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THE 
 
 PSALMS OF DAVID 
 
 IN METRE. 
 
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 AND FORMER TRANSLATIONS. 
 
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 Edinburgh, 7th December, 1853. 
 
THE 
 
 PSALMS OF DAVID 
 
 IN METRE. 
 
 1 PSALM I. 
 
 ^ TVHAT man hath perfect blessedness 
 J- who walketh not astray 
 Li counsel of ungodly men, 
 
 nor stands in shiners' way, 
 Nor sitteth in the scorner's chair: 
 
 2 But placeth his delight 
 Upon Grod's law, and meditates 
 
 on his law day and night. 
 
 3 He shall be like a tree that grows 
 
 near planted by a river, 
 Which in his season yields his fruit, 
 
 and his leaf fadeth never : 
 And all he doth shall prosper well. 
 
 4 The wicked are not so ; 
 
 But like they are unto the chaff, 
 which wind drives to and fro. 
 
 5 In judgment therefore shall not stand 
 
 such as ungodly are ; 
 Nor in th' assembly of the just 
 shall wicked men appear. 
 
 6 For why ? the way of godly men 
 
 unto the Lord is known : 
 Whereas the way of wicked men 
 shall quite be overthrown. 
 
4 PSALM II. 
 
 1 TT7HY rage the heathen? and yaln 
 
 V V why do the people mind ? [things 
 
 2 Kings of the earth do set themselves, 
 
 and princes are combined, 
 To plot against the Lord, and his 
 Anointed, saying thus, 
 
 3 Let us asunder break their bands, 
 
 and cast their cords fi'om us. 
 
 4 He that in heaven sits shall laugh ; 
 
 the Lord shall scorn them all. 
 
 5 Then shall he speak to them in wrath, 
 
 in rage he vex them shall. 
 
 6 Yet notwithstanding I have him 
 
 to be my King appointed ; 
 And over Sion, my holy hill, 
 I have hmi King anointed. 
 
 7 The sure decree I will declare ; 
 
 the Lord hath said to me. 
 Thou art mine only Son ; this day 
 I have begotten thee. 
 
 8 Ask of me, and for heritage 
 
 the heathen I ^11 make thine ; 
 And, for possession, I to thee 
 will give earth's utmost line. 
 
 9 Thou shalt, as with a weighty rod 
 
 of iron, break them all ; 
 And, as a potter's sherd, thou shalt 
 them dash in pieces small. 
 
 10 Now therefore, kings, be wise; be 
 
 ye judges of the earth: [taught 
 
 1 1 Sei-ye Grod in fear, and see that ye 
 
 join trembling with your mirth. 
 
PSALMS IIL IV. 6 
 
 12 Kiss ye the Son, lest in his ire 
 ye perish from the way, 
 If once his wrath begin to burn : 
 bless'd all that on him stay. 
 
 3 PSALM III. 
 
 1 r\ LORD, how are my foes increased ? 
 \J against me many rise. 
 
 2 Many say of my soul, For him 
 
 in God no succour lies. 
 
 3 Yet thou my shield and glorj^ art, 
 
 th' uplifter of mine head. 
 
 4 I cryM, and, from his holy hill, 
 
 the Lord me answer made. 
 
 I laid me down and slept, I wak'd ; 
 
 for God sustained me. 
 G I will not fear though thousands ten 
 set round against me be. 
 
 7 Arise, Lord ; save me, my God ; 
 
 for thou my foes hast stroke 
 All on the cheek-bone, and the teeth 
 of wicked men hast broke. 
 
 8 Salvation doth appertain 
 
 unto the Lord alone : 
 Thy blessing. Lord, for evermore 
 thy people is upon. 
 
 4 PSALM IV. 
 
 1 /^ IVE ear unto me when I call, 
 vX God of my righteousness ; 
 Have mercy, hear my pray 'r ; thou hast 
 
 enlarg'd me in distress. 
 
6 PSALM IV. 
 
 2 ye the sons of men ! how long 
 
 will ye love vanities ? 
 How long my glory turn to shame, 
 and will ye follow lies ? 
 
 3 But know, that for himself the Lord 
 
 the godly man doth chuse : 
 The Lord, when I on him do call, 
 to hear will not refuse. 
 
 4 Fear, and sin not ; talk with your heart 
 
 on bed, and silent be. 
 
 5 Offerings present of righteousness, 
 
 and in the Lord trust ye. 
 
 6 who will shew us any good ? 
 
 is that which many say : 
 But of thy countenance the light. 
 Lord, lift on us alway. 
 
 7 Upon my heart, bestow'd by thee, 
 
 more gladness I have found 
 Than they, ev'n then, when corn and 
 did most with them abound, [wine 
 
 8 I will both lay me down in peace, 
 
 and quiet sleep will take ; 
 Because thou only me to dwell 
 in safety. Lord, dost make. 
 
 5 PSALM V. 
 
 1 f^ IVE ear unto my words, Lord, 
 vjr my meditation weigh. 
 
 2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God; 
 
 for I to thee will pray. 
 
 3 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice : 
 
 I early will direct 
 
PSALM V. 7 
 
 My pray'r to thee ; and, looking up, 
 an answer'will expect. 
 
 4 For thou art not a God that doth 
 
 in wickedness dehght ; ^ 
 Neither shall evil dwell with thee, 
 
 5 Nor fools stand in thy sight. 
 All that ill-doers are thou hat'st ; 
 
 6 Cutt'st off that liars be : 
 The bloody and deceitful man 
 
 abhorred is by thee. 
 
 7 But I into thy house will come 
 
 in thine abundant grace ; 
 And I will worship in thy fear 
 toward thy holy place. 
 
 8 Because of those mine enemies. 
 
 Lord, in thy righteousness 
 Do thou me lead ; do thou thy way 
 make straight before my face. 
 
 9 For in their mouth there is no truth, 
 
 their inward part is ill ; 
 Then' thi'oat 's an open sepulchre, 
 their tongue doth flatter still. 
 
 10 God, destroy them; let them bo 
 
 by their own counsel quelFd : 
 Them for their many sins cast out, 
 for they 'gainst thee rebell'd. 
 
 11 But let all joy that trust in thee, 
 
 and still make shouting noise ; 
 For them thou sav'st : let all that love 
 thy name in thee rejoice. 
 
 12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man 
 
 thou wilt thy blessing yield : 
 
8 PSALM V. 
 
 With favour thou wilt compass him 
 about^ as with a shield. 
 
 6 PSALM VL 
 
 1 T ORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not; 
 JlJ Nor in thy hot rage chasten me. 
 
 2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak : 
 Heal me, for my bones vexed be. 
 
 3 My soul is also vexed sore ; [make? 
 But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou 
 
 4 Return, Lord, my soul set free ; 
 
 save me, for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 5 Because those that deceased are 
 
 Of thee shall no remembrance have ; 
 And who is he that will to thee 
 Give praises lying in the grave ? 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 1 also all the night my bed 
 Have caused for to swim ; and I 
 With tears my couch have watered. 
 
 7 Mine eye, consumed with grief, grows 
 Because of all mine enemies. [old, 
 
 8 Hence ft*om me, wicked workers all; 
 For God hath heard my weeping cries. 
 
 9 God hath my supplication heard. 
 My pray'r received graciously. 
 
 10 Shani'd and sore vex'd be all my foes, 
 Sham'd and back turned suddenly. 
 Another of the same. 
 1 TN thy great indignation, 
 -1- O Lord, rebuke me not ; 
 Nor on me lay thy chastening hand, 
 in thy displeasure hot. 
 
PSALM VI. 9 
 
 2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me 
 
 have mercy, and me spare : 
 Heal me, Lord, because thouknow'st 
 my bones much vexed are. 
 
 3 My soul is vexed sore : but. Lord, 
 
 how long stay wilt thou make ? 
 
 4 Return, Lord, free my soul ; and save 
 
 me, for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 5 Because of thee in death there shall 
 
 no more remembrance be : 
 Of those that in the grave do lie, 
 who shall give thanks to thee ? 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 and all the night my bed 
 I caused for to swim ; with tears 
 my couch I watered. 
 
 7 By reason of my vexing grief 
 
 mine eye consumed is ; 
 It waxeth old, because of all 
 that be mine enemies. 
 
 8 But now, depart from me all ye 
 
 that work iniquity : 
 For why ? the Lord hath heard my voice, 
 when I did mourn and cry. 
 
 9 Unto my supplication 
 
 the Lord did hearing give : 
 When I to him my prayer make, 
 the Lord will it receive. 
 
 10 Let all be shamM and troubled sore, 
 that enemies are to me ; 
 Let them turn back, and suddenly 
 ashamed let them be. 
 
10 PSALM YII. 
 
 1 r\ LORD my God, in thee do I 
 \J my confidence repose : 
 
 Save and deliver me fi'om all 
 my persecuting foes ; 
 
 2 Lest that the enemy my soul 
 
 should, like a lion, tear, 
 Li pieces rending it, while there 
 is no deliverer. 
 
 3 Lord my God, if it be so 
 
 that I committed this ; 
 If it be so that in my hands 
 iniquitj^ there is : 
 
 4 If I rewarded ill to him 
 
 that was at peace with me ; 
 (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause 
 my foe was I did free ;) 
 
 5 Then let the foe pursue and take 
 
 my soul, and my life thrust 
 Down to the earth, and let him lay 
 mine honour in the dust. 
 
 6 Rise in thy wrath. Lord, raise thyself; 
 
 for my foes raging be ; 
 And, to tlie judgment which thou hast 
 commanded, wake for me. 
 
 7 So shall th^ assembly of thy folk 
 
 about encompass thee : 
 Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return 
 unto thy place on high. 
 
 8 The Lorcl he shall the people judge ; 
 
 my judge, JEHOVAH, be,^ 
 After my righteousness, and mine 
 integrity in me. 
 
PSALM VIL 11 
 
 9 let the wicked's malice end ; 
 but stablish stedfastly 
 The righteous : for the righteous God 
 the hearts and reins doth try. 
 
 10 In God, who saves th' upright in heart, 
 
 is my defence and stay. 
 
 1 1 God just men judgeth, God is wroth 
 
 with ill men ev'ry day. 
 
 12 If he do not return again, 
 
 then he his sword will whet ; 
 His bow he hath already bent, 
 and hath it ready set : 
 
 13 He also hath for him prepared 
 
 the instruments of death ; 
 Against the persecutors he 
 his shafts ordained hath. 
 
 14 Behold, he with iniquity 
 
 doth travail, as in birth ; 
 A mischief he conceived hath, 
 and falsehood shall bring forth. 
 
 15 He made a pit, and digged it deep, 
 
 another there to take ; 
 But he is fairn into the ditch 
 which he himself did make. 
 
 16 Upon his own head his mischief 
 
 shall be returned home ; 
 His violent dealing also down 
 on his own pate shall come. 
 
 1 7 According to his righteousness 
 
 the Lord I'll magnify; 
 And will sing praise unto the name 
 of God that is most high. 
 
12 PSALM VIII. 
 
 ^ TTOW excellent in all the earth, 
 -OL Lord, our Lord, is thy name ! 
 Who hast thy glory far advanced 
 above the starry frame. 
 
 2 From infants' and fi'om sucklings 
 
 thou didest strength ordain, [mouth 
 For thy foes cause, that so thou might'st 
 th' avenging foe restrain. 
 
 3 Wlien I look up unto the heavens, 
 
 which thine own fingers fi-am'd, 
 Unto the moon, and to the stars, 
 which were by thee ordain'd ; 
 
 4 Then say I, What is man, that he 
 
 remember'd is by thee ? 
 Or what the son of man, that thou 
 so kind to him should'st be ? 
 
 5 For thou a little lower hast 
 
 him than the angels made ; 
 With glory and with dignity 
 thou crowned hast his head. 
 
 6 Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him 
 
 all under 's feet didst lay; [lord, 
 
 7 All, sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts 
 
 that in the field do stray ; 
 
 8 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea, 
 
 all that pass through the same. 
 
 9 How excellent in all the earth. 
 
 Lord, our Lord, is thy name ! 
 
 9 PSALM IX. 
 
 ^ T ORD, thee I '11 praise with all my 
 J-J thy wonders all proclaim, [heart. 
 
PSALM IX. 13 
 
 2 In thee, most High, I '11 greatly joy, 
 
 and sing unto thy name. [fell, 
 
 3 When back my foes were turn'd, they 
 
 and perish'd at thy sight : ^ [cause ; 
 
 4 For thou maintain'dst my right and 
 
 on throne sat'st judging right. 
 
 5 The heathen thou rebuked hast, 
 
 the wicked overthrown ; 
 Thou hast put out their names, that they 
 may never more be known. 
 
 6 en'my ! now destructions have 
 
 an end perpetual : 
 Thou cities raz'd, perish'd with them 
 is their memorial. 
 
 7 God shall endure for aye ; he doth 
 
 for judgment set his throne ; 
 
 8 In righteousness to judge the world, 
 
 justice to give each one. 
 
 9 God also will a refuge be 
 
 for those that are oppressed ; 
 A refuge will he be in times 
 of trouble to distressed. 
 
 1 And they that know thy name, in thee 
 
 their confidence will place : 
 For thou hast not forsaken them 
 that truly seek thy face. 
 
 1 1 sing ye praises to the Lord 
 
 that dwells in Sion hill ; 
 
 And all the nations among 
 
 his deeds record ye still. 
 
 12 When he enquireth after blood, 
 
 he then rememb'reth them: 
 
14 PSALM IX. 
 
 The humble folk he not forgets 
 that call upon his name. 
 
 13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief 
 
 which I from foes sustain ; 
 Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death 
 dost raise me up again: 
 
 14 That I, in Sion^s daughters* gates, 
 
 may all thy praise advance ; 
 And that I may rejoice always 
 in thy deliverance. 
 
 15 The heathen are sunk in the pit 
 
 which they themselves prepar'd ; 
 And in the net which they have hid 
 their own feet fast are snar'd. 
 
 16 The Lord is by the judgment known 
 
 which he himself hath wrought : 
 The sinners' hands do make the snares 
 wherewith themselves are caught. 
 
 1 7 They who are wicked into hell 
 
 each one shall turned be ; 
 And all the nations that forget 
 to seek the Lord most high. 
 
 18 For they that needy are shall not 
 
 forgotten be alway ; 
 The expectation of the poor 
 shall not be lost for aye. 
 
 19 Ai'ise, Lord, let not man prevail; 
 
 judge heathen in thy sight: 
 
 20 That they may know themselves but 
 
 the nations, Lord, affright, [men. 
 
PSALM X. 15 
 
 1 WHEREFORE is it that thou, 
 
 VV dost stand from us afar? [Lord, 
 And wherefore hidest thou thyself 
 when times so troublous are ? 
 
 2 The wicked in his loftiness 
 
 doth persecute the poor : 
 In these devices they have framed 
 let them be taken sure. 
 
 3 The wricked of his heart's desire 
 
 doth talk with boasting great ; 
 
 He blesseth him that 's covetous, 
 
 whom yet the Lord doth hate. 
 
 4 The wicked, through his pride of face, 
 
 on God he doth not call ; 
 And in the counsels of his heart 
 the Lord is not at all. 
 
 5 His ways they always grievous are ; 
 
 thy judgments from his sight 
 Removed are : at all his foes 
 he pufFeth with despight. 
 
 6 Within his heart he thus hath said, 
 
 I shall not moved be ; 
 And no adversity at all 
 shall ever come to me. 
 
 7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, 
 
 is fiird abundantly; 
 And underneath his tongue there is 
 mischief and vanity. 
 
 8 He closely sits in villages ; 
 
 he slays the innocent : 
 Against the poor that pass him by 
 his cruel eyes are bent. 
 
16 PSALM X. 
 
 9 He, lion-like, lurks in his den ; 
 he waits the poor to take : 
 And when he draws him in his net, 
 his prey he doth him make. 
 
 10 Himself he hmnbleth very low, 
 
 he croucheth down withal. 
 That so a multitude of poor 
 may by his strong ones fall. 
 
 1 1 He thus hath said within his heart, 
 
 The Lord hath quite forgot ; 
 He hides his countenance, and he 
 for ever sees it not. 
 
 12 Lord, do thou arise; God, 
 
 lift up thine hand on high : 
 Put not the meek afflicted ones 
 out of thy memory. 
 
 13 Why is it that the wicked man 
 
 thus doth the Lord despise ? 
 Because that God will it require 
 he in his heart denies. 
 
 14 Thou hast it seen ; for their mischief 
 
 and spite thou wilt repay : 
 The poor commits himself to thee ; 
 thou art the orphan's stay. 
 
 1 5 The arm break of the wicked man, 
 
 and of the evil one ; 
 Do thou seek out his wickedness, 
 until thou findest none. 
 
 16 The Lord is king through ages all, 
 
 ev'n to eternity; 
 The heathen people from his land 
 arc perish'd utterly. 
 
PSALM X. ir 
 
 17 Lord, of those that humble are 
 
 thou the desn^e didst hear ; 
 Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou 
 to hear wilt bend thine ear ; 
 
 18 To judge the fatherless, and those 
 
 that are oppressed sore ; 
 That man, that is but sprung of earth, 
 may them oppress no more. 
 
 11 PSALM XL 
 
 1 T IN the Lord do put my trust ; 
 X how is it then that ye 
 
 Say to my soul. Flee, as a bird, 
 unto your mountain high ? 
 
 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, 
 
 their shafts on string they fit. 
 That those who are upright in heart 
 they privily may hit. 
 
 3 If the foundations be destroyed, 
 
 wdiat hath the righteous done ? 
 
 4 God in his holy temple is, 
 
 in heaven is his throne : 
 His eyes do see, his eyelids try 
 
 5 men^s sons. The just he proves : 
 But his soul hates the wicked man, 
 
 and him that violence loves. 
 
 6 Snares, fire and brimstone, furious 
 
 on sinners he shall rain : [storms. 
 This, as the portion of their cup. 
 doth unto them pertain. 
 
 7 Because the Lord most righteous doth 
 
 in righteousness delight ; 
 
 B 
 
18 PSALM XI. 
 
 And with a pleasant countenance 
 beholdeth the upright. 
 
 12 PSALM XII. 
 
 1 TTELP. Lord, because the godly man 
 XI doth daily fade away ; 
 
 And from among the sons of men 
 the faithful do decay. 
 
 2 Unto his neighbour ev^ry one 
 
 doth utter vanity : 
 They with a double heart do speak, 
 and lips of flattery. 
 
 3 God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips, 
 
 tongues that speak proudly thus, 
 
 4 We ^11 with our tongue prevail, our lips 
 
 are ours : who ^s lord o^er us ? 
 
 5 For poor oppress^, and for the sighs 
 
 of needy, rise will I, 
 Saith God, and him in safety set 
 from such as him defy. 
 
 6 The words of God are words most pure ; 
 
 they be like silver try'd 
 In earthen furnace, seven times 
 that hath been purify ^d. 
 
 7 Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep 
 
 for ever from this race. 
 
 8 On each side walk the wicked, when 
 
 vile men are high in place. 
 
 13 PSALM XIII. 
 
 1 TT W long wilt thou forget me. Lord ? 
 XI shall it for ever be ? 
 
PSALM XIII. 19 
 
 how long shall it be that thou 
 wilt hide thy face from me ? 
 
 2 How long take comisel in my soul, 
 
 still sad in heart, shall I ? 
 How long exalted over me 
 shall be mine enemy ? 
 
 3 Lord my God, consider well, 
 
 and answer to me make : 
 Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep 
 of death me overtake : 
 
 4 Lest that mine enemy should say, 
 
 Against him I prevailed ; 
 And those that trouble me rejoice, 
 when I am mov'd and fail'd. 
 
 5 But I have all my confidence 
 
 thy mercy set upon ; 
 My heart within me shall rejoice 
 in thy salvation. 
 
 6 I will unto the Lord my God 
 
 sing praises cheerfully. 
 Because he hath his bounty shown 
 to me abundantly. 
 
 14 PSALM XIV. 
 
 1 T^H AT there is not a God, the fool 
 J- doth in his heart conclude : 
 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile ; 
 not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 Upon men's sons the Lord from heav n 
 
 did cast his eyes abroad, 
 To see if any understood, 
 and did seek after God. 
 
20 PSALM XIV. 
 
 3 They altogether filthy are, 
 
 they all aside are gone ; 
 And there is none that doeth good, 
 yea, snre there is not one. 
 
 4 These workers of iniquity 
 
 do they not know at all, 
 That they my people eat as bread, 
 and on God do not call ? 
 
 5 There fear'd they much ; for God is with 
 
 the whole race of the just. 
 
 6 You shame the counsel of the poor, 
 
 because God is his trust. 
 
 7 Let Israel's help fi^om Sion come : 
 
 when back the Lord shall bring 
 His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, 
 and Israel shall sing. 
 
 15 PSALM XV. 
 
 1 WITHIN thy tabernacle, Lord, 
 
 V V who shall abide with thee ? 
 And in thy high and holy hill 
 who shall a dweller be ? 
 
 2 The man that walketh uprightly, 
 
 and worketh righteousness. 
 And as he thinketh in his heart, 
 so doth he truth express. 
 
 3 Who doth not slander with his tongue, 
 
 nor to his friend doth hurt ; 
 Nor yet against his neighbour doth 
 take up an ill report. 
 
 4 In whose eyes vile men are despis'd ; 
 
 but those that God do fear 
 
PSALM XV. 21 
 
 He honoureth ; and changeth not, 
 though to his hurt he swear. 
 
 5 His coin puts not to usury, 
 nor take reward will he 
 Against the guiltless. Who doth thus 
 shall never moved be. 
 
 16 PSALM XVI. 
 
 1 T ORD, keep me; for I trust in thee 
 
 2 J_i To God thus Avas my speech, 
 Thou art my Lord ; and unto thee 
 
 my goodness doth not reach : 
 
 3 To saints on earth, to th' excellent, 
 
 where my delight's all plac'd. 
 
 4 Their sorrows shall be multiply 'd 
 
 to other gods that haste : 
 
 Of their drink-offerings of blood 
 
 I will no offering make ; 
 Yea, neither I their very names 
 
 up in my lips will take. 
 
 5 God is of mine inheritance 
 
 and cup the portion ; 
 The lot that fallen is to me 
 thou dost maintain alone. 
 
 6 Unto me happily the lines 
 
 in pleasant places fell ; 
 Yea, the inheritance I got 
 in beauty doth excel. 
 
 7 1 bless the Lord, because he doth 
 
 by counsel me conduct ; 
 And in the seasons of the night 
 my reins do me instruct. 
 
22 PSALM XVI. 
 
 8 Before me still the Lord I set : 
 
 sith it is so that he 
 Doth ever stand at my right hand, 
 I shall not moved be. 
 
 9 Because of this my heart is glad, 
 
 and joy shall be exprest 
 Ev'n by my glory ; and my flesh 
 in confidence shall rest. 
 
 10 Because my soul in grave to dwell 
 
 shall not be left by thee ; 
 Nor wilt thou give thme Holy One 
 corruption to see. 
 
 1 1 Thou wilt me shew the path of life : 
 
 of joys there is fiiU store 
 Before thy face ; at thy right hand 
 are pleasures evermore. 
 
 17 PSALM XVII. 
 
 1 T ORD, hear the right, attend my cry, 
 jLj unto my pray'r give heed, 
 
 That doth not in hypocrisy 
 fi^om feigned lips proceed. 
 
 2 And fi'om before thy presence forth 
 
 my sentence do thou send : 
 Toward these things that equal are 
 do thou thine eyes intend. 
 
 3 Thou prov^dst mine heart, thou visit'dst 
 
 by night, thou didst me tiy, [me 
 Yet nothing found 'st ; for that my mouth 
 shall not sin, purposed I. 
 
 4 As for men's works, I, by the word 
 
 that fi'om thy lips doth flow. 
 
PSALM XVII. 23 
 
 Did me preserve out of the paths 
 wherein destroyers go. 
 
 5 Hold up my goings, Lord, me guide 
 
 in those thy paths divine. 
 So that my footsteps may not slide 
 out of those ways of thine. 
 
 6 I called have on thee, God, 
 
 because thou wilt me hear : 
 That thou may 'st hearken to my speech, 
 to me incline thine ear. 
 
 7 Thy wondrous loving-kindness show, 
 
 thou that, by thy right hand, 
 Sav'st them that trust in thee from those 
 that up against them stand. 
 
 8 As th^ apple of the eye me keep ; 
 
 in thy wings shade me close 
 
 9 From lewd oppressors, compassing 
 
 me round, as deadly foes. 
 
 1 In their own fat they are inclosed ; 
 
 their mouth speaks loftily. 
 
 11 Our steps they compassed; and to 
 
 ground 
 down bowing set their eye. 
 
 12 He like unto a lion is 
 
 that's greedy of his prey, 
 Or lion young, which lurking doth 
 in secret places stay. 
 
 13 Arise, and disappoint my foe, 
 
 and cast him down, Lord : 
 My soul save from the wicked man^ 
 the man which is thy sword. 
 
24 PSALM XV^II. 
 
 1 4 From men, which are thy hand, Lord, 
 
 from worldly men me save. 
 Which only in this present life 
 their part and portion have. 
 
 Whose belly with thy treasure hid 
 thou fiU'st : they children have 
 
 In plenty ; of their goods the rest 
 they to their children leave. 
 
 15 But as for me, I thine own face 
 
 in righteousness will see ; 
 And with thy likeness, when I wake, 
 I satisfy'd shall be. 
 
 18 PSALM XVIIL 
 
 ^ T^ HEE will I love, Lord, my s trength. 
 
 2 X My fortress is the Lord, 
 
 My rock, and he that doth to me 
 
 dehverance afford : 
 My God, my strength, whom I will trust, 
 
 a buckler unto me. 
 The horn of my salvation, 
 
 and my high tow'r, is he. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is 
 
 of praises, will I cry ; 
 And then shall I preserved be 
 safe from mine enemy. 
 
 4 Floods of ill men affrighted me, 
 
 death's pangs about me went ; 
 
 5 Heirs sorrows me environed ; 
 
 death's snares did me prevent, 
 
 ^> In my distress I calFd on God, 
 cry to my God did I ; 
 
PSALM XVIII. 25 
 
 He from his temple heard my voice, 
 to. his ears came my cry. 
 
 7 Th' earth, as affrighted, then did shake, 
 
 trembhng upon it seiz'd: 
 The hills' ibmidations moved were, 
 because he was displeased. 
 
 8 Up fi'om his nostrils came a smoke, 
 
 and from his mouth there came 
 Devouring fire, and coals by it 
 were turned into flame. 
 
 9 He also bowed down the heavens, 
 
 and thence he did descend ; 
 And thickest clouds of darkness did 
 under his feet attend. 
 
 1 And he upon a cherub rode, 
 
 and thereon he did fly ; 
 Yea, on the swift wings of the wind 
 his flight was from on high. 
 
 11 He darkness made his secret place : 
 
 about him, for his tent, 
 Dark waters were, and thickest clouds 
 of th' airy firmament. 
 
 12 And at the brightness of that light, 
 
 which was before his eye. 
 His thick clouds pass'd away, hail- 
 and coals of fire did fly. [stones 
 
 13 The Lord God also in the heav'ns 
 
 did thunder in his ire ; 
 And there the Highest gave his voice, 
 hailstones and coals of fire. 
 
 1 4 Yea, he his arrows sent abroad, 
 
 and them he scattered ; 
 
26 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 His lightnings also he shot out, 
 and them discomfited. 
 
 15 The waters' channels then were seen, 
 
 the world's foundations vast 
 At thy rebuke discovered were, 
 and at thy nostrils' blast. 
 
 16 And from above the Lord sent down, 
 
 and took me from below ; 
 From many waters he me drew, 
 which would me overflow. 
 
 1 7 He me relieved from my strong foes, 
 
 and such as did me hate ; 
 Because he saAv that they for me 
 too strong were, and too great. 
 
 18 They me prevented in the day 
 
 of my calamity ; 
 But even then the Lord himself 
 a stay was unto me. 
 
 19 He to a place where liberty 
 
 and room was hath me brought ; 
 Because he took delight in me, 
 he my deliv'rance wrought. 
 
 20 According to my righteousness 
 
 he did me recompense. 
 He me repaid according to 
 my hands' pure innocence. 
 
 21 For I God's ways kept, from my God 
 
 did not turn wickedly. 
 
 22 His judgments were before me, I 
 
 his laws put not from me. 
 
 23 Sincere before him was my heart, 
 
 with him upright was I ; 
 
PSALM XVIII. 2T 
 
 And watchfully I kept myself 
 from mine iniquity. 
 
 24 After my righteousness the Lord 
 
 hath recompensed me, 
 After the cleanness of my hands 
 appearing in his eye. 
 
 25 Thou gracious to the gracious art, 
 
 to upright men upright : 
 
 26 Pure to the pure, froward thou kyth'st 
 
 unto the froward wight. 
 
 27 For thou wilt the afflicted save 
 
 in grief that low do lie : 
 But will bring down the countenance 
 of them whosa looks are high. 
 
 28 The Lord will light my candle so, 
 
 that it shall shine full bright : 
 The Lord my God will also make 
 my darkness to be light. 
 
 29 By thee through troops of men I break, 
 
 and them discomfit all ; 
 And, by my God assisting me, 
 I overleap a wall. 
 
 30 As for God, perfect is his way : 
 
 the Lord his word is try^d ; 
 He is a buckler to all those 
 who do in him confide. 
 
 31 Who but the Lord is God? but he 
 
 who is a rock and stay ? 
 
 32 ^Tis God that girdeth me with strength, 
 
 and perfect makes my way. 
 
 33 He made my feet swift as the hinds, 
 
 set me on my high places. 
 
28 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 34 Mine hands to war he taught, mme anns 
 
 brake bows of steel m pieces. 
 
 35 The shield of thy salvation 
 
 thou didst on me bestow : 
 Thy right hand held me up, and great 
 thy kindness made me grow. 
 
 36 And in my way my steps thou hast 
 
 enlarged under me, 
 That I go safely, and my feet 
 are kept from sliding free. 
 
 37 Mine en'mies I pursued have, 
 
 and did them overtake ; 
 Nor did I turn again till I 
 an end of them did make. 
 
 38 I wounded them, they could not rise ; 
 
 they at my feet did fall. 
 
 39 Thou girdedstme with strength for war ; 
 
 my foes thou brought'st down all : 
 
 40 And thou hast giv'n to me the necks 
 
 of all mine enemies ; 
 That I might them destroy and slay, , 
 who did against me rise. 
 
 41 They cried out, but there was none 
 
 that would or could them save ; 
 Yea, they did ciy unto the Lord, 
 but he no answer gave. 
 
 42 Then did I beat them small as dust 
 
 before the wind that flies ; 
 And I did cast them out like dirt 
 upon the street that lies. 
 
 43 Thou mad'st me free from people's strife, 
 
 and heathen's head to be : 
 
PSALM XVIIT. 29 
 
 A people whom I have not known 
 shall service do to me. 
 
 44 At hearing they shall me obey, 
 
 to me they shall submit. 
 
 45 Strangers for fear shall fade away, 
 
 who in close places sit. 
 
 46 God lives, bless'd be my Rock; the God 
 
 of my health praised be. 
 
 47 God doth avenge me, and subdues 
 
 the people under me. 
 
 48 He saves me from mine enemies ; 
 
 yea, thou hast lifted me 
 Above my foes ; and from the man 
 of violence set me free. 
 
 49 Therefore to thee will I give thanks 
 
 the heathen folk among ; 
 And to thy name, Lord, I will 
 sing praises in a song. 
 
 50 He great deliv'rance gives his king: 
 
 he mercy doth extend 
 To David, his anointed one, 
 and his seed without end. 
 
 19 PSALM XIX. 
 
 1 nPHE heav'ns God's glory do declare, 
 JL the skies his hand- works preach : 
 
 2 Day utters speech to day, and night 
 
 to night doth knowledge teach. 
 
 3 There is no speech nor tongue to which 
 
 their voice doth not extend : 
 
 4 Their line is gone through all the earth, 
 
 their words to the world's end. 
 
30 PSALM XrX. 
 
 In them he set the sun a tent ; 
 
 5 Who, bridegroom-hke, forth goes 
 From 's chamber, as a strongman doth 
 
 to rmi his race rejoice. 
 
 6 From heav'n's end is his going forth, 
 
 circHng to th^ end again ; 
 And there is nothing from his heat 
 that hidden doth remain. 
 
 7 God^s law is perfect, and converts 
 
 the soul in sin that lies : 
 God^s testimony is most sure, 
 and makes the simple wise. 
 
 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, 
 
 and do rejoice the heart: 
 The Lord's command is pure, and doth 
 light to the eyes impart. 
 
 9 Unspotted is the fear of God, 
 
 and doth endure for ever : 
 The judgments of the Lord are true 
 and righteous altogether. 
 
 1 They more than gold, yea, much fine 
 
 to be desired are : Cgold> 
 
 Than honey, honey fi'om the comb 
 that droppeth, sweeter far. 
 
 1 1 Moreover, they thy servant warn 
 
 how he his life should fi'ame : 
 A great reward provided is 
 for them that keep the same. 
 
 1 2 Who can his errors understand ? 
 
 cleanse thou me within 
 
 13 From secret faults. Thy servant keep 
 
 from all presumptuous sin : 
 
PSALM XIX. 31 
 
 And do not suffer them to have 
 
 dominion over me : 
 Then, righteous and innocent, 
 
 I from much sin shall be. [ceed, 
 14 The words which from my mouth pro- 
 
 the thoughts sent from my heart, 
 Accept, Lord, for thou my strength 
 
 and my Redeemer art. 
 
 20 PSALM XX. 
 
 1 TEHOVAH hear thee in the day 
 eJ when trouble he doth send : 
 And let the name of Jacob's God 
 
 thee from all ill defend. 
 
 2 let him help send from above, 
 
 out of his sanctuary : 
 From Sion, his own holy hill, 
 let him give strength to thee. 
 
 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, 
 
 accept thy sacrifice : 
 
 4 Grant thee thine heart's wish, and fulfil 
 
 thy thoughts and counsel wise. 
 6 In thy salvation we will joy ; 
 in our God's name we will 
 Display our banners : and the Lord 
 thy prayers all fulfil. 
 
 6 Now know I God his king doth save : 
 
 he from his holy heav'n 
 Will hear him, with the saving strength 
 by his own right hand giv'n. 
 
 7 In chariots some put confidence, 
 
 some horses trust upon : 
 
32 PSALM XX. 
 
 But we remember will the name 
 of om- Lord God alone. 
 
 8 We rise, and upright stand, when they 
 
 are bowed down, and fall. 
 
 9 Deliver, Lord ; and let the King 
 
 us hear, when we do call. 
 
 21 PSALM XXL 
 
 1 T^HE king in thy great strength, 
 X shall very joyful be : [Lord, 
 Li thy salvation rejoice 
 
 how veh'mently shall he ! 
 
 2 Thouliast bestowed upon him 
 
 all that his heart would have ; 
 And thou from him didst not withhold 
 whatever his lips did crave. 
 
 3 For thou with blessings him prevent'st 
 
 of goodness manifold ; 
 And thou hast set upon his head 
 a crown of purest gold. 
 
 4 When he desired life of thee, 
 
 thou life to him didst give ; 
 Ev'n such a length of days, that he 
 for evermore should live. 
 
 5 In that salvation wrought by thee 
 
 his glory is made great ; 
 
 Honour and comely majesty 
 
 thou hast upon him set. 
 
 6 Because that thou for evermore 
 
 most blessed hast him made ; 
 And thou hast with thy countenance 
 made him exceeding glad. 
 
PSALM XXI. , 33 
 
 7 Because the king upon the Lord 
 
 his confidence doth lay ; 
 And through the grace of the most High 
 shall not be mov'd away. 
 
 8 Thine hand shall all those men find out 
 
 that en'mies are to thee ; 
 Ev'n thy right hand shall find out those 
 of thee that haters be. 
 
 9 Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make, 
 
 when kindled is thine ire ; 
 God shall them swallow in his wi'ath, 
 devour them shall the fire. 
 
 1 Their fruit fi^om earth thou shalt des- 
 
 troy, 
 their seed men fi^om among: 
 
 1 1 For they beyond their might Against 
 
 did plot mischief and wrong, [thee 
 
 1 2 Thou therefore shalt make them turn 
 
 back, 
 when thou thy shafts shalt place 
 Upon thy strings, made ready all 
 to fly against their face. 
 
 13 In thy great pow'r and strength, 
 
 be thou exalted high ; [Lord, 
 
 So shall we sing with joyful hearts, 
 thy power praise shall we. 
 
 22 PSALM XXII. 
 
 1 TI/rY God, my God, why hast thou me 
 JLVjL forsaken ? why so far 
 Art thou fi'om helping me, and fi:om 
 my words that roaring are ? 
 
 c 
 
:^4 PSALM XXII. 
 
 2 All day, my God, to tliee I cry, 
 
 yet am not heard by thee ; 
 And m the season of the night 
 I cannot silent be. 
 
 3 But thou art holy, thou that dost 
 
 inhabit Israel's praise. 
 
 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd, 
 
 and thou didst them release. 
 
 5 When unto thee they sent their cry, 
 
 to them deliverance came : 
 Because they put their trust in thee, 
 they were not put to shame. 
 
 6 But as for me, a worm I am, 
 
 and as no man am prized : 
 Reproach of men 1 am, and by 
 the people am despis'd. 
 
 7 All that me see laugh me to scorn ; 
 
 shoot out the lip do they; 
 They nod and shake their heads at me, 
 and, mocking, thus do say, 
 
 8 This man did trust in God, that he 
 
 would free him by his might : 
 Let him deliver him, sith he 
 had in him such delight. 
 
 9 But thou art he out of the womb 
 
 that didst me safely take ; 
 When I was on my mother's breasts 
 thou me to hope didst make. 
 
 1 And I was cast upon thy care, 
 ev'n from the womb till now ; 
 A.nd from m^'^ mother's belly Lord, 
 my God and guide art thou. 
 
PSALM XXII. 35 
 
 1 1 Be not far off, for grief is near, 
 
 and none to help is found. 
 
 12 Bulls many compass me, strong bulls 
 
 of Baslian me surround. 
 
 13 Their mouths they open'd wide on me, 
 
 upon me gape did they. 
 Like to a lion ravening 
 and roaring for his prey. 
 
 14 Like water I'm pour'd out, my bone^ 
 
 all out of joint do part : 
 Amidst my bowels, as the wax, 
 so melted is my heart. 
 
 15 My strength is like a potsherd dry'd; 
 
 my tongue it cleaveth fast 
 Unto my jaws ; and to the dust 
 of death thou brought me hast. 
 
 16 For dogs have compass'd me about: 
 
 the wicked, that did meet 
 In their assembly, me inclos'd ; 
 they pierc'd my hands and feet. 
 
 1 7 I all my bones may tell ; they do 
 
 upon me look and stare. 
 
 18 Upon my vesture lots they cast, 
 
 and clothes among them share. 
 
 19 But be not far, Lord, my strength ; 
 
 haste to give help to me. 
 
 20 From sword my soul, from pow r of dogs 
 
 my darling set thou free. 
 
 21 Out of the roaring lion's mouth 
 
 do thou me shield and save : 
 For fi'om the horns of unicorns 
 an ear to me thou gave. 
 
36 PSALM XXII. 
 
 22 I will shew forth thy name unto 
 
 those that my brethren are ; 
 Amidst the congregation 
 thy praise I will declare. 
 
 23 Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear; 
 
 him glorify all ye 
 The seed of Jacob ; fear him all 
 that Israel's children be. 
 
 24 For he despis'd not nor abhorr d 
 
 th' afflicted's misery ; 
 Nor from him hid his face, but heard 
 when he to him did cry. 
 
 25 Within the congregation great 
 
 my praise shall be of thee ; 
 My voAvs before them that him fear 
 shall be perform'd by me. 
 
 26 The meek shall eat, and shall be filFd ; 
 
 they also praise shall give 
 Unto the Lord that do him seek : 
 your heart shall ever live. 
 
 27 All ends of th' earth remember shall, 
 
 and turn the Lord unto ; 
 
 All kindreds of the nations 
 
 to him shall homage do : 
 
 28 Because the kingdom to the Lord 
 
 doth appertain as his ; 
 Likewise among the nations 
 the Governor he is. 
 
 29 Earth's fat ones eat, and worship shall j 
 
 all who to dust descend 
 Shall bow to him ; none of them can j 
 his soul from death defend. 
 
PSALM XXII. 37 
 
 30 A seed shall service do to him : 
 
 unto the Lord it shall 
 Be for a generation 
 reckoned in ages all. 
 
 3 1 They shall come, and they shall declare 
 
 his truth and righteousness 
 Unto a people yet unborn, 
 and that he hath done this. 
 
 23 PSALM XXIIL 
 
 1 nPHE Lord's my shepherd, I'll not 
 
 2 X He makes me down to lie [want. 
 In pastures green : he leadeth me 
 
 the quiet waters by. 
 
 3 My soul he doth restore again ; 
 
 and me to walk doth make 
 Within the paths of righteousness 
 ev'n for his own name's sake. 
 
 4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, 
 
 yet will I fear none ill : 
 For thou art with me ; and thy rod 
 and staff me comfort still. 
 
 5 My table thou hast furnished 
 
 in presence of my foes ; 
 My head thou dost with oil anoint, 
 and my cup overflows. 
 
 6 Goodness and mercy all my life 
 
 shall surely follow me : 
 And in God's house for evermore 
 my dwelling-place shall be 
 
38 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 1 nPHE earth belongs unto the Lord. 
 X and all that it contams; 
 
 The world that is inhabited, 
 and all that there remains. 
 
 2 For the foundations thereof 
 
 he on the seas d^d lay. 
 
 And he hath it established 
 
 upon the floods to stay. 
 
 3 Who is the man that shall ascend 
 
 into the hill of God ? 
 Or who within his holy place 
 shall have a firm abode ? 
 
 4 Whose hands are clean, whose heart is 
 
 and unto vanity [pure. 
 
 Who hath not lifted up his soul, 
 nor sworn deceitfully. 
 
 5 He from th' Eternal shall receive 
 
 the blessing him upon. 
 And righteousness, ev'n from the God 
 of his salvation. 
 
 6 This is the generation 
 
 that after him enquire, 
 Jacob, who do seek thy face 
 with their whole heart's desire. 
 
 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high ; 
 
 ye doors that last for aye, 
 lifted up, that so the King 
 of glory enter may. 
 
 8 But who of glory is the King? 
 
 The mighty Lord is this ; 
 Ev'n that same Lord, that great in 
 and strong in battle is. [n^ight 
 
PSALM XXIV. 39 
 
 9 Ye gates, lift up your heads ; ye doors, 
 doors that do last for aye, 
 Be lifted up, that so the King 
 of glory enter may. 
 10 But who is he that is the King 
 of glory ? who is this ? 
 The Lord of hosts, and none but he, 
 the King of glory is. 
 
 25 PSALM XXV. 
 
 1 ^rO thee I lift my soul: 
 2X0 Lord, I trust in thee : 
 My God, let me not be ashamed, 
 nor foes triumph o^er me. 
 
 3 Let none that wait on thee 
 
 be put to shame at all ; 
 But those that without cause trans- 
 let shame upon them fall. [gross, 
 
 4 Shew me thy ways, Lord ; 
 
 thy paths, teach thou me : 
 
 5 And do thou lead me in thy truth, 
 
 therein my teacher be : 
 For thou art God that dost 
 
 to me salvation send. 
 And I upon thee all the day 
 
 expecting do attend. 
 
 6 Thy tender mercies. Lord, 
 
 1 pray thee to reinember. 
 And loving-kindnesses ; foi* they 
 have been of old for ever. 
 
 7 My sins and faults of youth 
 
 do thou, Lord, forget : 
 
40 PSALM XXV. 
 
 After thy mercy think on me, 
 and for thy goodness great. 
 
 8 God good and upright is : 
 
 the way he 'U sinners show. 
 
 9 The meek in judgment he will guide, 
 
 and make his path to know. 
 
 10 The whole paths of the Lord 
 
 are truth and mercy sure. 
 To those that do his covenant keep, 
 and testimonies pure. 
 
 11 Now, for thine own name's sake, 
 
 Lord, I thee entreat 
 To pardon mine iniquity ; 
 for it is very great. 
 
 12 What man is he that fears 
 
 the Lord, and doth him sei-ve ? 
 Him shall he teach the way that he 
 shall chuse, and still observe. 
 
 13 His soul shall dwell at ease ; 
 
 and his posterity 
 Shall flourish still, and of the earth 
 inheritors shall be. 
 
 14 With those that fear him is 
 
 the secret of the Lord ; 
 The knowledge of his covenant 
 he will to them afford. 
 
 15 Mine eyes upon the Lord 
 
 continually are set ; 
 For he it is that shall bring forth 
 my feet out of the net. 
 
 16 Turn unto me thy face, 
 
 and to me mercy show ; 
 
FSALM XXV. 41 
 
 Because that I am desolate, 
 and am brought very low. 
 
 17 My heart's griefs are mcreas'd: 
 
 me from distress relieve. 
 
 1 8 See mine affliction and my pain, 
 
 and all my sins forgive. 
 
 19 Consider thou my foes, 
 
 because they many are ; 
 And it a cruel hatred is 
 which they against me bear. 
 
 20 do thou keep my soul, 
 
 do thou deliver me : 
 And let me never be ashamed, 
 because I trust in thee. 
 
 21 Let uprightness and truth 
 
 keep me, who thee attend. 
 
 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel 
 
 from all his troubles send. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 ^rO thee I lift my soul, Lord: 
 
 2 X My God, I trust in thee : 
 Let me not be asham'd ; let not 
 
 my foes triumph o'er me. 
 
 3 Yea, let thou none ashamed be 
 
 that do on thee attend : 
 Ashamed let them be, Lord, 
 who without cause offend. 
 
 4 Thy ways. Lord, shew ; teach me thy 
 
 5 Lead me in truth, teach me : [paths : 
 For of my safety thou art God ; 
 
 all day I wait on thee. 
 
42 PSALM XXV. 
 
 6 Thy mercies, that most tender are, 
 
 do thou, Lord, remember. 
 And loving-kmdnesses ; for they 
 have been of old for ever. 
 
 7 Let not the errors of my youth, 
 
 nor sms, remembered be : 
 Li mercy, for thy goodness' sake, 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 8 The Lord is good and gracious, 
 
 he upright is also: 
 He therefore sinners will instruct 
 in ways that they should go. 
 
 9 The meek and lowly he will guide 
 
 in judgment just alway : 
 To meek and poor afflicted ones 
 he '11 clearly teach his way. 
 
 10 The whole paths of the Lord our God 
 
 are truth and mercy sure. 
 To such as keep his covenant, 
 and testimonies pure. 
 
 11 NoAv, for thine own name's sake, 
 
 1 humbly thee entreat [Lord, 
 To pardon mine iniquity ; 
 
 for it is very great. [teach 
 
 12 What man fears God? him shall he 
 
 the way that he shall chuse. 
 
 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; his seed 
 the earth, as heirs, shall use. 
 
 14 The secret of the Lord is with 
 such as do fear his name ; 
 
 And he his holy covenant 
 will manifest to them. 
 
PSALM XXV. 43 
 
 15 Towards the Lord my waiting eyes 
 continually are set ; 
 For he it is that shall bring forth 
 my feet out of the net. 
 
 t6 turn thee unto me, God, 
 have mercy me upon ; 
 Because I solitary am, 
 and in affliction. 
 
 17 Enlarged the griefs are of mine heart; 
 
 me from distress relieve. 
 
 18 See mine affliction and my pain, 
 
 and all my sins forgive. 
 
 19 Consider thou mine enemies, 
 
 because they many are ; 
 And it a cruel hatred is 
 
 which they against me bear. 
 
 20 do thou keep my soul ; God, 
 
 do thou deliver me : 
 Let me not be ashamVl ; for I 
 do put my trust in thee. 
 
 21 let integrity and truth 
 
 keep me, who thee attend. 
 
 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel 
 
 from all his troubles send. 
 
 26 PSALM XXVI. 
 
 1 JUDGE me, Lord, fori have walkM 
 t) in mine integrity: 
 
 I trusted also in the Lord ; 
 slide therefore shall not I. 
 
 2 Examine me, and do me prove; 
 
 try heart and reins, God : 
 
44 PSALM XXVI. 
 
 3 For thy love is before mine eyes, 
 
 thy truth's paths I have trode. 
 
 4 With persons vain I have not sat, 
 
 nor with dissemblers gone : 
 
 5 Th' assembly of ill men I hate ; 
 
 to sit with such I shun, 
 fi Mine hands in innocence, Lord, 
 I '11 wash and purify ; 
 So to thine holy altar go, 
 and compass it will I : 
 
 ^ That I, with voice of thanksgiving, 
 may publish and declare. 
 And tell of all thy mighty works, 
 that great and wondrous are. 
 
 8 The habitation of thy house. 
 
 Lord, I have loved well ; 
 Yea, in that place I do delight 
 where doth thine honour dwell. 
 
 9 With sinners gather not my soul, 
 
 and such as blood would spill : 
 
 1 Whose hands mischievous plots, right 
 
 corrupting bribes do fill. [hand 
 
 11 But as for me, I will walk on 
 
 in mine integrity : 
 Do thou redeem me, and, Lord, 
 be merciful to me. 
 
 12 My foot upon an even place 
 
 doth stand with stedfastness : 
 Within the congregations 
 th' Eternal I will bless. 
 
PSALM XXVII. 45 
 
 1 ^FHE Lord's my light and saving 
 jL health, 
 
 who shall make me dismay 'd? 
 My life's strength is the Lord, of whom 
 then shall I be afraid ? 
 
 2 When as mine enemies and foes, 
 
 most wicked persons all, 
 To eat my flesh against me rose, 
 they stumbled and did fall. 
 
 3 Against me though an host encamp, 
 
 my heart yet fearless is : 
 Though war against me rise, I will 
 be confident in this. 
 
 4 One thing I of the Lord desir'd, 
 
 and will seek to obtain. 
 That all days of my life I may 
 within God's house remain ; 
 
 That I the beauty of the Lord 
 
 behold may and admire. 
 And that I in his holy place 
 
 may rev'rently enquire. 
 
 5 For he in his pavilion shall 
 
 me hide in evil days ; 
 In secret of his tent me hide, 
 and on a rock me raise. 
 
 6 And now, ev'n at this present time, 
 
 mine head shall lifted be 
 Above all those that are my foes, 
 
 and round encompass me : 
 Therefore unto his tabernacle 
 
 I '11 sacrifices bring 
 
46 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 Of joy fulness ; I'll sing, yea, I 
 to God will praises sing. 
 
 7 Lord, give ear unto my voice, 
 
 when I do cry to thee ; 
 Upon me also mercy have, 
 and do thou answer me. 
 
 8 When thou didst say. Seek ye my face. 
 
 then unto thee reply 
 Thus did my heart. Above all things 
 thy face. Lord, seek will I. 
 
 9 Far from me hide not thou thy face; 
 
 put not away from thee 
 Thy servant in thy wrath : thou hast 
 
 an helper been to me. 
 God of my salvation, 
 
 leave me not, nor forsake : 
 
 10 Though me my parents both should 
 
 the Lord will me up take. [leave, 
 
 1 1 Lord, instruct me in thy way, 
 
 to me a leader be 
 In a plain path, because of those 
 that hatred bear to me. 
 
 12 Give me not to mine en'mies will; 
 
 for witnesses that lie 
 Against me risen are, and such 
 as breathe out cruelty. 
 
 13 I fainted had, unless that I 
 
 believed had to see 
 The Lord's own goodness in the land 
 of them that living be. 
 H "Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong, 
 and he shall strength afford 
 
PSALM XXVII. 47 
 
 Unto thine heart ; yea, do thou wait, 
 I say, vipon the Lord. 
 
 38 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 1 nnO thee rU cry, Lord, my rock; 
 X hold not thy peace to me ; 
 
 Lest hke those that to pit descend 
 I by thy silence be. 
 
 2 The voice hear of my humble pray'rs, 
 
 when unto thee I cry ; 
 When to thine holy oracle 
 I lift mine hands on high. 
 
 3 With ill men draw me not away 
 
 that work iniquity ; 
 That speak peace to their fi'iends, while 
 their hearts doth mischief lie. [in 
 
 4 Give them according to their deeds 
 
 and ills endeavoured : 
 And as their handy- works deserve, 
 to them be rendered. 
 
 5 God shall not build, but them destroy, 
 
 who would not understand 
 The Lord's own works, nor did regard 
 the doing of his hand. 
 
 6 For ever blessed be the Lord, 
 
 for graciously he heard 
 The voice of my petitions, 
 and prayers did regard. 
 
 7 The Lord's my strength and shield; 
 
 upon him did rely ; [my heart 
 
 And I am helped : hence my heart 
 doth joy exceedingly. 
 
48 PSALM XXVIII. 
 
 And with my song I will him praise. 
 
 8 Then- strength is God alone : 
 He also is the saving strength 
 
 of his anointed one. 
 
 9 thine own people do thou save, 
 
 bless thine inheritance; 
 Them also do thou feed, and them 
 for evermore advance. 
 
 29 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 1 r^ IVE ye unto the Lord, ye sons 
 VX that of the mighty be, 
 
 AH strength and glory to the Lord 
 with cheerfulness give ye. 
 
 2 Unto the Lord the glory give 
 
 that to his name is due ; 
 
 And in the beauty of holiness 
 
 unto JEHOVAH bow. 
 
 3 The Lord's voice on the waters is : 
 
 the God of majesty 
 Doth thunder, and on multitudes 
 of waters sitteth he. 
 
 4 A powerful voice it is that comes 
 
 out from the Lord most high ; 
 The voice of that great Lord is full 
 of glorious majesty. 
 
 5 The voice of the Eternal doth 
 
 asunder cedars tear ; 
 Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break 
 that Lebanon doth bear. 
 
 6 He makes them like a calf to skip, 
 
 ev'n that great Lebanon, 
 
PSALM XXIX. 49 
 
 And, like to a young unicorn, 
 the mountain Sirion. 
 
 7 God's voice divides the flames of fire ; 
 
 8 The desert it doth shake :^ 
 
 The Lord doth make the wilderness 
 of Kadesh all to quake. 
 
 9 God's voice doth make the hinds to 
 
 it makes the forest bare : [calve. 
 And in his temple ev'ry one 
 his glory doth declare. 
 
 10 The Lord sits on the floods; the Lord 
 
 sits King, and ever shall. 
 
 1 1 The Lord will give his people strength, 
 
 and with peace bless them all. 
 
 30 PSALM XXX. 
 
 1 T ORD, I will thee extol, for thou 
 JLi hast lifted me on high. 
 
 And over me thou to rejoice 
 mad'st not mine enemy. 
 
 2 thou who art the Lord my God, 
 
 I in distress to thee. 
 With loud cries lifted up my voice, 
 and thou hast healed me. 
 
 3 Lord, my soul thou hast brought up, 
 
 and rescu'd from the grave ; 
 That I to pit should not go down, 
 alive thou didst me save. 
 
 4 ye that are his holy ones, 
 
 sing praise unto the Lord ; 
 And give unto him thanks, when ye 
 his hohness record. 
 
 D 
 
50 PSALM XXX. 
 
 5 For but a moment lasts his wrath ; 
 
 life m his favour lies : 
 Weeping may for a night endure, 
 at morn doth joy arise. 
 
 6 In my prosperity I said, 
 
 that nothing shall me move. 
 
 7 Lord, thou hast my mountain made 
 
 to stand strong by thy love : 
 
 But when that thou, gracious God, 
 didst hide thy face from me, 
 
 Then quickl}^ was my prosperous state 
 turn'd into misery. 
 
 8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry 
 
 I caused to ascend : 
 My humble supplication 
 I to the Lord did send. 
 
 9 What profit is there in my blood, 
 
 when I go down to pit ? 
 Shall unto thee the dust give praise ? 
 thy truth declare shall it ? [Lord : 
 
 10 Hear, Lord, have mercy; help me, 
 
 1 1 Thou turned hast my sadness 
 
 To dancing ; yea, my sackcloth loos'd, 
 and girded me with gladness ; 
 
 12 That sing thy praise my glory may, 
 
 and never silent be. 
 Lord my God, for evermore | 
 
 I will give thanks to thee. 
 
 31 PSALM XXXL 
 
 1 TN thee, Lord, I put my trust, 
 JL shamM let me never be ; 
 
PSALM XXXI. 51 
 
 According to tliy righteousness 
 do thou deUver me. 
 
 2 Bow down thine ear to me^ with speed 
 
 send me dehverance : 
 To save me, niy strong rock be thou, 
 and my house of defence. 
 
 3 Because thou art my rock, and thee 
 
 I for my fortress take ; 
 Therefore do thou me lead and guide, 
 ev^n for thine own name's sake. 
 
 4 And sith thou art my strength, there- 
 
 pull me out of the net, [fore 
 
 Which they in subtilty for me 
 so privily have set. 
 
 5 Into thine hands I do commit 
 
 my sp'rit : for thou art he, 
 thou, JEHOVAH, God of truth, 
 that hast redeemed me. 
 
 6 Those that do lying vanities 
 
 regard, I have abhorred : 
 But as for me, my confidence 
 is fixed on the Lord. 
 
 7 I '11 in thy mercy gladlj^ joy : 
 
 for thou my miseries 
 Considered hast ; thou hast my soul 
 known in adversities : 
 
 8 And thou hast not inclosed me 
 
 within the en'my's hand ; 
 And by thee have my feet been made 
 in a large room to stand. 
 
 9 Lord, upon me mercy have, 
 
 for trouble is on me : 
 
52 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 Mine eye, my belly, and my soul, 
 with grief consumed be. 
 
 10 Because my life with grief is spent, 
 
 my years with sighs and groans : 
 My strength doth fail ; and for my sin 
 consumed are my bones. 
 
 1 1 I was a scorn to all my foes, 
 
 and to my friends a fear ; 
 And specially reproached of those 
 
 that were my neighbours near : 
 When they me saw, they from me fled. 
 
 1 2 Ev'n so I am forgot, 
 
 As men are out of mind when dead : 
 I 'm like a broken pot. 
 
 13 For slanders I of many heard; 
 
 fear compassed me, while they 
 Against me did consult, and plot 
 to take my life away. 
 
 14 But as for me, Lord, my trust 
 
 upon thee I did lay ; 
 And I to thee. Thou art my God, 
 did confidently say. 
 
 15 My times are wholly in thine hand : 
 
 do thou deliver me 
 From their hands that mine enemies 
 and persecutors be. 
 
 16 Thy countenance to shine do thou 
 
 upon thy servant make : 
 Unto me give salvation, 
 for thy great mercies' sake. 
 
 17 Let me not be ashamM, Lord, 
 
 for on thee call'd I have : 
 
PSALM XXXL 53 
 
 Let wicked men be sliam'd^ let them 
 be silent in the grave. 
 
 18 To silence put the lying lips, 
 
 that grievous things do say, 
 And hard reports, in pride and scorn, 
 on righteous men do lay. 
 
 1 9 How great ^s the goodness thou for them 
 
 that fear thee keep'st in store. 
 And wrought' st for them that trust in 
 the sons of men before ! [thee 
 
 20 Li secret of thy presence thou 
 
 shalt hide them from man's pride : 
 From strife of tongues thou closely 
 as in a tent, them hide. [shalt. 
 
 21 All praise and thanks be to the Lord: 
 
 for he hath magnify'd 
 His wondrous love to me within 
 a city fortify 'd. 
 
 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, 
 
 I in my haste had said ; 
 My voice yet heard 'st tliou, when to 
 with cries my moan I made, [thee 
 
 23 love the Lord, all ye his saints ; 
 
 because the Lord doth guard 
 The faithful, and he plenteously 
 proud doers doth reward. 
 
 24 Be of good courage, and he strength 
 unto your hearts shall send, 
 
 All ye whose hope and confidence 
 doth on the Lord depend. 
 
54 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 1 r\ BLESSED is the man to whom 
 \J is freely pardoned 
 
 All the transgression he hath done, 
 whose sin is covered. 
 
 2 Bless 'd is the man to whom the Lord 
 
 imputeth not his sin, 
 And in whose sp'rit there is no guile, 
 nor fi-aud is found therein. 
 
 3 When as I did refrain my speech, 
 
 and silent was my tongue, 
 My bones then waxed old, because 
 I roared all day long. 
 
 4 For upon me both day and night 
 
 thine hand did heavy lie. 
 So that my moisture turned is 
 in summer's drought thereby. 
 
 5 I thereupon have unto thee 
 
 my sin acknowledged. 
 And likewise mine iniquity 
 
 1 have not covered: 
 I will confess unto the Lord 
 
 my trespasses, said I ; 
 And of my sin thou freely didst 
 
 forgive th' iniquity. 
 
 6 For this shall ev'ry godly one 
 
 his prayer make to thee ; 
 In such a time he shall thee seek, 
 
 as found thou mayest be. 
 Surely, when floods of waters great 
 
 do swell up to the brim. 
 They shall not overwhelm his soul, 
 
 nor once come near to him. 
 
PSALM XXXII. 55 
 
 7 Thou art my hiding-place, thou shalt 
 
 from trouble keep me free : 
 Thou with songs of deliverance 
 about shalt compass me. 
 
 8 I will instruct thee, and thee teach 
 
 the way that thou shalt go ; 
 And, with mine eye upon thee set, 
 I will direction show. 
 
 9 Then be not hke the horse or mule, 
 
 which do not understand ; 
 Whose mouth, lest they come near to 
 a bridle must command. [thee, 
 
 10 Unto the man that wicked is 
 
 his sorrows shall abound ; 
 But him that trusteth in the Lord 
 mercy shall compass round. 
 
 1 1 Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, 
 
 in him do ye rejoice : 
 All ye that upright are in heart, 
 for joy lift up your voice. 
 
 33 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 1 VE righteous, in the Lord rejoice ; 
 
 X it comely is and right. 
 That upright men, with thankful voice, 
 should praise the Lord of might. 
 
 2 Praise God with harp, and unto him 
 
 sing with the psaltery ; 
 Upon a ten-string'd instrument 
 make ye sweet melody. 
 
 3 A new song to him sing, and play 
 
 with loud noise skilfully; 
 
56 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 4 For right is God's word, all his works 
 
 are done in verity. 
 ^ To judgment and to righteousness 
 
 a love he beareth still ; 
 The loving-kindness of the Lord 
 
 the earth throughout doth fill. 
 
 6 The heavens by the word of God 
 
 did their beginning take ; 
 And by the breathing of his mouth 
 he all their hosts did make. 
 
 7 The waters of the seas he brings 
 
 together as an heap ; 
 And in storehouses, as it were, 
 he layeth up the deep. 
 
 8 Let earth, and all that live therein, 
 
 with reverence fear the Lord; 
 Let all the world's inhabitants 
 dread him with one accord. 
 
 9 For he did speak the word, and done 
 
 it was without delay ; 
 Established it firmly stood, 
 whatever he did say. 
 
 1 God doth the counsel bring to nought 
 
 which heathen folk do take ; 
 And what the people do devise 
 of none effect doth make. 
 
 1 1 but the counsel of the Lord 
 
 doth stand for ever sure ; 
 
 And of his heart the purposes 
 
 from age to age endure. 
 
 12 That nation blessed is, whose God 
 
 JEHOVAH is, and those 
 
PSALM XXXIII. 57 
 
 A blessed people are, whom for 
 his heritage he chose. 
 
 13 The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds 
 
 all sons of men full well : 
 
 1 4 He views all from his dwelling-place 
 
 that in the earth do dwell. 
 
 15 He forms their hearts alike/ and all 
 
 their doings he obsen-es. 
 
 16 Great hosts save not a king, much 
 
 no mighty man preserves, [strength 
 
 1 7 An horse for preservation 
 
 is a deceitful thing ; 
 And by the greatness of his strength 
 can no deliverance bring. 
 
 1 8 Behold, on those that do him fear 
 
 the Lord doth set his eye ; 
 Ev'n those who on his mercy do 
 with confidence rely. 
 
 19 From death to free their soul, in dearth 
 
 life unto them to yield. 
 -^0 Our soul doth wait upon the Lord : 
 he is our help and shield. 
 
 2 1 Sith in his holy name we trust, 
 our heart shall joyful be. 
 
 22 Lord, let thy mercy be on us, 
 as we do hope in thee. 
 
 34 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 ^ f^ OD will I bless all times ; his praise 
 
 v3r my mouth shall still express. 
 - My soul shall boast in God : the meek 
 shall hear with joyfulness. 
 
58 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 3 Extol the Lord with me, let us 
 
 exalt his name together. 
 
 4 I sought the Lord, he heard, and did 
 
 me fi'om all fears deliver. 
 
 5 They look'd to him, and lightened were : 
 
 not shamed were their faces. 
 
 6 This poor man cry'd, God heard, and 
 
 him from all his distresses. [savM 
 
 7 The angel of the Lord encamps, 
 
 and round encompasseth 
 All those about that do him fear, 
 and them deliveretli. 
 
 8 taste and see that God is good : 
 
 who trusts in him is bless 'd. 
 
 9 Fear God, his saints : none that him 
 
 shall be with want oppressed, [fear 
 
 10 The lions young may hungry be, 
 
 and they may lack their food : 
 But they that truly seek the Lord 
 shall not lack any good. 
 
 1 1 children, hither do ye come, 
 
 and unto me give ear ; 
 I shall you teach to understand 
 how ye the Lord should fear. 
 
 12 What man is he that life desires, 
 
 to see good would live long ? 
 
 1 3 Thy lips refrain from speaking guile 
 
 and from ill words thy tongue. 
 
 14 Depart from ill, do good, seek peace, 
 
 pursue it earnestly. 
 
 15 God's eyes are on the just; his ears 
 
 are open to their cry. 
 
PSALM XXXIV. 59 
 
 16 The face of God is set against 
 
 those that do wickedly. 
 That he may quite out from the earth 
 cut off their memor5^ 
 
 17 The righteous cry unto the Lord, 
 
 he unto them gives ear ; 
 And they out of their troubles all 
 by him delivered are. 
 
 1 8 The Lord is ever nigh to them 
 
 that be of broken spirit ; 
 To them he safety doth afford 
 that are in heart contrite. 
 
 19 The troubles that afflict the just 
 
 in number many be ; 
 But yet at length out of them all 
 the Lord doth set him free. 
 
 20 He carefully his bones doth keep, 
 
 whatever can befall ; 
 That not so much as one of them 
 can broken be at all. 
 
 21 111 shall the wicked slay; laid waste 
 
 shall be who hate the just. 
 
 22 The Lord redeems his servants' souls; 
 
 none perish that him trust. 
 
 35 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 1 T)LE AD, Lord, with those that plead ; 
 L and fight 
 
 with those that fight with me. 
 
 2 Of shield and buckler take thou hold, 
 
 stand up mine help to be. 
 
60 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 3 Draw also out the speai% and do 
 
 against them stop the way 
 That me pursue :^ unto my soul, 
 I 'm thy salvation, say. 
 
 4 Let them confounded be and sham'd 
 
 that for my soul have sought: 
 Who plot my hurt turn'd back be they, 
 and to confusion brought. 
 
 5 Let them be like unto the chaff 
 
 that flies before the wind; 
 
 And let the angel of the Lord 
 
 pursue them hard behind. 
 
 6 With darkness cover thou their way, 
 
 and let it slippery prove ; 
 
 And let the angel of the Lord 
 
 pursue them from above. 
 
 7 For without cause have they for me 
 
 their net hid in a pit. 
 They also have without a cause 
 for mj soul digged it. 
 
 8 Let ruin seize him unawares ; 
 
 his net he hid withal 
 Himself let catch ; and in the same 
 destruction let him fall. 
 
 9 My soul in God shall joy; and glad 
 
 in his salvation be : 
 10 And all my bones shall say, Lord, 
 who is like unto thee, 
 
 Which dost the poor set free from him 
 that is for him too strong ; 
 
 Tlie poor and needy from the man 
 that spoils and does him wrong ? 
 
PSALM XXXV. 61 
 
 11 False witnesses rose ; to my charge 
 
 things I not knew they laid. 
 
 12 They, to the spoiling of my soul, 
 
 me ill for good repaid. 
 
 13 But as for me, when they were sick, 
 
 in sackcloth sad I mourn'd : 
 My humbled soul did fast, my prayV 
 into my bosom turn'd. 
 
 14 Myself I did behave as he 
 
 had been my fi'iend or brother ; 
 I heavily bow'd down, as one 
 that mourneth for his mother. 
 
 15 But in my trouble they rejoic'd, 
 
 gathering themselves together ; 
 Yea, abjects vile together did 
 
 themselves against me gather : 
 I knew it not ; they did me tear, 
 
 and quiet would not be. 
 
 16 With mocking hypocrites, at feasts 
 
 they gnash'd their teeth at me. 
 
 IT How long. Lord, look'st thou on? from 
 destructions they intend [those 
 
 Rescue my soul, from lions young 
 my darling do defend. 
 
 18 I will give thanks to thee, Lord, 
 
 within th' assembly great ; 
 And where much people gathered are 
 thy praises forth will set. 
 
 19 Let not my wrongful enemies 
 
 proudly rejoice o'er me ; 
 Nor wdio me hate without a cause, 
 let them wink with the eye. 
 
62 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 20 For peace they do not speak at all : 
 
 but crafty plots prepare 
 Against all those within the land 
 that meek and quiet are. 
 
 21 With mouths set wide, they Against me 
 
 Ha, ha ! our eye doth see. [said, 
 
 22 Lord, thou hast seen, hold not thy 
 
 Lord, be not far from me. [peace ; 
 
 23 Stir up thyself; wake, that thou may^st 
 
 judgment to me afford, 
 Ev'n to my cause, thou that art 
 my only God and Lord. 
 
 24 Lord my God, do thou me judge 
 
 after thy righteousness ; 
 And let them not their joy Against me 
 triumphantly express : 
 
 25 Nor let them say within then' hearts. 
 
 Ah, we would have it thus ; 
 Nor suffer them to s^y, that he 
 is swallowed up by us. 
 
 26 Shamed and confounded be they all 
 
 that at my hurt are glad ; 
 Let those against me that do boast 
 with shame and scorn be clad. 
 
 27 Let them that love my righteous cause 
 
 be glad, shout, and not cease 
 
 To say. The Lord be magnify'd, 
 
 who loves his servant's peace. 
 
 28 Thy righteousness shall also be 
 
 declared by ni}^ tongue ; 
 The praises that belong to thee 
 speak sliall it all day long. 
 
PSALM XXXVl. 63 
 
 1 ^"THE wicked man's transgression 
 X within mj heart thus says. 
 Undoubtedly the fear of God 
 
 is not before his eyes. 
 
 2 Because himself he flattereth 
 
 in his own blinded eye, 
 Until the hatefulness be found 
 of his iniquity. 
 
 3 Words fi'om his mouth proceeding are^ 
 
 fraud and iniquity: 
 He to be wise, and to do good, 
 hath left off utterly. 
 
 4 He mischief, lying on his bed, 
 
 most cunningly doth plot : 
 He sets himself in ways not good, 
 ill he abhorreth not. 
 
 5 Thy mercy. Lord, is in the heav'ns ; 
 
 thy truth doth reach the clouds : 
 
 6 Thy justice is like mountains great ; 
 
 thy judgments deep as floods : 
 Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 
 
 7 How precious is thj^ grace ! 
 Therefore in shadow of thy wings 
 
 men^s sons their trust shall place. 
 
 8 They with the fatness of thy house 
 
 shall be well satisfy 'd ; 
 From rivers of thy pleasures thou 
 wilt drink to them provide. 
 
 9 Because of life the fountain pure 
 
 remains alone with thee ; 
 And in that purest light of thine 
 we clearly light shall see. 
 
64 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 10 Thy loving-kindness unto them 
 
 continue that thee know ; 
 And still on men upright in heart 
 thy righteousness bestow. 
 
 1 1 Let not the foot of cruel pride 
 
 come, and against me stand ; 
 And let me not removed be. 
 Lord, by the wicked's hand. 
 
 1 2 There fallen are they, and ruined, 
 
 that work iniquities : 
 Cast down they are, and never shall 
 be able to arise. 
 
 37 PSALM XXXVIL 
 
 1 T?OR evil-doers fret thou not 
 J- thyself unquietly; 
 
 Nor do thou envy bear to those 
 that work iniquity. 
 
 2 For, even like unto the grass, 
 
 soon be cut down shall they ; 
 And, like the green and tender herb, 
 they wither shall avray. 
 
 3 Set thou thy trust upon the Lord, 
 
 and be thou doing good ; 
 And so thou in the land shalt dwell, 
 and verily have food. 
 
 4 Delight thyself in God; he'll give 
 
 thine heart's desire to thee. 
 
 5 Thy way to God commit, him trust, 
 
 it bring to pass shall he. 
 
 6 And, like unto the light, he shall 
 
 thy righteousness display ; 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 65 
 
 And he thy judgment shall bring forth 
 like noon-tide of the day. 
 
 7 Rest in the Lord, and patiently 
 
 wait for him : do not fret 
 For him who, prospering in his way, 
 success in sin doth get. 
 
 8 Do thou from anger cease, and wrath 
 
 see thou forsake also : ^ 
 Fret not thyself in any wise, 
 that evil thou should'st do. 
 
 9 For those that evil-doers are 
 
 shall be cut off and fall : 
 But those that wait upon the Lord 
 the earth inherit shall. 
 
 10 For yet a httle while, and then 
 
 the wicked shall not be ; 
 His place thou shalt consider well, 
 but it thou shalt not see. 
 
 1 1 But by inheritance the earth 
 
 the meek ones shall possess : 
 They also shall delight themselves 
 in an abundant peace. 
 
 12 The Avicked plots against the just, 
 
 and at him whets his teeth : 
 
 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, because 
 his day he coming seeth. 
 
 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 
 and bent their bow, to slay 
 
 The poor and needy, and to kill 
 men of an upright way. 
 
 15 But their own sword, which they have 
 shall enter their own heart : [drawn, 
 
 E 
 
66 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 Their bows which they have bent shall 
 and into pieces part. [break, 
 
 16 A little that a just man hath 
 
 is more and better far 
 Than is the wealth of many such 
 as lewd and wicked are. 
 
 17 For sinners' arms shall broken be ; 
 
 but God the just sustains. 
 
 18 God knows the just man's days, and 
 
 their heritage remains. [still 
 
 19 They shall not be asham'd when they 
 
 the evil time do see ; 
 And when the days of famine are, 
 they satisfy'd shall be. 
 
 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, 
 
 as fat of lambs, decay ; 
 They shall consume, yea, into smoke 
 they shall consume away. 
 
 21 The wicked borrows, but the same 
 
 again he doth not pay : 
 Whereas the righteous mercy shews, 
 and gives his own away. 
 
 22 For such as blessed be of him 
 
 the earth inherit shall ; 
 And they that cursed are of him 
 shall be destroyed all. 
 
 23 A good man's footsteps by the Lord 
 
 are ordered aright ; 
 And in the way wherein he walks 
 he greatly doth delight. 
 
 24 Although he fall, yet shall he not 
 
 be cast down utterly ; 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 67 
 
 Because the Lord with his own hand 
 upholds him mightily. ^ 
 
 25 I have been young, and now am old, 
 
 yet have I never seen 
 The just man left, nor that his seed 
 for bread have beggars been. 
 
 26 He 's ever merciful, and lends : 
 
 his seed is bless'd therefore. 
 
 27 Depart from evil, and do good, 
 
 and dwell for evermore. 
 
 28 For God loves judgment, and his saints 
 
 leaves not in any case ; 
 They are kept ever : but cut off 
 shall be the sinner's race. 
 
 29 The just inherit shall the land, 
 
 and ever in it dwell : 
 
 30 The just man's mouth doth wisdom 
 
 speak ; 
 his tongue doth judgment tell. 
 
 31 In 's heart the law is of his God, 
 
 his steps slide not away. 
 
 32 The wicked man doth watch the just, 
 
 and seeketh him to slay. 
 
 33 Yet him the Lord will not forsake, 
 
 nor leave him in his hands : 
 The righteous will he not condemn, 
 when he in judgment stands. 
 
 34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, 
 
 I and thee exalt shall he 
 
 Th' earth to inherit ; when cut off 
 the wicked thou shalt see. 
 
68 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 35 I saw the wicked great in pow'r, 
 
 spread like a green ba^^-tree : 
 
 36 He pass'd, yea, was not; him I sought, 
 
 but found he could not be. 
 
 37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold 
 
 the man of uprightness ; 
 Because that surely of this man 
 the latter end is peace. 
 
 38 But those men that transgressors are 
 
 shall be destroyed together ; 
 The latter end of wicked men 
 shall be cut off for ever. 
 
 39 But the salvation of the just 
 
 is from the Lord above ; 
 He in the time of their distress 
 their stay and strength doth prove. 
 
 iO The Lord shall help, and them deliver; 
 he shall them free and save 
 From wicked men ; because in him 
 their confidence they have. 
 
 38 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 
 1 "f N thy great indignation, 
 J Lord, rebuke me not ; 
 
 Nor on me lay thy chastening hand, 
 in thy displeasure hot. 
 
 2 For in me fast thine arrows stick, 
 
 thine hand doth press me sore : 
 
 3 And in my flesh there is no health, 
 
 nor soundness any more. 
 
 This grief I have, because thy wratli 
 Ls forth against me gone : 
 
PSALM XXXVIII. 69 
 
 And in my bones there is no rest, 
 for sin that I have done. 
 
 4 Beoause gone up above mine head 
 
 my great transgressions be ; 
 And, as a weighty burden, they 
 too heavj^ are for me. 
 
 5 My Avounds do stink, and are corrupt ; 
 
 my folly makes it so. 
 
 6 I troubled am, and much bow'd down ; 
 
 all day I mourning go. 
 
 7 For a disease that loathsome is 
 
 so fills my loins with pain. 
 That in my weak and weary flesh 
 no soundness doth remain. 
 
 8 So feeble and infirm am I, 
 
 and broken am so sore. 
 That, through disquiet of my heart, 
 I have been made to roar. 
 
 9 Lord, all that I do desire 
 
 is still before thine eye ; 
 And of my heart the secret groans 
 not hidden are from thee. 
 
 10 My heart doth pant incessantly, 
 
 my strength doth quite decay ; 
 As for mine eyes, their wonted light 
 is fi:om me gone away. 
 
 1 1 My lovers and my friends do stand 
 
 at distance from my sore ; 
 And those do stand aloof that were 
 kinsmen and kind before. 
 
 12 Yea, they that seek my life Jay snares: 
 
 who seek to do me wrong 
 
70 PSALM XXXVIIL 
 
 Speak things mischievous^ and deceits 
 imagine all day long. 
 
 13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not, 
 
 I suffered all to pass ; 
 I as a dumb man did become, 
 whose mouth not open'd was : 
 
 14 As one that hears not, in whose mouth 
 
 are no reproofs at all. 
 
 15 For, Lord, I hope in thee ; my God, 
 
 thou 'It hear me when I call. 
 
 16 For 1 said. Hear me, lest they should 
 
 rejoice o'er me with pride ; 
 And o'er me magnify themselves, 
 when as my foot doth slide. 
 
 1 7 For I am near to halt, my grief 
 
 is still before mine eye : 
 
 18 For I'll declare my sin, and grieve 
 
 for mine iniquity. 
 
 19 But yet mine en'mies lively are, 
 
 and strong are they beside ; 
 And they that hate me wrongfully 
 are greatly multiply'd. 
 
 20 And they for good that render ill, 
 
 as en mies me withstood ; 
 Yea, ev'n for this, because that I 
 do follow what is good. 
 
 21 Forsake me not, Lord ; my God, 
 
 far from me never be. 
 
 22 Lord, thou my salvation art, 
 
 haste to give help to me. 
 
PSALM XXXIX. 71 
 
 1 T SAID, I will look to my ways, 
 X lest with my tongue I sin : 
 
 In sight of wicked men my mouth 
 with bridle 111 keep in. 
 
 2 With silence I as dumb became, 
 
 I did myself restrain 
 From speaking good ; but then the more 
 increased was my pain. 
 
 3 My heart within me w^axed hot ; 
 
 and, while I musing was. 
 The fire did burn ; and from my tongue 
 these words I did let pass : 
 
 4 Mine end, and measure of my days, 
 
 Lord, unto me show 
 What is the same ; that I thereby 
 my frailty well may know. 
 
 5 Lo, thou my days an handbreadth 
 
 mad'st; 
 mine age is in thine eye 
 As nothing : sure each man at best 
 is wholly vanity. 
 
 6 Sure each man walks in a vain show ; 
 
 they vex themselves in vain : 
 He heaps up wealth, and doth not know 
 to whom it sh^U pertain. 
 
 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? 
 
 my hope is fix'd on thee. 
 
 8 Free me from all my trespasses, 
 
 the fool's scorn make not me. 
 
 9 Dumb was I, opening not my mouth, 
 
 because this work was thine. 
 
72 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 10 TKy Dtroke take fi'om me ; by the blow 
 
 of thine hand I do pine. 
 
 1 1 When with rebukes thou dost correct 
 
 man for iniquity, 
 Thou wastes his beauty hke a moth: 
 sure each man 's vanity. 
 
 12 Attend my cry. Lord, at my tears 
 
 and pray'rs not silent be : 
 I sojourn as my lathers all, 
 and stranger am with thee. 
 
 13 spare thou me, that I my strength 
 
 recover may again. 
 Before from hence I do depart, 
 and here no more remain. 
 
 40 PSALM XL. 
 
 1 T WAITED for the Lord my God, 
 X and patiently did bear ; 
 
 At length to me he did incline 
 my voice and cry to hear. 
 
 2 He took me from a fearful pit, 
 
 and from the miry clay. 
 And on a rock he set my feet, 
 establishing my way. 
 
 3 He put a new song in my mouth, 
 
 our God to magnify : 
 Many shall see it, and shall fear, 
 and on the Lord rely. 
 
 4 blessed is the man whose trust 
 
 upon the Lord relies ; 
 Respecting not the proud, nor such 
 as turn aside to lies. 
 
PSALM XL. 73 
 
 •^ Lord my God, full many are 
 
 the wonders thou hast done ; 
 Thy gracious thoughts to us- ward far 
 
 above all thoughts are gone : 
 In order none can reckon them 
 
 to thee : if them declare. 
 And speak of them I would, they more 
 
 than can be number'd are. 
 
 No sacrifice nor offering 
 didst thou at all desire ; 
 Mine ears thou bor'd: sin-off 'ring thou 
 and burnt didst not require : 
 
 7 Then to the Lord these Avere my words, 
 
 1 come, behold and see ; 
 Within the volume of the book 
 it written is of me : 
 
 8 To do thy will I take delight, 
 
 thou my God that art ; 
 Yea, that most holy law of thine 
 
 1 have within my heart. 
 
 9 Within the congregation great 
 
 1 righteousness did preach : 
 Lo, thou dost know, Lord, that 1 
 refrained not my speech. 
 
 1 I never did within my heart 
 
 conceal thy righteousness ; 
 I thy salvation have declared, 
 
 and shown thy faithfulness : 
 Thy kindness, which most loving is, 
 
 concealed have not I, 
 Nor from the congTCgation great 
 
 have hid thy verity. 
 
74 PSALM XL. . 
 
 1 1 Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me 
 
 do thou not restram ; 
 
 Thy lovmg-kindness, and thy truth, 
 let them me still maintain. 
 
 12 For ills past reckoning compass me, 
 
 and mine iniquities 
 Such hold upon me taken have, 
 
 1 cannot lift mine eyes : 
 
 They more than hairs are on mine 
 head, 
 thence is my heart dismayed. 
 
 13 Be pleased. Lord, to rescue me; 
 
 Lord, hasten to mine aid. 
 
 14 Sham'd and confounded be they all 
 
 that seek my soul to kill ; 
 Yea, let them backward driven be, 
 and shamed, that wish me ill. 
 
 15 For a reward of this their shame 
 
 confounded let them be. 
 That in this manner scoffing say, 
 Aha, aha ! to me. 
 
 16 In thee let all be glad, and joy, 
 
 who seeking thee abide ; 
 Who thy salvation love, say still. 
 The Lord be magnify^d. 
 
 17 I^m poor and needy, yet the Lord 
 
 of me a care doth take : 
 Thou art my help and saviour, 
 my God, no tarrying make. 
 
PSALM XLI. 75 
 
 1 T) LESSED is he that wisely doth 
 J3 the poor man^s case consider; 
 For when the time of trouble is, 
 
 , the Lord will him deliver. 
 
 2 God will him keep, yea, save alive ; 
 
 on earth he bless'd shall live ; 
 And to his enemies^ desire 
 thou wilt him not up give. 
 
 3 God will give strength when he on bed 
 
 of languishing doth mourn ; 
 And in his sickness sore, Lord, 
 thou all his bed wilt turn. 
 
 4 I said, Lord, do thou extend 
 
 thy mercy unto me ; 
 do thou heal my soul ; for why? 
 I have offended thee. 
 
 5 Those that to me are enemies, 
 
 of me do evil say. 
 When shall he die, that so his name 
 may perish quite away ? 
 
 6 To see me if he comes, he speaks 
 
 vain words : but then his heart 
 Heaps mischief to it, which he tells, 
 when forth he doth depart. 
 
 7 My haters jointly whispering, 
 
 Against me my hurt deVise. 
 
 8 Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him 
 
 he li'th, and shall not rise. 
 
 9 Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend, 
 
 on whom 1 did- rely. 
 Who ate my bread, ey'n he his heel 
 against mo lifted high. 
 
76 PSALM XLI. 
 
 10 But, Lord, be merciful to me, 
 
 and up again me raise, 
 That I may justly them requite 
 according to their ways. 
 
 1 1 By this I know that certainly 
 
 I favoured am by thee ; 
 
 Because my hateful enemy 
 
 triumphs not over me. 
 
 12 But as for me, thou me uphold'st 
 
 in mine integrity ; 
 And me before thy countenance 
 thou sett^st continually. ' 
 
 13 The Lord, the God of Israel, 
 
 be blessed for ever then. 
 From age to age eternally. 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
 43 PSALM XLIL 
 
 1 T IKE as the hart for water-brook g 
 Xj in thirst doth pant and bray; 
 So pants my longing soul, God, 
 
 that come to thee I may. 
 
 2 My soul for God, the living God, 
 
 doth thirst : when shall I near 
 Unto thy countenance approach, 
 and in God's sight appear? 
 
 3 My tears have unto me been meat, 
 
 both in the night and day. 
 While unto me continually. 
 Where is thy God ? they say. 
 
 4 My soul is poured out in me, 
 
 when this I think upon ; 
 
PSALM XLIL 77 
 
 Because that with the multitude 
 I heretofore had gone ; 
 
 With them into God's house I went 
 with voice of joy and praise ; 
 
 Yea, with the multitude that kept 
 the solemn holy days. 
 
 5 why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 why in me so dismayed ? 
 Trust God, for 1 shall praise him yet, 
 his countenance is mine aid. 
 
 6 My God, my soul's cast down in me ; 
 
 thee therefore mind I will 
 From Jordan's land, the Hermonites, 
 and ev'n from Mizar hill. 
 
 7 At the noise of thy water-spouts 
 
 deep unto deep doth call ; 
 Thj breaking waves pass over me, 
 yea, and thy billows all. 
 
 8 His loving-kindness yet the Lord 
 
 command will in the day. 
 His song 's with me by night ; to God, 
 by whom I live, I'll pray: 
 
 9 And I will say to God my rock. 
 
 Why me forgett'st thou so ? 
 Why, for my foes' oppression, 
 thus mourning do I go ? 
 
 10 'Tis as a sword within my bones, 
 
 when my foes me ui)braid ; 
 Ev'n when by them. Where is thy God ? 
 'tis daily to me said. 
 
 11 why art thou cast down, my soul? 
 
 why, thus with grief opprest. 
 
78 PSALM XLII, 
 
 Art tliou disquieted in me ? 
 in God still hope and rest : 
 
 For yet 1 knoAv I shall him praise, 
 
 who graciously to me 
 The health is of my countenance, 
 
 yea^ mine own God is he. 
 
 43 PSALM XLIII. 
 
 1 JUDGE me, God, and plead my 
 tl cause 
 
 against tli' ungodly nation ; 
 From the unjust and crafty man, 
 be thou my salvation. 
 
 2 For thou the God art of my strength; 
 
 why thrusts thou me thee fro^ ? 
 For th' enemy's oppression 
 why do I mourning go ? 
 
 3 send thy light forth and thy truth; 
 
 let them be guides to me. 
 And bring me to thine holy hill, 
 ev'n where thy dwellings be. 
 
 4 Then will I to God's altar go, 
 
 to God my chiefest joy: 
 Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise 
 my harp I will employ. 
 
 5 Why art thou then cast down, my soul? 
 
 what should discourage thee ? 
 And why with vexing thoughts art thou 
 
 disquieted in me? 
 Still trust in God ; for him to praise 
 
 good cause I yet shall have : 
 He of my countenance is the health, 
 
 my God that doth me save. 
 
PSALM XLIV. 79 
 
 1 r\ GOD, we with our ears have heard, 
 \J our fathers have us told, 
 
 What works thou m theu* days hadst 
 ev'n m the days of old. [done, 
 
 2 Thy hand did drive the heathen out, 
 
 and plant them in their place ; 
 Thou didst afflict the nations, 
 but them thou didst increase. 
 
 3 For neither got their sword the land, 
 
 nor did their arm them save ; 
 But thy right hand, arm, countenance ; 
 for thou them favour gave. 
 
 4 Thou art my King : for Jacob, Lord, 
 
 delivVances command. 
 
 5 Through thee we shall push down our 
 
 that do against us stand : [foes. 
 
 We, through thy name, shall tread 
 down those 
 that ris^n against us have. 
 
 6 For in my bow I shall not trust, 
 
 nor shall my sword me save. 
 
 7 But from our foes thou hast us sav'd, 
 
 our haters put to shame. 
 
 8 In God we all the day do boast, 
 
 and ever praise thy name, 
 
 9 But now we are cast off by thee, 
 
 and us thou putt'st to shame : 
 And when our aniiies do go forth, 
 
 thou go^st not with the same. 
 10 Thou mak'st us from the enemy, 
 
 faint-hearted, to turn back ; 
 And they who hate us for themselves 
 
 our spoils awav do take. 
 
80 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 1 1 Like sheep for meat thou gavest us ; 
 
 'mong heathen cast we be. 
 
 12 Thou didst for nought thy people sell ; 
 
 their price enrich'd not thee. 
 
 13 Thou mak'st us a reproach to be 
 
 unto our neighbours near ; 
 Derision and a scorn to them 
 that round about us are. 
 
 14 A bj^-word also thou dost us 
 
 among the heathen make ; 
 The people, in contempt and spite, 
 at us their heads do shake. 
 
 15 Before me my confusion 
 
 continually abides ; 
 And of my bashful countenance 
 the shame me ever hides : 
 
 16 For voice of him that doth reproach, 
 
 and speaketh blasphemy; 
 By reason of'th' avenging foe, 
 and cruel enemy. 
 
 17 All this is come on us, yet we 
 
 have not forgotten thee ; 
 Nor falsely in thy covenant 
 behav'd ourselves have we. 
 
 1 8 Back from thy way our heart not turn'd ? 
 
 our steps no straying made ; 
 
 19 Though us thou brak'st in dragons' 
 
 place, 
 and cover'dst with death's shade. 
 
 20 If we God^s name forgot, or stretch'd 
 
 to a strange god our hands, 
 
 21 Shall not God search this out? for he 
 
 heart's secrets understands. 
 
PSALM XLIV. 81 
 
 22 Yea, for thy sake we Ve kilPd all day, 
 
 counted as slaughter-sheep. 
 
 23 Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off; 
 
 awake, why dost thou sleep ? 
 
 24 wherefore hidest thou thy face ? 
 
 forgett'st our cause distressed, 
 
 25 And our oppression? For our soul 
 
 is to the dust down pressed : 
 
 Our belly also on the earth 
 fast cleaving, hold doth take. 
 
 26 Rise for our help, and us redeem, 
 
 ev'n for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 45 PSALM XLV. 
 
 ^ IV/TY heart brings forth a goodly thing; 
 IVX my words that I indite 
 Concern the King: my tongue 's a pen 
 of one that swift doth write. 
 
 2 Thou fairer art than sons of men : 
 
 into thy lips is store 
 Of grace infus'd ; God therefore thee 
 hath bless'd for evermore. 
 
 3 thou that art the mighty One, 
 
 thy sword gird on thy thigh ; 
 Ev'n with thy glory excellent, 
 and with thy majesty. 
 
 4 For meekness, truth, and righteousness, 
 in state ride prosperously; 
 
 And thy right hand shall thee instruct 
 in things that fearful be. 
 
 5 Thine arrows sharply pierce the heart 
 of th' en'mi*es of the King ; 
 
82 PSALM XLV. 
 
 And under thy subjection 
 the people down do bring. 
 
 6 For ever and for ever is, 
 
 God, thy throne of might ; 
 The sceptre of thy kingdom is 
 a sceptre that is right. 
 
 7 Thou lovest right, and hatest ill; 
 
 for God, thy God, most high. 
 Above thy fellows hath with th' oil 
 of joy anointed thee. 
 
 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia, 
 
 a smell thy garments had. 
 Out of the iv'yj palaces, 
 
 whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 Among thy women honourable 
 
 kings ^ daughters were at hand : 
 Upon thy right hand did the queen 
 in gold of Ophir stand. 
 
 10 daughter, hearken and regard, 
 
 and do thine ear incline ; 
 Likewise forget thy father's house, 
 and people that are thine. 
 
 1 1 Then of the King desir'd shall be 
 
 thy beauty vehemently: 
 Because he is thy Lord, do thou 
 him worship reverently. 
 /2 The daughter there of Tjre shall be 
 with gifts and ofF'rings great : 
 Those of the people that are rich 
 thy favour shall entreat. 
 
 ^3 Behold, the daughtej- of the King 
 all glorious is within ; 
 
PSALM XLV. 83 
 
 And with embroideries of gold 
 her garments wi^ought have been. 
 
 1 4 She shall be brought unto the King 
 
 in robes with needle wrought ; 
 Her fellow- virgins following 
 shall unto thee be brought. 
 
 15 They shall be brought with gladness 
 
 and mirth on evVy side, [great, 
 Into the palace of the King^ 
 and there they shall abide. 
 
 16 Instead of those thy fathers dear, 
 
 thy children thou may'st take. 
 And in all places of the earth 
 them noble princes make. 
 
 1 7 Thy name remember'd I will make 
 
 through ages all to be : 
 The people therefore evermore 
 shall praises give to thee. 
 
 Anothe?' of the same. 
 
 1 II /FY heart inditing is 
 -LVJL good matter in a song : 
 
 I speak the things that I have made, 
 which to the King belong : 
 
 My tongue shall be as quick, 
 his honour to indite, 
 
 As is the pen of any scribe 
 that useth fast to write. 
 
 2 Thou rt fairest of all men; 
 
 grace in thy lips doth flow: 
 And therefore blessings evermore 
 on thee doth God bestow. 
 
84 PSALM XLV. 
 
 3 Thy sword gird on tliy thigh, 
 
 thou that art most of might : 
 Appear in dreadful majesty, 
 and in thy glory bright. 
 
 4 For meekness, truth, and right, 
 
 ride prosp rously in state ; 
 And thy right hand shall teach to thee 
 things terrible and great. 
 Thy shafts sliall pierce their hearts 
 that foes are to the K ing ; 
 Whereby into subjection 
 the people thou shalt bring. 
 
 6 Thy royal seat, Lord, 
 
 for ever shall remain : 
 The sceptre of thy kingdom doth 
 all righteousness maintain. 
 
 7 Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill ; 
 
 for God, thy God, most high. 
 Above thy fellows hath with th' oil 
 of joy anointed thee. 
 
 8 Of myrrh and spices sweet 
 
 a smell thy garments had. 
 Out of the iv'ry palaces, 
 
 whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 And in thy glorious train 
 
 kings ^ daughters waiting stand ; 
 And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold, 
 doth stand at thy right hand. 
 
 J daughter, take good heed, 
 incline, and give good ear ; 
 Thou must forget thy kindred all, 
 and father s house most dear. 
 
PSALM XLV. 85 
 
 1 1 Thy beauty to the King 
 
 shall then delightful be : 
 And do thou humbly worship him, 
 because thy Lord is he. 
 
 12 The daughter then of Tyre 
 
 there with a gift shall be, 
 And all the wealthy of the land 
 shall make their suit to thee. 
 
 1 3 The daughter of the King 
 
 all glorious is within; 
 And with embroideries of gold 
 her garments wrought have been, 
 
 1 4 She cometh to the King 
 
 in robes with needle wrought ; 
 The virgins that do follow her 
 shall unto thee be brought. 
 
 15 They shall be brought with joy, 
 
 and mirth on ev'iy side. 
 Into the palace of the King, 
 and there they shall abide. 
 
 1 6 And in thy fathers' stead, 
 
 thy children thou may'st take. 
 And in all places of the earth 
 them noble princes make. 
 
 1 7 I will shew forth thy name 
 
 to generations all: 
 Therefore the people evermore 
 to thee give joraises shall. 
 
 46 PSALM XLVL 
 
 OD is our refuge and our strength, 
 in straits a present aid ; 
 
 'G<i 
 
86 PSALM XL VI. 
 
 2 Therefore, although the earth remove, 
 
 we will not be afraid : 
 Though hills amidst the seas be cast ; 
 
 3 Though waters roaring make, 
 And troubled be ; yea though the hills 
 
 by swelling seas do shake. 
 
 4 A river is, whose streams do glad 
 
 the city of our God ; 
 The holy place, wherein the Lord 
 most high hath his abode. 
 
 5 God in the midst of her doth dwell ; 
 
 nothing shall her remove : 
 The Lord to her an helper will, 
 and that right early, prove. 
 
 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuously, 
 
 the kingdoms moved were : 
 
 The Lord God uttered his voice, 
 
 the earth did melt for fear. 
 
 7 The Lord of hosts upon our side 
 
 doth constantly remain : 
 The God of Jacob 's our refuge, 
 us safely to maintain. 
 
 8 Come, and behold what wondrous works 
 
 have by the Lord been wrought ; 
 Come, see what desolations 
 he on the earth hath brought. 
 
 9 Unto the ends of all the earth 
 
 wars into peace he turns : 
 The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts, 
 in fire the chariot burns. 
 
 ^0 Be still, and know that I am God ; 
 among the heathen I 
 
PSALM XLVL 87 
 
 Will be exalted; I on earth 
 will be exalted high. 
 1 1 Our God, who is the Lord of hosts, 
 is still upon our side ; 
 The God of Jacob our refuge 
 for ever will abide. 
 
 47 PSALM XLVIL 
 
 ^ \ LL people, clap your hands ; to God 
 i1l with voice of triumph shout : 
 
 2 For dreadful is the Lord most high, 
 
 great King the earth throughout. 
 
 3 The heathen people under us 
 
 he surely shall subdue ; 
 And he shall make the nations 
 under our feet to bow. 
 
 4 The lot of our inheritance 
 
 chuse out for us shall he, 
 Of Jacob, whom he loved well, 
 ev'n the excellency. 
 
 5 God is with shouts gone up, the Lord 
 
 with trumpets sounding high. 
 
 6 Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing 
 
 praise to our King sing ye. [praise, 
 
 7 For God is King of all the earth ; 
 
 with knowledge praise express. 
 
 8 God rules the nations : God sits on 
 
 his throne of holiness. 
 
 9 The princes of the people are 
 
 assembled willingly ; 
 Ev^i of the God of Abraham 
 they who the people be. 
 
88 PSALM XL VII. 
 
 For why? the shields that do defend 
 
 the earth are only his : 
 They to the Lord belong ; yea, he 
 
 exalted greatly is. 
 
 48 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 1 ri RE AT is the Lord, and greatly he 
 Vj is to be praised still, 
 
 Within the city of our God, 
 upon his holy hill. 
 
 2 Mount Sion stands most beautiful, 
 
 the joy of all the land ; 
 The city of the mighty King 
 on her north side doth stand. 
 
 3 The Lord within her palaces 
 
 is for a refuge known. 
 
 4 For, lo, the kings that gather'd were 
 
 together, by have gone. 
 6 But when they did behold the sam(^, 
 they, wondering, would not stay ; 
 But, being troubled at the sight, 
 they thence did haste away. 
 
 6 Great terror there took hold on themj 
 they were possessed with fear ; 
 Their grief camq like a woman's pair 
 wlien she a child doth bear. 
 T Thou Tarshish ships with east wind' 
 8 As we have heard it told, [break'st: 
 So, in the city of the Lord, 
 our eyes did it behold ; 
 
 In our God's city, which his hand 
 for ever stablish will. 
 
PSALM XLVIIL 89 
 
 9 We of thy loving-kindness thought. 
 Lord, in thy temple still. 
 
 10 Lord, according to thy name, ^ 
 
 through all the earth's thy praise ; 
 And thy right hand, Lord, is full 
 of righteousness always. 
 
 11 Because thy judgments are made 
 
 let Sion mount rejoice ; [known, 
 Of Judah let the daughters al . 
 send forth a cheerful voice. 
 
 12 Walk about Sion, and go round ; 
 
 the high tow'rs thereof tell: 
 
 13 Consider ye her palaces, 
 
 and mark her bulwarks well ; 
 
 That ye may tell posterity. 
 
 14 For this God doth abide 
 Our God for evermore ; he will 
 
 ev'n unto death us guide. 
 
 49 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 1 TTEAR this, all people, and give ear, 
 XI all in the world that dwell ; 
 
 2 Both low and high, both rich and poor, 
 
 3 My mouth shall wisdom tell : 
 My heart shall knowledge meditate. 
 
 4 I will incline mine ear 
 
 To parables, and on the harp 
 my sayings dark declare. 
 
 5 Amidst those days that evil be, 
 
 why should I, fearing, doubt ? 
 When of my heels tli' iniquity 
 shall compass me about. 
 
90 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 6 Whoe'er they be that in their wealth 
 
 their confidence do pitch. 
 And boast themselves, because they are 
 become exceeding rich: 
 
 7 Yet none of these his brother can 
 
 redeem by any way ; 
 Nor can he unto God for him 
 sufficient ransom pay, 
 
 8 (Their soul's redemption precious is, 
 
 and it can never be,) 
 .9 That still he should for ever live, 
 and not corruption see. 
 
 10 For why? he seeth that wise men die, 
 
 and brutish fools also 
 Do perish ; and their wealth, when dead, 
 to others they let go. 
 
 1 1 Their inward thought is, that their house 
 
 and dwelling-places shall 
 Stand through all ages ; they their lands 
 by their own names do call. 
 
 1 2 But yet in honour shall not man 
 
 abide continually; 
 But passing hence, may be compar'd 
 unto the beasts that die. 
 
 13 Thus brutish folly plainly is 
 
 their wisdom and their way; 
 Yet their posterity approve 
 what they do fondly say. 
 
 14 Like sheep they in tlie grave are laid, 
 
 and death shall them devour ; 
 And in the morning upright men 
 shall over them have pow'r: 
 
PSALM XLIX. 91 
 
 Their beauty fi'om their dwelling shall 
 consume within the grave. 
 
 15 But from hell's hand God will me free, 
 
 for he shall me receive. 
 
 16 Be thou not then afraid when one 
 
 enriched thou dost see, 
 Nor when the glory of his house 
 advanced is on high : 
 
 17 For he shall carry nothing hence, 
 
 when death his days doth end ; 
 Nor shall his glory after him 
 into the grave descend. 
 
 18 Although he his own soul did bless 
 
 whilst he on earth did live ; 
 (And when thou to thyself dost well, 
 men will thee praises give ;) 
 
 19 He to his fathers' race shall go, 
 
 they never shall see light. 
 
 20 Man honoured wanting knowledge is 
 
 like beasts that perish quite. 
 
 50 PSALM L. 
 
 1 nPHE mighty God, the Lord, 
 X hath spoken, and did call 
 The earth, from rising of the sun, 
 
 to where he hath his fall. 
 
 2 From out of Sion hill, 
 
 which of excellency 
 And beauty the perfection is, 
 God shined gloriously. 
 
 3 Our God shall surely come ; 
 
 keep silence shall not he : 
 
92 PSALM L. 
 
 Before him fire shall waste, great storms 
 shall romid about him be. 
 
 4 Unto the heavens clear 
 
 he fi'om above shall call, 
 And to the earth likewise, that he 
 may judge his people all. 
 
 5 Together let my saints 
 
 unto me gathered be. 
 Those that by sacrifice have made 
 a covenant with me. 
 
 6 And then the heavens shall 
 
 his righteousness declare: 
 
 Because the Lord himself is he 
 
 by whom men judged are. 
 
 7 My people Isr'el hear, 
 
 speak will I fi'om on high, 
 Against thee 1 will testify; 
 God, ev'n thy God, am L 
 
 8 I for thy sacrifice 
 
 no blame will on thee lay. 
 Nor for burnt-off''rings, which to me 
 thou offer'dst every day. 
 
 9 1 '11 take no calf nor goats 
 
 from house or fold of thine : 
 
 10 For beasts of forests, cattle all 
 
 on thousand hills, are mine. 
 
 1 1 The fowls on mountains high 
 
 are all to me well known ; 
 Wild beasts which in the fields do lie, 
 ev'n they are all mine own. 
 
 12 Then, if I hungry were, 
 
 I would not tell it thee; 
 
PSALM L. 93 
 
 Because the world, and fulness all 
 thereof, belongs to me. 
 
 13 Will I eat flesh of bulls? ^ . 
 
 or goats' blood drhik will I ? 
 
 14 Thanks offer thou to God, and pay 
 
 thy vows to the most High. 
 
 15 And call upon me when 
 
 in trouble thou shalt be ; 
 I will deliver thee, and thou 
 my name shalt glorify. 
 
 16 But to the wicked man 
 
 God saith. My laws and truth 
 Should'st thou declare? how dar'st 
 thou take 
 my covenant in thy mouth ? 
 
 17 Sith thou instruction hat'st, 
 
 which should thy ways direct ; 
 And sith my words behind thy back 
 thou cast^st, and dost reject. 
 
 18 When thou a thief didst see, 
 
 with him thou didst consent ; 
 And with the vile adulterers 
 partaker on thou went. 
 
 19 Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill, 
 
 thy tongue deceit doth fi^ame ; 
 
 20 Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother 
 
 speak' st, 
 thy mother's son dost shame. 
 
 21 Because I silence kept, 
 
 while thou these things hast wrought ; 
 That I was altogether like 
 
 thyself, hath been thy thought : 
 
94 PSALM L. 
 
 Yet I will thee reprove, 
 and set before thine eyes. 
 
 In order ranked, thy misdeeds, 
 and thine iniquities. 
 
 22 Now, ye that God forget, 
 
 this carefully consider; 
 Lest 1 in pieces tear you all, 
 and none can you deliver. 
 
 23 Whoso doth offer praise 
 
 me glorifies; and I 
 Will shew him God's salvation, 
 that orders right his way. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 ^PHE mighty God, the Lord, hath 
 JL spoke, 
 
 and caird the earth upon, 
 Ev'n from the rising of the sun 
 unto his going down. 
 
 2 From out of Sion, his own hill, 
 
 where the perfection high 
 Of beauty is, fi'om thence the Lord 
 hath shined gloriously. 
 
 3 Our God shall com6, and shall no more 
 
 be silent, but speak out : 
 Before him fire shall waste, great storms 
 shall compass him about. 
 
 4 He to the heavens fi^om above, 
 
 and to the earth below. 
 Shall call, that he his judgments may 
 before his people show. 
 
 5 Lot all my saints together be 
 
 unto me gathered; 
 
PSALM L. 95 
 
 Those that by sacrifice with me 
 a covenant have made. 
 
 6 And then the heavens shall declare 
 
 his righteousness abroad : 
 Because the Lord himself doth come ; 
 none else is judge but God. 
 
 7 Hear, my people, and 1^11 speak ; 
 
 Israel by name, 
 Against thee I will testify; 
 God, ev^n thy God, I am. 
 
 8 I for thy sacrifices few 
 
 reprove thee never will, 
 Nor for burnt-off*'rings to have been 
 before me offer'd still. 
 
 9 I ^11 take no bullock nor he-goats 
 
 from house nor folds of thine : 
 
 10 For beasts of forests, cattle all 
 
 on thousand hills, are mine. 
 
 1 1 The fowls are all to me well known 
 
 that mountains high do yield ; 
 And I do challenge as mine own 
 the wild beasts of the field. 
 
 12 If I were hungry, I would not 
 
 to thee for need complain ; 
 For earth, and all its fulness, doth 
 to me of right pertain. 
 
 13 That I to eat the flesh of bulls 
 
 take pleasure dost thou think ? 
 Or that I need, to quench my thirst, 
 the blood of goats to drink ? 
 
 14 Nay, rather unto me, thy God, 
 
 thanksgiving offer thou : 
 
96 PSALM L. 
 
 To the most High perform thy word, 
 and fully pay thy vow : 
 
 15 And in the day of trouble great 
 
 see that thou call on me ; 
 I will deliver thee, and thou 
 my name shalt glorify. 
 
 16 But God unto the wicked saith, 
 
 Why should 'st thou mention make 
 Of my commands ? how dar'st thou in 
 thy mouth my covenant take ? 
 
 1 7 Sith it is so that thou dost hate 
 
 all good instruction ; 
 And sith thou cast'st behind thy back, 
 and slightest my words each one. 
 
 18 When thou a thief didst see, then 
 
 straight 
 thou join^dst with him in sin. 
 And with the vile adulterers 
 thou hast partaker been. 
 
 19 Thy mouth to evil thou dost give, 
 
 tlty tongue deceit doth frame. 
 
 20 Thou sitt'st, and Against thy brother 
 
 speak'st, 
 thy mother's son to shame. 
 
 21 These things thou wickedly hast donej 
 
 and I have silent been : 
 Thou thought' st that I was like thyselfij 
 
 and did approve thy sin : 
 But I will sharply thee reprove, 
 
 and I will order right 
 Thy sins and thy transgressions 
 
 in presence of thy sight. 
 
PSALM L. 97 
 
 22 Consider this, and be afraid, 
 
 ye that forget the Lord, 
 Lest I in pieces tear you all, 
 when none can help afford. 
 
 23 Who off'reth praise me glorifies: 
 
 I will shew God's salvation 
 To him that ordereth aright 
 his life and conversation. 
 
 51 PSALM LL 
 
 1 A FTER thy loving-kindness. Lord, 
 xJL have mercy upon me: 
 
 For thy compassions great, blot out 
 all mine iniquity. 
 
 2 Me cleanse from sin, and throughly 
 
 from mine iniquity: [wash 
 
 3 For my transgressions I confess ; 
 
 my sin I ever see. 
 
 4 'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinn d, 
 
 in thy sight done this ill ; 
 That when thou speak'st thou may's! 
 and clear in judging still, [be just, 
 
 5 Behold, I in iniquity 
 
 was form'd the womb within ; . 
 My mother also me conceived 
 in guiltiness and sin. 
 
 6 Behold, thou in the inward parts 
 
 with truth delighted art ; 
 And wisdom thou shall make me know 
 within the hidden part. 
 
 7 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, 
 
 I shall be cleansed so ; 
 
98 PSALM LI. 
 
 Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall 
 be whiter than the snow. 
 
 8 Of gladness and of joyfulness 
 
 make me to hear the voice ; 
 That so these very bones which thou 
 hast broken may rejoice. 
 
 9 All mine iniquities blot out, 
 
 thy face hide fi;om my sin. 
 10 Create a clean heart. Lord, renew 
 a right sp'rit me within. 
 
 1 i Cast me not from thy sight, nor take 
 thy Holy Sp rit away. 
 
 12 Restore me thy salvation's joy; 
 
 with thy free Spirit me stay. 
 
 13 Then will I teach thy ways unto 
 
 those that transgressors be ; 
 And those that sinners are shall then 
 be turned unto thee. 
 
 14 God, of my salvation God, 
 
 me from blood-guiltiness 
 Set free ; then shall my tongue aloud 
 sing of thy righteousness. 
 
 15 My closed lips, Lord, by thee 
 
 let them be opened ; 
 Then shall thy praises by my mouth 
 abroad be published. 
 
 16 For thou desir'st not sacrifice, 
 
 else would 1 give it thee ; 
 Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering 
 at all delighted be. 
 
 17 A broken spirit is to God 
 
 a pleasing sacrifice: 
 
PSALM LI. 99 
 
 A broken and a contrite heart, 
 Lord, thou wilt not despise. 
 
 18 Shew kindness, and do good, Lord, 
 
 to Sion, thine own hill : 
 The walls of thy Jerusalem 
 
 build up of thy good will, [please, 
 
 19 Then righteous offerings shall thee 
 
 and offerings burnt, which they 
 With whole burnt-off'rings, and with 
 shall on thine altar lay. [calves, 
 
 52 PSALM LII. 
 
 1 TT7H Y dost thou boast, mighty man, 
 
 V V of mischief and of ill ? 
 The goodness of Almighty God 
 endureth ever still. 
 
 2 Thy tongue mischievous calumnies 
 
 deviseth subtilely. 
 Like to a razor sharp to cut, 
 working deceitfully. 
 
 3 111 more than good, and more than truth 
 
 thou lovest to speak wrong : 
 
 4 Thou lovest all-devouring words, 
 
 thou deceitful tongue. 
 
 5 So God shall thee destroy for aye, 
 
 remove thee, pluck thee out 
 Quite from thy house, out of the land 
 of life he shall thee root. 
 
 6 The righteous shall it see, and fear, 
 
 and laugh at him they shall : 
 1 7 Lo, this the man is that did not 
 1 make God his strength at all : 
 
100 PSALM LIl. 
 
 But lie in his abundant wealth 
 
 his confidence did place ; 
 And he took strength unto himself 
 
 fi^om his own wickedness. 
 
 8 But I am in the house of God 
 
 like to an olive green : 
 My confidence for ever hath 
 upon God's mercy been. 
 
 9 And I for ever will thee praise, 
 
 because thou hast done this : 
 I on thy name will wait ; for good 
 before thy saints it is. 
 
 53 PSALM LIIL 
 
 1 'THAT there is not a God, the fool 
 JL doth in his heart conclude : 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile, 
 
 not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 The Lord upon the sons of men 
 
 from heav'n did cast his eyes, 
 To see if any one there was 
 that sought God, and was wise. 
 
 3 They altogether filthy are, 
 
 they all are backward gone ; 
 And there is none that doeth good, 
 no, not so much as one. 
 
 4 These workers of iniquity, 
 
 do they not know at all. 
 That they my people eat as bread, 
 and on God do not call ? 
 
 5 Ev'n there they were afraid, and stood 
 
 with trembhng, all dismayed, 
 
PSALM LIII. 101 
 
 Whereas there was no cause at all 
 why they should be afraid : 
 
 For God his bones that thee besieg'd 
 hath scattered all abroad ; 
 
 Thou hast confounded them, for they 
 despised are of God. 
 
 6 Let Israel's help from Sion come : 
 when back the Lord shall bring 
 His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, 
 and Israel shall sing. 
 
 54 PSALM LIV. 
 
 1 C AVE me, God, by thy great name, 
 O and judge me by thy strength : 
 
 2 My prayer hear, God ; give ear 
 
 unto my words at length. 
 
 3 For they that strangers are to me 
 
 do up against me rise ; 
 Oppressors seek my soul, and God 
 set not before their eyes. 
 
 4 The Lord my God my helper is, 
 
 lo, therefore I am bold: 
 He taketh part with ev ry one 
 
 that doth my soul uphold. 
 o Unto mine enemies he shall 
 
 mischief and ill repay: 
 for thy truth's sake cut them off, 
 
 and sweep them clean away. 
 
 6 I will a sacrifice to thee 
 
 give with free willingness ; 
 Thy name, Lord, because 'tis good, 
 with praise I will confess. 
 
102 PSALM LIV. 
 
 7 For he hath me dehvered 
 fi'om all adversities; 
 Aiid his desire mine eye hath seen 
 upon mine enemies. 
 
 55 PSALM LV. 
 
 1 T ORD, hear my pray'r, hide not thy- 
 J_J ft'om my entreating voice : [self 
 
 2 Attend and hear me ; in my plaint 
 
 1 mourn and make a noise. 
 
 3 Because of th' en'my's voice, and for 
 
 lewd men s oppression great, 
 On me they cast iniquity, 
 and thej^ in wrath me hate. 
 
 4 Sore pain'd within me is my heai't : 
 
 death's terrors on me fall. 
 
 5 On me comes trembling, fear and di^ead 
 
 o'envhelmed me withal. 
 
 6 that I, like a dove, had wings, 
 
 said I, then would I flee 
 Far hence, that I might find a place 
 where I in rest might be. 
 
 7 Lo, then far off I wander would, 
 
 and in the desert stay; 
 
 8 From windy storm and tempest I 
 
 would haste to 'scape away. 
 
 9 Lord, on them destruction bring, 
 
 and do their tongues divide ; 
 For in the city violence 
 and strife I have espy'd. 
 
 1 They day and night upon the walls 
 
 do go about it round : 
 
PSALM LV. 103 
 
 There mischief is, and sorrow there 
 in midst of it is found. 
 
 1 1 Abmidant wickedness there is 
 
 within her inward part ; 
 And from her streets deceitfulness 
 and guile do not depart. 
 
 1 2 He was no foe that me reproached, 
 
 then that endure I could ; 
 Nor hater that did 'gainst me boast, 
 from him me hide I would. 
 
 13 But thou, man, who mine equal, guide, 
 
 and mine acquaintance wast : 
 
 14 We joind sweet counsels, to God's 
 
 in company we past. [house 
 
 15 Let death upon them seize, and down 
 
 let them go quick to hell ; 
 For wickedness doth much abound 
 among them where thev dwell. 
 
 16 I'll call on God: God will me save. 
 
 17 I '11 pray, and make a noise 
 
 At evening, morning, and at noon ; 
 and he shall hear my voice. 
 
 18 He hath my soul delivered, 
 
 that it in peace might be 
 From battle that against me was ; 
 for many were with me. 
 
 19 The Lord shall hear, and them afflict, 
 
 of old who hath abode : 
 Because they never changes have, 
 therefore they fear not God. 
 
 20 'Gainst those that were at peace with 
 
 he hath put forth his hand : [him 
 
104 PSALM LV. 
 
 The covenant that he had made, 
 by breaking he profan'd. 
 
 21 More smooth than butter were his 
 
 while in his heart was war ; [words. 
 His speeches were more soft than oil, 
 and yet drawn swords they are . 
 
 22 Cast thou thy burden on the Lord, 
 
 and he shall thee sustain ; 
 Yea, he shall cause the righteous man 
 unmoved to remain. 
 
 23 But thou, Lord my God, those men 
 
 in justice shalt overthrow. 
 And in destruction's dungeon dark 
 at last shalt lay them low : 
 
 The bloody and deceitful men 
 shall not live half their days : 
 
 But upon thee with confidence 
 I will depend always. 
 
 56 PSALM LVL 
 
 1 CHEW mercy. Lord, to me, for man 
 
 would swallow me outright ; 
 He me oppresseth, while he doth 
 
 against me daily fight. 
 
 2 They daily would me swallow up 
 
 that hate me spitefully ; 
 For they be many that do fight 
 against me, most High. 
 
 3 When I 'm afi^aid I '11 trust in thee : 
 
 4 In God 1 '11 praise his word ; 
 
 1 will not fear what flesh can do, 
 
 my trust is in the Lord. 
 
PSALM LVI. 105 
 
 5 Each day they wrest my words ; their 
 
 Against me are all for ill. [thoughts 
 
 6 They meet^ they lurk, they mark my 
 
 waiting my soul to kill. [steps. 
 
 7 But shall they by iniquity 
 
 escape thy judgments so? 
 
 God, with indignation down 
 
 do thou the people throw. 
 
 8 My wanderings all what they have been 
 
 thou know'st, their number took ; 
 Into thy bottle put my tears : 
 are they not in thy book ? 
 
 9 My foes shall, when I cry, turn back ; 
 
 1 know't, God is for me. 
 
 10 In God his word I'll praise; his word 
 
 in God shall praised be. 
 
 1 1 In God I trust ; I will not fear 
 
 what man can do to me. 
 i2 Thy vows upon me are, God: 
 I '11 render praise to thee. 
 
 13 Wilt thou not, who from death me savM 
 my feet from falls keep free. 
 To walk before God in the light 
 of those that living be ? 
 
 57 PSALM LVIL 
 
 1 X)E merciful to me, God; 
 -O thy mercy unto me 
 Do thou extend ; because my soul 
 
 doth put her trust in thee : 
 Yea, in the shadow of thy wings 
 my refuge I will place. 
 
106 PSALM LVII. 
 
 LTjitil these sad calamities 
 do wholly overpass. 
 
 2 My ciy I will cause to ascend 
 
 unto the Lord most high ; 
 To God, who doth all things for me 
 perform most perfectly. 
 
 3 From heav'n he shall send down, and 
 
 from his reproach defend [me 
 
 That would devour me : God his truth 
 and mercy forth shall send. 
 
 4 My soul among fierce lions is, 
 
 I firebrands live among, [darts, 
 Men^s sons, whose teeth are spears and 
 a sharp sword is their tongue. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted very high 
 
 above the heav'ns, God ; 
 Let thou thy glory be advanced 
 o'er all the earth abroad. 
 
 6 My soul's bow'd down ; for they a net 
 
 have laid, my steps to snare : 
 Into the pit which they have digged 
 for me, they fallen are. 
 
 7 My heart is fix'd, my heart is fix'd, 
 
 God ; I '11 sing and praise. 
 
 8 My gloiy wake ; wake psalt'ry^, harp ; 
 
 myself I '11 early raise. 
 
 9 I '11 praise thee 'mong the people. Lord ; 
 
 'mong nations sing will I : 
 
 10 For great to heav'n thy mercy is, 
 
 thy truth is to the sky. 
 
 1 1 Lord, exalted be thy name 
 
 above the heav'ns to stand: 
 
PSALM LVII. 107 
 
 Do thou tliy glory far advance 
 above both sea and land. 
 
 58 PSALM LVIIL 
 
 1 T\ ye, congregation, 
 
 JLy mdeed speak righteousness ? 
 
 ye that are the sons of men, 
 
 judge ye with uprightness ? 
 
 2 Yea, ev^n within your very hearts 
 
 ye wickedness have done ; 
 And ye the violence of your hands 
 do weigh the earth upon. 
 
 3 The wicked men estranged are, 
 
 ev'n from the very womb ; 
 They, speaking lies, do stray as soon 
 as to the world they come. 
 
 4 Unto a serpent's poison like 
 
 their poison doth appear ; 
 Yea, they are like the adder deaf, 
 that closely stops her ear ; 
 
 5 That so she may not hear the voice 
 
 of one that charm her would. 
 No, not though he most cunning were, 
 and charm most wisely could. 
 
 6 Their teeth, God, within their mouth 
 
 break thou in pieces small ; 
 The great teeth break thou out, Lord, 
 of these young lions all. 
 
 7 Let them like waters melt away, 
 
 which downward still do flow : 
 In pieces cut his arrows all, 
 when he shall bend his bow. 
 
? 
 
 108 PSALM LVIII. 
 
 8 Like to a snail tliat melts away, 
 
 let each of them be gone ; 
 Like woman's birth untimely, that 
 they never see the sun. 
 
 9 He shall them take away before 
 
 your pots the thorns can find. 
 Both living, and in fury great, 
 as with a stormy wind. 
 
 10 The righteous, when he vengeance sees, 
 
 he shall be joyful then ; 
 The righteous one shall wash his feet 
 in blood of wicked men. 
 
 1 1 So men shall say. The righteous man 
 
 reward shall never miss : 
 And verily upon the earth 
 a God to judge there is. 
 
 59 PSALM LIX. 
 
 1 IV/r Y God, deliver me fi'om those 
 i.VJL that are mine enemies ; 
 And do thou me defend from those 
 
 that up against me rise. 
 
 2 Do thou deliver me from them 
 
 that work iniquity ; 
 And give me safety from the men 
 of bloody cruelty. 
 
 3 For, lo, they for my soul lay wait : 
 
 the mighty do combine 
 Against me. Lord ; not for my fault, 
 nor any sin of mine. 
 
 4 They run, and, without fault in me, 
 
 themselves do ready make : 
 
PSALM LIX. 109 
 
 Awake to meet me with thy help ; 
 and do thou notice take. 
 
 5 Awake therefore, Lord God of hosts, 
 
 thou God of Israel, 
 To visit heathen all : spare none 
 that wickedly rebel. 
 
 6 At evening they go to and fro ; 
 
 they make great noise and sound. 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 about the city round. 
 
 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth, 
 
 and in their lips are swords : 
 For they do say thus. Who is he 
 that now doth hear our words ? 
 
 8 But thou, Lord, shalt laugh at them, 
 
 and all the heathen mock. 
 
 9 While he 's in power I '11 wait on thee 
 
 for God is my high rock. 
 
 10 He of my mercy that is God 
 
 betimes shall me prevent ; 
 Upon mine en'mies God shall let 
 me see mine heart's content. 
 
 1 1 Them slay not, lest my folk forget ; 
 
 but scatter them abroad [down. 
 By thy strong pow'r ; and bring them 
 thou our shield and God. 
 
 12 For their mouth's sin, and for the words 
 
 that from their lips do fly. 
 Let them be taken in their pride ; 
 because they curse and lie. 
 
 13 In wrath consume them, them consume, 
 
 that so they may not be : 
 
/ 
 
 110 PSALM LIX. 
 
 And that in Jacob God doth rule 
 to th^ earth's ends let them see. 
 
 14 At ev'ning let thou them return, 
 
 makmg great noise and sound. 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 about the city round. 
 
 15 And let them wander up and down, 
 
 in seeking food to eat ; 
 And let them grudge when they shall 
 be satisfy'd with meat. [not 
 
 16 But of thy pow'r 1^11 sing aloud; 
 
 at morn thy mercy praise : 
 For thou to me my refuge wast, 
 and tow'r, in troublous days. 
 
 1 7 God, thou art my strength, I will 
 
 sing praises unto thee ; 
 For God is my defence, a God 
 of mercy unto me. 
 
 60 PSALM LX. 
 
 ^ r\ LORD, thou hast rejected us, 
 V_/ and scatter d us abroad ; 
 Thou justly hast displeased been ; 
 return to us, God. 
 
 2 The earth to tremble thou hast made ; 
 
 therein didst breaches make : 
 
 Do thou thereof the breaches heal, 
 
 because the land doth shake. 
 
 3 Unto thy people thou hard things 
 
 hast shew'd, and on them sent ; 
 And thou hast caused us to di'ink 
 wine of astonishment. 
 
PSALM LX. Hi 
 
 4 And yet a banner thou hast giv'n 
 
 to them who thee do fear ; 
 That it by them, because of truth, 
 displayed may appear. 
 
 5 That thy beloved people may 
 
 delivered be from thrall, 
 Save with the pow r of thy right hand, 
 and hear me when I call. 
 
 6 God in his holiness hath spoke ; 
 
 herein I will take pleasure : 
 Shechem I will divide, and forth 
 will Succoth^s valley measure. 
 
 7 Gilead I claim as mine by right; 
 
 Manasseh mine shall be ; 
 Ephraim is of mine head the strength ; 
 Judah gives laws for me ; 
 
 8 Moab 's my washing-pot ; my shoe 
 
 I '11 over Edom throw ; 
 And over Palestina's land 
 I will in triumph go. 
 
 9 who is he will bring me to 
 
 the city fortify d? 
 who is he that to the land 
 of Edom will me guide ? 
 ^0 God, which hadest us cast off, 
 this thing wilt thou not do ? 
 Ev'n thou, God, which didest not 
 forth with our armies go ? 
 
 1 1 Help us from trouble ; for the help 
 
 is vain which man supplies. 
 
 12 Through God we'll do great acts; he 
 
 tread down our enemies. [shall 
 
112 PSALM LXI. 
 
 1 r\ GOD, give ear unto my cry ; 
 yj unto my pray'r attend. 
 
 2 From til' utmost corner of the land 
 
 my cry to thee I'll send. 
 What time my heart is overwhelm'd, 
 
 and in perplexity. 
 Do thou me lead unto the Rock 
 
 that higher is than I. 
 
 3 For thou hast for my refuge been 
 
 a shelter by thy pow'r ; 
 And for defence against my foes 
 thou hast been a strong tow'r. 
 
 4 Within thy tabernacle I 
 
 for ever will abide ; 
 And under covert of thy wings 
 with confidence me hide. 
 
 5 For thou the vows that I did make, 
 
 Lord my God, didst hear : 
 
 Thou hast giv'n me the heritage 
 
 of those thy name that fear. 
 
 6 A life prolonged for many days 
 
 thou to the king shalt give ; 
 Like many generations be 
 the years which he shall live. 
 
 7 He in God's presence his abode 
 
 for evermore shall have : 
 do thou truth and mercy both 
 prepare, that may him save. 
 
 8 And so will I perpetually 
 
 sing praise unto thy name ; 
 That having made my vows, I may 
 each day perform the same. 
 
PSALM LXII. 113 
 
 1 "I /TY soul with expectation 
 iV-L depends on God indeed ; 
 
 My strength and my salvation doth 
 from him alone proceed. 
 
 2 He only my salvation is, 
 
 and my strong rock is he : 
 He only is my sure defence ; 
 much mov^d I shall not be. 
 
 3 How long will ye against a man 
 
 plot mischief? ye shall all 
 
 Be slain ; ye as a to tt 'ring fence 
 
 shall be, and bowing wall. 
 
 4 They only plot to cast him down 
 
 from his excellency : 
 They joy in lies ; with mouth they bless, 
 but they curse inwardly. 
 
 5 My soul, wait thou with patience 
 
 upon thy God alone ; 
 On him dependeth all my hope 
 and expectation. 
 
 6 He only my salvation is, 
 
 and my strong rock is he ; 
 He only is my sure defence : 
 I shall not moved be. 
 
 7 In God my glory placed is, 
 
 and my salvation sure ; 
 In God the rock is of my strength, 
 my refuge most secure. 
 
 8 Ye people, place your confidence 
 
 in him continually; 
 Before him pour ye out your heart: 
 God is our refuge high. 
 
114 PSALM LXIL 
 
 9 Surely mean men are vanity, 
 and great men are a lie ; 
 In balance laid, they wholly are 
 more light than vanity. 
 
 10 Trust ye not in oppression, 
 
 in robb'ry be not vain ; 
 On wealth set not your hearts, when as 
 increased is your gain. 
 
 1 1 God hath it spoken once to me, 
 
 yea, this I heard again, 
 That power to Almighty God 
 alone doth appertain. 
 
 12 Yea, mercy also unto thee 
 
 belongs, Lord, alone : 
 For thou according to his work 
 rewardest ev'ry one. 
 
 63 PSALM LXIII. 
 
 1 T ORD, thee my God, 1 '11 early seek: 
 i-J my soul doth thirst for thee ; 
 
 My flesh longs in a dry parched land, 
 wherein no waters be : 
 
 2 That I thy power may behold, 
 
 and brightness of thy face. 
 As I have seen thee heretofore 
 within thy holy place. 
 
 3 Since better is thy love than life, 
 
 my lips thee praise shall give. 
 
 4 I in thy name will lift my hands, 
 
 and bless thee while I live. 
 
 5 Ev'n as with maiTow and with fat 
 
 my soul shall filled be ; 
 
PSALM LXIIL 115 
 
 Then shall my mouth with joyful lips 
 sing praises unto thee : 
 
 6 When I do thee upon my bed 
 
 remember with delight, 
 And when on thee I meditate 
 in watches of the night. 
 
 7 In shadow of thy wings I'll joy; 
 
 for thou mine help hast been. 
 
 8 My soul thee follows hard ; and me 
 
 thy right hand doth sustain. 
 
 9 Who seek my soul to spill shall sink 
 
 down to earth's lowest room. 
 
 10 They by the sword shall be cut off, 
 
 and foxes' prey become. 
 
 11 Yet shall the king in God rejoice, 
 
 and each one glory shall 
 That swear by him : but stopped shall be 
 the mouth of liars all. 
 
 64 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 1 TT7HEN I to thee my prayer make, 
 
 V V ^ Lord, to my voice give ear ; 
 My life save from the enemy, 
 of whom I stand in fear. 
 
 2 Me from their secret counsel hide 
 
 who do live wickedly ; 
 From insurrection of those men 
 that work iniquity : 
 
 3 Who do their tongues with malice whet, 
 
 knd make them cut like swords ; 
 In whose bent bows are arrows set, 
 ev n sharp and bitter words : 
 
116 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 4 That they may at the perfect man 
 
 in secret ahn their shot ; 
 Yea, suddenly they dare at him 
 to shoot, and fear it not. 
 
 5 In ill encourage they themselves, 
 
 and their snares close do lay: 
 Together conference they have ; 
 Who shall them see ? they say. 
 
 6 They have searched out iniquities, 
 
 a perfect search they keep : 
 Of each of them the inward thought, 
 and very heart, is deep. 
 
 7 God shall an arrow shoot at them, 
 
 and wound them suddenly : 
 
 8 So their own tongue shall them con- 
 
 all who them see shall fly. [found ; 
 
 9 And on all men a fear shall fall, 
 
 God's works they shall declare ; 
 For they shall wisely notice take 
 what these his doings are. 
 
 10 In God the righteous shall rejoice, 
 and trust upon his might ; 
 Yea, they shall greatly glory all 
 in heart that are upright. 
 
 65 PSALM LXV. 
 
 1 T)RAISE waits for thee in Sion, Lord: 
 JL to thee vows paid shall be. 
 
 2 thou that hearer art of pray'r, 
 
 all flesh shall come to thee. 
 ^ Iniquities, I must confess, 
 prevail against me do : 
 
PSALM LXV. 117 
 
 But as for our transgressions, 
 them purge away shalt thou. 
 
 4 Bless'd is the man whom thou dost chuse, 
 
 and mak'st approach to thee, 
 That he within thy courts, Lord, 
 
 may still a dweller be : 
 We surely shall be satisfy^d 
 
 with thy abundant grace, 
 And with the goodness of thy house, 
 
 ev^n of thy holy place. 
 
 5 God of our salvation, 
 
 thou, in thy righteousness, 
 By fearful works unto our pray'rs 
 
 thine answer dost express : 
 Therefore the ends of all the earth, 
 
 and those afar that be 
 Upon the sea, their confidence, 
 
 Lord, will place in thee. 
 
 6 Who, being girt with powV, sets fast 
 
 by his great strength the hills. 
 
 7 Who noise of seas, noise of their waves, 
 
 and people's tumult, stills. 
 
 8 Those in the utmost parts that dwell 
 
 are at thy signs afraid : 
 Th' outgoings of the morn and ev'n 
 by thee are joyful made? 
 
 9 The earth thou visit'st, wat'ring it; 
 
 thou mak'st it rich to grow 
 With God's full flood ; thou corn pre- 
 when thou provid'st it so. [par st, 
 
 10 Her rigs thou wat'rest plenteously, 
 
 her furrows settelest: 
 
118 PSALM LXV. 
 
 With show rs thou dost her molhfy, 
 her spring by thee is blest. 
 
 1 1 So thou the year most hb'rally 
 
 dost with thy goodness crown ; 
 And all thy paths abundantly 
 on us drop fatness down. 
 
 12 They drop upon the pastures wide, 
 
 that do in deserts lie ; 
 The little hills on ev'ry side 
 rejoice right pleasantly. 
 
 13 With flocks the pastures clothed be, 
 
 the vales with corn are clad ; 
 And now thej shout and sing to thee, 
 for thou hast made them glad. 
 
 66 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 1 A LL lands to God, in joyful sounds, 
 -/jL aloft your voices raise. 
 
 2 Sing forth the honour of his name, 
 
 and glorious make his praise. 
 
 3 Say unto God, How terrible 
 
 in all thy works art thou ! 
 Through thy great pow r thy foes to thee 
 shall be constrained to bow. 
 
 4 All on the earth shall worship thee, 
 
 they shall thy praise proclaim 
 In songs : they shall sing cheerfully 
 unto thy holy name. 
 
 5 Come, and the works that God hath 
 
 with admiration see: [wrought 
 
 In's working to the sons of men 
 most terrible is he. 
 
PSALM LXVI. 119 
 
 6 Into dry land the sea he turn'd, 
 
 and they a passage had ; 
 Ev'n marching through the flood on 
 there we in him were glad. [foot, 
 
 7 He ruleth ever by his pow r ; 
 
 his eyes the nations see : 
 let not the rebellious ones 
 lift up themselves on high. 
 
 8 Ye people, bless our God ; aloud 
 
 the voice speak of his praise : 
 
 9 Our soul in life who safe preserves, 
 
 our foot fi'om sliding stays. 
 
 10 For thou didst prove and try us. Lord, 
 
 as men do silver try ; 
 
 1 1 Brought'st us into the net, and mad'st 
 
 bands on our loins to lie. 
 
 12 Thou hast caus'd men ride o'er our 
 
 heads ; 
 and though that we did pass 
 Through fire and water, yet thou 
 
 brought'st 
 us to a wealthy place. 
 
 13 I'll bring burnt-ofFr'ngS to thy house ; 
 
 to thee my vows I '11 pay, 
 
 14 Which my lips utter 'd, my mouth spake 
 
 when trouble on me lay. 
 
 15 Burnt sacrifices of fat rams 
 
 with incense I will bring ; 
 Of bullocks and of goats I will 
 present an offering. 
 
 16 All that fear God, come, hear, I 'U tell 
 
 what he did for my soul. 
 
120 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 1 7 I with my mouth unto him cry'd, 
 
 my tongue did him extol. 
 
 18 If in my heart I sin regard, 
 
 the Lord me will not hear : 
 
 19 But surely God me heard, and to 
 
 my prayer^ s voice gave ear. 
 
 20 let the Lord, our gracious God, 
 
 for ever blessed be. 
 Who turned not my pray'r from him, 
 nor yet his grace from me. 
 
 67 PSALM LXVIL 
 
 1 T ORD, bless and pity us, 
 J_i shine on us with thy face : 
 
 2 That th^ earth thy way, and nations all 
 
 may know thy saving grace. 
 
 3 Let people praise thee. Lord ; 
 
 let people all thee praise. 
 
 4 let the nations be glad, 
 
 in songs their voices raise : 
 
 Thou ^It justly people judge, 
 on earth rule nations all. 
 
 5 Let people praise thee. Lord; let them 
 
 praise thee, both great and small. 
 
 6 The earth her fruit shall yield, 
 
 our God shall blessing send. 
 
 7 God shall us bless ; men shall him fear 
 
 unto earth^s utmost end. 
 
 Another of the same, 
 
 ^ T ORD, unto us be merciful, 
 -Li do thou us also bless ; 
 
PSALM LXVII. 121 
 
 And graciously cause shine on us 
 the brightness of thy face : 
 
 2 That so thy way upon the earth 
 
 to all men may be known ; 
 Also among the nations all 
 thy saving health be shown. 
 
 3 let the people praise thee. Lord; 
 
 let people all thee praise. 
 
 4 let the nations be glad, 
 
 and sing for joy always : 
 For rightly thou shalt people judge, 
 and nations rule on earth. 
 
 5 Let people praise thee. Lord ; let all 
 
 the folk praise thee with mirth. 
 
 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase ; 
 
 God, our God, bless us shall. 
 
 7 God shall us bless ; and of the earth 
 
 the. ends shall fear him all. 
 
 68 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 1 T ET God arise, and scattered 
 JLi let all his en'mies be ; 
 
 And let all those that do him hate 
 before his presence flee. 
 
 2 As smoke is driv'n, so drive thou them; 
 
 as fire melts wax away. 
 Before God^s face let wicked men 
 so perish and decay. 
 
 3 But let the righteous be glad : 
 
 let them before God's sight 
 
 Be very joyful ; yea, let them 
 
 rejoice with all their might. 
 
122 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 4 To God sing, to his name sing praise : 
 
 extol him with your voice, 
 That rides on heaven, by his name 
 before his face rejoice. [J AH, 
 
 5 Because the Lord a father is 
 
 unto the fatherless ; 
 God is the widow's judge, within 
 his place of holiness. 
 
 6 God doth the solitary set 
 
 in families : and from bands 
 The chained doth free ; but rebels do 
 inhabit parched lands. 
 
 7 God, what time thou didst go forth 
 
 before thy people's face ; 
 And when through the great wilderness 
 thy glorious marching was ; 
 
 8 Then at God's presence shook the earth, 
 
 then drops from heaven fell ; 
 This Sinai shook before the Lord, 
 the God of Israel. 
 
 9 God, thou to thine heritage 
 
 didst send a plenteous rain. 
 Whereby thou, when it weary was, 
 didst it refresh again. 
 
 10 Thy congregation then did make 
 
 their habitation there : 
 Of thine own goodness for the poor, 
 God, thou didst prepare. 
 
 11 The Lord himself did give the word, 
 
 the word abroad did spread ; 
 Great was the company of them 
 the same who published. 
 
PSALM LXVIII. 123 
 
 12 Kings of great armies foiled were, 
 
 and forc'd to flee away; 
 And women, who remained at home, 
 did distribute the prey. 
 
 13 Though ye have hen among the pots, 
 
 hke doves ye shall appear. 
 Whose wings with silver, and with gold 
 whose feathers cover'd are. [kings, 
 
 14 When there th' Almighty scattered 
 
 like Salmon s snow 'twas white. 
 
 15 God's hill is like to Bashan hill, 
 
 like Bashan hill for height. 
 
 16 Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? 
 
 this is the hill where God 
 Desires to dwell ; yea, God in it 
 for aye will make abode. 
 
 17 God's chariots twenty thousand are, 
 
 thousands of angels strong ; 
 In 's holy place God is, as in 
 mount Sinai, them among. 
 
 18 Thou hast, Lord, most glorious, 
 
 ascended up on high ; 
 And in triumph victorious led 
 ] captive captivity: 
 
 ! Thou hast received gifts for men, 
 I for such as did rebel ; 
 
 Yea, ey n for them, that God the Lord 
 in midst of them might dwell. 
 
 19 Bless'd be the Lord, who is to us 
 of our salvation God ; 
 
 Who daily with his benefits 
 us plenteously doth load. 
 
124 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 20 He of salvation is the God, 
 
 who is our God most strong ; 
 And unto God the Lord jfrom death 
 the issues do belong. 
 
 21 But surely God shall wound the head 
 
 of those that are his foes ; 
 The hairy scalp of him that still 
 on in his trespass goes. 
 
 22 God said, My people I will bring 
 
 again from Bashan hill ; 
 Yea, from the sea s devouring depths 
 them bring again I will ; 
 
 23 That in the blood of enemies 
 
 thy foot imbru'd maj^ be. 
 And of thy dogs dipp'd in the same 
 the tongues thou may est see. 
 
 24 Thy goings they have seen, God; 
 
 the steps of majesty ^ 
 Of my God, and my mighty King, 
 within the sanctuary. 
 
 25 Before went singers, players next 
 
 on instruments took way ; 
 And them among the damsels were 
 that did on timbrels play. 
 
 26 Within the congregations 
 
 bless God with one accord : 
 From Israel's fountain do ye bless 
 and praise the mighty Lord. 
 
 27 With their prince, little Benjamin, 
 
 princes and council there 
 Of Judah were, there Zabulon's 
 and Napht'li's princes were. 
 
PSALM LXVIIl. 125 
 
 28 Thy God commands thy strength; 
 
 make strong 
 what thou wrought'st for us. Lord. 
 
 29 For thy house at Jerusalem 
 
 kings shall thee gifts aflford. 
 
 30 The spearmen's host, the multitude 
 
 of bulls, which fiercely look. 
 Those calves which people have forth 
 
 Lord our God, rebuke, [sent. 
 Till ev'ry one submit himself, 
 
 and silver pieces bring : 
 The people that delight in war 
 
 disperse, God and King. 
 
 31 Those that be princes great shall then 
 
 come out of Egypt lands ; 
 And Ethiopia to God 
 
 shall soon stretch out her hands. 
 
 32 all ye kingdoms of the earth, 
 
 sing praises to this King ; 
 For he is Lord that ruleth all, 
 unto him praises sing. 
 
 33 To him that rides on heav'ns of heav'ns, 
 
 which he of old did found ; 
 Lo, he sends out his voice, a voice 
 in might that doth abound. 
 
 34 Strength unto God do ye ascribe ; 
 
 for his excellency 
 Is over Israel, his strength 
 is in the clouds most high. 
 
 35 Thou'rt from thy temple dreadful. 
 
 Lord ; 
 Tsr el's own God is he. 
 
126 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 Who gives his people strength and 
 
 let God blessed be. [powr: 
 
 69 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 1 Q AVE me, God, because the floods 
 
 clo so environ me, 
 
 That ev^n unto my very soul 
 come in the waters be. 
 
 2 I downward in deep mire do sink, 
 
 where standing there is none : 
 
 1 am into deep waters come, 
 
 where floods have o'er me gone. 
 
 3 I weary with my crying am, 
 
 my throat is also dry'd ; 
 Mine eyes do fail,^ while for my God 
 
 1 waiting do abide. 
 
 4 Those men that do without a cause 
 
 bear hatred unto me. 
 Than are the hairs upon my head 
 in number more they be : 
 
 They that would me destroy, and are 
 
 mine en'mies wrongfully. 
 Are mighty : so what I took not, 
 
 to render forc'd was I. 
 
 5 Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins 
 
 not cover'd are from thee. 
 
 6 Let none that wait on thee be sham'd, 
 
 Lord God of hosts, for me. 
 
 Lord, the God of Israel, 
 let none, who search do make. 
 And seek thee, be at any time 
 confounded for my sake. 
 
PSALM LXIX. 127 
 
 7 For I have bome reproach for thee, 
 
 my face is hid with shame. 
 
 8 To brethren strange, to mother's sons 
 
 an aUen I became. 
 
 9 Because the zeal did eat me up, 
 
 which to thine house I bear ; 
 And the reproaches cast at thee 
 upon me fallen are. 
 
 10 My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul, 
 
 were turned to my shame. 
 
 1 1 When sackcloth I did wear, to them 
 
 a proverb I became. 
 
 12 The men that in the gate do sit 
 
 against me Bvil spake ; 
 They also that vile drunkards were, 
 of me their song did make. 
 
 13 But, in an acceptable time, 
 
 my pray'r. Lord, is to thee : 
 In truth of thy salvation. Lord, 
 and mercy great, hear me. 
 
 14 Deliver rne out of the mire, 
 
 fi'om sinking do me keep ; 
 Free me from those that do me hate, 
 
 and from the waters deep. 
 5 Let not the flood on me prevail, 
 
 whose water overflows; 
 Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit 
 
 her mouth upon me close. 
 
 16 Hear me, Lord, because thy love 
 and kindness is most good ; 
 Turn unto me, according to 
 thy mercies' multitude. 
 
128 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 1 7 Nor from thy servant hide thy face : 
 
 I ^m troubled, soon attend. 
 
 18 Draw near my soul, and it redeem ; 
 
 me from my foes defend. 
 
 19 To thee is my reproach well known, 
 
 my shame, and my disgrace : 
 Those that mine adversaries be 
 are all before thy face. 
 
 20 Reproach hath broke my heart ; I 'm 
 
 of grief : 1 look'd for one [full 
 
 To pity me, but none I found ; 
 comforters found I none. 
 
 2 1 They also bitter gall did give 
 
 unto me for my m%at : 
 They gave me vinegar to drink, 
 when as my thirst was great. 
 
 22 Before them let their table prove 
 
 a snare ; and do thou make 
 Their welfare and prosperity 
 a trap themselves to take. 
 
 23 Let thou their eyes so darkened be, 
 
 that sight may them forsake ; 
 And let their loins be made by thee 
 continually to shake. 
 
 24 Thy fury pour thou out on them, 
 
 and indignation ; 
 And let thy wrathful anger. Lord, 
 fast hold take them upon. 
 
 25 AH waste and desolate let be 
 
 their habitation; 
 And in their tabernacles all 
 inhabitants be none. 
 
PSALM LXIX. 129 
 
 26 Because him they do persecute, 
 
 whom thou didst smite before ; 
 
 They talk unto the grief of those 
 
 whom thou hast wounded sore. 
 
 27 Add thou iniquity unto 
 
 their former wickedness ; 
 And do not let them come at all 
 into thy righteousness. 
 
 28 Out of the book of life let them 
 
 be raz^d and blotted quite ; 
 
 Among the just and righteous 
 
 let not their names be writ. 
 
 29 But now become exceeding poor 
 
 and sorrowful am I : 
 By thy salvation, my God, 
 
 let me be set on high. 
 JO The name of God I with a song 
 
 most cheerfully will praise ; 
 And I, in giving thanks to him, 
 
 his name .shall highly raise. 
 
 ^1 This to the Lord a sacrifice 
 I more gi'acious shall prove 
 Than bullock, ox, or any beast 
 that hath both horn and hoof. 
 
 2 When this the humble men shall see, 
 it joy to them shall give : 
 
 all ye that do seek the Lord, 
 your hearts shall ever live. 
 
 3 For God the poor hears, and will not 
 his prisoners contemn. 
 
 4 Let heav n, and earth, and seas, him 
 and all that move in them, [praise, 
 
130 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 35 For God will Judah's cities build, 
 
 and he will Sion save, 
 That they may dwell therein, and it 
 in sure possession have. 
 
 36 And they that are his servants' seed 
 
 inherit shall the same; 
 So shall they have their dwelling there 
 that love his blessed name. 
 
 70 PSALM LXX. 
 
 1 T ORD, haste me to deliver; 
 JLJ with speed, Lord, succour me. 
 
 2 Let them that for my soul do seek 
 
 sham'd and confounded be : 
 Turned back be they, and sham'd, 
 that in my hurt delight. 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha ! that say, 
 
 their shaming to requite. 
 
 4 In thee let all be glad, 
 
 and joy that seek for thee : 
 Let them who thy salvation love 
 say still, God praised be. 
 
 5 I poor and needy am ; 
 
 come. Lord, and make no stay: 
 My help thou and deliv^-er art ; 
 Lord, make no delay. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 "jl/TAKE haste, God, me to presei^ej 
 IVL with speed. Lord, succour me. | 
 
 2 Let them that for my soul do seek 
 
 sham'd and confounded be : 
 
PSALM LXX. 131 
 
 Let them be turned back, and shamM, 
 that in my hurt dehght. 
 
 3 Turned back be they, Ha, ha ! that say, 
 
 their shaming to requite. 
 
 4 Lord, in thee let all be glad, 
 
 and joy that seek for thee : 
 Let them who thy salvation love 
 say still, God praised be. 
 
 5 But I both poor and needy am ; 
 
 come. Lord, and make no stay : 
 My help thou and deliverer art ; 
 
 Lord, make no delay. 
 
 71 PSALM LXXL 
 
 1 r\ LORD, my hope and confidence 
 yJ is plac'd in thee alone; 
 
 Then let thy sei^ant never be 
 put to confusion. 
 
 2 And let me, in thy righteousness, 
 
 from thee deliverance have : 
 Cause me escape, incline thine ear 
 unto me, and me save. 
 
 3 Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which 
 
 1 ever may resort: 
 Thou gav'st commandment me to save, 
 
 for thou ^rt my rock and fort. 
 
 4 Free me, my God, from wicked hands, 
 hands cruel and unjust: 
 
 5 For thou, Lord God, art my hope, 
 
 and from my youth my trust. 
 
 Thou from the womb didst hold me up ; 
 thou art the same that me 
 
132 PSALM LXXl. 
 
 Out of my mother's bowels took ; 
 I ever will praise thee. 
 
 7 To many I a wonder am ; 
 
 but thou 'rt my refuge strong. 
 
 8 Fiird let my mouth be with thy praise 
 
 and honour all day long. 
 
 9 do not cast me off, when as 
 
 old age doth overtake me ; 
 And when my strength decayed is, 
 then do not thou forsake me. 
 
 10 For those that are mine enemies 
 
 against me speak with hate ; 
 And they together counsel take 
 that for my soul lay wait. 
 
 1 1 They said, God leaves him ; him pursue 
 
 and take : none will him save. 
 
 12 Be thou not far from me, my God : 
 
 thy speedy help I crave. 
 
 13 Confound, consume them, that unto 
 
 my soul are enemies : 
 Clotli'd be they with reproach and shame 
 that do my hurt devise. 
 
 14 But I with expectation 
 
 will hope continually; 
 And yet with praises more and more 
 I will thee magnify. 
 
 15 Thy justice and salvation 
 
 my mouth abroad shall show, 
 Ev'n all the day; for 1 thereof 
 the numbers do not know. 
 
 1 6 And I will constantly go on 
 
 in strength of God the Lord ; 
 
PSALM LXXl. 133 
 
 And thine own rigliteousness,ev'n thine 
 alone, I will record. 
 
 17 For even from my youth, O God, 
 
 by thee I have been taught ; 
 And hitherto I have declared 
 the wonders thou hast wrought. 
 
 18 And now. Lord, leave me not, when I 
 
 old and gray-headed grow : 
 Till to this age thy strength and powV 
 to all to come I show. 
 
 19 And thy most perfect righteousness, 
 
 Lord, is very high. 
 Who hast so great things done : God, 
 who is like unto thee ? 
 
 20 Thou, Lord, who great adversities, 
 
 and sore, to me didst show, 
 Shalt quicken, and bring me again 
 from depths of earth below. 
 
 21 My greatness and my pow'r thou wilt 
 
 increase, and far extend : 
 On ev'ry side against all grief 
 thou wilt me comfort send. 
 
 22 Thee, ev n thy truth, 1 11 also praise, 
 
 my God, with psaltery : 
 Thou Holy One of Israel, 
 with harp I '11 sing to thee. 
 
 23 My lips shall much rejoice in thee, 
 
 when I thy praises sound ; 
 My soul, which thou redeemed hast, 
 in joy shall much abound. 
 
 24 My tongue thy justice shall proclaim, 
 
 continuing all day long; 
 
134 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 For they confounded are, and sham'd, 
 that seek to do me wrong. 
 
 72 PSALM LXXIL 
 
 1 r\ LORD, thy judgments give the king, 
 \J his son thy righteousness. 
 
 2 With right he shall thy people judge, 
 
 thy poor with uprightness. 
 
 3 The lofty mountains shall bring forth 
 
 unto the people peace ; 
 Likewise the little hills the same 
 shall do by righteousness. 
 
 4 The people's poor ones he shall judge, 
 
 the needy's children save ; 
 And those shall he in pieces break 
 who them oppressed have. 
 
 5 They shall thee fear, while sun and moon 
 
 do last, through ages all. 
 ^^ Like rain on mown grass he shall drop, 
 or showers on earth that fall. 
 
 7 The just shall flourish in his days, 
 
 and prosper in his reign : 
 He shall, while doth the moon endure, 
 abundant peace maintain. 
 
 8 His large and great dominion shall 
 
 from sea to sea extend : 
 It from the river shall reach forth 
 unto earth's utmost end. 
 
 9 They in the wilderness that dwell 
 
 bow down before him must ; 
 And they that are his enemies 
 shall lick the very dust. 
 
PSALM LXXII. 135 
 
 10 The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, 
 
 to him shall presents bring ; 
 And unto him shall offer gifts 
 Sheba's and Seba s king. 
 
 1 1 Yea, all the mighty kings on earth 
 
 before him down shall fall ; 
 And all the nations of the world 
 do sei'vice to him shall. 
 
 12 For he the needy shall preserve, 
 
 when he to him doth call ; 
 The poor also, and him that hath 
 no help of man at all. 
 
 13 The poor man and the indigent 
 
 in mercy he shall spare ; 
 He shall preserve alive the souls 
 of those that needy are. 
 
 14 Both from deceit and violence 
 
 their soul he shall set free ; 
 And in his sight right precious 
 and dear their blood shall be. 
 
 15 Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him 
 
 shall be of Sheba's gold : 
 For him still shall they pray, and he 
 shall daily be extoU'd. 
 
 1 6 Of corn an handful in the earth 
 
 on tops of mountains high. 
 With prosp'rous fruit shall shake, like 
 on Lebanon that be. [trees 
 
 The city shall be flourishing, 
 
 her citizens abound 
 Li number shall, like to the grass 
 
 that grows upon the ground. 
 
136 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 1 7 His name for ever shall endure ; 
 
 last like the sun it shall : 
 Men shall be bless'd in him, and bless'd 
 all nations shall him call. 
 
 18 Now blessed be the Lord our God, 
 
 the God of Israel, 
 For he alone doth wondrous works, 
 in glory that excel. 
 
 19 And blessed be his glorious name 
 
 to all eternity: 
 The whole earth let his glory fill. 
 Amen, so let it be. 
 
 73 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 1 TTET God is good to Israel, 
 
 X to each pure-hearted one. 
 
 2 But as for me, my steps near slipp'd, 
 
 my feet were almost gone. 
 
 3 For I envious was, and grudg'd 
 
 the foolish folk to see. 
 When I perceived the wicked sort 
 enjoy prosperity. 
 
 4 For still their strength continueth firm 
 
 their death of bands is fi-ee. 
 5» They are not toil'd like other men, 
 nor plaguM, as others be. 
 
 6 Therefore their pride, like to a chain, 
 
 them compasseth about; 
 And, as a garment, violence 
 doth cover them throughout. 
 
 7 Their eyes stand out with fat; they have 
 
 more than their hearts could wish. 
 
PSALM LXXIII. 137 
 
 8 They are corrupt ; their talk of wrong 
 
 both kwd and lofty is. 
 
 9 They set their mouth against the heav ns 
 
 in their blasphemous talk ; 
 And their reproaching tongue through- 
 the earth at large doth walk, [out 
 
 1 His people oftentimes for this 
 
 look back, and turn about ; 
 Sith waters of so full a cup 
 to these are poured out. 
 
 1 1 And thus they say. How can it be 
 
 that God these things doth know ? 
 Or, Can there in the Highest be 
 knowledge of things below ? 
 
 12 Behold, these are the wicked ones, 
 
 yet prosper at their will 
 In worldly things; they do increase 
 in wealth and riches still. 
 
 13 I verily have done in vain 
 
 my heart to purify ; 
 To no effect in innocence 
 washed my hands have I. 
 
 14 For daily, and all day throughout, 
 
 great plagues I suffered have ; 
 Yea, ev'ry morning I of new 
 did chastisemxcnt receive. 
 
 15 If in this manner foolishly 
 to speak I would intend. 
 
 Thy children's generation, 
 behold, I should offend. 
 
 16 When I this thought to know, it was 
 too hard a thing for me ; 
 
138 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 17 Till to God's sanctuary I went, 
 
 then I their end did see. 
 
 18 Assuredly thou didst them set 
 
 a slipp^i7 place upon ; 
 Them suddenly thou castedst down 
 into destruction. 
 
 19 How in a moment suddenly 
 
 to ruin brought are they ! 
 
 With fearful terrors utterly 
 
 they are consumed away. 
 
 20 Ev'n like unto a dream, when one 
 
 from sleeping doth arise ; 
 So thou, Lord, when thou awak'st, 
 their image shalt despise. 
 
 21 Thus grieved was my heart in me, 
 
 and me my reins opprest : 
 
 22 So rude was I, and ignorant, 
 
 and in thy sight a beast. 
 
 23 Nevertheless continually, 
 
 Lord, I am with thee : 
 Thou dost me hold by my right hand, 
 and still upholdest me. 
 
 24 Thou, with thy counsel, while I live, 
 
 wilt me conduct and guide ; 
 And to thy glory afterward 
 receive me to abide. 
 
 25 Whom have I in the heavens high 
 
 but thee, Lord, alone ? 
 And in the earth whom I desire 
 besides thee there is none. 
 
 26 My flesh and heart doth faint and fail 
 
 but God doth fail me never : 
 
PSALM LXXIIL 139 
 
 For of my heart God is the strength 
 and portion for ever. 
 
 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee 
 
 for ever perish shall ; 
 Them that a whoring from thee go 
 thou hast destroyed all. 
 
 28 But surely it is good for me 
 
 that I draw near to God i 
 In God I trust, that all thy works 
 I may declare abroad. 
 
 r4 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 1 r\ GOD, why hast thou cast us off? 
 yj is it for evermore? 
 
 Against thy pasture-sheep why doth 
 thine anger smoke so sore ? 
 
 2 call to thy rememberance 
 
 thy congregation, 
 Which thou hast purchased of old ; 
 still think the same upon : 
 
 The rod of thine inheritance, 
 which thou redeemed hast, 
 This Sion hill, wherein thou hadst 
 i thy dwelling in times past. 
 
 3 To these long desolations 
 t thy feet lift, do not tarry ; 
 
 For all the ills thy foes have done 
 within thy sanctuary. 
 
 4 Amidst thy congregations 
 thine enemies do roar : 
 
 Their ensigns they set up for signs 
 of triumph thee before. 
 
140 PSALM LXXI7. 
 
 5 A man was famous, and was had 
 
 in estimation, 
 According as he lifted up 
 his axe thick trees upon. 
 
 6 But all at once with axes now 
 
 and hammers they go to, 
 And down the carved work thereof 
 they break, and quite undo. 
 
 7 They fired have thy sanctuary, 
 
 and have defil'd the same. 
 By casting down unto the ground 
 the place where dwelt thy name. 
 
 8 Thus said they in their hearts, Let us 
 
 destroy them out of hand: 
 They burnt up all the synagogues 
 of God within the land. 
 
 9 Our signs we do not now behold : 
 
 there is not us among 
 A prophet more, nor any one 
 that knows the time how long. 
 
 10 How long. Lord, shall the enemy 
 
 thus in reproach exclaim ? 
 And shall the adversary thus 
 always blaspheme thy name ? 
 
 1 1 Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might, 
 
 why dost thou thus draw back? 
 from thy bosom pluck it out 
 for our deliverance' sake. 
 
 12 For certainly God is my King, 
 
 ev'n from the times of old. 
 Working in midst of all the earth 
 salvation manifold. 
 
PSALM LXXIV. 141 
 
 13 The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part 
 
 asunder thou didst make : 
 And thou the dragons' heads, Lord 
 within the waters brake. 
 
 14 The leviathan's head thou brak'st 
 
 in pieces, and didst give 
 Him to be meat unto the folk 
 in wilderness that live. 
 
 15 Thou clav'st the fountain and the flood, 
 
 which did with streams abound : 
 Thou dry'dst the mighty waters up 
 unto the very ground. 
 
 16 Thine only is the day, Lord, 
 
 thine also is the night ; 
 And thou alone prepared hast 
 the sun and shining light. 
 
 17 By thee the borders of the earth 
 
 were settled ev'ry where : 
 The summer and the winter both 
 by thee created were. 
 
 18 That th' enemy reproached hath, 
 
 keep it in record; 
 And that the foolish people have 
 blasphemed thy name, Lord. 
 
 19 Unto the multitude do not 
 
 thy turtle's soul deliver: 
 The congregation of thy poor 
 do not forget for ever. 
 
 20 Unto thy cov nant have respect : 
 
 for earth's dark places be 
 Full of the habitations 
 of horrid cruelty. 
 
142 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 21 let not those that be oppress'd 
 
 return again with shame : 
 Let those that poor and needy are 
 give praise unto thy name. 
 
 22 Do thou, God, arise and plead 
 
 the cause that is thine own : 
 Remember how thou art reproach'd 
 still by the foolish one. 
 
 23 Do not forget the voice of those 
 
 that are thine enemies : 
 Of those the tumult ever grows 
 that do against thee rise. 
 
 75 PSALM LXXV. 
 
 ^ nnO thee, God, do we give thanks, 
 JL we do give thanks to thee ; 
 Because thy wondrous works declai^e 
 thy great name near to be. 
 
 2 I purpose, wdien I shall receive 
 
 the congregation. 
 That I shall judgment uprightly 
 render to ev'ry one. 
 
 3 Dissolved is the land, with all 
 
 that in the same do dwell ; 
 But I the pillars thereof do 
 bear up, and stablish well. 
 
 4 I to the foolish people said. 
 
 Do not deal foolishly; 
 And unto those that wicked are, . m 
 Lift not your horn on high. ™ 
 
 5 Lift not your horn on high, nor speak 
 
 6 with stubborn neck. But know, 
 
PSALM LXXV. 143 
 
 That not from east, nor west, nor south, 
 promotion doth flow. 
 
 7 But God is judge ; he puts down one, 
 
 and sets another up. 
 
 8 For in the hand of God most high 
 
 of red wine is a cup : 
 
 'Tis full of mixture, he pours forth, 
 and makes the wicked all 
 
 Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; 
 yea, and they drink them shall. 
 
 9 But I for ever will declare, 
 
 I Jacobus God will praise. 
 10 AH horns of lewd men I'll cut off; 
 but just men's horns will raise. 
 
 T6 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 1 TN Judah's land God is well known, 
 J- his name 's in Isr el great : 
 
 2 In Salem is his tabernacle, 
 
 in Sion is his seat. 
 
 3 There arrows of the bow he brake, 
 
 the shield, the sword, the war. 
 
 4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, 
 
 more excellent art far. 
 
 5 Those that were stout of heart are spoiled, 
 
 they slept their sleep outright ; 
 And none of those their hands did find, 
 that were the men of might. 
 
 6 When thy rebuke, Jacob's God, 
 
 had forth against them past. 
 Their horses and their chariots both 
 were in a dead sleep cast. 
 
144 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 7 Thou, Lord, ev'n thou art he that should 
 
 be fear'd ; and who is he 
 That may stand up before thy sight, 
 if once thou angry be ? 
 
 8 From heav'n thou judgment caused be 
 
 the earth was still with fear, [heard ; 
 
 9 When God to judgment rose, to save 
 
 all meek on earth that were. 
 
 10 Surely the very wrath of man 
 
 unto thy praise redounds : 
 Thou to the remnant of his wrath 
 wilt set restraining bounds. 
 
 11 Vow to the Lord your God, and pay: 
 
 all ye that near him be. 
 Bring gifts and presents unto him ; 
 for to be fear'd is he. 
 
 12 By him the spirits shall be cut off 
 
 of those that princes are : 
 Unto the kings that are on earth 
 he fearful doth appear. 
 
 77 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 1 TTNTO the Lord I with my voice, 
 vJ I unto God did cry ; 
 
 Ev'n with my voice, and unto me 
 his ear he did apply. 
 
 2 I in my trouble sought the Lord, 
 
 my sore by night did run, 
 And ceased not ; my grieved soul 
 did consolation shun. 
 
 3 I to remembrance God did call, 
 
 yet trouble did remain ; 
 
PSALM LXXVII. 145 
 
 And overwhelm'd my spirit was, 
 whilst I did sore complain. 
 
 4 Mine eyes, debarred from rest and sleep, 
 
 thou makest still to wake ; 
 My trouble is so great, that I 
 unable am to speak. 
 
 5 The days of old to mind I calFd, 
 
 and oft did think upon 
 The times and ages that are past 
 full many years agone. 
 
 6 By night my song I call to mind, 
 
 and commune with my heart ; 
 My sp'rit did carefully enquire 
 how I might ease my smart. 
 
 7 For ever will the Lord cast off, 
 
 and gracious be no more ? 
 
 8 For ever is his mercy gone ? 
 
 fails his word evermore ? 
 
 9 Is ^t true that to be gracious 
 
 the Lord forgotten hath ? 
 And that his tender mercies he 
 hath shut up in his wrath ? 
 
 10 Then did 1 say. That surely this 
 
 is mine infirmity: 
 I '11 mind the years of the right hand 
 of him that is most High. 
 
 1 1 Yea, I remember will the works 
 
 performed by the Lord : 
 The wonders done of old by thee 
 I surely will record. 
 
 12 I also will of all thy works 
 
 my meditation make ; 
 
 K 
 
146 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 And of thy doings to discourse 
 great pleasure I will take. 
 
 13 God, thy way most holy is 
 
 within thy sanctuary; 
 And what God is so great in pow'r 
 as is our God most high? 
 
 14 Thou art the God that wonders dost 
 
 by thy right hand most strong : 
 Thy mighty pow^r thou hast declar'd 
 the nations among. 
 
 15 To thine own people with thine arm 
 
 thou didst redemption bring ; 
 To Jacob's sons, and to the tribes 
 of Joseph that do spring. 
 
 16 The waters, Lord, perceived thee, 
 
 the waters saw thee well ; 
 And they for fear aside did flee ; 
 the depths on trembling fell. 
 
 1 7 The clouds in water forth were pour'd, 
 
 sound loudly did the sky ; 
 And swiftly through the world abroad 
 thine arrows fierce did fly. 
 
 18 Thy thunder s voice alongst the heav'n 
 
 a mighty noise did make ; 
 By lightnings lightened was the world, 
 th' earth tremble did and shake. 
 
 19 Thy way is in the sea, and in 
 
 the waters great thy path ; 
 Yet are thy footsteps hid, Lord ; 
 none knowledge thereof hath. 
 
 20 Thy people thou didst safely lead, 
 
 like to a flock of sheep ; 
 
PSALM LXXVII. 147 
 
 By Moses' hand and Aaron's thou 
 didst them conduct and keep. 
 
 78 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 1 A TTEND, my people, to my law ; 
 -iJL thereto give thou an ear ; 
 
 The words that from my mouth pro- 
 ceed 
 attentively do hear. 
 
 2 My mouth shall speak a parable, 
 
 and sayings dark of old ; 
 
 3 The same which we have heard and 
 
 known, 
 and us our fathers told. 
 
 4 We also will them not conceal 
 
 from their posterity; 
 Them to the generation 
 
 to come declare will we : 
 The praises of the Lord our God, 
 
 and his almighty strength, 
 The wondrous works that he hath done, 
 
 we will shew forth at length. 
 
 5 His testimony and his law 
 
 in Israel he did place. 
 And charged our fathers it to show 
 to their succeeding race ; 
 
 6 That so the race which was to come 
 
 might well them learn and know ; 
 And sons unborn, who should arise, 
 might to their sons them show : 
 
 7 That they might set their hope in God, 
 
 a.nd suffer not to fall 
 
148 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 His mighty works out of their mind, 
 but keep his precepts all : 
 
 8 And might not, like their fathers, be 
 
 a stiff rebellious race ; 
 A race not right in heart ; with God 
 whose spirit not stedfast was. 
 
 9 The sons of Ephraim, who nor bows 
 
 nor other arms did lack, 
 When as the day of battle was, 
 they faintly turned back. 
 
 10 They brake God's covenant, andrefus'd 
 
 in his commands to go ; 
 
 1 1 His works and wonders they forgot, 
 
 which he to them did show. 
 
 12 Things marvellous he brought to pass; 
 
 their fathers them beheld 
 Within the land of Egypt done, 
 yea, ev'n in Zoan's field. 
 
 13 By him divided was the sea, 
 
 he caus'd them through to pass ; 
 And made the waters so to stand, 
 as like an heap it was. 
 
 14 With cloud by day, with light of fire 
 
 all night, he did them guide. 
 
 15 In desert rocks he clave, and drink, 
 
 as from great depths, supply'd. 
 
 16 He fi'om the rock brought streams, 
 
 like floods 
 made waters to run down. 
 
 17 Yet sinning more, in desert they 
 
 provok'd the highest One. 
 
PSALM LXXVIll. 149 
 
 18 For in their heart they tempted God, 
 
 and, speaking with iiiistrust. 
 They greedily did meat require 
 to satisfy their hist. 
 
 19 Against the Lord himself they spake, 
 
 and, murmuring, said thus, 
 A table in the wilderness 
 can God prepare for us ? 
 
 20 Behold, he smote the rock, and thence 
 
 came streams and waters great ; 
 But can he give his people bread ? 
 and send them flesh to eat ? 
 
 21 The Lord did hear, and waxed wroth : 
 
 so kindled was a flame 
 ^Gainst Jacob, and 'gainst Israel 
 up indignation came. 
 
 22 For they believ'd not God, nor trust 
 
 in his salvation had; 
 
 23 Though clouds above he did command, 
 
 and heav'n's doors open made, 
 
 24 And manna rained on them, and gave 
 
 them corn of heaven to eat. 
 
 25 Man angel's food did eat ; to them 
 
 he to the full sent meat. 
 
 26 And in the heaven he did cause 
 
 an eastern wind to blow ; 
 And by his power he let out 
 the southern wind to go. 
 
 27 Then flesh as thick as dust he made 
 
 to rain down them among ; 
 And feathered fowls, like as the sand 
 which li'th the shore along. 
 
150 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 28 At his command amidst their camp 
 
 these show'rs of flesh down fell. 
 All round about the tabernacles 
 and tents where they did dwell. 
 
 29 So they did eat abundantly, 
 
 and had of meat their fill ; 
 For he did give to them what was 
 their own desire and will. 
 
 30 They fi:-om their lust had not estrang'd 
 
 their heart and their desire ; 
 But while the meat was in their mouths, 
 which they did so requu^e, 
 
 31 God's wrath upon them came, and slew 
 
 the fattest of them all ; 
 So that the choice of Israel, 
 overthrown by death, did fall. 
 
 32 Yet, notwithstanding of all this, 
 
 they sinned still the more ; 
 And tho' he had great wonders wrought, 
 believed him not therefore: 
 
 33 Wherefore their days in vanity 
 
 he did consume and waste ; 
 And by his wrath their wi'etched years , 
 away in trouble past. I 
 
 34 But when he slew them, then they did 
 
 to seek him shew desire ; 
 Yea, they returned, and after God 
 right early did enquire. 
 
 35 And that the Lord had been their Rock 
 
 they did remember then ; 
 Ev n that the high almighty God 
 had their Redeemer been. 
 
PSALM LXXVIIl. 151 
 
 36 Yet with their mouth they flatter 'd him, 
 
 and spake but feignedly ; 
 And they unto the God of truth 
 with their false tongues did lie. 
 
 37 For though their words were good, their 
 
 with him was not sincere ; [heart 
 Unstedfast and perfidious 
 they in his covenant were. 
 
 38 But, full of pity, he forgave 
 
 their sin, them did not slay; 
 Nor stirr'd up all his wrath, but oft 
 his anger turned away. 
 
 39 For that they were but fading flesh 
 
 to mind he did recall ; 
 A wind that passeth soon away, 
 and not returns at all. 
 
 40 How often did they him provoke 
 
 within the wilderness ! 
 And in the desert did him grieve 
 with their rebelliousness ! 
 
 41 Yea, turning back, they tempted God^ 
 
 and limits set upon 
 Him, who in midst of Israel is 
 the only Holy One. 
 
 42 They did not call to mind his pow'r, 
 
 nor yet the day when he 
 Delivered them out of the hand 
 of their fierce enemy ; 
 
 43 Nor how great signs in Egypt land 
 
 he openly had wrought ; 
 What miracles in Zoan's field 
 his hand to pass had brought. 
 
152 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 44 How lakes and rivers ev ry where 
 
 he turned into blood; 
 So that nor man nor beast could drink 
 of standing lake or flood. 
 
 45 He brought among them swarms of flies, 
 
 which did them sore annoy ; 
 And divers kinds of filthy frogs 
 he sent them to destroy. 
 
 46 He to the caterpillar gave 
 
 the fruits of all their soil ; 
 Their labours he delivered up 
 unto the locusts' spoil. 
 
 47 Their vines with hail, their sycamores 
 
 he with the fi'ost did blast : 
 
 48 Their beasts to hail he gave; their flocks 
 
 hot thunderbolts did waste. 
 
 49 Fierce burning wrath he on them cast, 
 
 and indignation strong. 
 And troubles sore, by sending forth 
 ill angels them among. 
 
 50 He to his wrath made way ; their sou] 
 
 from death he did not save ; 
 But over to the pestilence 
 the lives of them he gave. 
 
 51 In Egypt land the first born all 
 
 he smote down evVy where ; 
 Among the tents of Ham, ev'n these 
 chief of their strength that were. 
 
 52 But his own people, like to sheep, 
 
 thence to go forth he made ; 
 And he, amidst the wilderness, 
 them, as a flock, did lead. 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 153 
 
 53 And he them safely on did lead, 
 
 so that they did not fear ; 
 Whereas their en mies by the sea 
 quite overw^helmed were. 
 
 54 To borders of his sanctuary 
 
 the Lord his people led, 
 Ev n to the mount which his right hand 
 for them had purchased. 
 
 55 The nations of Canaan, 
 
 by his almighty hand. 
 Before their face he did expel 
 
 out of their native land ; 
 Which for inheritance to them 
 
 by line he did divide, 
 And made the tribes of Israel 
 
 within their tents abide. 
 
 56 Yet God most high they did provoke, 
 
 and tempted ever still ; 
 And to observe his testimonies 
 did not incline their will : 
 
 57 But, like their fathers, turned back, 
 
 and dealt unfaithfully : 
 Aside they turned, like a bow 
 that shoots deceitfully. 
 
 58 For they to anger did provoke 
 
 him with their places high ; 
 And with their graven images 
 mov'd him to jealousy. 
 
 59 When God heard this, he waxed wroth, 
 
 and much loath'd Isr'el then : 
 t)() So Shiloh's tent he left, the tent 
 which he had plac'd with men. 
 
154 PSALM LXXVIIL 
 
 61 And he his strength dehvered 
 
 mto captivity; 
 He left his glory in the hand 
 of his proud enemy. 
 
 62 His people also he gave o'er 
 
 unto the sword's fierce rage : 
 So sore his wrath inflamed was 
 against his heritage. 
 
 63 The fire consumed their choice young 
 
 men; 
 their maids no marriage had ; 
 
 64 And when their priests fell by the sword, 
 
 their wives no mourning made. 
 63 But then the Lord arose, as one 
 that doth from sleep awake ; 
 And like a giant that, by wine 
 refi'esh'd, a shout doth make : 
 
 66 Upon his en mies' hinder parts 
 
 he made his stroke to fall ; 
 And so upon them he did put 
 a shame perpetual. 
 
 67 Moreover, he the tabernacle 
 
 of Joseph did refuse ; 
 The mighty tribe of Ephraim 
 he would in no wise chuse : 
 
 68 But he did chuse Jehudah's tribe 
 
 to be the rest above ; 
 And of mount Sion he made choice, 
 which he so much did love. 
 
 69 And he his sanctuary built 
 
 like to a palace high. 
 Like to the earth which he did found 
 to perpetuity. 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 155 
 
 70 Of David, that his servant was, 
 
 he also choice did make, 
 And even from the folds of sheep 
 was pleased him to take : 
 
 7 1 From waiting on the ewes with young, 
 
 he brought him forth to feed 
 Israel, his inheritance, 
 his people. Jacobus seed, 
 
 72 So after the integrity 
 
 he of his heart them fed ; 
 •And by the good skill of his hands 
 them wisely governed. 
 
 79 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 1 r\ GOD, the heathen entered have 
 \J thine heritage ; by them 
 Defiled is thy house : on heaps 
 
 they laid Jerusalem. 
 
 2 The bodies of thy servants they 
 
 have cast forth to be meat 
 To ravenous fowls ; thy dear saints' flesh 
 they gave to beasts to eat. 
 
 3 Their blood about Jerusalem 
 
 like water they have shed ; 
 And there was none to bury them 
 when they were slain and dead. 
 
 4 Unto our neighbours a reproach 
 
 most base become are we ; 
 A scorn and laughingstock to them 
 that round about us be. 
 
 5 How long. Lord, shall thine anger last? 
 
 wilt thou still keep the same? 
 
156 PSALM LXXIX. 
 
 And shall thy fervent jealousy- 
 burn like unto a flame ? 
 
 6 On heathen pour thy fury forth, 
 
 that have thee never known. 
 And on those kmgdoms which thy name 
 have never calPd u^Don. 
 
 7 For these are they who Jacob have 
 
 devoured cruelly; 
 And they his habitation 
 have caused waste to lie. 
 
 8 Agamst us mind not former sins ; 
 
 thy tender mercies show; 
 Let them prevent us speedily, 
 for w^e 're brought very low. 
 
 9 For thy name's glory help us. Lord, 
 
 who hast our Saviour been : 
 Deliver us ; for thy name's sake, 
 purge away our sin. 
 
 10 Why say the heathen, Where's their 
 
 let him to them be known ; [God ? 
 
 When those who shed thy seiwants' 
 
 are in our sight o'erthrown, [blood 
 
 1 1 let the pris'ner's sighs ascend 
 
 before th}^ sight on high ; 
 Preserve those in thy mighty pow'r 
 that are design'd to die. 
 
 12 And to our neighbours' bosom cause 
 
 it sev'n fold render d be, 
 Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have, 
 Lord, reproached thee. 
 
 13 So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep, 
 
 shall give thee thanks always ; 
 
PSALM LXXIX. 157 
 
 And unto generations all 
 we will shew forth thy praise. 
 
 80 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 1 TTEAR, Isr el's Shepherd! like a flock 
 XI thou that dost Joseph guide ; 
 Shine forth, thou that dost between 
 
 the cherubims abide. 
 
 2 Li Ephraim's, and Benjamin's, 
 
 and in Manasseh's sight, 
 come for our salvation ; 
 
 stir up thy strength and might. 
 
 3 Turn us again, Lord our God, 
 
 and upon us vouchsafe 
 To make thy countenance to shine, 
 and so we shall be safe. 
 
 4 Lord of hosts, almighty God, 
 
 how long shall kindled be 
 Thy wrath against the prayer made 
 by thine own folk to thee ? 
 
 5 Thou tears of sorrow giv'st to them 
 
 instead of bread to eat ; 
 Yea, tears instead of drink thou giv'st 
 to them in measure great. 
 
 6 Thou makest us a strife unto 
 
 our neighbours round about ; 
 Our enemies among themselves 
 at us do laugh and flout. 
 
 7 Turn us again, God of hosts, 
 
 and upon us vouchsafe 
 To make thy countenance to shine, 
 and so we shall be safe. 
 
158 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 8 A vine fi'om Egypt brought thou hast, 
 
 by thine outstretched hand ; 
 And thou the^ heathen out didst cast, 
 to plant it in their land. 
 
 9 Before it thou a room didst make, 
 
 where it might grow and stand ; 
 Thou causedst it deep root to take, 
 and it did fill the land. 
 
 10 The mountains veil'd were with its 
 
 as with a covering ; [shade. 
 
 Like goodly cedars were the boughs 
 which out from it did spring. 
 
 1 1 Upon the one hand to the sea 
 
 her boughs she did out send ; 
 On th' other side unto the flood 
 her branches did extend. 
 
 12 Why hast thou then thus broken down 
 
 and ta'en her hedge away ? 
 So that all passengers do pluck, 
 and make of her a prey. 
 
 13 The boar who from the forest comes 
 
 doth waste it at his pleasure ; 
 The wild beast of the field also 
 devours it out of measure. 
 
 14 God of hosts, we thee beseech, 
 
 return now unto thine ; 
 Look down from heav'n in love, behold, 
 and visit this thy vine : 
 
 15 This vineyard, which thine own right 
 
 hath planted us among ; [liand 
 
 And that same branch, which for thyself 
 thou hast made to be strong. 
 
PSALJVr LXXX. 159 
 
 16 Burnt up it is with flaming fire, 
 it also is cut down : 
 They utterly are perished 
 when as thy face doth fi-own. 
 
 J 7 let thy hand be still upon 
 the Man of thy right hand, 
 The Son of man, whom for thyself 
 thou madest strong to stand. 
 
 18 So henceforth we will not go back, 
 
 nor turn from thee at all : 
 do thou quicken us, and we 
 upon thy name will call. 
 
 19 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts, 
 
 and upon us vouchsafe 
 To make thy countenance to shine, 
 and so we shall be safe. 
 
 81 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 1 QING loud to God our strength; with 
 O to Jacob's God do sing. [joy 
 
 2 Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp, 
 
 timbrel and psaltery bring. 
 
 3 Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day 
 
 our feast appointed is : 
 
 4 For charge to Isr'el, and a law 
 
 of Jacob's God was this. 
 
 5 To Joseph this a testimony 
 
 he made, when Egypt land 
 He traveird through, where speech I 
 I did not understand. [heard 
 
 6 His shoulder I from burdens took, 
 
 his hands from pots did free. 
 
160 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 7 Thou didst in trouble on me call, 
 
 and I delivered thee : 
 
 In secret place of thundering 
 I did thee answer make ; 
 
 And at the streams of Meribali 
 of thee a proof did take. 
 
 8 thou, my people, give an ear,. 
 
 I ^11 testify to thee ; 
 To thee, Isr'el, if thou wilt 
 but hearken unto me. 
 
 9 In midst of thee there shall not be 
 
 any strange god at all ; 
 Nor unto any god unknown 
 thou bowing dowai shalt fall. 
 
 10 I am the Lord thy God, which did 
 
 from Egypt land thee guide ; 
 I '11 fill thy mouth abundantly, 
 do thou it open wide. 
 
 1 1 But yet my people to my voice 
 
 would not attentive be ; 
 And ev'n my chosen Israel 
 he would have none of me. 
 
 1 2 So to the lust of their own hearts 
 
 I them delivered; 
 And then in counsels of their own 
 they vainly wandered. 
 
 13 that my people had me heard, 
 
 Isr'el my ways had chose ! 
 
 14 I had their en'mies soon subdu'd, 
 
 my hand turn'd on their foes. 
 
 15 The haters of the Lord to him 
 
 submission should have feign 'd ; 
 
PSALM LXXXL I6l 
 
 But as for them, their time should have 
 for evermore remain^. 
 
 16 He should have also fed them with 
 the finest of the wheat ; 
 Of honey from the rock thy fill 
 I should have made thee eat. 
 
 83 PSALM LXXXIL 
 
 1 TN gods' assembly God doth stand ; 
 X he judge th gods among. 
 
 2 How long, accepting persons vile, 
 
 will ye give judgment wrong ? 
 
 3 Defend the poor and fatherless ; 
 
 to poor oppressed do right. 
 
 4 The poor and needy ones set free ; 
 
 rid them from ill men's might. 
 
 5 They know not, nor will understand ; 
 
 in darkness they walk on : 
 All the foundations of the earth 
 out of their course are gone. 
 
 6 I said that ye are gods, and are 
 
 sons of the Highest all : 
 
 7 But ye shall die like men, and as 
 
 one of the princes fall. 
 
 8 God, do thou raise up thyself, 
 
 the earth to judgment call : 
 For thou, as thine inheritance, 
 shalt take the nations all. 
 
 83 PSALM LXXXHL 
 
 1 TZEEPnot, God, we thee entreaty 
 Jjl keep not silence now : 
 
 JL 
 
162 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 Do thou not hold thy peace, God, 
 and still no more be thou. 
 
 2 For, lo, thme enemies a noise 
 
 tumultuously have made ; 
 And they that haters are of thee 
 have lifted up the head. 
 
 3 Against thy chosen people they 
 
 do crafty counsel take ; 
 And they against thy hidden ones 
 do consultations make. 
 
 4 Come, let us cut them off, said they, 
 
 fi'om being a nation. 
 That of the name of Israel may 
 no more be mention. 
 
 5 For with joint heart they plot, in league 
 
 against thee they combine. 
 
 6 The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites, 
 
 Moab's, and Hagar's line ; 
 
 7 Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, 
 
 Philistines, those of Tyre ; 
 
 8 And Assur join'd with them, to help 
 
 Lot's children they conspire. 
 
 9 Do to them as to Midian, 
 
 Jabin at Kison strand ; 
 
 10 And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell, 
 
 as dung to fat the land. 
 
 11 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make 
 
 their noble men to fall ; 
 Like Zeba and Zalmunna like, 
 make thou their princes all ; 
 
 12 Who said. For our possession 
 
 let us God's houses take. 
 
PSALM LXXXIII. 163 
 
 13 My God, them like a wheel, as chaff 
 
 before the wind, them make. 
 
 14 As fire consumes the wood, as flame 
 
 doth mountains set on fire, 
 
 15 Chase and affright them with the storm 
 
 and tempest of thine ire. 
 
 16 Their faces fill with shame, Lord, 
 
 that they may seek thy name. 
 
 17 Let them confounded be, and vexd, 
 
 and perish in their shame : 
 
 18 That men may know^ that thou, to 
 
 alone doth appertam [whom 
 
 The name JEHOVAH, dost most high 
 o'er all the earth remain. 
 
 84 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 1 TTOW lovely is thy dwelling-place, 
 XT Lord of hosts, to me ! 
 
 The tabernacles of thy grace 
 how pleasant, Lord, they be ! 
 
 2 My thirsty soul longs veh'mently, 
 
 yea faints, thy courts to see : 
 My very heart and flesh cry out, 
 living God, for thee. 
 
 3 Behold, the sparrow findeth out 
 
 an house wherein to rest ; 
 The swallow also for herself 
 
 hath purchased a nest ; 
 Ev'n thine own altars, where she safe 
 
 her young ones forth may bring, 
 thou almighty Lord of hosts, 
 
 who art my God and King. 
 
164 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 4 Bless'd are they in thy house that dwell, 
 
 they ever give thee praise. 
 
 5 Bless'd is the man whose strength thou 
 
 in whose heart are thy ways : [art, 
 
 6 Who passing thorough Baca's vale, 
 
 therein do dig up wells ; 
 Also the rain that falleth down 
 the pools with water fills. 
 
 7 So they fi-om strength unwearied go 
 
 still forward unto strength. 
 Until in Sion they appear 
 before the Lord at length. 
 
 8 Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear ; 
 
 Jacob's God, give ear. 
 
 9 See God our shield, look on the face 
 
 of thine anointed dear. 
 
 10 For in thy courts one day excels 
 
 a thousand ; rather in 
 My God's house will I keep a door, 
 than dwell in tents of sin. 
 
 1 1 For God the Lord 's a sun and shield : 
 
 he '11 grace and glory give ; 
 And will withhold no good from them 
 that uprightly do live. 
 
 12 thou that art the Lord of hosts, 
 
 that man is truly blest. 
 Who by assured confidence 
 on thee alone doth rest. 
 
 85 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 LORD, thou hast been favourable 
 to thy beloved land: 
 
 '0 
 
PSALM LXXXV. 165 
 
 Jacob's captivity thou hast 
 recaird with mighty hand. 
 
 2 Thou pardoned thy people hast 
 
 all their iniquities; 
 Thou all their trespasses and sins 
 hast cover d from thine eyes. 
 
 3 Thou took'st off all thine ire, and 
 
 turn'dst 
 from thy wrath's ftiriousness. 
 
 4 Turn us, God of our health, and cause 
 
 thy wrath 'gainst us to cease. 
 
 5 Shall thy displeasure thus endure 
 
 against us without end ? 
 Wilt thou to generations all 
 thine anger forth extend ? 
 
 6 That in thee may thy people joy, 
 
 wilt thou not us revive ? 
 
 7 Shew us thy mercy. Lord, to us 
 
 do thy salvation give. 
 
 8 I '11 hear what God the Lord will speak : 
 
 to his folk he '11 speak peace. 
 And to his saints ; but let them not 
 return to foolishness. 
 
 9 To them that fear him surely near 
 
 is his salvation ; 
 That glory in our land may have 
 her habitation. 
 
 10 Truth met with mercy, righteousness 
 
 and peace kiss'd mutually : 
 
 11 Truth springs from earth, and righte- 
 
 ousness 
 looks down from heaven high. 
 
166 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 12 Yea, what is good the Lord shall give ; 
 
 our land shall yield increase : 
 
 13 Justice, to set us in his steps, 
 
 shall go before his face. 
 
 86 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 1 r\ LORD, do thou bow down thine 
 vJ and hear me graciously ; [ear. 
 Because I sore afflicted am, 
 
 and am in poverty. 
 
 2 Because I 'm holy, let my soul 
 
 by thee presei'ved be : 
 thou my God, thy servant save, 
 that puts his trust in thee. 
 
 3 Sith unto thee I daily cry, 
 
 be merciful to me. 
 
 4 Rejoice thy servant's soul; for. Lord, 
 
 I lift my soul to thee. 
 
 5 For thou art gracious, Lord, 
 
 and read}^ to forgive ; 
 And rich in mercy, all that call 
 upon thee to relieve. 
 
 6 Hear, Lord, my pray'r; unto the voice 
 
 of my request attend: 
 
 7 Li troublous times I'll call on thee ; 
 
 for thou wilt answer send. 
 
 8 Lord, there is none among the gods 
 
 that may with thee compare ; 
 And like the works w^hich thou hast 
 not any work is there. [done, 
 
 9 All nations whom thou mad'st shall 
 
 and worship reverently [come 
 
PSALM LXXXVl. 167 
 
 Before thy face ; and they, Lord, 
 thy name shall glorify. 
 
 10 Because thou art exceeding great, 
 
 and works by thee are done 
 Which are to be admir'd, and thou 
 art God thyself alone. 
 
 1 1 Teach me thy way, and in thy truth 
 
 Lord, then walk will 1 ; 
 Unite my heart, that I thy name 
 may fear continually. 
 
 12 Lord my God, with all my heart 
 
 to thee I will give praise ; 
 And I the glory will ascribe 
 unto thy name always : 
 
 13 Because thy mercy toward me 
 
 in greatness doth excel ; 
 And thou deliver d hast my soul 
 out from the lowest hell. 
 
 14 God, the proud against me rise, 
 
 and vi'lent men have met. 
 That for my soul have sought ; and thee 
 before them have not set. 
 
 15 But thou art full of pity. Lord, 
 
 a God most gracious. 
 Long-suffering, and in thy truth 
 and mercy plenteous. 
 
 16 turn to me thy countenance, 
 
 and mercy on me have ; 
 Thy servant strengthen, and the son 
 of thine own handmaid save. 
 
 17 Shew me a sign for good, that they 
 
 which do me hate may see, 
 
168 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 
 And be asham'd; because thou. Lord, 
 didst help and comfort me. 
 
 87 PSALM LXXXVII. 
 
 1 TTPON the hills of holiness 
 U he his foundation sets. 
 
 2 God, more than Jacob's dwellings all, 
 
 delights in Sion's gates. 
 
 3 Things glorious are said of thee, 
 
 thou city of the Lord. 
 
 4 Rahab and Babel I, to those 
 
 that know me, will record : 
 
 Behold ev'n Tyrus, and with it 
 
 the land of Palestine, 
 And likewise Ethiopia; 
 
 this man was born therein. 
 
 5 And it of Sion shall be said. 
 
 This man and that man there 
 Was born ; and he that is most High 
 himself shall stablish her. 
 
 6 When God the people writes, he'll count 
 
 that this man born was there. 
 
 7 There be that sing and play ; and all 
 
 my well-springs in thee are. 
 
 88 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 
 1 T ORD God, my Saviour, day and night 
 JLj before thee cry'd have I. 
 
 2 Before thee let my prayer come; 
 
 give ear unto my cry. 
 
 3 For troubles great do fill my soul ; 
 
 my life draws nigh the grave. 
 
PSALM LXXXVIII. 169 
 
 4 I'm counted with those that go down 
 
 to pit, and no strength have. 
 
 5 Ev n free among the dead, hke them 
 
 that slain in grave do he ; 
 Cut off from thy hand, whom no more 
 thou hast in memory. 
 
 6 Thou hast me laid in lowest pit, 
 
 in deeps and darksome caves. 
 
 7 Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast 
 
 me pressed with all thy waves. 
 
 8 Thou hast put far from me my friends, 
 
 thou mad'st them to abhor me ; 
 And I am so shut up, that I 
 find no evasion for me. 
 
 9 By reason of affliction 
 
 mine eye mourns dolefully : 
 To thee. Lord, do I call, and stretch 
 my hands continually. 
 
 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? 
 
 shall they rise, and thee bless ? 
 
 1 1 Shall in the grave thy love be told ? 
 
 in death thy faithfulness ? 
 
 12 Shall thy great wonders in the dark, 
 
 or shall thy righteousness 
 Be known to any in the land 
 of deep forgetfulness ? 
 
 13 But, Lord, to thee I cry'd; my pray'r 
 
 at morn prevent shall thee. 
 
 14 Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul, 
 
 and hid'st thy face from me? 
 
 15 Distressed am I, and from my youth 
 
 1 ready am to die ; 
 
170 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 
 Thy terrors I have borne, and am 
 distracted fearfully. 
 
 16 The dreadful fierceness of thy wrath 
 
 quite over me doth go : 
 Thy terrors great have cut me off, 
 they did pursue me so. 
 
 17 For round about me ev^ry day, 
 
 like water, they did roll ; 
 
 And, gathering together, they 
 
 have compassed my soul. 
 
 18 My friends thou hast put far from me, 
 
 and him that did me love ; 
 And those that mine acquaintance were 
 to darkness didst remove. 
 
 89 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 1 ^ OD^s mercies I will ever sing; 
 vT and with my mouth I shall 
 Thy faithfulness make to be known 
 
 to generations all. 
 
 2 For mercy shall be built, said I, 
 
 for ever to endure; 
 Thy faithfulness, ev'n in the heav'ns, 
 thou wilt establish sure. 
 
 3 I with my chosen One have made 
 
 a covenant graciously; 
 And to my servant, whom I lov'd, 
 to David sworn have I ; 
 
 4 That I thy seed establish shall 
 
 for ever to remain. 
 And will to generations all 
 thy throne build and maintain. 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 171 
 
 5 The praises of thy wonders, Lord, 
 
 the heavens shall express ; 
 And in the congregation 
 of saints thy faithfulness. 
 
 6 For who in heaven with the Lord 
 
 may once himself compare ? 
 Who is like God among the sons 
 of those that mighty are ? 
 
 7 Great fear in meeting of the saints 
 
 is due unto the Lord ; 
 And he of all about him should 
 with reverence be ador'd. 
 
 8 thou that art the Lord of hosts, 
 
 what Lord in mightiness 
 Is like to thee ? who compass'd round 
 art with thy faithfulness. 
 
 9 Ev'n in the raging of the sea 
 
 thou over it dost reign ; 
 And wdien the waves thereof do swell, 
 thou stillest them again. 
 
 10 Rahab in pieces thou didst break, 
 
 like one that slaughtered is ; 
 And with thy mighty arm thou hast 
 dispersed thine enemies. 
 
 11 The heavens are thine, thou for thine 
 
 the earth doth also take ; [own 
 The world, and fulness of the same, 
 thy pow'r did found and make. 
 
 12 The north and south from thee alone 
 
 their first beginning had ; 
 Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill 
 shall in thy name be glad. 
 
172 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 13 Thou hast an ann that's full of powr 
 
 thj^ hand is great in might ; 
 And thy right hand exceedingly 
 exalted is in height. 
 
 14 Justice and judgment of thy throne 
 
 are made the dwelling-place ; 
 Mercy, accompany'd with truth, 
 shall go before thy face. 
 
 15 greatly bless'd the people are 
 
 the joyful sound that know ; 
 In brightness of thy face, Lord, 
 they ever on shall go. 
 
 16 They in thy name shall all the day 
 
 rejoice exceedingly; 
 And in thy righteousness shall they 
 exalted be on high. 
 
 17 Because the glory of their strength 
 
 doth only stand in thee ; 
 And in thy favour shall our horn 
 and pow'r exalted be. 
 
 18 For God is our defence ; and he 
 
 to us doth safety bring : 
 The Holy One of Israel 
 is our almighty King. 
 
 19 In vision to thy Holy One 
 
 thou saidst, I help upon 
 A strong one laid ; out of the folk 
 I raised a chosen one ; 
 
 20 Ev'n David, I have found him out 
 
 a servant unto me ; 
 And with my holy oil my King 
 anointed him to be. 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 173 
 
 2 1 With whom my hand shall stablish'd be ; 
 
 mine arm shall make him strong. 
 
 22 On him the foe shall not exact, 
 
 nor son of mischief wrong. 
 
 23 I will beat down before his face 
 
 all his malicious foes ; 
 I will them greatly plague who do 
 with hatred him oppose. 
 
 24 My mercy and my faithfulness 
 
 with him yet still shall be ; 
 And in my name his horn and pow'r 
 men shall exalted see. 
 
 25 His hand and pow'r shall reach afar, 
 
 I ^11 set it in the sea ; 
 And his right hand established 
 shall in the rivers be. 
 
 26 Thou art my Father, he shall cry, 
 
 thou art my God alone ; 
 And he shall say. Thou art the Rock 
 of my salvation. 
 
 27 I '11 make him my first-born, more high 
 
 than kings of any land. 
 
 28 My love I '11 ever keep for him, 
 
 my covenant fast shall stand. 
 
 29 His seed 1 by my pow'r will make 
 
 for ever to endure; 
 And, as the days of heav'n, his throne 
 shall stable be and sure. 
 
 30 But if his children shall forsake 
 
 my laws, and go astray. 
 And in my judgments shall not walk, 
 but wander from my way : 
 
174 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 3 1 If they my laws break, and do not 
 
 keep my commandements ; 
 
 32 1 '11 visit then their faults with rods, 
 
 their sins with chastisements. 
 
 33 Yet I ^11 not take my love from him, 
 
 nor false my promise make. 
 
 34 My covenant I'll not break, nor change 
 
 what with my mouth I spake. 
 
 35 Once by my holiness I sware, 
 
 to David I '11 not lie ; 
 
 36 His seed and throne shall, as the sun, 
 
 before me last for aye. 
 
 37 It, like the moon, shall ever be 
 
 established stedfastly ; 
 And like to that which in the heaven 
 doth witness faithfully. 
 
 38 But thou, displeased, hast cast off, 
 
 thou didst abhor and loathe ; 
 With him that thine anointed is 
 thou hast been very wroth. 
 
 39 Thou hast thy servant's covenant 
 
 made void, and quite cast by ; 
 Thou hast profan'd his crown, while it 
 cast on the ground doth lie. 
 
 40 Thou all his hedges hast broke down, 
 
 his strong holds down hast torn. 
 
 4 1 He to all passers-by a spoil, 
 
 to neighbours is a scorn. 
 
 42 Thou hast set up his foes' right hand; 
 
 mad'st all his en'mies glad : 
 -13 Turn'd his sword's edge, and him to 
 in battle hast not made. [stand 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 175 
 
 44 His glory thou hast made to cease, 
 
 his throne to ground down cast ; 
 
 45 Shortened his days of youth, and him 
 
 with shame thou cover'd hast. 
 
 46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? 
 
 for ever, in thine ire ? 
 And shall thine indignation 
 burn like unto a fire? 
 
 47 Remember, Lord, how short a time 
 
 I shall on earth remain : 
 wherefore is it so that thou 
 hast made all men in vain ? 
 
 48 What man is he that liveth here, 
 
 and death shall never see ? 
 Or from the power of the grave 
 what man his soul shall free ? 
 
 49 Thy former loving-kindnesses, 
 
 Lord, where be they now ? 
 Those which in truth and faithfulness 
 to David sworn hast thou ? 
 
 50 Mind, Lord, thy servant's sad reproach ; 
 
 how I in bosom bear 
 The scornings of the people all, 
 who strong and mighty are. 
 
 51 Wherewith thy raging enemies 
 
 reproached, Lord, think on ; 
 Wherewith they have reproached the 
 of thine anointed one. [steps 
 
 52 AH blessing to the Lord our God 
 
 let be ascribed then: 
 For evermore so let it be. 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
176 PSALM XO. 
 
 1 T ORD, thou hast been our dwelling- 
 -Li in generations all. [place 
 
 2 Before thou ever hadst brought forth 
 
 the mountains great or small ; 
 Ere ever thou hadst formed the earth, 
 
 and all the world abroad; 
 Ev n thou from everlasting art 
 
 to everlasting God. 
 
 3 Thou dost unto destruction 
 
 man that is mortal turn; 
 And unto them thou say'st. Again, 
 ye sons of men, return. 
 
 4 Because a thousand years appear 
 
 no more before thy sight 
 Than yesterday, when it is past, 
 or than a watch by night. 
 
 5 As with an overflowing flood 
 
 thou carry'st them away : 
 They like a sleep are, like the grass 
 that grows at morn are they. 
 
 6 At morn it flourishes and grows, 
 
 cut down at ev'n doth fade. 
 
 7 For by thine anger we're consum'd, 
 
 thy wrath makes us afi-aid. 
 
 8 Our sins thou and iniquities 
 
 dost in thy presence place, 
 And sett'st our secret faults before 
 the brightness of thy face. 
 
 9 For in thine anger all our days 
 
 do pass on to an end ; 
 And as a tale that hath been told, 
 so we our years do spend. 
 
PSALM XC. 177 
 
 10 Threescore and ten years do sum up 
 
 our days and years, we see ; 
 Or if, by reason of more strength, 
 
 in some fourscore they be : 
 Yet doth the strength of such old men 
 
 but grief and labour prove ; 
 For it is soon cut off, and we 
 
 fly hence, and soon remove. 
 
 1 1 Who knows the power of thy wrath ? 
 
 according to thy fear 
 
 12 So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou us 
 
 our end in mind to bear ; 
 And so to count our days, that we 
 
 our hearts may still apply 
 To learn thy wisdom and thy truth, 
 
 that we may live thereby. 
 
 13 Turn yet again to us, Lord, 
 
 how long thus shall it be ? 
 Let it repent thee now for those 
 that serv^ants are to thee. 
 
 14 with thy tender mercies. Lord, 
 
 us early satisfy; 
 So we rejoice shall all our days, 
 and still be glad in thee. 
 
 15 According as the days have been, 
 
 wherein we grief have had. 
 And years wherein we ill have seen, 
 so do thou make us glad. 
 
 16 let thy work and pow'r appear 
 
 thy servants^ face before ; 
 And shew unto their children dear 
 thy glory evermore : 
 
 M 
 
178 PSALM XC. 
 
 17 And let the beauty of the Lord 
 our God be us upon : 
 Our handy-works estabhsh thou, 
 establish them each one. 
 
 91 PSALM XCL 
 
 1 TTE that doth in the secret place 
 XI of the most High reside, 
 Under the shade of him that is 
 
 th^ Almighty shall abide. 
 
 2 I of the Lord my God will say. 
 
 He is my refuge still, 
 He is my fortress, and my God, 
 and in him trust I will. 
 
 3 Assuredly he shall thee save, 
 
 and give deliverance 
 From subtile fowler's snare, and from 
 the noisome pestilence. 
 
 4 His feathers shall thee hide ; thy trust 
 
 under his wings shall be : 
 His faithfulness shall be a shield 
 and buckler unto thee. 
 
 5 Thou shalt not need to be afi'aid 
 
 for terrors of the night ; 
 Nor for the arrow that doth fly 
 by day, while it is light; 
 
 6 Nor for the pestilence, that walks 
 
 in darkness secretly; 
 Nor for destruction, that doth waste 
 at noon-day openly. 
 
 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall, 
 
 on thy right hand shall lie 
 
PSALM XCL 179 
 
 Ten thousand dead ; yet unto thee 
 it shall not once come nigh. 
 
 8 Only thou with thine eyes shalt look, 
 
 and a beholder be ; ^ 
 And thou therein the just reward 
 of wicked men shalt see. 
 
 9 Because the Lord, who constantly 
 
 my refuge is alone, 
 Ev'n the most High, is made by thee 
 thy habitation; 
 
 10 No plague shall near thy dwelling 
 
 no ill shall thee befall : [come ; 
 
 1 1 For thee to keep in all thy ways 
 
 his angels charge he shall. 
 
 12 They in their hands shall bear thee up, 
 
 still waiting thee upon ; 
 Lest thou at any time should'st dash 
 thy foot against a stone. 
 
 13 Upon the adder thou shalt tread, 
 
 and on the lion strong ; 
 Thy feet on dragons trample shall, 
 and on the lions young. 
 
 14 Because on me he set his love, 
 
 I ^11 save and set him free ; 
 Because my great name he hath known 
 I will him set on high. 
 
 15 He ^11 call on me, I ^11 answer him ; 
 
 I will be with him still 
 In trouble, to deliver him, 
 and honour him I will. 
 
 16 With length of days unto his mind 
 
 I will him satisfy; 
 
180 PSALM XCL 
 
 I also my salvation 
 
 will cause his eyes to see. 
 
 92 PSALM XCIL 
 
 1 nnO render thanks unto the Lord 
 JL it is a comely things 
 
 And to thy name, thou most High, 
 due praise aloud to sing. 
 
 2 Thy loving-kindness to shew forth 
 
 when shines the morning light ; 
 And to declare thy faithfulness 
 with pleasure ev ry night, 
 
 3 On a ten-stringed instrument, 
 
 upon the psaltery, 
 And on the harp with solemn sound, 
 and grave sweet melody. 
 
 4 For thou, Lord, by thy mighty works 
 
 hast made my heart right glad ; 
 And I will triumph in the works 
 which by thine hands were made. 
 
 5 How great. Lord, are thy works ! each 
 
 of thine a deep it is : [thought 
 
 6 A brutish man it knoweth not ; 
 
 fools understand not this. 
 
 7 When those that lewd and wicked are 
 
 spring quickly up like grass. 
 And workers of iniquity 
 do flourish all apace ; 
 
 It is that they for ever may 
 destroyed be and slain : 
 
 8 But thou, Lord, art the most High, 
 
 for ever to remain. 
 
PSALM XCIl. 181 
 
 9 For, lo, thine enemies, Lord, 
 thine enemies perish shall ; 
 The workers of iniquity 
 shall be dispersed all. 
 
 10 But thou shalt, like unto the horn 
 
 of th' unicorn, exalt 
 My horn on high : thou with fresh oil 
 anoint me also shalt. 
 
 1 1 Mine eyes shall also my desire 
 
 see on mine enemies ; 
 Mine ears shall of the wicked hear, 
 that do against me rise. 
 
 12 But like the palm-tree flourishing 
 
 shall be the righteous one ; 
 He shall like to the cedar grow 
 that is in Lebanon. 
 
 1 3 Those that within the house of God 
 
 are planted by his grace, 
 They shall grow up, and flourish all 
 in our God's holy place. 
 
 14 And in old age, when others fade, 
 
 they fruit still forth shall bring ; 
 They shall be fat, and full of sap, 
 and aye be flourishing ; 
 
 15 To shew that upright is the Lord : 
 
 he is a rock to me ; 
 And he from all unrighteousness 
 is altogether free. 
 
 93 PSALM XCIIL 
 
 I nnHE Lord doth reign, and cloth'd is he 
 JL with majesty most bright ; 
 
182 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 His works do shew him clothed to be, 
 and girt about with might. 
 
 The world is also stablished, 
 that it camiot depart. 
 
 2 Thy thi'one is fix'd of old, and thou 
 
 from everlasting art. 
 
 3 The floods, Lord, have lifted up, 
 
 they lifted up their voice ; 
 The floods have lifted up their waves, 
 and made a mighty noise. 
 
 4 But yet the Lord, that is on high, 
 
 is more of might by far 
 Than noise of many waters is^ 
 or great sea-billows are. 
 
 5 Thy testimonies ev'ry one 
 
 in faithfulness excel; 
 And holiness for ever. Lord, 
 thine house becometh well. 
 
 94 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 1 f\ LORD God, unto whom alone 
 vJ all vengeance doth belong ; 
 
 mighty God, who vengeance own'sty 
 shine forth, avenging wrong. 
 
 2 Lift up thj^self, thou of the earth 
 
 the sovereign Judge that art ; 
 And unto those that are so proud 
 a due reward impart. 
 
 3 How long, mighty God, shall they 
 
 who lewd and wicked be. 
 How long shall they who wicked are 
 thus triumph haughtily ? 
 
PSALM XCIV. 183 
 
 4 How long shall things most hard by 
 
 be uttered and told ? ^ [them 
 
 And all that work iniquity 
 to boast themselves be bold ? 
 
 5 Thy folk they break in pieces. Lord, 
 
 thine heritage oppress: 
 
 6 The widow they and stranger slay, 
 
 and kill the fatherless. 
 Yet say they, God it shall not see, 
 nor God of Jacob know. 
 
 8 Ye brutish people ! understand ; 
 
 fools ! when wise will ye grow ? 
 
 9 The Lord did plant the ear of man, 
 
 and hear then shall not he ? 
 He only form'd the eye, and then 
 shall he not clearly see ? 
 
 1 He that the nations doth correct, 
 
 shall he not chastise you ? 
 He knowledge unto man doth teach, 
 and shall himself not know ? 
 
 1 1 Man^s thoughts to be but vanity 
 
 the Lord doth well discern. 
 
 1 2 Bless'd is the man thou chast'nest. Lord, 
 
 and mak'st thy law to learn : 
 
 13 That thou may'st give him rest from 
 
 of sad adversity, [days 
 
 Until the pit be digg'd for those 
 that work iniquity. 
 
 14 For sure the Lord will not cast off 
 
 those that his people be. 
 Neither his own inheritance 
 quit and forsake will he : 
 
184 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 15 But judgment unto righteousness 
 
 shall yet return agam; 
 And all shall follow after it 
 that are right-hearted men. 
 
 16 "Who will rise up for me against 
 
 those that do wickedly ? 
 Wlio will stand up for me Against those 
 that work iniquity? 
 
 1 7 Unless the Lord had been my help 
 
 when I was sore opprest, 
 Almost my soul had in the house 
 of silence been at rest. 
 
 18 When I had uttered this word, 
 
 (my foot doth slip away,) 
 Thy mercy held me up, Lord, 
 thy goodness did me stay. 
 
 19 Amidst the multitude of thoughts 
 
 which in my heart do fight, 
 My soul, lest it be overcharged, 
 thy comforts do delight. 
 
 20 Shall of iniquity the throne 
 
 have fellowship with thee. 
 Which mischief, cunningly contrived, 
 doth by a law decree ? 
 
 2 1 Against the righteous souls they join, 
 
 they guiltless blood condemn. 
 2"^ But of my refuge God 's the rock, 
 and my defence from them. 
 
 23 On them their own iniquity 
 
 the Lord shall bring and lay. 
 
 And cut them off in their own sin ; 
 
 our Lord God shall them slay. 
 
PSALM XCV. 185 
 
 1 r\ COME, let us sing to the Lord 
 \J come, let us eVry one 
 
 •A joyful noise make to the Rock 
 of our salvation. 
 
 2 Let us before his presence come 
 
 with praise and thankful voice ; 
 Let us sing psalms to him with grace, 
 and make a joyful noise. 
 
 3 For God, a great God, and great King, 
 
 above all gods he is. 
 
 4 Depths of the earth are in his hand, 
 
 the strength of hills is his. 
 
 5 To him the spacious sea belongs, 
 
 for he the same did make ; 
 The dry land also from his hands 
 its form at first did take. 
 
 6 come, and let us worship him, 
 
 let us bow down withal. 
 And on our knees before the Lord 
 our Maker let us fall. 
 
 7 For he 's our God, the people we 
 
 of his own pasture are. 
 And of his hand the sheep ; to-day, 
 if ye his voice will hear, 
 
 8 Then harden not your hearts, as in 
 
 the provocation. 
 As in the desert, on the day 
 of the tentation : 
 
 9 When me your fathers tempted and 
 
 and did my working see ; [prov'd, 
 |10 Ev'n for the space of forty years 
 this race hath grieved me. 
 
186 PSALM XCV. 
 
 I said, This people errs in heart, 
 
 my ways they do not know : 
 
 1 1 To whom I sware in wrath, that to 
 
 my rest they should not go. 
 
 96 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 ^ r\ SING a new song to the Lord : 
 vJ sing all the earth to God. 
 
 2 To God sing, bless his name, shew still 
 
 his saving health abroad. 
 
 3 Among the heathen nations 
 
 his glory do declare; 
 And unto all the people show 
 his works that wondrous are. 
 
 4 For great ^s the Lord, and greatly he 
 
 is to be magnify'd; 
 Yea, worthy to be fear d is he 
 above all gods beside. 
 
 5 For all the gods are idols dumb, 
 
 which blinded nations fear; 
 But our God is the Lord, by whom 
 the heav'ns created were. 
 
 6 Great honour is before his face, 
 
 and majesty divine; 
 Strength is within his holy place, 
 and there doth beauty shine. 
 
 7 Do ye ascribe unto the Lord, 
 
 of people ev'ry tribe. 
 Glory do ye unto the Lord, 
 and mighty pow'r ascribe. 
 
 8 Give ye the glory to the Lord 
 
 that to his name is due ; 
 
PSALM XCVI. 187 
 
 Come ye into his courts, and bring 
 
 an offering with you. 
 9 In beauty of his holiness, 
 
 do the Lord adore ; 
 Likewise let all the earth throughout 
 
 tremble his face before. 
 
 10 Among the heathen say, God reigns; 
 
 the world shall stedfastly 
 Be fix^d from moving ; he shall judge 
 the people righteously. 
 
 1 1 Let heav'ns be glad before the Lord, 
 
 and let the earth rejoice ; 
 Let seas, and all that is therein, 
 cry out, and make a noise. 
 
 12 Let fields rejoice, and ev'ry thing 
 
 that springeth of the earth : 
 Then woods and evVy tree shall sing 
 with gladness and with mirth 
 
 13 Before the Lord ; because he comes, 
 
 to judge the earth comes he : 
 Hell judge the world with righteous- 
 the people faithfully. [ness, 
 
 97 PSALM XCVIL 
 
 1 /^ OD reigneth, let the earth be glad, 
 vX and isles rejoice each one. 
 
 2 Dark clouds him compass ; and in right 
 
 with judgment dwells his throne. 
 
 3 Fire goes before him, and his foes 
 
 it burns up round about : 
 
 4 His lightnings lighten did the world ; 
 
 earth saw, and shook throughout. 
 
188 PSALM XCVII. 
 
 5 Hills at the presence of the Lord, 
 
 like wax, did melt away ; 
 Ev'n at the presence of the Lord 
 of all the earth, I say. 
 
 6 The heav'ns declare his righteousness, 
 
 all men his glory see. 
 
 7 All who serve graven images, 
 
 confoimded let them be. 
 
 Who do of idols boast themselves, 
 let shame upon them fall : 
 
 Ye that are called gods, see that 
 ye do him worship all. 
 
 8 Sion did hear, and joyful was, 
 
 glad Judah's daughters were ; 
 They much rejoic'd, Lord, because 
 thy judgments did appear. 
 
 9 For thou, Lord, art high above 
 
 all things on earth that are ; 
 Above all other gods thou art 
 exalted very far. 
 
 10 Hate ill, all ye that love the Lord: 
 
 his saints' souls keepeth he ; 
 And fi'om the hands of wicked men 
 he sets them safe and free. 
 
 1 1 For all those that be righteous 
 
 sown is a joyful light. 
 And gladness sown is for all those 
 that are in heart upright. 
 
 12 Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice; 
 
 express your thankfulness. 
 When ye into your memory 
 do call his holiness. 
 
PSALM XCVIII. 189 
 
 1 r\ SING a new song to the Lord, 
 \J for wonders he hath done : 
 His right hand and his holy arm 
 
 him viptory hath won. 
 
 2 The Lord God his salvation 
 
 hath caused to be known ; 
 His justice in the heathen's sight 
 he openly hath shown. 
 
 3 He mindful of his grace and truth 
 
 to Israel's house hath been ; 
 And the salvation of our God 
 all ends of th' earth have seen. 
 
 4 Let all the earth unto the Lord 
 
 send forth a joyful noise ; 
 Lift up your voice aloud to him, 
 sing praises, and rejoice. 
 
 5 With harp, with harp, and voice of 
 
 unto JEHOVAH sing: [psalms, 
 
 6 With trumpets, cornets, gladly sound 
 
 before the Lord the King. 
 
 7 Let seas and all their fulness roar ; 
 
 the world, and dwellers there ; 
 
 8 Let floods clap hands, and let the hills 
 
 together joy declare 
 
 9 Before the Lord ; because he comes, 
 
 to judge the earth comes he ; 
 He '11 judge the world with righteous- 
 his folk with equity. [ness, 
 
 99 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 1 T^H' eternal Lord doth reign as king, 
 X let all the people quake ; 
 
190 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 He sits between tlie clierubims, 
 let th' earth be mov'd and shake. 
 
 2 The Lord in Sion great and high 
 
 above all people is; 
 
 3 Thy great and dreadful name ( for it 
 
 is holy) let them bless. 
 
 4 The king's strength also judgment loves ; 
 
 thou settlest equity: 
 Just judgment thou dost execute 
 in Jacob righteously. 
 
 5 The Lord our God exalt on high, 
 
 and reverently do ye 
 Before his footstool worship him : 
 the Holy One is he. 
 
 6 Moses and Aaron ^mong his priests, 
 
 Samuel, with them that call 
 Upon his name : these call'd on God, 
 and he them answered all. 
 
 7 Within the pillar of the cloud 
 
 he unto them did speak : 
 The testimonies he them taught, 
 and laws, they did not break. 
 
 8 Thou answer dst them, Lord our God; 
 
 thou wast a God that gave 
 Pardon to them, though on their deeds 
 thou wouldest vengeance have. 
 
 9 Do ye exalt the Lord our God, 
 
 and at his holy hill 
 Do ye him worship : for the Lord 
 our God is holy still. 
 
PSALM C. 191 
 
 1 A LL people that on earth do dwell, 
 xJl Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice » 
 
 2 Him serve with mirth, his praise forth 
 
 tell, 
 Come ye before him and rejoice. 
 
 3 Know that the Lord is God indeed ; 
 Without our aid he did us make : 
 We are his flock, he doth us feed. 
 And for his sheep he doth us take. 
 
 4 enter then his gates with praise, 
 Approach with joy his courts unto: 
 Praise, laud, and bless his name always. 
 For it is seemly so to do. 
 
 5 For why? the Lord our God is good. 
 His mercy is for ever sure ; 
 
 His truth at all times firmly stood, 
 And shall from age to age endure. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 r\ ALL ye lands, unto the Lord 
 yj make ye a joyful noise. 
 
 2 Serve God with gladness, him before 
 
 come with a singing voice. 
 
 3 Know ye the Lord that he is God ; 
 
 not we, but he us made : 
 We are his people, and the sheep 
 within his pasture fed. 
 
 4 Enter his gates and courts with praise, 
 
 to thank him go ye thither : 
 To him express your thankfulness, 
 and bless his name together. 
 
192 PSALM C. 
 
 5 Because the Lord our God is good, 
 his mercy faileth never ; 
 And to all generations 
 his truth endureth ever. 
 
 101 PSALM CI. 
 
 1 T MERCY will and judgment sing, 
 X Lord, I will sing to thee. 
 
 2 With wisdom in a perfect way 
 
 shall my behaviour be. 
 
 when, in kindness unto me, 
 wilt thou be pleas'd to come ? 
 
 1 with a perfect heart will walk 
 within my house at home. 
 
 3 I will endure no wicked thing 
 
 before mine eyes to be : 
 I hate their work that turn aside, 
 it shall not cleave to me. 
 
 4 A stubborn and a froward heart 
 
 depart quite from me shall ; 
 A person giv n to wickedness 
 1 will not know at all. 
 
 5 I '11 cut him off that slandereth 
 
 his neighbour privily: 
 The haughty heart I will not bear, 
 nor him that looketh high. 
 
 6 Upon the faithful of the land 
 
 mine eyes shall be, that they 
 May dwell with me : he shall me serve 
 that walks in perfect way. 
 
 7 Who of deceit a worker is 
 
 in my house shall not dwell ; 
 
PSALM CI. 193 
 
 And in my presence shall he not 
 
 remain that lies doth tell. 
 8 Yea, all the wicked of the land 
 
 early destroy will I ; 
 All from God's city to cut off 
 
 that work iniquity. 
 
 102 PSALM CIL 
 
 OLORD, unto my pray'r give ear, 
 my cry let come to thee ; 
 
 2 And in the day of my distress 
 
 hide not thy face from me. 
 Give ear to me ; what time I call, 
 to answer me make haste : 
 
 3 For, as an hearth, my hopes are burnt, 
 
 my days, like smoke, do waste. 
 
 4 My heart within me smitten is, 
 
 and it is withered 
 Like very grass ; so that 1 do 
 forget to eat my bread. 
 
 5 By reason of my groaning voice 
 
 my bones cleave to my skin. 
 
 6 Like pelican in wilderness 
 
 forsaken I have been : 
 
 I like an owl in desert am, 
 that nightly there doth moan ; 
 
 7 I watch, and like a sparrow am 
 
 on the house-top alone. 
 
 8 My bitter en'mies all the day 
 
 reproaches cast on me ; 
 And, being mad at me, with rage 
 against me sworn they be. 
 
194 PSALM CIL 
 
 9 For why ? I ashes eaten have 
 Hke bread, m sorrows deep ; 
 My drink I also mingled have 
 with tears that I did weep. 
 
 1 Thy wrath and indignation 
 
 did cause this grief and pain ; 
 For thou hast lift me up on high, 
 * and cast me down agam. 
 
 1 1 My days are like unto a shade, 
 
 which doth declining pass ; 
 And I am dryM and withered 
 ev'n like unto the grass. 
 
 12 But thou, Lord, everlasting art, 
 
 and thy remembrance shall 
 Continually endure, and be 
 to generations all. 
 
 1 3 Thou shalt arise, and mercy have 
 
 upon thy Sion yet ; 
 The time to favour her is come, 
 the time that thou hast set. 
 
 1 4 For in her rubbish and her stones 
 
 thy servants pleasure take ; 
 Yea, they the very dust thereof 
 do favour for her sake. 
 
 15 So shall the heathen people fear 
 
 file Lord's most holy name ; 
 And all the kings on earth shall dread 
 thy glory and thy fame. 
 
 1 6 When Sion by the mighty Lord 
 
 built up again shall be. 
 In glory then and majesty , 
 
 to men appear shall he. 
 
PSALM CIL 195 
 
 17 The prayer of the destitute 
 
 he surely will regard; 
 Their prayer will he not despise, 
 by him it shall be heard. 
 
 18 For generations yet to come 
 
 this shall be on record : 
 So shall the people that shall be 
 created praise the Lord. 
 
 19 He from his sanctuary ^s height 
 
 hath downward cast his eye ; 
 And from his glorious throne in heaven 
 the Lord the earth did spy ; 
 
 20 That of the mournful prisoner 
 
 the groanings he might hear. 
 To set them free that unto death 
 by men appointed are : 
 
 21 That they in Sion may declare 
 
 the Lord's most holy name. 
 And publish in Jerusalem 
 the praises of the same ; 
 
 22 When as the people gather shall 
 
 in troops with one accord. 
 When kingdoms shall assembled be 
 to serve the highest Lord. 
 
 23 My wonted strength and force he hath 
 
 abated in the way, 
 And he my days hath shortened : 
 
 24 Thus therefore did 1 say. 
 
 My God, in mid-time of my days 
 
 take thou me not away : 
 From age to age eternally 
 
 thy years endure and stay. 
 
196 PSALM OIL 
 
 25 The firm foundation of the earth 
 
 of old time thou hast laid ; 
 The heav'ns also are the work 
 
 which thine own hands have made. 
 
 26 Thou shalt for evermore endure, 
 
 but they shall perish all ; 
 Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old, 
 like to a garment, shall : 
 
 Thou, as a vesture, shalt them change, 
 and they shall changed be : 
 
 27 But thou the same art, and thy years 
 
 are to eternity. 
 
 28 The children of thy servants shall 
 
 continually endure ; 
 And in thy sight, O Lord, their seed 
 shall be established sure. 
 
 Another of the same- 
 
 ^ T ORD, hear my pray'r, and let my cry 
 J-J Have speedy access unto thee ; 
 
 2 In day of my calamity 
 
 hide not thou thy face from me. 
 Hear when I call to thee ; that day 
 An answer speedily return : 
 
 3 My days, like smoke, consume away, 
 And, as an hearth, my bones do burn. 
 
 4 My heart is wounded very sore. 
 And withered, like grass doth fade : 
 T am forgetful grown therefore 
 
 To take and eat my daily bread. 
 
 5 By reason of my smart within. 
 
 And voice of my most grievous groans, 
 
PSALM CIL 197 
 
 My flesh consumed is, ray skin. 
 
 All parch'd, doth cleave unto my bones. 
 
 6 The pelican of wilderness, 
 The owl in desert, I do match ; 
 
 7 And, sparrow-like, companionless. 
 Upon the house's top, I watch. 
 
 8 I all day long am made a scorn. 
 Reproached by my malicious foes : 
 The madmen are against me sworn. 
 The men against me that arose. 
 
 9 For I have ashes eaten up. 
 
 To me as if they had been bread ; 
 And with my drink I in my cup 
 Of bitter tears a mixture made. 
 
 10 Because thy wrath was not appeas'd, 
 And dreadful indignation: 
 Therefore it was that thou me rais'd. 
 And thou again didst cast me down. 
 
 11 My days are like a shade alwaj^. 
 Which doth declining swiftly pass ; 
 And I am withered away. 
 
 Much like unto the fading grass. 
 
 12 But thou, Lord, shalt still endure, 
 From change and all mutation free, 
 And to all generations sure 
 
 Shall thy remembrance ever be. 
 
 13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet 
 Thou to mount Sion shalt extend : 
 Her time for favour which was set. 
 Behold, is now come to an end. 
 
 14 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones 
 Her very dust to them is dear. 
 
198 PSALM OIL 
 
 15 AH heathen lands and kmgly thrones 
 On earth thy glorious name shall fear. 
 
 16 God m his glory shall appear. 
 When Sion he builds and repairs. 
 
 1 T He shall regard and lend his ear 
 Unto the needy's humble pray rs : 
 Th' afflicted's pray'r he will not scorn. 
 
 18 AH times this shall be on record: 
 And generations yet unborn 
 Shall praise and magnify the Lord. 
 
 19 He from his holy place look'd down, 
 The earth he viewed from heav'n on high, 
 
 20 To hear the prisoner's mourning groan, 
 And fi'ee them that are doom'd to die ; 
 
 21 That Sion, and Jerusalem too, 
 
 His name and praise may well record, 
 
 22 When people and the kingdoms do 
 Assemble all to praise the Lord. 
 
 23 My strength he weakened in the way. 
 My days of life he shortened. 
 
 24 My God, take me not away 
 Li mid- time of my days, I said: 
 Thy years throughout all ages last. 
 
 25 Of old thou hast established 
 
 The earth's foundation firm and fast: 
 Thy mighty hands the heav'ns have 
 made. 
 
 26 They perish shall, as garments do, 
 But thou shalt evermore endure; 
 As vestures, thou shalt change them so ; 
 And they shall all be changed sure : 
 
PSALM CIl. 199 
 
 27 But from all changes thou art free ; 
 Thy endless years do last for aye. 
 
 28 Thy servants, and their seed who be, 
 Establish'd shall before thee stay. 
 
 103 PSALM CIIL 
 
 1 f\ THOU my soul, bless God the 
 \J and all that m me is [Lord; 
 Be stirred up his holy name 
 
 to magnify and bless. 
 
 2 Bless, my soul, the Lord thy God, 
 
 and not forgetful be 
 Of all his gracious benefits 
 he hath bestow'd on thee. 
 
 3 All thine iniquities who doth 
 
 most graciously forgive: 
 Who thy diseases all and pains 
 doth heal, and thee relieve. 
 
 4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou 
 
 to death may'st not go down ; 
 Who thee with loving-kindness doth 
 and tender mercies crown : 
 
 5 Who with abundance of good things 
 
 doth satisfy thy mouth ; 
 So that, ev'n as the eagle's age, 
 renewed is thy youth. 
 
 6 God righteous judgment executes 
 
 for all oppressed ones. 
 
 7 His ways to Moses, he his acts 
 
 made known to Israel's sons. 
 
 8 The Lord our God is merciful, 
 
 and he is gracious. 
 
200 PSALM CIIL 
 
 Long-suffering, and slow to wrath, 
 in mercy plenteous. 
 9 He will not chide continually, 
 nor keep his anger still. 
 
 10 With us he dealt not as we sinn'd^ 
 
 nor did requite our ill. 
 
 1 1 For as the heaven in its height 
 
 the earth sumiounteth far : 
 So great to those that do him fear 
 his tender mercies are : 
 } 2 As far as east is distant from 
 the west, so far hath he 
 From us removed, in his love,, 
 all our iniquity. 
 
 13 Such pity as a father hath 
 
 unto his children dear ; 
 Like pity shews the Lord to such 
 as worship him in fear. 
 
 14 For he remembers we are dust, 
 
 and he our frame well knows. 
 
 15 Frail man, his days are like the grass, 
 
 as flower in field he grows : 
 
 16 For over it the wind doth pass, 
 
 and it away is gone ; 
 And of the place where once it was 
 it shall no more be known. 
 
 1 7 But unto them that do him fear 
 
 God's mercy never ends; 
 And to their children's children still 
 his righteousness extends: 
 
 18 To such as keep his covenant, 
 
 and mindful are alway 
 
PSALM cm. 201 
 
 Of his most just commandements, 
 that they may them obey. 
 
 19 The Lord prepared hath his throne 
 
 in heavens j&rm to stand ; 
 And ev'ry thing that being hath 
 his kingdom doth command. 
 
 20 ye his angels, that excel 
 
 in strength, bless ye the Lord ; 
 Ye who obey what he commands, 
 and hearken to his word. 
 
 2 1 bless and magnify the Lord, 
 
 ye glorious hosts of his ; 
 
 Ye ministers, that do fulfil 
 
 whatever his pleasure is. 
 
 22 bless the Lord, all ye his works, 
 
 wherewith the world is stored 
 In his dominions ev'ry where. 
 My soul, bless thou the Lord. 
 
 104 PSALM CIV. 
 
 1 "DLESS God, my soul. Lord my 
 J3 thou art exceeding great ; [God, 
 With honour and with majesty 
 
 thou clothed art in state. 
 
 2 With light, as with a robe, thyself 
 
 thou coverest about; 
 And, like unto a curtain, thou 
 the heavens stretchest out. 
 
 3 Who of his chambers doth the beams 
 
 within the waters lay ; 
 Who doth the clouds his chariot make, 
 on wings of wind make way. 
 
202 PSALM CIV. 
 
 4 Who flaming fire his ministers, 
 
 his angels spirits, doth make. 
 
 5 Who earth's foundations did lay, 
 
 that it should never shake. 
 
 6 Thou didst it cover with the deep, 
 
 as with a garment spread : 
 The waters stood above the hills, 
 when thou the word but said. 
 
 7 But at the voice of thy rebuke 
 
 they fled, and would not stay ; 
 They at thy thunder s dreadful voice 
 did haste them fast away. 
 
 8 They by the mountains do ascend, 
 
 and by the valley-ground 
 Descend, unto that veiy place 
 which thou for them didst found. 
 
 9 Thou hast a bound unto them set, 
 
 that they may not pass over, 
 That they do not return again 
 the face of earth to cover. 
 
 1 He to the valleys sends the springs, 
 
 which run among the hills : 
 
 1 1 They to all beasts of field give drink, 
 
 wild asses drink their fills. 
 
 1 2 By them the fowls of heav'n shall have 
 
 their habitation. 
 Which do among the branches sing 
 with delectation. 
 
 13 He from his chambers watereth 
 
 the hills, when they are dryM : 
 With fiaiit and increase of thy works 
 the earth is satisfy 'd. 
 
PSALM CIV. 203 
 
 14 For cattle he makes grass to grow, 
 
 he makes the herb to spring 
 For th' use of man, that food to him 
 he from the earth may bring ; 
 
 15 And wine, that to the heart of man 
 
 doth cheerfuhiess impart. 
 Oil that his face makes shine, and bread 
 that strengtheneth his heart. 
 
 1 6 The trees of God are full of sap ; 
 
 the cedars that do stand 
 In Lebanon, which planted were 
 by his almighty hand. 
 
 1 7 Birds of the air upon their boughs 
 
 do chuse their nests to make ; 
 As for the stork, the fir-tree she 
 doth for her dwelling take. 
 
 18 The lofty mountains for wild goats 
 
 a place of refuge be ; 
 The conies also to the rocks 
 do for their safety flee. 
 
 19 He sets the moon in heav'n, thereby 
 
 the seasons to discern : 
 From him the sun his certain time 
 of going down doth learn. 
 
 20 Thou darkness mak'st, 'tis night, then 
 
 of forests creep abroad. [beasts 
 
 2 1 The lions young roar for their prey, 
 
 and seek their meat fi^om God. 
 
 22 The sun doth rise, and home they flock, 
 
 down in their dens they lie. 
 
 23 Man goes to work, his labour he 
 
 doth to the evening ply. 
 
204 PSALM CIV. 
 
 24 How manifold, Lord, are thy works !' 
 
 in wisdom wonderful 
 Thou ev'ry one of them hast made ; 
 earth 's of thy riches full : 
 
 25 So is this great and spacious sea, 
 
 wherein things creeping are, 
 Wliich number d cannot be ; and beasts 
 both great and small are there. 
 
 26 There ships go ; there thou mak^st to 
 
 that leviathan great. [play 
 
 27 These all wait on thee, that thou may'st 
 
 in due time gi v^e them meat. 
 
 28 That which thou givest imto them 
 
 they gather for their food ; 
 Thine hand thou open'st liberally, 
 they filled are with good. 
 
 29 Thou hid'st thy face ; they troubled are, 
 
 their breath thou tak'st away ; 
 Then do they die, and to their dust 
 return again do they. 
 
 30 Thy quickening spirit thou sen d'st forth, 
 
 then they created be ; 
 And then the earth's decayed face 
 renewed is by thee. 
 
 31 The glory of the mighty Lord 
 
 continue shall for ever : 
 The Lord JEHOVAH shall rejoice 
 in all his works together. 
 
 32 Earth, as affrighted, trembleth all. 
 
 if he on it but look ; 
 And if the mountains he but touch, 
 they presently do smoke. 
 
PSALM CIV. 205 
 
 33 I will sing to the Lord most high, 
 
 so long as I shall live ; 
 And while I being have I shall 
 to my God praises give. 
 
 34 Of him my meditation shall 
 
 sweet thoughts to me afford ; 
 And as for me, I will rejoice 
 in God, my only Lord. 
 
 35 From earth let sinners be consum'd, 
 
 let ill men no more be. 
 thou my soul, bless thou the Lord. 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 105 PSALM OV. 
 
 1 f^ IVE thanks to God, call on his 
 VX name ; 
 
 to men his deeds make known. 
 
 2 Sing ye to him, sing psalms ; proclaim 
 
 his wondrous works each one. 
 
 3 See that ye in his holy name 
 
 to glory do accord ; 
 And let the heart of ev'ry one 
 rejoice that seeks the Lord. 
 
 4 The Lord Almighty, and his strength, 
 
 with stedfast hearts seek ye : 
 His blessed and his gracious face 
 
 seek ye continually. 
 6 Think on the works that he hath done, 
 
 which admiration breed; 
 His wonders, and the judgments all 
 
 which from his mouth proceed; 
 
206 PSALM CV. 
 
 6 ye that are of Abraham's race, 
 
 his servant well approv'n ; 
 And ye that Jacob's children are, 
 whom he chose for his own. 
 
 7 Because he, and he only, is 
 
 the mighty Lord our God; 
 And his most righteous judgments are 
 in all the earth abroad. 
 
 8 His cov'nant he remembered hath, 
 
 that it may ever stand : 
 To thousand generations 
 the word he did command. 
 
 9 Which cov nant he firmly made 
 
 with faithful Abraham, 
 
 And unto Isaac, by his oath, 
 
 he did renew the same : 
 
 10 And unto Jacob, for a law, 
 
 he made it firm and sure, 
 A covenant to Israel, 
 
 which ever should endure. 
 
 1 1 He said, I '11 give Canaan's land 
 
 for heritage to you ; 
 
 12 While they were strangers there, and 
 
 in number very few : [few, 
 
 13 While yet they went from land to land 
 
 without a sure abode ; 
 And while through sundry kingdoms 
 did wander far abroad ; [they 
 
 14 Yet, notwithstanding, suffer d he 
 
 no man to do them wrong ; 
 Yea, for their sakes, he did reprove 
 kings, who were great and strong. 
 
PSALM CV. 2or 
 
 15 Thus did he say. Touch ye not those 
 
 that mine anointed be, 
 Nor do the prophets any harm 
 that do pertain to me. 
 
 1 6 He caird for famine on the land, 
 
 he brake the staff of bread : 
 U But yet he sent a man before, 
 by whom they should be fed ; 
 
 Ev'n Joseph, whom unnatVally 
 sell for a slave did they ; 
 
 18 Whose feet with fetters they did hurt, 
 
 and he in irons lay ; 
 
 1 9 Until the time that his word came 
 
 to give him liberty; 
 The word and purpose of the Lord 
 did him in prison try. 
 
 20 Then sent the king, and did command 
 
 that he enlarged should be : 
 He that the people^s ruler was 
 did send to set him free. 
 
 21 A lord to rule his family 
 
 he raised him, as most fit; 
 
 To him of all that he possess 'd 
 
 he did the charge commit : 
 
 22 That he might at his pleasure bind 
 
 the princes of the land ; 
 And he might teach his senators 
 wisdom to understand. 
 
 23 The people then of Israel 
 
 down into Egypt came ; 
 
 And Jacob also sojourned 
 
 within the land of Ham, 
 
208 PSALM CV, 
 
 24 And he did greatly by his pow r 
 
 increase his people there; 
 And stronger than their enemies 
 they by his blessing were. 
 
 25 Their heart he turned to envy 
 
 his folk maliciously. 
 With those that his own servants were 
 to deal in subtility. 
 
 26 His servant Moses he did send, 
 
 Aaron his chosen one. 
 
 27 By these his signs and wonders great 
 
 in Ham's land were made known. 
 
 28 Darkness he sent, and made it dark ; 
 
 his word they did obey. 
 
 29 He turn'd their waters into blood, 
 
 and he their fish did slay. 
 
 30 The land in plenty brought forth jfrogs 
 
 in chambers of their kings. 
 
 3 1 His word all sorts of flies and lice 
 
 in all their borders brings. 
 
 32 He hail for rain, and flaming fire 
 
 into their land he sent : 
 
 33 And he their vines and fig-trees smote ; 
 
 trees of their coasts he rent. 
 
 34 He spake, and caterpillars came, 
 
 locusts did much abound ; 
 
 35 Which in their land all herbs consum'd, 
 
 and all fruits of their ground. 
 
 36 He smote all first-born in their land, 
 
 chief of their strength each one. 
 3 7 With gold and silver brought them forth, 
 ' weak in their tribes were none. 
 
PSALM CV. 209 
 
 38 Egypt was glad when forth they went, 
 
 their fear on them did Ught. 
 
 39 He spread a cloud for covering, 
 
 and fire to shine by night. 
 
 40 They ask'd, and he brought quails : with 
 
 of heav'n he filled them. [bread 
 
 4 1 He open d rocks, floods gush'd, and ran 
 
 in deserts like a stream. 
 
 42 For on his holy promise he, 
 
 and servant Abraham, thought. 
 
 43 With joy his people, his elect 
 
 with gladness, forth he brought. 
 
 44 And unto them the pleasant lands 
 
 he of the heathen gave ; 
 That of the people's labour they 
 inheritance might have. 
 
 45 That they his statutes might observ^e 
 
 according to his word ; 
 And that they might his laws obey. 
 Give praise unto the Lord. 
 
 106 PSALM CVI. 
 
 1 r^ IVE praise and thanks unto the 
 vT for bountiful is he ; [Lord, 
 His tender mercy doth endm^e 
 
 unto eternity. 
 
 2 God's mighty works who can express? 
 
 or shew forth all his praise ? 
 
 3 Blessed are they that judgment keep 
 
 and justly do always. 
 
 4 Remember me. Lord, with that love 
 
 which thou to thine dost bear ; 
 
 o 
 
210 PSALM CVl. 
 
 With thy salvation, my God, 
 to visit me di'aw near : 
 
 5 That I thy chosen's good may see, 
 
 and in their joy rejoice ; 
 And may with thine inheritance 
 trimiiph with cheerful voice. 
 
 6 We with our fathers sinned have, 
 
 and of iniquity 
 Too long we have the workers been ; 
 we have done wickedly. 
 
 7 The wonders great, which thou, 
 
 Lord, 
 didst work in Egypt land. 
 Our fathers, though they saw, yet them 
 they did not understand : 
 
 And they thy mercies^ multitude 
 
 kept not in memory; 
 But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea, 
 
 provok'd him grievously. 
 
 8 Nevertheless he saved them, 
 
 ev'n for his own name's sake ; 
 That so he might to be well known 
 his mighty power make. 
 
 9 When he the Red sea did rebuke, 
 
 then dried up it was : 
 Through depths, as through the wilder- 
 ness, 
 he safely made them pass. 
 1 From hands of those that hated them 
 he did his people save ; 
 And from the en'my's cruel hand 
 to them redemption gave. 
 
PSALM CVI 211 
 
 1 1 The waters overwhelm'd tlieir foes ; 
 
 not one was left alive. 
 
 1 2 Then they believ'd his word, and praise 
 
 to him in songs did give. 
 
 13 But soon did they his mighty works 
 
 forget unthankfully, 
 And on his counsel and his will 
 did not wait patiently ; 
 
 14 But much did lust in wilderness, 
 
 and God in desert tempt. 
 
 15 He gave them what they sought, but to 
 
 their soul he leanness sent. 
 
 16 And against Moses in the camp 
 
 their envy did appear ; 
 At Aaron they, the saint of God, 
 envious also were. 
 
 1 7 Therefore the earth did open wide, 
 
 and Dathan did devour. 
 And all Abiram's company 
 did cover in that hour. 
 
 18 Likewise among their company 
 
 a fire was kindled then ; 
 And so the hot consuming flame 
 burnt up these wicked men. 
 
 19 Upon the hill of Horeb they 
 
 an idol-calf did frame, 
 A molten image they did make, 
 and worshipped the same. 
 
 20 And thus their glory, and their God, 
 
 most vainly changed they 
 Into the likeness of an ox 
 that eateth grass or hay. 
 
212 PSALM CVI. 
 
 2 1 They did forget the mighty God, 
 
 that had their saviour been, 
 By whom such great things brought to 
 they had in Egypt seen. [pass 
 
 22 In Ham's land he did wondrous works, 
 
 things terrible did he. 
 When he his mighty hand and arm 
 stretched out at the Red sea. 
 
 23 Then said he, He would them destroy, 
 
 had not, his wrath to stay. 
 His chosen Moses stood in breach, 
 that them he should not slay. 
 
 24 Yea, they despis'd the pleasant land, 
 
 believed not his word : 
 
 25 But in their tents they murmured, 
 
 not hearkening to the Lord. 
 
 26 Therefore in desert them to slay 
 
 he lifted up his hand: 
 
 27 'Mong nations to o'erthrow their seed, 
 
 and scatter in each land. 
 
 28 They unto Baal-peor did 
 
 themselves associate ; 
 
 The sacrifices of the dead 
 
 they did profanely eat. 
 
 29 Thus, by their lewd inventions, 
 
 they did provoke his ire ; 
 And then upon them suddenly 
 the plague brake in as fire. 
 
 30 Then Phin'has rose, and justice did, 
 
 and so the plague did cease ; 
 
 3 1 That to all ages counted was 
 
 to him for righteousness, J 
 
PSALM CVI. 213 
 
 32 And at the waters, where they strove, 
 
 they did him angry make, 
 In such sort, that it fared ill 
 with Moses for their sake : 
 
 33 Because they there his spirit meek 
 
 provoked bitterly. 
 So that he utter d with his lips 
 words unadvisedly. 
 
 34 Nor, as the Lord commanded them, 
 
 did they the nations slay : 
 
 35 But with the heathen mingled were, 
 
 and learn'd of them their way. 
 
 36 And they their idols serv'd, which did 
 
 a snare unto them turn. 
 
 37 Their sons and daughters they to devls 
 
 in sacrifice did burn. 
 
 38 In their own children's guiltless blood 
 
 their hands they did imbrue. 
 Whom to Canaan's idols they 
 
 for sacrifices slew: 
 So was the land defU'd with blood. 
 
 39 They stain'd with their own way, 
 And with their own inventions 
 
 a whoring they did stray. 
 
 40 Against his people kindled was 
 
 the wrath of God therefore, 
 Insomuch that he did his own 
 inheritance abhor. 
 
 41 He gave them to the heathen's hand ; 
 
 their foes did them command. 
 4 2 Their en'mies them oppressed, they were 
 made subject to their hand. 
 
214 PSALM CVL 
 
 43 He many times delivered them ; 
 
 but with their counsel so 
 They him provok'd, that for their sin 
 they were brought very low. 
 
 44 Yet their affliction he beheld, 
 
 when he did hear their cry : 
 
 45 And he for them his covenant 
 
 did call to memory; 
 
 After his mercies' multitude 
 
 46 he did repent : And made 
 Them to be pitied of all those 
 
 who did them cajjtive lead. 
 
 47 Lord our God, us save, and gather 
 
 the heathen from among. 
 That we thy holy name may praise 
 in a triumphant song. 
 
 48 Bless'd be JEHOVAH, Israel's God, 
 
 to all eternity: 
 Let all the people say. Amen. 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 107 PSALM CVH. 
 
 PRAISE God, for he is good : for still 
 his mercies lasting be. 
 
 2 Let God's redeemed say so, whom he 
 
 from th' en my^s hand did free ; 
 
 3 And gathered them out of the lands, 
 
 from north, south, east, and west. 
 
 4 They stray'd in desert's pathless way, 
 
 no city found to rest. 
 
 •'> For thirst and hunger in them faints 
 ^ their soul. When straits them press. 
 
PSALM CVII. 215 
 
 They cry unto the Lord, and he 
 them frees from their distress. 
 
 7 Them also in a way to walk 
 
 that right is he did guide. 
 That they might to a city go, 
 wherein they might abide. 
 
 8 tRat men to the Lord would give 
 
 praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the sons of men ! 
 
 9 For he the soul that longing is 
 
 doth fully satisfy; 
 With goodness he the hungry soul 
 doth fill abundantly. 
 
 1 Such as shut up in darkness deep, 
 
 and in death's shade abide. 
 Whom strongly hath affliction bound, 
 and irons fast have ty'd : 
 
 1 1 Because against the words of God 
 
 they wrought rebelliously. 
 And they the counsel did contemn 
 of him that is most High : 
 
 12 Their heart he did bring down with 
 
 grief, 
 they fell, no help could have. 
 
 13 In trouble then they cry'd to God, 
 
 he them from straits did save. 
 
 14 He out of darkness did them bring, 
 
 and from death's shade them take; 
 These bands, wherewith they had been 
 bound. 
 
216 PSALM CVII. 
 
 15 that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the sons of men ! 
 
 16 Because the mighty gates of brass 
 
 in pieces he did tear, 
 By him in sunder also cut # 
 the bars of iron were. 
 
 17 Fools, for their sin, and their oiFence, 
 
 do sore affliction bear; 
 
 1 8 AH kind of meat their soul abhors ; 
 
 they to death's gates draw near. 
 
 19 In grief they cry to God; he saves 
 
 them from their miseries. 
 
 20 He sends his word, them heals, and 
 
 fi'om their destructions frees, [them 
 
 210 that men to the Lord would give 
 praise for his goodness then. 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the sons of men ! 
 
 22 And let them sacrifice to him 
 
 offerings of thankfulness ; 
 And let them shew abroad his works 
 in songs of joyfulness. j 
 
 23 "Who go to sea in ships, and in ; 
 
 great waters trading be, \ 
 
 24 Within the deep these men God's works l 
 
 and his great wonders see. '] 
 
 25 For he commands, and forth in haste \ 
 
 the stormy tempest flies, '^ 
 
 Which makes the sea with rolling waves i 
 
 aloft to swell and rise. i 
 
PSALM CVII. 217 
 
 26 They mount to heav'n, then to the 
 
 they do go down again ; [depths 
 Their soul doth faint and melt away 
 with trouble and with pain. 
 
 27 They reel and stagger like one drunk, 
 
 at their wit's end they be : 
 
 28 Then they to God in trouble cry, 
 
 who them from straits doth free. 
 
 29 The storm is changed into a calm 
 
 at his command and will ; 
 So that the waves, which rag d before, 
 now quiet are and still. 
 
 30 Then are they glad, because at rest 
 
 and quiet now they be : 
 So to the haven he them brings, 
 which they desir'd to see. 
 
 31 that men to the Lord would give 
 
 praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 unto the sons of men ! 
 
 32 Among the people gathered 
 
 let them exalt his name ; 
 Among assembled elders spread 
 his most renowned fame. 
 
 33 He to dry land turns water- springs, 
 
 and floods to wilderness ; 
 
 34 For sins of those that dwell therein, 
 
 fat land to barrenness. 
 
 35 The burnt and parched wilderness 
 
 to water- pools he brings ; 
 The ground that was dry'd up before 
 he turns to water-springs : 
 
218 PSALM CVlI. 
 
 36 And there, for dwelling, he a place 
 
 doth to the hungry give, 
 That they a city may prepare 
 commodiously to live. 
 
 37 There sow they fields, and vineyards 
 
 to yield fi^uits of increase. [plant, 
 
 38 His blessing makes them multiply, 
 
 lets not their beasts decrease. 
 
 39 Again they are diminished, 
 
 and very low brought down. 
 Through sorrow and affliction, 
 and great oppression. 
 
 40 He upon princes pours contempt, 
 
 and causeth them to stray. 
 And wander in a wilderness, 
 wherein there is no way. 
 
 4 1 Yet setteth he the poor on high 
 
 fi'om all his miseries, 
 And he, much like unto a flock, 
 doth make him families. 
 
 42 They that are righteous shall rejoice, 
 
 when they the same shall see ; 
 And, as ashamed, stop her mouth 
 shall all iniquity. 
 
 43 Whoso is wise, and will these things 
 
 observe, and them record, 
 Ev'n they shall understand the love 
 and kindness of the Lord. 
 
 108 PSALM cvni. 
 
 Y heart is fix'd. Lord ; 1 will sing, 
 and with my glory praise. 
 
 'M 
 
PSALM CVIII. 219 
 
 2 Awake up psaltery and harp ; 
 
 myself I '11 early raise. 
 
 3 I '11 praise thee 'mong the people, Lord ; 
 
 'mong nations sing will I : 
 
 4 For above heav'n thy mercy 's great, 
 
 thy truth doth reach the sky. 
 
 5 Be thou above the heavens. Lord, 
 
 exalted gloriously; 
 Thy glory all the earth above 
 be lifted up on high. 
 
 6 That those who thy beloved are 
 
 delivered may be, 
 do thou save with thy right hand, 
 and answer give to me. 
 
 7 God in his holiness hath said, 
 
 herein I will take pleasure ; 
 Shechem I will divide, and forth 
 will Succoth's valley measure. 
 
 8 Gilead I claim as mine by right ; 
 
 Manasseh mine shall be ; 
 Ephraim is of my head the strength ; 
 Judah gives laws for me ; 
 
 9 Moab's my washing-pot; my shoe 
 
 I '11 over Edom throw ; 
 Over the land of Palestine 
 I will in triumph go. 
 
 10 who is he will bring me to 
 
 the city fortify 'd ? 
 who is he that to the land 
 of Edom will me guide ? 
 
 1 1 God, thou who hadst cast us off, 
 
 this thing wilt thou not do ? 
 
220 PSALM CVIII. 
 
 And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, God, 
 forth with our armies go ? 
 
 1 2 Do thou from trouble give us help, 
 
 for helpless is man's aid. 
 
 1 3 Through God we shall do valiantly ; 
 
 our foes he shall down tread. 
 
 109 PSALM CIX. 
 
 1 r\ THOU the God of all my praise, 
 vJ do thou not hold thy peace ; 
 
 2 For mouths of wicked men to speak 
 
 against me do not cease : 
 The mouths of vile deceitful men 
 
 against me open'd be; 
 And with a false and lying tongue 
 
 they have accused me. 
 
 3 They did beset me round about 
 
 with words of hateful spight ; 
 And though to them no cause I gave, 
 against me they did fight. 
 
 4 They for my love became my foes, 
 
 but I me set to pray. 
 
 5 Evil for good, hatred for love, 
 
 to me they did repay. 
 
 6 Set thou the wicked over him ; 
 
 and upon his right hand 
 Give thou his greatest enemy, 
 ev'n Satan, leave to stand. 
 
 7 And when by thee he shall be judg d, 
 
 let him condemned be ; 
 And let his pray'r be turned to sin, 
 when he shall call on thee. 
 
rSALM CIX. 221 
 
 8 Few be his days, and in his room 
 
 his charge another take. 
 
 9 His children let be fatherless, 
 
 his wife a widow make. 
 
 1 His children let be vagabonds, 
 
 and beg continually; 
 And from their places desolate 
 seek bread for their supply. 
 
 11 Let covetous extortioners 
 
 catch all he hath away : 
 Of all for which he laboured hath 
 let strangers make a prey. 
 
 12 Let there be none to pity him, 
 
 let there be none at all 
 That on his children fatherless 
 will let his mercy fall. 
 
 13 Let his posterity from earth 
 
 cut off for ever be. 
 And in the foUVing age their name 
 be blotted out by thee. 
 
 14 Let God his father's wickedness 
 
 still to remembrance call; 
 And never let his mother's sin 
 be blotted out at all. 
 
 1 5 But let them all before the Lord 
 
 appear continually. 
 That he may wholly from the earth 
 cut off their memory. 
 
 16 Because he mercy minded not, 
 
 but persecuted still 
 The poor and needy, that he might 
 the broken-hearted kill. 
 
222 PSALM CIX. 
 
 17 As he in cursing pleasure took, 
 
 so let it to him fall ; 
 As he delighted not to bless, 
 so bless him not at all. 
 
 18 As cursing he like clothes put on, 
 
 into his bowels so, 
 Like water, and into his bones, 
 like oil, down let it go. 
 
 1 9 Like to the garment let it be 
 
 which doth himself array. 
 And for a girdle, wherewith he 
 is girt about alway. 
 
 20 From God let this be their reward 
 
 that enemies are to me. 
 And their reward that speak against 
 my soul maliciously. 
 
 2 1 But do thou, for thine own name's sake, 
 
 God the Lord, for me : 
 Sith good and sweet thy mercy is, 
 from trouble set me free. 
 
 22 For I am poor and indigent, 
 
 afflicted sore am I, 
 My heart within me also is 
 wounded exceedingly. 
 
 23 I pass like a declining shade, 
 
 am like the locust tost : 
 
 24 My knees through fasting weakened are, 
 
 my flesh hath fatness lost. 
 
 25 I also am a vile reproach 
 
 unto them made to be ; 
 And they that did upon me look 
 did shake their heads at me. 
 
PSALM CIX. 223 
 
 26 do thou help and succour me, 
 
 who art my God and Lord : 
 And, for thy tender mercy^s sake, 
 safety to me afford: 
 
 27 That thereby they may know that this 
 
 is thy ahnighty hand ; 
 And that thou, Lord, hast done the 
 they may well understand, [same, 
 
 28 Although they curse with spite, yet. 
 
 Lord, 
 bless thou with loving voice : 
 Let them asham'd be when they rise ; 
 thy servant let rejoice. 
 
 29 Let thou mine adversaries all 
 
 with shame be clothed over ; 
 And let their own confusion 
 them, as a mantle, cover. 
 
 30 But as for me, I with my mouth 
 
 will greatly praise the Lord ; 
 And I among the multitude 
 his praises will record. 
 
 31 For he shall stand at his right hand 
 
 who is in poverty, 
 To save him from all those that would 
 condemn his soul to die. 
 
 110 PSALM ex. 
 
 1 nPHE Lord did say unto my Lord, 
 i Sit thou at my right hand, 
 LTntil I make thy foes a stool, 
 whereon thy feet may stand. 
 
224 PSALM ex. 
 
 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send 
 
 the rod of thy great pow r : 
 In midst of all thine enemies 
 be thou the governor. 
 
 3 A willing people in thy day 
 
 of pow'r shall come to thee. 
 In holy beauties fi'om morn's womb ; 
 thy youth like dew shall be. 
 
 4 The Lord himself hath made an oath, 
 
 and will repent him never, 
 Of th' order of Melchisedec 
 thou art a priest for ever. 
 
 5 The glorious and mighty Lord, 
 
 that sits at thy right hand. 
 Shall, in his day of wrath, strike througli 
 kings that do him withstand. 
 
 6 He shall among the heathen judge, 
 
 he shall with bodies dead 
 The places fill : o'er many lands 
 he wound shall ev'ry head. 
 
 7 The brook that runneth in the way 
 
 with drink shall him supply ; 
 And, for this cause, in triumph he 
 shall lift his head on high. 
 
 Ill PSALM CXI. 
 
 1 JPRAISE ye the Lord: with my whole 
 -L I will God's praise declare, [heart 
 Where the assemblies of the just 
 
 and congregations are. 
 
 2 The whole works of the Lord our God 
 
 are great above all measure. 
 
PSALM CXI. 225 
 
 Sought out they are of ev'ry one 
 that doth therein take pleasure. 
 
 3 His work most honourable is, 
 
 most glorious and pure, 
 And his untainted righteousness 
 for ever doth endure. 
 
 4 His works most wonderful he hath 
 
 made to be thought upon : 
 The Lord is gracious, and he is 
 full of compassion. 
 
 5 He giveth meat unto all those 
 
 that truly do him fear ; 
 And evermore his covenant 
 he in his mind will bear. 
 
 6 He did the power of his works 
 
 unto his people show. 
 When he the heathen's heritage 
 upon them did bestow. 
 
 7 His handy- works are truth and right ] 
 
 all his commands are sure : 
 
 8 And, done in truth and uprightness, 
 
 they evermore endure. 
 
 9 He sent redemption to his folk ; 
 
 his covenant for aye 
 He did command : holy his name 
 and rev'rend is alway. 
 
 10 Wisdom's beginning is God's fear: 
 good understanding they 
 Have all that his commands fulfil: 
 his praise endures for aye. 
 
 /• 
 
226 PSALM CXIL 
 
 1 "DRAISE ve the Lord. The man is 
 X bless'd 
 
 that fears the Lord aright. 
 He who in his commandements 
 doth greatly take dehght. 
 
 2 His seed and offspring powerful 
 
 shall be the earth upon : 
 Of upright men blessed shall be 
 the generation. 
 
 3 Riches and wealth shall ever be 
 
 within his house in store ; 
 And his unspotted righteousness 
 endures for evermore. 
 
 4 Unto the upright light doth rise, 
 
 though he in darkness be : 
 Compassionate, and merciful, 
 and righteous, is he. 
 
 5 A good man doth his favour shew, 
 
 and doth to others lend : 
 
 He with discretion his affairs 
 
 will guide unto the end. 
 
 6 Surely there is not any thing 
 
 that ever shall him move : 
 The righteous man's memorial 
 shall everlasting prove. 
 
 7 When he shall evil tidings hear, 
 
 he shall not be afraid : 
 His heart is fix'd, his confidence 
 upon the Lord is stay'd. 
 
 8 His heart is firmly stablished, 
 
 afraid he shall not be. 
 
PSALM CXII. 227 
 
 Until upon his enemies 
 he his desire shall see. 
 
 9 He hath dispersed, given to the poor ; 
 his righteousness shall be 
 To ages all ; with honour shall 
 his horn be raised high. 
 10 The wicked shall it see, and fret, 
 his teeth gnash, melt away : 
 What wicked men do most desire 
 shall utterly decay. 
 
 113 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 1 T^RAISE God: ye servants of the Lord, 
 X praise, the Lord's name praise. 
 
 2 Yea, blessed be the name of God 
 
 from this time forth always. 
 
 3 From rising sun to where it sets, 
 
 God's name is to be prais'd. 
 
 4 Above all nations God is high, 
 
 ^bove heav'ns his glory rais'd. 
 
 5 Unto the Lord our God that dwells 
 
 on high, who can compare ? 
 
 6 Himself that humbleth things to see 
 
 in heav n and earth that are. 
 
 7 He from the dust doth raise the poor, 
 
 that very low doth lie ; 
 And from the dunghill lifts the man 
 oppressed with poverty ; 
 
 8 That he may highly him advance, 
 
 and with the princes set ; 
 With those that of his people are 
 I the chief, ev'n princes great. 
 
228 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 9 The barren woman house to keep 
 he maketh, and to be 
 Of sons a mother full of joy. 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 114 PSALM CXIV. 
 
 1 T\7HEN Isr'el out of Egy^t went, 
 
 VV and did his dwelling change, 
 Wlien Jacobus house went out from 
 those 
 that were of language strange, 
 
 2 He Judah did his sanctuary, 
 
 his kingdom Isr el make : 
 
 3 The sea it saw, and quickly fled, 
 
 Jordan was driven back. 
 
 4 Like rams the mountains, and like 
 
 lambs 
 the hills skipp'd to and fro. 
 
 5 sea, why fledd'st thou? Jordan, back 
 
 why wast thou driven so ? 
 
 6 Ye mountains great, wherefore was it 
 
 that ye did skip like rams ? 
 
 And wherefore was it, little hills, 
 
 that ye did leap like lambs ? 
 
 7 at the presence of the Lord, 
 
 earth, tremble thou for fear. 
 While as the presence of the God 
 
 of Jacob doth appear : 
 ^ Who from the hard and stony rock 
 
 did standing water bring ; 
 And by his pow'r did turn the flint 
 
 into a water-spring. 
 
PSALM CXV. 229 
 
 ' lyrOT unto us. Lord, not to us, 
 1 1 but do thou glory take 
 Unto thy name, ev'n for thy truth 
 and for thy mercies^ sake. 
 
 2 wherefore should the heathen say. 
 
 Where is then- God now gone ? 
 
 3 But our God in the heavens is, 
 
 what pleas 'd him he hath done. 
 
 4 Their idols silver are and gold, 
 
 work of men s hands they be. 
 
 5 Mouths have they, but they do not 
 
 and eyes, but do not see ; [speak ; 
 
 6 Ears have they, but they do not hear ; 
 
 noses, but savour not ; 
 
 7 Hands, feet, but handle not, nor walk ; 
 
 nor speak they through their throat. 
 
 8 Like them their makers are, and all 
 
 on them their trust that build. 
 
 9 Isr'el, trust thou in the Lord, 
 
 he is their help and shield. 
 
 10 Aaron's house, trust in the Lord, 
 
 their help and shield is he. 
 
 1 1 Ye that fear God, trust in the Lord, 
 
 their help and shield he '11 be. 
 
 12 The Lord of us hath mindful been, 
 
 and he will bless us still : 
 lie will the house of Isr'el bless, 
 bless Aaron's house he will. 
 
 1 3 Both small and gi'eat, that fear the Lord, 
 
 he will them surely bless. 
 
 14 The Lord will you, you and your seed, 
 
 aye more and more increase. 
 
230 PSALM CXV. 
 
 15 blessed are ye of the Lord, 
 
 who made the earth and heav'n. 
 
 16 The heav'n, ev^n heav'ns, are God's, 
 
 but he 
 earth to men's sons hath giv'n. 
 
 17 The dead, nor who to silence go, 
 
 God's praise do not record. 
 
 18 But henceforth we for ever will 
 
 bless God. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 116 PSALM OXVL 
 
 1 T LOVE the Lord, because my voice 
 X and prayers he did hear. ^ 
 
 2 I, while I live, will call on him, 
 
 who bow'd to me his ear. 
 
 3 Of death the cords and sorrows did 
 
 about me compass round; 
 The pains of hell took hold on me, 
 I grief and trouble found. 
 
 4 Upon the name of God the Lord 
 
 then did I call, and say, 
 Deliver thou my soul, Lord, 
 I do thee humbly pray. 
 
 5 God merciful and righteous is, 
 
 yea, gracious is our Lord. 
 
 6 God saves the meek: Iwas brought low, 
 
 he did me help afford. 
 
 7 thou my soul, do thou return 
 
 unto thy quiet rest ; 
 For largely, lo, the Lord to thee 
 his bounty hath exprest. 
 
 8 For my distressed soul from death 
 
 delivered was by thee : 
 
PSALM CXVL 231 
 
 Thou didst my mourning eyes from 
 my feet from falling, free. [tears, 
 
 9 I in the land of those that live 
 will walk the Lord before. 
 
 10 I did believe, therefore I spake : 
 
 I was afflicted sore. 
 
 1 1 I said, when I was in my haste, 
 
 that all men liars be. 
 
 1 2 What shall I render to the Lord 
 
 for all his gifts to me ? 
 
 13 I'll of salvation take the cup, 
 
 on God's name will I call : 
 
 14 I '11 pay my vows now to the Lord 
 
 before his people all. 
 
 15 Dear in God's sight is his saints' death. 
 
 16 Thy servant. Lord, ami; 
 
 Thy servant sure, thine handmaid's 
 my bands thou didst untie. [son : 
 
 1 7 Thank-off 'rings I to thee will give, 
 
 and on God's name will call. 
 
 18 I '11 pay my vows now to the Lord 
 
 before his people all; 
 
 19 Within the courts of God's own house, 
 
 within the midst of thee, 
 O city of Jerusalem. 
 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 117 PSALM CXVIL 
 
 1 r\ GIVE ye praise unto the Lord, 
 yj all nations that be; 
 Likewise, ye people all, accord 
 his name to magnify. 
 
232 PSALM CXVIl. 
 
 2 For great to us-ward ever are 
 his loving-kindnesses : 
 His truth endures for evermore. 
 The Lord do ye bless. 
 
 118 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 1 f\ PRAISE the Lord, for he is good ; 
 \J his mercy lasteth ever. 
 
 2 Let those of Israel now say. 
 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 
 3 Now let the house of Aaron say, 
 
 His mercy lasteth ever. 
 
 4 Let those that fear the Lord now say, 
 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 
 5 I in distress call'd on the Lord ; 
 
 the Lord did answer me : 
 He in a large place did me set, 
 from trouble made me free. 
 
 6 The mighty Lord is on my side, 
 
 I will not be afraid ; 
 For any thing that man can do 
 I shall not be dismay'd. 
 
 7 The Lord doth take my part with them 
 
 that help to succour me : 
 Therefore on those that do me hate 
 I my desire shall see. 
 
 8 Better it is to trust in God 
 
 than trust in man's defence ; 
 
 9 Better to trust in God than make 
 
 princes our confidence. 
 
 1 The nations, joining all in one, 
 did compass me about : 
 
PSALM CXVIIL -^33 
 
 But in ttie Lord^s most holy name 
 I shall them all root out. 
 
 1 1 They compass'd me about ; I say, 
 
 they compass'd me about : 
 But m the Lord's most holy name 
 I shall them all root out. 
 
 12 Like bees they compassed me about; 
 
 like unto thorns that flame 
 They quenched are : for them shall 1 
 destroy in God's own name. 
 
 13 Thou sore hast thrust, that I might fall, 
 
 but my Lord helped me. 
 
 14 God my salvation is become, 
 
 my strength and song is he. 
 
 15 Li dwellings of the righteous 
 
 is heard the melody 
 Of joy and health : the Lord's right 
 doth ever valiantly. [hand 
 
 16 The right hand of the mighty Lord 
 
 exalted is on high; 
 The right hand of the mighty Lord 
 doth ever valiantly. 
 
 17 I shall not die, but live, and shall 
 
 the works of God discover. 
 
 18 The Lord hath me chastised sore, 
 
 but not to death giv'n over. 
 
 19 set ye open unto me 
 
 the gates of righteousness ; 
 Then will I enter into them, 
 and I the Lord will bless. 
 
 20 This is the gate of God, by it 
 
 the just shall enter in. 
 
234 PSALM CXYIII. 
 
 2 1 Thee will I praise, for thou me heard'st, 
 
 and hast my safety been. 
 
 22 That stone is made head corner-stone, 
 
 which builders did despise: 
 
 23 This is the doing of the Lord, 
 
 and wondrous in our eyes. 
 
 24 This is the day God made, in it 
 
 we'll joy triumphantly. 
 
 25 Save now, I pray thee. Lord ; I pray, 
 
 send now prosperity. 
 
 26 Blessed is he in God's great name 
 
 that Cometh us to save : 
 We, from the house which to the Lord 
 pertains, you blessed have. 
 
 27 God is the Lord, who unto us 
 
 hath made light to arise : 
 Bind ye unto the altar's horns 
 with cords the sacrifice. 
 
 28 Thou art my God, I '11 thee exalt ; 
 
 my God, I will thee praise. 
 
 29 Give thanks to God, for he is good : 
 
 his mercy lasts always. 
 
 119 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Aleph. The \st Part 
 
 1 T> LESSED are they that undefil'd, 
 ID and straight are in the way ; 
 Who in the Lord's most holy law 
 
 do walk, and do not stray. 
 
 2 Blessed are they who to observe 
 
 his statutes are inclin'd; 
 
PSALM CXIX. 235 
 
 And who do seek the Uving God 
 with their whole heart and mind. 
 
 3 Such in his ways do walk, and they 
 
 do no iniquity. 
 
 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep 
 
 thy precepts carefully. 
 
 5 that thy statutes to observe 
 
 thou would'st my ways direct ! 
 
 6 Then shall I not be sham'd, when I 
 
 thy precepts all respect. 
 
 7 Then with integrity of heart 
 
 thee will I praise and bless. 
 When I the judgments all have learn'd 
 of thy pure righteousness. 
 
 8 That I will keep thy statutes all 
 
 firmly resolved have I: 
 do not then, most gracious God, 
 forsake me utterly. 
 
 Beth. The 2d Part. 
 
 9 By what means ghall a young man learn 
 
 his way to purify? 
 If he according to thy word 
 thereto attentive be. 
 
 10 Unfeignedly thee have I sought 
 
 with all my soul and heart : 
 let me not fi:-om the right path 
 of thy commands depart. 
 
 1 1 Thy word I in my heart have hid, 
 
 that I offend not thee. 
 
 12 Lord, thou ever blessed art, 
 
 thj^ statutes teach thou me. 
 
236 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 13 The judgments of thy mouth each one 
 
 my Hps declared have : 
 
 1 4 More joy thy testimonies^ way 
 
 than riches all me gave. 
 
 15 I will thy holy precepts make 
 
 my meditation; 
 And carefully I'll have respect 
 unto thy ways each one. 
 
 16 Upon thy statutes my delight 
 
 shall constantly be set: 
 And, by thy grace, I never will 
 thy holy word forget. 
 
 GiMEL. The M Part. 
 
 17 With me ihj servant, in thy grace, 
 
 deal bountifully. Lord; 
 That by thy favour I may live, 
 and duly keep thy word. 
 
 18 Open mine eyes, that of thy law 
 
 the wonders I may see. 
 
 19 I am a stranger on this earth, 
 
 hide not thy laws from me. 
 
 20 My soul within me breaks, and doth 
 
 much fainting still endure. 
 Through longing that it hath all times 
 unto thy judgments pure. 
 
 21 Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud, 
 
 who from thy precepts swerve. 
 
 22 Reproach and shame remove fi'om me, 
 
 for 1 thy laws observe. 
 
 23 Against me princes spake with spite, 
 
 while they in council sat : 
 
PSALM CXIX. 237 
 
 But I thy servant did upon 
 thy statutes meditate. 
 
 24 My comfort, and my heart's delight, 
 
 thy testimonies be ; 
 And they, in all my doubts and fears, 
 are counsellors to me, 
 
 Daleth. The 4th Part. 
 
 25 My soul to dust cleaves : quicken me, 
 
 according to thy word. 
 
 26 My ways 1 shew'd, and me thou 
 
 heard 'st: 
 teach me thy statutes. Lord. 
 
 27 The way of thy commandements 
 
 make me aright to know ; 
 So all thy works that wondrous are 
 I shall to others show. 
 
 28 My soul doth melt, and drop away 
 
 for heaviness and grief: 
 To me, according to thy word, 
 give strength, and send relief. 
 
 29 From me the wicked way of lies 
 
 let far removed be ; 
 And graciously thy holy law 
 do thou grant unto me. 
 
 30 I chosen have the perfect way 
 
 of truth and verity : 
 Thy judgments that most righteous 
 are 
 before me laid have I. 
 
 3 1 I to thy testimonies cleave ; 
 
 shame do not on me cast. 
 
238 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 32 I '11 run thy precepts' way, when thou 
 
 my heart enlarged hast. 
 
 He. The 5th Part. 
 
 33 Teach me, Lord, the perfect way 
 
 of thy precepts divme. 
 And to observe it to the end 
 I shall my heart inclme. 
 
 34 Give understanding unto me, 
 
 so keep thy law shall I ; 
 Yea, ev'n with my whole heart I shall 
 observe it carefully. 
 
 35 In thy law's path make me to go ; 
 
 for I delight therein. 
 
 36 My heart unto thy testimonies, 
 
 and not to greed, incline. 
 
 37 Turn thou away my sight and eyes 
 
 from viewing vanity ; 
 And in thy good and holy way 
 be pleased to quicken me. 
 
 38 Confirm to me thy gracious word, 
 
 which I did gladly hear, 
 Ev'n to thy servant. Lord, who is 
 devoted to thy fear. 
 
 39 Turn thou away my fear'd reproach ; 
 
 for good thy judgments be. 
 
 40 Lo, for thy precepts I have long d ; 
 
 in thy truth quicken me. 
 
 Vau. The 6th Part. 
 
 4 1 Let thy sweet mercies also come 
 
 and visit me, Lord ; 
 
PSALM CXIX. 239 
 
 Ev^n thy benign salvation, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 42 So shall I have wherewith I may 
 
 give him an answer just. 
 Who spitefully reproacheth me ; 
 for in thy word I trust. 
 
 43 The word of truth out of my mouth 
 
 take thou not utterly; 
 For on thy judgments righteous 
 my hope doth still rely. 
 
 44 So shall 1 keep for evermore 
 
 thy law continually. 
 
 45 And, sith that I thy precepts seek, 
 
 I '11 walk at liberty. 
 
 46 I'll speak thy word to kings, and I 
 
 with shame shall not be mov'd ; 
 
 47 And will delight myself always 
 
 in thy laws, which I lov'd. 
 
 48 To thy commandments, which I lov'd, 
 
 my hands lift up I will ; 
 And I will also meditate 
 upon thy statutes still. 
 
 Zain. The 7th Part. 
 
 49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word 
 
 thou to thy servant spake. 
 Which, for a ground of my sure hope, 
 thou causedst me to take. 
 
 50 This word of thine my comfort is 
 
 in mine affliction: 
 For in my straits 1 am revived 
 by this thy word alone. 
 
240 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 5 1 The men whose hearts with pride are 
 
 did greatly me deride ; [stuff 'd 
 
 Yet from thy straight commandements 
 I have not turn'd aside. 
 
 52 Thy judgments righteous, Lord, 
 
 which thou of old forth gave, 
 I did remember, and myself 
 by them comforted have. 
 
 53 Horror took hold on me, because 
 
 ill men thy law forsake. 
 
 54 I in my house of pilgrimage 
 
 thy laws my songs do make. 
 
 55 Thy name by night. Lord, I did mind, 
 
 and I have kept thy law. 
 
 56 And this I had, because thy word 
 
 I kept, and stood in awe. 
 
 Cheth. The 8th Part. 
 
 57 Thou my sure portion art alone, 
 
 which I did chuse, Lord : 
 I have resolvM, and said, that I 
 would keep thy holy word. 
 
 58 With my whole heart I did entreat 
 
 thy face and favour free : 
 According to thy gracious word 
 be merciful to me. 
 
 59 I thought upon my former ways, 
 
 and did my life well try ; 
 And to thy testimonies pure 
 my feet then turned L 
 ^0 I did not stay, nor lincfer long, 
 as those that slothful are; 
 
PSALM CXIX. 241 
 
 But hastily thy laws to keep 
 myself 1 did prepare. 
 
 61 Bands of ill men me robb'd; yet I 
 
 thy precepts did not slight. 
 
 62 I '11 rise at midnight thee to praise, 
 
 ev'n for thy judgments right. 
 
 63 I am companion to all those 
 
 who fear, and thee obey. 
 
 64 Lord, thy mercy fills the earth : 
 
 teach me thy laws, I pray. 
 
 Teth. The ^th Part. 
 
 65 Well hast thou with thy servant dealt, 
 
 as thou didst promise give. 
 
 66 Good judgment me, and knowledge 
 
 for I thy word believe. [teach, 
 
 67 Ere I afflicted was I stray'd; 
 
 but now I keep thy word. 
 
 68 Both good thou art, and good thou dost: 
 
 teach me thy statutes. Lord. 
 
 69 The men that are puff'd up with pride 
 
 against me forg'd a lie ; 
 Yet thy commandements observe 
 with my whole heart will I. 
 
 70 Their hearts, through worldly ease and 
 as fat as grease they be : [wealth. 
 
 But in thy holy law I take 
 delight continually. 
 
 7 1 It hath been very good for me 
 that I afflicted was, 
 
 That I might well instructed be, 
 and learn thy holy laws. 
 
 Q 
 
242 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 72 The word that cometh from thy mouth 
 
 is better unto me 
 Than many thousands and great sums 
 of gold and silver be. 
 
 JoD. The 10 th Part. 
 
 73 Thou mad'st and fashion^st me : thy 
 
 laws 
 to know give wisdom, Lord. 
 
 74 So who thee fear shall joy to see 
 
 me trusting in thy word. 
 
 75 That very right thy judgments are 
 
 I know, and do confess ; 
 And that thou hast afflicted me 
 in truth and faithfulness. 
 
 76 let thy kindness merciful, 
 
 I pray thee, comfort me. 
 As to thy servant faithfully 
 was promised by thee. 
 
 77 And let thy tender mercies come 
 
 to me, that I may live ; 
 Because thy holy laws to me 
 sweet delectation give. 
 
 78 Lord, let the proud ashamed be ; 
 
 for they, without a cause, 
 With me perversely dealt : but I 
 will muse upon thy laws. 
 
 79 Let such as fear thee, and have known 
 
 thy statutes, turn to me. 
 
 80 My heart let in thy laws be sound, 
 
 that sham'd I never be. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 243 
 
 Caph. The nth Part. 
 
 8 1 My soul for thy salvation faints ; 
 
 yet I thy word believe. 
 
 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word : I say, 
 
 When wilt thou comfort give ? 
 
 83 For like a bottle I ^m become, 
 
 that in the smoke is set : 
 I 'm black, and parch'd with grief; yet 1 
 thy statutes not forget. 
 
 84 How many are thy servant^s days ? 
 
 when wilt thou execute 
 Just judgment on these wicked men 
 that do me persecute? 
 So The proud have digged pits for me, 
 which is against thy laws. 
 
 86 Thy words all faithful are : help me, 
 
 pursued without a cause. 
 
 87 They so consumed me, that on earth 
 
 my life they scarce did leave : 
 Thy precepts yet forsook I not, 
 but close to them did cleave. 
 
 88 After thy loving-kindness. Lord, 
 
 me quicken, and preserve : 
 The testimony of thy mouth 
 so shall I still observe. 
 
 Lamed. The I2th Part. 
 
 89 Thy word for ever is, Lord, 
 
 in heaven settled fast ; 
 
 90 Unto all generations 
 
 thy faithfulness dotUlast : 
 
244 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 The earth thou hast established, 
 and it abides by thee. 
 
 9 1 This day they stand as thou ordain'dst ; 
 
 for all thy servants be. 
 
 92 Unless in thy most perfect law 
 
 my soul delights had found, 
 I should have perished, when as 
 my troubles did abound. 
 
 93 Thy precepts I will ne'er forget ; 
 
 they quickening to me brought. 
 
 94 Lord, I am thine ; save thou me : 
 
 thy precepts I have sought. 
 
 95 For me the wicked have laid wait, 
 
 me seeking to destroy: 
 But I thy testimonies true 
 consider will with joy. 
 
 96 An end of all perfection 
 
 here have I seen, God : 
 But as for thy commandement, 
 it is exceeding broad. 
 
 Mem. The I3th Part. 
 
 97 how love I thy law ! it is 
 
 my study all the day : 
 
 98 It makes me wiser than my foes ; 
 
 for it doth with me stay. 
 
 99 Than all my teachers now I have 
 
 more understanding far; 
 Because my meditation 
 thy testimonies are. 
 
 100 In understanding I excel 
 
 those that are ancients ; 
 
PSALM CXIX. 245 
 
 For I endeavoured to keep 
 all thy commandements. 
 
 101 My feet from each ill way I stay'd, 
 
 that I may keep thy word. 
 
 102 1 from thy judgments have not swerv'd ; 
 
 for thou hast taught me. Lord. 
 
 103 How sweet unto my taste, Lord, 
 
 are all thy words of truth ! 
 
 Yea, I do find them sweeter far 
 
 than honey to my mouth. 
 
 104 I through thy precepts, that are pure, 
 
 do understanding get; 
 I therefore evry way that^s false 
 with all my heart do hate. 
 
 Nun. The Uth Part. 
 
 105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, 
 
 and to my path a Kght. 
 
 106 I sworn have, and I will perform, 
 
 to keep thy judgments right. 
 
 107 I am with sore affliction 
 
 ev^n overwhelmed, Lord : 
 In mercy raise and quicken me, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 108 The free-will- offerings of my mouth 
 
 accept, I thee beseech: 
 And unto me thy servant. Lord, 
 thy judgments clearly teach. 
 
 109 Though still my soul be in my hand, 
 
 thy laws I '11 not forget. 
 
 1 1 I err d not from them, though for me 
 
 the wicked snares did set. 
 
246 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 1 1 1 I of tliy testimonies have 
 
 above all things made choice. 
 To be my heritage for aye ; 
 for they my heart rejoice. 
 
 112 1 carefully inclined have 
 
 my heart still to attend ; 
 That I thy statutes may perfomi 
 alway unto the end. 
 
 Samech. The \5th Part. 
 
 113 I hate the thoughts of vanity, 
 
 but love thy law do I. 
 
 114 My shield and hiding-place thou art: 
 
 I on thy word rely. 
 
 115 All ye that evil-doers are 
 
 from me depart away ; 
 For the commandments of my God 
 1 purpose to obey. 
 
 116 According to thy faithful word 
 
 uphold and stablish me. 
 That I may live, and of my hope 
 ashamed never be. 
 
 117 Hold thou me up, so shall I be 
 
 in peace and safety still ; 
 And to thy statutes have respect 
 continually I will. 
 
 118 Thou tread'st down all that love to 
 
 false their deceit doth prove, [stray; 
 
 119 Lewd men, like dross, away thou 
 
 therefore thy law I love, [putt'st; 
 
 120 For fear of thee my very flesh 
 
 doth tremble, all dismayed; 
 
PSALM CXIX. 247 
 
 And of thy righteous judgments, 
 my soul is much afraid. [Ijord, 
 
 AiN. The I6th Part. 
 
 121 To all men I have judgment done, 
 
 performing justice right; 
 Then let me not be left unto 
 my fierce oppressors' might. 
 
 122 For good unto thy sei^ant. Lord, 
 
 thy sei'vant's surety be : 
 From the oppression of the proud 
 do thou deliver me. 
 
 123 Mine eyes do fail with looking long 
 
 for thy salvation. 
 The word of thy pure righteousness 
 while I do wait upon. 
 
 124 In mercy with thy servant deal, 
 
 thy laws me teach and show. 
 
 125 I am thy servant, wisdom give, 
 
 that I thy laws may know. 
 
 126 'Tis time thou work, Lord; for they 
 
 made void thy law divine. [have 
 
 127 Therefore thy precepts more I love 
 
 than gold, yea, gold most fine. 
 
 128 Concerning all things thy commands 
 
 all right I judge therefore ; 
 And ev'ry false and wicked way 
 I perfectly abhor. 
 
 Pe. The nth Part. 
 
 129 Thy statutes, Lord, are wonderfiil, 
 
 my soul them keeps with care. 
 
248 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 130 The entrance of thy words gives light, 
 
 makes wise who simple are. 
 
 131 My mouth I have wide opened, 
 
 and panted earnestly. 
 While after thy commandements 
 I long'd exceedingly. 
 
 132 Look on me. Lord, and merciful 
 
 do thou unto me prove. 
 As thou art wont to do to those 
 thy name who truly love. 
 
 133 let my footsteps in thy word 
 
 aright still order d be : 
 Let no iniquity obtain 
 dominion over me. 
 
 134 From man's oppression save thou me; 
 
 so keep thy laws I will. 
 
 135 Thy face make on thy servant shine; 
 
 teach me thy statutes still. 
 
 136 Rivers of waters from mine eyes 
 
 did run down, when I saw 
 How wicked men run on in sin, 
 and do not keep thy law. 
 
 TsADDi. The ISth Part. 
 
 137 Lord, thou art most righteous; 
 
 thy judgments are upright. 
 
 138 Thy testimonies thou command'st 
 
 most faithful are and right. 
 
 139 My zeal hath ev'n consumed me, 
 
 because mine enemies 
 Thy holy words forgotten have, 
 and do thy laws despise. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 249 
 
 140 Thy word 's most pure, therefore on it 
 
 thy servant's love is set. 
 
 141 Small, and despis'd I am, yet I 
 
 thy precepts not forget. 
 
 142 Thy righteousness is righteousness 
 
 which ever doth endure: 
 Thy holy law. Lord, also is 
 the very truth most pure. 
 
 143 Trouble and anguish have me found, 
 
 and taken hold on me : 
 Yet in my trouble my delight 
 thy just commandments be. 
 
 144 Eternal righteousness is in 
 
 thy testimonies all: 
 Lord, to me understanding give, 
 and ever live I shall. 
 
 KoPH. The 19 th Part. 
 
 145 With my whole heart I ciyM, Lord, 
 
 I will thy word obey. [hear ; 
 
 146 I cry'd to thee; save me, and I 
 
 will keep thy laws alway. 
 
 147 I of the morning did prevent 
 
 the dawning, and did cry : 
 For all mine expectation 
 did on thy word rely. 
 
 148 Mine eyes did timeously prevent 
 
 the watches of the night. 
 That in thy word with careful mind 
 then meditate I might. 
 
 149 After thy loving-kindness hear 
 
 my voice, that calls on thee : 
 
250 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 According to thy judgment^ Lord, 
 revive and quicken me. 
 
 150 Who follow mischief they draw nigh; 
 
 they from thy law are far : 
 
 151 But thou art near, Lord; most firm 
 
 all thy commandments are. [truth 
 
 152 As for thy testimonies all 
 
 of old this have I try'd, 
 That thou hast surely founded them 
 for ever to abide. 
 
 Resh. The 20th Part. 
 
 153 Consider mine affliction, 
 
 in safety do me set : 
 Deliver me, Lord, for I 
 thy law do not forget. 
 
 154 After thy word revive thou me ; 
 
 save me, and plead my cause. 
 
 155 Salvation is from sinners far; 
 
 for they seek not thy laws. 
 
 156 Lord, both great and manifold 
 
 thy tender mercies be : 
 According to thy judgments just, 
 revive and quicken me. 
 
 157 My persecutors many are, 
 
 and foes that do combine ; 
 Yet from thy testimonies pure 
 my heart doth not decline. 
 
 158 I saw transgressors, and was griev'd, 
 
 for they keep not thy word. 
 
 159 See how I love thy law ! as thou 
 
 art kind, me quicken. Lord. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 251 
 
 160 From the beginning all thy word 
 
 hath been most true and sure : 
 Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one 
 for evermore endure. 
 
 ScHiN. The 2\st Part. 
 
 161 Princes have persecuted me, 
 
 although no cause they saw : 
 
 But still of thy most holy word 
 
 my heart doth stand in awe. 
 
 162 I at thy word rejoice, as one 
 
 of spoil that finds great store. 
 
 163 Thy law I love; but lying all 
 
 I hate and do abhor. 
 
 164 Sev'n times ar-day it is my care 
 
 to give due praise to thee ; 
 Because of all thy judgments. Lord, 
 which righteous ever be. 
 
 165 Great peace have they who love thy 
 
 law; 
 offence they shall have none. 
 
 166 I hop^d for thy salvation, Lord, 
 
 and thy commands have done. 
 
 167 My soul thy testimonies pure 
 
 observed carefully; 
 On them my heart is set, and them 
 I love exceedingly. 
 
 168 Thy testimonies and thy laws 
 
 I kept with special care ; 
 For all my works and ways each one 
 before thee open are. 
 
252 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Tau. The "12(1 Part. 
 
 169 let my earnest pray'r and cry 
 
 come near before thee. Lord : 
 Give understanding unto me, 
 according to thy word. 
 
 170 Let my request before thee come: 
 
 after thy word me free. 
 
 171 My Hps shall utter praise, when thou 
 
 hast taught thy laws to me. 
 
 172 My tongue of thy most blessed word 
 
 shall speak, and it confess ; 
 Because all thy commandements 
 are perfect righteousness. 
 
 173 Let thy strong hand make help to me : 
 
 thy precepts are my choice. 
 
 174 I long'd for thy salvation. Lord, 
 
 and in thy law rejoice. 
 
 175 let my soul live, and it shall 
 
 give praises unto thee ; 
 And let thy judgments gracious 
 be helpful unto me. 
 
 176 I, like a lost sheep, went astray; 
 
 thy servant seek, and find : 
 For thy commands I suffered not 
 to slip out of my mind. 
 
 120 PSALM CXX. 
 
 1 TN my distress to God I cryM, 
 L and he gave ear to me. 
 
 2 From lying lips, and guileful tongue, 
 
 Lord, my soul set free. 
 
PSALM CXX. 253 
 
 3 What shall be giv'n thee ? or what shall 
 
 be done to thee, false tongue ? 
 
 4 Ev'n burning coals of juniper, 
 
 sharp arrows of the strong. 
 
 5 Woe 's me that I in Mesech am 
 
 a sojourner so long ; 
 That I in tabernacles dwell 
 to Kedar that belong. 
 
 6 My soul with him that hateth peace 
 
 hath long a dweller been. 
 
 7 I am for peace ; but when I speak, 
 
 for battle they are keen. 
 
 121 PSALM CXXL 
 
 1 T TO the hills will lift mine eyes, 
 
 X from whence doth come mine aid. 
 
 2 My safety cometh from the Lord, 
 
 who heaven and earth hath made. 
 
 3 Thy foot he '11 not let slide, nor will 
 
 he slumber that thee keeps. 
 
 4 Behold, he that keeps Israel, 
 
 he slumbers not, nor sleeps. 
 
 5 The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade 
 
 on thy right hand doth stay : 
 
 6 The moon by night thee shall not smite, 
 
 nor yet the sun by day. 
 
 7 The Lord shall keep thy soul ; he shall 
 
 preserve thee from all ill. 
 
 8 Henceforth thy going out and in 
 
 God keep for ever will. 
 
254 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 i T JOY'D when to the house of God, 
 X Go up, they said to me. 
 
 2 Jerusalem, within thy gates 
 
 our feet shall standing be, 
 
 3 Jerus'lem, as a city, is 
 
 compactly built together : 
 
 4 Unto that place the tribes go up, 
 
 the tribes of God go thither : 
 
 To Is^reFs testimony, there 
 to God's name thanks to pay. 
 
 5 For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones 
 
 of David's house, there stay. 
 
 6 Pray that Jerusalem may have 
 
 peace and felicity : 
 Let them that love thee and thy peace 
 have still prosperity. 
 
 7 Therefore I wish that peace may still 
 
 within thy walls remain. 
 And ever may thy palaces 
 
 prosperity retain. [sakes, 
 
 8 Now, for my friends' and brethi^en's 
 
 Peace be in thee, I'll say. 
 
 9 And for the house of God our Lord, 
 
 I '11 seek thy good alway. 
 
 123 PSALM OXXIIL 
 
 ^ r\ THOU that dwellest in the heav ns, 
 
 vJ I lift mine eyes to thee. 
 2 Behold, as servants' eyes do look 
 their masters' hand to see. 
 As handmaid's eyes her mistress' hand, 
 so do our eyes attend 
 
PSALM CXXIII. 255 
 
 Upon the Lord our God, until 
 to us he mercy send. 
 
 3 Lord, be gracious to us, 
 
 unto us gracious be ; 
 Because replenished with contempt 
 exceedingly are we. 
 
 4 Our soul is fiird with scorn of those 
 
 that at their ease abide. 
 And with the insolent contempt 
 of those that swell in pride. 
 
 124 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 1 TTAD not the Lord been on our side, 
 XI may Israel now say ; 
 
 2 Had not the Lord been on our side, 
 
 when men rose us to slay ; 
 
 3 They had us swallow'd quick, when as 
 
 their wrath Against us did flame : 
 
 4 Waters had covered us, our soul 
 
 had sunk beneath the stream. 
 
 5 Then had the waters, swelling high, 
 
 over our soul made way. 
 
 6 Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth 
 
 us gave not for a prey. 
 
 7 Our soul's escaped, as a bird 
 
 out of the fowler's snare ; 
 The snare asunder broken is, 
 and we escaped are. 
 
 8 Our sure and all-sufficient help 
 
 is in JEHOVAH'S name; 
 His name who did the heav'n create, 
 and who the earth did frame. 
 
256 PSALM CXXIV. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 ATOW Israel 
 
 ll may say, and that truly. 
 If that the Lord 
 
 had not our cause maintained; 
 
 2 If that the Lord 
 
 had not our right sustain'd. 
 When cruel men 
 against us furiously 
 Rose up in wrath, 
 
 to make of us their prey ; 
 
 3 Then certainly 
 
 they had devoured us all. 
 And swallowed quick, 
 
 for ought that we could deem; 
 Such was their rage, 
 
 as we might well esteem. 
 
 4 And as fierce floods 
 
 before them all things drown. 
 So had they brought 
 
 our soul to death quite down. 
 
 5 The raging streams, 
 
 with their proud swelling waves, 
 Had then our soul 
 overwhelmed in the deep. 
 
 6 But bless'd be God, 
 
 who doth us safely keep. 
 And hath not giv'n 
 
 us for a living prey 
 Unto their teeth, 
 
 and bloody cruelty. 
 
PSALM CXXIV. 257 
 
 7 Ev'n as a bird 
 
 out of the fowler's snare 
 Escapes away, 
 
 so is our soul set free: 
 Broke are tlieip nets, 
 
 and thus escaped we. 
 
 8 Therefore our help 
 
 is in the Lord's great name. 
 Who heaven and earth 
 
 by his great pow'r did frame. 
 
 125 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 1 npHE Y in the Lord that firmly trust 
 JL shall be like Sion hill. 
 
 Which at no time can be removed, 
 but standeth ever still. 
 
 2 As round about Jerusalem 
 
 the mountains stand alway. 
 The Lord his folk doth compass so, 
 from henceforth and for aye. 
 
 3 For ill men's rod upon the lot 
 
 of just men shall not lie ; 
 Lest righteous men stretch forth their 
 unto iniquity. [hands. 
 
 4 Do thou to all those that be good 
 
 thy goodness. Lord, impart ; 
 And do thou good to those that are 
 upright within their heart. 
 
 5 But as for such as turn aside 
 
 after their crooked way, 
 God shall lead forth with wicked men : 
 on Isr el peace shall stay. 
 
258 PSALM CXXVI. 
 
 1 TT7HEN Sion's bondage God turn'd 
 
 V V back, 
 as men that dream'd were we. 
 
 2 Then fiU'd with laughter was our mouth, 
 
 our tongue with melody : 
 They ^mong the heathen said. The Lord 
 great things for them hath wrought. 
 
 3 The Lord hath done great things for us, 
 
 whence joy to us is brought. 
 
 4 As streams of water in the south, 
 
 our bondage. Lord, recall. 
 
 5 Who sow in tears, a reaping time 
 
 of joy enjoy they shall. 
 
 6 That man who, bearing precious seed, 
 
 in going forth doth mourn. 
 He doubtless, bringing back his sheaves, 
 rejoicing shall return. 
 
 127 PSALM CXXVIL 
 
 1 "17 XCEPT the Lord do build the house, 
 X_J the builders lose their pain : 
 Except the Lord the city keep, 
 
 the watchmen watch in vain. 
 
 2 ^Tis vain for you to rise betimes, 
 
 or late from rest to keep. 
 To feed on sorrow's bread; so gives 
 he his beloved sleep. 
 
 3 Lo, children are God's heritage, 
 
 the womb's fruit his reward. 
 
 4 The sons of youth as arrows are, 
 
 for strong men's hands prepar d. 
 
PSALM CXXVII. 259 
 
 5 happy is the man that hath 
 his quiver fiU'd with those ; 
 They unashamed in the gate 
 shall speak unto their foes. 
 
 128 PSALM CXXVIIL 
 
 1 "DLESS'D is each one that fears the 
 JD and walketh in his ways ; [Lord, 
 
 2 For of thy labour thou shalt eat, 
 
 and happy be always. 
 
 3 Thy wife shall as a fruitful vine 
 
 by thy house' sides be found : 
 Thy children like to olive-plants 
 about thy table round. 
 
 4 Behold, the man that fears the Lord, 
 
 thus blessed shall he be. 
 
 5 The Lord shall out of Sion give 
 
 his blessing unto thee : 
 Thou shalt Jerusalem's good behold 
 whilst thou on earth dost dwell. 
 
 6 Thou shalt thy children's children see, 
 
 and peace on Israel. 
 
 129 PSALM CXXIX. 
 
 1 /^FT did they vex me from my youth, 
 yJ may Isr'el now declare ; 
 
 2 Oft did they vex me from my youth, 
 
 yet not victorious were. 
 
 3 The plowers plowed upon my back ; 
 
 they long their furrows drew. 
 
 4 The righteous Lord did cut the cords 
 
 of the ungodly crew. 
 
260 PSALM CXXIX. 
 
 5 Let Sioii's haters all be turn'd 
 
 back with confusion. 
 
 6 As grass on houses' tops be they, 
 
 which fades ere it be grown : 
 
 7 Whereof enough to fill his hand 
 
 the mower cannot find ; 
 Nor can the man his bosom fill, 
 whose work is sheaves to bind. 
 
 8 Neither say they who do go by, 
 
 God's blessing on you rest : 
 We in the name of God the Lord 
 do wish you to be blest. 
 
 130 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 1 T OR/D, fi'om the depths to thee I 
 Ju cry'd. 
 
 2 My voice. Lord, do thou hear : 
 Unto my supplication's voice 
 
 give an attentive ear. 
 
 3 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, Lord, 
 
 should' st mark iniquity? 
 
 4 But yet with thee forgiveness is, 
 
 that fear'd thou mayest be. 
 
 5 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, 
 
 my hope is in his word. 
 
 6 More than they that for morning watch, 
 
 my soul waits for the Lord ; 
 I say, more than they that do watch 
 the morning light to see. 
 
 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord, 
 
 for with him mercies be ; 
 
PSALM CXXX. 261 
 
 And plenteous redemption 
 is ever found with him. 
 8 And from all his iniquities 
 he Isr el shall redeem. 
 
 131 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 1 II /TY heart not haughty is, Lord, 
 -iVJL mine eyes not lofty be ; 
 
 Nor do I deal in matters great, 
 or things too high for me. 
 
 2 I surely have myself behav'd 
 
 with quiet sp'rit and mild. 
 As child of mother wean d : my soul 
 is like a weaned child. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord let all the hope 
 
 of Israel rely, 
 Ev'n from the time that present is 
 unto eternity. 
 
 133 PSALM CXXXIL 
 
 1 "Pi AVID, and his afflictions all, 
 JL/ Lord, do thou think upon ; 
 
 2 How unto God he sware, and vow'd 
 
 to Jacob's mighty One. 
 
 3 I will not come within my house, 
 
 nor rest in bed at all ; 
 
 4 Nor shall mine eyes take any sleep, 
 
 nor eyelids slumber shall ; 
 
 6 Till for the Lord a place I find, 
 where he may make abode ; 
 A place of habitation 
 for Jacob's mighty God. 
 
262 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 6 Lo, at the place of Ephratah 
 
 of it we understood ; 
 And we did find it in the fields, 
 and city of the wood. 
 
 7 We'll go into his tabernacles, 
 
 and at his footstool bow. 
 
 8 Arise, Lord, into thy rest, 
 
 th' ark of thy strength, and thou. 
 
 9 let thy priests be clothed. Lord, 
 
 with truth and righteousness ; 
 And let all those that are thy saints 
 shout loud for joyfulness. 
 
 10 For thine own sei-vant David^s sake, 
 
 do not deny thy grace ; 
 Nor of thine own anointed one 
 turn thou away the face. 
 
 11 The Lord in truth to David sware, 
 
 he will not turn from it, 
 I of thy body's fi'uit will make 
 upon thy throne to sit. 
 
 12 My covenant if thy sons will keep, 
 
 and laws to them made known. 
 Their children then shall also sit 
 for ever on thy throne. 
 
 13 For God of Sion hath made choice; 
 
 there he desires to dwell. 
 
 14 This is my rest, here still 111 stay; 
 
 for I do like it well. 
 
 15 Her food I '11 greatly bless ; her poor 
 
 with bread will satisfy. 
 
 16 Her priests I'll clothe with health; her 
 
 shall shout forth joyfully, [saints 
 
PSALM CXXXIl. 263 
 
 17 And there will I make David's horn 
 
 to bud forth pleasantly : 
 For him that mine anointed is 
 a lamp ordained have I. 
 
 18 As with a garment I will clothe 
 
 with shame his en'mies all: 
 But yet the crown that he doth wear 
 upon him flourish shall. 
 
 133 PSALM CXXXIIL 
 
 1 T) EHOLD, how good a thing it is, 
 J3 and how becoming well. 
 Together such as brethren are 
 
 in unity to dwell! 
 
 2 Like precious ointment on the head, 
 
 that down the beard did flow, 
 Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts 
 did of his garments go. 
 
 3 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth 
 
 on Sion' hills descend : 
 For there the blessing God commands, 
 life that shall never end. 
 
 134 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 1 T) EHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye 
 J3 that his attendants are, 
 
 Ev'n you that in God's temple be, 
 and praise him nightly there. 
 
 2 Your hands within God's holy place 
 
 lift up, and praise his name. 
 
 3 From Sion' hill the Lord thee bless, 
 
 that heaven and earth did frame. 
 
264 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 1 "PRAISE ye the Lord, the Lora s 
 X name praise ; 
 
 his servants, praise ye God. 
 
 2 Who stand in God's house, in the courts 
 
 of our God make abode. 
 
 3 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good ; 
 
 unto him praises sing : 
 Sing praises to his name, because 
 it is a pleasant thing. 
 
 4 For Jacob to himself the Lord 
 
 did chuse of his good pleasure. 
 And he hath chosen Israel 
 for his peculiar treasure. 
 
 5 Because I know assuredly 
 
 the Lord is very great. 
 And that our Lord above all gods 
 in glory hath his seat. 
 
 6 What things soever pleased the Lord, 
 
 that in the heaven did he. 
 And in the earth, the seas, and all 
 the places deep that be. 
 
 7 He from the ends of earth doth make 
 
 the vapours to ascend ; 
 With rain he lightnings makes, and wind 
 doth from his treasures send. 
 
 8 Egypt's firstr-born, from man to beast 
 
 9 who smote. Strange tokens he 
 On Phar oh and his servants sent, 
 
 Egypt, in midst of thee. 
 
 10 He smote great nations, slew great 
 
 1 1 Sihon of Heshbon king, [kings : 
 
PSALM CXXXY. 265 
 
 And Og of Bashan, and to nought 
 did Canaan's kingdoms bring : 
 
 12 And for a wealthy heritage 
 
 their pleasant land he gave. 
 An heritage which Israel, 
 his chosen folk, should have. 
 
 13 Thy name, Lord, shall still endure, 
 
 and thy memorial 
 With honour shall continued be 
 to generations all. 
 
 14 For why? the righteous God will judge 
 
 his people righteously; 
 Concerning those that do him serve, 
 himself repent will he. 
 
 15 The idols of the nations 
 
 of silver are and gold. 
 And by the hands of men is made 
 their fashion and mould. 
 
 16 Mouths have they, but they do not 
 
 eyes, but they do not see ; [speak; 
 
 17 Ears have they, but hear not ; and in 
 
 their mouths no breathing be. 
 
 18 Their makers are like them; so are 
 
 all that on them rely. 
 
 19 Isr el's house, bless God; bless God, 
 
 Aaron's family. 
 
 20 bless the Lord, of Levi's house 
 
 ye who his servants are ; 
 And bless the holy name of God, 
 all ye the Lord that fear. 
 
 21 And blessed be the Lord our God 
 
 from Sion's holy hill. 
 
266 PSALM GXXXV. 
 
 Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 
 The Lord praise ye still. 
 
 136 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 i r^ IVE thanks to God, for good is he: 
 vX for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 2 Thanks to the God of gods give ye : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 3 Thanks give the Lord of lords unto : 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 4 Who only wonders great can do : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 5 Who by his wisdom made heav'ns high: 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 6 Who stretch'd the earth above the sea: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 7 To him that made the great lights 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. ^ [shine : 
 
 8 The sun to rule till day decline : 
 
 for his grace faileth never- 
 
 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 10 Who Egypt's first-born kill'd outright: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 11 And Isr'el brought from Egypt land: 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 1 2 With stretch'd-out arm, and with strong 
 
 for his grace faileth never, [hand : 
 
 13 By whom the Red Sea parted was : 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 14 And through its midst made Isr'el 
 
 for his grace faileth never. [pass : 
 
PSALM CXXXVI. 267 
 
 15 But Phar'oh and his host did drown : 
 
 for mercy hath he ever. 
 
 16 Who through the desert led his own: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 17 To him great kings who overthrew: 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 18 Yea, famous kings in battle slew: 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 19 Ev'n Sihon king of Amorites: 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 20 And Og the king of Bashanites : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 21 Their land in heritage to have: 
 
 (for mercy hath he ever.) 
 
 22 His servant Isr'el right he gave : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 23 In our low state who on us thought : 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 24 And from our foes our freedom 
 
 wrought : 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 25 Who doth all flesh with food relieve : 
 
 for he hath mercy ever. 
 
 26 Thanks to the God of heaven give : 
 
 for his grace faileth never. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 pRAISE God, for he is kind: 
 X His mercy lasts for aye. 
 
 2 Give thanks with heart and mind 
 To God of gods alway : 
 
268 PSALM CXXXVI. 
 
 For certainly 
 His mercies dure 
 Most firm and sure 
 
 Eternally. 
 
 3 The Lord of lords praise ye. 
 Whose mercies still endure. 
 
 4 Great wonders only he 
 
 Doth work by his great pow'r: 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 5 Which God omnipotent. 
 By might and wisdom high. 
 The heaven and firmament 
 Did frame, as we may see : 
 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 6 To him who did outstretch 
 This earth so great and wide. 
 Above the waters^ reach 
 Making it to abide: 
 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 7 Great lights he made to be ; 
 For his grace lasteth aye: 
 
 8 Such as the sun we see. 
 To rule the lightsome day: 
 
 For certainly, Sfc- 
 
 9 Also the moon so clear. 
 Which shineth in our sight; 
 The stars that do appear. 
 
 To guide the darksome night; 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 10 To him that Egypt smote. 
 Who did his message scorn; 
 
PSALM CXXXVL 269 
 
 And in his anger hot 
 Did kill all their first-born: 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 11 Thence Isr'el out he brought; 
 For his grace lasteth ever. 
 
 12 With a strong hand he wrought. 
 And stretch'd-out arm deliver : 
 
 For certainly, 8fc, 
 
 13 The Sea he cut in two ; 
 For his grace lasteth still. 
 
 14 And through its midst to go 
 Made his own Israel : 
 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 15 But overwhelmed and lost 
 Was proud king Pharaoh, 
 With all his mighty host. 
 And chariots there also : 
 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 16 To him who powerfully 
 His chosen people led, 
 Ev'n through the desert dry. 
 And in that place them fed: 
 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 17 To him great kings who smote; 
 For his grace hath no bound. 
 
 18 Who slew, and spared not 
 Kings famous and renown'd : 
 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 19 Sihon the Am^ritese king ; 
 For his grace lasteth ever: 
 
270 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 20 Og also^ who did reign 
 The land of Bashan over: 
 
 For certainly, §-c. 
 
 21 Their land by lot he gave; 
 For his grace faileth never, 
 
 22 That Isr'el might it have 
 In heritage for ever: 
 
 For certainly, &;c. 
 
 23 Who hath remembered 
 Us in our low estate ; 
 
 24 And us delivered 
 
 From foes which did us hate: 
 For certainly, Sfc. 
 
 25 Who to all flesh gives food; 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 26 Give thanks to God most good. 
 The God of heav'n, for ever : 
 
 For certainly, &fc. 
 
 137 PSALM CXXXVII. 
 
 1 T) Y Babel's streams we sat and wept, 
 XJ when Sion we thought on. 
 
 2 In midst thereof we hang'd our harps 
 
 the willow-trees upon. 
 
 3 For there a song required they, 
 
 who did us captive bring: 
 Our spoilers calFd for mu'th, and said, 
 A song of Sion sing. 
 
 4 how the Lord's song shall we sing 
 
 within a foreign land? 
 
 5 If thee, Jerusalem, I forget, 
 
 skill part from my right hand. 
 
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 6 My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleave, 
 
 if I do thee forget, 
 Jerusalem, and thee above 
 my chief joy do not set. 
 
 7 Remember Edom's children. Lord, 
 
 who in Jerusalem's day, 
 Ev n unto its foundation, 
 Raze, raze it quite, did say. 
 
 8 daughter thou of Babylon, 
 
 near to destruction; 
 Bless'd shall he be that thee rewards, 
 as thou to us hast done. 
 
 9 Yea, happy surely shall he be 
 
 thy tender little ones 
 Who shall lay hold upon, and them 
 shall dash against the stones. 
 
 138 PSALM CXXXVIII. 
 
 1 T^HEE will I praise with all my heart, 
 X I will sing praise to thee ^ 
 
 2 Before the gods : And worship will 
 
 toward thy sanctuary. 
 1 ^11 praise thj name, ev'n for thy truth, 
 
 and kindness of thy love ; 
 For thou thy word hast magnify'd 
 
 all thy great name above. 
 
 3 Thou didst me answer in the day 
 
 when I to thee did cry ; 
 And thou my fainting soul with strength 
 didst strengthen inwardly. 
 
 4 AH kings upon the earth that are 
 
 shall give thee praise, Lord ; 
 
272 PSALM CXXXYIII. 
 
 When as they from thy mouth shall hear 
 thy true aud faithful word. 
 
 5 Yea, in the righteous ways of God 
 
 with gladness they shall sing : 
 For great's the glory of the Lord, 
 who doth for ever reign. 
 
 6 Though God be high, yet he respects 
 
 all those that lowly be ; 
 Whereas the proud and lofty ones 
 afar off knoweth he. 
 
 7 Though I in midst of trouble walk, 
 
 I life from thee shall have : 
 ^Gainst my foes' wrath thou 'It stretch 
 thine hand : 
 thy right hand shall me save. 
 
 8 Surely that which concerneth me 
 
 the Lord will perfect make : 
 Lord, still thy mercy lasts ; do not 
 thine own hands' works forsake. 
 
 139 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 1 f\ LORD, thou hast me searched 
 yj and known. 
 
 2 Thou know'st my sitting down. 
 And rising up ; yea, all my thoughts 
 
 afar to thee are known. 
 
 3 My footsteps, and my lying down, 
 
 thou compassest always ; 
 Thou also most entirely art 
 acquaint with all my ways. 
 
 4 For in my tongue, before I speak, 
 
 not any word can be. 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. 273 
 
 But altogether, lo, Lord, 
 it is well known to thee. 
 
 5 Behind, before, thou hast beset, 
 
 and laid on me thine hand. 
 
 6 Such knowledge is too strange for me, 
 
 too high to understand. 
 
 7 From thy Sp rit whither shall I go ? 
 
 or from thy presence fly ? 
 
 8 Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there; 
 
 there, if in hell I lie. 
 
 9 Take I the morning wings, and dwell 
 
 in utmost parts of sea ; [lead, 
 
 10 Ev'n there. Lord, shall thy hand me 
 
 thy right hand hold shall me. 
 
 11 If I do say that darkness shall 
 
 me cover fi'om thy sight. 
 Then surely shall the very night 
 about me be as light. 
 
 12 Yea, darkness hideth not from thee, 
 
 but night doth shine as day : 
 To thee the darkness and the light 
 are both alike alway. 
 
 13 For thou possessed hast my reins, 
 
 and thou hast covered me. 
 When I within my mother's womb 
 inclosed was by thee. 
 
 14 Thee will I praise ; for fearfully 
 
 and strangely made 1 am ; 
 Thy works are marvllous, and right well 
 my soul doth know the same. 
 
 15 My substance was not hid from thee, 
 
 when as in secret I g 
 
274 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 "W as made ; and in earth's lowest parts 
 was wrought most curiously. 
 
 16 Thine eyes my substance did behold, 
 
 yet being unperfect ; 
 And in the volume of thy book 
 my members all were writ ; 
 
 Which after in continuance 
 were fashionM ev'ry one. 
 
 When as they yet all shapeless were, 
 and of them there was none. 
 
 17 How precious also are thy thoughts, 
 
 gracious God, to me ! 
 
 And in their sum how passing great 
 and numberless they be ! 
 
 18 If I should count them, than the sand 
 
 they more in number be : 
 What time soever I awake, 
 
 1 ever am with thee. 
 
 19 Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay 
 
 hence from me bloody men. 
 
 20 Thy foes against thee loudly speak, 
 
 and take thy name in vain. 
 
 21 Do not I hate all those, Lord, 
 
 that hatred bear to thee ? 
 With those that up against thee rise 
 can I but grieved be? 
 
 22 With perfect hatred them I hate, 
 
 my foes I them do hold. 
 
 23 Search me, God, and know my heart, 
 
 try me, my thoughts unfold : 
 
 24 And see if any wicked way 
 
 there be at all in me; 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. 275 
 
 And in thine everlasting way 
 to me a leader be. 
 
 140 PSALM CXL. 
 
 1 T ORD, jfrom the ill and froward man 
 J-J give me deliverance. 
 
 And do thou safe preserve me from 
 the man of violence : 
 
 2 Who in their heart mischievous things 
 
 are meditating ever; 
 And they for war assembled are 
 continually together. 
 
 3 Much like unto a serpent's tongue 
 
 their tongues they sharp do make ; 
 And underneath their lips there lies 
 the poison of a snake. 
 
 4 Lord, keep me from the wicked's hands, 
 
 from violent men me save ; 
 Who utterly to overthrow 
 my goings purposed have. 
 
 5 The proud for me a snare have hid, 
 
 and cords ; yea, they a net 
 Have by the way-side for me spread ; 
 they gins for me have set. 
 
 6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art 
 
 my God : unto the cry 
 Of all my supplications. 
 Lord, do thine ear apply. 
 
 7 God the Lord, who art the strength 
 
 of my salvation : 
 A covering in the day of war 
 my head thou hast put on. 
 
276 PSALM CXL. 
 
 8 Unto the wicked man, Lord, 
 
 his wishes do not grant ; 
 Nor further thou his ill device, 
 lest they themselves should vaunt. 
 
 9 As for the head and chief of those 
 
 about that compass me, ^ 
 Ev'n by the mischief of their lips 
 let thou them cover'd be. 
 
 10 Let burning coals upon them fall, 
 
 them throw in fiery flame. 
 And in deep pits, that they no more 
 may rise out of the same. 
 
 11 Let not an evil speaker be 
 
 on earth established: 
 Mischief shall hunt the vi'lent man, 
 till he be ruined. 
 
 12 I know God will th' afflicted's cause 
 
 maintain, and poor men's right. 
 
 13 Surely the just shall praise thy name; 
 
 th' upright dwell in thy sight. 
 
 141 PSALM CXLL 
 
 1 f\ LORD, I unto thee do cry, 
 W do thou make haste to me, 
 And give an ear unto my voice, 
 
 when I cry unto thee. 
 
 2 As incense let my prayer be 
 
 directed in thine eyes ; 
 And the uplifting of my hands 
 as th^ evening sacrifice. 
 
 3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth, 
 
 keep of my lips the door. 
 
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 4 My heart incline thou not unto 
 
 the ills I should abhor. 
 To practise wicked works with men 
 
 that work iniquity; 
 And with their delicates my taste 
 
 let me not satisfy. 
 
 5 Let him that righteous is me smite, 
 
 it shall a kindness be ; 
 Let him reprove, I shall it count 
 
 a precious oil to me : 
 Such smiting shall not break my head; 
 
 for yet^ the time shall fall, 
 When I in their calamities 
 
 to God pray for them shall. 
 
 6 When as their judges down shall be 
 
 in stony places cast, 
 Then shall they hear my words ; for they 
 shall sweet be to their taste. 
 
 7 About the grave's devouring mouth 
 
 our bones are scattered round. 
 As wood which men do cut and cleave 
 lies scattered on the ground. 
 
 8 But unto thee, God the Lord, 
 
 mine eyes uplifted be: 
 My soul do not leave destitute ; 
 my trust is set on thee. 
 
 9 Lord,^ keep me safely from the snares 
 
 which they for me prepare; 
 And from the subtile gins of them 
 that wicked workers are. 
 
 10 Let workers of iniquity 
 into their own nets fall. 
 
278 PSALM CXLl. 
 
 Whilst I do, by thine help, escape 
 the danger of them all. 
 
 142 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 1 T WITH my voice cry'd to the Lord. 
 X with it made my request : 
 
 2 Pour'd out to him my plaint, to him 
 
 my trouble 1 exprest. [sp'rit, 
 
 3 When in me was overwhelmed my 
 
 then well thou knew'st my way ; 
 Where I did walk a snare for me 
 they privily did lay. 
 
 4 I look'd on my right hand, and view'd, 
 
 but none to know me were ; 
 All refuge failed me, no man 
 did for my soul take care. 
 
 5 I cry'd to thee ; I said, Thou art 
 
 my refuge. Lord, alone ; 
 And in the land of those that live 
 thou art my portion. 
 
 6 Because I am brought very low, 
 
 attend unto my cry: 
 Me fi'om my persecutors save, 
 who stronger are than L 
 
 7 From prison bring my soul, that I 
 
 thy name may glorify : 
 The just shall compass me, when thou 
 with me deal'st bounteously. 
 
 143 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 1 T ORD, hear my pray r, attend my 
 JLj and in thy faithfulness [suits ; 
 
PSALM CXLIII. 279 
 
 Give thou an answer unto me, 
 and in thy righteousness. 
 
 2 Thy sei-vant also bring thou not 
 
 in judgment to be try'd : 
 Because no Uving man can be 
 in thy sight justify'd. 
 
 3 For th' en'my hath pursued my soul, 
 
 my life to ground down tread : 
 In darkness he hath made me dwell, 
 as who have long been dead. 
 
 4 My sp'rit is therefore overwhelm'd 
 
 in me perplexedly; 
 Within me is my very heart 
 amazed wondrously. 
 
 5 I call to mind the days of old, 
 
 to meditate I use 
 On all thy works ; upon the deeds 
 I of thy hands do muse. 
 
 6 My hands to thee I stretch ; my soul 
 
 thirsts, as dry land, for thee. 
 
 7 Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails : 
 
 hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Lest like to them I do become 
 that go down to the dust. 
 
 8 At morn let me thy kindness hear ; 
 
 for in thee do I trust. 
 Teach me the way that I should walk : 
 I lift my soul to thee. 
 
 9 Lord, free me from my foes ; I flee 
 
 to thee to cover me. 
 
 10 Because thou art my God, to do 
 thy will do me instruct : 
 
280 PSALM CXLIIL 
 
 Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the land 
 of uprightness conduct. 
 
 1 1 Revive and quicken me, Lord, 
 
 ev^n for thine own name^s sake ; 
 And do thou, for thy righteousness, 
 my soul from trouble take. 
 
 12 And of thy mercy slay my foes; 
 
 let all destroyed be 
 That do afflict my soul : for I 
 a servant am to thee. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 OH, hear my prayer. Lord, 
 yj And unto my desire 
 
 To bow thine ear accord, 
 I humbly thee require; 
 And, in thy faithfulness. 
 Unto me answer make. 
 And, in thy righteousness. 
 Upon me pity take. 
 
 2 In judgment enter not 
 With me thy servant poor; 
 For why, this well I wot. 
 No sinner can endure 
 
 The sight of thee, God : 
 If thou his deeds shalt try. 
 He dare make none abode 
 Himself to justify. 
 
 3 Behold, the cruel foe 
 Me persecutes with spite. 
 My soul to overthrow: 
 Yea, he my life down quite 
 
PSALM CXLIIL 281 
 
 Unto the ground hath smote, 
 And made me dwell full low 
 In darkness, as forgot. 
 Or men dead long ago. 
 
 Therefore my sp rit much vexM, 
 O'erwhelm'd is me within; 
 My heart right sore perplexed 
 And desolate hath been. 
 Yet I do call to mind 
 What ancient days record, 
 Thy works of ev ry kind 
 I think upon, Lord. 
 
 Lo, I do stretch my hands 
 To thee, my help alone; 
 For thou well understands 
 All my complaint and moan: 
 My thirsting soul desires. 
 And longeth after thee. 
 As thirsty ground requires 
 With rain refreshed to be. 
 
 Lord, let my pray'r prevail. 
 To answer it make speed; 
 For, lo, my sp'rit doth fail: 
 Hide not thy face in need; 
 Lest I be like to those 
 That do in darkness sit. 
 Or him that downward goes 
 Into the dreadful pit. 
 
 Because I trust in thee, 
 Lord, cause me to hear 
 Thy loving-kindness free. 
 When morning doth appears 
 
282 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 Cause me to know the way 
 Wherein my path should be; 
 For why, my soul on high 
 I do lift up to thee. 
 
 9 From my fierce enemy 
 In safety do me guide. 
 Because I flee to thee. 
 Lord, that thou may'st me hide. 
 
 10 My God alone art thou. 
 Teach me thy righteousness: 
 Thy Spirit ^s good, lead me to 
 The land of uprightness. 
 
 11 Lord, for thy name's sake. 
 Be pleas'd to quicken me; 
 And, for thy truth, forth take 
 My soul from misery. 
 
 12 And of thy grace destroy 
 My foes, and put to shame 
 All who my soul annoy; 
 For I thy servant am. 
 
 144 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 1 r\ BLESSED ever be the Lord, 
 \J who is my strength and might, 
 Who doth instruct my hands to war, 
 
 my fingers teach to fight. 
 
 2 My goodness, fortress, my high tow'r, 
 
 deliverer, and shield. 
 In whom 1 trust : who under me 
 my people makes to yield. 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, that thou of him 
 
 dost so much knowledge take ? 
 
PSALM CXLIV. 283 
 
 Or son of man, that thou of him 
 so great account dost make? 
 
 4 Man is like vanity ; his days, 
 
 as shadows, pass away. [thou 
 
 5 Lord,bowthyheav ns,come down,touch 
 
 the hills, and smoke shall they. 
 
 6 Cast forth thy lightning, scatter them; 
 
 thine arrows shoot, them rout. 
 
 7 Thine hand send from above, me save ; 
 
 from great depths draw me out ; 
 And from the hand of children strange, 
 
 8 Whose mouth speaks vanity ; 
 And their right hand is a right hand 
 
 that works deceitfully. 
 
 9 A new song I to thee will sing. 
 
 Lord, on a psaltery ; 
 I on a ten-string'd instrument 
 will praises sing to thee. 
 
 1 Ev'n he it is that unto kings 
 
 salvation doth send; 
 Who his own servant David doth 
 from hurtful sword defend. 
 
 11 free me from strange children's hand, 
 
 whose mouth speaks vanity ; 
 And their right hand a right hand is 
 that works deceitfully. 
 
 12 That, as the plants, our sons may be 
 
 in youth grown up that are ; 
 Our daughters like to corner-stones, 
 carv'd like a palace fair. 
 
 13 That to afford all kind of store 
 
 our garners may be fiU'd ; 
 
284 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 That our sheep thousands, in our streets 
 ten thousands they may yield. 
 
 14 That strong our oxen be for work, 
 
 that no in-breaking be. 
 Nor going out ; and that our streets 
 may from complaints be free. 
 
 15 Those people blessed are who be 
 
 in such a case as this ; 
 Yea, blessed all those people are, 
 whose God JEHOVAH is. 
 
 145 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 1 T'LL thee extol, my God, King; 
 X I ^11 bless thy name always. 
 
 2 Thee will I bless each day, and will 
 
 thy name for ever praise. 
 
 3 Great is the Lord, much to be prais'd; 
 
 his greatness search exceeds. 
 
 4 Race unto race shall praise thy works, 
 
 and shew thy mighty deeds. 
 
 5 I of thy glorious majesty 
 
 the honour will record ; 
 I '11 speak of all thy mighty works, 
 which wondrous are, Lord. 
 
 6 Men of thine acts the might shall show, 
 
 thine acts that dreadful are ; 
 And I, thy glory to advance, 
 thy greatness will declare. 
 
 7 The memory of thy goodness great 
 
 they largely shall express ; 
 With songs of praise they shall extol 
 thy perfect righteousness. 
 
FSALM CXLV. 285 
 
 8 The Lord is very gracious, 
 
 in him compassions flow ; 
 In mercy he is very great, 
 and is to anger slow. 
 
 9 The Lord JEHOVAH unto all 
 
 his goodness doth declare ; 
 And over all his other works 
 his tender mercies are. 
 
 10 Thee all thy works shall praise, Loi'd, 
 
 and thee thy saints shall bless ; 
 
 1 1 They shall thy kingdom's glory show, 
 
 thy pow r by speech express : 
 
 1 2 To make the sons of men to know 
 
 his acts done mightily, 
 And of his kingdom th' excellent 
 and glorious majesty. 
 
 13 Thy kingdom shall for ever stand, 
 
 thy reign through ages all. 
 
 14 God raiseth all that are bow'd down, 
 
 upholdeth all that fall. 
 
 15 The eyes of all things wait on thee, 
 
 the giver of all good ; 
 And thou, in time convenient, 
 bestow'st on them their food. 
 
 16 Thine hand thou open'st liberally, 
 
 and of thy bounty gives 
 Enough to satisfy the need 
 of ev'ry thing that lives. 
 
 17 The Lord is just in all his ways, 
 
 holy in his works all. 
 
 18 God's near to all that call on him, 
 
 in truth that on him call. 
 
286 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 19 He will accomplish the desire 
 
 of those that do him fear : 
 He also will deliver them, 
 and he their cry will hear. 
 
 20 The Lord preserves all who him love, 
 
 that nought can them annoy : 
 But he all those that wicked are 
 will utterly destroy. 
 
 21 My mouth the praises of the Lord 
 
 to publish cease shall never : 
 Let all flesh bless his holy name 
 for ever and for ever. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 r\ LORD, thou art my God and King; 
 yj Thee will I magnify and praise : 
 
 I will thee bless, and gladly sing 
 Unto thy holy name always. 
 
 2 Each day I rise I will thee bless. 
 And praise thy name time without end. 
 
 3 Much to be prais'd, and great God is; 
 His greatness none can comprehend. 
 
 4 Race shall thy works praise unto race, 
 The mighty acts show done by thee. 
 
 5 I will speak of the glorious grace. 
 And honour of thy majesty ; 
 
 Thy wondrous works I will record. 
 
 6 By mxCn the might shall be extoU'd 
 Of all thy dreadful acts, Lord : 
 And I thy greatness will unfold. 
 
 7 They utter shall abundantly 
 
 The mem ry of thv goodness great ; 
 
PSALM CXLV. 287 
 
 And shall sing praises cheerfully. 
 Whilst they thy righteousness relate 
 
 8 The Lord our God is gracious. 
 Compassionate is he also ; 
 
 In mercy he is plenteous. 
 
 But unto wrath and anger slow. 
 
 9 Good unto all men is the Lord : 
 O'er all his works his mercy is. 
 
 10 Thy works all praise to thee afford: 
 Thy saints, Lord, thy name shall 
 
 1 1 The glory of thy kingdom show [bless. 
 Shall they, and of thy power tell ; 
 
 12 That so men s sons his deeds may know. 
 His kingdom's grace that doth excel. 
 
 13 Thy kingdom hath none end at all. 
 It doth through ages all remain. 
 
 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall. 
 The cast-down raiseth up again. 
 
 15 The eyes of all things. Lord, attend. 
 And on thee wait that here do live. 
 And thou, in season due, dost send 
 Sufficient food them to reheve. 
 
 16 Yea, thou thine hand dost open wide. 
 And ev'ry thing dost satisfy 
 
 That lives, and doth on earth abide. 
 Of thy great liberality. 
 
 17 The Lord is just in his ways all. 
 And holy in his works each one. 
 
 18 He's near to all that on him call. 
 Who call in truth on him alone. 
 
 19 God will the just desire fulfil 
 
 Of such as do him fear and dread : 
 
288 PSALM CXLV; 
 
 Their cry regard, and hear he will. 
 And save them in the time of need. 
 
 20 The Lord preserves all, more and less, 
 That bear to him a loving heart : 
 Bnt workers all of wickedness 
 Destroy will he, and clean subvert. 
 
 21 Therefore my mouth and lips I'll frame 
 To speak the praises of the Lord: 
 To magnify his holy name 
 
 For ever let all flesh accord. 
 
 146 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 1 pRAISE God. The Lord praise, 
 jL my soul. 
 
 2 I ^11 praise God while I live ; 
 While I have being to my God 
 
 in songs I'll praises give. 
 
 3 Trust not in princes, nor man's son, 
 
 in whom there is no stay : 
 
 4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns; 
 
 that day his thoughts decay. 
 
 5 happy is that man and blest, 
 
 whom Jacob's God doth aid ; 
 Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest, 
 and on his God is stay'd : 
 
 6 Who made the earth and heavens high, 
 
 who made the swelling deep. 
 And all that is within the same ; 
 
 who truth doth ever keep : / , 
 
 7 Who righteous judgment executes 
 
 for those oppress'd that be. 
 
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 Who to the hungry giveth food ; 
 God sets the prisoners free. 
 
 8 The Lord doth give the Wind their sight, 
 
 the bowed down doth raise : 
 The Lord doth dearly love all those 
 that walk in upright ways. 
 
 9 The stranger's shield, the widow's stay, 
 
 the orphan^s help, is he: 
 But yet by him the wicked's way 
 
 turn'd upside down shall be. 
 10 The Lord shall reign for evermore: 
 
 thy God, Sion, he 
 Reigns to all generations. 
 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 147 PSALM CXLVIL 
 
 ^ T)RAISE ye the Lord ; for it is good 
 X praise to our God to sing : 
 For it is pleasant, and to praise 
 it is a comely thing. 
 
 2 God doth build up Jerusalem; 
 
 and he it is alone 
 That the dispersed of Israel 
 doth gather into one. 
 
 3 Those that are broken in their heart, 
 
 and grieved in their minds. 
 He healeth, and their painful wounds 
 he tenderly up-binds. 
 
 4 He counts the number of the stars ; 
 
 he na^nes them ev^ry one. 
 
 5 Great is our Lord, and of great powr; 
 
 his wisdom search can none. 
 
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290 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 6 The Lord lifts up the meek ; and casts 
 
 ^ the wicked to the ground. 
 
 7 Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks; 
 
 on harp his praises sound ; 
 
 8 Who covereth the heav'n with clouds, 
 
 who for the earth below 
 Prepareth rain, who maketh grass 
 upon the mountains grow. 
 
 9 He gives the beast his food, he feeds 
 
 the ravens young that cry. 
 
 10 His pleasure not in horses^ strength, 
 
 nor in man s legs, doth lie. 
 
 1 1 But in all those that do him fear 
 
 the Lord doth pleasure take ; 
 In those that to his mercy do 
 by hope themselves betake. 
 
 12 The Lord praise, Jerusalem; 
 
 Sion, thy God confess : 
 
 13 For thy gates' bars he maketh strong; 
 
 thy sons in thee doth bless. 
 
 14 He in thy borders maketh peace; 
 
 with fine wheat fiUeth thee. 
 
 15 He sends forth his command on earth, 
 
 his word runs speedily. 
 
 16 Hoar-frost, like ashes, scatt^reth he; 
 
 like wool he snow doth give: 
 
 1 7 Like morsels casteth forth his ice ; 
 
 who in its cold can live ? 
 
 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word, 
 
 and melteth them again ; 
 His wind he makes to blow, and then 
 the waters flow amain. 
 
PSALM CXLVII. 291 
 
 J 9 The doctrine of his holy word 
 to Jacob he doth show ; 
 His statutes and his judgments he 
 gives Israel to know. 
 20 To any nation never he 
 such favour did afford; 
 For they his judgments have not known. 
 do ye praise the Lord. 
 
 148 PSALM CXLVIIL 
 
 1 T)RAISE God. From heavens praise 
 ± theLord^ 
 
 in heights praise to him be. 
 
 2 All ye his angels, praise ye him ; 
 
 his hosts all, praise him ye. 
 
 3 praise ye him, both sun and moon, 
 
 praise him, all stars of light. 
 
 4 Ye heavens of heav'ns him praise, and 
 
 floods 
 above the heavens' height. 
 
 5 Let all the creatures praise the name 
 
 of our almighty Lord : 
 For he commanded, and they were 
 created by his word. 
 
 6 He also, for all times to come, 
 
 hath them established sure ; 
 He hath appointed them a law, 
 which ever shall endure. 
 
 7 Praise ye JEHOVAH from the earth, 
 
 dragons, and ev'ry deep : 
 
 8 Fire, hail, snow, vapour, stormy wind, 
 
 his word that fully keep. 
 
292 PSALM CXLVIIl. 
 
 9 All hills and mountains, fi'uitful trees, 
 and all ye cedars high : ^ 
 
 10 Beasts, and all cattle, creeping things", 
 
 and all ye birds that fly. 
 
 1 1 Kings of the earth, all nations, 
 
 princes, earth's judges all : 
 
 12 Both young men, yea, and maidens too, 
 
 old men, and children small. 
 
 13 Let them God's name praise; for his 
 
 alone is excellent: [name 
 
 His glory reacheth far above 
 the earth and firmament. 
 
 14 His people's horn, the praise of all 
 
 his saints, exalteth he ; 
 Ev'n Israel's seed, a people near 
 to him. The Lord praise ye. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 nPHE Lord of heav'n confess, 
 X On high his glory raise. 
 
 2 Him let all angels bless, ^ 
 
 Him all his armies praise. 
 
 3 Him glorify 
 
 Sun, moon, and stars; 
 
 4 Ye higher spheres. 
 And cloudy sky. 
 
 5 From God your beings are. 
 
 Him therefore famous make; 
 You all created were. 
 
 When he the word but spake. 
 
 6 And fi'om that place. 
 
 Where fix'd you be 
 
PSALM CXLVIIl. 293 
 
 By his decree. 
 You cannot pass. 
 
 7 Praise God from earth below. 
 
 Ye di'agons, and ye deeps: 
 
 8 Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow, 
 
 Whom in command he keeps. 
 
 9 Praise ye his name. 
 
 Hills great and small. 
 Trees low and tall; 
 
 10 Beasts wild and tame; 
 
 All things that creep or fly. 
 
 11 Ye kings, ye vulgar throng, 
 All princes mean or high; 
 
 12 Both men and virgins young, 
 
 Ev^n young and old, 
 
 13 Exalt his name; 
 For much his fame 
 
 Should be extoll'd. 
 
 O let God's name be praisM 
 Above both earth and sky; 
 
 14 For he his saints hath rais'd. 
 
 And set their horn on high: 
 Ev'n those that be 
 Of Israel's race. 
 Near to his grace. 
 The Lord praise ye. 
 
 149 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 1 T) RAISE ye the Lord: unto him sing 
 Jl a new song, and his praise 
 Li the assembly of his saints 
 in sweet psalms do ye raise. 
 
294 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 2 Let Isr'el in his Maker joy, 
 
 and to him praises sing : 
 Let all that Sion's childi-en are 
 be joj^ful in their King. 
 
 3 let them unto his great name 
 
 give praises in the dance ; 
 Let them with timbrel and with harp 
 in songs his praise advance. 
 
 4 For God doth pleasure take in those 
 
 that his own people be ; 
 
 And he with his salvation 
 
 the meek will beautify. 
 
 5 And in his glory excellent 
 
 let all his saints rejoice: 
 Let them to him upon their beds 
 aloud lift up their voice. 
 
 6 Let in their mouth aloft be rais'd 
 
 the high praise of the Lord, 
 And let them have in their right hand 
 a sharp two-edged sword; 
 
 7 To execute the vengeance due 
 
 upon the heathen all. 
 And make deserved punishment 
 upon the people fall. 
 
 8 And ev'n with chains, as prisoners, bind 
 
 their kings that them command ; 
 Yea, and with iron fetters strong, 
 the nobles of their land. 
 
 9 On them the judgment to perform 
 
 found written in his word : 
 
 This honour is to all his saints. 
 
 O do ye praise the Lord. 
 
PSALM CL. 295 
 
 1 "pRAISE ye the Lord. God's praise 
 Jl his sanctuary raise; [within 
 And to him in the firmament 
 
 of his powV give ye praise. 
 
 2 Because of all his mighty acts, 
 
 with praise him magnify : 
 praise him, as he doth excel 
 in glorious majesty. 
 
 3 Praise him with trumpet's sound ; his 
 
 with psaltery advance: [praise 
 
 4 With timbrel, harp, string'd instruments, 
 
 and organs, in the dance. 
 
 5 Praise him on cymbals loud ; him praise 
 
 on cymbals sounding high. 
 
 6 Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. 
 
 Praise to the Lord give ye.