16 O turn thee unto me, O God,

have mercy me upon; Because I solitary am, and in affliction.

17 Enlarg'd the griefs are of mine heart; me from distress relieve.

18 See mine affliction and my pain,

and all my sins forgive.

19 Consider thou mine enemies, because they many are; And it a cruel hatred is

which they against me bear. 20 O do thou keep my soul; O God, do thou deliver me: Let me not be asham'd; for I do put my trust in thee. 21 O let integrity and truth keep me, who thee attend. 22 Redemption, Lord, to Israel from all his troubles send.

2 Examine me, and do me prove; try heart and reins, O God: 3 For thy love is before mine eyes, thy truth's paths I have trode.

4 With persons vain I have not sat, nor with dissemblers gone:

5 Th' assembly of ill men I hate; to sit with such I shun.

6 Mine hands in innocence, O Lord, I'll wash and purify;

So to thine holy altar go,
and compass it will I:

7 That I, with voice of thanksgiving,
may publish and declare,
And tell of all thy mighty works,
that great and wondrous are.

8 The habitation of thy house, Lord, I have loved well Yea, in that place I do delight where doth thine honour dwell.

9 With sinners gather not my soul, and such as blood would spill: 10 Whose hands mischievous plots, right hand

corrupting bribes do fill.

11 But as for me, I will walk on in mine integrity:

Do thou redeem me, and, O Lord, be merciful to me.

in mine integrity:

I trusted also in the Lord;

slide therefore shall not I.

doth stand with stedfastness: Within the congregations

th' Eternal I will bless.

Chant.

Lupton.

1 THE Lord's my light and saving health, who shall make me dismay'd?

My life's strength is the Lord, of whom then shall I be afraid?

2 When as mine enemies and foes,
most wicked persons all,
To eat my flesh against me rose,
they stumbled and did fall.

8 Against me though an host encamp,
my heart yet fearless is:

Though war against me rise, I will
be confident in this.

4 One thing I of the Lord desir'd,
and will seek to obtain,
That all days of my life I may
within God's house remain;
That I the beauty of the Lord
behold may and admire,
And that I in his holy place
may rev'rently enquire.
5 For he in his pavilion shall
me hide in evil days;
In secret of his tent me hide,
and on a rock me raise.

6 And now, ev'n at this present time,
mine head shall lifted be
Above all those that are my foes,
and round encompass me :
Therefore unto his tabernacle
I'll sacrifices bring

Of joyfulness; I'll sing, yea, I
to God will praises sing.

7 O Lord, give ear unto my voice,
when I do cry to thee;
Upon me also mercy have,
and do thou answer me.

8 When thou didst say, Seek ye my face, then unto thee reply

Thus did my heart, Above all things thy face, Lord, seek will I.

9 Far from me hide not thou thy face; put not away from thee

Thy servant in thy wrath: thou hast
an helper been to me.

O God of my salvation,
leave me not, nor forsake:

10 Though me my parents both should leave,

the Lord will me up take.

That speak peace to their friends, while in

their hearts doth mischief lie.

4 Give them according to their deeds and ills endeavoured:

And as their handy-works deserve, to them be rendered.

5 God shall not build, but them destroy, who would not understand

The Lord's own works, nor did regard the doing of his hand.

6 For ever blessed be the Lord,

for graciously he heard The voice of my petitions, and prayers did regard.

7 The Lord's my strength and shield; my heart

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upon him did rely;

And I am helped: hence my heart doth joy exceedingly,

And with my song I will him praise. Their strength is God alone:

He also is the saving strength

of his anointed one.

9 O thine own people do thou save, bless thine inheritance;

Them also do thou feed, and them for evermore advance.

Chant.

dd

Soaper.

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PSALM XXIX.

1 GIVE ye unto the Lord, ye sons
that of the mighty be,

All strength and glory to the Lord
with cheerfulness give ye.

2 Unto the Lord the glory give
that to his name is due;
And in the beauty of holiness
unto JEHOVAH bow.

8 The Lord's voice on the waters is;
the God of majesty

Doth thunder, and on multitudes
of waters sitteth he.

4 A pow'rful voice it is that comes
out from the Lord most high;
The voice of that great Lord is full
of glorious majesty.

5 The voice of the Eternal doth

asunder cedars tear;

Yea, God the Lord doth cedars break that Lebanon doth bear.

6 He makes them like a calf to skip,
ev'n that great Lebanon,
And, like to a young unicorn,
the mountain Sirion.

4 O ye that are his holy ones, sing praise unto the Lord;

And give unto him thanks, when ye his holiness record.

5 For but a moment lasts his wrath; life in his favour lies:

Weeping may for a night endure, at morn doth joy arise.

6 In my prosperity I said,

that nothing shall me move.

7 O Lord, thou hast my mountain made to stand strong by thy love: But when that thou, O gracious God, didst hide thy face from me, Then quickly was my prosp'rous state turn'd into misery.

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8 Wherefore unto the Lord my cry
I caused to ascend:
My humble supplication
I to the Lord did send.

9 What profit is there in my blood,
when I go down to pit ?

Shall unto thee the dust give praise? thy truth declare shall it?

10 Hear, Lord, have mercy; help me, 11 Thou turned hast my sadness [Lord: To dancing; yea, my sackcloth loos'd, and girded me with gladness;

12 That sing thy praise my glory may,
and never silent be.

O Lord my God, for evermore
I will give thanks to thee.