Still trust in God; for him to praise good cause I yet shall have: He of my count'nance is the health, my God that doth me save.

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1 O GOD, we with our ears have heard, our fathers have us told,

What works thou in their days hadst ev'n in the days of old. [done, 2 Thy hand did drive the heathen out, and plant them in their place; Thou didst afflict the nations,

but them thou didst increase.

3 For neither got their sword the land, nor did their arm them save; But thy right hand, arm, countefor thou them favour gave. [nance; 4 Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord, deliv'rances command.

5 Through thee we shall push down our that do against us stand: [foes, We, through thy name, shall tread down those

that ris'n against us have.

6 For in my bow I shall not trust, nor shall my sword me save.

7 But from our foes thou hast us sav'd, our haters put to shame.

8 In God we all the day do boast, and ever praise thy name.

9 But now we are cast off by thee, and us thou putt'st to shame; And when our armies do go forth, thou go'st not with the same. 10 Thou mak'st us from the enemy, faint-hearted, to turn back; And they who hate us for themselves our spoils away do take.

11 Like sheep for meat thou gavest us; 'mong heathen cast we be.

12 Thou didst for nought thy people sell; their price enrich'd not thee. 13 Thou mak'st us a reproach to be

unto our neighbours near; Derision and a scorn to them that round about us are.

14 A by-word also thou dost us among the heathen make:

The people, in contempt and spite, at us their heads do shake.

15 Before me my confusion

continually abides;

And of my bashful countenance
the shame me ever hides:

16 For voice of him that doth reproach,
and speaketh blasphemy;
By reason of th' avenging foe,
and cruel enemy.

17 All this is come on us, yet we have not forgotten thee; Nor falsely in thy covenant behav'd ourselves have we.

18 Back from thy way our heart not turn'd;

our steps no straying made; 19 Tho' us thou brak'st in dragons' place, and cover'dst with death's shade. 20 If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd to a strange god our hands,

21 Shall not God search this out? for he heart's secrets understands.

22 23 Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off; awake, why dost thou sleep? 24 O wherefore hidest thou thy face? forgett'st our cause distress'd, And our oppression? For our soul is to the dust down press'd:

Yea, for thy sake we 're kill'd all day, counted as slaughter-sheep.

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5 Thine arrows sharply pierce the heart

of th' en'mies of the King; And under thy subjection the people down do bring. 6 For ever and for ever is,

O God, thy throne of might; The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre that is right.

7 Thou lovest right, and hatest ill; for God, thy God, most high, Above thy fellows hath with th' oil of joy anointed thee.

8 Of aloes, myrrh, and cassia, a smell thy garments had, Out of the iv'ry palaces,

whereby they made thee glad. 9 Among thy women honourable kings' daughters were at hand: Upon thy right hand did the queen in gold of Ophir stand. 10 O daughter, hearken and regard, and do thine ear incline; Likewise forget thy father's house, and people that are thine.

11 Then of the King desir'd shall be thy beauty veh❜mently: Because he is thy Lord, do thou him worship rev'rently.

12 The daughter there of Tyre shall be with gifts and off'rings great: Those of the people that are rich thy favour shall entreat.

13 Behold, the daughter of the King all glorious is within;

And with embroideries of gold

her garments wrought have been. 14 She shall be brought unto the King in robes with needle wrought; Her fellow-virgins following shall unto thee be brought.

Another of the same.

1 My heart inditing is
good matter in a song:

I speak the things that I have made,
which to the King belong:
My tongue shall be as quick,
his honour to indite,
As is the pen of any scribe
that useth fast to write.

2 Thou'rt fairest of all men;

grace in thy lips doth flow: And therefore blessings evermore on thee doth God bestow. 3 Thy sword gird on thy thigh, thou that art most of might: Appear in dreadful majesty, and in thy glory bright.

4 For meekness, truth, and right, ride prosp'rously in state;

And thy right hand shall teach to thee things terrible and great.

5 Thy shafts shall pierce their hearts that foes are to the King; Whereby into subjection

the people thou shalt bring. 6 Thy royal seat, O Lord,

for ever shall remain:

The sceptre of thy kingdom doth
all righteousness maintain.

7 Thou lov'st right, and hat'st ill;
for God, thy God, most high,
Above thy fellows hath with th' oil
of joy anointed thee.

8 Of myrrh and spices sweet
a smell thy garments had,
Out of the iv'ry palaces,
whereby they made thee glad.
9 And in thy glorious train

kings' daughters waiting stand;
And thy fair queen, in Ophir gold,
doth stand at thy right hand.
10 O daughter, take good heed,

incline, and give good ear; Thou must forget thy kindred all, and father's house most dear.

11 Thy beauty to the King

shall then delightful be: And do thou humbly worship him, because thy Lord is he.

12 The daughter then of Tyre there with a gift shall be,

And all the wealthy of the land shall make their suit to thee. 13 The daughter of the King

all glorious is within; And with embroideries of gold her garments wrought have been.

14 She cometh to the King

In robes with needle wrought; The virgins that do follow her shall unto thee be brought. 15 They shall be brought with joy, and mirth on ev'ry side, Into the palace of the King, and there they shall abide.

16 And in thy fathers' stead,

thy children thou may'st take,
And in all places of the earth
them noble princes make.
17 I will shew forth thy name
to generations all:

Therefore the people evermore
to thee give praises shall.

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1 GOD is our refuge and our strength, in straits a present aid;

2 Therefore, although the earth rewe will not be afraid: [move, Though hills amidst the seas be cast; Though waters roaring make, And troubled be; yea, though the hills

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by swelling seas do shake.

4 A river is, whose streams do glad the city of our God;

The holy place, wherein the Lord most high hath his abode.

5 God in the midst of her doth dwell;
nothing shall her remove:
The Lord to her an helper will,
and that right early, prove.
6 The heathen rag'd tumultuously,
the kingdoms moved were:
The Lord God uttered his voice,
the earth did melt for fear.

7 The Lord of hosts upon our side
doth constantly remain:
The God of Jacob's our refuge,
us safely to maintain.

8 Come, and behold what wondrous works

have by the Lord been wrought;

Come, see what desolations

he on the earth hath brought. 9 Unto the ends of all the earth wars into peace he turns: The bow he breaks, the spear he cuts, in fire the chariot burns.

10 Be still, and know that I am God; among the heathen I

Will be exalted; I on earth

will be exalted high.

11 Our God, who is the Lord of hosts, is still upon our side;

The God of Jacob our refuge
for ever will abide.

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1 ALL people, clap your hands; to God with voice of triumph shout:

2 For dreadful is the Lord most high, great King the earth throughout. 3 The heathen people under us he surely shall subdue;

And he shall make the nations under our feet to bow.

4 The lot of our inheritance

chuse out for us shall he, Of Jacob, whom he loved well, ev'n the excellency.

5 God is with shouts gone up, the Lord with trumpets sounding high.

6 Sing praise to God, sing praise, sing praise,

praise to our King sing ye.

7 For God is King of all the earth; with knowledge praise express.

8 God rules the nations: God sits on his throne of holiness.

9 The princes of the people are assembled willingly;

Ev'n of the God of Abraham they who the people be.

For why? the shields that do defend the earth are only his:

They to the Lord belong; yea, he exalted greatly is.

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1 GREAT is the Lord, and greatly he is to be praised still,

Within the city of our God, upon his holy hill.

2 Mount Sion stands most beautiful,

the joy of all the land; The city of the mighty King

on her north side doth stand.

3 The Lord within her palaces

is for a refuge known.

4 For, lo, the kings that gather'd were together, by have gone.

5 But when they did behold the same, they, wond'ring, would not stay; But, being troubled at the sight, they thence did haste away.

6 Great terror there took hold on them, they were possess'd with fear;

Their grief came like a woman's pain, when she a child doth bear.

7 Thou Tarshish ships with east wind break'st:

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As we have heard it told,
So, in the city of the Lord,

our eyes did it behold;

In our God's city, which his hand
for ever stablish will.

9 We of thy loving-kindness thought, Lord, in thy temple still. 10 O Lord, according to thy name,

through all the earth's thy praise; And thy right hand, O Lord, is full of righteousness always.

11 Because thy judgments are made let Sion mount rejoice; [known, Of Judah let the daughters all send forth a cheerful voice. 12 Walk about Sion, and go round; the high tow'rs thereof tell: 13 Consider ye her palaces,

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and mark her bulwarks well; That ye may tell posterity. For this God doth abide Our God for evermore; he will ev'n unto death us guide.

5 Amidst those days that evil be, why should I, fearing, doubt? When of my heels th' iniquity

shall compass me about.

6 Whoe'er they be that in their wealth their confidence do pitch, And boast themselves, because they become exceeding rich: [are

7 Yet none of these his brother can redeem by any way;

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Nor can he unto God for him
sufficient ransom pay,

(Their soul's redemption precious is,
and it can never be,)

9 That still he should for ever live, and not corruption see.

10 For why? he seeth that wise men die, and brutish fools also

Do perish; and their wealth, when to others they let go. [dead, 11 Their inward thought is, that their and dwelling-places shall [house Stand through all ages; they their by their own names do call. [lands 12 But yet in honour shall not man abide continually;

But passing hence, may be compar'd unto the beasts that die. 13 Thus brutish folly plainly is

their wisdom and their way; Yet their posterity approve what they do fondly say.

14 Like sheep they in the grave are laid, and death shall them devour; And in the morning upright men shall over them have pow'r : Their beauty from their dwelling consume within the grave. [shall 15 But from hell's hand God will me for he shall me receive.

[free,

16 Be thou not then afraid when one enriched thou dost see,

Nor when the glory of his house
advanced is on high:

17 For he shall carry nothing hence,
when death his days doth end;
Nor shall his glory after him
into the grave descend.

18 Although he his own soul did bless
whilst he on earth did live;
(And when thou to thyself dost well,
men will thee praises give ;)

19 He to his fathers' race shall go,

they never shall see light.

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like beasts that perish quite.

1 THE mighty God, the Lord,
hath spoken, and did call
The earth, from rising of the sun,
to where he hath his fall.

2 From out of Sion hill,

which of excellency And beauty the perfection is, God shined gloriously. 3 Our God shall surely come; keep silence shall not he: Before him fire shall waste, great shall round about him be. [storms 4 Unto the heavens clear

he from above shall call,
And to the earth likewise, that he
may judge his people all.

5 Together let my saints

unto me gather'd be,

Those that by sacrifice have made
a covenant with me.

6 And then the heavens shall
his righteousness declare:
Because the Lord himself is he
by whom men judged are.
7 My people Isr'el hear,

speak will I from on high,
Against thee I will testify;
God, ev'n thy God, am I.

8 I for thy sacrifice

no blame will on thee lay,

Nor for burnt-off'rings, which to me thou offer'dst ev'ry day.

9 I'll take no calf nor goats

from house or fold of thine:

10 For beasts of forests, cattle all on thousand hills, are mine. 11 The fowls on mountains high

are all to me well known; Wild beasts which in the fields do lie, ev'n they are all mine own.

12 Then, if I hungry were,

I would not tell it thee; Because the world, and fulness all thereof, belongs to me.

13 Will I eat flesh of bulls?

or goats' blood drink will I?

in trouble thou shalt be;

I will deliver thee, and thou
my name shalt glorify.

16 But to the wicked man

God saith, My laws and truth Should'st thou declare? how dar'st thou take

my cov'nant in thy mouth? 17 Sith thou instruction hat'st, which should thy ways direct; And sith my words behind thy back thou cast'st, and dost reject. 18 When thou a thief didst see,

with him thou didst consent; And with the vile adulterers partaker on thou went.

19 Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill, thy tongue deceit doth frame; 20 Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,

thy mother's son dost shame.

21 Because I silence kept,

[wrought; while thou these things hast That I was altogether like

thyself, hath been thy thought:
Yet I will thee reprove,

and set before thine eyes,
In order ranked, thy misdeeds,
and thine iniquities.

22 Now, ye that God forget,
this carefully consider;
Lest I in pieces tear you all,
and none can you deliver.

23 Whoso doth offer praise

me glorifies; and I

Will shew him God's salvation,
that orders right his way.

Another of the same.

1 THE mighty God, the Lord, hath and call'd the earth upon, [spoke, Ev'n from the rising of the sun unto his going down.

2 From out of Sion, his own hill, where the perfection high Of beauty is, from thence the Lord hath shined gloriously.

3 Our God shall come, and shall no be silent, but speak out: [more