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Psalm 75

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,

A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

1 To thee, O 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 76

To the chief Musician on Neginoth,

A Psalm or Song of Asaph.

1 In Judah's land God is well known, his name's in Isr'el great:

2 In Salem is his tabernacle, in Sion is his seat.

3 There arrows of the bow he brake, the shield, the sword, the war.

4 More glorious thou than hills of prey, more excellent art far.

5 Those that were stout of heart are 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, O 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 he

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 77

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun,

A Psalm of Asaph.

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,

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 O God, thy way most holy is within thy sanctuary;

And what god is so great in pow'r as is our God most high?

14 Thou art the God that wonders 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 78

Maschil of Asaph.

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:

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 floods made waters to run down.

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.

30 They from their lust had not estrang'd 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;

Ev'n 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 heart with him was not sincere;

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!

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 ill 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.

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:

So sore his wrath inflamed 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 79

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 O God, the heathen enter'd have thine heritage; by them

Defiled is thy house: on heaps they laid Jerusalem.

2 The bodies of thy servants they have cast forth to be meat

To 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, O 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 O let the pris'ner's sighs ascend before thy sight on high;

Preserve those in thy mighty pow'r that are design'd to die.

12 And to our neighbours' bosom cause it sev'n-fold render'd be,

Ev'n the reproach wherewith they have, 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 80

To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, Eduth,

A Psalm of Asaph.

1 Hear, Isr'el's Shepherd! like a flock thou that dost Joseph guide;

Shine forth, O 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, O Lord our God, and upon us vouchsafe

To make thy countenance to shine, and so we shall be safe.

4 O 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;

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 were 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 O 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:

O do thou quicken us, and we upon thy name will call.

19 Turn us again, Lord God of hosts, and upon us vouchsafe

To make thy countenance to shine, and so we shall be safe.

Psalm 81

To the chief Musician upon Gittith,

A Psalm of Asaph.

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 O thou, my people, give an ear, I'll testify to thee;

To thee, O 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.

12 So to the lust of their own hearts I them delivered;

And then in counsels of their own they vainly wandered.

13 O 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 82

A Psalm of Asaph.

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 O God, do thou raise up thyself, the earth to judgment call:

For thou, as thine inheritance, shalt take the nations all.

Psalm 83

A Song or Psalm of Asaph.

1 Keep not, O God, we thee entreat, O keep not silence now:

Do thou not hold thy peace, O God, and still no more be thou.

2 For, lo, thine enemies a noise tumultuously have made;

And they that haters are of thee have lifted up the head.

3 Against thy chosen people they do crafty counsel take;

And they against thy hidden ones do consultations make.

4 Come, let us cut them off, said they, 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 Ammon, Amalek, Philistines, those of Tyre;

8 And Assur join'd with them, to help Lot's children they conspire.

9 Do to them as to Midian, Jabin at Kison strand;

10 And Sis'ra, which at En-dor fell, as dung to fat the land.

11 Like Oreb and like Zeeb make their noble men to fall;

Like Zeba and Zalmunna like, make thou their princes all;

12 Who said, For our possession let us God's houses take.

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, O Lord, that they may seek thy name.

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 84

To the chief Musician upon Gittith,

A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

1 How lovely is thy dwelling-place, O 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, O 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,

O 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; O Jacob's God, give ear.

9 See God our shield, look on the face of thine anointed dear.

10 For in thy courts one day excels a thousand; rather in

My God's house will I keep a door, than dwell in tents of sin.

11 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 O thou that art the Lord of hosts, that man is truly blest,

Who by assured confidence on thee alone doth rest.

Psalm 85

To the chief Musician,

A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

1 O 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;

Thou all their trespasses and sins hast cover'd from thine eyes.

3 Thou took'st off all thine ire, and turn'dst from thy wrath's 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:

11 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 86

A Prayer of David.

1 O 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:

O thou my God, thy servant save, that puts his trust in thee.

3 Sith unto thee I daily cry, be merciful to me.

4 Rejoice thy servant's soul; for, Lord, I lift my soul to thee.

5 For thou art gracious, O 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, O 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;

Unite my heart, that I thy name may fear continually.

12 O 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 O 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 O 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 87

A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.

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

Was born; and he that is most High himself shall stablish her.

6 When God the people writes, he'll count that this man born was there.

7 There be that sing and play; and all my well-springs in thee are.

Psalm 88

A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon

Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

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.

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 89

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

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?

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 rev'rence be ador'd.

8 O 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 didst break, like one that slaughter'd is;

And with thy mighty arm thou hast dispers'd thine enemies.

11 The heav'ns 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 O greatly bless'd the people are the joyful sound that know;

In brightness of thy face, O Lord, they ever on shall go.

16 They in thy name shall all the day rejoice exceedingly;

And in thy righteousness shall they exalted be on high.

17 Because the glory of their strength doth only stand in thee;

And in thy favour shall our horn and pow'r exalted be.

18 For God is our defence; and he to us doth safety bring:

The Holy One of Israel is our almighty King.

19 In vision to thy Holy One thou saidst, I help upon

A strong one laid; out of the folk I 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;

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 cover'd hast.

46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever, in thine ire?

And shall thine indignation burn like unto a fire?

47 Remember, Lord, how short a time I shall on earth remain:

O wherefore is it so that thou has 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, O 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 90

A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

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.

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, O Lord, how long thus shall it be?

Let it repent thee now for those that servants are to thee.

14 O with thy tender mercies, Lord, us early satisfy;

So we rejoice shall all our days, and still be glad in thee.

15 According as the days have been, wherein we grief have had,

And years wherein we ill have seen, so do thou make us glad.

16 O 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 91

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

Ten thousand dead; yet unto thee it shall not once come nigh.

8 Only thou with thine eyes shalt look, and a beholder be;

And thou therein the just reward of wicked men shalt see.

9 Because the Lord, who constantly my refuge is alone,

Ev'n the most High, is made by thee thy habitation;

10 No plague shall near thy dwelling 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 92

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.

1 To render thanks unto the Lord it is a comely thing,

And to thy name, O thou most High, due praise aloud to sing.

2 Thy loving-kindness to shew forth when shines the morning light;

And to declare thy faithfulness with pleasure ev'ry night.

3 On a ten-stringed instrument, upon the psaltery,

And on the harp with solemn sound, and grave sweet melody.

4 For thou, Lord, by thy mighty works hast made my heart right glad;

And I will triumph in the works which by thine hands were made.

5 How great, Lord, are thy works! each thought of thine a deep it is:

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, O Lord, art the most High, for ever to remain.

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O 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.

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 93

1 The Lord doth reign, and cloth'd is he with majesty most bright;

His works do shew him cloth'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, O 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 94

1 O Lord God, unto whom alone all vengeance doth belong;

O 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, O mighty God, shall they who lewd and wicked be,

How long shall they who wicked are thus triumph haughtily?

4 How long shall things most hard by 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 will rise up for me against those that do wickedly?

Who will stand up for me 'gainst those that work iniquity?

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 they 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 95

1 O 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.

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 96

1 O 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 shew his works that wondrous are.

4 For great's the Lord, and greatly he is to be magnify'd;

Yea, worthy to be fear'd is he above all gods beside.

5 For all the gods are idols dumb, which blinded nations fear;

But our God is the Lord, by whom the heav'ns created were.

6 Great honour is before his face, and majesty divine;

Strength is within his holy place, and there doth beauty shine.

7 Do ye ascribe unto the Lord, of people ev'ry tribe,

Glory do ye unto the Lord, and mighty pow'r ascribe.

8 Give ye the glory to the Lord that to his name is due;

Come ye into his courts, and bring an offering with you.

9 In beauty of his holiness, O 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 97

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.

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, O Lord, because thy judgments did appear.

9 For thou, O 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 98

1 O 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.

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 99

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.

8 Thou answer'dst them, O 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 100

A Psalm of praise.

First Version (L.M.)

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 O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto:

Praise, laud, and bless his name always, For it is seemly so to do.

5 For why? the Lord our God is good, His mercy is for ever sure;

His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure.

Second Version (C.M.)

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;

And to all generations his truth endureth ever.

Psalm 101

A Psalm of David.

1 I mercy will and judgment sing, Lord, I will sing to thee.

2 With wisdom in a perfect way shall my behaviour be.

O when, in kindness unto me, wilt thou be pleas'd to come?

I with a perfect heart will walk within my house at home.

3 I will endure no wicked thing before mine eyes to be:

I hate their work that turn aside, it shall not cleave to me.

4 A stubborn and a froward heart depart quite from me shall;

A person giv'n to wickedness I will not know at all.

5 I'll cut him off that slandereth his neighbour privily:

The haughty heart I will not bear, nor him that looketh high.

6 Upon the faithful of the land mine eyes shall be, that they

May dwell with me: he shall me serve that walks in perfect way.

7 Who of deceit a worker is in my house shall not dwell;

And in my presence shall he not remain that lies doth tell.

8 Yea, all the wicked of the land early destroy will I;

All from God's city to cut off that work iniquity.

Psalm 102

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed,

and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.

First Version (C.M.)

1 O Lord, unto my pray'r give ear, my cry let come to thee;

2 And in the day of my distress hide not thy face from me.

Give ear to me; what time I call, to answer me make haste:

3 For, as an hearth, my 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 house-top alone.

8 My bitter en'mies all the day reproaches cast on me;

And, being mad at me, with rage against me sworn they be.

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.

14 For in her rubbish and her stones thy servants pleasure take;

Yea, they the very dust thereof do favour for her sake.

15 So shall the heathen people fear 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 days take thou me not away:

From age to age eternally thy years endure and stay.

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, O Lord, their seed shall be establish'd sure.

Second Version (L.M.)

1 Lord, hear my pray'r, and let my cry Have speedy access unto thee;

2 In day of my calamity O 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:

I 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.

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, O Lord, shalt still endure, From change and all mutation free,

And to all generations sure Shall thy remembrance ever be.

13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy yet Thou to mount Sion shalt extend:

Her time for favour which was set, Behold, is now come to an end.

14 Thy saints take pleasure in her stones, Her very dust to them is dear.

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.

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 heav'ns have

made.

26 They perish shall, as garments do, But thou shalt evermore endure;

As vestures, thou shalt change them so; And they shall all be changed sure:

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 103

A Psalm of David.

1 O 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, O my soul, the Lord thy God, and not forgetful be

Of all his gracious benefits he hath bestow'd on thee.

3 All thine iniquities who doth most graciously forgive:

Who thy diseases all and pains doth heal, and thee relieve.

4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thou to death may'st not go down;

Who thee with loving-kindness doth and tender mercies crown:

5 Who with abundance of good things doth satisfy thy mouth;

So that, ev'n as the eagle's age, renewed is thy youth.

6 God righteous judgment executes for all oppressed ones.

7 His ways to Moses, he his acts made known to Isr'el's sons.

8 The Lord our God is merciful, and he is gracious,

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 O ye his angels, that excel in strength, bless ye the Lord;

Ye who obey what he commands, and hearken to his word.

21 O 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 104

1 Bless God, my soul. O 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.

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 strengtheneth 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.

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.

35 From earth let sinners be consum'd, let ill men no more be.

O thou my soul, bless thou the Lord. Praise to the Lord give ye.

Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to God, call on his name; to men his deeds make known.

2 Sing ye to him, sing psalms; proclaim his wondrous works each one.

3 See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord;

And let the heart of ev'ry one rejoice that seeks the Lord.

4 The Lord Almighty, and his strength, with stedfast hearts seek ye:

His blessed and his gracious face seek ye continually.

5 Think on the works that he hath done, which admiration breed;

His wonders, and the judgments all which from his mouth proceed;

6 O ye 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.

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;

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.

40 They ask'd, and he brought quails: with bread of heav'n he filled them.

41 He open'd rocks, floods gush'd, and ran in deserts like a stream.

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 106

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?

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, O Lord, didst work in Egypt land,

Our fathers, though they saw, yet them they did not understand:

And they thy mercies' multitude kept not in memory;

But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea, provok'd him grievously.

8 Nevertheless he saved them, ev'n for his own name's sake;

That so he might to be well known his mighty power make.

9 When he the Red sea did rebuke, then dried up it was:

Through depths, as through the 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 overwhelm'd 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

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.

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' multitude46 he did repent: And made

Them to be pity'd of all those who did them captive lead.

47 O 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:

Let all the people say, Amen. Praise to the Lord give ye.

Psalm 107

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 faints6 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 O 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;

These bands, wherewith they had been bound, asunder quite he brake.

15 O 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 O 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 joyfulness.

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.

29 The storm is chang'd 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 O 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 they 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,

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 108

A Song or Psalm of David.

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,

O 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 O who is he will bring me to the city fortify'd?

O who is he that to the land of Edom will me guide?

11 O God, thou who hadst cast us off, this thing wilt thou not do?

And wilt not thou, ev'n thou, O 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 109

To the chief Musician,

A Psalm of David.

1 O 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;

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.

21 But do thou, for thine own name's sake, O 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 O 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.

Psalm 110

A Psalm of David.

1 The Lord 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.

Psalm 111

1 Praise ye the Lord: with my whole heart I will God's praise declare,

Where the assemblies of the just and congregations are.

2 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.

3 His work most honourable is, most glorious and pure,

And his untainted righteousness for ever doth endure.

4 His works most wonderful he hath made to be thought upon:

The Lord is gracious, and he is full of compassion.

5 He giveth meat unto all those that truly do him fear;

And evermore his covenant he in his mind will bear.

6 He did the power of his works unto his people show,

When he the heathen's heritage upon them did bestow.

7 His handy-works are truth and right; all his commands are sure:

8 And, done in truth and uprightness, they evermore endure.

9 He sent redemption to his folk; his covenant for aye

He did command: holy his name and rev'rend is alway.

10 Wisdom's beginning is God's fear: good understanding they

Have all that his commands fulfill: his praise endures for aye.

Psalm 112

1 Praise ye the Lord. The man is bless'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:

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 113

1 Praise God: ye servants of the Lord, O praise, the Lord's name praise.

2 Yea, blessed be the name of God from this time forth always.

3 From rising sun to where it sets, God's name is to be prais'd.

4 Above all nations God is high, 'bove heav'ns his glory rais'd.

5 Unto the Lord our God that dwells on high, who can compare?

6 Himself that humbleth things to see in heav'n and earth that are.

7 He from the dust doth raise the poor, that very low doth lie;

And from the dunghill lifts the man 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 114

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 O 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 O 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 115

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.

2 O 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 O Isr'el, trust thou in the Lord, he is their help and shield.

10 O 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 O blessed are ye of the Lord, who made the earth and heav'n.

16 The heav'n, ev'n heav'ns, are God's, but he earth to men's sons hath giv'n.

17 The dead, nor who to silence go, God's praise do not record.

18 But henceforth we for ever will bless God. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalm 116

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.

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, O 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 O 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,

O city of Jerusalem. Praise to the Lord give ye.

Psalm 117

1 O 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 O do ye bless.

Psalm 118

1 O 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.

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 O 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:

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 119

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 O 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:

O 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?

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 O 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, while they in council sat:

But I thy servant did upon thy statutes meditate.

24 My comfort, and my heart's delight, thy testimonies be;

And they, in all my doubts and fears, are counsellors to me.

Daleth, The 4th Part.

25 My soul to dust cleaves: quicken me, according to thy word.

26 My ways 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, O Lord, the perfect way of thy precepts divine,

And to observe it to the end I shall my heart incline.

34 Give understanding unto me, so keep thy law shall I;

Yea, ev'n with my whole heart I shall observe it carefully.

35 In thy law's path make me to go; for I delight therein.

36 My heart unto thy testimonies, and not to greed, incline.

37 Turn thou away my sight and eyes from viewing vanity;

And in thy good and holy way be 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, The 6th Part.

41 Let thy sweet mercies also come and visit me, O 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 doth 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.

Zain, The 7th Part.

49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious word thou to thy servant spake,

Which, for a ground of my sure hope, thou causedst me to take.

50 This word of thine my comfort is in mine affliction:

For in my straits 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, O Lord, which thou of old forth gave,

I did remember, and myself by them comforted have.

53 Horror took hold on me, because ill men thy law forsake.

54 I in my house of pilgrimage thy laws my songs do make.

55 Thy name by night, Lord, I did mind, and I have kept thy law.

56 And this I had, because thy word I kept, and stood in awe.

Cheth, The 8th Part.

57 Thou my sure portion art alone, which I did chuse, O 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 thought 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;

But hastily thy laws to keep myself I did prepare.

61 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 O 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.

70 Their hearts, through worldly ease and wealth, 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.

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 O 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:

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, O 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; O 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, O God:

But as for thy commandement, it is exceeding broad.

Mem, The 13th Part.

97 O how love I thy law! it is my study all the day:

98 It makes me wiser than my foes; for it doth with me stay.

99 Than all my teachers now I have more understanding far;

Because my meditation thy testimonies are.

100 In understanding I excel those that are ancients;

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 14th 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 overwhelm'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.

Samech, The 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 dismay'd;

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.

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 ev'ry false and wicked way I perfectly abhor.

Pe, 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 My mouth I have wide opened, and panted earnestly,

While after thy commandements I long'd exceedingly.

132 Look on me, Lord, and merciful do thou unto me prove,

As thou art wont to do to those thy name who truly love.

133 O 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.

Tzaddi, The 18th Part.

137 O Lord, thou art most righteous; thy judgments are upright.

138 Thy testimonies thou command'st most faithful are and right.

139 My zeal hath ev'n consumed me, because mine enemies

Thy holy words forgotten have, and do thy laws despise.

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 I cry'd to thee; save me, and I will keep thy laws alway.

147 I of the morning did prevent the dawning, and did cry:

For all mine expectation did on thy word rely.

148 Mine eyes did timeously prevent the watches of the night,

That in thy word with careful mind then meditate I might.

149 After thy loving-kindness hear my voice, that calls on thee:

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.

152 As for thy testimonies all, of old this have I try'd,

That thou hast surely founded them for ever to abide.

Resh, The 20th Part.

153 Consider mine affliction, in safety do me set:

Deliver me, 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 O 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.

160 From the beginning all thy word hath been most true and sure:

Thy righteous judgments ev'ry one for evermore endure.

Schin, The 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;

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.

Tau, The 22nd Part.

169 O 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 O 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.

Psalm 120

A Song of degrees.

1 In my distress to God I cry'd, and he gave ear to me.

2 From lying lips, and guileful tongue, O 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 121

A Song of degrees.

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 122

A Song of degrees of David.

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.

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 123

A Song of degrees.

1 O 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 O 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 124

A Song of degrees of David.

First Version (C.M.)

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.

124; Second Version (10.10.10.10.10.)

1 Now Israel may say, and that truly,

If that the Lord had not our cause maintain'd;

2 If that the Lord had not our right sustain'd,

When cruel men against us furiously

Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;

3 Then certainly they had 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.

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 125

A Song of degrees.

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 hands unto iniquity.

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.

Psalm 126

A Song of degrees.

1 When Sion's bondage God turn'd back, as men that dream'd were we.

2 Then fill'd with laughter was our mouth, our tongue with melody:

They 'mong the heathen said, The Lord great things for them hath wrought.

3 The Lord hath done great things for us, whence joy to us is brought.

4 As streams of water in the south, our bondage, Lord, recall.

5 Who sow in tears, a reaping time of joy enjoy they shall.

6 That man who, bearing precious seed, in going forth doth mourn,

He doubtless, bringing back his sheaves, rejoicing shall return.

Psalm 127

A Song of degrees for Solomon.

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 O happy is the man that hath his quiver fill'd with those;

They unashamed in the gate shall speak unto their foes.

Psalm 128

A Song of degrees.

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.

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 129

A Song of degrees.

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 130

A Song of degrees.

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, O Lord, should'st mark iniquity?

4 But yet with thee forgiveness is, that fear'd thou mayest be.

5 I wait for God, my soul doth wait, my hope is in his word.

6 More than they that for morning watch, my soul waits for the Lord;

I say, more than they that do watch the morning light to see.

7 Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with him mercies be;

And plenteous redemption is ever found with him.

8 And from all his iniquities he Isr'el shall redeem.

Psalm 131

A Song of degrees of David.

1 My heart not haughty is, O 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 132

A Song of degrees.

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.

6 Lo, at the place of Ephratah of it we understood;

And we did find it in the fields, and city of the wood.

7 We'll go into his tabernacles, and at his footstool bow.

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, th' ark of thy strength, and thou.

9 O 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 away 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.

Psalm 133

A Song of degrees of David.

1 Behold, how good a thing it is, and how becoming well,

Together such as brethren are in unity to dwell!

2 Like precious ointment on the head, that down the beard did flow,

Ev'n Aaron's beard, and to the skirts, did of his garments go.

3 As Hermon's dew, the dew that doth on Sion' hills descend:

For there the blessing God commands, life that shall never end.

Psalm 134

A Song of degrees.

1 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.

2 Your hands within God's holy place lift up, and praise his name.

3 From Sion' hill the Lord thee bless, that heav'n and earth did frame.

Psalm 135

1 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord's name praise; his servants, praise ye God.

2 Who stand in God's house, in the courts of our God make abode.

3 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good; unto him praises sing:

Sing praises to his name, because it is a pleasant thing.

4 For Jacob to himself the Lord did chuse of his good pleasure,

And he hath chosen Israel for his peculiar treasure.

5 Because I know assuredly the Lord is very great,

And that our Lord above all gods in glory hath his seat.

6 What things soever 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 beast9 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, O 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 O Isr'el's house, bless God; bless God, O Aaron's family.

20 O bless the Lord, of Levi's house ye who his servants are;

And bless the holy name of God, all ye the Lord that fear.

21 And blessed be the Lord our God from Sion's holy hill,

Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. The Lord O praise ye still.

Psalm 136

First Version (8.7.8.7.)

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 hand: for his grace faileth never.

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.

18 Yea, famous kings in battle slew: for his grace faileth never.

19 Ev'n Sihon king of Amorites: for he hath mercy ever.

20 And Og the king of Bashanites: for his grace faileth never.

21 Their land in heritage to have: (for mercy hath he ever.)

22 His servant Isr'el right he gave: for his grace faileth never.

23 In our low state who on us thought: for he hath mercy ever.

24 And from our foes our freedom wrought: for his grace faileth never.

25 Who doth all flesh with food relieve: for he hath mercy ever.

26 Thanks to the God of heaven give: for his grace faileth never.

Second Version (6.6.6.6.8.8.)

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 His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

5 Which God omnipotent, By might and wisdom high,

The heav'n and firmament Did frame, as we may see:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

6 To him who did outstretch This earth so great and wide,

Above the waters' reach Making it to abide:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

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 His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

9 Also the moon so clear, Which shineth in our sight;

The stars that do appear, To guide the darksome night:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

10 To him that Egypt smote, Who did his message scorn;

And in his anger hot Did kill all their first-born:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

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 His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

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 His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

15 But overwhelm'd and lost Was proud king Pharaoh,

With all his mighty host, And chariots there also:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

16 To him who pow'rfully His chosen people led,

Ev'n through the desert dry, And in that place them fed:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

17 To him great kings who smote; For his grace hath no bound.

18 Who slew, and spared not Kings famous and renown'd:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

19 Sihon the Am'rites' king; For his grace lasteth ever:

20 Og also, who did reign The land of Bashan over:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

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 His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

23 Who hath remembered Us in our low estate;

24 And us delivered From foes which did us hate:

For certainly His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

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 His mercies dure

Most firm and sure Eternally.

Psalm 137

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 O 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.

7 Remember Edom's children, Lord, who in Jerus'lems day,

Ev'n unto its foundation, Raze, raze it quite, did say.

8 O 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 138

A Psalm of David.

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, O Lord,

When 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, yet he respects all those that lowly be;

Whereas the proud and lofty ones afar off knoweth he.

7 Though I in midst of trouble walk, I life from thee shall have:

'Gainst my foes' wrath thou'lt stretch thine hand; thy right hand shall me save.

8 Surely that which concerneth me the Lord will perfect make:

Lord, still thy mercy lasts; do not thine own hands' works forsake.

Psalm 139

To the chief Musician,

A Psalm of David.

1 O 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, O 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,

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, O 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, I 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, O 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, O 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.

Psalm 140

To the chief Musician,

A Psalm of David.

1 Lord, from the ill and froward man give me deliverance,

And do thou safe preserve me from the man of violence:

2 Who in their heart mischievous things are meditating ever;

And they for war assembled are continually together.

3 Much like unto a serpent's tongue their tongues they sharp do make;

And underneath their lips there lies the poison of a snake.

4 Lord, keep me from the wicked's hands, from 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.

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: unto the cry

Of all my supplications, Lord, do thine ear apply.

7 O 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, O Lord, his wishes do not grant;

Nor further thou his ill device, lest they themselves should vaunt.

9 As for the head and chief of those about that compass me,

Ev'n by the mischief of their lips let thou them cover'd be.

10 Let burning coals upon them fall, them throw in fiery flame,

And in deep pits, that they no more may rise out of the same.

11 Let not an evil speaker be on earth established:

Mischief shall hunt the vi'lent man, till he be ruined.

12 I know God will th' afflicted's cause maintain, and poor men's right.

13 Surely the just shall praise thy name; th' upright dwell in thy sight.

Psalm 141

A Psalm of David.

1 O 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 delicates my taste let me not satisfy.

5 Let him that righteous is me smite, it shall a kindness be;

Let him reprove, I shall it count a precious oil to me:

Such smiting shall not break my head; for yet the time shall fall,

When I in their calamities to God pray for them shall.

6 When as their judges down shall be in stony places cast,

Then shall they hear my words; for they shall sweet be to their taste.

7 About the grave's devouring mouth our bones are scatter'd round,

As wood which men do cut and cleave lies scatter'd on the ground.

8 But unto thee, O God the Lord, mine eyes uplifted be:

My soul do not leave destitute; my trust is set on thee.

9 Lord, keep me safely from the snares which they for me prepare;

And from the subtile gins of them that wicked workers are.

10 Let workers of iniquity into their own nets fall,

Whilst I do, by thine help, escape the danger of them all.

Psalm 142

Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.

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 143

A Psalm of David.

First Version (C.M.)

1 Lord, hear my pray'r, attend my suits; and in thy faithfulness

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 overwhelm'd in me perplexedly;

Within me is my very heart amazed wondrously.

5 I call to mind the days of old, to meditate I use

On all thy works; upon the deeds I of thy hands do muse.

6 My hands to thee I stretch; my soul thirsts, as dry land, for thee.

7 Haste, Lord, to hear, my spirit fails: hide not thy face from me;

Lest like to them I do become that go down to the dust.

8 At morn let me thy kindness hear; for in thee do I trust.

Teach me the way that I should walk: I lift my soul to thee.

9 Lord, free me from my foes; I flee to thee to cover me.

10 Because thou art my God, to do thy will do me instruct:

Thy Sp'rit is good, me to the land of uprightness conduct.

11 Revive and quicken me, O 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.

Second Version (6.6.6.6.D.)

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 why, this well I wot, No sinner can endure

The sight of thee, O 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, O 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.

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, O 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 I do lift up to thee.

9 From my fierce enemy In safety do me guide,

Because I flee to thee, Lord, that thou may'st me hide.

10 My God alone art thou, Teach me thy righteousness:

Thy Sp'rit's good, lead me to The land of uprightness.

11 O Lord, for thy name's sake, Be pleas'd to quicken me;

And, for thy truth, forth take My soul from misery.

12 And of thy grace destroy My foes, and put to shame

All who my soul annoy; For I thy servant am.

Psalm 144

A Psalm of David.

1 O 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.

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.

5 Lord, bow thy heav'ns, come down, touch thou 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 O 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;

Yea, blessed all those people are, whose God Jehovah is.

Psalm 145

David's Psalm of praise.

First Version (C.M.)

1 I'll thee extol, my God, O 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 will 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, O 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.

14 God raiseth all that are bow'd down, upholdeth all that fall.

15 The eyes of all things wait on thee, the giver of all good;

And thou, in time convenient, bestow'st on them their food:

16 Thine hand thou open'st 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.

Second Version (L.M.)

1 O 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

Of all thy dreadful acts, O 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, O 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.

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 146

1 Praise God. The Lord praise, O my soul.2 I'll praise God while I live;

While I have being to my God in songs I'll praises give.

3 Trust not in princes, nor man's son, in whom there is no stay:

4 His breath departs, to's earth he turns; that day his thoughts decay.

5 O 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 147

1 Praise ye the Lord; for it is good praise to our God to sing:

For it is pleasant, and to praise it is a comely thing.

2 God doth build up Jerusalem; and he it is alone

That the 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, O 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?

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 show;

His statutes and his judgments he gives Israel to know.

20 To any nation never he such favour did afford;

For they his judgments have not known. O do ye praise the Lord.

Psalm 148

First version (C.M.)

1 Praise God. From heavens praise the Lord, in heights praise to him be.

2 All ye his angels, praise ye him; his hosts all, praise him ye.

3 O praise ye him, both sun and moon, praise him, all stars of light.

4 Ye heav'ns of heav'ns him praise, and floods above the heavens' height.

5 Let all the creatures praise the name of our almighty Lord:

For he commanded, and they were created by his word.

6 He also, for all times to come, hath them establish'd 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.

13 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.

Second Version (6.6.6.6.8.8.)

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.

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 149

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 O 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.

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 150

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:

O 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.

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