Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand,
in thy displeasure hot.

2 Lord, I am weak, therefore on me
have mercy, and me spare:

Heal me, O Lord, because thou know'st
my bones much vexed are.

3 My soul is vexed sore: but, Lord,
how long stay wilt thou make?

m 4 Return, Lord, free my soul; and save
me, for thy mercies' sake.

P 5 Because of thee in death there shall no more remembrance be:

Of those that in the grave do lie, who shall give thanks to thee? mp 6 I with my groaning weary am, and all the night my bed

I caused for to swim; with tears
my couch I watered.

7 By reason of my vexing grief
mine eye consumed is;

It waxeth old, because of all
that be mine enemies.

m 8 But now, depart from me all ye
that work iniquity:

mf For why? the Lord hath heard my voice, when I did mourn and cry.

9 Unto my supplication

the Lord did hearing give: When I to him my prayer make, the Lord will it receive.

10 Let all be sham'd and troubled sore that en'mies are to me;

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mf Let them turn back, and suddenly ashamed let them be.

m 1 0 LORD my God, in thee do I
my confidence repose:

Save and deliver me from all
my persecuting foes;

2 Lest that the enemy my soul
should, like a lion, tear,

In pieces rending it, while there
is no deliverer.

mp 3 O Lord my God, if it be so
that I committed this;
If it be so that in my hands
iniquity there is :

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4 If I rewarded ill to him

that was at peace with me;

P (Yea, ev'n the man that without cause my foe was I did free ;)

mp 5 Then let the foe pursue and take
my soul, and my life thrust

Down to the earth, and let him lay
mine honour in the dust.

mf 6 Rise in thy wrath, Lord, raise thyself, for my foes raging be;

And, to the judgment which thou hast
commanded, wake for me.

7 So shall th' assembly of thy folk
about encompass thee:

Thou, therefore, for their sakes, return
unto thy place on high.

ƒ8 The Lord he shall the people judge;
my judge, JEHOVAH, be,
After my righteousness, and mine
integrity in me.

mp 9 0 let the wicked's malice end;
but stablish stedfastly

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The righteous: for the righteous God the hearts and reins doth try.

f 10 In God, who saves th' upright in heart, is my defence and stay.

m 11 God just men judgeth, God is wroth with ill men ev'ry day.

12 If he do not return again,

then he his sword will whet;
His bow he hath already bent,
and hath it ready set:

13 He also hath for him prepar'd
the instruments of death;
Against the persecutors he
his shafts ordained hath.

mp 14 Behold, he with iniquity
doth travail, as in birth;
A mischief he conceived hath,
and falsehood shall bring forth.
15 He made a pit, and digg'd it deep,
another there to take;

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But he is fall'n into the ditch

which he himself did make.

16 Upon his own head his mischief
shall be returned home;

His vi'lent dealing also down

on his own pate shall come.

f17 According to his righteousness the Lord I'll magnify;

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

f1 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name! Who hast thy glory far advanc'd above the starry frame.

2 From infants' and from sucklings' mouth thou didest strength ordain,

For thy foes' cause, that so thou might'st th' avenging foe restrain.

m 3 When I look up unto the heav'ns, which thine own fingers fram'd, Unto the moon, and to the stars,

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which were by thee ordain'd;
4 Then say I, mp What is man, that he
remember'd is by thee?

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

m 5 For thou a little lower hast
him than the angels made;

mf With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head.

6 Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him lord,
all under's feet didst lay;

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts
that in the field do stray;

8 Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,
all that pass through the same.

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f9 How excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy name!

f1 LORD, thee I'll praise with all thy wonders all proclaim.

2 In thee, Most High, I'll greatly joy,
and sing unto thy name.

m 3 When back my foes were turn'd, they fell. and perish'd at thy sight:

4 For thou maintain'dst my right and cause;
on throne sat'st judging right.

5 The heathen thou rebuked hast,
the wicked overthrown;

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

mp 6 0 en'my! now destructions have
an end perpetual:

Thou cities raz'd, perish'd with them
is their memorial.

m 7 God shall endure for aye; he doth
for judgment set his throne;

8 In righteousness to judge the world,
justice to give each one.

9 God also will a refuge be

for those that are oppress'd;

f A refuge will he be in times of trouble to distress'd.

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

For thou hast not forsaken them
that truly seek thy face.