PsAL. VIII. Aug. 14. 16539

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 S

Haft founded strength because of all thy foes, To stint th' enemy, and Nack th' avenger's brow,

That bends his rage thy providence to oppose. When I behold thy Heav'ns, thy fingers art,

The moon and stars which thou fo bright hast fet In the pure firmament, then faith my heart,

O what is man that thou remembrest yet, And think'st upon him ; ôr of mån begot;

That him thou visit'st, and of him art found ? Scarce to be less than Gods, thou mad'it his lot, 15

With honor and with state thou hast him crown d.

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O’er the works of thy hand thou mad'st him Lord,

Thou hast put all under his lordly feet, All flocks, and herds, by thy commanding word,

All beasts 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 shoals 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 Psalms done into meter, wherein all,

but what is distinguish'd by inverted comma's, are the very words of the text, translated from the original.

PSAL. LXXX.

HOU Shepherd that doft Ifrael. keep'

Give ear in time of need,'
Who leadest like a flock of sheep

• Thy loved? Joseph's seed,
That fitst between the Cherubs "bright,' 5

• 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 Manasse's fight,
Awake * thy strength, come, and · be seen'

• To'save us by thy might.'
3 Turn us again, thy grace

divine “To us' Ở God' vouchsafe ;' Cause thou thy face on us to shine,

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And then we shall be safe.
4 Lord God of Hofts, how long wilt thou,

How long wilt thou declare
Thy † smoking wrath, “and angry brow'

Ágainst thy people's pray'r !
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Thou feed'st them with the bread of tears,

Their bread with tears they eat,
And mak'lt them I largely drink the tears
• Wherewith their cheeks are wete'

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6 A strife thou mak'st us! and a prey'

To every neighbour foe,
Among themselves they * laugh, they * play,

And * flouts at as they throw.
7 Return us, and thy grace divine

O God of Hofts' vouchsafe,' Cause thou thy face on ts to shine,

And then we shall be fafe. 8 A vine from Egypt thou hast brought,

Thy free love made it thine,' And drov'st out nations, proud and haut,' 35

To plant this lovely' vine. '9 Thou did'lt 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' hade that cover'd' all,

The hills were ' over-Spread,' Her boughs as high as' cedars tall

• Advanc'd their lofty head.' 11 Her branches on the western fide'

45 Down to the sea the sent, And upward' to that river wide'

16 Her other branches went.' 12 Why hast thou laid her hedges low, And broken down her fence,

50 That all may pluck her, as they go,

« With rudelt violence ?' 13 The tusked' boar out of the wood

Up turns it by the roots, Wild beasts there brouze, and make their food 55

• Her grapes and tender Mhoots.' 14. Return now, God of Holts, look down, From Heav'n thy feat divine,

Bes * Jilgnagu.

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Behold us, but without a frown,'

And visit this thy' vine.
15 Visit this vine, which thy right hand

Hath set, and planted long,
And the young branch, that for thyself

Thou hast made firm and strong. 16 But now it is consum'd with fire,

And with axes' down, They perish at thy dreadful ire,

At thy rebuke and frown. 37 Upon the man of thy right hand

Let thy • good hand be laid,'
Upon the son of man, whom thou

Strong for thyself haft made.
Is So shall we not go back from thee

• To ways of fin and shame,' Quicken us thou, then gladly' we

Shall call upon thy Name. 19 Return us,

divine Lord God of Hofts vouchsafe,' Cause thou thy face on us to shine,

And then we shall be fafe.

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PSAL. LXXXI.

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O God our strength fing loud, and clear,'

Sing loud to God ' our King,' To Jacob's God, that all may hear,'

Loud acclamations ring. ? Prepare a hymn, prepare a song,

5 The timbrel hither bring, The chearful plaltry bring along,

And harp with' pleasant 'string.'
3 Blow, is wont,' in the new moon
With trumpets · lofty sound,'

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Th” appointed time, the day whereon

Our folemn feast's comes round.' 4 This was a statute giv'n of old'

For Israel • to obserye,'
A law of Jacob's God, to hold,'

15 • From whence they might not fwerve.' s This he a testimony ordain'd

In Joseph, 'not to change,'
When as he pass’d through Egypt land ;

The tongue I heard was strange.
6 From burden, and from favish toil'

I set his shoulder free :
His hands from pots, • and miry soil,'

Deliver'd were by me.'
7 When trouble did thee fore assail,

25 « On me then' didst 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 incompafs'd round;

36 I try'd thee at the water steep'

Of Meriba renown'd.' 8 Hear, O my People, hearken well,'

I testify to thee, « Thou ancient stock of Israel,

35 If thou wilt lift to me, 9 Throughout the land of thy abode

No alien God shall be,
Nor shalt thou to a foreign God

In honor bend thy knee.
10 I am the Lord thy God which brought

Thee out of Egypt land ;
Ask large enough, and I, befought,'

, Will grant thy full demand,

11 And * Be Sether ragnam.

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