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'T^HAT man hath perfect blessedness, ■*■ who walketh not astray In counsel of ungodly men, nor stands in sinners way, Nor sitteth in the scorn era chair j 2 But placeth his delight Upon God's law, and meditates on his law day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree that grows near planted by a river, "Which in his season yields his fruit, and his leaf fadeth never ; And all he doth shall prosper well. 4 The wicked are not so ; But like they are unto the chaff which wind drives to and fro. 5 In judgment therefore shall not stand such as ungodly are ; Nor in th' assembly of the just shall wicked men appear. 6 For why I the way of godly men unto the Lord is known : Whereas the way of wicked men shall quite be overthrown. 6 PSALMS. PSALM IV— 4. /^ IVE ear unto me when I call, ^~* God of my righteousness : Have mercy, hear my pray'f, thou hast enlarged me in distress. 2 O ye the sons of men, how long will ye love vanities ? How long my glory turn to shame, and will ye follow lies ? o But know, that for himself the Lord the godly man doth chuse : The Lord, when I on him do call, to hear will not refuse. 4 Fear, and sin not : talk with your heart on bed, and silent be. 5 Off'rings present of righteousness ; and in the Lord trust ye. 6 O who will shew us any good ? is that which many say : But of thy countenance the light, Lord, lift on us alway. 7 Upon my heart bestow'd by thee more gladness I have found, Than they, ev'n then, when corn and wine did most with them abound. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and quiet sleep will take : Because thou only me to dwell in safety, Lord ; dost make. PSALM P S A L M S. 7 PSALM V.— j. GI VE ear unto my words, O Lord : my meditation weigh. 2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God ! fori to thee will pray. 3 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice : I early will direct My pray'r to thee, and looking up an answer will expect. 4 For thou art not a God that doth in wickedness delight : Neither shall evil dwell with thee : 5 Nor fools stand in thy sight. All that ill doers are thou hatest : 6 Cut'stoff that liars be. The bloody and deceitful man abhorred is by thee. 7 But I into thine house will come in thine abundant grace : And I will worship in thy fear towards thy holy place. 8 Because of those mine enemies, Lord, in thy righteousness Do thou me lead : do thou thy way make straight before my face. 9 For in their mouth there is no truth, their inward part is ill : Their throat's an open sepulchre ; their tongue doth Hatter still. 10 O S PSA L M S. 10 O God, destroy them, let them be by their own counsel quell'd : Them for their many sins cast out, for they 'gainst thee rebelled. 1 1 But let all joy that trust in thee, and still make shouting noise : For them thou sav'st ; let all that love ! thy name, in thee rejoice. 12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man thou wiljt thy blessing yield : With favour thou wilt compass him about, as with a shield. PSALM VI 6. T ORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not, •^ nor in thy hot rage chasten me. 2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak : Ileal me, for my bones vexed be* 3 My scul is aiso vexed sore ; But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make? 4 Return, O Lord, my soul set free : save me for thy mercies sake. 5 Because tHqse that deceased are, Of thee shall no remembrance have: And who is be tliatwill to thee Give praises lying in the grave ? 6 I with my groaning weary am, 1 a! so all the night my bed Have cansed for to swim ; and I With tears my couch have watered. 7 Mine PSALMS- 9 7 Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old, Because of all mine enemies. 8 Hence from me wicked workers all, For God hath heared my weeping cries. 9 God hath my supplication heard ; My pray'r received graciously. 10 Shamed and sore vex'd be all my foes ; Sham'd and back turned suddenly. ANOTHER OF THE SAME. TN thy great indignation, -*- O Lord, rebuke me not ; Nor on me lay thy chastening hand in thy displeasure hot. 2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me have mercy, and me spare : Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st my bones much vexed are. 3 My soul is vexed sore : but, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make ? 4 Return, Lord, free my soul, and save me, for thy mercies sake. 5 Because of thee in death their shall no more remembrance be : Of those that in the grave do ly, who shall give thanks to thee ? 6 I with my groaning weary am, and all the night my bed I caused for to swim : with tears my couch I watered* 7 By 10 PSALMS. 7 By reason of my vexing grief, mine eye consumed is ; It waxeth old, because of all that be mine enemies. 8 But now depart from me, all ye that work iniquity ; For why, the Lord hath heard my voice, when I did mourn and cry. 9 Unto my supplication the Lord did hearing give ; When I to him my prayer make, the Lord will it receive. 10 Let all be sham'd and troubled sore that en'mies are to me ; Let them turn back, and suddenly- ashamed let them be. PSALM VII.— r. f~\ Lord my God, in thee do I ^^ my confidence repose ; Save and deliver me from all my persecuting foes. 2 Lest that the enemy my soul should like a lion tear, In pieces renting it, while there is no deliverer. 3 O Lord my God, if it be so, that I committed this ; If it be so, that in my hands iniquity there is j 4 If PSALMS, 11 4 If I rewarded ill to him that was- at peace with me : (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause my foe was, I did free.) 5 Then let the foe pursue, and take my soul, and my life thrust Down to the earth, and let him lay mine honour in the dust. 6 Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, for my foes raging be ; And to the judgment, which thou hast commanded, wake for me. 7 So shall th' assembly of thy folk about encompass thee : Thou therefore, for their sakes, return unto thy place on high. -8 The Lord he shall the people judge : my judge, JEHOVAH, be, After my righteousness, and mine integrity in me. 9 O let the wicked's malice end, but 'stablish stedfastly The righteous; for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try. 10 In God, who saves th' upright in heart, is my defence and stay. 1 1 God just men judgeth, God is wroth with ill men ev'ry day. JL2 If he do not return again, then he his sword will whet : His 12 PSALMS. His bow he hath already bent, and hath it ready set. 13 He also hath for him prepar'd the instruments of death ; Against the persecutors he his shafts ordained hath. 14 Behold, he with iniquity doth travail as in birth ; A mischief he conceived hath, and falsehood shall bring forth. 1 5 He made a pit, and digg'd it deep, another there to take ; But he is fall'n into the ditch which he himself did make. 1 6 Upon his own head his mischief shall be returned home ; His voilent dealing also down on his own pate shall come. 17 According to his righteousness the Lord, I'll magnify ; And will sing praise unto the Name of God that is most high. PSALM VIII — 8. TJOW excellent in all the earth, ■*-•*• Lord, our Lord, is thy name I Who hast thy glory far advane'd above the starry frame. 2 From infants' and from sucklings' mouth thou didest strength ordain, For thy foes' cause, that so thou might'st th' avenging foe restrain. 3 When PSALMS. 13 3 When I look up unto the heav'ns which thine own fingers fram'd: Unto the moon, and to the stars, which were by thee ordain'd: 4 Then say I, What is man, that he, remembered is by thee ? Or what the son of man, that thou so kind to him should'st be ? 5 For thou a little lower hast him than the angels made ; With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head. 6 Of thy hand-works thou madst him Lord, all under's feet didst lay : 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts that in the field do stray. 8 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea, all that pass through the same. 9 Flow excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name ! PSALM IX — 9. [ ORD, thee I'll praise with all my heart, -*- J thy wonders all proclaim. 2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy, and sing unto thy name. * When back my foes were turn'd, they fell, and perish'd at thy sight; A For thou maintain'dst my right and cause, on throne sat'st, judging right. A 3 5 The 14 PS A L M S. 5 The heathen thou rebuked hast, the wicked overthrown ; Thou hast put out their names, that they may never more be known. 6 O en'my ! now destructions have an end perpetual : Thou cities raz'd ; perish'd with them ; is their memorial. 7 God shall endure for ay ; he d for judgment set his throne : S In righteousness to judge the w< justice to give each one. 9 God also will a refuge be for those that are opprest ; A refuge will he be, in times of trouble, to distress 10 And they that know thy name-, in thee their confidence will place ; Tor thou hast not forsaken them that truly seek thy face. 1 1 O sing ye praises to the Lord, that dwells in Sion hill : And all the nations among his deeds record ye still. 12 When he enquireth after bk He then remembreth them : The humble folk he not forgets that call upon his name. 13 Lord, pity me, behold the gjrief which I from foes sustain ; Ev f a PSALMS. 15 thou who from the gates of death dost raise me up again : 14 That I, in Sion's daughters gates, v all thy praise advance : And that I may rejoice always in thy deliverance. 15 The heathen are sunk in the pit, which they themselves prepar'd ; in the net which they have hid. their own feet fast are snar'd. 16 The Lord is by the judgment known, which he himself hath w T rought : The sinners hands do make the snares v, herewith themselves are caught. 17 They, who are wicked, into hell each one shall turned be : And all the nations that forget to seek the Lord most high. 18 For they that needy are, shall not forgotten be always ; The expectation of the poor shall not be lost for ay, 19 Arise, Lord, !<;': not man prevail ; judge heathens in thy sir^ht : 20 That they may know themselves but men, the nations, Lord, affright. PSALM X.— 10. \XfHEREFO . that thou, O Lord, dost stand fi om us afar ? 16 PSALMS. And wherefore hidest thou thyself, when times so troublous are ? 2 The wicked in his loftiness cloth persecute the poor : In these devices they have fram'd, let them be taken sure. 3 The wicked of his heart's desire doth talk with boasting great ; He blesseth him that's covetous, whom yet the Lord doth hate. 4 The w T icked, through his pride of face, on God he doth not call ; And in the counsels of his heart the Lord is not at all. 5 His ways they always grievous are ; thy judgments from his sight Removed are : at all his foes he pufTeth with despite. 6 Within his heart he thus hath said, I shall not moved be ; And no adversity at all shall ever come to me. 7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, is fiird abundantly : And underneath his tongue there is mischief and vanity. 8 He closely sits in villages ; he slays the innocent : Against the poor that pass him by, his cruel eyes are bent. 9 He P S A L M S. 17 9 He lien-like lurks in hisden ; he waits the poor, to take : And when he draws him in his net, his prey he doth him make. 10 Himself he humbleth very low, he croucheth down withal, That so a multitude of poor may by his strong ones fall. 1 1 He thus hath said within his heart, The Lord hath quite forget : ides his co un te n an c c , an d h e for ever sees it not. 13 O Lord, do thou arise ; O God, lift up thine hand on high ; Put not the meek afflicted ones out of thy memory. 13 Why is it that the wicked man, thus doth the Lord despise ? Because that God will it require, he in his heart denies. 14 Thou hast it seen, for their mischief and spite thou wilt repay : The poor committs himself to thee, thou art the orphans stay. 15 The arm break of the wicked man, and of the evil one ; Do thou seek out his wickedness, until thou findest none. 16 The Lord is King through ages all, ev'n to eternity : A 4 ThQ 18 PSALMS. The heathen people from his land are perish'd utterly. 17 O Lord, of those that humble arc thou the desire didst hear : Thou wilt prepare their hearts, and thou. to hear will bend thine ear : 18 To judge the fatherless, and those that are oppressed sore, That man, that is but sprung of earth, may them oppress no more. PSALM XI 11. T In the Lord do put my trust ; A how is it then that ye Say to my soul, Flee as a bird unto your mountain high ; 2 For lo, the wicked bend their bow, Their shafts on strings they fit, That those who upright are in heart they privily may hit. -3 If the foundations be destroy'd, what hath the righteous done ? 4 God in his holy temple is, in heaven is his throne : His eyes do see, his eye-lids try 5 Mens sons. The just he proves ; But his soul hates the wicked man, and him that vi'lence loves. 6 Snares, lire and brimstone, furious storms on sinners he shall rain : This, PSALMS. vj This, as the portion of their cup, doth unto them pertain. 7 Because the Lord most righteous doth in righteousness delight, And with a pleasant countenance beholdeth the upright. PSALM XII 12. TTELP, Lord, because the godly mas ■*• -*■ doth daily fade away ; And from among the sons of men the faithful do decay. 2 Unto his neighbour every one doth utter vanity : They with a double heart do speak, and lips of flattery. o God shall cut off all flatt'ring lips, tongues that speak proudly, thus, 4 We'll with our tongue prevail, our lips are ours : who's Lord o'er us ? 5 For poor opprest, and for the sighs of needy, rise will I, Saith God, and him in safety set from such as him defy. 6 The words of God are words most pure, they be like silver try 'd In earthen furnace, seven times that hath been purify'd. 7 Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep for ever from this race. B On each side walk the wicked, when vile men are high in place* PSALM 20 PSALMS. PSALM XIII — 13. TJOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord ? ■*A shall it for ever be I O how long shall it be, that thou wilt hide thy face from me ? 2 How long take counsel in my soul, still sad in heart, shall I : How long exalted over me shall be mine enemy ? 3 O Lord my God, consider well, And answer to me make : Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep of death me overtake : 4 Lest that mine enemy should say, *inst him I pre vail' d ; And/ those that trouble me, rejoice, when I am mov'd and fail'd. 5 But I have all my confidence thy mercy set upon : My heart within me shall rejoice in thy salvation. 6 I will unto the Lord my God sing praises cheerfully, Because he hath his bounty shown to me abundantly. PSALM XIV — 14. HHHAT there is not a God, the fool A doth in his heart conclude : They are corrupt, their works are vile, not one of them doth good. 2 Upon PSALMS. 21 5 Upon men's sons the Lord from heav'n did cast his eyes abroad ; To see if any understood, and did seek after God. o They altogether filthy are, they all aside are gone ; And there is none that doeth good, yea, sure there is not one. 4 These workers of iniquity do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, and on God do not call? 5 There fear'd they much : for God is with the whole race of the just. £ You shame the counsel of the poor ; because God is his trust 7 Let IsraTs help from Zion come : when back the Lord shall bring; His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall sing. PSALM XV 15. Tl/TTHIN thy tabernacle Lord, " " who shall abide with thee ? And in thy high and holy hill who shall a dweller be ? 2 The man that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness ; And, as he thinketh in his heart, so doth he truth express. 3 Who 22 P S A L M S. 3 Who doth not slander with his tongue, not to his friends doth hurt : Nor yet against his neighbour doth take up an ill report. 4 In whose eyes vile men are despis'd ; but those that God do fear, He honcureth : and changethnot, though to his hurt he swear. 5 His coin puts not to usury, nor take reward will he Against the guiltless. Who doth thus shall never moved be. PSALM XVI 16. T ORD, keep me ; for I trust in thee, "*^ 2 To God thus was my speech ; Thou art my Lord, and unto thee my goodness doth not reach . 3 To saints on earth, to th' excellent where my delight's are plac'd. 4 Their sorrows shall be multipli'd to other gods that haste : Of their drink offerings of blood I will no ofPring make ; Yea, neither I their very names up in my lips will take. 5 God is of mine inheritance and cup the portion : The lot that fallen is to me, thou dost maintain alone. 6 Unto PSALMS. f3 6 Unto me happity the lines in pleasant places fell ; Yea, the inheritance I got, in beauty cloth excel. 7 I bless the Lord, because he cloth by counsel me conduct : And in the seasons of the night my reins do me instruct. 8 Before me still the Lord I set : sith it is so, that he Doth ever stand at my right hand, I shall not moved be. 9 Because of this my heart is glad, and joy shall be exprest Ev'n by my glory : and my flesh in confidence shall rest. 10 Because my soul in grave to dwell shall not he left by thee ; Nor wilt thou give thine holy One corruption to sec. 1 1 Thou wilt me shew the path of life : of joys there is full store Before thy face, at thy right hand are pleasures evermore. PSALM XVII — 17. T OnD, hear the right, attend my cry, •*-* unto my pray'r e>;ive heed, That doth not in hypocrisy from feigned lips proceed. 2 And 24 PSALM S. 2 And from before thy presence forth my sentence do thou send : Toward these things that equal are, do thou thine eyes intend. 3 Thou provd'st mine heart, thou visitd'stme, by night thou didst me try, Yet nothing found'st ; for that my mouth shall not sin, purpos'd I. 4 As for men's works, I, by the word that from thy lips doth flow, Did me preserve out of the paths wherein destroyers go. 5 Hold up my going, Lord ; me guide in those thy paths divine, So that my footsteps may not slide out of those ways of thine. 6 I called have on thee, O God, because thou wilt me hear : That thou may'st hearken to my speech, to me incline thine ear. 7 Thy wond'rous loving kindness show, thou that by thy right hand Sav'st them that trust in thee, from those that up against them stand. 8 As th' apple of the eye me keep ; in thy wings shade me close, 9 From lewd oppressors, compassing me round, as deadly foes. 10 In their own fat they are inclos'd, their mouth speaks loftily. 1 1 Our PSALMS. M 1 1 Our steps they compast, and to ground clown bowing set their eye. 12 He like unto a lion is, that's greedy of his prey, Or lion young, which lurking cloth in secret places stay. 13 Arise, and disappoint my foe, and cast him down, O Lord : My soul save from the wicked man, the man which is thy sword. 14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from worldly men me save, Which only in this present life their part and portion have : Whose belly with thy treasure hid thou fill'st ; they children have In plenty, of their goods the rest they to their children leave. 15 But as for me, I thine own face in righteousness will see : And with thy likeness, when I wake, I satisfy 'd shall be. PSALM XVIII — 18. HPHEE will I love, O Lord my strength. -*- 2 My fortress is the Lord, My rock, and he that doth to me deliverance afford : My God, my strength, whom I will trust, a buckler unto me, The horn of my salvation, and my high tower is he. A 5 5 Upon 26 PSALM 81 3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is of praises, will I cry : And then shall I preserved be safe from mine enemy, 4 Floods of ill men affrighted me, death's pangs about me went. 5 Hell's sorrows me invironed : death's snares did me prevent. 6 In my distress I call'd on God, cry to my God did I : He from his temple heard my voice, to his ears came my cry. 7 Th' earth, as afTrfghted, then did shake* trembling upon it seiz'd ; The hills foundations moved were, because he was displeas'd. 8 Up from his nostrils came a smoke, and from his mouth there came Devouring fire, and coals by it were turned into flame. 9 He also bowed down the heav'ns, and thence he did descend : And thickest clouds of darkness did under his feet attend. 10 And he upon a cherub rode, and thereon he did fly : Yea, on the swift wings of the wind his flight was from on high. 1 1 He darkness made his secret place : about him for his tent Dark PSALMS. 27 Dark waters were, and thickest clouds of th' airy firmament. 12 And at the brightness of that light which was before his eye. His thick clouds past away, hail-stones and coles of fire did fly. 13 The Lord God also in the heavn's did thunder in his Ire ; And there the Highest p-ave his voice, hail-stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he his arrows sent abroad, and them he scattered ; His li^htnimrs also he shot out, and them discomfited. 15 The wafers channels then were seen, the world's foundations vast, At thy rebuke discov'red were, and at thy nostrils blast. 16 And from above the Lord sent down, and took me from below, From many waters he me drew, which would me overflow. 17 He me reliev'd from my strong foes, and such as did me hate : Because he saw that they for me too strong were, and too great. 18 They me prevented in the day of my calamity : But even then the Lord himself a stay was unto me. 19 He 28 PSALMS. 19 He to a place, where liberty and room was, hath me brought: Because he took delight in me, he my deliv'rance wrought, 20 According to my righteousness he did me recompense ; He me repaid according to my hands pure innocence. 21 For I God's ways kept, from my God did not turn wickedly. 22 His judgments were before me, I his laws put not from me. 23 Sincere before him was my heart, with him upright was I ; And watchfully I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 After my righteousness the Lord hath recompensed me, After the cleanness of my hands appearing in his eye. 25 Thou gracious to the gracious art, to upright men upright. 26 Pure to the pure, fro ward thou kyth's! unto the fro ward wight. 27 For thou wilt the afflicted save, in grief that low do lie : But wilt" bring down the countenance of them whose looks are high. 28 The Lord will light my candle so, that it shall shine full bright ; The P S A L M S. 29 The Lord my God will also make my darkness to be light. 29 By thee through troops of men I break, and them discomfit all : And, by my Cod assisting me, I over-leap a wall. 30 As for Gad, perfect is his way : the Lord his word is try'd : He is a buckler to all those who do in him confide. 31 Who but the Lord is God ? but he bo is a rock and stay : .32 'Tis God thai girdethme with strength, and perfect makes my way. 33 He made my feet swift as the hind's, set me on my high places. 34 Mine hands to war he taught, mine arms break bows of steel in pieces. 35 The shield of thy salvation thou didst on me bestow : Thy right-hand held me up, and great thy kindness made me grow. 36 And in my way, my steps thou hast enlarged under me ; That I go safely, and my feet are kept from sliding free. 37 Mine en'mies I pursued have, and did them overtake : Nor did I turn again, till I and end of them did ma A 6 ; SO P S A L M S. 38 I wounded them, they could not rise, they at my feet did full, 39 Thou girdest me with strength for war, my foes thou brought'st down all. 40 And thou hast given to me the necks of all mine enemies : That I might them destroy and slay who did against me rise. 41 They cried out, but there was none that would or could them save : Yea, they did cry unto the Lord, But he no answer gave. 42 Then did I beat them small, as dust before the wind that flies : And I did cast them out, like dirt upon the street that lies. 43 Thou mad'st me free from people's strife and heathen's head to be : A people, whom I have not known, shall service do to me. 44 At hearing they shall me obey ; to me they shall submit. 45 Strangers for fear shall fade away, who in close places sit. 46 God lives, blest be my rock : the God of my health praised be. 47 God doth avenge me, and subdues the people under me. 43 He saves me from mine enemies : yea, thou hast lifted me Above PSALMS. 31 Above my foes ; and from the man of vi'lencc set me free. 49 Therefore to thee will I give thanks the heathen folk among : And to thy name, O Lord, I will sing praises in a song. 50 He great deliverance gives his King : he mercy doth extend. To David, his anointed one, and his seed without end. PSALM XIX — 19. r I ^ HE heav'ns God's glory do declare: A the skies his hand-work preach. 2 Day utters speech to clay, and night to night doth knowledge teach. 3 There is no speech, nor tongue, to which their voice doth not extend. At Their line is gone through all the earth, their words to the world's end. In them he set the sun a tent. 5 Who bridegroom like forth goes Frorn's chamber, as a strong man doth to run his race, rejoice. 6 From heav'n's end is his going forth, circling to th' end again : And there is nothing from his heat that hidden do.h remain. 7 God's law is pefect, and converts the soul in sin that lies : God's 32 PSALM S. God's testimony is most sure, and makes the simple wise. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and do rejoice the heart. The Lord's command is pure, and doth light to the eyes impart. 9 Unspotted is the fear of God, avid doth endure for ever : The judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 They, more than gold, yea, much fine gold to be desired are : Than honey, honey from the comb that droppeth sweeter far. 1 1 moreover, they thy servant warn how he his life should frame : A great reward provided is for them that keep the same. 12 Who can his errors understand? cleanse thou me within 13 From secret faults. Thy servant keep from all presumptuous sin, And do not suffer them to have dominion over me ; Then righteous and innocent, 1 from much sin shall be. 14 The words which from my month proceed, the thoughts sent from my heart, Accept, O Lord, for thou my strength and my redeemer artt PJALM PSALMS. 2$ PSALM XX 20. JEHOVAH hear thee in the clay J when trouble he cloth send : And let the name of Jacob's God, thee from all ill defend. 2 O let him help send from above, out of his sanctuary ; From Zion his own holy hill, let him give strength to thee. 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, accept thy sacrifice : 4 Grant thee thine heart's wish, and fulfil thy thoughts and counsel wise. $ In thy salvation we will joy ; in our God's Name we will Display our banners ; and the Lord thy prayers all fulfil. 6 Now know I, God his king doth save : he from his holy heav'n Will hear him, with the saving strength by his own right hand giv'n. 7 In chariots some put confidence, some horses trust upon : But we remember will the Name of our Lord God alone. 8 We rise, and upright Standi when they are bowed down, and fall. 9 Deliver, Lord, and let the King us hear, when we do call. PSALM 3-i P S A L M S. PSALM XXI.— 21. HP HE king in thy great strength, O Lord, •* shall very joyful be : In thy salvation rejoice how veh'mer.tly shall he ! 2 Thou hast bestowed upon him all that his heart would have, And thou from him didst not withhold what'er his lips did crave. 3 For thou with blessings him prevent'st of goodness manifold ; And thou hast set upon his head a crown of purest gold. 4 When he desired life of thee, thou life to him didst give ; Ev'n such a length of days, that he for evermore should live. 5 In that salvation wrought by thee his glory is made great : Honour and comely majesty thou hast upon him set. fi Because that thou for evermore most blessed hast him made : And thou hast with thy countenance made him exceeding glad : 7 Because the king upon the Lord his confidence doth lay, And through the grace of the most high shall not be mov'd away. 8 Thine PSALMS. 35 8 Thine hand shall all those men find out that en'mies are to thee, Ev'n thy right hand shall find out those of thee that haters be. 9 Like fiery ov'n thou shalt them make? when kindled is thine ire : God shall them swallow in his wrath, devour them shall the fire. 10 Their fruit from earth thou shalt destroy, their seed men from among, 3 1 For they beyond their might, 'gainst thee did plot mischief and wrong. 12 Thou therefore shalt make them turn back, when thou thy shafts shalt place Upon thy strings, made ready all to fly against their face. 1 3 In thy great power and strength, O Lord, be thou exalted high : So shall we sing v/ith joyful hearts, thy power praise shall we. TSALM XXIL— 22. A/TY God, my God, why hast thou me •*-*-*■ forsaken ? why so far Art thou from helping mfe, and from nv words that roaring are ! All day, my God, to thee I cry, yet am not heard by thee ; And in the season of the night, I cannnot silent be, S But 36 PSALMS. 3 But thou art holy, thou that do'st inhabit Israel's praise. 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd, and thou didst them release. 5 When unto thee they sent their cry, to ihem deliv'rance came : Because they put their trust in thee, they were not put to shame. 6 But as for me, a worm I am, and as no man am priz'd : Reproach of men I am, and by the people am despis'd. 7 All that me see, laugh me to scorn i shoot out the lip do they, They nod and shake their heads at me, and mocking thus do say, S This man did trust in. God, that he would free him by his might ; Let him deliver him, sith he had in him such delight. But thou art he out of the womb that didst me safely take : When I was on my mothers breasts, thou me to hope didst make, 10 And I was cast upon thy care, ev'n from the womb till now : And from my mother's belly, Lord, my God and guide art thou. 1 1 Be not far off, for grief is near : and none to help is found. n Bulls PSAL M S. 37 12 Bulls many compass me ; strong bulls of Bashan me surround. 13 Their mouths they op'ned wide on me, upon me gape did they, Like to a lion ravening, and roaring for his prey. 14 Like water I'm pour'd out; my bones all out of joint do part : Amidst my bowels, as the wax, so melted is my heart. 15 My strength is like a potsherd dry'd : my tongue it cleaveth fast Unto my jaws ; and to the dust of death thou brought me hast. 16 For dogs have compass'd me about : the wicked that did meet T n their assembly, me inclos'd ; they pierc'd my hands and feet- 17 I all my bones may tell : they do upon me look and sture. IS Upon my vesture lots they cast, and clouths among them sh*i . 19 But be not far, O Lord, my strength ; haste to give help to me. 20 From sword my soul, from pow'r of dogs my darli hou free. 21 Out of the roaring lion's mouth do thou me shield and save ; lor from the horns of unicorns an ear to me thou j B 22 I 3S PSALMS. 22 I will shew forth thy name unto those that my brethren are : Amidst the congregation thy praise I will declare. 23 Praise ye the Lord, who do him fear ; him glorify, all ye The seed of Jacob ; fear him, all that Isr'el's children be. 24 For he despis'd not, nor abhorr'd th' afflicted's misery : Nor from him hid his face, but heard when he to him did cry. 25 Within the congregation great, my praise shall be of thee : My vows before them that him fear shall be perform'd bv mc. 26 The meek shall cat, and shall be fill'd ; they also praise shall give Unto the Lord, that do him seek ; your heart shall ever live. 27 All ends of th' earth remember shall, and turn the Lord unto : All kindreds of the nations to him shall homage do : 28 Because the kingdom to the Lord doth appertain, as his : Likewise among the nations the governor he is. 29 Earth's fat ones eat, and worship shall : all who to dust descend, Shall P S A L M S. 39 Shall bow to him : none of them can his soul from death defend. 30 A seed shall service do to him ; unto the Lord it shall Be for a generation reck'ned in ages all. 31 They shall come, and they shall declare hi i trut h and >ness Unto a people yet unborn, and fiath done this. PSALM XXIII — 23. HP HE Lord's my shepherd, I'll not , -^ 2 He makes me down to lie In pastures green : he leadeth me the quiet waters by. S My soul he doth restore again ; and me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness, ev'n for his own name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill : For thou art with rne, and thy rod and staff me comfort still. 5 My table thou hast furnished, in presence of my foes ; My head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows. 6 Goodness and mercy all my life snail surely follow me : And 40 P S A L MM And in Goers house for evermore my dwelling-place fch&fl PSALM XXIV— 2 1. 7 | ^HE earth belongs unto the Lo A and all that it contains ; The world that is inhabited, and all that there remains. 2 For the foundations thereof he on the seas did lay, And he hath it established upon the floods to stay. 3 Who is the man that shall ascend into the hill of God ? Or who within hi« holy place shall have a firm abode ? 4 Whose hands are clean, whose heart is pure, and unto vanity Who hath not lifted up his soul, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He from th* Eternal shall receive the blessing him upon, And right'ousness, ev'n from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation that after him inquire, O Jacob, who do seek thy face with their whole hearts desire. 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high, ye doors that last for aye, Be PSALMS. 41 Be lifted up, that so the King of glory enter may, 8 But who of glory is the king ? the mighty Lord is this, Ev'n that same Lord, that great in might and strong in battle is. 9 Ye gates, lift up your heads, ye doors, doors that do iast for ay, Be lifted up, that so the king of glory enter may. 10 But who is he that is the king of glory ? who is this ? The Lord of hosts, and none but he, the King of glory is. PSALM XXV— 25. T^O thee I lift my soul : A 2 O Lord I trust in thee : My God, let me not be asham'd, nor foes triumph o'er me. 5 Let none that wait on thee, be put to shame at ail ; But those that without cause transgress. let shame upon them fall. 4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; thy paths O teach thou me : 5 And do thou lead me in thy truth, therein my teacher be : "For thou art God that dost to me salvation send, B 2 And 42 PSALMS. And I upon thee all the day expecting, do attend. 6 Thy tender mercies, Lord, I pray thee to remember, And loving-kindnesses : for they have been of old for ever. 7 My sins and faults of youth do thou, O Lord, forget ; After thy mercy think on me, and for thy goodness great. 8 God good and upright is : the way he'll sinners show. 9 The meek in judgment he will guide, and make his path to know. 10 The whole paths of the Lord are truth and mercy sure, To those that do his cov'nant keep, and testimonies pure. 1 1 Now for thine own name's sake, O Lord, I thee intreat To pardon mine iniquity ; for it is very great. 12 What man is he that fears the Lord, and doth him serve? Him shall he teach the way that he shall choose and still observe. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his posterity Shall flourish still, and of the earth inheritors shall be. 14 With PSAL M S. 14 With those that fear him is the secret of the Lord ; The knowledge of his covenant he will to them afford. 15 Mine eyes upon the Lord continually are set : For he it is that shall bring forth my feet out of the net. 16 Turn unto me thy face, and to me mercy show : Because that I am desolate, and am brought very low. 17 My heart's griefs are increas'd. me from distress relieve. 18 See mine atiiiction, and my pain, and all my sins forgive. 19 Consider thou my foes, because they many are, And it a cruel hatted is which they against me bear. 20 O do thou keep my soul, do thou deliver me : And let me never be asham'd, because I trust in thee. 21 Let uprightness and truth keep me, who thee attend- 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel from all his troubles send. ANOTHER 44 PSALMS. ANOTHER OF THE SAME. HPO thee I lift my soul, O Lord ; A 2 My God I trust in thee : Let me not be asham'd ; let not my foes triumph o'er me. 3 Yea, let thou none ashamed be that do on thee attend : Ashamed let them be, O Lord, who without cause offend. 4 Thy ways, Lord shew ; teach me thy paths, 5 Lead me in truth, teach me : for of my safety thou art God ; all day I wait on thee. 6 Thy mercies, that most tender are, do thou, O Lord, remember, And loving-kindnesses : for they have been of old for ever. 7 Let not the errors of my youth, nor sins rememb'red be : In mercy, for thy goodness sake. O Lord, remember me, 8 The Lord is good and gracious, he upright is also : He therefore sinners will instruct in ways that they should go. 9 The meek and lowly he will guide in judgment just ahvay : To jneek and poor afflicted ones he'll clearly teach his way. 10 The P S ALMS. 45 10 The whole paths of the Lord our God arc truth and mercy sure, To such as keep his covenant, and testimonies pure. 1 1 Now for thine own name's sake, O J^ord, I humbly thee intreat To pardon mine iniquity : for it is very great. 12 What man fears God ? him shall he teach the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease, his seed the earth as heirs, shall use. 14 The secret of the Lord is with such as do fear his name, And he his holy covenant will manifest to them. 15 Towards the Lord my waiting eyes continually are set : For he it is that shall bring forth my feet out of the net. 16 O turn thou unto me, O God; have mercy me upon : Because I solitary am, and in aoTiction. 17 Enlarg d the griefs are of mine heart : me from distress relieve. 18 See mine affliction and my pain, and all my sins forgive. 19 Consider 46 PSALM S. 19 Consider thou mine enemies, because they many are ; And it a cruej hatred is, which they against me bear. 20 O do thou keep my soul, O God, do thou deliver me : Let me not be asham'd ; for I do put my trust in thee. 21 O let integrity and truth keep me who thee attend. 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel from all his troubles send. PSALM XVL— 26. TUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walk'd ** in mine integrity : 1 trusted also in the Lord ; slide therefore shall not I. 2 Examine me, and do me prove ; try heart and reins, O God. 3 For thy love is before mine eyes, thy truth's paths I have trode. 4 With persons vain I have not sat, nor with dissemblers gone. 5 Th' assembly of ill men I hate : to sit with such I shun. 6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, I'll wash and purify : So to thine holy alter go, and compass it will L 7 That PSALMS. 7 That I, with voice of thanksgiving, may publish and declare, And tell of all thy mighty works, that great and wond'rous are. 8 The habitation of thy house, Lord, I have loved well ; Yea, in that place I do delight, where doth thine honour dwell. 9 With sinners gather not my soul, and such as blood would spill : 10 Whose hand mischievous plots, right- corrupting bribes do fill. [hand 1 1 But as for me, I will walk on in mine integrity : Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord, be merciful to me. 12 My foot upon an even place doth stand with stedfastness : Within the congregations th' Eternal I will bless. PSA L M XXVII.— 27. T^HE Lord's rny light and saving health* ■*■ who shall make me dismay'd ? My life's strength is the Lord, of whom then shall I be afraid ? 2 When as mine enemies and foes, most wicked persons all, To eat my flesh against me rose, they stumbled and did fall. 3 Against 48 PSALMS. 3 Against me though an host encamp, my heart yet fearless is : Though war against me rise, I will be confident in this. 4 One thing I of the Lord desir'd, and will seek to obtain, That all days of my life I may, within God's house remain. That I the beauty of the Lord behold may and admire, And that I in his holy place may rev'rently enquire. 5 For he in his pavilion shall me hide in evil days : In secret of his tent me hide, and on a rock me raise. 6 And now, ev'n at this present time, mine head shall lifted be Above all those that are my foes, and round encompass me. Therefore unto his tabernacle I'll sacrifices bring Of joyfulness, I'll sing, yea, I to God will praises sing. 7 O Lord, give ear unto my voice, when I do cry to thee : Upon me also mercy have, and do thcu answer me. 8 When thou didst say, Seek ye my face, then unto thee reply Thus PSALMS. 49 Thus did my heart, Above all things thy face, Lord, seek will I. 9 Far from me hide not thou thy face, put not away from thee Thy servant in thy wrath : thou hast an helper been to me. God of my salvation, leave me not, nor forsake. 10 Though me my parents both should leave?, the Lord will me up take. 1 I O Lord, instruct me in thy way, to me a leader be In a plain path, because of those that hatred bear to me. 12 Give me not to mine en'mies will ; for witnesses that lie, Against me risen are, and such as breathe cut cruelty. 13 1 fainted had, unless that I believed had to see The Lord's own goodness in the land of them that living be. 14 Wait on the Lord, and be thou strong, and he shall strength afford Unto thine heart, yea, do thou wait, I say upon the Lord. PSALM XXVIII— 23. ^O thee I'll cry. O Lord, my rock, * hold not thy peace to me : B 3 Lest- 50 P S A L M S. Lest, like those that to pit descend, I by thy silence be. 2 The voice hear of my humble pray'rs, -when unto thee I cry : When to thy holy oracle I lift mine hands on high. 3 With ill men, draw me not away, that work iniquity ; That speak peace to their friends, while in their hearts doth mischief lie. 4 Give them according to their deeds, and ills endeavoured : And, as their handy- works deserve, to them be rendered. 5 God shall not build, but ttieiri 3< who would not understand The Lord's own works, nor did re the doing of his hand. 6 For ever blessed be the Lord, for graciously he heard The voice of my petitions, and prayers did regard. 7 The Lord's my strength and shield, my upon him did rely ; [heart And I am helped : hence my heart doth joy exceedingly ; with my song I will him prai S Their strength is God alone : L\ ie saving siren j of his anoiHl PSALMS. 51 thine own people do thou Have. bless thine inheritance: Them also do thou feed, and them for evermore advance. PSALM XXIX— 29. f^ IYE ye unto the Lord, ye sons ^-*" of the mighty be, All strength and glory to the Lord, with cheerfulness give ye. 2 Unto the Lord the glory give that to his name is due ; And in the beauty of holiness unto Jehovah bow. 3 The Lord's voice on the waters is: the God of majesty Doth thunder, and on multitudes of waters sitteth he. 1- A pow'rful voice it is that comes out from the Lord most high : The voice of that great Lord is lull o f g 1 or i ou s m aj est jr. 5 The voice of the eternal cloth .uler cedars tear : Yea, God the Lord doth cedars h: that Lebanon doth bear. 6 He makes them like a calf to skip : ev'n that great Lebanon, And like to a young unicorn the mountain Sirion. >d's voice divides the flames of fire : B Tb« 52 PSALMS. 8 The desert it doth shake : The Lord doth make the wilderness of Kadesh all to quake. 9 God's voice doth make the hinds to calve; it makes the forests bare : And in his temple ev'ry one his glory doth declare. 10 The Lord sits on the floods : the Lord sits King, and ever shall. 1 1 The Lord will give his people strength. and with peace bless them all. PSALM XXX— 50. T ORD, I will thee extol, for thou -*-* hast lifted me on high, And over me thou to rejoice mad'st not mine enemy. 2 O thou who art the Lord my God, I in distress to thee With loud cries lifted up my voice, and thou hast healed me. 3 O Lord, my soul thou hast brought up, and rescu'd from the grave : That I to pit should not go down, alive thou didst me save. 4 O ye that are, his holy ones, sing praise unto the Lord : And give unto him thanks, when you his holiness record. 5 For PSALMS- 55 5 For but a moment lasts his wrath ; life in his favour lies : Weeping may for a night endure, at morn doth joy arise. 6 In my prosperity, T said, that nothing shall me move. 7 O Lord thou hast my mountain made to stand strong by thy love : But when that thou, O gracious God, didst hide thy face from me, Then quickly was my prosp'rous state turn'd into misery. 8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry I caused to ascend: My humble supplication I to the Lord did send. 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to pit I Shall unto thee the dust give praise ? thy truth declare shall it ? 10 Hear, Lord, have mercy, help me, Lord, 1 1 Thou turned hast my sadness To dancing ; yea, my sackcloth loos'd, and girded me with gladness : 12 That sing thy praise my glory may, and never silent be; O Lord my God, for evermore I will give thanks to thee. PSALM B 4 54 PSALMS. PSALM XXXL— 31. TN thee, O Lord, I put my trust, ■*• sham'd let me never be : According to thy righteousness, do thou deliver me. 2 Bow down thine ear to me with speed, send me deliverance : To save me, my strong rock be thou, and my house of defence. 3 Because tHou art my roc's, and thee I for my fortress take : Therefore do thou me lead and guide, ev'n for thy own name's sake. 4 And sith thou art my strength, therefore . pull me out of the net, Which they in subtilty for me so privily have set. 5 Into thine hands I do commit my spYit : for thou art he, O thou Jehovah, God of truth, that hast redeemed me. 6 Those that do lying vanities regard, I have ahhorr'd : But as for me my confidence is fixed on the Lord. 7 I'll in thy mercy gladly joy : for thou my miseries Con side r'd hast ; thou hast my soul known in adversities ; 8 And P S A L M S. 55 S And thou hast not inclosed me within the en'mies hand : And by thee have mine feet been made in a large room to stand. 9 O Lord upon me mercy have, for trouble is on me : Mine eyes, my belly, and my soul with grief consumed be, 10 Because my life with grief is spent, my years with sighs and groans ; My si ih fail, and for my sin consumed are my bones. 1 1 I was a scorn to all my foes, and to my friends a fear ; And specially reproach 'd of those that were my neighbours near : When they me saw, they from me fled. 12 Ev'n so I am forgot, ^ As men are out of mind when dead : I'm like a broken pot. 13 For slanders I cf many heard, fear compass'd me, while they Against me did consult and plot to take my life away. 14 But as for me, O Lord, my trust upon thee I did lay ; And I to thee, Thou art my God, did confidently say. 15 My times are wholly in thine hand : do thou deliver me Lrom 56 PSAL M S. From their hands, that mine enemies and persecutors be. 16 Thy countenance to shine do thou upon thy servant make : ' Unto me give salvation, for thy great mercies sake. 17 Let me not be asham'd, O Lord, for on thee call'd I have: Let wicked men be sham'd lei them be silent in the grave. 18 To silence put the lying lips, that grievous things do say, And hard reports, in pride and scorn, on righteous men do lay. 1 9 How great's the goodness thou for them that fear thee keep'st in store : And wrought'st for them that trust in thee, the sons of men before! 20 In secret of thy presence, thou shalt hide them from man's pride: From strife of tongues thou closely shalt as in a tent them hide. 2 1 All praise and thanks be to the Lord ? for he hath magnify 'd His wond'rous love to me, within a city fortify 'd 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, (I in my haste had said) My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee with cries my moan I mad'-. 23 O love PSALM3. 23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints: because the Lord doth guard The faithful; and he plenteou*ly proud doers doth reward. 24 Be of good courage, and he strength unto your heart shall send, All ye whose hope and confidence doth on the Lord depend. PSALM XXXII — 32 f~\ BLESSED is the man to whom ^^ is freely pardoned All the transgressions he hath done, whose sin is covered. 2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin, And in whose sp'rit there is no guile, nor fraud is found therein. 3 When as I did refrain my speech, and silent was my tongue : My bones then waxed old, because I roared all day long. 4 For upon me both day and night thine hand did heavy lie ; So that my moisture turned is in summer's drought thereby- 5 I thereupon have unto thec my sin acknowledged. likt mine iniquity I have not covered : 58 P S A L M I will confess unto the Lord my trespasses, said I ; And of my sin thou freely didst forgive th' iniquity. 6 For this shall every godly one his prayer make to thee, In such a time he shall thee seek as found thou mayest be: Surely, when Moods of waters great do swell up to the brim, They shall not overwhelm his soul nor once come near to him. 7 Thou art my hiding place, thou shalt from trouble keep me free: Thou, with songs of deliverance, •' about shall campass me. 8 I wrll instruct thee and thee teach the way that thou shalt go ; And with mine eye upon thee set, I will direction show. 9 Then be not like the horse or mule, which do not understand ; Whose mouth, lest they come near to thee, a bridle must command. 10 Unto the man that wicked is, his sorrows shall abound : But him that trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compass round. I I Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, in him do ye rejoice ; All P S A L M S. 59 All yc that upright are in heart, for joy lift up your voice. PSALM XXXIII — 33. \7E right'ous in the Lord rejoice, ■*■ it comely is, and right : That upright men, with thankful voice, should praise the Lord of might. 2 Praise God with harp ; and unto him sing with the psaltery, Upon a ten string'd instrument make ye sweet melody. 3 Anew song to him sing, and play with loud noise skiltully: 4 For right is God's word; all his works, are done in Vei 5 To judgment and to right'ousness a love he beafeth still : The loying-kindriess of the i the can ftout doth fill. 6 The heavens, by the word of God I theif beginning take ; And, by the breathing of his mouth, he all their hosts did make. 7 The waters of the seas he brings trjgether as a heap : \nd, in stor*e-houses, as it were, he layeth up the deep. &rth, and all that live therein, v'rence fear the Lord: Let 60 P S A L M S. Let all the world's inhabitants dread him with one accord. 9 For he did speak the word, and done it was without delay; Established it firmly stood, whatever he did say. 10 God doth the counsel bring to nought which heathen folk do take ; And what the people do devise of none effect doth make. HO! but the counsel of the Lord doth stand for ever sure ; And of his heart the purposes from age to age endure. 12 That nation blessed is, whose God Jehovah is, and those A blessed people are, whom for his heritage he chose. 1 3 The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds all sons of men full well. 14 He views all, from his dwelling-place^ that on the earth do dwell. 15 He forms their hearts alike, and all their doings he observes* 16 Greathostssavenotaking,much strength no mighty man preserves. 17 An horse for preservation is a deceitful thing: And, by the greatness of his strength, can no deliverance bring. 1 8 Behold^ PSALMS. 61 18 Behold, on those that do him fear the Lord doth set his eye ; Ev'n those who on his mercy do with confidence rely. 19 From death to free their soul, in dearth life unto them to yield. 20 Our soul doth wait upon the Lord, he is our help and shield. 21 Sith in his holy name we trust, our heart shall joyful be. 22 Lord, let thy mercy he on us, as we do hope in thee. PSALM XXXIV — 34, f^ OD will I bless all times, his praise ^^ my mouth shall still express. y soul shall boast in God: the m( shall hear with joyfulness. T, Extol the Lord with me, let us exalt his mime together 4 I sought the Lord, he heard and did me from all fears deliver. 5 They look'd to him, and lightened were: not shamed were their faces. 6 This poor man cry'd, God heard, and sav'd him from all his distresses. 7 The ail gel of the Lord encamps, and round encompasseth All those about that do him fear, and them delivereth. B 5 3 O 62 PSALMS. 8 O taste and see that God is good : who trusts in him is blest. 9 Fear God his saints; none that him shall be with want opprest. 10 The lions young may hungry be, and they may lack their food ; But they that truly seek the Lord, shall not lack any good. 1 1 O children, hither do ye come* and unto me give ear; I shall you teach to understand how ye the Lord should fear. 12 What man is he that life desires, to see good would live long ; 13 Thy lips refrain from speaking guile, and from ill words thy tongue. 14 Depart from ill, do good, seek peact», pursue it earnestly. 15 God's eyes arc on the just : his ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of God is set against those that do wickedly ; That he may quite out from the earth cut off their memory. 17 The right'ouscry unto the Lord, he unto them gives ear: And they out of their troubles all. by him deliv'red are. 18 The Lord is ever nigh to them that be of broken sp'rit: To P S A L M S. 63 To them he safety doth afford, that are in heart contrite. 19 The troubles that afflict the just, in number many be: But yet at length out of them all, the Lord' doth set him free. 20 He carefully his bones doth keep. whatever can befal : That not so much as one of them can broken be at all. 2 1 111 shall the wicked slay ; laid waste shall be who hate the just. 22 The Lord redeems his servants' souls, none perish that him trust. PSALM XXXV— 35. T3LEAD, Lord, with those that plead; and with those that fight with me. [fight 2 Of shield and buckler take thou hold, stand up mine help to be. 3 Draw also out the spear, and do against them stop the way That me pursue: unto my soul, I'm thy salvation, say. 4 Let them confounded be, and sham'd, that for my soul have sought: Who plot my hurt, turn'd back be they, and to confusion brought. 5 Let them be like unto the chaff, that flies before the wind : And 64 PSALMS. And let the angel of the Lord pursue them hard behind. 6 With darkness cover thou their way, and let it slipp'ry prove, And let the angel of the Lord pursue them from above. 7 For without cause have they for me their net hid in a pit, They also have without a cause for my soul digged it. 8 Let ruin seize him unawares, his net he hid withal Himself let catch ; and in the same destruction let him fall. 9 My soul in God shall joy ; and glad in his salvation be. 10 And all my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like unto thee, Which dost the poor set free from him that is for him too strong, The poor and needy from the man that spoils and does him wrong ? 1 1 False witnesses rose ; to my charge things I not knew they laid. 12 They, to the spoiling of my soul, me ill for good repaid. 13 But as for me when they were sick, in sackcloth sad I mourn'd: My humble soul did fast, my pray'r into my bosom turn'd. 14 Myself P S A L M S. 65 14 Myself I did behave, as he had been my friend or brother : I heavily bow'd down, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in my trouble they rejoic'd, gathering themselves together : Yea, abjects vile together did themselves against me gather ; I knew it not, they did me tear, and quiet would not be. 16 With mocking hypocrites, at feasts they gnash'd their teeth at me. 17 How long, Lord, look'st thou on ? from destructions they intend, [those Rescue my soul, from lions young my darling do defend. 18 I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, within th' assembly great : And where much people gath'red are, thy praises forth will set. 19 Let not my wrongful enemies proudly rejoice o'er me : Nor, who me hate without a cause, let them wink with the eye. 20 For peace they do not speak at all, but crafty plots prepare Against all those within the land that meek and quiet are. 21 With mouths set wide, they 'gainst mc ila, ha, our eye doth see. [said, B 6 22 Lord G6 PSALMS. 22 Lord, thou hast seen, hold not thy peace : Lord be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyself; wake, that thou may's t judgment to me afford, Ev'n to my cause, O thou that art my only God and Lord. 24 O Lord my God, do thou me judge after thy righteousness ; And let them not their joy 'gainst me triumphantly express. 25 Nor let them say within their hearts, Ah, we would have it thus : Nor suffer them to say, That he is swallow 'd up by us. 26 Sham'a and confounded be they all, that at my hurt are glad : Let those, against me that do boast, with shame and scorn be clad. 27 Let them that love my righteous cause be glad, shout and not cease To say, The Lord be magnify 'd, who loves his servant's peace. 28 Thy righteousness shall also Be declared by my tongue ; The praises that belong to thee, , speak shall it all day long. PSALM XXXVI.— 36. r i ''HE wicked man's transgression A within my heart thus says, Undoubtedly PSALMS. 67 Undoubtedly the fear of God is not before his eyes. 2 Because himself he flattereth in his own blinded eye, Until the hatefulness be found of his iniquity. 3 Words from his mouth proceeding are, fraud and iniquity : He to be wise, and to do good, hath left off utterly. 4 He mischief, lying on his bed, most cunningly doth plot : He sets himself in ways not good, ill he abhorre'eh not. 5 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heavens : thy truth doth reach the clouds. 6 Thy justice is like mountains great ; thy judgments deep as floods : Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 7 How precious is thy grace ! Therefore in shadow of thy wings men's sens their trust shall place. 8 They with the fatness of thy house shall be well satisfy' :i : From rivers of thy pleasures thou wilt drink to them provide. 9 Because of life the fountain pure remains alone with thee : And in that purest light of thine, clearly light shall see. 10 Thy 63 PS A L M S. 10 Thy loving kindness unto them continue that thee know ; And still on men upright in heart thy righteousness bestow. 1 1 Let not the foot of cruel pride come, and against me stand : And let me not removed be, Lord, by the wicked's hand. 12 There falPn are they, and ruined, that work iniquities : Cast down they are, and never shall be able to arise. PSALM XXXVII.— 37. T^CR evil doers fret thou not -*- thyself un quietly ; Nor do thou envy bear to those that work iniquity. 2 For, even like unto the grass, soon be cut down shall they, And, like the green and tender herb, they wither shall away. 3 Set thou thy trust upon the Lord, and be thou doing good ; And so thou in the land shalt dwell, and verily have food. 4 Delight thyself in God, he'll give thine heart's desire to thee. 5 Thy way to God commit, him trust, it bring to pass shall he. And PSALMS. 69 6 And, like unto the light, he shall thy nght'ousness display ; And he thy judgment shall bring forth, like noon-tide of the day. 7 Rest in the Lord, and patiently wait for him : do not fret For him, who prospering in his way, success in sin doth get. S Do thou from anger cease, and wrath see thou forsake also : Fret not thyself in any wise, that evil thou should'st do. For those that evil-doers are shall be cut off and fail : But those that wait upon the Lord the earth inherit shall. 10 For yet a little while, and then the wicked shall not be ; [lis place thou shalt consider well, but it thou shalt not see. I 1 But by inheritance, the earth, the meek ones shall possess : They also shall delight themselves in an abundant peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, and at him whets his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, because his day he coming seeth. lie wicked have drawn out the sword, and bent their bow, to slay The 70 PSALMS. The poor and needy, and to kill men of an upright way. 15 But their own sword, which they have shall enter their own heart : [drawn, Their bows which they have bent shall break, and into pieces part. 1 6 A little that a just man hath is more, and better far, Than is the wealth of many such as lewd and wicked are. 17 For sinners arms shall broken be ; but God the just sustains. 18 God knows the just man's days, and still their heritage remains. 1 9 They shall not be ashanVd, when they the evil time do see ; And when the days of famine are, they satisfy 'd shall be. 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, as fat of lambs decay, They shall consume ; yea, into smoke they shall consume away. 2 1 The wicked borrows, but the same again he doth not pay ; Whereas the right'ous mercy shows, and gives his own away. 22 For such as blessed be of him the earth inherit shall ; And they that cursed are of him shall be destroyed all. 32 io i PSALMS. 71 A good man's footsteps by the Lord are ordered aright : And in the way wherein Ue walks, he greatly doth delight. 2 i Although he fall, yet shall he not be cast clown utterly ; Because the Lord with his own hand upholds him mightily. 1 have been young, and now am old ; yet have I never seen The just man left, nor that his seed for bread have beggars been. 26 He's ever merciful, and lends; his seed is blest therefore. 27 Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore. 28 For God tbv nent, and his saints leaves not in any case ; ever : but cut off 11 be the sinner's race. 29 The just inherit shall the land, and ever in it dwell. 30 The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak : his tongue doth judgment tell. 31 In's heart the law is of his God, his steps slide not away. : 'he wicked man doth watch the just, and seeketh him to sky : 33 Yet him the Lord will not forsake, I leave him in his 72 PSALMS. The right'ous will he not condemn, when he in judgment stands. 34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and thee exalt shall he Th' earth to inherit, when cut off the wicked thou shalt see. 35 I saw the wicked great in pow'r, spread like a green bay-tree. 36 He past, yea* was not ; him I sought, but found he could not be. 37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold the man of uprightness : Because that surely of this man the latter end is peace. 38 But those men that transgressors are, shall be destroyed together, The latter end of wicked men shall be cut off for ever. 39 But the salvation of the just is from the Lord above, He, in the time of their distress, their stay and strength doth prove. 40 The Lord shall help and them deliver : he shall them free and save From wicked men ; because in him their confidence they have. PSALM XXXVIII.— 38. TN thy great indignation, O Lord, rebuke me not : Nor .P S A L M S. Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand, in thy displeasure hot. 2 For in me fast thine arrows stick, thine hand doth press me sore. 3 And in my flesh there is no health., nor soundness any more. This grief I have, because thy wrath is forth against me gone ; And in my bones there is no rest, for sin that I have done. 4 Because gone up above mine head my great transgressions be . And as a weighty burden, they too heavy are for me. 5 My wounds do stink, and are corrupt : my folly makes it so. 6 I troubled am, and much boVd do all day I men ruing go. 7 For a disease that loathsome is, so fills my loins with pain, That in my weak and weary flesh no soundness doth remain. 8 So feeble and infirm am I, and broken am so sore ; That, through disquiet of my hears I have been made to roar. 9 O Lord, all that I do desire, Is still before thine eye : C And 74 PSAL M S. And of my heart the secret groans not hidden are from thee. 10 My heart doth pant incessantly, my strength doth quite decay: As for mine eyes, their wonted light is from me gone away. 1 1 My lovers and my friends do stand at distance from my sore : And those do stand aloof that were kinsmen and kind before. 12 Yea, they that seek my life, lay snares: who seek to do me wrong, Speak things mischievous, and deceits imagine all day long. 13 But, as one deaf, that heareth not, I sufTer'd all to pass : I as a dumb man did become, whose mouth not open'd was. 14 As one that hears not, in whose m are no reproofs at all. 15 For, Lord, I hope in thee ; my God, thou'lt hear me when I call. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest they should rejoice o'er me with pride : And o'er me magnify themselves, when as my foot doth slide. 17 For I am near to halt, my grief is still before mine eye. 13 For I'll declare my sin j and grieve for mine iniquity. 19 But P S A L M S. 75 19 But yet mine en'mies lively are, and strong are they he side ; And they that hate me wrongfully, are greatly multiply M. 20 And they for good that render ill, as en'mies me withstood : Yea, ev'n for this, because that I do follow what is rood. 2 1 Forsake me not, O Lord : my God, far from me never be. 22 O Lord, thou my salvation art, haste to give help to me. PSALM XXXIX— 39. T SAID, I will look to my ways, lest with mv tongue I sin : In sight of wicked men my mouth with bridle I'll keep in. 2 With silence I hs dumb became, I did myself restrain From speaking good ; but then the more increased was my pain. 3 My heart within me waxed hot, and while I musing was, The lire did burn : and from my tongue these words I did let pi 4 Mine end, and measure of my days, () Lord, unto me show What is the same ; that I thereby my frailty well may know. 5 Lo* 76 P S A L M S. 5 Lo, thou my days an hand-breadth mad'st, mine age is in thine eye As nothing-.: sure each man at best, is wholly vanity. 6 Sure each man walks in a vain show, they vex themselves in vain : He heaps up wealth, and doth not know to whom it shall pertain. 7 And now 7 , O Lord, what wait I for ? my hope is fix'd on thee. 8 Free me from all my trespasses, the fool's scorn make not me. $ Dumb was I, op'ning not my mouth, because this work was thine. 10 Thy stroke take from me : by the blow of thine hand I do pine. 1 1 When with rebukes thou dost correct man for iniquity, Thou wastes his beauty like a moth : ,sure each man's vanity. 1 2 Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears., and pray'rs not silent be : I sojourn as my fathers all, and stranger am with thee. 13 O spare thou me, that I my shength recover may again, Before from hence I do depart, and here no more remain, PSALM PSAL M S. 77 PSALM XL — 40. T WAITED for the Lord my God, •*- and patiently did bear : At length to me he did incline my voice and cry to hear. 2 He took me from a fearful pit, and from the miry clay. And on a rock he set my feet, establishing my way. 5 He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify : Many shall see it, and shall fear, and on the Lord rely. 4 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord relies : Respecting not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 O Lord my God, full many are the wonders thou hast done ; Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far above all thoughts are gone ; In order none can reckon -hem to thee if them declare, And speak of them I would, they more than can be numbered are. 6 No sacrifice, nor offering didst thou at all desire, Mine cars thou bor'd : sin-offering thou and burnt didst not require. C 2 7 T 73 PSA L Bl S. 7 Then to the Lord these were my words, I come, behold and see : Within the volume of thy book it written is of me : 8 To do thy will I take delight, O thou my God that art : Yea, that most holy law of thine I have within my heart. 9 Within the congregation great I righteousness did preach : Lo, thou dost know, O Lord, that I refrained not my speech. 10 I never did within my heart conceal thy righteousness : I thy salvation have declar'd, and shown thy faithfulness ; Thy kindness, which most loving is, concealed have not I, Nor from the congregation great have hid thy verity. 1 1 Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me do thou not restrain : Thy loving kindness and thy truth, let them me still maintain. 12 For ills past reckoning compass mc> and mine iniquities Such hold upon me taken have, 1 cannot lift mine eyes : They more than hairs are on mine head, thence is my heart dismay 'd. 13 Be P S A L M S. ?§ 13 Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me : Lord hasten to mine aid. 1 i Sham'd and confounded he they all that seek my soul to kill : Yea, let them backward driven be, and sham'd, that wish me ilk 15 For a reward of this their shame, confounded let them be, That in this manner scoffing; say, Aha, aha, to me. 16 In thee let all be glad, and joy, Who seeking thee abide : Who thy salvation love, say still. The Lord be magnify'd. 17 I'm poor and needy, yet the Lcru of me a care doth take : Thou art my help and Saviour, my God, no tarrying make. PSALM XLI — 41. T>LESSED is he that wisely doth the poor man's case consider ; For, when the time of trouble is, the Lord will him deliver. 2 God will him keep ; yea, save alive, on earth he blest shall live ; And to his enemies desire thou wilt him not up giye. 3 God will give strength he on bed of languishing doth mourn : And * £0 PSALMS. And in his sickness sore, O Lord, thou all his bed wilt turn. 4 I said, O Lord, do thou extend thy mercy unto me ; O do thou heal my soul, for why ? I have offended thee. 5 Those that to me are enemies of me do evil say, When shall he die, that so his name may perish quite away ? 6 To see me if he comes, he speaks vain words : but then his heart Heaps mischief to it, which he tells, when forth he doth depart. 7 My haters, jointly whispering, 'gainst me my hurt devise. 8 Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him he ly'th, and shall not rise. 9 Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend, on whom I did rely, Who ate my bread, ev'n he his heel against me lifted high. 10 But, Lord, be merciful to me, and up again me raise. That I may justly them requite according to their ways. 1 1 By this I know that certainly I favoured am by thee : Because my hateful enemy t.yimphs not over me. 12 But P S A L M S. 8 1 12 But as for me, thou me uphold Y;. in mine integrity : And rne before thy countenance thou sett'st - continually. 13 the Lord, the God of Israel, be blest for ever then, From age to a^c eternally. Amen, yea, and amen. PSALM XLII.~ [ IKE as the heart for water-brooks ■*-* in thirst doth pant and bray ; So pants my longing; soul, O God, that come to thee I n 2 My soul for God, the living God ? doth thirst ; when shall I near Unto thy countenance approach, and in God's sight app. 3 My tears have unto me been meat., both in the night and day, While unto me continually where is thy God, they sa) 4 My soul is poured out in me, when this I think upon ; Because that with the multitude I heretofore had gone : With them into God's house I v< : with voire of joy and praise ; Yea, with the multitude that kepi the sckmn holy ck 5 S2 P S A L M S. 5 O why art tho:i cast down, my soul ? why in me so dismay 'd I Trust God, for I shall praise him yet ; his count'nance is my aid. 6 My God, my soul's cast down in me ; thee therefore mind I will From Jordan's land, the Hermonites, and ev n from Mizar-hill. 7 At the noise of thy water-spouts deep unto deep doth call : Thy breaking* waves pass over me, yea, and thy billows all. 8 His loving-kindness yet the Lord command will in the day : His song's with me by night, to God by whom I live, I'll pray. 9 And I will say to God, my Rock, why me forgett'st thou so : Why, for my foes oppression, thus mourning do I go ? 10 'Tis as a sword within my bones, when my foes me upbraid : Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God? 'tis daily to me said. 1 1 O why art thou cast down, my soul ? why thus with grief opprest, Art thou disquieted in me ? in God still hope and rest : For yet I know I shall him praise, who graciously to me The P S A L M S. S3 The health is of my countenance ; yea, mine own God is he- PS ALM XLIII 43. JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause ** against th' ungodly nation : From the unjust and crafty man, O be thou my salvation. 2 For thou the God art of my strength ; why thrust'st thou me. thee fro' I For th' enemies oppression, why do I mourning* go ? 3 O send thy light forth, and thy truth ; let them, be guides to me, And bring me to thine holy hill, even where thy dwellings be. 4 Then will I to God's altar go, to God my chiefest joy : Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise my harp I will employ. 5 Why art thou then cast down, my soul 2 what should discourage thee ? And why, with vexing thoughts art thou disquieted in me ? Still trust in God, for him to praise good cause I yet shall have : He of my cot nt'naftce is the health, i v Ciod that doth me save. PSALM P S A L M S. PSALM XLIV — 44. f~\ GOD, \vc with our ears have heard, ^^ our fathers have us told What works thou in their days hadst done, ev'u in the days of old. 2 Thy hand did drive the heathen out, and plant them iri their place ; Thou didst aftlict the nations, but them thou didst increase. 3 For neither got their sword the land r nor did their arm them save : But thy right-hand, arm, countenance ; for thou them favour gave. 4 Thou art my King : for Jacob, Lord, d el i v ' ran c e s c o m m an d . 5 Thro' "thee we shall push down our foes that do acrainst us stand. v> We through thy name shall tread down those that ris'n against us have. 6 For in my bow I shall not trust, nor shall my sword me save. 7 But from our foes thou hast us sav'd, our h&ters put to shame. 8 In God we all the day do boast, and ever praise thy name. 9 But now we are cast off by thee-> and us thou putt'st to shame ; I when our armies do go forth, thou go'st not with the same. Thou P 3 A L M S, 85 10 Thou mak'st us from the enemy, faint-hearted to turn back: And they who hate us for themselves our spoils away do take* 1 1 Like sheep for meat thou gavest us : 'mong heathen cast we be. 12 Thou didst for nought thy people sell, iej|r price enrich'd not thee. 13 Thou mak'st us a reproach to be unto our neighbours near; Derision and a scorn to them .1 round about us are. 2 1 A by-word also thou dofct us among the heathen ma The people in contempt and spite, at us their heads do shake. 15 Before me my confusion continually abides ; And of my bashful countenance the shame me ever hide 16 For voice of him that doth reproach, and speaketh blasphemy; By reason of tiV avenging foe, and cruel enemy. 17 All this is come on us, yet wc have not forgotten thee ; Xor fal sly in thy covenant bett&v'd ourselves have we. C 3 13 Back ?C> PSALMS. 18 Back from thy way our heart not turn'd ; our steps no straying made. 19 Tho' us thou brak'st in dragon's place, and cover'dst with death's shade. 20 If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd to a strange God our hands: 21 Shall not God search this out? For he hearts secrets understands. 22 Yea, for thy sake we're kill'd all day, counted as slaughter sheep* 23 Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off; awake, why dost thou sleep ? 24 O wherefore hidest thou thy face ? forgett'st our case distress'd, 25 And our oppression? For our soul is to the dust down press'd; Our belly also on the earth, fast cleaving hold doth take. 26 Rise for our help and us redeem, ev'n for thy mercies sake. PSALM XLV— 45. "jV/TY heart brings forth a goodly thing : ■^■^ my works that I indite, Concern the king: my tongue's a pen of one that swift doth write. 2 Thou fairer art than sons of men : into thy lips is store Of grace infus'd : God therefore tfcee hath bless'd for evermore. 3 O PSAL M s. sr 3 O thou that art the mighty One, thy sword gird on thy thigh : Ev'n vrith thy glory excellent and with thy majesty. 4 For meekness, truth, and righteousness, in state ride prosperously : And thy right-hand shall thee instruct / in things that fearful be. 5 Thine arrows sharply pierce the heart of th' en'mies of the king ; And under thy subjection the people clown do bring. 6 For ever and for ever is, O God, thy throne of might ; The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre that is right. 7 Thou lovest right and hatest ill : for God, thy God most high. Above thy fellows hath with th' oil of joy anointed thee. 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia, a smell thy garments had Out of th' iv'ry palaces, whereby they made thee glad. 9 Among thy women honourable, king's daughters were at hand: Upon thy right-hand did the queen, in gold of Ophir stand. 10 O 83 P S A M L S. 10 O daughter, hearken and regard, and do thine ear incline ; Likewise forget thy father's house, and people that are thine. ^ 1 1 Then of the king desir'd shall be thy beauty veh'mently : Because he is thy Lord, do thou him worship rev'rently. 12 The daughter there of Tyre shall be with gifts and offerings great : Those of the people that are rich, thy favour shall intreat. 13 Behold the daughter of the king all glorious is within ; And with embroideries of gold her garments wrought have been. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in robes with needle wrought : Her fellow-virgins following,' shall unto thee be brought. 1 5 They shall be brought with gladness great, and mirth on ev'ry side, Into the palace of the king and there they shall abide. 16 Instead of these thy fathers dear, thy children thou may'st take, And in ail places of the earth them noble princes make. 17. Thy name rememb'red I will make, through ages all to be : PSALMS. 80 The people therefore evermore, shall praises give to thee. ANOTHER OF THE SAME. TY/TY heart inditing i s good ma tter in a song ; 1 speak the things that I have made, which to the king belong : My tongue shall be as quick his honour to indite, As is the pen of any scribe that useth fast to write. 2 Thou'rt fairest of all men, grace in thy lips doth flow : And therefore blessings evermore on thee doth God bestow. 3 Thy sword gird on thy thigh, thou that art most of might : Appear in dreadful majesty, and in thy glory bright. 4 For meekness, truth, and right, ride prosp'rously in state : And thy right hand shall teach to thee things terrible and great. 5 Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts that foes are to the king, Whereby into subjection the people thou shalt bring. C 4 6 Thy 90 P S A L M S. 6 Thy royal seat, O Lord, for ever shall remain : The sceptre of thy kingdom doth all righteousness maintain. 7 Thou iov'st, right, and hat'st ill : for God, thy God most high, Above thy fellows hath with th' oil of joy anointed thee. 8 Of myrrh and spices sweet a smell thy garments had : Out of the iv'ry palaces whereby they made thee glad. 9 And in thy glorious train, king's daughters waiting stand : And thy fair queen, in Ophir-goki, doth stand at thy right-hand. 10 O daughter, take good heed, incline and give good ear: Thou must forget thy kindred all, and father's house most dear. 1 1 Thy beauty to the king shall th i be : And do thou humbly worship him, tuse thy Lord is he. 12 The daughter then of Tyre there with a gift shall be And ail the wealthy of the iand shall make their suit to thee. glorious is within ; PSALMS. Dl And with embroideries of gold, her garments wrought have been. 14 She cometh to the king in robes with needle wrought: The virgins that do follow her shall unto thee be brought. 15 They shall be brought with joy, and mirth on ev'ry side, Into the palace of the king, and there they shall abide. 16 And in thy father's stead, thy children thou may'st take, And in all places of the earth, them noble princes make. 17 1 will shew forth thy name to generations all ; Therefore the people cver:v to thee give praises shall. PSALM XLVI— 46. f~^ OD is our red our strength., ^^ in straits a present aid. 2 Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be : Though hills ami as be cast. 3 Though waters roarii ; m; And troubled be ; yea, ills by swelling se 4 A river is, whose streams do glad the city of our God : The 92 PSA L M S. The holy place wherein the Lord most high hath his abode. 5 God in the midst of her doth dwell ; nothing shall her remove : The Lord to her an helper will, and that right early, prove. 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuously, the kingdoms moved were : The Lord God utter'd his voice, the earth did melt for fear. 7 The Lord of hosts upon our side doth constantly remain : The God of Jacob's our refuge, us safely to maintain. 3 Come, and behold what wondrous works have by the Lord been wrought : Come, see what desolations he on the earth hath brought. 9 Unto the ends of all the earth wars into peace he turns : The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts, in fire the chariot burns. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: among the heathen I Will be exalted, I on earth will be exalted hi 1 1 Our God, who is the Lord of L'^ is still upon our side : The God of Jacob cur refuge, for ever will abide. P 8 A L M 8. 93 PSALM XLVII — 4fc A LL people clap your hands ; to God ~^ with voice of triumph shout. 2 For dreadful is the Lord most high, great king the earth throughout. 3 The heathen people under us he surely shall subdue ; And he shall make the nations, under our feet to bow. 4 The lot of our inheritance choose out for us shall he, Of Jacob, whom he loved well, ev'n the excellency. 5 God is with shouts gone up, the Lord with trumpets sounding high. 6 Sing praise to God, shag praise, singprahc : praise to our king sing ye. 7 For God is king of all the earth : with knowledge praise express. 1 rules the nations, God sits on his throne of holiness. 9 The princes of the people are assembled qriUingly ; Ev'n of the God of Abraham they who the people be : For why I the shields that do defend the earth are only his : They to the Lord belong : yea, he exalted greatly is. SIM 94 PSAL M S. PSALM XLVIII 48. f^ REAT is the Lord, and greatly he ^* is to be praised still, "Within the city of our God, upon his holy hill. 2 Mount Zion stands most beautiful, the joy of all the land ; The city of the mighty king on her north side doth stand. 3 The Lord, within her palaces is for a refuge known. 4 For lo, the kings that gathered were together by have gone. 5 But, when they did behold the same, they wondVing, would not stay : But being troubled at the sight, they thence did haste away. 6 Great terror there took hold on them, they were possess'd with fear ; Their grief came like a woman's pain when she a child doth bear. 7 Thou Tarshish ships with east wind break'st, 8 As we have heard it told ; So in the city of the Lord our eyes did it behold : In our God's city, which bis hand for ever 'stablish will. 9 We of thy loving-kindness thought, Lord in thy temple still. 10 O P S A L M S. 95 10 O Lord, according to thy name, through all the earth's thy praise : And thy right hand, O Lord, is full of right'ousness always. 1 1 Because thy judgments are made known, let Zion mount rejoice ; Of Judah let the daughters all send forth a cheerful voice. 12 Walk about Zion, and go round; the high tow'rs thereof tell. 13 Consider ye her palaces, and mark her bulwarks well : That ye may tell posterity. i i For this God doth abide Our God for evermore ; he will ev'n unto death us guide. PSALM XLIX — 19. XT EAR this, all people, and give ear, AA all in the world that dwell, 2 Both low and high, both rich and poor ; My mouth shall wisdom tell ; My heart shall knowledge meditate, A I will incline mine ear To parables ; and on the harp my sayings dark declare. midst those days that evil be, why should 1, fearing, doubt, When of my heels th' iniquity shall compass me about ? 6 Whoe'er 96 PSALM S. 6 Whoe'er they he that in their wealth their confidence do pitch, And boast themselves, because they are become exceeding rich : 7 Yet none of these his brother can redeem by any way ; Nor can he unto God for him sufficient ransom pay : 8 (Their souls redemption precious is and it can never be) That still he should for ever live, and not corruption see* 10 For why ? he seeth that wise men dtej and brutish fools also Do perish ; and their wealth when d< to ethers they let go. i 1 Their inward thought is, I I dwelling-places shall Stand through all ap;es : they their 1; by th^ir own names do call. 12 But yet in honour shall not man abide continually : But passing hence, may be corn par 'd unto the beasts that d 13 Thus, brutish folly plainly is their wisdom. Yet their posterity what (hey do fondly say. 14 Like sheep they in t) and death shall them d PSALMS. or And, in the morning, upright men shall over them have pow'r ; Their beauty, from their dwelling, shall consume within the grave. !i But from hell's hand God will me free, for he shall me recei\e. 16 Be thou not then afraid, when one enriched thou dost see, Nor when the glory of his house advanced is on high. 17 For he shall carry nothing hence, whet) death his days cloth end: Nor shall his glory alter him into the grave descend. 18 Although lie his own soul did bless, whilst he on earth did live: (And when thou to thyself dost well, men will thee praises give) 19 He to his father's : go, they never shall see light. Man honour'd, wanting knowledge is like beasts that perish quite. PSALM L 50. '"pHE mighty God, the Lord A hath spoken, 'and did call The earth from rising of the sun, to where he hath his fall rem out of Zion hill, which of cy, C 5 And SS PSALMS. And beauty the perfection is, God shined gloriously. 3 Our God shall surely come, keep silence shall not he ; Before him fire shall waste, great storms shall round about him be. 4 Unto the heavens clear he from above shall call, And to the earth likewise, that he may judge his people all. 5 Together let my saints unto me gather'd be, Those that by sacrifice have made a covenant with me. 6 And then the heavens shall his right'ousness declare : Because the Lord himself is he by whom men judged are. 7 My people Isra'l hear, speak will I from on high, Against thee I will testify, God, ev'n thy God am I. 8 I, for thy sacrifice, no blame will on thee lay, Nor for burnt-ofP rings which to me thou ofier'dst ev'ry day. 9 I'll take no calf, nor goats, from house or fold of thine. 10 For beast of forests, cattle all on thousand hills are mine. 1 1 The PSALMS.