17 According to his righteoufnefs the Lord I'll magnify;

And will fing praise unto the name
of God that is most high.

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PSALM VIII.

OW excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Who haft thy glory far advanc'd above the starry frame.

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2 From infants and from fucklings thou dideft ftrength' ordain,

For thy foes caufe, that fo thou might'ft th' avenging foe restrain.

3 When I look up unto the heav'ns, which thine own fingers fram'd, Unto the moon, and to the stars, which were by thee ordain'd: Then fay I, What is man, that he rememb'red is by thee?

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Or what the son of man, that thou fo kind to him should'st be?

5 For thou a little lower haft

him than the angels made, With glory and with dignity, thou crowned haft his head..

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6 Of thy hand-works thou mad'ft him lord; all under's feet didft lay:

7 All sheep and oxen; yea, and beafts that in the fields do stray:

8 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea, all that pafs through the fame. 9 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name

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PSALM IX.

Ord,thee I'll praise with all my heart, thy wonders all proclaim.

2 In thee, most High, I'll greatly joy, and fing unto thy name.

3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell and perish'd at thy fight. [caufe; 4 For thou maintain'dft my right and on throne fatt'st judging right.

5 The heathen thou rebuked haft, the wicked overthrown,

Thou haft put out their names that they may never more be known.

6 O en'my! now deftructions have an end perpetual :

Thou cities raz'd, perifh'd with them

is their memorial.

7 God fhall endure for ay, he doth
for judgment fet his throne;
8 In righteousness to judge the world,
juftice to give each one.

9 God alfo will a refuge be
for those that are opprefs'd;
A refuge will he be, in times
of trouble, to diftrefs'd.

10 And they that know thy name, in thee their confidence will place;

For thou haft not forfaken them that truly feek thy face. 11 O fing ye praifes to the Lord, that dwells in Zion-hill; And all the nations among his deeds record ye ftill.

12 When he inquireth after blood: he then rememb'reth them; The humble folk he not forgets, that call upon his name.

13 Lord, pity me, behold the grief which I from foes fuftain,

Ev'n thou, who from the gates of death doft raise me up again:

14 That I, in Zion's daughters gates may all thy praise advance:

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And that I may rejoice always in thy deliverance.

15 The heathen are funk in the pit, which they themfelves prepar'd: And in the net which they have hid, their own feet faft are fnar'd.

16 The Lord is by the judgment known which he himself hath wrought: The finners' hands do make the fnares, wherewith themselves are caught. 17 They, who are wicked, into hell fhall each one turned be;

And all the nations that forget to feek the Lord moft High. 18 For they that needy are, fhall not forgotten be alway;

The expectation of the poor

fhall not be loft for ay.

19 Arife, Lord, let not man prevail; judge heathens in thy fight.

20 That they may know themselves but: the nations, Lord, affright. [men,

PSALM X.

Wherefore is it, that thou, O Lord,

doft ftand from us afar?

And wherefore hideft thou thyself, when times fo troublous are? 2 The wicked in his loftiness doth perfecute the poor:

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In these devices they have fram'd, let them be taken fure.

The wicked of his heart's defire doth talk with boasting great; He bleffeth him that's covetous, whom yet the Lord doth hate. 4 The wicked, through his pride of face on God he doth not call; And, in the counsels of his heart, the Lord is not at all.

5 His ways they always grievous are;
thy judgments from his fight
Removed are: at all his foes
he puffeth with defpite.

6 Within his heart he thus hath faid,
I fhall not moved be;

And no adversity at all

fhall ever come to me.

7 His mouth with curfing, fraud, deceit, is fill'd abundantly :

And underneath his tongue there is mischief and vanity.