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.

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.

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that this man born was there.

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

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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

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 to darkness didst remove.

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[were,

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 0 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 the earth dost also take; [own 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 in battle hast not made. [stand

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.

[self?

46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyfor ever, in thine ire? And shall thine indignation burn like unto a fire?

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

O wherefore is it so that thou
hast made all men in vain?

48 What man is he that liveth here,
and death shall never see?
Or from the power of the grave
what man his soul shall free?
49 Thy former loving-kindnesses,

O Lord, where be they now? Those which in truth and faithfulness to David sworn hast thou?

50 Mind, Lord, thy servant's sad rehow I in bosom bear [proach; 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 of thine anointed one. [steps

52 All blessing to the Lord our God
let be ascribed then:

For evermore so let it be.
Amen, yea, and amen.

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1 LORD, thou hast been our dwellingin generations all. [place

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
but grief and labour prove; [men
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.

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 no ill shall thee befall:

[come,

11 For thee to keep in all thy ways his angels charge he shall.

12 They in their hands shall bear thee still waiting thee upon; [up,

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
I will him set on high. [known,
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

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will cause his eyes to see.

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: