A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, FITTED TO The Tunes used in Churches. BY N. BRADY, D. D. AND N. TATE, Esq. DONMI OXFORD: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. SOLD BY E. GARDNER AND SON, AT THE OXFORD BIBLE WAREHOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. M.DCCC.LIX. A NEW VERSION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID. H PSALM I. [OW blest is he who ne'er consents By ill advice to walk; Nor stands in sinners' ways, nor sits 2 But makes the perfect law of God Devoutly reads therein by day, And meditates by night. 3 Like some fair tree, which, fed by streams, With timely fruit does bend, He still shall flourish, and success 4 Ungodly men and their attempts Untimely blasted, and dispers'd Like chaff before the wind. 5 Their guilt shall strike the wicked dumb 6 For God approves the just man's ways, But sinners, and the paths they tread, PSALM II. WITH restless and ungovern'd rage 2 The great in counsel and in might 3 Must we submit to their commands? No, let us break their slavish bands, 4 But God, who sits enthron'd on high, 5 Thick clouds of wrath divine shall break On his rebellious foes; And thus will he in thunder speak 6 Though madly you dispute my will, 7 Attend, O earth, whilst I declare 8 Ask and receive thy full demands; 9 Thy threat'ning sceptre thou shalt shake, And crush them every where; As massy bars of iron break The potter's brittle ware. 10 Learn then, ye princes; and give ear, Ye judges of the earth; 11 Worship the Lord with holy fear; 12 Appease the Son with due respect, 13 If but in part his anger rise, Who can endure the flame? Then blest are they whose hope relies PSALM III. 'HOW many, Lord, of late are grown The troublers of my peace! And, as their numbers hourly rise, 2 Insulting they my soul upbraid, And him whom I adore; The God in whom he trusts, say they, 8 But thou, O Lord, art my defence; 4 Since whensoe'er in like distress 5 Guarded by him, I laid me down 6 No force nor fury of my foes 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs, 1 His blessing he extends to all That on his pow'r depend. PSALM IV. LORD, that art my righteous Judge, Thou still redeem'st me from distress; 2 How long will ye, O sons of men, 3 Consider that the righteous man 4 Then stand in awe of his commands, 5 The place of other sacrifice Let righteousness supply; 6 While worldly minds impatient grow Shine brightly, Lord, on me. 7 So shall my heart o'erflow with joy, More lasting and more true, Than theirs, who stores of corn and wine Successively renew. 8 Then down in peace I'll lay my head, No other guard, O Lord, I crave, PSALM V. LORD, hear the voice of my complaint, Accept my secret pray'r; 2 To thee alone, my King, my God, Will I for help repair. 3 Thou in the morn my voice shalt hear; And with the dawning day To thee devoutly I'll look up, 4 For thou the wrongs that I sustain 5 Not long shall stubborn fools remain. All such as act unrighteous things 6 The sland'ring tongue, O God of truth, By thee shall be destroy'd, Who hat'st alike the man in blood 7 But when thy boundless grace shall me To thy lov'd courts restore, On thee I'll fix my longing eyes, 8 Conduct me by thy righteous laws, Therefore, O Lord, make plain the way 9 Their mouth vents nothing but deceit, 10 By their own counsels let them fall, 11 But let all those who trust in thee With shouts their joy proclaim; 12 To righteous men the righteous Lord PSALM VI. THY dreadful anger, Lord, restrain, And spare a wretch forlorn; Correct me not in thy fierce wrath, Too heavy to be borne. 2 Have mercy, Lord, for I grow faint, Unable to endure The anguish of my aching bones, 3 My tortur'd flesh distracts my mind, 4 Thy wonted goodness, Lord, repeat, And ease my troubled soul; Lord, for thy wondrous mercy's sake 5 For after death no more can I 6 Quite tir'd with pain, with groaning faint, No hope of ease I see; The night, that quiets common griefs, 7 My beauty fades, my sight grows dim, 8 Depart, ye wicked; in my wrongs 9, 10 He hears and grants my humble pray'r; And they that wish my fall, 1 Shall blush and rage to see that God Protects me from them all. PSALM VII. LORD my God, since I have plac'd From all my persecutors' rage Do thou deliver me. 2 To save me from my threat'ning foe, 3, 4 If I am guilty, or did e'er 5 Let then to persecuting foes Let them to earth tread down my life, 6 Arise, and let thine anger, Lord, Awake, awake, in my behalf, 7 So to thy throne adoring crowds O therefore for their sakes resume 8 Impartial Judge of all the world, 9 Let wicked arts and wicked men But guard the just, thou God, to whom 10, 11 God me protects, nor only me, 12 If they persist, he whets his sword, 13 E'en now, with swift destruction wing'd, His pointed shafts are sent. 14 The plots are fruitless, which my foe Unjustly did conceive; 15 The pit he digg'd for me has prov'd His own untimely grave. 16 On his own head his spite returns, Whilst I from harm am free; On him the violence is fall'n Which he design'd for me. |