AN ESSAY TOWARDS The rendering the first Thirty Psalms of David IN METER [OF the Old Version of Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and Others.]  
LESS Obnoxious to Exceptions, than it hath been; by Moderate Alterations, and Amendments.  
And Published, as a Specimen of the Whole Book, done after the same manner, now in the Hands of the Author, a Divine of the Church of England.  
LONDON, Printed for the Company of Stationers, MDCXCVIII.   

AN Advertisement TO THE READER.  
IN this Printed Essay, (as well as the rest of the Book, remaining Unprinted) the Author thinks fit hereby to inform the Reader, that he hath Governed himself by the measures following.  
1. That in the whole, the old Rhythm, where tolerable, is generally kept: and where not tolerable, altered.  
2. That obsolete Words are changed for such as now are used.  
3. That in other places, where the Language is good, the Words are sometimes only transposed, either to render the Sense plainer, or the Verse smother.  
4. In Psalms commonly used, especially in the common Tunes, there is very little alteration made.  
5. Where the Sense of the Old Metre varies from that of the New Translation of the Bible, it is reduced to it, and frequently, in such Cases, the Words of that Translation, are admitted, if th● Meter will bear it.  
6. In some Psalms of ordinary use, there is a second Metre added, by only adding a word, or two in a line.  
7. And in some Psalms, by that Addition, to the Old Metre of Eights and Six, the whole for variety's sake is adapted to a new Tune.  
8. There are very few Psalms, (scarcely a thir● part) which, for all these alterations, continue not as they were in the Old Metre; only some few Word changed; according to the first and second Particular● before mentioned.  
The Reasons inducing the Author to this Adventure, and some farther Particulars relating to this Corrected Version, are not here added: though they are ready; because that would have made the 〈◊〉 of this Essay too large: and therefore ●he reserv●● them to accompany the entire Copy, if it be call●● for.   

THE Psalms of David IN METRE.  

Beatus vir. Psalm i.  T. S. 

verse 1 THE Man is blest, by ill advice  
To walk, who doth forbear:  
Nor stands with Sinners in their way;  
Nor sits in scorners chair.  
verse 2 But on the Lord's most holy law  
Doth fix his chief delight:  
And it to study doth employ  
His thoughts both day and night.  
verse 3 He shall be like the Tree, that grows  
to watercourses near:  
Which brings forth pleasant fruits, to fit  
the seasons of the year:  
Whose Leaf, through drought, doth never fall;  
but flourish still, and stand:  
Even so shall all things prosper well,  
which this man takes in hand.  
verse 4 But such success, ungodly men  
shall miss in what they do:  
And prove like chaff, which from the earth  
winds scatter to and fro.  
verse 5 Vain, therefore, are their hopes, to stand  
before God's bar upright:  
No sinners there, among the just,  
shall dare appear in sight.  
verse 6 For God the righteous, in their way  
which now he owns, will crown:  
Whereas ungodly men in theirs,  
shall perish with his frown.    

Psal. i.  
The same, to another Tune.  

verse 1 THE man is blest, who walketh not  
As those advice, who wicked are;  
Nor in the way of sinners stand:  
Nor sets himself in scorners Chair:  
verse 2 But on the Law of God the Lord,  
Doth fix his soul's entire delight:  
And it to study, doth employ  
His musing thoughts, both day and night.  
verse 3 He shall be like the tree, that grows  
To constant watercourses near:  
Which duly brings forth pleasant fruit,  
At proper seasons of the year.  
Whose Leaf, through drought, doth never fall  
But fresh and green at all times stand;  
Even so shall all things prosper well,  
Which such a man doth take in hand.  
verse 4 But like success ungodly men  
Shall ne'er obtain in what they do:  
But rather prove like chaff; which, winds  
From th' earth do scatter to and fro.  
verse 5 Vain, therefore are their hopes, to stand  
Before God's judgment-seat upright:  
Nor shall the sinners with the just,  
At his assize, appear in sight.  
verse 6 For God, the righteous, in their way,  
Which now he owneth, then will crown:  
Whereas th'ungodly shall in theirs,  
For ever perish with his frown.    

Quare fremuerunt. Psalm two.  T. S. 

verse 1 WHY did the Gentiles tumults raise?  
What rage did heat their brain?  
Why did the Jewish people spend  
their thoughts on things so vain?  
verse 2 The Kings and Rulers of the earth  
conspire with one intent,  
Against the Lord, and Christ his son,  
by Him from heaven sent.  
verse 3" Let's break the slavish chains, (they say)  
" which they on us do lay:  
" And from us, all the cords, with which  
" they kerb us, cast away.  
verse 4 But he that in the heavens dwells,  
their do will deride:  
And make their feeble pride a scorn  
throughout his empire wide.  
verse 5 Then shall the Lord, provoked to wrath,  
no longer silent stay:  
But shall in sore displeasure, thus,  
to vex the rebels, say;  
verse 6" In spite of all your plot, or act,  
" to cross my fixed will;  
" Yet have I set my king upon  
" my Zion's holy hill.   

PART two.  

verse 7 I will declare the Lord's decree,  
from whence my reign takes date:  
Thou art (said he to me) my son:  
this day I thee begat.  
verse 8" All people will I give to thee,  
mine heir, at thy request:  
" The utmost coasts of all the earth  
" by thee shall be possessed.  
verse 9" And, crushed by thee, thy foes like dirt,  
" shall under foot be trod:  
" Dissolved to dust, like potter's sherds,  
" beneath thy iron rod.  
verse 10" Ye Kings, and Rulers, then, be wise,  
" and in your duty learned:  
" By whom all causes here are judged,  
" and right from wrong discerned.  
verse 11" Take heed ye serve the Lord above,  
" possessed with awful fear:  
And mix your joys with reverence, when  
" before him ye appear.  
verse 12" Unto his son your homage, with  
" all due devotion pay:  
" Lest through his anger, justly stirred,  
" ye perish from the way.  
verse 13" For if the smallest spark of wrath  
" once kindles in his breast;  
" You soon will find, that only they  
" that trust in him, are blest.     

Domine, quid? Psalm iii.  T. S. 

verse 1 O Lord, how are my foes increased,  
which vex, and grieve me sore:  
verse 2 Against me, whilst they rise; and say,  
" God cannot him restore.  
verse 3 But thou, O Lord, dost shield me, when  
I greatest dangers dread:  
My glory thou maintain'st, and dost  
hold up my drooping head.  
verse 4 With strained voice, unto the Lord  
I did devoutly cry:  
And he out of his holy hill,  
did hear me graciously.  
verse 5 I laid me down, and quietly  
I slept; and risen again:  
And found myself in safety; for  
The Lord did me sustain,  
verse 6 Whence, though ten thousand hemmed me in,  
I would not be afraid:  
No numbers should my courage quell,  
whilst God doth give me aid.  
verse 7 Up, then, my God, and save me, when  
such dangers me befall;  
Who when great foes against me gnashed  
their teeth, didst crush them all.  
verse 8 Salvation wholly doth belong  
unto the Lord above:  
From whom, his people still partake  
the blessed effects of love.    

Cum invocarem. Psalm iv.  

verse 1 O God, that art my righteousness,  
attend unto my cry:  
To whom, enlarged from great distress,  
I own my liberty.  
Like mercy then, again to me  
extend, in like distress:  
For I to thee, my proved friend,  
do humbly make address.  
verse 2 O sons of men, how long will ye  
my glory thus despise?  
Why wander ye in vanity,  
and follow after lies?  
verse 3 This know, that God, the godly man  
doth, as his treasure choose:  
Me, therefore, when on him I call,  
he never will refuse.  
verse 4 Then stand in awe, and sin no more:  
set ill designs apart;  
Whiles calmly on your couches laid,  
you common with your heart.  
verse 5 Present to God the sacrifice  
of righteousness; and stay  
Your souls with faith on him, the rock,  
that never can decay.  
verse 6 The greater sort crave worldly goods,  
and riches have in chase:  
But shine upon us, Lord, do thou,  
with thine unclouded face.  
verse 7 For thou, thereby, shalt make my heart  
more pleased by far, and glad;  
Than theirs, who of their corn and wine,  
the great'st increase have had.  
verse 8 Assured whereof, lie down will I,  
and take a quiet sleep:  
Whiles thou, who never slumb'rest, Lord,  
dost me in safety keep.    

Verba mea auribus. Psalm v.  T. S. 

verse 1 INcline thine ear unto my words;  
my meditation mind:  
verse 2 And let my Prayer, (my King, and God,)  
with thee acceptance find.  
verse 3 As thou my voice shalt hear betimes,  
so humbly I expect  
Thy early help; whiles I to thee  
my early Prayer direct.  
verse 4 I fix on thee my waiting eyes,  
well knowing thou art one,  
Not pleased at all with wickedness,  
and ill with thee dwells none.  
verse 5 And in thy sight, ungodly fools  
shall never stand, O Lord:  
All workers of iniquity  
who ever hast abhorred.  
verse 6 Thou shalt to utter ruin bring  
all such, as utter lies:  
The bloody and deceitful man,  
the soul of God defies.  
verse 7 But I thy house will visit, Lord,  
depending on thy grace:  
And reverendly worship thee,  
before thy holy place.  
verse 8 Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;  
For watchful are my foes:  
And th' holy way I ought to keep  
do thou to me disclose.  
verse 9 For truth is far from what they say;  
their hearts foul vices slain:  
Their throat is like an open grave,  
however with tongues they feign.  
verse 10 Lord, turn their plots against themselves,  
until destroyed they be;  
And crushed beneath their load of guilt,  
who rebels are to the●  
verse 11 But make all those that trust in thee  
to shout for joy always:  
Let all that love thy holy name,  
give thee, their shield, the praise.  
verse 12 For thou, thy favour wilt increase  
toward the righteous still:  
And therewithal, as with a shield,  
defend him from all ill.    

Domine, nè in furore. Psalm vi.  T. S. 

verse 1 O Lord, in wrath rebuke me not,  
when sin it sets on fire:  
Nor in thy fury chasten me,  
I humbly thee desire.  
verse 2 For I am weak: O, therefore, Lord,  
in mercy me forbear;  
And heal me; for my very bones  
within me crushed are.  
verse 3 My soul is troubled very sore,  
and vexed vehemently:  
But Lord, how long wilt thou delay  
to cure my malady?  
verse 4 O turn thee to thy wont grace;  
my downcast soul up take:  
And save me, not for my deserts,  
but for thy mercy's sake.  
verse 5 For none that lie among the dead,  
of thee remembrance have:  
And who shall give thee thanks, O God,  
within the silent grave?  
verse 6 So grievous is my daily moan,  
as makes me wondrous faint:  
And all night long, my bed doth swim  
in tears without restraint.  
verse 7 My sight is dim, and waxes old,  
with anguish of my heart:  
Because my deadly foes do still  
new plots against me start.  
verse 8 But now, away from me, all ye  
that work iniquity:  
For now, the Lord hath heard the voice  
of my complaint and cry.  
verse 9 He heard the earnest prayer, whereby  
I eased my troubled heart:  
And will me hear again, when I  
new griefs to him impart.  
verse 10 My foes, which long have vexed me,  
put still, O Lord, to shame:  
And make them, with defeatment vexed,  
turn back the way they came.    

Psalm vi.  
The same in another Metre.  

verse 1 O Lord, in wrath rebuke me not,  
I prostrate at thy feet, desire:  
Nor in thy fury chasten me,  
Which I by sin have set on fire.  
verse 2 My weakness pleads for pity, Lord:  
In tender mercy me forbear:  
And heal me; for my very bones  
Within me, sorely vexed are.  
verse 3 My soul is also troubled sore,  
And vexed very grievously:  
But Lord, how long wilt thou delay,  
To cure my woeful malady?  
verse 4 Lord, turn thee to thy wont grace,  
And my dejected soul up take:  
O save me, not for my deserts;  
But for thy tender mercy's sake.  
verse 5 For none that lie forlorn among  
The dead, of thee remembrance have:  
And who shall give thee thanks, within  
The lodgings of the silent grave?  
verse 6 So grievous is my moan by day,  
That I therewith am wondrous faint:  
And all the night, I swim my bed  
In tears, which back my sad complaint.  
verse 7 My sight is dim, and waxed old,  
Continual grief hath spent it so:  
Whiles they that are my deadly foes,  
Still plot, my life to overthrow.  
verse 8 But now, away from me, all ye  
Vile workers of iniquity:  
Because the Lord hath heard the voice  
Of my complaint, and bitter cry.  
verse 9 He heard the earnest prayer, wherein  
I eased the troubles of my heart:  
And so will do again, when I  
My griess to him again impart.  
verse 10 The foes, which long have vexed me,  
Confound, thou Lord, and put to shame:  
Till they, with sore defeatment vexed,  
Turn backward, faster than they came.    

Domine, Deus mi. Psalm seven.  T. S. 

verse 1 O Lord, my God, I cast myself  
with confidence on thee:  
From those who closely me pursue,  
save, and deliver me.  
verse 2 Jest, Lion-like, my mighty foe  
in pieces small me rend:  
Whiles none appears to secure me,  
that can my life defend.  
verse 3 O Lord my God, if I have done  
the thing that is not right:  
Or, of the crime they charge on me,  
be guilty in thy sight.  
verse 4 If with my friend I broke the band  
of peace, by treachery:  
(Yea, rather, spared I his, that sought  
my life injuriously;)  
verse 5 Then let the foe pursue my soul,  
and spill, with anger just,  
My life upon the earth; and lay  
mine honour in the dust.  
verse 6 Arise O Lord, with juster wrath,  
mine enemies to restrain:  
And judge me by thy righteous laws,  
who wrong from men sustain.  
verse 7 Great numbers, then, shall come to thee,  
and crowd about thy throne:  
Ascend it, Lord, and for their sakes,  
thence make thy Justice known.  
verse 8 And since thou art of all men Judge;  
pronounce concerning me,  
According to my righteousness,  
and mine integrity.   

PART two.  

verse 9 Lord, cease the rage of wicked men;  
the just support, and guide:  
For by the righteous God, the hearts  
and reins of men are tried.  
verse 10 I own my help to come of God,  
who ever taketh part  
With all such, to preserve them safe,  
as upright are in heart.  
verse 11 The just man, and the wicked both,  
the righteous Judge doth try:  
But every day, his wrath against  
the wicked, boileth high.  
verse 12 If warned, he will not repent,  
God whets his sword to smite:  
And bends his bow, the obstinate  
and hardened heart to hit.  
verse 13 For execution he prepares  
his arrows, sharp, and keen;  
To pierce them through, that persecute  
his Jewels, holy men.  
verse 14 My foe with plots doth travel, in  
his wicked head forecast:  
But of the mischief there conceived,  
lo, nothing comes at last.  
verse 15 He digged a ditch, and delved it deep,  
in hope to hurt his Brother:  
But fell himself, into the pit,  
prepared for another.  
verse 16 Thus wrong recoiling, hurts the man,  
From whom it did proceed:  
And all the mischief he contrived,  
shall crush its plotters head.  
verse 17 I therefore will give thanks to God,  
that judgeth righteously:  
And with my Song extol the name  
of him that is most high.     

Domine Deus noster. Psal. viij.  T. S. 

verse 1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent  
thy Name is ev'ry where!  
For thou thy glorious Throne hast set  
above the heavens clear.  
verse 2 Even by the mouths of sucking babes,  
thou shalt confound thy foes:  
For thou thy mighty power, in  
their weakness canst disclose.  
verse 3 When I behold the heavens, framed  
By thine almighty hand;  
And view the moon, and all the stars,  
in order as they stand:  
verse 4 Lord, think I, what is man, of him  
that thou dost take such care?  
Or what his issue, that to them  
so kind thy visits are?  
verse 5 For thou hast made him little less  
than angels in degree:  
With glory great, and dignity  
his head is crowned by thee.  
verse 6 Thou hast preferred him to be Lord  
of all thy works of wonder:  
And at his feet laid all below,  
that he should keep them under.  
verse 7 Tame flocks, and herds, and beasts that in  
wild deserts live by prey:  
With fowls of th' air, and fish, that make  
in pathless seas their way.  
verse 8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent  
thy works are every where?  
Most glorious in them doth thy name  
through all the earth appear.    

Psalm viij.  
The same in a different Metre.  

verse 1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent  
Thy name on earth is every where  
Yea, thou hast set thy glorious throne  
Far higher than the heavens clear.  
verse 2 Even by the mouths of sucking babes  
Thou canst, and wilt confound thy foes:  
Who wont art thy mighty strength  
In feeblest creatures to disclose.  
verse 3 When I behold the heavens, which  
Are framed by thy almighty hand;  
And view the moon, and all the stars,  
Where they by thee disposed, stand.  
verse 4 Lord, think I, what is man, of him  
That thou dost take such tender care?  
Or, what's his issue, that to them  
So very kind thy Visits are?  
verse 5 For thou hast made him little less  
Than heavenly angels in degree:  
And on his head, a glorious crown  
Bestowed is, O Lord, by thee.  
verse 6 Thou hast preferred him to be Lord  
On earth, of all thy works of wonder:  
And at his feet laid all things there,  
With ample power to keep them under.  
verse 7 Tame flocks, and herds, and beasts, which i●  
Wild deserts live by daily prey:  
With fowls of th' air, and fish, which make  
themselves in pathless seas a way.  
verse 8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent  
Thy works proclaim thee ev'ry where!  
Through all the earth, they make thy name  
Most glorious, like thyself, appear.    

Confitebor tibi Domine. Psal. ix.  T. S. 

verse 1 WIth heart entire, and mouth, O Lord  
I will proclaim thy praise:  
And publish all thy wondrous works,  
thy glorious fame to raise.  
verse 2 I will exceedingly rejouce  
in thee, O God most high:  
And tune my voice, thy name to praise,  
in cheerful melody.  
verse 3 Because my foes are driven back,  
and put to shameful flight:  
They fell down flat, and were destroyed,  
before thy presence bright.  
verse 4 My right maintained was by thee,  
by whom my cause was tried:  
Who justly from thy royal throne,  
gav'st sentence on my side.  
verse 5 Thou didst rebuke the Heathens so,  
the wicked so confound;  
That where they lived, their memory  
for ever shall be drowned.  
verse 6 Proud foe, that hast with quick dispatch  
so many towns destroyed:  
And hast their names with them defaced;  
yet be not overjoyed:  
verse 7 But know, when thou hast done thy worst,  
the Lord will ever reign:  
And from his royal judgment-seat,  
the righteous cause maintain.  
verse 8 With justice he will judge the world,  
which tyrants sway with might:  
And with impartial equity,  
give all therein their right.  
verse 9 Protector of the poor he is,  
when wrongfully oppressed:  
And will to them a refuge be,  
when e'er they are distressed.  
verse 10 Whence, all that know thy name, on thee,  
shall boldly, Lord, rely:  
For thou forsakest none, that seek  
thee in sincerity.   

PART two.  

verse 11 Sing praising songs unto the Lord,  
that dwells on Zion hill:  
And publishing his glorious deeds,  
the ears of all men fill.  
verse 12 When e'er he makes a search for blood  
of men unjustly slain;  
The murderers guilt, and sufferers cries,  
in mind he will retain.  
verse 13 In mercy, Lord, the troubles mind  
which I from foes sustain:  
(For from the gates of death hast thou  
oft raised me up again:)  
verse 14 In Zion that I may set forth  
Thy praise, with thankful voice:  
And that in thy salvation, Lord,  
my soul may still rejoice.  
verse 15 The heathens are sunk down into  
the pit, themselves prepared:  
And in the net they set for me,  
Their own feet fast are snared.  
verse 16 The judgements which he executes,  
make God, their Author, known:  
When, tangled in the snare he laid,  
the wicked is overthrown.  
verse 17 The wicked shall, by God condemned,  
be turned into hell:  
That doleful place, where every one  
that God forgets, shall dwell.  
verse 18 For surely, God will not forget  
the poor, when they complain:  
Nor shall the needy always look  
for help of him, in vain.  
verse 19 O Lord, arise, lest men prevail,  
by means of worldly might:  
And let thy heathenish foes receive  
their judgement in thy sight.  
verse 20 Lord, shoot thy terror, fear, and dread,  
into their hearts; and then  
They will themselves mistaken own,  
who went for more than men.     

Ut quid, Domine? Psal. x.  T. S. 

WHat is the cause, why thou, O Lord,  
Standest now so far from thine?  
Not suffering, in our troubles great,  
thy face on us to shine?  
verse 2 Proud persecutors hunt the poor,  
even as themselves desire:  
Lord, take them in the plots, which they  
to execute, conspire.  
verse 3 For in his projects wished success  
the wicked takes delight:  
And doth oppressing worldlings bless  
whom God doth loath, and slight.  
verse 4 Religion he disowns, and looks.  
with scornful eyes thereon;  
Nor ever thinks of power divine;  
yea, rather thinks there's none.  
verse 5 His ways still grievous are; nor do  
thy judgements him affect,  
They're much too high; and on his foes  
with scorn he doth reflect.  
verse 6" Tush (says he in his heart,) I dread  
" no threatened future change:  
" That such should e'er befall me, seems  
" to me absurdly strange.  
verse 7 His mouth is full of curse; meant  
to hid deceit and guile:  
His imprecating tongue conceals  
designs most base, and vile.  
verse 8 He lurking, lies in coverts close,  
to slay the innocent:  
Against the poor, that passeth by,  
his wrathful eyes are bend.  
verse 9 There, slily lays he wait, as doth  
the lion in his den;  
From whence in his deceitful net,  
he seizeth simple men.  
verse 10 With treacherous craft and subtlety,  
he croucheth by the way:  
Till poor men, overmatched by strength,  
become his easy prey.   

PART. II.  

verse 11" Truth, God forgetful is (saith he)  
" I therefore may be bold:  
" His countenance is turned aside;  
" he doth it not behold.  
verse 12 Arise, O Lord, our God; on whom  
the poor man's hope doth rest:  
And lift thy hand, to show thou mindest  
men wrongfully oppressed.  
verse 13 Why should the wicked, God contemn?  
Lord, dost thou not abhor it?  
Whiles, acting at this rate, they say  
" in heart, thou carest not for it:  
verse 14 But thou, that seest their do, will't  
all spiteful wrongs requite:  
For friendless men, and orphans, do  
themselves to thee commit.  
verse 15 Of wicked and malicious men,  
break thou the arm therefore:  
Search out, and punish all their crimes,  
until thou find no more.  
verse 16 The Lord shall reign for evermore,  
upon his glorious throne!  
Expelling from his chosen land,  
the heathens every one.  
verse 17 Thou knowest, Lord, the sad complaints,  
the poor to thee prefer:  
Whose hearts thou wilt prepare to pray,  
and cause thine ear to hear.  
verse 18 To judge th' oppressed fatherless,  
and help them to their right:  
That they no more be trampled on,  
by men of worldly might.     

In Domino confido. Psalm xi.  T. S. 

verse 1 IN God the Lord I trust: how then  
say ye unto my soul,  
" Fly hence for shelter to your hill,  
" swift as the winged foul:  
verse 2" For lo, the wicked bend their bow,  
" and arm it with a dart;  
" To shoot in secret at the man,  
" that upright is in heart.  
verse 3" Since then, all other hopes to scape,  
" are thus reduced to nought:  
" By what, but slight alone, secure,  
" can righteous men be thought?  
verse 4 But God that in his temple is  
below, and hath on high  
Above the heavens, his glorious seat  
of royal majesty;  
From thence, to mark what's done on earth,  
doth still apply his mind:  
And searcheth out with watchful eye,  
the manners of mankind:  
verse 5 And with a friendly countenance, thence  
the tried just man views:  
But from his soul the wicked hates,  
who violence doth use:  
verse 6 And will on such men cast down snares,  
as thick as driven rain;  
Fire, brimstone, and an horrid storm;  
all mixed, to give them pain.  
verse 7 And learn men, that the righteous God  
doth righteousness embrace:  
And surely will to upright men  
unveil his pleased face.    

Salvum me fac. Psalm xii.  T. S. 

verse 1 HElp, Lord; for good and godly men  
grow thinner every day:  
And such as faithful are, do still  
in numbers much decay.  
verse 2 When neighbour doth with neighbour talk,  
their words no weight do bear:  
With flattering tongues, and double hearts,  
each other they ensnare.  
verse 3 But when false tongues through flattering lips,  
(to bring designs about)  
Take pride to cheat with pleasing words,  
the Lord will root them out.  
verse 4 Because they say," We will prevail;  
" our tongues shall us extol:  
" Our own they are, to serve our ends;  
" what, Lord, shall us control?  
verse 5 But for the great complaint, and cry,  
of poor men sore oppressed,  
" Now, saith the Lord, will I arise,  
" and them restore to rest.  
verse 6 God's word is like to silver pure,  
within the furnace tried:  
Which hath no less than seven times  
in fire been purified.    

Psalm xiii.  

verse 7 'Tis past all doubt, that thou, O Lord,  
wilt keep thy promise then:  
And save the righteous evermore,  
from such perfidious men:  
verse 8 Of whom this wicked world is full;  
where vice is uncontrolled:  
Whiles those that vilest are therein  
most highly are extolled.    

Usque quo Domine. Psalm xiii.  T. S. 

verse 1 HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord,  
whiles I thy grace implore!  
How long is't, 'ere thy face on me  
will shine, as heretofore?  
verse 2 How long, with careful thoughts shall I  
in mind tormented be?  
How long shall my prevailing foe  
thus triumph over me?  
verse 3 Behold me now, my Lord, and God,  
and heed my just request:  
Mine eyes enlighten, lest I sleep,  
like one by death possessed.  
verse 4 Lest my successful enemy say,  
" behold, I still prevail:  
And those that hate, and vex my soul,  
rejoice, to see me quail.  
verse 5 But from thy goodness often tried,  
my hope shall never start:  
And in thy saving help obtained,  
right glad shall be my heart.  
verse 6 Then cheerful songs, unto the Lord  
I gratefully will sing:  
Because his bounty hath from me  
withheld no needful thing.    

Dixit insipiens. Psalm xiv.  T. S. 

verse 1 THat fools deny a God; is by  
their actions understood:  
For lives corrupt, and vile, they lead;  
and none doth any good.  
verse 2 The Lord beheld from heaven above,  
degenerate mankind:  
And saw not one of them, that sought  
in earnest, God to find.  
verse 3 What filthy ways they took, the stench  
of loathsome crimes made known:  
None; no, not one there was, by whom  
the least good deed was done.  
verse 4" Can men of reason thus, (said he)  
" in judgement be misled,  
" To slight God's worship; and to eat  
" my people up, like bread.  
verse 5 Thus dared they heaven; where suddenly  
great fear did them befall:  
For soon they found, that with the just  
God dwells, to help them all.  
verse 6 This think on, ye, whose scoffs have put  
the pious poor to shame:  
Who wisely chose to fly to God,  
and call upon his name.  
verse 7 But when, O when, will God the word,  
on which we trust, fulfil:  
And safety send to Israel  
from Zion's holy Hill?  
verse 8 Which, when it comes to rescue us,  
oppressed with bondage sad;  
All sons of Jacob shall rejoice,  
and Israel be glad.    

Domine, quis? Psalm xv.  T. S. 

verse 1 WIthin thy Tabernacle, Lord,  
Who shall inhabit still?  
Or whom wilt thou receive, to dwell  
upon thy holy hill?  
verse 2 The man whose life is uncorrupt;  
whose works are just, and straight:  
Who speaketh truth, and in his heart  
doth harbour no deceit:  
verse 3 Wrongs no man; nor by slanderous Tongue  
blasts any person's name:  
Nor willingly false tales receives,  
which may impair his fame:  
verse 4 Who vile, and vicious livers, doth  
as such deserve, contemn:  
But where he sees men fearing God,  
He greatly honours them.  
verse 5 His oath, and all his Promises,  
who keepeth faithfully;  
Although his bargain such do prove,  
that lose he must thereby.  
verse 6 That shuns oppressing usury  
to take for money lent:  
Who never will for bribes be bought,  
to wrong the innocent.  
verse 7 The man that by these measures lives;  
(with God's dear favour blest):  
From fear of evil, safe, on him,  
may now, and ever, rest.    

Psalm xv.  
To another Tune.  

verse 1 WIthin thy Tabernacle, who  
Shall sojourn, Lord, with thy good will?  
Or, whom wilt thou admit, to fix  
His dwelling on thy holy hill?  
verse 2 Even him, whose life is uncorrupt;  
Whose works are strictly just, and straight  
Who speaketh truth: and in his heart  
Doth harbour no concealed deceit.  
verse 3 Wrongs no man: nor by slanderous tongue  
Doth injure any person's name;  
Nor willingly false tales receives,  
Which wrongfully impair his fame:  
verse 4 Who vile, and vicious persons doth  
As justly they deserve, contemn:  
But, where he sees men fearing God;  
Though mean, he greatly honours them.  
verse 5 His oath, and all his promises,  
Who keeps with all men faithfully;  
Although he find his bargain such,  
That he is like to lose thereby:  
verse 5 Who shuns exacting usury,  
Where money should be freely lent:  
Who never will with bribes be bought,  
To wrong a person innocent.  
verse 7 The man that by these measures lives,  
(With God's peculiar favour blest,)  
From fear of threatened dangers, may,  
Upon him now, and ever rest.    

Exaudi Domine. Psalm xuj.  T. S. 

verse 1 LOrd, keep me; for I trust in thee.  
Soul, thou to God hast said,  
verse 2" Thou, Lord, art mine; my all is thine,  
" By vow to thee conveyed.  
verse 3" 3 Which, since thou needest it not, I'll pay  
" thy Saints that here do dwell;  
" Whom I entirely love, because  
" in virtue they excel.  
verse 4" 4 And wish all woes on them may fall,  
" that Idol-gods adore,  
" Whos's bloody offerings I disclaim,  
" And do their names abhor.  
verse 5 The Lord alone the portion is  
of my inheritance:  
Thou fill'st my cup, and what thou giv'st,  
preservest from all mischance.  
verse 6 The place, wherein my lot is fallen,  
in beauty doth excel:  
And th' heritage thereby assigned  
to me, doth please me well;  
verse 7 I bless the Lord, whose counsel made  
me understand aright:  
By means whereof, my secret thoughts  
do teach me every night.  
verse 8 I God have set before me still;  
and trust him with my all:  
For whiles he stands at my right hand,  
no ill can me befall.  
verse 9 A thought, which fills my heart, and tongue  
with gladness while I live:  
And will unto my dying flesh,  
an hopeful prospect give.  
verse 10 For surely, my departed soul,  
in hell thou wilt not leave:  
Nor quit the body of thy Saint,  
corruption to perceive:  
verse 11 But lead them both thou wilt to life;  
where boundless joys before  
Thy presence dwell; and pleasures at  
thy right hand evermore.    

Exaudi Domine. Psal. xvii.  T. S. 

verse 1 O Lord, give ear, when justly I  
in straits to thee complain:  
And hear the prayer which comes to thee,  
from lips that do not fain.  
verse 2 And let the judgement of my cause  
proceed from none, but thee:  
Wherein, as by impartial view,  
thou findest it, sentence me.  
verse 3 Oft thou my heart hast searched by night,  
yet there no ill didst find:  
And I resolve, my tongue shall ne'er  
misrepresent my mind.  
verse 4 From all the works likewise of men  
that are preversly ill:  
And out of their destructive paths,  
thy word hath kept me still.  
verse 5 And still do thou my go in  
thy holy paths preserve:  
That from the tract I ought to keep,  
my footsteps never swerve.  
verse 6 I oft have called on thee, in hope  
thou wouldst me hear, and aid:  
Blast not that hope: but bend thine ear  
to what my lips have said.  
verse 7 O thou, whose right hand from their foes  
saves all that trust in thee;  
That hand in kindness now extend;  
And wonders do for me.  
verse 8 And keep me, Lord, as men do keep  
the apple of their eye:  
That under covert of thy wings,  
in safety I may lie.   

PART two.  

verse 9 From wicked men's assaults me save,  
who daily we annoy:  
And from my foes surrounding me,  
who would my life destroy:  
verse 10 Who wallow in their worldly wealth,  
as beasts are wont, when fat:  
And use their mouths, with daring pride,  
to speak, they care not what.  
verse 11 To hunt us to destruction, they  
our paths have compassed round:  
And fixed, to spy our footsteps there,  
their eyes upon the ground.  
verse 12 They act the lion, when his prey  
he eagerly doth chase:  
And sometimes lurk, as doth his whelp,  
in some concealed place.  
verse 13 Arise, in haste, prevent my foe,  
and cast him down, O Lord:  
And save me from the wicked, whom  
thou usest as thy sword:  
verse 14 From men by th' hand of whom (provoked)  
thou good men puttest to grief:  
From worldly men, whose portion is  
confined to this life.  
verse 15 Whose bellies from thy stores thou fill'st,  
according to their mind:  
Nor want they heirs, t' inherit what  
their fathers leave behind.  
verse 15 But with a conscience clear, behold  
thy countenance here, I will:  
And shall, when waked from death, of thy  
full vision take my fill.     

Diligam te, Domine. Psal. xviii.  T. S. 

verse 1 O Lord, my strength, I still am bound  
to love thee hearty:  
verse 2 Who art my rock, and fortress strong,  
in my necessity.  
My God, my Fort, in which I hope  
secure defence to have:  
My shield, my tower built on high;  
the Horn that doth me save.  
verse 3 When on the Lord I call, and give  
to him deserved praise:  
I shall be safe from all the force,  
mine enemies can raise.  
verse 4 The pangs of death did compass me;  
and great my dangers were:  
Whiles wicked men, like swelling waves,  
did put me still in fear.  
verse 5 The strong, and twisted cords of hell,  
were round about me set:  
And me, at unawares, to catch,  
was spread a deadly net:  
verse 6 When thus beset with pain, and grief,  
I prayed to God for grace.  
My cry before him came; which he  
heard from his holy place.  
verse 7 His wrath with power armed, then,  
did make the earth to quake:  
Yea, at their deep foundations, forced  
the mighty hills to shake.  
verse 8 Forth from his nostrils went a smoke,  
and from his mouth a flame;  
So fiercely hot, that all it touched,  
as burning coals became.   

PART two.  

verse 9 When God descended from above,  
he bowed the heavens high:  
And underneath his feet, o'rspred  
with darkness was the sky.  
verse 10 His steed, a glorious Cherub was,  
whereon he road in haste:  
And swift, as mounted on the wings  
of all the winds, he past.  
verse 11 With darkness compassed, he in it,  
did his pavilion place:  
With waters black, in stormy clouds  
environed he was.  
verse 12 But soon the brightness of his face  
did make the clouds retire:  
Which breaking, hailstones thence were shot,  
and glowing coals of fire.  
verse 13 From heaven, in the frightful voice  
of thunder, th' Highest spoke:  
And hailstones from the shattered cloud  
with fire-coals mixed, brake.  
verse 14 These fiery darts, and thunderbolts,  
his foes discomfited:  
His lightnings made them fly apace;  
and showed, which way they fled.  
verse 15 Thy nostril's breath, Lord, chased the floods,  
that seen their bosoms were:  
Yea, th' earth's foundations bare were laid,  
at thy rebuke severe.  
verse 16 Thus from above, the Lord sent down  
to fetch me from below:  
And rescue me, whom waters great  
were ready t' overflow.  
verse 17 He saved me from my foes, lest I  
into their hands should fall:  
Even mighty foes, by much too strong  
for me to deal withal.  
verse 18 They set upon me unawares  
halfdead, before, with grief:  
But seasonably, than the Lord  
Appeared for my relief.    

PART iii.  

verse 19 From caves, and deserts, where I hide  
myself, did God me free:  
And gave me larger room, because  
he took delight in me.  
verse 20 He knew me righteous, and as such,  
he had to me regard:  
And to the cleanness of my hands,  
proportioned his reward.  
verse 21 Because in his prescribed ways,  
with constant care I trod:  
And have not, as the wicked doth,  
departed from my God;  
verse 22 But always did before mine eyes,  
his righteous judgements lay:  
Nor ever did, as rules too strict,  
his statutes put away.  
verse 23 I also did my uprightness  
Clear up before his face:  
And shunned that sin, to which, in my  
sad straits I tempted was.  
verse 24 The Lord did therefore righteously  
my righteous deeds requite:  
To suit the cleanness of my hands,  
Appearing in his sight.  
verse 25 For thou, to men that mercy show,  
wilt show thy mercy too:  
And with the upright, as becomes  
an upright friend, wilt do.  
verse 26 Thy love to purity, the pure  
Shall by experience know:  
But those that strive with thee, shall find  
thee much too strong a foe.  
verse 27 For thou wilt save the humble, when  
they under trouble lie:  
And soon bring down the looks of those  
that have a lofty eye.  
verse 28 My lamp, when kindled at thy flame,  
shall burn exceeding bright:  
And when my way is dark, the Lord  
my God, shall make it light.  
verse 29 For through thy help, an host, by me  
discomfited, did fall:  
And God assisting, I o'rleapt  
with ease, the highest wall.  
verse 30 The way of God most perfect is;  
his word is throughly tried:  
A sure defence he is, to such  
who in his faith abide.    

PART iv.  

verse 31 Who is a God, except the Lord?  
besides him there is none.  
And who a rock, which, like our God,  
men may depend upon?  
verse 32 'Tis he that girded me with strength,  
to grapple with my foes:  
And in the way which perfect is,  
my feet he doth dispose.  
verse 33 He makes my feet like those of hinds,  
exceeding swift of pace:  
And helps me steepest hills to climb,  
my foes from thence to chase.  
verse 34 To handle weapons well in fight,  
Thou learnest my hands the skill:  
And giv'st my arms the strength, to break  
with ease, a bow of steel.  
verse 35 Thou gav'st me thy salvations shield,  
To guard me, when beset:  
Thy right hand held me up, and thy  
great kindness made me great.  
verse 36 The ground my feet did traverse, thou  
mad'st large for me, and wide:  
In slippery places oft they stood,  
and yet they did not slide.  
verse 37 I did pursue, and overtake  
the foes that me annoyed:  
And did not from the chase return,  
until they were destroyed.  
verse 38 Great numbers in the field did fall,  
I wounded them so sore:  
Beneath my feet, they wounded fell,  
and risen not any more.  
verse 39 Thou girded'st me with strength to fight,  
in such successful wise:  
As made them all to me to bow,  
that did against me rise.  
verse 40 The necks of those that fought with me,  
are subject to my yoke.  
So fully I the armed force  
of all that hate me, broke.  
verse 41 They cried for help; but none appeared  
that would, or could relieve:  
Yea, to the Lord they cried: but he  
did them no answer give.  
verse 42 Like dust dispersed before the wind,  
They never more could meet:  
Cast out and trod upon they were,  
as dirt in every street.    

PART v.  

verse 43 Thou quell'st my peoples strifes: to make  
me King, they all agreed:  
Yea, over heathens, quite unknown  
to me, thou mad'st me Head.  
verse 44 There needs no more, to make them bow,  
than th' hearing of my name:  
Though many, much against their wills,  
its awe doth only tame.  
verse 45 Who, though they yet stand off, in time  
shall lose their courage quite.  
And fearful in their holds, for peace  
shall them agree to slight.  
verse 46 I therefore bless the living Lord,  
who merits all my praise:  
My rock, my God that saveth me,  
my grateful song shall raise.  
verse 47 Whose vengeance hath pursued my foes  
until destroyed they be:  
And by his influence, subdued  
my people are to me.  
verse 48 He from my foes delivereth me:  
thou curbd'st them as they risen:  
Nor suffered'st, Lord, my life to be  
at violent Saul's dispose.  
verse 49 These favours great, I ever, Lord,  
with thanks acknowledge shall:  
And sing this song to praise thy name,  
before the Gentiles all.  
verse 50" God, who by wonders saves him, doth,  
" and still will show more grace  
" To David, his Anointed; and  
" to all his future race.     

Coeli enarrunt. Psalm nineteen.  T.S. 

verse 1 THE heavens and Firmament above.  
God's glories do declare:  
The works of Power omnipotent,  
in them conspicuous are.  
verse 2 Those glorious works of God, each day  
presents in various dress:  
And every night such sights repeats,  
as do his skill express.  
verse 3 In all men's differing languages,  
the fame of them is heard.  
verse 4 To earth's most distant coasts, thereby  
God's knowledge is conferred;  
He built, and furnished, for the sun,  
in them a tiring room:  
verse 5 Who thence, as from his chamber doth  
a bridegroom trimmed, doth come.  
And like a strong-limbed racer looks,  
who hoping for a prize,  
Before his course gins, doth view  
the race with cheerful eyes.  
verse 6 Thence through the Sky's wide compass, he  
bright beams abroad doth shoot:  
And nothing from his piercing heat  
is hid, the world throughout.   

PART two.  

verse 7 Most perfect is the law of God:  
his testimony sure;  
It Souls converts; and wisdom true  
gives, simple men to cure.  
verse 8 The righteous statutes of the Lord,  
fill hearts with joys refined:  
Pure his commandment is; and clears  
mine eyes, by nature blind.  
verse 9 God's fear is clean, and makes the soul  
from spots for ever free:  
His judgements altogether true,  
and strictly righteous be.  
verse 10 Much more to be desired than gold;  
much gold, without allay:  
Even honey dropping from the combs,  
is not so sweet as they.  
verse 11 By them thy servant is forewarned  
his duty to regard:  
Which those that do perform, are sure  
to gain a great reward.  
verse 12 But, Lord, what man the errors knows  
to which exposed he lies?  
O cleanse me then, from secret sins,  
which 'scape my searching eyes.  
verse 13 And keep me, that presumptuous sins  
prevail not over me:  
So shall I upright stand; and from  
the great transgression free.  
verse 14 Accept the words I utter, and  
good thoughts conceived in heart,  
To praise thee, who my rock of strength,  
and my Redeemer art.     

Psalm nineteen.  
In another Metre.  

verse 1 THE heavens and Firmament above,  
God's glories wondrously declare:  
The works of his Almighty Hand  
In them, to all conspicuous are.  
verse 2 Those glorious works of God, each day.  
Presents to view in various dress:  
And every night repeats anew  
Those Prospects, which his skill express.  
verse 3 In all the differing languages  
Men speak, the fame of them is heard.  
verse 4 To all the distant coasts of earth,  
God's knowledge thus is still conferred.  
He built, and furnished for the sun,  
In them a glorious tiring room:  
verse 5 Who thence, as from his chamber doth  
A bridegroom richly trimmed, doth come.  
And like a strong-limbed racer, looks;  
Who, full of hopes to win the prize  
Before his course gins, beholds  
The race in view, with cheerful eyes.  
verse 6 Thence, through the skies wide compass, he  
His beams disperseth round about:  
And nothing from his piercing heat  
Is hidden all the world throughout.   

PART II.  

verse 7 Most perfect is the law of God;  
His testimony ever sure:  
Converting souls, and making wise  
The simple, past all other cure.  
verse 8 The statutes of the Lord are just,  
And fill the heart with joys refined:  
The Lord's commandment's pure; its light  
Enlightens eyes, by nature blind.  
verse 9 God's fear is clean; its cleansing power  
Doth souls from spots for ever free:  
His judgements most completely true;  
And righteous altogether be.  
verse 10 Much more desirable than Gold:  
Yea, much refined gold they are:  
The honey dropping from the combs,  
In sweetness they excel by far.  
verse 11 By them, thy servant is forewarned,  
Himself from sins assaults to guard:  
And where they are observed well,  
Th' observers meet with great reward.  
verse 12 But, Lord, what man the errors knows  
To which we here obnoxious lie!  
O cleanse me then from faults concealed,  
Which, tho' I search, I can't espy.  
verse 13 But chief, let presumptuous sins  
Get no dominion over me:  
So upright I, and innocent,  
Shall from the great transgression be.  
verse 14 Accept the words I utter, and  
The thoughts my heart doth muse upon,  
Do, Lord, who both my rock of strength,  
And my Redeemer art alone.     

Exaudiat te Dominus. Psalm xx.  T.S. 

verse 1 IN trouble, and distress, the Lord  
thy heart's requests fulfil;  
And may the name of Jacob's God,  
O King, defend thee still:  
verse 2 Vouchsafe thee from his holy place  
help suited to thy needs:  
And out of Zion strengthen thee  
to do illustrious deeds:  
verse 3 Remembering all the sacrifice,  
which thou to him hast done:  
And th' offering which thou makest by fire,  
look graciously upon.  
verse 4 According to thy heart's desire,  
his bounty answer thee:  
Let what in Council thou decreest,  
by him performed be.  
verse 5 Rejoiced, when thou sav'st us, we  
our banners will display:  
In God's great Name: but under thee,  
For whose success we'll pray.  
verse 6 I know the Lord, with his right hand,  
will his anointed save.  
And give therewith, when need requires  
again, the help he gave.  
verse 7 In chariots some put confidence,  
and some in horses trust:  
But we remember God, our Lord  
who to his word is just.  
verse 8 Their fall our faith forsees; whiles we  
by God assisted, rise.  
verse 9 Still save us Lord: and let our king,  
we pray thee, hear our cries.    

Psalm xx.  
To another Tune.  

verse 1 IN trouble, and adversity,  
The Lord thy just requests fulfil:  
And may the name of Jacob's God,  
Dear sovereign thee defend from ill:  
verse 2 Vouchsafe thee, from his holy place,  
The help proportioned to thy needs:  
And out of Zion strengthen thee,  
To bring to pass illustrious deeds.  
verse 3 Rememb'ring all the sacrifice,  
By thee to him devoutly done:  
And th' offering which thou makest by fire,  
May He with favour look upon.  
verse 4 According to thy hearts desire,  
His richest bounties answer thee:  
And what in council thou decreest,  
May it by him performed be.  
verse 5 Rejoiced, when thou sav'st us, we  
Our banners will again display  
In God's great name; led on by thee,  
For whose success we still do pray.  
verse 6 Now, know I, God, with wont grace,  
Again will his anointed save:  
And give from heaven with the same  
Right hand, to him, the help he gave.  
verse 7 In chariots some put confidence:  
And some in strength of horses trust:  
But we remember God our Lord,  
Who ever to his word is just.  
verse 8 Their fall our faith foresees, while we  
By God, who lifts us up, do rise:  
verse 9 Still save us, Lord, do thou; and cause  
Our king to hear our righteous cries.    

Domine, in virtute. Psal. xxi.  T.S. 

verse 1 O Lord, how joyful is the king,  
when armed with strength from thee!  
How hearty doth he rejoice,  
thereby secured to be!  
verse 2 For thou hast given him whate'er  
it was he did desire:  
Of all his lips did ask, to him  
thou mad'st a grant entire.  
verse 3 Thou dost prevent him with thy gifts,  
and blessings manifold:  
And on his royal head dost set  
a crown of purest gold.  
verse 4 He humbly asked life of thee,  
and it thou didst secure:  
Annexing to it, length of days,  
for ever to endure.  
verse 5 Great is his glory, through thy help,  
who gav'st him saving aid:  
Great honour, and great majesty,  
thou hast upon him laid.  
verse 6 Thou gav'st him all felicity,  
secured from all decays:  
And with thy cheerful countenance,  
great joys in him didst raise.   

PART two.  

verse 7 Because the King doth firmly trust  
in God, he shall prevail:  
And through his grace that reigns on high,  
preserved, he shall not quail.  
verse 8 Thy hand, O king, shall find, and seize,  
all such as thee withstand:  
Both find them out, and punish them,  
shalt thou with thy right hand.  
verse 9 Thou shalt destroy them when thy wrath  
doth like an oven fume:  
Yea, God's fierce wrath conjoined with thine,  
shall wholly them consume.  
verse 10 And thou shalt make from off the earth  
their issue to decrease:  
Till from among the sons of men  
their seed do wholly cease.  
verse 11 Because against thee mischiefs great  
in thought they did project:  
But failed at last for want of power,  
what they designed t'effect.  
verse 12 Whom thou, before thee, as a mark  
to shooot at, Lord, shalt place:  
And from thy charged bowstring, aim  
directly at their face,  
verse 13 Be thou exalted, Lord, with strength  
such as to thee belongs:  
And we thy power will magnify,  
in our triumphant songs.     

Deus, Deus mius. Psal. xxii.  T.S. 

verse 1 MY God, my God, for what by thee  
forsaken thus am I?  
Why helpest thou not, when I to thee  
with sad complaints do cry?  
verse 2 To thee, my God, even all day long  
I earnestly do call:  
Nor cease I all the night; and yet  
thou hearest me not at all.  
verse 3 Yet thou art holy still; and in  
thy holy place dost dwell:  
Where thou art daily entertained  
with praise from Israel.  
verse 4 To thee, our Father's old, with faith  
in dangers did repair.  
And as they fixed their trust in thee,  
by thee they saved were.  
verse 5 They were delivered always, when  
they called on thy name:  
Nor was the faith they had in thee,  
e'er put by thee to shame.  
verse 6 But I, poor I, am now become  
more like a worm than man:  
An outcast, whom the people scorn,  
with all the spite they can.  
verse 7 All they that see me, do on me  
reproach with laughter lay:  
They wag their heads; and shooting out  
their scornful lips, they say,  
verse 8" This man did trust in God, that he  
" would save him of his love:  
" But let him now deliver him,  
" if he his cause approve.  
verse 9 But from my mother's womb was I  
by thee, O Lord, released:  
And had no other hope, but thee,  
when sucking on her breast.  
verse 10 On thee, my guardian, from my birth,  
my parents me bestowed:  
And even from that infant state,  
thou hast been still my God.   

PART. two.  

verse 11 Lord, do not now departed from me,  
beset with bitter grief:  
For I have none but thee, from whom  
I may expect relief.  
verse 12 For many Bulls surrounding, make  
at me, with armed head:  
Bulls wanton-fat, as if they had  
in Bashan's fields been fed.  
verse 13 With bellowing mouths they gape on me,  
as if they would me slay:  
Much like the roaring lion, when  
he ravens for his prey.  
verse 14 My spirits are spent; like water spilt,  
my bones asunder start:  
Like wax dissolved by melting heat,  
within me is my heart.  
verse 15 Dried, like a potsherd, is my strength;  
my scorched tongue cleaves fast  
Unto my jaws: so near me brought  
to brink of death thou hast.  
verse 16 The wicked did (like dogs to tear  
a carcase) me beset:  
And with a barbarous cruelty,  
they pierced my hands and feet.  
verse 17 The torture stretched me so, that I  
might all my bones have told:  
Yet, pitiless, with staring eyes  
my torments they behold.  
verse 18 They strip me naked, and divide  
my clothes among them all:  
And for my coat they cast the lot,  
to whom it whole should fall.  
verse 19 I pray thee therefore, be not far  
when thus thy help I need:  
But thou, O Lord, my strength, assist  
my fainting soul with speed.  
verse 20 To guard me from the cruel sword,  
employ, O Lord, thy power:  
And save my precious soul, lest it  
the teeth of dogs devour.  
verse 21 From lions mouths me save, that else  
will me to pieces shiver:  
For thou from th' horns of Unicorn,  
didst hear me, and deliver.  
verse 22 Then I before my brethren all,  
thy mercies will proclaim:  
And where thy Church assembled is,  
will magnify thy name.    

PART iii.  

verse 23 Let all that do his fear profess,  
sing praises to the Lord:  
Extolled by Jacob's seed be he,  
by Israel adored.  
verse 24 For he th' afflicted ne'er despised;  
nor ever turned awry  
His countenance, when he did call;  
but harkened to his cry.  
verse 25 Amidst the congregation great,  
I therefore will proclaim  
Thy praise, and pay my vows in sight  
of those that fear thy name:  
verse 26 The meek shall eat their fill, of those  
vowed offerings which I give:  
And you that seek, shall praise the Lord;  
and blest for ever live.  
verse 27 The coasts of all the earth shall turn  
to God, and seek his grace:  
And heathen kindreds, worshipping,  
shall fall before his face.  
verse 28 The Lord, as universal King,  
the earth throughout shall reign:  
And over all the nations, he  
the Sovereignty shall gain.  
verse 29 Yea, all, whom earth's rich fatness feeds,  
shall likewise taste of his:  
And eating, thankfully adore  
him, th' Author of their bliss.  
And such as wallow in the dust,  
by poverty laid low,  
Shall own their souls by him do live,  
and humbly to him bow.  
verse 30 Whose seed shall serve him, while the world's  
successive ages last:  
Whom God shall count his own, when once  
by his Adoption graced:  
verse 31 Each age, declaring to the next  
that comes, his righteousness:  
So th' earth, by new births stocked, shall still  
this work of his confesses.     

Dominus regit. Psalm xxiii.  W. W. 

verse 1 THe Lord my heavenly shepherd is;  
Whose pastures to the full me feed:  
I cannot then want any thing,  
Whereof my soul doth stand in need.  
verse 2 He doth me fold in sheepcoats safe,  
Which to the tender grass are nigh:  
Whence, fed, he drives me to the streams  
Of pleasant waters, running by.  
verse 3 And when I feel myself diseased,  
With medicines sound he doth me make;  
And keeps me so, in righteous paths  
Me leading, for his own names sake.  
verse 4 Whence, though my walks be near the do●●  
Of death, yet will I fear no ill:  
Sith thou art with me; and thy rod,  
And shepherd's staff me comfort still.  
verse 5 Thou hast my Table richly decked,  
In spite of my repining foe:  
Thy oil anoints my head, and filled  
By thee, my cup doth overflow.  
verse 6 And finally, whiles life doth last,  
Thy saving grace shall me defend:  
And in the house of God, will I  
That lifes remaining portion spend.    

Psalm xxiii. Another of the same.  T. S. 

verse 1 MY shepherd is the living Lord;  
I nothing then, can need.  
verse 2 In pastures fair, by waters calm,  
he setteth me to feed.  
verse 3 He doth restore my drooping soul,  
And put my mind in frame,  
To walk in righteous paths; and bring  
due honour to his Name.  
verse 4 Yea, though I walked in shades of death,  
yet will I fear no ill;  
Thy rod, and staff me comfort; whiles  
thou there art with me still.  
verse 5 And in the sight of envious foes,  
my table thou dost spread:  
Thy richest wines fill full my cup;  
thy oil anoints my head.  
verse 6 Through all my life thy favour is  
so frankly showed to me:  
That in thy house, that life throughout,  
my dwelling place shall be.    

Domini est Terra. Psalm xxiv.  J. H. 

verse 1 THe earth is all the Lords: and his  
all things that fill it, are:  
Yea, his is all the world, with all  
the creatures dwelling there.  
verse 2 For firmly he hath founded it,  
above the seas to stand:  
And laying low the liquid floods,  
built over them the land.  
verse 3 Whom, therefore, of them all, will God  
admit to climb his hill?  
Or fix his station in the place,  
where he inhabits still?  
verse 4 The man, whose hands are clean, whose heart  
no darling lusts defile:  
Whose soul affects not vanity,  
nor swears he to beguile.  
verse 5 The man so qualified, to bless,  
the Lord will have regard:  
And from his God, and Saviour, he  
shall have a just reward.  
verse 6 Him, God will reckon one of those,  
who truly seek his face;  
That face, which Jacob sought, and saw,  
whiles here he ran his race.   

PART two.  

verse 7 Fly open, all ye gates: and thou,  
O everlasting gate,  
Be open too; t'admit the King,  
that comes in glorious state.  
verse 8 What King is this, that comes in state?  
it is the mighty Lord;  
The Lord of might; in battle strong,  
to wield the two-edged sword.  
verse 9 Fly open all ye gates; and thou,  
O everlasting gate,  
Be open too; t'admit the King,  
the King of glorious state.  
verse 10 Who is this King of glorious state?  
the Lord of Hosts it is:  
The King, whose robes all Kings do wear:  
and all their glory's his.     

Ad Te, Domine. Psalm xxv.  T. S. 

verse 1 I Lift my soul to thee,  
my God, and guide most just.  
verse 2 O suffer me to take no shame;  
for I in thee do trust.  
Nor let my foes rejoice,  
and triumph over me.  
verse 3 Yea, suffer no man to be shamed,  
Of all that wait on thee.  
But shame attend them all,  
who deal injuriously:  
verse 4 Thy paths, mean while, and holy ways,  
to me, O Lord, descry.  
verse 5 Direct me in thy truth,  
and teach me, Lord, its way:  
My Saviour, and my God art thou;  
On thee I wait all day.  
verse 6 Remember, gracious Lord,  
thy mercies manifold;  
And all thy loving kindnesses,  
which ever were of old.  
verse 7 But mind not, Lord, the faults,  
my youth was stained withal:  
No wander of that giddy age,  
to thy remembrance call.  
Nor let thy mercies be,  
to my deserts confined:  
But with a goodness, worthy thee,  
Lord, have me in thy mind.  
verse 8 Both justice in the Lord  
and goodness great reside:  
Which both induced him, sinners in  
his holy way to guide.  
verse 9 The humble he will teach,  
who his direction seek:  
With judgement sound, to find his way,  
he will conduct the meek.  
verse 10 For all the ways of God  
are truth, and mercy both,  
To those, who keep his covenant,  
confirmed with them by oath.   

PART two.  

verse 11 Proportioned to thy name,  
O Lord, I thee entreat  
Great pardon grant me for my sin,  
which is exceeding great.  
verse 12 Who is't, that fears the Lord?  
his choice will God direct  
So surely, that he shall the ways  
which please him best, elect.  
verse 13 His soul shall dwell at ease,  
and firm in goodness stand:  
And after his decease, his seed  
inherit shall the land.  
verse 14 To those that fear the Lord,  
his secrets he will tell:  
And unto them, his covenants  
mysterious truths reveal.  
verse 15 Mine eyes with steadfast faith,  
upon the Lord are set:  
For he it is, that from the net,  
shall pluck my snared feet.  
verse 16 In mercy visit me,  
who make to thee my moan:  
For desolate, and comfortless,  
men leave me all alone.  
verse 17 The troubles of my heart  
do many ways exceed:  
O rescue me with help, as large,  
as my distresses need.  
verse 18 Behold the misery,  
and anguish I am in:  
And by thy pardoning grace, remove  
the cause of both, my sin.  
verse 19 And, Lord, behold my foes,  
how much they still increase:  
Who me pursue with hatred fierce,  
and cruel to excess.  
verse 20 Preserve my soul, and let  
thy grace deliver me:  
Nor let me e'er be put to shame,  
because I trust in thee.  
verse 21 Yea, let integrity,  
and justice me protect:  
For in the practice of them both,  
I help from thee expect.  
verse 22 Thy people to redeem,  
Lord, help from heaven send:  
And let thine Israel of all  
their troubles see an end.     

Judica me, Domine. Psalm xxvi.  T. S. 

verse 1 LOrd, be my judge, who knowst, that all  
my ways are strait, and plain:  
Nor doubt I e'er to slide, or fall,  
for God will me sustain.  
verse 2 Prove me, O Lord, I thee desire,  
and search me narrowly:  
My thoughts, and reins, as in the fire  
men gold examine, try.  
verse 3 Thy goodness laid before my face,  
I did behold always:  
And as thy truth directs my pace,  
have walked all my days.  
verse 4 For company, I ne'er did choose  
to sit with persons vain:  
With false dissemblers, I refuse  
acquaintance to retain.  
verse 5 Ill livers congregation  
my soul detesting, flies:  
And they, for me, shall sit alone,  
who wicked things devise.  
verse 6 I'll wash my hands in innocence,  
and then approaching near  
Thy altar, Lord, with confidence,  
present my offering there.  
verse 7 My tongue shall likewise spread the praise,  
which doth belong to thee:  
Declaring, in what wondrous ways  
thou hast been good to me.  
verse 8 Thy house to me was ever dear;  
none else I loved so well:  
That holy Sanctuary, where  
thine honour, Lord, doth dwell  
verse 9 O shut not up my soul with them,  
in sin who take their fill:  
Nor yet my life among the men,  
who guiltless blood do spill:  
verse 10 Whose hands in doing mischief skilled,  
no season offered miss:  
And, to promote injustice, filled  
with bribes their right hand is.  
verse 11 But I, by righteous acts, intent  
t' approve myself to thee:  
Have mercy on me, and defend  
mine innocence, and me.  
verse 12 Whose feet thus fixed by thy grace,  
I hope, shall stand upright:  
For which, to thee I'll render praise,  
in all thy people's sight.    

Dominus-Lumen. Psalm xxvii.  J. H. 

verse 1 GOd my salvation is, and light,  
why should I be dismayed?  
He guards my life: what creatures might  
shall make me then afraid.  
verse 2 Whiles wicked men, my foes, whose strength  
weak I could never quell,  
Made haste to eat me up; at length  
they stumbled sore, and fell.  
verse 3 Against me, though an host should lie  
encamped, I will not fear:  
Yea, boldly will, my cause to try,  
in battle pitched, appear.  
verse 4 One thing of God oft asked I have,  
and hope I shall obtain:  
Which still I am resolved to crave,  
till his consent I gain:  
That I within his holy place,  
my life throughout may dwell:  
To see the beauty of his face,  
and learn my duty well.  
verse 5 For he, in troublous times, shall hid  
me in his tent secure:  
Like which no rock, though fortified,  
my safety can assure.  
verse 6 And well I know, th' Almighty's grace  
will, with resistance stout,  
Enable me my foes to chase,  
which compass me about.  
Which done; within his temple, I  
will offer, and rejoice:  
And there, to sing his praise, apply  
myself, with heart and voice.   

PART two.  

verse 7 Lord hear the voice of my request;  
when I to thee do call:  
And mercifully, when oppressed,  
vouchsafe me help withal.  
verse 8 'Tis thy command, O Lord, that we  
in straits, do seek thy grace:  
And oft my heart hath said to thee,  
I vow to seek thy face.  
verse 9 Turn not that face in wrath away  
nor far from me it hid:  
Thou still hast saved me, and I pray,  
be still, my God, and guide.  
verse 10 Should both my Parents me forsake,  
and cast me off at large:  
Yet on himself the Lord will take  
of me the care, and charge.  
verse 11 O teach me, Lord, the way to thee,  
and lead me in't aright:  
Because my foes set spies on me,  
to trap me if they might.  
verse 12 And ne'er resign me to the will  
of such deceitful foes:  
Who, perjured, stick not all that's ill  
against me to depose.  
verse 13 My heart would faint; but that in me  
this faith is fixed fast,  
That I the Lords good grace shall see  
Yet,  this life be past.  
verse 14 Soul, wait on God, and ne'er desert  
his interests through fear:  
Wait still on him, and he thy heart  
with strengthn'ing grace shall cheer.     

Ad Te, Domine. Psalm xxviii.  T.S. 

verse 1 THou art, O Lord, my rock; from thee  
my cries an answer crave:  
Neglect me not, lest I become  
like sick men, near the grave.  
verse 2 The voice of thy Petitioner  
Lord, hear, when I entreat;  
And lift my craving hands, before  
thy holy mercy-seat.  
verse 3 With wicked, and deceitful men,  
assign me not a part:  
Who, speaking fair, (like dearest friends)  
hid mischief in their heart.  
verse 4 Repay their plotted wickedness  
unto themselves in kind:  
And th' ill they did, or would have done,  
to others, let them find.  
verse 5 Because they slight, and disregard  
the work which God hath wrought:  
He will, the hopes they build upon,  
destroy, and bring to nought.  
verse 6 With grateful heart, return my thanks  
unto the Lord will I:  
Who, when I prayed in troubles great,  
did hear me readily.  
verse 7 The Lord hath shown himself my strength  
and buckler in distress:  
My faith obtained his help; which I  
with songs of praise confess.  
verse 8 The good man's strong defence is he  
against his enemies:  
In him alone, the saving strength  
of his Anointed lies.  
verse 9 Thy people save, O Lord, and bless  
thine own inheritance:  
For ever, let thy bounty feed,  
and power them advance.    

Afferte Domino. Psalm xxix.  T. S. 

verse 1 GIve to the Lord, ye Potentates,  
what praise to him ye own:  
The honour of his mighty strength,  
upon the Lord bestow.  
verse 2 The glory due unto his name,  
bestow on him alone:  
Adore him in the beauteous seat,  
where stands his holy throne.  
verse 3 God's voice doth rule the waters, bred  
above, as he doth please:  
His thundering voice doth rend the air,  
and raise the stormy seas.  
verse 4 A voice it is, of greatest force,  
Which he from thence doth vent:  
And by th' effects produced, speaks  
him God omnipotent.  
verse 5 The voice of God in pieces tears  
the cedars great, and long:  
Yea, from the tops of Lebanon,  
it rends the cedars strong.  
verse 6 He makes them skip, as doth a calf,  
or foal of th' unicorn:  
Yea, Lebanon and Sirion, th' hills,  
on which those trees are born.  
verse 7 His voice disperseth subtle fires  
Through th' Air, with pointed flame:  
verse 8 Makes deserts quake; even that, which doth  
from Kadish takes its name.  
verse 9 It makes the hinds to cast their calves;  
turns woods to open ground:  
Great works! which in his temple make  
his praise from all to sound.  
verse 10 The Lord, upon the floods doth sit,  
and all of them commands:  
His royal throne for evermore,  
to all, superior stands.  
verse 11 The Lord shall make his people dear  
in power to increase:  
And give them all good things, comprised  
in firm, and lasting peace.    

Psalm xxix.  
To another Tune.  

verse 1 GIve to the Lord, ye Potentates  
who are his Deputies below,  
Due praise, and th' honour of his strength  
upon the Almighty Lord bestow.  
verse 2 Give Glory to his holy name,  
The Glory due to him alone:  
And worship him, in th' holy place,  
Where he hath fixed his glorious throne.  
verse 3 His voice doth rule the waters, which  
Descend in storms, as he doth please;  
Discharged from clouds by thunderclaps,  
Which rend the Air, and raise the seas.  
verse 4 The voice of God is full of force,  
When from above he doth it vent:  
And by its terrible effects,  
Proclaimeth him omnipotent.  
verse 5 His voice the cedars great, and tall,  
Tears up, and lays them all along:  
Yea, from the tops of Lebanon,  
He rends the cedars high, and strong.  
verse 6 He makes them skip, as doth a calf,  
Or wanton foal of th' Unicorn:  
Yea, Lebanon, and Sirion too,  
Thus skip, on which those trees are born.  
verse 7 His voice disperseth subtle fires,  
Which pierce the air with pointed flame:  
verse 8 Makes wildernesses quake for fear;  
Even Kadish wilderness, by name.  
verse 9 It makes the hinds to cast their calves,  
And forest turns to champaign ground:  
Great works! which in his temple make  
Each worshipper his praise to sound.  
verse 10 The mighty Lord is there proclaimed  
Sole Emperor of seas, and lands:  
And much above them both, his throne  
To endless days unmoved stands.  
verse 11 The Lord shall make his people dear  
In power daily to increase:  
And give them all the blessings, which  
Attend a sound, and lasting peace.    

Exaltabo te, Domine. Psal. xxx.  J. H. 

verse 1 ALl praises, both with heart, and voice,  
O Lord, I give to thee:  
Who hast not made my foes rejoice;  
But hast exalted me.  
verse 2 O Lord, my God, to thee I cried,  
when sore oppressed with grief:  
And through thy cordial grace applied,  
I soon obtained relief.  
verse 3 My parting soul thou called'st back,  
And didst from death me save:  
Thou heald'st me, when I strength did lack,  
to keep me from the grave.  
verse 4 Sing praise to God, ye Saints, that try  
the goodness of the Lord:  
And in your thankful memory,  
His holiness record.  
verse 5 Whose wrath, in very little space,  
when hottest, cools again:  
Whereas his soul-reviving grace,  
Doth long in strength remain.  
verse 6 For though in pangs of grief full sore,  
Saints sometimes spend a night:  
Yet doth the Lord again restore  
their joys, with morning light.   

PART two.  

verse 6 When I enjoyed the world at will,  
too apt I was to say,  
" This Sunshine, I persuade me, still  
" will last, without decay.  
verse 7 For thou, O Lord, of thy good grace,  
Hadst strong my mountain made:  
But when thou turnd'st away thy face,  
my comforts soon decayed.  
verse 8 And thereupon, again I cried  
to thee, O Lord, for aid:  
Whose ears with sore complaints I plied:  
and weeping, thus I said:  
verse 9" 9 What gainest thou by my blood, if I  
" through grief consume my days?  
" Can dust of death thee magnify,  
" Or give thy truth its praise?  
verse 10" 10 Th●n hearken, Lord, and pity take  
" on me, I thee desire:  
" And do not now my soul forsake,  
" whose needs thy help require.  
verse 11 Then turned'st thou my doleful tone  
into a cheerful voice:  
Saidst to my mourning weeds, begun  
and girded'st me with joys.  
verse 12 For which, my soul uncessantly.  
shall fill my tongue with praise.  
To thee, my Lord, and God: whom I  
will thank throughout my days.     
FINIS.