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FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D 
 
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 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
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 DEVOTIONAL PIECES, 
 
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 BOOK OF JOB: 
 
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 TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, 
 
 THOUGHTS 
 
 ON THE 
 
 DEVOTIONAL TASTE, 
 
 ON SECTS, AND ON 
 ESTABLISHMENTS. 
 
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 Praife is devotion fit for mighty minds; 
 The differing world's agreeing facrifice. 
 
 GONDIBERT, 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, No. 72, ST. PAUL'S 
 CHURCH-YARD. 
 
 MDCCLXXV, 
 
TO THE 
 
 Rev d . JOHN AIKIN, D. D. 
 
 PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY 
 IN THE ACADEMY AT WARRINGTON; 
 
 THIS PIECE, 
 
 INTENDED TO SERVE THAT CAUSE, 
 
 TO WHICH THE LABOURS OF HIS LIFE 
 
 HAVE EEEN SO HONOURABLY AND SUCCESSFULLY DEVOTED; 
 
 THE CAUSE OF RELIGION AND VIRTUEJ 
 
 AS A TESTIMONY OF VENERATION 
 
 10ST RESPECTABLE OF CH. 
 
 AS A TRIBUTE OF DUTY 
 TO THE TENDEREST OF PARENTS} 
 
 IS INSCRIBED, 
 
 BY HIS GRATEFUL AND OBEDIENT DAUGHTER, 
 
 Palgrave, Suffolk, 
 
 July ioth, 1775. ANNA L^TITIA BARBAULD. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 CT*HOUGHTS on the Devotional 
 
 Tajte, on SeEls, and on Eflablifh- 
 
 ments. - - i. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 Moral Pf alms. - - 53, 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Pfalms of Praife, Penitence, and 
 
 Prayer. - - jg< 
 
 PART III. 
 
 Occafional and Prophetic Pfalms. 171. 
 
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THOUGHTS 
 
 ON THE 
 
 DEVOTIONAL TASTE, 
 
 on SECTS, 
 
 AND ON 
 
 ESTABLISHMENTS. 
 
THOUGHTS 
 
 ON THE 
 
 DEVOTIONAL TASTE 
 
 ON SECTS, AND ON 
 
 ESTABLISHMENTS. 
 
 IT is obfervcd by a iate moft amiable* 
 and elegant writer, that Religion 
 may be confidered in three different 
 views. As a fyftem of opinions, its fole 
 objeft is truth, and the only faculty that 
 has any thing to do with it is Reafon^ 
 exerted in the freed and moft difpaflionate 
 inquiry. As a principle regulating our 
 
 B conduct? 
 
2 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 conduft, Religion is a habit, and like all 
 other habits, of flow growth, and gaining 
 ftrength only by repeated exertions. But 
 it may likewife be confidered as a tafte, 
 an affair of fentiment and feeling, and in 
 this fenfe it is properly called Devotion. 
 Its feat is in the imagination and the paf- 
 fions, and it has its fouree in that relifli 
 for the fublime, the vaft, and the beauti- 
 ful, by which we tafte the charms of po- 
 etry and other compofitions that addrefs 
 our finer feelings-, rendered more lively 
 and interefting by a fenfe of gratitude for 
 perfonal benefits. It is in a great degree 
 constitutional, and is by no means found 
 in exaft proportion to the virtue of a 
 character. 
 
 It is with relation to this laft view of 
 the fubjedt that the obfervations in this 
 effay are hazarded : for though as a rule 
 of life, the authority and falutary effedts 
 
 of 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, fcfr. 3 
 
 of religion are pretty univerfally acknow- 
 ledged, and though its tenets have been 
 defended with fufficient zeal; its affections 
 languifh, the fpirit of Devotion is certain- 
 ly at a very low ebb amongft us, and 
 what is furprifing, it has fallen, I know 
 not how, into a certain contempt, and is 
 treated with great indifference, amon-ft 
 many of thofe who value themfelves on 
 the purity of their faith, and who are dif- 
 tinguifhed by the fweetnefs of their mo- 
 rals. As the religious affe&ions in a great 
 meafure rife and fall with the pulfe, and 
 are affe6ted by every thing which a£ts 
 upon the imagination, they are apt to run 
 into ftrange exceffes, and if directed by a 
 melancholy or enthufiaftic faith, their 
 workings are often too ftrong for a weak 
 head, or a delicate frame; and for this 
 reafon they have been almoft excluded 
 from religious worfhip by many perfons 
 of real piety. It is the character of the 
 
 B 2 prefcnt 
 
4 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 prefent age to allow little to fentiment, 
 and all the warm and generous emotions 
 are treated as romantic by the fupercilious 
 brow of a cold-hearted philofophy. The 
 man of fcience, with an air of fuperiority, 
 leaves them to fome florid declaimer who 
 profeffes to work upon the paflions of the 
 lower clafs, where they are fo debafed by 
 noile and nonfenfe, that it is no wonder 
 if they move difguft in thofe of elegant 
 and better-informed minds. 
 
 Yet there is a devotion generous, li- 
 beral, and humane, the child of more ex- 
 alted feelings than bafe minds can enter 
 into, which aflimilates man to higher na- 
 tures, and lifts him "above thi3 vifible di- 
 urnal fphere." Its pleafures are ultimate* 
 and when early cultivated continue vivid 
 even in that uncomfortable feafon of life 
 when fome of the paflions are extindt, 
 when imagination is dead, and the heart 
 
 begins 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 5 
 
 begins to contraft within itfelf. Thofe 
 who want this tafte, want a fenfe, a part 
 of their nature, and fhould not prefume 
 to judge of feelings to which they muft 
 ever be ftrangers. No one pretends to 
 be a judge in poetry or the fine arts, who 
 has not both a natural and a cultivated 
 relifh for them ; and fhall the narrow- 
 minded children of earth abforbed in low 
 purfuits, dare to treat as vifionary, objects 
 which they have never made themfelves 
 acquainted with? Silence on fuch fub- 
 je&s will better become them. But to 
 vindicate the pleafures of devotion from 
 thofe who have neither tafte nor know- 
 ledge about them, is not the prefent ob- 
 ject. It rather deferves our inquiry, what 
 caufes have contributed to check the o- 
 peration of religious imprefilons amongfl 
 thofe who have fteady principles, and are 
 well difpofed to virtue. 
 
 B 3 And, 
 
6 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 And, in the firfl: place, there is nothing 
 more prejudicial to the feelings of a de- 
 vout heart, than a habit of difputing on 
 religious fubjefts. Free inquiry is un- 
 doubtedly neceflary to eftablifh a rational 
 belief; but a difputatious fpirit, and fond- 
 nefs for controverfy, gives the mind a 
 fceptical turn, with an aptnefs to call in 
 queftion the moft eftablifhed truths. It 
 is impoflible to preferve that deep reve- 
 rence for the Deity with which we ought 
 to regard him, when all his attributes, 
 and even his very exiftence become the 
 fubjeft of familiar debate. Candor de- 
 mands that a man allow his opponent an 
 unlimited freedom of fpeech, and it is not 
 eafy in the heat of difcourfe to avoid fall- 
 ing into an indecent or a carelefs exprefll- 
 on ; hence thofe who think feldomer of 
 religious fubje&s, often treat them with 
 more refpeft than thofe whofe profefllon 
 keeps them conftantly in their view. A 
 
 fober 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 7 
 
 fober Officer would be fhocked to hear 
 queftions of this nature treated with that 
 eafe and negligence with which they are 
 generally difcufled by the pra&ifed Theo- 
 logian, or the young lively Academic 
 ready primed from the fchools of logic 
 and metaphyfics. In general, I believe 
 Ave may venture to afiert, that no man, 
 who has a proper veneration for the pri- 
 mary truths of religion, will be fond of 
 making them the fubjedts of common dil- 
 courfe; any more than a perfon who lov- 
 ed with ardour and delicacy would chufe 
 to introduce the name of his miftrefs a- 
 mongft mixed companies in every light 
 and trivial converfation. The regard in 
 both cafes would be deep and filent, and 
 not apt to vent itfelf in words, unlefs call- 
 ed forth by fome interefting occafion. As 
 the ear lofes its delicacy by being only 
 obliged to hear coarfe and vulgar lan- 
 guage, fo the veneration for religion wears 
 
 B 4 off 
 
8 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 off by hearing it treated with difregard, 
 though we ourfelves are employed in de- 
 fending it ; and to this it is owing that 
 many who have confirmed themfelves in 
 the belief of religion, have never been a~ 
 ble to recover that ftrong and afFedionate 
 fenfe of it which they had before they be- 
 gan to inquire, and have wondered to find 
 their devotion weaker when their faith 
 was better grounded. Indeed, ftrong rea- 
 foning powers and quick feelings do not 
 often unite in the fame perfon. Men of a 
 fcientific turn feldom lay their hearts open 
 to imprefilon. Previoufly biafled by the 
 love of fyftem, they do indeed attend the 
 offices of religion, but they dare not trufl: 
 themfelves with the preacher, and are 
 continually upon the watch to obferve 
 whether every fentiment agrees with their 
 own particular tenets. 
 
 The fpirit of inquiry is eafily diftin- 
 
 guifhed 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &V. 9 
 
 guifhed from the fpirit of difputation. A 
 (late of doubt is not a pleafant ftate. It 
 is painful, anxious, and diftrefling beyond 
 moft others : it difpofes the mind to de- 
 jeftion and modefty. Whoever therefore 
 is fo unfortunate as not to have fettled his 
 opinions in important points, will proceed 
 in the fearch of truth with deep humility, 
 unaffe&ed earneftnefs, and a ferious at- 
 tention to every argument that may be 
 offered, which he will be much rather in- 
 clined to revolve in his own mind, than 
 to ufe as materials for difpute. Even 
 with thefe difpofitions, it is happy for a 
 man when he does not find much to alter 
 in the religious fyftem he has embraced ; 
 for if that undergoes a total revolution, 
 his religious feelings are too generally fo 
 weakened by the fhock, that they hardly 
 recover again their original tone and 
 vigour. 
 
 Shall 
 
io THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 Shall we mention Philofophy as an 
 enemy to Religion ? God forbid ! Philo- 
 fophy, 
 
 Daughter of Heaven, that flow afcending ftill 
 Inveitigating fure the form of things 
 With radiant finger points to heaven again. 
 
 Yet there is a view in which ftie exerts 
 an influence perhaps rather unfavourable 
 to the fervor of fimple piety. Philofophy 
 does indeed enlarge our conceptions of 
 the Deity, and gives us the fublimeft ideas 
 of his power and extent of dominion •, but 
 it raifes him too high for our imaginati- 
 ons to take hold of, and in a great mea- 
 fure deftroys that affectionate regard 
 which is felt by the common clafs of 
 pious chriftians. When, after contem- 
 plating the numerous produftions of this 
 earth, the various forms of being, the 
 laws, the mode of their exiftence, we rife 
 yet higher, and turn our eyes to that 
 
 magnifi- 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, & c . n 
 
 magnificent profufion of funs and fyftems 
 which aftronomy pours upon the mind — 
 When we grow acquainted with the ma- 
 jeftic order of nature, and thofe eternal 
 laws which bind the material and intellec- 
 tual worlds — When we trace the foot- 
 fteps of creative energy through regions 
 of unmeafured fpace, and Hill find new 
 wonders difclofed and pre/Ting upon the 
 view — we grow giddy with theprofpeit; 
 the mind is aftonifhed — confounded at its 
 own infignificance; we think it almoft im- 
 piety for a worm to lift its head from the 
 duft, and addrefs the Lord of fo ftupen- 
 dous a univerfe ; the idea of communion 
 with our Maker feems fhocking, and the 
 only feeling the foul is capable of in fuch 
 a moment is a deep and painful fenfe of 
 its own abafement. It is true, the fame 
 philofophy teaches that the Deity is inti^ 
 mately prefent through every part of this 
 complicated fyftem, and negle&s not any 
 
 of 
 
12 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 of his works : but this is a truth which is 
 believed without being felt ; our imagina- 
 tion cannot here keep pace with reafon, 
 and the Sovereign of nature feems ever 
 further removed from us in proportion as 
 the bounds of the creation are enlarged. 
 
 Philosophy reprefents the Deity in too 
 abftrafted a manner to engage our affec- 
 tions. A Being without hatred and with- 
 out fondnefs, going on in one fteady 
 courfe of even benevolence, neither de- 
 lighted with praifes, nor moved by im* 
 portunity, does not intereft us fo much as 
 a charafter open to the feelings of indig- 
 nation, the foft relentings of mercy, and 
 the partialities of particular affe&ions. 
 We require fome common nature, or at 
 leaft the appearance of it, on which to 
 build our intercourfe. It is alfo a fault 
 of which philofophers are often guilty, 
 that they dwell too much in generals. 
 
 Accuf- 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 13 
 
 Accuftomed to reduce every thing to the 
 operation of general laws, they turn our 
 attention to larger views, attempt to grafp 
 the whole order of the univerfe, and in 
 the zeal of a fyftematic fpirit feldom leave 
 room for thofe particular and perfonal 
 mercies which are the food of gratitude. 
 They trace the great outline of nature, 
 but negleft the colouring which gives 
 warmth and beauty to the piece. As in 
 poetry it is not vague and general defcrip- 
 tion, but a few ftriking circumftances 
 clearly related and ftrongly worked up — * 
 as in a landfcape it is not fuch a vaft ex- 
 tenfive range of country as pains the eye 
 to ftretch to its limits, but a beautiful 
 well-defined profpedt, which gives the mod 
 pleafure — fo neither are thofe unbounded 
 views in which philofophy delights, fo 
 much calculated to touch the heart as 
 home views and nearer obje&s. The 
 philofopher offers up general praifes on 
 
 the 
 
i 4 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 the altar of univerfal nature ; the devout 
 man, on the altar of his heart, prefents his 
 own fighs, his own thankfgivings, his 
 own earned defires : the former worfhip 
 is more grand, the latter more perfonal 
 and affedting* 
 
 We are likewife too fcrupulous in our 
 public exercifes, and too ftudious of ac- 
 curacy. A prayer ftridly philofophical 
 mud ever be a cold and dry compofition. 
 From an over-anxious fear of admitting 
 any expreflion that is not ftridlly proper, 
 we are apt to rejeft all warm and pathetic 
 imagery, and in ihort, every thing that 
 ftrikes upon the heart and the fenfes. 
 But it may be faid, If the Deity be indeed 
 fo fublime a being, and if his defigns and 
 manner are fo infinitely beyond our com- 
 prehenfion, how can a thinking mind join 
 in the addrefles of the vulgar, or avoid 
 being overwhelmed with the indiftindt 
 
 vaftnefs 
 

 DEVOTIONAL TASTE, GV. 15 
 
 vaftnefs of fuch an idea. Far be it from 
 me to deny that awe and veneration muft 
 ever make a principal part of our regards 
 to the Mailer of the univerfe, or to de- 
 fend that ftile of indecent familiarity 
 which is yet more fliocking than indiffe- 
 rence: but let it be confidered that we 
 cannot hope to avoid all improprieties in 
 fpeaking of fuch a Being ; that the mod 
 philofophical addrefs we can frame is pro- 
 bably no more free from them than the 
 devotions of the vulgar ; that the fcrip- 
 tures fet us an example of accommodating 
 the language of prayer to common con- 
 ceptions, and making ufe of figures and 
 modes of expreffion far from being ftridt- 
 ly defenfible; and that upon the whole it 
 is fafer to truft to our genuine feelings, 
 feelings implanted in us by the God of 
 nature, than to any metaphyfical fubtle- 
 ties. He has impreffed me with the idea 
 of truft and confidence, and my heart flies 
 
 to 
 
i6 THOUGHTS ON THfi 
 
 to him in danger ; of mercy to forgive 5 , 
 and I melt- before him in penitence ; of 
 bounty to beftow, and I afk of him all I 
 want or wifh for. I may make ufe of 
 an inaccurate expreflion, I may paint him 
 to my imagination too much in the fafhi- 
 on of humanity ; but while my heart is 
 pure, while I depart not from the line of 
 moral duty, the error is not dangerous* 
 Too critical a fpirit is the bane of every 
 thing great or pathetic. In our creeds 
 let us be guarded, let us there weigh eve- 
 ry fyllable • but in compofitions addrefled 
 to the heart, let us give freer fcope to the 
 language of the affections, and the over- 
 flowing of a warm and generous difpoft- 
 tion. 
 
 Another caufe which moft effectually 
 operates to check devotion, is Ridicule. 
 I fpeak not here of open derifion of things 
 facred^ but there is a certain ludicrous 
 
 ftyte 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, 13c. 17 
 
 ftyle in talking of fuch fubje&s, which 
 without any ill defign does much harm : 
 and perhaps thofe whofe ftudies or pro- 
 feffion lead them to be chiefly converfant 
 with the offices of religion, are moft apt 
 to fall into this impropriety •, for their i- 
 deas being chiefly taken from that fource, 
 their common converfation is apt to be 
 tinftured with fanciful allufions to fcrip- 
 ture expreffions, to prayers, &c. which 
 have all the effedt of a parody, and like 
 parodies, deftroy the force of the fineft 
 pafiage, by aflbciating it with fomething 
 trivial and ridiculous. Of this nature is 
 Swift's well-known jeft of "Dearly beloved 
 Roger," which whoever has itrong upon 
 his memory, will find it impoffible to at- 
 tend with proper ferioufhefs to that part 
 of the fervice. We fhould take great care 
 to keep clear from all thefe trivial afibci- 
 ations, in whatever we with to be regard- 
 ed as venerable. 
 
 C Another 
 
*8 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 Another fpecies of ridicule to be a- 
 voided, is that kind of fneer often thrown 
 upon thofe whofe hearts are giving way 
 to honed emotion. There is an extreme 
 delicacy in all the finer affe&ions, which 
 makes them fhy of obfervation, and eaft- 
 ly checked. Love, Wonder, Pity, the 
 enthufiafm of Poetry, fhrink from the no- 
 tice of even an indifferent eye, and never 
 indulge themfelves freely but in folitude* 
 or when heightened by the powerful force 
 of fympathy. Obferve an ingenuous youth 
 at a well-wrought tragedy. If all around 
 him are moved, he fuffers his tears to flow 
 freely •, but if a fingle eye meets him with 
 a glance of contemptuous indifference, he 
 can no longer enjoy his forrow, he blufh- 
 es at having wept, and in a moment his 
 heart is fhut up to every impreflion of 
 tendernefs. It is fometimes mentioned as 
 a reproach to Proteftants, that they are 
 fufceptible of a falfe fhame when obferved 
 
 in 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 19 
 
 in the exercifes of their religion, from 
 which Papifts are free. But I take this 
 to proceed from the purer nature of our 
 religion -, for the lefs it is made to confift 
 in outward pomp and mechanical worfhip, 
 and the more it has to do with the finer 
 affeftions of the heart, the greater will be 
 the referve and delicacy which attends the 
 expreffion of itS'fentiments. Indeed, ri- 
 dicule ought to be very fparingly ufed, 
 for it is an enemy to every thing fublime 
 or tender : the leaft degree of it, whether 
 well or ill founded, fuddenly and inftan- 
 taneoufiy flops the workings of pafiion - 9 
 and thofe who indulge a talent that way, 
 would do well to confider, that they are 
 rendering themfelves for ever incapable of 
 all the higher pleafures either of tafte or 
 morals. More efpecially do thefe cold 
 pleafantries hurt the minds of youth, by 
 checking that generous expanfion of heart 
 to which their open tempers are naturally 
 
 C 2 prone, 
 
2o THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 prone, and producing a vicious fhame, 
 through which they are deprived of the 
 enjoyment of heroic fentiments or gene- 
 rous adtion. 
 
 In the next place, let us not be fuper- 
 ftitioufly afraid of fuperftition. It fhews 
 great ignorance of the human heart, and 
 the fprings by which its paffions are mov- 
 ed, to negleft taking advantage of the 
 impreffion which particular circumftances, 
 times and feafons, naturally make upon 
 the mind. The root of all fuperftition is 
 the principle of the affociation of ideas r 
 by which, objefts naturally indifferent 
 become dear and venerable, through their 
 connexion with interefting ones. It is 
 true, this principle has been much abufed: 
 it has given rife to pilgrimages innumera- 
 ble, worlhip of relics, and prieftly power. 
 But let us not carry our ideas of purity 
 and fimplicity fo far, as to negledt it en- 
 tirely* 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, fc?r. 21 
 
 tirely. Superior natures, it is pofTible, 
 may be equally affe6led with the fame 
 truths at all times, and in all places •, but 
 we are not fo made. Half the pleafures 
 of elegant minds are derived from this 
 fource. Even the enjoyments of fenfe 
 without it would lofe much of their at- 
 traction. Who does not enter into the 
 fentiment of the Poet, in that paffage fo 
 full of nature and truth : 
 
 1 He that outlives this hour and comes fafe home, 
 
 * Shall Hand on tiptoe when this day is named, 
 ' And roufe him at the name of Crifpian : 
 
 * He that outlives this day and fees old age, 
 
 * Will yearly on the vigil feaft his neighbours, 
 
 * And fay, To morrow is St. Crifpian.' 
 
 But were not the benefits of the viftory 
 equally apparent on any other day of the 
 year ? Why commemorate the anniver- 
 fary with fuch diftingutfhed regard ? 
 Thofe who can afk fuch a queftion, have 
 
 C 3 never 
 
22 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 never attended to fome of the ftronaeft 
 inftinAs in our nature. Yet it has lately 
 been the fafhion, amongft thofe who call 
 themfelves rational chriftians, to treat as 
 ^puerile, all attentions of this nature when 
 relative to religion. They would 
 
 Kifs with pious lips the facred earth 
 Which gave a Hampden or a RufTel birth. 
 
 They will vifit the banks of Avon with 
 all the devotion of enthufiaftic zeal j cele- 
 brate the birth-day of the hero and the 
 patriot ; and yet pour contempt upon the 
 man who fuffers himfelf to be warmed by 
 fimilar circumftances relating to his Ma- 
 iler, or the conne&ion of fentiments of pe- 
 culiar reverence with times, places, and 
 men which have been appropriated to the 
 fervice of religion. A wife preacher will 
 not, from a faftidious refinement, difdain 
 to affeft his hearers from the feafon of the 
 year, the anniverfary of a national bleff- 
 jng, a remarkable efcape from danger, 
 
 or 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 23 
 
 or, in fhort, any incident that is fufficient- 
 ly guarded, and far enough removed from 
 what is trivial, to be out of danger of be- 
 coming ludicrous. 
 
 It will not be amifs to mention here, 
 a reproach which has been caft upon de- 
 votional writers, that they are apt to run 
 into the language of love. Perhaps the 
 charge would be full as juft, had they 
 faid that Love borrows the language of 
 Devotion ; for the votaries of that pafTion 
 are fond of ufing thofe exaggerated ex- 
 preflions, which can fait nothing below 
 divinity \ and you can hardly addrefs the 
 greateft of all Beings in a drain of more 
 profound adoration, than the lover ufes 
 to the objett of his attachment. But the 
 truth is, Devotion does in no fmall degree 
 refernble that fanciful and elevated kind 
 of love which depends not on the fenfes. 
 Nor is the likenefs to be wondered at, 
 
 C 4 fince 
 
24 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 fince both have their fource in the Jove of 
 beauty and excellence. Both are exceed- 
 ing prone to fuperftition, and apt to run 
 into romantic excefles. Both are nourifli- 
 ed by poetry and mufic, and felt with the 
 greateft fervour in the warmer climates. 
 Both carry the mind out of itfelf, and 
 powerfully refine the affections from eve- 
 ry thing grofs, low, and felfifh. 
 
 But it is time to retire •, we are tread- 
 ing upon enchanted ground, and fhall be 
 fufpefted by many of travelling towards 
 the regions of chivalry and old romance. 
 And were it fo, many a fair majeftic idea 
 might be gathered from thofe forgotten 
 walks, which would well anfwer the trou- 
 ble of tranfplanting. It muft however 
 be owned, that very improper language 
 has formerly been ufed on thefe fubjefts ; 
 but there cannot be any great danger of 
 fuch excefles, where the mind is guarded 
 
 by 
 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 25 
 
 by a rational faith, and the focial affecti- 
 ons have full fcope in the free commerce 
 of fociety. 
 
 Having thus confidered the various 
 caufes which contribute to deaden the 
 feelings of devotion, it may not be foreign 
 to the fubjed to inquire in what manner 
 they are affeded by the different modes 
 of religion. I fpeak not of opinions •, for 
 thefe have much lefs influence upon the 
 heart, than the circumftances which at- 
 tend particular perfuafions. A fed may 
 only differ from an eftablifhment, as one 
 abfurd opinion differs from another : but 
 there is a character and call of manners 
 belonging to each, which will be perfect- 
 ly diftind ; and of a fed, the charader 
 will vary as it is a rifing or a declining 
 fed, perfecuted or at eafe. Yet while 
 divines have wearied the world with can- 
 vafiing contrary dodrines and jarring ar- 
 ticles 
 
i6 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 tides of faith, the philofopher has not 
 confidered as the fubjeft deferved what 
 fituation was mod favourable to virtue, 
 fentiment, and pure manners. To a phi- 
 lofophic eye, free from prejudice, and 
 accuftomed to large views of the great 
 polity carried on in the moral world, per- 
 haps varying and oppofite forms may ap- 
 pear proper, and well calculated for their 
 refpedlive ends ; and he will neither wifh 
 entirely to deftroy the old, nor wholly to 
 crufh the new. 
 
 The great line of divifion between dif- 
 ferent modes of religion, is formed by 
 Eftablifliments and Sedts. In an infant 
 fe£t, which is always in fome degree a 
 perfecuted one, the ftrong union and en- 
 tire affection of its followers, the facrifices 
 they make to principle, the force of no- 
 velty, and the amazing power of fympa- 
 thy, all contribute to cherifh devotion. 
 
 It 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 27 
 
 It rifes even to paflion, and abforbs every 
 other fentiment. Severity of manners 
 jmpofes reipect; and the earneftnefs of 
 the new profelytes renders them infenfible 
 to injury, or even to ridicule. A drain 
 of eloquence, often coarfe indeed, but 
 ftrong and perfuafive, works like leaven 
 in the heart of the people. In this ftate, 
 all outward helps are fuperfluous, the 
 living fpirit of devotion is amongft them, 
 the world finks away to nothing before 
 it, and every objed but one is annihilated. 
 The focial principle mixes with the flame, 
 and renders it more intenfe ; ftrong par- 
 ties are formed, and friends or lovers are 
 not more clofely connected than the mem- 
 bers of thefe little communities. 
 
 It is this kind of devotion, a devotion 
 which thole of more fettled and peaceable 
 times can only guefs at, which made a- 
 mends to the firft Chriftians for all they 
 
 refigned, 
 
28 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 refigned, and all they fuffered : this draws 
 the martyr to a willing death, and ena- 
 bles the confeflbr to endure a voluntary 
 poverty. But this ftage cannot lad long ; 
 the heat of perfecution abates, and the 
 fervour of zeal feels a proportionable de- 
 cay. Now comes on the period of rea- 
 foning and examination. The principles 
 which have produced fuch mighty efFe&s 
 on the minds of men, acquire an impor- 
 tance, and become obje&s of the public 
 attention. Opinions are canvaffed. Thofe 
 who before bore teftimony to their religi- 
 on only by patient differing, now defend 
 it with argument; and all the keennefs of 
 polemical difquifition is awakened on ei- 
 ther fide. The fair and generous idea of 
 religious liberty, which never originates 
 in the bread of a triumphant party, now 
 begins to unfold itfelf. To vindicate 
 thefe rights, and explain thefe principles, 
 learning, which in the former date was 
 
 defpifed, 
 
 X 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 29 
 
 defpifed, is affiduoufly cultivated by the 
 fe&aries ; their minds become enlighten- 
 ed, and a large portion of knowledge, 
 efpecially religious knowledge, is diffufed 
 through their whole body. Their man- 
 ners are lefs auftere, without having as 
 yet loft any thing of their original purity. 
 Their minifters gain refped as writers, 
 and their pulpit difcourfes are ftudied and 
 judicious. The molt unfavourable cir- 
 cumftance of this era is, that thofe who 
 diffent, are very apt to acquire a critical 
 and difputatious fpirit ; for, being conti- 
 nually called upon to defend do&rines in 
 which they differ from the generality, 
 their attention is early turned to the argu- 
 mentative part of religion •, and hence we 
 fee that fermons, which afford food for 
 this taile, are with them thought of more 
 importance than prayer and praife, though 
 thefe latter are undoubtedly the more ge- 
 nuine and indifpenfible parts of devotion. 
 
 This 
 
3 o THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 This then is the fecond period; the 
 third approaches faft : men grow tired of 
 a controverfy which becomes infipid from 
 being exhaufted ; perfecution has not on- 
 ly ceafed, it begins to be forgotten ; and 
 from the abfence of oppofition in either 
 kind, fprings a fatal and fpiritlefs indif- 
 ference. That fobriety, induftry, and ab- 
 ftinence from fafhionable pleafures, which 
 diftinguifhed the fathers, has made the 
 fons wealthy ; and eager to enjoy their 
 riches, they long to mix with that world* 
 a feparation from which was the beft 
 guard to their virtues. A fecret fhame 
 creeps in upon them, when they acknow^ 
 ledge their relation to a difefteemed feet \ 
 they therefore endeavour to file off its pe- 
 culiarities, but in fo doing they deftroy 
 its very being. Connections with the e- 
 ftablifhment, whether of intimacy, bufi- 
 nefs, or relationfhip, which formerly, from 
 their fuperior zeal, turned to the advan- 
 tage 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 31 
 
 tage of the fe<5l, now operate againft it. 
 Yet thefe connexions are formed more 
 frequently than ever •, and thofe who a 
 little before, foured by the memory of 
 recent fuffering, betrayed perhaps an a- 
 verfion from having any thing in com- 
 mon with the Church, now affedt to come 
 as near it as poffible ; and, like a little 
 boat that takes a large veflel in tow, the 
 fure confequence is, the being drawn into 
 its vortex. They aim at elegance and 
 fhow in their places of worfhip, the ap- 
 pearance of their preachers, &c. and thus 
 impoliticly awaken a tafte it is impoffible 
 they fhould ever gratify. They have 
 worn off many forbidding Angularities, 
 and are grown more amiable and pleafing. 
 But thofe Angularities wereofufe: they 
 fet a mark upon them, they pointed them 
 out to the world, and fo obliged perfons 
 thus diltinguifhed to exemplary ftridtnefs. 
 No longer obnoxious to the world, they 
 
 are 
 
3 z THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 are open to all the feductions of it. 
 Their minifter, that refpe&able character 
 which once infpired reverence and affecti- 
 onate efteem, their teacher and their 
 guide, is now dwindled into the mere 
 leader of the public devotions -, or lower 
 yet, a perfon hired to entertain them eve- 
 ry week with an elegant difcourfe. In 
 proportion as his importance decreafes, 
 his falary fits heavy on the people ; and 
 he feels himfelf depreffed, by that mod 
 cruel of all mortifications to a generous 
 mind, the confcioulhefs of being a burden 
 upon thofe from whom he derives his 
 fcanty fupport. Unhappily, amidft this 
 change of manners, there are forms of 
 ftridtnefs, and a fet of phrafes introduced 
 in their firft enthufiafm, which (till fub- 
 fift : thefe they are aftiamed to ufe, and 
 know not how to decline ; and their be- 
 haviour, in confequence of them, is auk- 
 ward and irrefolute. Thofe who have 
 
 fet 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &V. 33 
 
 fet out with the largefl fhare of myfticifm 
 and flighty zeal, find themfelves particu- 
 larly embarraffed by this circumftance. 
 
 When things are come to this crifis, 
 their tendency is evident : and though the 
 interefl: and name of a feet may be kept 
 up for a time by the generofity of former 
 ages, the abilities of particular men, or 
 that reludtance which keeps a generous 
 mind from breaking old connections ; it 
 muft in a Ihort courfe of years melt away 
 into the eftablifhment, the womb and the 
 grave of all other modes of religion, 
 
 An Eftablifhment affe£ts the mind by 
 fplendid buildings, mufic, the myfterious 
 pomp of antient ceremonies -, by the fa- 
 crednefs of peculiar orders, habits, and 
 titles ; by its fecular importance -, and by 
 connecting with religion, ideas of order, 
 dignity, and antiquity. It fpeaks to the 
 
 D heart. 
 
34 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 heart, through the imagination and the 
 fenfes ; and though it never can raife de- 
 votion fo high as we have defcribed it in 
 a beginning fed, it will preferve it from 
 ever finking into contempt. As to a wo- 
 man in the glow of health and beauty, 
 the mod carelefs drefs is the moft becom- 
 ing; but when the freflrnefs of youth is 
 worn off, greater attention is neceflary^ 
 and rich ornaments are required to throw 
 an air of dignity round her perfon : fo 
 while a fed retains its firft plainnefs, fim- 
 plicity, and affectionate zeal, it wants no- 
 thing an eftablilhment could give; but 
 that once declined, the latter becomes far 
 more refpedtable. The faults of an efta- 
 blilhment grow venerable from length- of 
 time ; the improvements of a fedt appear 
 whimfical from their novelty. Antient 
 families, fond of rank, and of that order 
 which fecures it to them, are on the fide 
 of the former. Traders incline to the 
 
 latter * 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, tec. 35 
 
 latter ; and fa do generally men of geni- 
 us, as it favours their originality of think- 
 ing. An eftablifhment leans to fuperfti- 
 tion, a fed: to enthufiafm ; the one is a 
 more dangerous and violent excefs, the 
 other more fatally debilitates the powers 
 of the mind \ the one is a deeper colour- 
 ing, the other a more lading dye : but 
 the coldnefs and languor of a declining 
 fedt produces fcepticifm. Indeed, a fedt 
 is never ftationary, as it depends entirely 
 on paffions and opinions $ though it often 
 attains excellence, it never refts in it, but 
 is always in danger of one extreme or the 
 other : whereas an old eftablifhment-, 
 whatever elfe it may want, poiTefles the 
 grandeur arifing from (lability. 
 
 We learn to refpeft whatever refpedls 
 itfelf-, and are eafily led to think that 
 fyftem requires no alteration, which never 
 admits of any. It is this circumftance, 
 
 D 2 more 
 
j6 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 more than any other, which gives a dig- 
 nity to that accumulated mafs of error, 
 the Church of Rome. A fabric which 
 has weathered many fucceflive ages, 
 though the archite&ure be rude, the 
 parts difproportionate, and overloaded 
 with ornament, ftrikes us with a fort of 
 admiration, merely from its having held 
 fo long together. 
 
 The minifter of a fe6t, andofanefta- 
 foliihment, is upon a very different foot- 
 ing. The former is like the popular 
 leader of an army •, he is obeyed with en- 
 thufiafm while he is obeyed at all; but 
 his influence depends on opinion, and is 
 entirely perfonal : the latter refembles a 
 general appointed by the monarch; he 
 has foldiers lefs warmly devoted to him, 
 but more Heady, and better difciplined. 
 The diffenting teacher is nothing, if he 
 have not the fpirit of a martyr ; and is 
 
 the 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, fcfr. 3 y 
 
 the fcorn of the world, if he be not above 
 the world. The clergyman, poffefled of 
 power and affluence, and for that reafon 
 chofen from among the better ranks of 
 people, is refpefted as a gentleman, 
 though not venerated as an apoftle ; and 
 as his profefiion generally obliges him to 
 decent manners, his order is confidered as 
 a more regular and civilized clafs of men 
 than their fellow-fubjedls of the fame rank. 
 The diflenting teacher, feparated from the 
 people, but not raifed above them, in- 
 verted with no power, entitled to no emo- 
 luments, if he cannot acquire for himfelf 
 authority, muft feel the bitternefs of de- 
 pendance. The minifters of the former 
 denomination cannot fall, but in fome 
 violent convulfion of the ftate : thofe of 
 the latter, when indifference and mutual 
 neglect begin to fucceed to that clofe uni- 
 on which once fubfifted between them 
 and their followers, lofe their former in- 
 
 D 3 fluence 
 
38 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 fluence without refource •, the dignity and 
 weight of their office is gone for ever, 
 they feel the ihfignificancy of their pre- 
 tentions, their fpirits fink, and, except 
 they take refuge in fome collateral pur- 
 fuit, and pufli for literary fame, they 
 quickly degenerate into mere triflers. 
 Their time isifacrificed to the moft idle 
 and frivolous compliances ; their manners 
 are effeminate, without being elegant : 
 the world does not acknowledge them, 
 for they are not of the world ; it cannot 
 efteem them, for they are not fuperior to 
 the world. 
 
 Upon the whole, then, it fliould feem, 
 that the ftriftnefs of a fed (and it can on- 
 ly be refpeftable by being ftrift) is calcu- 
 lated for a few finer fpirits, who make 
 Religion their chief obje£h As to the 
 much larger number, on whom (he has 
 only, an imperfeft influence, making them 
 
 deceqt 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, (Sc. 39 
 
 decent if not virtuous, and meliorating 
 the heart without greatly changing it, for 
 all thefe the genius of an eftablifhment is 
 more eligible, and better fitted to cherifli 
 that moderate devotion of which alone 
 they are capable. All thofe who have 
 not ftrength of mind to think for them- 
 felves, who would live to virtue without 
 denying the world, who wifh much to be 
 religious, but more to be genteel — natu- 
 rally flow into the eftablifhment. If it 
 offered no motives to their minds, but 
 fuch as are perfe&ly pure and fpiritual, 
 their devotion would not for that be more 
 exalted, it would die away to nothing ; 
 and it is better their minds fhould receive 
 only a tinfture of religion, than be whol- 
 ly without it. Thofe too, whole pafii- 
 ons are regular and equable, and who do 
 not aim at abftradted virtues, are com- 
 monly placed to mod advantage within 
 the pale of the national faith, 
 
 D 4 An, 
 
40 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 All the greater exertions of the mind, 
 fpirit to reform, fortitude and corjftancy 
 to fuffer, can be expected only from thofe 
 who, forfaking the common road, are 
 cxercifed in a peculiar courfe of moral 
 difcipline : but it fhould be remembered, 
 that thefe exertions cannot be expe&ed 
 from every character, nor on every occa- 
 fion. Indeed, religion is a fentiment 
 which takes fuch ftrong hold on all the 
 mod powerful principles of our nature, 
 that it may eafily be carried to excefs. 
 The Deity never meant our regards to 
 him fhould engrofs the mind : that indif- 
 ference to fenfible obje&s, which many 
 moralifts preach, is not perhaps defin- 
 able, except where the mind is raifed a- 
 bove its natural tone, and extraordinary 
 fituations call forth extraordinary virtues. 
 
 If the peculiar advantages of a fedl 
 were well underftood, its followers would 
 fiot be impatient of thofe moderate re- 
 
 ftraints 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &V. 41 
 
 ftraints which do not rife to perfecution, 
 nor affect any of their more material in- 
 terefts : for, do they not bind them clofer 
 to each other, cherifh zeal, and keep up 
 the love of liberty ? What is the lan- 
 guage of fuch reftraints ? Do they not 
 fay, with a prevailing voice, Let the ti- 
 morous and the worldly depart ; no one 
 fhall be of this perfuafion, who is not fin- 
 cere, difinterefted, confcientious. It is 
 notwithftanding proper, that men fhould 
 be fenfible of all their rights, aflert them 
 boldly, and proteft againft every infringe- 
 ment ; for it may be of advantage to bear 
 what yet it is unjuftifiable in others to 
 inflift. 
 
 Neither would diflenters, if they at- 
 tended to their real interefts, be fo ambi- 
 tious as they generally are of rich converts. 
 Such converts only accelerate their de- 
 cline; they relax their difcipline, and 
 
 they 
 
42 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 they acquire an influence very pernicious 
 in focieties which ought to breathe no- 
 thing but the fpirit of equality. 
 
 Sects are always drift, in proportion 
 to the corruption of eftablifhments, and 
 the licentioufnefs of the times •, and they 
 are ufeful in the fame proportion. Thus 
 the auftere lives of the primitive Chrifti- 
 ans counterbalanced the vices of that a- 
 bandoned period ; and thus the Puritans 
 in the reign of Charles the Second fea- 
 foned with a wholefome feverity the pro- 
 fligacy of public manners. They were 
 lefs amiable than their defcendants of the 
 prefent day ; but to be amiable was not 
 'the obje6t : they were of public utility ; 
 and their fcrupuloqs fan&ity (carried to 
 excefs, themfelves only confidered) like a 
 powerful antifeptic, oppofed the contagi- 
 on breathed from a moil diflblute court. 
 In like manner, that fed, one of whofe 
 
 mod 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, OV. 43 
 
 moft ftriking chara&eriftics is a beautiful 
 fimplicity of dialed, ferved to check that 
 drain of fervile flattery and Gothic com- 
 pliment fo prevalent in the fame period, 
 and to keep up fome idea of that manly 
 plainnefs with which one human being 
 ought to addrefs another. 
 
 Thus have we feen that different modes 
 of religion, though they bear little good- 
 will to each other, are neverthelefs mutu- 
 ally ufeful. Perhaps there is not an efta- 
 blilhment fo corrupt, as not to make the 
 grofs of mankind better than they would 
 be without it. Perhaps there is not a feet 
 fo eccentric, but that it has fet fome one 
 truth in the ftrongefl: light, or carried 
 fome one virtue, before neglected, to its 
 utmoft height, or loofened fome obftinate 
 and long-rooted prejudice. They anfwer 
 their end ; they die av/ay ; others fpring 
 up, and take their place. So the purer 
 
 part 
 
44 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 part of the element, continually drawn 
 off from the mighty mafs of waters, forms 
 rivers, which running in various dire&i- 
 ons, fertilize large countries - 9 yet, always 
 tending towards the ocean, every acceffion 
 to their bulk or grandeur but precipitates 
 their courfe, and haftens their re-union 
 with the common refervoir from which 
 they were feparated. 
 
 In the mean time, the devout heart al- 
 ways finds aflbciates fuitable to its difpo- 
 fition, and the particular caft of its vir- 
 tues ; while the continual flux and reflux 
 of opinions prevents the aftive principles 
 from ftagnating. There is an analogy 
 between things material and immaterial 
 As from fome late experiments in philo- 
 fophy it has been found, that the procefs 
 of vegetation reftores and purifies vitiated 
 air ; fo does that moral and political fer- 
 ment which accommpanies the growth of 
 
 new 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &V. 45 
 
 new fe6ts, communicate a kind of fpirit 
 and elafticity neceflary to the vigour and 
 health of the foul, but foon loft amidft 
 the corrupted breath of an indifcriminate 
 multitude. 
 
 IT remains now to fay fomethingof the 
 following compilation. Unconnected as 
 it feems with the preceding obfervations, 
 the fame turn of thought led to both. It 
 was impoffible to treat of the devotional 
 fpirit, without calling to mind the moft 
 beautiful compofitions which that fpirit 
 ever infpired, the Pfalrns of David. In 
 thefe, the boldeft figures of the high Eafl- 
 ern poetry are united with a (implicit/ 
 which makes them intelligible to the com- 
 mon ear. The fublimeft ideas are given 
 of the Deity ; he is fpoken of with the 
 deepeft reverence, and yet with all the 
 warmth and pathos of perfonal gratitude 
 and afFe&ion, Such pieces are certainly 
 
 proper 
 
46 THOUGHTS ON THE 
 
 proper not only to be read as compofiti-* 
 ons, but to be ufed as a£ts of devotion, 
 either in private, or in public and focial 
 worlhip. But unhappily, the very great 
 mixture there is in thefe divine odes, ren- 
 ders them unfit for either of thefe pur- 
 pofes. We cannot enter into all the fix- 
 ations, and it would not be fafe to adopt 
 all the fentiments of their author ; for the 
 royal Poet had ftrong paflions, and was 
 very fenfible to refentment, as well as to 
 gratitude. Nor is this inconvenience fuf- 
 ficiently obviated by ufing only chofen 
 pieces ^ for it is not eafy, on the fudden, 
 to make a feledtion : and befides, there 
 are in the fineft pfalms exceptionable paf- 
 fages, and in the moft improper ones 
 fome verfes too beautiful to be loft. 
 
 It was hoped, therefore, that it might 
 be of fervice to the caufe of religion, to 
 make a colledtion of the kind now offered 
 
 to 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, t$c. 47 
 
 to the public. In this collection, all the 
 Pfalms which would bear it are given en- 
 tire; others, where the conne&ed fenfe 
 could be preferved with fuch an omiffion, 
 have only the exceptionable parts left out; 
 and a third clafs is formed of feparate 
 pafiages fcattered through feveral pieces, 
 which are attempted to be formed into 
 regular and diftindt odes. With regard 
 to their fubjedts, they may be divided in- 
 to Moral, Devotional, and Occafional. 
 Amongft the Occafional ones, but few 
 have been admitted. The Devotional 
 may be fubdivided into Pfalms of Praife, 
 Penitence, and Prayer, Moft of the 
 Prophetic pieces are excluded, as not 
 properly entering into the idea of wor- 
 fhip. The book of Job, being fo fimilar 
 in ftyle, has been taken into the fcheme. 
 
 Some perfons may perhaps expect, 
 that in a plan like this, every phrafe 
 
 fhould 
 
48 THOUGHTS ON THE ! 
 
 fhould be (truck out that bore an allufiott 
 to the cuftoms and worihip of the Jews, 
 or which contained idioms that in their 
 literal fenfe we can no longer ufe. But 
 tjhis has not been thought neceflary. 
 Thefe phrafes are familiarized to the ear, 
 and well nnderftood by all Chriftians, 
 who eafily adapt them to their own ideas. 
 Scripture expreflions, and allufions to the 
 fcriptures, produce the fame pleafing ef- 
 fect in a devotional piece, which allufions 
 to the Greek and Roman authors do in a 
 common poem ; they form indeed the 
 true claffical ftyle of thefe writings. The 
 courts of Zion, and the walls of Jerufa- 
 lem, are not more foreign to an Englifh 
 reader, than the hill of Parnaflus, or the 
 fountain of Hippocrene ; and it ought to 
 be no more an objeftion to a religious 
 ode, that we are called upon to praife 
 God with the pfaltery and timbrel, than 
 it is to a paitoral writer that he fings to 
 
 his 
 
DEVOTIONAL TASTE, &c. 49 
 
 his pipe and his lyre, fince both are equal- 
 ly difufed. Poetry cannot fubfift without 
 ornament ; thefe are the appropriated or- 
 naments of religious poetry, and contri- 
 bute to give a pi&urefque air to compofi- 
 tions in which every other fpecies of em- 
 bellifhment would be improper and unbe- 
 
 coming, 
 
 After all, it is not reading alone thefe 
 noble pieces that will give us their full 
 force : they mult be really ufed as a£ts of 
 worfhip. It was not in fo cold, fo unaf- 
 felting a manner, that the Pfalms of Da- 
 vid were firft exhibited. The living voice 
 of the people, the animating accompany- 
 ments of mufic, the folemnity of public 
 pomp, the reverent proftrations of deep 
 humility, or the exulting movements of 
 pious joy, all confpired to raife, to touch, 
 to fubdue the heart. Perhaps a time 
 may come, when our worfhip (amongft 
 
 E thofe 
 
$o THOUGHTS, &c. 
 
 thofe at leaft who are happy enough to be 
 at liberty to make alterations) fhall be 
 new modelled by fome free and enlarged 
 genius. Perhaps the time may come, 
 when the fpirit of philofophy, and the fpi- 
 rit of devotion, fhall join to condudt our 
 public affemblies; when to all that is 
 graceful in order and well-regulated pomp, 
 we fhall add whatever is affefting in the 
 warmth of zeal* and all that is delightful 
 in the beauty of holinefs. 
 
DEVOTIONAL PIECES, 
 
 COMPILED FROM THE 
 
 PSALMS 
 
 AND THE 
 
 BOOK OF JOB 
 
 -Lz 
 
DEVOTIONAL PIECES. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 MORAL PSALMS 
 
 BLESSED is the man who walketh not in the 
 counfel of the ungodly, nor ftandeth in the 
 way of finners, nor fitteth in the feat of the 
 fcornful. 
 
 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in 
 his law doth he meditate day and night. 
 
 He fhall be like a tree planted by the rivers of 
 water, that bringeth forth its fruit in its feafon. 
 
 E 3 His 
 
56 MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the 
 earth. 
 
 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and 
 delivereth them out of all their troubles. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
 heart, and faveth fuch as be of a contrite fpirit. 
 
 Many are the afflictions of the righteous ; but 
 the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 
 
 He keepeth ail his bones ; not one of them is 
 broken. 
 
 Evil mall flay the wicked ; and they that hate 
 the righteous ihall be defolate. 
 
 The Lord redeemeth the foul of his fervants ; 
 and none of them that truft in him mail be defo- 
 late. 
 
 IV 
 
 FRET not thyfelf becaufe of evil-doers, neither 
 be thou envious againft the workers of ini- 
 quity. 
 
 For they Ihall foon be cut down like the grafs, 
 and wither as the green herb. 
 
 Truft in the Lord, and do good ; fo ihalt thou 
 dwell in the land, and verily thou ihalt be fed. 
 
 Delight 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS. 57 
 
 Delight thyfelf alfo in the Lord ; and he ihall 
 give thee the defires of thine heart. 
 
 Commit thy way unto the Lord : trull alfo in 
 him ; and he (hall bring it to pafs. 
 
 And he fhall bring forth thy righteoufnefs as the 
 light, and thy judgment as the noon-day. 
 
 Reft in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : 
 fret not thyfelf becaufe of him who profpereth in 
 his way, becaufe of the man who bringeth wicked 
 devices to pafs. 
 
 Ceafe from anger, and forfake wrath : fret not 
 thyfelf in any wife to do evil. 
 
 For evil-doers mail be cut off: but thofe that 
 wait upon the Lord, they fhall inherit the earth. 
 
 For yet a little while and the wicked fhall not 
 be : yea, thou fhalt diligently confider his place, 
 and it fhall not be. 
 
 But the meek fhall inherit the earth; and fhall 
 delight themfelves in the abundance of peace. 
 
 The wicked plotteth againft the juft, and gnafh- 
 eth upon him with his teeth. 
 
 The Lord fhall laugh at him : for he fecth that 
 his day is coming. 
 
 The wicked have drawn out the fword, and" 
 have bent the bow, to cafl down the poor and 
 needy, and to flay fuch as be of upright converfa- 
 tion. 
 
 Their 
 
58 MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 Their fword fhall enter into their own heart, 
 and their bows fhall be broken. 
 
 A little that a righteous man hath, is better 
 than the riches of many wicked. 
 
 For the arm of the wicked fhall be broken : but 
 the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 
 
 The Lord ■ knoweth the days of the upright : 
 and their inheritance mail be for ever. 
 
 They fhall not be afhamed in the evil time : 
 and in the days of famine they fhall be fatisfied. 
 
 But the wicked ihall perifh, and the enemies of 
 the Lord fhall be as the fat of lambs : they fhall 
 con fume ; into fmoke mall they confume away. 
 
 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : 
 but the righteous fheweth mercy, and giveth. 
 
 For fuch as be bleffed of him fhall inherit the 
 earth; and they that be curfed of him fhall be cut 
 off. 
 
 The fteps of the good man are ordered by the 
 Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 
 
 Though he fall, he fhall not be utterly cafl 
 down : for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. 
 I have been young, and now am old ; yet have 
 I not feen the righteous forfaken, nor his ked 
 begging bread. 
 
 He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; and his feed 
 is bleffed. 
 
 Depart 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS- 59 
 
 Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for 
 evermore. 
 
 For the Lord loveth judgment, and forfaketh 
 not his faints ; they are preferved for ever : but the 
 feed of the wicked fhall be cut off. 
 
 The righteous mall inherit the land, and dwell 
 therein for ever. 
 
 The mouth of the righteous fpeaketh wifdom, 
 and his tongue talketh of judgment. 
 
 The law of his God is in his heart; no-ne of his 
 fteps fhall Aide, 
 
 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and ieeketh. 
 to flay him. 
 
 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor 
 condemn him when he is judged. 
 
 I have feen the wicked in great power, and 
 fpreading himfelf iike a green bay-tree. 
 
 Yet he pafTed away, and lo, he was not : yee, I 
 fought him, but he could not be found. 
 
 Mark the perfecl man, and behold the upright : 
 for the end of that man is peace. 
 
 But the tranfgreffors fhall be deilroyed together: 
 the end of the wicked fhall be cut off. 
 
 But the falvation cf the righteous is of the Lord : 
 he is their ftrength in the time of trouble. 
 
 And the Lord fhall help them, and deliver 
 
 them r 
 
6o MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 them : he fhall deliver them from the wicked, and 
 fave them becaufe they trull in him. 
 
 V. 
 
 HEAR this, all ye people ; give ear, all ye 
 inhabitants of the world : 
 
 Both low and high, rich and poor together. 
 
 My mouth fhall fpeak of wifdom ; and the me- 
 ditation of my heart fhall be of underftanding. 
 
 They that truft in their wealth, and boafl them- 
 felves in the multitude of their riches ; 
 
 None of them can by any means redeem his bro- 
 ther, nor give to God a ranfom for him : 
 
 That he mould Hill live for ever, and not fee 
 corruption : 
 
 For the redemption of the foul is precious, and 
 they are perifned for ever. 
 
 Wife men die, . likewife the fool and the brutifh 
 perfon perifh, and leave their wealth to others. 
 
 Their inward thought is, that their houfes mail 
 continue for ever, and their dwelling-places to all 
 generations : they call their lands after their own 
 names. 
 
 Neverthelefs, man being in honour, abideth not: 
 lie is like the beafls that perifh. 
 
 This 
 
PartI. MORAL PSALMS. 6r 
 
 This their way is their folly : yet their pofterity 
 approve their fayings. 
 
 Like fheep they are laid in the grave ; death 
 fhall feed on them ; and the upright mail have do- 
 minion over them in the morning ; and their beau- 
 ty fhall confume in the grave, from their dwelling. 
 
 But Gcd will redeem my foul from the power of 
 the grave : for he fhall receive me. 
 
 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when 
 the glory of his houfe is increafed. 
 
 For when he dieth, he mall carry nothing away : 
 his glory fhall not defcend after him. 
 
 Though whilft he lived, he indulged his foul 
 (and men will praife thee, when thou doefl well to 
 thyfelf) 
 
 He fhall go to the generation of his fathers, he 
 fhall never fee light. 
 
 Man that is in honour, abideth not, he is like 
 the t>eafts that perifh. 
 
 VI. 
 
 THE mighty God, even the Lord hath fpoken, 
 and called the earth even from the rifmg of 
 the fun unto the going down thereof. 
 
 Out 
 
62 Moral psal m s. 
 
 Out of Zion the perfection of beauty God hath 
 fhined. 
 
 Our God fhall come, and fnall not keep filence : 
 a fire fhall devour before him, and it fhall be very 
 tempeftuous round about him. 
 
 He fhall call to the heavens from above, and to 
 the earth, that he may judge his people. 
 
 Gather my faints together unto me ; thofe that 
 have made a covenant with me by facrifice. 
 
 And the heavens ihali declare his righteoufnefs : 
 for God is judge himfelf. 
 
 Hear, O my people, and I will fpeak ; O Ifrael, 
 and I will teilify againft thee : I am God, even 
 thy God. 
 
 I will not reprove thee for thy facrifices, or thy 
 burnt offerings ; thefe have been continually before 
 me. 
 
 I will take no bullock out of thy houfe, nor he- 
 goat out of thy folds. 
 
 For every beaft of the forefi is mine, and the 
 cattle upon a thoufand hills. 
 
 I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the 
 wild beafls of the field are mine. 
 
 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the 
 world is mine, and the fulnefs thereof. 
 
 Will I eat the flefh of bulls, or drink the blood 
 
 of goats ? 
 
 Offer 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 Offer unto God thankfgiving ; and pay thy vow.s 
 unto the moll High : 
 
 And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will 
 deliver thee, and thou malt glorify me. 
 
 But unto the wicked God faith, what haft thou 
 to do to declare my flatutes, or that thou moulded: 
 take my covenant into thy mouth ? 
 
 Seeing thou hateft inftruction, and cafteft my 
 words behind thee. 
 
 When thou faweft a thief, then thou confentedft 
 with him, and haft been partaker with adulterers. 
 
 Thou giveft thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue 
 frameth deceit. 
 
 Thou fitteft, and fpeakeft againft thy brother 5 
 thou ilandereft thine own mother's fon. 
 
 Thefe things haft thou done, and I kept filence : 
 thou thoughteft that I was altogether fuch an one 
 as thyfelf : but I will reprove thee, and fet them 
 in order before thine eyes. 
 
 Now confider this, ye that forget God, left he 
 tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 
 
 Whofo offereth praife, glorifieth me : and to 
 him that ordereth his converfation aright will I 
 ihew the falvation of God. 
 
 VII, 
 
64 MORAL PSALMS- 
 
 VII. 
 
 BLESSED is the man that feareth the Lord, 
 that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 
 
 His feed mall be mighty upon earth : the gene- 
 ration of the upright ihall be bleiTed. 
 
 Wealth and riches ihall be in his houfe : and his 
 righteoufnefs endureth for ever. 
 
 Unto the upright there arifeth light in the dark- 
 nefs-: he is gracious, and full of companion, and 
 righteoufnefs. 
 
 A good man iheweth favour, and lendeth : he 
 will guide his affairs with difcretion. 
 
 Surely he Ihall not be moved for ever : the righ- 
 teous ihall be had in everlafUng remembrance. 
 
 He ihall not be afraid of evil tidings : his heart 
 is fixed, trufUng in the Lord, 
 
 His heart is eitabliihed, he ihall not be afraid. 
 
 He hath difperfed, he hath given to the poor ; 
 his righteoufnefs endureth for ever ; his horn ihall 
 be exalted with honour. 
 
 The wicked ihall fee it, and be grieved ; he 
 ihall gnaih with his teeth, and melt away : the de- 
 fire of the wicked ihall periih, 
 
 VIII. 
 
Part I. MORAL .PSALMS. 65 
 
 vrrr. 
 
 THEY that truft in the Lord fhall be as mount 
 Zion, which cannot be removed, but abid- 
 eth for ever. 
 
 For the rod of the wicked mail not reft upon the 
 lot of the righteous ; left the righteous put forth 
 their hands unto iniquity. 
 
 Do good, O Lord, unto thofe that be good, and 
 to them that are upright in their hearts. 
 
 As for fuch as turn afide unto their crooked ways, 
 the Lord mall lead them forth with the workers of 
 iniquity : but peace fhall be upon his people. 
 
 IX. 
 
 BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord ; 
 that walketh in his ways. 
 For thou fhall eat the labour of thine hands : 
 happy fhall thou be, and it fhall be well with thee. 
 Thy wife fhall be as a fruitful vine by the fide 
 of thine houfe : thy children like olive plants round 
 about thy table. 
 
 Behold, thus fhall the man be bleffed that fear- 
 eth the Lord. 
 
 Yea, 
 F 
 
66 MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 Yea, thou (halt fee thy children's children, and 
 peace upon the land of thy habitation. 
 
 X. 
 
 BLESSED is he that confidereth the poor : the 
 Lord mall deliver him in time of trouble. 
 
 The Lord will preferve him, and keep him a- 
 live ; and he fhall be blefled upon the earth : and 
 thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his ene- 
 mies. 
 
 The Lord will flrengthen him upon the bed of 
 languifhing : thou wilt fmooth all his couch in 
 his iicknefs. 
 
 A father of the fatherlefs, and a judge of the 
 widows, is God in his holy habitation. 
 
 God fetteth the folitary in families : he bringeth 
 out thofe who are bound in chains ; but the rebel- 
 lious dwell in a dry land. 
 
 He will regard the prayer of the deflitute, and 
 not defpife their prayer. 
 
 For he hath looked down from the height of his 
 fan&uary : from heaven did the Lord behold the 
 earth. 
 
 To hear the groaning of the prifoner, to loofe 
 thofe who are appointed unto death* 
 
 I will 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS, &j 
 
 I will greatly praife the Lord with my mou th ; 
 yea, I will praife him among the multitude. 
 
 For he (hail Hand at the right hand of the poor, 
 to fave him from thofe who overwhelm his foul. 
 
 He that hath fet his love upon the Lord, the 
 Lord will deliver him ; he will fet him on high, 
 becaufe he hath known his name. 
 
 He mall call, and the Lord fhall anfwer : he will 
 be with him in trouble ; he will deliver him, and 
 honour him. 
 
 With long life will he fatisfy him,, and fhew him 
 his falvatiom 
 
 XL 
 
 CAN man by fearching find out God ? Can 
 he find out the Almighty to perfection ? 
 
 It is high as heaven, what canft thou do ? Deep- 
 er than hell, what canft thou know ? 
 
 The meafure thereof is longer than the earth, 
 and broader than the fea. 
 
 If he cut off, and fhut up, or gather together, 
 then who can hinder him ? 
 
 For he knoweth vain men : he feeth wicked nefs 
 alfo ; will he not confider it ? 
 
 f 2 U 
 
6S MORAL P S A L M S. 
 
 If then prepare thine heart, and flretch out thine 
 hands towards him ; 
 
 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, 
 and let not wickednefs dwell in thy tabernacles. 
 
 For then malt thou lift up thy face without fpot ; 
 yea, thou mall be ftedfaft, and not fear. 
 
 And thine age mall be clearer than the noon-day; 
 thou fhalt iliine forth, thou malt be as the morn- 
 ing. 
 
 And thou (halt be fecure ; thou fhalt take thy 
 reft in fafety : thou fhalt He down, and none mail 
 make thee afraid. 
 
 XII. 
 
 SING ye praifes unto God ; fpeak of his name ; 
 give glory in the higheft to the God of our 
 falvation : 
 
 Who doeth great things, and unfearchable ; 
 marvellous things without number : 
 
 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and fendeth 
 waters upon the fields : 
 
 Who fetteth up on high thofe that be lew ; that 
 thofe who mourn may be exalted to fafety. 
 
 He difappointeth the devices of the crafty, fo 
 that their hands cannot perform their enterprize. 
 
 But 
 
Part I. MORAL P'SALMS. 6 9 
 
 But he faveth the poor from the fword, from 
 their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 
 
 So that the poor hath hope, and iniquity ftop- 
 peth her mouth. 
 
 Behold, happy is the man whom God corre&eth : 
 therefore defpife not thou the chaftening of the 
 Almighty : 
 
 For he maketh fore, and bindeth up ; he wound- 
 eth, and his hands make whole. 
 
 He fhall deliver thee in fix troubles : yea, in fe- 
 ven there fhall no evil touch thee. 
 
 In famine he fhall redeem thee from death ; and 
 in war from the p4)wer of the fword. 
 
 Thou malt be hid from the fcourge of the 
 tongue ; neither malt thou be afraid of deftruction 
 when it cometh. 
 
 At deftru&ion and famine thou fhalt laugh ; nei- 
 ther fhalt thou be afraid of the bealls of the earth. 
 
 For thou fhalt be in league with the ftoncs of the 
 field, and the bealls of the field fhall be at peace 
 with thee. 
 
 And thou fhalt know that thy tabernacle fhall be 
 in peace ; and thou fhalt vifit thy habitation, and 
 fhalt not fin. 
 
 Thou fhalt know alfo that thy feed mall be 
 great, and their offfpring, as thegrafs of the earth. 
 
 F 3 Thou 
 
yo MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 Thou fhalt come to thy grave in a full age, like 
 as a fhock of corn cometh in in its feafon. 
 
 Lo this, we have fearched it, fo it is ; hear ' it, 
 and know thou it for thy good. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 SURELY there is a vein for the filver, and a 
 place for gold, and by the art of man they are 
 refined. 
 
 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is 
 molten out of the ftone. 
 
 The miner contracleth the bounds of darknefs, 
 and fearcheth out all perfection, even the ftones 
 which are concealed in a darknefs like the fhadow 
 of death. 
 
 A torrent fuddenly burfteth out from under the 
 inhabitant ; even the waters forgotten of the foot : 
 but they are dried up, they are made to vanilh 
 away by the (kill of man. 
 
 Out of the earth cometh bread ; and under it is 
 turned up as it were fire. 
 
 The ftones of it are the place of fapphires ; and 
 jit hath ore of gold. 
 
 This is a path which no eagle knoweth, and 
 $yjiich the vulture's eye hath not feen. 
 
 The 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS. 74 
 
 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the 
 fierce black lion parted over it. 
 
 The miner putteth forth his hand upon the 
 -rock ; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. 
 
 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks, and hi* 
 eye feeth every precious thing. 
 
 He bindeth the floods from overflowing ; and 
 the thing that is hid, bringeth he forth to light. 
 
 But where mall wifdom be found? And where 
 is the place of underftanding ? 
 
 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is 
 it found in the land of the living. 
 
 The depth faith, It is not in me : and the fea 
 faith, It is not with me. 
 
 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither mail filver 
 be weighed for the price thereof. 
 
 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, 
 with the precious onyx, or the faphire. 
 
 The gold and the chryftal cannot equal it : and 
 the exchange mail not be for jewels of fine gold. 
 
 No mention fhall be made of coral, or of pearls : 
 for the price of wifdom is above rubies. 
 
 The topaz of Ethiopia fhall not equal it, neither 
 mall it be valued with pure gold. 
 
 Whence then cometh wiLom ? And where is the 
 place of underftanding ? 
 
 F 4 Seeing 
 
72 
 
 MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and 
 kept clofe from the fowls of the air. 
 
 Deftru&ion and Death fay, We have heard the 
 fame thereof with our ears. 
 
 God underftandeth the way thereof, and he 
 knoweth the place thereof. 
 
 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and 
 feeth under the whole heaven. 
 
 To make the weight for the winds, and he 
 \veigheth the waters by meafure. 
 
 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way 
 for the lightning of the thunder : 
 
 Then did he fee it, and declare it ; he prepared 
 it, yea, and fearched it out. 
 
 And unto man he faid, Behold, the fear of the 
 Lord, that is wifdom, and to depart from evil is 
 underftanding. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 BLESSED is the man who maketh the Lord his 
 truft ; and refpecleth not the proud, nor fuch 
 as turn afide unto lies. 
 
 BlefTed are they that keep judgment, and he that 
 ijoeth righteoufnefs at all times. 
 
 BlefTed 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS. 73 
 
 BlefTed is the man whom thou chafteneft, O 
 Lord, and teacheft him out of thy law. 
 
 For the Lord will not call off his people ; neither 
 will he forfakc his inheritance. 
 
 When I faid, my foot flippeth ; thy mercy, O 
 Lord, held me up. 
 
 In the multitude of my thoughts within me, 
 thy .comforts delight my foul. 
 
 Many, O Lord our God, are thy wonderful 
 works which thou haft done, and thy thoughts 
 which are to us-ward ; they cannot be reckoned up 
 in order unto thee. 
 
 If we would declare and fpcak of them, they are 
 more than can be numbered. 
 
 Sacrifice and offering thou didft not defire : mine 
 ears haft thou opened ; burnt offering and fin of- 
 fering haft thou not required. 
 
 I delight to do thy will, O my God ; yea, thy 
 law is within my heart. 
 
 Withhold not thy tender mercies from me, O 
 Lord : let thy loving-kindnefs and thy truth con- 
 tinually prefervc me. 
 
 Let thy tender mercies ccme unto me, that I 
 live ; for thy law is my delight. 
 
 The Lord is my defence, and my God ; the 
 rock of my refuge. 
 
 XV. 
 
MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 XV, 
 
 BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who 
 walk in the law of the Lord. 
 Blefled are they that keep his teftimonies, and 
 that feek him with the whole heart. 
 
 They alfo do no iniquity : they walk in his 
 ways. 
 
 Thou haft commanded us to keep thy precepts 
 diligently. 
 
 that my ways were directed to keep thy fta- 
 tutes. 
 
 Then fhall I not be afhamed, when I have re- 
 fpecl unto all thy commandments. 
 
 1 will praife thee with uprightnefs of heart, when 
 I mail have learned thy righteous judgments. 
 
 I will keep thy ftatutes : O forfake me not ut- 
 terly. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 WHEREWITH fhall a young man cleanfe 
 his way ? 
 By taking heed thereto according to thy word. 
 
 With 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS. 75 
 
 With my whole heart have I fought thee : O let 
 me not wander from thy commandments. 
 
 Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might 
 not fin againit thee. 
 
 Bleffed art thou, O Lord : teach me thy ftatutes. 
 
 With my lips have I declared all the judgments 
 of thy mouth. 
 
 I have rejoiced in the way of thy teftimonies, as 
 much as in all riches. 
 
 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have refpecT; 
 unto thy ways. 
 
 I will delight myfelf in thy ftatutes : I will not 
 forget thy word. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 EXCEPT the Lord build the houfe, they la- 
 bour in vain that build it. 
 Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman 
 waketh but in vain. 
 
 It is iu vain for you to rife up early, to fit up 
 late, to eat the bread of forrow ; whereas he giv- 
 eth his beloved fleep. 
 
 Caft thy burden upon the Lord, and he mall 
 fuftain thee ; he mall never fufFer the righteous to 
 be moved. 
 
 Acquaint thyfelf with him,, and be at peace. 
 
 God 
 
76 MORAL PSALMS. 
 
 God is the Lord who hath fhewed us light. 
 
 Thou haft fed us with the iineft of the wheat ; 
 and with honey out of the rock haft thou fatisfied 
 us. 
 
 It is good for us to draw near unto God : I have 
 put my truft in the Lord God, that I may declare 
 all thy works. 
 
 Truly, God is good unto his people, even to 
 fuch as be of a clean heart. 
 
 Therefore let the righteous be glad : let them 
 rejoice before God; yea r let them exceedingly re- 
 joice. 
 
 All they that be fat upon earth, fhall eat and 
 worihip : they that go down to the dull, fhall bow 
 before him ; for none can keep alive his own foul. 
 
 God is my falvation and my glory : the rock of 
 my ftrength, and my refuge is in God. 
 
 The children of thy fervants mail continue, and 
 their feed fhall be eftablilhed before thee. 
 
 Surely the righteous fhall give thanks unto thy 
 name ; the upright fhall dwell in thy prefence. 
 
 Thus will I blefs thy name while I live : I will 
 lift up my hands in thy name. 
 
 I will remember thee on my bed, and meditate 
 on thee in the night-watches. 
 
 My 
 
Part I. MORAL PSALMS. 7 ; 
 
 My tongue alfo fhall talk of thy righteoufnefs all 
 the day long. 
 
 We will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, for 
 ever ; we will fhew forth thy praife to all genera- 
 tions. 
 
 PART 
 
PART II. 
 
 PSALMS of PRAISE, 
 PENITENCE, and PRAYER. 
 
 OLORD our Lord, how excellent is thy 
 name in all the earth! who haft fet thy 
 glory above the heavens. 
 When I confider thy heavens, the work of thy 
 fingers, the moon and the liars which thou haft 
 Ordained : 
 
 What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? or 
 the fon of man, that thou vifiteit him ? 
 
 for 
 
So PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 For thou hail made him little lower than the an-* 
 gels, and hall crowned him with glory and honour. 
 
 Thou haft made him to have dominion over the 
 works of thy hands ; thou haft put all things under 
 his feet : 
 
 All fheep and oxen ; yea, and the beafts of the 
 field: 
 
 The fowls of the air, and the fifti of the fea, 
 and whatsoever pafTeth through the paths of the 
 fees. 
 
 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name 
 in all the earth. 
 
 II. 
 
 I WILL praife thee, O Lord, with my whole 
 heart ; I will mew forth all thy marvellous 
 works. 
 
 I will be glad, and rejoice in thee ; I will fing 
 praife to thy' name, O thou moft high. 
 
 The Lord mall endure for ever ; he mall pre- 
 pare his throne for judgment. 
 
 And he mall judge the world in righteoufnefs, 
 he mall minifter judgment to the people in upright- 
 nefs, 
 
 The 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 81 
 
 The Lord alfo will be a refuge for the oppreifed, 
 a refuge in time of trouble. 
 
 And they that know thy name will put their truft 
 in thee : for thou, Lord, haft not forfaken thofe 
 who feek thee. 
 
 Sing praifes to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion : 
 declare among the people his doings. 
 
 The Lord is known by the judgment which he 
 executeth : the wicked is fnared in the works of his 
 own hands. 
 
 The wicked fhall be turned into hell, and all 
 the nations that forget God. 
 
 But the needy fhall not always be forgotten ; the 
 expectation of the poor mail not perilh for ever. 
 
 III. 
 
 PRESERVE me, O God ; for in thee do I put 
 my truft. 
 O my foul, thou haft faid unto the Lord, Thou 
 art my Lord, my goodnefs extendeth not to thee, 
 but to the faints that are in the earth, and to the 
 excellent in whom is all my delight. 
 
 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, 
 and of my cup : thou maintaineil my lot. 
 
 & The 
 
82 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleafant places ; 
 yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
 
 I have fet the Lord always before me : becaufe 
 he is at my right hand, I fhall not be moved. 
 
 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory re- 
 joiceth ; my flefh alfo fhall reft in hope. 
 
 For thou wilt not leave my foul in the grave ; 
 neither wilt thou fuffer thine holy one to fee cor- 
 ruption. 
 
 Thou wilt ihew me the path of life : in thy pre- 
 fence is fulnefs of joy, at thy right hand are plea- 
 fures for evermore. 
 
 IV. 
 
 THE heavens declare the glory of God ; and 
 the firmament fheweth his handy- work. 
 
 Day unto day uttereth fpeech, and night unto 
 night iheweth knowledge. 
 
 They have no fpeech nor language, yet without 
 thefe is their voice heard. 
 
 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and 
 their words to the end of the world : in them hath 
 he fet a tabernacle for the fun. 
 
 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his 
 chamber, and rejoiceth as a ftrong man to run a 
 
 race. 
 
 His 
 
 i 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 83 
 
 His going-forth is from the end of the heaven, 
 and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is no- 
 thing hid from the heat thereof. 
 
 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
 foul : the teftimony of the Lord is fure, making 
 wife the flmple. 
 
 The ftatutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
 heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, en- 
 lightning the eyes. 
 
 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever : 
 the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous 
 altogether. 
 
 More to be defired are they than gold, yea, than 
 much iine gold : fweeter alfo than honey, and the 
 honey-comb. 
 
 Moreover, by them is thy fervant warned ; and 
 in keeping of them there is great reward. 
 
 Who can underftand his errors ? Cleanfe thou me 
 from fecret faults. 
 
 Keep back thy fervant alfo from prefumptuous 
 fins, let them not have dominion over me: then 
 Jhall I be upright, and I fhall be innocent from the 
 great tranfgreifion. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation 
 of my heart be acceptable in thy fight, O Lord, my 
 ftcength and my redeemer. 
 
 Gz V. 
 
g 4 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 THE Lord is my fhepherd ; I mall not want. 
 He maketh me to lie down in green paftures : 
 he leadeth me beiide the flill waters. 
 
 He refloreth my foul : he leadeth me in the paths 
 of righteoufnefs for his name's fake. 
 
 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
 fhadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art 
 with me ; thy rod and thy ftafF they comfort me. 
 
 Surely goodnefs and mercy mall follow me all 
 the days of my life : and I will dwell in the houfe 
 of the Lord for ever. 
 
 VI. 
 
 THE earth is the Lord's, and the fulnefs there- 
 of ; the world, and they that dwell therein, 
 For he hath founded it upon the feas, and efta- 
 blifhed it upon the floods. 
 
 Who mall afcend into the hill of the Lord? And 
 who mall (land in his holy place ? 
 
 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; 
 who hath not lift up his foul unto vanity, nor 
 fworn deceitfully, he fhall receive the bleffing from 
 the Lord, and righteoufnefs from the God of his 
 falvation. 
 
 This 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 8; 
 
 This is the generation of them that feek him, 
 that feek thy face, O God of righteoufnefs. 
 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lift 
 up, O ye everlafting doors ; and the King of glo- 
 ry fhall come in. 
 
 Who is the King of glory ? 
 
 The Lord ftrong and mighty, the Lord mighty 
 in battle. 
 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them 
 up, ye everlafting doors ; and the King of glory 
 fhall come in. 
 
 Who is the King of glory ? 
 
 The Lord of holts, he is the King of glory. 
 
 VII. 
 
 UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock ; be 
 not filent unto me ; left if thou be filent unto 
 me, I become like thofe who go down into the pit. 
 Hear the voice of my fupplications, when I cry 
 unto thee : when I lift up my hands toward thy 
 holy oracle. 
 
 BlefTed be the Lord, becaufc he hath heard the 
 voice of my fupplications. 
 
 The Lord is my ftrength, and my fhield ; my 
 heart trufted in him, and I am helped : therefore 
 
 G 3 my 
 
86 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my fang wHl 
 I praife him. 
 
 The Lord is my ftrength ; and he is the faving 
 ftrength of his anointed. 
 
 Save thy people, and blefs thine inheritance: 
 feed them alio, and lift them up for ever. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 GIVE unto the Lord, ye fans of the mighty, 
 give unto the Lord glory and ftrength. 
 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due un-to his name; 
 worihip the Lord in the beauty of holinefs. 
 
 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters : the 
 God of glory thtmdereth ; the Lord is upon many 
 waters. 
 
 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of 
 the Lord is full of majefty. 
 
 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars : yea, 
 the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 
 
 He maketh them alfo to ikip like a calf: Leba- 
 non and Sirion like a young unicorn. 
 
 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. 
 
 The voice of the Lord fiiaketh the wildernefs : 
 the Lord ihaketh the wildernefs of Kadefh. 
 
 The voice of the Lord difcovereth the forefls ; 
 a$d in his temple doth everyone fpeak of his glory. 
 
 The 
 
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 The Lord fitteth upon the flood ; yea, the Lord 
 fitteth King for ever. 
 
 The Lord will give flrength unto his people ; 
 the Lord will blefs his people with peace. 
 
 IX. 
 
 REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous; for 
 praife is comely to the upright. 
 
 Praife the Lord with harp : fing unto him with 
 the pfaltery, and an inflrument of ten firings. 
 
 Sing unto him a new fong, play fkiifully with a 
 loud noife. 
 
 For the word of the Lord is right : and all his 
 works are done in truth. 
 
 He loveth righteoufnefs and judgment : the earth 
 is full of the goodnefs of the Lord. 
 
 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; 
 and all the hoft of them by the breath of his mouth. 
 
 He gathereth the waters of the fea together, as 
 an heap : he layeth up the. depth together in flore- 
 houfes. 
 
 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inha- 
 bitants of the world fland in awe of him. 
 
 For he fpake, and it was done ; he commanded, 
 and it flood fafl. 
 
 G 4 The 
 
88 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 The Lord bringeth the counfel of the heathen to 
 nought : he maketh the devices of the people of 
 none effect. 
 
 The counfel of the Lord ftandeth for ever, the 
 thoughts of his heart to all generations. 
 
 Bicffed is the nation whofe God is the Lord ; 
 and the people whom he hath chofen for his own 
 inheritance. 
 
 The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth 
 all the fons of men. 
 
 From the place of his habitation he looketh up- 
 on all the inhabitants of the earth. 
 
 He fafhicneth their hearts alike; he confidereth 
 all their works. 
 
 There is no king faved by the multitude of an 
 hoil : a mighty man is not delivered by much 
 ilrength. 
 
 A horfe is a vain thing for fafety : neither mall 
 he deliver any by his great Ilrength. 
 
 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that 
 fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy ; 
 
 To deliver their foul from death, and to keep 
 them alive in famine. 
 
 Our foul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help 
 and our ftueld. 
 
 For our heart fhall rejoice in him, becaufe we 
 
 have trufled in his holy name. 
 
 Let 
 
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 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according 
 •s we hope in thee, 
 
 PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion ; 
 and unto thee mail the vow be performed. 
 
 O thou that hearelt prayer, unto thee mall all 
 flefh come. 
 
 Blefled is the man whom thou chufelt, and cauf- 
 eft to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy 
 coarts. 
 
 Blefled be thou, O God, the God of our falva- 
 tion ; who art the confidence of all the ends of the 
 earth, and of them who are afar off upon the fea„ 
 
 Who by thy ilrength fettelt fail the mountains ; 
 being girded with power. 
 
 Who ltilleth the noife of the feas, the noife of 
 their waves, and the tumult of the people. 
 
 They alfo that dwell in the uttermoft parts are 
 afraid at thy tokens : thou makefl the outgoings of 
 the morning and evening to rejoice. 
 
 Thou vifiteft the earth, and watercft it : thou 
 greatly enriched it with the river of God, which 
 is full of water : thou prepared corn, when thou 
 hail fo provided for it. 
 
 Thotl 
 
go PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Thou waterefc the ridges thereof abundantly : 
 thou fettleil the furrows thereQf: thou makeft it* 
 foft with fhowers : thou bleiTeil the fpringing 
 thereof. 
 
 Thou crownefl the year with thy goodnefs ; and 
 thy paths drop fatnefs. 
 
 They drop upon the paftures of the wildernefs ; 
 and the little hills rejoice on every fide. 
 
 The paftures are clothed with flocks : the vallies 
 alfo are covered over with corn ; they Ihout for joy, 
 they alfo fmg. 
 
 XL 
 
 MAKE a joyful noife unto God, all ye lands. 
 Sing forth the honour of his name : make 
 his praife glorious. 
 
 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy 
 works ? Through the greatnefs of thy power mail 
 thine enemies fubmit themfelves unto thee. 
 
 All the earth mall worihip thee, and mall fing 
 unto thee ; they fhall fing to thy name. 
 
 Come and fee the works of God : he is terrible 
 in his doings towards the children of men. 
 
 He turned the fea into dry land : they went 
 through the floods on foot; there did his people 
 rejoice in him. 
 
 He 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 9 i 
 
 He ruleth by his power for ever ; his eyes be- 
 hold the nations : let not the rebellious exalt them- 
 felves. 
 
 blefs our God, ye people; and make the 
 voice of his praife to be heard. 
 
 Who holdeth our foul in life, and fufFereth not 
 our feet to be moved. 
 
 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will 
 declare what he hath done for my foul. 
 
 1 cried unto him with my mouth, and he was 
 extolled with my tongue. 
 
 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will 
 not hear me. 
 
 But verily God hath heard me ; he hath attend- 
 ed to the voice of my prayer. 
 
 BlefTed be God, who hath not turned away my 
 prayer, nor his mercy from me. 
 
 XII. 
 
 GOD be merciful unto us, and blefs us ; and 
 caufe thy face to mine upon us. 
 That thy name may be known upon the earth, 
 thy faving health among all nations. 
 
 Let the people praife thee, O God ; let all tha 
 people praife thee. 
 
 Olet 
 
9 z PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 O let the nations be glad, and fing for joy : for 
 thou fhall judge the people righteoufly, and govern 
 the nations upon earth. 
 
 Let the people praife thee, O God ; let all the 
 people praife thee. 
 
 Then fhall the earth yield her increafe ; and 
 God, even our own God, fhall blefs us. 
 
 God fhall blefs us ; and all the ends of the earth 
 fnall fear him. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with ma- 
 jelly ; the Lord is clothed with ftrength, 
 wherewith he hath girded himfelf : the world alfo 
 xs flablifhed, that it cannot be moved. 
 
 Thy throne is eftablifhed of old : thou art from 
 everlaiUns:. 
 
 The Hoods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods 
 Jiave lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their 
 waves. 
 
 The Lord on high is mightier than the voice of 
 many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the 
 fea. 
 
 Thy teftimonies are very fure : holinefs becom- 
 eth thine houfe, O Lord, for ever. 
 
 XIV. 
 
Part IT. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 
 
 XIV, 
 
 OSING unto the Lord a new fong : fmg unto 
 the Lord all the earth. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord, blefs his name ; fhew forth 
 his falvation from day to day. 
 
 Declare his glory among the heathen, his won- 
 ders among all people. 
 
 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praifed: 
 lie is to be feared above all gods. 
 
 For all the gods of the nations are idols : but 
 the Lord made the heavens. 
 
 Honour and majefty are before him ; ilrength 
 and beauty are in his fan&uary. 
 
 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the peo- 
 ple, give unto the Lord glory and flrength. 
 
 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his 
 name : bring an offering , and come into his 
 courts. 
 
 O worfhip the Lord in the beauty ofholinefs: 
 fear before him all the earth. 
 
 Say among the heathen, that the Lord reigneth : 
 the world alfo mall be eftablifhed that it mall not 
 be moved ; he (hall judge the people righteoufly. 
 
 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad : 
 let the fea roar, and the fulncfs thereof. 
 
 Let 
 
94 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : 
 then fhall all the trees of the wood rejoice 
 
 Before the Lord ; for he cometh, for he cometh 
 to judge the earth : he fhall judge the world with 
 righteoufnefs, and the people with his truth. 
 
 XV. 
 
 1- HE Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice : let 
 the multitude of ifles be glad thereof. 
 
 Clouds and darknefs are round about him : righ- 
 teoufnefs and judgment are the habitation of his 
 throne. 
 
 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his 
 enemies round about. 
 
 His lightnings enlightened the world : the earth 
 faw and trembled. 
 
 The hills melted like wax at the prefence of the 
 Lord, at the prefence of the Lord of the whole 
 earth. 
 
 The heavens declare his righteoufnefs, and all 
 the people fee his glory. 
 
 Confounded be all they that ferve graven images, 
 that boaft themfeives of idols : worfhip him, all ye 
 gods. 
 
 Ziori heard, and was glad, and the daughters of 
 Judah rejoiced, becaufe of thy judgments, O Lord. 
 
 For 
 
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 For thou, O Lord, art high above all the earth; 
 thou art exalted far above all gods. 
 
 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : he preferveth 
 the fouls of his faints ; he delivereth them out of 
 the hand of the wicked. 
 
 Light is fown for the righteous, and gladnefs for 
 the upright in heart. 
 
 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous ; and give 
 thanks at the remembrance of his holinefs. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 THE Lord reigneth ; let the people tremble : 
 he fitteth between the cherubims ; let the 
 earth be moved. 
 
 The Lord is great in Zion, and he is above all 
 people. 
 
 Let them praife thy great and terrible name; 
 for it is holy. 
 
 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worfhip at his 
 footftool ; for he is holy. 
 
 Mofes and Aaron among his priefts, and Samuel 
 among them that call upon his name : they called 
 upon the Lord, and he anfwered them. 
 
 He fpake unto them in the cloudy pillar : they 
 kept his teitimonies, and the ordinance that he 
 gave .them, 
 
 Thoir 
 
96 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Thou anfweredit them, O Lord our God : thou 
 waft a God that forgaveit them, though thou took- 
 eft vengeance of their inventions. 
 
 Exalt the Lord our God, and worfhip at his 
 holy hill : for the Lord our God is holy. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 MAKE a joyful noife unto the Lord, all ye 
 lands. * 
 
 Serve the Lord with gladnefs : come before his 
 prefence with iinging. 
 
 Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is he that 
 hath made us, and not we ourfelves : we are his 
 people, and the fheep of his paflure. 
 
 Enter into his gates with thankfgiving, and into 
 his courtswith praife : be thankful unto him, and 
 blefs his name. 
 
 For the Lord is good : his mercy is everlafting ; 
 and his truth endureth to all generations. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 OCOME let us fing unto the Lord : let us 
 make a joyful noife to the rock of our falva- 
 tion. 
 
 Let 
 
 
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 Let us come before his prefence with thankfgiv- 
 ing, and make a joyful noife unto him with 
 pialms. 
 
 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King 
 above all gods. 
 
 In his hand are the deep places of the earth : the 
 ilrength of the hills is his alfo. 
 
 The fea is his, and he made it : and his hands 
 formed the dry land. 
 
 O come, let us worfhip and bow down : let us 
 kneel before the Lord our Maker. 
 
 For he is our God ; and we are the people of his 
 pailure, and the fheep of his hand. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 BLESS the Lord, O my foul ; and all that is 
 within me, blefs his holy name. 
 
 Blefs the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all 
 his benefits. 
 
 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who healeth 
 all thy difeafes : 
 
 Who redeemeth thy life from deftrudlion ; who 
 crowneth thee with loving kindnefs and tender 
 mercies : 
 
 Who fatisfieth thy mouth with good things ; fo 
 that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's, 
 
 H The 
 
9 8 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 The Lord executeth righteoufnefs and judgment 
 for all that are opprefled. 
 
 He made known his ways unto Mofes, his a&s 
 unto the children of Ifrael. 
 
 The Lord is merciful and gracious, flow to an- 
 ger, and plenteous in mercy. 
 
 He will not always chide ; neither will he keep 
 his anger for ever. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us after our fins ; nor re- 
 warded us according to our iniquities. 
 
 For as the heaven is high above the earth, fo 
 great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 
 
 As far as the eaft is from the weft, fo far hath 
 he removed our tranfgreffions from us. 
 
 Like as a father pitieth his children, fo the Lord 
 pitieth them that fear him. 
 
 For he knoweth our frame : he remembereth that 
 we are dull. 
 
 As for man, his days are as grafs : as a flowei 
 of the field, fo he flourifheth. 
 
 For the wind pafleth over it, and it is gone 
 and the place thereof fhall know it no more. 
 
 But the mercy cf the Lord is from everlafting to 
 everlafting upon them that fear him, and his righ- 
 teoufnefs unto children's children : 
 
 To fuch as keep his covenant, and to thofe wha 
 remember his commandments to do them. 
 
 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the hea- 
 vens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all. 
 
 Blefs 
 
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 Blefs the Lord, ye his angels that excel inftrength, 
 that do his commandments, hearkening unto the 
 voice of his word. 
 
 Blefs the Lord, all ye his hofls ; yc minifters of 
 his, that do his pleafure. 
 
 Blefs ye the Lord, all his works, in all places of 
 his dominion : blefs the Lord, O my foul. 
 
 XX, 
 
 BLESS the Lord, O my foul. O Lord my 
 God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed 
 with honour and majeily. 
 
 Who covereft thyfelf with light, as with a gar- 
 ment : who ftretcheft out the heavens like a cur- 
 tain. 
 
 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the 
 waters ; who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who 
 walketh upon the wings of the wind : 
 
 Who maketh the winds his meiTengers, and 
 flames of fire his minifters : 
 
 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it 
 mould not be removed for ever. 
 
 Thou coveredft it with the deep as with a gar- 
 ment : the waters flood above the mountains. 
 
 At thy rebuke they fled ; at the voice of thy 
 thunder they hailed away. 
 
 H 2 They 
 
ioo PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 They go up by the mountains ; they go down 
 by the vallies, unto the place which thou haft found- 
 ed for them. 
 
 Thou haft fet a bound that they may not pafs 
 over ; that they turn not again to cover the earth. 
 
 He fendeth the fprings into the vallies, whkh 
 run among the hills. 
 
 They give drink to every beaft of the field : the 
 wild afTes quench their thirft. 
 
 By them mall the fowls of the heaven have their 
 habitation, which fing among the branches. 
 
 He watereth the hills from his chambers : the 
 earth is fatisfied with the fruit of thy works. 
 
 He caufeth the grafs to grow for the cattle, and 
 herb for the fervice of man ; that he may bring 
 forth food out of the earth : 
 
 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, 
 and oil to make his face to mine, and bread to 
 ftrengthen man's heart. . 
 
 The trees of the Lord are full of fap ; the cedars 
 of Lebanon which he hath planted ; 
 
 Where the birds make their nefts : as for the 
 ftork, the fir-trees are her houfe. 
 
 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, 
 and the rocks for the conies. 
 
 He appointeth the moon for feafbns : the fun 
 knoweth his going down. 
 
 Thou makeft darknefs, and it is night ; wherein 
 
 all the beafls of the foreft do creep forth. 
 
 The 
 
Part U. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. iof 
 
 The young lions roar after their prey, and feek 
 their meat from God. 
 
 The fun arifeth ; they gather themfelves toge- 
 ther, and lay them down in their dens. 
 
 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour 
 until the evening. 
 
 Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wif- 
 dom hail thou made them all : the earth is full of 
 thy riches. 
 
 So is the great and wide fea, wherein are things 
 creeping innumerable, both fmall and great beafls. 
 
 There go the mips : there is that leviathan, 
 whom thou haft made to play therein. 
 
 Thefe wait all upon thee ; that thou mayeft give 
 them their meat in due feafon. 
 
 That thou giveft them, they gather : thou open- 
 eft thine hand, they are filled with good. 
 
 Thou hideft thy face, they are troubled : thou 
 takeft away their breath, they die, and return to 
 their duft. 
 
 Thou fendeft forth thy fpirit, they are created : 
 and thou reneweft the face of the earth. 
 
 The glory of the Lord mall endure for ever : 
 the Lord ihall rejoice in his works. 
 
 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth ; he 
 toucheth the hills, and they fmoke. 
 
 1 will fing unto the Lord as long as I live : I 
 
 will fing praifes unto my God while I have my 
 
 being. 
 
 H 3 My 
 
102 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 My meditation of him fhall be Tweet : I will be 
 glad in the Lord. 
 
 Let the finners be confumed out of the earth, 
 and let the wicked be no more. Blefs thou the 
 Lord, O my foul. Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 XXL 
 
 OCLAP your hands, all ye people ; fhout un- 
 to God with the voice of triumph. 
 
 For the Lord moil high is terrible : he is a great 
 King over all the earth. 
 
 According to thy name, O God, fo is thy praife 
 unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full 
 of righteoufnefs. 
 
 Sing praifes to God ; fing praifes. 
 
 For God is the King of all the earth : fing ye 
 praifes with underftanding. 
 
 God reigneth over the heathen : God fitteth 
 upon the throne of his holinefs. 
 
 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; the 
 fceptre of thy kingdom is a right fceptre. 
 
 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praifed in 
 the city of our God, in the mountain of his holi- 
 nefs. 
 
 For this God is our God for ever : he will be 
 our guide even unto d>eath ? 
 
 XXII, 
 
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 XXII. 
 
 BE thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ; 
 let thy glory be above all the earth. 
 
 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : 
 I will fing and give praife. 
 
 Thy vows are upon me, O God : 1 will render 
 praifes unto thee. 
 
 Awake up my glory, awake pfaltery and harp : 
 I myfelf will awake early. 
 
 I will praife thee, O Lord, among the people ; 
 I will fing unto thee among the nations. 
 
 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and 
 thy truth unto the clouds. 
 
 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens ; 
 let thy glory be above all the earth. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praife God in his fane- 
 tuary : praife him in the firmament of his 
 power. 
 
 Praife him for his mighty ads : praife him ac- 
 cording to his excellent greatnefs. 
 
 Praife him with the found of the trumpet : praife 
 him with the pfaltery and harp. 
 
 H 4 Praife 
 
\y 
 
 104 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Praife him with the timbrel and dance : praife 
 him with ftringed inftruments and organs. 
 
 Praife him upon the loud cymbals : praife him 
 upon the high founding cymbals. 
 
 Let every thing that hath breath, praife the 
 Lord. Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 SING aloud unto God our flrength : make a 
 joyful noife unto the God of Jacob 
 
 Take a pfalm and bring hither the timbrel, the 
 pleafant harp with the pfaltery. 
 
 Seek the Lord and his ftrength, feek his face ever- 
 more. 
 
 Remember the marvellous works he hath done ; 
 his wonders and the judgments of his mouth. 
 
 Glory ye in his holy name, let the heart of them 
 rejoice that feek the Lord. 
 
 I will remember the works of the Lord : furely 
 I will remember thy wonders of old. 
 
 I will meditate alfo of all thy works, and talk of 
 thy doings. 
 
 Thy righteoufnefs alfo, O God, is very high, 
 who haft done great things : who is like unto thee ? 
 
 Thou O God haft prepared of thy goodnefs for 
 the poor. 
 
 Thou haft afcended on high, thou haft led cap- 
 
 tivitv captive. 
 
 My 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 105 
 
 My lips fhall greatly rejoice when I fing unto 
 thee, and my foul which thou haft redeemed. 
 
 I am continually with thee, thou hail holden me 
 by my right hand : God is my helper. 
 
 Thou fhalt guide me by thy counfel, and after- 
 wards receive me to glory. 
 
 XXV. 
 
 I WILL praife the name of God with a fong, and 
 will magnify him with thankfgiving. 
 
 I will alfo praife thee with the pfaltery, even thy 
 truth, O my God : unto thee will I fing with the 
 harp, O thou holy one of ages. 
 
 For thou art my hope O my Lord God, thou art 
 my truft from my youth, by thee have I been hol- 
 den up from the womb, my praife fhall be continu- 
 ally of thee. 
 
 Thine hands have made me and fafhioned me 
 together round about. 
 
 Thou haft clothed me with fkin and flefh, and 
 fenced me with bones and finews. 
 
 Thou haft granted me life and favour, and thy 
 vifitation hath preferved my fpirit. 
 
 There is a fpirit in man, and the infpiration of 
 the Almighty hath given him underftanding. 
 
 O God thou haft taught me from my youth, and 
 hitherto have 1 declared thy wondrous works. 
 
 Caft 
 
,06 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Caft me not off in the time of old age ; forfake 
 me not when my ftrength faileth. 
 
 In thee O Lord do I put my truft ; let me never 
 be put to confufion. 
 
 Let my mouth be filled with thy praife, and 
 with thine honour all the day. 
 
 For I will hope continually, and will yet praife 
 thee more and more. 
 
 I will go in the ftrength of the Lord ; I will 
 make mention of thy righteoufnefs, even of thine 
 only. 
 
 My tongue mail fhew forth thy falvation, and 
 thy mercies all the day, for I know not the num- 
 ber thereof. 
 
 The Lord is my hope for ever. Amen and Amen. 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 THE Lord our God is above all lords : ftrength 
 is his, and glory and power everlafting. 
 He createth all things by the breath of his mouth : 
 he laid the foundations of the earth, he flretched 
 out the line thereof. 
 
 Then the morning flars fang together, and all 
 the fons of God fhouted for joy. 
 
 God thundereth marvellouily with his voice; 
 
 great things doth he which we cannot comprehend. 
 
 He faith to the fnow, be thou on the earth; 
 
 likewife 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 107 
 
 likewife to the fmall rain, and to the great rain of 
 his ftrength. 
 
 He lealeth up the hand of every man ; that all 
 men may know his work. 
 
 Then the beaits go into dens, and remain in 
 their places. 
 
 Out of the fouth cometh the whirlwind : and cold 
 out of the north. 
 
 By the breath of God froft is given : and the 
 breadth of the waters is Itraitened. 
 
 Alfo by watering he wearieth the thick cloud : 
 he icattereth his bright cloud. 
 
 And it is turned about by his counfels: that they 
 may do whatfoever he commandeth them upon the 
 face of the earth. 
 
 He caufeth it to come, whether for correction, 
 or for his land, or for mercy. 
 
 Hearken unto this O man : fland Hill and confl- 
 der the wondrous works of God. 
 
 But as to the Almighty we cannot find him out : 
 he is beyond all our thoughts. 
 
 Behold I go forward, but he is not there ; and 
 backward, but I cannot perceive him. 
 
 On the left hand where he doth work, but I can- 
 not behold him : he hideth himfelf on the right 
 hand that I cannot fee him. 
 
 But he knoweth the way that I take. 
 
 For his eyes are upon the ways of man ; and he 
 
 feerh all his goings. 
 
 There 
 
ioS PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 There is no darknefs nor fhadow of death where 
 the workers of iniquity may hide themfelves. 
 
 Shall not his excellency make us afraid ? and his 
 dread fall upon us ? 
 
 Behold, he putteth no truft in his fervants ; and 
 his angels he chargeth with folly : 
 
 How much lefs in them that dwell in houfes of 
 clay, whofe foundation is in the dult, who are 
 crufhed before the moth. 
 
 If I be wicked wo unto me ; if I be righteous yet 
 will not I lift up mine head. 
 
 All my thoughts are before him ; according to 
 the multitude of thy mercies, judge thou me, O my 
 God, 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
 good : for his mercy endureth for ever, 
 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 To him who alone doeth great wonders : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 To him that by wifdom made the heavens : for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 To him that ftretched out the earth above the 
 
 waters : 
 
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 waters : for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 To him that made great lights : for his mercy 
 endureth for ever. 
 
 The fun to rule by day : for his mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 The moon and flars to rule by night : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Even an heritage unto Ifrael his fervant : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Who remembered us in our low eftate : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 And hath redeemed us from our enemies : for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Who giveth food to all flefh : for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. 
 
 O give thanks unto the God of heaven : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever, 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a 
 new fong, and his praife in the congregations 
 of faints. 
 
 Let man rejoice in him that made him : let the 
 children of men be joyful in their King. 
 
 Let them praife his name in the dance : let them 
 Cng praifes unto him with the timbrel and harp. 
 For the Lord taketh pleafure in his people : he 
 
 will 
 
no PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 will beautify the meek with falvation, Praife ye 
 the Lord. 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 PRAISE the Lord : for it is good to fmg praife* 
 unto our God ; for it is pleafant, and praife 
 is comely. 
 
 Great is our Lord, and of great power : his un- 
 derllanding is infinite. 
 
 The Lord lifteth up the meek : he calteth the 
 wicked down to the ground. 
 
 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up 
 their wounds. 
 
 He telleth the number of the liars ; he calleth 
 them all by their names. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord with thankfgiving : fing 
 praifes upon the harp to our God. 
 
 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who pre- 
 pareth rain for the earth, who maketh grafs to 
 grow upon the mountains. 
 
 He giveth to the beafl his food, and to the young 
 ravens which cry. 
 
 He delighteth not in the flrength of the horfe : 
 he taketh not pleafure in the vigour of a man. 
 
 The Lord taketh pleafure in them that fear him, 
 in thofe that hope in his mercy. 
 
 Praife 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 1 1 1 
 
 Praife the Lord, O ye nations : praife thy God, 
 O Britain. 
 
 For he hath ftrengthened the bars of thy gates ; 
 he hath blefled thy children within thee. 
 
 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee 
 with the finefl: of the wheat. 
 
 He fendeth forth his commandment upon earth ; 
 his word runneth very fwiftly. 
 
 He giveth fnow like wool : he fcattereth the hoar 
 froft like afhes. 
 
 He cafteth forth his ice like morfels : who can 
 ftand before his cold ? 
 
 He fendeth out his word, and melteth them : he 
 caufeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 
 
 He fheweth his word unto Britain, his ftatutes 
 and his judgments unto his people. 
 
 He hath not dealt fo with every nation : and as 
 for his judgments, they have not known them. 
 Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 XXX. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praife ye the Lord from 
 the heavens : praife him in the heights. 
 Praife ye him, all his angels : praife ye him, all 
 his hoils. 
 
 Praife ye him, fun and moon : praife him, all 
 ye ftars of light. 
 
 Praife 
 
112 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Praife him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye wa- 
 ters that be above the heavens. 
 
 Let them praife the name of the Lord : for he 
 commanded, and they were created. 
 
 He alfo eftablilhed them for ever and ever : he 
 hath made a decree which mall not pafs. 
 
 Praife the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and 
 all deeps. 
 
 Fire and hail, fnow and vapour, ftormy wind 
 fulfilling his word : 
 
 Mountains, and all hills ; fruitful trees, and all 
 cedars : 
 
 Beafts, and all cattle ; creeping things, and fly- 
 ing fowl : 
 
 Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and 
 all judges of the earth : 
 
 Both young men, and maidens ; old men, and 
 children. 
 
 Let them praife the name of the Lord : for his 
 name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the 
 earth and heaven. 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praife the Lord, O my 
 foul. 
 While I live will I praife the Lord : I will fing 
 praifes unto my God while I have any being. 
 
 Put 
 
 i 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 113 
 
 Put not your truft in princes, nor in the ion of 
 man, in whom there is no help. 
 
 His breath goeth forth, he returned! to his 
 earth : in that very day his thoughts perifti. 
 
 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his 
 help, whofe hope is in the Lord his God : 
 
 Who made heaven and earth, the fea, and all 
 that therein is : 
 
 Who keepeth truth for ever : Who executeth. 
 judgment for the opprefTed, who giveth food to 
 the hungry. 
 
 The Lord loofeth the priibners : The Lord 
 openeth the eyes of the blind ; 
 
 The Lord raifeth them that are bowed down : 
 the Lord loveth the righteous : 
 
 The Lord preferveth the itrangers ; he relieveth 
 the fatherlefs and widow : but he overturned! the 
 way of the wicked. 
 
 The Lord mall reign for ever ; even thy God, 
 O Zion, unto all' generations. Frr.ifc ye the L 
 
 I WILL extol thee, my God, O King ; and I 
 will blefs thy name for ever and ever. 
 Every day will I blefs thee ; and I will praife 
 thy name for ever and ever. 
 
 Great is the Lord, and greatly to bepraifed; 
 and his greatnefs is unfearchable, 
 
 I One 
 
ii 4 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 One generation fhall praife thy works to another, 
 and fhall declare thy mighty ads. 
 
 I will fpeak of the glorious honours of thy ma- 
 jefty, and of thy wondrous works. 
 
 And men fhall fpeak of the might of thy terrible 
 acts : and I will declare thy greatnefs. 
 
 They fhall abundantly utter the memory of thy 
 great goodnefs, and fhall fing of thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 The Lord is gracious, and full of compamon ; 
 flow to anger, and of great mercy. 
 
 The Lord is good to all : and his tender mercies 
 are over all his works. 
 
 All thy works fhall praife thee, O Lord, and thy 
 faints fhall blefs thee. 
 
 They fhall fpeak of the glory of thy kingdom, 
 and talk of thy power. 
 
 To make known to the fons of men thy mighty 
 a£ls, and the glorious majefty of thy kingdom. 
 
 Thy kingdom is an everlafting kingdom, and 
 thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 
 
 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raifeth up 
 all thofe that be bowed down. 
 
 The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou giveft 
 them their meat in due feafon. 
 
 Thou openefl thine hand, and fatisfieft the defire 
 of every living thing. 
 
 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy 
 in all his works. 
 
 The 
 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i, 5 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto all who call upon him, 
 to all who call upon him in truth. 
 
 He will fulfil the defire of them that fear him : 
 he alfo will hear their cry, and will fave them. 
 
 The Lord preferveth all them that love him ; 
 but all the wicked will he deftroy. 
 
 My mouth mall fpeak the praife of the Lord : 
 and let all fleih blefs his holy name for ever and 
 ever. 
 
 XXXIIL 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. O ye fervants of the Lord, 
 praife the name of the Lord. 
 
 O praife the Lord all ye nations : praife him all 
 ye people. 
 
 BlefTed be the name of the Lord, from this time 
 forth and for evermore. 
 
 For his merciful kindnefs is great towards us $ 
 and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. 
 
 From the rifing of the fun until the going down 
 of the fame, the Lord's name is to be praifed. 
 
 The Lord is high above all nations, and his 
 glory above all the heavens. 
 
 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwell- 
 ed! on high. 
 
 Who humbleth himfelf to behold the things that 
 are in heaven, and in the earth ? 
 
 Iz He 
 
n6 PSALMS Of PRAISE, 
 
 He raifeth up the poor out of the dull, and lift- 
 eth the needy dut of the dunghill. 
 
 That he may fet him with princes, even the prin- 
 ces of his people. 
 
 He maketh the barren woman to keep houfe, 
 and to be a joyful mother of children. Praife ye 
 the Lord. 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. I will praife the Lord with 
 my whole heart, in the afTembly of the upright, 
 and in the congregation. 
 
 The works of the Lord are great, fought out of 
 all them that have pleafure therein. 
 
 His work is honourable and glorious : and his 
 righteoufnefs endureth for ever. 
 
 He hath made his wonderful works to be remem- 
 bered ; the Lord is gracious and full of companion. 
 
 He hath given meat unto them that fear him : 
 he will ever be mindful of his covenant. 
 
 He hath fhewed his people the power of his 
 works, that he may give them a heritage in a good 
 land. 
 
 The works of his hands are verity and judgment: 
 all his commandments are fure. 
 
 They Hand fall for ever and ever, and are done 
 in truth and uprightnefs. 
 
 He fent redemption unto his people, he hath 
 
 commanded 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. u 7 
 
 commanded his covenant for ever : holy and reve- 
 rend is his name. 
 
 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wifdom : 
 a good underftanding have all they that do his 
 commandments : his praife endureth for ever. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Let the redeemed of the Lord fay fo, whom he 
 hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy ; 
 
 And gathered them out of the lands, from the 
 eaft and from the weft, from the north and from 
 the fouth. 
 
 They wandered in the wildernefs in a folitary 
 way, they found no city to dwell in. 
 
 Hungry and thirity, their foul fainted in them. 
 
 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 and he delivered them out of their diitrefTes. 
 
 And he led them forth by the right way, that 
 they might go to a city of habitation. 
 
 Oh that men would praife the Lord for his good- 
 and for his wonderful works, to the children 
 of men ! 
 
 For he fatisfieth the longing foul, and filleth the 
 hungry foul with goodnefs. 
 
 I 3 Such 
 
u8 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Such as fit in darknefs, and in the fhadow of 
 death, being bound in affliction and iron : 
 
 Becaufe they rebelled againft the words of God, 
 and contemned the counfel of the mofl High : 
 
 Therefore he brought down their heart with la- 
 bour, they fell down, and there was none to help. 
 
 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 and he faved them out of their diftreiTes. 
 
 He brought them out of darknefs, and the lha- 
 dow of death, and brake their bands in funder. 
 
 Oh that men would praife the Lord for his good- 
 nefs, and for his wonderful works to the children 
 of men ! 
 
 For he hath broken the gates of brafs, and cut 
 the bars of iron in funder. 
 
 Fools, becaufe of their tranfgreiTion, and becaufe 
 of their iniquities, are afflicted. 
 
 Their foul abhorreth all manner of meat, and 
 they draw near unto the gates of death. 
 
 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 he faveth them out of their diftreiTes. 
 
 He fent his word, and healed them, and deli- 
 vered them from their deftruclions. 
 
 Oh that men would praife the Lord for his good- 
 nefs, and for his wonderful works to the children 
 of men ! 
 
 And let them facrifice the facrifices of thankfgiv- 
 ing, and declare his work with rejoicing. 
 
 They 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. u 9 
 
 They that go down to the fea in mips, that do 
 bufinefs in great waters : 
 
 Thefe fee the works of the Lord, and his won- 
 ders in the deep. 
 
 For he commandeth, and raifeth the flormy 
 wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 
 
 They mount up to the heaven, they go down 
 again to the depths, their foul is melted becaufe 
 of trouble. 
 
 Thy reel to and fro, and ftagger like a drunken 
 man, and are at their wit's end. 
 
 Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, 
 and he bringeth them out of their diftrefles. 
 
 He maketh the ftorm a calm, fo that the Waves 
 thereof are ftill. 
 
 Then are they glad, becaufe they be quiet ; fo 
 he bringeth them unto their defired haven. 
 
 Oh that men would praife the Lord for his good- 
 nefs, and for his wonderful works to the children 
 of men ! 
 
 Let them exalt him alfo in the congregation of 
 the people, and praife him in the aifembly of the 
 elders. 
 
 He turneth rivers into a wildernefs, and the wa- 
 ter-fprings into dry ground : 
 
 A fruitful land into barrennefs for the wicked- 
 nefs of them that dwell therein. 
 
 1 4 He 
 
120 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 He turneth the wildernefs into a Handing water, 
 and dry ground into water-fprings. 
 
 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that 
 that may prepare a city for habitation ; 
 
 And fow the fields, and plant vineyards, which 
 may yield fruits of increafe. 
 
 Again they are diminifhed and brought low 
 through oppreffion, affliction, and forrow. 
 
 He poureth contempt upon princes, and caufeth 
 them to wander in the wildernefs, where there is 
 no way. 
 
 Yet fetteth he the poor on high from affliction, 
 and maketh him families like a flock. 
 
 The righteous Hi all fee it, and rejoice; and all 
 iniquity fliall flop her mouth. 
 
 Whofo is wife, and will obferve thefe things, 
 even they mail underftand the loving kindnefs of 
 the Lord. 
 
 XXXVJ. 
 
 I WILL blefs the Lord at all times : his praife 
 fliall continually be in my mouth. 
 My foul ihall make her boaft in the Lord : the 
 humble fliall hear thereof and be glad. 
 
 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt 
 his name together. 
 
 O tafte 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 121 
 
 O talte and fee that the Lord is good : blefTed 
 is the man that trufteth in him. 
 
 O fear the Lord, yc his faints : for there is no 
 want to them that fear him. 
 
 The young lions do lack, and fufl'er hunger: but 
 they that feek the Lord mall not want any good 
 thing. 
 
 Come ye children hearken unto me: I will teach 
 you the fear of the Lord. 
 
 What man is he that defireth life, and loveth 
 many days, that he may fee good ? 
 
 Keep thy tongue from evil, and do good : feek 
 peace and purfue it. 
 
 The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, 
 
 his tars are open unto their cry. 
 The face of the Lord is againft them that do evil, 
 to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 
 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and 
 delivereth them out of all their troubles. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
 heart, and faveth fuch as be of a contrite fpirit. 
 
 Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but 
 the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 
 
 He keepeth all his bones : not one of them is 
 broken. 
 
 Evil (hall flay the wicked: and they that hate 
 the righteous mail be defolate. 
 
 He 
 
122 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 He redeemeth the foul of his fervants : and 
 none of them that truft in him fhall be defolate. 
 
 XXXVIL 
 
 BLESS ye God in the congregations. 
 Sing unto God, fing praifes to his name: 
 extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name 
 Jehovah, and rejoice before him. 
 
 O God when thou wenteft forth before thy peo- 
 ple, the earth fhook, the heavens alfo dropped at 
 the prefence of God. 
 
 At the prefence of God the earth trembled : the 
 foundations alfo of the hills moved, and were fhaken. 
 
 He bowed the heavens and came down : and 
 darknefs was under his feet. 
 
 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, 
 he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 
 
 He made darknefs his fecret place ; his pavillion 
 round about him was dark waters and thick clouds 
 of the ikies. 
 
 Thy mercy, O God, is in the heavens ; and thy 
 faithfulnefs reacheth unto the clouds. 
 
 Thy righteoufnefs is like the great mountains ; 
 thy judgments are a great deep : O Lord, thou 
 preferveit man and beait. 
 
 How excellent is thy loving kindnefs, O Godt 
 therefore the children of men put their truft under 
 the fliadow of thy wings. 
 
 They 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 123 
 
 They fhall be abundantly fatisfied with the fat- 
 nefs of thy houfe ; and thou (halt make them drink 
 of the rivers of thy pleafures. 
 
 For with thee is the fountain of life : in thee 
 ill all we fee light. 
 
 O continue thy loving kindnefs to them that know 
 thee ; and thy righteoufnefs to the upright in 
 heart. 
 
 BlefTed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with 
 benefits ; even the God of our falvation. 
 
 Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael, from ever- 
 lafling to everlafting. Amen and Amen. 
 
 XXXVIIL 
 
 IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
 and to fing praifes unto thy name, O thou moft 
 high: 
 
 To mew forth thy loving-kind nefs in the morn- 
 ing, and thy faithfulnefs every night ; 
 
 Upon an inftrument of ten firings, and upon the 
 pfaltery ; upon the harp with a folemn found. 
 
 For thou, Lord, hail made me glad through thy 
 work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 
 
 O Lord, how great are thy works ! And thy 
 thoughts are very deep. 
 
 A brutifh man knoweth not ; neither doth a fool 
 underftand this. 
 
 When 
 
124 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 When the wicked fpring as the grafs, and when 
 all the workers of iniquity do ilourifh ; it is that 
 they fhall be deflroyed for ever. 
 
 But thou, Lord, art mofl high for evermore. 
 
 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for lo, thine 
 enemies fhall perifh ; all the workers of iniquity 
 fhall be fcattered. 
 
 The righteous fhall flourifh like the palm-tree : 
 he fhall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 
 
 Thefe that be planted in the houfe of the Lord, 
 fhall flourifh in the courts of our God. 
 
 They fhall bring forth fruit in old age ; they 
 fhall be fat and flourifhing : 
 
 To fhew that the Lord is upright : he is their 
 rock, and there is no unrighteoufnefs in him. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord, praife ye the name of the 
 Lord ; praife him, O ye fervants of the Lord. 
 Ye that ftand in the houfe of the Lord, in the 
 courts of the houfe of our God. 
 
 Praife ye the Lord, for the Lord is good : fing 
 praife unto his name, for it is pieafant. 
 
 For the Lord hath chofen his people unto him- 
 felf, and his redeemed for a peculiar treafure. 
 
 For I know that the Lord is great, and that our 
 Lord is above all gods. 
 
 Whatfoever 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i 2 > 
 
 Whatfoever the Lord pleafeth, that doth he in 
 heaven, and in earth, in the feas, and all deep 
 places. 
 
 He caufeth the vapours to afcend from the ends 
 of the earth : he maketh lightnings for the rain : 
 he bringeth the wind out of his treafures. 
 
 Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever, and thy 
 memorial to all generations. 
 
 The idols of the heathens are filver and gold, 
 the work of men's hands. 
 
 They have mouths, but they fpeak not ; eyes 
 have they, but they fee not ; ears have they, but 
 they hear not ; neither is there any breath in their 
 mouths. 
 
 They that make them are like unto them : fo h 
 every one that trufteth in them. 
 
 But thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever ; and 
 thy memorial unto all generations. 
 
 XL 
 
 CAN man be juft with God ? Can a man be 
 pure before his Maker ? 
 If he will contend with him, he cannot anfvver 
 him for one of a thoufand. 
 
 He is wife in heart, and mighty in flrength : 
 who hath hardened himfelf againft him, and hath 
 profpered ? 
 
 Who 
 
iz6 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Who removeth the mountains, and they know 
 not : who overturneth them in his anger. 
 
 Who ihaketh the earth out of her place, and the 
 pillars thereof tremble. 
 
 Who commandeth the fun, and it rifeth not ; 
 and fealeth up the flars. 
 
 Who alone fpreadeth out the heavens, and tread- 
 eth upon the waves of the fea. 
 
 Who maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, 
 and the chambers of the fouth. 
 
 Who doeth great things pail finding out ; yea, 
 and wonders without number. 
 
 Lo, he goeth by me, and I fee him not : he 
 paffeth on alfo, but I perceive him not. 
 
 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him ? 
 Who will fay unto him, What doefl thou ? 
 
 If we fpeak of flrength, lo, he is flrong : and 
 if of judgment, who is a King befide our God ? 
 
 Whofo juftifieth himfelf, his own mouth fhali 
 condemn him. If thou fay thou art perfect, it 
 fhall alfo prove thee perverfe. 
 
 How then can man be juflified with God? Or 
 how can he be clean that is born of a woman ? 
 
 Behold, he looketh even to the moon, and it 
 fhineth not ; yea, the flars are not pure in his 
 fight. 
 
 How much lefs man, who is of the dull; and 
 the fon of man, who is a worm ? 
 
 XLI. 
 
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 XLI. 
 
 THE Lord our God is an everlafting King ; 
 mighty is his arm, and ftrong is his right 
 arm. 
 
 Praife ye the Lord our God : he is great, and 
 doeth wondrous things ; he is God alone. 
 
 Hell is naked before him, and deftru&ion hath 
 no covering. 
 
 He flretcheth out the north over the emptv 
 place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 
 
 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; 
 and the cloud is not rent under them. 
 
 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and 
 fpreadeth his cloud upon it. 
 
 He hath compafTed the waters with bounds, un 
 til the day and night come to an end. 
 
 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are aflonifh- 
 ed at his reproof. 
 
 He divideth the fea with his power, and by his 
 underftanding he fmiteth through the proud. 
 
 By his fpirit he hath garniihed the heavens : his 
 hand hath formed the crooked ferpent. 
 
 Lo, thefe are parts of his ways : yet how little 
 a portion is heard of him ? But the thunder of his 
 power who can underftand ? 
 
 XLII. 
 
128 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 XLH. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the 
 Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord ; call upon his 
 name : make known his deeds among the people. 
 
 Sing unto him, fing pfalms unto him : talk ye 
 of all his wondrous works. 
 
 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the 
 word which he fpake to a thoufand generations. 
 
 Ye that fear the Lord, praife him : all ye the 
 feed of Zion glorify him ; and fear him all ye feed 
 of his chofen ones. 
 
 For he hath not defpifed nor abhorred the afftic- 
 tion of the afflicted : neither hath he hid his face 
 from him ; but when he cried unto him he heard. 
 
 The Lord will maintain the caufe of the arHicl- 
 ed, and the right of the poor. 
 
 The meek mail eat, and be fatisiied : they ihall 
 praife the Lord that feek him ; their heart mall 
 live for ever. 
 
 All the ends of the world ihall remember and 
 turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the 
 nations ihall worihip before him. 
 
 For the Lord heareth the poor, and defpifeth not 
 his prifoners, 
 
 The 
 
Part IK PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 129 
 
 Verily there is a reward for the righteous : veri- 
 ly there is a God who judgeth in the earth. 
 
 The humble mall hear this, and be glad : and 
 their heart fhall live that feek God. 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from 
 whence cometh my help. 
 
 My help cometh from the Lord, who made hea- 
 ven and earth. 
 
 He will not fuffer thy foot to be moved : he 
 that keepeth thee will not {lumber. 
 
 Behold, he that keepeth Ifrael, fhall neither 
 Humber nor flecp. 
 
 The Lord is thy keeper : the^Lord is thy fhade 
 upon thy right haad. 
 
 The fun fhall net finite thee by day, nor the 
 moon by night. 
 
 The Lord fhall prcferve thee from all evil ; he 
 fhall prcferve thy foul. 
 
 The Lord fhall preferve thy going out, and thy 
 coming in, from this tftric forth, and even for ever- 
 more. 
 
 XLIV. 
 
i 3 o PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 GIVE ear, O fhepherd of Ifrael, thou that 
 leadeft thy people like a flock; thou that 
 dwelledft between the cherubims, mine forth. 
 
 God my heart is fixed, I will fing and give 
 praife. 
 
 Awake pfaltery and harp : I myfelf will awake 
 early. 
 
 1 will praife thee O Lord among the people : I 
 will ling praifes unto thee among the nations. 
 
 For thy mercy is great above the heavens ; and 
 thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 
 
 Thou O Lord art a fhield for me ; my glory and 
 the lifter up of mine head. 
 
 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy bleifing 
 is upon thy people. 
 
 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, 
 and thy glory above all the earth. 
 
 BleiTed be the Lord God of Ifrael from everlaft- 
 ing to everlauing: and let all the people fay, 
 Amen. 
 
 Amen, praife ye the Lord, 
 
 XLV. 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. I )\ 
 
 XLV. 
 
 I WILL fing of mercy and judgment : unto thee* 
 O Lord, will I Ting. 
 
 God is my king of old ; working falvation in 
 the mid ft of the earth. 
 
 Thou didft divide the fea by thy ftrength : thou* 
 didft cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedft 
 up mighty rivers. 
 
 The day is thine, the night alfo is thine ; thou 
 haft prepared the light and the fun. 
 
 Thou haft fet all the borders of the earth : thou 
 haft made fummer and winter. 
 
 According to thy name, O God, fo is thy praife, 
 to the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of 
 righteoufnefs. 
 
 O let not the opprefTed return afhamed : let the 
 poor and needy praife thy name. 
 
 Defend the poor and fatherlefs : do juftice to 
 the afflicted and needy. 
 
 Deliver the poor and needy : rid them out of the 
 hand of the wicked. 
 
 Let the fighing of the prifoner come before thee : 
 and the prayer of the defolate that hath none to 
 help. 
 
 Arife, O God, judge the earth : for thou malt 
 inherit all nations. 
 
 That men may know that thou, whofe name alone 
 
132 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 is Jehovah, art the moll High over all the earth, 
 Arife O God, plead thine own caufe. 
 
 XLVL 
 
 I WILL fing of the mercies of the Lord forever: 
 with my mouth will I make known thy faith- 
 fulnefs unto all generations. 
 
 For I have faid, mercy mall be built up forever: 
 thy faithfulnefs fhall thou eftabliih in the very 
 heavens. 
 
 And the heavens fhall praife thy wonders, O 
 Lord : thy faithfulnefs alfo in the congregations of 
 the faints. 
 
 For who in the heaven can be compared unto 
 the Lord ? who among the fons of the mighty can 
 be likened unto the Lord our God ? 
 
 God is greatly to be feared in the affembly of 
 his faints, and to be had in reverence of all them 
 that are about him. 
 
 O Lord God of hofts, who is a flrong Lord like 
 unto thee ? or what is like unto thy faithfulnefs- 
 round about thee ? 
 
 Thou rulcft the waging of the fea : when the 
 waves thereof arife, thou ililleft them. 
 
 The heavens are thine, the earth alfo is thine : 
 as for the world, and the fulnefs thereof, thou haft 
 founded them. 
 
 Thou 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 133 
 
 Thou haft a mighty arm : ftrong is thy hand, 
 and high is thy right hand. 
 
 Juftice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
 throne : mercy and truth fhall go before thy face. 
 
 BlefTed is the people that know the joyful found : 
 they fhall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy coun- 
 tenance. 
 
 In thy name mail they rejoice all the day ; and 
 in thy righteoufnefs fhall they be exalted. 
 
 For the Lord is our defence ; and the Holy One 
 of lfrael is our King. 
 
 BlefTed be the Lord for evermore. Amen and 
 Amen. 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 I WILL love thee, O Lord my ftrength. 
 The Lord is my rock, and my fortrefs, and 
 my deliverer ; my God, my ftrength, in whom I 
 will truft ; my buckler, and the horn of my falva- 
 tion, and my high tower. 
 
 I will fing unto the Lord, becaufe he hath dealt 
 bountifully with me. 
 
 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be 
 praifed : our fathers trufted in thee, they trufted 
 and thou didft deliver them. 
 
 For who is God fave the Lord ? or who is a rock 
 fave our God. 
 
 It 
 
i 3 4 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 It is God that girdeth me with ftrength, and 
 maketh my way perfect. 
 
 Thou haft alfo given me the fhield of thy falva- 
 tion : and thy right hand hath holden me up, and 
 thy gentlenefs hath made me great. 
 
 For thou wilt fave the afflicted people ; but wilt 
 bring down high looks. 
 
 With the merciful thou will (hew thyfelf merci- 
 ful ; with an upright man thou wilt mew thyfelf 
 upright. 
 
 With the pure thou wilt fhew thyfelf pure ; and 
 with the froward thou wilt fhew thyfelf froward. 
 
 Thy way O God is perfect : the word of the 
 Lord is tried, he is a buckler to all thofe that truft 
 in him. 
 
 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the 
 people, and fing praifes unto thy name. 
 
 The Lord liveth, and blefled be my rock ; and 
 let the God of my falvation be exalted, 
 
 XLVIII. 
 
 INTO thine hand I commit my fpirit : thou hall 
 redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 
 O how great is thy goodnefs, which thou haft 
 laid up for thofe who fear thee, which thou haft 
 wrought for thofe who truft in thee before the fons 
 gf men. 
 
 Thou 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. j 3S 
 
 Thou (halt hide them in thefecretofthy prefence 
 from the pride of man : thou fhalt keep them fe- 
 cretly in a pavilion from the flrife of tongues. 
 
 Many forrows fhall be to the wicked ; but he 
 that trufteth in the Lord, mercy fhall compafs him 
 about. 
 
 O love the Lord, ye his faints ; for the Lord 
 preferveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth 
 the proud doer. 
 
 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous ; 
 and fhout, all ye that are upright in heart. 
 
 We have thought of thy loving kindnefs, O God, 
 in the midlt of thy temple. 
 
 In God we boaft all the day long, and praife thy 
 name for ever. 
 
 My foul, wait thou only upon God ; for my ex- 
 pectation is from him. 
 
 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? And there is 
 none upon earth that I defire befides thee. 
 
 My fle(h and my heart fhall fail ; but God is 
 the flrength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 
 
 XLIX. 
 
 SING unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth ; 
 O fing praifes unto the Lord. 
 To him who rideth upon the heavens of heavens, 
 K 4 which 
 
i 3 6 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 which were of old: lo, he doth fend out his. voice, 
 and that a mighty voice. 
 
 Afcribe ye lirength unto God. O God, thou art 
 'terrible out of thy holy places : the Lord of hofte 
 is he who giveth flrength and power unto his peo- 
 ple. BlefTed be his name. 
 
 The wicked fay, How doth God know ? Is there 
 knowledge in the Mod High ? 
 
 He that planted the ear, mall he not hear r He 
 that formed the eye, ihali he not fee ? 
 
 He that chaflifeth the heathen, ihall he not cor- 
 rect ? He that teacheth man knowledge, lhall he 
 not know ? 
 
 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that 
 they are vanity. 
 
 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabited the 
 
 praifes of Ifrael. 
 
 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord ? 
 who can fhew forth all thy praife ? 
 
 Let the heaven and earth praife thee ; the feas, 
 and every thing that moveth therein. 
 
 Let all thofe who feek thee rejoice, and be glad 
 in thee : and let fuch as love thy falvation fay con- 
 tinually, The Lord . be magnified. Amen and 
 Amen. 
 
 L. 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 137 
 
 L. 
 
 UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks : un- 
 to thee do we give thanks ; for that thy 
 nam* is near, thy wondrous works do ihew forth. 
 
 Thou, even thou art to be feared ; and who may 
 ftand in thy fight, when once thou art angry. 
 
 Thou didft caufe judgment to be heajd from 
 heaven ; the earth feared, and was ftill. 
 
 Thy way, O God, is in the fancluary : who is 
 fo great a god as our God. 
 
 Thou art the God that doeft wonders ; thou haft 
 declared thy ftrength among the people. 
 
 Thou with thine arm didft redeem thy people of 
 old. 
 
 The waters faw thee, O God, the waters faw 
 thee ; they were afraid : the depths alfo were trou- 
 bled. 
 
 The clouds poured out water, the fkies fent out 
 a found, thine arrows alfo went abroad. 
 
 The voice of thy thunder was in the heavens, 
 thy lightnings enlightened the world, the earth 
 trembled and (hook. 
 
 Thy way is in the fea, and thy path in the great 
 waters, and thy footfteps are not known. 
 
 Of old haft thou laid the foundations of the 
 earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. 
 
 They (hall perifh, but thou (halt endure. 
 
 Yea* 
 
1*8 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Yea, all of them mail wax old as a garment; as 
 a veflure malt thou change them, and they fhall be 
 changed. 
 
 But thou art the fame, and thy years fhall have 
 no end. 
 
 Our days are like a fhadow which declineth, and 
 we are withered like grafs. 
 
 The earth, and all the inhabitants thereof, fhall 
 be diffolved. 
 
 But thou, O God, malt endure for ever, and 
 thy memorial unto all generations. 
 
 The children of thy fervants fhall continue, and 
 their feed fhall be eflablifhed before thee. 
 
 For the kingdom is the Lord's ; he is the gover- 
 nor among the nations. 
 
 He is the Lord our God ; his judgments are in 
 all the earth. 
 
 LI. 
 
 MAKE a joyful noife unto the Lord, all the 
 earth : make a loud noife, and rejoice and 
 Jing praife. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the 
 harp, and the voice of a pfalm. 
 
 With trumpets and found of cornet make a joy- 
 ful noife before the Lord the King. 
 
 Let 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 139 
 
 Let the Tea roar, and the fulnefs thereof; the 
 world, and they that dwell therein. 
 
 Let the floods clap their hands : let the hills be 
 joyful together 
 
 Before the Lord: for he cometh to judge the 
 earth : with righteoufnefs (hall he judge the world, 
 and the people with equity. 
 
 LII. 
 
 OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Let thofe who fear the Lord fay, that his mercy 
 endureth for ever. 
 
 Their God is on their fide, they will not fear 
 what man can do unto them. 
 
 They mail not die, but live, and declare the 
 works of him that helped them. 
 
 It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put con- 
 fidence in man. 
 
 It is better to truft in the Lord, than to put 
 confidence in princes. 
 
 The Lord is my ftrength and my fong, and he 
 is become my falvation. 
 
 The voice of rejoicing and falvation is in the 
 tabernacles of the righteous. The right hand of 
 the Lord is exalted. 
 
 Salvation 
 
M o PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Salvation is far from the wicked ; for they feek 
 not thy flatutes. 
 
 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord : quicken 
 me according to thy judgment. 
 
 Thy word is very pure, therefore thy fervant 
 loveth it. 
 
 Thy righteoufnefs is an everlafting righteoufnefs, 
 and thy word is the truth. 
 
 Thy word is true from the beginning, and every 
 one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. 
 
 Great peace have they who love thy law, and 
 nothing mall offend them. 
 
 Thou art my God, and I will praife thee ; my 
 father's God, I will exalt thee. 
 
 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 o 
 
 LIII. 
 LORD, thou hail fearched me and known 
 
 me. 
 
 Thou knowefl my down-fitting, and my up- 
 rifing ; thou underftandeil my thoughts afar off. 
 
 Thou companeil my path, and my lying down, 
 and art acquainted with all my ways. 
 
 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O 
 Lord, thou knowefl: it altogether. 
 
 Thou 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. H i 
 
 Thou haft befet mc behind and before, and laid 
 thine hand upon me. 
 
 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, it is 
 high, I cannot attain unto it. 
 
 Whither mall I go from thy fpirit ? or whither 
 mail I flee from thy prefence ? 
 
 If I afcend up into heaven, thou art there : if 
 I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there. 
 
 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell 
 in the uttermoil parts of the fea ; 
 
 Even there mail thy hand lead me, and thy 
 right hand mail hold me. 
 
 If I fay, furely the darknefs (hall cover me ; even 
 the night fnall be light about me. 
 
 Yea, the darknefs hideth not from thee ; but the 
 night fhineth as the day : the darknefs and the light 
 are both alike to thee. 
 
 For thou haft pofTeiled my reins : thou haft co- 
 vered me in my mother's womb. 
 
 I will praife thee, for I am fearfully and won- 
 derfully made ; marvellous are thy works, and that. 
 my foul knoweth right well. 
 
 My fubftance was not hid from thee, when I was 
 made in fecret, and curioufly wrought in the low- 
 eft parts of the earth. 
 
 Thine eyes did fee my fubftance yet beinp- im- 
 perfect, and in thy book all my members were 
 
 written, 
 
i 4 2 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 written, which in continuance were fafhioned, 
 when as yet there was none of them. 
 
 How precious alfo are thy thoughts unto me, O 
 God ! how great is the fum of them ! 
 
 If I fhould count them, they are more in number 
 than the fand : when I awake, I am ftill with thee. 
 
 Search me, O God, and know my heart : try 
 me, and know my thoughts. 
 
 And fee if there be any wicked way in me, and 
 lead me in the way everlafting. 
 
 LIV. 
 
 THE Lord is my light and my falvation, 
 whom (hall I fear ? 
 
 The Lord is the ftrength of my life, of whom 
 ihall I be afraid ? 
 
 Though an hoft fhould encamp againfl me, my 
 heart mall not fear : though war fhould rife again ft 
 me, in this will I be confident. 
 
 For in the time of trouble he fhall hide me in 
 his pavilion : in the fecret of his tabernacle lhall he 
 hide me ; he ihall fet me upon a rock. 
 
 Therefore will 1 oiFer in his tabernacle facrifices 
 of joy ; I will fing, yea, I will fing praifes unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have 
 mercy alfo upon me, and anfwer me. 
 
 When 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i 43 
 
 When thou faidrt, Seek ye my face ; my heart 
 faid unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I feek. 
 
 Hide not thy face far from me ; put not thy fer- 
 vant away in anger : thou haft been my help, leave 
 me not, neither forfake me, O God of my falva- 
 tion. 
 
 When my father and my mother forfake me, 
 then the Lord will take me up. 
 
 I had fainted, unlefs I had believed to fee the 
 goodnefs of the Lord in the land of the living. 
 
 W r ait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he 
 mall ftrengthen thine heart : wait, I fay, on the 
 Lord. 
 
 LV, 
 
 OLORD, attend unto my cry ; give ear unto 
 my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned 
 lips. 
 
 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my foot- 
 fteps flip not. 
 
 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, 
 O God : incline thine heart unto me, and hear my 
 fpeech. 
 
 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindnefs, O thou 
 that favefl by thy right hand thofe who put their 
 truft in thee. 
 
 That I may pablifh with the voice of thankfgiv- 
 ing, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 
 
 Keep 
 
i 4 4 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Keep me as the apple of the eye, take me under 
 the fhadow of thy wings. 
 
 O fatisfy us early with thy mercy, that we may 
 rejoice, and be glad all our days. 
 
 Let thy work appear unto thy fervant, and thy 
 glory unto their children. 
 
 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon 
 us : and eftabliih thou the work of our hands upon 
 us ; yea, the work of our hands eftabliih thou it. 
 
 LVI. 
 
 HEAR me when I call, God of my righteouf. 
 nefs : have mercy upon me and hear my 
 prayer. 
 
 The Lord hath fet apart him that is godly for 
 himfelf : the Lord will hear when he calleth upon 
 
 him. 
 
 Stand in awe, and fin not : commune with your 
 own heart and be flill. 
 
 Offer the facrifices of righteoufnefs ; and put 
 your truft in the Lord. 
 
 There be many that fay, who will ihew us any 
 
 good ? 
 
 Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance 
 
 upon us. 
 
 Thou haft put gladnefs in my heart, more than 
 
 in 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. ^ 
 
 iii the time when their corn and their wine in- 
 creafed. 
 
 J will both lay me down in peace, and fleep : 
 for thou, Lord, only makeft me dwell in fafety. 
 
 LVII. 
 
 BOW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me ; for 
 I am poor and needy. 
 
 Preferve my foul : O thou my God, fave thy 
 fervant that trufteth in thee. 
 
 Be merciful unto me, O Lord ; for I cry unto 
 thee daily. 
 
 Rejoice the foul of thy fervant ; for unto thee, 
 O Lord, do I lift up my foul. 
 
 For thou, O Lord, art good, and ready to for- 
 give ; and plenteous in mercy unto all them, that 
 call upon thee. 
 
 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and attend 
 to the voice of my fupplications. 
 
 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee, 
 for thou wilt anfwer me. 
 
 Among the gods there is none like unto thqe, 
 O Lord ; neither are there any works like unto 
 thy works. 
 
 All nations whom thou haft made, fhall come 
 and woriTiip before thee, O Lord, and fhall glorify 
 thy name. 
 
 L For 
 
146 PSALMS OF PRAlSfi, 
 
 For thou art great, and doft wondrous things i 
 thou art God alone. 
 
 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk in thy 
 truth J incline my heart to fear thy name. 
 
 I will praife thee, O Lord my God, with all my 
 heart : and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 
 
 For great is thy mercy toward me ; and thou haft 
 delivered my foul from the loweft hell. 
 
 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compafliori, 
 and gracious ; long-*fuffering, and plenteous in 
 mercy and truth. 
 
 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me: 
 give thy ftrength unto thy fervant, and fave the 
 fon of thine handmaid. 
 
 So will I praife thy name alway ; thy praife fhall' 
 continually be upon my lips. 
 
 Lvrii. 
 
 UNTO thee do we lift up ouf eyes, 6 thou 
 that dwelleft in the heavens. 
 Hear our prayer, O Lord, give ear to our fup- 
 plications: in thy faithfulnefs anfwer us, and in 
 thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 Behold, as the eyes of fervants look unto the 
 hand of their matter, and as the eyes of a maiden 
 unto the hand of her miftrefs ; fo our eyes wait up- 
 on 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i 47 
 
 on the Lord our God, till that he have mercy up. 
 on us. 
 
 enter not into judgment with thy fervants, for 
 in thy fight fhall no man living be juflified. 
 
 1 remember the days of old, 1 meditate on all 
 thy works : I mufe on the works of thy hands, 
 
 I ftretch forth my hands unto thee : my foul 
 thirfteth after thee, as a thirfty land. 
 
 Hear us fpeedily, O Lord : hide not thy face 
 from us. 
 
 Caufe us to hear thy loving kindnefs in 'the 
 morning, for in thee do we truft. 
 
 Caufe us to know the way wherein we fhould 
 walk, for unto thee do we lift up our fouls. 
 
 Teach us to do thy will, for thou art our God : 
 thy fpirit is good, lead us into the land of upright- 
 nefs. 
 
 Quicken us, O Lord, for thy name's fake ; for 
 we are thy fervants. 
 
 LIX. 
 
 MY foul cleaveth unto the dufl : quicken thou 
 me, O God, according to thy word. 
 I have declared my ways, and thou hearedft me : 
 teach me thy ilatutes. 
 
 Make me to underfland the way of thy precepts ; 
 fo fhall I talk of thy wondrous works. 
 
 L 2 Remove 
 
i 4 8 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Remove from me the way of lying, and grant 
 me thy law gracioufly. 
 
 I have chofen the way of truth ; thy judgments 
 have I laid before me. 
 
 I have fluck unto thy teflimonies : O Lord, put 
 me not to fhame. 
 
 I will run the way of thy commandments, when 
 thou malt enlarge my heart. 
 
 LX, 
 
 THOU art my portion, O Lord : I have faid 
 that I would keep thy words. 
 
 I entreated thy favour with my whole heart ; be 
 merciful unto me, according to thy word. 
 
 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto 
 thy teflimonies. 
 
 I made haite, and delayed not to keep thy com- 
 mandments. 
 
 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, 
 and of them that keep thy precepts. 
 
 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : teach 
 me thy ftatutes. 
 
 LXI. 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. Hg 
 
 F 
 
 LXI. 
 
 OR ever, O Lord, thy word is fettled in hea- 
 
 ven. 
 
 Thy faithfulnefs is unto all generations : thou 
 haft eftablifhed the earth, and it abideth. 
 
 The heavens continue this day according to thine 
 ordinances ; for all are thy fervants. 
 
 I will never forget thy precepts, for with them 
 thou haft quickened me. 
 
 I am thine, fave me ; for I have fought thy pre- 
 cepts. 
 
 Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from 
 me. 
 
 My righteoufnefs I hold faft, and will not let it 
 go ; my heart mall not reproach me fo long as I 
 live. 
 
 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though 
 he hath gained, when God taketh away his foul ? 
 
 The triumphing of th# wicked is fhort, and the 
 joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. 
 
 But as for me, I will call upon the Lord ; I will 
 look up unto him who judgeth true judgment. 
 
 For behold, my witnefs is in heaven, and roy 
 record is on hi^h. 
 
 Lxn. 
 
150 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 LXII. 
 
 LET my cry come near before thee, O Lord : 
 give me underftanding according to thy word. 
 
 Let my fupplication come before thee : deliver 
 me according to thy word. 
 
 My lips fhall utter praife, when thou haft taught 
 me thy ftatutes. 
 
 What time I am afraid, I will hope in thee. 
 
 My tongue fhall fpeak of thy word ; for all thy 
 commandments are righteoufnefs. 
 
 Let thine hand help me ; for I have chofen thy 
 precepts. 
 
 I have longed for thy falvation, O Lord ; and 
 thy law is my delighto 
 
 Let my foul live, and it fhall praife thee : and 
 let thy judgments help me. 
 
 I have gone aftray, like a loft fheep : feek thy 
 fervant, for I do not forget thy commandments. 
 
 LXIII. 
 
 Y} IGHTEQU§ art thou, O Lord ; and upright 
 A^- are thy judgments. 
 
 O how love I thy law, it is my meditation all 
 {he day. 
 
PartII. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i 5 r 
 
 The law of thy mouth is better to me than thou- 
 fands of gold and filver. 
 
 Thy ftatutes have been my fongs in the houfe of 
 my pilgrimage. 
 
 I called them to remembrance in the night : I 
 communed with mine own heart, and my fpirit 
 made diligent fearch. 
 
 The words of the Lord are pure words ; as filver 
 tried in a furnace of earth, and purified feven 
 times. 
 
 I underftand more than the antients, becaufe I 
 keep thy precepts. 
 
 I will refrain my feet from every evil way, that 
 I may keep thy word. 
 
 I will never depart from thy judgments, for thou 
 hall taught me. 
 
 How fweet are thy words unto my tafte ; yea, 
 fweeter than honey to my mouth. 
 
 Through thy precepts I get underftanding, there- 
 fore I hate every falfe way. 
 
 LXIV. 
 
 LORD, I have hoped for thy teftimonies, and 
 done thy commandments. 
 My foul hath kept thy teftimonies, and I love 
 them exceedingly. 
 
 L 4 Thy 
 
15* PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light 
 unto my path. 
 
 I have fworn, and I will perform it, that I will 
 keep thy righteous judgments. 
 
 Accept, I befeech thee, the free-will offerings 
 of my mouth, O Lord ; and teach me thy law. 
 
 Thy teftimonies have I taken as an heritage for 
 ever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 
 
 I have inclined my heart to perform thy ftatutes 
 always, even unto the end. 
 
 All my ways are before thee. 
 
 LXV. 
 
 THY teftimonies, O Lord, are wonderful ; 
 therefore doth my foul keep them. 
 
 The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it giv- 
 eth underftanding to the fimple. 
 
 Thy teftimonies are my delight, and my coun- 
 fellors. 
 
 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold won- 
 drous things out of thy law. 
 
 Look thou upon me, and be gracious unto me, 
 as thou ufeft to be unto thofe who love thy name. 
 
 Deal bountifully with thy fervant, that 1 may 
 live, and keep thy word. 
 
 Deliver 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. ijg 
 
 Deliver me from the oppreffton of man ; fo will 
 I keep thy precepts. 
 
 Make thy face to Aline upon thy fervant ; and 
 teach me thy flatutes. 
 
 Order my footiteps in thy word; and let not any 
 iniquity have dominion over me. 
 
 LXVL 
 
 BE merciful unto mc, O God, be merciful un* 
 to me ; for my foul trufteth in thee : yea, in 
 the fhadow of thy wings will I make my refuge. 
 
 I will always cry unto God moil high ; unto 
 God, who performeth all things for me. 
 
 He mall fend from heaven, and fave me : my 
 God fhall fend forth his mercy, and his truth. 
 
 Truly my foul waiteth upon God ; from him 
 cometh my falvation. 
 
 He only is my rock and my falvation ; he is my 
 ^defence, I fhall not be greatly moved. 
 
 Truft in him at all times, ye people : pour out 
 your heart before him ; God is a refuge for us. 
 
 God hath fpoken once, twice have I heard this, 
 that power belongeth unto God. 
 
 Alfo unto thee, O God, belongeth mercy ; for 
 thou wilt render unto every man according to his 
 works. 
 
 Surely 
 
i 5 4 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men 
 of high degree are a lye ; to be laid in the balance, 
 they are altogether lighter than vanity. 
 
 But I will fing of thy power; yea, I will iing 
 aloud of thy mercy in the morning : for thou haft 
 been my defence, and my refuge. 
 
 Unto thee, O my ftrength, will I fing. 
 
 In God have I put my truft, I will not be afraid 
 what man can do unto me. 
 
 Thou haft delivered my foul from death. 
 ■ I will praife thee for ever, becaufe thou hgft 
 bleffed me ; and I will wait on thy n^me, for it is 
 good before thy faints. 
 
 LXVII. 
 
 HEAR my cry, O God, attend unto my 
 prayer. 
 Be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my 
 ftrength, hafte thee to help me, 
 
 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, 
 when my he^rt is overwhelmed : lead me to the 
 rock that is higher than I. 
 
 Hear, O God, hear my vows : give me an he- 
 ritage with thofe who fear thy name. 
 
 So will I. fing praife un^o thy name forever, 
 that I may daily perform my vows. 
 
 I will 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i 55 
 
 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever, I will 
 truft in the covert of thy wings. 
 
 I faid unto the Lord, Thou art my God, hear 
 the voice of my Amplications, O Lord. 
 
 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he 
 heard me out of his holy hill. 
 
 I will praife thee ; for thou haft heard me, and 
 art become my falvation. 
 
 The Lord hath heard my fupplications ; the 
 Lord will receive my prayer. 
 
 I will declare thy name unto my brethren ; in 
 the midft of the congregation will I praife thee. 
 
 My praife mail be of thee in the great congrega- 
 tion ; I will pay my vows before them that fear 
 him. 
 
 Thou art he that took me out of the womb ; 
 thou didft make me hope when I was upon my 
 mother's breaft. 
 
 I laid me down, and flept ; I awaked, for the 
 Lord fuftained me. 
 
 Thou art my hiding-place ; thou fhalt preferve 
 me from trouble, thou fhalt compafs me about 
 with fongs of deliverance. 
 
 I will freely facrifice unto thee : I will praife 
 thy name, O Lord, for it is good. 
 
 Be of good courage, and he mail ftrengthen 
 your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
156 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 LXVIII. 
 
 TEACH me, O Lord, the way of thy fta- 
 tutes, and 1 (hall keep it unto the end. 
 
 Give me understanding, and I mall keep thy 
 law ; yea, I mall obferve it with my whole heart. 
 
 Make me to go in the path of thy command- 
 ments, for therein do I delight. 
 
 Incline my heart unto thy teftimonies, and not 
 bo covetoufnefs. 
 
 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, 
 and quicken thou me in thy way. 
 
 Stablifh thy word unto thy fervant, who is de- 
 voted to thy fear. 
 
 Turn away my reproach, which I fear ; for thy 
 judgments are good. 
 
 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts ; 
 quicken me in thy righteoufnefs. 
 
 LXIX. 
 
 HO W amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of 
 holts i 
 My foul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the 
 courts of the Lord : my heart and my flefh crieth 
 out for the living God, 
 
 Yea, 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i S7 
 
 Yea, the fparrow hath found an houfe, and the 
 fwallow a neft for herfelf, where fhe may lay her 
 young, even thine altars, O Lord of hefts, my King 
 and my God. 
 
 BlefTed are they that dwell in thy houfe : they 
 will be Hill praifing thee. 
 
 BlefTed is the man whofe ftrength is in thee. 
 
 O Lord God of Hofts, hear my prayer : give ear, 
 
 God, to my fupplication. 
 
 Behold, O God, our fhield, and look upon the 
 face of thine anointed. 
 
 For a day in thy courts is better than a thoufand : 
 
 1 had rather be a door-keeper in the houfe of my 
 God, than to dwell in the tents of wickednefs. 
 
 For the Lord God is a fun and a fhield : the 
 Lord will give grace and glory : no good thing will 
 he withold from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 O Lord of hofts, bleffed is the man that trufteth 
 in thee. 
 
 LXX. 
 
 LET thy mercies come unto me, O Lord : 
 even thy falvation, according to thy word. 
 So fhall I have wherewith to anfwer him that 
 reproacheth mc ; for I (ruft in thy word. 
 
 And 
 
i 5 8 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 And take not the word of truth utterly out of 
 my mouth, for I have hoped in thy judgments. 
 
 So fhall I keep thy law continually for ever and 
 ever. 
 
 And I will walk at liberty, for I feek thy pre- 
 cepts. 
 
 I will fpeak of thy teitimonies alfo before kings, 
 and will not be afliamed. 
 
 And I will delight myfelf in thy commandments^ 
 which I have loved. 
 
 My hands alfo will I lift up unto thee, and I 
 will meditate in thy Itatutes. 
 
 LXXI. 
 
 GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, confider my 
 meditation. 
 
 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King 
 and my God : for unto thee will I pray. 
 
 My voice fhalt thou hear in the morning, O 
 Lord ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto 
 thee, and will look up. 
 
 For thou art not a God that hath pleafure itf 
 wickednefs : neither fhall evil dwell with thee. 
 
 The fooliih fhall not Hand in my fight : thou 
 hateft all workers of iniquity. 
 
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 Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i 59 
 
 Thou malt deftroy them that fpeak fallhood : the 
 Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 
 
 But as for me I will come into thy houfe in the 
 multitude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I wor- 
 fhip toward thy holy temple. 
 
 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteoufnefs ; make 
 thy way ftrait before my face. 
 
 Let all thofe that put their truft in thee, rejoice : 
 let them ever lhout for joy ; becaufe thou defend- 
 ed them : let them alfo that love thy name, be 
 joyful in thee. 
 
 For thou, Lord, wilt blefs the righteous ; with 
 favour wilt thou compafs him as with a ftrield. 
 
 LXXII. 
 
 I Hate vain thoughts, O my God : but thy law 
 do I love. 
 
 Thou art my hiding place, and my fhield : I 
 hope in thy word. 
 
 Depart from me, ye evil doers ; for I will keep 
 the commandments of my God. 
 
 Uphold me according to thy word, that I may 
 live : and let me not be afhamed of my hope. 
 
 Hold thou me up, and I fhall befafe : and I will 
 have refpecl unto thy flatutes continually. 
 
 Thou loveft righteoufnefs and hateft wickednefs. 
 
 Thou 
 
j6o PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Thou haft trodden down all them that err from 
 thy ftatutes : for their words are falfehood. 
 
 Thou putteit away all the wicked of the earth 
 like drofs : therefore I love thy teili monies. 
 
 My flelh trembleth, for fear of thee, and I am 
 afraid of thy judgments. 
 
 LXXI1I. 
 
 i 
 
 OGOD, thou art my God, early will I feek 
 thee. 
 
 Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray 
 and cry aloud, and thou fhalt hear my voice. 
 
 My foul thirlteth for thee, becaufe thy loving- 
 kindnefs is better than life : my lips fhall praife 
 thee. 
 
 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my 
 reins, and my heart. 
 
 I will wafh my hands in innocency ; fo will f 
 compafs thine altar, O Lord. 
 
 My foul followeth hard after thee, thy right hand 
 ypholdeth me. 
 
 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy houfe, 
 and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 
 
 Becaufe thou hall been my help, therefore in the. 
 fliadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 
 
 That I may publifh with the voice of thanks- 
 giving, and talk of all thy wondrous works. 
 
 And 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i6i 
 
 And I will blefs thy name while I live; I will 
 lift up my hands in thy name. 
 
 The righteous fhall be glad in the Lord, and 
 fhall truft in him; and all the upright in heart 
 fhall glory. 
 
 LXXIV. 
 
 I CRIED with my whole heart, hear me, O 
 Lord : I will keep thy ftatutes. 
 
 I cried unto thee, fave me, and I fhall keep thy 
 teftimonies. 
 
 I prevented the dawning, and cried : I hoped in 
 thy word. 
 
 Mine eyes prevented the night watches, that I 
 might meditate in thy word. 
 
 Hear my voice, according unto thy kindnefs : 
 O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. 
 
 Thou art near, O Lord ; and all thy command- 
 ments are truth. 
 
 Concerning thy teftimonies, I have known of 
 old, that thou halt founded them for ever. 
 
 I have feen an end of all perfection ; but thy 
 commandment is exceeding broad. 
 
 M LXXV, 
 
1 62 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 LXXV. 
 
 SURELY God will not do wickedly, neither 
 will the Almighty pervert juftice. 
 
 For the work of a man fhall he render unto 
 him, and caufe every man to find according to his 
 ways. 
 
 Will he efteem thy riches ? No, not gold, nor 
 all the forces of flrength. 
 
 He accepteth not the perfons of princes, nor re- 
 gardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are 
 all the works of his hands. 
 
 The cry of the poor cometh unto him, and he 
 heareth the cry of the affli&ed. 
 
 When he giveth quietnefs, who then can make 
 trouble ? and when he hideth his face, who then 
 can behold him ? 
 
 Behold, God is great, and we know him not ; 
 neither can the number of his years be fearched 
 out. 
 
 Look unto the heavens, and fee ; and behold 
 the clouds, which are higher than thou. 
 
 If thou finneft, what doeft thou againft him ? or 
 if thy tranfgreflions be multiplied, what doefl thou 
 unto him ? 
 
 If thou be righteous, what giveft thou him ; or 
 what receiveth he of thy hand f 
 
 Thy 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. i6 3 
 
 Thy wickednefs may hurt a man, as thou art ; 
 and thy righteoufnefs may profit the Ton of man. 
 
 Behold, O Lord, we are vile, what lhall we an- 
 fwer thee ? We will lay our hand upon our mouth. 
 
 LXXVI. 
 
 SURELY it is meet to be faid unto God, I have 
 borne chaftifement, I will not offend any more 
 
 We have finned, with our fathers; we have 
 committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 
 
 There is none that doeth good ; no, not one. 
 
 O God, thou knowefl our foolifhnefs, and our 
 fins are not hid from thee. 
 
 How many are our iniquities, and our fins ! 
 Make us to know our tranfgreiiions. 
 
 Lord, we cry unto thee, make hafle unto us ; 
 give ear unto our voice when we cry unto thee. 
 
 We abhor ourfelves, and repent in dull and 
 allies. 
 
 Will the Lord call off for ever ? and will he be 
 favourable no more ? 
 
 Is his mercy clean gone for ever ? doth his pro- 
 mife fail for evermore ? 
 
 Hath God forgotten to be gracious ? hath he iri 
 anger fhut up his tender mercies ? 
 
 M 2 Help 
 
164 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Help us, O God of our falvation, for the glory 
 of thy name ; and deliver us, and purge away our 
 fins, for thy name's fake. 
 
 O defpife not the work of tky hands. 
 
 Let our prayer come before thee ; incline thine 
 ear, and fave us. 
 
 O Lord God of bolls, how long wilt thou be 
 angry againfl the prayer of thy people ! we perifh 
 at the rebuke of thy countenance 
 
 Turn us again, O God, and caufe tHy face to 
 fhine, and we fhall be faved. 
 
 And cleanfe us thoroughly from our guiltinefs, 
 and wafh away our fins from before thy face ; and 
 vifit us with thy favour, even life everlafUng. 
 Amen, 
 
 LXXVII. 
 
 BLESSED is he whofe tranfgreflion is forgiven, 
 whofe fin is covered. 
 BlefTed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth 
 not iniquity, and in whofe fpirit there is no guile. 
 We have finned, what mail we do unto thee, O 
 thou preferver of men. 
 
 I acknowledged my fin unto thee, and mine ini- 
 quity have I not hid : I faid, I will confefs mine 
 iniquities unto the Lord, and thou forgavefl the 
 iniquity of my fin. 
 
 Sing 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 16 
 
 Sing unto the Lord, O ye faints of his ; and 
 give thanks at the remembrance of his holinefs. 
 
 For his anger continueth but. a moment : in his 
 favour is life : weeping may endure for a night, 
 but joy cometh in the morning. 
 
 LXXVIII. 
 
 HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to 
 thy loving kindnefs : according to the multi- 
 tude of thy tender mercies blot out my tranfgrefli- 
 ons. 
 
 Wafh me throughly from mine iniquities, and 
 clean fe me from my fin. 
 
 For I acknowledge my tranfgreffion ; and my fin 
 is ever before me. 
 
 Againft thee, thee only have I finned, and done 
 evil in thy fight ; that thou mighteft be juftified 
 when thou fpeakeil, and be clear when thou judgefh 
 
 Behold, thou defireft truth in the inward parts ; 
 and in the hidden part thou fhalt make me to know 
 wifdom. 
 
 Make me to hear joy and gladnefs, that the 
 bones which thou haft broken may rejoice. 
 
 Hide thy face from my fin, and blot out all 
 mine iniquities, 
 
 M 3 Create 
 
166 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew 
 a right fpirit within me. 
 
 Call me not away from thy prefence ; and take 
 not thy holy fpirit from me. 
 
 Reftore unto me the joy of thy falvation ; and 
 qphold me with thy free fpirit. 
 
 Then will I teach tranfgreffors thy ways ; and 
 iinners mall be converted unto thee. 
 
 O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth fhall 
 mew forth thy praife. 
 
 For thou defireft not facrifice, elfe would I give 
 it : thou delighteft not in burnt offerings. 
 
 The facrifices of God are a broken fpirit: a 
 broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not 
 defpife. 
 
 LXXIX. 
 
 LORD, rebuke us not in thine anger; nei- 
 ther chaften us in thy hot difpleafure. 
 We have finned, what mail we do unto thee, O 
 thou Preferver of men. 
 
 Turn us, O God of our falvation ; and caufe 
 thine anger towards us to ceafe. 
 
 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? wilt thou 
 draw out thine anger to all generations ? 
 
 Wilt 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 167 
 
 Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people 
 may rejoice in thee. 
 
 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord ; and grant us thy 
 falvation. 
 
 I will hear what God the Lord will fpeak ; for 
 he will fpeak peace unto his people, and to his 
 faints : but let them not turn again to folly. 
 
 Surely his falvation is nigh unto them that fear 
 him, that glory may dwell in our land. 
 
 Thou haft forgiven the iniquity of thy people ; 
 thou haft covered all their fin. 
 
 Mercy and truth are met together ; righteouf- 
 nefs and peace have killed each other. 
 
 Truth fhall fpring out of the earth, and righte- 
 oufnefs fhall look down from heaven. 
 
 Yea, the Lord fhall give that which is good ; 
 and our land lhall yield her increafe. 
 
 Righteoufnefs fhall go before him, and fhall fet 
 us in the way of his fteps. 
 
 LXXX. 
 
 UNTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up my foul. 
 O my God, I truft in thee, let me not be 
 afhamed. 
 
 Yea, let none that wait on thee be afhamed ; 
 let them be afhamed who tranfgrefs without caufe. 
 
 M 4 Shew 
 
i68 PSALMS OF PRAISE, 
 
 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy 
 paths. 
 
 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou 
 art the God of my falvation ; on thee do I wait all 
 the day. 
 
 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies, and thy 
 loving kindnefTes ; for they have been ever of old. 
 
 Remember not the fins of my youth, nor my 
 tranfgreffions ; according to thy mercies remember 
 thou me, for thy goodnefs fake, O Lord. 
 
 Good and upright is the Lord ; therefore will 
 he teach finners in the way. 
 
 The meek will lie guide in judgment; and the 
 meek will he teach his way. 
 
 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, 
 unto fuch as keep his covenant and his teflimonies. 
 
 For thy name's fake, O Lord, pardon mine ini- 
 quity ; for it is great. 
 
 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him mall 
 he teach in the way which he mail choofe. 
 
 His foul mall dwell at eafe ; and his feed fhall 
 inherit the earth. 
 
 The fecret of the Lord is with them that fear 
 him ; and he will mew them his covenant. 
 
 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; for he 
 ihall pluck my feet out of the net. 
 
 Let 
 
Part II. PENITENCE, AND PRAYER. 169 
 
 Let integrity and uprightnefs preferve me : for I 
 wait on thee. 
 
 O keep my foul, and deliver me : let me not be 
 afhamed, for in thee do I put my truft. 
 
 PART 
 
PART III. 
 
 OCCASIONAL and PROPHETIC 
 PSALMS. 
 
 i. 
 
 WHY do the heathen rage, and the people 
 imagine a vain thing ? 
 The kings of the earth fet themfelves, and the 
 rulers take counfel together againft the Lord, and 
 againft his anointed, faying, 
 
 Let us break their bands afunder, and caft away 
 their cords from us. 
 
 He that fitteth in the heavens fhall laugh ; the 
 Lord fhall have them in derifion. 
 
 Then 
 
ijz OCCASIONAL AND PROPHETIC 
 
 Then fhall he fpeak unto them in his wrath, 
 and vex them in his fore difpleafure. 
 
 Yet have I fet my King upon my holy hill of 
 Zion. 
 
 I will declare the decree : the Lord hath faid 
 unto me, Thou art my fon, this day have I be- 
 gotten thee. 
 
 A Ik of me, and I fhall give thee the heathen for 
 thine inheritance, and the uttermofl parts of the 
 earth for thy poiTeffion. 
 
 Thou fhall break them with a rod of iron ; thou 
 mail daili them in pieces like a potter's verTel. 
 
 Be wife now therefore, O ye kings ; be inilruft- 
 ed, ye judges of the earth. 
 
 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trem- 
 bling. 
 
 Kifs the Son, leaft he be angry, and ye perifh 
 from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a 
 little. 
 
 BleiTed are all they that put their trufl in him. 
 
 II. 
 
 COMFOR.T ye, comfort ye my people, faith 
 our God. 
 For he hath laid help upon one who is mighty, 
 he hath exalted one chofen out of the people. 
 
 The 
 
PartIIL PSALMS. 
 
 *73 
 
 He hath made him alfo his firft-born, higher than 
 the kings of the earth. 
 
 He (hall judge thy people with righteoufnefs, 
 and thy poor with judgment. 
 
 The mountains mall bring peace to the people, 
 and the little hills by righteoufnefs. 
 
 He fhall judge the poor ; he lhall fave the chil- 
 dren of the needy, and fhall break in pieces the 
 opprefTor. 
 
 They fhall fear thee as long as the fun and moon 
 endure, throughout all generations. 
 
 He fhall come even like rain upon the mowen 
 grafs, as mowers that water the earth. 
 
 In his days fhall the righteous flourifh ; and a- 
 bundance of peace, fo long as the moon endureth. 
 
 He fhall have dominion alfo from fea to fea, 
 and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 
 
 They that dwell in the wildemefs fhall bow be- 
 fore him ; and his enemies fhall lick the duft. 
 
 The kings of Tarfhifh, and the ifles, lhall bring 
 prefents ; the kings of Sheba, and Seba, fhall offer 
 gifts. 
 
 Yea, all kings fhall fall down before him ; al! 
 nations fhall ferve him. 
 
 For he fhall deliver the needy when he criet.i ; 
 the poor alfo, and he that hath no helper. 
 
 He fhall fpare the poor and needy, and fhall 
 fave the fouls of the needy. 
 
 He 
 
i 7 4 OCCASIONAL AND PROPHETIC 
 
 He fhall redeem their fouls from deceit, and 
 violence ; and precious mail their blood be in his 
 fight. 
 
 And he mall live, and to him mail be given of 
 the gold of Sheba ; prayer alfo mall be made for 
 him continually, and daily fhall he be praifed. 
 
 There mail be an handful of corn in the earth 
 upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof 
 Ihall make like Lebanon, and they of the city mail 
 flourifh like grafs of the earth. 
 
 His name fhall endure for evei* : his name fhall 
 be continued as long as the fun : and men fhall be 
 blefTed in him ; all nations fhall call him blefTed. 
 
 BlefTed be the Lord God, the God of Ifrael,' 
 who only doeth wondrous things. 
 
 And blefTed be his glorious name for ever and 
 ever ; and let the whole earth be filled with his 
 glory. Amen and Amen. 
 
 III. 
 
 THE Lord faid unto my Lord, fit thou at my 
 right hand, until I make thine enemies thy 
 footftool. 
 
 The Lord fhall fend the rod of thy ftrength out 
 of Zion : rule thou in the midfl of thine enemies. 
 Thy people fhall be willing in the day of thy 
 
 power, 
 
Part III. PSALMS. i 7S 
 
 power, in the beauties of holinefs : the dew of thy 
 youth fhall be more numerous than the dew-drops 
 from the womb of the morning. 
 
 The Lord hath fworn, and will not repent, thou 
 art a priefl for ever after the order of Melchizedeck. 
 
 The Lord at thy right hand fhall flrike through 
 kings in the day of his wrath. 
 
 He fhall judge among the heathen, he mall fill 
 the places with the dead bodies : he mall wound the 
 heads over many countries. 
 
 He fhall drink of the brook in the way : there- 
 fore fhall he lift up the head. 
 
 IV. 
 
 GOD is our refuge and flrength, a very prefent 
 help in trouble. 
 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be 
 removed, and the mountains be carried into the 
 midfl of the fea. 
 
 Though the waters thereof roar, and be troubled, 
 though the mountains fhake with the fwelling there- 
 of. 
 
 There is a river, the ftreams whereof fhall make 
 glad the city of God : the holy place of the taber- 
 nacles of the mod high. 
 
 God is in the midfl of her ; fhe fhall not be mov- 
 ed ; God fhall help her, and that right early. 
 
 The 
 
i 7 6 OCCASIONAL AND PROPHETIC 
 
 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved ; 
 he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 
 
 The Lord of hofts is with us ; the God of Jacob 
 is our refuge. 
 
 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what won- 
 ders he hath wrought in the earth. 
 
 He maketh wars to ceafe unto the end of the 
 earth ; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the fpear 
 in funder ; he burnetii the chariot in the lire. 
 
 Be ftill, and know that I am God : I will be ex- 
 alted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the 
 earth. 
 
 The Lord of hofts is with us ; the God of Jacob 
 is our refuge. 
 
 IF it had not been the Lord, who was on our fide, 
 now may Ifrael fay : 
 If it had not been the Lord, who was on our fide, 
 when men rofe up againft us : 
 
 Then they had fwallowed us up quick, when 
 their wrath was kindled againft us. 
 
 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the ftream 
 had gone over our foul. 
 
 Then the proud waters had gone over our foul. 
 BleiTed be the Lord, who hath not given us a 
 prey to their teeth. 
 
 Our 
 
Part III, PSALMS. i 77 
 
 Our foul is efcaped as a bird out of the fnare of 
 the fowlers ; the fnare is broken, and we are e- 
 fcaped. 
 
 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made 
 heaven and earth, 
 
 VL 
 
 I LOVE the Lord, becaufe he hath heard my 
 voice, and my fupplications. 
 
 Becaufe he hath inclined his ear unto me, there- 
 fore will I call upon him as long as I live. 
 
 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O 
 Lord, I befeech thee, deliver my foul. 
 
 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea., our 
 God is merciful. 
 
 The Lord preferveth the fimple : I was brought 
 low, and he helped me. 
 
 Return unto thy reft, O my foul, for the Lord 
 hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
 
 For thou haft delivered my foul from death, 
 mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 
 
 When my fpirit was overwhelmed within me, 
 then thou kneweft my path. 
 
 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the 
 living. 
 
 I believed, therefore have I fpoken : I was great- 
 ly airlifted. 
 
 N What 
 
Tf& OCCASIONAL AND PROPHETIC 
 
 What ihall I render unto the Lord, for all his 
 benefits towards me ? 
 
 I will take the cup of falvation, and call upon: 
 the name of the Lord. 
 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, now in the 
 prefence of all his people. 
 
 Precious in the fight of the Lord, is the death- 
 of his faints. 
 
 Lord, truly I am thy fervant - 9 I am thy fer- 
 vant, and the fon of thine handmaid : thou haft 
 loofed my bonds. 
 
 1 will offer to thee the facriflce of thanksgiving, 
 and will call upon the name of the Lord. 
 
 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, now in the 
 prefence of all his people. 
 
 In the courts of the Lord's houfe, in the midft 
 of thee, O temple of the Lord. 
 
 Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 VIL 
 
 NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto 
 thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and 
 for thy truth's fake. 
 
 Wherefore mould the nations fay, Where is now 
 their God ? 
 
 But our God is in the heavens ; he hath done 
 whatsoever he pleafed 
 
 Their 
 
Part III. PSALMS. I;9 
 
 Their idols are filver and gold, the work of 
 men's hands. 
 
 They have mouths, but they fpeak not ; eyes 
 have they, but they fee not. 
 
 They have ears, but they hear not ; nofes have 
 they* but they fmell not. 
 
 They have hands, but they handle not ; feet 
 have they, but they walk not; neither fpeak they 
 through their throat. 
 
 They that make them are like unto them, fo is 
 every one that trufteth in them. 
 
 O Ifrael, truft thou in the Lord : he is thy help 
 and thy fhield. 
 
 O houfe of his people, trull in the Lord : he is 
 thy help and thy fhield. 
 
 The Lord hath been mindful of us, he will blefs 
 us. 
 
 He will blefs them that fear the Lord, both fmall 
 and great. 
 
 The Lord mall increafe you more and more, 
 you and your children. 
 
 You are bleffed of the Lord, who made heaven 
 and earth. 
 
 The heaven, even the heavens are the Lord's ; 
 but the earth hath he given to the children of men. 
 
 The dead praife not the Lord ; neither any that 
 go down into filence. 
 
 N 2 But- 
 
i8o OCCASIONAL AND PROPHETIC 
 
 But we will biefs the Lord, from this time forth 
 and for evermore, Praife ye the Lord. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the 
 meafure of my days what it is, that I may 
 know how frail I am. 
 
 Behold, thou haft made my days as an handV 
 breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee ; 
 verily, every man at his beft eftate is altogether 
 vanity. 
 
 Surely every man walketh in a vain fhew ; furely 
 he is difquieted in vain : he heapeth up riches, and 
 knoweth not who fhall gather them. 
 
 When thou with rebukes doft correct man for 
 iniquity, thou makeft his beauty to confume away 
 like a moth. 
 
 Surely every man is vanity. 
 
 Our days are fwifter than a weaver's fhuttle : 
 the eye of him that hath feen us mail fee us no 
 more : thine eyes are upon us, and we are not. 
 
 As the cloud is confumed, and vanifheth away ; 
 fo he that goeth down to the grave mall come up 
 no more. 
 
 He fhall not return again to his houfe, neither 
 Ihall his place know him any more. 
 
 Thou prevailed for ever againft him, and he 
 
 paffeth $ 
 
Part III. PSALMS. 181 
 
 pafleth ; thou changeft his countenance, and fend- 
 eft him away. 
 
 His fons come to honour, and he knoweth it 
 not ; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth 
 it not of them. 
 
 Remove thy ftroke away from us, we are con- 
 fumed by the weight of thy hand. 
 
 enter not into judgment with thy fervants, 
 for in thy fight fhall no man living be juflified. 
 
 But we have trufted in thy mercy, our heart 
 fhall rejoice in thy falvation. 
 
 We fhall behold thy face in righteoufnefs ; we 
 fhall be fatisfied when we awake in thy likenefs. 
 
 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is 
 in thee. 
 
 1 was dumb, I opened not my mouth, becaufe 
 thou didfl it. 
 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my 
 cry : hold not thy peace at my tears ; for I am a 
 flranger with thee, and a fojourner, as all my fa- 
 thers were. 
 
 O fpare me, that I may recover ftrength before 
 I go hence, and be no more. 
 
 A 
 
 IX. 
 
 S the hart panteth after the water-brooks ; To 
 panteth my foul after thee, O God, 
 
 N 3 My 
 
1 82 OCCASIONAL AND PROPHETIC 
 
 My foul thirfleth for God, for the living God ; 
 when fhall I come, and appear before his pre- 
 fence ? 
 
 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord ? For 
 ever ? How long wilt thou hide thy face from 
 me ? 
 
 Confider and hear me ? O Lord my God ; light- 
 en my eyes, ere I fleep the fleep of death. 
 
 I will fay unto God, My rock, why haft thou 
 forgotten me ? Thou art the hope of my life, why 
 doft thou caft me off ? 
 
 O fend out thy light and thy truth ; let them 
 lead me, let them bring me unto thy holy hill, 
 and to thy tabernacles. 
 
 Then will I go unto the altar of falvation, unto 
 God my exceeding joy ; yea, upon the harp will 
 I praife thee, O God my ftrength. 
 
 And the Lord will command his loving kindnefs 
 in the day-time ; and in the night his fong fhall 
 be with me, and my prayer to the fountain of my 
 "life. 
 
 "Why art thou caft down, O my foul? and why 
 art thou difquieted within me ? Hope thou in God; 
 for I fhall yet praife him, who is the health of my 
 countenance^ and my God, 
 
 x. 
 
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Part III. PSALMS. ig 3 
 
 LORD, thou haft: been our dwelUng-place 
 through all generations. 
 
 Before the mountains were brought forth, or 
 ever thou hadft formed the earth and the world., 
 from everlafting to everlafting thou art God. 
 
 Thou turneft man to deftruction, and fayefi. 
 Return, ye children of men. 
 
 For a thoufand years in thy fight, are but as 
 yefterday when it is pall, and as a watch in the 
 night. 
 
 Thou carried them away as with a flood, they 
 are alleep : in the morning they are like grafs 
 which groweth up. 
 
 In the morning it flourifheth, and groweth up. 
 
 In the evening it is cut down, and withereth* 
 
 We fpend our years as a tale that is told. 
 
 What man is he that liveth, and fhall not die ? 
 Shall he deliver his foul from the hand of the 
 grave ? 
 
 Thou haft fet our iniquities before thee, our fe- 
 cret fins in the light of thy countenance. 
 
 The days of our years are threefcore years and 
 ten : and if by reafon of ftrength they be fourfcore 
 years, yet is their ftrength labour and forrow ; for 
 it is foon cut off, and we fly away 
 
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 So teach us to number our days, that we may 
 apply our hearts unto wifdom. 
 
 XI. 
 
 THIS is the day which the Lord hath made * 
 we will rejoice and be glad therein. 
 
 I was glad when they faid unto me, Let us go 
 into the houfe of the Lord. 
 
 Open to me the gates of righteoufnefs ; I will go 
 into them, and I will praife the Lord. 
 
 This is the gate of the Lord, into which the 
 righteous mail enter. 
 
 Our feet fhall ftand within thy courts, O Zion. 
 
 Peace be within thy wails^ and profperity within 
 thy palaces. 
 
 Let thy priefts be clothed with righteoufnefs, 
 and let thy faints Ihout for joy. 
 
 For our brethren and companions fake we will 
 now fay, Peace be within thee. 
 
 Eleffed be he that cometh in the name of the 
 Lord ; we have bleffed you out of the houfe of the 
 Lord. 
 
 Save now, we befeech thee, O Lord : O Lord, 
 we befeech thee fend now profperity. 
 
 Let our prayer be fet before thee as incenfe, 
 and the lifting up of our hands as the evening fa- 
 
 crifice. 
 
 Thou 
 
Part III. PSALMS. 185 
 
 Thou art good, and dofl good : teach us thy 
 
 ftatutes. 
 
 XIL 
 
 MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, 
 and full of trouble. 
 
 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : 
 he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, and continueth not. 
 
 Although affti&ion cometh not forth out of the 
 dull, neither doth trouble fpring out of the ground: 
 
 Yet man is born to trouble as the fparks fly up- 
 wards. 
 
 His days are determined : the number of his 
 months are with thee : thou haft appointed his 
 bounds that he cannot pafs. 
 
 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, 
 that it will fprout again, and that the tender 
 branch thereof will not ceafe. 
 
 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, 
 and the flock thereof die in the ground : 
 
 Yet through the fcent of water it will bud, and 
 bring forth boughs like a plant. 
 
 But man dicth, and wafteth away ; yea, man 
 giveth up the ghoft, and where is he ? 
 
 As the waters fail from the fea ; as the flood de- 
 •rayeth, and drieth up : 
 
 So man lieth down, and rifeth not again, till 
 
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 the heavens be no more : they ihall not awake, 
 nor be raifed out of their fleep. 
 
 XIIL 
 
 WE have heard with our ears, O God ; our 
 fathers have told us what work thou didft 
 in their days, in the times of old. 
 
 We will not hide them from our children ; mew- 
 ing to the generation to come, the praifes of the 
 Lord, and his ftrength, and his wonderful works 
 that he hath done. 
 
 That the generation to come may know them, 
 even the children that ihall be born ; that they may 
 fet their hope in God, and not forget the works 
 of God, but keep his commandments. 
 
 For they trufted not in the bow; neither did 
 the fword fave them ; 
 
 Neither did their own arm fave them ; but thy 
 right hand and thine arm, and the light of thy 
 countenance, becaufe thou hadft a favour unto 
 them. 
 
 For thou didft fave them from their enemies, 
 and didft put thofe to fhame that hated them. 
 
 God is known in our palaces for a refuge. 
 
 Surely the wrath of man ihall praife ; the re- 
 mainder of wrath ihalt thou reftrain. 
 
 Remember us, O Lord, with the favour that 
 
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Part III. PSALMS. 187 
 
 thou beareft nnto thy people : O vifit us with thy 
 falvation. 
 
 Give us help in trouble ; for vain is the help of 
 man. 
 
 That we may fee the good of thy chofen, that 
 we may glory with thine inheritance. 
 
 We would feek unto God, and unto God would 
 we commit our caufe. 
 
 God is the judge; he pulleth down one, and 
 fetteth up another. 
 
 Save us, O Lord our God, to give thanks unto 
 thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praife. 
 
 Arife for our help, and redeem us for thy mer- 
 cy's fake. 
 
 So we thy people, and fheep of thy pafture, will 
 give thee thanks for ever ; we will fhew forth thy 
 praife to all generations. 
 
 XIV. . 
 
 IS there not a fet time to man upon earth ? Are 
 not his days alfo like the days of an hireling ? 
 All flefh fhall perifh together, and man lhall 
 turn again unto duft. 
 
 One dieth in his full flrength, being wholly at 
 eafe and quiet. 
 
 Another dieth in the bitternefs of his foul, and 
 
 never eateth with pleafure. 
 
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 They fhall lie down alike in the duft, and the 
 worms fhall cover them. 
 
 Our years pafs away ; our purpofes are broken 
 off, even the thoughts of our heart. 
 
 We are but of yefterday, and know nothing, 
 becaufe our days upon earth are a fhadow. 
 
 Our days alfo are few ; and we go whence we 
 fhall not return, to the land of darknefs and the 
 fhadow of death. 
 
 There the wicked ceafe from troubling, and the 
 weary are at reft. 
 
 There the prifoners reft together, they hear not 
 the voice of the opprefTor. 
 
 The fmall and great are there, and the fervant 
 is free from his maiter. 
 
 Shall we receive good at the hands of the Lord, 
 and fhall we not receive evil ? 
 
 All the days of my appointed time will I wait, 
 till my change cometh. 
 
 Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and 
 naked fhall 1 return thither. 
 
 The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, 
 bleffed be the name of the Lord. 
 
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 Part III. PSALMS, 189 
 
 XV. 
 
 THE Lord is my rock and my falvation, my 
 ftrength, and the lifter up of mine head : 
 though he flay me, yet will I truft in him. 
 
 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that 
 he fhall fland at the latter day upon the earth. 
 
 And though after my fkin worms deilroy this 
 body, yet in my fleih fhall I fee God. 
 
 Whom I mall fee for myfelf; and mine eyes 
 fhall behold, and not another, though my reins be 
 confumed within me. 
 
 The days of man's years are few; they are con- 
 fumed like fmoke : he lieth down among the clods 
 of the valley, he pafleth away, he is feen no more. 
 
 But thou malt quicken us again, and bring us 
 up again from the depths of the earth. 
 
 What time I am afraid, I will truft in thee. 
 
 He that is our God, is the God of falvation ; 
 and unto the Lord belong the iflues from death. 
 
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MORAL PSALM 
 
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 THE Lord is in his holy temple : the Lord's 
 throne is in heaven ; his eyes behold, his 
 eye-lids try the children of men. 
 
 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry 
 with the wicked every day. 
 
 If he turn not, he will whet his fword ; he hath 
 bent his bow, and made it ready. 
 
 He hath alfo prepared for him the inftruments of 
 death ; he ordaineth his arrows againft the perfe- 
 cutors. 
 
 O let the wickednefs of the wicked come to an 
 end, but eflablifh the juft ; for thou, the righteous 
 Lord, trieft the heart and the reins. 
 
 The Lord trieth the righteous ; but the wicked, 
 and him that loveth violence, his foul hateth. 
 
 Upon the wicked he fhall rain fnares, fire and 
 brimflone, and an horrible tempefl ; this fhall be 
 the portion of their cup. 
 
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i 9 2 MORAL PSALM, 
 
 But the righteous Lord loveth righteoufnefs, his 
 countenance doth behold the upright. 
 
 I will praife the Lord according to his righteouf- 
 nefs, and will fing praife unto the Lord moft high. 
 
 The Lord fhall judge the people. 
 
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