.   

3  
The seas huge waves, aloft he reared,  
The Deeps, as up in store, he laid:  
Oh! let him through the world be feared,  
And make Earths-dwellers all afraid.  
For, his Commandings are fulfilled;  
And all is done as he hath willed.   

4  
God, makes the Gentiles projects vain,  
And, brings the People's plots to nought:  
But, his decrees, for aye remain,  
And, everlasting is his thought.  
Most surely blessed therefore are those,  
Whom for his own, the Lord hath chose.   

5  
For, God from heaven. doth cast his eye,  
The son's of men to view & know:  
Yea, from his dwelling-place on high,  
He marketh all on earth below:  
Their hearts, alike, he shapeth to,  
And heeds, even every work they do.   

6  
Great Armies cannot save a king,  
No strong-mans' power his life preserves,  
The strength of horse, vain succours bring;  
But, those who fear him, God observes:  
And, whosoever on him depends,  
From dearth, & death, he them defends.   

7  
Our soul upon the Lord shall wait,  
Who hath our shield & shelter binn;  
And, he shall be our heart's delight;  
Because, his Name, we trusted in.  
Oh! let us Lord, still succoured be,  
As we repose our trust in thee.    
Blessed God at thy word allthings were created, & by thy providence they are still governed. Thou hast fashioned the hearts of all men, to be in some measure capable of thy grace; & observest how they employ that Talon. Thy eternal decree remains firm; & therefore, they whom thou choosest shall be blessed for ever. Neither their own strength, nor any power (but thine) is able to keep them safe: Thou therefore, on whom their soul waiteth, shalt prevent the famine of that which is the means of their preservation; & thereby, keep them from total or final-falling. Lord, make us, to rejoice in this unspeakable mercy. Increase our faith, & continue us in the means whereby we are to make our Election sure. We believe it is already granted; & yet we pray for it, because it is our duty; & because we cannot choose but pray for that, which we believe, & hope, to obtain, through jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 34.  
A Psalm of David when he changed his behaviour before Abimeleck, who drove him away & he departed. It seems to typefy Christ, who being (as it were) disguised by taking our nature, & infirmities, became thereby contemptible to the great-ones of the world. We should sing it to praise God. for discovering to us, what is hid from the worldly wise, etc.  


NOw shall the Lords, eternal praise,  
The subject of my song be made:  
My Soul shall sing it, all her days;  
The meek shall hear it, & be glad,  
Let others come, & ready be,  
To join in praising of his Name:  
For, when I cti'de, he helped me;  
And kept away my feared blame.   

2  
He lighteneth such as him observe,  
And, no disgrace upon them falls:  
He hears the poor, & will preserve  
From all his troubles, when he calls.  
His Angell-gards, will them enclose,  
Who, of his God head, awful be:  
Therefore, his goodness, unto those  
Who trust in him, come Taste, & See.   

3  
Yea, fear the Lord, ye Saints of his:  
For, he to such will all things grant.  
The Lion's whelps their food may miss,  
But, they that serve him, nothing want.  
Ye Children come, attention give;  
And I will teach th'Almighties fear,  
How, ye long time on earth may live,  
And, gain a blessed-being, here.   

4  
Your tongues from slanderous words preserve,  
Dissembling, let your lips eschew;  
Ill deeds avoid, good works observe,  
Seek peace, & after it pursue.  
For, God beholdeth such as those,  
And hears the Righteous when they pray:  
But, wicked men he doth oppose,  
And, roots their Name & Fame away,   

5  
The Lord, will hear the Righteous cry;  
From dangers he will them assure;  
He, to the broken hart is nigh,  
And, wounded Spirits, he will cure.  
Although the Justice hath many grieves,  
The Lord so helps, that they are gone;  
In all his troubles, him relieves,  
And keeps him sound, in every bone.   

6  
By sin, the sinner's death is wrought:  
He shall not thrive, that hates the Just.  
But, God his servants lives hath bought;  
And, faileth none that in him trust.    
Hear us oh merciful God, in cur present necessities, and preserve us from those future evils which we may justly fear. Enlighten our understandings, rectify our affections, guide our tongues, sanctify our actions, cure our diseased bodies, & heal our wounded souls. Let thine Angels, guard us; let thine own eyes, watch over us; and let us be so instructed in thy fear; that when our lion-like adversaries are empty, we may be filled with thy goodness, & delighted in thy sweetness: Grant, also, that when their memorial perisheth, we (being preserved sound both in soul & body) may ●nicie the promised blessing os long-life, even of life-eternall in thy heavenly kingdom, for ever & ever, Amen.  

Another of the same.  

AT all times with my tongue I'll bless the Lord;  
To sing of him I never will forbear,  
But, in my Soul, his praise with mirth record;  
And publish what the meek shall joy to hear,  
Come, therefore, help his praises to declare;  
To magnify his Name, let us agree.  
Discharged I was, by him, of all my fear;  
And, when his aid I sought, he aided me.  
Enlightened are their eyes that look on him;  
And, no disgrace or shame, or those cann fall:  
For, he in all their troubles helpeth them;  
And hears the poor, when he on him doth call.  
God's Angell-gards, round those that fear him, be  
Encamped still to keep them from their Foes.  
His greatness, and his goodness, taste, & see;  
For, all are blessed, who trust in him repose.  
In him, let all his Saints, confine their fear;  
For, poverty from such resttained is.  
Kept hungry, oft, the whelps of Lions are,  
But, they who fear the Lord, no goodness miss.  
Let me from you (ye babes) attention gain;  
That, I the fear of God to you may show.  
Mark also this (all ye that would attain  
Long life on earth, & happy days, to know)  
No slanderous tales enure your tongues to tell;  
And, let your lips dissembling speech eschew:  
Of wicked words beware; Uprightly deal;  
Inquire our Peace, & after it pursue.  
Placed are God's eyes, upon the Righteous race;  
He to their cries, an open ear doth lay:  
Quite opposite to sinners, is his face;  
And from the land, he roots their name away.  
Right willingly, the Lord inclines his ear,  
To hear, & save the righteous, when they cry.  
Sinn-wounded souls, & hearts that broken are,  
He never shuns; but, unto such is nigh.  
Though many griefs, upon the Godly fall,  
The Lord, will every one of them remove.  
Unbroke, even all his bones, preserve he shall;  
But, sin, the death of sinful men shall prove.  
Who so doth hate the Just, shall hated be,  
For, God his faithful servants will redeem,  
Yea, all their souls from thrall he setteth free,  
And leaveth none, that put their trust in him.     

Psa. 35.  
A Psalm of David. It contains diverse petitions, & prophetical Imprecations, concerning the Adversaries of Christ, & of his members; & particularly mentioneth some of those misusages which he suffered by the jews etc. We may properly sing it, when we commemorate the Passion etc.  


WIth such oh Lord, as me oppose,  
Vouchsafe to plead my right;  
And, pleased be to war on those,  
Who now against me fight.  
Both shield & Buckler, take in hand;  
Rise, for my help, I pray:  
Bring out the spear, & for me stand,  
In my Pursuers way.   

2  
Say to my soul; Thy health, I am;  
And, bring to shameful wrack,  
All those who seek my death or shame;  
Yea, shamed repel them back.  
Let them before God's Angel fly,  
As chaff, before the wind;  
Let them before God's Angel fly.  
Through paths, unsafe & blind.   

3  
Since pits they digged; &, therein snares  
For me, unjustly, laid;  
Let them be slain at un-awares,  
In their own traps, betrayed.  
Then, Lord, in thee, my soul shall joy;  
Thy help, my mirth shall be:  
And, all my bones, oh Lord, shall say,  
That none cann equal thee.   

4  
Thou sav'st thee poor, & men oppressed,  
From those that are too strong:  
Thou freest the poor, who are distressed,  
From such as do them wrong.  
False witness rose, & charged me  
With words I never said;  
And, that my soul might spoiled be,  
They, Good with Ill, repaid.   

5  
Yet, when great sickness them oppressed,  
In sackcloth clad, I mourned:  
I fasted; &, into my breast,  
My prayers back returned.  
I grieved for them, as men bemoan  
A Brother or a friend;  
And sadly walked, as when that one  
Bewails his Mother's end.   

6  
But, when my griefs did me beset,  
Their Merry-meetings were:  
The base sort, in private met,  
And, none did scoffs forbear.  
Yea, at their Feasts, in mock of me,  
The Scorners gnashed their teeth.  
No longer, Lord, spectator be,  
But, save my soul from death.   

7  
My Darling, from the Lion save:  
So, thy great love, oh Lord,  
Where many folk their meetings have,  
I'll to thy praise record.  
Oh! let not those who me despize,  
Deride my poor estate;  
Or, lear on me with scornful eyes,  
Whom they unjustly hate.   

8  
They seek not Peace, but Projects lay  
For them that peaceful be:  
With gaping mouths, AH! HA, say they,  
Our wish, we now do see,  
Thou saw'st it; Therefore, make no pause,  
Nor absent, long, abide:  
But, wake, arise, & let my cause  
By thee, Lord God, be tried.   

9  
Lord, judge me in thy righteousness,  
That they deride not me;  
And say in hart, this Fall of his  
Is that, which we would see.  
Oh! never give them cause to say,  
We have devoured him quite;  
But, shame, & root them out, for aye,  
That in my harm delight.   

10  
Let them, with shame, & scorn, be clad;  
That have my soul diseased:  
And, let them triumph & be glad,  
Who in my cause are pleased.  
The Lord be praised, let all men say,  
That wish thy Servant's Peace:  
And, with my tongue, I'll all the day,  
Extol thy Righteousness.    
Oh blessed Redeemer! let thy gracious assistance be always ready to guard us from the furious malice of our Foes: And, seeing their condition is not hid from thee, let thy judgements be executed upon all those who shall continue unrepentant in their wickedness; that thy Justice may be glorified, as well as thy Mercy. Make us, also, mindful (oh Christ) from what height of glory, thou didst voluntarily humble thyself; to what extreme contempt thou wert, abased; how unkindiie, yea, how despitefully handled (even by those for whose Redemption thou wert pleased to descend) And, by thy example teach us to be humble, patient, & charitable in our sufferings; that bearing thy cross, & imitating thy virtues; we may be partakers of thy exaltation, who livest & raignest, world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 36.  
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David the servant of the lord It mentions the impiety & corruptions of the wicked. It declareth also, the infinite Love, mercy, sweetness, & justice of God etc. It may be sung to bring to consideration, God's goodness, when the over-flowing of ungodliness circumvent us?  


MY hart, within me, says;  
That, Sinners fear not God:  
And, their self-pleasing course, displays  
Their hateful guilt abroad.  
Their words, are wicked wiles;  
Nor wise, nor just are they:  
Upon their beds they study Guiles,  
And, cursed is their way.   

2  
The heavens, thy Mercy fills;  
Thy Truth doth reach the sky:  
Thy justice, Lord, or'e-topps the hills,  
And, deep thy judgements lie.  
Thou sav'st both man & beast;  
For, Lord, thy grace excels;  
And, underneath thy wings, in rest,  
Mankind securely dwells.   

3  
With dainties of thy house,  
They shall replenished be;  
And, streams of bliss, they shall carouse:  
For, Life doth flow from thee.  
Thy light is, Lord, our light:  
Therefore (where thou art known)  
Prolong thy grace, that men upright,  
May make thy works, their own.   

4  
Let not the foot of pride,  
Oppose, or hinder me;  
Nor let me be removed aside,  
By hands that wicked be.  
For, thence the overthrow,  
Of Sinners, first begann;  
And, when they fell, they fell so low,  
That, rise they never cann.    
UUee confess (oh Lord) that by the corruption still remaining in our own hearts, we are plainly informed, how Sinn, being first conceived in thought, will at last break forth into public Act, if thy great Mercy prevent not. Uouch safe us, therefore, not only thy common grace, which thou spreadest over all; but be pleased also, to display over us, the wings of thy special Mercies, that being nourished in thy house with spiritual Banquets (such as thy word, thy Sacraments, & the Illuminations of thy Spirit) we may escape the falling into those offences from which there is no risingagaine; Let thy Saving-grace, be extended also to those who yet know thee not, to the multiplying of thy Elect, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 37.  
A Psalm of David. It proposeth many counsels, & experimental Arguments, to move us, not to be offended at the Prosperity of worldlings, & to persuade a patient perseverance in well-doeng etc. It is useful, to keep us contented with our estates, & hopeful in all temptations, & afslictions etc.  


AT Sinners, take thou no offence,  
Nor vex thyself, at such as they:  
For, they shall soon be swept from hence,  
And, like the grass consume a way.  
Believe in God, & live upright;  
So, where thou dwellest, thou shalt be fed:  
And, if in him, thou take delight,  
Of all thy hopes, thou shalt be sped.  
Commit thou, to the Lord, thy way;  
Trust him, & all shall well be done:  
Thy justice shall outshine the day,  
Thy judgement, pass the sun at noon.  
Delight in God; his leisure bide;  
And, fret thou not that others thrive;  
But, thy displeasure lay aside;  
Lest, thou offence, by vexing give.  
Expect awhile, & thou shalt see  
The wicked fall; & men upright  
Possessors of the land to be,  
When Sinners dwellings vanish quite.  
For, meek-men shall possess the land,  
And, peace enjoy (at full) therein;  
Though wicked men, do them withstand,  
Conspire, & gnash their teeth, & grinn.  
God, sees & mocks the Sinners end.  
His Blade, in vain he draws to smite,  
He shall his Bow as vainly bend,  
To slay the poor, & men upright.  
His Blade, even his own hart shall gore;  
His bow shall break; and, that small share  
The righteous hath, shall profit more  
Than all their heaps, that wicked are.  
It shall be so; because, the Lord  
(Who breaks their arm, that are unjust)  
To Godlie-men, will healps afford,  
Which never shall deceive their trust.  
Known to the Lord, are all their ways;  
Their heritage will always last.  
They shall not fear in ev'll-days:  
Nor empty be, when others Fast.  
Lewd men (& they who part have taken  
Against the Lord) shall, then, become  
Like fat of Lambs, or like the smoke,  
Which melts, or quite away doth fume.  
Much, borrow those; but, never pay.  
The Righteous lends, & mercy shows.  
Where he doth bless, right blessed are they;  
Where he doth curse, a curse ensues.  
No course he takes, but God will guide  
His feet; & in his way delight:  
He falls not quite, although he slide;  
Because, God holds him, still, upright.  
Old-age & youth, I now have seen,  
Yet, saw no just-man, or his seed,  
Forlorn or beg: For, they have been  
So kind; that they find help, at need.  
Proceed thou in this way, therefore,  
Depart from Sinn, tread virtues path;  
That thou mayst live for ever more:  
For, God, in judgement, pleasure hath,  
Quite, roots he out the Sinners race;  
But, still, his saints preserved are.  
The Land, they fully shall possess;  
And, safely dwell, for ever, there.  
Right fit; for, they discreetly talk,  
The Law of God, they ponder, still,  
And in their ways, directly walk;  
Though Sinners wait, their life to spill.  
Still, therefore, God will them defend,  
And, clear them, when arraigned they be.  
If thou, likewise, on him attend,  
God, in the Land, will prosper thee.  
The Sinners fall, thine eye shall view:  
For, I have seen them, like the Bay,  
Spread wide, and make a goodly show  
Then, suddenly consume away.  
View thou the Just; Observe them all;  
For, peace their later days attends:  
But, wicked men together fall;  
And, mischief brings them to their ends,  
Which comes to pass, because the Just,  
The Lord (at need) their helper have:  
For they in him do put their trust,  
And, them from Sinners, he doth & save.    
Almighty God make us contented with our portion, without meddling in what appertains to others. Let not the prosperity of the wicked, cause us to be envious, fretful, or discouraged; considering the fickleness, & peril of their estate: But, give us grace to be rather careful, that we discharge our own duties. Make us faithful, cheerful, patient, meek, charitable, prudent, diligent & constant in the ways of well-doeng; that so we may be delivered from despairs, scorns, slanders, conspiracies, persecutions, wants, & all other temporal disadvantages of this life; & be justified in sight of the whole world at the Resurrection: where, it will be evident, that the florishing of the wicked were never worth our envy; & that (according to thy word) the later end of the Righteous, is the beginning of Blessedness, for ever more. Amen.   

Psa. 38.  
A Psalm of David to bring to Remembrance. It is a penitential Psalm, emploring the pacification of God's wrath, & expressing our natural miseries, & corruptions etc. It is useful when we feel the guilt & punishment of Sinn, with a true repentance, & hearty desire of pardon & e.  


LOrd, chide not when thou wroth shalt be,  
Nor in thy rage, my sin chastise;  
For, deep thy shafts do stick in me,  
And, strict, thy hand upon me lies.  
Pains in my flesh, thy frowns have bred;  
My faults have robbed my bones of rest:  
My floods of Sinn, have drowned my head,  
And by their weight I am oppressed.   

2  
My wounds corrupt, & foul they grow;  
My Crimes have caused that thus I fare:  
With sorrows, I am pressed low;  
And, all day long, my mournings are.  
My Rains are gripped, & sore diseased;  
Throughout my body I am sore:  
A wastinge-greef on me hath ceased;  
And pain at hart, aloud I roar.   

3  
Oh Lord! thou knowst what things I want;  
My mournings are not hid from thee:  
My strength decays, my hart doth pant,  
Mine eyesight also faileth me.  
My friends & kindred, shun my grief;  
My lovers, hide themselves away:  
And, they who seek to take my life,  
Close-engines, to ensnare me, lay.   

4  
Yea, they who for my harm await,  
Speak words, that full of mischief are:  
Yet, how, all day they muse deceit,  
I (hearing) will not seem to hear.  
Nay, I have stood, as mute, as he  
Whose tongue is parched, whose throat is dry,  
Whose ears deprived of hearing be;  
And, in whose mouth is no reply.   

5  
For, I oh Lord, on thee rely,  
And, answer I expect from thee:  
Oh! therefore, now attend my cry,  
Lest else my foes insult on me.  
For, if my foot but slip aside,  
They, in my fall, themselves delight;  
My feet (alas) are prone to slide,  
And, still, my griefs are in my sight.   

6  
Behold, for my offence I grieve;  
And, my transgressions I bewail:  
Yet, still, my foes increase & live;  
Yea, still, my causles-foes, prevail.  
Moreover, they, who render ill  
For doeng well; have me with stood,  
And, borne me hate for my goodwill,  
Because, I love the thing that's good.   

7  
Lord, go not far, therefore, from hence;  
From me, my God depart not far:  
But, make thou speed in my defence;  
Because, from thee, my succours are.    
Most awful God dreadful is thy frown when we behold thee angry for Sinn: loathsome are our sins, when they appear to a wounded conscience: & unsufferable our afflictions when our consciences accuse us: We have sinned, oh Lord, (we have sinned) and are therefore tormented both in soul & body: yet, we beseech thee deal not with us according to our sins; but, for thy mercie-sake vouchsafe us a favourable correction, & those remedies & consolations which thou knowest best for our infirmities: When thou art offended, our foes are not only mischievous vexations, but our kindred also forsake us; our best beloved friends afflict us; & (which is yet more) we ourselves are our own torments. Whatsoever therefore, betides us (or whosoever is injurious) we have nothing to reply, nor any to accuse, but ourselves. Oh! pity our distempers, hear us, help us, & deliver us, for the bitter passion sake of jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 39  
To the chief Musician to Iduthun a psalm of David. The Prophet resolves a patient watchfulness over the tongue; Bemoanes the vanity, & misery of mankind, & petitions for God's mercy, etc. It may serve to instruct & comfort us, during the provocations of the wicked, & in other afflictions,  


Ivowed to keep my ways upright,  
And, that in words, I none would wrong.  
While sinners were, therefore, in sight,  
I shut my lips, & stayed my tongue:  
What ere they said, I silent stood;  
Refraining words, though they were good.   

2  
But, griefs did then to stir begin,  
Which, hot in me, my hart did make;  
My thoughts inflamed a fire within,  
Which loosed my tongue, & then I spoke.  
Lord, of my end, inform thou me;  
And, what my days, & frailties, be.   

3  
For, lo, my life is but a spann;  
It seems as nothing, in thine eyes:  
Even at his best, most vain is man,  
And, like the shade away he flies,  
He tires himself, with needle's pains,  
And knows not who shall reap his gains.   

4  
On thee, therefore, I do attend;  
My trust, oh Lord, I place on thee.  
From all my sins, my soul defend;  
From flouting-fooles, preserve thou me:  
For, I forbore to speak a word,  
Because, it was thy doeng, Lord.   

5  
Thy hand, with blows, doth me afflict;  
Oh! take thy heavy strokes away.  
When thou for sin dost man correct,  
Thou, Moth-like sretst their Form away.  
Therefore, no cause of doubts remain,  
That every man is wholly vain.   

6  
Lord, hear my suit; my criengs hear;  
Let not my tears unmentioned go:  
For, as thy Guests, my Fathers were,  
(And strangers here) even I, am so.  
Oh! spare, & grant me strength, I pray,  
Before I pass from hence, for aye.    
Give us Grace, oh Lord, that our tongues neither offend, by undiscreet or evil speakings, nor by continueng silent when we ought to speak. Remember us how short and vain our lives are, & how foolish it is to weary ourselves, & consume our time, for that with we may never enjoy; losing, in the mean while, assured blessings. Enable us to sustain the cross (which thou shalt lay upon us) without repininge, & lay no more on us than thou shalt make us able to bear. Deliver us from the scorn of fools; but especially, from those transgressions, by which our beauty is consumed. Mark our tears, hear our cries, and spare us in this our pilgrimage, until we have atained the strength by which we may stand firm in thy favour, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa, 40.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It is applied unto Christ, Hebr. 10. It praiseth God for our Redemption, declares the abolishing of the Ceremonial Law, the obedience of Christ, & the preaching of the Gospel, etc. It is useful to commemorate Christ's obedience; to give praise for former deliverances, & to pray for future preservation.  


MY constant hopes on God are set,  
Who, when I cried, gave ear to me:  
He brought me from the myrie-pitt,  
Even from the den, where horrors be.  
Upon a Rock, my feet he placed;  
He settled there, my standing fast.   

2  
And, that his praise I might declare,  
A new-made song, to me he taught;  
Which many men shall hear, with fear,  
And, to depend on God, be brought.  
For, they, who trust in him, are blessed:  
And, they who pride & lies, detest.   

3  
Those wonders, Lord, which thou hast wrought;  
Those things (my God) so many are  
Which thou concerning us hast thought;  
That none cann them to thee declare:  
O Lord! to order them to thee,  
Is far too great a task for me.   

4  
No offerings thou dost now require,  
But, only, that thy words I hear:  
No Sacrifice consumed in fire,  
By thee, for sins, desired are.  
Then, Lo, (I said) I come, to be  
That, which thy Book foretold of me.   

5  
I joy to do thy will, oh God  
Thy Law, is in my hart enroll;  
And, Lord, thy justice, all abroad,  
In great Assemblies, I have told.  
Thou knowst. my lips thy Truth revealed;  
And. that my hart hath nought concealed.   

6  
ay, made thy faithful-dealing known;  
I, did thy saving-health declare;  
I have not kept thy Love unshown,  
Nor hid thy Truth, where hearers were,  
Therefore, to me thy mercy show;  
Thy Truth, & Love, Lord, make me know.   

7  
For, mischeeves more than cann be told,  
Have now enclosed me round about;  
My sins, on me have laid such hold,  
There is no place of looking out:  
Their number doth my hairs out go,  
And, therefore, faint my hart doth grow.   

8  
Oh Lord! vouchsafe my life to save,  
With speed o God assist I pray;  
That they with shame, a fall may have,  
Who seek to take my Soul away:  
Let those that wish amiss to me,  
With shame & scorn, repelled be.   

9  
With rooting-out, those men require,  
(And pay them with deserved shame)  
Who in those words of scorn delight,  
Which bring on me, disgrace, or blame,  
But, give him joy in his desires,  
Who after thee, oh Lord, inquires.   

10  
Let them who love thy saving-health,  
Confess thee Lord, for evermore:  
For, thou art mindful of my wealth,  
And, heedest me, though I am poor.  
Lord God my helper, make thou speed,  
To help me, still, at every need.    
almighty God, by whose divine power, jesus Christ was raised out of the miry pit of the Grave, & with triumph ascended from the Dungeons of Hell, into the highest heavens: Grant, that by his example we may continually offer up the sweet, & ever acceptable Sacrifice, of Obedience to thy Will. UUrite thy Law in our Hearts; Let our Tongues publish thy Righteousness, & thy Truth, to all the world. And, though our manifold Sins make us unworthy of thy grace, yet deliver us from that shame & punishment which they deserve. that our Foes may be disappointed of their hope; & that, we, (together with all thy Saints) may joyfully confess thy great Mercy, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psal. 41.  
To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. It declares the reward of Charity towards, the poor members of Christ; expresseth the Hypocrisy of his foes; Beseecheth God's assistance, & praiseth him for our exaltation by Christ. It is useful, for these purposes aforementioned. etc.  


THe man is blessed that heeds the poor,  
From dangers, God will him reprieve;  
He will preserve his life, therefore,  
And, unto him preferment give.  
The Lord, will guard him from his foes,  
When him they labour to surprise;  
Refresh him, when that weak he grows,  
And, make his bed, when sick he lies.   

2  
In mercy, cure my Soul I pray;  
For, Lord, even thee. I did offend.  
Vile words, of me, my foes do say;  
And, wish my fame & Life, had end.  
When me they spy, fair shows they make:  
But, in their hearts my harm desire;  
Which when they come abroad, they speak,  
Where all my foes, my wrong conspire.   

5  
Some ill disease hath he (they said)  
he's down, & shall no more arise:  
Nay, he whom I have loved & fed,  
(My trusted-freind) did me despise.  
But, help me Lord, & raise, me now,  
That, I their dealings may requite.  
I shall thereby, thy favour know,  
If thou prevent my Foes despite.   

6  
Thou dost maintain my Righteousness,  
And, in thy sight-still placest me:  
The Lord, the God of Isr'el, bless;  
Oh! let him blessed for ever be. Amen. Amen.    
Infuse into us, oh Christ, such brotherly compassion, & such true Charity toward thy poor members, that we may obtain all timely consolations in this life, & be well-comed with Come ye blessed, at the last-day. UUee confess, there is a disease in our souls, disenabling us to perform this duty; and, as we are neither truly compassionate to others, nor faithful acknowledgers of thy love to us; So, we find others justly unmerciful, in our Afflictions, & increasing our vexations, by neglect, conspiracies, or bitter Censures: Yea, they whom we have cherished & relieved, in their wants & sorrows, do unthanckfully take part with our Oppressors. Oh! deliver us therefore, from our own unthanckfullnes, & want of charity, that we may be comforted by others, in our need; & become more perfect and constant, in all good works, to the praise & glory of thy Name. Amen.   

Psal. 42.  
To the chief Musician Maschil for the Sons of Chorah. It mystically expresseth a Christian man's estate wand'ring through the Hopes, Doubts, & Fears, of this life etc. It is useful, when inward or out ward afflictions tempt to despair of God's love; or, when we are hindered from frequenting his assemblies, etc.  


LOrd, as that Hart which water wants,  
So, longs, my soul for thee:  
Eternal God so thirsts & pants  
My soul, thy face to see.  
My tears, are day & night my meat:  
And, when I hear them say,  
Where is thy God? the grief of it  
Consumes my hart away.   

2  
For, heretofore I went among  
Thy folk on holy-days;  
Them, to thy house, I led along,  
And, there we sung thy praise.  
My Soul, why art thou so oppressed:  
In me, why art thou sad?  
Still, praise thou God, & on him rest;  
For, he will make thee glad.   

3  
My Soul, oh God is faint in me,  
Yet, think on thee I will,  
Though Iordans land I cannot see,  
Nor Hermons little Hill.  
The, deeps upon each other call,  
When thy loud storms descend;  
And, over me, thy Billows fall.  
But, Lord, thou help wilt send.   

4  
For day & night, I'll sing & pray  
Oh God (my life) to thee:  
My God my Rock; to thee, I'll say,  
Why thus forsakest thou me?  
Why am I suffered still to mourn,  
Afflicted by my foes?  
Where is thy God? they say in scorn;  
And, through my bones it goes.   

5  
My soul, why art thou so oppressed?  
Why art thou sad in me?  
Still praise thou God; & on him rest  
For; he my God will be.    
How desirable (oh Holyghost the Comforter) are thy consolations to afflicted souls! & how thirstely swallowed, being mingled with our tears! Our sins oft grieve thee; therefore, thou justly greevest us to make us sensible of our unkindnesses: Therefore, we are sometime censured as Hypocrites; & have all our piety & devotion mentioned with scorn, to our vexation: Therefore, mischeeves like waves, follow us, one after another; yea, & therefore also, our own consciences so accuse us, that we are sometime sorrowful to the death, & almost desperate of thy favour. But, blessed Spirit, speak thou (oh speak thou) comfortably to our scules; & to whatscever outward misery thou expose us, (yea though we appear miserable to ourselves) be thou still our God, & our Comforter, that our sorrows may at the last be turned into joy, to thy glory & our everlasting consolation. Amen.   

Psa. 43.  
The Prophet prayeth for assistance, promiseth to be thankful, & concludes, with rowzing up his dejected Soul to persevere in praising, & relying on God. It may be sung, to keep us undiscouraged in our spiritual greevances.  


LOrd, judge thou me & plead my right  
With such as cruel be;  
From wicked men, that use deceit  
Oh God deliver meet.  
For, since thou Lord, my fortress art  
Why shouldst thou fro me go?  
Why should I walk so sad in hart  
Oppressed by my foe?   

2  
Me, let thy light & Truth's bright rays,  
Unto thy dwelling bring:  
And, at thine Altars, to thy praise  
Oh! God my joy, I'll sing.  
My Soul, why art thou so oppressed?  
Why art thou sad in me?  
Still praise thou God, & on him rest:  
For he my God will be.    
When our scules are afflicted, expose us not (oh God to suffer long, the scorns of our Adversaries; nor leave us to the terror of those cruel judgements which our own consciences do often pronounce against us: But, when we are most severely judged by the world, & by our own selves, do thou absolve us: Depart not from us, when we are compassed about with injuries, neither give us over to those melancholy cogitations which will oppress our hearts when sorrow hath entered into our souls. But, let the truth of thy promises, & the light of thy countenance, so appear to us, that we may be revived thereby; to the increase & continuance of our consolation; and, that (depending always on thee as our sole comforter) we may magnify thy Name for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 44.  
To the Chief Musician, for the Sons of Chorah. The Church pleads for God's mercy, because he is her ancient deliverer; & because he is yet her only Trust, though she hath long sustained the scorns & oppressions of Tyrants, etc. It may be used, when the Church or commonwealth is afflicted, etc.  


Oh God thy work's in Ages past  
We heard our fathers tell:  
How, thou the Gentiles forth didst cast,  
And, brought'st them, there to dwell.  
For, nor their sword nor Arm it was  
By which that land they gained  
But, Lord, thy hand, thine arm, thy grace,  
And favour, them sustained.   

2  
Oh Lord my God, my king thou art,  
Thy jacob. still, defend,  
And, we shall those through thee subvart  
That harm to us intend.  
We. through thy Name shall tread them low,  
That us resist, oh Lord;  
For, I depend not on my bow,  
Nor trust I to my sword.   

3  
We from our foes were kept by thee,  
And thou didst work them shame:  
In thee therefore, much joyed were we  
And, we did praise thy Name.  
Yet, now disgraced, thou throw'st us by;  
Our Host thou dost forsake:  
Before our foes, thou mak'st us fly  
And, spoils from us they take.   

4  
Thou makest us the Gentiles meat,  
And, us like sheep they slay;  
We, scattered, & for sale, are set  
To those, who nothing pay.  
At us our neighbours laugh & ieer,  
Of us, they proverbs make:  
The people round us, mock & fleer;  
At us, their heads they shake.   

5  
Disgrace is always in my sight;  
And, red with shame, I grow,  
To hear the scornful words of spite,  
And, railings of my foe:  
Yet, we, O Lord, forget not thee,  
Nor from thy covenant stray;  
Nor changed in our hearts are we,  
Nor gone out of thy way.   

6  
Nay, though (oppressed, in death's black shade)  
We lodged with Dragons, lie;  
Thy Name, we nor forgotten had,  
Nor to strange Gods did cry.  
Yea Lord, thou knowst (who knowst each thought)  
That, daily, for thy sake,  
We fare like sheep, to slaughter brought  
And, so our deaths we take.   

7  
Lord, wake, & rise; why sleepest thou so!  
Reject us no for aye.  
Why shouldst thou disrespect our woe,  
And hide thy face away?  
Behold, even to the dust we make  
Our souls & bodies bend:  
Redeem us for thy mercy sake;  
Arise, & us defend.    
Deliver us, oh Lord, from all our adversaries: & make us to be still mindful what we have anciently heard concerning thee, from others; & what experience we ourselves have had of thy judgements and Mercies, from time to time: that, neither our prosperities make us arrogate any thing to ourselves, nor our Afflictions or persecutions cause us to blaspheme, or forget thee. Yea, though we should become the scorn & laughingstock of our Neighbours, a prey to our foes, & be always as the sheep appointed for slaugher; yet, keep us unchanged in the true Religeon, & in our love to thee: That, thou (to whom both our outward Trials, & our inward sincerity, is ever known) master in due time, help & save us whom thou hast redeemed, through jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 45.  
To the Chief Musician upon Shosannim for the Sons of Chorah Maschil. It is, as it were, Christ's marriage-song, and sets forth the glory of that bridegroom & of his Spouse. It is useful to stir up our spiritual affection to Christ's, &c.  


MY tongue shall prompt the writer's pen,  
My thoughts of thee, oh King! to tell:  
For, thou excellst the Sons of men;  
And, on thy lips, all graces dwell.  
God, will thee bless, for evermore.  
Great Conqueror, unto thy side,  
With honour, gird thy sword, therefore,  
And, forward in thy Triumphs ride.   

2  
Thy Right-hand shall, by deeds upright,  
(By Truth, & Meekness) wonders do:  
Thy shafts, thy foes, to death shall smite,  
And, make the people serve thee to.  
Eternal is thy Throne of state;  
Thy Sceptre, from all wrong is free;  
Thou justice lov'st, thou Sinn dost hate;  
And, therefore, God anointed thee.   

3  
Yea, thine own God, thy head anoints,  
Even with his oil of joyfulness;  
And, thee (above thy Mates) appoints,  
The place of sovereign to possess.  
The precious Robes, which thou puttest on  
Of Aloes, Cassia, & of Myrrh,  
Smell round about thine yv'rie throne,  
When, they thy hart have cheered, there.   

4  
Kings daughters, have at all times been  
Among thy Maids of honour, found:  
And, at thy right-hand, stands the Queen,  
In Ophir gold, arrayed, & crowned.  
Hear, daughter, & my words respect;  
Forget thy father's kindred, now:  
And, that the king may thee affect,  
Him, for thy Lord, acknowledge thou.   

5  
Then, shall the Daughters come from Tyre,  
And, bring rich presents unto thee;  
The wealthy, shall thy grace desire,  
And, Suitors, for thy favours be.  
The Daughter of the King, doth wear  
An upper garment wrought with gold:  
But, if her inside should appear,  
You, all perfections would behold.   

6  
Her, to the king, present they shall,  
In Robes which are by needle's wrought;  
Even with her fellow Virgins all,  
(Attending her) she shall be brought.  
They shall into his palace come,  
With joyful hart, & merry cheer:  
And, she, shall in her father's Room,  
To be her comforts, Children bear.   

7  
Great kings, (on earth) she, them shall make;  
And, cause, that men in future days,  
Such notice of her Name shall take,  
That nations all, shall sing her praise.    
Most amiable Bridegroom of our souls, (whose excellencies ravish, with spiritual affections, all those who cann apprehend the beamings of thy majesty, with true faith.) Proceed on, in the manifestation of thy power; Inflame our hart: by the vision of thy perfections; make our persons acceptable by the reflection of thy beauties; every us outwardly with the golden embroideries of goodworks; adorn us inwardly with the jewels of Divine graces; and let thy holie-Spirit brings us unto thee, acompanied with so many unpoluted Affections; that, thou mayest take pleasure in our comeliness; and, that we, forgetting our carnal desires, (and wholly renouncing ourselves) may have our full contentation in thy dear embraces; and enjoy all the privileges belonging to thy Spouse, for ever and ever. Amen.   

Psa. 46.  
To the chief Musician for the sons of Chorah, a song upon Alamoth. It expresseth on Assurance of God's protection, & the reasons thereof, with an exhortation also, to take notice of God's power. It is useful to us, for those purposes, etc.  


God, is my strength, when dangers are;  
A ready help approved:  
Therefore, we would not stand in fear,  
Though all the world were moved.  
No, though the Floods had flowed-o're  
The highest earthly dwellings;  
And Seas did make the hilly shore,  
To tremble at their swellings. (Selah.)   

2  
There is a River, which doth glad  
The place where God resideth;  
And, happy is that City made,  
Because, he there abideth.  
Her, vn-remooved, & firm to set,  
He, timely undertaketh;  
And, though Realms rave, & heathens fret,  
Earth melts, when he but speaketh.   

3  
The Lord of hosts, our part will take;  
Us, Jacob's God, protecteth. (Selah,  
Oh come therefore, & notice take  
What wonders God effecteth:  
What waste, & spoils, when he shall please,  
Among mankind he sendeth;  
And, how he makes, both war & peace,  
As far as land extendeth.   

4  
He cuts the spear, he breaks the bow,  
And, he the Chariot fireth:  
Be still, saith he, & also, know  
Your God the samer equireth.  
I will divulge my fame abroad  
To every ethnic Nation.  
The Lord of Hosts, even Jacob's God,  
(With us) is our Salvation. (Selah)    
No distrust have our souls, oh Lord, of thy loving protection; yet, when the contract betwixt thee & us was first published, the whole world of our enemies raged at our preferment; & all the Corruptions of our Nature did furiously oppose our union: And, but that we were strengthened by thy continual presence (& refreshed by the ever-flowing River of thy grace) they had shaken (& perhaps overthrown) our Constancy. Oh! continue thy assistance to our comfort, & their further vexation. Protect us from every evil; confirm us in all goodness; & so break the weapons & engines of ungodliness; that, all the world may extol thy works; &, we continue, for ever, in thy Salvation, through jesus Christ our Lord Amen.   

Psa. 47.  
To the chief Musician, a Psalm for the Sons of Chorah. It provoketh to reioicinge, for the Ascension of Christ; praiseth him, for subiecting the world to his spiritual dominion; & for uniting jews & Gentiles etc. We should use it to those purposes.  


TO God, all people, joyfully  
Clapp hands, with exultation;  
For, dreadful is the Lord, most high,  
Great king of every Nation.  
He, unto us, by his great power,  
Much people hath subjected;  
And, made our heritage, the flower  
Of jacob, his elected. (Selah)   

2  
With trumpets, & with merry noise,  
Is God the Lord ascended:  
Oh! let him be (with joyful voice)  
In songs of praise, commended.  
Of God our king, the praise now sing;  
Sing praise, & honour do him.  
The Lord, of all the world is king;  
Sing praise, with knowledge, to him,   

3  
God sits upon his holy throne  
O'er all the Gentiles reigning;  
And, calleth every willing-one,  
To Jacob's God pertaining.  
For, unto God (whom every tongue  
With high applause commendeth)  
The world's protection doth belong;  
And, he the same defendeth,    
Eternal Sonn God, great in power, terrible in judgement, King of Kings, & Lord of Lords; who sitting on the right-hand of thy Father, hast subjected the world to thy Dominion, & elected unto thyself out of all Nations those willing-ones who are obedient to thy Call. Oh grant, that we may not hide thy Talon, or belie thy bounty (by their persuasions, who tell us that, thou expectest to reap where thou sowedst not) but, let us thanckfully, acknowledge thy Common grace: When we are particularly called, let us run unto thee by thy assisting Spirit; & obtain that special Favour, which makes a sure Election, and from which there is no falling. So, we shall see that Truth, at which so many slumble; & with cheerful hearts, & triumphant voices, ascribe our salvation, wholly, to thee; & all honour, & power, & glory, to thy majesty, now & for ever more. Amen.   

Psa. 48.  
A Psalm & song for the Sons of Chorah. It extols the Lord, & the place of his dwelling; confesseth his mercy, his Bounty, & exhorts others to consider & publish he same. We, above many other Nations, should use this, to praise God for our Zion, etc.  


THe Lord is great, & great his Fame  
Should in his holy mountain be:  
For, Zion is a goodly Frame;  
The praise of all the world, is she.  
She northward stands, & she doth height  
The City of the King of might.   

2  
The Lord, is known to be her guard;  
For, when great kings against her came,  
They much admired; admiring, feared;  
And, fearing, fled away with shame:  
Even with such pangs, & suchlike fear,  
As women that in travail are.   

3  
For, thou, didst raise an Eastern wind,  
Which all the ships of Tarsus broke:  
And, Lord of Hosts, now true we find,  
What others of thy City spoke:  
Yea, we have heard, & now we see,  
That, God will still her keeper be. (Selah)   

4  
Within thy Temple, we oh God,  
Upon thy loving-kindnes thought;  
Thy Name is published abroad;  
With Justice, thy Right-hand is fraught:  
And, in thy judgements, Zion shall  
Rejoice, with Iudah's daughters all.  
Through Zion go; about her walk,  
Her Bulwarks mark, her Turret's heed;  
That, of her beauties you may talk  
And, tell her glories to your seed:  
For, God in life, will be our guide;  
And, in our death, our God abide.    
Thou art worthy oh Lord God, to receive honour, & praise & power; for, thou hast beautified, & so fortified thy City the Catholic Church; & thy ancient promises concerning her, are so graciously fulfilled, that many famous Nations, Kingdoms & potentates, (who despised & opposed her small beginning) having, since, viewed her (with reverence terror & admiration) are driven back from their Idolatries & ashamed of their malicious Intentions. Make us oh God faithful Citizens of this thy City, & delighted, so to observe & publish the beauties & privileges thereof, that the number of her inhabitans may be increased, & that we & they, may there live, under they protection, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 49.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm for the Sons of Chorah. It declares the common vanity, & the solly of men in honour etc. It is useful, to comfort the weak Christian against the scandals of the Cross; & strengthens him that is offendeth at the prosperities of the wicked etc.  


Ye dwellers all on earth, give ear,  
Both rich & poor, & high, & low;  
For, muse deep, I will declare,  
And, wisdom from my tongue shall flow.  
Dark Problems I will hearken out,  
A Riddle to my harp, I'll sing;  
For, of that day, what should I doubt,  
Which, all my faults, will round me bring?   

2  
They, who their trust in Riches have,  
And, glory in their wealth's increase,  
Their brother's life, shall neither save,  
Nor with his God, procure him peace.  
For, souls redemptions are so dear,  
That, no man cann sufficient have  
To purchase life, for ever, here;  
Or, scape the Dungeon of the grave.   

3  
Men see, both fools & wisemen die,  
And, that their gettings others waste:  
Yet, to their Names, their lands they tie,  
And, think their house will ever last.  
But, man's vain honour soon decays,  
Even as the brutish creature dies:  
And, (though their seed, their course do praise)  
Their ways are neither safe, nor wise. Selah   

4  
Like sheep, they food for death are made,  
Who shall a covering on them lay:  
Their glories in the grave shall fade,  
And, just-men rise more blessed, than they. Selah  
Despair not then, though some thou see,  
Surpassing thee in place, or pelf:  
Since, God, thy soul from hell will free,  
And, home receive thee to himself.   

5  
For, though their life more blessed they thought,  
(And, others did their path commend)  
They to their grave shall carry nought,  
Nor shall their pomp to them descend.  
No; to their Fathers, they must pass,  
And lie in darkness quite forgot;  
For, foolish men in honoured place,  
Are like the beast, which dies, to rot.    
It is a Riddle (oh Father of Wisdom) that happiness, should be attained without wealth honours and such transitory things; Therefore, worldings magnify themselves, & applaud others, according to their temporal Acheiuments; But, when Sinn follows at the heels to judgement; when the grave shall devour our beauties; & when the price of Souls is required; then, their vanity will be apparent. Grant therefore, oh Lord, that neither the worlds esteem of such things, make us to overvalue them; nor our want of them, to be discouraged; but, ●●t us be fully contented in our salvation by thee: So, when they perish like beasts, (& are consumed & forgotten in the grave) who were honourable & rich, without understanding; we, whom they judged unhappy, shall at the Resurrection arise blessed and glorified, through jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 50.  
A Psalm for Asaph. It prophecies of the last judgement, & summons jews & Gentiles there unto; It declares by what law they shall be judged; Reprehends Hypocrites; & exhorts to repentance, etc. It is useful, to warn that we be not hypocritical; in regard, all shall one day be disclosed, etc.  


THe Lord our God, th'almighty-one  
Hath spoke, & summoned all,  
That are betwixt the rising Sun,  
And places of his fall.  
God's glory, Zion, first will show,  
With noise, approach will he;  
Before him, burning fire shall go,  
A storm, shall round him be.   

2  
Through heaven & earth, he shall, aloud,  
His folk to judgement call;  
His Saints, that Sacrisizes vowed,  
Appear before him shall.  
His justice, heaven shall show abroad;  
For, God the judge will be.  
Hark Isr'el; for, even I, thy God,  
Will thee accuse, saith he.   

3  
ay, for thine Offerings blame thee not,  
Which were my due of old;  
Nor Bullock ask I, neither Goat,  
Out of thy Stall or Fold.  
For, I, more herds of cattle own,  
Then all the Mountains yield;  
To me all Beasts, & Birds are known,  
That live in wood or field.   

4  
If I were hungry, dost thou think,  
(Since all the world is mine)  
Thy Goat's blood, I would ask to drink?  
Or, feed on Bulls of thine?  
No; rather pay, in thankfulness,  
Thy Vows; and call on me:  
So, I shall pity thy distress  
And, have due praise from thee.   

5  
But, to the wicked, says the Lord,  
How darest thou to prate  
Of my commands, & of my word,  
Whilst thou dost Counsel hate?  
For, when thou dost a Thief perceive,  
A share with him thou tak'st;  
Thou, in Adultery dost live,  
And, wicked words thou speakest.   

6  
Thy Brother, (thine own Mother's son)  
Thou causeless, dost revile.  
ay, silent was, & thou hast done  
These wicked things, the while.  
Yea, thou hast thereupon supposed,  
That, I, was like to thee;  
But, all thy folly shall disclosed,  
And, now apparent be.   

7  
Ye, that of God forgetful are,  
Of this, Remembrance have;  
Else, I shall you in pieces tear,  
When there is none to save,  
For, I am glorified of those,  
That give due praise to me,  
And, such as well their lives dispose  
My saving-health shall see.    
Almighty God, who with majestic & terror, shalt come to judge the world & require an Account of every one according to the Talon received (especially of us, who are Saints, by an ordinary & visible Calling) give us grace to offer the acceptable Sacrifice of Righteousness & true obedience. Let not our Religion be merely formal, without the fruits of good life. Let us not be of those hypocritical talkers & professers of thy word, who hate reformation, & uncharitably censure their own Brethren; neither let thy long forbearance of our Sins cause us any way to abuse thy mercies: But, grant rather, that we may so unfeignedly embrace thee in our hearts, & so truly serve thee in our lives, that thou mayst be glorified by us, & we saved by thee in the last judgement, Amen.   

Psa. 51.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone into Bethsheba. It personates a man truly penitent; and, a true confession, contrition, & purpose of amendment, is the subject of this Psalm, Every true penitentiary may sing it in his humiliation, etc.  


OH Lord, of thy abounding Love  
To my offence, remissive be:  
My Follies Purge, my Sinn remove,  
And, of thy grace, deign grace to me.  
For, still, my fault before me lies;  
Yea, by myself, I am accused:  
Thee, thee alone, my conscience cries,  
Even to thy face, I have abused.   

2  
Which, here I do confess, oh Lord,  
That, when to censure thou art brought,  
Men, true my find thy Truthfull word,  
And, judge thy judgements as they ought.  
For, (sinful though my parents made,  
My Being, & my Birth to be)  
From thee, a secret grace I had,  
To form the Truth thou seekest in me.   

3  
And, if I purged with hyssop were,  
Me, thou shouldst make more white than snow:  
Yea, thy Glad-message when I hear,  
The bones thou brok'st, will healthful grow.  
Then, from my faults, thy face divart;  
Blot all my follies out of sight;  
Create in me a spotless hart,  
And, make my Spirit, Lord, upright.   

4  
Oh! let me not rejected be;  
Take not thy holy-ghost away;  
To joiefull health, restore thou me;  
Let thy free Spirit be my stay.  
So, I will other Sinners guide,  
To seek thy grace, & walk thy ways;  
And, (if my bloody sin thou hide)  
Thy justice, oh my God, I'll praise.   

5  
Which praises, that my tongue may sing,  
My lips, oh Lord my God, unclose:  
For, Burnt-oblations I would bring;  
But, thou hast quite rejected those,  
A grieved Soul, a contrite hart,  
Is God's best-liked Sacrifice:  
With such, oh God thou pleased art;  
And, such thou never shalt despise.   

6  
As thou art pleased, Mount - Zion bless,  
And wall about jerusalem.  
The Sacrifice of Righteousness,  
Shall then obtain thy good esteem.  
Yea, thou shalt then their Gifts receive,  
And, they shall all their Offerings pay;  
Even whole Burnt-offrings they shall give,  
And, Oxen on thine Altar slay.    
Oh Lord! our own Consciences accuse us, & will pronounce thee just if thou condemn us: for though it might somewhat move thy compassion, to consider our disabilities, by Original Pollution; yet, knowing what grace thou hast secretly infused, both, to resist that natural corruption, and to form also within us that Righteousness which thou requirest; we have no excuse (no hope) but to appeal to thy mercy. To thy Mercy therefore, we appeal, believing to be perfectly purified by the sprinkling of thy dear Sons blood. Oh! forgive us for his sake; Restore us to thy favour; repair what is decayed in soul or body; & so comfort, renew, guide, & strengthen us, by the continual presence of the Holyghost; that our conversation may be more upright; & all our future endeavours become acceptable; to thy glory, to the saving of our Souls, & to the consolation of other penitent Sinners, through jesus Christ our Lord: Amen.   

Psal. 52.  
To the chief Musician Maschil a Psalm of David when Doeg the Edomite came & told Saul, & said unto him, David is come unto the house of Abhimelech. It mystically, personates the Elect, upraiding their persecutors, foretelling their shameful ruin, & reicicing in their own deliverances, etc. It is useful in persecutions.  


WHy vauntest thou Tiraunt of thy wrong?  
God's love will still the same appear,  
Although thy mischeef-working tongue,  
Feigns lies, as keen as Razors are.  
Thou, evil more than Good respectest;  
Thou lovest falsehood more then right: (Selah.)  
All harmful speeches thou affectest,  
And, tongues which publish forth deceit.   

2  
But, thee from hence, the Lord shall tear,  
And, from the Land thy dwelling take. (Selah.)  
The Justice shall see the same with fear,  
And, sport at thy destruction make.  
Yea, they shall say; Lo, this was he  
Who sought not God to make him strong;  
But, laboured how he great might be,  
By getting wealth, & doeng wrong.   

3  
Then, as for me, I prosper shall  
As Olive trees that have their place  
Within God's holy temple wall,  
And, still depend upon his grace.  
There, Lord, I'll spread abroad thy fame;  
Yea, then, I'll praise thee for thy love,  
And, trust for ever in thy Name;  
Which, all thy Saints will well approve.    
Deliver us oh gracious Lord, from the cruel insolences & falsehood of those, who seek their Advancement by injurious & wicked means. Preserve us also from the guilt of their abominations; but especially from being so shameless, as to make vaunts of oppression, or of any other sin. Disenable, & root out of the land, all such insolent offenders; that the righteous flourishing as green Olive trees, & beholding thy judgements, may with reverend awe, rejoice in their subversion who are friends to Unrighteousness; & (with a fearless confidence in thy love) magnify thy Holy Name, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 53.  
To the chief Musician Maschil, A Psalm of David. It is almost the same with the 14. Psalm. And may be used to mind us that our Nature was wholly depraved, and that we should desire the coming of Christ, by whom we are to be renewed, etc.  


THe fool, doth God in hart denay,  
And, all corrupt are grown;  
Perverse & wicked is their way,  
There is no Righteous-one.  
For, God from heaven his eye declined,  
Man's offspring to behold;  
And, searched who did seek to find,  
Or, know him as they should.   

2  
But, all their ways preposterous were;  
All, fillthie & unsound:  
None saw he live uprightly, there;  
Not one good man, he found.  
Even brutishlie, fond Sinners eat  
God's people, as their bread.  
They, seek not God; and horrors great  
They feel, where is no dread.   

3  
The Lord will break the bones of them  
That have besieged thee;  
And, thou shalt shame them, since, of him  
They disrespected be.  
Would we God's help from Zion had!  
For, jacob, triumph shall,  
And, Isr'el, will there of be glad,  
When them he brings from thrall.    
Free us, oh Lord, from that universal corruption which overspreadeth our Nature; that we neither become so foolish to deny thee in our hearts, nor so perverse as to dishonour thee in our ways. So behold our pollutions, that thou mayst cleanse us from them; So consider our weakness, that thou mayst break the bands of all our foes; So make us to fear thee, that all our other fears may be turned into joy; And cause us to be so desirous of that salvation, which was promised out of Zion, that (being delivered from the thraldom of sin and death) we & every true Israelite, may triumph in our Salvation & Redemption through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,   

Psa. 54.  
To the chief Musician on Neginoth Maschil. A Psalm of David when the Ziphims came & said to Saul, doth not David hide himself with us? It mystically prophesied the jews treacheries & tyrannies against Christ etc. It is useful, when we are (or have been) betrayed or persecuted by false brethren, etc.  


DEfend me Lord, for thy Name sake,  
In thy great power, adjudge thou me,  
Of all thy suits quick notice take;  
And, let my words well heeded be.  
For, Strangers do against me rise,  
And, Tyrants for my life have sought,  
(Not setting thee before their eyes)  
Although my help, thou still hast wrought,   

2  
The Lord, my Souls upholders, guards;  
His Truth hath chased my foes away;  
And, them with Vengeance he rewards:  
For which, my Vows I'll freely pay.  
To laud thy Name is well approved  
And, I oh Lord, thy praise will sing;  
Because, my griefs thou hast removed  
And, on my foes, my wish dost bring.    
Incline thtne ear (oh merciful father) unto all our just petitions, & suffer us not to be oppressed by our professed foes, nor to be betrayed into their hands, by those Aliens unto thy Truth & Goodness, from whom we have better deserved; But, as thou hast been always heretofore our helper (and the upholder of them who have befriended us.) So, continue, we pray thee, to reward our friends, according to their kindness; to requite our foes according to their deservings; & to deliver us from all our sorrows, through jesus Christ; To whom, with thy blessed Spirit, we will offer up the free Sacrifice of praise and thancksgivinge, now & for ever. Amen,   

Psa. 55.  
To the chief Musician Neginoth Maschil, a Psalm of David. It personatet the faithful, complaining & petitioning against the inhumanity of their foes. It deciphers, also, false brethren; declares their destruction, & the security of the Elect. It may be used as the former.  


OH God my prayers hear;  
Hide not away thine ear;  
But, hear, & cast on me thine eye.  
For, loud my foes do roar;  
The wicked grieve me sore;  
And, therefore Lord, thus loud I cry.   

2  
With wrongs, they me pursue,  
A wrathful spite they show,  
And, I, at hart am greatly vexed:  
Deaths torments me oppress,  
I shake through fearfulness,  
With horrors great, I am perplexed.   

3  
I said; Doves wings, had I,  
To rest, I then would fly.  
Lo, then far hence I would abide,  
I, then would haste away,  
And, in some Desert stay  
Which from the Tempest me should hide. (Selah.)   

4  
Destroy & slit their tongues;  
For, strife, oh Lord, & wrongs,  
Possess their City night & day:  
In midst thereof I spied  
Sinn, fraud, & guile abide;  
These, in her streets, still made their stay.   

5  
A foes contempt, or scorn,  
I could have shunned or borne;  
But, me no public foe abused:  
It was my trusted Peer;  
As friends, we freindlie were,  
And, we God's house together used.   

6  
Arrest them, Death & Hell,  
With whom such Mischeeus dwell:  
For, I, upon the Lord will call.  
To God, at night I'll pray,  
At morning, at noonday;  
And, me both hear, & save, he shall.   

7  
In war, he gave me peace,  
And, me will still release:  
Even me, the Lord will hear, and save.  
But, God will punish them: (Selah.)  
For, they his fear contemn;  
Because, that they no Changes have.   

8  
Their hands, the Peace did break,  
(Where they a league did make)  
And, though their speech most freindlie were,  
Yet are, sometime, their words,  
Like darts or naked swords.  
Let God, therefore, thy Burden bear.   

8  
For, God is thy defence,  
He guardeth innocence;  
And, Sinners down to Hell will thrust.  
Not half their days they live,  
Who murder or deceive:  
But, in the Lord I put my trust.    
Many & grievous (oh Lord) are those troubles which exercise thy Children; especially in those places, where profanes, or false worship is openly approved: but, the greatest Afflictions are occasioned by Hypocrites, False brothers, & those who abuse us under colour of Religeon, or by pretences of dearest Amity. Defend us therefore, oh God, from those harmful Serpents; Give us the wings of Dovelike innocence, to carry us above their snares: Grant us those interchanges of Prosperity & Adversity, which may keep us both in thy Fear, & Love: Suffer not the tribulations of the world, nor the temptations of the Devil, nor the miseries of the Flesh, to oppress us: But, let us lay all our burdens upon thee, confidently; Trust in thee firmly; Seek thee duly; love thee sincerely; & enjoy thy gracious protection for ever more Amen.   

Psa. 56.  
To the chief Musician upon the mute Dove in the Desert, a golden Psalm of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. It typically personates the Church in persecution, & is a prayer, & a complaint against her Foes, acknowledging God's regard of her sufferings, professing assurance in him, & promising to be thankful etc. It is useful to those ends. etc.  


HAve Mercy Lord, for, man hath sought  
To swallow up, & mischeeve me.  
My Foes with me have daily fought;  
And (Lord most high) they many be.  
Thou art my hope, when doubts arise,  
Thy word hath brought me comforts, to,  
On thee alone, my hart relies,  
And, fearless is, what Flesh cann do.   

2  
They wrest my words, Lord, every day;  
To work me harm, they still devise:  
They meet unseen, they mark my way,  
And, how they might my Soul surprise.  
Therefore, in thy just wrath, oh God  
Correct them for this Crime of theirs:  
And, as thou dost my Faults record,  
Record, & bottle up my tears.   

3  
For, thou wilt save me, Lord, I know;  
When thee I seek, my Foes fly back:  
Thy promise makes me joyful grow,  
And, of thy word, my songs I make.  
My, trust, oh God is all in thee,  
And, of man's power, I fearless am.  
Thy vows are all performed on me  
And, I will praise thee for the same.   

4  
For thou hast freed my Soul from death;  
From falls, thou dost my footing stay,  
To walk, by thee, within that Path,  
Which leads to Life, a lightsome way.    
Oh thou faithful preserver of all who put their trust in thee! Our visible & invisible Adversaries do continually seek the destruction of our souls & bodies, by many secret & mischievous devises: But, our trust being placed upon thee, we need not fear the malice of any Adversary. Grant us grace therefore, so to depend on thy promises, & so to lament our errors (with tears of true Repentance) that as our enemies mark our ways to entrap us, we ourselves may mark them to prevent ensnarings; & that thou observing their hatred, & our penitence, mayst cause us to walk joyfully, in the way of eternal life, through jesus Christ. Amen.   

Psal. 57  
To the chief Musician Altaschith, A Psalm of David, when he fled from Saul in the Cave. It mystically expressed the jews persecuting Christ, even unto his Grave. we that are his members, & partake in his sufferings, may sing it, to declare our injuries, & to pray, & praise God, for deliverances. etc.  


LOrd, grant (oh grant) me thy compassion;  
For, I, in thee my trust have placed,  
Display thy wings for my Salvation,  
Until my griefs are over-passed.  
To thee I sue (oh God most high)  
To thee, that canst all want supplie.   

2  
From their despites who seek to rend me,  
Let help, oh Lord, from heaven be daigned,  
And let thy Truth & Love defend me;  
For, I with Lions am detained:  
With men inflamed, whose biting words,  
Are shafts, & spears, & naked swords.   

3  
Let over heaven God's praise be reared,  
And through the world, his glory showed.  
For, they who nets for me prepared,  
(They who my soul to ground had bowed)  
Even they, with in those traps are caught,  
Which for my fall, their hands had wrought. Selah   

4  
Oh God my hart now ready maketh,  
My hart is for thy praise preparing;  
My Tongue, my Harp, my Lute awaketh  
And, I myself, betimes uprearing,  
Will speak & sing, in praise of thee,  
Where greatest throngs of people be.   

5  
For, Lord, thy Mercies forth are stretched,  
As far as are the Spheres extended;  
Thy Truth unto the Clouds hath reached  
And, thou thyself art high ascended  
Let, still, thy, Fame & praise, oh God  
Through heaven & earth be spread abroad.    
Oh Lord to whom Mercy belongeth, have mercy upon us; & let the Wings of thy protection be graciously spread over us, until the Storms of this life be overpast: For, so great & so manifold are those dangers, & those Miseries wherewith we are always enclosed, by spiritual & temporal foes; that they have brought our bodies to the Grave, & our souls near unto Hell. Oh! let thy Truth & Love defend us from our Lion-like persecuters; that our Hearts (being timely cheered) our Thoughts, Words & Actions, may harmoniously agree in manifesting thy praises. And, seeing thy holy Spirit hath plainly declared the Universality of thy proffered Grace; let not us presume to set Limits there unto; but publish thy glory as universally as thou hast extended thy Mercies, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 58.  
To the chief Musician Altaschith Michtam of David. It reprehends & characters, that Serpentine generation, who are obstinate enemies to the Gospel of Christ, & prophecies & illustrates their destruction, etc. It is useful to encourage us against their malice. etc.  


Ye congregation, said ye right?  
Ye Mortals, are your Dooms upright?  
No; for you muse on works of Sinn:  
Your hands with mischeeus filled are,  
You from your Births untoward were;  
And, from the womb have liars binn.   

1  
Your poison, like the serpents, flows;  
Deaf-Adder-like, your ears you close,  
Though powerful Charms are wisely sung.  
Oh God their mouths of teeth disarm;  
And, that their Fangs may do no harm,  
Make tootheles (Lord) the Lion's young.   

3  
Like sudden Floods, their fury slale;  
When they would shoot; their arrows, break:  
Yea make them quite consume away.  
Like snails, consume them from the earth;  
Or else, like some untimely birth,  
Destroy, them, ere they see the day.   

4  
Before we feel them, prick or burn,  
Them, whirle-winde-like, Lord, overturn;  
And sweep them hence, in wrath alive.  
Which Vengeance. when the Righteous view,  
(And viewing Sinn receive her due)  
They, joyful thancks, to thee shall give.   

5  
Yea, they shall trample on their blood,  
Who have been Foes to doeng good;  
And every man shall say, & see,  
That Righteous men shall have their meed;  
And, that there is a God, indeed,  
By whom the world shall judged be.    
Keep us, oh Lord, from having fellowship in the Congregations of those, who are perverted in their judgement, mischievous in their Conversation; Draf to good Instructions, Obstinate in their heresies; & wilful continuers in all their natural Corruptions. Deliver us from their malice; Break their Instruments of mischief; and let their deserved confusion fall suddenly upon them: That, the Faithful Congregation, may view it; & that all men may see & confess thee, to be the Righteous judge of the world, & the rewarder of all those who put their trust in thee. Amen.   

Psa. 59  
To the chief Musician Altaschith Michtam a Psalm of David, when Saul sent & they watched the house to kill him. It chiefly prophesied the jews dogged cruelty to Christ, & that they should be preserved to wander in a vagabond Condition (as we see at this day) for an example to others &c. It serves to warn us, that we resist not God's grace once offered. etc.  


MY God, protect me from my Foes;  
From them, who strive with me:  
From Sinners guard me, & from those,  
That bloodie-minded be.  
For, lo, the mighty do combine;  
They wait my soul to tear:  
And, without cause or fault of mine,  
With speed there to prepare.   

2  
Lord God of Hosts, & Isr'el, wake,  
To heed & succour me:  
The Gentiles Curb, & vengeance take,  
Where sins malicious be. (Selah)  
At night, like Dogs, they Bawling come,  
They round the City go  
And slanders rank, & threatenings, from  
Their Mouths, & lips, do flow.   

3  
For why, say they, none hears the same;  
But, God shall them detect:  
The Gentiles also to defame,  
His aid I will expect.  
For, God's my strength, God helpeth me,  
Preventing grace bestows;  
And, what my hart requires to see,  
Inflicts upon my Foes.   

4  
Oh Lord our help, disperse with shame,  
Disperse them by thy power;  
But, lest my Folk forget the same,  
Them, do not quite devour.  
Until their tongue, all words of spite  
And falsehood, uttered hath;  
And, when their pride is at the height,  
Consume them in thy wrath.   

5  
Yea Lord, consume them utterly,  
Till, notice they obtain,  
That, God, throughout eternity;  
Doth over jacob reign. Selah  
At night, unto the City wall  
Like dogs they shall retreat;  
Without it, they shall bark & bawl,  
And whine, for want of meat.   

6  
But, in the Morn, aloud I'll sing,  
Both of thy power & grace;  
And speak what succours thou didst bring  
When sore distressed I was.  
Even unto thee, oh God my power.  
My praiseful song shall be:  
For, thou art my defensive Tower,  
And, gracious unto me.    
Just Avenger of all malicious injuries; According to thy promises thou hast subjected the Gentiles to thy Sons Dominion, & scattered the jews (with a Cain - like mark preventing their utter extirpation) that so, their vagabond life may be a perpetual memorial, both of their cruelty, & of our Savious Passion. Let all those who shall make themselves partakers of their malicious heresy (without repentance) be partners in their punishment; and let them hunt through the earth in error, bawling like dogs without the walls of thy new jerusalem (for an example to all Ages): But, let so many of them as have been misled, by ignorance only (without wilful malice) oh let them, return from their obstinacy, in the Evening of their life (or of this world) & let them hunger & thirst after the true Messiah; that in the Morning of their & our Resurrection, we may, altogether, praise & glorify thy holy Name. Amen.   

Psa. 60.  
To the chief Musician upon Shushan Eduth Michtam of David, to teach when he strove with Aram Naharaym & with Aram Zobath, when joab returned & slew of Edom in the salt valley 12000. It bemoanes the present calamity; mitigates it by remembering God's promises; Desires his conduct; & professeth Assurance in him. It is useful to encourage those who fight under God's banner. etc.  


OH God we are despised of thee,  
And, in thy wrath dispersed be:  
But, now return to us again.  
Thou smot'st our land, & Lo it quakes,  
Oh! stop the breach, for, still it shakes;  
And, many cares thy folk sustain.   

2  
A giddy wine thou mad'st us drink;  
Yet, they that fear thee, do not shrink  
They Truths displayed Flagg to bear. Selah  
Oh! that thy Darling, safe may be,  
Let thy Right-hand o'er shadow me;  
And, bow thou down to me thine ear.   

3  
Then (as God's holy-voice declared)  
All Shechem, shall by me be shared;  
I'll Succhoth Dale by Line receive:  
I'll Gilead & Manasseth take;  
Mount Eph'rim, I my guard will make;  
In judah, I, my law will give.   

4  
My servile work shall Moab do;  
O'er Edom I will fling my shoe;  
And Palestine, of me shall boast  
For, who to Edom is my Guide?  
Or to the City fortified,  
But, God, that had forsaken our Host?   

5  
That Lord, who did our Host forsake,  
Shall of our griefs an ending make:  
For, man's vain help we do contemn.  
Through God, we valiant Acts have done,  
Our Foes, by him, shall down be thrown  
And, He shall set his feet on them.    
Notwithstanding our many outward Afflictions make us appear as reprobates in the world's opinion; & though (by reason of our sins) we ourselves are sometime half afraids, that thou, oh God, hast for saken & despised us: yet, having among us the Ensign of Truth as a testimony of thy favour; we believe that thy spiritual kingdom shall be continued with us, & be established in those places also, which are not yet of thy visible Church. Fulfil oh Lord, our hopes herein; that we may break through the fortifications of the mystical Babylon, & that thy Spiritual Armies may be victorious, through the conduct of our Lord & Captain jesus Christ. Amen.   

Psa. 61.  
To the chief Musician a psalm of David. It desireth God's assistance; confesseth former protections, & promiseth future trust in him. It contains also, a prediction of Christ's kingdom, a petition for Grace, and a vow of thanckefulnes. To these ends it may be used.  


LOrd, let my plaint attention move,  
When grieved at hart I lie;  
And, lead me to the Rock above,  
When from Earth's ends I cry.  
For, as a City fortified,  
From foes thou gardest me,  
Within thy Tent, still, safe I bide;  
Thy Wings my Covering be. Selah.   

2  
Thou hear'dst my vows, & gav'st me shares,  
With such as fear thy Name;  
And, spar'dst the king, till he in years  
An aged man became.  
Oh! let thy Truth & Mercy, Lord,  
Preserve him still by thee;  
That, still thy praise I may record,  
And pay my vows to thee.    
Hear our Prayers, oh Lord, & let our cries come unto thee. So firmly establish us on that Rock whereon thy Church is founded, that it may be our Bullwork of defence in all dangers. Cover us with the wings of thy Mercy; Secure us in thy Tent; & be gracious unto us, from what place, or in whatsoever affliction, we call upon thee: That so (having an outward portion among those who profess thee, & performing those vows, which we made unto thee in our Baptism) we may be continued in thy favour, until we shall be admitted into thy triumphant Church, & enjoy life eternal with Christ jesus. Amen.   

Psa. 62.  
To the Chief Musician to Iduthun a Psalm of David. It professeth trust in God; threatens & Characters out, Antichrist & his Members; Exhorts to faith in Christ; & declares the vanity of man & of all temporal assistances & e. It may be sung to increase Piety. Faith, Hope, & the contempt of temporal Vanities. etc.  


STill wait thou, oh my Soul, on God;  
For, he my help doth prove,  
My Rock, my Guard, my Safe-abode;  
Whence, none cann me remove.  
Those, therefore, who conspire my fall,  
His Blade shall root from hence,  
And, shake them like a rotten wall,  
Or, like a broken fence.   

2  
They seek my shame; They lies commend:  
And hate when fair they speak. Selah.  
My Soul, therefore, on God attend;  
Thy hope, him only make.  
For, God (my strength, my help, my sort)  
From harm will succour me:  
My praise, my guard, my firm support,  
And my sole trust, is he.   

3  
In God, ye people, always hope;  
To him, your hearts declare:  
For, he will prove a certain prop,  
When men deceitful are. Selah.  
Men high & low, are less in weight,  
Then things that are most vile:  
Trust not therefore, nor take delight,  
In wealth, in wrongs, or guile.   

4  
For, once God said, & oft I heard,  
That, God (both strong & kind)  
On all men, will bestow reward,  
As he, desert shall find.    
Grant oh Lord, that we may always, so patiently attend on thee, that persecutors, falseteachers, and all they who seek our fall or dishonour, may be quite subverted or converted. Make us ever mindful how strong a supporter thou art unto all those who put their trust in thee; & how just a rewarder of every one according to his deserving. Seeing also, we cann have no safe assurance in the best men, nor in the best outward means (without thy special Assistance) let us never depend upon them; much less, seek to be secured, or to profit ourselves, by fraudulent or wicked practices: But endeavouring rather, to fulfil all righteousness for thy sake; and making our petitions to thee only; at us depend wholly on thy protection, for ever and ever, Amen.   

Psa. 63.  
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of judah. It may be sung by those who are afflicted in the wilderness of this life, hungering & thirsting after righteousness. It expresseth their longing to be partakers of the public worship, who are debarred from the same; & may be used also by them, etc.  


OH God my God thou always art;  
For thee, betimes, I seeking pant,  
With longing soul, & thirsting hart,  
Even as the land, which rain doth want.  
Yea, Lord, my soul doth long, full sore,  
Thy power & glory to behold,  
As I have seen them heretofore,  
Even in thy holie-place of old.   

2  
For why! thy love doth life surpass;  
And, I therefore will sing thy praise:  
Thy Name, I'll all my life-time bless,  
And, unto thee my hands I'll raise.  
For, when I mind thee on my bed,  
And muse upon thee in the Night;  
It fills me, as with marrow fed;  
And I with joy thy praise recite.   

3  
Since, me thou healp'st in my distress;  
Beneath thy wings I glad remain,  
My Soul, to thee doth closely press;  
And, thy Right-hand shall me sustain.  
But, they shall to their grave descend,  
Whose purpose is my soul to slay:  
The Sword shall bring them to their end,  
And, they shall be the fox's prey.   

4  
The king, & they who swear, in truth,  
By God's great Name; in God shall joy:  
But, he shall stop the liars mouth,  
And, every perjured soul destroy.    
Cause us to seek thee timely (oh Lord our God) and when we are wand'ring in the deserts of this life, let us hunger and thirst after thee and thy righteousness; that we may be satisfied according, to thy promise. Let our musings be upon thee, both in the night of our Afflictions, and upon the bed of our prosperities. Let the contemplation of thy power and glory fill us, as with marrow and fatness: Let thy Love be precious unto us; yea, more precious unto us than our lives: Let the wings of thy Mercy, and the power of thine Arm, so shadow and protect us, that (both our Lionlike & foxlike Adversaries being destroyed, and the mouth of all unrighteousness being stopped.) We and thy whole Church may rejoice in thy Salvatoon, for ever and ever. Amen.   

Psa. 64.  
To the Chief Musician a Psalm of David. It prophecies the jewish malice against the Messiah at his passon; and that according to their own imprecation, the avengment of his blood should be upon them and their children, etc. It serves to mind us, what manner of foes we have, and for what assistance we may hope, etc.  


LOrd, hear my voice, & me acquit  
From terrors of the foe;  
And from their plots, & fierce despite  
That mischief seek to do.  
For, they like swords, their tongues prepare;  
With words, like arrows keen,  
They shoot the righteous without fear,  
With quickness, & unseen.   

2  
Themselves in Mischief, strong they make,  
Their plots they think unspide;  
And, search how that effect may take,  
Which in their hearts they hide.  
But, God shall wound them with a shaft,  
Before they be aware;  
So, they shall fall by their own craft,  
And their own sentence bear.   

3  
Thereat, beholders, all, shall fly,  
And, every man, with fear,  
The works of God shall magnify,  
And, ponder what they are,  
The righteous also, with delight,  
On God, their hope shall build:  
And, they that are in hart upright,  
Shall with true joie be filled.    
Oh Lord, we have so many visible, and invissble Adversaries, secretly and continually plotting our destruction; that our Souls are afflicted with great terror. Some, by whispering of slanders, or by privy conspiracies, seek to endanger our bodies; Others, by hiding false Doctrines under appearances of Truth, or masks of piety; or else, by insinuating carnal or spiritual wickednesses (before we be aware) deeply wound our Consciences, and very dangerously pierce our Souls with venomous arrows. Oh God break, and quench these fiery darts of Satan; Deliver us from their cunning Projects; shoot back their arrows into their own bosoms; and let their predictions be fulfilled on themselves: But, grant that we may still depend on thee; & that being delivered from all our terrors, we may serve thee in holiness & righteousness, all the days of our life Amen.   

Psa. 65.  
To the Chief Musician a Psalm & song of David. It acknowledgeth God's manifold benefits; First, those which are peculiar to the Elect; & then, his Universal providence over all his Creatures etc. We should sing it to those ends. etc.  


IN Zion, Lord, thine honour lies;  
There, vows to thee are brought:  
Even there, thou answerest all men's cries,  
And, of all Flesh art sought.  
Though many sins do me oppress,  
From them thou purgest me;  
For, thou thy Chosen-one dost bless,  
And bringst him near to thee.   

2  
Within thy courts & holie-place,  
His dwelling he doth gain;  
Even there, where we shall (of thy grace)  
Our wished fill obtain.  
Thou in thy justice dreadful art,  
Yet, in thy grace we stand;  
And thou the hope of all men art,  
That live on sea, or land.   

3  
Girt round with power, thy Vigour lays,  
A groundwork for the hills:  
The noise of seas & Floods it stays,  
The people's rage it stills.  
Thy signs, remotest Climates fear;  
Thee, day & night they praise;  
Their Lands to visit, thou hast care;  
And, rich increase it pays.   

4  
To water all their furrows there,  
Thy River overflows:  
To feed them, corn thou dost prepare;  
And, blessest that which grows.  
Thou Crownest the year with plenteousness,  
And, fat thy paths are made:  
It drops upon the wilderness  
And makes the mountains glad.   

5  
Fair flocks, their fruitful meads adorn;  
Their valleys freshly springe,  
And, are so filled with crops of Corn;  
That they do laugh & sing.    
In thy visible Church, oh Father of Mercy, thine honour & thy Grace are most evident: Nevertheless, thy Mercy is not so confined, but that thy Church invisibly extends itself into every corner of the earth; yea, thy overflowing River makes up thy harvest even in those deserts where we behold no fertility; & there (thou having regard as well to the soul as the bodic) visitest them, not only with temporal, but with spiritual Blessings. For which thy great providence & mercy, we bless thy holy name; beseeching thee, so to moisten the clods of our hearts with dews from above, that we whom thou hast planted in thy visible Garden, may not, be less fruitful than those, to whom thou hast not yet vouchsafed the same privileges; But grant that both we & they (according to what we have received) may bring forth fruits acceptable unto thee, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 66.  
A song a Psalm. It praiseth God both for temporal & spiritual blessings, especially for the great benefit of our universal Redemption, which is typically expressed, by allusion to the jews deliverance from the Egyptian bondage etc. It may be sung to praise God for our deliverances from sin & the Devil. etc.  


Ye kingdoms all, God's praise express;  
In songs, exalt & land his Name:  
To him, his dreadful Acts confess;  
And, how his Arm his foes doth tame.  
Let all the world before him bow.  
With singing to his Name & him; Selah.  
And, let all men more heedful grow,  
What dreadful things he did for them.   

2  
The sea he dried, & through the Main  
We walked on foot, him praising there.  
He hath obtained a boundless reign,  
And, of all Nations, he hath care.  
He will not let the Rebels thrive. Selah.  
Oh! bless our God, & sing his praise;  
For, he preserves our soul alive,  
And, he from slips our footing stays.   

3  
By thee, oh God we proved were,  
Like silver tried & refin'de:  
Thou didst entrap us in a snare,  
And round our loins affllictions bind.  
Above our heads, thou mad'st men ride;  
And, through both Floods & fires, we came:  
But, thou didst rest, at last, provide;  
And, I will praise thee for the same.   

4  
Even in thy house those vows I'll pay,  
Which in distress were sworn by me;  
Fat Rams & Bullocks I will slay,  
And burn sweet incense unto thee. Selah.  
Come hither, ye that fear the Lord,  
And, hear what for my soul he wrought,  
When his assistance I emplored,  
And, him with praiseful voice besought.   

5  
If any sin, my hart affects,  
The Lord, will then withdraw his ear:  
But, surely, God my suit affects;  
For, he my vocal moan did hear.  
Oh! let him ever praised be,  
For not rejecting my request:  
And, for his Mercy showed to me,  
Oh! let him be for ever blessed.    
Blessed be thy Name (oh gracious God) for all thy benifitts; especially for our many spiritual deliverances, which are, every day as wonderful now, as when the Redd-sea was dried up. For, through Seas of terrors, & Deserts of tribulations, we pass many Dangers, many trials, & many interchanges of Adversity & prosperity in this life, to refine & prepare us for a blessed habitation, &, that without impeachment to thy justice, we may be made capable of thy free-Mercie. Oh! root out of our hearts that affection to sin which interrupts thy hearing of our prayers; and grant that (by sacrifizinge our brutish affections, & offering up the sweet Incense of a Faith fruitful in Good works) we may declare ourselves thankful unto thee; and that we & our Oblation may be made acceptable through the Merits of jesus Christ. Amen.   

Psa. 67.  
To the chief Musician upon Neginoth, a Psalm a song. It expresseth a longing for the universal spreading of that saving grace which is offered to jews, & Gentiles; & shows the blessedness which will succeed the same. It is daily sung in our Liturgy for the enlargement of the Catholic Faith.  


THy blessing, Lord, bestow;  
Show us thy glorious Face Selah.  
That, all the world, thy ways may know,  
And, see thy saving-grace.   

2  
Let all men give thee praise;  
Let all sing praise to thee:  
Let nations all sing out thy praise,  
For, thou their judge must be.   

3  
God, is the Nations king, Selah.  
Let Nations all therefore,  
Let Nations all, unto him sing,  
And praise him ever more.   

4  
Then earth shall give increase;  
And, God, whose Folk we are,  
That God, shall us vouchsafe to bless,  
And, him, the world shall fear.    
Almighty God, vouchsafe, that we whom thou hast already enlightened with a gracious measure of thy Saving-knowledge, may so evidently enjoy also, thy protection, & the continual brightness of thy Favour; that all the Nations of the world, beholding the benefit of thy Service may be alured to join with us in magnifienge of thee. Let also, a due consideration, that thou art Universal king, makes us believe that thou hast provided means of salvation for all thy Subjects: and let the remembrance that thou art universal judge, make us all, so fruitful; that thou mayst be universally feared, & glorified; & we blessed world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 68  
To the chief Musician a Psalm or song of David. It is a Prophecy of Christ Heb. 4. 8. Herein, by allusion to some passages in the old Testament, many Evangelical mysteries are shadowed out (to wit) the Resurrection, Ascention, sending of the holy-ghost, Calling of the Gentiles, etc. It is useful to commemorate those mysteries, etc.  


LEt God arise, & all his Foes affright,  
Let those that hate him, be dispersed & fly;  
Let Sinners, pass like smoke out of his sight,  
And melt like wax which in the fire doth lie.  
But, from the Just, let him expel their sadness,  
And make them glad in him, with perfect gladness.   

2  
Oh! prais God's name, who rides above the sphere!  
His Name Eternal in your Songs commend;  
For, in his holy-place, he still appears  
The Orphans Father, & the widow's friend.  
He captives frees, he strangers entertaineth,  
And for the proud, a fruitless land ordaineth.   

3  
When thou didst, Lord, thy people's passage make  
(And, ways, for them through deserts vast prepare)  
At sight of thee, both heaven & earth did shake;  
Yea, Sinai shook, when israels God was there.  
Thou gav'st thy flock, sweet reins as need required  
And, mad'st them strong when they were weak & tired.   

4  
There dwelleth now, thy Congregation, Lord,  
Where, for the poor thy goodness run had made:  
When thou thyself hadst first proclaimed the word  
Great Armies, then, of Preachers, there they had.  
King's troops did fly, & she the spoil divided,  
Who came not forth, but, in her tent resided.   

5  
Ye shall be made (though lodged with pots ye were)  
As fair as doves, with gold & silver wings,  
As white, as snow in Salmon did appear,  
When there, the Lord dispersed mighty Kings.  
Like Bashan hill, God's holy mountain showeth,  
And, Bashan-like, all other hills o'er vieweth.   

6  
This hill is God's, & he inhabits here;  
Then why insult ye so, ye meaner hills?  
God's charrets, twice ten thousand Augells are,  
And, he, by them, in holy Sinai dwells.  
Ascending high, even thraldom, he enthralled,  
And bought us gifts, when we his foes were called.   

7  
Thus God hath done, that he might dwell in us.  
Oh! let this God, our saviour, blessed be; Selah.  
For, with good things, he daily loadeth us,  
And, God of Life, & Lord of death is he.  
He breaks the heads of those, that him receive not  
And wounds the crown of him, that sinning leaus   

8  
From Bashan, & the Deeps I will (saith God)  
Bring back my Folk as once from thence they came  
That thou mayst wash thy feet, in thy foe's blood,  
And, that thy dogs, may come & lick the same:  
For, they, oh God my king! thy goengs heeded;  
They saw, how in thy house, thou hast proceeded.   

9  
The singers first, the minstrel's next had place,  
With whom, the maids, on timbrels playing went:  
And then, the Choir of israels blessed race,  
Did all in one, to praise the Lord, consent.  
There went young Beniamin's, & Iudah's Guiders,  
And Zabulon's, & Nepthalies' Providers.  
Oh Lord! whoe bid'st that we should courage take  
Confirm thy work which thou for us hast wrought;  
At Salem then, (and, for thy Temple sake)  
To thee by kings, shall gifts of price be brouht.  
Their brutish troops, that arms do love to carry  
Rebuke, disperse, & make them tributary,   

11  
Then, Egypt's kings will seek unto the Lord,  
And Chush will then, to God advance her hands.  
His praise therefore, ye kingdoms all record,  
And, sing aloud his praises, all ye Lands.  
For, when he rides, the spheres his horse he maketh  
And lo, his voice is thunder when he speaketh.   

12  
All power & praise, ascribe to God alone,  
For, his renown is through all Isr'ell spread:  
God is in heaven, the great Almighty-one,  
And, in his holy-place, is full of dread.  
His people's power, by God is much increased  
(By israels God) let him therefore he blessed,    
Eternal Sonn of God, who art ascended unto the right-hand of thy Father, & shalt come again with majesty to be our Universal judge; Deliver us from the thraldom of Sinn, by the power of thy Righteousness: And (though we have yet our conversations among Dragons, & in defiled habitions) make us innocent as Doves, & as unpoluted as the mountain snow. Increase the means of publishing thy Gospel; and preserve Unity, order, & good discipline, in thy Church: that the comeliness thereof may allure all beholders, to desire fellowship in thy Congregation; that, heretics, hirelings & contentious persons, may be reproved & reform, or cut of; that, they who are, yet, without, may be received into the Covenant; that we who are admitted, may be confirmed, without waveringe; & that the God head may be feared, & praised, & blessed, now & for ever more Amen.   

Psa. 69.  
To the chief Musician Shosannim a Psalm of David. It personates Christ taking upon him our sins & infirmities; humbling himself before his Father; declaring the Condition of his Adversaries; showing the bitterness of his passion; signifying the judgements prepared for Sinners; & praying for his Elect etc. Christ's members may use it to those purposes.  


help Lord, for, Floods enclose my Soul,  
In groundless depths I am bemired,  
Above my head, great waters roll,  
My parched throat, with cries is tired.  
Mine eyes are dimmed in seeking thee,  
More than my hairs, my Foes are grown,  
My spoilers are too strong for me;  
And, take as theirs, what is mine own.   

2  
Thou knowest how I am too blame;  
But, for my sake, let none of those  
(Lord God of Isr'el) suffer blame,  
Who do in thee their trust repose.  
For, I sustain reproachful scorn.  
And, am disgraced for thy sake.  
My brethren, of my mother borne,  
Of me, likewise, a stranger make.   

3  
Zeal to thy house, hath worn me out,  
Thy scorners, my reprochers be;  
My Fast, & my tears they flout,  
And, when I mourn, they laugh at me.  
Of me, the Rulers, evil, spoke;  
The Drunckerds, made of me their songs:  
But, Lord, my moan, I timely make,  
In Mercy, mark therefore my wrongs.   

4  
Me, by thy Truth's protection keep,  
That miry-depths, nor spightfull-foes,  
Devouring-Flouds, nor whirlpooles deep,  
Nor Dungeons Mouth my soul enclose.  
But, Lord, of thy abounding grace,  
(For thy Love-sake) return, & hear;  
To me, thy servant show thy face,  
And, in my need, incline thine ear.   

5  
Draw nigh, & save, & set thou free  
My soul, from those who bear me spite;  
For, all my wrongs, are known to thee,  
And, all my Foes, are in thy sight.  
Rebukes & scorns, my hart nigh broke,  
With griefs oppressed, I made my moan;  
But, where I did for pity look  
They would (alas) afford me none.   

6  
They, for my meat, did gall prepare,  
Sharp Vinegar to quench my thirst;  
Their Board, therefore, shall them ensnare,  
And, Blessings, be to them accursed.  
Their eye shall be deprived of sight:  
A cureless grief, their back shall shake:  
God's heavy wrath, shall on them light,  
His Vengeance, them shall overtake.   

7  
None shall in their abiding-place,  
Or in their Tent, be dwelling found:  
For, whom thou smot'st, those they did chase,  
And, greeved him, whom thou didst wound.  
More sinful still, they shall become,  
And, in God's justice have no share,  
Nor in that book of life have room,  
Wherein, the Just enrowled are.   

8  
But, ay, that poor & scorned am  
Shall by thine aid, oh Lord, be raised;  
For which, I'll magnify thy Name,  
And, in my songs, thou shalt be praised.  
And, that, oh Lord, more pleases thee,  
Then, horned & hoofed Ox to give;  
Which, when the Meek (thee seeking) see,  
It shall with joy, their hart revive.   

9  
God's praise, ye heavens & earth declare▪  
Him praise thou sea, & all in thee:  
For, to the poor, he lends his ear.  
And, he doth set the prisoner free.  
He, Zion saves in time of need,  
And, Iudah's Towns he will erect,  
To be for those, & for their seed,  
Who serving him, his Name affect.    
Oh Lamb of God which takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, that hast taken on thee our sins, felt our infirmities, & suffered all which we deserved, have mercy upon us. Thou, who for our salvation, didst bear the unkindnesses of kindred & familiars, the reproaches of Neighbours, the scorns, & oppressions of strangers, the reproofs of Magistrates, & the contempt of the basest people, have mercy upon us. Thou, who for cursakes, hast endured, insufferable torments of the body, the unspeakable agonies of the soul, & tasted the gall & vinegar of every bitter passion, have mercy upon us. Deliver us from them who seek to crucify thee again, in thy members. Raise us by thy Resurrection, whom thou hast redeemed by thy passion; Glorify us by thy Ascension, in life eternal, whom thou hast secured from Damnation, by thy Death & Burial; And, for that which thou hast done, & prepared, for thine Elect; let heaven & earth praise thee, world without end Amen.   

Psa, 70.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David to bring to Remembrance. The Church prays for deliverance from her persecutors; prophetically imprecates their confusion; & desires the prosperity of the Godly, etc. It may be sung when oppressors insult over us. etc.  


Defer not Lord, thy succours long  
But, bring my Foes to shame;  
Even those, who plot my soul to wrong,  
Bring back, with loss & blame.  
On them who scoff, & flout at me,  
Bestow the Scorners hire:  
But, make them glad, & joy in thee,  
Who after thee inquire.   

2  
Still, God be praised, let all men say,  
Who, on his aid rely;  
And, make, oh Lord, no more delay,  
For, in great want, am I.  
I will no other aid implore,  
Then, what thou shalt afford;  
To bring me succours, now therefore,  
Thy help, defer not, Lord.    
help us, oh Lord; for thou only art our helper, & we have no other hopes but in thee. Make us not the spoil or scorn of those, who desire, & practise the destruction of our souls: But, grant rather, oh God that all they who fear thee, may be comforted in our speedy deliverances; Rejoice in thy Mercies; rely on thee in their necessities; & ascribe all thancks, honour, & glory to thy blessed Name, for ever more. Amen.   

Psa. 71.  
The Church acknowledgeth God's preservation of her in her several Ages, & from her manifold Oppressers, desiring to be preserved also, in her last & worst age. etc. we, on whom the worst Age is come, should use it as a prayer, to be delivered from the same.  


KEep me from shame; for, Lord in thee I trust;  
Incline thine ear, to help & set me free:  
Yea, save thou me, oh Lord, as thou art just,  
My Rock, my Fort, my Refuge deign to be;  
For, Lord my strength, thou help dost promise me,   

2  
Me from the power of sinnful men defend,  
And from their hands, oh Lord, that cruel are.  
My soul, on thee did in the womb depend,  
And, since my birth, thou hast of me had care:  
For which my tongue shall still thy praise declare,   

3  
Thou art my hope, though wondered at I be,  
And, I will sing thy praises all the day.  
When I am weak & old, Lord, leave not me:  
For, with despite, my haters me gainsay,  
And, for my soul, they plots & engines lay.   

4  
God, leaves him quite (say these) pursue & take;  
He, now, hath none to rescue him from thrall.  
But, come, oh God & speed to help me make;  
Oh come! & smite my soul's Oppressors, all,  
Bring scorn & shame, on those who seek my fall.   

5  
Then, still, I'll hope; thy love I'll still commend;  
Yea, still, relate what favours thou hast done:  
And, of thy grace, since I perceive no end,  
Thy strength, Lord God, I will depend upon,  
And, magnify thy Righteousness alone,   

6  
Till now, oh God thy Marvailes I have told,  
As from my youth I have been taught by thee:  
Oh leave me not, when I am grey & old,  
Till Ages all, thy power have learned of me;  
And, then extolled, thy justice, Lord, shall be.   

7  
None ever did such works as thou hast wrought;  
And, though my soul thou keptst awhile in pain,  
At last, as one who from the grave was brought,  
Me, to my joys thou didst restore again;  
For which, my harp, to praise thy Name, I strain,   

8  
My tongue, likewise; in setting out thy prais,  
Oh thou chief saint of Isr'el! part shall bear;  
So shall my soul, whose price thy bounty pays,  
And, every day, thy justice I'll declare,  
Because, my foes defamed, & ruined are.    
Oh Lord, in the womb we had extraordinary nourishment & breathing for our bodies, & (no doubt) our souls had there, a due nourishment by thy Spirit. Being borne, we are brought into thy visible Church by Baptisine, & long time after sustained by thee, both in soul & body, without having any outward work required at our hands; & when we are capable of the outward Covenant, all thou requirest is but to give thee that hart which thou hast prepared so to do. Yet helps us, oh God, in this duty; & never leave us in our own hands. And as thou hast in all her former ages, preserved thy Church, both from the rage of jews, Gentiles, & Heriticks; so, in this her old & worst age, preserve her from those Hypocrites & lukewarm professors, who have added seacret mischeeves, to public oppressions. Yea preserve her, & us, oh God, from those, & all other Adversaries, that thy Truth may be continued to all ages; the joy of her Children restored; & thy blessed Name glorified, for ever end ever. Amen.   

Psa. 72.  
A Psalm for Solomon. It sets forth the majesty of Christ & his kingdom (for, only, of that Solomon are many passages of this Psalm verified) it declares his Universal judicature; The Church's happiness therein; His marvelous Incarnation; The extent, Riches, & peaceableness of his Kingdom etc. We should sing it to glorify God for those things etc.  


THe King oh God with judgement bless,  
And, give thy justice to his Sonn;  
That, to thy people, in distress,  
With judgement, justice may be done.  
Then, Truth & justice flourish will,  
On every great & little hill.   

2  
Then, poorest men shall be secure,  
For, he will all Oppressor's tear;  
And, whilst the sun & Moon endure  
From age to age, they, him shall fear.  
On Earth, like drops descend he shall;  
Like those, which on the Fleece did fall.   

3  
The Just, shall whilst he rules have peace,  
So long as doth the moon remain:  
He from the River to the seas,  
(And quite throughout the world) shall reign,  
The savages, adore him shall,  
And all his foes, before him fall.   

4  
Arabia's prince, & Saba's King,  
The Lords of Seas, & Lands to,  
Shall gifts to him, with homage, bring;  
So shall all Kings, & people do.  
For, when they cry, he setteth free,  
The poor & meek, that helpless be.   

5  
The poor & humble he respects,  
He saves their souls that healples are:  
From fraud & force, he them protects;  
For, in his eye, their blood is dear.  
To him, they Sheba's gold shall give;  
And, he shall praised, & prayed for, live.   

6  
His Corn, shall from a handful, grow  
To cover all the mountains tops;  
Like Libanon, his fruit shall show,  
And fill the Cities with his crops.  
His Fame through Ages, all shall run,  
As everlasting as thee sun.   

7  
In him, the Nations all abroad,  
Shall blessed be, & praise him to;  
Oh praise the Lord! even israel God,  
For, he alone cann wonders do.  
Still, blessed be his glorious Name,  
And, earth still filled, with his Flame. Amen. Amen,    
Sweet jesus who being invisible in thy Deity, didst become visible in thy humanity, by descending miraculously into the Virgin's womb, like rain into gideon's fleece; Grant we beseech thee, thy divine spirit may so infuse itself into our hearts that (justice, Peace & Charity, increasing & continueng upon the earth) all thy afflicted Children may be comforted & secured; the barbarous Nations converted; thy Kingdom enlarged; thine enemies be brought into subjection; thy fields become abundantly fruitful; & heaven & earth be filled with thy glory, world without end, Amen.   

Psa. 73.  
A Psalm for Asaph. It expresseth, how the faithful are sometime discouraged, by the prosperities of the wicked; & is an excellent description of such conflicts as are between the Flesh & the spirit in every Christian. etc. We may use it, to comfort us in such temptations, & to remember us whither to repair in such conflicts.  


NO doubt, God counts his Isr'el dear,  
And, loves the righteous man;  
Yet was my foot quite gone, wel-near  
And, I to fall begann.  
For, when I fools did honoured view,  
And Sinners lifted high,  
And that nor sick, nor weak they grew,  
Their weal I did envy.   

2  
From griefs like ours, they seemed free,  
Their pride & Cruelties,  
To them as clothes or bracelets be;  
And, fat stuffs out their eyes.  
They have their wills, & are so base,  
To boast of Sins & wrongs:  
And neither earth nor heavenly place,  
Escapes their evil tongues.   

3  
To such Ful-springs, as well as they,  
God's Children seek to go:  
For, God (the God most high) they say,  
Regards not what we do.  
Lo, wicked men the world possess,  
And, wealth & honour's gain;  
But, we have cleansed in righteousness.  
Our hearts & hands in vain.   

4  
Yea, we still pininge go (say they)  
Lamenting all day long:  
Yet, thus I, speak not, lest I may,  
Thy weaker Children wrong.  
I sought a reason for the same,  
But, I no cause discerned  
Till to the house of God I came,  
And, there their end I learned.   

5  
On slipp'rie seats, them set thou hast,  
From whence with shame & fear,  
Even suddenly, they down are cast;  
And never more appear.  
For, as a dream (when thou dost wake)  
Thou dost their Form deface:  
At such therefore, offence to take,  
Thou seest, how fond I was.   

6  
But, still, with me thou dost abide,  
Thou hold'st my Right-hand fast;  
And, by thy Counsels, me shalt guide  
To Glory's throne, at last.  
In heaven or Earth, account I make  
Of nothing but of thee:  
And, though my soul & Flesh be weak,  
Thou always strengthnest me.   

7  
For, thou oh God my portion art;  
And, thou shalt them destroy,  
Who run a whoring in their hart,  
Another, to enjoy.  
Because, right good, the same doth seem,  
To God, approaching near,  
(And, placing all my trust in him)  
His works I will declare.    
Direct thou so (oh Lord) all our works, words & thoughts, that we neither murmur at any affliction where with we are exercised, nor be discouraged in thy service, because the wicked are more flourishing, for a time. We confess it is oft our frailty to judge of thy love by outward prosperities; & that great Adversities have tempted some to call into question thy providence, to the shaking & endangering of their Faith. But, grant (we pray thee) that by frequenting thy house & using the means of Perseverance, we may be so informed touching the fickle estate of wicked men, in prosperity (& of that happiness which thou preparest for constant professors of thy Truth) that we never commit spiritual fornication against thee: But, that choosing thee for our portion, & supporting our weakness by thy strength, we may continue in thy Fear, Favour & protection, to our lives end. Amen.   

Psa. 74.  
A Psalm for Asaph. It mystically prophesied what havoke should be made in the Church, by alluding to the destruction of the material Temple; & God is desired to vouchsafe his wont Mercy, in regard of the Foes outrage; but, especially, for his own honour sake. It is a prayer for the Church in perseeution.  


OH God for ever, why despised are we?  
Why is in rage, thy pasturage laid waste?  
Oh mind thy Flock, redeemed of old by thee,  
(That heritage, which dearly bought thou hast)  
Even Zion mount, whereon thy Name is placed.   

2  
Come Lord (oh come) destroy for evermore,  
The Foe, that on thy holy-place hath prayed;  
Thy foes, that in thy Congregation roar,  
Who, there, for signs, their ensigns have displayed  
And, on the carved works their axes laid.   

3  
For, as if they some grove were hewing down  
With Axe & Maul, the costly works they break;  
They flaming fires, into thy house have thrown;  
Thy name's chief seat, a place profane they make  
And, in their hearts, of spoiling all, they speak,   

4  
Troughout the Land, thy houses burned be;  
Yet, to declare the date of this our woe,  
Nor visions now, nor Prophet's word have we.  
Lord, when shall end, these ragings of the Foe?  
Shall he blaspheam thy Name, for ever, so?   

5  
No more, thy hand (thy right-hand) Lord, withhold:  
Within thy breast, the same no longer hide:  
For, thou oh God thou art our king of old,  
And, here on earth, for us thou didst provide,  
When, by thy power, thou didst the Sea divide.   

6  
The Dragon's Heads thou woundedst in the flood;  
Leviathan's vast heads, thou didst prepare,  
In places wild, to be thy people's food:  
Yea, from dry rocks, thou hewdst out fountains there  
And ma'dst firm land, where mighty waters were.   

7  
Thine, is the day, the night is also thine;  
Thou ma'dst the light, & thou didst form the sun  
The world, within her Zones, thou didst confine;  
& show'dst what course, times hot & cold should run  
Lord, mind those things, & what the foe hath done.   

8  
Observe, how fools blasphean thy name oh Lord?  
Thy Turtles life, defend from Sinners wrongs:  
Observe our griefs, & think upon thy word;  
For, to the world, a darksome den belongs,  
Which harbours fraud, inhuman deeds, & wrongs.   

9  
That so the poor (unshamed) may praise thy name,  
To plead thy cause (thine own just cause) arise;  
Observe how fools, thee daily do defame;  
Yea, bear in mind, thy Foes malicious cries,  
And to what height, their shouts against us rise.    
Oh Lord God, dreadful in judgments & infinite in mercies! the devastation typified in thy Material Temple, is fulfilled upon thy spiritual Sanctuary. Thy open Adversaries batter the main Fabric without, whilst Schysmaticks & Hypocrites break down the Ornaments within: & betwixt both; terrors, confusions, & dissensions are so increased, that thy Church, is endangered. Have mercy upon the people whom thou hast bought, & (as heretofore) show thyself the King & protector, of thine Inheritance, to the confusion of thy blaspheamers. Though not for ours, yet, for thine honour sake, let neither the temporal enemies of thy visible Church, make spoil thereof; nor our spiritual Destroyer, deface those Temples of thy holy-spirit which are erected in our hearts: But, keep them always undefaced, unpoluted, & fitting receptacles, for thee & thy Graces, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 75.  
To the chief Musician Altaschith, a Psalm or song for Asaph. God is praised for his ready help. Christ promiseth to support & judge his Church. Oppressors are reproved, & the different portion of them, & of the Godly, is declared. It is useful, to comfort against the insolences of spiritual foes.  


THee Lord, we praise & magnify;  
To thee we thankful are:  
For, that thy Name approacheth nigh,  
Thy wondrous works declare.  
When I the people have assumed,  
I, justice will maintain:  
For, when Earth's dwellers are consumed  
Her pillars I sustain, (Selah)   

2  
To Fools, I said, more prudent grow;  
To Sinners, thus I spoke,  
Your horn (your horn) advance not so,  
Nor, such proud boasting make.  
Nor East, nor west, advancements come,  
Nor from the Mountains flow;  
But, God himself preferreth some,  
And, some doth overthrow.   

3  
From his full Cup, within his hand,  
He mixed redd-wine doth pour;  
Which every Sinner in the land,  
Shall dreggs & all devour.  
But, I of Iacob's God will speak,  
And always sing his praise:  
The horns of Sinners I will break;  
And, high, the Righteous raise.    
Oh Christ, the Sonn of God so establish thy Kingdom in our hearts, that Righteousness may be continued in the Land. Support those whom thou hast raised to be as it were pillars in thy Church or Commonwealth; keep them from being so impudent, or vain glorious in their preferment, as if it came either causuallie, or by their own Industry, or deservings: But, so cause them & us to perceive thy purpose & thy providence, both in our several advancements, & humiliations, that we may the better discharge our particular duties. And, when thou shalt fill out the redwine of thy wrath to all obstinate malefactors, let us be refreshed by taking the Cup of Salvation, which thou hast prepared for all them, who shall be justified, through the merits of jesus Christ our Lord Amen.   

Psa. 76.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm or song for Asaph. It is a Triumph-song to praise God, for that knowledge of him, which he hath vouchsafed unto his Church typified by judah, jerusalem, & Zion. It glorifieth Christ also, for his conquests over sin, Death & the Devil. The use is manifest.  


IN jury, God is known full well;  
His Name's in Isr'el great:  
He, in jerusalem doth dwell,  
And, Zion is his seat.  
Shaft, sword, & shield, he battered there;  
Yea, there he won the Field; Selah  
And, more his powers, and honours are,  
Then spoilers Burroughts, yield.   

2  
The strong are foiled; their dream is flown  
Their strength hath not prevailed:  
For, at the God of Iacob's frown,  
Both horse & Chariot failed.  
Thou dreadful art, & none, oh Lord,  
Thine angry looks cann bear;  
For, when thy voice from heaven is heard.  
The Earth is dumb with fear.   

3  
The meek on earth, when thou to save,  
And judge them (Lord) shalt please, Selah.  
Thou by man's wrath, shalt honour have,  
And, his hot rage appease.  
To God make vows; & presents give  
All ye that round him are.  
For, he doth kings of breath deprive  
And makes great princes fear.    
Glorify thyself, oh Lord God in thy holy Catholic Church, by the final overthrow of all her enemies: Let thy power break all their Instruments of mischief: Let the preaching of thy Gospel, & the thundering of thy judgements (which have already destroyed the power, & made frustrate the Dreams, of the old heathenish Idolaters, & their false Philosophy) utterly overthrow the strength of that carnal wisdom, which at this day standeth in opposition to thy Truth. Let our furious dissensions be appeased; & let the forwardness, rage, & blind zeal of all men, become a means of increasing thy glory; to the confusion of thy stoutest opposers, & to the Salvation of the meekeharted, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psal. 77.  
To the chief Musician to Iduthun a Psalm for Asaph, It expresseth those interchanges of Doubts, Hopes, Fears, Comforts & Assurances, through which we work out salvation with fear & trembling. It serves to mind us of our frail condition, & shows how to order our throughts in spiritual combats.  


TO God, even to the Lord, I prayed,  
And, he did hear my moans;  
Both day & night I sought his aid,  
With never-ceasing groans.  
My hart no comforts entertained,  
But fixed on him her thought; Selah,  
And so I grieved, & so complained  
That, low my soul was brought.   

2  
Mine eyes from sleep he did with hold,  
With pain, I lost my tongue:  
I mused on days, & years of old,  
And what was once my song.  
Yea, all alone, at night I lay,  
Thus musing in my mind;  
Lord, wilt thou cast me quite away,  
And, never more be kind?   

3  
Is thy compassion lost out right?  
Shall thy sirme promise fail?  
Hast thou for got thy Mercy quite?  
O'er Love, shall hate prevail?  
No; this my frailty is, quoth I,  
And, these, but changes are,  
Wrought by the power of God most high,  
Which, I, in mind will bear.   

4  
Thy works, & wonders past, oh Lord,  
I'll therefore muse upon;  
Thy former Acts, I will record,  
And, show what thou hast done.  
Thy walkings, in thy house, declare,  
That, there's no God like thee:  
And, what thy power & marvailes are,  
Thou mak'st all people see.   

5  
For Iacob's, & for Ioseph's race,  
Thine arm did purchase aid; Selah  
And, seas, & Floods, to view thy face,  
Were troubled & afraid.  
The Clouds did melt, the Vapours crasht,  
Thine Arrows, forth were shot,  
Thy thunders roared, the lightnings flashed,  
And, Earth a trembling got.   

6  
Thou went'st through seas with steps un-eide,  
Thy paths were in the Deep;  
And, Moses did with Aron, guide  
Thy people, there, like sheep.    
Father of mercy, & God of all consolation (who hast often times, gloriously, & miraculously heretofore delivered thy Children, & made safe passage for them through horrible Fears troubles perils & temptations) be merciful unto us, we beseech thee, in all our inward & outward offlictions; especially, when our sins cause thee to exercise us with such changes, as may make us fearful we have lost thy favour. UUee deserve to be deprived of thy compassion, & of all those comforts & protections, which we have long enjoyed, by thy free grace: Nevertheless, grant that we never fall quite away from thy regard, but may so return always unto thee; that our frailties may be pitied, our peni tense accepted, our petitions entertained, & we continued in a full fruition of all thy mercies, & gracious promises, in Christ jesus. Amen.   

Psa. 78.  
Maschil, for Asaph. It commemorates the jews obstinate increduli●itie, with God's plagues & Mercies interchangeably sent among them until the time of David. We should use it, to warn us of God's longsuffring toward the whole humane Nature, whose perverseness, is here mystically set forth, as also, the sending of the true David, jesus Christ.  


NOw to my Law (my people) give thine ear,  
&, well observe what weighty things are told:  
For, lo, my lips a problem shall declare  
And, plainly sing, grave sayings, dark, & old:  
That, neither what our Fathers have revealed,  
Nor what we know, be from our babes concealed.   

2  
God's power & praiseful wonders I will blaze,  
His Testaments, to jacob, I will show;  
How he, likewise, in Isr'el settled laws,  
Which they were bound to let their children know  
That so, they might to their next ages teach them,  
And, Age to age, for ever after preach them.   

3  
That they, in God, a faithful hope might place,  
And not forget his works, or his command,  
As heretofore their Father's head strong race,  
Whose hart, with God, uprightly did not stand;  
Like Ephr'ims' brood, who bows & weapons bearing  
Forsook the Field, the day of hattell fearing.   

4  
Gods law they brak, his covenant they did slight  
And on his works or marvailes never thought:  
Yet, many signs & wonders in their sight,  
In Zoan fields, & Egipt-land he wrought.  
To make their way, the sea, in twain he cleaved  
And, high on heaps, the rolling waters heaved.   

5  
A pillerd-Cloud, by day he made their guide,  
A Column-fired, to clear the night he sent.  
More over, he the Rocks did then divide,  
And streams like seas, along the Desert went.  
From craggy flints, sweet waters forth he bruised,  
And springs from thence, like Rivers were diffused.   

6  
But they went on to move his anger, still,  
And much provoked the wrath of God, most high,  
By tempting him their lustings to fulfil,  
And craving flesh, their longings to supply.  
For, with distrust, they asked if God were able,  
In that wild place, to furnish out a table.   

7  
Springs flowed indeed (said they) when rocks he smote,  
But, can he bread & flesh as well provide?  
Which when God heard, with jacob he was hot,  
And, in his wrath he did with Isr'el chide;  
Because, no faith to his firm promise giving,  
They still remained in trustless unbelieving.   

8  
He naitheles, the gates of heaven unclosed,  
And made the clouds, rain Manna for their meat  
The bread of heaven, among them he disposed,  
And Angel's food, unworthy men did eat.  
A wind South-East-by East, he then ordained,  
And flesh as dust, & fowls as sand, it reigned.   

9  
These filled their camp, & fluttred round their tents  
Till they were cloyed with what their lust pursued:  
Yet none of them his fleshly mind reputes;  
which God avengd, even when the meat they chewed  
For, his fierce wrath, on Isr'el down he poured,  
And, of their cheefs, the fattest he devoured.   

10  
Yet, sinned they still, & set his works at naught;  
For which, their time he wasted out in vain,  
(Afflicting them, till after him they sought)  
And, then in show, they did repent again.  
Yea, than his power to bear in mind they seemed,  
And said, he was the God that them redeemed.   

11  
In which although he knew their flattering mouth  
And lying tongues, did nought but falsehood speak;  
Tho, him, their hart affected not in truth,  
And, though, they still his holy League did break,  
Of his mere grace, he naitheles forgave them,  
And, from his wrath, even he himself, did save them.   

12  
For, them to be but flesh, in mind he bore,  
And gone like winds, which never shall retire;  
That they perverse e'en in the Deserts were,  
Yea, that even there, they much incensed his ire,  
Provoking him, by false & feigned repenting,  
The holy-one of Isr'el discontenting.   

13  
Nor on his power, nor on those days they thought,  
Wherein he from their foes did set them free;  
They minded not, the signs in Egypt wrought,  
Nor those which they in Zoan fields did see:  
How, he with blood, the wholesome springs distasted  
How, them with flies of diverse kinds he wasted.   

14  
How, he with frogs their stubborn foes annoyed  
How, their increase, the Caterpillars piled.  
How, then, the Locust all their fruits enjoyed  
Nor how the frost, their vines destroyed & killed;  
Nor how, cold hail, & burning bolts of thunder,  
Did slay their flocks, & break their trees asunder.   

15  
For, he did hurl on them his furious wrath;  
To them, both fears, & harmful-sprites he sent;  
Unto their deaths, his rage did make a path,  
And then, to wrack, both men & cattle went;  
He, of their lives, their eldest-born bereft  
Through Egipt-land, where I'm his lot received,   

16  
Then, like a flock, his people forth he led,  
Through places wild conducting them like sheep.  
He kept them safe, without all cause of dread,  
Whilst he, their foes overwhelmed in the deep;  
And also gave, when all this grace was done them,  
That holy hill, which his right-hand had won them.   

17  
Before their face, the gentiles thence he took,  
And what was theirs, to Isr'el gave by lot,  
Yet still, almighty God they did provoke,  
And his commands, they still regarded not;  
But, being like their Fathers, double-harted,  
Like broken bows, from him, aside they started,   

18  
The Lord was wroth & jealous when he saw  
Their Images, & their hill-alters reared,  
And, thereupon, from Isr'el did with draw  
His former love, & so incensed appeared  
That, of his place among them, he repented  
And left his Tent in Siloh, unfrequented.   

19  
By thraldom then, he took way their power,  
He gave their strength & glory to their foe,  
He caused the sword his people to devour,  
And with his Land, exceeding wroth did grow.  
Consuming heat, their youngmen's vigour tired:  
Their maids, by none, in wedlock were desired.   

20  
Then by the sword, his priests away he took,  
Whom to bewail, the widows were not spared  
But, lo, the Lord from sleeping then awook,  
As when with wine a mighty man is cheered.  
Their hinder parts, with secret-sores he wounded;  
And all his foes with lasting shame confounded.   

21  
Then he the Tent of joseph did refuse,  
And Ephr'ims tent he did likewise reject:  
But, Iudah's tribe it pleased him to choose,  
Even Zion hill. which he did best affect;  
And, there, aloft he raised his habitation,  
To be as firm, as is the Earth's foundation.   

22  
He from the flocks, his servant David chose,  
Fron bigwombd ewes, & from attending sheep:  
His heritage, to him, he did dispose,  
And Iacob's flock, & israels herds to keep.  
So, with pure thoughts, discreetly them he guided.  
And, food for them, sincerely he provided.    
O Lord God we have often bitterly censured the jews, not considering that their story, is a Problem, mystically decipheringe our condition: Or that we. like David by Nathan's parable, are thereby, made judges & condemners of ourselves. If we overlook the course of our lives, we shall find verified in our own persons, all those things which are mentioned of that People. We have the like Covenant of grace; we have had miraculous deliverances both temporal & spiritual; some of us have tempted him as long (& longer) in this wilderness of our Pilgrimage; Our murmurings, despairings, longings, yea our forwardness & infidelity hath been as much as theirs; We have had as many several pardons to win us; as many interchanges of prosperity & Adversity, to reform us; & have had them, also, for our examples; yet are as disobedient & as negligent as they. Oh Good God, lay not this to our Charge; but, grant we may so apply what thou hast left written of them for our warning; that the fear of thy judgements, & the love of thy Mercies, may reclaim us; and that our great Shepherd (even the true David jesus Christ) may guide us out of our wanderings, & bring us out of this wilderness, into his eternal Rest, Amen.   

Psa. 79.  
A Psalm for Asaph. It is useful for any particular Church, when it is tirannised over, by Turks, heretics, or such like members of Antichrist: For the Church of Christ (whose persecutions & martirdomes were prefigured by those which fell on jerusalem) is here personated, praying, & expressing her sufferings. etc.  


Upon thine heritage, oh God  
The Gentiles, Riots de commit:  
Within thy Temple, they have trod,  
And, wasted & profaned it,  
The bodies of thy saints, bestrowe  
The fields about jerusalem;  
Their blood, even in the streets doth flow,  
And, birds & beasts do feed onthem.   

2  
Their bones without a grave remain,  
And, all our neighbours us defame:  
Oh Lord, how long shall we sustain,  
Thy burning rage, thy jealous flame!  
Let thy incensed wrath be poured.  
On heathen lands, that know not thee;  
For, they thy jacob have devoured,  
And, quite consumed his dwellings be.   

3  
Remember not our follies past,  
(Oh God from whom our help doth flow)  
But thy sweet grace, Lord, let us taste;  
For, we are brought exceeding low.  
help (for thy Mercy's cause) we pray,  
For thy Namesake, forgive our sin;  
Lest, else, of thee the heathen say,  
Where is their God, they trusted in?   

4  
But, let it be (before our eyes)  
Of all the Gentiles understood,  
By hearing of the prisoners cries,  
And, by revenging of our blood.  
Them, save likewise (even through thy might)  
That unto death appointed be;  
And seven fold, oh God requite  
Our neighbours scornful spites to thee.   

5  
So, we thy pasture-sheep, oh Lord,  
Will give thee praise, & thancks therefore,  
Yea we thy praises will record,  
From age to age, for ever more.    
Look down, ' oh Christ, upon the persecutions of thy Church; behold the blood of thy Martyrs; the profanation of thy holy Ordinances; the scornful upraiding, & the great calamities, which are publicly inflicted on many true professors of thy Gospel (even among those who are their neighbours in Beleif) & in the very streets of thine own City. Though our sins have deserved more; yet, for thy mercy sake, & for thine own honour sake, compassionate our humiliation, forgive our offences, & let thy displeasure be rather manifested against those who are enemies to thy Truth. So, they, who have (in derision) questioned thy regard of us, shall be assured thereof, by thy avenging our cause; & we being secured from our Oppressors, shall magnifiy thy holy Name for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 80.  
To the chief Musician upon Shosannim Eduth a Psalm for Asaph. By the allegory of a Vine, is expressed God's great care of the jewish Church, typifieng also, the Christian Church, whose complaints & desires in her sufferings, are here expressed. It may be used by any congregations of the faithful, when they are delivered up to their foes etc.  


HEar thou, that Flock-like, joseph guidest,  
And 'twixt the Cherubims residest;  
Now, israel Pastor shine thou clear:  
To Beniamin's & Eph'rims view,  
Thy strength before Manasseth show;  
And, to defend us, draw thou near.   

2  
Return, & of thy grace assure us;  
For, that alone will save & cure us.  
Oh Lord of hosts; we thee entreat:  
For aye therefore, close not thime ears  
Though, long, thou mak'st us drink our tears,  
And giv'st us weep for our meat.   

3  
Our Neighbours are at strife about us,  
Thou mak'st our foes to scorn & flout us,  
Lord God of Hosts! our sorrow slake:  
To save us, cause thy face to shine:  
For, thou from Egypt brought'st this Vine,  
And, threw'st out Nations for her sake.   

4  
The place, thou hadst before so tilled,  
That, rooting well, the land she filled,  
And cov'red mountains with her shade:  
Her boughs did Cedar-like extend,  
She, branches to the sea did send,  
And, to the River, she did spread.   

5  
Why of her hedge hast thou bereft her?  
Why to the spoil of strangers left her?  
And of the fierce untamed swine?  
The Forest herds, have her or'ethrowne;  
Oh Lord of Hosts! from heaven look down,  
Behold, & visit this thy Vine.   

6  
That Vine, which thy right-hand hath cherished  
That branch, which for thine own was nourished,  
Is burnt & spoilt, while thou dost frown:  
Oh! send, for our defence to stand,  
That Sonn of Man, whom thy Right-hand,  
Hath armed, & chosen for thine own.   

7  
Then, we shall never more deny thee;  
But, being still revived by thee,  
For ever, call upon thy Name.  
Oh Lord of Hosts, convert us now,  
A gracious look, on us bestow,  
And, thou shalt save us, by the same.    
Notwithstanding (oh gracious Father) thou dost often water us with our own tears, & expose us justly to the beasts of the Forest (even to our own brutish appetites) & though our unthankfulness hath worthily deserved that we should be chastised with many storms of Adversity: Yet, Remember, we beseech thee, that we are plants of thine own Vineyard, & branches of that goodly Vine, which thou hast elected for thyself. Behold, & visit us with a favourable aspect; repair those decayed Fences, through which any strange lust, or swinish Condition, hath broken in upon us. Let our Foes (by whom we are persecuted) our neighbours (by whom we were mocked, or preyed upon) & our brethren (who were censorious beholders of our afflicctions) become witnesses also, of thy renewing Favours: That we may be comforted in thee, & continue for ever hereafter, constant in thy fear & service, through the assistance of that man of thy Right-hand, jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 81.  
To the Chief Musician on Gittith a Psalm for Asaph. It is useful to commend unto us the observation of our Christian Sabaths & Solemnities, which are piously to be regarded in all Ages; because we commemorate in them our Deliverances, from our spiritual Bondage, typified by the Egiptian-thraldom. etc. It upraideth man's in gratitude, & neglect of God etc.  


IN God our strength, let us rejoice;  
To Iacob's God, let us now sing,  
And in our Psalms, to help the voice,  
The tymbrel, harp, & Psalt'rie bring.  
The Moon renewing, trumpets blow,  
And, when the solemn feastings be:  
For, Jacob's God, long time ago,  
In Isr'el, did this law decree.   

2  
This Testimony he prepared,  
When joseph came from Egipt-land  
And lived where he a language heard,  
Whose words he did not understand.  
From Burdens, & the potter's task,  
Thy hands & shoulders I did free,  
I helped, when thou for help didst ask,  
And, heard thee from the storm, said he.   

3  
Even at the waters of debate Selah.  
I said (that might prove thee there)  
Oh Isr'el mark, what I relate,  
And, to my words incline thine ear.  
Thou shalt no other God's at all,  
But me the Lord thy God, receive;  
For, thee I brought from Egypt's thrall,  
And, will thy largest askings give.   

4  
But Isr'el did my words contemn;  
Of me, my people would have none:  
So, to their pleasures left I them,  
Who, after their own lusts are gone.  
Oh! had my people me obeyed.  
If Isr'el had my ways pursued,  
I on their foes my hand had laid;  
Their haters, I had soon subdued.   

5  
My Foes had then obeyed my power,  
And, I had still my Folk uphild:  
I, them had fed with purest flower  
And, with rock-hony, them had filled.    
Make us ever mindful, oh God, to magnify thy Name for delivering us from our spiritual Bondage; But, at those times which thy Church (according to the laudable custom of the Patriarches) hath set apart to commemorate thy extraordinary Mercies, let us, especially, perform this, duty; neither falsely counting it superstition to meet in the public solemnisation of thy praise; nor unthanckfully omit the continuation of so necessary a service. Give us grace also, to consider that it is no constraining Decree of thine, which hath made any of us uncaple of thy free grace, but that it is merely our own wilfulness, which compels thy justice to leave us to our own wills, if we be cast off: So, we shall be kept the more obedient to thy commands; & thou (who ren● west the will, before thou exact est obedience from it) shalt accept the willingness for the deed; & in due time work in us the Deed also, to our eternal salvation through jesus Christ. Amen.   

Psa. 82.  
A Psalm for Asaph. It may be sung at our public judicatures, before them who administer in the great affairs of Church or Commonwealth; to mind them of their duties. etc. For, it instructs & reproves Princes, Pastors & Magistrates, abusing their Authority, declares the reward of their Injustice, & invokes God to take the judicature to himself.  


GOd stands, where he doth see  
The Lords to Counsel go;  
And, when the Gods in judgement be,  
He judgeth what they do.   

22  
Ye Nobles, wherefore, then,  
Are ye unjust so long?  
Why favour ye, ungodly men  
To do the righteous wrong? Selah.   

4  
The poor, young Orphans grieved,  
The needy & oppressed,  
Should by your justice be relieved,  
And from proud hands released.   

4  
But, ye are men unwise,  
And walk without the light:  
Even you, on whom the land relies,  
Are out of order, quite.   

5  
You, therefore, whom I call  
The sons of God most high,  
(And termed Gods) like men, shall fall;  
And, like such Princes dye.   

6  
Thyself, oh God advance  
And, give the world her doom;  
For, thine by due Inheritance,  
All nations are become.    
Grant almighty God, that they to whom thou committest the government of thy Churches or Commonweals, may not (as it often happeneth) Be their greatest oppressors: But give thy grace (oh heavenly Father) to all whom thou settest in Authority, that they (considering whose power they have, what they were, & what they shall be hereafter, may become so wise, in themselves, & such lights to others; that Righteousness may be advanced, Ungodliness suppressed, the poor & fatherless relieved, all abuses reform; and that such Dignities, may be still conferred & continued, to the public profit, & to thy eternal glory. Amen.   

Psa. 83.  
A Psalm or song for Asaph. It may be used as a prayer against the Leagues & Confederacies of the Churches foes, such as Pagans, Turks, Heretics and Falsebrethrens; for, the whole List of them, is here typically registered, under their Names who were enemies to the jewish Church.  


BE e silent Lord, no longer now,  
To speak, oh God, no more forbear:  
For lo, thy foes do furious grow,  
And, proudly raised thy haters are.  
They plot, thy people to betray,  
And, thy intirest friends to take;  
Come, & of Isr'el, now (say they)  
A nameless nation we will make.   

2  
As in one League, all these combine,  
And, are against thee Lord, agreed;  
Even Edom land, & Ism'els line,  
And Moab's race, & Hagar's breed.  
Philistim's, Gebal, Ammon, Tyre,  
Huge Amaleck, & Ashur to,  
To help the Sons of Lot, conspire,  
Assisting them in all they do. Selah.   

3  
But, Lord, like Madian make thou them,  
Like Sisera and Iabin's trains,  
Who slaughtered were by Kishon stream,  
And, lay like dung on Endor plains.  
Their dukes, like Zeb, & Oreb make,  
Like Zeba and Zalmana's Peers,  
Who said, they would God's houses take,  
And his Possessions, to be theirs.   

4  
Lord, wheel them round, as turned we see  
The dust or chaff, when whirlwinds blow.  
And, let thy wrath, among them be  
Like flames on hills, where woods do grow.  
Yea, let a dreadful storm arise,  
Persueng them with death & shame:  
Let fears & troubles, them surprise,  
Until they seek, & praise thy Name.   

5  
So, when that men behold their fall,  
They shall confess, there none cann be,  
Whom we ETERNAL aught to call  
Or sovereign of the world, but thee?    
Permit not, oh Lord, those enemies to praile who have made Leagues & confederacies, against thy Church; But, as heretofore thou hast overthrown all those Nations who were great oppressors of thy ancient people the jews (& who were types of our confederated Adversaries) So, we beseech thee, bring to sudden destruction, all the plots enterprises and combinations, of Turks, heretics, unbelievers, & false brethren. Protect us also, we pray thee, from the snares, power & subtleties, of our spiritual foes; that thou being known our defender & our trust being always in thy defence, we may not fear the power of any adversaries; But, for our manifold protections, praise & magnify thy Eternal name, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,   

Psa. 84.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm for the sons of Chorah. It sets forth the souls longings, to be partaker of the blessed Communion of saints, & the frution of God; It shows also, the happiness of such, & their demeanour in this vale of their Misery. etc. It is useful, to stir up in our souls, on ardent love to God & his house etc.  


OH Lord of Hosts! how pleasant are  
Thy dwellings, & thy courts to me?  
In soul & flesh, for entrance there,  
Eternal God, my longings be,  
The Sparrow findeth an abode  
The Swallow builds, & breedeth, to,  
(Oh Lord of Hosts! my King, my God)  
Even at thine altars, thus they do.   

2  
Right blessed, all thy household be,  
For, they are singing, still, thy praise: Selah.  
And, blessed are, the strong in thee,  
Who in their hearts affect thy ways.  
As, through the vale of tears they go,  
They find sweet springs of comforts there,  
And, they from strength to strength shall grow,  
Till they with God, in Zion are.   

2  
Lord God of Hosts, give ear to me,  
And, mark, oh Iacob's God, my moan. Selah.  
Oh God our shield! behold & see,  
The face of thy Anointed-one.  
For, in thy house, one day is more,  
Then thousands, any other where;  
And, I had rather keep thy door,  
Then live in pomp, where sinners are.   

3  
For, as the Sun, thou shinest bright,  
And, we from thee our light receive:  
Thou art the shield of men upright,  
And, thou dost grace, & Glories give.  
From such as walk the righteous way,  
No needful things withheld shall be;  
For ever blessed, therefore, are they  
Who trust (oh Lord of Hosts) in thee.    
Kindle in our hearts oh Lord, such an affection to thee, & such a longing after thy spiritual habitations, that we may obtain the measure of grace in this life, that will fit us for the portion of glory, in the life to come, which thou hast prepared for all those, who do hunger & thirst after thee. Number us among thy houshold-servants; Make us to take pleasure in thy will, & in thy presence, above all earthly preferments; So enable us to walk from strength to strength, that we may become strong Walkers in thy ways; and so instruct us to make a comfortable use, of all those afflictions, which we suffer in our Pilgrimage; that we may sincerely acknowledge, our safety, our honour, our sustenance, & all our temporal & spiritual happiness to be only, from thee, oh God, who livest & raignest, world without end Amen.   

Psa. 85.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm for the sons of Chorah. The Church acknowledgeth God's benefits; desires their continuance, & the forbearance of his wrath etc. We may sing it to praise God for his bounty to his Church & kingdom, & to desire the continuation of our happiness, by still vouchsafing Mercy with his justice.  


THou hast, oh God, thy Kingdom graced  
And, Iacob's thrall repealed;  
Thy people's faults, thou pardoned haste,  
And all their sins concealed. Selah.  
Thine anger, thou hast quite appeased,  
And, thy just wrath for borne;  
Oh Lord of Hosts, now thou art pleased  
Let us to thee return.   

2  
For, why shouldst thou still wroth remain?  
And vexed rather be,  
Then cheer thy people's hearts again,  
That they may joy in thee?  
To save us, Lord, thy favour show,  
And, let us hear (in peace)  
Thy word among us preached so,  
That we from sin may cease.   

3  
Then, shall thy saving-health abide,  
Near those who fear thy Name;  
And, in our Land, shall still reside,  
Thy glories & thy fame.  
Then Truth & Love shall meet & kiss,  
And, justice, Peace embrace;  
Yea, Truth on earth, & Righteousness  
From heaven shall show her face.   

4  
The Lord, with every needful store  
Shall make our Kingdom flow;  
And, send his Righteousness, before,  
That we his way may know.    
Oh Lord, we acknowledge that from time to time, thou hast been exceeding gracious to thy whole Church, & to this part thereof in particular: For, when thy Blessings made us wanton, thou didst always humble us by thy fatherly corrections; & when thou hadst worthily afflicted us according as thy wisdom saw convenient, thou didst ever mercifully comfort, & restore us again to thy favour. Continue, oh God, we pray thee, this thy gracious respect unto our infirmities; & grant, we may so repent of our sins, so unfeignedly profess thy Truth, & so diligently practise the works of righteousness: that. Honesty & Religeon (Faith & Goodworks may inseparably be united in every one of us; & that the abundance of thy temporal & spiritual blessings, may be poured forth on this Kingdom, & on thy whole Church, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 86.  
A prayer of David. It personates Christ in his humiliation, praying in the behalf of his mystical body, for several necessities thereof; intermixing some vows of praise, & acknowledgements of God's Attributes etc. It is an useful, form of prayer, in many temptations, & afflictions.  


LOrd, hear me; for great wants I have;  
My soul's defender be:  
My God thy Saint, & servant save,  
Who puts his trust in thee.  
That, thou thy grace to me afford,  
My daily cry requires;  
Thy servants hart, revive, oh Lord!  
Which up to thee aspires.   

2  
For, thou good Lord, soon pard'nest all,  
Who seek thy grace to find;  
Oh! hear me (now to thee I call)  
And, bear my suit in mind.  
My dangers, I, to thee will show,  
That thou mayst help assign;  
For, there is no such God, as thou,  
Nor any works like thine.   

3  
All nations whom thou dist create,  
Shall praise & worship thee;  
For, thou alone (oh God) art great,  
And, great thy wonders be.  
Teach me thy ways, & in thy fear,  
My soul to thee unite:  
So, never shall my hart forbear  
Thy praises to indight.   

4  
I scaped the grave, by thy large grace,  
When proud & cruel foes,  
(Who set not thee before their face)  
To take my soul arose.  
Oh God thou art a gracious Lord,  
Longsuffring, kind, & free;  
With Truth & Love, most largely stored:  
Now therefore, pity me.   

5  
Return, oh Lord, & me revive;  
Let me thy favour have:  
Thy strength to me thy servant give;  
Thy Handmaid's offspring save.  
Yea, for my good, vouchsafe some sign,  
That, all my foes may know,  
I am a Favourite of thine;  
And, blush, they wronged me so.    
Almighty & most merciful Father, have pity upon us according to thine infinite goodness & compassion. Let us not always wander after our own imaginations; nor be continually exercised with such Afflictions as may make us the scorn of all that hate us; but according to thy infinite mercy & unparaleld goodness, Have mercy upon us: And not on us only, but on all those people whom thou hast created; that, according to thy promise, they may all serve & praise thee. Settle them & us, in thy Truth; guide us in thy ways; & so restore & confirm us in thy favour, by some apparent signs of thy love, & special grace; that our adversaries may be ashamed of their hatred, & we thankful for all thy Mercies, through jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 87.  
A Psalm or song for the sons of Chorah. It describes the situation & glory of the Church typified by Zion; prophetically declareth, that all Kingdoms shall be incorporated into that City of God; & that all Nations shall there obtain their New-birth etc. It serves (among other uses) to inform, that God's Church excludeth no Nation etc.  


THe Lord, hath his Foundations placed  
Above the highest mountains crowns;  
Yea, Zion's ports, he more hath graced  
Then all the rest of Iacob's Towns:  
And, glorious things, are famed abroad  
Of thee (oh City) loved of God. Selah.   

2  
For, God accounts, as borne in thee,  
Egyptians, if they him desire;  
Nay; though from Babel sprung they be  
From Chush, Philistia, or from Tyre.  
For, he hath said, that all on earth  
In Zion, may renew their Birth.   

3  
The God most high will strengthen her,  
And shall record each faithful soul,  
As having had first-beeing, there: Selah.  
When he his people doth enrowl,  
For, there are, all that play or sing;  
And, thence proceeds each blessed thing.    
Thou, oh Lord, art no accepter of persons, but every one that fears thee, & worketh righteousness (of what place soever he be, or from whom soever he were descended) hath promise, of admission into thy Church, & to be registered as a freeborn Citizen of thy spiritual Zion. Make us thankful, Oh God, for this large privilege; And, seeing none are exempted, but such as wilfully exclude themselves (seeing also it is manifest to thee only who they are) let us hope charitably of all men, whilst there is time of grace and repentance; endeavoureng, by our prayers, instructions, friendly reproofs, & good examples, as much as we are able, to bring them, to become the Members of this Corporation; & to enjoy a Christian fellowship with us, in Christ jesus our Lord. Amen.   

Psal. 88  
A song or Psalm for the Sons of Chorah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leanoth Maschil of Heman, the Ezrahite. It personates Christ & his members complaining of his & their sorrows, contempts & sufferings etc. And it is full of passionate petitions & expostulations. We may use it in private or Public afflicctions.  


LOrd, of whose assisting might,  
I was never yet denied;  
All the day, & all the night,  
ay, to thee have called & cried:  
Now, regard my woeful plight.   

2  
Let thine Ear, thy Mind, thine Eyes,  
To the dropping, pleading, eryeng;  
Of my Tears, my Cause, my Cries,  
Grant me, hearing, weighing, eyeng;  
For, my soul afflicted lies.   

3  
ay, to Death am drawing nigh,  
And am prized as one interred;  
Like a strengthless man I lie,  
As algeady slain, and buried:  
Free among the dead, am I   

4  
Yea, as one forgot of thee,  
(Or, as from thy hand Abjected)  
Darksome pits, my lodging be,  
And in Dungeons deep afflicted,  
Thy strict hand oppresseth me.   

5  
All thy, ways I do sustain,  
Thou dost make my Lovers flee me; Selah.  
And my friends fro me restarine:  
Shutt I am, where none cann free me,  
Then, how cann I tears refrain?   

6  
Lord, my griefs to thee I show,  
With my hands to thee up-raised.  
Cann the dead thy wonders know?  
Or thy Love or truth be praised,  
By the Sons of Death below? Selah,   

7  
Cann, thy Marvailes, they unfold,  
Who in darkness, quite are blinded?  
Or thy Ius; 'tice, there be told,  
Where, is nothing said or minded,  
Which was done in times of old.   

8  
Unto thee, oh Lord I cry,  
And, my suits prevent the Morning;  
Oh! why dost thou cast me by?  
Still fro me thy presence turning,  
Who am grieved, & like to die?   

9  
From my youth oh Lord, till now,  
Me, thy terror hath distressed,  
Nigh distract, it makes me grow;  
For, thy wrath hath me oppressed,  
And, thy fears have brought me low,   

10  
They, beset me every day,  
Floud-like, flowing altogether;  
And no friends, to help me, stay  
(Lovers, nor Familiars neither)  
For, thou driv'st them all away.    
Help us, oh gracious Redeemer, so to bear the manifold infirmities & afflictions of our flesh; so to endure the contempts, neglects, & injuries of the world; & so constantly to sustain all the Assaults of our spiritual Adversaries; that (though we be deprived of all outward Freindships' & consolations) we may be inwardly satisfied, & comforted, against every terror, in every temptation. Let us seek so earnestly & so early, for thy assistance, that (escaping the spiritual blindness, which makes uncapable of thy praise; that dungeon of utter Darkness, in which thy Righteousness is obscured; & that everlasting Death, from which there is no Resurrection) we may enjoy thy blessed presence, where we shall magnify thy Mercies, for ever & ever. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

LOrd God, my helper! day & night,  
To thee my moanings are:  
Admit my suits unto thy sight,  
And, my complain hear.  
For, in my soul, great sorrows be,  
My life draws nigh the grave,  
As one interred, they count of me,  
And, little strength I have.   

2  
As he, that's dead, & buried long,  
Death's freeman I became;  
As one, out of thy presence flung,  
I quite forgotten am.  
Thou laidst me in the lowest ward,  
Where darksome Dungeons are:  
On me thine Anger presseth hard;  
And, all thy storms I bear. Selah.   

3  
Thou hast my friends fro me restrained,  
My Lovers, me despize;  
I, fast in prison am detained  
And, sorrow dims mine eyes.  
Oh Lord! all day to thee I sue,  
My hands, I meekly raise:  
Thy wonders, cann men buried show?  
Or, wake to sing thy praise? Selah.   

4  
Lord, cann the grave thy Love express?  
Thy Faith, cann ruins teach?  
Thy wonders, or thy righteousness,  
Cann dumb Oblivion preach?  
Betimes, oh Lord, I will erect,  
My suits & cries to thee;  
Why shouldst thou then, my soul reject,  
And, hide thy face fro me?   

5  
My soul is pained even to the death;  
And all my life I bear,  
The heavy burdens of thy wrath,  
Thy terrors, & thy fear.  
They closed me round, like waters deep,  
Where, whilst begird I lay  
Fro me, my Lovers thou didst keep,  
And hidst my friends away.     

Psa. 89.  
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. It celebrates the mercy, Goodness, justice, & power of God etc. Mentioneth his League with David, & mystically declares, that those covenants belong to his spiritual seed, in the chief place, etc. It instructs us, who are the right heirs of the promises. etc.  


NOw, in a song of endless praise,  
Thy Mercies, I will sing, oh Lord;  
And unto all succeeding days,  
Thy faithfulness I will record:  
For, I have said, that thy great Love,  
And Mercy, shallbe raised high;  
And, that thou shalt in heaven above,  
Thy Faith, confirm & magnify.   

2  
Thou hast both vowed & decreed,  
To David, thine Elected-one,  
To multiply his faithful seed,  
And build him up an endless throne. Selah.  
Which heaven shall to thy praise declare,  
In works to be admired at,  
And, where thy Saints assembled are,  
Thy Faithfulness they shall relate.   

3  
For, whom like thee, doth heaven afford?  
What earthly Kings thy equals be?  
Who, art among they Saints adored,  
And, feared of all that wait on thee?  
Oh Lord of Hosts, what Lord is found  
So faithful or so strong as thou?  
Who sets the raging seas, their bound  
And, calmest them, when thy furious grow?   

4  
Thou didst afflict all Egipt-land,  
As one made weak, by wounds & blows;  
And, by the power of thy strong hand,  
Thou hast dispersed all thy foes.  
Thine, heaven & earth & all things be,  
For, thou alone didst all things frame.  
The North & South, were made by thee;  
And East & West, extol thy Name,   

5  
Strong arms thou hast, with powerful hands,  
And, where thou dost thy Throne prepare,  
With judgement, justice always stands,  
And, Truth & Love, thy Ushers are.  
Oh! blessed are they who know thy voice:  
Thy look shall cheer them in their ways;  
They, in thy Name shall still rejoice;  
And, them, thy justice high shall raise.   

6  
For, thou art, Lord, our strengths renown,  
Our horn shall by thy favour spring:  
Thou art our strong defensive Town,  
The Saint of Isr'el, & our King.  
By vision, thou didst once declare,  
And, to thy Holy-one disclose,  
That thou a helper wouldst prepare,  
Among thy people to be chose.   

7  
I have, saidst thou, my David found;  
My holy oil on shall flow:  
By mine own Arm, he shall be crowned,  
My hand, shall strength on him bestow.  
His Foe, shall do him no disgrace,  
The Sonn of sin, he shall not fear;  
For, I will smite, before his face,  
All them, that his Opposers are.   

8  
My faith & love, on him shall stay,  
My Name, his honour shall maintain;  
His hand shall make the seas obey,  
His right-hand shall the floods restrain.  
His Father, he shall knowledge me,  
His God, his Rock, & his defence:  
For, he my eldest borne shallbe,  
And, King of every earthly Prince.   

9  
To him, I still, will mercy grant,  
He shall enjoy my promise given;  
Successors, he shall never want;  
His Throne shall stand as firm as heaven?  
And, if my Laws his Children break,  
If they shall fro my precepts fly,  
My statutes. if they shall forsake,  
Or, from my judgements walk awry;   

10  
Their sins with stripes I will correct,  
And, scourg them, when amiss they do;  
But, those whom I do well-affect,  
My Love, will never quite forgo.  
For, once even by myself I swore,  
I would no lie to David make;  
My League I will not break therefore,  
Nor change a word, of that I spoke.   

11  
Lord, thus thou saidst; & that a Throne,  
Unto his issue should be given,  
As lasting as the Sun & Moon.  
Or, as the witnesses of heaven. Selah.  
But, now (as if he were abhorred)  
Thou dost on thine Anointed frown;  
Thou makest void thy league, oh Lord,  
And on the ground, hast hurled his crown.   

12  
His Fences, thou didst rend away,  
His warlike forts, thou down dost race;  
All passers-by on him do prey,  
His Neighbours flout at his disgrace.  
His foes, thou hast Victorious made;  
Whereat, his haters, joyful be;  
Thou dull'st the sharpness of his blade,  
And, in the fight, made faint, was he.   

13  
Thou hast obscured his glories rays,  
His Throne, thou castest on the ground; Selah.  
Thou hast cut short his youthful days,  
And, him with shame thou dost confound.  
Good Lord, in thy inflamed rage,  
Shall still thy face obscured remain?  
Oh, mind the shortness of mine age!  
Why shouldst thy make mankind in vanie?   

14  
Who lives, whom Death shall not remove?  
Or, who, from Death is ever free? Selah.  
Oh Lord; where now, is all that Love,  
To David vowed, of old, by thee?  
Thy servants great reproach, record,  
And, in my breast what scorns I bear,  
Among those mighty Nations, Lord,  
Who, likewise, thy blaspheamers are.   

15  
Oh God even thy Anointed-one,  
They have derided in his ways;  
But, Lord, what ever they have done,  
To thee, for evermore, be praise.    
Most gracious, God, thou hast not only promised thy merciful assistance to all true believers; but, with an Oath also, confirmed the same for the better strengthening of our weak faith. Grant we pray thee, that we neither become distrustful of so gracious an Assurance; neither discouraged by those Afflictions & persecutions, where withal thou shalt please to purge our corruptions; nor be overcome by those temptations, whereby our faith is exercised in the day of trial: but, cause us to depend on thy promise, & to be courageous & victorious in all our battles. Give us wisdom likewise, so to discern who are the true seed of David (& to whom the performance of thy Covenant doth chiefly appertain) that we deceive not ourselves by a false application of thy spiritual promises; nor delude our souls with temporary hopes or fears: But, make us ever constant both in that which we ought to believe on thy part; & in that which is to be performed on our parts, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 90.  
The prayer of Moses the man of God. In this Psalm the humane Nature, which (as the word Moses signifieth) was Drawn out, even from the waters of perdition, praiseth God, for his eternal decree of her Restauration; & confesseth her vanity, & mortality etc. To the same purpose we should use it.  


LOrd, thou art always our abode!  
Before the world, beginning had  
Thou were't eternally our God;  
Yea, long, ere heaven & earth were made.  
Thou sayest, ye sons of men, return;  
And, straight returned to dust they be:  
As one night's watch, or day outworn,  
So, are a thousand years to thee.   

2  
Thou, like a Flood (as in a dream)  
Shalt sweep them suddenly away;  
For, like the flowering grass they seem,  
That springs, & fadeth, in a day.  
One frown of thine, consumes us quite;  
Thy wrath, our troubles doth renew;  
Thou settest our sins before thy sight,  
And, bring'st our secret faults to view.   

3  
Our time, through thy displeasure wears,  
And, like a Tale that's told are we,  
Our life is done at seventy years,  
Or eighty, when we strongest be.  
For, all the rest we spend in woe,  
And, vanish e'er we be aware.  
Thine Angers force, Lord, who doth know!  
As is thy wrath, such is thy fear.   

4  
Instruct us how to count our days,  
That so, our hearts may wisdom learn;  
And, make thou, Lord, no long delays,  
But, pleased now, to me return.  
To us, betimes, thy favour deign,  
That we may all our life be glad,  
And, days & years, of joy obtain,  
For those of grief, which we have had.   

5  
Thy workings, let thy servants view,  
Thy glories, let their Children see.  
Oh Lord our God thy Beauty show:  
Still shining on us, let it be.  
And, all our works (oh God) we pray,  
Establish thou, & so direct;  
That, well our labours prosper may,  
And, blessed be with good effect.    
Instruct us (oh blessed God) so to consider our vanities, our errors, & the uncertainty of our short lives, that we may redeem the time. & (by true Faith, joined with Christian prudence) so order our Conversations; that thy wrath may be appeased, our sins blotted away, & all our sorrows turned into joys. Moreover, during our short abiding here, vouchsafe us thy favour; &, so assist our weak endeavours; that we may, to thy glory, finish the work for which thou hast placed us in this world. And, though our works be unprofitable, or such as like stubble will not abide the Fiery-triall; yet, let that which we shall build up, be (at least) grounded on the right Foundation; that we ourselves may be safe, through the free mercies, of jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 91.  
This Psalm, shows, that such as abide & believe in Christ, shall be secured from public & private calamities, (by an especial protection) of what nature soever their perils be; at least, the mischief of them shall be prevented, & life eternal vouchsafed, etc. It is useful to strengthen Faith in great plagues & general dangers.  


WHo, in the Closet, & the shade  
Of God almighty, still resides;  
Is, by his Highness, fearless made,  
And, always, safe with him abides.  
For, I confess, the Lord hath binn  
A Fortress, & a Rock to me;  
My God, alone, I trusted in,  
And, he my trust shall all ways be.   

2  
He will, no doubt, secure thee from  
The Fowler's traps, & noisome Pest:  
His wings, thy shelter shall become;  
Thou shalt, beneath his feathers rest.  
Thou, for thy Shield his Truth shalt bear,  
And, nothing then shall thee dismay;  
Not that, which we at Midnight fear,  
Nor any shaft that flies by day.   

3  
No secret plague offend thee shall,  
Nor what in public wastes the Land;  
Though at thy side a thousand fall,  
And ten times more, at thy right-hand.  
But, thou shalt live to mark & see,  
The due reward of men unjust;  
For, God (most high) will favour thee,  
Because, in him thou putst thy trust.   

4  
No mischief, shall to thee betide,  
Nor any plague thy house infect;  
For, he doth Angell-gards provide,  
Which in thy ways will thee protect.  
Their hands, will thee uprightly lead,  
And from thy Paths, all harms expel:  
Thou shalt on Asps, & Lions tread,  
On Lion's young, on Dragons fell.   

5  
For, seeing his delight I am,  
I will (saith God) be still his guard:  
And, since he knows my holy Name,  
To honours high, he shall be reared.  
When he doth call, an ear I'll give,  
In troubles, I with him, will be;  
On earth, he long shall honoured live,  
And, he my saving-health shall see.    
Blessed God; give us such assured confidence in thee, that we may be secured in those public calamities, for which our public sins have deserved thy scourge; & be delivered also from the mischief of those particular punishments, which our personal offences may justly bring upon us. But (how soever thou dealest with our bodies in this life) let our souls be saved from the plague of everlasting Death. Let thy holy Angels, keep us in all our ways; & give us thy grace to keep the ways in which thou, hast appointed us to walk. Whatsoever perils or terrors affront us, give courage to pass through them, in the execution of our lawful Callings, without dismay or distrust: And, though they bring some smart, let them not hinder (but rather further) the accomplishment of our eternal safety through jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.  

Another of the same.  

WHo, resteth in the shade of God most high,  
Within his privy-Chambers is reposed:  
And, therefore, in myself, thus mused I;  
Thee, as a Fort, thy God hath round enclosed,  
And, is that Rock on which thou shalt rely.   

2  
For, he no doubt, will thy defender be  
From fowler's nets, & pestilent infection:  
He, with his wings will overshaddowe thee;  
His Feathers, will become thy safe protection;  
And, for thy Shield, his Truth provideth he.   

3  
No fear, that lurks in darkness, thee shall fright  
No arrow, that abroad by daytime flieth:  
No secret plague, that walks about by night,  
Nor that which in the street, at noonday slayeth,  
Shall make thee fear, how nigh soe'er it light.   

4  
A thousand faint, & sink beside thee, shall,  
At thy right-hand, ten thousand breathless lying:  
And yet, thou shalt receive no harm at all;  
But, only, see God's justice, by espying  
The due reward of sinners, in their fall.   

5  
For, thou dost hope in him; &, therefore he  
(Even God that is most hie, & most excelling)  
Will neither let thee wronged, nor harmed be,  
Nor suffer any plague to touch thy dwelling;  
But, place his guard of Angels, over thee.   

6  
They in thy ways, will thee conduct along,  
And in their hands, uphold thee, as thy leaders;  
That not a stone shall do thy footing wrong.  
Yea, thou unhurt, shalt set thy foot on adders,  
On dragons, & on lions, old & young.   

7  
For, him, that me doth love (th' Almighty says)  
I will secure from sorrows & oppression:  
That man, likewise, to honour I will raise,  
Who knows my Name, & lives in that profession;  
And, I will give an answer when he prays.   

8  
In troublous times, to him I will be nigh,  
And out of all his cares, I will reprieve him;  
Him, I will bless, & greatly dignify:  
His fill of days, I will, moreover, give him;  
And, granr him grace, to live eternally.     

Psa. 92.  
A Psalm or song for the Sabbath. It seems not unproper, for that great Sabbath in which we commemorate our Saviour's resurrection; for it magnifieth God, for the exaltation of the Righteous, & for the blessedness of his later end. etc.  


RIght good it is, oh Lord, most hie!  
Thy praises to recite,  
Thy Truth & Love to magnify,  
At morning, & at night.  
With tenn-stringed Instruments to sing,  
The praises of thy Name;  
And, that we harps, & Psalt'ries bring,  
To solemnize the same.   

2  
For, Lord, thy works rejoice my hart,  
Thy Deeds, my soul do cheer:  
How wonderful in them thou are!  
How deep thy musings are!  
The Fool & Wordling, neither know,  
Nor heed such things at all,  
And, though like flowers, the wicked show,  
Their prospering, proves their fall.   

3  
But, Lord, thou always art most hie;  
Mark, therefore; Mark I pray,  
How sinful men despersed fly,  
And, how thy foes decay.  
My horn, the Vnicorne's o're-topps;  
Sweet-oyle is poured on me;  
And, on my Foes, my wished hopes,  
I shall both hear, & see   

4  
The Just, shall flourish as the boughs  
Of Palms & Cedars do;  
Or, as the trees which round God's house,  
Within his Courts do grow.  
Yea, they when age on them doth light,  
Grow fruitful, fat, & green;  
To prove the Lord my Rock, upright  
And blameless, to have been.    
Wonderful art thou, oh Lord, in all thy workings: &, though thy purposes are deeper than our imaginations; Yet (by that which thou hast manifested) we behold in them great cause of much rejoicing; & we desire to praise thee for them, with all our hearts. We have heretofore, repined at the flourishings of the wicked, & at our own sufferings; But, make us hereafter, to understand that their prosperities are permitted to increase their shame; & our humiliations vouchsafed, that they may the more dignify our exaltations: as it befell our blessed Saviour, whose infamous Death, occasioned that glorious resurrection, which we commemorate in our Christian Sabbath. Oh! make us in due time, partakers of his Rest; & grant, that our old age, & our last hours, may be found fruitful to thy glory, & our salvation, through jesus Christ, Amen.   

Psa. 93.  
This Psalm prophesied the power & majesty of Christ; & the perpetuity of his Kingdom, in despite of all their fury who should rage against it. etc. We may sing it to comfort us, against the rage of the Devil & his members.  


THe Lord is King, & weareth  
A Robe of Glory bright;  
He clothed with strength appeareth,  
And, girt with powerful might.  
The Earth, he so hath grounded,  
That, moved it cannot be;  
His Throne, long since was founded,  
More old than Time, is he.   

2  
The waters, highly flowed,  
And raised their voice, oh Lord;  
The seas, their fury showed,  
And, loud their Billows roared:  
But, God, in strength excelleth  
Strong seas, & powerful deeps;  
With him, still, pureness dwelleth,  
And, firm his Truth he keeps.    
Oh Lord God, Kings of Kings, incomprehensible in Majesty, and in power infinite; give us grace so to meditate thy unspeakable Attributes, that neither the frailties within us, nor the terrers without, make us distrustful of our safety in thee: For, thou art our King, our Lord, & our God. Thou hast Wisdom enough to know what is best for us; Pour enough to effect it; Love enough to grant it; & Perpetuity enough to continue it: Oh! give us, but grace & faith enough, to believe & apply it; & (though the Water's rage never so horribly) we shall, undoubtedly be safe, for ever and ever. Amen.   

Psa. 94.  
The Church invokes Christ to come to judgement, in regard of the cruelty of her Oppressors; & shows the cause of their folly, & presumption. etc. It serves to inform how ignorant carnal men are of the power & ways of God; & may help to keep us undiscouraged, during their Insulting. etc.  


LOrd God, whose claim avengments are!  
Thyself, the Just Avenger, show;  
Thou judge of all, arise, draw near,  
And, on the proud their meed bestow.  
For, Lord, how long! alas, how long!  
Shall sinners joy, in doeng wrong?   

2  
Despiteful words, their tongues have spoke,  
Great brags, the wicked have expressed;  
Yea, Lord, thy people they have struck,  
And thine Inheritance oppressed:  
They, widows, & the stranger slay,  
They, Orphans unto death betray.   

3  
For, God (say those) will never know;  
This, Iacob's God shall never see.  
Oh learn, (ye fools) more wise to grow,  
Ye people fond, more prudent be.  
Cann, he or deaf, or blind be made,  
From whom, both ears, & eyes you had?   

4  
He, to the Nations, every where,  
Corrections & Instructions gives;  
To scourg you (then) will he forbear,  
Who, all men's fruitless thoughts perceives?  
They blessed are, whom Lord, thou chidest,  
And, they whom in thy Law thou guid'st.   

5  
Thou giv'st them rest, when mischeeus rage,  
Till pits prepared for Sinners be:  
And, Lord, thy Flock, & Heritage  
Shall never quite be left of thee.  
In judgement, justice shall be showed;  
And, of all faithful hearts pursued.   

6  
Who will with me, lewd men, resist?  
Or, take my part against the bad?  
Sure, God himself, doth me assist;  
My soul, had else been silent made.  
But, when I said, that fall I should,  
Me, Lord, thy grace did then uphold.   

7  
When many thoughts, oppressed me much,  
Thy comforts did my soul delight:  
For, thou partakest not with such,  
Who sentence give against the right;  
Or such, as have the Just withstood,  
To death, condemning, guiltless blood.   

8  
But thou, oh Lord shalt me defend.  
Thou art my God, my Rock my Fort,  
And, all the harms my Foes intent,  
Thou shalt upon themselves retort;  
Yea, for the guilt of their offence,  
Thou, Lord our God, shalt root them hence.    
Oh thou supreme judge of the world, & severe Avenger of all wrongs; Behold the fury, the despite, & insolent Cruelties of our Adversaries; and deliver the poor, the widow, the Fatherless, & all thy Oppressed Children out of their wicked hands. Thy forbearance, hath made the perverters of justice, seem to conceive that thou either seest not, or else regardest not their impieties: Yea, those oppressers, are grown so powerful, & so many, that we scarce find any to take part with us against their Injuries; &, but that we have assurance of thy Assistance, we should be utterly without hope. Oh! continue our hopes in thee; Sett thou in order, all that is amiss; destroy all the Favourers of Injustice; & keep us always harmless, both in soul & body, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 95.  
This Psalm exhorts to praise God, and warns to hearken to his voice whilst we have time, lest (like our forefather's) we be deprived of his Rest, for our obstinacy. It should be often sung to remember us, that we embrace God's free grace, whilst it is offered.  


TO God our Saviour, let's renew  
Our songs, with cheerful voice,  
Our thankfulness before him show;  
With Psalms, in him rejoice.  
For, God, the Lord most powerful is,  
The King of Gods is he;  
The earth's obscurest vales are his,  
And, his, high mountains be.   

2  
The seas, he made; they are his own:  
Dry land, his Creature was;  
Come, serve him then, & fall we down,  
Before our Maker's face.  
He is our God, his flock we are,  
His pasture-sheep, are we:  
That, you his voice, may therefore hear,  
More tender-hearted be.   

3  
Not like your Fathers, when that in  
The Desert, proved they were;  
And tempted him, though they had seen,  
His works of wonder, there.  
Full forty years, they moved his wrath,  
And, therefore, thus said he;  
A wand'ring hart, this people hath,  
My ways, they will see.   

4  
And, I to them, in my just rage,  
Did by mine Oath protest;  
That, none of all that froward age,  
Should come within my rest.    
Oh God the Creator, preserver, & governor of all things; UUee give thee thancks, for making us after thine own Image, & for sending thy Eternal-word to regenerate us, when we were made worse than nothing. So far, we ought to be, from arrogating the power either of our Being, or Well-being; that (we must confess) to undo ourselves, is all which we are able, of ourselves do. Like our fore Fathers, our hearts are wand'ring from thy ways, all our life long; & we do more & mere harden them, by custom in sin. Yet, oh Lord, seeing we are the sheep of thy pasture; bring us home to thy Foe de: seeing we are thy People, soften our hearts; & gius us grace, so to hearken to thy voice in this Day of our Trial; that, in the Day of thy judgement, we may enter into thy Rest, through jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 96.  
UUee are herein exhorted, to sing & preach, the New-songs of the Gospel, to the praise of Christ our King. And (in regard, other Gods are but vanities) all nations are provoked to join in praising him. etc. We should sing it to glorify Christ, for his power, & his Truth, etc.  


COme now, & in some New-indighting,  
Bless God (the world's Almighty King)  
His Name's due praise, in songs reciting,  
Of his Salvation, daily sing.  
His Fame, & works of admiration,  
Ye people heed, ye Nations hear:  
His power deserves, high exaltation;  
For, all the Gods, less dreadful are.   

2  
The Gentiles Gods, are foolish fictions,  
But our great God, did heaven create;  
Power, glory, praise, & all perfections,  
Attend him, in his holy-seat.  
To him, due praise, ye kindreds render;  
Extol his power, his glory sing:  
To God's great Name, fit honours tender,  
Approach his Courts, & offerings bring.   

3  
Within his house, with praise, profess him,  
And, let him be adored there;  
Let all the world, their God confess him,  
And, serve him with a holy fear.  
Yea, to the Gentiles let them publish,  
The Lord their King, & that his might  
The wavering earth shall fast establish;  
And, do the wronged people right.   

4  
Let heaven & earth, with joy-excelling,  
Rejoice before him ever more;  
The seas, & all things in them dwelling,  
The fields, the woods, & all their store:  
For, lo, the Lord, approacheth nearly,  
Behold, to judge the world he comes,  
The wicked, he will judge serverely;  
And, give the people righteous dooms.    
Honour & wisdom, & power, & praise, be ascribed unto thee (oh king of the world) by all thy Creatures, according to the several faculties which thou hast bestowed upon them. Be thou glorified, in thyself also; according to that which thy In comprehensiblenes deserveth, beyond what thy creatures are able to ascribe. Let all heathenish deities, & all those Idols, which carnal men have set up in their hearts, appear such vanities as they are; & let thy Sovereignty be acknow ledged, (& thy worship truly celebrated) by jews, Gentiles, & all Nations throughout the world. Let us, especially (who are of thy visible Church) perform this duty, & let our hearts be so established, & so filled with Holiness, & filial awe, that we may expect thy coming to judgement, with comefort; & welcome thy opproach, with shouts of triumphs, & songs of exultation. Amen.   

Psa. 97.  
The sovereignty of Christ, with his coming to judgement; the joy which the faithful shall conceive thereby, & the confusion which will fall on the wicked, is here foretold, etc. It may be mystically applied also, to our Saviour's first coramling: And may be sung, to stir up our spiritual rejoicing, in both his Advents.  


THe Lord is king; be therefore glad  
Ye Lands & Isles, now this is known;  
With Clouds & darkness, he is clad,  
And Truth & justice, guard his throne.  
A burning flame before him goes,  
Wherewith, he shall consume his foes.   

2  
He, to the world his Glory showed,  
And, earth beheld the same with fear;  
Like wax, hills melted, when they viewed  
The Lord (the world's great Lord) appear.  
His Righteousness, the heavens have shown;  
His glories, are to all men known.   

3  
All Idol servers, he destroys,  
And, of all Gods will honoured be.  
It Zion gladds, & jacob, joys,  
His righteous dooms, to hear & see.  
Above the highest hills he dwells:  
And, all the Gods, he far excels.   

4  
Hate sin, ye Lovers of the Lord,  
For, he his holie-ones, will save:  
And, light & Truth, to those afford,  
That, hearts upright, & faithful have.  
Ye saints therefore, record, confess,  
And, praise with joy, God's holiness.    
Oh Christ (the everlasting son of the Father) Thou only art the Catholic king; & it is no less than blasphemy for any other to assume that Title. Rule thou, therefore, in thine own Kingdom, & cast all Usurpers out of thy Throne. Publish thy glories to the world; Let thy Truth & justice, terrify thy Foes, & consume all Ungodliness out of the land. Root out all Idolatries; that, jacob & Zion (thy Church & her Children) may rejoice. Enthrone thyself also in our hearts, & let thy presence consume thence, the Mountains of our presumption (with every thing, which there exalts itself, against thee) that, the hatred of Sinn, the Love of thy presence, the light of thy Truth, & the joy of the holy-ghost, may be there established, for ever & ever, Amen.   

Psa. 98.  
A Psalm. The whole world, is exhorted to sing the new songs of the Gospel, & the great power & Victories, of Christ. It shows also, how we ought to praise him. To these ends, we should use it etc.  


NEw songs, unto the Lord indite;  
For, mighty marvailes he hath done.  
His Right-hand, hath prevailed in fight,  
His holy Arm, the conquest won.  
The Gentiles have in public viewed,  
Howiust & healpfull, he hath been:  
To Isr'el, Truth & Love he showed;  
His Mercies, all the world hath seen,   

2  
Then, through the world his glory sing;  
Sing praises, with triumphant voice:  
To praise the Lord, the Psalt'rie bring,  
And on the Harp, with Psalms rejoice.  
The Lord, the King, with mirth adore;  
With Trump & Flute, this joy begin;  
Ye seas, with all your fullness, roar;  
Thou earth be glad, & all therein.   

3  
Before the Lord, your joys express,  
Ye Floods & hills: for, lo, he comes  
To judge the world, with equalness,  
And, give the people, righteous dooms.    
Almighty Sonn of God, we bless & praise thee for the manifestation of thy Mercy to the whole world, in the miraculous work of our Redemption. Thou didst come to us in despised weakness; Yet hast thou therein shown such unresistable power, that it prevailed against the wisdom of the worldly-wise; & magnified thy derided Cross, above all the most renowned Deities of the Gentiles. This thou didst, by appearing in a contemptible estate: Oh! how glorious, & how powerful wilt thou be in thy second coming! It now draweth nigh. Oh! let it not come upon us, as a thief in the night; but, as the Travail upon a womam, who keepeth a just reckoning; & joyeth in the hopes of her Birth more than she fears the pains of her Travail: So, according to the counsel of thy holy spirit, we may expect, & receive thee, with praises, Triumphs, & rejoicings. Amen.   

Psa. 99  
It magnifieth the royal dignity of Christ, & exhorts to fear, serve, & praise him, according to the example of Moses, Aron, & Samuel. We may use this, to inform us, that we & the Patriarches have but one, & the same, Christ our saviour.  


THe Lord is King, & he doth make  
Betwixt the Cherubins, his throne:  
Ye people fear, ye Kingdoms quake.  
For, great in Zion, he is grown.  
O'er Nations all, himself he raised:  
His Name is feared, & holy to.  
Oh! let this powerful king be praised,  
For, he uprightly loves to do.   

2  
His power delights in righteous ways;  
With jacob, he will justly deal.  
The Lord our God, oh therefore praise,  
And, at his holy footstool, kneel.  
His Priest, with Moses, A'ron was;  
And Samuel did invoke his Name:  
These humbly sought the Lord for grace,  
And, they from him, obtained the same.   

3  
He, from the Cloudie-piller spoke;  
And on his words those men relied:  
They, of his laws did conscience make,  
And, God therefore to them replied.  
Yea (though their errors, he did blame)  
To them, he did his grace afford;  
Oh, serve our God, & praise his Name;  
For, sacred is, our God the Lord.    
Oh Christ (who sittest between the Cherubims, & rulest both in heaven & earth) we thy subjects, do humbly tender our homage to thy royal Majesty; magnifying thy justice, thy Mercy, & thy power. Thou art the same yesterday, to day, & for ever. We beseech thee therefore, to make us both followers of the Patriarches thy servants, in their faithful obedience; & partakers also, of those mercies which thou hast vouchsafed them. Though justly, thou correc test our errors; yet, in pity regard our infirmities, accept our penitence, & hear our prayers; even for the sake of thy bitter passion, sweet jesus. Amen.   

Psa. 100  
A Psalm of praise. It commemorates two great Benefits: our Creation (which is common to all) & that Free Election, which is peculiar to the Chosen Flock of Christ; & whereby, they have the Freedom of his pasturage, and of his protection. It is therefore useful, to praise God for the same.  


Rejoice in God, ye Nations,  
In cheerfulness, adore him;  
With joyful acclamations,  
Present yourselves before him:  
For, God the Lord, did make us,  
No hand therein had we;  
He, for his flock doth take us,  
His Pasture-sheep we be.   

2  
His Gates & Courts, possess ye,  
To thank him, go ye thither;  
His Name, with gladness bless ye,  
And sing his praise together:  
For, God is kind, for ever,  
His grace, he freely daignes;  
His Truth, will fail us never,  
For, endless, it remains,    
Thy hands, oh Lord, did make us: therefore we praise thee for our Creation, & for all the natural Faculties, where with it pleased thee, to endow our souls & bodies. Thou hast also redeemed us: we therefore likewise, praise thee; & for our Election, Vocation, justification, Sanctification, Illumination, Preservation, hope of Glorification, & for all the precious Links of that golden Chain, wherein are joined together the means of our Salvation. Thou hast, (we confess) done already so much for us, that we have almost nothing to pray for, but thankfulness, & the continuation of thy free Mercies, hitherto vouchsafed: for which, we humbly beseech thee; & that we may truly praise thee for them, for ever & ever. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

OH! all ye Kingdoms, praise the Lord,  
Before him, let your joy be shown:  
With singing, let him be adored;  
And, for your God, let him be known.   

2  
He made us, & his own we be,  
His Flock, & pasture-sheep we are;  
His Gates, & Courts, then, enter ye,  
And, give him thancks, & praises there.   

3  
Yea, praise him, & his Name confess:  
For, in the Lord, all good resides;  
His Mercies, & his Faithfulness  
Throughout all Ages, firm abides.     

Psa. 101.  
A Psalm of David. It personates Christ proposing the divine, moral, political, & Oeconomical duty of good Princes; & promising the execution there of, in his Kingdom & Family. This is, indeed, the right singing of Mercy & judgement, & this Psalm is useful, at the Coronation of Kings, or when Magistrates, are admitted into their places.  


OF judgement, & of Love to thee,  
Now, Lord, a song I will indite;  
Oh come! unite thyself to me,  
And, I will keep my ways upright.  
With perfect hart, my house I'll guide,  
No wicked thing, shall please mine eyes;  
I'll those detest who turn aside,  
And, all their deeds, I will despise.   

2  
No froward hart with me shall stay,  
I will elect no wicked mate;  
The slanderous tongue I'll cut away,  
High-lookes I shun, proud minds, I hate.  
But, through the land, to dwell with me,  
I will equire for men upright;  
And, those men shall my servants be,  
Whose hearts, in perfect ways delight.   

3  
No Cheater, shall with me have place,  
No Liars, in my sight shall stay;  
And, from God's Land, I soon will chase,  
And, root all wicked men away.    
Oh Lord God all Authority is from thee; and, thou placest good Magistrates & Governors, both in church & Commonwealth, for a blessing: or, permittest Tyrants, Fools, & corrupt persons, for the punishment of a wicked people. Defend us, we pray thee, from this plague; and, grant, that they whom thou settest over us, may be suppressers of all vices; protectors of all virtues; favourers of true Piety; & be always, good examples (in life & conversation) both to their Equals & Inferiors. Let us also, be the same in our several places & Callings; that (walking with good consciences, & upright hearts, in an undefiled way) we may as well sing of thy judgements, as of thy mercios. Amen.   

Psa. 102.  
A prayer of the Afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the lord The Title shows, it may properly be sung by the poor in spirit, who are afflicted, by the sight of their own unworthiness etc. It contains, a confession, with a prediction of the benefits of the Gospel; & shows the eternity of Christ's Kingdom.  


LOrd, mark my suit, receive my cry,  
Be present at my need:  
Thine ears to my complaints apply,  
And, hear my suit with speed.  
For, smoke-like, fumes my time away,  
My bones are parched with heat;  
My wounded hart, dries up like hay,  
And, I forgo my meat.   

2  
My panifull groans, have made me lean,  
And nought but skinn & bone;  
I fare, even like a Pelicane,  
In deserts, left alone.  
Yea, like the desert owl, am I;  
And, watching, I have sat,  
As when alone, on buildings high,  
A Sparrow, wants her mate.   

3  
Me, all day long, my foes revile,  
At me, they fret, & swear:  
And, Ashes are my bread the while;  
My drink, my Weep are.  
For, thou in wrath advanced'st me,  
That, vile I might be made.  
My days, like shades declining be,  
Like new-sprung grass, I fade.   

4  
But, Lord, thy times, are without end,  
All Ages thee record;  
Now then, arise thou, & befreind  
Afflicted Zion, Lord.  
For, now the time to favour her,  
fulfiled is outright,  
And, greeved all thy servants are,  
To view her woeful plight.   

5  
That, Earthly Kings, may stand in fear,  
And, Princes dread thy Fame,  
Build Syon's wall, & show thou, there,  
The glory of thy Name.  
Then, thou shalt hear all those that mourn,  
Then, thou shalt help the poor;  
Which I'll record, that men unborn  
May praise thee, Lord, therefore.   

6  
For, from thy holy-place, on high,  
The world survayeng, then,  
Thou, Lord, shalt hear the prisoners cry,  
And save condemned men:  
Thy Name in Zion to declare;  
And in jerusalem;  
(Where Nations all, Assembled are)  
To show thy praise to them.   

7  
Short-lived, & weak, & full of grief,  
Thou mad'st me, in my way;  
But, Lord, at noontide of my life  
Remove me not I pray.  
Thy years, through ages all extend,  
Thy hands, long since, did frame,  
Both heaven and earth; yet, when they end,  
Thou shalt remain the same.   

8  
They old shall grow, as garments do,  
And, be renewed by thee:  
Yea, thou, oh Lord, shalt change them so,  
And, they shall changed.  
But, from all Changes thou art freed,  
Thy years, for aye endure:  
And, all thy servants, & their seed,  
Shall bide in thee, secure.    
Oh Lord, the sole comforter of all distressed souls! pity the sighs & complaints of thy poor afflicted Children, whom thy displeasure for Sinn, hath worthily diseased, both in mind & Body. Open unto us, the Arms of thy compassion; & grant, that what we have lost by our Offences, we may recover by thy Bounty, upon our true repentance, & amendment of life: which amendment, we beseech thee to hasten; lest we be cut short in the midst of our hopes. Repair also, the Decays of thy Church (in thy time appointed) that her children may praise thee for it, before men, during their short abiding here; & that, when thou hast changed our Corruption into incorruption, we may glorify thee among thy blessed Angels, world without end. Amen,   

Psa. 103.  
A Psalm of David. The Prophet, praiseth & exhorts to praise God, for many particular Benefits, magnifying his Compassion, longsuffring, justice etc. & declares the frailty of man. etc. It is useful to magnify the manifold Mercies which we have received by jesus Christ.  


COme praise the Lord; come praise his Name,  
My soul, & all that is in me.  
My soul, come praise his holy Name,  
And, of his favours mindful be.  
For, all thine errors he forgave;  
He cured thy griefs, he closed thy wound;  
Thy Life, he saved from the grave,  
And, thee with tender mercies crowned.   

2  
With Goodness, he, thy mouth doth fill,  
He like on Eagle, makes thee young;  
And, righteous Dooms he giveth still,  
To every one that suffers wrong.  
His ways to Moses he declared,  
His deeds to Isr'el, he did show;  
And, kind, & gracious is our Lord,  
To mercy, prone; to Anger, slow.   

2  
He, will not always us uprayd;  
Nor, evermore displeased is he:  
Nor, hath he so our sins repaid,  
As, justly they deserve to be.  
For, they that fear him, find his grace,  
Outreach the spreadings of the sky;  
And, he from us, our sins doth place,  
As far, as East from West doth lie.   

4  
He pities them who fear his Name,  
As father's pity their own seed:  
For, well he knows our brittle frame,  
And, that from dust, we did proceed.  
Our time, is like the feild-bred-flowres,  
Which, now do make a goodly show;  
Anon, some blast their form devours,  
And leaves no token where they grew.   

5  
But, still there's mercy in the Lord,  
For them, that awful of him be:  
To them, that keep, & mind his word,  
His righteousness, imputeth he.  
His Throne above the heavens is raised,  
And, over all, he beareth sway:  
Of powerful Angels, he, is praised;  
They hear his voice, & him obey.   

6  
Let all his hosts; his servants to,  
Perform his will, and praise his name:  
Yea, so let all his creatures do,  
And oh! my soul; do thou the same.    
Father of all pity (who art slow to anger, & ready to forgive) Look upon our infirmities; consider our frailties; in thy abundant compassion, forgive our trespasses; and deal not with us according to our deserts. Cause us to be renewed like Eagles by casting of, the old Man: Fill our Mouths, with songs of thy praise; & our hearts, with thine own self, that unmatchable sweetness! that unspeakable goodnos! Cure all our infirmities; & help in all our weaknesses, by thy fatherly care. Preserve us in thy fear; in the remembrance of thy Covenant; and in the ways of thy Commandments, to our lives end. That, we honouring thee, by thy Creatures here; may glorify thee among thy Angels & Saints hereafter, world without end. Amen.   

Psal. 104.  
The Majesty, wisdom, & pour of God, in the Creation & preservation of all his Creatures, is here described, by excellent Metaphors. We may sing it to praise him, for making & preserving all things, to his own glory, & for our comfortable use. etc. The Title is; hallelujah.  


NOw, shall my soul to praise the Lord assay;  
For, Lord my God unbounded is thy might:  
With glories beams, thyself thou dost array,  
And as with Robes, art clothed about, with Light.  
Thou curtain-like, the heavens abroad displayest;  
And, in great floods, thy chambers roofs thou layest.   

2  
The rolling Clouds, thy speedy Charrets are,  
And winged winds, thy swift-pasd Coursers be;  
Thy Messages, the glorious Angels bear,  
And burning fires, like servants, wait on thee.  
The Globe of Earth, so firmly thou hast grounded,  
That none can shake the structur thou hast founded.   

3  
As with a robe, with floods thou clothdst the same  
And, then, the waves above the hills aspired:  
But, at thy Check, soon down again they came,  
And, when thy voice did thunder, back retired:  
From lofty heights, by winding Valleys, tracinge;  
They thither fell, where first they had their placing.   

4  
And, strongly there, thou boundest them about,  
That they, no more, the world should overflowe;  
Among the Dales, clear springs, thou sendest out,  
Which run between the mountains to & fro.  
Thou drink from thence, to forest herds convaiest  
And, there, the thirst of Asses wild, alayest.   

5  
Then by the Banks of all those running Rills,  
Among the boughs the, birds make melodies:  
Thou from above, with shewres bedew'st the hills,  
And giv'st enough, all Creatures to suffice.  
For cattle, grass, for man, thou herbs ordainest;  
And, him with food, out of the earth sustainest,   

6  
From thence proceeds, the hart-reioicing-wine;  
Refreshing oil, from thence doth also flow;  
That precious oil, which makes the face to shine;  
& bread, whereby man's hart more strong may grow.  
Thy Cedars tall, due moisture have not wanted;  
Not they, which high, on Libanon, are planted.   

7  
The feathered fowls, their nests on them do build,  
The lofty Sirs, are dwellings for the stork;  
For climbing goats, the mountains, refuge yield,  
In craggy Rocks, the fearful connies lurk.  
The changing Moon, the times appointed showeth  
The constant Sun, his hour of setting knoweth.   

8  
Thou Darkness callest; so, night shuts up the day;  
And, then, abroad the Foresters do roam:  
With roar loud, the Lions hunt their prey,  
And, unto thee (oh God) for meat, they come.  
The rising sun, anon returneth hither  
And, in their denns, they couch again together.   

9  
Then, man till night, afresh, his labour plies.  
How many, be thy wondrous works oh Lord!  
In every thing, thou art exceeding wise.  
The spacious Earth, by thee is fully stored;  
And, in the sea are many creatures dwelling,  
Both great & small, whose number passeth telling.   

10  
There, sail the ships, &, there thou didst create  
Leviathan, to sport upon the Flood.  
Thy Creatures all, from thee expect their meat;  
And, that thou shouldst in season, give them food,  
Which thou bestowest, & they (the same receiving)  
Are filled with Goodness, of thy bounteous giving.   

11  
Thou hidest thy face, & lo, they troubled are;  
Thou stopt'st their breath, & lifelesses dust they be:  
Again, thou breathest; & they revived appear,  
And, all the earth is new arrayed by thee.  
Oh! let the Lord, with honour still be named,  
And, let him joy in that which he hath framed.   

12  
If with his eye, the earth he but survey,  
The fearful earth, doth tremble at his look;  
If on the hills, he but a singer lay,  
His very touch, doth make the hills to smoke.  
And, whilst my Life, or being, is enjoyed,  
To praise my God my, tongue shall be employed.   

13  
Sweet thoughts of him, conceived are in me;  
And, in the Lord my hart shall ever joy:  
For, from his Land, the wicked rooted be;  
And, he, will them, perpetually destroy.  
Oh let his praise, for ever, be confessed;  
Praise God my soul, & say: The Lord be blessed.    
Most glorious Lord God thy admirable power & wisdom created the world (which having once overflowed for Sinn, thou didst again replenish the same) continueng the main Fabric ever since; &, therein mainetaining a succession of innumerable different Creatures, by a wonderful providenee (& with a special regard unto mankind above them all) Give us therefore, grace, we beseech thee, so to meditate thy workmanship, thy wisdom, & thy great mercies herein; that our hearts being regenerated & revived (by the breathe of thy holy spirit) we may be thankful for thy great Favours: & that when our wickedness is rooted out, we (perceaving all to be good which thou hast created or ordained) may praise thy wisdom, thy goodness, & thy bounty, for ever & ever Amen.   

Psa. 105.  
hallelujah. It typically expresseth (by God's deliverances of the jews, & his Covenant with them) the spiritual League & graces, vouchsafed to us etc. We should therefore sing it, not only historically, but with a respect also, to the Covenant of grace, & his mercies, by Christ jesus.  


COme praise the Lord, invoke his Name;  
To all men make his actions known:  
In Psalms of praise, sing forth his fame,  
And, speak what wonders he hath done.  
Let them, who seek the Lord, be glad,  
Let of his Name, their boast be made.   

2  
Oh search God's power, & seek his face;  
Still, mind what wonders he hath done:  
Let all, that are of Abraham's race,  
And Iacob's, his elected-one,  
God's wondrous works, record with heed,  
And, mind what he hath fore-decreed.   

3  
He, is our God, our mighty Lord;  
His judgements through the world are spread:  
He bears in mind, his promised word,  
Unto a thousand Ages made;  
Even that, which he to Abr'ham swore,  
And vowed to Isa'ck heretofore.   

4  
To jacob, came the same decree,  
In Isr'el to continue still;  
To thee, & all thy seed, said he,  
The Land of Can'an give I will.  
Yea, thus he spoke, when few they were,  
And, they themselves, mere strangers there,   

5  
When foreigners, they lived among,  
(And, oft from place to place removed)  
He suffered none to do them wrong;  
But, for their sakes, even kings reproved,  
My prophets, harm ye not, said he;  
Untouched, let my Anointed be,   

6  
Then, he by dearth, their Land made poor,  
And, did the staff of bread withhold;  
But, joseph, he, first sent before,  
e'en him, whom for a Slave they sold.  
With fetters, there, his feet they pained;  
And, him in irons, they detained.   

7  
But, when his Trial was decreed,  
God's word, his innocence disclosed;  
The king did send, to have him freed,  
And by the prince, he was unloosed.  
His chief commander he was made,  
To rule his house, & all he had.   

8  
Of all his Lords, he had command;  
That he his Counsellors might guide,  
Then, Isr'el came to Egypt land,  
And, jacob did with Cham reside:  
And, so his Children thrived there,  
That, stronger than his foes they were.   

9  
Whose hate, & fraudulent intent  
When to his Folk, he well made known,  
His servant Moses, than he sent,  
And A'ron his Elected-one,  
Who wrought great marvailes in his Name,  
And wonders in the Land of Ham.   

10  
He darkness called; & dark it grew;  
(For his commands were not withstood)  
Throughout their Coast, their fish he slew.  
And changed their waters into blood.  
Upon their land he frogs did bring  
Which climbed the chambers of the king.   

11  
He spoke, & flies of diverse forms,  
And, louse through every quarter craw'ld;  
Instead of rain, he gave them storms,  
And, hail, & lightnings forth he called.  
Which, down, their vines, & figtrees broke,  
And in their groves, great spoil did make,   

12  
The Locust came at his command;  
And Caterpillars did abound:  
The grass they wasted from the land,  
And every fruit, upon the ground.  
Then, he their Eldest-borne did smite,  
The very prime of all their might.   

13  
His people, rich from thence he brought:  
Among his Tribes, no weaklings were:  
All Egypt joyed when they went out;  
For why? of them, they stood in fear.  
A Canopy of Clouds they had;  
To give them light, a fire he made.   

14  
The people asked, & quails he gave,  
With heavenly bread, he filled them:  
The Rocks likewise, for them he clavae,  
And through dry Lands he sent a Stream:  
Because, to mind that promise came,  
Which he had made to Abraham.   

16  
His people, & his chosen bands,  
He brought away with loyfulnes,  
To them, he gave the Gentiles lands,  
And, they their labours did possess:  
That, they might mark what he decreed,  
And keep his laws, with careful heed.    
Preserve us oh Lord, from that hardness of hart for which thou sendest thy dreadful judgements into the world; & withhold also thy plaugues from our Kingdom: But, especially, that spiritual Darkness, & those judgements, which are mystically signifiied, by Lice, frogs, Locusts, & the rest of the Egyptian plagues: And, as a means of this favour, make us mindful of that Covenant, which then hast made unto us, & we unto thee, in Christ jesus. We confess thou didst graciously lead our Forefathers in the wilderness; feeding, guiding & preserving them, by thy miraculous power; Be thou also, we pray thee, our Assistance & protector in this our Pilgrimage; feeding us with that heavenly Manna, & refreshing us out of that spiritual Rock, whereof, they had the type; that we may follow them who are gone before into the Land of the living, & there praise thee, world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 106.  
hallelujah. It commemorates the perverseness of the jews, in whom the humane Nature, was typified: therefore (changing the persons, to ourselves.) We may sing it to set forth, God's Grace & longsuffring toward us; Who have enjoyed the same favours, & are guilty of the same perverseness.  


COme praise the Lord; for wondrous good is he;  
And, without end, his tender mercies are.  
His powerful Acts, by none cann uttered be:  
His praises due, none fully cann declare.  
They blessed are, that have true judgement heeded,  
And in the paths of righteousness prooceeded.   

2  
With such respect, let me remembered be,  
As that, which to thy chosen thou dost bear:  
Thy saving-health, vouchsafe thou unto me;  
And place me there, where thine Elected are.  
That, I may taste, the pleasures of thy Nation,  
And partner be in all their exultation:   

3  
We have amiss, like our forefathers done,  
God's wondrous works, in Egypt moved not them.  
His mercies great, they never thought upon,  
But, at the Sea (the red-sea) vexed him.  
Who, naitheles, them (for his namesake) spared;  
That, his great power, might be by them declared,   

4  
The Red-sea, then, was dried, at his command,  
And, there, as through the desert, they do go,  
He, saved them from their oppressors hand,  
And, them redeemed, from their stronghanded foe.  
For, in the 'slud he overwhelmd their haters,  
And, non of them, escaped from the waters.   

5  
Then, they believed, & praised him in a song;  
But, soon his words, & works forgotten were:  
For flesh, even in the Deserts, they did long,  
And much provoked the Lord's displeasure there,  
Their brutish lust, with flesh, indeed, he served;  
But therewithal, their lustful souls were sterved.   

6  
Their Camp, at Moses grudgd; & with despite  
God's holy-one, e'vn Aron, did pursue:  
For which, the Earth did Swallow Dathan quite,  
And, quick-devoured, Abiram, & his crew.  
A sudden flame, their Congregation fired;  
And, made an end of those that had conspired.   

7  
An Idol then, in Horeb, they did raise;  
A molten Calf, as God, adored they:  
And gave to God (their Glory, & their Praise)  
An Ox's form, that eateth grass, & hay.  
For God their Guard, nor for his power they cared  
In Egyipt, Cham, or at the sea declared.   

8  
God, therefore said, he quite had ruined them,  
But that, his wrath by Moses was allayed.  
The pleasant Land, likewise, they did contemn,  
Believing not the words that he had said.  
And, in their tents, their murmurs were a token,  
They did nor hear, nor heed, what God had spoken.   

9  
Another time, his hand advanced was,  
Them, in the Desert, to have overthrown;  
To mix their seed, among the gentile-race,  
And, scatter them, through many lands unknown.  
Because, unto Baal-peor, they had bowed;  
And, fed on meats, to lifelesses Idols vowed.   

10  
Yea, then, the Plague did fast among them run,  
Because their fault God's anger had increased.  
But, justice was by Phineas, timely done;  
And, there upon, that mischief quickly ceased.  
His righteousness, therefore, shall be commended  
Through Ages all, till Ages all are ended.   

11  
At Meribath, they made him angry, to,  
And, wroth likewise, with Moses, for their sake;  
For, they provoked his humble spirit so,  
That, he, some words without advisement spoke.  
They did not slay their foes, as God forewarned,  
But, mixed with such, and their ill customs learned.   

12  
Their Idol-Gods they served; which proved a snare.  
To Devils, they did sacrifice their seed:  
They spilt the blood of those that guiltless were;  
Even their own sons, & Daughter's blood, they shed  
To Canans Gods, for offerings, them they killed;  
And all the Land with bloody sins defiled.   

13  
Thus, by their works, polluted they became,  
And, whorishlie, pursued what they devised:  
Which did God's wrath against them so inflame,  
That he therefore, his heritage despized  
For, them to serve the Nations he constrained,  
And, over them, their Adversaries reigned.   

14  
Their Foes, oppressed & brought them very low;  
And then (though him their Courses did provoke)  
He helped them, when they did helpless grow;  
And, when they cried, compassion on them took.  
His Covenant, & his grace, to mind he called,  
And succoured them, by those, who them enthralled.   

15  
Oh Lord our God still, send us help from thee,  
That we therefore may laud thy holy Name,  
Divided from the Gentiles, let us be,  
To sing thy praise & triumph in the same.  
Let Isre'ls God, with praise be still confessed;  
And, let all people say; The Lord be blessed.    
UUee confess, oh Lord God, that we have sinned according to all the transgressions of our forefathers; & added many Offences unto theirs. UUee confess also, that (as to them) thou hast multiplied thy mercies towards us; Insomuch that our enemies, yea our Afflictions, have been made comfortable: And in steed of Plagues (whose increase & continuance we rather deserved) thou hast allured us unto thy love, by many extraordinario blessings. Oh God let us no longer abuse thy patience; but make us now, so to mind our part of the covenant which is betwixt us; that we may be separated from our heathenish conversations; be remembrend among thy people; behold the good of thy Chosen; rejoice in the gladness of thy Nation; & be partakers in the glory of thine Inheritance, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 107.  
hallelujah. It exhorts, to praise God, for his universal Grace; Acknowledgeth him, the deliverer of all men, in all places, and in all troubles; Confesseth him the Corrector, Orderer, and disposer of kingdoms, persons, & famelies, etc. It is useful both for temporal & spiritual belssings: for, by bodiey sufferings; spiritual miseries, are mystically signified.  


COme praise the Lord, & thanckfully confess,  
That he is good, & gracious, without end,  
Let those whom God redeemed, his praise expers,  
Even those whom he did from their foes defend;  
Collecting them, from East, & western Nations,  
From Northern Climbs, & southern habitations.   

2  
In deserts wild, & where no dwellings were,  
They wandered on, with drought, & hunger, faint:  
And, them he freed, from all destresses there,  
When they to him, had uttered their complaint.  
He led them on, in paths directly guiding  
To City's fair, where they had safe abiding.   

3  
Oh! let men praise the goodness of the Lord,  
And publish out, his wonders to their seed:  
For, he to hungry men doth meat afford;  
And, with good things, the longing soul doth feed.  
He, those unbinds, that are in fetters chained;  
And in the bands, & shades of death detained.   

4  
The word, of God most high, they did reject,  
And small account, of his advice they made;  
With heat, & toil, he therefore did afflict  
And cast them down, when they no helper had.  
But, in their need (when they again complained)  
He took away the grief, which they sustained.   

5  
Fron deaths black shades, he showed them light some  
And, all their bands, did quite asunder break; (ways  
Let all mankind, therefore, his wonders praise,  
And of his works, among their Children speak,  
The brazen Gates, he cracked, & open set them:  
Their iron bars he broke, & forth he fett them.   

6  
He plaugeth fools, because they have transgressed;  
And, for their sins, they much afflicted are:  
Their fainting souls, do pleasant meats detest,  
They to the gates of death approached near:  
But, seeking God (when they were so oppressed)  
From all their pains, & fears, he them released.   

7  
He sent his word, which did their greevance heal,  
Preventing so, their fall, which hastened on.  
Oh let all men! God's goodness, therefore tell,  
And show their seed, what wonders he hath done,  
Let them declare his works, with joyful singing,  
The sacrifice, of thankful praises, bringing.   

8  
They that in ships, at sea employed are,  
(And for their gain to cross the waves are bold)  
May view the works of God-almighty there,  
And in the deeps his wondrous deeds behold.  
For, he but breathes, & straight a storm appeareth  
Which up aloft, the rolling billows beareth.   

9  
Now mounts to heaven; anon, descends the keel,  
And they grow faint, with labour & with fear:  
As drunken men, they stagger, & they reel;  
And of their skill, they quite deprived are,  
Then, to the Lord they cry, who them releaseth,  
From all their fears, their dangers, & destresses.   

10  
For, he, the storms, to gentle calms convarts,  
And, quiet then the raging sea, becomes;  
Then they are joyed; Then eased are their hearts,  
And, them he brings, to their desired homes.  
Of these his works, let all men make relations,  
And show his deeds, to future generations.   

11  
Oh sing his praise, where great Assemblies are,  
And him, among your elders, glorify;  
He deserts makes, where once great waters were;  
He drains the springs of mighty Rivers dry.  
And, from rich Lands, their fatness, oft he taketh;  
When by their sin, her dwellers, him forsaketh.   

12  
The Deserts vast, he turns to standing Lakes;  
And springs convaies, to lands which barren were:  
For hungry souls, a dwelling there he makes,  
Who, for themselves do build a City there.  
They sow & plant, & reap the hoped blessing,  
Both of their seed, & of their Vines increasing.   

13  
He prospers them; & lo, they are increased,  
Their flocks & herds, do fat & fruitful grow.  
Yet, otherwhile, he let's them be oppressed, (low,  
And with great plagues, he, sometime, brings them  
He takes from kings, their princely estimation;  
And, makes them stray, in pathless desolation.   

14  
But from all griefs, the meek he still doth raise,  
And, makes like flocks, his households to appear;  
At sight thereof, the Justice will sing his praise,  
And they shall dumb be struck, that wicked are.  
All this, they mark; that have true wisdom learned:  
And, God's great love, by them is well discerned.    
Most merciful God what Affliction is there, from which we are not hourly delivered, or preserved, by thee? Nay, what necessary benifitts are there, which we have not in the best season, received from thee, in what place soever, or of what Nation, or condition soever we are? In our wanderings, in our poverty, in our sicknesses, in our imprisonments; in our journeys at sea & land, in our labours, in our goods, in our children, in our sorrows, in our prosperities, in our persons, in our famelies, in life, in death, yea in every thing, we have continual experience of thy Mercies; insomuch, that we may confess thou delightest in nothing, but in showing Mercy; unless our sins compel thy justice to afflict us, that thy Mercies may not be despised: and, there is great Mercy, even in that, also. Oh good God make us ever mindful hereof; & give us wisdom so to mark & consider these things, that both we & our posterity, may magnify thy unspeakable bounty, & declare thy wonderful workings, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 108.  
A song or Psalm of David. This is composed of the later parts of the 57 & 60 Psalms; yet differs from both: for, those begin with lamentations, & end with reioieings; but, this is wholly triumphant, & personates the Church praising God for her enlargement: etc. We may sing it, when the Church is released from some persecution, or her limits extended farther &c.  


MY hart is sixth; & I, oh Lord,  
Will in my songs, thy fame record,  
And, with my tongue, sing praise to thee:  
My Harp & Psaltry, are awake;  
And, I, myself, will ready make  
To praise thee, where Assemblies be.   

2  
For, through the heavens thy Truth doth stretch;  
Above the Spheres thy mercies reach.  
Oh God be still exalted high.  
Thy praise, through heaven & earth extend;  
Let thy right-hand, thy Dear defend,  
And, still vouchsafe me thy reply.   

3  
For, as thy holy Voice declared,  
With triumphs, Shechem I have shared;  
And, I have measured Succoth Vale.  
Mine, Gilead & Manasseth are,  
My head, mount Ephraim high doth bear,  
In judah, stands my judgement Stall.   

4  
Proud Moab is my drugding slave,  
My foot in Edom, fixed I have;  
And, Palestine doth joy in me.  
For, who to Edom was my guide?  
Or, to the City fortified?  
But, God of whom despised were we.   

5  
Oh God who didst our hosts forsake,  
From us, our griefs, thus, always take;  
For, man's vain succours we contemn.  
Through God, we valiant Acts have done;  
Our foes, by him, are overthrown:  
And, he shall set his feet on them.    
Oh Lord God of Hosts! true in thy word, & powerful in thy performances. According to thy ancient promises, thy Church is wonderfully enlarged; & thou hast now thy lot of Inheritance in those places, where they have been enemies to thy Truth. UUee beseech th●●, more & more, to enlarge thy Kingdom, & to be continually present with us, in all our spiritual conflicts: that, by thy power we may tread under foot, the world, the flesh, & the Devil; making servants unto us (in the execution of thy will) those affections, which have heretofore prevailed against us. We rely on thee only: On thee only, our hearts are fixed: And, for thy goodness; we desire, with all our faculties, to praise & magnify thy Name, for evermore. Amen.   

Psa. 109.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It is applied unto judas Acts 1. 20. and is it useful to terrify God's Foes, & all Hypocrites, by showing the judgements pronounced by the holy-ghost, against all such. But, let none abuse this, or any such like Psalms, by repeating them in their own quarrels, lest the Curses fall on themselves.  


OH God my praise! now silence break;  
For, wicked men that guileful be,  
With open jaws, against me speak,  
And, with false tongues, have slandered me.  
With hateful words they me enclose;  
Without all Cause, with me they war,  
And for my Love, they are my foes:  
Yet, for their weal, my prayers are.   

2  
For my goodworks, ill deeds I get;  
My love with hate, they do requite:  
O'er them therefore, some Tyrant set;  
At his right-hand, let Satan wait.  
Let justice, them to death pursue;  
Account it sin for them to pray:  
Cutt short their days; & make them few:  
Let others take their place away.   

3  
Keep fatherless, their Orphane-breed,  
And, husbandies, their widowed wives;  
Yea, 'Cause thou their accursed seed,  
To beg & wander all their lives.  
Their uncouth denns, let then forsake;  
To beg, what must their life sustain:  
Their labours, let oppressors take,  
And, Strangers rob them of their gain.   

4  
Let none regard, though they lament,  
Nor pity take on such a race:  
But, quite away (in one descent)  
Their offspring, & their Name deface.  
Let God, still, mind the guilt they drew,  
From both their parents, at their birth,  
And, keep it allway's in his view,  
Till they are named no more, on earth.   

5  
For why, they no compassion showed,  
To him that grieved & pained lay.  
But, they the needy soul pursued:  
The broken hart, they sought, to slay.  
They Cursings Loved: let them be made  
The part, therefore, of their just lot.  
In Blessings, they no pleasures had;  
And, therefore, they possess them not.   

6  
With curses, they, themselves did cloth,  
As with a gown, or with a cloak;  
Therefore, as oil or water doth,  
Through bones & bowels, let them soak;  
Let Curses, them like Belts, enclose;  
And, as their clothes, such men array:  
Even thus, oh Lord, require my Foes  
Who of my soul, amiss do say.   

7  
But, (for thy Name sake) save thou me;  
Deal well with me, & mercy deign:  
For, wounded is my hart in me;  
And, I am poor, & full of pain.  
I vanish like an Evening shade,  
I, Locust like, am tossed about:  
My knees, are weak through fasting made;  
My flesh is lean, & wasted out.   

8  
They, me despise even to my face,  
And, scornful nods, at me they make.  
Oh Lord my God of thy mere grace,  
To bring me help, now undertake,  
Make them to see, & then confess,  
That by thy hand I helped am;  
Lord, though they Curse, yet do thou bless.  
And, let them rise, to see their shame.   

9  
But, make oh Lord, thy Servants glad;  
Whilst they, that my illwillers are,  
With shame (even their own shame) are clad,  
As if with Robes arrayed they were.  
My tongue shall praise thee then, therefore,  
Confessing, where Assemblies be,  
That God is Patron of the poor;  
And, from false dooms, their souls doth free.    
Oh God terrible art thou in those judgements, which thou dost pronounce against all malicious & unrepentant Sinners. UUee beseech thee therefore grant us grace, to repent all our transgressions, & to show compassion to all thy poor members in their Afflictions; that we may find Mercy in our sorrows. UUee often see thy judgements; but, we neither know whom thou correctest in love to amendment, nor whom in fury to their destruction: For, thou reservest that secret unto thyself (To keep us, both in our dealings & Censures, always charitable to those whom thou smitest) Oh teach us, therefore, true Charity; & let us never do, or wish evil to any man, in our own Causes: But, let us apply thy judgments, to sin in general; & imprecate that they may fall only, on the enemies of our Lord and saviour jesus Christ. Amen.   

Psa. 110.  
A Psalm of David, It is literally of Christ, Math. 22. & it mentioneth, the Deity, Humanity, Sovereignty, priesthood, Pour, Conquests, Passion, & Resurrection of the Messiah. We may sing it with respect to those particulars.  


Unto my Lord, the Lord, thus spoke,  
Sit down at my right hand;  
And, of thy foes, I'll footstools make,  
Whereon thy feet shall stand.  
The Lord, shall out of Zion bring,  
The sceptre of thy might;  
And, over them thou shalt be king,  
Who now resist thy right.   

2  
On thy great Day, in serving thee,  
Men, willing minds will show;  
And, from the womb, thy birth shall be,  
As is the morning dew.  
The Lord, hath sworn, (& will nor check,  
Nor change the word he swore)  
Thou art, (as was Melchizedek)  
A priest, for evermore.   

3  
The Lord, shall smite when wroth he grows  
Great kings, at thy right-hand.  
The Gentiles judge, &, slay his foes  
Which are in every land.  
The heads of kingdoms he shall slay;  
And, as he passeth-by,  
Shall drink the Torrent in the way,  
And, raise his head on high.    
Almighty God, who hast given thy eternal Sonn (with whom thou art the same in Essence) to be in an unspeakable manner conceived in the Virgin's womb: To be made an everlasting priest, for us, after the Order of Melchizedek. And in his Passage through this life, to drink the bitter Torrent of his Passion: Grant we beseech thee, that by virtue of his blessed Incarnation, our nature may be sanctified & prepared for Grace; that by his Death, we may dye to sin; that by the power of his Resurrection we may arise to righteousness; & by his glorious Ascension, be victorious ever all our enemies, both spiritual & temporal, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 111.  
hallelujah. It praiseth God, for his miraculous works, his wisdom, Mercy, justice, & for the Covenant of has Grace etc. It may be sung to continue in us, the fear of God, & to praise him for his benefits; especially, for our Redemption.  


WIth all my hart, God's praise I'll sing,  
Where saints assembled are.  
For, they, God's works to mind will bring,  
Who, love to them do bear.  
Most famous deeds, the Lord hath done,  
His justice, hath no ends:  
His works are worthy to be known,  
His bounty, far extends.   

2  
All them that fear his Name, he feeds;  
His League he thinks upon;  
And, for his folk, by wondrous deeds,  
The Gentiles Realms he won.  
His hands, have Truth & justice, wrought;  
His precepts, all, are sure;  
With Truth & judgement, fully fraught,  
For ever to endure.   

3  
God sent, and hath his Flock redeemed;  
His Leagues eternal are:  
His Name is reverently esteemed;  
And, full of holy-feare.  
The fear of God, is Wisdome's gate;  
And, therefore wise is he,  
Who seeks to enter in thereat:  
His praises, endless be.    
Most merciful Father (wonderful in thy workings, dreadful in thy judgements, unfallable in thy Truth, & unspeakable in thy Mercies) fill us we pray thee with that sanctified Fear which is the beginning of true UUisdome; So manifest unto us thy eternal Truth; so remember us of thy Covenant; & so feed us with spiritual nourishments, that we may be strengthened to walk in thy ways; & at the last, enter the Gates of eternal blessedness, through the mediation of jesus Christ our Lord Amen.  

Another of the same.  
ALL praise to God, my hart now render shall.  
Before the Just; of him I'll mention make,  
Confessing that his wondrous Actions, all,  
Deserve that we should pleasure in them take.  
Exceeding great, his glorious deeds appear,  
From age to Age, his justice doth extend;  
Grown famous, all his glorious workings are,  
His Bounties, & his Mercies have no end.  
In feeding such as fear him, he is free;  
Kept firm, his promise is, from age to age.  
Long since, that so, his Folk his power might see,  
Made were, the Gentiles lands their heritage.  
Nor Truth nor justice pass, but from his hand.  
Of all his laws, the firm fullfillings, be,  
Provided so; that, they shall ever stand  
Quit, from all wrongs, & from all falsehoods, free  
Redeemer of his people, he became.  
So firm a League likewise, he did ordain,  
That, he hath fixed, & fortified the same,  
Vnchangably, for ever to remain.  
With holiness & fear, he clothes his Name:  
Yea, Wisdome's first foundation is his fear.  
Right wise are they, that well observe the same:  
And such, from Age to age, commended are.    

Psa. 112.  
hallelujah. It mentions many privileges & properties of the Elect; & shows, that the wicked (for their greater vexation) shall behold their happiness etc. It is a consolatory Hymn; and serves to keep undiscouraged, those who are exercised by the skoffs & prosperities of worldlings.  


WHo on God's law his love doth place,  
And, feareth him, right blessed is he:  
God, will on earth advance his race,  
And, blessed his faithful seed shall be.  
His house with plenty shall be dight,  
His justice, shall not be confined;  
In darkness, he shall still have light,  
For, he is meek, & just, & kind.   

2  
The righteous lends, & helps the poor,  
His dealings, he discreetly weighs;  
His fame, abides for evermore,  
And in a state unchangd, he stays.  
He starts not, evil News to hear.  
On God, his hopes & musings be.  
His hart is fixed, & will not fear  
Till on his foes, his wish he see.   

3  
He, on the poor, doth Alms bestow,  
And, always just, he doth abide.  
For which, his horn shall powerful grow,  
And, with renown be dignifide.  
Which, when ungodly men perceive,  
They shall, through envy & despite.  
Grow furious, gnash their teeth, & grieve.  
And, lose their hopes, & longings quite.    
We humbly beseech thee oh merciful God, to infuse into our hearts, such a filial fear of thee; Such a firm trust in thy Mercies; Such a prudent regard to all things which are necessarily pertinent to ourselves; So charitable a respect unto the necessities of our poor brethren; & so constant a willingness, to perform all the duties in which we are obliged to any of thy Creatures: That, being without slavish terrors, we may be courageous, what rumours soever we hear; & enjoy the commodities of this life, to the vexation of our spiritual foes; & eternal Blessedness hereafter, to thy glory. Amen.  

Another of the same.  
ALl they that fear the Lord, attain to bliss;  
Because, that, such delight God's will to do.  
Conferred on them, shall honours be, for this,  
Deriving to their seed, great blessings to.  
Increasing wealth, their houses, full shall fill.  
For aye, the Iustman's righteousness remains.  
Great light, on him, in darkness beameth still.  
He righteous is, & kind, & Mercy daignes,  
If need require he lends, & gives beside.  
Kept straight are all his ways, by prudent care.  
Laid fast his groundwork are; & firm he bides.  
Made endless, his memorials (likewise) are.  
No fears he feels, though evil News there be;  
On God with fixed hart he doth rely:  
Puts trust in him; not shrincking, till that he  
Quite overthrown doth all his foes espy.  
Relief among the poor bestoweth he;  
So keeping, still, his dealings, all, upright,  
That, him advanced, ungodly men shall see;  
Vex, gnash their teeth, & lose their long quite.    

Psa. 113.  
hallelujah. It magnifieth God for his great love to mankind both in general, & particular. But, chiefly for extending his Church so universally; for raising us from the dunghills of corrupted Nature, to the thrones of Grace; & for taking away our spiritual sterrillity. etc. The use appears,  


Ye servants of the Lord,  
With praise, God's Name, adore;  
The Name of God the Lord,  
Bless, now & evermore.  
Oh sing his praise!  
Through every place, which in his race,  
The Sun, survaies.   

2  
All nations, fear his powers,  
His glory mounts the sky.  
There is no God like ours:  
No other Lord, so high.  
Yet, he doth bow,  
All things to see, that in heaun be▪  
Or Earth below.   

3  
The poor, from ground he fetts,  
From dirt, the meek, he brings;  
And, them with kings he sets,  
Even with his people's kings.  
And, her that had  
A barren womb; he, made become  
A mother glad.    
Glorious Lord God who (to the confusion of the proud & haughty) hast made choice of the vile & despised things of this world, thereby to magnify thy Name. Raise us, we pray thee, from the Dunghill of our Corrupted Nature; that by thy Grace, we may become Rulers over our own Affections: And make us also (who have been heretofore barren in all Goodness) so fruitful, hereafter, in Faith & goodworks, that our souls may be saved, & thy Name glorified, through out the whole world, for ever & ever. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

PRaise ye the Lord, & bless his Name;  
Yea, now & ever bless the same,  
Ye servants, of the Lord our God.  
For, from the Suns ascending place,  
Even to the utmost of his race,  
His Name's due praise, is famed abroad.  
O'er Nations all, yea, o'er the Spheres,  
The Lord our God, his glory rears,  
And, never was his equal found.  
For, though his dwelling he on high,  
He doth behold with humbled eye,  
All things in heaven, & on the ground.   

2  
The poor, from dust & mire he brings,  
To sit with Princes, & with Kings;  
Even of his people to be King.  
And, he, a joyful mother made  
Of her, that erst no children had.  
Unto the Lord, oh therefore sing.  
To God the Father, To the Sonn,  
And holy-Ghost, (those, three in one  
And, that eternal One in three)  
All glory be, for ever more;  
All power & praise, as heretofore,  
Ascribed, now & ever be.     

Psa. 114.  
By alluding to the deliverance from Egypt, to the driving back of jordan & the Redsea, to the trembling of Sinai, & forcing waters from hard rocks; our spiritual deliverances, & Reformations, are typified. Therefore, our Church useth this Psalm, as proper for Easterday.  


WHen Isr'el, brought from Egypt was  
And, jacob from a foreign tongue;  
In judah was his holy place,  
To him, did Isre'ls rule belong.  
The Sea saw that, & fled away,  
Even jordan also, backward slipped.  
The mountains then, like Rams did play;  
Like Lambs, the lesser hillocks tripped.   

2  
Thou sea, what made thee so to fly?  
Why didst thou, jordan, backward go?  
Why danced like Rams the mountains hie?  
Ye hills, like Lambs, why tripped ye so?  
Shake earth, at presence of the Lord,  
When Iacob's God is present, shake;  
For, he, from Rocks, a standing Ford,  
And, fountains, in the flints doth make.    
Almighty God, the deliverer of all poor distressed Captives; we are by Nature the slaves of Sinn, Death & the Devil, who do labour to hold us in eternal bondage: But, we praise thee, thou hast made a miraculous passage for our escape: Oh! grant therefore that thy presence, may so startle us out of our security, & so mollify our flinty nature, that the tears of true penitence may flow plentifully from us; & that, we (thanckfully walking in that way which thou hast prepared for our: entrance into the Land of the living) may be quite freed from our servitude; & enjoy peace & rest in thy Kingdom, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psal. 115.  
The Faithful desire that all honour may be ascribed to God alone; & that their foes may not blaspheamously question his power. Then, in the name of heathen Idols, & their worshippers, reproves the vanity of all those assistances whereon carnal men rely etc. It is useful when false worshippers blaspheme God, by reason of our affliction etc.  


NOt ours the glory make,  
Lord, give not us the fame:  
But, for thy Truth & Mercy sake,  
Ascribe it, to thy Name.   

2  
To say, where is their God  
Why should the Gentiles dare?  
Since, he in heaven hath his abode,  
And, works his pleasure there?   

3  
Men's hands, their Idols, make;  
They, gold & silver be:  
Possessing mouths that cannot speak  
And, eyes that cannot see.   

4  
Their ears are senseless to;  
Their nostril smelleth not:  
Their hands & feet, nor feel, nor go;  
No breath is in their throat.   

5  
All they, whoe those adore,  
(Or form them) like them be:  
In God, let Isr'el trust therefore,  
For, their defence is he.   

6  
On God, preserving them,  
Let Aron's house depend:  
Let those, who fear him, trust in him;  
For, he will such defend,   

7  
God, will remember us,  
And, on us, Mercy show.  
On Isr'el, & on Aron's house,  
He, blessings will bestow.   

8  
He prospers great & small,  
That, fear of him profess:  
You & your seed, likewise, he shall  
Still, more & more, increase.   

9  
Of God, you blessed be  
Who made both earth & heaven:  
The heaven of heavens, inhabits, he.  
And, earth to men hath given.   

10  
Lord, none cann thee adore,  
Who dead, & silenced are:  
But, ay, both now & evermore,  
Thy praises will declare.    
Not for our own deservings, cann we claim any thing (oh Lord God) neither for our own sakes, or our own glory, ought we to desire any deliverances, or benefits from thy Majesty. As much, therefore, as our self-love will permit, we desire, merely for thine own honour sake, that public Idolaters, & carnal minded men (who serve Gods of their own making) may not scandalise thee, or thy Truth, by Occasion of such Miseries or Disgraces, as fall on us, who profess the same. But, make us (oh God) to love thee & thy glory, so far above our own lives & reputations; That, whether we be delivered or no, we may submit ourselves to thy pleasure; & be truly comforted, heartily pleased, & rejoice unfeignedly, that we are counted worthy to suffer for thy glory. Amen.   

Psa. 116.  
The Faithful profess affection to Christ; Acknowledge their condition, both by Nature & Grace; encourage others to trust in God's favour; & resolve the same in themselves. We may sing it, when, after some great Affliction or temptation, we are comforted, & sensible of our present, & passed estate etc.  


I love the Lord; for, he an ear  
To my complaints doth give:  
And, since he pleaseth me to hear,  
I'll seek him, whilst I live.  
The fears of death, enclosed me round;  
Hell torments, me enthralled.  
But, still, when pained myself I found,  
On God's great Name, I called.   

2  
Preserve my soul, oh Lord, I said;  
For, thou art full of grace.  
Just, kind, & every poor man's aid.  
My help, when grieved I was.  
My soul, to this thy refuge fly;  
For, God is thy large meed.  
From death my soul; from tears, mine eye;  
From falls, my feet he freed.   

3  
I shall, with God, enjoy my life  
Where living men abide.  
This I profess, with firm belief,  
Though I was terrified.  
Yea, though in rashness I did say,  
That all men liars were;  
What for thy gifts I should repay,  
Now, Lord, my questions are.   

4  
Thy Cup of saving-health I'll take.  
Upon thy name, I'll call;  
And of my vows, I'll payment make  
Before thy servants all.  
Thy saints, their deaths, & sufferings, be  
Right precious in thine eye.  
Oh Lord, thy servant serving thee,  
Thy handmayds' Child, am I   

5  
My fetters all, thou brok'st away,  
And, I, oh Lord, therefore,  
The sacrifice of thancks will pay;  
And, thy great Name adore.  
To thee, oh Lord, I'll pay my vows,  
Where thy Assemblies be;  
Even in the Courts of Gods own house jerusalem, in thee. Haleluiah.    
Hear our prayers oh Lord God, & deliver our souls from the Death of Sinn. For, we are compassed with many perils & fearful Temptations; Insomuch, that we are sometime almost ready to despair, & distrust that there is no Truth in any of our hopes. Oh keep us (by thy special grace) from falling into those whirlpooles, out of which there is no returning. When the guilt of Sinn, the fears of Death, the torments of hell, & the suggestions of the Devil (conspiring with our frailties) have once enclosed us. UUee have then, no power of resistance in ourselves; & it is thy great Mercy, if the little spark of our faith be not wholly quenched. Help us therefore in our extremityes. Break the chains of our Sins, unlose the snares of Satan, & give us grace to praise thee in thy jerusalem, & to magnify thy Mercy in the Land of the living, world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 117.  
This is the least Psalm; but it hath respect unto the greatest Mystery. For it provokes all Nations to praise God, for extending his grace to the whole world; as appears, Rom. 15. We should sing it to praise God for his Universal Grace.  


GOd's praise, ye Nations all declare;  
The Lord, ye people all adore:  
For, large to us, his Mercies are,  
His Truth endures for evermore. Haleluiah.    
We praise thee oh Father of Mercy, for that Universal Grace which thou hast vouchsafed, in offering thy salvation (without respect of persons) unto all mankind, forsaking none until they have first forsaken thee. Make effectual unto us, we beseech thee, this general favour; That we embracing the same, by the Will (which thou first makest capable of what thou presentest thereunto) and that co-operating with thy Spirit (according to the power which thou shalt give us) we may be partakers of that special grace, which makes us the Objects of thy eternal Election; & from which there is no falling away. Grant this, even for jesus Christ his sake. Amen.   

Psa. 118.  
This Psalm Christ applied unto himself. Math 24. For, he is that Cornerstone here mentioned. Here also are mystically touched upon, his Passion, Resurrection, & son other Evangelicall Uerities. It is therefore used by our Church, as proper for Easterday.  


THe Lord is good, him therefore bless;  
And, for his Grace that faileth never.  
Let Isr'el also, now confess,  
His Mercy doth abide for ever.  
Yea, let the house of Aron say,  
His Mercies have no ending day.   

2  
Let all, who fear him, publish out,  
His Mercies that eternal be:  
For, when at need, his help I sought,  
He, heard my plaint, & set me free:  
And, since the Lord, is thus mine Aid  
Of man, I cannot be afraid.   

3  
My helpers. God's assistance have;  
And, I perceive it on my Foes.  
More safe it is God's help to crave,  
Then on man's healping to repose,  
Yea, faith in God, more safety brings,  
Then to rely on mighty kings.   

4  
All nations, siege to me did lay,  
But, in God's Name, I them destroyed;  
They me beleaguered every way,  
But, in God's Name, I them destroyed.  
As Bees, they compassed me about,  
Like fire in thorns, soon in, soon out,   

5  
I soon destroyed them in God's Name,  
For, when they sought to do, me wrong,  
The Lord, my gracious aid became,  
My strength, my health, my joyful song.  
And, in his house, the Justice may sing,  
What God's right-hand to pass did bring.   

6  
For, God's right-hand is lifted high,  
Greats things the Lords right-hand hath wrought;  
And, from the Grave escaped am I  
To tell, what God to pass hath brought,  
For, though he sore afflicted me,  
Yet, he from death did set me free.   

7  
Of Righteousness unclose the gate,  
That, I God's praises may express:  
This Gate is God's; yea, this is that,  
By which the Righteous have access.  
And, him I'll praise; for it is he,  
That hears, & healps, & saveth me.   

8  
That's now the chiefest Cornerstone,  
Which once the builders did despise;  
It was the work of God, alone,  
And, seemeth wondrous in our eyes.  
This is the day the Lord hath made;  
Come, let us all, therein be glad.   

9  
Save Lord; oh save us, Lord, we pray;  
Bless him, that cometh in thy Name.  
That, from his house God bless us may,  
We pray, & much desire the same.  
For, God's the Lord, by whom our fight  
Obtains the Vision of his Light.   

13  
With Cords the Sacrifices bind;  
Them, to the Altars Corners, tie.  
Thou art my God, whose praise I'll mind;  
My God, whom I will glorify.  
Oh! praise the Lord. for, great is he,  
And, without end his Mercies be.    
Oh Lord Christ our saviour! Thou art that precious cornerstone which unites, nor jews & Gentiles only, but even the Godhead & the Manhood into one spiritual building. Thou, art he by whom all our Enemies are destroyed. Thou, art he, by whom we escape the grave of sin, & the terrors of everlasting Death. Thou, only, art that Gate of Righteousness, by which we enter into life eternal; And, thou only, art that Light, in whose blessed Vision, our happiness doth consist. Oh give us part in all that, which thy Incarnation, Passion, Death, Burial, Resurrection, & Ascension, hath merited & conquered for us; & (if it please thee) let this be the Day, which thou hast made to fill us with such a gladness, as shall make us joyful, for ever more. Amen.   

Psa. 119.  
This Psalm consisteth of many exhortations, promises, prayers, complaints, consolations, directions, Resolutions, & thancksgiving; varciously intermixed, according to the Churches various Occasions: & principally informs, that God's word is the Rule of Life. etc.  


Alaph. 1.  

he's blessed, that in the perfect way  
Of God's pure Law hath trod  
Who doth his Testaments obey,  
And, wholly seeketh God.  
For, such will take no ill in hand,  
Nor, from his Pathway swarve,  
But, Lord, as thou dost give command,  
Thy Precepts, they observe.   

2  
Would God my ways were so direct  
That keep thy Laws I might.  
For, whilst I thy Commands respect  
On me, no shame cann light.  
With upright hart, thee praise I will,  
When, learned thy judgements be;  
And, than I will thy Laws fulfil;  
Therefore, forsake not me.    

Another of the same.  
ALl those are blessed that in a blameless way,  
Have by the Law of God their feet confined,  
As blessed are those, that his Decrees obey,  
With all their hearts, desiring him to find.  
An evil act, they never take in hand,  
Nor from God's Pathway, shall their footing swarve  
We, likewise, are enjoined by thy Command,  
That we, thy Precepts, duly should observe.  
Ah! therefore, would my ways were guided so,  
That, all thy Statutes, well observe I might.  
For, if thy Laws, I have regard unto,  
No shame at all, on me shall then alight.  
And, when thy righteous judgements I have learned  
With hart sincere, I'll sing thy praise therefore,  
To keep thy Laws, I will moreover learn.  
Oh! then, forsake me not for ever more.   
Give us, oh Lord, such perfect knowledge of thy Law; such regard of thy Testimonies; such practice in thy Ways; such obedience to thy Precepts; such love to thy Statutes; Such diligence in thy commands, & such awe of thy judgements: that our understanding may be freed from error, our Conversations from pollution, our Affections from vanity: & that thou mayst ever be glorified by us; & we, never be forsaken of thee. Even for jesus Christ his sake. Amen.   


Beth. 2.  

HOw cann youth's pathway cleansed be  
But by thy word, oh Lord?  
With all my hart, I seek to thee,  
Oh! guide me by thy word.  
I'll keep thy Law, with all my hart,  
That I displease not thee.  
Oh Lord (that always blessed art)  
Thy Statutes, teach to me.   

2  
To preach the judgements of thy Mouth,  
My lips I will employ.  
For, in thy Testimonies, truth;  
As, in great wealth, I joy.  
Upon thy Laws, & Ways, alone,  
My thoughts, & Love are set.  
Thy Statutes, my delight is on:  
Thy UUord, I'll not forget.    

Another of the same.  
BY what, may youngmen's ways made blameless be;  
But, by their taking heed unto thy UUord?  
With all my hart, I have desired thee.  
From thy Commands, let me not wander, Lord.  
By laying up thy Word within my hart,  
To keep me from offending thee I thought.  
Oh Lord my God, thou always blessed art,  
Vouchsafe, to me thy Statutes may be taught.  
Between my lips, I oft have sounded forth  
The judgements of thy mouth; and I have deemed  
Thy Testimonies path of greater worth  
Than riches are, (by others most esteemed)  
Both on thy sacred Precepts I do muse,  
And, ever, to thy Uuays have borne respect.  
Thy Statutes, as my pleasures I will use;  
And, Lord, they word, I never will neglect.   
Suffer us not oh God, to defer the amendment of our lives until we be decrepit with age; but let thy word reform us, in our youth; at least, from this present hour, let us begin the cleansing of our ways with our whole hearts. Let us seek, thee, bless thee, speak of thee, Muse on thee, & so delight in thee; that thou mayst delight in us, & keep us in the way of thy Commandments, for ever & ever, Amen.   


Gimel. 3.  

LOrd, grace thy servant so, that he  
May live, & keep thy Word.  
The wonders of thy Law to see,  
Enlight mine eyes o Lord.  
A stranger here on earth, I, am;  
Thy Precepts let me know.  
My soul, with longings, faint became,  
Thy judgements, love I so.   

2  
Their Cursed pride thou hast controlled,  
Who from thy Laws do swarve:  
But, shame & scorn, from me withhold,  
For, I thy Truth observe.  
Enthroned Princes me reproved,  
Yet, on thy Laws I thought.  
Thy Testimonies I have loved:  
To me they Counsel taught.    

Another of the same.  
COnfer such Bounty on thy servant Lord,  
That to fulfil thy Law, survive I may:  
That, I may see the wonders of thy UUord  
Unclose, likewise (Oh Lord) mine eyes I pray.  
Considering that on earth I am a stranger,  
Hide not from me the knowledge of thy Truth.  
My soul, to leave the body is in danger,  
She so desires the judgements of thy mouth.  
Controlled thou hast, the Cursed pride of them  
Who from thy just Commandments have swarved.  
Remove away their scorns who me contemn;  
For, I thy Testimonies have observed.  
Contested with, by Princes, I have binn:  
Yet, I thy servant, on thy Statutes muse.  
Thy Testimonies, my delights are in,  
And, them to be my Counsellors I choose.   
Almighty God (seeing we are but Pilgrims here on earth (subject to many wants, many Infirmities, & many oppressions) graciously vouchsafe us, that which is out wardly necessary for the body; Supply that which is defective in our souls; & let thy Law arm us against the opposition of all our Adversaries, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   


Daleth, 4.  

ACcording to thy word, now cheer,  
My soul, which low is brought.  
My life's Confession, thou shalt hear,  
Let me thy Law, be taught.  
Me, in thy way appointed, set:  
And, I'll they works record.  
Grief tires my soul, oh comfort it,  
According to thy word.   

2  
Me, from the path of Lies, remove,  
And, by thy Law, direct.  
For, I the ways of Truth do love;  
Thy judgements, I affect.  
Disgrace me not, for, firm I stand,  
To what thou hast decreed:  
And, I will run at thy Command,  
When thou my hart hast freed.    

Another of the same.  
DEclined is my soul, even to the ground;  
Oh quicken me, according to thy word.  
My ways I showed, & I thine answer found;  
Thy Statutes, also, teach to me oh Lord.  
Disclose to me thy Testimonies path,  
And, of thy wondrous works my talk shall be.  
My life consumes, because much grief it hath;  
According to thy UUord, establish me.  
Divide me from that Path which liars love,  
And graciously vouchsafe to me thy Law.  
The way of Truth, is that which I approve;  
And, of thy judgements, I do stand in awe.  
Distrustful of thy word I never grew,  
Permit me not, oh Lord, to be disgraced,  
The way of thy Commands I will pursue,  
As soon at thou my hart enlarged haste.   
Endow our hearts oh God with such unfeigned humiliation, with such true Confession, with such hearty contrition, with such love to thy Truth, with hatred of error, & with a renewing of the whole man; that we may be more & more enlarged from our sins & Corruptions, until we be perfectly restored to the full liberty of the Sons of God, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   


Herald 5.  

Show me thy Truth, & from that way,  
I never will depart.  
Teach me thy Laws; & them, for aye,  
I'll keep with all my hart.  
Thy Statutes Paths, to me declare;  
For, I delight thereon.  
To love thy Word, my hart prepare,  
And, Avarice to shun.   

2  
From folly, turn mine eyes, oh Lord,  
And, keep me in thy way.  
Confirm thy Servant in thy Word,  
That, so, I fear thee may.  
Because thy judgements gracious be,  
My feared shame remove.  
And, in thy Statutes quicken me,  
For, Lord thy Laws I love.    

Another of the same.  
Eternal God, thy Statutes teach to me,  
That till their end, I may fulfil them all,  
To keep thy Law let me instructed be,  
And, I with all my hart, observe it shall.  
Enable me, to keep each Law of thine,  
Because, that in their path, I pleasure take,  
My hart unto thy Testaments, incline,  
That so, all Avarice I may forsake,  
Estrange mine eye, from Objects that are vain,  
And, let me be revived in thy Path.  
Thy word, to me thy servant, now make plain  
Who, to thy fear, himself devoted hath.  
Expel thou far away, the shame I fear:  
For, just, & good (oh Lord) thy judgements be.  
See, what my longings for thy Precepts are,  
And, in they righteousness, revive thou me.   
Oh Lord! Ignorance of thy Law, is the Cause that we neither love nor believe it; & want of Love & Belief, are the occasions of all our errors. Give us therefore, we pray thee, that Love, that knowledge, & that belief of thy word, which may keep us in thy Paths. Root Covetuosnes, out of our hearts; let no solly allure our eyes to wander aside, hereafter: & (because there is Mercy in all thy judgements) keep us from the shame which we fear, & have already deserved: Even for jesus Christ his sake. Amen.   


Vau. 6.  

THy loving aid, vouchsafe me still,  
As thou hast promised, Lord:  
So, ay my scorners answer will;  
For, I believe thy word.  
Since, on thy judgements I rely,  
Oh! do not, Lord, with draw  
Thy Word of Truth; & then, shall I  
For ever keep thy Law.   

2  
Now I to seek thy way, am bend,  
I cann with freedom walk  
And, I will of thy Testament,  
To Kings, with boldness talk.  
In thy Commands, I will delight:  
For, I have them approved.  
I'll mind thy word, & keep aright  
Thy Laws; which I have loved.    

Another of the same.  
FVfill thy promised word, & favour deign;  
Yea, great thou me thy saving-health oh Lord!  
So, I shall make replies to them, again,  
Who flout at me, because I trust thy word.  
Firm trust, unto thy judgements, Lord I have,  
therefore, to leave thy Truth permit me never:  
But, make me to thine Ordinances cleave;  
And, keep thy Laws, for ever & for ever.  
Free, shall my walkings be, & uncontrolled;  
Because thy precepts are beloved of me.  
Thy Testaments, to kings I will unfold,  
And, of the same, no whit ashamed be.  
Full dearly, I have loved thy commands;  
And, they my most affected pleasures prove.  
I'll in thy precept, exercise my hands,  
And, muse upon thy Laws; for, them I love.   
UUrite thy Laws in our hearts, oh Lord, & engrave them in our minds we humbly beseech thee. So regenerate us, that we may become a Law unto ourselves; & have no desires in us, but those which are agreeable to thy Will. So, we shall neither slavishly fear, the power of any Authority; nor be made ashamed by any bitter Censurers, or scornful reproovers: but, may take confidently, & use conscionably our liberty in Christ jesus. Amen.   


Zain. 7.  

THat promise keep, which thou hast made,  
Thy servant's hope to be.  
From thence (in griefs) I comforts had:  
Thy word, revived me.  
Though my disgrace, the proud have sought,  
Unto thy Law I clavae.  
Upon thy judgements past, I thought:  
And, ear to them I gave.   

2  
Of sinners, who thy Law forsake,  
I am in grievous fear.  
Yet, where my Pilgrim-Inn, I take,  
My songs, thy Precepts are.  
I kept thy Law, & on thy Name,  
I mused when many slept.  
And, thus to pass, oh Lord, it came,  
Because thy Law I kept.    

Another of the same.  
GIve heed unto that UUord which thou hast said;  
That UUord which thou didst make my hope to be,  
For, thence in my Afflictions I have aid:  
It is thy UUord that still reviveth me.  
Grown quite despised I was, in proudmens' eyes,  
And, yet, I from thy Law, declined not.  
Thy judgements, past, did in my thought arise;  
And Lord, from them, I consolation got.  
Great horrors have surprised me, because,  
The wicked from thy precepts have gone wrong,  
And, in my house of Pilgrimage, thy Laws,  
And, thy Commandments, have been my song.  
Good Lord! I mention of thy Name have made,  
Even in the night; & I thy Law have kept.  
And, every profitable thing I had;  
Because, I from thy Precepts, have not stepped.   
Oh Lord! there is no better comforter in trouble, than a faithful remembrance of thy gracious promises; nor any means to prevent the fear, the disgraces, or the mischievous practices of the proud oppressor, then by the Meditation, & practise of thy Laws. Grant therefore, we may so mind the One, & so perform the other; That we may rejoice in this house of our Pilgrimage, all our life long. Amen.   


Chith. 8.  

I Vowed oh Lord, to keep thy UUord,  
For, thou my portion art.  
Thy promised Mercies now afford;  
I beg them with my hart.  
I turned to thy Testaments,  
When I had scanned my ways;  
In keeping thy Commandments,  
I used no delays.   

2  
By troops of sinners, robbed I was:  
Thy Laws, yet, mind I still.  
And, that thy justice I may praise,  
At midnight, rise I will.  
Who e'er dreads thee, & keeps thy word,  
Shall my Compainon be.  
Thy Mercy fills the world, oh Lord,  
Oh! teach thy Laws to me.    

Another of the same.  
HOw that thou art my portion, Lord, I said,  
And, I to keep thy Law have made a vow.  
With all my hart, I for thy grace have prayed.  
According to thy Word, have mercy now.  
Here, I have called unto mind thy ways,  
And, turned my feet unto thy Testaments.  
Yea, I have ready been, without delays,  
In executing thy Commandments.  
Huge Troops of wicked men have robbed me:  
Yet, still thy Precepts, in my hart I bear.  
At midnight, I will rise, & sing to thee,  
Because thy judgements, true & righteous are.  
Here, I have gained the fellowship of those,  
Who stand in fear of thee, & keep thy Word.  
Throughout the world, thy tender-Mercy flows.  
Let me be trained in all thy Statutes, Lord.   
Grant us Grace o God so to examine the Course of our life past, & what ways we intent to walk hereafter; that wee'may return to thee with speedy repentance: & so resolve to keep thy commandments during the time to come; that we may enjoy thee for our Portion; & (both in the Night of our afflictions, & among the troops of our persecutors) be comforted in the remembrance of thy abundant Mercies, through jesus Christ. Amen.   


Teth. 9  

THy servant, Favour hath received  
According to thy word.  
And, thy Commands I have believed,  
Therefore instruct me, Lord.  
Though till my troubles, I mis-trod,  
Thy Word, I follow now.  
Thy Precepts, teach to me, oh God:  
For, Good, & Kind, art thou.   

2  
Thy Law, with all my hart I seek;  
Though, me the proud belie.  
Their hearts are fat, (even Brawner-like)  
But, loved thy Laws, have I.  
Now, I have learned thy Statute's Truth,  
My Cares, I blessings deem:  
And, I the Precepts of thy Mouth,  
Above all wealth esteem.    

Another of the same.  
IN all things, to thy Servant thou art just,  
According as thy UUord, oh Lord, hath shown:  
Since, therefore, to thy Covenant, I trust,  
Thy judgements, & thy Truth, to me make know,  
If that, I had not been, by sorrows crossed,  
I, still had erred: But, now I keep thy Word.  
Most Good thou art, & all is well thou dost:  
Therefore, thy Statutes teach to me, oh Lord.  
I, by the proud, have greatly been belied;  
Yet, still, I keep thy Law within my breast:  
Their hart (with fat) like brawn is stupefied;  
But, with delight, thy Law hath me possessed.  
It is my weal, that I afflicted was;  
For, by that means, thy Statutes, now, I heed.  
That Law of thine, which from thy mouth did  
Great sums of gold, & silver doth exceed. (pass,   
Sanctify unto us (oh Lord, all our Afflictions; that, being by them purified from our Corruptions, we may become upright in all our ways. Suffer us not to be so fatted in our prosterities as to become insensible of thy Mercies or judgements Let our experience in thy word, teach us, to see & acknowledge, that our Afflictions are blessings; And what soever Scandals do arise, let us continue in Obedience to thy Law, & thanckfully esteem the same as we ought, for ever & ever, Amen,   


jod. 10.  

TO learn thy Law, instruct me, Lord,  
For, me thy hands have made:  
So, when they see me trust thy word,  
Thy servants will be glad.  
I know thy judgements righteous are;  
And all thy Stripes are Love.  
Now, let thy grace, thy servant cheer  
And, true, thy UUord approve.   

2  
I love thy Law, grant me therefore,  
Thy grace, that live I may,  
Defame the proud, who wrong me sore;  
For, I thy Word obey.  
Who knows thy Will, & feareth thee,  
All such to me convart:  
And, in thy Laws, lest shamed I be,  
Lord, rectify my hart.    

Another of the same.  
KIndle the knowledge of thy Law in me.  
For, by thy hands, I fashioned was, oh Lord.  
Thy servants will rejoice, my face to see,  
Because, I have relied on thy word.  
Known, well, thy judgements are, to be upright.  
And, Lord, on me thy stripes in love thou laidest,  
Oh, make thy Tender-mercies my delight,  
And comfort me, as in thy Word thou saidst.  
Kind, let me find thee Lord; that I may live:  
Because contentment in thy Law I find.  
Defame the Proud, who me unjustly grieve;  
For on thy Precepts, I employ my mind.  
Keep those who thee do fear, & know thy UVill,  
That they may be converted unto me.  
And in thy Laws, my hart confirm thou, still,  
That from disgrace, I may preserved be.   
Lord, we are the workmanship of thy hands: So instruct us therefore, in the understanding and performance of thy Law, that we may accomplish the end of our Creation. Make our knowledge of thy Statutes, our Faith in thee, & our conformity to thy Will, so evident; that thy Servants may rejoice, our foes become ashamed, our corrections appear tokens of thy Love; our shame be prevented, our hearts cheered, & life eternal obtained. Amen.   

Caph. 11.  


MY soul, for succour panting lies.  
Yet, is thy word my stay.  
I seek thy Truth with longing eyes,  
Oh Comfort me, they say.  
ay, like a smoke-dride bottle seem;  
Yet, on thy Law, I thought:  
Sum up my days, & judge all them,  
That have my ruin sought.   

2  
For me, the Proud sunk pits, which be  
Forbidden by thy Laws:  
Thy Words are true, oh save thou me,  
Pursued without a Cause.  
Quite from the Land, they drove me nigh,  
Yet, to thy Laws I cleave.  
Oh cheer me, by thy grace, that I  
Thy Word may never leave.    

Another of the same.  
LOrd, for thy help my longing soul doth pant,  
And, on thy Promise all my hopes do lie.  
Ours eyes do fail, because thy Word I want,  
Come comfort me, with speaking looks, they cry.  
Like bottles in the smoke, I do appear,  
Yet, still, thy Statutes minded are of me.  
How long shall I thy servant suffer hence!  
Thy judgements, on my foes, oh, let me see.  
Lo, for my life, the proud deep pits have made,  
Such as thy Law forbiddeth to prepare.  
They me pursued, though no cause they had;  
Oh help; for all thy Precepts, faithful are.  
Long since, my ruin they had nigh contrived:  
I, naitheles, thy Statutes did not leave.  
Let me by thy compassion be revived.  
And, to thy Testimonies, I will cleave.   
Oh Lord, we have Adversaries, continually digging pits for our souls. We are sensible of great Afflictions; & our life daily wears out by unperceaved infirmities. Yet, we feel not that longing to obtain an incorruptible estate, as to continue our present vanities. Oh let that experience, which we have of miseries here; & that Faith which we ought to have of what thou hast promised hereafter, make our hearts pant with longing after the accomplishment of thy Truth, & for our full fruition of thee, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   


Lamed. 12.  

THy Word, in heaven remains for aye;  
Thy Truth shall still abide.  
The earth, so firmly thou didst lay,  
It cannot swarve aside.  
Thy Laws keep every thing upright;  
For, all, thy servants be.  
But that thy Word was my delight,  
My Cares had ruined me.   

2  
I will not from thy Truth decline;  
For, life to me it brought.  
Oh save thou me; for I am thine;  
And, thy Decrees, have sought.  
Though sinners do my spoil intend,  
Thy Word, in mind I bear.  
Of all good works I see an end;  
But, large thy precepts are.    

Another of the same.  
MAde firm in heaven, thy promise is, oh Lord,  
And, shall for ever, & for ever, last.  
Thy Faith fullness, all ages will record,  
For as earth's globe, the same thou fixed haste.  
Most firm to thy Decrees thy works do stand,  
And, all things as thy servants, wait on thee.  
But, that I pleasure take in thy Command,  
My sorrows, long ere this, had ruined me.  
My hart shall never from thy Laws decline;  
For, I, by them, to life again, was brought.  
Vouchsafe to succour me, for I am thine:  
And, after thy Commandments have sought.  
Much waiting, hath among the wicked been,  
My fall to see; but, I thy Statutes mind.  
Of all perfections, I an end have seen,  
Save of thy Law; which cannot be confined.   
Almighty God, by being obedient unto the Law of their Creation, thy other Creatures are preserved in order, & continued thy faithful servants. Mankind only is rebellious; & yet, we have had often experience that a little delight in thy Law, is rewarded with great Blessings. So increase therefore, our belief of thy Truth, & our love to thy Law; that we may be more & more conformable to thy Will, & at last be saved, through jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.   


Mem. 13.  

IN thy Commands I pleasure take,  
My daily thoughts they be;  
Me, wiser than my foes they make,  
And, still, remain with me.  
More, learn I from thy Statutes, then,  
My Teachers understand.  
And, wiser am, than aged men,  
By keeping thy Command.   

2  
My feet, from evil ways I kept,  
That keep thy Law I might.  
ay, from thy judgements have not stepped.  
For, me thou hold'st upright.  
Though honey to the mouth be sweet,  
Thy Word more sweetness hath.  
Through thy Commands I grew discreet,  
And shunned the Liars Path.    

Another of the same.  
NO part of all the day I cann forbear  
To mind thy Law; because I love the same.  
It makes me wiser than my haters are.  
For my companion still thy Law became.  
Nay, more than all my teachers I conceive;  
Because, my Muse are upon thy William.  
And, more than aged men I do perceive;  
Because they Testimonies I fulfil.  
No wicked pace, or Path, my feet shall use,  
That so, thy UUord the better keep I might.  
And, I thy judgements never will refuse,  
Because thou hast instructed me aright.  
Not half so sweet is honey to my mouth,  
As are thy Words: for, perfect sweet are they.  
Thou hast increased my knowledge, by thy Truth:  
And, therefore, I abhor each evil way.   
The wisdom (oh Lord) of this world, is but foolishness, in respect of that which is learned by thy Word: For, nothing is see profitable or pleasant, as that; if it be meditated aright. Give us grace, therefore, we pray thee, so to love it, & so to meditate thereon; that we may crack the shell which hides the sweet kernel thereof, from the world; &, by help of thy spirit, thereby attain that wisdom which (our Ordinary Teacher) the bare Letter hath not pour to discover; & let it guide us out of all error, both in life & doctrine, though jesus Christ. Amen.   


Nun. 14.  

THy word is to, my feet a light:  
A Lamp, my way to show,  
I vowed thy Dooms to keep aright,  
And I will keep my Vow.  
ay, sore am grieved; Lord, me revive,  
According to thy Truth.  
Teach me thy judgements; & receive  
The Praises of my mouth.   

2  
Although my soul in danger be  
Thy Statutes I obey;  
And keep thy Laws, although for me,  
The wicked, snares do lay.  
Thy Covenants are mine Heritage;  
They much rejoice my mind;  
And, thy Decrees, from age to age,  
To keep, I am inclined.    

Another of the same.  
OH God, thy Word like Lamps my way doth show,  
And, to my feet, it is a shining flame.  
To keep thy righteous judgements, I did vow;  
And, I resolve that I will keep the same.  
Oppressed I am; Me, therefore Lord revive  
As by thy UUord, thy promise is to do.  
Accept that praise which I shall freely give;  
And, in thy judgements Lord, instruct me to.  
On thy Commands, my thoughts are always set,  
And, lo, my soul is always in my hands.  
ungodly men, for me have laid a net;  
Yet walk I not astray from thy Commands.  
Of all my joys thy UUord, alone, is cause:  
Thy Testaments I make mine heritage.  
My hart resolves, to love & keep thy Laws  
While time endures, & throughout every Age.   
Many ways (oh Lord) is thy Law healpfull unto us. It is a Schoolmaster, to teach us; A Rule, whereby to square our Actions; A glass, to show us our deformities; A light, to guide us out of error; & a Remembrancer, to show us what we are liable unto by Nature; That so, the terrors thereof may make the flesh more obedient to the spirit (& their hearts the more thank full, whom Grace hath freed from the Curse & condemning power thereof) yea, it is always useful in some kind or other. Oh, write it therefore in our hearts & engrave it in our minds, for ever & ever. Amen.   


Samech. 15.  

THy Law I love with all my hart,  
And wicked thoughts detest.  
The place of my defence thou art;  
And, on thy Word, I rest.  
Lewd men avoid; for I would feign  
My God's Commands obey.  
According to thy Word, maintain  
My life, & hopes, I pray.   

2  
Support me, & I nought shall dread:  
For, to thy word I cleave.  
Upon thy Law's transgressers tread:  
For, guile shall them deceive.  
Purged out like dross, the wicked be:  
I therefore love thy Law.  
And, of thy judgements, & of thee,  
My flesh doth stand in awe.    

Another of the same.  
PRoud thoughts I hate, and such as cause offence  
But, with much love thy Law I do embrace.  
Thou art my shield, oh Lord, and my defence;  
And in thy Word, my confidence I place.  
Pack hence, all ye, that evil doers he;  
For, all my God's Commands, I will obey.  
According to thy Word, uphold thou me;  
That both my life & hopes, enjoy I may.  
Protect me, & no dangers I shall fear:  
For, in thy Statutes, I will then delight.  
Suppress all those that from thy Precepts err:  
For why, they muse on nothing but deceit.  
Purged out by thee, like dross, thee wicked are;  
And, I thy Testimonies love therefore,  
My flesh doth dread thee with a trembling fear;  
And, by thy judgements, I am frighted sore.   
Oh Lord, let the consideration of thy judgements purge out all our wickedness, & so terrify our wanton flesh, that it may tremble to offend thee. Let the Meditation of thy Law of Love, so work upon our hearts, that our very thinckings may be sanctified; And let us be continually supported by thy asisting Grace, that in thought, word, & deed, we may persevere in obedience to thy Will, & be safe under thy protection, for ever & ever. Amen.   


Aijn. 16.  

IN judgement, I uprightly deal;  
Let no man me oppress.  
Be surety, for thy servants weal;  
From Tyrants, me release.  
Mine eyes, are dimmed since for thy Word,  
And saving-health I sought.  
Deal well with me thy servant, Lord,  
Let me thy Law be taught.   

2  
Since, thee I serve, Lord, grant I may  
Thy Testimonies know.  
Now, is the time to work; for they,  
Thy Law would overthrow.  
Far more than gold, (than finest gold)  
Thy Statutes I affect.  
Thy Law, in all things, I uphold,  
And, errors way, reject.    

Another of the same.  
QUit me from such as do my harm assay;  
For, I according to thy Law have wrought.  
Be surety, for thy Servants weal, I pray,  
That, to the proud, in thrall I be not brought.  
Quite wasted are mine eyes, & almost blind,  
Since thy just Word, & help I did expect.  
According to Mercy, be thou kind;  
And, me thy servant, by thy Law direct.  
Quench not that light by which thy Truth is known  
But, give thy servant knowledge in thy Word:  
For, they thy blessed Law have overthrown,  
And, it is time that thou thy help afford.  
Quick therefore be: For, I above all gold,  
Yea more than gold refined, thy Word affect.  
Thy Statutes all, to be upright I hold;  
And all erroneous ways, I disrespect.   
Preserve us, oh God, from their wickedness, who pretending a Christian Liberty, seek to overthrow, & make void thy Law (to the quenching of the spirit, & to the fullfilling of their fleshly Will) Grant rather, that the more we are freed, from the Bondage of the Law (& the less obliged to the works thereof, for our Justification) the more we may labour to fulfil the same; even for the love of Righteousness in jesus Christ, Amen.   


Pe. 17.  

RAre things, thy Testaments comprise,  
And are my soul's delight.  
Thy Statutes make the simple wise.  
Their knowledge giveth light.  
Through longing for thy Law, I drew  
My breath with panting Mouth.  
View me in Love, as thou dost view  
The Lovers of thy Truth.   

2  
So guide my goengs by thy Word,  
No sin in me may reign.  
From spoil of men, preserve me Lord.  
For I thy Truth retain.  
Teach me thy Laws, & let thy face.  
Upon thy servant shine.  
For, Streams I weep, when men transgress,  
Or break a Law, of thine.    

Another of the same.  
RIght wonderful thy Testimonies are:  
And, therefore Lord my soul to keep them strives.  
Thy Word's approaching, makes great light appear,  
And, Understanding to the simple gives.  
Respire & pant I did, with mouth vnclo'sd;  
So greedy of thy Precepts, I became.  
Oh look on me, as when thou art disposed,  
To look upon the Lovers of thy Name.  
Restrain my steps according to thy UUord;  
And let no sin, in me domion gain.  
From Cruel men, defend thou me oh Lord,  
So, ay thy sacred Precepts will retain.  
Reflect on me the brightness of thy face,  
And, show thy Testimonies unto me.  
For, down my cheeks the tears do flow apace,  
Because, thy Laws despised & broken be.   
Sweet jesus, though we desire to seem wise; we are very simple in the best knowledge: Oh increase our understanding. Though we profess great Affection to thee & thy Law; yet we soon deny (yea forswear) both, if we are in danger to partake of thy sufferings. Oh look upon us therefore, with such an aspect, as thou didst cast on thy Apostle St. Peter; that weeping bitterly for our Sins & unkindnesses as he did; we may obtain the same forgiveness. Amen.   


Zade 18.  

THou just in all thy doengs, Lord,  
And in thy judgements art.  
Thy Testimonies, & thy Word,  
Are true in every part.  
I burn with zeal, because I see  
My foes, thy Truth neglect.  
Thy Word is pure, which causeth me  
That I the same affect.   

2  
Thy precepts, I will still retain,  
Though I despised am grown.  
Thy justice, always shall remain;  
Thy Law, & Truth, are one.  
In thy Commands, my pleasures are,  
Though troubles on me fall.  
Thy just eternal Will declare,  
And, thereby, live I shall.    

Another of the same.  
SIncere thou art, oh Lord, in all thou dost:  
A true, & righteous judgement thou hast passed,  
Thy Testimonies are exceeding just:  
And, so is all that thou Commanded haste.  
Spent, through my zeal I am, & almost pined,  
Since of thy Truth my foes regardless grow.  
Thy Word, is to the uttermost refin'de;  
And, for that cause, thy servant loves it so.  
Scorned & despised I am; yet cannot this,  
My thoughts from thy Commandments withdraw,  
Thy justice an eternal justice, is;  
And, Truth itself, thou givest for thy Law.  
Sore pains & sorrows, have laid hold on me:  
Yet, I from thy Commands content receive.  
Thy righteous Testimonies endless be:  
Oh let me know them, Lord, that I may live.   
It is true oh Lord, that what ever thou willest is Just, & needs no other reason thereof, but that thou Willest it; because thy Will is Truth & Justice itself. Keep us therefore, from questioning the Justice of any thing which thou hast Willed or Decreed; & preserve us, also, from their madness, who fancy Decrees which thou never mad'st; & such as do not make thee justifiable by humane Reason. Teach us to know, that, though thy Justice is incomprehensible, yet so much as thy word hath expressed of it, is such a Justice, as makes thee (even in our capacities) Justifiable, when thou art judged; & such, as may encourage us, to endeavour, to be just as thou art just, & holy as thou art holy, by thy example. This grant, for jesus Christ his sake. Amen.   


Coph. 19  

LOrd hear; for, in my hart I cry.  
And I thy Word obey.  
To hear my call, thine ear apply,  
That keep thy Laws I may.  
relying on thy Word, I called,  
Before the Morning-light;  
To mark thy Words mine eyes forestald,  
The Watches of the night.   

2  
As just & loving, Lord, thou art,  
So, hear & quicken me.  
Lo, such as from thy Law depart  
For mischief, coming be.  
Oh Lord, to me, now nearer draw:  
Thy Word all truth contains,  
And, long ago, I knew thy Law,  
Eternally remains.    

Another of the same.  
THey, help oh Lord, with all my hart I crave,  
Thy just Commands resolving to obey.  
To thee I call aloud; me deign to save,  
That so, thy Testimonies, keep I may.  
To thee, before the break of day, I call,  
And, for my certain aid, thy Word I take.  
The watches of the night mine eyes forestall.  
That on thy Law. my musings I may make.  
Thine ear, unto my voice, in mercy, bow;  
That, me, thy judgements may revive, oh Lord.  
They fast approach, who seek my overthrow,  
Even they, who strangers are unto thy Word.  
To me, oh Lord, at all times, be thou nigh.  
Thy Statutes, all perfection do contain.  
And, many days ago, informed was I,  
That thy Commands, for ever shall remain.   
We rise early, (oh Lord) & cann sit up late at night, to prosecute our common affairs, or to prevent the mischievous purposes of any temporal Adversary. Cause us, we trey thee, to be as vigilant, in seeking thee; in Meditating the deep Mysteries of thy Law; & in foreseeing what spiritual enemies are approaching to endanger our souls. Vouchsafe this, oh Lord: & in all our endeavours, assist us; in all our prayers, hear us; & in all our necessities be present with us, in jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   


Resh. 20.  

REgard my grief, & save me Lord,  
For, I obey thy Laws.  
Hear me, according to thy Word,  
Oh save, & plead my Cause.  
Because thy Word they muse not on,  
From health are sinners far.  
Revive me Lord, as thou hast done,  
For, great thy Mercies are.   

2  
My foes, & spoilers many be;  
Yet, I thy Word profess,  
And grieve when I the wicked see,  
Thy Statutes to transgress.  
Thy Law I love; oh quicken me,  
As thou hast promised Lord.  
For, endless thy just judgements be;  
And, ever true, thy UUord.    

Another of the same.  
View Lord, what sorrows have oppressed me:  
For, to observe Law, My mind I give.  
Let me adjudged, & delivered be;  
And, me according to thy word revive.  
ungodly men from saving health are far,  
Because they do not seek thy Statutes, Lord;  
Exceeding great thy Tender-mercies are;  
Revive thou me according to thy word.  
Vexed & pursued, by many, I have been;  
And, yet, I from thy Precepts have not strayed.  
I greeved was when sinners I had seen;  
Because, thy holy - word, they disobeyed.  
Unto thy Law, observe what love I show;  
And, of thy tender mercy, quicken me.  
Thy word, through all eternity is true;  
And, everlasting thy just judgements be.   
Oh Christ the Mediator; in our minds we are lovers & observers of thy Law; but in our members we are captivated unto the Law of Sinn: for which, our grieved spirits do complain with sighs & groans, that are neither utterable by the voice, nor sensible to the flesh. Oh deliver us from this bondage; Plead thou our cause to thy Father: Comfort our dejected souls; & let our love & practise of thy Law, quicken us, in the way of Righteousness, & make us partakers of thy Tender-Mercies, for ever more. Amen.   


Schin. 21.  

THough Princes, causeless, wronged me much,  
Thy Law I slighted not:  
But, in thy word, my joys were such  
As his that Spoils hath got.  
The lying lips I do abhor;  
But, I affect thy word.  
seven times a day, I praise thee, for  
Thy righteous Dooms, oh Lord.   

2  
The Lovers of thy Law have peace;  
And, harm they shall have none.  
Lord, on thine aid my hopes I place;  
And, thy Commands have done.  
My soul thy Testimony kept;  
In love therewith I grew.  
ay, from thy Precepts have not stepped;  
For, thou my ways dost view.    

Another of the same.  
When cause was none, even Princes wronged me;  
But, of thy word alone, my hart had fear.  
And, in that word, my joys, moreover, be  
As great as theirs, that sharing booties are.  
With much dislike, all falsehood I detest:  
And, I thy Law, unfeignedly affect,  
seven times a day, thy praise I have expressed;  
Because thy righteous judgements I respect.  
What perfect peace have they that love thy word?  
Even such, that nothing cann their quiet mar.  
For thy salvation, I have hoped, Lord;  
And, thy Commands by me performed are.  
Well pleased, & with exceeding much delight,  
My soul thy Testimonies keepeth still;  
Thou knowst; for all my ways are in thy sight;  
That I, thy Precepts, & thy Laws, fulfil.   
Oh blessed Redeemer, who wert persecuted by Princes, for my sake, without a Cause; Thy many Prayers, daily offered to thy Father; thy true delight in his Word; thy detestation of falsehood; & thy perfect fulfilling of the Law, have obtained, that thy righteousness may be ascribed unto us. Oh grant, that by performing what thou hast enabled us to do, we may retain & increase the Talon freely given; & enjoy thy Peace, which passeth all understanding; for ever & ever. Amen.   


Tau. 22.  

REceive my cry, & guide thou me  
As thou hast promised, Lord.  
Give ear, & saved let me be;  
According to thy word.  
When thou to me hast shown thy ways.  
My lips thy praise will show.  
My tongue thy blessed word shall praise;  
For, all thy Laws are true.   

2  
Me, let thy powerful hand protect;  
For, I thy Law approve.  
Thy Saving-health I do affect,  
Thy Precepts I do love.  
Oh, let me live to sing thy praise;  
In judgement, me preserve.  
Thy servant seek, who sheep-like strays;  
For, I thy Law observe.    

Another of the same.  
Yield my Complaint, oh Lord, thy graitious ear,  
And, knowledge of thy Law, to me afford.  
My humble suit, vouchsafe, I pray, to hear;  
And, save thou me, according to thy word.  
Yea, save thou me; & I thy praise will preach.  
When thou shalt thy Commands to me declare.  
Thy word likewise, to others I will teach;  
For, all thy Precepts, true & righteous are,  
Yield me thy hand, my safety to assure;  
For, thy Commands my chosen part, I make.  
Thy Saving-health, I labour to procure,  
And, in thy Law, oh Lord, I pleasure take,  
Yet, longer let me live, to sing thy praise;  
And, let thy judgements Lord, my helpers be.  
Now, me thy servant seek, who sheep-like strays,  
For, never is thy Law forgot of me.   
Most merciful Father, we have all erred & strayed from thy ways like lost sheep; give us therefore that Law of Faith, by which we may be brought home to thy Fold. When we have obtained this Grace; let us truly esteem it, heartily praise thee for it, & diligently preach it to others. Oh spare our lives, until the Newman shall be fully perfected in us; that we may accomplish the work for which we were created, & glorify thy Name, world without end. Amen.    

Psa. 120.  
A song of Degrees. Why these Psalms are so called, it is uncertain (for, jewish fancies are not worth heeding) but, perhaps, our Degrees toward the spiritual Temple, are here mystically included: for, the first degree thitherward, is to have a sight of our misery, & a detestation of the world's vanities (figured by Mesech, & Kedar, in this Psalm. It is useful, when we are constrained to live among false worshippers, or wearied by our own corruptions etc.  


I Called on God in my distress,  
Who heard me when I prayed:  
From lying & deceitfulness,  
Lord, save my Soul; I said.  
What hire, oh thou deceitful tongue!  
Prepared is for thee?  
But, arrows that are sharp & strong,  
And coals that burning be?   

2  
Ah! woe is me, that I so long,  
In Mesech must reside!  
And, that, perforce, I must among  
The Tents of Kedar bide.  
My soul hath been too long, alas!  
With such as wranglers are:  
For, when I speak to them of peace,  
For war, they do prepare.    
Father of Mercy; Keep us from the lying deceits of the Devil, & his Members; & reward them according to their malice. Vouchsafe to us, also, such a sight, & loathing, of our natural estate; that we may have an earnest longing to be translated from the Tents of Ungodliness, & be incorporated into thy heavenly jerusalem through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 121.  
A song of Degrees. Another Degree, is to fix the eye of our soul on God, acknowledging him only, the means of our deliverance, & our defence etc. It directs us, to whom we should seek; & encourageth to depend on God in all our ways.  


MIne eyes above the hills, I rear,  
And, thence, of help, I hopeful am;  
For, from the Lord my succours are,  
From him, that heaven & earth did frame.  
My feet vnmooved, he always keeps;  
He, is my guard, that ever wakes:  
For, he nor slumbers, neither sleeps,  
Who charge of Isr'el undertakes.   

2  
The Lord, even as thy shade, will stay  
On thy right-hand, for thy defence.  
Nor Moon by night, nor Sun by day,  
Shall harm thee by their Influence:  
For, God will save thee from all woe,  
He, will thy soul from dangers free;  
And (whether in, or out, thou go)  
Thy guard, at all times, he will be.    
Gracious Protector; Cause us, to expect all our deliverances from thee, with a constant dependence upon thy safeguard, in all proceedings. Keep us without slavish fear, or wavering, in our Faith: And, be thou all way so watchful over us, & so near unto us; that neither those dangers whereto we are commonly subject, nor the extraordinary Influences of the heavens, nor any other unexpectede Events, harm our bodies, endanger our souls, or interrupt our lawful callings, either now, or hereafter. Amen.   

Psa. 122.  
A song of Degrees. Another Stepp, is a delight in the piety of others, joined with love to God's worship, & accompanied with hearty wellwishing to his Church. The Elect are here personated rejoicing on this Degree. We should use it to provoke us unto the same.  


I joyed, when they said to me,  
God's house let us ascend unto:  
For, now jerusalem, to thee  
And, through thy Ports, our feet shall go,  
jerusalem is fairly Scited;  
A Town well-built, & well-united.   

2  
There meet the Tribes (God's Tribes alone)  
Hus name in Isr'el, to declare.  
There, placed is, the judgement Throne;  
The Thrones of David's house are there.  
Oh seek her pear, for, they are blessed;  
That have to Salem, love expressed.   

3  
Let Peace, a Bulwark round her make,  
Let Plenties in her Turrets be:  
This Peace we wish, even for their sake,  
Who, mates, & Brethren are to me.  
Yea, God our Lord's fair habitation,  
Thus, makes me pray for thy Salvation.    
Inspire us, oh Lord, with a delight, & mutual desires, to further each other in thy service. Let us take pleasure in thy Sanctuary: &, be always, to our power, healpfull & zealous, to effect & continue the Peace of Zion; even for the sakes of our brethren, for our own sakes, & for thy glory sake (oh Father) that, we may reap the benefit of her Peace & Plenties, through jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 123.  
A song of Degrees. Another Stepp is obedient attendance on God's will, in all sufferings, with assured faith in him; which is here professed by the faithful soul. It is useful, to advance us to this Degree.  


OH Lord, that in the heavens remainest,  
Lo, we advance our eyes to thee:  
And, Lord our God, till help thou daignest,  
They shall on the affixed be,  
As men or Maids, that waiting stand,  
Upon their Lord, or lady's hand.   

2  
Oh, grant us Lord, thy dear compassion;  
For, we extreme contempts have borne.  
Vouchsafe us, Lord, thy Consolation,  
For why? our hearts are grieved with scorn,  
Even by the scorns, & pride of them,  
Who live at ease, & us contemn.    
How ever thou shalt please to afflict us, oh Lord (or how longsoever thou defer any desired Blessing) let us be contented to attend thy Pleasure; & watchful, to perform what thou shalt require further at our hands; so our sufferings, shall the sooner, be redressed, & our dutiful obedience, be rewarded through jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.   

Psa. 124.  
A song of Degrees. Another Staire, is acknowledgement of former deliverances, & of the beginnings of God's graces already obtained, as in this Psalm. We may use it after any Deliverances, but especially, such as are most public.  


BUt, that the Lord, our part did please to take,  
But that God holp us, (Isr'el now may say)  
When men did their Assaults against us make,  
We to their throats had been a living-prey;  
For, wroth at us, with spighfull rage were they.   

2  
We by the Floods, had then been closed round;  
Even quite above our soul, the streams had gone:  
The swelling floods, our soul had surely drowned,  
We, therefore, bless & praise the Lord, alone,  
That, by their teeth we were not ceased upon.   

3  
For, as a bird, out of a fouling snare,  
Even so, our soul escaped from the ginn:  
The net is broke, & we delivered are;  
And, God, (whose work, the heavens & earth have (binn)  
Is he, whose Name, our help consisteth in.    
Many times oh Lord, we are delivered, by thy Mercy, from evident & unavoidable perils: But, there is no moment in which we are not compassed about with invisible foes (& unthought of Dangers) far more fearful & more impossible to be avoided; unless thou didst graciously defend us. Grant therefore, that a filial awe of thy judgements & a true esteem of thy Mercies, may make us heartily thankful unto thee, for them, now & for ever. Amen.   

Psa. 125.  
A song of Degrees. Another Ascent, is firm Belief in God. The safety of such, is here alluded to the impregnability of Mount-Syon, & jerusalem: & the punishment of wavering Apostates is threatened etc. It is useful to raise us to this Degree etc.  


MOunt-Syon like, for ever fixed are those  
Whose hopeful trust upon the Lord is founded  
For, he his faithful People will enclose  
(Even as with hills jerusalem is rounded)  
As long as Time's perpetual motion goes.   

2  
The Rod of wicked men shall not alight,  
Where God the Lot of righteousness bestoweth.  
Lest righteous men partake in evil might.  
For, to the Good, the Lord his mercy showeth  
And, favours all that are in hart upright.   

3  
But, Sliders-back, & such as wander wide,  
In their own crooked paths, & ways uneven,  
Shall by the Lord, be thither led aside,  
Where, portions due to hypocrites, are given:  
But, Isr'el shall in endless peace abide.    
Oh God, many ignorances & errors, both in judgement, & Manners, we are naturally subject unto. Teach us therefore what we ought to Believe, or practise; & then preserve us unwavering in our Faith, & so sincerely constant in a holy Life; That we may not have our portion, with Apostates, or Hypocrites, but, be partakers in the true Peace of Isr'el, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 126.  
A song of Degrees another Degree is a rejoicing in our Election & spiritual freedom; which is here typically expressed, with a prophetical prayer for that joy promised by Christ unto the true Mourners. joh. 16. 20. We may sing it as a thancksgiving for our Redemption; & to comfort in spiritual mournings.  


WHen God made Zion free;  
And her from thrall did bring,  
It seemed as a Dream to be;  
And, we did laugh & sing.   

2  
The Lord (the heathen said)  
Great Marvailes wrought for us.  
Great marvailes he hath, wrought, indeed,  
And, therefore, sing we thus.   

3  
Lord, back our Captives bring,  
As Floods to seaward flow,  
So, they shall then rejoice & sing,  
Who did in sorrow sow.   

4  
Who, outward-bound, doth mourn,  
If he good seed employ,  
Shall doubtless, back again return,  
And, bring home sheaves with joy.    
Let our greatest rejoicings (oh Lord) be in thy redeeming us from the Bondage of Sinn; & that our Names are in the Book of life: for, marvelous was this deliverance. Let our greatest sorrows be for our Offences, and for the loss of thy favour; which are, indeed, Causes of the greatest Lamentation: so, our short sorrow shall be turned in to everlasting joys, & glorious Triumphs, world without end. Amen.   

Psa. 127.  
A song of Degrees for Solomon. Another Staire is to ascribe our being & well-being to the Mercy & providence of God, It may be sung to acknowledge the same, in all our works, & endeavours, etc.  


IF God the Palace build not,  
The workmen lose their pain,  
If God the City shield not,  
The watchman wakes in vain,  
In vain, is early stirring,  
In vain, late watch we keep,  
Or eat the bread of caring,  
But, those God loves, may sleep,   

2  
A fruithfull wombs possessing,  
At God's disposing stands;  
And, Children are a blessing,  
Like shafts in Giants hands.  
Right blessed is he, that beareth  
His Quiver full of those;  
For, in the Gate, he dareth,  
To meet, & smite his foes.    
Grant almighty God; that whether we endeavour for our souls or bodies, we never glory or trust in our own workings; For, thou must bless the beginning, proceeding, & conlusion of every endeavour, or all our industry is lost Nay, we have not, so much as pour over our body, or the fruit thereof. Let us therefore, neither forget thee in the use of the means, nor neglect the means which thou hast appointed. That, (what ever the events be) our undertake may, bring profit to us, & glory to thy holy Name, So be it.   

Psa. 128.  
A song of Degrees. Another Stepp, is filial fear of God; to which, many temporal blessings are here promised. It is used at the solemnisation of marriages; & serves to increase in us, the fear of God.  


IF God thou fear, & keep his way,  
He, blessings will bestow;  
Thy labour shall thy food purvay,  
And, happy thou shalt grow.  
Like fruitful vines upon thy house,  
Thy wife shall prove to thee;  
Thy Children, like fair olive-boughes,  
Shall round thy Table be.   

2  
Thus, thou that fearest God shalt thrive;  
From Zion he shall bless:  
And, thou shalt see (whilst thou dost live)  
jerusalem in peace.  
He shall prolong thy life, till thou  
Thy children's Children see;  
And, that thy joy may greater grow.  
In Isr'ell, rest shall be.    
Oh Lord; of thy abundant Mercy, thou hast promised, not only the blessings of the next life; But also, all those which are most comfortable in this world, so far forth as shall conduce to their happiness, who truly serve & sear thee. Oh teach us that filial fear, & that obedience, for which thou hast made those promises, that we may perform what thou requirest. Yet, not for the outward blessing sake, but merely for the love of jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 129.  
A song of Degrees. Another Step, is a patient susstaining of the Cross. Which patience of the saints, is here mentioned; & both the tyranny & condition of their oppressors, briefly illustrated. We may, use it to increase & continue Christian Patience.  


FUll often since my youth, may Isr'el say,  
Full often since my youth, they me assailed;  
And, still, without success they went away: (trailed,  
Yea on my back, their ploughs, the ploughers  
And, on the same, long furrows ploughed they.   

2  
The Lord, (who is a perfect Righteous-one)  
The Cords of wicked men in pieces breaketh.  
And, Zion's foes, shall quite be overthrown,  
Even like that grass, which root on houses taketh,  
And, fades away, before it ripe is grown.   

3  
For, nor his Armful, nor his handful, there,  
Remains for him that binds, or him that moweth,  
Nor is there any highway Passenger,  
Who, there, is blessing, in God's Name bestoweth.  
Or, doth so much, as, bid them well to far.    
Sweet jesus, (who wert persecuted, even from thy cradle, to thy grave; & on whose back, the sharp stripes, ploughed long furrows for our Sins) worthily have we deserved to be whipped with reproaches to our face; to be furrowed with slanders behind our backs, and to suffer all other indignities. Nevertheless, since by thy sufferings, thou hast as well prevailed for us, as for thyself; make void the attempts of our Adversaries; & enable us to sustain with Christian patience, that part of thy Cross which thou apointest us to bear: that being cheerful partakers of thy sufferings, we may partake also, thy victorious Triumphs in the Kingdom of heaven. Amen.   

Psa. 130.  
A song of Degrees. Another Ascent, is earnest prayer: Which the Faithful soul here poureth forth for assistance, etc. It may serve as a form of prayer in great extremities.  


LOrd, from the depths, to thee I sue;  
My vocal prayer hear.  
And, when my Voice, my wants doth show  
Incline to me thine ear.  
Lord, who cann bear it, if severe,  
To mark our faults thou be?  
But, that we faint not in thy fear,  
Compassion waits on thee.   

2  
On God I wait, & on his word,  
My soul her hopes doth lay:  
My soul, more waiteth for the Lord,  
Then watchmans, for the day.  
Oh Isr'ell, trust in God; for he;  
Hath gracious help, in store.  
And, from thy sins delivers thee,  
Both now, & evermore.    
Graciously hear our prayers, oh Lord, in all our troubles & enter not into judgement with us thy servants, unless thou overshaddowe us by the wings of thy Mercy; for, our justice is unrighteousness in thy sight. Give us grace to hope in thee, with patient expectation of thy good pleasure; & so enable us (at least in our true desire) to fulfil our promises to thee, that without infringement of thy Justice, we may be delivered both from the guilt & punishment of our sins, through thy Mercy in jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 131.  
A song of Degrees. Another Degree is unfeigned humility: For, such as humble themselves shall be exalted. Here, all arrogance, ambition, & selftrust is disclaimed, a sole dependence on God professed, and others exhorted to the same. It is useful, to beget humility.  


OH Lord, I have no scornful eye,  
Nor proud nor lofty mind.  
I seek not things that are too high,  
But, humbly am inclined.  
My soul is like an infant weaned,  
(Even from his mother's breast)  
And, Isr'el, so (to be sustained)  
On God, should always rest.    
None of thy Creatures, oh God, have made themselves to be so vile as we; yet, none are more proud or self-conceited; none more presumptuously inquifitive into thy forbidden Secrets. Oh give us more humility; & less desire to those curiosities which are above us, & pertinent to advance the Kingdom of Satan, rather than the Kingdom of Heaven; which is to be entered which a Childlike Obedience & humiliation. This Humiliation, we again beseech thee to grant us, for jesus Christ his sake Amen.   

Psa. 132,  
A song of Degrees. Another Degree, is a hearty purpose to prepare a Temple for God, in our hearts; & to endeavour the settling of his outward worship, which is here mystically implied. It is useful to stir us to this Degree.  


REmember Lord, what David's troubles be,  
And, what to Iacob's mighty God, he swore.  
In house or bed, I will not rest, said he,  
Nor shall mine eyes, or sleep, or slumber more;  
Until a place be found, of my providing,  
For Iacob's God, the mighty Lord's abiding.   

2  
Lo, Ephrata, we heard, the place should be,  
And, in the forrest-feilds, we found the same.  
Thy house therefore, to enter, purpose we,  
And, at thy footstool, will adore thy Name.  
Arise, oh Lord, ascend thy resting bower;  
Thou, & the ark, of thy Almighty power.   

3  
Let righteousness, thy sacred Priests array,  
And. let thy saints, a joyful triumph make:  
Oh turn not thy Messiah's face away.  
For, thy beloved Servant David's sake,  
To whom thou swar'st thy promise, unrecalled,  
That on his Throne, his Seed should be installed.   

4  
If they, saidst thou, my League & word respect;  
Thy Children, on thy Throne shall ever sit:  
For, I the Lord, did Zion hill, elect;  
And, for my dwelling, I have chosen it.  
My settled rest is there, & I'll possess it;  
I love it, & with plenties, I will bless it.   

5  
The poor thereof, with bread I will sustain,  
Her Priests I'll cloth will health, her saints shall  
A Lamp for mine Anointed, I'll ordain, (sing.  
And, I will make the horn of David spring:  
I, those will shame, that for is harm endeavour;  
But, on himself, his Crown shall flourish ever.    
Suffer us not, oh Lord, to take rest in any thing, until we have provided thee a dwelling in our souls; & then, let us entertain there, nought else, but that which may be serviceable unto thee. Take thou possession of us, & furnish us, as becometh Temples for thy presence. Remember all thy promises to the Faithful; for they only are that seed of David, to whom thy Covenants belong; they are those Elected-ones whom thou hast promised never to forsake. Give us, all outward means, of this invisible grace; Continue among us the succession, of holy & faithful Pastors; The Bread of thy Word; the Clothing of Righteousness; the Lamp of Illumination; the Horn of good Government; & the joy of the Holyghost; that the enemies of thy Church, may be ashamed, & she crowned, with honour & blessedness, for ever. Amen.   

Psa. 133.  
A song of Degrees. Another Step, is that, which the preposterous Zeal of Schismatics hath much defaced, (to wit) Charity, & brotherly Unity; which is here, excellenly Illustrated, to move us to ascend it. We should sing it, to increase Unity & Love.  


SEe Breth'ren, see, how sweet a bliss  
It is our lives in love to lead.  
It like that precious Ointment is,  
Which once anointed Aron's head;  
And, on his herd, from thence did flow,  
Even to his garment skirts below.   

2  
It like refreshing dew doth prove,  
Which down on Hermon's top distils;  
Even like the dew, which from above  
Descendeth down on Zion hills.  
For, there, God promised, heretofore,  
To bless with life, for ever more.    
Oh God so dear to thee, is brotherly Love, that all Faith, (yea, & Martyrdom) wanting that Uirtue, is of no esteem: So profitable is it unto us; That (like precious ointment on the head, or like shewres falling on high mountains) it descends & spreads until every member be refreshed therewith. Increase therefore, we beseech thee, this Virtue among us (without which, all others are counterfeits) & let us so preserve Unity & brotherly kindness in this life, that we may enjoy thy eternal Love & Union, in the life to come, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 134.  
A song of Degrees. This is the last Degree: For the highest Ascent, is, the glorifying of God. Note, that the first & last Degrees only, are placed according to their Order; because, necessarily our first step to Godward, must be the fight of our Misery; The highest, is, to praise him: The rest are not ascended by all, in one and the same order; & therefore no precise order is observed in their placing. We should sing it to provoke to this Duty.  


COme now, & praise the Lord, all ye,  
That his attendants are;  
Even you, that in God's temple be;  
And praise him, nightly, there.  
Your hands, within God's holy-place,  
Advance, & praise his Name;  
And, you, from Zion, he shall bless,  
That heaven & earth did frame.    
Lord, we were created for thy Glory; All the time of our Pilgrimage on earth is to fit us for thy praise; & the highest Degree which we cann attain to, either in this life, or the next, is to sing hallelujah unto thy Name. Oh grant we may so honour thee in these Temples of our Bodies (here, upon the Way) on whom the Nights of affliction, & the Days of consolation, do interchangeably succeed; that in thy jerusalem we may sing praises unto thee, in that spiritual Temple, wherein, the presence of the Lamb, maketh a continuation of Day, of joy, & of all happiness, for ever more. Amen.   

Psa. 135.  
hallelujah. It exhorts to praise God, in regard. of his greatness; for our election; for his omnipotency, Mercy, justice, eternity; & because other Gods are but ridiculons fictions, etc. To this end, we (who are mystically the Sons of Aron & Levy) should sing it etc.  


OH all ye servants of the Lord,  
His Name with praise confess;  
Even you, that of our God the Lord,  
The house & Courts possess.  
Oh praise God's Name; for, sweet it is,  
To sing of his renown.  
For, jacob, he hath chose for his,  
And Isr'el, for his own.   

2  
God is, (I know) a powrfull-one;  
He doth all Gods excel:  
In heaven, his pleasure he hath done;  
In earth, in sea, in hell.  
He maketh vapours to arise,  
Even from Earth's farthest ends:  
And, he out of his Treasuries,  
Wind, rain, & lighting, sends.   

3  
The firstborn, through the Egyptian coast,  
Of man, & beast he slew.  
And, on king Pharaoh, & his host,  
Rare wonders, he did show.  
Great kings & kingdoms, down he brought,  
Even Sehon, Heshbon's king,  
And, Og, of Bashan; yea, to nought  
All Can'an's Realms, did bring.   

4  
Then, for his Isr'els' heritage  
Their lands, he did bestow:  
For which, he's famed, from age to age,  
And, still shall famous grow.  
When he to judge them doth appear,  
His people, shall be saved:  
But, heathen God's, man's make were,  
Of gold & silver graved.   

5  
Their carved mouths are speechless found,  
Their eyes, no light cann see:  
Though they have ears, they hear no sound;  
Their throats, quite breathless be.  
Much like to these, their Makers are;  
And they, that serve them, toe.  
The Lord, therefore, let Isr'el fear;  
And, so, let Aron do.   

6  
The Lord, let Levie's household bless;  
In Zion, let all them  
Who fear the Lord, the Lord confess  
That keeps jerusalem. Haleluiah.    
Oh Lord our God, we heartily thank thee, for our creation & preservation. We magnify thy wisdom, thy power, thy providence, thy judgements, & thy Mercies; and we acknowledge that the Deities of heathenish and carnal men) yea & all other things in which we trust (are but vanities, & false Gods, fashioned by our own wicked fancies. Grant therefore, that all of us (even priest & people) who in Word profess thee; may in hart, fear thee; & in deed, faithfully serve thee, now & for ever. Amen.   

Psa. 136.  
This Psalm, exhorts to praise God both for general and particular benefits; & shows, that all are bestowed for his mere mercy-sake, which is eternal. It may be sung, literally to commemorate, what God did for the Patriarches; or, mystically, as a thancksgivinge for the spiritual deliverances, which these typified.  


THe Lord is Good; him therefore bless:  
And, for his Grace, that lasteth ever.  
The God of Gods, let us confess;  
Because, his Mercy faileth never.  
The Lord of Lords, with praise extol;  
For, where he loves, he always loveth.  
His Acts, alone, are wonderful;  
Because, his Favour endless proveth.   

2  
His Wisdom, did create the spheres,  
(For, to all times, his Kindness lasteth)  
And, earth above the seas he rears;  
Because, his Pity never wasteth.  
He, did the greater Lights provide;  
For, through each Age, his Grace extendeth.  
He made the Sun, the day to guide:  
Because, his Goodness never endeth.   

3  
He framed the Moon & stars, for night;  
For, without bound, is his Compassion.  
And, Egypt's eldest-borne did smite,  
Because, his grace hath no cessation.  
He brought forth Isr'el from their land;  
(For, so his endless grace procured)  
With stretchtout Arm, & powerful hand;  
Because, his Mercy still endured.   

4  
He did the Red sea, then divide;  
(For. still, his Kindness, he retaineth)  
And, Isr'el through the same did guide;  
Because, his Favour, still, remaineth.  
There, he did Pharoh's Army drown;  
(For, Love, he freely, still, bestoweth)  
And through the Deserts brought his own;  
Because, eternal Grace, he showeth.   

5  
Both huge, & powerful kings he slew;  
(For, everlasting are his Graces)  
Yea, famous kings he overthrewe;  
Because, his Love, times date surpasses.  
Great Sehon, king of th' Amorites,  
For, his Affection never faileth  
And, Og that ruled the Bashamites.  
Because, his Mercy, still, prevaileth.   

6  
Their heritage bestowed hath he,  
(For, so, his endless Love, required)  
His Isr'el's heritage to be;  
Because, his Grace is unexpired.  
He did exalt us, from below;  
(For, he to Pity, still, inclineth)  
And, he redeemed us from our foe;  
Because, no time his Grace confineth.   

7  
He to all flesh their food hath given;  
For, his great Mercy faileth never.  
Oh glorify, the God of heaven:  
Because his Grace abideth ever.    
When we look back, oh Lord, unto the beginning of thy visible workings (pondering, the never interrupted succession of thy Mercies, unto this day) & therewithal observe the performance of all thy promises to thy Church heretofore; & the continuance of thy abundant Loving-kindnes, to us at this present: UUee are assured that thy Goodness & Compassion is eternal. We therefore, beseech thee to give us true thankfulness, for the same; that we may confess it aswell in deed, as word; & praise & magnify thy Name for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 137.  
This Elegiacal Hymn, mystically expresseth the Zeal, & love of the Faithful, to the City of God: And Prophecies, the fall of the spiritual Babylon. We may sing it to comfort us during the continuance of our Natural bondage, & the tirranies of Antichrist.  


AS we nigh Babel River sat,  
We, overcharged with weep were,  
To think on Syon's poor estate;  
And hung our harps, on willows there:  
For, they to whom we were enthralled,  
On us, for songs of Zion, called.   

2  
Come sing, they said, a Syon-hymne.  
Lord! cann we sing thy songs in thrall?  
Unless (Oh dear jerusalem)  
thou, in my mirth, prefer I shall;  
Or, if the thought of thee forgo me,  
Let hand & tongue, prove useless to me.   

3  
Oh Lord, remember Edom's brood,  
And, how, whilst they jerusalem,  
Unsacked, & undefaced stood,  
Her spoil was hastened on, by them.  
For, loud thy cried, race it, race it;  
And, to the groundwork, down deface it.   

4  
Oh daughter of proud Babylon,  
Thou shalt, likewise, destroyed be;  
And, he will prove a blessed-one,  
Who shall avenge our Cause on thee:  
Even he, that pays thee our disgraces;  
And, brains thy babes, in stony-places.    
Oh Lord, many of thy people, suffer the scorns, & insultings, of that Babylon which was typified, by the Chaldean City; And the Mystical Edomites, labour the utter defacing of thy Church. But, deliver us oh Lord, & reward them according to their intentions against us. Let us take no pleasure in any temporal thing, till we have prevailed against the fury of our spiritual destroyers: & give us grace so to crush all sins, & heresies, in their first birth; that we may be made eternally safe & happy, through jesus Christ, cur Lord. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

AS nigh Babel streams we fate,  
(Full of griefs, & unbefreinded)  
Minding Syon's poor estate,  
From our eyes, the tears descended;  
And, our Harps we hanged, by,  
On the willows, growing nigh.   

2  
For, (insulting on our woe)  
They, that us had there enthralled,  
(Their imperious power to show)  
For a song of Zion, called.  
Come ye Captives, come, said they;  
Sing us now, an Hebrew Lay.   

3  
But, oh Lord, what hart had we?  
In a foreign habitation,  
To repeat our songs of thee,  
For our spoiler's recreation?  
Ah, alas! we cannot, yet,  
Thee, jerusalem, forget.   

4  
Oh jerusalem! if I  
Do not mourn, (all pleasure shunninge)  
Whilst thy walls defaced lie;  
Let my right-hand, lose his cunning:  
And, for ever, let my tongue  
To my Pallet, fast be Clung.   

5  
Oh remember, blessed Lord,  
ere jerusalem was wasted,  
How the sons of Edom roared;  
And, her total ruin hasted:  
Till, they level, all had laid,  
Raze it, raze it quite, they said.   

6  
But, thou shalt be spoiled thus;  
And, be used (oh Babel's daughter)  
Just as thou hast used us.  
And, that man, who in thy slaughter,  
On the stones, thy Child'ren brains,  
Shall be blessed, for his pains.     

Psa. 138.  
A Psalm of David. God is here praised, for the truth of his Word; for glorifying his Sonn Christ; for confirming his Elect; & for the Common grace vouchsafed to all, etc. It may be sung for any Deliverance; But, especially for our Redemption.  


WIth all my hart, I'll sing abroad thy fame,  
And praise thee, where the Gods assembled are;  
Even in thy house, I'll magnify thy Name,  
And, for thy Truth, & Love, thy praise declare:  
For, thou thy Name, & word, o'er all, dost rear,   

2  
When I did call, thou mad'st reply to me,  
And, strength unto my soul, thou didst afford,  
All Kings of earth, shall, therefore honour thee,  
As soon (oh God) as they have heard thy word;  
And, sing thy praise, in thine own Paths, oh Lord.   

3  
For, thou art great, & thou oh Lord, art high,  
Yet, hast regard of humble men, below.  
Thou vew'st the proud, but, with a slighting eye.  
Therefore, although through many griefs I go,  
I certain am, thou comforts wilt bestow.   

4  
Thy right-hand Lord; shall my salvation be,  
My foes fierce rage, thy stretchtout hand shall stay.  
Thou shalt perform all things concerning me.  
Thy mercies, Lord, abide the same, for aye;  
Reject not then, thy handiwork, I pray.    
Oh Lord our Creator, thou causelessly reject est none whom thou hast made; neither art thou such an accepter of People, as, too many fancy thee be: But impartially acceptest in every Person that which is the Object of thy eternal Election; & (where soever thou findest the same) lovest that, unto the end. Therefore, thou extendest thy Truth and Mercy to all; vouchsafing, also, thy Assisting power, to perfect that work which thy freegrace hath begunn; yea & thou effectually perfectest that work, in so many as do humbly submit themselves to thy will, & resist not proudly the motions of thy spirit: And (though they pass through many temptations & hazards) thy hand still reacheth unto them comforts, & means of safe perseverance unto the end. Oh give us wisdom to perceive, & grace humbly to acknowledge this great Mercy (which who soever denies; Denies thy greatest glory) & make thou, our endeavours answerable to the grace & pour which we have received through jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.   

Psa. 139.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It confesseth, the all-seeing providence, power, wisdom, and Mercy of God; And expresseth a desire of the Faithful, to be searched, & rectified, by him, etc. It warns us, not to live hypocritically; in regard, God beholds us, at all times, & in all places etc.  


OH Lord, thy all-beholdinge eyes,  
Have searched, & well observed me.  
Thou, seest me sit, thou seest me rise;  
Thou, knowst my thoughts e'er thought they be.  
Thou, vew'st my ways & walkings Lord;  
Thou seest what in my bed I do;  
And, I do never speak a word,  
But, lo, thine ears do hear it to.   

2  
Thou stand'st before me, & behind;  
Thy hand, on me, doth always lie:  
Thy wisdom cannot be confined,  
And, for my reach it is too high.  
Then, from thy spirit, & from thee,  
Oh whither cann I fly, or go?  
If heaven I climb, thou there wilt be;  
If hell I dive, there art thou to.   

3  
If on the Morning's wings I ride,  
And, think to fly beyond the seas;  
Thy hand, even there, cann be my guide,  
They right-hand, there, on me cann cease.  
Or, if I say, the Duskie night  
Shall hide me; Night will me bewray;  
For, darkness, is to thee as light;  
The day like night, the night like day.   

4  
My Reins, to thee apparent are;  
For, in the womb, thou closedst me:  
I, strangely was composed there,  
And, therefore, I will honour thee.  
Thy wondrous works, my soul doth know;  
And, that my substance thou didst mark,  
Even when (as in the earth below)  
I was composed in the dark.   

5  
Before I perfect Being, took,  
Or, Form, or Matter, for this frame;  
My Members all, were in thy book,  
And, thou foresaw'st what now I am.  
Therefore, thy thoughts of us, how dear!  
And, Lord, how infinite they be!  
As numerous as the Sands they are;  
And, wake me, still, to muse on thee.   

6  
ungodly men, & men of blood,  
Destroy, & cause them to be gone;  
For, they speak ill of thee, oh God,  
And, vainly proud, thy foes are grown,  
Thy haters, I have hated, Lord,  
And, grieved at such as thee oppose;  
With perfect hate, I them abhorred,  
And, those accounted as my foes.   

7  
Oh God a strict enquiry make;  
My hart, & every thought survey:  
Search if an evil Course I take;  
And, show me thy eternal way.    
There is nothing, oh Lord, in the structure of our bodies or in the disposition of our minds, but it is known to thee, with every Cause & effect thereof. Neither darkness nor distance of place cann so hide us from thee, but, that, thou seest our Actions, hearest our words, & perceavest our thoughts; Yea, & what they are enclinable unto, before we think them. Give us grace therefore, to behave ourselves, always, as in thy sight. Let our secret intentions be upright; & cause us to love and hate, as thou dost. Turge away all that which is evil in us; & infuse into our hearts all those graces, which may make us acceptable to thee in Christ jesus. Amen.   

Psa. 140.  
To the chief Musician a Psalm of David. It personates Christ's mystical body, desiring deliverance, from Oppressors; And describing their malice, pride & Treachery etc. It is useful, when any Congregation is greeved by the bitter scandals, lying doctrines, or mischievous insinuations, of Atheists, & false brethren & e.  


LEt me, oh God, from sinners be defended.  
From those that are to violence inclined:  
For, in their hearts, they mischief, have intended,  
And in malicious Leagues, are fast combined.  
Their stinging tongs the viper's teeth have matched  
Between their lips, is Adder's poison hatched.   

2  
Lord, from the hands of wicked men release me;  
From Cruel-men, vouchsafe secure to make me:  
For, to supplant my goengs, they oppress me;  
And lo, the proud prepareth snares to take me.  
Yea, they have nets, & gins, & traps prepared.  
In all my ways that I might be ensnared.   

3  
Lord, hear I pray, & mark my supplication;  
thou, for my God, oh Lord, I have professed:  
And, thou (Lord God, the strength of my Salvation)  
Didst guard me, when in Fight I was oppressed.  
Oh, grant not, what the wicked man desireth,  
But, cross his plots, lest he too high aspireth.   

4  
The Mischief of their lips will fall upon them  
Even on their heads, that me have circumvented.  
Coals burning-hot; shall down be hurled on them.  
They shall with flames, in dung'ons be tormented;  
And, in those Pitts infernal, be detained,  
From whence, Redemption never cann be gained.   

5  
On earth, he shall not thrive, that's evil tongued,  
For, wicked men, Revenge, to death pursueth.  
But, God (I know) doth patronise the wronged  
And, in the poor man's cause, his judgmet showeth.  
For which, the just, within his presence living,  
Shall glorify his name, with praises-giving.    
Deliver us, oh Merciful God, from the cruel purposes, stinging slanders, & mischievous practices of our wicked & proud Adversaries, who seek the ruin of our souls. Arm us against them, as hither to thou hast been pleased: Frustrate their devises; bring on them, their own wickedness; & inflict on them that vengeance which is prepared for impenitent Persecutors: That we being saved by thee, thou mayst be glorified by us, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 141.  
A Psalm of David. It personates Christ, (the lifting up of whose hands on the Cross, is accepted, instead of the legal sacrifice) praying in the behalse of his Members. And it is useful for us, to desire God's acceptation of our Prayers; to give us the Government of our tongues, & to rectify our thoughts etc.  


LOrd, hear with speed my voices lamentation;  
Vouchsafe to give my mournful clamours hearing.  
As incense, or an Afternoons Oblation,  
Accept my Prayers, & my hands uprearing.  
Lord, let my mouth, as with a watch, be warded;  
And, let the Portals of my lips be guarded.   

2  
Lest I to sin, with sinners, may be trained,  
Preserve my hart, oh Lord, from sins infection  
Who, rather then, their pleasures to have gained,  
Desire in Love, the righteous man's correction.  
As curing balm, the same should be received;  
And, I would pray for them, when they were greeved.   

3  
When from the Roks, their judges down are heved,  
The rest will hear: for, I sweet words have spoken:  
As on the Land, where blocks are hewed & cleaved  
Our bones before the grave, lie strowed, & broken,  
Yet, still, mine eye on thee oh Lord attendeth,  
And, still, my soul on thee alone, dependeth.   

4  
Then, suffer not my soul to be rejected.  
And, (that I be not by their wiles ensnared)  
Let me from those close engines be directed,  
Which for my soul, the wicked have prepared.  
Let their own snares, which they have laid, entrap them  
And, let me, Lord, for evermore, escape them.    
Accept oh Lord, our petitions, in the mediation of Christ jesus. Make us watchful over our tongues, & so purify our hearts from all evil affections; that the pleasant baits of the wicked allure us not to be partners in their sins. To that end, teach us to bear patiently, & accept thanckfully, the reproofs & Corrections of thy Children; yea, let us pray for them, who shall charitably reform us. And, though by persecution we should be scattered like bones among graves, (or chips upon the face of the earth) yet, let us always trust in thee; & at last be gathered up, revive, & be made blessed everlastingly, through jesus Christ, Amen.   

Psa. 142.  
Maschil of David, when he was in the Cave. It seemeth mystically to personate jesus Christ, expressing the agony of his soul in the Garden; Or his being for saken at his Passion. It may be sung when we are left comfortless of the world.  


MY voice to thee, Oh God, I rear,  
To thee, oh Lord, I sue;  
To thee, my troubles, I declare,  
My griefs, to thee I show.  
For, when o'er whelmed my spirit was,  
My Path was known to thee:  
Even when they hid, where I should pass,  
A seacret snare for me.   

2  
I looked on my right-hand side,  
But, no man knew me there.  
All succours failed; not one I spied,  
That of my soul had care.  
Then, Lord, thou art my hope said I,  
My Lot, whilst life I have.  
In my distress, observe my cry;  
From spoil, thy servant save.   

3  
Yea, since for me they are too strong,  
To praise thee, set me free:  
So, righteous men to me shall throng,  
When thy great Love, they see.    
Sweet jesus, in thy bitter Agony thou hadst not any one (no not among thine own desciples) so sensible thereof, as to watch with thee one hour. A secret snare was laid for thee in that Garden, whither thou wentest to pray for consolation: And, when they led thee to thy Passion; None would know thee; None assist thee; Neither had any one, care of thy soul. Oh Dearest Redeemer, this, is often the Case of us thy Members in some Degree: And, when our Spirits are most overwhelmed with sorrows, it so happens; That no man pities it; No eye beholds it, but thine. For, thy Passion sake, do thou behold us with commiseration in these extremities, that we may be comforted; & that we & others, may magnify thy great mercy, for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 143.  
A psalm of David. It expresseth with much forvencie, many conflicts of the spirit; emploreth God's free Mercy; in regard of our universal impurity, of the malice of our foes, & disability of our nature etc. The use is manifest.  


LOrd, my humble supplication,  
Heed, & hear with acceptation,  
In thy Dooms, of Truth & Right.  
judge, but judge thou not severely;  
For, if thou observe us nearly,  
None are blameless in thy sight.   

2  
By the foe, my soul is chased,  
Wounded, & in darkness placed,  
As one buried, long ago.  
ay, am inwardly, perplexed,  
Yea, my spirit sore is vexed;  
And, my hart is full of woe,   

3  
On the times, now past, I ponder,  
And, on all the works of wonder.  
Which were framed by thy hands.  
Thee, I seek, with due submission;  
And, my soul, for thy fruition  
Longeth, as the thirsty Lands. Selah.   

4  
Lord, with speed, give ear unto me,  
And, thy face divart not fro me;  
For, my spirits, feeble grow.  
Since, on thee I have depended,  
Let me timely be defended,  
Lest, into the grave I go.   

5  
Guide my feet, by thy direction,  
For, thou hast my heart's affection.  
Me from all my foes release.  
Lord my God (my safe abiding)  
Bring me, by thy spirits guiding,  
To the Land of Righteousness   

6  
Grace, to do thy pleasure give me:  
For, thy Namesake, Lord, revive me;  
Let thy justice be my guard.  
Yea, destroy (of thy compassion)  
Those that seek my soul's vexation:  
For, I am thy servant, Lord.    
Oh Lord God; if thou shouldst judge us according to our deservings, we & all flesh, should everlastingly perish. We appeal therefore, to thy Mercy; &, with a thirsty longing, desire speedy assistance, according to thy accustomed Loving-kindnes; lest we be swallowed up by Despair, or devoured by our Foes. For thine own sake (even for thy justice, for thy Mercy, & for thy Name sake) direct us in thy ways; Instruct us in thy Will; protect us from all evils; & bring us into the Land of the Living, through jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

LOrd, mark my suit; my sad complaining hear;  
And, in thy Truth & Justice, answer give.  
judge not thy servant, with a doom severe,  
For, in thy sight, not one doth blameless live.  
The foe hath chased my soul, of life nigh reft me,  
And in the dark, as one long dead hath left me.   

2  
In me, therefore, my spirits down are cast;  
My hart is filled with many a heavy thought:  
I muse upon the days, that now are past,  
And on thy works, (even all thy hands have wrought)  
With stretchtout hands, & with soul-thirsty panting  
I thirst for thee, as Land, when rain is wanting.   

3  
My spirit faints (oh God) with speed give ear.  
If longer, thou thy face obscure, I die.  
Oh let thy Love to me betimes appear;  
For, I on thee; on thee alone, rely.  
Yea, let me Lord, within thy Paths be trained;  
For, unto thee, I lift a soul unfeigned.   

4  
Protect me, Lord; in thee is my abode:  
Keep off my foes, & teach thy will to me.  
Let thy good sprite, (because thou art my God)  
My guide unto the Land of justice be.  
Yea, me, oh Lord, for thy Namesake, revive thou,  
My soul, even for thy justice's sake, reprieve thou;  
And, of thy grace, all those that me oppressed,  
Destroy thou Lord; for, I am thine professed.     

Psa. 144.  
A Psalm of David. It blesseth God, for his regard of the humane Nature; Desires Christ's approach to judgement; And requesteth to be delivered from worldlings etc. It is useful to these purposes, & to inform us, that to be God's chose-ones, is the greatest happiness etc.  


OH praise the Lord, for, he is all my Pour,  
My hands & Arms, in warlike feats directing;  
My grace, my guard, my shield, my help, my Tower,  
My trusty friend, my foes to me subiecting.  
Lord, what is man that thou art pleased to know him?  
Or what his child that thou shouldst favour show him?   

2  
Man is as nought; his joys like shades forsake him.  
The heavens, oh Lord, decline, & down descend thou  
But touch, the Hills, & thou to smoke, shalt make them;  
To scatter them, thy dreadful lighting, send thou:  
Shoot out thy shafts, until they be destroyed;  
Let thy strong hand, to help me, be employed.   

3  
Oh save me, from the water's overswelling;  
Let me from foreign Children be secured,  
Whose mouths, are always lies & folly, telling,  
And, whose righthands, to falsehood, are enured.  
Then, to thy praise, new songs, I will be singing,  
On harp, & Psalt'ry of a tennfold stringing.   

4  
Let him, who doth on kings bestow salvation,  
(And, from the sword, his servant David saveth)  
Protect me from that foreign generation,  
Whose mouth speaks lies, & whose right-hand deceaveth  
Who beg for sons & daughters, in their prayer,  
Like plants & precious stones, welshaped, & fair.   

5  
Who pray for Granards, fully stored ever.  
Whos floks young breed, eun in their streets aboundeth:  
Whose wellfed Ox, in labour, faileth never;  
&, in whose Towns, nor cry, nor tumult soundeth.  
For, though such men a blessing have possessed;  
Yet, they whose God's the Lord, are much more blessed.    
Father of Mercy & God of all Consolation; thou art always, our powerful deliverer. & becommest every thing unto us, which our hearts cann desire. Oh, make us thankful unto thee, for thy great regard of so unworthy Creatures: And, though mere worldlings, & Carnal Professors, seek thee for temporal Blessings; Let us, love, serve, & praise thee, merely for thine own sake. Keep us from their falsehood, Hypocrisy, & selfelove, with all their other wicked Conditions; And, though they boast of thy transitory Blessings, which we enjoy not: Let us be contented that thou art our God. Let that be our portion of happiness, & let us enjoy it, (oh Lord) for ever & ever. Amen.   

Psa. 145.  
David's Psalm of Praise. It may be used as a Pattern whereby to glorify God, according to his principal Attributes, such, as his infiniteness, Omnipotency, Majesty, Justice, Mercie, Goodness, Providence etc. Which are mentioned in this Psalm.  


I'll honour thee oh God my king,  
And, laud thy Name for aye:  
Even to thy Name, I'll always sing,  
And praise thee every day.  
For, thou art great, beyond all bounds,  
And, great, thy praises are:  
Through Ages all, thy glory sounds,  
Thy wonders they declare.   

2  
I'll, also, show thy royal state,  
And thy rare works unfold;  
That men thy wonders may relate,  
When I thy power have told:  
That, they thy Righteousness may show,  
And, much, thy glory mind;  
For, thou to anger, Lord, art slow,  
Right gracious, meek, & kind.   

3  
Thy goodness, & thy mercies, be  
In all thy works expressed;  
Even all thy works, Lord, honour thee,  
And, thou, thy Saints have blessed.  
Thy kingdom's glory they will show,  
And, sing thy greatness forth;  
That, all mankind thy power may know,  
And, see thy Kingdom's worth.   

4  
For, thou for evermore shalt reign,  
And, rule through Ages all.  
The weak, oh Lord, thou wilt sustain  
And, lift up those, that fall.  
On God, all creatures six their eyes,  
And, fed, in season be;  
For, all things living to suffice,  
An open hand hath he.   

5  
The Lord is just in all his ways;  
His works, are sacred all.  
Nigh them who call on him, he stays;  
Nigh those, who truly call,  
Their hopes, who fear him, he effects;  
Ands, hears, & saves all those:  
Even those who love him, God protects;  
But, sinners overthrows.   

6  
Oh let my mouth due praise, therefore,  
Unto the Lord express;  
And, let all flesh, for evermore,  
His holy Name confess.    
Great oh Lord, is thy Kingdom, thy Pour & thy Glory: great are thy Works, thy UUonders & thy Praises: Great also, is thy Wisdom, thy Goodness, thy justice, & thy Mercy: Yea, so infinite art thou in these, & all other excellencies; That no attributes are sufficient to express thee. Nevertheless, we thy Creatures, being partakers of thy Abundance, & witnesses of thy Bounty, towards all whom thou hast made; Do (according to the measure of our Capacities) bless thee for the same: And desire, to praise and magnify thy Name, for ever & ever. Amen.  

Another of the same.  

ADvance I will, thy Name, oh God my king;  
For evermore, I will extol the same.  
Bless thee, I will, oh Lord, & always sing,  
A daulie song of praises, to thy Name.  
Considering, that thy, Greatness, bound hath none  
(And, how thine honour should as boundless be)  
Declare I will, those wonders thou hast done;  
That, men from age to age, may speak of thee.  
Even of thy Fame, & glories, I will treat,  
And, show how rare, thy wondrous workings are:  
For, when thy dreadful Acts I shall repeat,  
Then, other men their largnes will declare.  
Great speech, of thy great goodness, they shall make,  
And, (singing of thy justice) they shalt show,  
How apt thou art: compassion still to take;  
How prone to pity; &, to wrath, how slow.  
In doeng good; to all, thou Lord, art free.  
Thy Mercies are, upon thy Creatures, all.  
Kept glorious, by thy deeds, thy praises be  
And, therefore, all thy Saints, confess thee shall.  
Lord, of thy kingdom's glory, they shall tell,  
And (showing every where, what power, thou hast)  
Make known how much thy mighty Acts excel;  
And, with what state, thy royal Throne is placed.  
Not as a king that's only temporal;  
For, endless & eternal is thy throne.  
On thee, who e'er depends, though he should fall,  
Thou, Lord, wilt lift him up, when he is down.  
Placed are on thee, all creatures eyes, oh God  
And, thou dost give them food, in season, still.  
Quite open, thou dost reach thy hand abroad,  
Each living Creatures longing, to fulfil.  
Right just, thou art, oh Lord, in all thy ways;  
And (as in all thy works thou holy art)  
So, thou art near to every one that prays;  
To all, that seek to thee, with honest hart.  
To them, that fear thy Name, their wish thou giv'st;  
And, such as call upon thee, thou wilt save.  
ungodly men, of safety thou deprivest  
But, all thy Lovers, thy protection have.  
Wherefore, oh Lord to publish out thy fame,  
In praiseful wise, my mouth shall still endeaver  
Yea, & all flesh, shall bless thy holy Name,  
And praise the same, for ever, & for ever.    
Oh Lord, thy spirit hath said, thou art good to all, & that, thy Mercy is over all thy Works. Stop the mouths therefore of all those perverters of thy Truth (and blaspheamers of thy most glorious Attribute) who dare affirm, that thou hast eternally Dereed, purpossely Created, & irrevocably necessitated, that the greatest number of souls, should be vessels of wrath & condemnation, without any respect unto Sinn; Good God, let this damnable blasphemy, spread no further. Give all men grace to perceive, that they who pretend to honour thee by this doctrine, do (consequently & avoidable) impute unto thy sacred Majesty, all the wickedness both of men, & Devils; contrary to all piety, contrary to thy express Word (which is perverted to maintain this heresy) & contrary to that which natural Reason, hath written in our hearts. Lord, these are they, which have made thousands hide their Talon, by saying, that thou expectest to reap where thou sowedst not: & they have so corrupted their own judgements (& most of their hearers) that there is no means to prevent this, pestilence of the soul but by prayer. Unto thee, therefore we pray. Oh hear us; even for thine own honour sake, & for thy Mercy sake, in jesus Christ our Lord Amen.   

Psa. 146.  
Haleluiah. It stirreth up the soul to perpetual thanksgiving, & to dependence upon God alone; giving reasons for the same etc. We may sing it to mind us of those duties.  


MY soul, praise thou the Lord;  
(As long as thou hast breath)  
In song his praise record,  
And, honour him till death.  
No credit place  
In earthly kings, or such vain things  
As humane race.   

2  
Breath fails, & dust they be;  
One day, their pomp destroys:  
Right blessed therefore, is he  
That Iacob's God enjoys;  
And hopes in him,  
Who framed these, heaven, earth, & seas,  
And all in them.   

3  
For, God is faithful, still,  
Men wronged, assist will he,  
The hungry he doth fill,  
And, sets the prisoner free.  
He, Sight bestows,  
Loves men upright, & maketh straight  
What crooked grows.   

4  
The stranger he receives,  
To Orphans, help imparts:  
The widow he relieves,  
And Sinners paths subvarts.  
The Lord, therefore,  
Oh Zion, shall be king of all  
For evermore. Haleluiah.    
Almighty God, Creator of heaven & earth, & the sure helper of all who trust in thee; pity our oppressions; satisfy our spiritual hunger; free us from the bondage of sin; cure the blindness of our Understandings, & be merciful to us in all the rest of our necessities & infirmities. Grant, also, that (renouncing all other Confidence, & depending only, on thy favour) we may praise thee, for these, & all thy Mercies, in Christ jesus. Amen.   

Psalm 147.  
It exhorts to praise God, for increasing & building his Church, typyfied by jerusalem; for many particular mercies to his people, & for overthrowing the proud etc. The use is apparent.  


OH glorify the Lord;  
For, of God's praise to sing,  
With justice doth accord:  
Yea, 'tis a pleasant thing.  
jerusalem,  
He will erect, and recollect  
His Flock to him.   

2  
The Contrite hart, he heals,  
He cures their bruises, all.  
The Stars, he, also, tells;  
And, them by Name cann call.  
This Lord of our,  
In wise foresight, is infinite,  
And great in power.   

3  
The Lord, the Meek doth raise,  
The proud, he brings to ground.  
Oh therefore, sing his praise,  
Let Harps, his praise resound.  
He, Clouds doth bring,  
And, shewres distils, which on the hills,  
Makes grass to spring.   

4  
Even Beasts, & Ravens young,  
He feedeth when they call:  
In horse, or footmen strong,  
He joyeth nought at all:  
God loves all them;  
Who in his grace, their hopes do place,  
And honour him.   

5  
Zion, & Salem, bless  
The Lord your God, (in song)  
Who doth your seed increase,  
And, hath your Gates made strong.  
His Peace hath, yet,  
Your bounds uphild; &, you he filled  
With flower of wheat.   

6  
Through earth, his Mandates go,  
His word, with swiftness flies,  
Like wool, he giveth snow;  
His frost; like Ashes lies:  
And, than (beside)  
He forth doth slice, cold flakes of Ice,  
Which who cann bide?   

7  
He speaks, & straight it thaws:  
He breathes, & water flows.  
His, statutes, & his Laws,  
He, to his people shows:  
No nation else,  
His judgements know, & therefore, so  
With none he deals. Haleluiah.    
Most merciful God, who buildest up thy heavenly jerusalem, by the gathering together of all the faithful; Not only taking notice of them, who have starr-like perfections; but even of us also, who are of those Blind and Lame, whom thou hast caused to be called to thy banquet: Nay; though we are as brute Beasts, or unclean Birds, thou art ready to extend thy Mercy, whensoever we seek thee. Oh make us thankful for thy great Bounty. Send out thy word to compel us by Storms, or to allure by Calmes, according as it shall find us disposed: & let the graces of thy Spirit, so thaw our congealed hearts, that the tears of true penitence may flow from us, & produce all such other effects, as may cause us to know thy judgements; & to be of those people, whom thou lovest in jesus Christ. Amen.   

Psa. 148.  
hallelujah. All Creatures are here, in a Poetical manner exhorted to glorify their Creator. We should use it to remember us, that God requireth all his Creatures (& us especially) to praise him according to their natures.  


THe Lord of heaven, confess;  
On high, his glories raise:  
Him, let all Angels bless;  
And, all his Army's praise.  
Him, glorify  
Sun, moon & stars: ye higher Spheres,  
And, Cloudy sky.   

2  
From God, your Beings are;  
Him, therefore, famous make:  
You, all, Created were  
When he the word, but, spoke.  
And, from that place,  
Where fixed you be by his Decree,  
You cannot pass.   

3  
Praise God, from Earth below,  
Ye Dragons, & ye Deeps;  
Fire, hail, Clouds, wind, & snow,  
Whom, in Command, he keeps.  
Praise ye his Name  
Hills, great & small; Trees, low & tall;  
Beasts, wild & tame.   

4  
All things, that creep or fly,  
Ye Kings, ye vulgar Throng,  
All Princes, mean or hie,  
Both men, & Virgins young:  
Even young & old,  
Exalt his Name; For, much his fame.  
Should be extolled.   

5  
Oh let God's Name be praised  
Above both earth & sky:  
For, he his Saints hath raised,  
And, set their horn on hie:  
Yea, they that are  
Of Isr'els' race, are in his grace  
And, ever dear. Haleluiah.    
Almighty God (worthy to be praised of all Creatures both in heaven & earth) vouchsafe, that thy whole Creation, may join in ascribing to thee, that glory for which it was ordained: And let us (whom thou hast exalted above the rest of thy workmanship) advance the highest Trophtes to thy glory. At lest, grant this, that, we who have dishonoured thee in all thy Creatures, may some way (& in some degree) magnify thee, also, in every thing which thou hast made: That so, we may be, yet, more exalted; & continue to be of those people whom thou hast elected, & lovest eternally, in Christ jesus. Amen.   

Psa. 149.  
hallelujah. This Psalm exhorts to praise God in the New songs of the Gospel; & declares the power, which shall be given thereby, both to convince the Consciences of heathen Idolators; & to chain up our unperious Affections etc. We should use it, to provoke us to praise God, for the many privileges, given unto his Saints. etc.  


IN songs-newe made, your voice employ,  
God's praise among his Saints to sing:  
Let Isr'el in his maker joy,  
And, Zion triumph in her king.  
The praises of his Name, advance;  
With Harp & Timbrel, in the dance.   

2  
The Lord, his people doth respect;  
And, with his help, the meek arrays.  
Then, let the Saints his praise affect,  
And, on their beds, glad Voices raise.  
Let in their mouths, his praise remain:  
And, two-edged blades, their hands retain.   

3  
Upon the heathen people, then,  
They shall inflict avenging pains,  
And, bind their kings, & noblemen,  
In iron Fetters, & in Chains.  
For, to fulfil the written doom;  
The Saints, thus honoured shall become. Haleiulah.    
Grant Almighty God, that we may sing unto thy Glory, the New-songs of the Gospel, to the tennstringed Instrument of thy Law; & by thy grace, attain that meekness; & that holiness which becometh such, as are thy Saints, by their Visible Calling. Replenish our hearts with joys of the holy-ghost; fill our mouths with songs of thy praise; Strengthen our hands to execute justice without partiality; give us power to chain up those heathenish Affections, & those noble-seeming Passions, which had the Sovereignty over us heretofore; & so enable us to fulfil all Righteousness which thou hast commanded in thy word: that, we may enjoy all the Privileges, & honours, pertaining to thy Saints, in Christ jesus Amen.   

Psa. 150.  
hallelujah, It exhorts all Creatures to praise God, & shows in what manner we should praise him; mystically expressing the same by Instruments of Music. We should use it, to stir us up to glorify God, with every faculty which he hath bestowed on us.  


COme praise the Lord, come praise him,  
With in his holy-seat:  
In all his glories, praise him,  
And his great Acts repeat.  
As he excelleth, praise him,  
With Trumpet, and with Flute;  
With Harp & Psaltry, praise him,  
With Viol, & with Lute.   

2  
Upon the Tymbrel praise him,  
In Song, his praise advance:  
Upon the Organs praise him,  
And, praise him in the Dance.  
On tingling cimbals praise him,  
On Cymbals loud that sound;  
And, let all creatures praise him,  
In whom, life-breath is found. Haleluiah.    
Oh blessed God; thou bestowest all things necessary, & requirest nothing back again, but thankfulness. Grant therefore, we pray thee, that our soul, & every faculty thereof; our body & every member of the same; our sighs, our tears, our groans, our joys, our pains, our prosperities, our Adversities, our Virtues which we have by thy grace; our very sins (which we have committed by out own corruption) our lives; our deaths, our salvations; the condemnations of the unrepentant (& all other things which in us, & in thy whole Creation, have either Being, or possibility to be, or to be thought upon; may altogether (& severally) both in their Discords & Agreements; make up a pleasant harmony, to the glorifying of thy Majesty, for ever & ever Amen.   
FINIS.   

A concluding HYMN.  

YEt, among those many Creatures,  
Which for living-breath are debtors,  
(Though unworthy) I am one.  
But, not many weeks are passed,  
Since, the Blast that's now possessed,  
W as in danger to be gone.   

2  
They, that prayed for my Salvation,  
(Far beyond their expectation)  
My desired presence have:  
And, I sing, among Living,  
Songs of Thancks, & praises-givinge,  
Whom they looked for, in my Grave.   

3  
He, (oh Friends) for whom ye mourned,  
From thee Pitt, is back returned:  
Ioie, with him, in God, therefore.  
He (my Foes) whom you oppressed,  
Lives; & prays you may be blessed:  
Wish him evil, now, no more.   

4  
Come; imagine, I were lying  
In my Grave; & let envieng,  
(Spite, & evil Censures) go:  
We shall all (ere long) come thither;  
And, be quiet, there, together:  
Let us, whilst we live, be so.   

5  
Or, though God hath so permitted,  
That we must, for him, be fitted,  
By each others wounding blows:  
Naitheles, his praise, endeavour;  
And, Assent in whatsoever,  
(Any way) his glory shows.   

6  
When I saw life's Taper wasting,  
(And, my end by sickness hasting)  
Many things, to mind it brought:  
And, among my Meditations  
Muse, & Expostulations,  
These, were often in my thought.   

7  
Lord, are all those hopes bereft,  
Which I formerly conceived,  
That I should have here enjoyed?  
Shall, as well my good intentions,  
As my vain & fond Inventions,  
Now, be frustrate, & destroyed?   

8  
I haved looked, every Morrow,  
For an ending of may sorrow.  
And, once thought, an end I had.  
But, perceaving new Afflictions  
God, (said I) who gives Corrections,  
May, yet, one day make me glad.   

2  
He hath seen such Follies in me,  
That his Mercies cannot win me;  
therefore, he his Rodd extends:  
But, when that hath purer made me,  
Peradventure he will glad me,  
And, declare that we are friends.   

10  
Thus, from time to time, I eased  
My nigh fainting hart, & pleased  
My Desires, which did rebel:  
And I strongly, Lord, believed  
I, some Good should have received;  
Till this deadly Arrow fell.   

11  
But, I find, my great Corruption  
Hath been such an Interruption  
To my Earthly hopes in me;  
That, there's now no expectation  
Save, the hope of that Salvation  
Which my Soul in heaven shall see.   

12  
When my Sickness me tormented  
Thus I mused; & was contented,  
In my Soul, it should be thus.  
And, I praised God in Spirit,  
For the lot she should inherit;  
But, there's Flesh & blood in us.   

13  
'twas enough this Grace was shown me:  
But, my Fleshlie-part, was on me,  
Which was loath, her works to lose.  
ay, (Said she) have watched, & cared,  
Holy Hymns to have prepared:  
What shall now become of those?   

14  
All my Youth I have consumed,  
(Where as else, it is presumed:  
Wealth or ease, I might have won)  
Pious Lays to have composed,  
To restrain men ill-disposed,  
From those Paths in which they run.   

15  
Had I Honour sought, or Treasure;  
I had wit in equal Measure,  
To the most that walk those ways:  
But, another Path I prized,  
Wherein, Death hath me surprised  
Just at Noonetide of my days.   

16  
And I see, & see it plainly,  
That I spent my time as vainly  
As the most whom I condemned:  
They, had Fruits of their Endeavor;  
Mine, to me, is lost for ever;  
And, of others, is contemned.   

17  
Many things that I intended,  
Are begunn, & almost ended;  
Wherein, I my pains have lost.  
UVhat, on David's Hymns I mused.  
Lies unperfect, unperused;  
And, (of all) that, grieves me most.   

18  
Suchlike Thinckings, partly holy,  
(Gild with Good, & mixed with Follie)  
Did possess my wasting brain.  
God, had promised Isaac to me,  
(And, the Blessing he did show me)  
Yet, of Ism'el I was fain.   

19  
On the Handmaid of Perfection  
(By her Mistress' direction)  
I begot the Birth you see;  
And, when Life was half expired,  
In my hart, I much desired,  
That the Fruit might spared be.   

20  
Which, behold, my God hath granted;  
And, some hopes I have not wanted  
That I shall preceave the Same  
Glad my hart, (that hath been sorry)  
And, be sung unto the glory,  
And the honour of his Name.   

21  
Be it so, as God hath willed:  
Though this hope, be not fulfilled,  
I have Hopes that shall remain.  
Nay; those Hoping which have failed  
Are not lost: but, much prevailed  
My chief Longings, to attain.   

22  
For which Grace, Almighty maker,  
And, for that I am partaker  
Of the Common-life, this day;  
I do offer, as Oblations,  
These my hearty Meditations:  
Them, & me, accept I pray.   

23  
All my former sins forgivinge,  
Grant, that (since among the living,  
I obtain a second Breath)  
I, in manners, & Affection,  
May begin that Resurrection,  
Which prevents the Second-death.   

24  
Here, let these my Meditations  
Yield me, still, sweet Consolations,  
UUhilst thy Grace this life prolongs.  
And, at last, advance me thither,  
Where all Blessed Saints, together,  
Sing to thee, eternal Songs. Amen.    

A Table directing to what Tunes, heretofore in use; every Psalm in this Translation, may be sung.  
To the Tune of the first Psalm in the old Translation & to 30. other Tunes there used, sing these; 3. 4. 5. 7. 10. 11. 13. 15. 18. 22. 23. 24. 26. 29. 31. 35. 37. 42, 43. 44. 46. 47. 50. 53. 59 61. 62. 64. 65. 70. 73. 75. 76. 77. 85. 86. 88 92. 95. 102. 110. 111. 116. 119. 120. 128. 130. 131. 134. 135. 142. 145.  
To the Tunes of the 51. Psalm & of the 100 Psalm heretofore used; & to the Tunes of the X commandments. Of the Lamentation imprinted at the end of the old Psalmbooke, & to the Tune of the Song, beginning thus. From Turk & Pope etc. Being five several Tunes, may these Psalms be sung. 1. 2. 6. 14. 16. 19 20. 21. 27, 28. 30. 32. 34. 38. 41. 45. 49. 51. 52. 54. 56. 63. 66. 69. 72. 79. 81. 83. 84. 89. 90. 91. 96. 98. 99 100 101. 103. 109. 112. 114. 117. 121. 136. 139.  
To the Tune of the Pater noster at end of the old Psalmebooke, may be sung these. Psal. 5. 9 17. 33. 39 40, 48. 57 87, 94. 118. 105. 122. 123. 233. 137. 149.  
To the Tune of the 25. Psalm heretofore: sing these. 25. 36. 67. 82, 125. 126.  
To the Tune of the 50. Psalm heretofore: sing these 16. 68 78. 104. 106. 107. 132. 140. 141. 143. 144.  
To the Tune of the 113. Psalm heretofore, sing these. 12. 58. 60. 80. 108. 113.  
To the Tune of the 122. Psalm heretofore: sing these. 13. 55.  
To the Tune of the 124. Psa. heretofore: sing these 71. 74. 91. 124. 129. 138.  
To the Tune of the 130. Psalm heretofore: sing these, 39 100 127. 150.  
To the Tune of the 148. heretofore: sing these. 113. 146. 147. 148. The Psalms that are Aphabeticall are doubly translated, & some few other: One of which translations is to be sung to French Tunes.