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THE 
 
 PSALMS OF DAYID 
 
 IN METRE. 
 
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 7, PATERNOSTER ROW, 
 
PSALMS OF DAVID 
 
 IN METRE. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 1 THAT man hath perfect blessedness 
 
 Who walketh not astray 
 In counsel of ungodly men, 
 
 Nor stands in sinners' way, 
 Nor sitteth in the s"corner's chair: 
 
 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 ? the way of godly men 
 
 Unto the Lord is known : 
 Whereas the way of wicked men 
 Shall quite be overthrown. 
 
 PSALM II. 
 
 1 WHY rage the heathen ? and vain things 
 
 Why do the people mind? 
 
 2 Kings of the earth do set themselves. 
 
 And princes are combin'd, 
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 PSALM V. 
 
 1 GIVE ear unto my words, Lord, 
 
 My meditation weigh. 
 
 2 Hear my loud cry, my King, my God ; 
 
 For I to thee will pray. 
 
 3 Lord, thou shalt early hear my voice: 
 
 I early will direct 
 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 hat'st ; 
 
 6 Cutt'st off that liars be : 
 The bloody and deceitful man 
 
 Abhorred is by thee. 
 
 7 But I into thy house will come 
 
 In thine abundant grace ; 
 And I will worship in tlry fear 
 Toward thy holy place. 
 
 8 Because of those mine enemies, 
 
 Lord, in thy righteousness 
 Do thou me lead ; do thou thy way 
 Make straight before my face. 
 
 9 For in their mouth there is no truth, 
 
 Their inward part is ill; 
 Their throat's an open sepulchre, 
 Their tongue doth flatter still. 
 
 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 rebelfd. 
 
 11 But let all joy that trust in thee, 
 
 And still make shouting noise; 
 For them thou sav'st : let all that love 
 Thy name in thee rejoice. 
 
 12 For, Lord, unto the righteous man 
 
 Thou wilt thy blessing yield : 
 With favour thou wilt compass him 
 About, as with a shield. 
 
PSALM VI. 7 
 
 1 LORD, in thy wrath rebuke me not; 
 Nor in thy hot rage chasten me. 
 
 2 Lord, pity me, for I am weak : 
 Heal me, for my bones vexed be. 
 
 3 My soul is also vexed sore ; 
 
 But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make ? 
 
 4 Return, O Lord, my soul set free; 
 
 save me, for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 5 Because those that deceased are 
 
 Of thee shall no remembrance have ; 
 And who is he that will to thee 
 Give praises lying in the grave? 
 
 6 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 1 also all the night my bed 
 Have caused for to swim; and I 
 With tears my couch have watered. 
 
 7 Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old, 
 Because of all mine enemies. 
 
 8 Hence from me, wicked workers all; 
 For God hath heard my weeping cries. 
 
 9 God hath my supplication heard, 
 My pray'r received graciously. 
 
 10 Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes, 
 Sham'd and back turned suddenly. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 IN thy great indignation, 
 
 Lord, rebuke me not; 
 Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand 
 In thy displeasure hot. 
 
 2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me 
 
 Have mercy, and me spare : 
 Heal me, 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 there shall 
 
 No more remembrance be: 
 Of those that in the grave do lie, 
 Who shall give thanks to thee? 
 
3 PSALMS VI, VII. 
 
 I with my groaning weary am, 
 
 And all the night my bed 
 I caused for to swim ; with tears 
 My couch I watered. 
 
 7 By reason of my vexing grief 
 
 Mine eye consumed is ; 
 It waxeth old, because of all 
 That be mine enemies. 
 
 8 But now, depart from me all ye 
 
 That work iniquity : 
 For why ? the Lord hath heard my voice, 
 When I did mourn and cry. 
 
 9 Unto my supplication 
 
 The Lord did hearing give : 
 When I to him my prayer make, 
 The Lord will it receive. 
 
 10 Let all be sham'd and troubled sore, 
 That en'mies are to me ; 
 Let them turn back, and suddenly 
 Ashamed let them be. 
 
 PSALM VII. 
 
 1 LOED 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 rending it, while there 
 Is no deliverer. 
 
 3 Lord my God, if it be so 
 
 That I committed this; 
 If it be so that in my hands 
 Iniquity there is: 
 
 4 If I rewarded ill to him 
 
 That was at peace with me ; 
 (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause 
 My foe was I did free;) 
 
 5 Then let the foe pursue and take 
 
 My soul, and my life thrust 
 Down to the earth, and let him lay 
 Mine honour in the dust. 
 
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 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 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. 
 
 11 God just men judgeth, God is wroth 
 
 With ill men ev'ry day. 
 
 12 If he do not return again, 
 
 Then he his sword will whet; 
 His bow he hath already bent, 
 And hath it ready set: 
 
 13 He also hath for him 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. 
 
 15 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. 
 
 16 Upon his own head his mischief 
 
 Shall be returned home; 
 His vi'lent dealing also down 
 On his own pate shall come. 
 
10 PSALMS VIII, IX. 
 
 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. 
 
 1 HOW excellent in all the earth, 
 
 Lord, our Lord, is thy name ! 
 Who hast thy glory far advanc'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 I look up unto the heaVns, 
 
 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 
 
 Remember'd is by thee? 
 Or what the son of man, that thou 
 So kind to him should'st be? 
 
 5 For thou a little lower hast 
 
 Him than the angels made ; 
 With glory and with dignity 
 Thou crowned hast his head. 
 
 6 Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him 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 How excellent in all the earth, 
 
 Lord, our Lord, is thy name ! 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 
 1 LORD, thee I'll praise with all my heart, 
 
 Thy wonders all proclaim. 
 
 2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy, 
 
 And sing unto thy name. 
 
PSALM IX. 11 
 
 3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell, 
 
 And perish'd at thy sight: 
 
 4 For thou maintain'dst my right and cause ; 
 
 On throne sat'st judging right. 
 
 5 The heathen thou rebuked hast, 
 
 The wicked overthrown; 
 Thou hast put out their names, that they 
 May never more be known. 
 
 6 en'my! now destructions have 
 
 An end perpetual: 
 Thou cities raz'd, perish'd with them 
 Is their memorial. 
 
 7 God shall endure for aye; he doth 
 
 For judgment set his throne ; 
 
 8 In righteousness to judge the world, 
 
 Justice to give each one. 
 
 9 God also will a refuge be 
 
 For those that are oppress'd; 
 A refuge will he be in times 
 Of trouble to distress'd. 
 
 10 And they that know thy name, in thee 
 
 Their confidence will place: 
 For thou hast not forsaken them 
 That truly seek thy face. 
 
 11 sing ye praises to the Lord 
 
 That dwells in Sion hill; 
 
 And all the nations among 
 
 His deeds record ye still. 
 
 12 When he enquireth after blood, 
 
 He then rememb'reth them : 
 The humble folk he not forgets 
 That call upon his name. 
 
 13 Lord, pity me; behold the grief 
 
 Which I from foes sustain; 
 Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death 
 Dost raise me up again; 
 
 14 That I, in Sion's daughters' gates, 
 
 May all thy praise advance; 
 And that I may rejoice always 
 In thy deliverance. 
 
 15 The heathen are sunk in the pit 
 
 Which they themselves prepar'd; 
 
12 PSALMS IX, X. 
 
 And in the net which they have hid 
 Their own feet fast are snar'd. 
 
 16 The Lord is by the judgment known 
 
 Which he himself hath wrought: 
 The sinners' hands do make the snares 
 Wherewith themselves are caught. 
 
 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 alway ; 
 The expectation of the poor 
 Shall not be lost for aye. 
 
 19 Arise, Lord, let not man prevail; 
 
 Judge heathen in thy sight: 
 
 20 That they may know themselves but men, 
 
 The nations, Lord, affright. 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 1 WHEREFORE is it that thou, Lord, 
 
 Dost stand from us afar? 
 
 And wherefore hidest thou thyself 
 When times so troublous are? 
 
 2 The wicked in his loftiness 
 
 Doth persecute the poor : 
 In these devices they have 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. 
 ± The wicked, through his pride of face, 
 
 On God he doth not call; 
 And in the counsels of his heart 
 
 The Lord is not at all. 
 
 5 His ways they always grievous are; 
 
 Thy judgments from his sight 
 Removed are: at all his foes 
 He puffeth with despight. 
 
 6 Within his heart he thus hath said, 
 
 I shall not moved be; 
 
PSALM X. 13 
 
 And no adversity at all 
 Shall ever come to me. 
 
 7 His mouth with cursing, fraud, deceit, 
 
 Is fill'd 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, lion-like, lurks in his den; 
 
 He waits the poor to take; 
 And when he draws him in his net, 
 His prey he doth him make. 
 
 10 Himself he humbleth very low, 
 
 He croucheth down withal, 
 That so a multitude of poor 
 May by his strong ones fall. 
 
 11 He thus hath said within his heart, 
 
 The Lord hath quite forgot; 
 He hides his countenance, and he 
 For ever sees it not. 
 
 12 Lord, do thou arise; God, 
 
 Lift up thine hand on high: 
 Put not the meek afflicted ones 
 Out of thy memory. 
 
 13 Why is it that the wicked man 
 
 Thus doth the Lord despise? 
 Because that God will it require 
 He in his heart denies. 
 
 14 Thou hast it seen ; for their mischief 
 
 And spite thou wilt repay: 
 The poor commits himself to thee ; 
 Thou art the orphan's stay. 
 
 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, 
 
 Evm to eternity; 
 The heathen people from his land 
 Are perish'd utterly. 
 
14 PSALMS X, XT, XII. 
 
 17 Lord, of those that humble are 
 
 Thou the desire didst hear; 
 Thou wilt prepare their heart, and thou 
 To hear wilt bend thine ear; 
 
 18 To judge the fatherless, and those 
 
 That are oppressed sore; 
 That man, that is but sprung of earth, 
 May them oppress no more. 
 
 PSALM XL 
 
 1 I IN the Lord do put my trust; 
 
 How is it then that ye 
 Say to my soul, Flee, as a bird, 
 Unto your mountain high \ 
 
 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, 
 
 Their shafts on string they fit, 
 That those who 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 eyelids try 
 
 5 Men's sons. The just he proves : 
 But his soul hates the wicked man, 
 
 And him that vi'lence loves. 
 
 6 Snares, fire and brimstone, furious storms. 
 
 On sinners he shall rain : 
 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. 
 
 1 HELP, Lord, because the godly man 
 
 Doth daily fade away; 
 And from among the sons of men 
 The faithful do decay. 
 
 2 Unto his neighbour ev'ry one 
 
 Doth utter vanity: 
 They with a double heart do speak, 
 And lips of flattery. 
 

 PSALMS XII, XIII. 15 
 
 3 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 oppress'd, and for the sighs 
 
 Of needy, rise will I, 
 Saith God, and him in safety set 
 From such as him defy. 
 
 6 The words of God are words most pure ; 
 
 They be like silver try'd 
 In earthen furnace, seven times 
 That hath been purify'd. 
 
 7 Lord, thou shalt them preserve and keep 
 
 For ever from this race. 
 
 8 On each side walk the wicked, when 
 
 Vile men are high in place. 
 
 PSALM XIII. 
 
 1 HOW long wilt thou forget me, Lord? 
 
 Shall it for ever be? 
 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 Lord my God, consider well, 
 
 And answer to me make: 
 Mine eyes enlighten, lest the sleep 
 Of death me overtake : 
 
 4 Lest that mine enemy should say, 
 
 Against him I prevail'd; 
 And those that trouble me rejoice, 
 When I am mov'd and faiFd. 
 
 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. 
 
16 PSALMS XIV, XV. 
 
 1 THAT there is not a God, the fool 
 
 Doth in his heart conclude: 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile; 
 Not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 Upon men's sons the Lord from heav'n 
 
 Did cast his eyes abroad, 
 To see if any understood, 
 And did seek after God. 
 
 3 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. 
 
 6 You shame the counsel of the poor, 
 
 Because God is his trust. 
 
 7 Let Isr'el's help from Sion come: 
 
 When back the Lord shall bring 
 His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, 
 And Israel shall sing. 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 1 WITHIN 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 doth not slander with his tongue, 
 
 Nor to his friend doth hurt ; 
 Nor yet against his neighbour doth 
 Take up an ill report. 
 
 4 In whose eyes vile men are despis'd ; 
 
 But those that God do fear 
 He honoureth ; and changeth not, 
 Though to his hurt he swear. 
 
 
PSALMS XV, XVI. 17 
 
 5 His coin puts not to usury, 
 Nor take reward will he 
 Against the guiltless. Who doth thus 
 Shall never moved be. 
 
 PSALM XVI. 
 
 1 LORD, 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 all plac'd. 
 
 4 Their sorrows shall be multiply'd 
 
 To other gods that haste : 
 
 Of their drink-offerings of blood 
 
 I will no off'ring make ; 
 Yea, neither I their very names 
 
 Up in my lips will take. 
 
 5 God is of mine inheritance 
 
 And cup the portion ; 
 The lot that fallen is to me 
 Thou dost maintain alone. 
 
 6 Unto me happily the lines 
 
 In pleasant places fell ; 
 Yea, the inheritance I got 
 In beauty doth excel. 
 
 7 I bless the Lord, because he doth 
 
 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 be left by thee ; 
 Nor wilt thou give thine Holy One 
 Corruption to see. 
 
18 PSALMS XVI, XVII. 
 
 11 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. 
 
 1 LORD, hear the right, attend my cry, 
 
 Unto my pray'r give heed, 
 That doth not in hypocrisy 
 From feigned lips proceed. 
 
 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 prov'dst mine heart, thou visit'dst me 
 
 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 goings, Lord, me guide 
 
 In those thy paths divine, 
 So that my footsteps may not slide 
 Out of those ways of thine. 
 
 6 I called have on thee, God, 
 
 Because thou wilt me hear: 
 That thou may'st hearken to my speech, 
 To me incline thine ear. 
 
 7 Thy wondrous loving-kindness show, 
 
 Thou that, by thy right hand, 
 Sav'st them that trust in thee from those 
 That up against them stand. 
 
 8 As th' apple of the eye me keep; 
 
 In thy wings shade me close 
 
 9 From lewd oppressors, compassing 
 
 Me round, as deadly foes. 
 
 10 In their own fat they are inclos'd; 
 
 Their mouth speaks loftily. 
 
 11 Our steps they compass'd; and to ground 
 
 Down bowing set their eye. 
 

 PSALMS XVII, XVIII. 19 
 
 12 He like unto a lion is 
 
 That's greedy of his prey, 
 Or lion young, which lurking doth 
 In secret places stay. 
 
 13 Arise, and disappoint my foe, 
 
 And cast him down, Lord : 
 My soul save from the wicked man, 
 The man which is thy sword. 
 
 14 From men, which are thy hand, Lord, 
 
 From worldly men me save, 
 Which only in this present life 
 Their part and portion have. 
 
 Whose belly with thy treasure hid 
 Thou 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^ shall be. 
 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 1 THEE 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 tow'r, is he. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord, who worthy is 
 
 Of praises, will I cry ; 
 And then shall I preserved be 
 Safe from mine enemy. 
 
 4 Floods of ill men affrighted me, 
 
 Death's pangs about me went; 
 
 5 Hell's sorrows me environed; 
 
 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. 
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20 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 7 TV earth, as affrighted, 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. 
 
 11 He darkness made his secret place : 
 
 About him, for his tent, 
 Dark waters were, and thickest clouds 
 Of th' airy firmament. 
 
 12 And at the brightness of that light, 
 
 Which w r as before his eye, 
 His thick clouds pass'd away, hailstones 
 And coals of fire did fly. 
 
 13 The Lord God also in the heaVns 
 
 Did thunder in his ire; 
 And there the Highest gave his voice, 
 Hailstones and coals of fire. 
 
 14 Yea, he his arrows sent abroad, 
 
 And them he scattered ; 
 His lightnings also he shot out, 
 And them discomfited. 
 
 15 The waters' channels then were seen, 
 
 The world's foundations vast 
 At thy rebuke discover'd 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 ; 
 
PSALM XVIII. 21 
 
 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 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'st 
 
 Unto the froward 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 Lord my God will also make 
 My darkness to be light. 
 
 29 By thee through troops of men I break, 
 
 And them discomfit all; 
 And, by my God assisting me, 
 I overleap a wall. 
 
22 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 30 As for God, perfect is his way : 
 
 The Lord his word is try'd; 
 He is a buckler to all those 
 Who do in him confide. 
 
 31 Who but the Lord is God? but he 
 
 Who is a rock and stay? 
 
 32 Tis God that girdeth me with strength, 
 
 And perfect makes my way. 
 
 33 He made my feet swift as the hinds, 
 
 Set me on my high places. 
 
 34 Mine hands to war he taught, mine arms 
 
 Brake 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 
 An end of them did make. 
 
 38 I w r ounded them, they could not rise; 
 
 They at my feet did fall. 
 
 39 Thou girdedst me with strength for war; 
 
 My foes thou brought'st down all : 
 
 40 And thou hast giv'n to me the necks 
 
 Of all mine enemies; 
 That I might them destroy and slay, 
 Who did against me rise. 
 
 41 They cried out, but there was non^ 
 
 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: 
 
PSALMS XVIII, XIX. 23 
 
 A people whom I have not known 
 Shall service do to me. 
 
 44 At hearing they shall me obey, 
 
 To me they shall submit. 
 
 45 Strangers for fear shall fade away, 
 
 Who in close places sit. 
 
 46 God lives, bless'd be my Rock; the God 
 
 Of my health praised be. 
 
 47 God doth avenge me, and subdues 
 
 The people under me. 
 
 48 He saves me from mine enemies; 
 
 Yea, thou hast lifted me 
 Above my foes; and from the man 
 Of vi'lence set me free. 
 
 49 Therefore to thee will I give thanks 
 
 The heathen folk among; 
 And to thy name, Lord, I will 
 Sing praises in a song. 
 
 50 He great delivVance gives his king: 
 
 He mercy doth extend 
 To David, his anointed one, 
 And his seed without end. 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 
 1 THE heavens God's glory do declare, 
 
 The skies his hand-works preach: 
 
 2 Day utters speech to day, and night 
 
 To night doth knowledge teach. 
 
 3 There is no speech nor tongue to which 
 
 Their voice doth not extend : 
 
 4 Their line is gone through all the earth, 
 
 Their words to the world's end. 
 
 In them he set the sun a tent; 
 
 5 Who, bridegroom-like, forth goes 
 From'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 doth remain. 
 
 7 God's law is perfect, and converts 
 
 The soul in sin that lies; 
 
24 PSALMS XIX, XX. 
 
 God's testimony is most sure, 
 And makes the simple wise. 
 
 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, 
 
 And do rejoice the heart: 
 The Lord's command is pure, and doth 
 Light to the eyes impart. 
 
 9 Unspotted is the fear of God, 
 
 And doth endure for ever: 
 The judgments of the Lord are true 
 And righteous altogether. 
 
 10 They more than gold, yea, much fine gold, 
 
 To be desired are: 
 Than honey, honey from the comb 
 That droppeth, sweeter far. 
 
 11 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 mouth proceed, 
 
 The thought sent from my heart, 
 Accept, Lord, for thou my strength 
 And my Redeemer art. 
 
 PSALM XX. 
 
 1 JEHOVAH hear thee in the day 
 
 When trouble he doth send: 
 And let the name of Jacob's God 
 Thee from all ill defend. 
 
 2 let him help send from above, 
 
 Out of his sanctuary: 
 From Sion, his own holy hill, 
 Let him give strength to thee. 
 
 3 Let him remember all thy gifts, 
 
 Accept thy sacrifice : 
 
PSALMS XX, XXI. 25 
 
 4 Grant thee thine heart's wish, and fulfil 
 
 Thy thoughts and counsel wise. 
 
 5 In thy salvation we will joy; 
 
 In our God's name we will 
 Display our banners : and the Lord 
 Thy prayers all fulfil. 
 
 G 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 stand, when they 
 
 Are bowed down, and fall. 
 
 9 Deliver, Lord; and let the King 
 
 Us hear, when we do call. 
 
 PSALM XXI. 
 
 1 THE king in thy great strength, Lord, 
 
 Shall very joyful be : 
 In thy salvation rejoice 
 How veh'mently shall he ! 
 
 2 Thou hast bestowed upon him 
 
 All that his heart would have; 
 And thou from him didst not withhold 
 Whate'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. 
 
 6 Because that thou for evermore 
 
 Most blessed hast him made; 
 
26 PSALMS XXI, XXII. 
 
 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 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 : 
 
 11 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. 
 
 13 In thy great pow'r and strength, Lord, 
 
 Be thou exalted high ; 
 So shall we sing with joyful hearts, 
 Thy pow r er praise shall we. 
 
 PSALM XXII. 
 
 1 MY God, my God, why hast thou me 
 
 Forsaken? why so far 
 Art thou from helping me, and from 
 My words that roaring are? 
 
 2 All day, my God, to thee I cry, 
 
 Yet am not heard by thee; 
 And in the season of the night 
 I cannot silent be. 
 
 3 But thou art holy, thou that dost 
 
 Inhabit Isr'el's praise. 
 
 4 Our fathers hop'd in thee, they hop'd, 
 
 And thou didst them release. 
 
 5 When unto thee they sent their cry, 
 
 To them deliverance came: 
 
PSALM XXII. 27 
 
 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 ; 
 
 Shoot out the lip do they; 
 They nod and shake their heads at me, 
 And, mocking, thus do say, 
 
 8 This man did trust .in God, that he 
 
 Would free him by his might: 
 Let him deliver him, sith he 
 Had in him such delight. 
 
 9 But thou art he out of the womb 
 
 That didst me safely take; 
 When I was on my mother's breasts 
 Thou me to hope didst make. 
 
 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. 
 
 11 Be not far off, for grief is near, 
 
 And none to help is found. 
 
 12 Bulls many compass me, strong bulls 
 
 Of Bashan me surround. 
 
 13 Their mouths they open'd wide on me, 
 
 Upon me gape did they, 
 Like to a lion ravening 
 And roaring for his prey. 
 
 14 Like water I'm pour'd out, my 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 
 In their assembly, me inclos'd; 
 They pierc'd my hands and feet. 
 
28 PSALM XXII. 
 
 17 I all my bones may tell; they do 
 
 Upon me look and stare. 
 
 18 Upon my vesture lots they cast, 
 
 And clothes among them share. 
 
 19 But be not far, Lord, my strength; 
 
 Haste to give help to me. 
 
 20 From sword my soul, from pow'r of dogs 
 
 My darling set thou free. 
 
 21 Out of the roaring lion's mouth 
 
 Do thou me shield and save : 
 For from the horns of unicorns 
 An ear to me thou gave. 
 
 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'eFs 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 by me. 
 
 26 The meek shall eat, 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 
 
PSALMS XXII, XXIII, XXIV. 29 
 
 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 
 Reckon'd in ages all. 
 
 31 They shall come, and they shall declare 
 
 His truth and righteousness 
 Unto a people yet unborn, 
 And that he hath done this. 
 
 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 1 THE Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want. 
 
 2 He makes me down to lie 
 
 In pastures green : he leadeth me 
 The quiet waters by. 
 
 3 My soul he doth restore again; 
 
 And me to walk doth make 
 Within the paths of righteousness, 
 Ev'n for his own name's sake. 
 
 4 Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, 
 
 Yet will I fear none ill : 
 For thou art with me; and thy rod 
 And staff me comfort still. 
 
 5 My table thou hast furnished 
 
 In presence of my foes ; 
 My head thou dost with oil anoint, 
 And my cup overflows. 
 
 6 Goodness and mercy all my life 
 
 Shall surely follow me : 
 And in God's house for evermore 
 My dwelling-place shall be. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 1 THE earth belongs unto the Lord, 
 
 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. 
 
30 PSALMS XXIV, XXV. 
 
 3 Who is the man that shall ascend 
 
 Into the hill of God ? 
 Or who within his holy place 
 Shall have a firm abode? 
 
 4 Whose hands are clean, whose heart is 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 righteousness, ev'n from the God 
 Of his salvation. 
 
 6 This is the generation 
 
 That after him enquire, 
 Jacob, who do seek thy face 
 With their whole heart's desire. 
 
 7 Ye gates, lift up your heads on high ; 
 
 Ye doors that last for aye, 
 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 last for aye, 
 Be lifted up, that so the King 
 Of glory enter may. 
 10 But who is he that is the King 
 Of glory? who is this? 
 The Lord of hosts, and none but he, 
 The King of glory is. 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 1 TO thee I lift my soul : 
 
 2 Lord, I trust in thee : 
 
 My God, let me not be asham'd, 
 Nor foes triumph o'er me. 
 
 3 Let none that wait on thee 
 
 Be put to shame at all ; 
 But those that without cause transgress, 
 Let shame upon them fall. 
 
PSALM XXV. 31 
 
 4 Shew me thy ways, Lord ; 
 
 Thy paths, O teach thou me : 
 
 5 And do thou Jead me in thy truth, 
 
 Therein my teacher be : 
 For thou art God that dost 
 
 To me salvation send, 
 And I upon thee all the day 
 
 Expecting do attend. 
 
 6 Thy tender mercies, Lord, 
 
 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, 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. 
 
 11 Now, for thine own name's sake, 
 
 Lord, I thee entreat 
 To pardon mine iniquity ; 
 For it is very great. 
 
 12 What man is he that fears 
 
 The Lord, and doth him serve? 
 Him shall he teach the way that he 
 Shall chuse, and still observe. 
 
 13 His soul shall dwell at ease ; 
 
 And his posterity 
 Shall nourish still, and of the earth 
 Inheritors shall be. 
 
 14 With those that fear him is 
 
 The secret of the Lord ; 
 The knowledge of his covenant 
 He will to them afford. 
 
 15 Mine eyes upon the Lord 
 
 Continually are set; 
 
32 PSALM XXV. 
 
 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 affliction and my pain, 
 
 And all my sins forgive. 
 
 19 Consider thou my foes, 
 
 Because they many are ; 
 And it a cruel hatred is 
 
 Which they against me bear. 
 
 20 do thou keep my soul, 
 
 Do thou deliver me : 
 And let me never be 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 of the same. 
 
 1 TO thee I lift my soul, Lord: 
 
 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, 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. 
 G Thy mercies, that most tender are. 
 Do thou, Lord, remember, 
 And loving-kindnesses ; for they 
 Have been of old for ever. 
 
 7 Let not the errors of my youth. 
 Nor sins, remember'd be : 
 
PSALM XXV. 33 
 
 In mercy, for thy goodness' sake, 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 8 The Lord is good and gracious, 
 
 He upright is also : 
 He therefore sinners will instruct 
 In ways that they should go. 
 
 9 The meek and lowly he will guide 
 
 In judgment just alway : 
 To meek and poor afflicted ones 
 He'll clearly teach his way. 
 
 10 The whole paths of the Lord our God 
 
 Are truth and mercy sure, 
 To such as keep his covenant, 
 And testimonies pure. 
 
 11 Now, for thine own name's sake, Lord, 
 
 1 humbly thee entreat 
 To pardon mine iniquity ; 
 
 For it is very great. 
 
 12 What man fears God? him shall he teach 
 
 The way that he shall chuse. 
 
 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; his seed 
 
 The earth, as heirs, shall use. 
 
 14 The secret of the Lord is with 
 
 Such as do fear his name ; 
 And he his holy covenant 
 Will manifest to them. 
 
 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 thee unto me, God, 
 
 Have mercy me upon; 
 Because I solitary am, 
 And in affliction. 
 
 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 thou mine enemies, 
 
 Because they many are; 
 And it a cruel hatred is 
 
 Which they against me bear, 
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34 PSALMS XXV, XXVI. 
 
 20 do thou keep my soul; God, 
 
 Do thou deliver me: 
 Let me not be asham'd ; for I 
 Do put my trust in thee. 
 
 21 let integrity and truth 
 
 Keep me, who thee attend. 
 
 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel 
 
 From all his troubles send. 
 
 PSALM XXVI. 
 
 1 JUDGE me, O Lord, for I have walk'd 
 
 In mine integrity: 
 I trusted also in the Lord ; 
 Slide therefore shall not I. 
 
 2 Examine me, and do me prove; 
 
 Try heart and reins, God : 
 
 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. 
 G Mine hands in innocence, Lord, 
 I'll wash and purify; 
 So to thine holy altar go, 
 And compass it will I : 
 
 7 That I, with voice of thanksgiving, 
 
 May publish and declare, 
 And tell of all thy mighty works, 
 That great and wondrous are. 
 
 8 The habitation of thy house, 
 
 Lord, I have loved well; 
 Yea, in that place I do delight 
 Where doth thine honour dwell. 
 
 9 With sinners gather not my soul, 
 
 And such as blood would spill : 
 
 10 Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand 
 
 Corrupting bribes do fill. 
 
 11 But as for me, I will walk on 
 
 In mine integrity: 
 Do thou redeem me, and, Lord, 
 Be merciful to me. 
 
PSALMS XXVI, XXVII. 35 
 
 12 My foot upon an even place 
 
 Doth stand with stedfastness : 
 Within the congregations 
 Th' Eternal I will bless. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 
 1 THE Lord's my 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 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 
 
 111 sacrifices bring 
 Of joy fulness ; I'll sing, yea, I 
 
 To God will praises sing. 
 
 7 Lord, give ear unto my voice, 
 
 When I do cry to thee ; 
 Upon me also mercy have, 
 And do thou answer me. 
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36 PSALMS XXVII, XXVIII. 
 
 8 When thou didst say, Seek ye my face, 
 
 Then unto thee reply 
 Tims 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. 
 
 11 Lord, instruct me in thy way, 
 
 To me a leader be 
 In a plain path, because of those 
 That hatred bear to me. 
 
 12 Give me not to mine en'mies' will ; 
 
 For witnesses that lie 
 Against me risen are, and such 
 As breathe out cruelty. 
 
 13 I fainted had, unless that I 
 
 Believed had to see 
 The Lord's own goodness in the land 
 Of them that living be. 
 
 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. 
 
 1 TO thee I'll cry, Lord, my rock ; 
 
 Hold not thy peace to me; 
 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 thine holy oracle 
 I lift mine hands on high. 
 
 3 With ill men draw me not away 
 
 That work iniquity; 
 That speak peace to their friends, while in 
 Their hearts doth mischief lie. 
 
PSALMS XXVIII, XXIX. 37 
 
 4 Give them according to their deeds 
 
 And ills endeavoured : 
 And as their handy-works deserve, 
 To them be rendered. 
 
 5 God shall not build, but them destroy, 
 
 Who would not understand 
 The Lord's own works, nor did regard 
 The doing of his hand. 
 
 6 For ever blessed be the Lord, 
 
 For graciously he heard 
 
 The voice of my petitions, 
 
 And prayers did regard. 
 
 7 The Lord's my strength and shield ; my heart 
 
 Upon him did rely; 
 And I am helped : hence my heart 
 
 Doth joy exceedingly, 
 And with my song I will him praise. 
 
 8 Their strength is God alone: 
 He also is the saving strength 
 
 Of his anointed one. 
 
 9 thine own people do thou save, 
 
 Bless thine inheritance; 
 Them also do thou feed, and them 
 For evermore advance. 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 1 GIVE ye unto the Lord, ye sons 
 
 That 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. 
 
 4 A pow'rful voice it is that comes 
 
 Out from the Lord most high; 
 The voice of that great Lord is full 
 Of glorious majesty. 
 
38 PSALMS XXIX, XXX. 
 
 5 The voice of the Eternal doth 
 Asunder cedars tear; 
 Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break 
 That Lebanon doth bear. 
 G He makes them like a calf to skip, 
 Ev'n that great Lebanon, 
 And, like to a young unicorn, 
 The mountain Sirion. 
 
 7 God's voice divides the flames of fire; 
 
 8 The desert it doth shake : 
 
 The Lord doth make the wilderness 
 Of Kadesh all to quake. 
 
 God's voice doth make the hinds to calve, 
 
 It makes the forest 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. 
 
 11 The Lord will give his people strength, 
 
 And with peace bless them all. 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 1 LORD, 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 Lord, my soul thou hast brought up, 
 
 And rescu'd from the grave ; 
 That I to pit should not go down, 
 Alive thou didst me save. 
 
 4 ye that are his holy ones, 
 
 Sing praise unto the Lord; 
 And give unto him thanks, when ye 
 His holiness record. 
 
 5 For but a moment lasts his wrath; 
 
 Life in his favour lies : 
 Weeping may for a night endure, 
 At morn doth joy arise. 
 
PSALMS XXX, XXXI. 39 
 
 6 In my prosperity I said, 
 
 That nothing shall me move. 
 
 7 Lord, thou hast my mountain made 
 
 To stand strong by thy love : 
 
 But when that thou, gracious God, 
 Didst hide thy face from me, 
 
 Then 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? 
 Shall unto thee the dust give praise? 
 Thy truth declare shall it? 
 
 10 Hear, Lord, have mercy; help me, Lord: 
 
 11 Thou turned hast my sadness 
 
 To dancing; yea, my sackcloth loos'd, 
 And girded me with gladness; 
 
 12 That sing thy praise my glory may. 
 
 And never silent be. 
 Lord my God, for evermore 
 I will give thanks to thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 1 IN thee, 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 rock, and thee 
 
 I for my fortress take; 
 Therefore do thou me lead and guide, 
 Ev'n for thine own name's sake. 
 
 4 And sith thou art my strength, therefore 
 
 Pull me out of the net, 
 Which they in subtilty for me 
 So privily have set. 
 
40 PSALM XXXI. 
 
 5 Into thine hands I do commit 
 
 My sp'rit: for thou art he, 
 thou, JEHOVAH, God of truth, 
 That hast redeemed me. 
 
 6 Those that do lying vanities 
 
 Regard, I have abhorr'd: 
 But as for me, my confidence 
 Is fixed on the Lord. 
 
 7 I'll in thy mercy gladly joy: 
 
 For thou my miseries 
 Consider'd hast; thou hast my soul 
 Known in adversities : 
 
 8 And thou hast not inclosed me 
 
 Within the en'my^s hand; 
 And by thee have my feet been made 
 In a large room to stand. 
 
 9 Lord, upon me mercy have, 
 
 For trouble is on me : 
 Mine eye, my belly, and my soul, 
 With grief consumed be. 
 
 10 Because my life with grief is spent, 
 
 My years with sighs and groans: 
 My strength doth fail ; and for my sin 
 Consumed are my bones. 
 
 11 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 of many heard; 
 
 Fear compass'd me, while they 
 Against me did consult, and plot 
 To take my life away. 
 
 14 But as for me, Lord, my trust 
 
 Upon thee I did lay; 
 And I to thee, Thou art my God, 
 Did confidently say. 
 
 15 My times are wholly in thine hand: 
 
 Do thou deliver me 
 
PSALMS XXXI, XXXII. 41 
 
 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, Lord, 
 
 For on thee call'd I have : 
 Let wicked men be sham'd, let them 
 Be silent in the grave. 
 
 18 To silence put the lying lips, 
 
 That grievous things do say, 
 And hard reports, in pride and scorn, 
 On righteous men do lay. 
 
 19 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. 
 
 21 All praise and thanks be to the Lord; 
 
 For he hath magnify'd 
 His wondrous love to me within 
 A city fortify'd. 
 
 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, 
 
 I in my haste had said ; 
 My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee 
 With cries my moan I made. 
 
 23 love the Lord, all ye his saints; 
 
 Because the Lord doth guard 
 The faithful, and he plenteously 
 Proud doers doth reward. 
 
 24 Be of good courage, and he strength 
 
 Unto your heart shall send, 
 All ye whose hope and confidence 
 Doth on the Lord depend. 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 1 BLESSED is the man to whom 
 Is freely pardoned 
 
42 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 All the transgression he hath done, 
 Whose sin is covered. 
 
 2 Bless'd is the man to whom the Lord 
 
 Imputeth not his sin, 
 And in whose sp'rit there is no guile, 
 Nor 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 thee 
 
 My sin acknowledged, 
 And likewise mine iniquity 
 
 I have not covered : 
 I will confess unto the Lord 
 
 My trespasses, said I ; 
 And of my sin thou freely didst 
 
 Forgive th' iniquity. 
 
 6 For this shall every godly one 
 
 His prayer make to thee; 
 In such a time he shall thee seek, 
 
 As found thou mayest be. 
 Surely, when floods of waters great 
 
 Do swell up to the brim, 
 They shall not overwhelm his soul, 
 
 Nor once come near to him. 
 
 7 Thou art my hiding-place, thou slialt 
 
 From trouble keep me free : 
 Thou with songs of deliverance 
 About shalt compass me. 
 
 8 I will instruct thee, and thee teach 
 
 The way that thou shalt go; 
 And, with mine eye upon thee set, 
 I will direction show. 
 
 9 Then be not like the horse or mule, 
 
 Which do not understand ; 
 Whose mouth, lest they come near to thee, 
 A bridle must command. 
 
PSALMS XXXII, XXXIII. 4C 
 
 10 Unto the man that wicked is 
 
 His sorrows shall abound ; 
 But him that trusteth in the Lord 
 Mercy shall compass round. 
 
 11 Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad, 
 
 In him do ye rejoice : 
 All ye that upright are in heart, 
 For joy lift up your voice. 
 
 PSALM XXXIII. 
 
 1 YE righteous, 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 A new song to him sing, and play 
 
 With loud noise skilfully ; 
 
 4 For right is God's word, all his works 
 
 Are done in verity. 
 
 5 To judgment and to righteousness 
 
 A love he beareth still ; 
 The loving-kindness of the Lord 
 The earth throughout doth fill. 
 
 6 The heavens by the word of God 
 
 Did their beginning take ; 
 And by the breathing of his mouth 
 He all their hosts did make. 
 
 7 The waters of the seas he brings 
 
 Together as an heap ; 
 And in storehouses, as it were, 
 He la} r eth up the deep. 
 
 8 Let earth, and all that live therein, 
 
 With rev'rence fear the Lord ; 
 Let all the world's inhabitants 
 Dread him with one accord. 
 
 9 For he did speak the word, and done 
 
 It was without delay; 
 
 Established it firmly stood, 
 
 Whatever he did say. 
 
44 PSALMS XXXIII, XXXIV. 
 
 10 God doth the counsel bring to nought 
 
 Which heathen folk do take ; 
 And what the people do devise 
 Of none effect doth make. 
 
 11 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. 
 
 13 The Lord from heav'n sees and beholds 
 
 All sons of men full well: 
 
 14 He views all from his dwelling-place 
 
 That in the earth do dwell. 
 
 15 He forms their hearts alike, and all 
 
 Their doings he observes. 
 
 16 Great hosts save not a king, 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. 
 
 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 be on us, 
 
 As we do hope in thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 
 1 GOD will I bless all times; his praise 
 
 My mouth shall still express. 
 
 2 My soul shall boast in God : the meek 
 
 Shall hear with joy fulness. 
 
PSALM XXXIV. 45 
 
 3 Extol the Lord with me, let us 
 
 Exalt his name together. 
 
 4 I sought the Lord, he heard, and did 
 
 Me from all fears deliver. 
 
 5 They look'd to him, and lighten'd were : 
 
 Not shamed were their faces. 
 
 6 This poor man cry'd, God heard, and sav'd 
 
 Him from all his distresses. 
 
 7 The angel of the Lord encamps, 
 
 And round encompasseth 
 All those about that do him fear, 
 And them delivereth. 
 
 8 taste and see that God is good : 
 
 Who trusts in him is bless'd. 
 
 9 Fear God his saints : none that him fear 
 
 Shall be with want oppressed. 
 
 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. 
 
 11 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 peace, 
 
 Pursue it earnestly. 
 
 15 God's eyes are 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 righteous cry unto the Lord, 
 
 He unto them gives ear; 
 And they out of their troubles all 
 By him deliver'd are. 
 
 18 The Lord is ever nigh to them 
 
 That be of broken sp'rit ; 
 
46 PSALMS XXXIV, XXXV. 
 
 To them he safety doth afford 
 That are in heart contrite. 
 
 19 The troubles that afflict the just 
 
 In number many be ; 
 But yet at length out of them all 
 The Lord doth set him free. 
 
 20 He carefully his bones doth keep, 
 
 Whatever can befall ; 
 That not so much as one of them 
 Can broken be at all. 
 
 21 111 shall the wicked slay; laid waste 
 
 Shall be who hate the just. 
 
 22 The Lord redeems his servants' souls; 
 
 None perish that him trust. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 
 1 PLEAD, 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 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 
 
PSALM XXXV. 47 
 
 Himself let catch ; and in the same 
 Destruction let him fall. 
 9 My soul in God shall joy ; and glad 
 In his salvation be : 
 
 10 And all my bones shall say, Lord, 
 
 Who is like unto thee, 
 
 Which dost the poor set free from him 
 That is for him too strong ; 
 
 The poor and needy from the man 
 That spoils and does him wrong? 
 
 11 False witnesses rose ; to my charge 
 
 Things I not knew they laid. 
 
 12 They, to the spoiling of my soul. 
 
 Me ill for good repaid. 
 
 13 But as for me, when they were sick, 
 
 In sackcloth sad I mourn'd : 
 My humbled soul did fast, my pray'r 
 Into my bosom turn'd. 
 
 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, 
 
 Gath'ring 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 those 
 
 Destructions they intend 
 Rescue my soul, from lions young 
 My darling do defend. 
 
 18 I will give thanks to thee, Lord, 
 
 Within th' assembly great; 
 And where much people gather'd 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. 
 
48 PSALMS XXXV, XXXVI. 
 
 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 me said, 
 
 Ha, ha ! our eye doth see. 
 
 22 Lord, thou hast seen, hold not thy peace ; 
 
 Lord, be not far from me. 
 
 23 Stir up thyself; wake, that thou may'st 
 
 Judgment to me afford, 
 Ev'n to my cause, thou that art 
 My only God and Lord. 
 
 24 Lord my God, do thou me judge 
 
 After thy righteousness ; 
 And let them not their joy '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'd 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. 
 
 1 THE wicked man's transgression 
 
 Within my heart thus says, 
 Undoubtedly the fear of God 
 Is not before his eyes. 
 
 2 Because himself he flattereth 
 
 In his own blinded eye, 
 Until the hatefulness be found 
 Of his iniquity. 
 
PSALMS XXXVI, XXXVII. 49 
 
 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, 
 111 he abhorreth not. 
 
 5 Thy mercy, Lord, is in the heav'ns; 
 
 Thy truth doth reach the clouds: 
 
 6 Thy justice is like mountains great; 
 
 Thy judgments deep as floods: 
 Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 
 
 7 How precious is thy grace ! 
 Therefore in shadow of thy wings 
 
 Men's sons their trust shall place. 
 
 8 They with the fatness of thy house 
 
 Shall be well satisfy'd ; 
 From rivers of thy pleasures thou 
 Wilt drink to them provide. 
 
 9 Because of life the fountain pure 
 
 Remains alone with thee; 
 And in that purest light of thine 
 We clearly light shall see. 
 
 10 Thy loving-kindness unto them 
 
 Continue that thee know; 
 And still on men upright in heart 
 Thy righteousness bestow. 
 
 11 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 fallen are they, and ruined, 
 
 That work iniquities : 
 Cast down they are, and never shall 
 Be able to arise. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 1 FOR evil doers fret thou not 
 Thyself unquietly ; 
 Nor do thou envy bear to those 
 That work iniquity. 
 
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50 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 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. 
 
 6 And, like unto the light, he shall 
 
 Thy righteousness 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, prosp'ring in his Avay, 
 Success in sin doth get. 
 
 8 Do thou from anger cease, and wrath 
 
 See thou forsake also : 
 Fret not thyself in any wise, 
 That evil thou should'st do. 
 
 9 For those that evil doers are 
 
 Shall be cut off and fall : 
 But those that wait upon the Lord 
 The earth inherit shall. 
 
 10 For yet a little while, and then 
 
 The wicked shall not be ; 
 His place thou shalt consider well, 
 But it thou shalt not see. 
 
 11 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 coining seeth. 
 
 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, 
 
 And bent their bow, to slay 
 
PSALM XXXVII. 61 
 
 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 
 
 And into pieces part. [break, 
 
 16 A little that a just man hath 
 
 Is more and better far 
 Than is the wealth of many such 
 As lewd and wicked are. 
 
 17 For sinners' arms shall broken be; 
 
 But God the just sustains. 
 
 18 God knows the just man's days, and still 
 
 Their heritage remains. 
 
 19 They shall not be asham'd when they 
 
 The evil time do see; 
 And when the days of famine are 
 They satisfy'd shall be. 
 
 20 But wicked men, and foes of God, 
 
 As fat of lambs, decay; 
 They shall consume, yea, into smoke 
 They shall consume away. 
 
 21 The wicked borrows, but the same 
 
 Again he doth not pay; 
 Whereas the righteous mercy shews, 
 And gives his own away. 
 
 22 For such as blessed be of him 
 
 The earth inherit shall; 
 And they that cursed are of him 
 Shall be destroyed all. 
 
 23 A good man's footsteps by the Lord 
 
 Are ordered aright; 
 And in the way wherein he walks 
 He greatly doth delight. 
 
 24 Although he fall, yet shall he not 
 
 Be cast down utterly; 
 Because the Lord with his own hand 
 Upholds him mightily. 
 
 25 I have been young, and now am old, 
 
 Yet have I never seen 
 The just man left, nor that his seed 
 For bread have beggars been. 
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52 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 26 He's ever merciful, and lends : 
 
 His seed is bless'd therefore. 
 
 27 Depart from evil, and do good, 
 
 And dwell for evermore. 
 
 28 For God loves judgment, and his saints 
 
 Leaves not in any case; 
 They are kept ever : but cut off 
 Shall be the sinner's race. 
 
 29 The just inherit shall the land, 
 
 And ever in it dwell : 
 
 30 The just man's mouth doth wisdom speak; 
 
 His tongue doth judgment tell. 
 
 31 In's heart the law is of his God, 
 
 His steps slide not away. 
 
 32 The wicked man doth watch the just, 
 
 And seeketh him to slay. 
 
 33 Yet him the Lord will not forsake, 
 
 Nor leave him in his hands : 
 The righteous will he not condemn, 
 When he in judgment stands. 
 
 34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, 
 
 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 pass'd, yea, was not; him I sought, 
 
 But found he could not be. 
 
 37 Mark thou the perfect, and behold 
 
 The man of uprightness ; 
 Because that surely of this man 
 The latter end is peace. 
 
 38 But those men that transgressors are 
 
 Shall be destroy'd 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. 
 
PSALMS XXXVII, XXXVIII. 53 
 
 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. 
 
 1 IN thy great indignation, 
 
 Lord, rebuke me not; 
 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 bow'd down; 
 
 All day I mourning go. 
 
 7 For a disease that loathsome is 
 
 So fills my loins with pain, 
 That in my weak and weary flesh 
 No soundness doth remain. 
 
 8 So feeble and infirm am I, 
 
 And broken am so sore, 
 That, through disquiet of my heart, 
 I have been made to roar. 
 
 9 Lord, all that I do desire 
 
 Is still before thine eye; 
 And of my heart the secret groans 
 Not hidden are from thee. 
 
 10 My heart doth pant incessantly, 
 My strength doth quite decay; 
 As for mine- eyes, their wonted light 
 Is from me gone away. 
 
54 PSALMS XXXVIII, XXXIX. 
 
 11 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 suffer'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 mouth 
 
 Are no reproofs at all. 
 
 15 For, Lord, I hope in thee ; my God, 
 
 Thou'lt hear me when I call. 
 1G 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 : 
 
 18 For 111 declare my sin, and grieve 
 
 For mine iniquity. 
 
 19 But yet mine en'mies lively are, 
 
 And strong are they beside; 
 And they that hate me wrongfully 
 Are greatly multiply 'd. 
 
 20 And they for good that render ill, 
 
 As en'mies me withstood; 
 Yea, ev'n for this, because that I 
 Do follow what is good. 
 
 21 Forsake me not, O Lord; my God, 
 
 Far from me never be. 
 
 22 Lord, thou my salvation art, 
 
 Haste to give help to me. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX 
 
 I I SAID, I will look to my ways, 
 Lest with my tongue I sin : 
 In sight of wicked men my mouth 
 With bridle I'll keep in. 
 
PSALM XXXIX. 55 
 
 2 With silence I as dumb became, 
 
 I did myself restrain 
 From speaking good; but then the more 
 Increased was my pain. 
 
 3 My heart within me waxed hot; 
 
 And, while I musing was, 
 The fire did burn; and from my tongue 
 These words I did let pass : 
 
 4 Mine end, and measure of my days, 
 
 Lord, unto me show 
 What is the same; that I thereby 
 My frailty well may know. 
 
 5 Lo, thou my days an handbreadth mad'st ; 
 
 Mine age is in thine eye 
 As nothing : sure each man at best 
 Is wholly vanity. 
 
 6 Sure each man walks in a vain show; 
 
 They vex themselves in vain: 
 He heaps up wealth, and doth not know 
 To whom it shall pertain. 
 
 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? 
 
 My hope is fix'd on thee. 
 
 8 Free me from all my trespasses, 
 
 The fool's scorn make not me. 
 
 9 Dumb was I, 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. 
 
 11 When with rebukes thou dost correct 
 
 Man for iniquity, 
 Thou wastes his beauty like a moth : 
 Sure each man's vanity. 
 
 12 Attend my cry, Lord, at my tears 
 
 And pray'rs not silent be : 
 I sojourn as my fathers all, 
 And stranger am with thee. 
 
 13 spare thou me, that I my strength 
 
 Recover may again, 
 Before from hence I do depart, 
 And here no more remain. 
 
56 PSALM XL. 
 
 1 I 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. 
 
 3 He put a new song in my mouth, 
 
 Our God to magnify : 
 Many shall see it, and shall fear, 
 And on the Lord rely. 
 
 4 blessed is the man whose trust 
 
 Upon the Lord relies ; 
 Respecting not the proud, nor such 
 As turn aside to lies. 
 
 5 Lord my God, full many are 
 
 The wonders thou hast done ; 
 Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far 
 
 Above all thoughts are gone : 
 In order none can reckon them 
 
 To thee : if them declare, 
 And speak of them I would, they more 
 
 Than can be number'd are. 
 
 6 No sacrifice nor offering 
 
 Didst thou at all desire; 
 Mine ears thou bor'd : sin-off ring thou 
 And burnt didst not require : 
 
 7 Then to the Lord these were my words, 
 
 I come, behold and see ; 
 Within the volume of the book 
 It written is of me : 
 
 8 To do thy will I take delight, 
 
 thou my God that art; 
 Yea, that most holy law of thine 
 
 1 have within my heart. 
 
 9 Within the congregation great 
 
 I righteousness did preach : 
 Lo, thou dost know, Lord, that I 
 Refrained not my speech. 
 
 10 I never did within my heart 
 Conceal thy righteousness ; 
 
PSALMS XL, XLL 57 
 
 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. 
 
 11 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 reck'ning compass me, 
 
 And mine iniquities 
 Such hold upon me taken have, 
 
 1 cannot lift mine eyes : 
 
 They more than hairs are on mine head, 
 Thence is my heart dismay'd. 
 
 13 Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me ; 
 
 Lord, hasten to mine aid. 
 
 14 Sham'd and confounded be they all 
 
 That seek my soul to kill ; 
 Yea, let them backward driven be, 
 And sham'd, that wish me ill. 
 
 15 For a reward of this their shame 
 
 Confounded let them be, 
 That in this manner scoffing say, 
 Aha, aha! to me. 
 
 16 In thee let all be glad, and joy, 
 
 Who seeking thee abide ; 
 Who thy salvation love, say still, 
 The Lord be magnify^!. 
 
 17 I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord 
 
 Of me a care doth take : 
 Thou art my help and saviour, 
 My God, no tarrying make. 
 
 PSALM XLL 
 
 1 BLESSED 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 bless'd shall live ; 
 
58 PSALM XLI. 
 
 And to his enemies' desire 
 Thou wilt him not up give. 
 
 3 God will give strength when he on bed 
 
 Of languishing doth mourn ; 
 And in his sickness sore, Lord, 
 Thou all his bed wilt turn. 
 
 4 I said, Lord, do thou extend 
 
 Thy mercy unto me ; 
 do thou heal my soul ; for why ? 
 I have offended thee. 
 
 5 Those that to me are enemies, 
 
 Of me do evil say, 
 When shall he die, that so his name 
 May perish quite away ? 
 
 6 To see me if he comes, he speaks 
 
 Vain words : but then his heart 
 Heaps mischief to it, which he tells, 
 When forth he doth depart. 
 
 7 My haters jointly whispering, 
 
 'Gainst me my hurt devise. 
 
 8 Mischief, say they, cleaves fast to him ; 
 
 He li'th, and shall not rise. 
 
 9 Yea, ev'n mine own familiar friend, 
 
 On whom 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. 
 
 11 By this I know that certainly 
 
 I favour'd am by thee ; 
 
 Because my hateful enemy 
 
 Triumphs not over me. 
 
 12 But as for me, thou me uphold'st 
 
 In mine integrity; 
 And me before thy countenance 
 Thou sett'st continually. 
 
 13 The Lord, the God of Israel, 
 
 Be bless'd for ever then, 
 From age to age eternally. 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
PSALM XLII. 50 
 
 1 LIKE as the hart for water-brooks 
 
 In thirst doth pant and bray ; 
 So pants my longing soul, God, 
 That come to thee I may. 
 
 2 My soul for God, the living God, 
 
 Doth thirst : when shall I near 
 Unto thy countenance approach, 
 And in God's sight appear? 
 
 3 My tears have unto me been meat, 
 
 Both in the night and day, 
 While unto me continually. 
 Where is thy God? they say. 
 
 4 My soul is poured out in me, 
 
 When this I think upon ; 
 Because that with the multitude 
 I heretofore had gone: 
 
 With them into God's house I went 
 With voice of joy and praise; 
 
 Yea, with the multitude that kept 
 The solemn holy days. 
 
 5 why art thou cast down, my soul ? 
 
 Why in me so dismay'd ? 
 Trust God, for I shall praise him yet, 
 His count'nance is mine aid. 
 
 6 My God, my soul's cast down in me ; 
 
 Thee therefore mind I will 
 From Jordan's land, the Hermonites, 
 And ev'n from Mizar hill. 
 
 7 At the noise of thy water-spouts 
 
 Deep unto deep doth call ; 
 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 ; 
 
60 PSALMS XLII, XLIII, XLIV. 
 
 Ev'n when by them, Where is thy God? 
 
 'Tis daily to me said. 
 110 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 health is of my countenance, 
 
 Yea, mine own God is he. 
 
 PSALM XLIII. 
 
 1 JUDGE me, God, and plead my cause 
 
 Against th' ungodly nation ; 
 From the unjust and crafty man, 
 be thou my salvation. 
 
 2 For thou the God art of my strength ; 
 
 Why thrusts thou me thee fro' ? 
 For th' enemy's oppression 
 Why do I mourning go? 
 
 3 send thy light forth and thy truth; 
 
 Let them be guides to me, 
 And bring me to thine holy hill, 
 Ev'n where thy dwellings be. 
 
 4 Then will I to God's altar go, 
 
 To God my chiefest joy : 
 Yea, God, my God, thy name to praise 
 My harp I will employ. 
 
 5 Why art thou then cast down, my soul? 
 
 What should discourage thee? 
 And why with vexing thoughts art thou 
 
 Disquieted in me? 
 Still trust in God ; for him to praise 
 
 Good cause I yet shall have: 
 He of my count'nance is the health, 
 
 My God that doth me save. 
 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 1 GOD, we with our ears have heard, 
 Our fathers have us told, 
 What works thou in their days hadst done, 
 Ev'n in the days of old. 
 
PSALM XLIY. 61 
 
 2 Thy hand did drive the heathen out, 
 
 And plant them in their place; 
 Thou didst afflict the nations, 
 But them thou didst increase. 
 
 3 For neither got their sword the land, 
 
 Nor did their arm them save; 
 But thy right hand, arm, countenance; 
 For thou them favour gave. 
 
 4 Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord, 
 
 Deliv'rances command. 
 
 5 Through thee we shall push down our foes, 
 
 That do against us stand: 
 
 We, through thy name, shall tread down 
 those 
 That ris'n against us have. 
 
 6 For in my bow I shall not trust, 
 
 Nor shall my sword me save. 
 
 7 But from our foes thou hast us sav'd, 
 
 Our haters put to shame. 
 
 8 In God we all the day do boast, 
 
 And ever praise thy name. 
 
 9 But now we are cast off by thee, 
 
 And us thou putt'st to shame ; 
 
 And when our armies do go forth, 
 
 Thou go'st not with the same. 
 
 10 Thou mak'st us from the enemy, 
 
 Faint-hearted, to turn back; 
 And they who hate us for themselves 
 Our spoils away do take. 
 
 11 Like sheep for meat thou gavest us; 
 
 'Mong heathen cast we be. 
 
 12 Thou didst for nought thy people sell ; 
 
 Their price enrich'd not thee. 
 
 13 Thou mak'st us a reproach to be 
 
 Unto our neighbours near; 
 Derision and a scorn to them 
 That round about us are. 
 
 14 A by-word also thou dost us 
 
 Among the heathen make; 
 The people, in contempt and spite, 
 At us their heads do shake. 
 
62 PSALMS XLIV, XLV. 
 
 15 Before me my confusion 
 
 Continually abides ; 
 And of my bashful countenance 
 The shame me ever hides : 
 
 16 For voice of him that doth reproach, 
 
 And speaketh blasphemy; 
 By reason of th' avenging foe, 
 And cruel enemy. 
 
 17 All this is come on us, yet we 
 
 Have not forgotten thee; 
 Nor falsely in thy covenant 
 Behav'd ourselves have we. 
 
 IS Back from thy way our heart not turn'd ; 
 Our steps no straying made ; 
 
 19 Though us thou brak'st in dragons' place, 
 
 And cover'dst with death's shade. 
 
 20 If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd 
 
 To a strange god our hands, 
 
 21 Shall not God search this out? for he 
 
 Heart's secrets understands. 
 
 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 wherefore hidest thou thy face ? 
 
 Forgett'st our cause 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. 
 
 1 MY heart brings forth a goodly thing ; 
 
 My words that I indite 
 Concern the King : my tongue's a pen 
 Of one that swift doth write. 
 
 2 Thou fairer art than sons of men : 
 
 Into thy lips is store 
 Of grace infus'd ; God therefore thee 
 Hath bless'd for evermore. 
 
PSALM XLV. C3 
 
 3 thou that art the mighty One, 
 
 Thy sword gird on thy thigh ; 
 Ev'n with thy glory excellent, 
 And with thy majesty. 
 
 4 For meekness, truth, and righteousness, 
 
 In state ride prosp'rously ; 
 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 down do bring. 
 
 6 For ever and for ever is, 
 
 God, thy throne of might ; 
 The sceptre of thy kingdom is 
 A sceptre that is right. 
 
 7 Thou lovest right, and hatest ill; 
 
 For God, thy God, most high, 
 Above thy fellows hath with th' oil 
 Of joy anointed thee. 
 
 8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia, 
 
 A smell thy garments had, 
 Out of the ivVy palaces, 
 
 Whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 Among thy women honourable 
 
 Kings' daughters were at hand : 
 Upon thy right hand did the queen 
 In gold of Ophir stand. 
 
 10 daughter, hearken and regard, 
 
 And do thine ear incline; 
 Likewise forget thy father's house, 
 And people that are thine. 
 
 11 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 offrings great : 
 Those of the people that are rich 
 Thy favour shall entreat. 
 
 13 Behold, the daughter of the King 
 
 All glorious is within ; 
 
64 PSALM XLV. 
 
 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. 
 
 15 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 those thy fathers dear, 
 
 Thy children thou may^st take, 
 And in all places of the earth 
 Them noble princes make. 
 
 17 Thy name remember'd I will make 
 
 Through ages all to be : 
 The people therefore evermore 
 Shall praises give to thee. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 MY heart inditing is 
 
 Good matter in a song : 
 I speak the things that I have made, 
 
 Which to the King belong : 
 My tongue shall be as quick, 
 
 His honour to indite, 
 As is the pen of any scribe 
 
 That useth fast to write. 
 
 2 Thou'rt fairest of all men ; 
 
 Grace in thy lips doth flow: 
 And therefore blessings evermore 
 On thee doth God bestow. 
 
 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; 
 
PSALM XLV. 65 
 
 Whereby into subjection 
 
 The people thou shalt bring. 
 
 6 Thy royal seat, Lord, 
 
 For ever shall remain: 
 The sceptre of thy kingdom doth 
 All righteousness maintain. 
 
 7 Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill; 
 
 For God, thy God, most high, 
 Above thy fellows hath with th' oil 
 Of joy anointed thee. 
 
 8 Of myrrh and spices sweet 
 
 A smell thy garments had, 
 Out of the iv'ry palaces, 
 Whereby they made thee glad. 
 
 9 And in thy glorious train 
 
 Kings' daughters waiting stand; 
 And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold, 
 Doth stand at thy right hand. 
 
 10 daughter, take good heed, 
 
 Incline, and give good ear ; 
 Thou must forget thy kindred all, 
 And father's house most dear. 
 
 11 Thy beauty to the King 
 
 Shall then delightful be : 
 And do thou humbly worship him, 
 Because thy Lord is he. 
 
 12 The daughter then of Tyre 
 
 There with a gift shall be, 
 And all the wealthy of the land 
 Shall make their suit to thee. 
 
 13 The daughter of the King 
 
 All glorious is within; 
 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 evVy side, 
 Into the palace of the King, 
 And there they shall abide. 
 
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66 PSALMS XLV, XL VI. 
 
 16 And in thy fathers' stead, 
 
 Thy children thou may'st take, 
 And in all places of the earth 
 Them noble princes make. 
 
 17 I will shew forth thy name 
 
 To generations all: 
 Therefore the people evermore 
 To thee give praises shall. 
 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 
 1 GOD is our refuge and our strength, 
 
 In straits a present aid ; 
 
 2 Therefore, although the earth remove 
 
 We will not be afraid: 
 Though hills amidst the seas be cast; 
 
 3 Though waters roaring make, 
 
 And troubled be; yea, though the hills 
 By swelling seas do shake. 
 
 4 A river is, whose streams do glad 
 
 The city of our God; 
 The holy place, wherein the Lord 
 Most high hath his abode. 
 
 5 God in the midst of her doth dwell; 
 
 Nothing shall her remove: 
 The Lord to her an helper will, 
 And that right early, prove. 
 
 6 The heathen rag'd tumultuously, 
 
 The kingdoms moved were : 
 
 The Lord God uttered his voice, 
 
 The earth did melt for fear. 
 
 7 The Lord of hosts upon our side 
 
 Doth constantly remain : 
 The God of Jacob's our refuge, 
 Us safely to maintain. 
 
 8 Come, and behold what wondrous works 
 
 Have by the Lord been wrought; 
 Come, see what desolations 
 He on the earth hath brought 
 
 9 Unto the ends of all the earth 
 
 Wars into peace he turns: 
 The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts, 
 In fire the chariot burns. 
 
 
PSALMS XL VI, XLVII, XLVIII. 67 
 
 10 Be still, and know that I am God; 
 
 Among the heathen I 
 Will be exalted ; I on earth 
 Will be exalted high. 
 
 11 Our God, who is the Lord of hosts, 
 
 Is still upon our side ; 
 The God of Jacob our refuge 
 For ever will abide. 
 
 PSALM XLVII. 
 
 1 ALL 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 
 
 Chuse out for us shall he, 
 Of Jacob, whom he loved well, 
 Ev*n the excellency. 
 
 5 God is with shouts gone up, the Lord 
 
 With trumpets sounding high. 
 
 6 Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise, 
 
 Praise to our King sing ye. 
 
 7 For God is King of all the earth; 
 
 With knowledge praise express. 
 
 8 God rules the nations : God sits on 
 
 His throne of holiness. 
 
 9 The princes of the people are 
 
 Assembled willingly; 
 Ev'n of the God of Abraham 
 They who the people be. 
 
 For why? the shields that do defend 
 
 The earth are only his: 
 They to the Lord belong; yea, he 
 
 Exalted greatly is. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 
 1 GREAT is the Lord, and greatly he 
 Is to be praised still, 
 
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68 PSALM XL VIII. 
 
 Within the city of our God, 
 Upon his holy hill. 
 
 2 Mount Sion stands most beautiful, 
 
 The joy of all the land ; 
 The city of the mighty King 
 On her north side doth stand. 
 
 3 The Lord within her palaces 
 
 Is for a refuge known. 
 
 4 For, lo, the kings that gather'd were 
 
 Together, by have gone. 
 
 5 But when they did behold the same, 
 
 They, wond'ring, 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 his hand 
 For ever stablish will. 
 
 9 We of thy loving-kindness thought, 
 
 Lord, in thy temple still. 
 
 10 O Lord, according to thy name, 
 
 Through all the earth's thy praise; 
 And thy right hand, Lord, is full 
 Of righteousness always. 
 
 11 Because thy judgments are made known, 
 
 Let Sion mount rejoice; 
 Of Judah let the daughters all 
 Send forth a cheerful voice. 
 
 12 Walk about Sion, and go round; 
 
 The high tow'rs thereof tell : 
 
 13 Consider ye her palaces, 
 
 And mark her bulwarks well; 
 
 That ye may tell posterity. 
 
 14 For this God doth abide 
 Our God for evermore; he will 
 
 Ev'n unto death us guide. 
 
PSALM XLIX. 69 
 
 1 HEAR this, all people, and give ear, 
 
 All in the world that dwell; 
 
 2 Both low and high, both rich and poor. 
 
 3 My mouth shall wisdom tell : 
 My heart shall knowledge meditate. 
 
 4 I will incline mine ear 
 
 To parables, and on the harp 
 My sayings dark declare. 
 
 5 Amidst those days that evil be, 
 
 Why should I, fearing, doubt? 
 When of my heels th' iniquity 
 Shall compass me about. 
 
 6 Whoe'er they be that in their wealth 
 
 Their confidence do pitch, 
 And boast themselves, because they are 
 Become exceeding rich: 
 
 7 Yet none of these his brother can 
 
 Redeem by any way; 
 Nor can he unto God for him 
 Sufficient ransom pay, 
 
 8 (Their soul's redemption precious is, 
 
 And it can never be,) 
 
 9 That still he should for ever live, 
 
 And not corruption see. 
 
 10 For why? he seeth that wise men die, 
 
 And brutish fools also 
 Do perish ; and their wealth, when dead, 
 To others they let go. 
 
 11 Their inward thought is, that their house 
 
 And dwelling-places shall 
 Stand through all ages; they their lands 
 By their own names do call. 
 
 12 But yet in honour shall not man 
 
 Abide continually; 
 But passing hence, may be compar'd 
 Unto the beasts that die. 
 
 13 Thus brutish folly plainly is 
 
 Their wisdom and their way; 
 Yet their posterity approve 
 What they do fondly say. 
 
 14 Like sheep they in the grave are laid, 
 
 And death shall them devour; 
 
70 PSALMS XLIX, L. 
 
 And in the morning upright men 
 Shall over them have pow'r : 
 
 Their beauty from their dwelling shall 
 Consume within the grave. 
 
 15 But from hell's hand God will me free, 
 
 For he shall me receive. 
 
 16 Be thou not then afraid when one 
 
 Enriched thou dost see, 
 Nor when the glory of his house 
 Advanced is on high : 
 
 17 For he shall carry nothing hence 
 
 When death his days doth end; 
 Nor shall his glory after him 
 Into the grave descend. 
 
 18 Although he his own soul did bless 
 
 Whilst he on earth did live; 
 (And when thou to thyself dost well, 
 Men will thee praises give ;) 
 
 19 He to his fathers' race shall go, 
 
 They never shall see light. 
 
 20 Man honour'd wanting knowledge is 
 
 Like beasts that perish quite. 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
 1 THE mighty God, the Lord, 
 
 Hath spoken, and did call 
 The earth, from rising of the sun, 
 To where he hath his fall. 
 
 2 From out of Sion hill, 
 
 Which of excellency 
 And beauty the perfection is, 
 God shined gloriously. 
 
 3 Our God shall surely come, 
 
 Keep silence shall not he: 
 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, 
 
 
PSALM L. 71 
 
 Those that by sacrifice have made 
 A covenant with me. 
 
 6 And then the heavens shall 
 
 His righteousness declare : 
 
 Because the Lord himself is he 
 
 By whom men judged are. 
 
 7 My people Isr'el hear, 
 
 Speak will I 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-offrings, which to me 
 Thou offer'dst ev'ry day. 
 
 9 I'll take no calf nor goats 
 
 From house or fold of thine : 
 
 10 For beasts of forests, cattle all 
 
 On thousand hills, are mine. 
 
 11 The fowls on mountains high 
 
 Are all to me well known ; 
 Wild beasts which in the fields do lie, 
 Ev'n they are all mine own. 
 
 12 Then, if I hungry were, 
 
 I would not tell it thee ; 
 Because the world, and fulness all 
 Thereof, belongs to me. 
 
 13 Will I eat flesh of bulls? 
 
 Or goats' blood drink will I? 
 
 14 Thanks offer thou to God, and pay 
 
 Thy vows to the most High. 
 
 15 And call upon me when 
 
 In trouble thou shalt be; 
 I will deliver thee, and thou 
 My name shalt glorify. 
 
 16 But to the wicked man 
 
 God saith, My laws and truth [take 
 Should'st thou declare? how dar'st thou 
 My covenant in thy mouth? 
 
 17 Sith thou instruction hat'st, 
 
 Which should thy ways direct ; 
 And sith my words behind thy back 
 Thou cast'st, and dost reject. 
 
72 PSALM L. 
 
 18 When thou a thief didst see, 
 
 With him thou didst consent; 
 And with the vile adulterers 
 Partaker on thou went. 
 
 19 Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill, 
 
 Thy tongue deceit doth frame; 
 
 20 Thou sitt'st and 'gainst thy brother speak'st, 
 
 Thy mother's son dost shame. 
 
 21 Because I silence kept, 
 
 While thou these things hast wrought ; 
 That I was altogether like 
 
 Thyself, hath been thy thought : 
 
 Yet I will thee reprove, 
 
 And set before thine eyes, 
 In order ranked, thy misdeeds, 
 
 And thine iniquities. 
 
 22 Now, ye that God forget, 
 
 This carefully consider; 
 Lest I in pieces tear you all, 
 And none can you deliver. 
 
 23 Whoso doth offer praise 
 
 Me glorifies; and I 
 Will shew him God's salvation, 
 That orders right his way. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 THE mighty God, the Lord, hath spoke, 
 
 And call'd the earth upon, 
 Ev'n from the rising of the sun 
 Unto his going down. 
 
 2 From out of Sion, his own hill, 
 
 Where the perfection high 
 Of beauty is, from thence the Lord 
 Hath shined gloriously. 
 
 3 Our God shall come, and shall no more 
 
 Be silent, but speak out: 
 Before him fire shall waste, great storms 
 Shall compass him about. 
 
 4 He to the heavens from above, 
 
 And to the earth below, 
 Shall call, that he his judgments may 
 Before his people show. 
 
PSALM L. 73 
 
 5 Let all my saints together be 
 
 Unto me gathered ; 
 Those that by sacrifice with me 
 A covenant have made. 
 
 6 And then the heavens shall declare 
 
 His righteousness abroad : 
 Because the Lord himself doth come ; 
 None else is judge but God. 
 
 7 Hear, O my people, and I'll speak; 
 
 Israel by name, 
 Against thee I will testify ; 
 God, ev'n thy God, I am. 
 
 8 I for thy sacrifices few 
 
 Reprove thee never will, 
 Nor for burnt-offrings to have been 
 Before me offer'd still. 
 
 9 111 take no bullock nor he-goats 
 
 From house nor folds of thine : 
 
 10 For beasts of forests, cattle all 
 
 On thousand hills, are mine. 
 
 11 The fowls are all to me well known 
 
 That mountains high do yield ; 
 And I do challenge as mine own 
 The wild beasts of the field. 
 
 12 If I were hungry, I would not 
 
 To thee for need complain ; 
 For earth, and all its fulness, doth 
 To me of right pertain. 
 
 13 That I to eat the flesh of bulls 
 
 Take pleasure dost thou think? 
 Or that I need, to quench my thirst, 
 The blood of goats to drink ? 
 
 14 Nay, rather unto me, thy God, 
 
 Thanksgiving offer thou: 
 To the most High perform thy word, 
 And fully pay thy vow: 
 
 15 And in the day of trouble great 
 
 See that thou call on me ; 
 I will deliver thee, and thou 
 My name shalt glorify. 
 
 16 But God unto the wicked saith, 
 
 Why should'st thou mention make 
 
74 PSALMS L, LI. 
 
 Of my commands? how dar'st thou in 
 Thy mouth my covnant take? 
 
 17 Sith it is so that thou dost hate 
 
 All good instruction ; 
 And sith thou cast'st behind thy back, 
 And slight'st my words each one. 
 
 18 When thou a thief didst see, then straight 
 
 Thou join'dst with him in sin, 
 And with the vile adulterers 
 Thou hast partaker been. 
 
 19 Thy mouth to evil thou dost give, 
 
 Thy tongue deceit doth frame. 
 
 20 Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st, 
 
 Thy mother's son to shame. 
 
 21 These things thou wickedly hast done, 
 
 And I have silent been : 
 Thou thought'st that I was like thyself, 
 
 And did approve thy sin : 
 But I will sharply thee reprove, 
 
 And I will order right 
 Thy sins and thy transgressions 
 
 In presence of thy sight. 
 
 22 Consider this, and be afraid, 
 
 Ye that forget the Lord, 
 Lest I in pieces tear you all, 
 When none can help afford. 
 
 23 Who off'reth praise me glorifies: 
 
 I will shew God's salvation 
 To him that ordereth aright 
 His life and conversation. 
 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 1 AFTER thy loving-kindness, Lord, 
 
 Have mercy upon me : 
 For thy compassions great, blot out 
 All mine iniquity. 
 
 2 Me cleanse from sin, and throughly wash 
 
 From mine iniquity : 
 
 3 For my transgressions I confess ; 
 
 My sin I ever see. 
 
 4 'Gainst thee, thee only, have I sinn'd, 
 
 In thy sight done this ill; 
 
 
 
PSALM LI. 75 
 
 That when thou speak'st thou may'st be 
 And clear in judging still. [just, 
 
 5 Behold, I in iniquity 
 
 Was form'd the womb within; 
 My mother also me conceiv'd 
 In guiltiness and sin. 
 
 6 Behold, thou in the inward parts 
 
 With truth delighted art; 
 And wisdom thou shalt make me know 
 Within the hidden part. 
 
 7 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, 
 
 I shall be cleansed so; 
 Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall 
 Be whiter than the snow. 
 
 8 Of gladness and of joyfulness 
 
 Make me to hear the voice; 
 That so these very bones which thou 
 Hast broken may rejoice. 
 
 9 All mine iniquities blot out, 
 
 Thy face hide from my sin. 
 
 10 Create a clean heart, Lord, renew 
 
 A right sp'rit me within. 
 
 11 Cast me not from thy sight, nor take 
 
 Thy Holy Sp'rit away. 
 
 12 Restore me thy salvation's joy; 
 
 With thy free Sp'rit me stay. 
 
 13 Then will I teach thy ways unto 
 
 Those that transgressors be; 
 And those that sinners are shall then 
 Be turned unto thee. 
 
 14 God, of my salvation God, 
 
 Me from blood-guiltiness 
 Set free; then shall my tongue aloud 
 Sing of thy righteousness. 
 
 15 My closed lips, O Lord, by thee 
 
 Let them be opened; 
 Then shall thy praises by my mouth 
 Abroad be published. 
 
 16 For thou desir'st not sacrifice, 
 
 Else would I give it thee; 
 Nor wilt thou with burnt-offering 
 At all delighted be. 
 
76 PSALMS LI, LII. 
 
 17 A broken spirit is to God 
 
 A pleasing sacrifice : 
 A broken and a contrite heart, 
 Lord, thou wilt not despise. 
 
 18 Shew kindness, and do good, Lord, 
 
 To Sion, thine own hill : 
 The walls of thy Jerusalem 
 Build up of thy good will. 
 
 19 Then righteous off'rings shall thee please, 
 
 And off'rings burnt, which they 
 With whole burnt-off'rings, and with calves. 
 Shall on thine altar lay. 
 
 PSALM LII. 
 
 1 WHY dost thou boast, O mighty man, 
 
 Of mischief and of ill? 
 The goodness of Almighty God 
 Endureth ever still. 
 
 2 Thy tongue mischievous calumnies 
 
 Deviseth subtilely, 
 Like to a razor sharp to cut, 
 Working deceitfully. 
 
 3 111 more than good, and more than truth 
 
 Thou lovest to speak wrong: 
 
 4 Thou lovest all-devouring words, 
 
 thou deceitful tongue. 
 
 5 So God shall thee destroy for aye, 
 
 Remove thee, pluck thee out 
 Quite from thy house, out of the land 
 Of life he shall thee root. 
 
 6 The righteous shall it see, and fear, 
 
 And laugh at him they shall: 
 
 7 Lo, this the man is that did not 
 
 Make God his strength at all: 
 But he in his abundant wealth 
 
 His confidence did place; 
 And he took strength unto himself 
 
 From his own wickedness. 
 
 8 But I am in the house of God 
 
 Like to an olive green : 
 
 My confidence for ever hath 
 
 Upon God's mercy been. 
 
PSALMS LIII, LIV. 77 
 
 9 And I for ever will thee praise, 
 Because thou hast done this : 
 I on thy name will wait; for good 
 Before thy saints it is. 
 
 PSALM LIII. 
 
 1 THAT there is not a God, the fool 
 
 Doth in his heart conclude: 
 They are corrupt, their works are vile, 
 Not one of them doth good. 
 
 2 The Lord upon the sons of men 
 
 From heav'n did cast his eyes, 
 To see if any one there was 
 That sought God, and was wise. 
 
 They altogether filthy are, 
 
 They all are backward gone; 
 And there is none that doeth good, 
 No, not so much as one. 
 
 4 These workers of iniquity, 
 
 Do they not know at all, 
 That they my people eat as bread, 
 And on God do not call? 
 
 5 Ev'n there they were afraid, and stood 
 
 With trembling, all dismay'd, 
 Whereas there was no cause at all 
 
 Why they should be afraid: 
 For God his bones that thee besieg'd 
 
 Hath scatter'd all abroad; 
 Thou hast confounded them, for they 
 
 Despised are of God. 
 
 6 Let Isr'el's help from Sion come: 
 
 When back the Lord shall bring 
 His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, 
 And Israel shall sing. 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 1 SAVE me, O God, by thy great name, 
 
 And judge me by thy strength : 
 
 2 My prayer hear, God; give ear 
 
 Unto my words at length. 
 
 3 For they that strangers are to me 
 
 Do up against me rise; 
 
78 PSALMS LIV, LV. 
 
 Oppressors seek my soul, and God 
 Set not before their eyes. 
 
 4 The Lord my God my helper is, 
 
 Lo, therefore I am bold : 
 He taketh part with ev^ry one 
 That doth my soul uphold. 
 
 5 Unto mine enemies he shall 
 
 Mischief and ill repay : 
 O for thy truth's sake cut them off, 
 And sweep them clean away. 
 
 6 I will a sacrifice to thee 
 
 Give with free willingness; 
 Thy name, Lord, because 'tis good, 
 With praise I will confess. 
 
 7 For he hath me delivered 
 
 From all adversities; 
 And his desire mine eye hath seen 
 Upon mine enemies. 
 
 PSALM LV. 
 
 1 LORD, hear my pray'r, hide not thyself 
 
 From my entreating voice : 
 
 2 Attend and hear me; in my plaint 
 
 I mourn and make a noise. 
 
 3 Because of th' en'my's voice, and for 
 
 Lewd men's oppression great : 
 On me they cast iniquity, 
 And they in wrath me hate. 
 
 4 Sore pain'd within me is my heart : 
 
 Death's terrors on me fall. 
 
 5 On me comes trembling, fear and dread 
 
 O'erwhelmed me withal. 
 
 6 O that I, like a dove, had wings, 
 
 Said I, then would I flee 
 Far hence, that I might find a place 
 Where I in rest might be. 
 
 7 Lo, then far off I wander would, 
 
 And in the desert stay; 
 
 8 From windy storm and tempest I 
 
 Would haste to 'scape away. 
 
 9 Lord, on them destruction bring, 
 
 And do their tongues divide; 
 
PSALM LV. 79 
 
 For in the city violence 
 And strife I have espy'd. 
 
 10 They day and night upon the walls 
 
 Do go about it round : 
 There mischief is, and sorrow there 
 In midst of it is found. 
 
 11 Abundant wickedness there is 
 
 Within her inward part; 
 And from her streets deceitfulness 
 And guile do not depart. 
 
 12 He was no foe that me reproach'd, 
 
 Then that endure I could; 
 Nor hater that did 'gainst me boast, 
 From him me hide I would. 
 
 13 But thou, man, who mine equal, guide, 
 
 And mine acquaintance wast: 
 
 14 We join'd sweet counsels, to God's house 
 
 In company we past. 
 
 15 Let death upon them seize, and down 
 
 Let them go quick to hell; 
 For wickedness doth much abound 
 Among them where they dwell. 
 
 16 I'll call on God : God will me save. 
 
 17 I'll pray, and make a noise 
 
 At ev'ning, morning, and at noon ; 
 And he shall hear my voice. 
 
 18 He hath my soul delivered, 
 
 That it in peace might be 
 From battle that against me was; 
 For many were with me. 
 
 19 The Lord shall hear, and them afflict, 
 
 Of old who hath abode: 
 Because they never changes have, 
 Therefore they fear not God. 
 
 20 'Gainst those that were at peace with him 
 
 He hath put forth his hand : 
 The covenant that he had made, 
 By breaking he profan'd. 
 
 21 More smooth than butter were his words, 
 
 While in his heart was war; 
 His speeches were more soft than oil, 
 And yet drawn swords they are. 
 
80 PSALMS LV, LVI. 
 
 22 Cast thou thy burden on the Lord, 
 
 And he shall thee sustain ; 
 Yea, he shall cause the righteous man 
 Unmoved to remain. 
 
 23 But thou, Lord my God, those men 
 
 In justice shalt o'erthrow, 
 And in destruction's dungeon dark 
 At last shalt lay them low: 
 
 The bloody and deceitful men 
 Shall not live half their days : 
 
 But upon thee with confidence 
 I will depend always. 
 
 PSALM LVI. 
 
 1 SHEW mercy, Lord, to me, for man 
 
 Would swallow me outright; 
 He me oppresseth, while he doth 
 Against me daily fight. 
 
 2 They daily would me swallow up 
 
 That hate me spitefully; 
 For they be many that do fight 
 Against me, most High. 
 
 3 When I'm afraid I'll trust in thee: 
 
 4 In God I'll praise his word; 
 
 I will not fear what flesh can do, 
 
 My trust is in the Lord. [thoughts 
 
 5 Each day they wrest my words; their 
 
 'Gainst me are all for ill. 
 
 6 They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps, 
 
 Waiting my soul to kill. 
 
 7 But shall they by iniquity 
 
 Escape thy judgments so? 
 
 O God, with indignation down 
 
 Do thou the people throw. 
 
 8 My wand'rings all what they have been 
 
 Thou know'st, their number took; 
 Into thy bottle put my tears : 
 Are they not in thy book? 
 
 9 My foes shall, when I cry, turn back; 
 
 I know't, God is for me. 
 10 In God his word I'll praise; his word 
 In God shall praised be. 
 
PSALMS LVI, LVIL 81 
 
 11 In God I trust; I will not fear 
 
 What man can do to me. 
 
 12 Thy vows upon me are, God : 
 
 I'll render praise to thee. 
 
 13 Wilt thou not, who from death me savVI. 
 
 My feet from falls keep free, 
 To walk before God in the light 
 Of those that living be? 
 
 PSALM LVIL 
 
 1 BE merciful to me, God; 
 
 Thy mercy unto me 
 Do thou extend; because my soul 
 
 Doth put her trust in thee: 
 Yea, in the shadow of thy wings 
 
 My refuge I will place, 
 Until these sad calamities 
 
 Do wholly overpass. 
 
 2 My cry I will cause to ascend 
 
 Unto the Lord most high; 
 To God, who doth all things for me 
 Perform most perfectly. 
 
 3 From heav'n he shall send down, and me 
 
 From his reproach defend 
 That would devour me: God his truth 
 And mercy forth shall send. 
 
 4 My soul among fierce lions is, 
 
 I firebrands live among, [darts, 
 
 Men's sons, whose teeth are spears and 
 A sharp sword is their tongue. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted very high 
 
 Above the heav'ns, God; 
 Let thou thy glory be advanc'd 
 O'er all the earth abroad. 
 
 6 My soul's bow'd down; for they a net 
 
 Have laid, my steps to snare: 
 Into the pit which they have digg'd 
 For me, they fallen are. 
 
 7 My heart is fix'd, my heart is fix'd, 
 
 God; I'll sing and praise. 
 
 8 My glory wake ; wake psalt'ry, harp ; 
 
 Myself I'll early raise. 
 
82 PSALMS LVII, LVIII. 
 
 9 I'll praise thee ' mong the people, Lord ; 
 'Mong nations sing will I: 
 
 10 For great to heav'n thy mercy is, 
 
 Thy truth is to the sky. 
 
 11 Lord, exalted be thy name 
 
 Above the heav'ns to stand : 
 Do thou thy glory far advance 
 Above both sea and land. 
 
 PSALM LVIII. 
 
 1 DO ye, congregation, 
 
 Indeed speak righteousness? 
 
 ye that are the sons of men, 
 
 Judge ye with uprightness \ 
 
 2 Yea, ev'n within your very hearts 
 
 Ye wickedness have done; 
 And ye the violence of your hands 
 Do weigh the earth upon. 
 
 3 The wicked men estranged are, 
 
 Ev'n from the very womb; 
 They, speaking lies, do stray as soon 
 As to the world they come. 
 
 4 Unto a serpent's poison like 
 
 Their poison doth appear; 
 Yea, they are like the adder deaf. 
 That closely stops her ear; 
 
 5 That so she may not hear the voice 
 
 Of one that charm her would, 
 No, not though he most cunning were, 
 And charm most wisely could. 
 
 6 Their teeth, God, within their mouth 
 
 Break thou in pieces small ; 
 The great teeth break thou out, Lord, 
 Of these young lions all. 
 
 7 Let them like waters melt away, 
 
 Which downward still do flow : 
 In pieces cut his arrows all, 
 When he shall bend his bow. 
 
 8 Like to a snail that melts away, 
 
 Let each of them be gone; 
 Like woman's birth untimely, that 
 They never see the sun. 
 
 
PSALMS LVIII, LIX. 83 
 
 9 He shall take them away before 
 Your pots the thorns can find, 
 Both living, and in fury great, 
 As with a stormy wind. 
 
 10 The righteous, when he vengeance sees, 
 
 He shall be joyful then; 
 The righteous one shall wash his feet 
 In blood of wicked men. 
 
 11 So men shall say, The righteous man 
 
 Reward shall never miss: 
 And verily upon the earth 
 A God to judge there is. 
 
 PSALM LIX. 
 
 1 MY God, deliver me from those 
 
 That are mine enemies; 
 And do thou me defend from those 
 That up against me rise. 
 
 2 Do thou deliver me from them 
 
 That work iniquity; 
 And give me safety from the men 
 Of bloody cruelty. 
 
 3 For, lo, they for my soul lay wait : 
 
 The mighty do combine 
 Against me, Lord; not for my fault, 
 Nor any sin of mine. 
 
 4 They run, and, without fault in me, 
 
 Themselves do ready make : 
 Awake to meet me with thy help ; 
 And do thou notice take. 
 
 5 Awake therefore, Lord God of hosts, 
 
 Thou God of Israel, 
 To visit heathen all : spare none 
 That wickedly rebel. 
 
 6 At ev'ning they go to and fro; 
 
 They make great noise and sound, 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 About the city round. 
 
 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth, 
 
 And in their lips are swords: 
 For they do say thus, Who is he 
 That now doth hear our words \ 
 F 2 
 
84 PSALMS LIX, LX. 
 
 8 But thou, Lord, shalt laugh at them, 
 
 And all the heathen mock. 
 
 9 While he's in pow'r I'll wait on thee; 
 
 For God is my high rock. 
 
 10 He of my mercy that is God 
 
 Betimes shall me prevent; 
 Upon mine en'mies God shall let 
 Me see mine heart's content. 
 
 11 Them slay not, lest my folk forget; 
 
 But scatter them abroad [down, 
 
 By thy strong pow'r; and bring them 
 thou our shield and God. 
 
 12 For their mouth's sin, and for the words 
 
 That from their lips do fly, 
 Let them be taken in their pride; 
 Because they curse and lie. 
 
 13 In wrath consume them, them consume, 
 
 That so they may not be: 
 And that in Jacob God doth rule 
 To th' earth's ends let them see. 
 
 14 At evening let thou them return, 
 
 Making great noise and sound, 
 Like to a dog, and often walk 
 About the city round. 
 
 15 And let them wander up and down, 
 
 In seeking food to eat; 
 And let them grudge when they shall not 
 Be satisfied with meat. 
 
 16 But of thy pow'r I'll sing aloud ; 
 
 At morn thy mercy praise: 
 For thou to me my refuge wast, 
 And tow'r, in troublous days. 
 
 17 God, thou art my strength, I will 
 
 Sing praises unto thee; 
 For God is my defence, a God 
 Of mercy unto me. 
 
 PSALM LX. 
 
 1 LORD, thou hast rejected us, 
 And scatter'd us abroad; 
 Thou justly hast displeased been; 
 Return to us, God. 
 
PSALM LX. 85 
 
 2 The earth to tremble thou hast made; 
 
 Therein didst breaches make: 
 Do thou thereof the breaches heal, 
 Because the land doth shake. 
 
 3 Unto thy people thou hard things 
 
 Hast shew'd, and on them sent; 
 And thou hast caused us to drink 
 Wine of astonishment. 
 
 4 And yet a banner thou hast giv'n 
 
 To them who thee do fear; 
 That it by them, because of truth, 
 Displayed may appear. 
 
 5 That thy beloved people may 
 
 Deliver'd be from thrall, 
 Save with the pow'r of thy right hand, 
 And hear me when I call. 
 
 6 God in his holiness hath spoke ; 
 
 Herein I will take pleasure: 
 Shechem I will divide, and forth 
 Will Succoth's valley measure. 
 
 7 Gilead I claim as mine by right; 
 
 Manasseh mine shall be; 
 Ephraim is of mine head the strength ; 
 Judah gives laws for me; 
 
 8 Moab's my washing-pot ; my shoe 
 
 I'll over Edom throw; 
 And over Palestina's land 
 I will in triumph go. 
 
 9 who is he will bring me to 
 
 The city fortify'd? 
 who is he that to the land 
 Of Edom will me guide? 
 
 10 God, which hadest us cast off, 
 
 This thing wilt thou not do? 
 Ev'n thou, God, which didest not 
 Forth with our armies go? 
 
 11 Help us from trouble; for the help 
 
 Is vain which man supplies. 
 
 12 Through God we'll do great acts; he shall 
 
 Tread down our enemies. 
 
86 PSALMS LXI, LXIL 
 
 PSALM LXIL 
 
 1 GOD, give ear unto my cry; 
 
 Unto my pray'r attend. 
 
 2 From th' utmost corner of the land 
 
 My cry to thee I'll send. 
 What time my heart is overwhelm'd, 
 
 And in perplexity, 
 Do thou me lead unto the Rock 
 
 That higher is than I. 
 
 3 For thou hast for my refuge been 
 
 A shelter by thy powr; 
 And for defence against my foes 
 Thou hast been a strong towr. 
 
 4 Within thy tabernacle I 
 
 For ever will abide ; 
 And under covert of thy wings 
 With confidence me hide. 
 
 5 For thou the vows that I did make 
 
 Lord my God, didst hear: 
 Thou hast giv'n me the heritage 
 
 Of those thy name that fear. 
 G A life prolong'd for many days 
 
 Thou to the king shalt give; 
 Like many generations be 
 
 The years which he shall live. 
 
 7 He in God's presence his abode 
 
 For evermore shall have : 
 do thou truth and mercy both 
 Prepare, that may him save. 
 
 8 And so will I perpetually 
 
 Sing praise unto thy name ; 
 That having made my vows, I may 
 Each day perform the same. 
 
 PSALM LXIL 
 
 1 MY soul with expectation 
 
 Depends on God indeed; 
 My strength and my salvation doth 
 From him alone proceed. 
 
 2 He only my salvation is, 
 
 And my strong rock is he; 
 
PSALM LXIL 87 
 
 He only is my sure defence; 
 Much moVd I shall not be. 
 
 3 How long will ye against a man 
 
 Plot mischief? ye shall all 
 Be slain ; ye as a tott'ring fence 
 Shall be, and bowing wall. 
 
 4 They only plot to cast him down 
 
 From his excellency : 
 They joy in lies ; with mouth they bless, 
 But they curse inwardly. 
 
 5 My soul, wait thou with patience 
 
 Upon thy God alone; 
 On him dependeth all my hope 
 And expectation. 
 
 6 He only my salvation is, 
 
 And my strong rock is he; 
 He only is my sure defence : 
 I shall not moved be. 
 
 7 In God my glory placed is, 
 
 And my salvation sure; 
 In God the rock is of my strength, 
 My refuge most secure. 
 
 8 Ye people, place 3 T our confidence 
 
 In him continually ; 
 Before him pour ye out your heart : 
 God is our refuge high. 
 
 9 Surely mean men are vanity, 
 
 And great men are a lie; 
 In balance laid, they wholly are 
 More light than vanity. 
 
 10 Trust ye not in oppression, 
 
 In robb'ry be not vain; 
 On wealth set not your hearts, when as 
 Increased is your gain. 
 
 11 God hath it spoken once to me, 
 
 Yea, this I heard again, 
 That power to Almighty God 
 Alone doth appertain. 
 
 12 Yea, mercy also unto thee 
 
 Belongs, Lord, alone: 
 For thou according to his work 
 Rewardest ev'ry one. 
 
88 PSALM LXIII. 
 
 1 LORD, thee my God, I'll early seek: 
 
 My soul doth thirst for thee ; 
 My flesh longs in a dry parch'd land, 
 Wherein no waters be: 
 
 2 That I thy power may behold, 
 
 And brightness of thy face, 
 As I have seen thee heretofore 
 Within thy holy place. 
 
 3 Since better is thy love than life, 
 
 My lips thee praise shall give. 
 
 4 I in thy name will lift my hands, 
 
 And bless thee while I live. 
 
 5 Ev'n as with marrow and with fat 
 
 My soul shall filled be ; 
 Then shall my mouth with joyful lips 
 Sing praises unto thee: 
 
 6 When I do thee upon my bed 
 
 Remember with delight, 
 And when on thee I meditate 
 In watches of the night. 
 
 7 In shadow of thy wings I'll joy; 
 
 For thou mine help hast been. 
 
 8 My soul thee follows hard ; and me 
 
 Thy right hand doth sustain. 
 
 9 Who seek my soul to spill shall sink 
 
 Down to earth's lowest room. 
 
 10 They by the sword shall be cut off, 
 
 And foxes' prey become. 
 
 11 Yet shall the king in God rejoice, 
 
 And each one glory shall 
 That swear by him : but stopp'd shall be 
 The mouth of liars all. 
 
 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 1 WHEN I to thee my prayer make, 
 
 Lord, to my voice give ear; 
 My life save from the enemy, 
 Of whom I stand in fear. 
 
 2 Me from their secret counsel hide 
 
 Who do live wickedly; 
 From insurrection of those men 
 That work iniquity: 
 
PSALMS LXIV, LXV. 89 
 
 3 Who do their tongues with malice whet, 
 
 And make them cut like swords; 
 In whose bent bows are arrows set, 
 Evn sharp and bitter words: 
 
 4 That they may at the perfect man 
 
 In secret aim their shot; 
 Yea, suddenly they dare at him 
 To shoot, and fear it not. 
 
 5 In ill encourage they themselves, 
 
 And their snares close do lay: 
 Together conference they have; 
 Who shall them see? they say. 
 
 6 They have searched out iniquities, 
 
 A perfect search they keep : 
 Of each of them the inward thought, 
 And very heart, is deep. 
 
 7 God shall an arrow shoot at them, 
 
 And wound them suddenly: 
 
 8 So their own tongue shall them confound ; 
 
 All who them see shall fly. 
 
 9 And on all men a fear shall fall, 
 
 God's works they shall declare ; 
 For they shall wisely notice take 
 What these his doings are. 
 
 10 In God the righteous shall rejoice, 
 And trust upon his might; 
 Yea, they shall greatly glory all 
 In heart that are upright. 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 1 PRAISE waits for thee in Sion, Lord: 
 
 To thee vows paid shall be. 
 
 2 thou that hearer art of pray'r, 
 
 All flesh shall come to thee. 
 
 3 Iniquities, I must confess, 
 
 Prevail against me do: 
 But as for our transgressions, 
 Them purge away shalt thou. 
 
 4 Bless'd is the man whom thou dost chuse, 
 
 And mak'st approach to thee, 
 That he within thy courts, Lord, 
 May still a dweller be : 
 
90 PSALM LXV. 
 
 We surely shall be satisfy'd 
 
 With thy abundant grace, 
 And with the goodness of thy house, 
 
 Ev'n of thy holy place. 
 
 5 O God of our salvation, 
 
 Thou, in thy righteousness, 
 By fearful Avorks unto our pray'rs 
 
 Thine answer dost express: 
 Therefore the ends of all the earth, 
 
 And those afar that be 
 Upon the sea, their confidence, 
 
 O Lord, will place in thee. 
 
 Who, being girt with pow'r, sets fast 
 By his great strength the hills. 
 
 7 Who noise of seas, noise of their waves, 
 
 And people's tumult, stills. 
 
 8 Those in the utmost parts that dwell 
 
 Are at thy signs afraid : 
 Th' outgoings of the morn and ev'n 
 By thee are joyful made. 
 
 9 The earth thou visit'st, watering it; 
 
 Thou mak'st it rich to grow 
 With God's full flood; thou corn prepar'st, 
 When thou provid'st it so. 
 
 10 Her rigs thou wat'rest plenteously, 
 
 Her furrows settelest : 
 With show'rs thou dost her mollify, 
 Her spring by thee is blest. 
 
 11 So thou the year most lib'rally 
 
 Dost with thy goodness crown ; 
 And all thy paths abundantly 
 On us drop fatness down. 
 
 12 They drop upon the pastures wide, 
 
 That do in deserts lie; 
 
 The little hills on ev'ry side 
 
 Rejoice right pleasantly. 
 
 13 With flocks the pastures clothed be, 
 
 The vales with corn are clad; 
 And now they shout and sing to thee, 
 For thou hast made them glad. 
 
PSALM LXVI. 91 
 
 1 ALL lands to God, in joyful sounds, 
 
 Aloft your voices raise. 
 
 2 Sing forth the honour of his name, 
 
 And glorious make his praise. 
 
 3 Say unto God, How terrible 
 
 In all thy works art thou ! 
 Through thy great pow'r thy foes to thee 
 Shall be constrained to bow. 
 
 4 All on the earth shall worship thee, 
 
 They shall thy praise proclaim 
 In songs : they shall sing cheerfully 
 Unto thy holy name. 
 
 5 Come, and theAvorks that God hath wrought 
 
 With admiration see : 
 In's working to the sons of men 
 Most terrible is he. 
 
 6 Into dry land the sea he turn'd, 
 
 And they a passage had; 
 Ev'n marching through the flood on foot, 
 There we in him were glad. 
 
 7 He ruleth ever by his pow'r; 
 
 His eyes the nations see : 
 let not the rebellious ones 
 Lift up themselves on high. 
 
 8 Ye people, bless our God; aloud 
 
 The voice speak of his praise : 
 
 9 Our soul in life who safe preserves, 
 
 Our foot from sliding stays. 
 
 10 For thou didst prove and try us, Lord, 
 
 As men do silver try; 
 
 11 Brought'st us into the net, and mad'st 
 
 Bands on our loins to lie. 
 
 12 Thou hast caus'd men ride o'er our heads; 
 
 And though that we did pass 
 Through fire and water, yet thou brought'st 
 Us to a wealthy place. 
 
 13 111 bring burnt-off 'rings to thy house; 
 
 To thee my vows I'll pay, 
 
 14 Which my lips utter'd, my mouth spake, 
 
 When trouble on me lay. 
 
 15 Burnt-sacrifices of fat rams 
 
 With incense I will bring; 
 
92 PSALMS LXVI, LXVIL 
 
 Of bullocks and of goats I will 
 Present an offering. 
 
 16 All that fear God, come, hear, I'll tell 
 
 What he did for my soul. 
 
 17 I with my mouth unto him cry'd, 
 
 My tongue did him extol. 
 
 18 If in my heart I sin regard, 
 
 The Lord me will not hear: 
 
 19 But surely God me heard, and to 
 
 My prayer's voice gave ear. 
 
 20 let the Lord, our gracious God, 
 
 For ever blessed be, 
 Who turned not my pray'r from him, 
 Nor yet his grace from me. 
 
 PSALM LXVIL 
 
 1 LORD, bless and pity us, 
 
 Shine on us with thy face : 
 
 2 That th' earth thy way, and nations all 
 
 May know thy saving grace. 
 
 3 Let people praise thee, Lord; 
 
 Let people all thee praise. 
 
 4 let the nations be glad, 
 
 In songs their voices raise : 
 
 Thou'lt justly people judge, 
 On earth rule nations all. 
 
 5 Let people praise thee, Lord; let them 
 
 Praise thee, both great and small. 
 
 6 The earth her fruit shall yield, 
 
 Our God shall blessing send. 
 
 7 God shall us bless; men shall him fear 
 
 Unto earth's utmost end. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 LORD, unto us be merciful, 
 
 Do thou us also bless; 
 And graciously cause shine on ns 
 The brightness of thy face : 
 
 2 That so thy way upon the earth 
 
 To all men may be known; 
 Also among the nations all 
 Thy saving health be shown. 
 
PSALMS LXVII, LXVIII. 93 
 
 3 let the people praise thee, Lord; 
 
 Let people all thee praise. 
 
 4 let the nations be glad, 
 
 And sing for joy always : 
 For rightly thou shalt people judge, 
 And nations rule on earth. 
 
 5 Let people praise thee, Lord; let all 
 
 The folk praise thee with mirth. 
 
 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; 
 
 God, our God, bless us shall. 
 
 7 God shall us bless; and of the earth 
 
 The ends shall fear him all. 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 1 LET God arise, and scattered 
 
 Let all his en'mies be ; 
 And let all those that do him hate 
 Before his presence flee. 
 
 2 As smoke is driv'n, so drive thou them ; 
 
 As fire melts wax away, 
 Before God's face let wicked men 
 So perish and decay. 
 
 3 But let the righteous be glad: 
 
 Let them before God's sight 
 Be very joyful; yea, let them 
 Rejoice with all their might. 
 
 4 To God sing, to his name sing praise ; 
 
 Extol him with your voice, 
 That rides on heav'n, by his name JAH, 
 Before his face rejoice. 
 
 5 Because the Lord a father is 
 
 Unto the fatherless ; 
 God is the widow's judge, within 
 His place of holiness. 
 
 6 God doth the solitary set 
 
 In fam'lies : and from bands 
 The chain'd doth free; but rebels do 
 Inhabit parched lands. 
 
 7 God, what time thou didst go forth 
 
 Before thy people's face; 
 And when through the great wilderness 
 Thy glorious inarching was; 
 
94 PSALM LXYIII. 
 
 8 Then at God's presence shook the earth, 
 
 Then drops from heaven fell ; 
 This Sinai shook before the Lord, 
 The God of Israel. 
 
 9 God, thou to thine heritage 
 
 Didst send a plenteous rain, 
 Whereby thou, when it weary was, 
 Didst it refresh again. 
 
 10 Thy congregation then did make 
 
 Their habitation there: 
 Of thine own goodness for the poor, 
 God, thou didst prepare. 
 
 11 The Lord himself did give the word, 
 
 The word abroad did spread ; 
 Great was the company of them 
 The same who published. 
 
 12 Kings of great armies foiled were, 
 
 And fore'd to flee away ; 
 And women, who remain'd at home, 
 Did distribute the prey. 
 
 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, 
 
 Like doves ye shall appear, 
 Whose wings with silver, and with gold 
 Whose feathers cover'd are. 
 
 14 When there th' Almighty scatter'd kings, 
 
 Like Salmon's snow 'twas white. 
 
 15 God's hill is like to Bashan hill, 
 
 Like Bashan hill for height. 
 
 16 Why do ye leap, ye mountains high? 
 
 This is the hill where God 
 Desires to dwell ; yea, God in it 
 For aye will make abode. 
 
 17 God's chariots twenty thousand are, 
 
 Thousands of angels strong; 
 In's holy place God is, as in 
 Mount Sinai, them among. 
 
 18 Thou hast, Lord, most glorious, 
 
 Ascended up on high ; 
 And in triumph victorious led 
 
 Captive captivity : 
 Thou hast received gifts for men, 
 
 For such as did rebel ; 
 
PSALM LXVIII. 95 
 
 Yea., ev'n for them, that God the Lord 
 In midst of them might dwell. 
 
 19 Bless'd be the Lord, who is to us 
 
 Of our salvation God ; 
 Who daily with his benefits 
 Us plenteously doth load. 
 
 20 He of salvation is the God, 
 
 Who is our God most strong; 
 And unto God the Lord from death 
 The issues do belong. 
 
 21 But surely God shall wound the head 
 
 Of those that are his foes; 
 The hairy scalp of him that still 
 On in his trespass goes. 
 
 22 God said, My people I will bring 
 
 Again from Bashan hill ; 
 Yea, from the sea's devouring depths 
 Them bring again I will ; 
 
 23 That in the blood of enemies 
 
 Thy foot imbru'd may be, 
 And of thy dogs dipp'd in the same 
 The tongues thou mayest see. 
 
 24 Thy goings they have seen, God ; 
 
 The steps of majesty 
 Of my God, and my mighty King, 
 Within the sanctuary. 
 
 25 Before went singers, players next 
 
 On instruments took way ; 
 And them among the damsels were 
 That did on timbrels play. 
 
 26 Within the congregations 
 
 Bless God with one accord : 
 
 From Isr'el's fountain do ye bless 
 
 And praise the mighty Lord. 
 
 27 With their prince, little Benjamin, 
 
 Princes and council there 
 Of Judah were, there Zabulon's 
 
 And Napht'li's princes were. [strong 
 
 28 Thy God commands thy strength ; make 
 
 What thou wrought'st for us, Lord. 
 
 29 For thy house at Jerusalem 
 
 Kings shall thee gifts afford. 
 
96 PSALMS LXVIII, LXIX. 
 
 30 The spearmen's host, the multitude 
 
 Of bulls, which fiercely look, 
 Those calves which people have forth sent, 
 
 Lord our God, rebuke, 
 Till ev'ry one submit himself, 
 
 And silver pieces bring : 
 The people that delight in war 
 
 Disperse, God and King. 
 
 31 Those that be princes great shall then 
 
 Come out of Egypt lands ; 
 And Ethiopia to God 
 
 Shall soon stretch out her hands. 
 
 32 O all ye kingdoms of the earth, 
 
 Sing praises to this King ; 
 For he is Lord that ruleth all, 
 Unto him praises sing. 
 
 33 To him that rides on heav'ns of heav'ns, 
 
 Which he of old did found; 
 Lo, he sends out his voice, a voice 
 In might that doth abound. 
 
 34 Strength unto God do ye ascribe; 
 
 For his excellency 
 Is over Israel, his strength 
 Is in the clouds most high. 
 
 35 Thou'rt from thy temple dreadful, Lord; 
 
 Isr'el's own God is he, 
 Who gives his people strength and pow'r: 
 
 let God blessed be. 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 1 SAVE me, God, because the floods 
 Do so environ me, 
 That evn unto my very soul 
 Come in the waters be. 
 !2 I downward in deep mire do sink, 
 Where standing there is none : 
 I am into deep waters come, 
 Where floods have o'er me gone. 
 
 3 I weary with my crying am, 
 My throat is also dry'd; 
 Mine eyes do fail, while for my God 
 
 1 waiting do abide. 
 
PSALM LXIX. 97 
 
 4 Those men that do without a cause 
 
 Bear hatred unto me, 
 Than are the hairs upon my head 
 In number more they be : 
 
 They that would me destroy, and are 
 
 Mine en'mies wrongfully, 
 Are mighty: so what I took not, 
 
 To render forc'd was I. 
 
 5 Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins 
 
 Not cover'd are from thee. 
 
 6 Let none that wait on thee be sham'd, 
 
 Lord God of hosts, for me. 
 
 Lord, the God of Israel, 
 
 Let none, who search do make, 
 
 And seek thee, be at any time 
 Confounded for my sake. 
 
 7 For I have borne reproach for thee, 
 
 My face is hid with shame. 
 
 8 To brethren strange, to mother's sons 
 
 An alien I became. 
 
 9 Because the zeal did eat me up, 
 
 Which to thine house I bear; 
 And the reproaches cast at thee, 
 Upon me fallen are. 
 
 10 My tears and fasts, t' afflict my soul, 
 
 Were turned to my shame. 
 
 11 When sackcloth I did wear, to them 
 
 A proverb I became. 
 
 12 The men that in the gate do sit 
 
 Against me evil spake; 
 They also that vile drunkards were, 
 Of me their song did make. 
 
 13 But, in an acceptable time, 
 
 My pray'r, Lord, is to thee : 
 
 In truth of thy salvation, Lord, 
 
 And mercy great, hear me. 
 
 14 Deliver me out of the mire, 
 
 From sinking do me keep; 
 Free me from those that do me hate, 
 And from the waters deep. 
 
 15 Let not the flood on me prevail, 
 
 Whose water overflows; 
 
98 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 Nor deep me swallow, nor the pit 
 Her mouth upon me close. 
 
 16 Hear me, Lord, because thy love 
 
 And kindness is most good ; 
 Turn unto me, according to 
 Thy mercies' multitude. 
 
 17 Nor from thy servant hide thy face : 
 
 I'm troubled, soon attend, 
 
 18 Draw near my soul, and it redeem ; 
 
 Me from my foes defend. 
 
 19 To thee is my reproach well known, 
 
 My shame, and my disgrace : 
 Those that mine adversaries be 
 Are all before thy face. 
 
 20 Reproach hath broke my heart ; I'm full 
 
 Of grief: I look'd for one 
 To pity me, but none I found; 
 Comforters found I none. 
 
 21 They also bitter gall did give 
 
 Unto me for my meat : 
 They gave me vinegar to drink, 
 When as my thirst was great. 
 
 22 Before them let their table prove 
 
 A snare; and do thou make 
 Their welfare and prosperity 
 A trap themselves to take. 
 
 23 Let thou their eyes so darken'd be, 
 
 That sight may them forsake; 
 And let their loins be made by thee 
 Continually to shake. 
 
 24 Thy fury pour thou out on them, 
 
 And indignation; 
 And let thy wrathful anger, Lord, 
 Fast hold take them upon. 
 
 25 All waste and desolate let be 
 
 Their habitation ; 
 And in their tabernacles all 
 Inhabitants be none. 
 
 26 Because him they do persecute, 
 
 Whom thou didst smite before; 
 
 They talk unto the grief of those 
 
 Whom thou hast wounded sore. 
 
PSALMS LXIX, LXX. 99 
 
 27 Add thou iniquity unto 
 
 Their former wickedness; 
 And do not let them come at all 
 Into thy righteousness. 
 
 28 Out of the book of life let them 
 
 Be raz'd and blotted quite; 
 Among the just and righteous 
 Let not their names be writ. 
 
 29 But now become exceeding poor 
 
 And sorrowful am I : 
 By thy salvation, my God, 
 Let me be set on high. 
 
 30 The name of God I with a song 
 
 Most cheerfully will praise; 
 
 And I, in giving thanks to him, 
 
 His name shall highly raise. 
 
 31 This to the Lord a sacrifice 
 
 More gracious shall prove 
 Than bullock, ox, or any beast 
 That hath both horn and hoof. 
 
 32 When this the humble men shall see, 
 
 It joy to them shall give : 
 all ye that do seek the Lord, 
 Your hearts shall ever live. 
 
 33 For God the poor hears, and will not 
 
 His prisoners contemn. 
 
 34 Let heav'n, and earth, and seas, him praise, 
 
 And all that move in them. 
 
 35 For God will Judah's cities build, 
 
 And he will Sion save, 
 That they may dwell therein, and it 
 In sure possession have. 
 
 36 And they that are his servants' seed 
 
 Inherit shall the same ; 
 So shall they have their dwelling there 
 That love his blessed name. 
 
 PSALM LXX. 
 
 1 LORD, haste me to deliver; 
 
 With speed, Lord, succour me. 
 
 2 Let them that for my soul do seek 
 
 Sham'd and confounded be : 
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100 PSALMS LXX, LXXI. 
 
 Turn'd back be they, and sham'd, 
 That in my hurt delight. 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha ! that say, 
 
 Their shaming to requite. 
 
 4 In thee let all be glad, 
 
 And joy that seek for thee : 
 Let them who thy salvation love 
 Say still, God praised be. 
 
 5 I poor and needy am ; 
 
 Come, Lord, and make no stay : 
 My help thou and deliv'rer art; 
 Lord, make no delay. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 MAKE haste, God, me to preserve; 
 
 With speed, Lord, succour me. 
 
 2 Let them that for my soul do seek 
 
 Sham'd and confounded be : 
 Let them be turned back, and sham'd, 
 That in my hurt delight. 
 
 3 Turn'd back be they, Ha, ha! that say, 
 
 Their shaming to requite. 
 
 4 Lord, in thee let all be glad, 
 
 And joy that seek for thee : 
 Let them who thy salvation love 
 Say still, God praised be. 
 
 5 But I both poor and needy am ; 
 
 Come, Lord, and make no stay : 
 My help thou and deliv'rer art; 
 
 Lord, make no delay. 
 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 1 LORD, my hope and confidence 
 
 Is plac'd in thee alone; 
 Then let thy servant never be 
 Put to confusion. 
 
 2 And let me, in thy righteousness, 
 
 From thee deliverance have: 
 Cause me escape, incline thine ear 
 Unto me, and me save. 
 
 3 Be thou my dwelling-rock, to which 
 
 1 ever may resort: 
 
PSALM LXXI. 101 
 
 Thou gav'st commandment me to save, 
 For thou'rt my rock and fort. 
 
 4 Free me, my God, from wicked hands, 
 
 Hands cruel and unjust : 
 
 5 For thou, Lord God, art my hope, 
 
 And from my youth my trust. 
 
 6 Thou from the womb didst hold me up; 
 
 Thou art the same that me 
 Out of my mother's bowels took; 
 I ever will praise thee. 
 
 7 To many I a wonder am; 
 
 But thou'rt my refuge strong. 
 
 8 Fill'd let my mouth be with thy praise 
 
 And honour all day long. 
 
 9 do not cast me off, when as 
 
 Old age doth overtake me; 
 And when my strength decayed is, 
 Then do not thou forsake me. 
 
 10 For those that are mine enemies 
 
 Against me speak with hate; 
 And they together counsel take 
 That for my soul lay wait. 
 
 1 1 They said, God leaves him ; him pursue 
 
 And take : none will him save. 
 
 12 Be thou not far from me, my God : 
 
 Thy speedy help I crave. 
 
 13 Confound, consume them, that unto 
 
 My soul are enemies: 
 Cloth'd be they with reproach and shame 
 That do my hurt devise. 
 
 14 But I with expectation 
 
 Will hope continually; 
 And yet with praises more and more 
 I will thee magnify. 
 
 15 Thy justice and salvation 
 
 My mouth abroad shall show, 
 Ev'n all the day ; for I thereof 
 The numbers do not know. 
 
 16 And I will constantly go on 
 
 In strength of God the Lord ; 
 And thine own righteousness, ev'n thine 
 Alone, I will record. 
 
102 PSALMS LXXI, LXXII. 
 
 17 For even from my youth, God, 
 
 By thee I have been taught; 
 And hitherto I have declar'd 
 The wonders thou hast wrought. 
 
 18 And now, Lord, leave me not, when I 
 
 Old and gray-headed grow : 
 Till to this age thy strength and pow'r 
 To all to come I show. 
 
 19 And thy most perfect righteousness, 
 
 Lord, is very high, 
 Who hast so great things done : God, 
 Who is like unto thee? 
 
 20 Thou, Lord, who great adversities, 
 
 And sore, to me didst show, 
 Shalt quicken, and bring me again 
 From depths of earth below. 
 
 21 My greatness and my pow'r thou wilt 
 
 Increase, and far extend : 
 On ev'ry side against all grief 
 Thou wilt me comfort send. 
 
 22 Thee, ev'n thy truth, I'll also praise, 
 
 My God, with psaltery : 
 Thou Holy One of Israel, 
 With harp I'll sing to thee. 
 
 23 My lips shall much rejoice in thee, 
 
 When I thy praises sound ; 
 My soul, which thou redeemed hast, 
 In joy shall much abound. 
 
 24 My tongue thy justice shall proclaim, 
 
 Continuing all day long; 
 For they confounded are, and sham'd, 
 That seek to do me wrong 
 
 6" 
 
 PSALM LXXII. 
 
 LORD, thy judgments give the king, 
 
 His son thy righteousness. 
 With right he shall thy people judge, 
 
 Thy poor with uprightness. 
 The lofty mountains shall bring forth 
 
 Unto the people peace; 
 Likewise the little hills the same 
 
 Shall do by righteousness. 
 
PSALM LXXII. 103 
 
 4 The people's poor ones he shall judge, 
 
 The needy's children save; 
 And those shall he in pieces break 
 Who them oppressed have. 
 
 5 They shall thee fear, while sun and moon 
 
 Do last, through ages all. 
 
 6 Like rain on mown grass he shall drop, 
 
 Or show'rs on earth that fall. 
 
 7 The just shall flourish in his days, 
 
 And prosper in his reign : 
 He shall, while doth the moon endure, 
 Abundant peace maintain. 
 
 8 His large and great dominion shall 
 
 From sea to sea extend : 
 It from the river shall reach forth 
 Unto earth's utmost end. 
 
 9 They in the wilderness that dwell 
 
 Bow down before him must; 
 And they that are his enemies 
 Shall lick the very dust. 
 
 10 The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, 
 
 To him shall presents bring; 
 And unto him shall offer gifts 
 Sheba's and Seba's king. 
 
 11 Yea, all the mighty kings on earth 
 
 Before him down shall fall; 
 And all the nations of the world 
 Do service to him shall. 
 
 12 For he the needy shall preserve, 
 
 When he to him doth call; 
 The poor also, and him that hath 
 No help of man at all. 
 
 13 The poor man and the indigent 
 
 In mercy he shall spare; 
 He shall preserve alive the souls 
 Of those that needy are. 
 
 14 Both from deceit and violence 
 
 Their soul he shall set free; 
 And in his sight right precious 
 And dear their blood shall be. 
 
 15 Yea, he shall live, and giv'n to him 
 
 Shall be of Sheba's gold : 
 
104 PSALMS LXXII, LXXIII. 
 
 For him still shall they pray, and he 
 Shall daily be extoll'd. 
 
 16 Of corn an handful in the earth 
 
 On tops of mountains high, 
 With prosp'rous fruit shall shake, like trees 
 On Lebanon that be. 
 
 The city shall be flourishing, 
 
 Her citizens abound 
 In number shall, like to the grass 
 
 That grows upon the ground. 
 
 17 His name for ever shall endure; 
 
 Last like the sun it shall : 
 Men shall be bless'd in him, and bless'd 
 All nations shall him call. 
 
 18 Now blessed be the Lord our God, 
 
 The God of Israel, 
 For he alone doth wondrous works, 
 In glory that excel. 
 
 19 And blessed be his glorious name 
 
 To all eternity: 
 The whole earth let his glory fill. 
 Amen, so let it be. 
 
 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 1 YET God is good to Israel, 
 
 To each pure-hearted one. 
 
 2 But as for me, my steps near slipp'd, 
 
 My feet were almost gone. 
 
 3 For I envious was, and grudg'd 
 
 The foolish folk to see, 
 When I perceiv'd the wicked soil; 
 Enjoy prosperity. 
 
 4 For still their strength continueth firm ; 
 
 Their death of bands is free. 
 
 5 They are not toil'd like other men, 
 
 Nor plagu'd, as others be. 
 
 6 Therefore their pride, like to a chain, 
 
 Them compasseth about; 
 And, as a garment, violence 
 Doth cover them throughout. 
 
 7 Their eyes stand out with fat ; they have 
 
 More than their hearts could wish. 
 
PSALM LXXIIL 105 
 
 8 They are corrupt ; their talk of wrong 
 
 Both lewd and lofty is. 
 
 9 They set their mouth against the heav'ns 
 
 In their blasphemous talk ; 
 And their reproaching tongue throughout 
 The earth at large doth walk. 
 
 10 His people oftentimes for this 
 
 Look back, and turn about; 
 Sith waters of so full a cup 
 To these are poured out. 
 
 11 And thus they say, How can it be 
 
 That God these things doth know? 
 Or, Can there in the Highest be 
 Knowledge of things below? 
 
 12 Behold, these are the wicked ones, 
 
 Yet prosper at their will 
 In worldly things; they do increase 
 In wealth and riches still. 
 
 13 I verily have done in vain 
 
 My heart to purify; 
 To no effect in innocence 
 Washed my hands have I. 
 
 14 For daily, and all day throughout, 
 
 Great plagues I suffer'd have; 
 Yea, ev'ry morning I of new 
 Did chastisement receive. 
 
 15 If in this manner foolishly 
 
 To speak I would intend, 
 Thy children's generation, 
 Behold, I should offend. 
 
 16 When I this thought to know, it was 
 
 Too hard a thing for me; 
 
 17 Till to God's sanctuary I went, 
 
 Then I their end did see. 
 
 18 Assuredly thou didst them set 
 
 A slipp'ry place upon ; 
 Them suddenly thou castedst down 
 Into destruction. 
 
 19 How in a moment suddenly 
 
 To ruin brought are they! 
 With fearful terrors utterly 
 They are consum'd away. 
 
10G PSALMS LXXIII, LXXIV. 
 
 20 Ev'n like unto a dream, when one 
 
 From sleeping doth arise; 
 So thou, Lord, when thou awak'st, 
 Their image shalt despise. 
 
 21 Thus grieved was my heart in me, 
 
 And me my reins opprest : 
 
 22 So rude was I, and ignorant, 
 
 And in thy sight a beast. 
 
 23 Nevertheless continually, 
 
 Lord, I am with thee : 
 
 Thou dost me hold by my right hand, 
 And still upholdest me. 
 
 24 Thou, with thy counsel, while I live, 
 
 Wilt me conduct and guide ; 
 And to thy glory afterward 
 Receive me to abide. 
 
 25 Whom have I in the heavens high 
 
 But thee, O Lord, alone? 
 And in the earth whom I desire 
 Besides thee there is none. 
 
 26 My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, 
 
 But God doth fail me never: 
 For of my heart God is the strength 
 And portion for ever. 
 
 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee 
 
 For ever perish shall; 
 Them that a whoring from thee go 
 Thou hast destroyed all. 
 
 28 But surely it is good for me 
 
 That I draw near to God : 
 In God I trust, that all thy works 
 
 1 may declare abroad. 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 1 GOD, why hast thou cast us off? 
 
 Is it for evermore? 
 Against thy pasture-sheep why doth 
 Thine anger smoke so sore? 
 
 2 call to thy remembrance 
 
 Thy congregation, 
 Which thou hast purchased of old ; 
 Still think the same upon : 
 
PSALM LXXIV. 107 
 
 The rod of thine inheritance, 
 Which thou redeemed hast, 
 
 This Sion hill, wherein thou hadst 
 Thy dwelling in times past. 
 
 3 To these long desolations 
 
 Thy feet lift, do not tarry; 
 For all the ills thy foes have done 
 Within thy sanctuary. 
 
 4 Amidst thy congregations 
 
 Thine enemies do roar: 
 Their ensigns they set up for signs 
 Of triumph thee before. 
 
 5 A man was famous, and was had 
 
 In estimation, 
 According as he lifted up 
 His axe thick trees upon. 
 
 6 But all at once with axes now 
 
 And hammers they go to, 
 And down the carved work thereof 
 They break, and quite undo. 
 
 7 They fired have thy sanctuary, 
 
 And have defil'd the same, 
 By casting down unto the ground 
 The place where dwelt thy name. 
 
 8 Thus said they in their hearts, Let us 
 
 Destroy them out of hand : 
 They burnt up all the synagogues 
 Of God within the land. 
 
 9 Our signs we do not now behold ; 
 
 There is not us among 
 A prophet more, nor any one 
 That knows the time how long. 
 
 10 How long, Lord, shall the enemy 
 
 Thus in reproach exclaim ? 
 And shall the adversary thus 
 Always blaspheme thy name ? 
 
 11 Thy hand, ev'n thy right hand of might, 
 
 Why dost thou thus draw back? 
 from thy bosom pluck it out 
 For our deliv'rance' sake. 
 
 12 For certainly God is my King, 
 
 Ev'n from the times of old, 
 
108 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 Working in midst of all the earth 
 Salvation manifold. 
 
 13 The sea, by thy great pow'r, to part 
 
 Asunder thou didst make ; 
 And thou the dragons' heads, Lord, 
 Within the waters brake. 
 
 14 The leviathan's head thou brak'st 
 
 In pieces, and didst give 
 Him to be meat unto the folk 
 In wilderness that live. 
 
 15 Thou clav'st the fountain and the flood, 
 
 Which did with streams abound : 
 Thou dry'dst the mighty waters up 
 Unto the very ground. 
 
 16 Thine only is the day, Lord, 
 
 Thine also is the night; 
 And thou alone prepared hast 
 The sun and shining light. 
 
 17 By thee the borders of the earth 
 
 Were settled ev'ry where: 
 The summer and the winter both 
 By thee created were. 
 
 18 That th' enemy reproached hath, 
 
 keep it in record; 
 And that the foolish people have 
 Blasphem'd thy name, Lord. 
 
 19 Unto the multitude do not 
 
 Thy turtle's soul deliver : 
 The congregation of thy poor 
 Do not forget for ever. 
 
 20 Unto thy cov'nant have respect; 
 
 For earth's dark places be 
 Full of the habitations 
 Of horrid cruelty. 
 
 21 let not those that be oppress'd 
 
 Return again with shame: 
 Let those that poor and needy are 
 Give praise unto thy name. 
 
 22 Do thou, God, arise and plead 
 
 The cause that is thine own: 
 Remember how thou art reproach'd 
 Still by the foolish one. 
 
PSALMS LXXV, LXXVI. 109 
 
 23 Do not forget the voice of those 
 That are thine enemies: 
 Of those the tumult ever grows 
 That do against thee rise. 
 
 PSALM LXXV. 
 
 1 TO thee, God, do we give thanks, 
 
 We do give thanks to thee; 
 Because thy wondrous works declare 
 Thy great name near to be. 
 
 2 I purpose, when I shall receive 
 
 The congregation, 
 That I shall judgment uprightly 
 Render to ev'ry one. 
 
 3 Dissolved is the land, with all 
 
 That in the same do dwell; 
 But I the pillars thereof do 
 Bear up, and stablish well. 
 
 4 I to the foolish people said, 
 
 Do not deal foolishly ; 
 And unto those that wicked are, 
 Lift not your horn on high. 
 
 5 Lift not your horn on high, nor speak 
 
 6 With stubborn neck. But know, 
 That not from east, nor west, nor south, 
 
 Promotion doth flow. 
 
 7 But God is judge; he puts down one, 
 
 And sets another up. 
 
 8 For in the hand of God most high 
 
 Of red wine is a cup : 
 
 'Tis full of mixture, he pours forth, 
 
 And makes the wicked all 
 Wring out the bitter dregs thereof; 
 
 Yea, and they drink them shall. 
 
 9 But I for ever will declare, 
 
 I Jacob's God will praise. 
 10 All horns of lewd men I'll cut off; 
 But just men's horns will raise. 
 
 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 1 IN Judah's land God is well known, 
 His name's in Isr'el great; 
 
110 PSALMS LXXVI, LXXVII. 
 
 2 In Salem is his tabernacle, 
 
 In Sion is his seat. 
 
 3 There arrows of the bow he brake, 
 
 The shield, the sword, the war. 
 
 4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, 
 
 More excellent art far. 
 
 5 Those that were stout of heart are spoil'd, 
 
 They slept their sleep outright ; 
 And none of those their hands did find, 
 That were the men of might. 
 
 6 When thy rebuke, Jacob's God, 
 
 Had forth against them past, 
 Their horses and their chariots both 
 Were in a dead sleep cast. 
 
 7 Thou, Lord, ev n thou art he that should 
 
 Be fear'd; and who is lie 
 That may stand up before thy sight, 
 If once thou angry be? 
 
 8 From heav'n thou judgment caus'd be heard; 
 
 The earth was still with fear, 
 
 9 When God to judgment rose, to save 
 
 All meek on earth that were. 
 
 10 Surely the very wrath of man 
 
 Unto thy praise redounds : 
 Thou to the remnant of his wrath 
 Wilt set restraining bounds. 
 
 11 Vow to the Lord your God, and pay: 
 
 All ye that near him be, 
 Bring gifts and presents unto him ; 
 For to be fear'd is he. 
 
 12 By him the sp'rits shall be cut off 
 
 Of those that princes are : 
 Unto the kings that are on earth 
 He fearful doth appear. 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 
 1 UNTO the Lord I with my voice, 
 
 I unto God did cry; 
 Ev'n with my voice, and unto me 
 His ear he did apply. 
 
 2 I in my trouble sought the Lord, 
 
 My sore by night did run, 
 
PSALM LXXVII. Ill 
 
 And ceased not; my grieved soul 
 Did consolation shun. 
 
 3 I to remembrance God did call, 
 
 Yet trouble did remain; 
 And overwhelm'd my spirit was, 
 Whilst I did sore complain. 
 
 4 Mine eyes, debarr'd from rest and sleep, 
 
 Thou makest still to wake ; 
 My trouble is so great that I 
 Unable am to speak. 
 
 5 The days of old to mind I call'd, 
 
 And oft did think upon 
 The times and ages that are past 
 Full many years agone. 
 
 6 By night my song I call to mind, 
 
 And commune with my heart; 
 My sp'rit did carefully enquire 
 How I might ease my smart. 
 
 7 For ever will the Lord cast off, 
 
 And gracious be no more? 
 
 8 For ever is his mercy gone? 
 
 Fails his word evermore? 
 
 9 Is't true that to be gracious 
 
 The Lord forgotten hath? 
 And that his tender mercies he 
 Hath shut up in his wrath? 
 
 10 Then did I say, That surely this 
 
 Is mine infirmity : 
 I'll mind the years of the right hand 
 Of him that is most high. 
 
 11 Yea I remember will the works 
 
 Performed by the Lord : 
 The wonders done of old by thee 
 I surely will record. 
 
 12 I also will of all thy works 
 
 My meditation make ; 
 And of thy doings to discourse 
 Great pleasure I will take. 
 
 13 God, thy way most holy is 
 
 Within thy sanctuary ; 
 And what god is so great in powr 
 As is our God most high? 
 
112 PSALMS LXXVir, LXXVIII. 
 
 14 Thou art the God that wonders do'st 
 
 By thy right hand most strong : 
 Thy mighty pow'r thou hast declar'd 
 The nations among. 
 
 15 To thine own people with thine arm 
 
 Thou didst redemption bring ; 
 To Jacob's sons, and to the tribes 
 Of Joseph that do spring. 
 
 16 The waters, Lord, perceived thee, 
 
 The waters saw thee well ; 
 And they for fear aside did flee ; 
 The depths on trembling fell. 
 
 17 The clouds in water forth were pour'd, 
 
 Sound loudly did the sky ; 
 And swiftly through the world abroad 
 Thine arrows fierce did fly. 
 
 18 Thy thunder's voice alongst the heav'n 
 
 A mighty noise did make ; 
 By lightnings lighten'd was the world, 
 Th' earth tremble did and shake. 
 
 19 Thy way is in the sea, and in 
 
 The waters great thy path ; 
 Yet are thy footsteps hid, O Lord ; 
 None knowledge thereof hath. 
 
 20 Thy people thou didst safely lead, 
 
 Like to a flock of sheep ; 
 By Moses' hand and Aaron's thou 
 Didst them conduct and keep. 
 
 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 1 ATTEND, my people, to my law ; 
 
 Thereto give thou an ear; 
 The words that from my mouth proceed 
 Attentively do hear. 
 
 2 My mouth shall speak a parable, 
 
 And sayings dark of old ; 
 
 3 The same which we have heard and known, 
 
 And us our fathers told. 
 
 4 We also will them not conceal 
 
 From their posterity ; 
 Them to the generation 
 To come declare will we: 
 
PSALM LXXVIIL 113 
 
 The praises of the Lord our God, 
 
 And his almighty strength, 
 The wondrous works that he hath done, 
 
 We will shew forth at length. 
 
 5 His testimony and his law 
 
 In Isr'el he did place, 
 And charg'd our fathers it to show 
 To their succeeding race ; 
 
 6 That so the race which was to come 
 
 Might well them learn and know; 
 And sons unborn, who should arise, 
 Might to their sons them show : 
 
 7 That they might set their hope in God, 
 
 And suffer not to fall 
 His mighty works out of their mind, 
 But keep his precepts all : 
 
 8 And might not, like their fathers, be 
 
 A stiff rebellious race ; 
 A race not right in heart ; with God 
 Whose sp'rit not stedfast was. 
 
 9 The sons of Ephraim, who nor bows 
 
 Nor other arms did lack, 
 When as the day of battle was, 
 They faintly turned back. 
 
 10 They brake God's cov'nant, and refus'd 
 
 In his commands to go ; 
 
 11 His works and wonders they forgot, 
 
 Which he to them did show. 
 
 12 Things marvellous he brought to pass; 
 
 Their fathers them beheld 
 Within the land of Egypt done, 
 Yea, ev'n in Zoan's field. 
 
 13 By him divided was the sea, 
 
 He caus'd them through to pass ; 
 And made the waters so to stand, 
 As like an heap it was. 
 
 14 With cloud by day, with light of fire 
 
 All night, he did them guide. 
 
 15 In desert rocks he clave, and drink, 
 
 As from great depths, supply'd. 
 
 16 He from the rock brought streams, like 
 
 Made waters to run down. [floods 
 
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114 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 17 Yet sinning more, in desert they 
 
 Provok'd the highest One. 
 
 18 For in their heart they tempted God, 
 
 And, speaking with mistrust, 
 They greedily did meat require 
 To satisfy their lust. 
 
 19 Against the Lord himself they spake, 
 
 And, murmuring, said thus, 
 A table in the wilderness 
 Can God prepare for us? 
 
 20 Behold, he smote the rock, and thence 
 
 Came streams and waters great ; 
 But can he give his people bread ? 
 And send them flesh to eat ? 
 
 21 The Lord did hear, and waxed wroth ; 
 
 So kindled was a flame 
 'Gainst Jacob, and 'gainst Israel 
 Up indignation came. 
 
 22 For they believ'd not God, nor trust 
 
 In his salvation had ; 
 
 23 Though clouds above he did command, 
 
 And heav'n's doors open made, 
 
 24 And manna rain'd on them, and gave 
 
 Them corn of heav'n to eat. 
 
 25 Man angels' food did eat; to them 
 
 He to the full sent meat. 
 
 26 And in the heaven he did cause 
 
 An eastern wind to blow ; 
 And by his power he let out 
 The southern wind to go. 
 
 27 Then flesh as thick as dust he made 
 
 To rain down them among ; 
 And feather'd fowls, like as the sand 
 Which li'th the shore along. 
 
 28 At his command amidst their camp 
 
 These show'rs of flesh down fell, 
 All round about the tabernacles 
 And tents where they did dwell. 
 
 29 So they did eat abundantly, 
 
 And had of meat their fill ; 
 For he did give to them what was 
 Their own desire and will. 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 115 
 
 30 They from their lust had not estrangM 
 
 Their heart and their desire ; 
 But while the meat was in their mouths, 
 Which they did so require, 
 
 31 God's wrath upon them came, and slew 
 
 The fattest of them all ; 
 So that the choice of Israel, 
 O'erthrown by death, did fall. 
 
 32 Yet, notwithstanding of all this, 
 
 They sinned still the more ; 
 And though he had great wonders wrought, 
 Believ'd him not therefore: 
 
 33 Wherefore their days in vanity 
 
 He did consume and waste ; 
 And by his wrath their wretched years 
 Away in trouble past. 
 
 34 But when he slew them, then they did 
 
 To seek him shew desire ; 
 Yea, they return 'd, and after God 
 Right early did enquire. 
 
 35 And that the Lord had been their Rock 
 
 They did remember then ; 
 EVn that the high almighty God 
 Had their Redeemer been. 
 
 36 Yet with their mouth they flatter'd him, 
 
 And spake but feignedly; 
 And they unto the God of truth 
 With their false tongues did lie. 
 
 37 For though their words were good, their 
 
 "With him was not sincere; [heart 
 Unstedfast and perfidious 
 They in his cov'nant were. 
 
 38 But, full of pity, he forgave 
 
 Their sin, them did not slay; 
 Nor stirr'd up all his wrath, but oft 
 His anger turn'd away. 
 
 39 For that they were but fading flesh 
 
 To mind he did recall ; 
 A wind that passeth soon away, 
 And not returns at all. 
 
 40 How often did they him provoke 
 
 Within the wilderness! 
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116 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 And in the desert did him grieve 
 With their rebelliousness ! 
 
 41 Yea, turning back, they tempted God, 
 
 And limits set upon 
 Him, who in midst of Isr'el is 
 The only Holy One. 
 
 42 They did not call to mind his pow'r, 
 
 Nor yet the day when he 
 Deliver'd them out of the hand 
 Of their fierce enemy; 
 
 43 Nor how great signs in Egypt land 
 
 He openly had wrought; 
 What miracles in Zoan's field 
 His hand to pass had brought. 
 
 44 How lakes and rivers ev'ry where 
 
 He turned into blood; 
 So that nor man nor beast could drink 
 Of standing lake or flood. 
 
 45 He brought among them swarms of flies, 
 
 Which did them sore annoy; 
 And divers kinds of filthy frogs 
 He sent them to destroy. 
 
 46 He to the caterpillar gave 
 
 The fruits of all their soil; 
 Their labours he deliver'd up 
 Unto the locusts' spoil. 
 
 47 Their vines with hail, their sycamores 
 
 He with the frost did blast : 
 
 48 Their beasts to hail he gave ; their flocks 
 
 Hot thunderbolts did waste. 
 
 49 Fierce burning wrath he on them cast, 
 
 And indignation strong, 
 And troubles sore, by sending forth 
 111 angels them among. 
 
 50 He to his wrath made way; their soul 
 
 From death he did not save ; 
 But over to the pestilence 
 The lives of them he gave. 
 
 51 In Egypt land the first-born all 
 
 He smote down ev'ry where; 
 Among the tents of Ham, ev'n these 
 Chief of their strength that were. 
 
PSALM LXXVIII. 117 
 
 52 But his own people, like to sheep, 
 
 Thence to go forth he made ; 
 And he, amidst the wilderness, 
 Them, as a flock, did lead. 
 
 53 And he them safely on did lead, 
 
 So that they did not fear; 
 Whereas their en'mies by the sea 
 Quite overwhelmed were. 
 
 54 To borders of his sanctuary 
 
 The Lord his people led, 
 Ev'n to the mount which his right hand 
 For them had purchased. 
 
 55 The nations of Canaan, 
 
 By his almighty hand, 
 Before their face he did expel 
 
 Out of their native land ; 
 Which for inheritance to them 
 
 By line he did divide, 
 And made the tribes of Israel 
 
 Within their tents abide. 
 
 56 Yet God most high they did provoke, 
 
 And tempted ever still; 
 And to observe his testimonies 
 Did not incline their will: 
 
 57 But, like their fathers, turned back, 
 
 And dealt unfaithfully: 
 Aside they turned, like a bow 
 That shoots deceitfully. 
 
 58 For they to anger did provoke 
 
 Him with their places high; 
 And with their graven images 
 Mov'd him to jealousy. 
 
 59 When God heard this, he waxed wroth, 
 
 And much loath'd Isr'el then: 
 
 60 So Shiloh's tent he left, the tent 
 
 Which he had plac'd with men. 
 
 61 And he his strength delivered 
 
 Into captivity; 
 He left his glory in the hand 
 Of his proud enemy. 
 
 62 His people also he gave o'er 
 
 Unto the sword's fierce rage : 
 
118 PSALM LXXVIII. 
 
 So sore his wrath enflamed was 
 Against his heritage. 
 
 63 The fire consum'd their choice young men ; 
 
 Their maids no marriage had; 
 
 64 And when their priests fell by the sword, 
 
 Their wives no mourning made. 
 
 65 But then the Lord arose, as one 
 
 That doth from sleep awake; 
 And like a giant that, by wine 
 Refresh'd, a shout doth make: 
 
 66 Upon his en'mies' hinder parts 
 
 He made his stroke to fall ; 
 And so upon them he did put 
 A shame perpetual. 
 
 67 Moreover, he the tabernacle 
 
 Of Joseph did refuse ; 
 The mighty tribe of Ephraim 
 He would in no wise chuse : 
 
 68 But he did chuse Jehudah's tribe 
 
 To be the rest above; 
 And of mount Sion he made choice, 
 Which he so much did love. 
 
 69 And he his sanctuary built 
 
 Like to a palace high, 
 Like to the earth which he did found 
 To perpetuity. 
 
 70 Of David, that his servant was, 
 
 He also choice did make, 
 And even from the folds of sheep 
 Was pleased him to take : 
 
 71 From waiting on the ewes with young, 
 
 He brought him forth to feed 
 Israel, his inheritance, 
 His people, Jacob's seed. 
 
 72 So after the integrity 
 
 He of his heart them fed; 
 And by the good skill of his hands 
 Them wisely governed. 
 
PSALM LXXIX. 119 
 
 1 GOD, the heathen enter'd have 
 
 Thine heritage ; by them 
 Denied is thy house : on heaps 
 They laid Jerusalem. 
 
 2 The bodies of thy servants they 
 
 Have cast forth to be meat 
 To rav'nous fowls ; thy dear saints' flesh 
 They gave to beasts to eat. 
 
 3 Their blood about Jerusalem 
 
 Like water they have shed ; 
 And there was none to bury them 
 When they were slain and dead. 
 
 4 Unto our neighbours a reproach 
 
 Most base become are we ; 
 A scorn and laughingstock to them 
 That round about us be. 
 
 5 How long, Lord, shall thine anger last ? 
 
 Wilt thou still keep the same? 
 And shall thy fervent jealousy 
 Burn like unto a flame ? 
 
 6 On heathen pour thy fury forth, 
 
 That have thee never known, 
 And on those kingdoms which thy name 
 Have never call'd upon. 
 
 7 For these are they who Jacob have 
 
 Devoured cruelly ; 
 And they his habitation 
 Have caused waste to lie. 
 
 8 Against us mind not former sins ; 
 
 Thy tender mercies show ; 
 Let them prevent us speedily, 
 For we're brought very low. 
 
 9 For thy name's glory help us, Lord, 
 
 Who hast our Saviour been : 
 Deliver us ; for thy name's sake, 
 purge away our sin. 
 
 10 Why say the heathen, Where's their God ? 
 
 Let him to them be known; 
 When those who shed thy servants' blood 
 Are in our sight o'erthrown. 
 
 11 let the pris'ner's sighs ascend 
 
 Before thy sight on high ; 
 
120 PSALMS LXX1X, LXXX. 
 
 Preserve those in thy mighty pow'r 
 That are design'd to die. 
 
 12 And to our neighbours' bosom cause 
 
 It sev'n-fold render'd be, 
 Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have, 
 O Lord, reproached thee. 
 
 13 So we thy folk, and pasture-sheep, 
 
 Shall give thee thanks always ; 
 And unto generations all 
 
 We will shew forth thy praise. 
 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 1 HEAR, Isr'el's Shepherd ! like a flock 
 
 Thou that dost Joseph guide ; 
 Shine forth, thou that dost between 
 The cherubims abide. 
 
 2 In Ephraim's, and Benjamin's, 
 
 And in Manasseh's sight, 
 O come for our salvation; 
 
 Stir up thy strength and might. 
 
 3 Turn us again, Lord our God, 
 
 And upon us vouchsafe 
 To make thy countenance to shine, 
 And so Ave shall be safe. 
 
 4 Lord of hosts, almighty God, 
 
 How long shall kindled be 
 Thy wrath against the prayer made 
 By thine own folk to thee ? 
 
 5 Thou tears of sorrow giv'st to them 
 
 Instead of bread to eat ; 
 Yea, tears instead of drink thou giv st 
 To them in measure great. 
 
 6 Thou makest us a strife unto 
 
 Our neighbours round about ; 
 Our enemies among themselves 
 At us do laugh and flout. 
 
 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, 
 
 And upon us vouchsafe 
 To make thy countenance to shine, 
 And so we shall be safe. 
 
 8 A vine from Egypt brought thou hast, 
 
 By thine outstretched hand ; 
 
PSALM LXXX. 121 
 
 And thou the heathen out didst cast, 
 To plant it in their land. 
 
 9 Before it thou a room didst make, 
 Where it might grow and stand ; 
 Thou causedst it deep root to take, 
 And it did fill the land. 
 
 10 The mountains vail'd were with its shade, 
 
 As with a covering ; 
 Like goodly cedars where the boughs 
 Which out from it did spring. 
 
 11 Upon the one hand to the sea 
 
 Her boughs she did out send; 
 On th' other side unto the flood 
 Her branches did extend. 
 
 12 Why hast thou then thus broken down, 
 
 And ta'en her hedge away? 
 So that all passengers do pluck, 
 And make of her a prey. 
 
 13 The boar who from the forest comes 
 
 Doth waste it at his pleasure; 
 The wild beast of the field also 
 Devours it out of measure. 
 
 14 God of hosts, we thee beseech, 
 
 Return now unto thine; 
 Look down from heav'n in love, behold, 
 And visit this thy vine: 
 
 15 This vineyard, which thine own right hand 
 
 Hath planted us among ; 
 And that same branch, which for thyself 
 Thou hast made to be strong. 
 
 16 Burnt up it is with flaming fire, 
 
 It also is cut down: 
 They utterly are perished 
 
 When as thy face doth frown. 
 
 17 O let thy hand be still upon 
 
 The Man of thy right hand, 
 The Son of man, whom for thyself 
 Thou madest strong to stand. 
 
 18 So henceforth we will not go back, 
 
 Nor turn from thee at all: 
 do thou quicken us, and we 
 Upon thy name will call. 
 
122 PSALMS LXXX, LXXXI. 
 
 19 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts, 
 And upon us vouchsafe 
 To make thy countenance to shine, 
 And so we shall be safe. 
 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 1 SING loud to God our strength ; with joy 
 
 To Jacob's God do sing. 
 
 2 Take up a psalm, the pleasant harp, 
 
 Timbrel and psalt'ry bring. 
 
 3 Blow trumpets at new-moon, what day 
 
 Our feast appointed is: 
 
 4 For charge to Isr'el, and a law 
 
 Of Jacob's God was this. 
 
 5 To Joseph this a testimony 
 
 He made, when Egypt land 
 He travell'd through, where speech I heard 
 I did not understand. 
 
 6 His shoulder I from burdens took, 
 
 His hands from pots did free. 
 
 7 Thou didst in trouble on me call, 
 
 And I deliver'd thee : 
 
 In secret place of thundering 
 
 I did thee answer make ; 
 And at the streams of Meribah 
 
 Of thee a proof did take. 
 
 8 thou, my people, give an ear, 
 
 I'll testify to thee; 
 To thee, Isr'el, if thou wilt 
 But hearken unto me. 
 
 9 In midst of thee there shall not be 
 
 Any strange god at all ; 
 Nor unto any god unknown 
 Thou bowing down shalt fall. 
 
 10 I am the Lord thy God, which did 
 
 From Egypt land thee guide ; 
 I'll fill thy mouth abundantly, 
 Do thou it open wide. 
 
 11 But yet my people to my voice 
 
 Would not attentive be ; 
 And ev'n my chosen Israel 
 He would have none of me. 
 
PSALMS LXXXI, LXXXII. 123 
 
 12 So to the lust of their own hearts 
 
 I them delivered ; 
 And then in counsels of their own 
 They vainly wandered. 
 
 13 that my people had me heard, 
 
 Isr'el my ways had chose ! 
 
 14 I had their en'mies soon subdu'd, 
 
 My hand turn'd on their foes. 
 
 15 The haters of the Lord to him 
 
 Submission should have feign'd ; 
 But as for them, their time should have 
 For evermore remain'd. 
 
 16 He should have also fed them with 
 
 The finest of the wheat ; 
 Of honey from the rock thy fill 
 I should have made thee eat. 
 
 PSALM LXXXII. 
 
 1 IN gods' assembly God doth stand ; 
 
 He judgeth gods among. 
 
 2 How long, accepting persons vile, 
 
 Will ye give judgment wrong? 
 
 3 Defend the poor and fatherless ; 
 
 To poor oppress'd do right. 
 
 4 The poor and needy ones set free ; 
 
 Rid them from ill men's might. 
 
 5 They know not, nor will understand; 
 
 In darkness they walk on : 
 All the foundations of the earth 
 Out of their course are gone. 
 
 6 I said that ye are gods, and are 
 
 Sons of the Highest all : 
 
 7 But ye shall die like men, and as 
 
 One of the princes fall. 
 
 8 God, do thou raise up thyself, 
 
 The earth to judgment call : 
 For thou, as thine inheritance, 
 Shalt take the nations all. 
 
124 PSALM LXXXIII. 
 
 1 KEEP not, God, we thee entreat, 
 
 keep not silence now : 
 Do thou not hold thy peace, God, 
 And still no more be thou. 
 
 2 For, lo, thine enemies a noise 
 
 Turn ultuou sly have made ; 
 And they that haters are of thee 
 Have lifted up the head. 
 
 3 Against thy chosen people they 
 
 Do crafty counsel take ; 
 And they against thy hidden ones 
 Do consultations make. 
 
 4 Come, let us cut them off, said they, 
 
 From being a nation, 
 That of the name of Isr'el may 
 No more be mention. 
 
 5 For with joint heart they plot, in league 
 
 Against thee they combine. 
 
 6 The tents of Edom, Ishm'elites, 
 
 Moab's and Hagar's line; 
 
 7 Gebal, and Amnion, Amalek, 
 
 Philistines, those of Tyre; 
 
 8 And Assur join'd with them, to help 
 
 Lot's children they conspire. 
 
 9 Do to them as to Midian, 
 
 Jabin at Kison strand; 
 
 10 And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell, 
 
 As dung to fat the land. 
 
 11 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make 
 
 Their noble men to fall ; 
 Like Zeba and Zalmunna like, 
 Make thou their princes all ; 
 
 12 Who said, For our possession 
 
 Let us God's houses take. 
 
 13 My God, them like a wheel, as chaff 
 
 Before the wind, them make. 
 
 14 As fire consumes the wood, as flame 
 
 Doth mountains set on fire, 
 
 15 Chase and affright them with the storm 
 
 And tempest of thine ire. 
 
 16 Their faces fill with shame, Lord, 
 That they may seek thy name. 
 
PSALMS LXXXIII, LXXXIV. 125 
 
 17 Let them confounded be, and vex'd, 
 
 And perish in their shame : 
 
 18 That men may know that thou, to whom 
 
 Alone doth appertain 
 The name JEHOVAH, dost most high 
 O'er all the earth remain. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 1 HOW lovely is thy dwelling-place, 
 
 Lord of hosts, to me ! 
 The tabernacles of thy grace 
 How pleasant, Lord, they be ! 
 
 2 My thirsty soul longs veh'mently, 
 
 Yea faints, thy courts to see : 
 My very heart and flesh cry out, 
 living God, for thee. 
 
 3 Behold, the sparrow findeth out 
 
 An house wherein to rest; 
 The swallow also for herself 
 
 Hath purchased a nest ; 
 Ev'n thine own altars, where she safe 
 
 Her young ones forth may bring, 
 thou almighty Lord of hosts, 
 
 Who art my God and King. 
 
 4 Bless'd are they in thy house that dwell, 
 
 They ever give thee praise. 
 
 5 Bless'd is the man whose strength thou art, 
 
 In whose heart are thy ways : 
 
 6 Who passing thorough Baca's vale, 
 
 Therein do dig up wells ; 
 Also the rain that falleth down 
 The pools with water fills. 
 
 7 So they from strength unwearied go 
 
 Still forward unto strength, 
 Until in Sion they appear 
 Before the Lord at length. 
 
 8 Lord God of hosts, my prayer hear ; 
 
 Jacob's God, give ear. 
 
 9 See God our shield, look on the face 
 
 Of thine anointed dear. 
 
 10 For in thy courts one day excels 
 A thousand ; rather in 
 
126 PSALMS LXXXIV, LXXXV. 
 
 My God's house will I keep a door, 
 Than dwell in tents of sin. 
 
 1 1 For God the Lord's a sun and shield : 
 
 He'll grace and glory give ; 
 And will withhold no good from them 
 That uprightly do live. 
 
 12 thou that art the Lord of hosts, 
 
 That man is truly blest, 
 
 Who by assured confidence 
 
 On thee alone doth rest. 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 
 1 LORD, thou hast been favourable 
 
 To thy beloved land : 
 Jacob's captivity thou hast 
 Recall'd with mighty hand. 
 
 2 Thou pardoned thy people hast 
 
 All their iniquities ; 
 TIiqu all their trespasses and sins 
 Hast cover'd from thine eyes. 
 
 3 Thou took'st off all thine ire, and turn'dst 
 
 From thy wrath's furiousness. 
 
 4 Turn us, God of our health, and cause 
 
 Thy wrath 'gainst us to cease. 
 
 5 Shall thy displeasure thus endure 
 
 Against us without end ? 
 Wilt thou to generations all 
 Thine anger forth extend ? 
 
 6 That in thee may thy people joy, 
 
 Wilt thou not us revive? 
 
 7 Shew us thy mercy, Lord, to us 
 
 Do thy salvation give. 
 
 8 I'll hear what God the Lord will speak : 
 
 To his folk he'll speak peace, 
 And to his saints ; but let them not 
 Return to foolishness. 
 
 9 To them that fear him surely near 
 
 Is his salvation ; 
 That glory in our land may have 
 Her habitation. 
 10 Truth met with mercy, righteousness 
 And peace kiss'd mutually : 
 
PSALMS LXXXV, LXXXVL 127 
 
 1 1 Truth springs from earth, and righteousness 
 
 Looks down from heaven high 
 
 12 Yea, what is good the Lord shall give ; 
 
 Our land shall yield increase : 
 
 13 Justice, to set us in his steps, 
 
 Shall go before his face. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVL 
 
 1 LORD, do thou bow down thine ear, 
 
 And hear me graciously ; 
 Because I sore afflicted am, 
 And am in poverty.. 
 
 2 Because I'm holy, let my soul 
 
 By thee preserved be : 
 thou my God, tlry servant save, 
 That puts his trust in thee. 
 
 3 Sith unto thee I daily cry, 
 
 Be merciful to me. 
 
 4 Rejoice thy servant's soul ; for, Lord, 
 
 I lift my soul to thee. 
 
 5 For thou art gracious, Lord, 
 
 And ready to forgive ; 
 And rich in mercy, all that call 
 Upon thee to relieve. 
 
 6 Hear, Lord, my pray'r ; unto the voice 
 
 Of my request attend : 
 
 7 In troublous times I'll call on thee ; 
 
 For thou wilt answer send. 
 
 8 Lord, there is none among the gods 
 
 That may with thee compare ; 
 And like the works which thou hast done, 
 Not any work is there. 
 
 9 All nations whom thou mad'st shall come 
 
 And worship rev'rently 
 Before thy face ; and they, Lord, 
 Thy name shall glorify. 
 
 10 Because thou art exceeding great, 
 
 And works by thee are done 
 Which are to be admir'd ; and thou 
 Art God thyself alone. 
 
 11 Teach me thy way, and in thy truth, 
 
 O Lord, then walk will I ; 
 
128 PSALMS LXXXVI, LXXXVII. 
 
 Unite my heart, that I thy name 
 May fear continually. 
 
 12 Lord my God, with all my heart 
 
 To thee I will give praise ; 
 And I the glory will ascribe 
 Unto thy name always : 
 
 13 Because thy mercy toward me 
 
 In greatness doth excel ; 
 And thou deliver'd hast my soul 
 Out from the lowest hell. 
 
 14 God, the proud against me rise, 
 
 And vi'lent -men have met, 
 That for my soul have sought ; and thee 
 Before them have not set. 
 
 15 But thou art full of pity, Lord, 
 
 A God most gracious, 
 Long-suffering, and in thy truth 
 And mercy plenteous. 
 
 16 turn to me thy countenance, 
 
 And mercy on me have ; 
 Thy servant strengthen, and the son 
 Of thine own handmaid save. 
 
 17 Shew me a sign for good, that they 
 
 Which do me hate may see, 
 And be asham'd ; because thou, Lord, 
 Didst help and comfort me. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVII. 
 
 1 UPON the hills of holiness 
 
 He his foundation sets. 
 
 2 God, more than Jacob's dwellings all, 
 
 Delights in Sion's gates. 
 
 3 Things glorious are said of thee, 
 
 Thou city of the Lord. 
 
 4 Rahab and Babel I, to those 
 
 That know me, will record : 
 
 Behold ev'n Tyrus, and with it 
 
 The land of Palestine, 
 And likewise Ethiopia ; 
 
 This man was born therein. 
 
 5 And it of Sion shall be said, 
 
 This man and that man there 
 
PSALMS LXXXVII, LXXXVIIT. 129 
 
 Was born; and he that is most High 
 Himself shall stablish her. 
 
 6 When God the people writes, hell count 
 
 That this man born was there. 
 
 7 There be that sing and play ; and all 
 
 My well-springs in thee are. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 
 1 LORD God, my Saviour, day and night 
 
 Before thee cry'd have I. 
 
 2 Before thee let my prayer come ; 
 
 Give ear unto my cry. 
 
 3 For troubles great do fill my soul ; 
 
 My life draws nigh the grave. 
 
 4 I'm counted with those that go down 
 
 To pit, and no strength have. 
 
 5 Ev'n free among the dead, like them 
 
 That slain in grave do lie; 
 Cut off from thy hand, whom no more 
 Thou hast in memory. 
 
 6 Thou hast me laid in lowest pit, 
 
 In deeps and darksome caves. 
 
 7 Thy wrath lies hard on me, thou hast 
 
 Me press'd with all thy waves. 
 
 8 Thou hast put far from me my friends, 
 
 Thou mad'st them to abhor me ; 
 And I am so shut up, that I 
 Find no evasion for me. 
 
 9 By reason of affliction 
 
 Mine eye mourns dolefully : 
 To thee, Lord, do I call, and stretch 
 My hands continually. 
 
 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? 
 
 Shall they rise, and thee bless ? 
 
 11 Shall in the grave thy love be told? 
 
 In death thy faithfulness ? 
 
 12 Shall thy great wonders in the dark, 
 
 Or shall thy righteousness 
 Be known to any in the land 
 Of deep forgetfulness ? 
 
 13 But, Lord, to thee I cry'd; my pray'r 
 
 At morn prevent shall thee, 
 i 
 
130 PSALMS LXXXVIII, LXXXIX. 
 
 14 Why, Lord, dost thou cast off my soul, 
 
 And hid'st thy face from me ? 
 
 15 Distress'd am I, and from my youth 
 
 I ready am to die ; 
 Thy terrors I have borne, and am 
 Distracted fearfully. 
 
 16 The dreadful fierceness of thy wrath 
 
 Quite over me doth go : 
 Thy terrors great have cut me off, 
 They did pursue me so. 
 
 17 For round about me ev'ry day, 
 
 Like water, they did roll ; 
 
 And, gathering together, they 
 
 Have compassed my soul. 
 
 18 My friends thou hast put far from me, 
 
 And him that did me love; 
 And those that mine acquaintance were 
 To darkness didst remove. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 1 GOD's mercies I will ever sing ; 
 
 And with my mouth I shall 
 Thy faithfulness make to be known 
 To generations all. 
 
 2 For mercy shall be built, said I, 
 
 For ever to endure ; 
 Thy faithfulness, ev'n in the heav'ns, 
 Thou wilt establish sure. 
 
 3 I with my chosen One have made 
 
 A cov'nant graciously ; 
 And to my servant, whom I lov'd, 
 To David sworn have I ; 
 
 4 That I thy seed establish shall 
 
 For ever to remain, 
 And will to generations all 
 
 Thy throne build and maintain. 
 
 5 The praises of thy wonders, Lord, 
 
 The heavens shall express ; 
 And in the congregation 
 Of saints thy faithfulness. 
 
 6 For who in heaven with the Lord 
 
 May once himself compare? 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 131 
 
 Who is like God among the sons 
 Of those that mighty are ? 
 
 7 Great fear in meeting of the saints 
 
 Is due unto the Lord; 
 And he of all about him should 
 With reVrence be ador'd. 
 
 8 thou that art the Lord of hosts, 
 
 What Lord in mightiness 
 Is like to thee? who compass'd round 
 Art with thy faithfulness. 
 
 9 Ev'n in the raging of the sea 
 
 Thou over it dost reign; 
 And when the waves thereof do swell, 
 Thou stillest them again. 
 
 10 Rahab in pieces thou did'st break, 
 
 Like one that slaughter'd is; 
 And with thy mighty arm thou hast 
 Dispers'd thine enemies. 
 
 11 The heavns are thine, thou for thine own 
 
 The earth dost also take; 
 The world, and fulness of the same, 
 Thy pow'r did found and make. 
 
 12 The north and south from thee alone 
 
 Their first beginning had ; 
 Both Tabor mount and Hermon hill 
 Shall in thy name be glad. 
 
 13 Thou hast an arm that's full of pow'r, 
 
 Thy hand is great in might; 
 And thy right hand exceedingly 
 Exalted is in height. 
 
 14 Justice and judgment of thy throne 
 
 Are made the dwelling-place; 
 Mercy, accompany'd with truth, 
 Shall go before thy face. 
 
 15 greatly bless'd the people are 
 
 The joyful sound that know; 
 In brightness of thy face, Lord, 
 They ever on shall go. 
 
 16 They in thy name shall all the day 
 
 Rejoice exceedingly; 
 And in thy righteousness shall they 
 
 Exalted be on high. 
 
 I 2 
 
132 PSALM LXXX1X. 
 
 17 Because the glory of their strength 
 
 Doth only stand in thee ; 
 And in thy favour shall our horn 
 And pow'r exalted be. 
 
 18 For God is our defence; and he 
 
 To us doth safety bring: 
 The Holy One of Israel 
 Is our almighty King. 
 
 19 In vision to thy Holy One 
 
 Thou said'st, I help upon 
 A strong one laid; out of the folk 
 I rais'd a chosen one ; 
 
 20 Ev'n David, I have found him out 
 
 A servant unto me; 
 And with my holy oil my King 
 Anointed him to be. 
 
 21 With whom my hand shall stablish'd be; 
 
 Mine arm shall make him strong. 
 
 22 On him the foe shall not exact, 
 
 Nor son of mischief wrong. 
 
 23 I will beat down before his face 
 
 All his malicious foes; 
 I will them greatly plague who do 
 With hatred him oppose. 
 
 24 My mercy and my faithfulness 
 
 With him yet still shall be; 
 And in my name his horn and pow'r 
 Men shall exalted see. 
 
 25 His hand and pow'r shall reach afar, 
 
 I'll set it in the sea; 
 And his right hand established 
 Shall in the rivers be. 
 
 26 Thou art my Father, he shall cry, 
 
 Thou art my God alone; 
 And he shall say, Thou art the Rock 
 Of my salvation. 
 
 27 I'll make him my first-born, more high 
 
 Than kings of any land. 
 
 28 My love I'll ever keep for him, 
 
 My cov'nant fast shall stand. 
 
 29 His seed I by my pow'r will make 
 
 For ever to endure; 
 
PSALM LXXXIX. 133 
 
 And, as the days of heav'n, his throne 
 Shall stable be, and sure. 
 
 30 But if his children shall forsake 
 
 My laws, and go astray, 
 And in my judgments shall not walk, 
 But wander from my way : 
 
 31 If they my laws break, and do not 
 
 Keep my commandements ; 
 
 32 I'll visit then their faults with rods, 
 
 Their sins with chastisements. 
 
 33 Yet I'll not take my love from him, 
 
 Nor false my promise make. 
 
 34 My cov'nant I'll not break, nor change 
 
 What with my mouth I spake. 
 
 35 Once by my holiness I sware, 
 
 To David I'll not lie; 
 
 36 His seed and throne shall, as the sun, 
 
 Before me last for aye. 
 
 37 It, like the moon, shall ever be 
 
 Establish'd stedfastly ; 
 And like to that which in the heav'n 
 Doth witness faithfully. 
 
 38 But thou, displeased, hast cast off, 
 
 Thou didst abhor and loathe; . 
 With him that thine anointed is 
 Thou hast been very wroth. 
 
 39 Thou hast thy servant's covenant 
 
 Made void, and quite cast by; 
 Thou hast profan'd his crown, while it 
 Cast on the ground doth lie. 
 
 40 Thou all his hedges hast broke down, 
 
 His strong holds down hast torn. 
 
 41 He to all passers-by a spoil, 
 
 To neighbours is a scorn. 
 
 42 Thou hast set up his foes' right hand ; 
 
 Mad'st all his en'mies glad : 
 
 43 Turn'd his sword's edge, and him to stand 
 
 In battle hast not made. 
 
 44 His glory thou hast made to cease, 
 
 His throne to ground down cast; 
 
 45 Shorten d his days of youth, and him 
 
 With shame thou coverd hast. 
 
134 PSALMS LXXXIX, XC. 
 
 46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? 
 
 For ever, in thine ire ? 
 
 And shall thine indignation 
 
 Burn like unto a fire ? 
 
 47 Remember, Lord, how short a time 
 
 I shall on earth remain : 
 O wherefore is it so that thou 
 Hast made all men in vain? 
 
 48 What man is he that liveth here, 
 
 And death shall never see? 
 Or from the power of the grave 
 What man his soul shall free? 
 
 49 Thy former loving-kindnesses, 
 
 Lord, where be they now? 
 Those which in truth and faithfulness 
 To David sworn hast thou ? 
 
 50 Mind, Lord, thy servant's sad reproach ; 
 
 How I in bosom bear 
 The scornings of the people all, 
 Who strong and mighty are. 
 
 51 Wherewith thy raging enemies 
 
 Reproach'd, O Lord, think on; 
 Wherewith they have reproach'd the steps 
 Of thine anointed one. 
 
 52 All blessing to the Lord our God 
 
 Let be ascribed then : 
 
 For evermore so let it be. 
 
 Amen, yea, and amen. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place 
 
 In generations all. 
 
 2 Before thou ever hadst brought forth 
 
 The mountains great or small ; 
 Ere ever thou hadst form'd the earth, 
 
 And all the world abroad ; 
 Ev'n thou from everlasting art 
 
 To everlasting God. 
 
 3 Thou dost unto destruction 
 
 Man that is mortal turn; 
 And unto them thou say'st, Again, 
 Ye sons of men, return. 
 
PSALM XC. 135 
 
 4 Because a thousand years appear 
 
 No more before thy sight 
 Than yesterday, when it is past, 
 Or than a watch by night. 
 
 5 As with an overflowing flood 
 
 Thou carry 'st them away : 
 They like a sleep are, like the grass 
 That grows at morn are they. 
 
 6 At morn it flourishes and grows, 
 
 Cut down at ev'n doth fade. 
 
 7 For by thine anger we're consum'd, 
 
 Thy wrath makes us afraid. 
 
 8 Our sins thou and iniquities 
 
 Dost in thy presence place, 
 And sett'st our secret faults before 
 The brightness of thy face. 
 
 9 For in thine anger all our days 
 
 Do pass on to an end ; 
 And as a tale that hath been told, 
 So we our years do spend. 
 
 10 Threescore and ten years do sum up 
 
 Our days and years, we see ; 
 Or if, by reason of more strength, 
 
 In some fourscore they be : 
 Yet doth the strength of such old men 
 
 But grief and labour prove ; 
 For it is soon cut off, and we 
 
 Fly hence, and soon remove. 
 
 11 Who knows the power of thy wrath? 
 
 According to thy fear 
 
 12 So is thy wrath : Lord, teach thou us 
 
 Our end in mind to bear ; 
 And so to count our days, that we 
 
 Our hearts may still apply 
 To learn thy wisdom and thy truth, 
 
 That we may live thereby. 
 
 13 Turn yet again to us, Lord, 
 
 How long thus shall it be? 
 Let it repent thee now for those 
 That servants are to thee. 
 
 14 with thy tender mercies, Lord, 
 
 Us early satisfy ; 
 
136 PSALMS XC, XCI. 
 
 So we rejoice shall all our days, 
 And still be glad in thee. 
 
 15 According as the days have been, 
 
 Wherein Ave grief have had, 
 And years wherein we ill have seen, 
 So do thou make us glad. 
 
 16 let thy work and pow'r appear 
 
 Thy servants' face before ; 
 And shew unto their children dear 
 Thy glory evermore : 
 
 17 And let the beauty of the Lord 
 
 Our God be us upon : 
 Our handy-works establish thou, 
 Establish them each one. 
 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 1 HE that doth in the secret place 
 
 Of the most High reside, 
 Under the shade of him that is 
 Th' Almighty shall abide. 
 
 2 I of the Lord my God will say, 
 
 He is my refuge still, 
 He is my fortress, and my God, 
 And in him trust I will. 
 
 3 Assuredly he shall thee save, 
 
 And give deliverance 
 From subtile fowler's snare, and from 
 The noisome pestilence. 
 
 4 His feathers shall thee hide; thy trust 
 
 Under his wings shall be: 
 His faithfulness shall be a shield 
 And buckler unto thee. 
 
 5 Thou shalt not need to be afraid 
 
 For terrors of the night ; 
 Nor for the arrow that doth fly 
 By day, while it is light; 
 
 6 Nor for the pestilence, that walks 
 
 In darkness secretly; 
 Nor for destruction, that doth waste 
 At noon-day openly. 
 
 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall, 
 
 On thy right hand shall lie 
 
PSALMS XCI, XCIL 137 
 
 Ten thousand dead ; yet unto thee 
 It shall not once come nigh. 
 
 8 Only thou with thine eyes shalt look, 
 
 And a beholder be ; 
 And thou therein the just reward 
 Of wicked men shalt see. 
 
 9 Because the Lord, who constantly 
 
 My refuge is alone, 
 Evn the most High, is made by thee 
 Thy habitation ; 
 
 10 No plague shall near thy dwelling come, 
 
 No ill shall thee befall : 
 
 11 For thee to keep in all thy ways 
 
 His angels charge he shall. 
 
 12 They in their hands shall bear thee up, 
 
 Still waiting thee upon ; 
 Lest thou at any time should'st dash 
 Thy foot against a stone. 
 
 13 Upon the adder thou shalt tread, 
 
 And on the lion strong ; 
 Thy feet on dragons trample shall, 
 And on the lions young. 
 
 14 Because on me he set his love, 
 
 I'll save and set him free ; 
 Because my great name he hath known, 
 I will him set on high. 
 
 15 He'll call on me, I'll answer him ; 
 
 I will be with him still 
 In trouble, to deliver him, 
 And honour him I will. 
 
 16 With length of days unto his mind 
 
 I will him satisfy ; 
 I also my salvation 
 
 Will cause his eyes to see. 
 
 PSALM XCIL 
 
 1 TO render thanks unto the Lord 
 
 It is a comely thing, 
 And to thy name, thou most High, 
 Due praise aloud to sing. 
 
 2 Thy loving-kindness to shew forth 
 
 When shines the morning light ; 
 
138 PSALM XCII. 
 
 And to declare thy faithfulness 
 With pleasure ev'ry night, 
 
 3 On a ten-stringed instrument, 
 
 Upon the psaltery, 
 And on the harp with solemn sound, 
 And grave sweet melody. 
 
 4 For thou, Lord, by thy mighty works 
 
 Hast made my heart right glad ; 
 And I will triumph in the works 
 Which by thine hands were made. 
 
 5 How great, Lord, are thy works ! each 
 
 Of thine a deep it is : [thought 
 
 6 A brutish man it knoweth not ; 
 
 Fools understand not this. 
 
 7 When those that lewd and wicked are 
 
 Spring quickly up like grass, 
 And workers of iniquity 
 
 Do flourish all apace ; 
 It is that they for ever may 
 
 Destroyed be and slain : 
 
 8 But thou, Lord, art the most High, 
 
 For ever to remain. 
 
 9 For, lo, thine enemies, Lord, 
 
 Thine en'mies perish shall ; 
 The workers of iniquity 
 Shall be dispersed all. 
 
 10 But thou shalt, like unto the horn 
 
 Of th' unicorn, exalt 
 My horn on high : thou with fresh oil 
 Anoint me also shalt. 
 
 11 Mine eyes shall also my desire 
 
 See on mine enemies ; 
 Mine ears shall of the wicked hear, 
 That do against me rise. 
 
 12 But like the palm-tree flourishing 
 
 Shall be the righteous one; 
 He shall like to the cedar grow 
 That is in Lebanon. 
 
 13 Those that within the house of God 
 
 Are planted by his grace, 
 They shall grow up, and flourish all 
 In our God's holy place. 
 
PSALMS XCII, XCITI, XCIV. 139 
 
 14 And in old age, when others fade, 
 
 They fruit still forth shall bring; 
 They shall be fat, and full of sap, 
 And aye be flourishing; 
 
 15 To shew that upright is the Lord : 
 
 He is a rock to me; 
 And he from all unrighteousness 
 Is altogether free. 
 
 PSALM XCIII. 
 
 1 THE Lord doth reign, and eloth'd is he 
 
 With majesty most bright; 
 His works do shew him eloth'd to be, 
 
 And girt about with might. 
 The world is also stablished, 
 
 That it cannot depart. 
 
 2 Thy throne is fix'd of old, and thou 
 
 From everlasting art. 
 
 3 The floods, Lord, have lifted up, 
 
 They lifted up their voice; 
 The floods have lifted up their waves, 
 And made a mighty noise. 
 
 4 But yet the Lord, that is on high, 
 
 Is more of might by far 
 Than noise of many waters is, 
 Or great sea-billows are. 
 
 5 Thy testimonies ev'ry one 
 
 In faithfulness excel; 
 And holiness for ever, Lord, 
 Thine house becometh well. 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 1 LORD God, unto whom alone 
 
 All vengeance doth belong; 
 mighty God, who vengeance own'st, 
 Shine forth, avenging wrong. 
 
 2 Lift up thyself, thou of the earth 
 
 The sov'reign Judge that art; 
 And unto those that are so proud 
 A due reward impart. 
 
 3 How long, mighty God, shall they 
 
 Who lewd and wicked be, 
 
140 PSALM XCIV. 
 
 How long shall they who wicked are 
 Thus triumph haughtily? 
 
 4 How long shall things most hard b}' them 
 
 Be uttered and told? 
 And all that work iniquity 
 To boast themselves be bold? 
 
 5 Thy folk they break in pieces, Lord, 
 
 Thine heritage oppress: 
 
 6 The widow they and stranger slay, 
 
 And kill the fatherless. 
 
 7 Yet say they, God it shall not see, 
 
 Nor God of Jacob know. 
 
 8 Ye brutish people! understand; 
 
 Fools ! when wise will ye grow ? 
 
 9 The Lord did plant the ear of man, 
 
 And hear then shall not he? 
 He only form'd the eye, and then 
 Shall he not clearly see? 
 
 10 He that the nations doth correct, 
 
 Shall he not chastise you? 
 He knowledge unto man doth teach, 
 And shall himself not know? 
 
 11 Man's thoughts to be but vanity 
 
 The Lord doth well discern. 
 
 12 Bless'd is the man thou chast'nest, Lord, 
 
 And mak'st thy law to learn : 
 
 13 That thou may'st give him rest from days 
 
 Of sad adversity, 
 Until the pit be digg'd for those 
 That work iniquity. 
 
 14 For sure the Lord will not cast off 
 
 Those that his people be, 
 
 Neither his own inheritance 
 
 Quit and forsake will he : 
 
 15 But judgment unto righteousness 
 
 Shall yet return again; 
 And all shall follow after it 
 That are right-hearted men. 
 
 16 Who Avill rise up for me against 
 
 Those that do wickedly ? 
 Who will stand up for me 'gainst those 
 That work iniquity? 
 
PSALMS XCIV, XCV. 141 
 
 17 Unless the Lord had been my help 
 
 When I was sore opprest, 
 Almost my soul had in the house 
 Of silence been at rest. 
 
 18 When I had uttered this word, 
 
 (My foot doth slip away,) 
 Thy mercy held me up, O Lord, 
 Thy goodness did me stay. 
 
 19 Amidst the multitude of thoughts 
 
 Which in my heart do fight, 
 My soul, lest it be overcharg'd, 
 Thy comforts do delight. 
 
 20 Shall of iniquity the throne 
 
 Have fellowship with thee, 
 Which mischief, cunningly contriv'd, 
 Doth by a law decree? 
 
 21 Against the righteous souls tUey join, 
 
 They guiltless blood condemn. 
 
 22 But of my refuge God's the rock, 
 
 And my defence from them. 
 
 23 On them their own iniquity 
 
 The Lord shall bring and lay, 
 And cut them off in their own sin ; 
 Our Lord God shall them slay. 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 1 COME, let us sing to the Lord: 
 
 Come, let us ev'ry one 
 A joyful noise make to the Rock 
 Of our salvation. 
 
 2 Let us before his presence come 
 
 With praise and thankful voice; 
 Let us sing psalms to him with grace, 
 And make a joyful noise. 
 
 3 For God, a great God, and great King, 
 
 Above all gods he is. 
 
 4 Depths of the earth are in his hand, 
 
 The strength of hills is his. 
 
 5 To him the spacious sea belongs, 
 
 For he the same did make ; 
 The dry land also from his hands 
 Its form at first did take. 
 
142 PSALMS XCV, XCVI. 
 
 6 O come, and let us worship him, 
 
 Let us bow down withal, 
 And on our knees before the Lord 
 Our Maker let us fall. 
 
 7 For he's our God, the people we 
 
 Of his own pasture are, 
 And of his hand the sheep ; to-day, 
 If ye his voice will hear, 
 
 8 Then harden not your hearts, as in 
 
 The provocation, 
 As in the desert, on the day 
 Of the tentation : 
 
 9 When me your fathers tempt'd and prov'd, 
 
 And did my working see ; 
 
 10 Ev'n for the space of forty years 
 
 This race hath grieved me. 
 
 I said, This people errs in heart, 
 My ways they do not know : 
 
 11 To whom I sware in wrath, that to 
 
 My rest they should not go. 
 
 PSALM XCVI. 
 
 1 SING a new song to the Lord : 
 
 Sing all the earth to God. 
 
 2 To God sing, bless his name, shew still 
 
 His saving health abroad. 
 
 3 Among the heathen nations 
 
 His glory do declare ; 
 And unto all the people show 
 His works that wondrous are. 
 
 4 For great's the Lord, and greatly he 
 
 Is to be magnify'd ; 
 Yea, worthy to be fear'd is he 
 Above all gods beside. 
 
 5 For all the gods are idols dumb, 
 
 Which blinded nations fear; 
 But our God is the Lord, by whom 
 The heavens created were. 
 
 6 Great honour is before his face, 
 
 And majesty divine ; 
 Strength is within his holy place, 
 And there doth beauty shine. 
 
PSALMS XCVI, XCVII. 143 
 
 7 Do ye ascribe unto the Lord, 
 
 Of people ev'ry tribe, 
 Glory do ye unto the Lord, 
 And mighty pow'r ascribe. 
 
 8 Give ye the glory to the Lord 
 
 That to his name is due ; 
 Come ye into his courts, and bring 
 An offering with you. 
 
 9 In beauty of his holiness, 
 
 do the Lord adore ; 
 Likewise let all the earth throughout 
 Tremble his face before. 
 
 10 Among the heathen say, God reigns : 
 
 The world shall stedfastly 
 Be fix'd from moving ; he shall judge 
 The people righteously. 
 
 11 Let heav'ns be glad before the Lord, 
 
 And let the earth rejoice ; 
 Let seas, and all that is therein, 
 Cry out, and make a noise. 
 
 12 Let fields rejoice, and ev'ry thing 
 
 That springeth of the earth : 
 Then woods and ev'ry tree shall sing 
 With gladness and with mirth 
 
 13 Before the Lord ; because he comes, 
 
 To judge the earth comes he : 
 He'll judge the world with righteousness, 
 The people faithfully. 
 
 PSALM XCVII. 
 
 1 GOD reigneth, let the earth be glad, 
 
 And isles rejoice each one. 
 
 2 Dark clouds him compass ; and in right 
 
 With judgment dwells his throne. 
 
 3 Fire goes before him, and his foes 
 
 It burns up round about : 
 
 4 His lightnings lighten did the world ; 
 
 Earth saw, and shook throughout. 
 
 5 Hills at the presence of the Lord, 
 
 Like wax, did melt away; 
 Ev'n at the presence of the Lord 
 Of all the earth, I say. 
 
144 PSALMS XCVII, XCVIII. 
 
 6 The heav'ns declare his righteousness, 
 
 All men his glory see. 
 
 7 All who serve graven images, 
 
 Confounded let them be. 
 
 Who do of idols boast themselves, 
 Let shame upon them fall : 
 
 Ye that are called gods, see that 
 Ye do him worship all. 
 
 8 Sion did hear, and joyful was, 
 
 Glad Judah's daughters were ; 
 They much rejoic'd, Lord, because 
 Thy judgments did appear. 
 
 9 For thou, Lord, art high above 
 
 All things on earth that are ; 
 Above all other gods thou art 
 Exalted very far. 
 
 10 Hate ill, all ye that love the Lord : 
 
 His saints' souls keepeth he ; 
 And from the hands of wicked men 
 He sets them safe and free. 
 
 11 For all those that be righteous 
 
 Sown is a joyful light, 
 And gladness sown is for all those 
 That are in heart upright. 
 
 12 Ye righteous, in the Lord rejoice; 
 
 Express your thankfulness, 
 When ye into your memory 
 Do call his holiness. 
 
 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 1 SING a new song to the Lord, 
 
 For wonders he hath done : 
 His right hand and his holy arm 
 Him victory hath won. 
 
 2 The Lord God his salvation 
 
 Hath caused to be known; 
 His justice in the heathen's sight 
 He openly hath shown. 
 
 3 He mindful of his grace and truth 
 
 To Isr'el's house hath been ; 
 And the salvation of our God 
 All ends of th' earth have seen. 
 
PSALMS XCVIII, XCIX. 145 
 
 4 Let all the earth unto the Lord 
 
 Send forth a joyful noise ; 
 Lift up your voice aloud to him, 
 Sing praises, and rejoice. 
 
 5 With harp, with harp, and voice of psalms, 
 
 Unto JEHOVAH sing : 
 
 6 With trumpets, cornets, gladly sound 
 
 Before the Lord the King. 
 
 7 Let seas and all their fulness roar ; 
 
 The world, and dwellers there ; 
 
 8 Let floods clap hands, and let the hills 
 
 Together joy declare 
 
 9 Before the Lord ; because he comes, 
 
 To judge the earth comes he : 
 He'll judge the world with righteousness, 
 His folk with equity. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. 
 
 1 TH' eternal Lord doth reign as king, 
 
 Let all the people quake; 
 He sits between the cherubims, 
 Let th' earth be mov'd and shake. 
 
 2 The Lord in Sion great and high 
 
 Above all people is ; 
 
 3 Thy great and dreadful name (for it 
 
 Is holy) let them bless. 
 
 4 The king's strength also judgment loves ; 
 
 Thou settlest equity : 
 Just judgment thou dost execute 
 In Jacob righteously. 
 
 5 The Lord our God exalt on high, 
 
 And rev'rently do ye 
 Before his footstool worship him : 
 The Holy One is he. 
 
 6 Moses and Aaron 'mong his priests, 
 
 Samuel, with them that call 
 Upon his name : these call'd on God, 
 And he them answer'd all. 
 
 7 Within the pillar of the cloud 
 
 He unto them did speak : 
 The testimonies he them taught, 
 And laws, they did not break. 
 
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14G PSALMS XCIX, C. 
 
 8 Thou answer'dst them, Lord our God ; 
 
 Thou wast a God that gave 
 Pardon to them, though on their deeds 
 Thou wouldest vengeance have. 
 
 9 Do ye exalt the Lord our God, 
 
 And at his holy hill 
 Do ye him worship : for the Lord 
 Our God is holy still. 
 
 PSALM C. 
 
 1 ALL people that on earth do dwell, 
 Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 
 
 2 Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell, 
 Come ye before him and rejoice. 
 
 3 Know that the Lord is God indeed ; 
 Without our aid he did us make : 
 We are his flock, he doth us feed, 
 And for his sheep he doth us take. 
 
 4 enter then his gates with praise, 
 Approach with joy his courts unto : 
 Praise, laud, and bless his name alwaj^s, 
 For it is seemly so to do. 
 
 5 For why? the Lord our God is good, 
 His mercy is for ever sure ; 
 
 His truth at all times firmly stood, 
 And shall from age to age endure. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 O ALL ye lands, unto the Lord 
 
 Make ye a joyful noise. 
 
 2 Serve God with gladness, him before 
 
 Come with a singing voice. 
 
 3 Know ye the Lord that he is God ; 
 
 Not we, but he us made : 
 We are his people, and the sheep 
 Within his pasture fed. 
 
 4 Enter his gates and courts with praise, 
 
 To thank him go ye thither : 
 To him express your thankfulness, 
 And bless his name together. 
 
 5 Because the Lord our God is good, 
 
 His mercy faileth never; 
 
PSALMS C, CI, OIL 147 
 
 And to all generations 
 His truth endureth ever. 
 
 PSALM CI. 
 
 I MERCY will and judgment sing, 
 
 Lord, I will sing to thee. 
 With wisdom in a perfect way 
 
 Shall my behaviour be. 
 
 when, in kindness unto me, 
 Wilt thou be pleas'd to come ? 
 
 1 with a perfect heart will walk 
 Within my house at home. 
 
 I will endure no wicked thing 
 
 Before mine eyes to be : 
 I hate their work that turn aside, 
 
 It shall not cleave to me. 
 A stubborn and a froward heart 
 
 Depart quite from me shall ; 
 A person giv'n to wickedness 
 
 I will not know at all. 
 
 I'll cut him off that slandereth 
 
 His neighbour privily: 
 The haughty heart I will not bear, 
 
 Nor him that looketh high. 
 Upon the faithful of the land 
 
 Mine eyes shall be, that they 
 May dwell with me : he shall me serve 
 
 That walks in perfect way. 
 
 Who of deceit a worker is 
 
 In my house shall not dwell; 
 And in my presence shall he not 
 
 Remain that lies doth tell. 
 Yea, all the wicked of the land 
 
 Early destroy will I; 
 All from God's city to cut off 
 
 That work iniquity. 
 
 PSALM CIL 
 
 LORD, unto my pray'r give ear, 
 
 My cry let come to thee; 
 And in the day of my distress 
 
 Hide not thy face from me. 
 
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148 PSALM CTI. 
 
 Give ear to me; what time I call, 
 To answer me make haste: 
 
 3 For, as an hearth, my bones are burnt, 
 
 My days, like smoke, do waste. 
 
 4 My heart within me smitten is, 
 
 And it is withered 
 Like very grass ; so that I do 
 Forget to eat my bread. 
 
 5 By reason of my groaning voice 
 
 My bones cleave to my skin. 
 
 6 Like pelican in wilderness 
 
 Forsaken I have been : 
 
 I like an owl in desert am, 
 That nightly there doth moan ; 
 
 7 I watch, and like a sparrow am 
 
 On the honse-top alone. 
 
 8 My bitter en'mies all the day 
 
 Reproaches cast on me ; 
 And, being mad at me, with rage 
 Against me sworn they be. 
 
 9 For why? I ashes eaten have 
 
 Like bread, in sorrows deep ; 
 My drink I also mingled have 
 With tears that I did weep. 
 
 10 Thy wrath and indignation 
 
 Did cause this grief and pain ; 
 For thou hast lift me up on high, 
 And cast me down again. 
 
 11 My days are like unto a shade, 
 
 Which doth declining pass; 
 And I am dry'd and withered, 
 Ev'n like unto the grass. 
 
 12 But thou, Lord, everlasting art, 
 
 And thy remembrance shall 
 Continually endure, and be 
 To generations all. 
 
 13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy have 
 
 Upon thy Sion yet ; 
 The time to favour her is come, 
 The time that thou hast set. 
 11 For in her rubbish and her stones 
 Thy servants pleasure take ; 
 
PSALM OIL 149 
 
 Yea, they the very dust thereof 
 Do favour for her sake. 
 
 15 So shall the heathen people fear 
 
 The Lord's most holy name; 
 And all the kings on earth shall dread 
 Thy glory and thy fame. 
 
 16 When Sion by the mighty Lord 
 
 Built up again shall be, 
 
 In glory then and majesty 
 
 To men appear shall he. 
 
 17 The prayer of the destitute 
 
 He surely will regard ; 
 Their prayer will he not despise, 
 By him it shall be heard. 
 
 18 For generations yet to come 
 
 This shall be on record : 
 So shall the people that shall be 
 Created praise the Lord. 
 
 19 He from his sanctuary's height 
 
 Hath downward cast his eye; 
 And from his glorious throne in heav'n 
 The Lord the earth did spy; 
 
 20 That of the mournful prisoner 
 
 The groanings he might hear, 
 To set them free that unto death 
 By men appointed are ■ 
 
 21 That they in Sion may declare 
 
 The Lord's most holy name, 
 And publish in Jerusalem 
 The praises of the same ; 
 
 22 When as the people gather shall 
 
 In troops with one accord, 
 When kingdoms shall assembled be 
 To serve the highest Lord. 
 
 23 My wonted strength and force he hath 
 
 Abated in the way, 
 And he my days hath shortened : 
 
 24 Thus therefore did I say, 
 
 My God, in mid-time of my da} r s 
 
 Take thou me not away : 
 From age to age eternally 
 
 Thy years endure and stay. 
 
150 PSALM OIL 
 
 25 The firm foundation of the earth 
 
 Of old time thou hast laid ; 
 The heavens also are the work 
 
 Which thine own hands have made. 
 
 26 Thou shalt for evermore endure, 
 
 But they shall perish all ; 
 Yea, ev'ry one of them wax old, 
 Like to a garment, shall : 
 
 Thou, as a vesture, shalt them change, 
 And they shall changed be : 
 
 27 But thou the same art, and thy years 
 
 Are to eternity. 
 
 28 The children of thy servants shall 
 
 Continually endure ; 
 And in thy sight, Lord, their seed 
 Shall be establish'd sure. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 LORD, hear my pray'r, and let my cry 
 Have speedy access unto thee; 
 
 2 In day of my calamity 
 
 hide not thou thy face from me. 
 Hear when I call to thee; that day 
 An answer speedily return : 
 
 3 My days, like smoke, consume away, 
 And, as an hearth, my bones do burn. 
 
 4 My heart is wounded very sore, 
 And withered, like grass doth fade : 
 
 1 am forgetful grown therefore 
 To take and eat my daily bread. 
 
 5 By reason of my smart within, 
 
 And voice of my most grievous groans, 
 
 My flesh consumed is, my skin, 
 
 All parch'd, doth cleave unto my bones. 
 
 6 The pelican of wilderness, 
 
 The owl in desert, I do match; 
 
 7 And, sparrow-like, companionless, 
 Upon the house's top, I watch. 
 
 8 I all day long am made a scorn, 
 Reproach'd by my malicious foes : 
 The madmen are against me sworn, 
 The men against me that arose. 
 
PSALM CIL 151 
 
 9 For I have ashes eaten up, 
 
 To me as if they had been bread ; 
 And with my drink I in my cup 
 Of bitter tears a mixture made. 
 
 10 Because thy wrath was not appeas'd, 
 And dreadful indignation : 
 Therefore it was that thou me rais'd, 
 And thou again didst cast me down. 
 
 11 My days are like a shade alway, 
 Which doth declining swiftly pass; 
 And I am withered away, 
 
 Much like unto the fading grass. 
 
 12 But thou, Lord, shalt still endure, 
 From change and all mutation free, 
 And to all generations sure 
 
 Shall thy remembrance ever be. 
 
 13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy }^et 
 Thou to mount Sion shalt extend : 
 Her time for favour which was set, 
 Behold, is now come to an end. 
 
 14 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones, 
 Her very dust to them is dear. 
 
 15 All heathen lands and kingly thrones 
 On earth thy glorious name shall fear. 
 
 16 God in his glory shall appear, 
 When Sion he builds and repairs. 
 
 17 He shall regard and lend his ear 
 Unto the needy's humble pray'rs : 
 
 Th' afflicted's pray'r he will not scorn. 
 
 18 All times this shall be on record: 
 And generations yet unborn 
 
 Shall praise and magnify the Lord. 
 
 19 He from his holy place look'd down, 
 The earth he view'd from heav'n on high; 
 
 20 To hear the pris'ner's mourning groan, 
 And free them that are doom'd to die; 
 
 21 That Sion, and Jerus'lem too, 
 
 His name and praise may well record, 
 
 22 When people and the kingdoms do 
 Assemble all to praise the Lord. 
 
 23 My strength he weaken'd in the way, 
 My days of life he shortened. 
 
152 PSALMS CII, CIII. 
 
 24 My God, O take me not away 
 In mid-time of my days, I said : 
 Thy years throughout all ages last. 
 
 25 Of old thou hast established 
 
 The earth's foundation firm and fast : 
 Thy mighty hands the heaves have made. 
 
 26 They perish shall, as garments do, 
 But thou shalt evermore endure; 
 
 As vestures, thou shalt change them so; 
 And they shall all be changed sure : 
 
 27 But from all changes thou art free; 
 Thy endless years do last for aye. 
 
 28 Thy servants, and their seed who be, 
 Establish'd shall before thee stay. 
 
 PSALM CIII. 
 
 1 THOU my soul, bless God the- Lord ; 
 
 And all that in me is 
 Be stirred up his holy name 
 To magnify and bless. 
 
 2 Bless, my soul, the Lord thy God, 
 
 And not forgetful be 
 Of all his gracious benefits 
 He hath bestow'd on thee. 
 
 3 All thine iniquities who doth 
 
 Most graciously forgive: 
 Who thy diseases all and pains 
 Doth heal, and thee relieve. 
 
 4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou 
 
 To death may'st not go down ; 
 Who thee with loving-kindness doth 
 And tender mercies crown: 
 
 5 Who with abundance of good things 
 
 Doth satisfy thy mouth ; 
 So that, ev'n as the eagle's age, 
 Renewed is thy youth. 
 C God righteous judgment executes 
 For all oppressed ones. 
 
 7 His ways to Moses, he his acts 
 
 Made known to Isr'el's sons. 
 
 8 The Lord our God is merciful, 
 
 And he is gracious, 
 
PSALM CIII. 153 
 
 Long-suffering, and slow to wrath, 
 In mercy plenteous. 
 9 He will not chide continually, 
 Nor keep his anger still. 
 
 10 With us he dealt not as we sinn'd, 
 
 Nor did requite our ill. 
 
 11 For as the heaven in its height 
 
 The earth surmounteth far; 
 So great to those that do him fear 
 His tender mercies are : 
 
 12 As far as east is distant from 
 
 The west, so far hath he 
 From us removed, in his love, 
 All our iniquity. 
 
 13 Such pity as a father hath 
 
 Unto his children dear; 
 Like pity shews the Lord to such 
 As worship him in fear. 
 
 14 For he remembers we are dust, 
 
 And he our frame well knows. 
 
 15 Frail man, his days are like the grass, 
 
 As flow'r in field he grows : 
 
 16 For over it the wind doth pass, 
 
 And it away is gone; 
 And of the place where once it was 
 It shall no more be known. 
 
 17 But unto them that do him fear 
 
 God's mercy never ends; 
 And to their children's children still 
 His righteousness extends: 
 
 18 To such as keep his covenant, 
 
 And mindful are alway 
 Of his most just commandements, 
 That they may them obey. 
 
 19 The Lord prepared hath his throne 
 
 In heavens firm to stand ; 
 And ev'ry thing that being hath 
 His kingdom doth command. 
 
 20 ye his angels, that excel 
 
 In strength, bless ye the Lord ; 
 Ye who obey what he commands, 
 And hearken to his word. 
 
154 PSALMS cm, CIV. 
 
 21 bless and magnify the Lord, 
 
 Ye glorious hosts of his; 
 
 Ye ministers, that do fulfil 
 
 Whate'er his pleasure is. 
 
 22 O bless the Lord, all ye his works, 
 
 Wherewith the world is stor'd 
 In his dominions ev'ry where. 
 My soul, bless thou the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CIV. 
 
 1 BLESS God, my soul. Lord my God, 
 
 Thou art exceeding great; 
 
 With honour and with majesty 
 
 Thou clothed art in state. 
 
 2 With light, as with a robe, thyself 
 
 Thou coverest about ; 
 And, like unto a curtain, thou 
 The heavens stretchest out. 
 
 3 Who of his chambers doth the beams 
 
 Within the waters lay ; 
 Who doth the clouds his chariot make, 
 On wings of wind make way. 
 
 4 Who flaming fire his ministers, 
 
 His angels sp'rits, doth make : 
 
 5 Who earth's foundations did lay, 
 
 That it should never shake. 
 
 6 Thou didst it cover with the deep, 
 
 As with a garment spread : 
 The waters stood above the hills, 
 When thou the word but said. 
 
 7 But at the voice of thy rebuke 
 
 They fled, and would not stay ; 
 They at thy thunder's dreadful voice 
 Did haste them fast away. 
 
 8 They by the mountains do ascend, 
 
 And by the valley-ground 
 Descend, unto that very place 
 
 Which thou for them didst found. 
 
 9 Thou hast a bound unto them set, 
 
 That they may not pass over, 
 That they do not return again 
 The face of earth to cover. 
 
PSALM CIV. 155 
 
 10 He to the valleys sends the springs, 
 
 Which run among the hills : 
 
 11 They to all beasts of field give drink, 
 
 Wild asses drink their fills. 
 
 12 By them the fowls of heav'n shall have 
 
 Their habitation, 
 Which do among the branches sing 
 With delectation. 
 
 13 He from his chambers watereth 
 
 The hills, when they are dry'd: 
 With fruit and increase of thy works 
 The earth is satisfy'd. 
 
 14 For cattle he makes grass to grow, 
 
 He makes the herb to spring 
 For th' use of man, that food to him 
 He from the earth may bring ; 
 
 15 And wine, that to the heart of man 
 
 Doth cheerfulness impart, 
 Oil that his face makes shine, and bread 
 That strengthened his heart. 
 
 16 The trees of God are full of sap ; 
 
 The cedars that do stand 
 In Lebanon, which planted were 
 By his almighty hand. 
 
 17 Birds of the air upon their boughs 
 
 Do chuse their nests to make ; 
 As for the stork, the fir-tree she 
 Doth for her dwelling take. 
 
 18 The lofty mountains for wild goats 
 
 A place of refuge be ; 
 The conies also to the rocks 
 Do for their safety flee. 
 
 19 He sets the moon in heav'n, thereby 
 
 The seasons to discern : 
 From him the sun his certain time 
 Of going down doth learn. 
 
 20 Thou darkness mak'st, 'tis night, then beasts 
 
 Of forests creep abroad. 
 
 21 The lions .young roar for their prey, 
 
 And seek their meat from God. 
 
 22 The sun doth rise, and home they flock, 
 
 Down in their dens they lie. 
 
156 PSALM CIV. 
 
 23 Man goes to work, his labour he 
 
 Doth to the ev'ning ply. 
 
 24 How manifold, Lord, are thy works! 
 
 In wisdom wonderful 
 Thou ev'ry one of them hast made ; 
 Earth's of thy riches full : 
 
 25 So is this great and spacious sea, 
 
 Wherein things creeping are, 
 Which number'd cannot be; and beasts 
 Both great and small are there. 
 
 26 There ships go ; there thou mak'st to play 
 
 That leviathan great. 
 
 27 These all wait on thee, that thou may'st 
 
 In due time give them meat. 
 
 28 That which thou givest unto them 
 
 They gather for their food ; 
 Thine hand thou open'st lib'rally, 
 They filled are with good. 
 
 29 Thou hid'st thy face ; they troubled are, 
 
 Their breath thou tak'st away; 
 Then do they die, and to their dust 
 Return again do they. 
 
 30 Thy quick'ning spirit thou send'st forth, 
 
 Then they created be ; 
 And then the earth's decayed face 
 Renewed is by thee. 
 
 31 The glory of the mighty Lord 
 
 Continue shall for ever : 
 The Lord JEHOVAH shall rejoice 
 In all his works together. 
 
 32 Earth, as affrighted, trembleth all, 
 
 If he on it but look ; 
 And if the mountains he but touch, 
 They presently do smoke. 
 
 33 I will sing to the Lord most high, 
 
 So long as I shall live; 
 And while I being have I shall 
 To my God praises give. 
 
 34 Of him my meditation shall 
 
 Sweet thoughts to me afford ; 
 And as for me, I will rejoice 
 In God, my only Lord. 
 
PSALMS CIV, CV. 157 
 
 35 From earth let sinners be consum'd, 
 Let ill men no more be. 
 thou my soul, bless thou the Lord. 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CV. 
 
 1 GIVE thanks to God, call on his name ; 
 
 To men his deeds make known. 
 
 2 Sing } T e to him, sing psalms ; proclaim 
 
 His wondrous works each one. 
 
 3 See that ye in his holy name 
 
 To glory do accord ; 
 And let the heart of ev'ry one 
 Rejoice that seeks the Lord. 
 
 4 The Lord Almighty, and his strength, 
 
 "With stedfast hearts seek ye : 
 His blessed and his gracious face 
 Seek ye continually. 
 
 5 Think on the works that he hath done, 
 
 Which admiration breed ; 
 His wonders, and the judgments all 
 Which from his mouth proceed ; 
 
 6 } T e that are of Abr'ham's race, 
 
 His servant well approv'n; 
 And ye that Jacob's children are, 
 Whom he chose for his own. 
 
 7 Because he, and he only, is 
 
 The mighty Lord our God; 
 And his most righteous judgments are 
 In all the earth abroad. 
 
 8 His cov'nant he remember'd hath, 
 
 That it may ever stand : 
 To thousand generations 
 The word he did command. 
 
 9 Which covenant he firmly made 
 
 With faithful Abraham, 
 And unto Isaac, by his oath, 
 He did renew the same : 
 
 10 And unto Jacob, for a law, 
 He made it firm and sure, 
 A covenant to Israel, 
 
 Which ever should endure. 
 
158 PSALM CV. 
 
 11 He said, I'll give Canaan's land 
 
 For heritage to you; 
 
 12 While they were strangers there, and few, 
 
 In number very few: 
 
 13 While yet they went from land to land 
 
 Without a sure abode; 
 And while through sundry kingdoms they 
 Did wander far abroad; 
 
 14 Yet, notwithstanding, suffer'd he 
 
 No man to do them wrong : 
 Yea, for their sakes, he did reprove 
 Kings, who were great and strong. 
 
 15 Thus did he say, Touch ye not those 
 
 That mine anointed be, 
 Nor do the prophets any harm 
 That do pertain to me. 
 
 16 He call'd for famine on the land, 
 
 He brake the staff of bread : 
 
 17 But yet he sent a man before, 
 
 By whom they should be fed ; 
 
 Ev'n Joseph, whom unnat'rally 
 Sell for a slave did they ; 
 
 18 Whose feet with fetters they did hurt, 
 
 And he in irons lay; 
 
 19 Until the time that his word came 
 
 To give him liberty; 
 The word and purpose of the Lord 
 Did him in prison try. 
 
 20 Then sent the king, and did command 
 
 That he enlarg'd should be: 
 He that the people's ruler was 
 Did send to set him free. 
 
 21 A lord to rule his family 
 
 He rais'd him, as most fit; 
 
 To him of all that he possess'd 
 
 He did the charge commit: 
 
 22 That he might at his pleasure bind 
 
 The princes of the land; 
 And he might teach his senators 
 Wisdom to understand. 
 
 23 The people then of Israel 
 
 Down into Egypt came; 
 
PSALM CV. 159 
 
 And Jacob also sojourned 
 Within the land of Ham. 
 
 24 And he did greatly by his pow'r 
 
 Increase his people there; 
 And stronger than their enemies 
 They by his blessing were. 
 
 25 Their heart he turned to envy 
 
 His folk maliciously, 
 With those that his own servants were 
 To deal in subtilty. 
 
 26 His servant Moses he did send, 
 
 Aaron his chosen one. 
 
 27 By these his signs and wonders great 
 
 In Ham's land were made known. 
 
 28 Darkness he sent, and made it dark; 
 
 His word they did obey. 
 
 29 He turn'd their waters into blood, 
 
 And he their fish did slay. 
 
 30 The land in plenty brought forth frogs 
 
 In chambers of their kings. 
 
 31 His word all sorts of flies and lice 
 
 In all their borders brings. 
 
 32 He hail for rain, and flaming fire 
 
 Into their land he sent: 
 
 33 And he their vines and fig-trees smote; 
 
 Trees of their coasts he rent. 
 
 34 He spake, and caterpillars came, 
 
 Locusts did much abound ; 
 
 35 Which in their land all herbs consum'd, 
 
 And all fruits of their ground. 
 
 36 He smote all first-born in their land, 
 
 Chief of their strength each one. 
 
 37 With gold and silver brought them forth, 
 
 Weak in their tribes were none. 
 
 38 Egypt was glad when forth they went, 
 
 Their fear on them did light. 
 
 39 He spread a cloud for covering, 
 
 And fire to shine by night. [bread 
 
 40 They ask'd, and he brought quails: with 
 
 Of heav'n he filled them. 
 
 41 He open'd rocks, floods gush'd, and ran 
 
 In deserts like a stream. 
 
160 PSALMS CV, CVI. 
 
 42 For on his holy promise he, 
 
 And servant Abr'ham, thought. 
 
 43 With joy his people, his elect 
 
 With gladness, forth he brought. 
 
 44 And unto them the pleasant lands 
 
 He of the heathen gave ; 
 That of the people's labour they 
 Inheritance might have. 
 
 45 That they his statutes might observe 
 
 According to his word; 
 And that they might his laws obey. 
 Give praise unto the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVI. 
 
 1 GIVE praise and thanks unto the Lord, 
 
 For bountiful is he; 
 His tender mercy doth endure 
 Unto eternity. 
 
 2 God's mighty works who can express? 
 
 Or shew forth all his praise 1 
 
 3 Blessed are they that judgment keep, 
 
 And justly do always. 
 
 4 Remember me, Lord, with that love 
 
 Which thou to thine dost bear; 
 With thy salvation, O my God, 
 To visit me draw near: 
 
 5 That I thy chosen's good may see, 
 
 And in their joy rejoice ; 
 And may with thine inheritance 
 Triumph with cheerful voice. 
 
 6 We with our fathers sinned have, 
 
 And of iniquity 
 Too long we have the workers been; 
 We have done wickedly. 
 
 7 The wonders great, which thou, Lord, 
 
 Didst work in Egypt land, 
 Our fathers, though they saw, yet them 
 They did not understand. 
 
 And they thy mercies' multitude 
 
 Kept not in memory; 
 But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea, 
 
 Provok'd him grievously. 
 
PSALM CVI. 1C1 
 
 8 Nevertheless he saved them, 
 
 Ev'n for his own name's sake; 
 That so he might to be well known 
 His mighty power make. 
 
 9 When he the Red sea did rebuke, 
 
 Then dried up it was: 
 Through depths, as through the wilderness. 
 He safely made them pass. 
 
 10 From hands of those that hated them 
 
 He did his people save; 
 And from the en'my's cruel hand 
 To them redemption gave. 
 
 11 The waters overwhelmed their foes; 
 
 Not one was left alive. 
 
 12 Then they believ'd his word, and praise 
 
 To him in songs did give. 
 
 13 But soon did they his mighty works 
 
 Forget unthankfully, 
 And on his counsel and his will 
 Did not wait patiently ; 
 
 14 But much did lust in wilderness, 
 
 And God in desert tempt. 
 
 15 He gave them what they sought, but to 
 
 Their soul he leanness sent. 
 
 16 And against Moses in the camp 
 
 Their envy did appear; 
 At Aaron they, the saint of God, 
 Envious also were. 
 
 17 Therefore the earth did open wide, 
 
 And Dathan did devour, 
 And all Abiram's company 
 Did cover in that hour. 
 
 18 Likewise among their company 
 
 A fire was kindled then; 
 And so the hot consuming flame 
 Burnt up these wicked men. 
 
 19 Upon the hill of Horeb they 
 
 An idol-calf did frame, 
 A molten image they did make, 
 And worshipped the same. 
 
 20 And thus their glory, and their God, 
 
 Most vainly changed »they 
 
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162 PSALM CVI. 
 
 Into the likeness of an ox 
 That eateth grass or hay. 
 
 21 They did forget the mighty God, 
 
 That had their Saviour been, 
 By whom such great things brought to pass 
 They had in Egypt seen. 
 
 22 In Ham's land he did wondrous works, 
 
 Things terrible did he, 
 When he his mighty hand and arm 
 Stretch'd out at the Red sea. 
 
 23 Then said he, He would them destroy, 
 
 Had not, his wrath to stay, 
 His chosen Moses stood in breach, 
 That them he should not slay. 
 
 24 Yea, they despis'd the pleasant land. 
 
 Believed not his word : 
 
 25 But in their tents they murmured, 
 
 Not heark'ning to the Lord. 
 
 26 Therefore in desert them to slay 
 
 He lifted up his hand: 
 
 27 'Mong nations to o'erthrow their seed, 
 
 And scatter in each land. 
 
 28 They unto Baal-peor did 
 
 Themselves associate ; 
 The sacrifices of the dead 
 They did profanely eat. 
 
 29 Thus, by their lewd inventions, 
 
 They did provoke his ire; 
 And then upon them suddenly 
 The plague brake in as fire. 
 
 30 Then Phin'has rose, and justice did, 
 
 And so the plague did cease ; 
 
 31 That to all ages counted was 
 
 To him for righteousness. 
 
 32 And at the waters, where they strove, 
 
 They did him angry make, 
 
 In such sort, that it fared ill 
 
 With Moses for their sake: 
 
 33 Because they there his spirit meek 
 
 Provoked bitterly, 
 So that he utter'd with his lips 
 Words unadvisedly. 
 
PSALM CVL 163 
 
 34 Nor, as the Lord commanded them, 
 
 Did they the nations slay : 
 
 35 But with the heathen mingled were, 
 
 And learn'd of them their way. 
 
 36 And they their idols serv'd, which did 
 
 A snare unto them turn. 
 
 37 Their sons and daughters they to dev'ls 
 
 In sacrifice did burn. 
 
 38 In their own children's guiltless blood 
 
 Their hands they did imbrue, 
 Whom to Canaan's idols they 
 
 For sacrifices slew : 
 So was the land defil'd with blood. 
 
 39 They stain'd with their own way, 
 And with their own inventions 
 
 A whoring they did stray. 
 
 40 Against his people kindled was 
 
 The wrath of God therefore, 
 Insomuch that he did his own 
 Inheritance abhor. 
 
 41 He gave them to the heathen's hand ; 
 
 Their foes did them command. 
 
 42 Their en'mies them oppress'd, they were 
 
 Made subject to their hand. 
 
 43 He many times deliver'd them ; 
 
 But with their counsel so 
 They him provok'd, that for their sin 
 They were brought very low. 
 
 44 Yet their affliction he beheld, 
 
 When he did hear their cry : 
 
 45 And he for them his covenant 
 
 Did call to memory ; 
 
 After his mercies' multitude 
 
 46 He did repent : And made 
 Them to be pitied of all those 
 
 Who did them captive lead. 
 
 47 Lord our God, us save, and gather 
 
 The heathen from among, 
 That we thy holy name may praise 
 In a triumphant song. 
 
 48 Bless'd be JEHOVAH, Isr'el's God, 
 
 To all eternity : 
 
 l 2 
 
164 PSALMS CVI, CVII. 
 
 Let all the people say, Amen. 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 1 PRAISE God, for he is good : for still 
 
 His mercies lasting be. 
 
 2 Let God's redeem'd say so, whom he 
 
 From th' en'my's hand did free ; 
 
 3 And gather'd them out of the lands, 
 
 From north, south, east, and west. 
 
 4 They stray'd in desert's pathless way, 
 
 No city found to rest. 
 
 5 For thirst and hunger in them faints 
 
 6 Their soul. When straits them press, 
 They cry unto the Lord, and he 
 
 Them frees from their distress. 
 
 7 Them also in a way to walk 
 
 That right is he did guide, 
 That they might to a city go, 
 Wherein they might abide. 
 
 8 that men to the Lord would give 
 
 Praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 Unto the sons of men ! 
 
 9 For he the soul that longing is 
 
 Doth fully satisfy ; 
 With goodness he the hungry soul 
 Doth fill abundantly. 
 
 10 Such as shut up in darkness deep, 
 
 And in death's shade abide, 
 Whom strongly hath affliction bound, 
 And irons fast have ty'd: 
 
 11 Because against the words of God. 
 
 They wrought rebelliously, 
 And they the counsel did contemn 
 Of him that is most High : 
 
 12 Their heart he did bring down with grief, 
 
 They fell, no help could have. 
 
 13 In trouble then they cry'd to God, 
 
 He them from straits did save. 
 
 14 He out of darkness did them bring, 
 
 And from death's shade them take; 
 
PSALM CVII. 165 
 
 These bands, wherewith they had been 
 Asunder quite he brake. [bound, 
 
 15 that men to the Lord would give 
 
 Praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 Unto the sons of men ! 
 
 16 Because the mighty gates of brass 
 
 In pieces he did tear, 
 
 By him in sunder also cut 
 
 The bars of iron were. 
 
 17 Fools, for their sin, and their offence, 
 
 Do sore affliction bear; 
 
 18 All kind of meat their soul abhors; 
 
 They to death's gates draw near. 
 
 19 In grief they cry to God; he saves 
 
 Them from their miseries. 
 
 20 He sends his word, them heals, and them 
 
 From their destructions frees. 
 
 21 that men to the Lord would give 
 
 Praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 Unto the sons of men! 
 
 22 And let them sacrifice to him 
 
 Off' rings of thankfulness ; 
 And let them shew abroad his works 
 In songs of joy fulness. 
 
 23 Who go to sea in ships, and in 
 
 Great waters trading be, 
 
 24 Within the deep these men God's works 
 
 And his great wonders see. 
 
 25 For he commands, and forth in haste 
 
 The stormy tempest flies, 
 Which makes the sea with rolling waves 
 Aloft to swell and rise. 
 
 26 They mount to heav'n, then to the depths 
 
 They do go down again ; 
 Their soul doth faint and melt away 
 With trouble and with pain. 
 
 27 They reel and stagger like one drunk, 
 
 At their wit's end they be : 
 
 28 Then they to God in trouble cry, 
 
 Who them from straits doth free. 
 
166 PSALM CVII. 
 
 29 The storm is changed into a calm 
 
 At his command and will ; 
 So that the waves, which rag'd before, 
 Now quiet are and still. 
 
 30 Then are they glad, because at rest 
 
 And quiet now they be : 
 So to the haven he them brings, 
 Which they desir'd to see. 
 
 31 that men to the Lord would give 
 
 Praise for his goodness then, 
 And for his works of wonder done 
 Unto the sons of men ! 
 
 32 Among the people gathered 
 
 Let them exalt his name; 
 Among assembled elders spread 
 His most renowned fame. 
 
 33 He to dry land turns water-springs, 
 
 And floods to wilderness; 
 
 34 For sins of those that dwell therein, 
 
 Fat land to barrenness. 
 
 35 The burnt and parched wilderness 
 
 To water-pools he brings; 
 The ground that was dry'd up before 
 He turns to water-springs: 
 
 36 And there, for dwelling, he a place 
 
 Doth to the hungry give, 
 That they a city may prepare 
 Commodiously to live. 
 
 37 There sow the}' fields, and vineyards plant, 
 
 To yield fruits of increase. 
 
 38 His blessing makes them multiply, 
 
 Lets not their beasts decrease. 
 
 39 Again they are diminished, 
 
 And very low brought down, 
 Through sorrow and affliction, 
 And great oppression. 
 
 40 He upon princes pours contempt, 
 
 And causeth them to stray, 
 And wander in a wilderness, 
 Wherein there is no way. 
 
 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high 
 
 From all his miseries, 
 
PSALMS CVII, CVIII. 167 
 
 And he, much like unto a flock, 
 Doth make him families. 
 
 42 They that are righteous shall rejoice, 
 
 When they the same shall see; 
 And, as ashamed, stop her mouth 
 Shall all iniquity. 
 
 43 Whoso is wise, and will these things 
 
 Observe, and them record, 
 Ev'n they shall understand the love 
 And kindness of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVIII. 
 
 1 MY heart is fix'd, Lord; I will sing, 
 
 And with my glory praise. 
 
 2 Awake up psaltery and harp; 
 
 Myself I'll early raise. 
 
 3 I'll praise thee 'mong the people, Lord; 
 
 'Mong nations sing will I: 
 
 4 For above heav'n thy mercy's great, 
 
 Thy truth doth reach the sky. 
 
 5 Be thou above the heavens, Lord, 
 
 Exalted gloriously; 
 Thy glory all the earth above 
 Be lifted up on high. 
 
 6 That those who thy beloved are 
 
 Delivered may be, 
 do thou save with thy right hand, 
 And answer give to me. 
 
 7 God in his holiness hath said, 
 
 Herein I will take pleasure; 
 Shechem I will divide, and forth 
 Will Succoth's valley measure. 
 
 8 Gilead I claim as mine by right; 
 
 Manasseh mine shall be; 
 Ephraim is of my head the strength; 
 Judah gives laws for me; 
 
 9 Moab's my washing-pot; my shoe 
 
 I'll over Edom throw; 
 Over the land of Palestine 
 I will in triumph go. 
 10 who is he will bring me to 
 The city fortify'd? 
 
168 PSALMS CVIII, CIX. 
 
 who is he that to the land 
 Of Edom will me guide? 
 
 11 God, thou who hadst east us off, 
 
 This thing wilt thou not do? 
 And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, God, 
 Forth with our armies go? 
 
 12 Do thou from trouble give us help, 
 
 For helpless is man's aid. 
 
 13 Through God we shall do valiantly; 
 
 Our foes he shall down tread. 
 
 PSALM CIX. 
 
 1 THOU the God of all my praise, 
 
 Do thou not hold thy peace; 
 
 2 For mouths of wicked men to speak 
 
 Against me do not cease: 
 The mouths of vile deceitful men 
 
 Against me open'd be; 
 And with a false and lying tongue 
 
 They have accused me. 
 
 3 They did beset me round about 
 
 With words of hateful spight : 
 And though to them no cause I gave, 
 Against me they did fight. 
 
 4 They for my love became my foes, 
 
 But I me set to pray. 
 
 5 Evil for good, hatred for love, 
 
 To me they did repay. 
 
 6 Set thou the wicked over him; 
 
 And upon his right hand 
 Give thou his greatest enemy, 
 Ev'n Satan, leave to stand. 
 
 7 And when by thee he shall be judg'd, 
 
 Let him condemned be ; 
 And let his pray'r be turn'd to sin, 
 When he shall call on thee. 
 
 8 Few be his days, and in his room 
 
 His charge another take. 
 
 9 His children let be fatherless, 
 
 His wife a widow make. 
 10 His children let be vagabonds, 
 And beg continually; 
 
PSALM CIX. 169 
 
 And from their places desolate 
 Seek bread for their supply. 
 
 11 Let covetous extortioners 
 
 Catch all he hath away : 
 Of all for which he labour'd hath 
 Let strangers make a prey. 
 
 12 Let there be none to pity him, 
 
 Let there be none at all 
 That on his children fatherless 
 Will let his mercy fall. 
 
 13 Let his posterity from earth 
 
 Cut off for ever be, 
 And in the foll'wing age their name 
 Be blotted out by thee. 
 
 14 Let God his father's wickedness 
 
 Still to remembrance call; 
 And never let his mother's sin 
 Be blotted out at all. 
 
 15 But let them all before the Lord 
 
 Appear continually, 
 That he may wholly from the earth 
 Cut off their memory. 
 
 16 Because he mercy minded not, 
 
 But persecuted still 
 The poor and needy, that he might 
 The broken-hearted kill. 
 
 17 As he in cursing pleasure took, 
 
 So let it to him fall ; 
 As he delighted not to bless, 
 So bless him not at all. 
 
 18 As cursing he like clothes put on, 
 
 Into his bowels so, 
 Like water, and into his bones, 
 Like oil, down let it go. 
 
 19 Like to the garment let it be 
 
 Which doth himself array, 
 And for a girdle, wherewith he 
 Is girt about alway. 
 
 20 From God let this be their reward 
 
 That en'mies are to me, 
 And their reward that speak against 
 My soul maliciously. 
 
170 PSALM CIX. 
 
 21 But do thou, for thine own name's sake, 
 
 God the Lord, for me : 
 Sith good and sweet thy mercy is, 
 From trouble set me free. 
 
 22 For I am poor and indigent, 
 
 Afflicted sore am I, 
 My heart within me also is 
 Wounded exceedingly. 
 
 23 I pass like a declining shade, 
 
 Am like the locust tost : 
 
 24 My knees through fasting weaken'd are, 
 
 My flesh hath fatness lost. 
 
 25 I also am a vile reproach 
 
 Unto them made to be; 
 And they that did upon me look 
 Did shake their heads at me. 
 
 26 do thou help and succour me, 
 
 Who art my God and Lord : 
 And, for thy tender mercy's sake, 
 Safety to me afford : 
 
 27 That thereby they may know that this 
 
 Is thy almighty hand ; 
 And that thou, Lord, hast done the same, 
 They may well understand. 
 
 28 Although they curse with spite, yet, Lord, 
 
 Bless thou with loving voice : 
 Let them asham'd be when they rise ; 
 Thy servant let rejoice. 
 
 29 Let thou mine adversaries all 
 
 With shame be clothed over; 
 And let their own confusion 
 Them, as a mantle, cover. 
 
 30 But as for me, I with my mouth 
 
 Will greatly praise the Lord ; 
 And I among the multitude 
 His praises will record. 
 
 31 For he shall stand at his right hand 
 
 Who is in poverty, 
 To save him from all those that would 
 Condemn his soul to die. 
 
PSALMS CX, CXI. 171 
 
 PSALM CX. 
 
 1 THE Loed did say unto my Lord, 
 
 Sit thou at my right hand, 
 Until I make thy foes a stool, 
 Whereon thy feet may stand. 
 
 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send 
 
 The rod of thy great pow'r: 
 In midst of all thine enemies 
 Be thou the governor. 
 
 3 A willing people in thy day 
 
 Of pow'r shall come to thee, 
 In holy beauties from morn's womb ; 
 Thy youth like dew shall be. 
 
 4 The Lord himself hath made an oath, 
 
 And will repent him never, 
 Of th' order of Melchisedec 
 Thou art a priest for ever. 
 
 5 The glorious and mighty Lord, 
 
 That sits at thy right hand, 
 Shall, in his day of wrath, strike through 
 Kings that do him withstand. 
 
 6 He shall among the heathen judge, 
 
 He shall with bodies dead 
 The places fill : o'er many lands 
 He wound shall ev'ry head. 
 
 7 The brook that runneth in the way 
 
 With drink shall him supply ; 
 And, for this cause, in triumph he 
 Shall lift his head on high. 
 
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 PSALM CXI. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord : with my whole 
 
 I will God's praise declare, [heart 
 
 Where the assemblies of the just 
 
 And congregations are. 
 The whole works of the Lord our God 
 
 Are great above all measure, 
 Sought out they are of ev'ry one 
 
 That doth therein take pleasure. 
 
 His work most honourable is, 
 Most glorious and pure, 
 
172 PSALMS CXI, CXII. 
 
 And his untainted righteousness 
 For ever doth endure. 
 
 4 His works most wonderful he hath 
 
 Made to be thought upon ■ 
 The Lord is gracious, and he is 
 Full of compassion. 
 
 5 He giveth meat unto all those 
 
 That truly do him fear ; 
 And evermore his covenant 
 
 He in his mind will bear. 
 G He did the power of his works 
 
 Unto his people show, 
 When he the heathen's heritage 
 
 Upon them did bestow. 
 
 7 His handy- works are truth and right ; 
 
 All his commands are sure : 
 
 8 And, done in truth and uprightness, 
 
 They evermore endure. 
 
 9 He sent redemption to his folk ; 
 
 His covenant for aye 
 He did command : holy his name 
 And rev'rend is alway. 
 
 10 Wisdom's beginning is God's fear : 
 Good understanding they 
 Have all that his commands fulfil : 
 His praise endures for aye. 
 
 PSALM CXII. 
 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord. The man is bless 1 d 
 
 That fears the Lord aright, 
 He who in his commandements 
 Doth greatly take delight. 
 
 2 His seed and offspring powerful 
 
 Shall be the earth upon : 
 Of upright men blessed shall be 
 The generation. 
 
 3 Riches and wealth shall ever be 
 
 Within his house in store; 
 And his unspotted righteousness 
 Endures for evermore. 
 
 4 Unto the upright light doth rise, 
 
 Though he in darkness be : 
 
PSALMS CXII, CXIII. 173 
 
 Compassionate, and merciful, 
 And righteous, is he. 
 
 5 A good man doth his favour shew, 
 
 And doth to others lend : 
 
 He with discretion his affairs 
 
 Will guide unto the end. 
 
 6 Surely there is not any thing 
 
 That ever shall him move : 
 The righteous man's memorial 
 Shall everlasting prove. 
 
 7 When he shall evil tidings hear, 
 
 He shall not be afraid : 
 His heart is fix'd, his confidence 
 Upon the Lord is stay'd. 
 
 8 His heart is firmly stablished, 
 
 Afraid he shall not be, 
 Until upon his enemies 
 He his desire shall see. 
 
 9 He hath dispers'd, giv'n to the poor ; 
 
 His righteousness shall be 
 To ages all ; with honour shall 
 
 His horn be raised high. 
 10 The wicked shall it see, and fret, 
 
 His teeth gnash, melt away : 
 What wicked men do most desire 
 
 Shall utterly decay. 
 
 PSALM CXIII. 
 
 1 PRAISE God : ye servants of the Lord, 
 
 praise, the Lord's name praise. 
 
 2 Yea, blessed be the name of God 
 
 From this time forth always. 
 
 3 From rising sun to where it sets, 
 
 God's name is to be prais'd. 
 
 4 Above all nations God is high, 
 
 'Bove heav'ns his glory rais'd. 
 
 5 Unto the Lord our God that dwells 
 
 On high, who can compare ? 
 Himself that humbleth things to see 
 
 In heav'n and earth that are. 
 7 He from the dust doth raise the poor, 
 
 That very low doth lie ; 
 
174 PSALMS CXIII, CXIV, CXV. 
 
 And from the dunghill lifts the man 
 Oppress'd with poverty ; 
 
 8 That he may highly him advance, 
 
 And with the princes set ; 
 With those that of his people are 
 The chief, ev'n princes great. 
 
 9 The barren woman house to keep 
 
 He maketh, and to be 
 Of sons a mother full of joy. 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. • 
 
 PSALM CXIV. 
 
 1 WHEN Isr'el out of Egypt went, 
 
 And did his dwelling change, 
 When Jacob's house went out from those 
 That were of language strange, 
 
 2 He Judah did his sanctuary, 
 
 His kingdom Isr'el make : 
 
 3 The sea it saw, and quickly fled, 
 
 Jordan was driven back. 
 
 4 Like rams the mountains, and like lambs 
 
 The hills skipp'd to and fro. 
 
 5 sea, why fledd'st thou? Jordan, back 
 
 Why wast thou driven so ? 
 
 6 Ye mountains great, wherefore was it 
 
 That ye did skip like rams ? 
 And wherefore was it, little hills, 
 That ye did leap like lambs? 
 
 7 at the presence of the Lord, 
 
 Earth, tremble thou for fear. 
 While as the presence of the God 
 Of Jacob doth appear : 
 
 8 Who from the hard and stony rock 
 
 Did standing water bring ; 
 And by his pow'r did turn the flint 
 Into a water-spring. 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 1 NOT unto us, Lord, not to us, 
 But do thou glory take 
 Unto thy name, ev'n for thy truth, 
 And for thy mercy's sake. 
 
PSALMS CXV, OXVI. 175 
 
 2 wherefore should the heathen say, 
 
 Where is their God now gone? 
 
 3 But our God in the heavens is, 
 
 What pleas'd him he hath done. 
 
 4 Their idols silver are and gold, 
 
 Work of men's hands they be. 
 
 5 Mouths have they, but they do not speak ; 
 
 And eyes, but do not see ; 
 
 6 Ears have they, but they do not hear; 
 
 Noses, but savour not ; 
 
 7 Hands, feet, but handle not, nor walk; 
 
 Nor speak they through their throat. 
 
 8 Like them their makers are, and all 
 
 On them their trust that build. 
 
 9 Isr'el, trust thou in the Lord, 
 
 He is their help and shield. 
 
 10 Aaron's house, trust in the Lord, 
 
 Their help and shield is he. 
 
 11 Ye that fear God, trust in the Lord, 
 
 Their help and shield he'll be. 
 
 12 The Lord of us hath mindful been, 
 
 And he will bless us still : 
 He will the house of Isr'el bless, 
 Bless Aaron's house he will. 
 
 13 Both small and great, that fear the Lord, 
 
 He will them surely bless. 
 
 14 The Lord will you, you and your seed, 
 
 Aye more and more increase. 
 
 15 blessed are ye of the Lord, 
 
 Who made the earth and heavn. 
 
 16 The heav'n, ev'n heav'ns, are God's, but he 
 
 Earth to men's sons hath giv'n. 
 
 17 The dead, nor who to silence go, 
 
 God's praise do not record. 
 
 18 But henceforth we for ever will 
 
 Bless God. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 1 I LOVE the Lord, because my voice 
 
 And prayers he did hear. 
 
 2 I, while I live, will call on him, 
 
 Who bow'd to me his ear. 
 
176 PSALM CXVI. 
 
 3 Of death the cords and sorrows did 
 
 About me compass round ; 
 The pains of hell took hold on me, 
 I grief and trouble found. 
 
 4 Upon the name of God the Lord 
 
 Then did I call, and say, 
 Deliver thou my soul, Lord, 
 I do thee humbly pray. 
 
 5 God merciful and righteous is, 
 
 Yea, gracious is our Lord. 
 
 6 God saves the meek : I was brought low, 
 
 He did me help afford. 
 
 7 thou my soul, do thou return 
 
 Unto thy quiet rest ; 
 For largely, lo, the Lord to thee 
 His bounty hath exprest. 
 
 8 For my distressed soul from death 
 
 Deliver'd was by thee : 
 Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears, 
 My feet from falling, free. 
 
 9 I in the land of those that live 
 
 Will walk the Lord before. 
 
 10 I did believe, therefore I spake : 
 
 I was afflicted sore. 
 
 11 I said, when I was in my haste, 
 
 That all men liars be. 
 
 12 What shall I render to the Lord 
 
 For all his gifts to me? 
 
 13 I'll of salvation take the cup, 
 
 On God's name will I call : 
 
 14 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord 
 
 Before his people all. 
 
 15 Dear in God's sight is his saints' death. 
 
 16 Thy servant, Lord, am I ; 
 
 Thy servant sure, thine handmaid's son : 
 My bands thou didst untie. 
 
 17 Thank-off 'rings I to thee will give, 
 
 And on God's name will call. 
 
 18 I'll pay my vows now to the Lord 
 
 Before his people all ; 
 
 19 Within the courts of God's own house, 
 
 Within the midst of thee, 
 
PSALMS CXVII, CXVIII. 177 
 
 city of Jerusalem. 
 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CXVII. 
 
 1 GIVE ye praise unto the Lord, 
 
 All nations that be; 
 Likewise, ye people all, accord 
 His name to magnify. 
 
 2 For great to us-ward ever are 
 
 His loving-kindnesses : 
 His truth endures for evermore. 
 The Lord do ye bless. 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 1 PRAISE the Lord, for he is good ; 
 
 His mercy lasteth ever. 
 
 2 Let those of Israel now say, 
 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 
 3 Now let the house of Aaron say, 
 
 His mercy lasteth ever. 
 
 4 Let those that fear the Lord now say, 
 
 His mercy faileth never. 
 
 5 I in distress call'd on the Lord; 
 
 The Lord did answer me : 
 He in a large place did me set, 
 From trouble made me free. 
 
 6 The mighty Lord is on my side, 
 
 I will not be afraid; 
 For any thing that man can do 
 I shall not be dismay'd. 
 
 7 The Lord doth take my part with them 
 
 That help to succour me : 
 Therefore on those that do me hate 
 I my desire shall see. 
 
 8 Better it is to trust in God 
 
 Than trust in man's defence ; 
 
 9 Better to trust in God than make 
 
 Princes our confidence. 
 
 10 The nations, joining all in one, 
 Did compass me about : 
 But in the Lord's most holy name 
 I shall them all root out. 
 
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 178 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 11 They compass'd me about; I say, 
 
 They compass'd me about : 
 But in the Lord's most holy name 
 I shall them all root out. 
 
 12 Like bees they compass'd me about ; 
 
 Like unto thorns that flame 
 They quenched are: for them shall I 
 Destroy in God's own name. 
 
 13 Thou sore hast thrust, that I might fall, 
 
 But my Lord helped me. 
 
 14 God my salvation is become, 
 
 My strength and song is he. 
 
 15 In dwellings of the righteous 
 
 Is heard the melody 
 Of joy and health : the Lord's right hand 
 Doth ever valiantly. 
 
 16 The right hand of the mighty Lord 
 
 Exalted is on high ; 
 The right hand of the mighty Lord 
 Doth ever valiantly. 
 
 17 I shall not die, but live, and shall 
 
 The works of God discover. 
 
 18 The Lord hath me chastised sore, 
 
 But not to death giv'n over. 
 
 19 set ye open unto me 
 
 The gates of righteousness; 
 Then will I enter into them, 
 And I the Lord will bless. 
 
 20 This is the gate of God, by it 
 
 The just shall enter in. 
 
 21 Thee will I praise, for thou me heard'st, 
 
 And hast my safety been. 
 
 22 That stone is made head corner-stone, 
 
 Which builders did despise : 
 
 23 This is the doing of the Lord, 
 
 And wondrous in our eyes. 
 
 24 This is the day God made, in it 
 
 We'll joy triumphantly. 
 
 25 Save now, I pray thee, Lord ; I pray, 
 
 Send now prosperity. 
 
 26 Blessed is he in God's great name 
 
 That cometh us to save: 
 
PSALMS CXVIII, CXIX. 179 
 
 We, from the house which to the Lord 
 Pertains, you blessed have. 
 
 27 God is the Lord, who unto us 
 
 Hath made light to arise : 
 Bind ye unto the altar's horns 
 With cords the sacrifice. 
 
 28 Thou art my God, I'll thee exalt; 
 
 My God, I will thee praise. 
 
 29 Give thanks to God, for he is good : 
 
 His mercy lasts always. 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 ALEPH. The 1st Part. 
 
 1 BLESSED are they that undefil'd, 
 
 And straight are in the way ; 
 Who in the Lord's most holy law 
 Do walk, and do not stray. 
 
 2 Blessed are they who to observe 
 
 His statutes are inclin'd ; 
 And who do seek the living God 
 With their whole heart and mind. 
 
 3 Such in his ways do walk, and they 
 
 Do no iniquity. 
 
 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep 
 
 Thy precepts carefully. 
 
 5 that thy statutes to observe 
 
 Thou would'st my ways direct! 
 
 6 Then shall I not be sham'd, when I 
 
 Thy precepts all respect. 
 
 7 Then with integrity of heart 
 
 Thee will I praise and bless, 
 When I the judgments all have learn'd 
 Of thy pure righteousness. 
 
 8 That I will keep thy statutes all 
 
 Firmly resolv'd have I : 
 do not then, most gracious God, 
 Forsake me utterly. 
 
 BETH. The 2nd Part. 
 
 9 By what means shall a young man learn 
 
 His way to purify? 
 m 2 
 
180 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 If he according to thy word 
 Thereto attentive be. 
 
 10 Unfeignedly thee have I sought 
 
 With all my soul and heart : 
 O let me not from the right path 
 Of thy commands depart. 
 
 11 Thy word I in my heart have hid, 
 
 That I offend not thee. 
 
 12 Lord, thou ever blessed art, 
 
 Thy statutes teach thou me. 
 
 13 The judgments of thy mouth each one 
 
 My lips declared have: 
 
 14 More joy thy testimonies' way 
 
 Than riches all me gave. 
 
 15 I will thy holy precepts make 
 
 My meditation; 
 And carefully I'll have respect 
 Unto thy ways each one. 
 
 16 Upon thy statutes my delight 
 
 Shall constantly be set: 
 And, by thy grace, I never will 
 Thy holy word forget. 
 
 GIMEL. The 3rd Part. 
 
 17 With me thy servant, in thy grace, 
 
 Deal bountifully, Lord ; 
 That by thy favour I may live, 
 And duly keep thy word. 
 
 18 Open mine eyes, that of thy law 
 
 The wonders I may see. 
 
 19 I am a stranger on this earth, 
 
 Hide not thy laws from me. 
 
 20 My soul within me breaks, and doth 
 
 Much fainting still endure, 
 Through longing that it hath all times 
 Unto thy judgments pure. 
 
 21 Thou hast rebuk'd the cursed proud, 
 
 Who from thy precepts swerve. 
 
 22 Reproach and shame remove from me, 
 
 For I thy laws observe. 
 
 23 Against me princes spake with spite, 
 
 W T hile they in council sat : 
 
PSALM CXIX. 181 
 
 But I thy servant did upon 
 Thy statutes meditate. 
 
 24 My comfort, and my heart's delight, 
 
 Thy testimonies be ; 
 And they, in all my doubts and fears, 
 Are counsellors to me. 
 
 DALETH. The Uh Part. 
 
 25 My soul to dust cleaves: quicken me, 
 
 According to thy word. 
 
 26 My ways I shew'd, and me thou heard'st : 
 
 Teach me thy statutes, Lord. 
 
 27 The way of thy commandements 
 
 Make me aright to know; 
 So all thy works that wondrous are 
 I shall to others show. 
 
 28 My soul doth melt, and drop away, 
 
 For heaviness and grief: 
 To me, according to thy word, 
 Give strength, and send relief. 
 
 29 From me the wicked way of lies 
 
 Let far removed be; 
 And graciously thy holy law 
 Do thou grant unto me. 
 
 30 I chosen have the perfect way 
 
 Of truth and verity: 
 Thy judgments that most righteous are 
 Before me laid have I. 
 
 31 I to thy testimonies cleave; 
 
 Shame do not on me cast. 
 
 32 I'll run thy precepts' way, when thou 
 
 My heart enlarged hast. 
 
 HE. The 5th Part 
 
 33 Teach me, Lord, the perfect way 
 
 Of thy precepts divine, 
 And to observe it to the end 
 I shall my heart incline. 
 
 34 pive understanding unto me, 
 
 So keep thy law shall I; 
 Yea, ev'n with my whole heart I shall 
 Observe it carefully. 
 
182 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 35 In thy law's path make me to go ; 
 
 For I delight therein. 
 
 36 My heart unto thy testimonies, 
 
 And not to greed, incline. 
 
 37 Turn thou away my sight and eyes 
 
 From viewing vanity; 
 And in thy good and holy way 
 Be pleas'd to quicken me. 
 
 38 Confirm to me thy gracious word, 
 
 Which I did gladly hear, 
 Ev'n to thy servant, Lord, who is 
 Devoted to thy fear. 
 
 39 Turn thou away my fear'd reproach; 
 
 For good thy judgments be. 
 
 40 Lo, for thy precepts I have long'd; 
 
 In thy truth quicken me. 
 
 VAU. TJie 6th Part. 
 
 41 Let thy sweet mercies also come 
 
 And visit me, Lord; 
 Ev'n thy benign salvation, 
 According to thy word. 
 
 42 So shall I have wherewith I may 
 
 Give him an answer just, 
 Who spitefully reproacheth me; 
 For in thy word I trust. 
 
 43 The word of truth out of my mouth 
 
 Take thou not utterly; 
 For on thy judgments righteous 
 My hope cloth still rely. 
 
 44 So shall I keep for evermore 
 
 Thy law continually. 
 
 45 And, sith that I thy precepts seek, 
 
 I'll walk at liberty. 
 
 46 I'll speak thy word to kings, and I 
 
 With shame shall not be mov'd ; 
 
 47 And will delight myself always 
 
 In thy laws, which I lov'd. 
 
 48 To thy commandments, which I lov'd, 
 
 My hands lift up I will; 
 And I will also meditate 
 Upon thy statutes still. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 183 
 
 ZAIN, The 1th Part. 
 
 49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word 
 
 Thou to thy servant spake, 
 Which, for a ground of my sure hope, 
 Thou causedst me to take. 
 
 50 This word of thine my comfort is 
 
 In mine affliction : 
 For in my straits I am reviv'd 
 By this thy word alone. 
 
 51 The men whose hearts with pride are stuff 'd 
 
 Did greatly me deride; 
 Yet from thy straight commandements 
 I have not turn'd aside. 
 
 52 Thy judgments righteous, Lord, 
 
 Which thou of old forth gave, 
 I did remember, and myself 
 By them comforted have. 
 
 53 Horror took hold on me, because 
 
 111 men thy laAv forsake. 
 
 54 I in my house of pilgrimage 
 
 Thy laws my songs do make. 
 
 55 Thy name by night, Lord, I did mind, 
 
 And I have kept thy law. 
 
 56 And this I had, because thy word 
 
 I kept, and stood in awe. 
 
 CHETH. The 8th Part. 
 
 57 Thou my sure portion art alone, 
 
 Which I did chuse, Lord: 
 
 I have resolv'd, and said, that I 
 
 Would keep thy holy word. 
 
 58 With my whole heart I did entreat 
 
 Thy face and favour free: 
 According to thy gracious word 
 Be merciful to me. 
 
 59 I thougljt upon my former ways, 
 
 And did my life well try; 
 And to thy testimonies pure 
 My feet then turned I. 
 
 60 I did not stay, nor linger long, 
 
 As those that slothful are; 
 
184 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 But hastily thy laws to keep 
 Myself I did prepare. 
 
 Gl Bands of ill men me robb'd; yet I 
 Thy precepts did not slight. 
 
 62 I'll rise at midnight thee to praise, 
 
 Ev'n for thy judgments right. 
 
 63 I am companion to all those 
 
 Who fear, and thee obey. 
 
 64 Lord, thy mercy fills the earth : 
 
 Teach me thy laws, I pray. 
 
 TETH. The 9th Part. 
 
 65 Well hast thou with thy servant dealt, 
 
 As thou didst promise give. 
 
 66 Good judgment me, and knowledge teach, 
 
 For I thy word believe. 
 
 67 Ere I afflicted was I stray'd ; 
 
 But now I keep thy word. 
 
 68 Both good thou art, and good thou do'st : 
 
 Teach me thy statutes, Lord. 
 
 69 The men that are puff'd up with pride 
 
 Against me forg'd a lie ; 
 Yet thy commandements observe 
 
 With my whole heart will I. [wealth, 
 
 70 Their hearts, through worldly ease and 
 
 As fat as grease they be : 
 But in thy holy law I take 
 Delight continually. 
 
 71 It hath been very good for me 
 
 That I afflicted was, 
 That I might well instructed be, 
 And learn thy holy laws. 
 
 72 The word that cometh from thy mouth 
 
 Is better unto me 
 Than many thousands and great sums 
 Of gold and silver be. 
 
 JOD. The 10th Part. 
 
 73 Thou mad'st and fashion'dst me: thy laws 
 
 To know give wisdom, Lord. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 185 
 
 74 So who thee fear shall joy to see 
 
 Me trusting in thy word. 
 
 75 That very right thy judgments are 
 
 I know, and do confess ; 
 And that thou hast afflicted me 
 In truth and faithfulness. 
 
 76 let thy kindness merciful, 
 
 I pray thee, comfort me, 
 As to thy servant faithfully 
 Was promised by thee. 
 
 77 And let thy tender mercies come 
 
 To me, that I may live ; 
 Because thy holy laws to me 
 Sweet delectation give. 
 
 78 Lord, let the proud ashamed be; 
 
 For they, without a cause, 
 With me perversely dealt : but I 
 Will muse upon thy laws. 
 
 79 Let such as fear thee, and have known 
 
 Thy statutes, turn to me. 
 
 80 My heart let in thy laws be sound, 
 
 That sham'd I never be. 
 
 CAPH. The 11th Part. 
 
 81 My soul for thy salvation faints; 
 
 Yet I thy word believe. 
 
 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word : I say, 
 
 When wilt thou comfort give? 
 
 83 For like a bottle I'm become, 
 
 That in the smoke is set: 
 I'm black, and parch'd with grief; yet I 
 Thy statutes not forget. 
 
 84 How many are thy servant's days? 
 
 When wilt thou execute 
 Just judgment on these wicked men 
 That do me persecute ? 
 
 85 The proud have digged pits for me, 
 
 Which is against thy laws. 
 
 86 Thy words all faithful are : help me, 
 
 Pursu'd without a cause. 
 
 87 They so consum'd me, that on earth 
 
 My life they scarce did leave : 
 
186 PSALM CXJX. 
 
 Thy precepts yet forsook I not, 
 But close to them did cleave. 
 
 88 After thy loving-kindness, Lord, 
 
 Me quicken, and preserve : 
 The testimony of thy mouth 
 So shall I still observe. 
 
 LAMED. The 12th Part. 
 
 89 Thy word for ever is, Lord, 
 
 In heaven settled fast; 
 
 90 Unto all generations 
 
 Thy faithfulness doth last: 
 The earth thou hast established, 
 And it abides by thee. 
 
 91 This day they stand as thou ordain'dst ; 
 
 For all thy servants be. 
 
 92 Unless in thy most perfect law 
 
 My soul delights had found, 
 I should have perished, when as 
 My troubles did abound. 
 
 93 Thy precepts I will ne'er forget; 
 
 They quick'ning to me brought. 
 
 94 Lord, I am thine; save thou me: 
 
 Thy precepts I have sought. 
 
 95 For me the wicked have laid wait, 
 
 Me seeking to destroy: 
 
 But I thy testimonies true 
 
 Consider will with joy. 
 
 96 An end of all perfection 
 
 Here have I seen, God : 
 But as for thy commandement, 
 It is exceeding broad. 
 
 MEM. The 13th Part. 
 
 97 how love I thy law! it is 
 
 My study all the day : 
 
 98 It makes me wiser than my foes; 
 
 For it doth with me stay. 
 
 99 Than all my teachers now I have 
 
 More understanding far; 
 Because my meditation 
 Thy testimonies are. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 187 
 
 100 In understanding I excel 
 
 Those that are ancients ; 
 
 For I endeavoured to keep 
 
 All thy commandements. 
 
 101 My feet from each ill way I stay'd, 
 
 That I may keep thy word. 
 
 102 I from thy judgments have not swerv'd ; 
 
 For thou hast taught me, Lord. 
 
 103 How sweet unto my taste, O Lord, 
 
 Are all thy words of truth ! 
 Yea, I do find them sweeter far 
 Than honey to my mouth. 
 
 104 I through thy precepts, that are pure, 
 
 Do understanding get; 
 I therefore ev'ry way that's false 
 With all my heart do hate. 
 
 NUN. The Uth Part. 
 
 105 Thy word is to my feet a lamp, 
 
 And to my path a light. 
 
 106 I sworn have, and I will perform, 
 
 To keep thy judgments right. 
 
 107 I am with sore affliction 
 
 Ev'n ovenvhelm'd, O Lord : 
 In mercy raise and quicken me, 
 According to thy word. 
 
 108 The free-will-off rings of my mouth 
 
 Accept, I thee beseech : 
 And unto me thy servant, Lord, 
 Thy judgments clearly teach. 
 
 109 Though still my soul be in my hand, 
 
 Thy laws I'll not forget. 
 
 110 I err'd not from them, though for me 
 
 The wicked snares did set. 
 
 111 I of thy testimonies have 
 
 Above all things made choice, 
 To be my heritage for aye ; 
 For they my heart rejoice. 
 
 112 I carefully inclined have 
 
 My heart still to attend ; 
 That I thy statutes may perform 
 Alway unto the end. 
 
188 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 SAMECH. TJie 15th Part 
 
 113 I hate the thoughts of vanity, 
 
 But love thy law do I. 
 
 114 My shield and hiding-place thou art: 
 
 I on thy word rely. 
 
 115 All ye that evil-doers are 
 
 From me depart away ; 
 For the commandments of my God 
 I purpose to obey. 
 
 116 According to thy faithful word 
 
 Uphold and stablish me, 
 That I may live, and of my hope 
 Ashamed never be. 
 
 117 Hold thou me up, so shall I be 
 
 In peace and safety still; 
 And to thy statutes have respect 
 Continually I will. 
 
 118 Thou tread'st down all that love to stray; 
 
 False their deceit doth prove. 
 
 119 Lewd men, like dross, away thou putt'st ; 
 
 Therefore thy law I love. 
 
 120 For fear of thee my very flesh 
 
 Doth tremble, all dismayed ; 
 And of thy righteous judgments, Lord, 
 My soul is much afraid. 
 
 AIN. The 16th Part. 
 
 121 To all men I have judgment done, 
 
 Performing justice right ; 
 Then let me not be left unto 
 My fierce oppressors' might. 
 
 122 For good unto thy servant, Lord, 
 
 Thy servant's surety be: 
 From the oppression of the proud 
 Do thou deliver me. 
 
 123 Mine eyes do fail with looking long 
 
 For thy salvation, 
 The word of thy pure righteousness 
 While I do wait upon. 
 
 124 In mercy with thy servant deal, 
 
 Thy laws me teach and show. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 189 
 
 125 I am thy servant, wisdom give, 
 
 That I thy laws may know. 
 
 126 Tis time thou work, Lord ; for they have 
 
 Made void thy law divine. 
 
 127 Therefore thy precepts more I love 
 
 Than gold, yea, gold most fine. 
 
 128 Concerning all things thy commands 
 
 All right I judge therefore; 
 And eVry false and wicked way 
 I perfectly abhor. 
 
 PR The 17th Part. 
 
 129 Thy statutes, Lord, are wonderful, 
 
 My soul them keeps with care. 
 
 130 The entrance of thy words gives light, 
 
 Makes wise who simple are. 
 
 131 M} r mouth I have wide opened, 
 
 And panted earnestly, 
 While after thy commandements 
 I long'd exceedingly. 
 
 132 Look on me, Lord, and merciful 
 
 Do thou unto me prove, 
 As thou art wont to do to those 
 Thy name who truly love. 
 
 133 let my footsteps in thy word 
 
 Aright still order d be : 
 Let no iniquity obtain 
 Dominion over me. 
 
 134 From man's oppression save thou me; 
 
 So keep thy laws I will. 
 
 135 Thy face make on thy servant shine; 
 
 Teach me thy statutes still. 
 
 136 Rivers of waters from mine eyes 
 
 Did run down, when I saw 
 How wicked men run on in sin, 
 And do not keep thy law. 
 
 TSADDI. The 18th Part. 
 
 137 Lord, thou art most righteous; 
 
 Thy judgments are upright. 
 
 138 Thy testimonies thou command'st 
 
 Most faithful are and right. 
 
190 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 139 My zeal hath ev'n consumed me, 
 
 Because mine enemies 
 Thy holy words forgotten have, 
 And do thy laws despise. 
 
 140 Thy word's most pure, therefore on it 
 
 Thy servant's love is set. 
 
 141 Small, and despis'd I am, yet I 
 
 Thy precepts not forget. 
 
 142 Thy righteousness is righteousness 
 
 Which ever doth endure : 
 Thy holy law, Lord, also is 
 The very truth most pure. 
 
 143 Trouble and anguish have me found, 
 
 And taken hold on me : 
 Yet in my trouble my delight 
 Thy just commandments be. 
 
 144 Eternal righteousness is in 
 
 Thy testimonies all : 
 Lord, to me understanding give, 
 And ever live I shall. 
 
 KOPH. The 19th Part. 
 
 145 With my whole heart I cry'd, Lord, hear; 
 
 I will thy word obey. 
 
 146 J cry'd to thee ; save me, and I 
 
 Will keep thy laws alway. 
 
 147 I of the morning did prevent 
 
 The dawning, and did cry: 
 For all mine expectation 
 Did on thy word rely. 
 
 148 Mine eyes did timeously prevent 
 
 The watches of the night, 
 That in thy word with careful mind 
 Then meditate I might. 
 
 149 After thy loving-kindness hear 
 
 My voice, that calls on thee: 
 According to thy judgment, Lord, 
 Revive and quicken me. 
 
 150 Who follow mischief they draw nigh ; 
 
 They from thy law are far: 
 
 151 But thou art near, Lord ; most firm truth 
 
 All thy commandments are. 
 
PSALM CXIX. 191 
 
 152 As for thy testimonies all, 
 
 Of old this have I try'd, 
 Tli at thou hast surely founded them 
 For ever to abide. 
 
 RESH. The 20th Part. 
 
 153 Consider mine affliction, 
 
 In safety do me set : 
 Deliver me, O Lord, for I 
 Thy law do not forget. 
 
 154 After thy word revive thou me; 
 
 Save me, and plead my cause. 
 
 155 Salvation is from sinners far; 
 
 For they seek not thy laws. 
 
 156 Lord, both great and manifold 
 
 Thy tender mercies be: 
 According to thy judgments just, 
 Revive and quicken me. 
 
 157 My persecutors many are, 
 
 And foes that do combine; 
 
 Yet from thy testimonies pure 
 
 My heart doth not decline. 
 
 158 I saw transgressors, and was griev'd; 
 
 For they keep not thy word. 
 
 159 See how I love thy law ! as thou 
 
 Art kind, me quicken, Lord. 
 1G0 From the beginning all thy word 
 Hath been most true and sure: 
 Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one 
 For evermore endure. 
 
 SCHIN. Tlie 21st Part. 
 
 161 Princes have persecuted me, 
 
 Although no cause they saw : 
 But still of thy most holy word 
 My heart doth stand in awe. 
 
 162 I at thy word rejoice, as one 
 
 Of spoil that finds great store. 
 
 163 Thy law I love; but lying all 
 
 I hate and do abhor. 
 
 164 Sev'n times a-day it is my care 
 
 To give due praise to thee ; 
 
192 PSALM CXIX. 
 
 Because of all thy judgments, Lord, 
 Which righteous ever be. 
 
 165 Great peace have they who love thy law ; 
 
 Offence they shall have none. 
 
 166 I hop'd for thy salvation, Lord, 
 
 And thy commands have done. 
 
 167 My soul thy testimonies pure 
 
 Observed carefully ; 
 On them my heart is set, and them 
 I love exceedingly. 
 
 168 Thy testimonies and thy laws 
 
 I kept with special care ; 
 For all my works and ways each one 
 Before thee open are. 
 
 TAIL The 22nd Part. 
 
 169 let my earnest pray'r and cry 
 
 Come near before thee, Lord : 
 Give understanding unto me, 
 According to thy word. 
 
 170 Let my request before thee come : 
 
 After thy word me free. 
 
 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou 
 
 Hast taught thy laws to me. 
 
 172 My tongue of thy most blessed word 
 
 Shall speak, and it confess; 
 Because all thy commandements 
 Are perfect righteousness. 
 
 173 Let thy strong hand make help to me : 
 
 Thy precepts are my choice. 
 
 174 I long'd for thy salvation, Lord, 
 
 And in thy law rejoice. 
 
 175 let my soul live, and it shall 
 
 Give praises unto thee ; 
 And let thy judgments gracious 
 Be helpful unto me. 
 
 176 I, like a lost sheep, went astray; 
 
 Thy servant seek, and find : 
 For thy commands I suffer'd not 
 To slip out of my mind. 
 
PSALMS CXX— CXXII. 193 
 
 PSALM CXX. 
 
 1 IN my distress to God I cry'd, 
 
 And he gave ear to me. 
 
 2 From lying lips, and guileful tongue, 
 
 Lord, my soul set free. 
 
 3 What shall be giv'n thee? or what shall 
 
 Be done to thee, false tongue ? 
 
 4 Ev'n burning coals of juniper, 
 
 Sharp arrows of the strong. 
 
 5 Woe's me that I in Mesech am 
 
 A sojourner so long ; 
 That I in tabernacles dwell 
 To Kedar that belong. 
 
 6 My soul with him that hateth peace 
 
 Hath long a dweller been. 
 
 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, 
 
 For battle they are keen. 
 
 PSALM CXXL 
 
 1 I TO the hills will lift mine eyes, 
 
 From whence doth come mine aid. 
 
 2 My safety cometh from the Lord, 
 
 Who heav'n and earth hath made. 
 
 3 Thy foot he'll not let slide, nor will 
 
 He slumber that thee keeps. 
 
 4 Behold, he that keeps Israel, 
 
 He slumbers not, nor sleeps. 
 
 5 The Lord thee keeps, the Lord thy shade 
 
 On thy right hand doth stay : 
 
 6 The moon by night thee shall not smite, 
 
 Nor yet the sun by day. 
 
 7 The Lord shall keep thy soul ; he shall 
 
 Preserve thee from all ill. 
 
 8 Henceforth thy going out and in 
 
 God keep for ever will. 
 
 PSALM CXXII. 
 
 1 I JOY'D when to the house of God, 
 
 Go up, they said to me. 
 
 2 Jerusalem, within thy gates 
 
 Our feet shall standing be. 
 
194 PSALMS CXXII ; CXXIIL 
 
 3 Jerus'lem, as a city, is 
 
 Compactly built together : 
 
 4 Unto that place the tribes go up, 
 
 The tribes of God go thither; 
 
 To Isr'el's testimony, there 
 To God's name thanks to pay. 
 
 5 For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones 
 
 Of David's house, there stay. 
 
 6 Pray that Jerusalem may have 
 
 Peace and felicity: 
 Let them that love thee and thy peace 
 Have still prosperity. 
 
 7 Therefore I wish that peace may still 
 
 Within thy walls remain, 
 And ever may thy palaces 
 Prosperity retain. 
 
 8 Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes, 
 
 Peace be in thee, I'll say. 
 
 9 And for the house of God our Lord, 
 
 I'll seek thy good alway. 
 
 PSALM CXXIIL 
 
 1 THOU that dwellest in the heav'ns, 
 
 I lift mine eyes to thee. 
 
 2 Behold, as servants' eyes do look 
 
 Their masters' hand to see, 
 As handmaid's eyes her mistress' hand; 
 
 So do our eyes attend 
 Upon the Lord our God, until 
 
 To us he mercy send. 
 
 3 Lord, be gracious to us, 
 
 Unto us gracious be ; 
 Because replenish'd with contempt 
 Exceedingly are we. 
 
 4 Our soul is fill'd with scorn of those 
 
 That at their ease abide, 
 And with the insolent contempt 
 Of those that swell in pride. 
 
PSALM CXXIV. 195 
 
 1 HAD not the Lord been on our side, 
 
 May Israel now say ; 
 
 2 Had not the Lord been on our side, 
 
 When men rose us to slay ; 
 
 3 They had us swallow'd quick, when as 
 
 Their wrath 'gainst us did flame : 
 
 4 Waters had cover'd us, our soul 
 
 Had sunk beneath the stream. 
 
 5 Then had the waters, swelling high, 
 
 Over our soul made way. 
 
 6 Bless'd be the Lord, who to their teeth 
 
 Us gave not for a prey. 
 
 7 Our soul's escaped, as a bird 
 
 Out of the fowler's snare ; 
 The snare asunder broken is, 
 And we escaped are. 
 
 8 Our sure and all-sufficient help 
 
 Is in JEHOVAH'S name ; 
 His name who did the heav'n create, 
 And who the earth did frame. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 NOW Israel 
 
 May say, and that truly, 
 
 2 If that the Lord 
 
 Had not our cause maintain'd; 
 If that the Lord 
 
 Had not our right sustain'd, 
 When cruel men 
 
 Against us furiously 
 Rose up in wrath, 
 
 To make of us their prey; 
 
 3 Then certainly 
 
 They had devour'd us all, 
 And swallow'd quick, 
 
 For ought that we could deem; 
 Such was their rage, 
 
 As we might well esteem. 
 
 4 And as fierce floods 
 
 Before them all things drown, 
 So had they brought 
 
 Our soul to death quite down. 
 N 2 
 
196 PSALMS CXXIV, CXXV. 
 
 5 The raging streams, 
 
 With their proud swelling waves, 
 Had then our soul 
 
 O'erwhelmed in the deep. 
 
 6 But bless'd be God, 
 
 Who doth us safely keep, 
 And hath not giv'n 
 
 Us for a living prey 
 Unto their teeth, 
 
 And bloody cruelty. 
 
 7 Ev'n as a bird 
 
 Out of the fowler's snare 
 Escapes away, 
 
 So is our soul set free : 
 Broke are their nets, 
 
 And thus escaped we. 
 
 8 Therefore our help 
 
 Is in the Lord's great name, 
 Who heav'n and earth 
 
 By his great pow'r did frame. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. 
 
 1 THEY in the Lord that firmly trust 
 
 Shall be like Sion hill, 
 Which at no time can be remov'd, 
 But standeth ever still. 
 
 2 As round about Jerusalem 
 
 The mountains stand alway, 
 The Lord his folk doth compass so, 
 From henceforth and for aye. 
 
 3 For ill men's rod upon the lot 
 
 Of just men shall not lie ; 
 Lest righteous men stretch forth their 
 Unto iniquity. [hands 
 
 4 Do thou to all those that be good 
 
 Thy goodness, Lord, impart; 
 And do thou good to those that are 
 Upright within their heart. 
 
 5 But as for such as turn aside 
 
 After their crooked way, 
 God shall lead forth with wicked men : 
 On Isr'el peace shall stay. 
 
PSALMS CXXVI— CXXVIII. 197 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. 
 
 1 WHEN Sion's bondage God tunvd back, 
 
 As men that dream'd were we. 
 
 2 Then fill'd with laughter was our month, 
 
 Our tongue with melody: 
 They 'mong the heathen said, The Lord 
 Great things for them hath wrought. 
 
 3 The Lord hath done great things for us, 
 
 Whence joy to us is brought. 
 
 4 As streams of water in the south. 
 
 Our bondage, Lord, recall. 
 
 5 Who sow in tears, a reaping time 
 
 Of joy enjoy they shall. 
 
 6 That man who, bearing precious seed, 
 
 In going forth doth mourn, 
 He doubtless, bringing back his sheaves, 
 Rejoicing shall return. 
 
 PSALM CXXVII. 
 
 1 EXCEPT the Lord do build the house, 
 
 The builders lose their pain: 
 Except the Lord the city keep, 
 The watchmen watch in vain. 
 
 2 'Tis vain for you to rise betimes, 
 
 Or late from rest to keep. 
 To feed on sorrows' bread ; so gives 
 He his beloved sleep. 
 
 3 Lo, children are God's heritage, 
 
 The womb's fruit his reward. 
 
 4 The sons of youth as arrows are, 
 
 For strong men's hands prepar'd. 
 
 5 happy is the man that hath 
 
 His quiver fill'd with those ; 
 They unashamed in the gate 
 Shall speak unto their foes. 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 1 BLESS'D is each one that fears the Lord, 
 
 And walketh in his ways; 
 
 2 For of thy labour thou shalt eat, 
 
 And happy be always. 
 
198 PSALMS CXXVIII— CXXX. 
 
 3 Thy wife shall as a fruitful vine 
 
 By thy house' sides be found : 
 Thy children like to olive plants 
 About thy table round. 
 
 4 Behold, the man that fears the Lord, 
 
 Thus blessed shall he be. 
 
 5 The Lord shall out of Sion give 
 
 His blessing unto thee : 
 Thou shalt Jerus'lem's good behold 
 Whilst thou on earth dost dwell. 
 
 6 Thou shalt thy children's children see, 
 
 And peace on Israel. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. 
 
 1 OFT did they vex me from my youth, 
 
 May Isr'el now declare; 
 
 2 Oft did they vex me from my youth, 
 
 Yet not victorious were. 
 
 3 The plowers plow'd upon my back ; 
 
 They long their furrows drew. 
 
 4 The righteous Lord did cut the cords 
 
 Of the ungodly crew. 
 
 5 Let Sion's haters all be turn'd 
 
 Back with confusion. 
 
 6 As grass on houses' tops be they, 
 
 Which fades ere it be grown : 
 
 7 Whereof enough to fill his hand 
 
 The mower cannot find ; 
 Nor can the man his bosom fill, 
 Whose work is sheaves to bind. 
 
 8 Neither say they who do go by, 
 
 God's blessing on you rest : 
 We in the name of God the Lord 
 Do wish you to be blest. 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 1 LORD, from the depths to thee I cry'd. 
 
 2 My voice, Lord, do thou hear : 
 Unto my supplication's voice 
 
 Give an attentive ear. 
 
 3 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, Lord, 
 
 Should'st mark iniquity? 
 
PSALMS CXXX— CXXXII. 199 
 
 4 But yet with thee forgiveness is, 
 
 That fear'd thou mayest be. 
 
 5 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, 
 
 My hope is in his word. 
 
 6 More than they that for morning watch, 
 
 My soul waits for the Lord ; 
 I say, more than they that do watch 
 The morning light to see. 
 
 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord, 
 
 For with him mercies be ; 
 
 And plenteous redemption 
 Is ever found with him. 
 
 8 And from all his iniquities 
 
 He Isr'el shall redeem. 
 
 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 1 MY heart not haughty is, Lord, 
 
 Mine eyes not lofty be; 
 Nor do I deal in matters great, 
 Or things too high for me. 
 
 2 I surely have myself behav'd 
 
 With quiet sp'rit and mild, 
 As child of mother wean'd : my soul 
 Is like a weaned child. 
 
 3 Upon the Lord let all the hope 
 
 Of Israel rely, 
 Ev^n from the time that present is 
 Unto eternity. 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 1 DAVID, and his afflictions all, 
 
 Lord, do thou think upon ; 
 
 2 How unto God he sware, and vow'd 
 
 To Jacob's mighty One. 
 
 3 I will not come within my house, 
 
 Nor rest in bed at all ; 
 
 4 Nor shall mine eyes take any sleep, 
 
 Nor eyelids slumber shall ; 
 
 5 Till for the Lord a place I find, 
 
 Where he may make abode ; 
 A place of habitation 
 For Jacob's mighty God. 
 
200 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 6 Lo, at the place of Ephratah 
 
 Of it we understood ; 
 And we did find it in the fields. 
 And cit} r of the wood. 
 
 7 We'll go into his tabernacles, 
 
 And at his footstool bow. 
 
 8 Arise, Lord, into thy rest, 
 
 Th' ark of thy strength, and thou. 
 
 9 let thy priests be clothed, Lord, 
 
 With truth and righteousness; 
 And let all those that are thy saints 
 Shout loud for joyfulness. 
 
 10 For thine own servant David's sake, 
 
 Do not deny thy grace; 
 Nor of thine own anointed one 
 Turn thou awa}^ the face. 
 
 11 The Lord in truth to David sware, 
 
 He will not turn from it, 
 I of thy body's fruit will make 
 Upon thy throne to sit. 
 
 12 My cov'nant if thy sons will keep, 
 
 And laws to them made known, 
 Their children then shall also sit 
 For ever on thy throne. 
 
 13 For God of Sion hath made choice; 
 
 There he desires to dwell. 
 
 14 This is my rest, here still I'll stay; 
 
 For I do like it well. 
 
 15 Her food I'll greatly bless ; her poor 
 
 With bread will satisfy. 
 
 16 Her priests I'll clothe with health ; her 
 
 saints 
 Shall shout forth joyfully. 
 
 17 And there will I make David's horn 
 
 To bud forth pleasantly : 
 For him that mine anointed is 
 A lamp ordain'd have I. 
 
 18 As with a garment I will clothe 
 
 With shame his en'mies all : 
 But yet the crown that he doth wear 
 Upon him flourish shall. 
 
PSALMS CXXXIII— CXXXV. 201 
 
 PSALM CXXXIII. 
 
 BEHOLD, how good a thing it is, 
 
 And how becoming well, 
 Together such as brethren are 
 
 In unity to dwell ! 
 Like precious ointment on the head, 
 
 That down the beard did flow, 
 Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts 
 
 Did of his garments go. 
 
 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth 
 
 On Sion' hills descend : 
 For there the blessing God commands, 
 
 Life that shall never end. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. 
 
 BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye 
 
 That his attendants are, 
 Ev'n you that in God's temple be, 
 
 And praise him nightly there. 
 Your hands within God's holy place 
 
 Lift up, and praise his name. 
 From Sion' hill the Lord thee bless, 
 
 That heav'n and earth did frame. 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord, the Lord's name 
 
 His servants, praise ye God. [praise; 
 Who stand in God's house, in the courts 
 
 Of our God make abode. 
 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good ; 
 
 Unto him praises sing : 
 Sing praises to his name, because 
 
 It is a pleasant thing. 
 
 For Jacob to himself the Lord 
 
 Did chuse of his good pleasure, 
 And he hath chosen Israel 
 
 For his peculiar treasure. 
 Because I know assuredly 
 
 The Lord is very great, 
 And that our Lord above all gods 
 
 In glory hath his seat. 
 
202 PSALM CXXXV. 
 
 6 What things soever pleas'd the Lord, 
 
 That in the heav'n did he, 
 And in the earth, the seas, and all 
 The places deep that be. 
 
 7 He from the ends of earth doth make 
 
 The vapours to ascend ; 
 With rain he lightnings makes, and wind 
 Doth from his treasures send. 
 
 8 Egypt's first-born, from man to beast 
 
 9 Who smote. Strange tokens he 
 On Phar'oh and his servants sent, 
 
 Egypt, in midst of thee. 
 
 10 He smote great nations, slew great kings : 
 
 11 Sihon of Heshbon king, 
 
 And Og of Bashan, and to nought 
 Did Canaan's kingdoms bring ; 
 
 12 And for a wealthy heritage 
 
 Their pleasant land he gave, 
 An heritage which Israel, 
 
 His chosen folk, should have. 
 
 13 Thy name, Lord, shall still endure, 
 
 And thy memorial 
 With honour shall continu'd be 
 To generations all. 
 
 14 For why? the righteous God will judge 
 
 His people righteously ; 
 Concerning those that do him serve, 
 Himself repent will he. 
 
 15 The idols of the nations 
 
 Of silver are and gold, 
 And by the hands of men is made 
 Their fashion and mould. 
 
 16 Mouths have they, but they do not speak; 
 
 Eyes, but they do not see ; 
 
 17 Ears have they, but hear not; and in 
 
 Their mouths no breathing be. 
 
 18 Their makers are like them; so are 
 
 All that on them rely. 
 
 19 Isr'el's house, bless God ; bless God, 
 
 Aaron's family. 
 
 20 bless the Lord, of Levi's house 
 
 Ye who his servants are; 
 
PSALMS CXXXV, CXXXVI. 203 
 
 And bless the holy name of God, 
 
 All ye the Lord that fear. 
 21 And blessed be the Lord our God 
 
 From Sion's holy hill, 
 Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 
 
 The Lord praise ye still. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVI. 
 
 1 GIVE thanks to God, for good is he : 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 2 Thanks to the God of gods give ye : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 3 Thanks give the Lord of lords unto : 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 4 Who only wonders great can do : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 5 Who by his wisdom made heav'ns high : 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 6 Who stretch'd the earth above the sea : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 7 To him that made the great lights shine : 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 8 The sun to rule till day decline : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 10 Who Egypt's first-born kill'd outright: 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 11 And Isr'el brought from Egypt land: 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 12 With stretch'd-out arm, and with strong 
 
 For his grace faileth never. [hand : 
 
 13 By whom the Red sea parted was : 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 14 And through its midst made Isr'el pass : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 15 But Phar'oh and his host did drown : 
 
 For mercy hath he ever. 
 
 16 Who through the desert led his own : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 17 To him great kings who overthrew : 
 
 For he hath mercy ever. 
 
204 PSALM CXXXVL 
 
 18 Yea, famous kings in battle slew: 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 19 Ev'n Sihon king of Amorites : 
 
 For he hath mercy ever. 
 
 20 And Og the king of Bashanites : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 21 Their land in heritage to have : 
 
 (For mercy hath Jie ever. ) 
 
 22 His servant Isr'el right he gave : 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 23 In our low state who on us thought : 
 
 For he hath mercy ever. 
 
 24 And from our foes our freedom wrought 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 25 Who doth all flesh with food relieve: 
 
 For he hath mercy ever. 
 
 26 Thanks to the God of heaven give: 
 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 PRAISE God, for he is kind: 
 His mercy lasts for aye. 
 
 2 Give thanks with heart and mind 
 To God of gods alway : 
 
 For certainly 
 
 His mercies dure 
 
 Most firm and sure 
 Eternally. 
 
 3 The Lord of lords praise ye, 
 Whose mercies still endure. 
 
 4 Great wonders only he 
 
 Doth work by his great pow'r : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 5 Which God omnipotent, 
 
 By might and wisdom high, 
 The heav'n and firmament 
 Did frame, as Ave may see : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 6 To him who did outstretch 
 This earth so great and wide, 
 
PSALM CXXXVI. 205 
 
 Above the waters' reach. 
 Making it to abide : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 7 Great lights he made to be; 
 For his grace lasteth aye: 
 
 8 Such as the sun we see, 
 To rule the lightsome day : 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 9 Also the moon so clear, 
 Which shineth in our sight ; 
 The stars that do appear, 
 
 To guide the darksome night : 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 10 To him that Egypt smote, 
 Who did his message scorn; 
 And in his anger hot 
 
 Did kill all their first-born: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 11 Thence Isr'el out he brought; 
 For his grace lasteth ever. 
 
 12 With a strong hand he wrought, 
 And stretch'd-out arm deliver : 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 13 The sea he cut in two ; 
 For his grace lasteth still. 
 
 14 And through its midst to go 
 Made his own Israel: 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 15 But overwhelmed and lost 
 Was proud king Pharaoh, 
 With all his mighty host, 
 And chariots there also: 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 16 To him who pow'rfully 
 His chosen people led, 
 Ev'n through the desert dry, 
 And in that place them fed: 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 17 To him great kings who smote; 
 For his grace hath no bound. 
 
206 PSALMS CXXXVI, CXXXVII. 
 
 18 Who slew, and spared not 
 Kings famous and renown'd: 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 19 Sihon the Am'rites' king; 
 For his grace lasteth ever : 
 
 20 Og also, who did reign 
 The land of Bashan over : 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 21 Their land by lot he gave ; 
 For his grace faileth never, 
 
 22 That Isr'el might it have 
 In heritage for ever : 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 23 Who hath remembered 
 Us in our low estate; 
 
 24 And us delivered 
 
 From foes which did us hate: 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 25 Who to all flesh gives food; 
 For his grace faileth never. 
 
 26 Give thanks to God most good, 
 The God of heav'n, for ever: 
 
 For certainly, &c. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. 
 
 1 BY Babel's streams we sat and wept, 
 
 When Sion we thought on. 
 
 2 In midst thereof we hang'd our harps 
 
 The willow-trees upon. 
 
 3 For there a song required they, 
 
 Who did us captive bring: 
 Our spoilers call'd for mirth, and said, 
 A song of Sion sing. 
 
 4 how the Lord's song shall we sing 
 
 Within a foreign land? 
 
 5 If thee, Jerus'lem, I forget, 
 
 Skill part from my right hand. 
 
 6 My tongue to my mouth's roof let cleave, 
 
 If I do thee forget, 
 Jerusalem, and thee above 
 My chief joy do not set. 
 
PSALMS CXXXVII, CXXXVIII. 207 
 
 7 Remember Edom's children, Lord, 
 
 Who in Jerus'lem's day, 
 Ev'n unto its foundation, 
 Raze, raze it quite, did say. 
 
 8 daughter thou of Babylon, 
 
 Near to destruction; 
 Bless'd shall he be that thee rewards, 
 As thou to us hast done. 
 
 9 Yea, happy surely shall he be 
 
 Thy tender little ones 
 Who shall lay hold upon, and them 
 Shall dash against the stones. 
 
 PSALM CXXXVIII. 
 
 1 THEE will I praise with all my heart, 
 
 I will sing praise to thee 
 
 2 Before the gods : And worship will 
 
 Toward thy sanctuary. 
 I'll praise thy name, ev'n for thy truth, 
 
 And kindness of thy love ; 
 For thou thy word hast magnify'd 
 
 All thy great name above. 
 
 3 Thou didst me answer in the day 
 
 When I to thee did cry ; 
 And thou my fainting soul with strength 
 Didst strengthen inwardly. 
 
 4 All kings upon the earth that are 
 
 Shall give thee praise, Lord ; 
 W T hen as they from thy mouth shall hear 
 Thy true and faithful word. 
 
 5 Yea, in the righteous ways of God 
 
 With gladness they shall sing : 
 For great's the glory of the Lord, 
 Who doth for ever reign. 
 
 6 Though God be high, } T et he respects 
 
 All those that lowly be ; 
 Whereas the proud and lofty ones 
 Afar off knoweth he. 
 
 7 Though I in midst of trouble walk, 
 
 I life from thee shall have : [hand ; 
 'Gainst my foes' wrath thou'lt stretch thine 
 Thy right hand shall me save. 
 
208 PSALMS CXXXVIII, CXXXIX. 
 
 8 Surely that which concerneth me 
 The Lord will perfect make : 
 Lord, still thy mercy lasts; do not 
 Thine own hands' works forsake. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 1 LORD, thou hast me search'd and 
 
 known. 
 
 2 Thou know'st my sitting down, 
 And rising up ; yea, all my thoughts 
 
 Afar to thee are known. 
 
 3 My footsteps, and my lying down, 
 
 Thou compassest always ; 
 Thou also most entirely art 
 Acquaint with all my ways. 
 
 4 For in my tongue, before I speak, 
 
 Not any word can be, 
 But altogether, lo, Lord, 
 It is well known to thee. 
 
 5 Behind, before, thou hast beset, 
 
 And laid on me thine hand. 
 
 6 Such knowledge is too strange for me, 
 
 Too high to understand. 
 
 7 From thy Sp'rit whither shall I go? 
 
 Or from thy presence fly ? 
 
 8 Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there ; 
 
 There, if in hell I lie. 
 
 9 Take I the morning wings, and dwell 
 
 In utmost parts of sea; 
 
 10 Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead, 
 
 Thy right hand hold shall me. 
 
 11 If I do say that darkness shall 
 
 Me cover from thy sight, 
 Then surely shall the very night 
 About me be as light. 
 
 12 Yea, darkness hideth not from thee, 
 
 But night doth shine as day : 
 To thee the darkness and the light 
 Are both alike alway. 
 
 13 For thou possessed hast my reins, 
 
 And thou hast cover'd me, 
 
PSALM CXXXIX. 209 
 
 When I within my mother's womb 
 Inclosed was by thee. 
 
 14 Thee will I praise ; for fearfully 
 
 And strangely made I am ; 
 Thy works are marv'llous, and right well 
 My soul doth know the same. 
 
 15 My substance was not hid from thee, 
 
 When as in secret I 
 Was made ; and in earth's lowest parts 
 Was wrought most curiously. 
 
 16 Thine eyes my substance did behold, 
 
 Yet being unperfect ; 
 And in the volume of thy book 
 My members all were writ ; 
 
 Which after in continuance 
 
 Were fashion'd ev'ry one, 
 When as they yet all shapeless were, 
 
 And of them there was none. 
 
 17 How precious also are thy thoughts, 
 
 gracious God, to me ! 
 
 And in their sum how passing great 
 And numberless they be ! 
 
 18 If I should count them, than the sand 
 
 They more in number be ; 
 What time soever I awake, 
 
 1 ever am with thee. 
 
 19 Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay : 
 
 Hence from me bloody men. 
 
 20 Thy foes against thee loudly speak, 
 
 And take thy name in vain. 
 
 21 Do not I hate all those, Lord, 
 
 That hatred bear to thee? 
 With those that up against thee rise 
 Can I but grieved be ? 
 
 22 With perfect hatred them I hate, 
 
 My foes I them do hold. 
 
 23 Search me, God, and know my heart, 
 
 Try me, my thoughts unfold : 
 
 24 And see if any wicked way 
 
 There be at all in me ; 
 And in thine everlasting way 
 To me a leader be. 
 o 
 
210 PSALM CXL. 
 
 1 LORD, from the ill and froward man 
 
 Give me deliverance, 
 And do thon safe preserve me from 
 The man of violence : 
 
 2 Who in their heart mischievous things 
 
 Are meditating ever ; 
 And they for war assembled are 
 Continually together. 
 
 3 Much like unto a serpent's tongue 
 
 Their tongues they sharp do make; 
 And underneath their lips there lies 
 The poison of a snake. 
 
 4 Lord, keep me from the wicked's hands, 
 
 From vi'lent men me save ; 
 Who utterly to overthrow 
 My goings purpos'd have. 
 
 5 The proud for me a snare have hid, 
 
 And cords; yea, they a net 
 Have by the way-side for me spread ; 
 
 They gins for me have set. 
 G I said unto the Lord, Thou art 
 
 My God : unto the cry 
 Of all my supplications, 
 
 Lord, do thine ear apply. 
 
 7 God the Lord, who art the strength 
 
 Of my salvation: 
 A cov'ring in the day of war 
 My head thou hast put on. 
 
 8 Unto the wicked man, Lord, 
 
 His wishes do not grant; 
 Nor further thou his ill device, 
 Lest they themselves should vaunt, 
 
 9 As for the head and chief of those 
 
 About that compass me, 
 Ev'n by the mischief of their lips 
 Let thou them cover'd be. 
 
 10 Let burning coals upon them fall, 
 
 Them throw in fiery flame, 
 And in deep pits, that they no more 
 May rise out of the same. 
 
 11 Let not an evil speaker be 
 
 On earth established : 
 
PSALMS CXL, CXLI. 211 
 
 Mischief shall hunt the vi'lent man, 
 Till he be ruined. 
 
 12 I know God will th' afflicted's cause 
 
 Maintain, and poor men's right. 
 
 13 Surely the just shall praise thy name ; 
 
 Th' upright dwell in thy sight, 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 1 LORD, I unto thee do cry, 
 
 Do thou make haste to me, 
 And give an ear unto my voice, 
 When I cry unto thee. 
 
 2 As incense let my prayer be 
 
 Directed in thine eyes; 
 And the uplifting of my hands 
 As th' ev'ning sacrifice. 
 
 3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth, 
 
 Keep of my lips the door. 
 
 4 My heart incline thou not unto 
 
 The ills I should abhor, 
 To practise wicked works with men 
 
 That work iniquity; 
 And with their clelicates my taste 
 
 Let me not satisfy. 
 
 5 Let him that righteous is me smite, 
 
 It shall a kindness be; 
 Let him reprove, I shall it count 
 
 A precious oil to me : 
 Such smiting shall not break my head ; 
 
 For yet the time shall fall, 
 When I in their calamities 
 
 To God pray for them shall. 
 
 6 When as their judges down shall be 
 
 In stony places cast, 
 Then shall they hear my words ; for they 
 Shall sweet be to their taste. 
 
 7 About the grave's devouring mouth 
 
 Our bones are seatter'd round, 
 As wood which men do cut and cleave 
 Lies seatter'd on the ground. 
 
 8 But unto thee, O God the Lord, 
 
 Mine eyes uplifted be : 
 o 2 
 
212 PSALMS CXLI— CXLIII. 
 
 My soul do not leave destitute ; 
 
 My trust is set on thee. 
 9 Lord, keep me safely from the snares 
 
 Which they for me prepare ; 
 And from the subtile gins of them 
 
 That wicked workers are. 
 
 10 Let workers of iniquity 
 
 Into their own nets fall, 
 Whilst I do, by thine help, escape 
 The danger of them all. 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 1 I WITH my voice cry'd to the Lord, 
 
 With it made my request : 
 
 2 Pour'd out to him my plaint, to him 
 
 My trouble I exprest. 
 
 3 When in me was o'erwhelm'd my sp'rit, 
 
 Then well thou knew'st my way ; 
 Where I did walk a snare for me 
 They privily did lay. 
 
 4 I look'd on my right hand, and view'd, 
 
 But none to know me were ; 
 All refuge failed me, no man 
 Did for my soul take care. 
 
 5 I cry'd to thee ; I said, Thou art 
 
 My refuge, Lord, alone ; 
 And in the land of those that live 
 Thou art my portion. 
 
 6 Because I am brought very low, 
 
 Attend unto my cry : 
 Me from my persecutors save, 
 Who stronger are than I. 
 
 7 From prison bring my soul, that I 
 
 Thy name may glorify : 
 The just shall compass me, when thou 
 With me deal'st bounteously. 
 
 PSALM CXLIII. 
 
 1 LORD, hear my pray'r, attend my suits ; 
 And in thy faithfulness 
 
PSALM CXLIII. 213 
 
 Give thou an answer unto me, 
 And in thy righteousness. 
 
 2 Thy servant also bring thou not 
 
 In judgment to be try'd: 
 Because no living man can be 
 In thy sight justify'd. 
 
 3 For th' en'my hath pursu'd my soul, 
 
 My life to ground down tread : 
 In darkness he hath made me dwell, 
 As who have long been dead. 
 
 4 My sp'rit is therefore overwhelmed 
 
 In me perplexedly; 
 Within me is my very heart 
 Amazed wondrously. 
 
 5 I call to mind the days of old, 
 
 To meditate I use 
 On all thy works; upon the deeds 
 I of thy hands do muse. 
 
 6 My hands to thee I stretch; my soul 
 
 Thirsts, as dry land, for thee. 
 
 7 Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails : 
 
 Hide not thy face from me ; 
 
 Lest like to them I do become 
 That go down to the dust. 
 
 8 At morn let me thy kindness hear ; 
 
 For in thee do I trust. 
 Teach me the way that I should walk: 
 I lift my soul to thee. 
 
 9 Lord, free me from my foes ; I flee 
 
 To thee to cover me. 
 
 10 Because thou art my God, to do 
 
 Thy will do me instruct : 
 Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the land 
 Of uprightness conduct. 
 
 11 Revive and quicken me, Lord, 
 
 Ev'n for thine own name's sake; 
 And do thou, for thy righteousness, 
 My soul from trouble take. 
 
 12 And of thy mercy slay my foes ; 
 
 Let all destroyed be 
 That do afflict my soul : for I 
 A servant am to thee. 
 
214 PSALM CXLIIL 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 OH, hear my prayer, Lord, 
 And unto my desire 
 
 To bow thine ear accord, 
 I humbly thee require; 
 And, in thy faithfulness, 
 Unto me answer make, 
 And, in thy righteousness, 
 Upon me pity take. 
 
 2 In judgment enter not 
 With me thy servant poor; 
 For wiry, this well I wot, 
 No sinner can endure 
 
 The sight of thee, God : 
 If thou his deeds shalt try, 
 He dare make none abode 
 Himself to justify. 
 
 3 Behold, the cruel foe 
 
 Me persecutes with spite, 
 My soul to overthrow : 
 Yea, he my life down quite 
 Unto the ground hath smote, 
 And made me dwell full low 
 In darkness, as forgot, 
 Or men dead long ago. 
 
 4 Therefore my sp'rit much vex'd, 
 O'erwhelm'd is me within ; 
 
 My heart right sore perplex'd 
 And desolate hath been. 
 
 5 Yet I do call to mind 
 What ancient days record, 
 Thy works of ev'ry kind 
 
 I think upon, Lord. 
 
 6 Lo, I do stretch my hands 
 To thee, my help alone ; 
 For thou well understands 
 All my complaint and moan : 
 My thirsting soul desires, 
 And longeth after thee, 
 
 As thirsty ground requires 
 With rain refresh'd to be. 
 
PSALMS CXLIIT, CXLIV. 215 
 
 7 Lord, let my pray'r prevail, 
 To answer it make speed; 
 For, lo, my sp'rit doth fail : 
 Hide not thy face in need ; 
 Lest I be like to those 
 That do in darkness sit, 
 
 Or him that downward goes 
 Into the dreadful pit. 
 
 8 Because I trust in thee, 
 
 Lord, cause me to hear 
 Thy loving-kindness free, 
 When morning doth appear: 
 Cause me to know the way 
 Wherein my path should be ; 
 For why, my soul on high 
 
 1 do lift up to thee. 
 
 9 From mf fierce enemy 
 In safety do me guide, 
 Because I flee to thee, 
 
 Lord, that thou may'st me hide. 
 
 10 My God alone art thou, 
 Teach me thy righteousness : 
 Thy Sp'rit's good, lead me to 
 The land of uprightness. 
 
 11 Lord, for thy name's sake, 
 Be pleas'd to quicken me ; 
 And, for thy truth, forth take 
 My soul from misery. 
 
 12 And of thy grace destroy 
 My foes, and put to shame 
 All who my sou] annoy ; 
 For I thy servant am. 
 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 1 BLESSED ever be the Lord, 
 
 Who is my strength and might, 
 Who doth instruct my hands to war, 
 My fingers teach to fight. 
 
 2 My goodness, fortress, my high tow'r, 
 
 Deliverer, and shield, 
 In whom I trust : who under me 
 My people makes to yield. 
 
216 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, that thou of him 
 
 Dost so much knowledge take? 
 Or son of man, that thou of him 
 So great account dost make? 
 
 4 Man is like vanity ; his days, 
 
 As shadows, pass away. [thou 
 
 5 Lord, bow thy heav'ns, come down, touch 
 
 The hills, and smoke shall they. 
 
 6 Cast forth thy lightning, scatter them ; 
 
 Thine arrows shoot, them rout. 
 
 7 Thine hand send from above, me save ; 
 
 From great depths draw me out; 
 And from the hand of children strange, 
 
 8 Whose mouth speaks vanity ; 
 
 And their right hand is a right hand 
 That works deceitfully. 
 
 9 A new song I to thee will sing, 
 
 Lord, on a psaltery; 
 I on a ten-string'd instrument 
 Will praises sing to thee. 
 
 10 Ev'n he it is that unto kings 
 
 Salvation doth send ; 
 Who his own servant David doth 
 From hurtful sword defend. 
 
 11 free me from strange children's hand, 
 
 Whose mouth speaks vanity ; 
 And their right hand a right hand is 
 That works deceitfully. 
 
 12 That, as the plants, our sons may be 
 
 In youth grown up that are ; 
 Our daughters like to corner stones, 
 Carv'd like a palace fair. 
 
 13 That to afford all kind of store 
 
 Our garners may be fill'd ; 
 That our sheep thousands, in our streets 
 Ten thousands they may yield. 
 
 14 That strong our oxen be for work, 
 
 That no in-breaking be, 
 Nor going out; and that our streets 
 May from complaints be free. 
 
 15 Those people blessed are who be 
 
 In such a case as this; 
 
PSALMS CXLIV, CXLV. 217 
 
 Yea, blessed all those people are, 
 Whose God JEHOVAH is. 
 
 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 1 I'LL thee extol, my God, King; 
 
 I'll bless thy name always. 
 
 2 Thee will I bless each day, and will 
 
 Thy name for ever praise. 
 
 3 Great is the Lord, much to be prais'd; 
 
 His greatness search exceeds. 
 
 4 Race unto race shall praise thy works, 
 
 And shew thy mighty deeds. 
 
 5 I of thy glorious majesty 
 
 The honour Avill record ; 
 I'll speak of all thy mighty works, 
 Which wondrous are, O Lord. 
 
 6 Men of thine acts the might shall show, 
 
 Thine acts that dreadful are; 
 And I, thy glory to advance, 
 Thy greatness will declare. 
 
 7 The mem'ry of thy goodness great 
 
 They largely shall express ; 
 With songs of praise they shall extol 
 Thy perfect righteousness. 
 
 8 The Lord is very gracious, 
 
 In him compassions flow ; 
 In mercy he is very great, 
 And is to anger slow. 
 
 9 The Lord JEHOVAH unto all 
 
 His goodness doth declare ; 
 And over all his other works 
 His tender mercies are. 
 
 10 Thee all thy works shall praise, Lord, 
 
 And thee thy saints shall bless; 
 
 11 They shall thy kingdom's glory show, 
 
 Thy pow'r by speech express: 
 
 12 To make the sons of men to know 
 
 His acts done mightily, 
 And of his kingdom th' excellent 
 And glorious majesty. 
 
 13 Thy kingdom shall for ever stand, 
 
 Thy reign through ages all. 
 
218 PSALM CXLV. 
 
 14 God raiseth all that are bow'd down, 
 
 Upholdeth all that fall. 
 
 15 Tlie eyes of all things wait on thee, 
 
 The giver of all good ; 
 And thou, in time convenient, 
 Bestow'st on them their food : 
 
 16 Thine hand thou open'st lib'rally, 
 
 And of thy bounty gives 
 
 Enough to satisfy the need 
 
 Of ev'ry thing that lives. 
 
 17 The Lord is just in all his ways, 
 
 Holy in his works all. 
 
 18 God's near to all that call on him, 
 
 In truth that on him call. 
 
 19 He will accomplish the desire 
 
 Of those that do him fear : 
 He also will deliver them, 
 And he their cry will hear. 
 
 20 The Lord preserves all who him love, 
 
 That nought can them annoy : 
 But he all those that wicked are 
 Will utterly destroy. 
 
 21 My mouth the praises of the Lord 
 
 To publish cease shall never : 
 Let all flesh bless his holy name 
 For ever and for ever. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 LORD, thou art my God and King; 
 Thee will I magnify and praise : 
 
 I will thee bless, and gladly sing 
 Unto thy holy name always. 
 
 2 Each day I rise I will thee bless, 
 
 And praise thy name time without end. 
 
 3 Much to be prais'd, and great God is; 
 His greatness none can comprehend. 
 
 4 Race shall thy works praise unto race, 
 The mighty acts show done by thee. 
 
 5 I will speak of the glorious grace, 
 And honour of thy majesty; 
 
 Thy wondrous works I will record. 
 
 6 By men the might shall be extoll'd 
 
PSALM CXLV. 219 
 
 Of all thy dreadful acts, Lord : 
 And I thy greatness will unfold. 
 
 7 They utter shall abundantly 
 
 The mem'ry of thy goodness great; 
 And shall sing praises cheerfully, 
 Whilst they thy righteousness relate. 
 
 8 The Lord our God is gracious, 
 Compassionate is he also ; 
 
 In mercy he is plenteous, 
 
 But unto wrath and anger slow. 
 
 9 Good unto all men is the Lord : 
 O'er all his works his mercy is. 
 
 10 Thy works all praise to thee afford : 
 Thy saints, Lord, thy name shall bless. 
 
 11 The glory of thy kingdom show 
 Shall they, and of thy power tell : 
 
 12 That so men's sons his deeds may know, 
 His kingdom's grace that doth excel. 
 
 13 Thy kingdom hath none end at all, 
 It doth through ages all remain. 
 
 14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, 
 The cast-down raiseth up again. 
 
 15 The eyes of all things, Lord, attend, 
 And on thee wait that here do live, 
 And thou, in season due, dost send 
 Sufficient food them to relieve. 
 
 16 Yea, thou thine hand dost open wide, 
 And ev'ry thing dost satisfy 
 
 That lives, and doth on earth abide, 
 Of thy great liberality. 
 
 17 The Lord is just in his ways all, 
 And holy in his works each one. 
 
 18 He's near to all that on him call, 
 Who call in truth on him alone. 
 
 19 God will the just desire fulfil 
 
 Of such as do him fear and dread : 
 Their cry regard, and hear he will, 
 And save them in the time of need. 
 
 20 The Lord preserves all, more and less, 
 That bear to him a loving heart : 
 But workers all of wickedness 
 Destroy will he, and clean subvert. 
 
220 PSALMS CXLV— OXLVIL 
 
 21 Therefore my mouth and lips I'll frame 
 To speak the praises of the Lord: 
 To magnify his holy name 
 For ever let all flesh accord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 1 PRAISE God. The Lord praise, my 
 
 2 I'll praise God while I live ; [soul. 
 While I have being to my God 
 
 In songs I'll praises give. 
 
 3 Trust not in princes, nor man's son, 
 
 In whom there is no stay: 
 
 4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns; 
 
 That day his thoughts decay. 
 
 5 happy is that man and blest, 
 
 Whom Jacob's God doth aid ; 
 Whose hope upon the Lord doth rest, 
 And on his God is stay'd : 
 
 6 Who made the earth and heavens high, 
 
 Who made the swelling deep, 
 And all that is within the same; 
 Who truth doth ever keep : 
 
 7 Who righteous judgment executes 
 
 For those oppress'd that be, 
 Who to the hungry giveth food ; 
 God sets the pris'ners free. 
 
 8 The Lord doth give the blind their sight, 
 
 The bowed down doth raise : 
 The Lord doth dearly love all those 
 That walk in upright ways. 
 
 9 The stranger's shield, the widow's stay, 
 
 The orphan's help, is he: 
 But yet by him the wicked's way 
 
 Turn'd upside down shall be. 
 10 The Lord shall reign for evermore: 
 
 Thy God, O Sion, he 
 Reigns to all generations. 
 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. 
 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord; for it is good 
 Praise to our God to sing: 
 
PSALM CXLVII. 221 
 
 For it is pleasant, and to praise 
 It is a comely thing. 
 
 2 God doth build up Jerusalem; 
 
 And he it is alone 
 That the dispers'd of Israel 
 Doth gather into one. 
 
 3 Those that are broken in their heart, 
 
 And grieved in their minds, 
 He healeth, and their painful wounds 
 He tenderly up-binds. 
 
 4 He counts the number of the stars ; 
 
 He names them ev'ry one. 
 
 5 Great is our Lord, and of great pow'r ; 
 
 His wisdom search can none. 
 
 6 The Lord lifts up the meek ; and casts 
 
 The wicked to the ground. 
 
 7 Sing to the Lord, and give him thanks; 
 
 On harp his praises sound ; 
 
 8 Who covereth the heav'n with clouds, 
 
 Who for the earth below 
 Prepareth rain, who maketh grass 
 Upon the mountains grow. 
 
 9 He gives the beast his food, he feeds 
 
 The ravens young that cry. 
 
 10 His pleasure not in horses' strength, 
 
 Nor in man's legs, doth lie. 
 
 11 But in all those that do him fear 
 
 The Lord doth pleasure take; 
 In those that to his mercy do 
 By hope themselves betake. 
 
 12 The Lord praise, Jerusalem; 
 
 Sion, thy God confess : 
 
 13 For thy gates' bars he maketh strong; 
 
 Thy sons in thee doth bless. 
 
 14 He in thy borders maketh peace; 
 
 With fine wheat filleth thee. 
 
 15 He sends forth his command on earth, 
 
 His word runs speedily. 
 
 16 Hoar-frost, like ashes, scatt'reth he; 
 
 Like wool he snow doth give : 
 
 17 Like morsels casteth forth his ice; 
 
 Who in its cold can live? 
 
222 PSALMS CXLVII, CXLVIII. 
 
 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word, 
 
 And melteth them again ; 
 His wind he makes to blow, and then 
 The waters flow amain. 
 
 19 The doctrine of his holy word 
 
 To Jacob he doth shew; 
 His statutes and his judgments he 
 Gives Israel to know. 
 
 20 To any nation never he 
 
 Such favour did afford; 
 For they his judgments have not known. 
 do ye praise the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIII. 
 
 1 PRAISE God. From heavens praise the 
 
 In heights praise to him be. [Lord, 
 
 2 All ye his angels, praise ye him; 
 
 His hosts all, praise him ye. 
 
 3 praise ye him, both sun and moon; 
 
 Praise him, all stars of light, [floods 
 
 4 Ye heavens of heav'ns him praise, and 
 
 Above the heavens' height. 
 
 5 Let all the creatures praise the name 
 
 Of our almighty Lord : 
 For he commanded, and they were 
 
 Created by his word. 
 C He also, for all times to come, 
 
 Hath them established sure ; 
 He hath appointed them a law, 
 
 Which ever shall endure. 
 
 7 Praise ye JEHOVAH from the earth, 
 
 Dragons, and ev'ry deep : 
 
 8 Fire, hail, snow, vapour, stormy wind, 
 
 His word that fully keep. 
 
 9 All hills and mountains, fruitful trees, 
 
 And all ye cedars high : 
 
 10 Beasts, and all cattle, creeping things, 
 
 And all ye birds that fly. 
 
 11 Kings of the earth, all nations, 
 
 Princes, earth's judges all : 
 
 12 Both young men, yea, and maidens too, 
 
 Old men, and children small. 
 
PSALM CXLVIII. 223 
 
 1 3 Let them God's name praise ; for his name 
 
 Alone is excellent : 
 His glory reacheth far above 
 The earth and firmament. 
 
 14 His people's horn, the praise of all 
 
 His saints, exalteth he ; 
 Ev'n Isr'el's seed, a people near 
 To him. The Lord praise ye. 
 
 Another of the same. 
 
 1 THE Lord of heav'n confess, 
 
 On high his glory raise. 
 
 2 Him let all angels bless, 
 
 Him all his armies praise. 
 
 3 Him glorify 
 
 Sun, moon, and stars ; 
 
 4 Ye higher spheres, 
 And cloudy sky. 
 
 5 From God your beings are, 
 
 Him therefore famous make; 
 You all created were, 
 
 When he the word but spake. 
 
 6 And from that place, 
 
 Where fix'd you be 
 By his decree, 
 You cannot pass. 
 
 7 Praise God from earth below, 
 
 Ye dragons, and ye deeps : 
 
 8 Fire, hail, clouds, wind, and snow, 
 
 Whom in command he keeps. 
 
 9 Praise ye his name, 
 
 Hills great and small, 
 Trees low and tall ; 
 
 10 Beasts wild and tame ; 
 All things that creep or fly. 
 
 11 Ye kings, ye vulgar throng, 
 All princes mean or high ; 
 
 12 Both men and virgins young, 
 
 Ev'n young and old, 
 
 13 Exalt his name; 
 For much his fame 
 
 Should be extoll'd. 
 
224 PSALMS CXLVIII, CXLIX. 
 
 O let God's name be prais'd 
 Above both earth and sky; 
 14 For he his saints hath rais'd, 
 And set their horn on high; 
 Ev'n those that be 
 Of Isr'el's race, 
 Near to his grace. 
 The Lord praise ye. 
 
 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord: unto him sing 
 
 A new song, and his praise 
 In the assembly of his saints 
 In sweet psalms do ye raise. 
 
 2 Let Isr'el in his Maker joy, 
 
 And to him praises sing : 
 Let all that Sion's children are 
 Be joyful in their King. 
 
 3 let them unto his great name 
 
 Give praises in the dance ; 
 Let them with timbrel and with harp 
 In songs his praise advance. 
 
 4 For God doth pleasure take in those 
 
 That his own people be ; 
 And he with his salvation 
 The meek will beautify. 
 
 5 And in his glory excellent 
 
 Let all his saints rejoice: 
 Let them to him upon their beds 
 Aloud lift up their voice. 
 
 6 Let in their mouth aloft be rais'd 
 
 The high praise of the Lord, 
 And let them have in their right hand 
 A sharp two-edged sword ; 
 
 7 To execute the vengeance due 
 
 Upon the heathen all, 
 And make deserved punishment 
 Upon the people fall. 
 
 8 And ev'n with chains, as pris'ners, bind 
 
 Their kings that them command; 
 Yea, and with iron fetters strong, 
 The nobles of their land. 
 
PSALMS CXLIX, CL. 225 
 
 9 On them the judgment to perform 
 Found written in his word : 
 This honour is to all his saints. 
 O do ye praise the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CL. 
 
 1 PRAISE ye the Lord. God's praise within 
 
 His sanctuary raise ; 
 And to him in the firmament 
 Of his pow'r give ye praise. 
 
 2 Because of all his mighty acts, 
 
 With praise him magnify : 
 praise him, as he doth excel 
 In glorious majesty. 
 
 3 Praise him with trumpet's sound: his praise 
 
 With psaltery advance : 
 
 4 With timbrel, harp, string'd instruments, 
 
 And organs, in the dance. 
 
 5 Praise him on cymbals loud : him praise 
 
 On cymbals sounding high. 
 
 6 Let each thing breathing praise the Lord. 
 
 Praise to the Lord give ye. 
 
 END OF THE PSALMS. 
 

 PARAPHRASES 
 
 AND 
 
 HYMNS. 
 
TRANSLATIONS AND PARAPHRASES, 
 
 IN VERSE, 
 
 OP SEVERAL PASSAGES OF 
 
 SACRED SCRIPTURE. 
 
 I. Genesis I. 
 
 1 LET heav'n arise, let earth appear, 
 
 Said the Almighty Lord : 
 The heav'n arose, the earth appear'd, 
 At his creating word. 
 
 2 Thick darkness brooded o'er the deep : 
 
 God said, ' Let there be light : ' 
 The light shone forth with smiling ray, 
 And scatter'd ancient night. 
 
 3 He bade the clouds ascend on high ; 
 
 The clouds ascend, and bear 
 A wat'ry treasure to the sky, 
 And float upon the air. 
 
 4 The liquid element below 
 
 Was gathered by his hand; 
 The rolling seas together flow, 
 And leave the solid land. 
 
 5 With herbs, and plants, and fruitful trees, 
 
 The new-form'd globe he crown'd, 
 Ere there was rain to bless the soil, 
 Or sUn to warm the ground. 
 
 6 Then high in heav'n's resplendent arch 
 
 He plac'd two orbs of light, 
 
 He set the sun to rale the day, 
 
 The moon to rule the night. 
 
 7 Next, from the deep, th' Almighty King 
 
 Did vital beings frame ; 
 
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 Fowls of the air of ev'ry wing, 
 And fish of ev'ry name. 
 
 8 To all the various brutal tribes 
 
 He gave their wondrous birth ; 
 At once the lion and the worm 
 Sprung from the teeming earth. 
 
 9 Then, chief o'er all his works below, 
 
 At last was Adam made; 
 His Maker's image bless'd his soul, 
 
 And glory crown'd his head. 
 10 Fair in th' Almighty Maker's eye 
 
 The whole creation stood. 
 He view'd the fabrick he had rais'd ; 
 
 His word pronounc'd it good. 
 
 II. Genesis XXYIII. 20—22. 
 
 1 GOD of Bethel ! by whose hand 
 
 Thy people still are fed ; 
 Who through this weary pilgrimage 
 Hast all our fathers led : 
 
 2 Our vows, our pray'rs, we now present 
 
 Before thy throne of grace : 
 God of our fathers ! be the God 
 Of their succeeding race. 
 
 3 Through each perplexing path of life 
 
 Our wand'ring footsteps guide ; 
 Give us each day our daily bread, 
 And raiment fit provide. 
 
 4 spread thy cov'ring wings around, 
 
 Till all our wand'rings cease, 
 And at our Father's lov'd abode 
 Our souls arrive in peace. 
 
 5 Such blessings from thy gracious hand 
 
 Our humble pray'rs implore; 
 And thou shalt be our chosen God, 
 And portion evermore. 
 
 III. Job I. 21. 
 
 1 NAKED as from the earth we came, 
 And enter'd life at first; 
 Naked we to the earth return, 
 And mix with kindred dust. 
 
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 2 Whate'er we fondly call our own 
 
 Belongs to heav'n's great Lord ; 
 The blessings lent us for a day 
 Are soon to be restor'd. 
 
 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, 
 
 Or sinks them in the grave : 
 He gives; and, when lie takes away, 
 He takes but what ae gave. 
 
 4 Then, ever blessed be his name ! 
 
 His goodness swell'd our store; 
 His justice but resumes its own; 
 'Tis ours still to adore. 
 
 IV. Job III. 17—20. 
 
 1 HOW still and peaceful is the grave ! 
 
 Where, life's vain tumults past, 
 TV appointed house, by Heav'n's decree, 
 Receives us all at last. 
 
 2 The wicked there from troubling cease, 
 
 Their passions rage no more ; 
 And there the weary pilgrim rests 
 From all the toils he bore. 
 
 3 There rest the pris'ners, now releas'd 
 
 From slav'ry's sad abode; 
 No more they hear th' oppressor's voice, 
 Or dread the tyrant's rod. 
 
 4 There servants, masters, small and great, 
 
 Partake the same repose ; 
 And there, in peace, the ashes mix 
 Of those who once were foes. 
 
 5 All, levell'd by the hand of Death, 
 
 Lie sleeping in the tomb; 
 Till God in judgment calls them forth, 
 To meet their final doom. 
 
 V. Job V. 6—12. 
 
 1 THO' trouble springs not from the dust, 
 Nor sorrow from the ground; 
 Yet ills on ills, by Heav'n's decree, 
 In man's estate are found. 
 
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 2 As sparks in close succession rise, 
 
 So man, the child of woe, 
 Is doom'd to endless cares and toils 
 Through all his life below. 
 
 3 But with my God I leave my cause; 
 
 From him I seek relief; 
 To him, in confidence of pray'r, 
 Unbosom all my grief. 
 
 4 Unnumber'd are his wondrous works; 
 
 Unsearchable his ways; 
 'Tis his the mourning soul to cheer, 
 The bowed down to raise. 
 
 VI. Job VIII. 11—22. 
 
 1 THE rush may rise where waters flow, 
 
 And flags beside the stream; 
 But soon their verdure fades and dies 
 Before the scorching beam : 
 
 2 So is the sinner's hope cut off; 
 
 Or, if it transient rise, 
 'Tis like the spider's airy web, 
 From ev'ry breath that flies. 
 
 3 Fix'd on his house he leans; his house 
 
 And all its props decay : 
 He holds it fast ; but, while he holds, 
 The tott'ring frame gives way. 
 
 4 Fair, in his garden, to the sun 
 
 His boughs with verdure smile ; 
 And, deeply fix'd, his spreading roots 
 Unshaken stand a while. 
 
 5 But forth the sentence flies from Heav'n, 
 
 That SAveeps him from his place ; 
 Which then denies him for its lord, 
 Nor owns it knew his face. 
 
 6 Lo! this the joy of wicked men, 
 
 Who Heav'n's high laws despise : 
 They quickly fall ; and in their room 
 As quickly others rise. 
 
 7 But, for the just, with gracious care, 
 
 God will his pow'r employ ; 
 He'll teach their lips to sing his praise, 
 And fill their hearts with joy. 
 
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 VII. Job IX. 2—10. 
 
 1 HOW should the sons of Adam's race 
 
 Be pure before their God? 
 If he contends in righteousness, 
 We sink beneath his rod. 
 
 2 If he should mark my words and thoughts 
 
 With strict inquiring eyes, 
 Could I for one of thousand faults 
 The least excuse devise? 
 
 3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise; 
 
 Who dares with him contend ? 
 Or who, that tries the unequal strife, 
 Shall prosper in the end ? 
 
 4 He makes the mountains feel his wrath, 
 
 And their old seats forsake ; 
 The trembling earth deserts her place. 
 And all her pillars shake. 
 
 5 He bids the sun forbear to rise ; 
 
 Th' obedient sun forbears : 
 His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies, 
 And seals up all the stars. 
 
 6 He walks upon the raging sea ; 
 
 Flies on the stormy wind : 
 None can explore his wondrous way, 
 Or his dark footsteps find. 
 
 VIII. Job XIV 1—15. 
 
 1 Few are thy days, and full of woe, 
 
 man, of woman born ! 
 Thy doom is written, 'Dust thou art, 
 'And shalt to dust return/ 
 
 2 Behold the emblem of thy state 
 
 In flow'rs that bloom and die, 
 Or in the shadow's fleeting form, 
 That mocks the gazer's eye. 
 
 3 Guilty and frail, how shalt thou stand 
 
 Before thy sov'reign Lord ? 
 Can troubled and polluted springs 
 A hallow'd stream afford? 
 
 4 Determin'd are the days that fly 
 
 Successive o'er thy head; 
 
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 The number'd hour is on the wing 
 That lays thee with the dead. 
 
 5 Great God ! afflict not in thy wrath 
 
 The short allotted span, 
 That bounds the few and weary days 
 Of pilgrimage to man. 
 
 6 All nature dies, and lives again : 
 
 The flow'r that paints the field, 
 The trees that crown the mountain's brow, 
 And boughs and blossoms yield, 
 
 7 Resign the honours of their form 
 
 At Winter's stormy blast, 
 And leave the naked leafless plain 
 A desolated waste. 
 
 8 Yet soon reviving plants and flow'rs 
 
 Anew shall deck the plain ; 
 The woods shall hear the voice of Spring, 
 And flourish green again. 
 
 9 But man forsakes this earthly scene, 
 
 Ah ! never to return : 
 Shall any foll'wing spring revive 
 The ashes of the urn? 
 
 10 The mighty flood that rolls along 
 
 Its torrents to the main, 
 Can ne'er recall its waters lost 
 From that abyss again. 
 
 11 So days, and years, and ages past, 
 
 Descending down to night, 
 Can henceforth never more return 
 Back to the gates of light ; 
 
 12 And man, when laid in lonesome grave, 
 
 Shall sleep in Death's dark gloom, 
 Until th' eternal morning wake 
 The slumbers of the tomb. 
 
 13 may the grave become to me 
 
 The bed of peaceful rest, 
 Whence I shall gladly rise at length, 
 And mingle with the blest! 
 
 14 Cheer'd by this hope, with patient mind, 
 
 I'll wait Heav'n's high decree, 
 Till the appointed period come, 
 When death shall set me free. 
 
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 IX. Job XXVI. 6, to the end. 
 
 1 WHO can resist th' Almighty arm 
 
 That made the starry sky? 
 Or who elude the certain glance 
 Of God's all-seeing eye ? 
 
 2 From him no cov'ring vails our crimes; 
 
 Hell opens to his sight ; 
 And all Destruction's secret snares 
 Lie full disclos'd in light. 
 
 3 Firm on the boundless void of space 
 
 He pois'd the steady pole, 
 And in the circle of his clouds 
 Bade secret waters roll. 
 
 4 While nature's universal frame 
 
 Its Maker's pow'r reveals, 
 His throne, remote from mortal eyes, 
 An awful cloud conceals. 
 
 5 From where the rising day ascends, 
 
 To where it sets in night, 
 He compasses the floods with bounds, 
 And checks their threat'ning might. 
 
 6 The pillars that support the sky 
 
 Tremble at his rebuke ; 
 Through all its caverns quakes the earth, 
 As though its centre shook. 
 
 7 He brings the waters from their beds, 
 
 Although no tempest blows, 
 And smites the kingdom of the proud 
 Without the hand of foes. 
 
 8 With bright inhabitants above 
 
 He fills the heav'nly land, 
 And all the crooked serpent's breed 
 Dismay'd before him stand. 
 
 9 Few of his works can we survey ; 
 
 These few our skill transcend: 
 But the full thunder of his pow'r 
 What heart can comprehend? 
 
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 X. Prov. I. 20—31. 
 
 1 IN streets, and op'nings of the gates, 
 
 Where pours the busy crowd, 
 Thus heav'nly Wisdom lifts her voice, 
 And cries to men aloud : 
 
 2 How long, ye scorners of the truth, 
 
 Scornful Avill ye remain ? 
 How long shall fools their folly love, 
 And hear my words in vain ? 
 
 3 turn, at last, at my reproof! 
 
 And, in that happy hour, 
 His bless'd effusions on your heart 
 My spirit down shall pour. 
 
 4 But since so long, with earnest voice, 
 
 To you in vain I call, 
 Since all my counsels and reproofs 
 Thus ineffectual fall ; 
 
 5 The time will come, when humbled low, 
 
 In Sorrow's evil day, 
 Your voice by anguish shall be taught, 
 But taught too late, to pray. 
 
 6 When, like the whirlwind, o'er the deep 
 
 Comes Desolation's blast : 
 Pray'rs then extorted shall be vain, 
 The hour of mercy past. 
 
 7 The choice you made has fix'd your doom ; 
 
 For this is Heav'n's decree, 
 That with the fruits of what he soavVI 
 The sinner fill'd shall be. 
 
 XL Prov. III. 13—17. 
 
 1 HAPPY is the man who hears 
 
 Instruction's warning voice ; 
 And who celestial Wisdom makes 
 His early, only choice. 
 
 2 For she has treasures greater far 
 
 Than east or west unfold; 
 And her rewards more precious are 
 Than all their stores of gold. 
 
 3 In her right hand she holds to view 
 
 A length of happ} 7 days ; 
 
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 Riches, with splendid honours join'd, 
 Are what her left displays. 
 
 4 She guides the young with innocence, 
 
 In pleasure's paths to tread, 
 A crown of glory she bestows 
 Upon the hoary head. 
 
 5 According as her labours rise, 
 
 So her rewards increase; 
 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
 And all her paths are peace. 
 
 XII. Pkov. VI. 6—12. 
 
 1 Ye indolent and slothful! rise, 
 View the ant's labours, and be wise; 
 She has no guide to point her Avay, 
 No ruler chiding her delay : 
 
 2 Yet see with what 'incessant cares 
 She for the winter's storm prepares; 
 In summer she provides her meat, 
 And harvest finds her store complete. 
 
 3 But when will slothful man arise? 
 Hoav long shall sleep seal up his eyes % 
 Sloth more indulgence still demands ; 
 Sloth shuts the eyes, and folds the hands. 
 
 4 But mark the end; want shall assail, 
 When all your strength and vigour fail; 
 Want, like an armed man, shall rush 
 The hoary head of age to crush. 
 
 XIII. Pkov. VIII. 22, to the end. 
 
 1 KEEP silence, all ye sons of men, 
 
 And hear with rev'rence due; 
 Eternal Wisdom from above 
 Thus lifts her voice to you : 
 
 2 I was th' Almighty's chief delight 
 
 From everlasting days, 
 Ere yet his arm was stretched forth 
 The heav'ns and earth to raise. 
 
 3 Before the sea began to flow, 
 
 And leave the solid land, 
 Before the hills and mountains rose, 
 I dwelt at his right hand. 
 
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 4 When first he rear'd the arch of heav'n, 
 
 And spread the clouds on air, 
 When first the fountains of the deep 
 He open'd, I was there. 
 
 5 There I was with him, when he stretch'd 
 
 His compass o'er the deep, 
 And charg'd the ocean's swelling waves 
 Within their bounds to keep. 
 G With joy I saw th' abode prepar'd 
 Which men were soon to fill : 
 Them from the first of days I loVd, 
 Unchang'd, I love them still. 
 
 7 Now therefore hearken to my words, 
 
 Ye children, and be wise : 
 Happy the man that keeps my ways ; 
 The man that shuns them dies. 
 
 8 Where dubious "paths perplex the mind, 
 
 Direction I afford; 
 Life shall be his that follows me, 
 And favour from the Lord. 
 
 9 But he who scorns my sacred laws 
 
 Shall deeply wound his heart, 
 He courts destruction who contemns 
 The counsel I impart. 
 
 XIV. Eccles. VII. 2—6. 
 
 1 WHILE others crowd the house of mirth 
 
 And haunt the gaudy show, 
 Let such as would with Wisdom dwell, 
 Frequent the house of woe. 
 
 2 Better to weep with those who weep, 
 
 And share th' afflicted's smart, 
 Than mix with fools in giddy joys 
 That cheat and wound the heart. 
 
 3 When virtuous sorrow clouds the face, 
 
 And tears bedim the eye, 
 The soul is led to solemn thought, 
 And wafted to the sky. 
 
 4 The wise in heart revisit oft 
 
 Grief's dark sequester'd cell; 
 
 The thoughtless still with levity 
 
 And mirth delight to dwell. 
 
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 5 The noisy laughter of the fool 
 Is like the crackling sound 
 Of blazing thorns, which quickly fall 
 In ashes to the ground. 
 
 XV. Eccles. IX. 4, 5, 6, 10. 
 
 1 AS long as life its terms extends, 
 Hope's blest dominion never ends ; 
 For while the lamp holds on to burn, 
 The greatest sinner may return. 
 
 2 Life is the season God hath giv'n 
 To fly from hell, and rise to heav'n ; 
 That day of grace fleets fast awa} T , 
 And none its rapid course can stay. 
 
 3 The living know that they must die; 
 But all the dead forgotten lie : 
 Their mem'ry and their name is gone, 
 Alike unknowing and unknown. 
 
 4 Their hatred and their love is lost, 
 Their envy bury'd in the dust ; 
 They have no share in all that's done 
 Beneath the circuit of the sun. 
 
 5 Then what thy thoughts design to do, 
 Still let thy hands with might pursue; 
 Since no device nor work is found, 
 Nor wisdom underneath the ground. 
 
 6 In the cold grave, to which we haste, 
 There are no acts of pardon past : 
 But fix'd the doom of all remains, 
 And everlasting silence reigns. 
 
 XVI. Eccles. XII. 1. 
 
 1 IN life's gay morn, when sprightly youth 
 
 With vital ardour glows, 
 And shines in all the fairest charms 
 Which beauty can disclose; 
 
 2 Deep on thy soul, before its pow'rs 
 
 Are yet by vice enslav'd, 
 Be thy Creator's glorious name 
 And character engrav'd. 
 
 3 For soon the shades of grief shall cloud 
 
 The sunshine of thy days ; 
 
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 And cares, and toils, in endless round, 
 
 Encompass all thy ways. 
 4 Soon shall thy heart the woes of age 
 
 In mournful groans deplore, 
 And sadly muse on former joys, 
 
 That now return no more. 
 
 XVII. Isaiah I. 10—19. 
 
 1 RULERS of Sodom ! hear the voice 
 
 Of heav'n's eternal Lord ; 
 Men of Gomorrah ! bend your ear 
 Submissive to his word. 
 
 2 Tis thus he speaks : To what intent 
 
 Are your oblations vain ? 
 Why load my altars with your gifts, 
 Polluted and profane? 
 
 3 Burnt-ofFrings long may blaze to heav'n, 
 
 And incense cloud the skies ; 
 The worship and the worshipper 
 Are hateful in my eyes. 
 
 4 Your rites, your fasts, your pray'rs, I scorn, 
 
 And pomp of solemn days : 
 I know your hearts are full of guile, 
 And crooked are your ways, 
 
 5 But cleanse your hands, ye guilty race, 
 
 And cease from deeds of sin; 
 Learn in your actions to be just, 
 And pure in heart within. 
 
 6 Mock not ray name with honours vain, 
 
 But keep my holy laws; 
 Do justice to the friendless poor, 
 And plead the widow's cause. 
 
 7 Then though your guilty souls are stain'd, 
 
 With sins of crimson die, 
 Yet, through my grace, with snow itself 
 In whiteness they shall vie. 
 
 XVIII. Isaiah II. 2—6. 
 
 1 BEHOLD ! the mountain of the Lord 
 In latter days shall rise 
 
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 On mountain tops above the hills, 
 And draw the wond'ring eyes. 
 
 2 To this the joyful nations round, 
 
 All tribes and tongues shall flow; 
 Up to the hill of God, they'll say, 
 And to his house we'll go. 
 
 3 The beam that shines from Sion hill 
 
 Shall lighten ev'ry land ; 
 The King who reigns in Salem's tow'rs 
 Shall all the world command. 
 
 4 Among the nations he shall judge; 
 
 His judgments truth shall guide ; 
 His sceptre shall protect the just, 
 And quell the sinner's pride. 
 
 5 No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds 
 
 Disturb those peaceful years ; [sAvords, 
 To ploughshares men shall beat their 
 To priming-hooks their spears. 
 
 6 No longer hosts encount'ring hosts 
 
 Shall crowds of slain deplore: 
 They hang the trumpet in the hall, 
 And study war no more. 
 
 7 Come then, house of Jacob ! come 
 
 To worship at his shrine ; 
 And, walking in the light of God, 
 With holy beauties shine. 
 
 XIX. Isatah IX. 2—8. 
 
 1 THE race that long in darkness pin'd 
 
 Have seen a glorious light; 
 The people dwell in day, who dwelt 
 In death's surrounding night. 
 
 2 To hail thy rise, thou better Sun ! 
 
 The gath'ring nations come, 
 Joyous, as when the reapers bear 
 The harvest treasures home. 
 
 3 For thou our burden hast remov'd, 
 
 And quell'd th' oppressor's sway, 
 Quick as the slaughter'd squadrons fell 
 In Midian's evil day. 
 
 4 To us a Child of hope is born ; 
 
 To us a Son is giv'n ; 
 
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 Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 
 Him all the hosts of heav'n. 
 
 5 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, 
 
 For evermore ador'd, 
 The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 
 The great and mighty Lord. 
 
 6 His pow'r increasing still shall spread, 
 
 His reign no end shall know ; 
 Justice shall guard his throne above, 
 And peace abound below. 
 
 XX. Isaiah XXVI. 1—7. 
 
 1 HOW glorious Sion's courts appear, 
 
 The city of our God ! 
 His throne he hath establish'd here, 
 Here nVd his lov'd abode. 
 
 2 Its walls, defended by his grace, 
 
 No pow'r shall e'er o'erthrow, 
 Salvation is its bulwark sure 
 Against th' assailing foe. 
 
 3 Lift up the everlasting gates, 
 
 The doors wide open fling; 
 Enter, ye nations, who obey 
 The statutes of our King. 
 
 4 Here shall ye taste unmingled joys, 
 
 And dwell in perfect peace, 
 Ye, who have known JEHOVAH's name, 
 And trusted in his grace. 
 
 5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust, 
 
 And banish all your fears ; 
 Strength in the Lord JEHOVAH dwells 
 
 Eternal as his years. 
 What though the wicked dwell on high, 
 
 His arm shall bring them low : 
 Low as the caverns of the grave 
 
 Their lofty heads shall bow. 
 
 7 Along the dust shall then be spread 
 
 Their tow'rs, that brave the skies : 
 On them the needy's feet shall tread, 
 And on their ruins rise. 
 
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 XXI. Isaiah XXXIII. 13—18. 
 
 1 ATTEND, ye tribes that dwell remote, 
 
 Ye tribes at hand, give ear ; 
 Th' upright in heart alone have hope, 
 The false in heart have fear. 
 
 2 The man who walks with God in truth, 
 
 And ev'ry guile disdains ; 
 Who hates to lift oppression's rod, 
 And scorns its shameful gains; 
 
 3 Whose soul abhors the impious bribe 
 
 That tempts from truth to stray, 
 And from th' enticing snares of vice 
 Who turns his eyes away : 
 
 4 His dwelling, 'midst the strength of rocks, 
 
 Shall ever stand secure ; 
 His Father will provide his bread, 
 His water shall be sure. 
 
 5 For him the kingdom of the just 
 
 Afar doth glorious shine; 
 And he the King of kings shall see 
 In majesty divine. 
 
 XXII. Isaiah XL. 27, to the end. 
 
 1 WHY pour'st thou forth thine anxious 
 
 plaint, 
 Despairing of relief, 
 As if the Lord o'erlook'd thy cause, 
 And did not heed thy grief? 
 
 2 Hast thou not known, hast thou not heard, 
 
 That firm remains on high 
 The everlasting throne of Him 
 Who form'd the earth and sky? 
 
 3 Art thou afraid his pow'r shall fail 
 
 When comes thy evil day? 
 And can an all-creating arm 
 Grow weary or decay? 
 
 4 Supreme in wisdom as in pow'r 
 
 The Rock of ages stands ; 
 Though him thou canst not see, nor trace 
 The working of his hands. 
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 5 He gives the conquest to the weak, 
 
 Supports the fainting heart ; 
 And courage in the evil hour 
 His heav'nly aids impart. 
 
 6 Mere human pow'r shall fast deca} r , 
 
 And youthful vigour cease ; 
 But they who wait upon the Lord, 
 In strength shall still increase. 
 
 7 They with unweary'd feet shall tread 
 
 The path of life divine ; 
 With growing ardour onward move, 
 With groAving brightness shine. 
 
 8 On eagles' wings they mount, they soar, 
 
 Their w T ings are faith and love, 
 Till, past the cloudy regions here, 
 They rise to heav'n above. 
 
 XXIII. Isaiah XLII. 1—13. 
 
 1 BEHOLD my Servant! see him rise 
 
 Exalted in my might ! 
 Him have I chosen, and in him 
 I place supreme delight. 
 
 2 On him, in rich effusion pour'd, 
 
 My Spirit shall descend; 
 My truths and judgments he shall show 
 To earth's remotest end. 
 
 3 Gentle and still shall be his voice, 
 
 No threats from him proceed ; 
 The smoking flax he shall not quench, 
 Nor break the bruised reed. 
 
 4 The feeble spark to flames he'll raise; 
 
 The weak will not despise ; 
 Judgment he shall bring forth to truth, 
 And make the fallen rise. 
 
 5 The progress of his zeal and pow'r 
 
 Shall never know decline, 
 Till foreign lands and distant isles 
 Receive the law divine. 
 
 6 He who erected heav'n's bright arch, 
 
 And bade the planets roll, 
 Who peopled all the climes of earth, 
 And form'd the human soul, 
 
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 7 Thus saith the Lord, Thee have I rais'd, 
 
 My Prophet thee install ; 
 In right I've rais'd thee, and in strength 
 I'll succour whom I call. 
 
 8 I will establish with the lands 
 
 A covenant in thee, 
 To give the Gentile nations light, 
 And set the pris'ners free : 
 
 9 Asunder burst the gates of brass ; 
 
 The iron fetters fall ; 
 And gladsome light and liberty 
 Are straight restor'd to all. 
 
 10 I am the Lord, and by the name 
 
 Of great JEHOVAH known ; 
 No idol shall usurp my praise, 
 Nor mount into my throne. 
 
 1 1 Lo ! former scenes, predicted once, 
 
 Conspicuous rise to view ; 
 And future scenes, predicted now, 
 Shall be accomplish'd too. 
 
 12 Sing to the Lord in joyful strains ! 
 
 Let earth his praise resound, 
 Ye who upon the ocean dwell, 
 And fill the isles around ! 
 
 13 city of the Lord ! begin 
 
 The universal song; 
 And let the scatter'd villages 
 The cheerful notes prolong. 
 
 14 Let Kedar's wilderness afar 
 
 Lift up its lonely voice ; 
 And let the tenants of the rock 
 With accents rude rejoice ; 
 
 15 Till 'midst the streams of distant lands 
 
 The islands sound his praise; 
 And all combin'd, with one accord, 
 JEHOVAH's glories raise. 
 
 XXIV. Isaiah XLIX. 13—17. 
 
 1 YE heav'ns, send forth your song of praise ! 
 Earth, raise your voice below! 
 Let hills and mountains join the hymn, 
 And joy through nature flow. 
 
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 2 Behold how gracious is our God ! 
 
 Hear the consoling strains, 
 In which he cheers our drooping hearts, 
 And mitigates our pains. 
 
 3 Cease ye, when days of darkness come, 
 
 In sad dismay to mourn, 
 As if the Lord could leave his saints 
 Forsaken or forlorn. 
 
 4 Can the fond mother e'er forget 
 
 The infant whom she bore? 
 And can its plaintive cries be heard, 
 Nor move compassion more? 
 
 5 She may forget : nature may fail 
 
 A parent's heart to move; 
 But Sion on my heart shall dwell 
 In everlasting love. 
 
 6 Full in my sight, upon my hands 
 
 I have engrav'd her name : 
 My hands shall build her ruin'd walls, 
 And raise her broken frame. 
 
 XXV. Isaiah LIII. 
 
 1 HOW few receive with cordial faith 
 
 The tidings which we bring? 
 How few have seen the arm reveal'd 
 Of heav'n's eternal King? 
 
 2 The Saviour comes ! no outward pomp 
 
 Bespeaks his presence nigh ; 
 No earthly beauty shines in him 
 To draw the carnal eye. 
 
 3 Fair as a beauteous tender flow'r 
 
 Amidst the desert grows, 
 So slighted by a rebel race 
 The heav'nly Saviour rose. 
 
 4 Rejected and despis'd of men, 
 
 Behold a man of woe ! 
 Grief was his close companion still 
 Through all his life below. 
 
 5 Yet all the griefs he felt were ours, 
 
 Ours were the woes he bore: 
 Pangs, not his own, his spotless soul 
 With bitter anguish tore. 
 
 
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 6 We held him as condemn'd by Heav'n, 
 
 An outcast from his God, 
 While for our sins he groan'd, he hied, 
 Beneath his Father's rod. 
 
 7 His sacred blood hath wash'd our souls 
 
 From sin's polluted stain ; 
 His stripes have heal'd us, and his death 
 Reviv'd our souls again. 
 
 8 We all, like sheep, had gone astray 
 
 In ruin's fatal road : 
 On him were our transgressions laid ; 
 He bore the mighty load. 
 
 9 Wrong'd and oppress'd, how meekly he 
 
 In patient silence stood ! 
 Mute, as the peaceful harmless lamb, 
 When brought to shed its blood. 
 
 10 Who can his generation tell ? 
 
 From prison see him led ! 
 With impious shew of law condemn'd, 
 And number'd with the dead. 
 
 11 'Midst sinners low in dust he lay; 
 
 The rich a grave suppled : 
 Unspotted was his blameless life ; 
 Un stain' d by sin he dy'd. 
 
 12 Yet God shall raise his head on high, 
 
 Though thus he brought him low ; 
 His sacred off'ring, when complete, 
 Shall terminate his woe. 
 
 13 For, saith the Lord, my pleasure then 
 
 Shall prosper in his hand ; 
 His shall a num'rous offspring be, 
 And still his honours stand. 
 
 14 His soul, rejoicing, shall behold 
 
 The purchase of his pain ; 
 And all the guilty whom he sav'd 
 Shall bless Messiah's reign. 
 
 15 He with the great shall share the spoil, 
 
 And baffle all his foes ; 
 Though rank'd with sinners, here he fell, 
 A conqueror he rose. 
 
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 16 He dy'd to bear the guilt of men, 
 That sin might be forgiv'n : 
 He lives to bless them and defend, 
 And plead their cause in heav'n. 
 
 XXVI. Isaiah LV. 
 
 1 HO ! ye that thirst, approach the spring 
 
 Where living waters flow : 
 Free to that sacred fountain all 
 Without a price may go. 
 
 2 How long to streams of false delight 
 
 Will ye in crowds repair? [waste 
 
 How long your strength and substance 
 On trifles, light as air? 
 
 3 My stores afford those rich supplies 
 
 That health and pleasure give : 
 
 Incline your ear, and come to me; 
 
 The soul that hears shall live. 
 
 4 With you a cov'nant I will make, 
 
 That ever shall endure; 
 The hope which gladden'd David's heart 
 My mercy hath made sure. 
 
 5 Behold he comes ! your leader comes, 
 
 With might and honour crown'd ; 
 A witness who shall spread my name 
 
 To earth's remotest bound. 
 C See ! nations hasten to his call 
 
 From ev'ry distant shore; 
 Isles, yet unknown, shall bow to him, 
 
 And Isr'eFs God adore. 
 
 7 Seek ye the Lord while yet his ear 
 
 Is open to your call ; 
 While offer'd mercy still is near, 
 Before his footstool fall. 
 
 8 Let sinners quit their evil ways, 
 
 Their evil thoughts forego : 
 And God, when they to him return, 
 Returning grace will show. 
 
 9 He pardons with o'erflowing love : 
 
 For, hear the voice divine ! 
 My nature is not like to yours, 
 Nor like your ways are mine : 
 
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 10 But far as heav'n's resplendent orbs 
 
 Beyond earth's spot extend, 
 As far my thoughts, as far my ways, 
 Your ways and thoughts transcend. 
 
 11 And as the rains from heav'n distil, 
 
 Nor thither mount again, 
 But swell the earth with fruitful juice, 
 And all its tribes sustain : 
 
 12 So not a word that flows from me 
 
 Shall ineffectual fall; 
 But universal nature prove 
 Obedient to my call. 
 
 13 With joy and peace shall then be led 
 
 The glad converted lands; 
 The lofty mountains then shall sing, 
 The forests clap their hands. 
 
 14 Where briers grew 'midst barren wilds, 
 
 Shall firs and myrtles spring; 
 And nature, through its utmost bounds, 
 Eternal praises sing. 
 
 XXVII. Isaiah LVII. 15, 16. 
 
 1 THUS speaks the high and lofty One; 
 
 Ye tribes of earth, give ear; 
 The words of your Almighty King 
 With sacred rev'rence hear: 
 
 2 Amidst the majesty of heav'n 
 
 My throne is fix'd on high ; 
 And through eternity I hear 
 The praises of the sky : 
 
 3 Yet, looking down, I visit oft 
 
 The humble hallow'd cell; 
 And with the penitent who mourn 
 'Tis my delight to dwell; 
 
 4 The downcast spirit to revive, 
 
 The sad in soul to cheer; 
 And from the bed of dust the man 
 Of heart contrite to rear. 
 
 5 With me dwells no relentless wrath 
 
 Against the human race ; 
 The souls which I have form'd shall find 
 A refuge in my grace. 
 
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 XXVIII. Isaiah LVIII. 5—9. 
 
 1 ATTEND, and mark the solemn fast 
 
 Which to the Lord is dear ; 
 Disdain the false nnhallow'd mask 
 Which vain dissemblers wear. 
 
 2 Do I delight in sorrow's dress? 
 
 Saith he who reigns above ; 
 The hanging head and rueful look, 
 Will they attract my love? 
 
 3 Let such as feel oppression's load 
 
 Thy tender pity share : 
 And let the helpless, homeless poor, 
 Be thy peculiar care. 
 
 4 Go, bid the hungry orphan be 
 
 With thy abundance blest; 
 Invite the wand'rer to thy gate, 
 And spread the couch of rest. 
 
 5 Let him who pines with piercing cold 
 
 By thee be warm'd and clad; 
 Be thine the blissful task to make 
 The downcast mourner glad. 
 
 6 Then, bright as morning, shall come forth, 
 
 In peace and joy, thy da} r s ; 
 And glory from the Lord above 
 Shall shine on all thy ways. 
 
 XXIX. Lament. III. 37—40. 
 
 1 AMIDST the mighty, where is he 
 
 Who saith, and it is done ? 
 Each varying scene of changeful life 
 Is from the Lord alone. 
 
 2 He gives in gladsome bow'rs to dwell, 
 
 Or clothes in sorrow's shroud ; 
 His hand hath form'd the light, his hand 
 Hath form'd the dark'ning cloud. 
 
 3 Why should a living man complain 
 
 Beneath the chast'ning rod ? 
 Our sins afflict us : and the cross 
 Must bring us back to God. 
 
 4 sons of men ! with anxious care 
 
 Your hearts and ways explore ; 
 Return from paths of vice to God : 
 Return, and sin no more ! 
 
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 XXX. Hosea VI. 1—4. 
 
 1 COME, let us to the Lord our God 
 
 With contrite hearts return ; 
 Our God is gracious, nor will leave 
 The desolate to mourn. 
 
 2 His voice commands the tempest forth, 
 
 And stills the stormy wave ; 
 And though his arm be strong to smite, 
 Tis also strong to save. 
 
 3 Long hath the night of sorrow reign'd; 
 
 The dawn shall bring us light : 
 God shall appear, and we shall rise 
 With gladness in his sight. 
 
 4 Our hearts, if God we seek to know, 
 
 Shall know him, and rejoice ; 
 His coming like the morn shall be, 
 Like morning songs his voice. 
 
 5 As dew upon the tender herb, 
 
 Diffusing fragrance round ; 
 As show'rs that usher in the spring, 
 And cheer the thirsty ground : 
 
 6 So shall his presence bless our souls, 
 
 And shed a joyful light ; 
 That hallow'd morn shall chase away 
 The sorrows of the night. 
 
 XXXI. Micah VI. 6—9. 
 
 1 THUS speaks the heathen : How shall man 
 
 The Pow'r Supreme adore ? 
 With what accepted offrings come 
 His mercy to implore ? 
 
 2 Shall clouds of incense to the skies 
 
 With grateful odour speed ? 
 Or victims from a thousand hills 
 Upon the altar bleed ? 
 
 3 Does justice nobler blood demand 
 
 To save the sinner's life? 
 Shall, trembling, in his offspring's side 
 The father plunge the knife ? 
 
 4 No : God rejects the bloody rites 
 
 Which blindfold zeal began ; 
 
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 His oracles of truth proclaim 
 The message brought to man. 
 
 5 He what is good hath clearly shown, 
 
 favour'd race! to thee; 
 And what doth God require of those 
 Who bend to him the knee? 
 
 6 Thy deeds, let sacred justice rule; 
 
 Thy heart, let mercy fill ; 
 And, walking humbly with thy God, 
 To him resign thy will. 
 
 XXXII. Habak. III. 17, 18. 
 
 1 WHAT though no flow'rs the fig-tree 
 
 Though vines their fruit deny, [clothe, 
 The labour of the olive fail, 
 And fields no meat supply ? 
 
 2 Though from the fold, with sad surprise, 
 
 My flock cut off I see; 
 Though famine pine in empty stalls. 
 Where herds were wont to be? 
 
 3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad, 
 
 And glory in his love ; 
 In him I'll joy, who will the God 
 Of my salvation prove. 
 
 4 He to my tardy feet shall lend 
 
 The swiftness of the roe ; 
 Till, rais'd on high, I safely dwell 
 Beyond the reach of woe. 
 
 5 God is the treasure of my soul, 
 
 The source of lasting joy ; 
 A joy which want shall not impair, 
 Nor death itself destroy. 
 
 XXXIII. Matth. VI. 9—14. 
 
 1 FATHER of all ! we bow to thee, 
 
 Who dwell'st in heav'n ador'd; 
 But present still through all thy works, 
 The universal Lord. 
 
 2 For ever hallow'd be thy name 
 
 By all beneath the skies ; 
 And may thy kingdom still advance, 
 Till grace to glory rise. 
 
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 3 A grateful homage may we yield, 
 
 With hearts resign'd to thee ; 
 And as in heav'n thy will is done, 
 On earth so let it be. 
 
 4 From day to day we humbly own 
 
 The hand that feeds us still : 
 Give us our bread, and teach to rest 
 Contented in thy will. 
 
 5 Our sins before thee we confess; 
 
 may they be forgiv'n ! 
 As Ave to others mercy show, 
 We mercy beg from Heav'n. 
 
 6 Still let thy grace our life direct; 
 
 From evil guard our way; 
 And in temptation's fatal path 
 Permit us not to stray. 
 
 7 For thine the pow'r, the kingdom thine; 
 
 All glory's due to thee : 
 Thine from eternity they were, 
 And thine shall ever be. 
 
 XXXIV. Matth. XL 25, to the end. 
 
 1 THUS spoke the Saviour of the world, 
 
 And rais'd his eyes to heav'n : 
 To thee, Father! Lord of all, 
 Eternal praise be giv'n. 
 
 2 Thou to the pure and lowly heart 
 
 Hast heav'nly truth reveal'd; 
 Which from the self-conceited mind 
 Thy wisdom hath conceal'd. 
 
 3 Ev'n so ! thou, Father, hast ordain'd 
 
 Thy high decree to stand ; 
 Nor men nor angels may presume 
 The reason to demand. 
 
 4 Thou only know'st the Son : from thee 
 
 My kingdom I receive; 
 And none the Father know but they 
 Who in the Son believe. 
 
 5 Come then to me, all ye who groan, 
 
 With guilt and fears opprest; 
 
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 Resign to me the willing heart, 
 And I will give you rest. 
 
 6 Take up my yoke, and learn of me 
 
 The meek and lowly mind; 
 And thus your weary troubled souls 
 Repose and peace shall find. 
 
 7 For light and gentle is my yoke; 
 
 The burden I impose 
 Shall ease the heart, which groan'd before 
 Beneath a load of woes. 
 
 XXXY. Matth. XXVI. 26—29. 
 
 1 'TWAS on that night, when doom'd to 
 The eager rage of ev'ry foe, [know 
 That night in which he was betray'd, 
 The Saviour of the world took bread : 
 
 2 And, after thanks and glory giv'n 
 
 To him that rules in earth and heav'n, 
 That symbol of his flesh be broke, 
 And thus to all his followers spoke: 
 
 3 My broken body thus I give 
 
 For you, for all ; take, eat, and live ; 
 
 And oft the sacred rite renew, 
 
 That brings my Avondrous love to view. 
 
 4 Then in his hands the cup he rais'd, 
 And God anew he thank'd and prais'd ; 
 AVhile kindness in his bosom glow'd, 
 And from his lips salvation flow'd: 
 
 5 My blood I thus pour forth, he cries, 
 To cleanse the soul in sin that lies; 
 In this the covenant is seal'd, 
 
 And Heav'n's eternal grace reveal'd. 
 G With love to man this cup is fraught, 
 Let all partake the sacred draught; 
 Through latest ages let it pour, 
 In mem'ry of my dying hour. 
 
 XXXVI. Luke I. 46—56. 
 
 1 MY soul and spirit, fill'd with joy, 
 'My God and Saviour praise, 
 
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 Whose goodness did from poor estate 
 His humble handmaid raise. 
 
 2 Me bless'd of God, the God of might, 
 
 All ages shall proclaim ; 
 From age to age his mercy lasts, 
 And holy is his name. 
 
 3 Strength with his arm th' Almighty shew'd; 
 
 The proud his looks abas'd ; 
 He cast the mighty to the ground, 
 The meek to honour rais'd. 
 
 4 The hungry with good things were fill'd, 
 
 The rich with hunger pin'd : 
 He sent his servant Isr'el help, 
 And call'd his love to mind; 
 
 5 Which to our fathers' ancient race 
 
 His promise did ensure, 
 To Abrah'm and his chosen seed, 
 For ever to endure. 
 
 XXXVII. Luke II. 8—15. 
 
 1 WHILE humble shepherds watch'd their 
 
 flocks 
 In Bethleh'm's plains by night, 
 An angel sent from heav'n appear'd, 
 And fill'd the plains with light. 
 
 2 Fear not, he said, (for sudden dread 
 
 Had seiz'd their troubled mind ;) 
 Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
 To you, and all mankind. 
 
 3 To you, in David's town, this day 
 
 Is born, of David's line, 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; 
 And this shall be the sign : 
 
 4 The heav'nly Babe you there shall find 
 
 To human view display'd, 
 All meanly wrapt in swaddling bands, 
 And in a manger laid. 
 
 5 Thus spake the seraph; and forthwith 
 
 Appear'd a shining throng 
 Of angels, praising God ; and thus 
 Address'd their joyful song : 
 
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 6 All glory be to God on high, 
 And to the earth be peace; 
 Good-will is shown by Heav'n to men, 
 And never more shall cease. 
 
 XXXVIII. Luke II. 25—33. 
 
 1 JUST and devout old Simeon liv'd; 
 
 To him it was reveal'd, 
 That Christ, the Lord, his eyes should see 
 Ere death his eyelids seal'd. 
 
 2 For this consoling gift of Heav'n 
 
 To Isr'el's fallen state, 
 From year to year with patient hope 
 The aged saint did wait. 
 
 3 Nor did he wait in vain; for, lo! 
 
 Revolving years brought round, 
 In season due, the happy day, 
 Which all his wishes crown'd. 
 
 4 When Jesus, to the temple brought 
 
 By Mary's pious care, 
 As Heav'n's appointed rites requir'd, 
 To God was offer'd there, 
 
 5 Simeon into those sacred courts 
 
 A heav'nly impulse drew; 
 He saw the Virgin hold her Son, 
 And straight his Lord he knew. 
 
 6 With holy joy upon his face 
 
 The good old father smil'd; 
 Then fondly in his wither'd arms 
 He clasp'd the promis'd child: 
 
 7 And while he held the heav'n-born Babe, 
 
 Ordain'd to bless mankind, 
 Thus spoke, with earnest look, and heart 
 Exulting, yet resign'd : 
 
 8 Now, Lord ! according to thy word, 
 
 Let me in peace depart; 
 Mine eyes have thy salvation seen, 
 And gladness fills my heart. 
 
 9 At length my arms embrace my Lord, 
 
 Now let their vigour cease; 
 
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 At last my eyes my Saviour see, 
 Now let them close in peace. 
 
 10 This great salvation, long prepar'd, 
 
 And now disclos'd to view, 
 Hath prov'd thy love was constant still, 
 And promises were true. 
 
 11 That Sun I now behold, whose light 
 
 Shall heathen darkness chase, 
 And rays of brightest glory pour 
 Around thy chosen race. 
 
 XXXIX. Luke IV. 18, 19. 
 
 1 HARK, the glad sound, the Saviour comes! 
 
 The Saviour promis'd long; 
 Let ev'ry heart exult with joy, 
 And ev'ry voice be song! 
 
 2 On him the Spirit, largely shed, 
 
 Exerts its sacred fire ; 
 Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 
 His holy breast inspire. 
 
 3 He comes! the prisoners to relieve, 
 
 In Satan's bondage held; 
 The gates of brass before him burst, 
 The iron fetters yield. 
 
 4 He comes ! from dark'ning scales of vice 
 
 To clear the inward sight ; 
 And on the e} 7 e-balls of the blind 
 To pour celestial light. 
 
 5 He comes ! the broken hearts to bind, 
 
 The bleeding souls to cure ; 
 And with the treasures of his grace 
 T' enrich the humble poor. 
 
 6 The sacred year has now revolv'd, 
 
 Accepted of the Lord, 
 When Heav'n's high promise is fulfill'd, 
 And Isr'el is restor'd. 
 
 7 Our glad hosannahs, Prince of Peace ! 
 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim ; 
 And heav'n's exalted arches ring 
 With thy most honour'd name. 
 
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 XL. Luke XV. 13—25. . 
 
 1 THE wretched prodigal behold 
 
 In mis'ry lying low, 
 Whom vice had sunk from high estate, 
 And plung'd in want and woe. 
 
 2 While I, despis'd and scorn'd, he cries, 
 
 Starve in a foreign land, 
 The meanest in my father's house 
 Is fed with bounteous hand : 
 
 3 I'll go, and with a mourning voice, 
 
 Fall down before his face: 
 Father ! I 've sinn'd 'gainst Heav'n and 
 Nor can deserve thy grace. [thee, 
 
 4 He said, and hasten'd to his home, 
 
 To seek his father's love: 
 
 The father sees him from afar, 
 
 And all his boAvels move. 
 
 5 He ran, and fell upon his neck, 
 
 Embrac'd and kiss'd his son : 
 The grieving prodigal bewail'd 
 The follies he had done. 
 
 6 No more, my father, can I hope 
 
 To find paternal grace; 
 My utmost wish is to obtain 
 A servant's humble place. 
 
 7 Bring forth the fairest robe for him, 
 
 The joyful father said ; 
 To him each mark of grace be shown, 
 And ev'ry honour paid. 
 
 8 A day of feasting I ordain ; 
 
 Let mirth and song abound : 
 My son was dead, and lives again ! 
 Was lost, and now is found ! 
 
 Thus joy abounds in paradise 
 
 Among the hosts of heav'n, 
 Soon as the sinner quits his sins. 
 Repents, and is forgiv'n. 
 
 XLI. John III. 14—19. 
 
 1 AS when the Hebrew prophet rais'd 
 
 The brazen serpent high, 
 
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 The wounded look'd, and straight were 
 cur'd, 
 The people ceas'd to die: 
 
 2 So from the Saviour on the cross - 
 
 A healing virtue flows; 
 Who looks to him with lively faith 
 Is sav'd from endless woes. 
 
 3 For God gave up his Son to death, 
 
 So gen'rous was his love, 
 That all the faithful might enjoy 
 Eternal life above. 
 
 4 Not to condemn the sons of men 
 
 The Son of God appear'd; 
 No weapons in his hand are seen, 
 Nor voice of terror heard : 
 
 5 He came to raise our fallen state, 
 
 And our lost hopes restore : 
 Faith leads us to the mercy-seat, 
 And bids us fear no more. 
 
 6 But vengeance just for ever lies 
 
 On all the rebel race, 
 Who God's eternal Son despise, 
 And scorn his offer'd grace. 
 
 XLIL John XIV. 1—7. 
 
 1 LET not your hearts with anxious 
 
 thoughts 
 Be troubled or dismay'd ; 
 But trust in Providence divine, 
 And trust my gracious aid. 
 
 2 I to my Father's house return; 
 
 There num'rous mansions stand, 
 And glory manifold abounds 
 Through all the happy land. 
 
 3 I go your entrance to secure, 
 
 And your abode prepare; 
 Regions unknown are safe to you, 
 When I, your friend, am there. 
 
 4 Thence shall I come, when ages close, 
 
 To take you home with me; 
 There we shall meet to part no more, 
 And still together be. 
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 I am the way, the truth, the life : 
 
 No son of human race, 
 But such as I conduct and guide, 
 
 Shall see my Father's face. 
 
 XLIII. John XIV. 25—28. 
 
 YOU now must hear my voice no more ; 
 
 My Father calls me home; 
 But soon from heav'n the Holy Ghost, 
 
 Your Comforter, shall come. 
 That heav'nly Teacher, sent from God, 
 
 Shall your whole soul inspire ; 
 Your minds shall fill with sacred truth, 
 
 Your hearts with sacred fire. 
 
 Peace is the gift I leave with you ; 
 
 My peace to you bequeath; 
 Peace that shall comfort you through life, 
 
 And cheer your souls in death. 
 I give not as the world bestows, 
 
 With promise false and vain; 
 Nor cares, nor fears, shall wound the heart 
 In which my words remain. 
 
 XLIV. John XIX. 30. 
 
 BEHOLD the Saviour on the cross, 
 
 A spectacle of woe! 
 See from his agonizing wounds 
 
 The blood incessant flow; 
 Till death's pale ensigns o'er his cheek 
 
 And trembling lips were spread; 
 Till light forsook his closing eyes, 
 
 And life his drooping head ! 
 
 'Tis finish'd — was his latest voice; 
 
 These sacred accents o'er, 
 He bow'd his head, gave up the ghost, 
 
 And suffer'd pain no more. 
 Tis finish'd — The Messiah dies 
 
 For sins, but not his own;, 
 The great redemption is complete, 
 
 And Satan's pow'r o'erthrown. 
 
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 5 Tis finish'd — All his groans are past; 
 
 His blood, his pain, and toils, 
 Have fully vanquished our foes, 
 And erown'd him with their spoils. 
 
 6 'Tis finish'd — Legal worship ends, 
 
 And gospel ages run; 
 All old things now are past away, 
 And a new world begun. 
 
 XLV. Romans II. 4—8. 
 
 1 UNGRATEFUL sinners ! whence this scorn 
 
 Of God's long-suff' ring grace ? 
 And whence this madness that insults 
 Th' Almighty to his face? 
 
 2 Is it because his patience waits, 
 
 And pitying bowels move, 
 You multiply transgressions more, 
 And scorn his offer'd love ? 
 
 3 Dost thou not know, self-blinded man! 
 
 His goodness is design'd 
 To wake repentance in thy soul, 
 And melt thy harden'd mind? 
 
 4 And wilt thou rather chuse to meet 
 
 Th' Almighty as thy foe, 
 And treasure up his wrath in store 
 Against the day of woe? 
 
 5 Soon shall that fatal day approach 
 
 That must thy sentence seal, 
 And righteous judgments, now unknown, 
 In awful pomp reveal ; 
 
 6 While they, who full of holy deeds 
 
 To glory seek to rise, 
 Continuing patient to the end, 
 Shall gain th' immortal prize. 
 
 XL VI. Romans III. 19—22. 
 
 1 VAIN are the hopes the sons of men 
 Upon their works have built; 
 Their hearts by nature are unclean, 
 Their actions full of guilt. 
 
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 2 Silent let Jew and Gentile stand, 
 
 Without one vaunting word ; 
 And, humbled low, confess their guilt 
 Before heav'n's righteous Lord. 
 
 3 No hope can on the law be built 
 
 Of justifying grace ; 
 The law, that shows the sinner's guilt, 
 Condemns him to his face. 
 
 4 Jesus ! how glorious is thy grace ! 
 
 When in thy name we trust, 
 Our faith receives a righteousness 
 That makes the sinner just. 
 
 XLVII. Eomans VI. 1—7. 
 
 1 AND shall Ave then go on to sin, 
 
 That grace may more abound? 
 Great God, forbid that such a thought 
 Should in our breast be found ! 
 
 2 When to the sacred font we came, 
 
 Did not the rite proclaim, 
 That, wash'd from sin, and all its stains, 
 New creatures we became? 
 
 3 With Christ the Lord we dy'd to sin ; 
 
 With him to life we rise, 
 To life, which now begun on earth, 
 Is perfect in the skies. 
 
 4 Too long enthrall'd to Satan's sway, 
 
 We now are slaves no more ; 
 For Christ hath vanquish'd death and sin, 
 Our freedom to restore. 
 
 XLVIII. Eomans VIII. 31, to the end. 
 
 1 LET Christian faith and hope dispel 
 
 The fears of guilt and woe; 
 The Lord Almighty is our friend, 
 And who can prove a foe? 
 
 2 He who his Son, most dear and lov'd, 
 
 Gave up for us to die, 
 Shall he not all things freely give 
 That goodness can supply? 
 
 
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 3 Behold the best, the greatest gift, 
 
 Of everlasting love ! 
 Behold the pledge of peace below, 
 And perfect bliss above! 
 
 4 Where is the judge who can condemn, 
 
 Since God hath justify'd? 
 Who shall charge those with guilt or crime 
 For whom the Saviour dy'd? 
 
 5 The Saviour dy'd, but rose again 
 
 Triumphant from the grave; 
 And pleads our cause at God's right hand, 
 Omnipotent to save. 
 
 6 Who then can e'er divide us more 
 
 From Jesus and his love, 
 Or break the sacred chain that binds 
 The earth to heav'n above? 
 
 7 Let troubles rise, and terrors frown, 
 
 And days of darkness fall; 
 Through him all dangers we'll defy, 
 And more than conquer all. 
 
 8 Nor death nor life, nor earth nor hell, 
 
 Nor time's destroying sway, 
 Can e'er efface us from his heart, 
 Or make his love decay. 
 
 9 Each future period that will bless, 
 
 As it has bless'd the past; 
 He lov'd us from the first of time, 
 He loves us to the last. 
 
 XLIX. 1 Corinth. XIII. 
 
 1 THOUGH perfect eloquence adorn'd 
 
 My sweet persuading tongue, 
 Though I could speak in higher strains 
 Than ever angel sung; 
 
 2 Though prophecy my soul inspir'd, 
 
 And made all myst'ries plain : 
 Yet, were I void of Christian love, 
 These gifts were all in vain. 
 
 3 Nay, though my faith with boundless pow'r 
 
 Ev'n mountains could remove, 
 I still am nothing, if I'm void 
 Of charity and love. 
 
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 4 Although with lib'ral hand I gave 
 
 My goods the poor to feed, 
 Nay, gave my body to the flames, 
 Still fruitless were the deed. 
 
 5 Love suffers long ; love envies not ; 
 
 But love is ever kind ; 
 She never boasteth of herself, 
 Nor proudly lifts the mind. 
 G Love harbours no suspicious thought, 
 Is patient to the bad ; 
 Griev'd when she hears of sins and crimes, 
 And in the truth is glad. 
 
 7 Love no unseemly carriage shows, 
 
 Nor selfishly confin'd ; 
 She glows with social tenderness, 
 And feels for all mankind. 
 
 8 Love beareth much, much she believes, 
 
 And still she hopes the best; 
 Love meekly suffers many a wrong, 
 Though sore with hardship press'd. 
 
 9 Love still shall hold an endless reign 
 
 In earth and heav'n above, 
 When tongues shall cease, and prophets 
 And ev'ry gift but love. [fail, 
 
 10 Here all our gifts imperfect are; 
 
 But better days draw nigh, 
 When perfect light shall pour its rays, 
 And all those shadows fly. 
 
 11 Like children here we speak and think, 
 
 Amus'd with childish toys ; 
 But when our pow'rs their manhood reach, 
 We'll scorn our present joys. 
 
 12 Now dark and dim, as through a glass, 
 
 Are God and truth beheld ; 
 Then shall we see as face to face, 
 And God shall be unvail'd. 
 
 13 Faith, Hope, and Love, now dwell on earth, 
 
 And earth by them is blest; 
 But Faith and Hope must yield to Love, 
 Of all the graces best. 
 
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 14 Hope shall to full fruition rise, 
 And Faith be sight above; 
 These are the means, but this the end ; 
 For saints for ever love. 
 
 L. 1 Corinth. XV. 52, to the end. 
 
 1 WHEN the last trumpet's awful voice 
 
 This rending earth shall shake, 
 When op'ning graves shall yield their 
 charge, 
 And dust to life awake; 
 
 2 Those bodies that corrupted fell 
 
 Shall incorrupted rise, 
 And mortal forms shall spring to life 
 Immortal in the skies. 
 
 3 Behold what heav'nly prophets sung 
 
 Is now at last fulfill'd, 
 That Death should yield his ancient reign, 
 And, vanquish'd, quit the field. 
 
 4 Let Faith exalt her joyful voice, 
 
 And thus begin to sing; 
 Grave ! where is thy triumph now ? 
 And where, Death ! thy sting ? 
 
 5 Thy sting was sin, and conscious guilt, 
 
 'Twas this that arm'd thy dart ; 
 The law gave sin its strength and force 
 To pierce the sinner's heart: 
 
 6 But God, whose name be ever bless'd ! 
 
 Disarms that foe we dread, 
 And makes us conqu'rors when we die, 
 Through Christ our living head. 
 
 7 Then stedfast let us still remain, 
 
 Though dangers rise around, 
 And in the work prescrib'd by God 
 Yet more and more abound ; 
 
 8 Assur'd that though we labour now, 
 
 We labour not in vain, 
 But, through the grace of heav'n's great 
 Lord, 
 Th' eternal crown shall gain. 
 

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 LI. 2 Corinth. V. 1—11. 
 
 1 SOON shall this earthly frame, dissolv'd, 
 
 In death and ruins lie; 
 But better mansions wait the just, 
 Prepar'd above the sky. 
 
 2 An house eternal, built by God, 
 
 Shall lodge the holy mind, 
 When once those prison walls have fall'ii 
 By which 'tis now confin'd. 
 
 3 Hence, burden'd with a weight of clay, 
 
 We groan beneath the load, 
 Waiting the hour which sets us free, 
 And brings us home to God. 
 
 4 We know, that when the soul, unclotlrd, 
 
 Shall from this body fly, 
 
 'Twill animate a purer frame 
 
 With life that cannot die. 
 
 5 Such are the hopes that cheer the just; 
 
 These hopes their God hath giv'n; 
 His Spirit is the earnest now, 
 And seals their souls for heav'n. 
 
 6 We walk by faith of joys to come, 
 
 Faith grounded on his word; 
 But while this body is our home. 
 We mourn an absent Lord. 
 
 7 What faith rejoices to believe, 
 
 We long and pant to see ; 
 We would be absent from the flesh, 
 And present, Lord ! with thee. 
 
 8 But still, or here, or going hence, 
 
 To this our labours tend, 
 That, in his service spent, our life 
 May in his favour end. 
 
 9 For, lo ! before the Son, as judge, 
 
 Th' assembled world shall stand, 
 To take the punishment or prize 
 
 From his unerring hand. 
 10 Impartial retributions then 
 
 Our cliff' rent lives await ; 
 Our present actions, good or bad, 
 
 Shall fix our future fate. 
 
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 LII. Philip. II. 6—12. 
 
 1 YE who the name of Jesus bear, 
 
 His sacred steps pursue; 
 And let that mind which was in him 
 Be also found in you. 
 
 2 Though in the form of God he was, 
 
 His only Son declar'd, 
 Nor to be equally ador'd 
 As robb'ry did regard ; 
 
 3 His greatness he for us abas'd, 
 
 For us his glory vail'd; 
 In human likeness dwelt on earth, 
 His majesty conceaFd : 
 
 4 Nor only as a man appears, 
 
 But stoops a servant low ; 
 Submits to death, nay, bears the cross, 
 In all its shame and woe. 
 
 5 Hence God this gen'rous love to men 
 
 With honours just hath crown'd, 
 And rais'd the name of Jesus far 
 Above all names renown'd : 
 
 6 That at this name, with sacred awe, 
 
 Each humble knee should bow, 
 Of hosts immortal in the skies, 
 And nations spread below: 
 
 7 That all the prostrate pow'rs of hell 
 
 Might tremble at his word, 
 And ev'ry tribe, and ev'ry tongue, 
 Confess that he is Lord. 
 
 LIII. 1 Thessal. IV. 13, to the end. 
 
 1 TAKE comfort, Christians, when your 
 
 friends 
 In Jesus fall asleep; 
 Their better being never ends; 
 Why then dejected weep? 
 
 2 Why inconsolable, as those 
 
 To whom no hope is giv'n? 
 Death is the messenger of peace, 
 And calls the soul to heav'n. 
 
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 3 As Jesus dy'd, and rose again 
 
 Victorious from the dead; 
 So his disciples rise, and reign 
 With their triumphant Head. 
 
 4 The time draws nigh, when from the clouds 
 
 Christ shall with shouts descend, 
 And the last trumpet's awful voice 
 The heav'ns and earth shall rend. 
 
 5 Then they who live shall changed be, 
 
 And they who sleep shall wake; 
 The graves shall yield their ancient charge, 
 And earth's foundations shake. 
 
 6 The saints of God, from death set free, 
 
 With joy shall mount on high ; 
 The heav'nly host with praises loud 
 Shall meet them in the sky. 
 
 7 Together to their Father's house 
 
 With joyful hearts they go ; 
 And dwell for ever with the Lord, 
 Beyond the reach of woe. 
 
 8 A few short years of evil past, 
 
 We reach the happy shore, 
 Where death-divided friends at last 
 Shall meet, to part no more. 
 
 LIV. 2 Tim. I. 12. 
 
 1 I'M not asham'd to own my Lord, 
 
 Or to defend his cause, 
 Maintain the glory of his cross, 
 And honour all his laws. 
 
 2 Jesus, my Lord ! I know his name, 
 
 His name is all my boast; 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
 Nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 3 I know that safe with him remains, 
 
 Protected by his pow'r, 
 What I've committed to his trust, 
 Till the decisive hour. 
 
 4 Then will he own his servant's name 
 
 Before his Father's face, 
 And in the New Jerusalem 
 Appoint my soul a place. 
 
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 LV. 2 Tim. IV. 6, 7, 8, 18. 
 
 1 MY race is run ; my warfare's o'er ; 
 
 The solemn hour is nigh, 
 When, offer'd up to God, my soul 
 Shall wing its flight on high. 
 
 2 With heav'nly weapons I have fought 
 
 The battles of the Lord ; 
 Finish'd my course, and kept the faith, 
 Depending on his word. 
 
 3 Henceforth there is laid up for me 
 
 A crown which cannot fade; 
 The righteous Judge at that great day 
 Shall place it on my head. 
 
 4 Nor hath the Sovereign Lord decreed 
 
 This prize for me alone ; 
 But for all such as love like me 
 Th' appearance of his Son. 
 
 5 From ev'ry snare and evil work 
 
 His grace shall me defend, 
 And to his heav'nly kingdom safe 
 Shall bring me in the end. 
 
 LVI. Titus III. 3—9. 
 
 1 HOW wretched was our former state, 
 
 When, slaves to Satan's sway, 
 With hearts disorder'd and impure, 
 O'erwhelm'd in sin we lay ! 
 
 2 But, my soul! for ever praise, 
 
 For ever love his name, 
 Who turn'd thee from the fatal paths 
 Of folly, sin, and shame. 
 
 3 Vain and presumptuous is the trust 
 
 Which in our works we place, 
 Salvation from a higher source 
 Flows to the human race. 
 
 4 'Tis from the mercy of our God 
 
 That all our hopes begin; 
 His mercy sav'd our souls from death, 
 And wash'd our souls from sin. 
 
 5 His Spirit, through the Saviour shed, 
 
 Its sacred fire imparts, 
 
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 Refines our dross, and love divine 
 Rekindles in our hearts. 
 
 6 Thence rais'd from death, we live anew; 
 
 And, justify' d by grace, 
 We hope in glory to appear, 
 And see our Father's face. 
 
 7 Let all who hold this faith and hope 
 
 In holy deeds abound; 
 Thus faith approves itself sincere, 
 By active virtue crown'd. 
 
 LYII. Heb. IV. 14, to the end. 
 
 1 JESUS, the Son of God, who once 
 
 For us his life resign'd, 
 Now lives in heav'n, our great High Priest, 
 And never-dying friend. 
 
 2 Through life, through death, let us to him 
 
 With constancy adhere; 
 Faith shall supply new strength, and hope 
 Shall banish ev'ry fear. 
 
 3 To human weakness not severe 
 
 Is our High Priest above; 
 His heart o'erflows with tenderness, 
 His bowels melt with love. 
 
 4 With sympathetic feelings touch'd, 
 
 He knows our feeble frame; 
 He knows what sore temptations are, 
 For he has felt the same. 
 
 5 But though he felt temptation's pow'r 
 
 Unconquer'd he remain'd ; 
 Nor, 'midst the frailty of our frame, 
 By sin was ever stain'd. 
 
 6 As, in the days of feeble flesh, 
 
 He pour'd forth cries and tears ; 
 So, though exalted, still he feels 
 What ev'ry Christian bears. 
 
 7 Then let us, with a filial heart, 
 
 Come boldly to the throne 
 Of grace supreme, to tell our griefs, 
 And all our wants make known : 
 
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 8 That mercy we may there obtain 
 For sins and errors past, 
 And grace to help in time of need, 
 While days of trial last. 
 
 LVIII. Another version of the same passage. 
 
 1 WHERE high the heav'nly temple stands, 
 The house of God not made with hands, 
 A great High Priest our nature wears, 
 The guardian of mankind appears. 
 
 2 He who for men their surety stood, 
 And pour'd on earth his precious blood, 
 Pursues in heav'n his mighty plan, 
 The Saviour and the friend of man. 
 
 3 Though now ascended up on high, 
 He bends on earth a brother's eye ; 
 Partaker of the human name, 
 
 He knows the frailty of our frame. 
 
 4 Our fellow-suff'rer yet retains 
 A fellow-feeling of our pains; 
 And still remembers in the skies 
 His tears, his agonies, and cries. 
 
 5 In ev'ry pang that rends the heart, 
 The Man of sorrows had a part ; 
 He sympathizes with our grief, 
 And to the suff'rer sends relief. 
 
 6 With boldness, therefore, at the throne, 
 Let us make all our sorrows known; 
 And ask the aids of heav'nly pow'r 
 
 To help us in the evil hour. 
 
 LIX. Heb. XII. 1—13. 
 
 1 BEHOLD what witnesses unseen 
 
 Encompass us around ; 
 Men, once like us, with suff'riug try'd, 
 But now with glory crown'd. 
 
 2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspir'd, 
 
 Begin the Christian race, 
 And, freed from each encumb'ring weight, 
 Their holy footsteps trace. 
 
 3 Behold a witness nobler still, 
 
 Who trod affliction's path, 
 
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 Jesus, at once the finisher 
 And author of our faith. 
 
 4 He for the joy before him set, 
 
 So gen'rous was his love, 
 Endur'd the cross, despis'd the shame, 
 And now he reigns above. 
 
 5 If he the scorn of wicked men 
 
 With patience did sustain, 
 Becomes it those for whom he dy'd 
 To murmur or complain? 
 
 6 Have ye like him to blood, to death, 
 
 The cause of truth maintained ? 
 And is your heav'nly Father's voice 
 Forgotten or disdain'd? 
 
 7 My son, saith he, with patient mind 
 
 Endure the chastening rod; 
 Believe, when by afflictions try\l, 
 That thou art lov'd by God. 
 
 8 His children thus most dear to him, 
 
 Their heav'nly Father trains, 
 Through all the hard experience led 
 Of sorrows and of pains. 
 
 9 We know he owns us for his sons, 
 
 When we correction share ; 
 Nor wander as a bastard race, 
 Without our Father's care. 
 
 10 A father's voice with rev'rence we 
 
 On earth have often heard ; 
 The Father of our spirits now 
 Demands the same regard. 
 
 11 Parents may err; but he is wise, 
 
 Nor lifts the rod in vain; 
 His chast'nings serve to cure the soul 
 By salutary pain. 
 
 12 Affliction, when it spreads around, 
 
 May seem a field of woe ; 
 Yet there, at last, the happy fruits 
 Of righteousness shall grow. 
 
 13 Then let our hearts no more despond, 
 
 Our hands be weak no more; 
 Still let us trust our Father's love, 
 His wisdom still adore. 
 
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 LX. Heb. XIII. 20, 21. 
 
 1 FATHER of peace, and God of love! 
 
 We own thy pow'r to save, 
 That pow'r by which our Shepherd rose 
 Victorious o'er the grave. 
 
 2 Him from the dead thou brought'st again, 
 
 When, by his sacred blood, 
 Confirm'd and seal'd for evermore, 
 Th' eternal cov'nant stood. 
 
 3 O may thy Spirit seal our souls, 
 
 And mould them to thy will, 
 That our weak hearts no more may stray, 
 But keep thy precepts still ; 
 
 4 That to perfection's sacred height 
 
 We nearer still may rise, 
 And all we think, and all we do, 
 Be pleasing in thine eyes. 
 
 LXI. 1 Pet. I. 3—5. 
 
 1 BLESS'D be the everlasting God, 
 
 The Father of our Lord ; 
 Be his abounding mercy prais'd, 
 His majesty ador'd. 
 
 2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son, 
 
 And call'd him to the sky, 
 He gave our souls a lively hope 
 That they should never die. 
 
 3 To an inheritance divine 
 
 He taught our hearts to rise ; 
 'Tis uncorrupted, undefiTd, 
 Unfading in the skies. 
 
 4 Saints by the pow'r of God are kept 
 
 Till the salvation come : 
 We walk by faith as strangers here ; 
 But Christ shall call us home. 
 
 LXIL 2 Pet. III. 3—14. 
 
 1 LO ! in the last of days behold 
 A faithless race arise ; 
 Their lawless lust their only rule; 
 And thus the scoffer cries ; 
 
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 2 Where is the promise, deeni'd so true, 
 
 That spoke the Saviour near? 
 E'er since our fathers slept in dust, 
 No change has reach'd our ear. 
 
 3 Years roll'd on years successive glide, 
 
 Since first the world began, 
 And on the tide of time still floats, 
 Secure, the bark of man. 
 
 4 Thus speaks the scoffer; but his words 
 
 Conceal the truth he knows, 
 That from the waters' dark abyss 
 The earth at first arose. 
 
 5 But when the sons of men began 
 
 With one consent to stray, 
 At Heav'n's command a deluge swept 
 The godless race away. 
 
 6 A diff'rent fate is now prepar'd 
 
 For Nature's trembling frame ; 
 Soon shall her orbs be all enwrapt 
 In one devouring flame. 
 
 7 Reserved are sinners for the hour 
 
 When to the gulf below, 
 Arm'd with the hand of sov'reign pow'r, 
 The Judge consigns his foe. 
 
 8 Though now, ye just ! the time appears 
 
 Protracted, dark, unknown, 
 An horn*, a day, a thousand years, 
 To heav'n's great Lord are one. 
 
 9 Still all may share his sov'reign grace, 
 
 In ev'ry change secure; 
 The meek, the suppliant contrite race, 
 Shall find his mercy sure. 
 
 10 The contrite race he counts his friends, 
 
 Forbids the suppliant's fall; 
 Condemns reluctant, but extends 
 The hope of grace to all. 
 
 11 Yet as the night-wrapp'd thief who lurks 
 
 To seize th' expected prize, 
 Thus steals the hour, when Christ shall 
 come, 
 And thunder rend the skies. 
 
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 12 Then at the loud, the solemn peal, 
 
 The heav'ns shall burst away; 
 The elements shall melt in flame 
 At Nature's final day. 
 
 13 Since all this frame of things must end 
 
 As Heav'n has so decreed, 
 How wise our inmost thoughts to guard, 
 And watch o'er ev'ry deed; 
 
 14 Expecting calm th' appointed hour, 
 
 When, Nature's conflict o'er, 
 A new and better world shall rise, 
 Where sin is known no more. 
 
 LXIIL 1 John III. 1—4. 
 
 1 BEHOLD th' amazing gift of love 
 
 The Father hath bestow'd 
 On us, the sinful sons of men, 
 To call us sons of God! 
 
 2 Conceal'd as yet this honour lies, 
 
 By this dark world unknown, 
 A world that knew not when he came, 
 Ev'n God's eternal Son. 
 
 3 High is the rank we now possess; 
 
 But higher we shall rise ; 
 Though what we shall hereafter be 
 Is hid from mortal eyes : 
 
 4 Our souls, we know, when he appears, 
 
 Shall bear his image bright; 
 For all his glory, full disclos'd, 
 Shall open to our sight. 
 
 5 A hope so great, and so divine, 
 
 May trials well endure; 
 And purge the soul from sense and sin, 
 As Christ himself is pure. 
 
 LXIV. Rev. I. 5—9. 
 
 1 TO him that lov'd the souls of men, 
 And wash'd us in his blood, 
 To royal honours rais'd our head, 
 And made us priests to God; 
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 2 To him let ev'ry tongue be praise, 
 
 And ev'ry heart be love ! 
 All grateful honours paid on earth, 
 And nobler songs above ! 
 
 3 Behold, on flying clouds he comes! 
 
 His saints shall bless the day; 
 While they that pierc'd him sadly mourn 
 In anguish and dismay. 
 
 4 I am the First, and I the Last; 
 
 Time centres all in me; 
 Th' Almighty God, who was, and is, 
 And evermore shall be. 
 
 LXV. Rev. V. 6, to the end. 
 
 1 BEHOLD the glories of the Lamb 
 
 Amidst his Father's throne ; 
 Prepare new honours for his name, 
 And songs before unknown. 
 
 2 Lo! elders worship at his feet; 
 
 The church adores around, 
 With vials full of odours rich, 
 And harps of sweetest sound. 
 
 3 These odours are the pray'rs of saints, 
 
 These sounds the hymns they raise ; 
 God bends his ear to their requests, 
 He loves to hear their praise. 
 
 4 Who shall the Father's record search, 
 
 And hidden things reveal? 
 Behold the Son that record takes, 
 And opens ev'ry seal ! 
 
 5 Hark how th' adoring hosts above 
 
 With songs surround the throne! 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues ; 
 But all their hearts are one. 
 
 6 Worthy the Lamb that dy'd, they cry, 
 
 To be exalted thus; 
 Worthy the Lamb, let us reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 7 To him be pow'r divine ascrib'd, 
 
 And endless blessings paid; 
 Salvation, glory, joy, remain 
 For ever on his head ! 
 
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 8 Thou hast redeem'd us with thy blood, 
 
 And set the pris'nefs free; 
 Thou mad'st us kings and priests to God, 
 And we shall reign with thee. 
 
 9 From ev'ry kindred, ev'ry tongue, 
 
 Thou brought'st thy chosen race; 
 And distant lands and isles have shar'd 
 The riches of thy grace. 
 
 10 Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 
 Or on the earth below, 
 With fields, and floods, and ocean's shores, 
 To thee their homage show. 
 
 11 To Him who. sits upon the throne, 
 
 The God whom we adore, 
 And to the Lamb that once was slain, 
 Be glory evermore. 
 
 LXVI. Rev. VII. 13, to the end. 
 
 1 HOW bright these glorious spirits shine ! 
 
 Whence all their white array? 
 How came they to the blissful seats 
 Of everlasting day? 
 
 2 Lo ! these are they from suff' rings great, 
 
 Who came to realms of light, 
 And in the blood of Christ have wash'd 
 Those robes which shine so bright. 
 
 3 Now, with triumphal palms, they stand 
 
 Before the throne on high, 
 And serve the God they love, amidst 
 The glories of the sky. 
 
 4 His presence fills each heart with joy, 
 
 Tunes ev'ry mouth to sing: 
 By day, by night, the sacred courts 
 With glad hosannahs ring. 
 
 5 Hunger and thirst are felt no more, 
 
 Nor suns with scorching ray; 
 God is their sun, whose cheering beams 
 Diffuse eternal day. 
 
 6 The Lamb which dwells amidst the throne 
 
 Shall o'er them still preside ; 
 Feed them with nourishment divine, 
 And all their footsteps guide. 
 
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 7 'Mong pastures green he'll lead his flock, 
 Where living streams appear; 
 And God the Lord from ev'ry eye 
 Shall wipe off ev'ry tear. 
 
 LXVII. Eev. XXL 1—9. 
 
 1 LO ! what a glorious sight appears 
 
 To our admiring eyes ! 
 The former seas have pass'd away, 
 The former earth and skies. 
 
 2 From heavm the New Jerus'lem comes, 
 
 All worthy of its Lord ; 
 See all things now at last renew'd, 
 And paradise restor'd! 
 
 3 Attending angels shout for joy, 
 
 And the bright armies sing; 
 Mortals! behold the sacred seat 
 Of your descending King ! 
 
 4 The God of glory down to men 
 
 Removes his bless'd abode; 
 He dwells with men; his people they, 
 And he his people's God. 
 
 5 His gracious hand shall wipe the tears 
 
 From ev'ry weeping eye : 
 And pains and groans, and griefs and fears, 
 And death itself, shall die. 
 
 6 Behold, I change all human things ! 
 
 Saith he, whose words are true; 
 Lo ! what was old is pass'd away, 
 And all things are made new! 
 
 7 I am the First,* and I the Last, 
 
 Through endless years the same; 
 I AM, is my memorial still, 
 And my eternal name. 
 
 8 Ho, ye that thirst ! to you my grace 
 
 Shall hidden streams disclose, 
 And open full the sacred spring, 
 Whence life for ever flows. 
 
 9 Bless'd is the man that overcomes; 
 
 I'll own him for a son; 
 
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 A rich inheritance rewards 
 The conquests he hath won. 
 
 10 But bloody hands and hearts unclean, 
 
 And all the lying race, 
 The faithless, and the scoffing crew, 
 Who spurn at offer'd grace ; 
 
 11 They, seiz'd by justice, shall be doom'd 
 
 In dark abyss to lie, 
 And in the fiery burning lake 
 The second death shall die. 
 
 12 O may we stand before the Lamb, 
 
 When earth and seas are fled, 
 And hear the Judge pronounce our name, 
 With blessings on our head! 
 
HYMNS. 
 
 HYMN I. 
 
 1 WHEN all thy mercies, my God ! 
 
 My rising soul surveys, 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 2 O how shall words, with equal warmth, 
 
 The gratitude declare 
 That glows within my ravish'd heart ! 
 But Thou canst read it there. 
 
 3 Thy Providence my life sustain'd, 
 
 And all my wants redrest, 
 When in the silent womb I lay, 
 And hung upon the breast. 
 
 4 To all my weak complaints and cries 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear, 
 Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd 
 To form themselves in pray'r. 
 
 5 Unnumber'd comforts to my soul 
 
 Thy tender care bestow'd, 
 Before my infant heart conceiv'd 
 From whom these comforts flow'd. 
 
 6 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth 
 
 With heedless steps I ran; 
 Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe, 
 And led me up to man : 
 
 7 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, 
 
 It gently clear'd my way; 
 And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
 More to be fear'd than they. 
 
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 8 When worn with sickness, oft hast thou 
 
 With health renew'd my face; 
 And, when in sins and sorrows sunk, 
 Reviv'd my soul with grace. 
 
 9 Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss 
 
 Hath made my cup run o'er; 
 And, in a kind and faithful friend, 
 Hath doubled all my store. 
 
 10 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts 
 
 My daily thanks employ; 
 Nor is the least a cheerful heart, 
 That tastes these gifts with joy. 
 
 11 Through ev'ry period of my life 
 
 Thy goodness Til proclaim; 
 And after death, in distant worlds, 
 Resume the glorious theme. 
 
 12 When nature fails, and day and night 
 
 Divide thy works no more, 
 My ever grateful heart, Lord, 
 Thy mercy shall adore. 
 
 13 Through all eternity to thee 
 
 A joyful song I'll raise ; 
 
 For, oh ! eternity's too short 
 
 To utter all thy praise. 
 
 HYMN II. 
 
 1 THE spacious firmament on high, 
 With all the blue ethereal sky, 
 
 And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame, 
 Their great Original proclaim. 
 
 2 Th' unweary'd sun, from day to day, 
 Does his Creator's pow'r display; 
 And publishes to ev'ry land 
 
 The work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 3 Soon as the ev'ning shades prevail, 
 The moon takes up the wondrous tale, 
 And, nightly to the list'ning earth, 
 Repeats the story of her birth ; 
 
 4 While all the stars that round her burn, 
 And all the planets in their turn, 
 
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 Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
 
 5 What though in solemn silence all 
 Move round the dark terrestrial hall? 
 What though no real voice, nor sound, 
 Amidst their radiant orhs be found? 
 
 6 In Reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
 For ever singing, as they shine, 
 "The hand that made us is divine." 
 
 HYMN III. 
 
 1 WHEN rising from the bed of death, 
 
 O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, 
 I see my Maker face to face, 
 how shall I appear ! 
 
 2 If yet while pardon may be found, 
 
 And mercy may be sought, 
 My heart with inward horror shrinks, 
 And trembles at the thought; 
 
 3 When thou, Lord ! shalt stand disclos'd 
 
 In majesty severe, 
 And sit in judgment on my soul, 
 O how shall I appear ! 
 
 4 But thou hast told the troubled mind, 
 
 Who doth her sins lament, 
 That timely grief for errors past 
 Shall future woe prevent. 
 
 5 Then see the sorrows of my heart, 
 
 Ere yet it be too late ; 
 And hear my Saviour's dying groans, 
 To give those sorrows weight. 
 
 6 For never shall my soul despair 
 
 Of mercy at thy throne, 
 Who knows thine only Son has dy'd 
 Thy justice to atone. 
 
 HYMN IV. 
 
 1 BLEST morning ! whose first dawning rays 
 Beheld the Son of God 
 Arise triumphant from the grave, 
 And leave his dark abode. 
 
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 2 Wrapt in the silence of the tomb 
 
 The great Redeemer lay, 
 Till the revolving skies had brought 
 The third, th' appointed day. 
 
 3 Hell and the grave combin'd their force 
 
 To hold our Lord in vain; 
 Sudden the Conqueror arose, 
 
 And burst their feeble chain. 
 To thy great name, Almighty Lord ! 
 
 We sacred honours pay, 
 And loud hosannahs shall proclaim 
 
 The triumphs of the day. 
 
 5 Salvation and immortal praise 
 
 To our victorious King ! 
 Let heav'n and earth, and rocks and seas, 
 With glad hosannahs ring. 
 
 6 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 The God whom we adore, 
 Be glory, as it was, and is, 
 And shall be evermore. 
 
 HYMN V. 
 
 1 THE hour of my departure's come ; 
 
 I hear the voice that calls me home; 
 At last, Lord ! let trouble cease, 
 And let thy servant die in peace. 
 
 2 The race appointed I have run; 
 The combat's o'er, the prize is won ; 
 And now my witness is on high, 
 And now my record's in the sky. 
 
 3 Not in mine innocence I trust ; 
 I bow before thee in the dust; 
 
 And through my Saviour's blood alone 
 I look for mercy at thy throne. 
 I leave the world without a tear, 
 Save for the friends I held so dear*) 
 To heal their sorrows, Lord, descend, 
 And to the friendless prove a friend. 
 
 I come, I come, at thy command, 
 I give my spirit to thy hand; 
 
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 Stretch forth thine everlasting arms, 
 And shield me in the last alarms. 
 6 The hour of my departure's come, 
 I hear the voice that calls me home 
 Now, my God ! let trouble cease ; 
 Now let thy servant die in peace. 
 
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 2 Genesis xxviii. 20 — 22 
 
 
 
 
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 3 Job i. 21 
 
 
 
 
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 4 Job iii. 17—20 
 
 
 
 
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 5 Job v. 6—12 . 
 
 
 
 
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 6 Job viii. 11—22 
 
 
 
 
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 7 Job ix. 2 — 10 . 
 
 
 
 
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 8 Jobxiv. 1—15 
 
 
 
 
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 9 Job xxvi. 6, to the end 
 
 
 
 
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 10 Prov. i. 20—31 
 
 
 
 
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 17 Isaiah i. 10—19 
 
 
 
 
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 19 Isaiah ix. 2—8 
 
 
 
 
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 24 Isaiah xlix. 13—17 . 
 
 
 
 
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 27 Isaiah lvii. 15, 16 . 
 
 
 
 
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 29 Lament, iii. 37 — 40 . 
 
 
 
 
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 31 Micah vi. 6—9 
 
 
 
 
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