PSAL. VIII. Aug. 14. 1653,

Jehovah our Lord, how wondrous great And glorious is thy name through all the earth! So as above the Heav'ns thy praise to set Out of the tender mouths of latest birth.

Out of the mouths of babes and fucklings thou 5 Haft founded strength because of all thy foes, To stint th' enemy, and flack th' avenger's brow, That bends his rage thy providence to oppose.

When I behold thy Heav'ns, thy fingers art,
The moon and ftars which thou fo bright haft fet
In the pure firmament, then faith my heart,
O what is man that thou remembrest yet,

And think'ft upon him; or of man begot,
That him thou vifit'ft, and of him art found?

Scarce to be less than Gods, thou mad it his lot,

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With honor and with state thou haft him crown'd.

O'er the works of thy hand thou mad'ft him Lord,
Thou haft put all under his lordly feet,
All flocks, and herds, by thy commanding word,
All beafts that in the field or foreft meet,

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Fowl of the Heav'ns, and fish that through the wet
Sea paths in fhoals do flide, and know no dearth.

O Jehovah our Lord, how wondrous great
And glorious is thy name through all the earth!

April. 1648, J. M.

Nine of the Pfalms done into meter, wherein all, but what is diftinguish'd by inverted comma's, are the very words of the text, tranflated from the original.

PSAL. LXXX.

HOU Shepherd that doft Ifrael'keep'
Give ear in time of need,'

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Who leadeft like a flock of sheep

Thy loved' Joseph's feed,

That fitft between the Cherubs bright,'

• Between their wings out-fpread,'

Shine forth, and from thy cloud give light,' 'And on our foes thy dread.'

2 In Ephraim's view and Benjamin's,
And in Manaffe's fight,

Awake* thy ftrength, come, and be seen'
To' fave us by thy might."

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3 Turn us again, thy grace divine' To us' O God' vouchsafe ;'

Cause thou thy face on us to fhine,

And then we shall be safe.

4 Lord God of Hofts, how long wilt thou,
How long wilt thou declare

Thy tfmoking wrath, and angry brow'
Ágainst thy people's pray'r!

5 Thou feed ft them with the bread of tears,
Their bread with tears they eat,

And mak'ft them ‡ largely drink the tears • Wherewith their cheeks are wet,'

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Gnorera. † Gnashanta. + Shalif.

6 A ftrife thou mak'ft us and a prey'

To every neighbour foe,

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Among themselves they laugh, they * play,
And flouts at us they throw.

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7 Return us, and thy grace divine' O God of Hofts' vouchsafe,'

Caufe thou thy face on us to fhine,

And then we shall be fafe..

8 A vine from Egypt thou haft brought,
Thy free love made it thine,'

And drov'ft out nations, proud and haut,'
To plant this lovely' vine.

9 Thou did't prepare for it a place,
And root it deep and fast,

That it began to grow apace,"

And' fill'd the land at lait.'

10 With her 'green' fhade that cover'd' all,'

The hills were over-fpread,'

Her boughs as high as' cedars tall

'Advanc'd their lofty head.'

11 Her branches on the western fide' Down to the fea fhe fent,

And upward' to that river wide'

Her other branches went.'

12 Why haft thou laid her hedges low, And broken down her fence,

That all may pluck her, as they go,

• With rudeft violence ?'

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tusked boar out of the wood

Up turns it by the roots,

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Wild beafts there brouze, and make their food 55 'Her grapes and tender shoots.'

14 Return now, God of Hofts, look down... From Heav'n thy feat divine,

* Jilgnagu.

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Behold us, but without a frown,'

And vifit this thy' vine.

15 Visit this vine, which thy right hand Hath fet, and planted long,"

And the young branch, that for thyself
Thou haft made firm and strong.

16 But now it is confum'd with fire,
And cut with axes' down,
They perish at thy dreadful ire,
At thy rebuke and frown.

17_ Upon the man of thy right hand
Let thy good hand be laid,'
Upon the fon of man, whom thou
Strong for thyfelf haft made.

18 So fhall we not go back from thee
To ways of fin and fhame,'

Quicken us thou, then gladly' we
Shall call upon thy Name.

19 Return us, and thy grace divine'
Lord God of Hofts vouchfafe,'
Cause thou thy face on us to fhine,
And then we shall be safe.

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O God our ftrength fing loud, and clear,'
Sing loud to God our King,'

To Jacob's God, that all may hear,”
Loud acclamations ring.

2 Prepare a hymn, prepare a fong, The timbrel hither bring,

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The chearful' pfaltry bring along,
And harp with' pleasant string.'

3 Blow, as is wont,' in the new moon
With trumpets lofty found,'

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Th' appointed time, the day whereon
Our folemn feast comes round.'
4 This was a ftatute giv'n of old'
to observe,'

For Ifrael

A law of Jacob's God, to hold,'

From whence they might not fwerve.' 5 This he a teftimony ordain'd

In Jofeph, not to change,'
When as he pafs'd through Egypt land
The tongue I heard was ftrange.

6 From burden, and from flavish toil'
I fet his fhoulder free :

His hands from pots, and miry foil,'
Deliver'd were by me.'

7 When trouble did thee fore afsail,
'On me then' didft thou call,
And I to free thee did not fail,'
And led thee out of thrall.'

I answer'd thee in * thunder deep
With clouds incompass'd round;
I try'd thee at the water steep'

Of Meriba

renown'd.'

8 Hear, O my People, ‹ hearken well,`

I teftify to thee,

Thou ancient stock of Ifrael,

If thou wilt lift to me,

9 Throughout the land of thy abode No alien God shall be,

Nor fhalt thou to a foreign God

In honor bend thy knee.

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10 I am the Lord thy God which brought

Thee out of Egypt land;

Afk large enough, and I, befought,'

Will grant thy full demand,

*Be Sether ragnam.

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