1650 Scottish Psalter (Lining Out of The Psalms)

1 Praise ye the Lord: unto him singa new song, and his praiseIn the assembly of his saintsin sweet psalms do ye raise.2 Let Isr’el in his Maker joy,and to him praises sing:Let all that Zion’s children arebe joyful in their King.3 O let them unto his great namegive praises in the dance;Let them with timbrel and with harpin songs his praise advance.4 For God doth pleasure take in thosethat his own people be;And he with his salvationthe meek will beautify.5 And in his glory excellentlet all his saints rejoice:Let them to him upon their bedsaloud lift up their voice.6 Let in their mouth aloft be raisedthe high praise of the Lord,And let them have in their right handa sharp two-edged sword;7 To execute the vengeance dueupon the heathen all,And make deserved punishmentupon the people fall.8 And ev’n with chains, as pris’ners, bindtheir kings that them command;Yea, and with iron fetters strong,the nobles of their land.9 On them the judgment to performfound written in his word:This honor is to all his saints.O do ye praise the Lord.

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 glorifySun, 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 fixed you beBy 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 fameShould be extolled.O let God’s name be praisedAbove both earth and sky;14 For he his saints hath raised,And set their horn on high;Ev’n those that beOf Isr’el’s race,Near to his grace.The Lord praise ye.

1 O Lord, thou art my God and King;Thee will I magnify and praise:I will thee bless, and gladly singUnto thy holy name always.2 Each day I rise I will thee bless,And praise thy name time without end.3 Much to be praised, 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 honor of thy majesty;Thy wondrous works I will record.6 By men the might shall be extolledOf all thy dreadful acts, O Lord:And I thy greatness will unfold.7 They utter shall abundantlyThe 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 showShall 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 sendSufficient food them to relieve.16 Yea, thou thine hand dost open wide,And ev’ry thing dost satisfyThat 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 fulfillOf 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 wickednessDestroy will he, and clean subvert.21 Therefore my mouth and lips I’ll frameTo speak the praises of the Lord:To magnify his holy nameFor ever let all flesh accord.

9 A new song I to thee will sing,Lord, on a psaltery;I on a ten-stringed instrumentwill praises sing to thee.10 Ev’n he it is that unto kingssalvation doth send;Who his own servant David dothfrom hurtful sword defend.11 O free me from strange children’s hand,whose mouth speaks vanity;And their right hand a right hand isthat works deceitfully.12 That, as the plants, our sons may bein youth grown up that are;Our daughters like to corner-stones,carved like a palace fair.13 That to afford all kind of storeour garners may be filled;That our sheep thousands, in our streetsten thousands they may yield.14 That strong our oxen be for work,that no in-breaking be,Nor going out; and that our streetsmay from complaints be free.15 Those people blessed are who bein such a case as this;Yea, blessed all those people are,whose God Jehovah is.

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 memy people makes to yield.3 Lord, what is man, that thou of himdost so much knowledge take?Or son of man, that thou of himso 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 handthat works deceitfully.

1 Oh, hear my prayer, Lord,And unto my desireTo 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 notWith me thy servant poor;For why, this well I wot,No sinner can endureThe sight of thee, O God:If thou his deeds shalt try,He dare make none abodeHimself to justify.3 Behold, the cruel foeMe persecutes with spite,My soul to overthrow:Yea, he my life down quiteUnto the ground hath smote,And made me dwell full lowIn darkness, as forgot,Or men dead long ago.4 Therefore my sp’rit much vexed,O’erwhelmed is me within;My heart right sore perplexedAnd desolate hath been.5 Yet I do call to mindWhat ancient days record,Thy works of ev’ry kindI think upon, O Lord.6 Lo, I do stretch my handsTo thee, my help alone;For thou well understandsAll my complaint and moan:My thirsting soul desires,And longeth after thee,As thirsty ground requiresWith rain refreshed 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 thoseThat do in darkness sit,Or him that downward goesInto the dreadful pit.8 Because I trust in thee,O Lord, cause me to hearThy loving-kindness free,When morning doth appear:Cause me to know the wayWherein my path should be;For why, my soul on highI do lift up to thee.9 From my fierce enemyIn 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 toThe land of uprightness.11 O Lord, for thy name’s sake,Be pleased to quicken me;And, for thy truth, forth takeMy soul from misery.12 And of thy grace destroyMy foes, and put to shameAll who my soul annoy;For I thy servant am.

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 bedirected in thine eyes;And the uplifting of my handsas th’ ev ‘ning sacrifice.3 Set, Lord, a watch before my mouth,keep of my lips the door.4 My heart incline thou not untothe ills I should abhor,To practice wicked works with menthat work iniquity;And with their delicates my tastelet me not satisfy.5 Let him that righteous is me smite,it shall a kindness be;Let him reprove, I shall it counta precious oil to me:Such smiting shall not break my head;for yet the time shall fall,When I in their calamitiesto God pray for them shall.6 When as their judges down shall bein stony places cast,Then shall they hear my words; for theyshall sweet be to their taste.7 About the grave’s devouring mouthour bones are scattered round,As wood which men do cut and cleavelies scattered 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 snareswhich they for me prepare;And from the subtle gins of themthat wicked workers are.10 Let workers of iniquityinto their own nets fall,Whilst I do, by thine help, escapethe danger of them all.

1 Lord, from the ill and froward mangive me deliverance,And do thou safe preserve me fromthe man of violence:2 Who in their heart mischievous thingsare meditating ever;And they for war assembled arecontinually together.3 Much like unto a serpent’s tonguetheir tongues they sharp do make;And underneath their lips there liesthe poison of a snake.4 Lord, keep me from the wicked’s hands,from vi’lent men me save;Who utterly to overthrowmy goings purposed have.5 The proud for me a snare have hid,and cords; yea, they a netHave by the way-side for me spread;they gins for me have set.6 I said unto the Lord, Thou artmy God: unto the cryOf all my supplications,Lord, do thine ear apply.7 O God the Lord, who art the strengthof my salvation:A cov’ring in the day of warmy 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 thoseabout that compass me,Ev’n by the mischief of their lipslet thou them cover’d be.10 Let burning coals upon them fall,them throw in fiery flame,And in deep pits, that they no moremay rise out of the same.11 Let not an evil speaker beon earth established:Mischief shall hunt the vi’lent man,till he be ruined.12 I know God will th’ afflicted’s causemaintain, and poor men’s right.13 Surely the just shall praise thy name;th’ upright dwell in thy sight.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts,O gracious God, to me!And in their sum how passing greatand numberless they be!18 If I should count them, than the sandthey 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 risecan 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 waythere be at all in me;And in thine everlasting wayto me a leader be.

1 O Lord, thou hast me searched and known.2 Thou know’st my sitting down,And rising up; yea, all my thoughtsafar to thee are known.3 My footsteps, and my lying down,thou compassest always;Thou also most entirely artacquaint 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 dwellin 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 shallme cover from thy sight,Then surely shall the very nightabout me be as light.12 Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,but night doth shine as day:To thee the darkness and the lightare both alike alway.13 For thou possessed hast my reins,and thou hast covered me,When I within my mother’s wombenclosed was by thee.14 Thee will I praise; for fearfullyand strangely made I am;Thy works are marv’llous, and right wellmy soul doth know the same.15 My substance was not hid from thee,when as in secret IWas made; and in earth’s lowest partswas wrought most curiously.16 Thine eyes my substance did behold,yet being unperfect;And in the volume of thy bookmy members all were writ;Which after in continuancewere fashioned ev’ry one,When as they yet all shapeless were,and of them there was none.

1 Praise God, for he is kind:His mercy lasts for aye.2 Give thanks with heart and mindTo God of gods alway:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.3 The Lord of lords praise ye,Whose mercies still endure.4 Great wonders only heDoth work by his great pow’rFor certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.5 Which God omnipotent,By might and wisdom high,The heav’n and firmamentDid frame, as we may see:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.6 To him who did outstretchThis earth so great and wide,Above the waters’ reachMaking it to abide:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.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 certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.9 Also the moon so clear,Which shineth in our sight;The stars that do appear,To guide the darksome night:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.10 To him that Egypt smote,Who did his message scorn;And in his anger hotDid kill all their first-born:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.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 certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.13 The sea he cut in two;For his grace lasteth still.14 And through its midst to goMade his own Israel:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.15 But overwhelm’d and lostWas proud king Pharaoh,With all his mighty host,And chariots there also:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.16 To him who pow’rfullyHis chosen people led,Ev’n through the desert dry,And in that place them fed:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.17 To him great kings who smote;For his grace hath no bound.18 Who slew, and spared notKings famous and renown’d:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.19 Sihon the Am’rites’ king;For his grace lasteth ever:20 Og also, who did reignThe land of Bashan over:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.21 Their land by lot he gave;For his grace faileth never,22 That Isr’el might it haveIn heritage for ever:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.23 Who hath rememberedUs in our low estate;24 And us deliveredFrom foes which did us hate:For certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.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 certainlyHis mercies dureMost firm and sureEternally.

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.

1 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord’s name praise;his servants, praise ye God.2 Who stand in God’s house, in the courtsof our God make abode.3 Praise ye the Lord, for he is good;unto him praises sing:Sing praises to his name, becauseit is a pleasant thing.4 For Jacob to himself the Lorddid choose of his good pleasure,And he hath chosen Israelfor his peculiar treasure.5 Because I know assuredlythe Lord is very great,And that our Lord above all godsin glory hath his seat.6 What things soever pleased the Lord,that in the heav’n did he,And in the earth, the seas, and allthe places deep that be.7 He from the ends of earth doth makethe vapors to ascend;With rain he lightnings makes, and winddoth from his treasures send.8 Egypt’s first-born, from man to beast9 who smote. Strange tokens heOn 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 noughtdid Canaan’s kingdoms bring:12 And for a wealthy heritagetheir pleasant land he gave,An heritage which Israel,his chosen folk, should have.13 Thy name, O Lord, shall still endure,and thy memorialWith honor shall continued beto generations all.14 For why? the righteous God will judgehis people righteously;Concerning those that do him serve,himself repent will he.15 The idols of the nationsof silver are and gold,And by the hands of men is madetheir 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 intheir mouths no breathing be.18 Their makers are like them; so areall 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 houseye who his servants are;And bless the holy name of God,all ye the Lord that fear.21 And blessed be the Lord our Godfrom Zion’s holy hill,Who dwelleth at Jerusalem.The Lord O praise ye still.

1 Behold, bless ye the Lord, all yethat his attendants are,Ev’n you that in God’s temple be,and praise him nightly there.2 Your hands within God’s holy placelift up, and praise his name.3 From Zion’ hill the Lord thee bless,that heav’n and earth did frame.

1 Behold, how good a thing it is,and how becoming well,Together such as brethren arein 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 dothon Zion’ hills descend:For there the blessing God commands,life that shall never end.

1 David, and his afflictions all,Lord, do thou think upon;2 How unto God he sware, and vowedto 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 habitationfor Jacob’s mighty God.6 Lo, at the place of Ephratahof 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 saintsshout loud for joyfulness.10 For thine own servant David’s sake,do not deny thy grace;Nor of thine own anointed oneturn 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 makeupon thy throne to sit.12 My cov’nant if thy sons will keep,and laws to them made known,Their children then shall also sitfor ever on thy throne.13 For God of Zion 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 poorwith bread will satisfy.16 Her priests I’ll clothe with health; her saintsshall shout forth joyfully.17 And there will I make David’s hornto bud forth pleasantly:For him that mine anointed isa lamp ordained have I.18 As with a garment I will clothewith shame his en’mies all:But yet the crown that he doth wearupon him flourish shall.

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 behavedwith quiet sp’rit and mild,As child of mother weaned: my soulis like a weaned child.3 Upon the Lord let all the hopeof Israel rely,Ev’n from the time that present isunto eternity.

1 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried.2 My voice, Lord, do thou hear:Unto my supplication’s voicegive an attentive ear.3 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, O Lord,should’st mark iniquity?4 But yet with thee forgiveness is,that feared 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 watchthe morning light to see.7 Let Israel hope in the Lord,for with him mercies be;And plenteous redemptionis ever found with him.8 And from all his iniquitieshe Isr’el shall redeem.

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 plowed upon my back;they long their furrows drew.4 The righteous Lord did cut the cordsof the ungodly crew.5 Let Zion’s haters all be turnedback with confusion.6 As grass on houses’ tops be they,which fades ere it be grown:7 Whereof enough to fill his handthe 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 Lorddo wish you to be blest.

1 Blessed 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 vineby thy house’ sides be found:Thy children like to olive-plantsabout thy table round.4 Behold, the man that fears the Lord,thus blessed shall he be.5 The Lord shall out of Zion givehis blessing unto thee:Thou shalt Jerus’lem’s good beholdwhilst thou on earth dost dwell.6 Thou shalt thy children’s children see,and peace on Israel.

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 giveshe 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 prepared.5 O happy is the man that hathhis quiver filled with those;They unashamed in the gateshall speak unto their foes.

1 When Zion’s bondage God turned back,as men that dreamed were we.2 Then filled with laughter was our mouth,our tongue with melody:They ‘mong the heathen said, The Lordgreat 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 timeof 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.

1 They in the Lord that firmly trustshall be like Zion hill,Which at no time can be removed,but standeth ever still.2 As round about Jerusalemthe mountains stand alway,The Lord his folk doth compass so,from henceforth and for aye.3 For ill men’s rod upon the lotof just men shall not lie;Lest righteous men stretch forth their handsunto iniquity.4 Do thou to all those that be goodthy goodness, Lord, impart;And do thou good to those that areupright within their heart.5 But as for such as turn asideafter their crooked way,God shall lead forth with wicked men:on Isr’el peace shall stay.

1 Now Israel may say, and that truly, If that the Lord had not our cause maintained; 2 If that the Lord had not our right sustained, When cruel men who us desired to slay Rose up in wrath, to make of us their prey;3 Then certainly they had devoured us all, And swallowed quick, for ought that we could deem; Such was their rage, as we might well esteem.4 And as fierce floods before them all things drown, So had they brought our soul to death quite down.5 The raging streams, with their proud swelling waves, Had then our soul o'erwhelmed in the deep.6 But blessed be God, who doth us safely keep, And gave us not a living prey to be Unto their teeth and bloody cruelty.7 Even as a bird out of the fowler's snare Escapes away, so is our soul set free: Rent is their net, and thus escaped we.8 Therefore our help is in the Lord's great name, Who heaven and earth by his great pow'r did frame.

1 In my distress to God I cried,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 shallbe 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 ama sojourner so long;That I in tabernacles dwellto Kedar that belong.6 My soul with him that hateth peacehath long a dweller been.7 I am for peace; but when I speak,for battle they are keen.

169 O let my earnest pray’r and crycome 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 thouhast taught thy laws to me.172 My tongue of thy most blessed wordshall speak, and it confess;Because all thy commandementsare perfect righteousness.173 Let thy strong hand make help to me:thy precepts are my choice.174 I longed for thy salvation, Lord,and in thy law rejoice.175 O let my soul live, and it shallgive praises unto thee;And let thy judgments graciousbe helpful unto me.176 I, like a lost sheep, went astray;thy servant seek, and find:For thy commands I suffered notto slip out of my mind.

145 With my whole heart I cried, Lord, hear;I will thy word obey.146 I cried to thee; save me, and Iwill keep thy laws alway.147 I of the morning did preventthe dawning, and did cry:For all mine expectationdid on thy word rely.148 Mine eyes did timeously preventthe watches of the night,That in thy word with careful mindthen meditate I might.149 After thy loving-kindness hearmy 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 truthall thy commandements are.152 As for thy testimonies all,of old this have I tried,That thou hast surely founded themfor ever to abide.

121 To all men I have judgment done,performing justice right;Then let me not be left untomy fierce oppressors’ might.122 For good unto thy servant, Lord,thy servant’s surety be:From the oppression of the prouddo thou deliver me.123 Mine eyes do fail with looking longfor thy salvation,The word of thy pure righteousnesswhile 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 havemade void thy law divine.127 Therefore thy precepts more I lovethan gold, yea, gold most fine.128 Concerning all things thy commandsall right I judge therefore;And ev’ry false and wicked wayI perfectly abhor.

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 arefrom me depart away;For the commandements of my GodI purpose to obey.116 According to thy faithful worduphold and stablish me,That I may live, and of my hopeashamed never be.117 Hold thou me up, so shall I bein peace and safety still;And to thy statutes have respectcontinually 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 fleshdoth tremble, all dismayed;And of thy righteous judgments, Lord,my soul is much afraid.

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 afflictionev’n overwhelmed, O Lord:In mercy raise and quicken me,according to thy word.108 The free-will-off ‘rings of my mouthaccept, 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 erred not from them, though for methe wicked snares did set.111 I of thy testimonies haveabove all things made choice,To be my heritage for aye;for they my heart rejoice.112 I carefully inclined havemy heart still to attend;That I thy statutes may performalway unto the end.

97 O how love I thy law! it ismy 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 havemore understanding far;Because my meditationthy testimonies are.100 In understanding I excelthose that are ancients;For I endeavored to keepall thy commandements.101 My feet from each ill way I stayed,that I may keep thy word.102 I from thy judgments have not swerved;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 farthan honey to my mouth.104 I through thy precepts, that are pure,do understanding get;I therefore ev’ry way that’s falsewith all my heart do hate

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 parched with grief; yet Ithy statutes not forget.84 How many are thy servant’s days?when wilt thou executeJust judgment on these wicked menthat do me persecute?85 The proud have digged pits for me,which is against thy laws.86 Thy words all faithful are: help me,pursued without a cause.87 They so consumed me, that on earthmy 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 mouthso shall I still observe.

57 Thou my sure portion art alone,which I did choose, O Lord:I have resolved, and said, that Iwould keep thy holy word.58 With my whole heart I did entreatthy face and favor free:According to thy gracious wordbe merciful to me.59 I thought upon my former ways,and did my life well try;And to thy testimonies puremy feet then turned I.60 I did not stay, nor linger long,as those that slothful are;But hastily thy laws to keepmyself I did prepare.61 Bands of ill men me robbed; yet Ithy 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 thosewho fear, and thee obey.64 O Lord, thy mercy fills the earth:teach me thy laws, I pray.

49 Remember, Lord, thy gracious wordthou to thy servant spake,Which, for a ground of my sure hope,thou causedst me to take.50 This word of thine my comfort isin mine affliction:For in my straits I am revivedby this thy word alone.51 The men whose hearts with pride are stuffeddid greatly me deride;Yet from thy straight commandementsI have not turned aside.52 Thy judgments righteous, O Lord,which thou of old forth gave,I did remember, and myselfby them comforted have.53 Horror took hold on me, becauseill men thy law forsake.54 I in my house of pilgrimagethy 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 wordI kept, and stood in awe.

25 My soul to dust cleaves: quicken me,according to thy word.26 My ways I showed, and me thou heard’st:teach me thy statutes, Lord.27 The way of thy commandementsmake me aright to know;So all thy works that wondrous areI 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 lieslet far removed be;And graciously thy holy lawdo thou grant unto me.30 I chosen have the perfect wayof truth and verity:Thy judgments that most righteous arebefore me laid have I.31 I to thy testimonies cleave;shame do not on me cast.32 I’ll run thy precepts’ way, when thoumy heart enlarged hast.

1 Blessed are they that undefiled,and straight are in the way;Who in the Lord’s most holy lawdo walk, and do not stray.2 Blessed are they who to observehis statutes are inclined;And who do seek the living Godwith their whole heart and mind.3 Such in his ways do walk, and theydo no iniquity.4 Thou hast commanded us to keepthy precepts carefully.5 O that thy statutes to observethou would’st my ways direct!6 Then shall I not be shamed, when Ithy precepts all respect.7 Then with integrity of heartthee will I praise and bless,When I the judgments all have learnedof thy pure righteousness.8 That I will keep thy statutes allfirmly resolved have I:O do not then, most gracious God,forsake me utterly.

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 doI shall not be dismay’d.7 The Lord doth take my part with themthat help to succour me:Therefore on those that do me hateI my desire shall see.8 Better it is to trust in Godthan trust in man’s defence;9 Better to trust in God than makeprinces our confidence.10 The nations, joining all in one,did compass me about:But in the Lord’s most holy nameI 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 nameI shall them all root out.12 Like bees they compass’d me about;like unto thorns that flameThey quenched are: for them shall Idestroy 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 righteousis heard the melodyOf joy and health: the Lord’s right handdoth ever valiantly.16 The right hand of the mighty Lordexalted is on high;The right hand of the mighty Lorddoth ever valiantly.17 I shall not die, but live, and shallthe works of God discover.18 The Lord hath me chastised sore,but not to death giv’n over.19 O set ye open unto methe gates of righteousness;Then will I enter into them,and I the Lord will bless.20 This is the gate of God, by itthe just shall enter in.21 Thee will I praise, for thou me heard’stand 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 itwe’ll joy triumphantly.25 Save now, I pray thee, Lord; I pray,send now prosperity.26 Blessed is he in God’s great namethat cometh us to save:We, from the house which to the Lordpertains, you blessed have.27 God is the Lord, who unto ushath made light to arise:Bind ye unto the altar’s hornswith 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.

1 O give ye praise unto the Lord,all nations that be;Likewise, ye people all, accordhis name to magnify.2 For great to us-ward ever arehis loving-kindnesses:His truth endures for evermore.The Lord O do ye bless.

1 When Isr’el out of Egypt went,and did his dwelling change,When Jacob’s house went out from thosethat 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 lambsthe hills skipped to and fro.5 O sea, why fledd’st thou? Jordan, backwhy wast thou driven so?6 Ye mountains great, wherefore was itthat 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 Godof Jacob doth appear:8 Who from the hard and stony rockdid standing water bring;And by his pow’r did turn the flintinto a water-spring.

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 Zion sendthe rod of thy great pow’r:In midst of all thine enemiesbe thou the governor.3 A willing people in thy dayof 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 Melchisedecthou art a priest for ever.5 The glorious and mighty Lord,that sits at thy right hand,Shall, in his day of wrath, strike throughkings that do him withstand.6 He shall among the heathen judge,he shall with bodies deadThe places fill: o’er many landshe wound shall ev’ry head.7 The brook that runneth in the waywith drink shall him supply;And, for this cause, in triumph heshall lift his head on high.

1 My heart is fixed, 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 abovebe lifted up on high.6 That those who thy beloved aredelivered 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 forthwill 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 shoeI’ll over Edom throw;Over the land of PalestineI will in triumph go.10 O who is he will bring me tothe city fortified?O who is he that to the landof 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.

1 Bless God, my soul. O Lord my God,thou art exceeding great;With honour and with majestythou clothed art in state.2 With light, as with a robe, thyselfthou coverest about;And, like unto a curtain, thouthe heavens stretchest out.3 Who of his chambers doth the beamswithin 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 rebukethey fled, and would not stay;They at thy thunder’s dreadful voicedid haste them fast away.8 They by the mountains do ascend,and by the valley-groundDescend, unto that very placewhich thou for them didst found.9 Thou hast a bound unto them set,that they may not pass over,That they do not return againthe 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 havetheir habitation,Which do among the branches singwith delectation.13 He from his chambers watereththe hills, when they are dry’d:With fruit and increase of thy worksthe earth is satisfied.14 For cattle he makes grass to grow,he makes the herb to springFor th’ use of man, that food to himhe from the earth may bring;15 And wine, that to the heart of mandoth cheerfulness impart,Oil that his face makes shine, and breadthat strengtheneth his heart.16 The trees of God are full of sap;the cedars that do standIn Lebanon, which planted wereby his almighty hand.17 Birds of the air upon their boughsdo choose their nests to make;As for the stork, the fir-tree shedoth for her dwelling take.18 The lofty mountains for wild goatsa place of refuge be;The conies also to the rocksdo for their safety flee.19 He sets the moon in heav’n, therebythe seasons to discern:From him the sun his certain timeof going down doth learn.20 Thou darkness mak’st, ’tis night, then beastsof forests creep abroad.21 The lions young roar for their prey,and seek their meat from God.

1 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord;and all that in me isBe stirred up his holy nameto magnify and bless.2 Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God,and not forgetful beOf all his gracious benefitshe hath bestowed on thee.3 All thine iniquities who dothmost graciously forgive:Who thy diseases all and painsdoth heal, and thee relieve.4 Who doth redeem thy life, that thouto death may’st not go down;Who thee with loving-kindness dothand tender mercies crown:5 Who with abundance of good thingsdoth satisfy thy mouth;So that, ev’n as the eagle’s age,renewed is thy youth.6 God righteous judgment executesfor all oppressed ones.7 His ways to Moses, he his actsmade 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 sinned,nor did requite our ill.

1 O Lord, unto my pray’r give ear,my cry let come to thee;2 And in the day of my distresshide 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 witheredLike very grass; so that I doforget to eat my bread.5 By reason of my groaning voicemy bones cleave to my skin.6 Like pelican in wildernessforsaken I have been:I like an owl in desert am,that nightly there doth moan;7 I watch, and like a sparrow amon the house-top alone.8 My bitter en’mies all the dayreproaches cast on me;And, being mad at me, with rageagainst me sworn they be.9 For why? I ashes eaten havelike bread, in sorrows deep;My drink I also mingled havewith tears that I did weep.10 Thy wrath and indignationdid 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 dried and withered,ev’n like unto the grass.12 But thou, Lord, everlasting art,and thy remembrance shallContinually endure, and beto generations all.13 Thou shalt arise, and mercy haveupon thy Zion yet;The time to favor her is come,the time that thou hast set.14 For in her rubbish and her stonesthy servants pleasure take;Yea, they the very dust thereofdo favor for her sake.15 So shall the heathen people fearthe Lord’s most holy name;And all the kings on earth shall dreadthy glory and thy fame.16 When Zion by the mighty Lordbuilt up again shall be,In glory then and majestyto men appear shall he.17 The prayer of the destitutehe surely will regard;Their prayer will he not despise,by him it shall be heard.18 For generations yet to comethis shall be on record:So shall the people that shall becreated praise the Lord.19 He from his sanctuary’s heighthath downward cast his eye;And from his glorious throne in heav’nthe Lord the earth did spy;20 That of the mournful prisonerthe groanings he might hear,To set them free that unto deathby men appointed are:21 That they in Zion may declarethe Lord’s most holy name,And publish in Jerusalemthe praises of the same;22 When as the people gather shallin troops with one accord,When kingdoms shall assembled beto serve the highest Lord.23 My wonted strength and force he hathabated in the way,And he my days hath shortened:24 Thus therefore did I say,My God, in mid-time of my daystake thou me not away:From age to age eternallythy years endure and stay.25 The firm foundation of the earthof old time thou hast laid;The heavens also are the workwhich 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 yearsare to eternity.28 The children of thy servants shallcontinually endure;And in thy sight, O Lord, their seedshall be established sure.

1 I mercy will and judgment sing,Lord, I will sing to thee.2 With wisdom in a perfect wayshall my behavior be.O when, in kindness unto me,wilt thou be pleased to come?I with a perfect heart will walkwithin my house at home.3 I will endure no wicked thingbefore mine eyes to be:I hate their work that turn aside,it shall not cleave to me.4 A stubborn and a froward heartdepart quite from me shall;A person giv’n to wickednessI will not know at all.5 I’ll cut him off that slanderethhis neighbor privily:The haughty heart I will not bear,nor him that looketh high.6 Upon the faithful of the landmine eyes shall be, that theyMay dwell with me: he shall me servethat walks in perfect way.7 Who of deceit a worker isin my house shall not dwell;And in my presence shall he notremain that lies doth tell.8 Yea, all the wicked of the landearly destroy will I;All from God’s city to cut offthat work iniquity.

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.

1 O sing a new song to the Lord,for wonders he hath done:His right hand and his holy armhim victory hath won.2 The Lord God his salvationhath caused to be known;His justice in the heathen’s sighthe openly hath shown.3 He mindful of his grace and truthto Isr’el’s house hath been;And the salvation of our Godall ends of th’ earth have seen.4 Let all the earth unto the Lordsend 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 soundbefore the Lord the King.7 Let seas and all their fullness roar;the world, and dwellers there;8 Let floods clap hands, and let the hillstogether joy declare9 Before the Lord; because he comes,to judge the earth comes he:He’ll judge the world with righteousness,his folk with equity.

1 O come, let us sing to the Lord:come, let us ev’ry oneA joyful noise make to the Rockof our salvation.2 Let us before his presence comewith 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 handsits form at first did take.6 O come, and let us worship him,let us bow down withal,And on our knees before the Lordour Maker let us fall.7 For he’s our God, the people weof 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 inthe provocation,As in the desert, on the dayof the tentation:9 When me your fathers tempted and proved,and did my working see;10 Ev’n for the space of forty yearsthis race hath grieved me.I said, This people errs in heart,my ways they do not know:11 To whom I swore in wrath, that tomy rest they should not go.

1 O Lord God, unto whom aloneall vengeance doth belong;O mighty God, who vengeance own’st,shine forth, avenging wrong.2 Lift up thyself, thou of the earththe sov’reign Judge that art;And unto those that are so prouda due reward impart.3 How long, O mighty God, shall theywho lewd and wicked be,How long shall they who wicked arethus triumph haughtily?4 How long shall things most hard by thembe uttered and told?And all that work iniquityto 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 formed the eye, and thenshall 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 vanitythe Lord doth well discern.12 Blessed is the man thou chast’nest, Lord,and mak’st thy law to learn:13 That thou may’st give him rest from daysof sad adversity,Until the pit be digged for thosethat work iniquity.14 For sure the Lord will not cast offthose that his people be,Neither his own inheritancequit and forsake will he:15 But judgment unto righteousnessshall yet return again;And all shall follow after itthat are right-hearted men.16 Who will rise up for me againstthose that do wickedly?Who will stand up for me ‘gainst thosethat work iniquity?17 Unless the Lord had been my helpwhen I was sore oppressed,Almost my soul had in the houseof 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 thoughtswhich in my heart do fight,My soul, lest it be overcharged,thy comforts do delight.20 Shall of iniquity the thronehave fellowship with thee,Which mischief, cunningly contrived,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 defense from them.23 On them their own iniquitythe Lord shall bring and lay,And cut them off in their own sin;our Lord God shall them slay.

1 Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-placein generations all.2 Before thou ever hadst brought forththe mountains great or small;Ere ever thou hadst formed the earth,and all the world abroad;Ev’n thou from everlasting artto everlasting God.3 Thou dost unto destructionman that is mortal turn;And unto them thou say’st, Again,ye sons of men, return.4 Because a thousand years appearno more before thy sightThan yesterday, when it is past,or than a watch by night.5 As with an overflowing floodthou carry’st them away:They like a sleep are, like the grassthat 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 consumed,thy wrath makes us afraid.8 Our sins thou and iniquitiesdost in thy presence place,And sett’st our secret faults beforethe brightness of thy face.9 For in thine anger all our daysdo 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 upour days and years, we see;Or, if, by reason of more strength,in some fourscore they be:Yet doth the strength of such old menbut grief and labor prove;For it is soon cut off, and wefly hence, and soon remove.11 Who knows the power of thy wrath?according to thy fear12 So is thy wrath: Lord, teach thou usour end in mind to bear;And so to count our days, that weour hearts may still applyTo 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 thosethat 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 appearthy servants’ face before;And show unto their children dearthy glory evermore:17 And let the beauty of the Lordour God be us upon:Our handy-works establish thou,establish them each one.