To my Christian friend, ●. F. com●ort in Christ during this life, and glory with Christ in the life to come.  
WHen I lay at Pinchfield (where I had more leisure and fewer Books than I could have wished, I composed this Selah or Collection of those verses in the book of Psalms Which the Holy Ghost makes remarkable with this word of attention Selah. Which verses I have set together not according to the order of the psalms from whence they be taken, but according to the correspondency of matter which the verses themselves contain, considered with verses adioiyning. Out of wh●ch, I sometimes take so much as may make the sense of the verse wherein Selah is more evident to the purpose whereunto I apply it. The word Selah I understand in every verse save only in one; In which I express it, because the Spirit hath set a double mark vp●n that. This collection written I gave for a Newyears gift to you for whose sake especially it was composed. But now, in consideration of the calamities of these times it is imprinted, that I may bestow it upon more than yourself: For such is the communion of Saints, in the fellowship of the Spirit, that the feelings o● the whole Church, and of every member, be alike, & therefore doth the Spirit in sundry Psalms, speak both plurally and singularly of one and the same subject▪ yea▪ sometimes in one and the same verse. Receive eftsoones this composed Selah, as a token of my remembering the kindness which I have received from you and your friends, and show how you esteem it, by making some good use thereof. Farewell.   

SELAH  
Complaint.  O God hear my prayer, hearken unto the words of my mouth, For strangers are risen up against me, and Tyran●s seek my soul. They have not set God before them. 54. 2. 3. 3. 2. Many say unto my soul, There is no help for him in God. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Adder's poison is under their lips. 83. 8. Ashur is also joined with them, they have been an arm to the children of Lot. 140. 5. The Proud have laid a snare for me, and spread a net with cords in my Pathway, and set grins for me. 74. 5. If I rewarded evil unto him that had peace with me; then let mine enemy persecute my soul and take it, yea let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. 55. 6. 7. I said, O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away & rest; Behold I would take my flight far off, & lodge in the wilderness. 77. 3. I did think upon God, and was troubled, I prayed, and my spirit was full of anguish. 32. 4. For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night, and my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. 39 11. When thou with rebukes doth chastise man for iniquity, thou as a moth makest his beauty to consume. Surely every man is vanity. 89. 48. What man liveth & shall not see death? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? 45. The days of his youth hast thou shortened, and covered him with shame. 39 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-bredth, and my age is nothing in respect of thee. Surely every man in his best estate is altogether vanity. 88 10. Wilt thou show a miracle to the dead? or, Shall the dead rise, and praise thee? 7. Thine indignation lieth upon me, and thou hast vexed me with all thy waves. 77. 9 Hath God forgotten to be merciful? Hath he shut up his mercy in displeasure? 32. 5. Then I acknowledged my sin unto thee, neither hide I mine iniquity: For I thought, I will confess against myself my wickedness unto the Lord, and thou forgavest the punishment of my sin. 
Comforts.  3. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord, and thy blessing is upon thy people. 66. 7. He ruleth the world with his power, his eyes behold the nations; The rebellious shall not exalt themselves. 50. 6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. 9 16. The Lord is known by executing judgement, The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands: Higgai●n Selah. 55. 19 God will hear and afflict them, even he that reigns of old. 75. 23. When I shall take a convenient time, I will judge righteously. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: But I will establish the pillars of it. 76. 1. 2. 3. God is known in judah, his Name is great in Israel: For in Shalem is his tabernacle, and his dwelling in Zion. There broke be the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. 87. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee, o City of God. 6. The Lord shall count, when he righteth thy people, He was born there. 89. 3. 4. I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant; Thy seed will I establish for ever, and set up thy throne from generation to generation. 37. He shall be established for evermore as the moon, and as a faithful witness in the heaven. 68 7. O God, when thou goest forth before thy people, when thou goest through the wilderness. 76, 7. When thou o God arose to judgement to help all the meek on the earth. 77. 15. Thou hast redeemed thy people with thine arm, even the sons of jacob and joseph. 85. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, and covered all their sins. 4, 2. O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame, loving vanity and seeking lies? 82, 2. How long will ye judge unjustly, & accept the people of the wicked? 62. 3. 4. How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be all slain, ye shall be as a bowed wall, or as a wall shaken; yet they consult to cast him down from his dignity. Their delight is in lies, they bless with their mouths, but curse with their hearts. 49. 10, 11, 13. Foolish men perish and leave their riches for others: yet they think their houses shall continue for ever, and call their lands by their names. This their way uttereth their foolishness, yet their posterity delighteth in their talk. 52. 3. Thou dost love evil more than good, and lies more than to speak the truth. 4. 5. Thou lovest all words that may destroy, o deceitful tongue. So shall God destroy thee for ever; He shall take and pluck thee out of thy tabernacle, and root thee out of the land of the living. 4. 4. Tremble, and sin no●, examaine your own heart, and be still. 67, 4. Let the nation's be glad and rejoice. For thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern then nations upon the earth. 
Faith.  62. 8. Trust in him always ye people, pour out your hearts before him: For he is our hope. 81. 7. Thou called'st in affliction, and I delivered thee, and answered thee in the secret of thunder, I proved thee, at the waters of Mer●bah. 24. 6. This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek thy face, this is jacob. 84. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thine house, They will ever praise thee. 3. 4. I did call upon the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy mountain. 46. 1, 2, 3. God is our hope, and strength, and help in troubles, ready to be found. Therefore will not we fear though the earth be moved, & though the mountains fall into the midst of the sea, and though the waters thereof rage and be troubled, and the mountains shake at the surges of the same. 32. 7. Thou art my secret place, thou preservest me from trouble, thou compasseth me about with joyful deliverance. 57 3. He will send from heaven and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me up. 49. 15 But God shall deliver my soul from the power of the grave: For he will receive me. 46. 7. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of jacob is our refuge. 47. 4. He hath chosen our inheritance for us, even the glory of jacob whom he loved. 48. 8. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the City of our God. God will establish it for ever. 
Prayer.  67. 1. God be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause his face to shine among us. 59 5. Even thou o Lord God of hosts, o▪ God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen, and be not merciful unto all that transgress maliciously. 13. Consume them in thy wrath, consume them that they be no more, and let them know that God ruleth in jacob, even unto the ends of the world. 16. 20. Put them in fear, o Lord, that the heathen may know that they are but men. 140. 8. Let not the wicked have his desire o Lord, perform not his wicked thought, lest they be to proud. 84. 8. O Lord of hosts hear my prayer, hearken o God of jacob. 143. 6. I stretch forth mine hands unto thee, my soul desireth after thee as a thirsty land. 20. 1, 2, 3. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble, the Name of the God of jacob defend thee, send thee help from the Sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion: Let him remember all thine offerings, and turn thy burnt offerings into ashes. 
Praise.  21▪ 1●. The King shall rejoice in thy strength o Lord, yea how greatly shall he rejoice in thy salvation! Thou hast given him his hearts desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips. 60. 3, 4. Thou hast showed thy people heavy things, thou hast made us drink the wine of giddiness. But now thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee that it may be displayed because of thy truth. 46. 11. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of jacob is our refuge. 24. 19 Who is the king of glory? The Lord of hosts he is the king of glory 57 6. They have laid a net for my steps, my soul is pressed down, they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it. 44. 7. 8. But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate us. Therefore will we praise God continually, and will confess thy Name for ever. 61. 4. I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever, and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 66. 14, 15. I will go to thine house with burnt offerings, and will pay thee my vows which my lips have promised and my mouth hath spoken in mine afflictions I will offer unto thee the burnt offerings of fat rams, with incense. I will prepare bullocks and goats. 4 All the world shall worship thee, & sing unto thee, even sing to thy Name. 68 32. Sing unto the Lord o ye Kingdoms of the earth, sing praises unto the Lord. 19 Praised be God, even the God of our salvation, who ladeth us daily with benefits.