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1    O Lord God, unto whom alone

          all vengeance doth belong;

     O mighty God, who vengeance own’st,

          shine forth, avenging wrong.

2    Lift up thyself, thou of the earth

          the sov’reign Judge that art;

     And unto those that are so proud

          a due reward impart.

3    How long, O mighty God, shall they

          who lewd and wicked be,

     How long shall they who wicked are

          thus triumph haughtily?

4    How long shall things most hard by them

          be uttered and told?

     And all that work iniquity

          to boast themselves be bold?

5    Thy folk they break in pieces, Lord,

          thine heritage oppress:

6    The widow they and stranger slay,

          and kill the fatherless.

7    Yet say they, God it shall not see,

          nor God of Jacob know.

8    Ye brutish people! understand;

          fools! when wise will ye grow?

9    The Lord did plant the ear of man,

          and hear then shall not he?

     He only form’d the eye, and then

          shall he not clearly see?

10   He that the nations doth correct,

          shall he not chastise you?

     He knowledge unto man doth teach,

          and shall himself not know?

11   Man’s thoughts to be but vanity

          the Lord doth well discern.

12   Bless’d is the man thou chast’nest, Lord,

          and mak’st thy law to learn:

13   That thou may’st give him rest from days

          of sad adversity,

     Until the pit be digg’d for those

          that work iniquity.

14   For sure the Lord will not cast off

          those that his people be,

     Neither his own inheritance

          quit and forsake will he:

15   But judgment unto righteousness

          shall yet return again;

     And all shall follow after it

          that are right-hearted men.

16   Who will rise up for me against

          those that do wickedly?

     Who will stand up for me ‘gainst those

          that work iniquity?

17   Unless the Lord had been my help

          when I was sore opprest,

     Almost my soul had in the house

          of silence been at rest.

18   When I had uttered this word,

          (my foot doth slip away,)

     Thy mercy held me up, O Lord,

          thy goodness did me stay.

19   Amidst the multitude of thoughts

          which in my heart do fight,

     My soul, lest it be overcharg’d,

          thy comforts do delight.

20   Shall of iniquity the throne

          have fellowship with thee,

     Which mischief, cunningly contriv’d,

          doth by a law decree?

21   Against the righteous souls they join,

          they guiltless blood condemn.

22   But of my refuge God’s the rock,

          and my defence from them.

23    On them their own iniquity

          the Lord shall bring and lay,

     And cut them off in their own sin;

          our Lord God shall them slay.

1    The Lord doth reign, and cloth’d is he

          with majesty most bright;

     His works do shew him cloth’d to be,

          and girt about with might.

     The world is also stablished,

          that it cannot depart.

2    Thy throne is fix’d of old, and thou

          from everlasting art.

3    The floods, O Lord, have lifted up,

          they lifted up their voice;

     The floods have lifted up their waves,

          and made a mighty noise.

4    But yet the Lord, that is on high,

          is more of might by far

     Than noise of many waters is,

          or great sea-billows are.

5    Thy testimonies ev’ry one

          in faithfulness excel;

     And holiness for ever, Lord,

          thine house becometh well.

Tune: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name

1    O praise the Lord, for he is good;
          his mercy lasteth ever.
2    Let those of Israel now say,
          His mercy faileth never.

3    Now let the house of Aaron say,
          His mercy lasteth ever.
4    Let those that fear the Lord now say,
          His mercy faileth never.

5    I in distress call’d on the Lord;
          the Lord did answer me:
     He in a large place did me set,
          from trouble made me free.

6    The mighty Lord is on my side,
          I will not be afraid;
     For any thing that man can do
          I shall not be dismay’d.

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7    The Lord doth take my part with them

          that help to succour me:

     Therefore on those that do me hate

          I my desire shall see.

8    Better it is to trust in God

          than trust in man’s defence;

9    Better to trust in God than make

          princes our confidence.

10   The nations, joining all in one,

          did compass me about:

     But in the Lord’s most holy name

          I shall them all root out.

11   They compass’d me about; I say,

          they compass’d me about:

     But in the Lord’s most holy name

          I shall them all root out.

12   Like bees they compass’d me about;

          like unto thorns that flame

     They quenched are: for them shall I

          destroy in God’s own name.

13   Thou sore hast thrust, that I might fall,

          but my Lord helped me.

14   God my salvation is become,

          my strength and song is he.

15   In dwellings of the righteous

          is heard the melody

     Of joy and health: the Lord’s right hand

          doth ever valiantly.

16   The right hand of the mighty Lord

          exalted is on high;

     The right hand of the mighty Lord

          doth ever valiantly.

17   I shall not die, but live, and shall

          the works of God discover.

18   The Lord hath me chastised sore,

          but not to death giv’n over.

19   O set ye open unto me

          the gates of righteousness;

     Then will I enter into them,

          and I the Lord will bless.

20   This is the gate of God, by it

          the just shall enter in.

21   Thee will I praise, for thou me heard’st

          and hast my safety been.

22   That stone is made head corner-stone,

          which builders did despise:

23   This is the doing of the Lord,

          and wondrous in our eyes.

24   This is the day God made, in it

          we’ll joy triumphantly.

25   Save now, I pray thee, Lord; I pray,

          send now prosperity.

26   Blessed is he in God’s great name

          that cometh us to save:

     We, from the house which to the Lord

          pertains, you blessed have.

27   God is the Lord, who unto us

          hath made light to arise:

     Bind ye unto the altar’s horns

          with cords the sacrifice.

28    Thou art my God, I’ll thee exalt;

          my God, I will thee praise.

29    Give thanks to God, for he is good:

          his mercy lasts always.

1    Not unto us, Lord, not to us,

          but do thou glory take

     Unto thy name, ev’n for thy truth,

          and for thy mercy’s sake.

2    O wherefore should the heathen say,

          Where is their God now gone?

3    But our God in the heavens is,

          what pleas’d him he hath done.

4    Their idols silver are and gold,

          work of men’s hands they be.

5    Mouths have they, but they do not speak;

          and eyes, but do not see;

6    Ears have they, but they do not hear;

          noses, but savour not;

7    Hands, feet, but handle not, nor walk;

          nor speak they through their throat.

8    Like them their makers are, and all

          on them their trust that build.

9    O Isr’el, trust thou in the Lord,

          he is their help and shield.

10   O Aaron’s house, trust in the Lord,

          their help and shield is he.

11    Ye that fear God, trust in the Lord,

          their help and shield he’ll be.

12   The Lord of us hath mindful been,

          and he will bless us still:

     He will the house of Isr’el bless,

          bless Aaron’s house he will.

13   Both small and great, that fear the Lord,

          he will them surely bless.

14   The Lord will you, you and your seed,

          aye more and more increase.

15   O blessed are ye of the Lord,

          who made the earth and heav’n.

16   The heav’n, ev’n heav’ns, are God’s, but he

          earth to men’s sons hath giv’n.

17   The dead, nor who to silence go,

          God’s praise do not record.

18   But henceforth we for ever will

          bless God. Praise ye the Lord.

1    When Isr’el out of Egypt went,

          and did his dwelling change,

     When Jacob’s house went out from those

          that were of language strange,

2    He Judah did his sanctuary,

          his kingdom Isr’el make:

3    The sea it saw, and quickly fled,

          Jordan was driven back.

4    Like rams the mountains, and like lambs

          the hills skipp’d to and fro.

5    O sea, why fledd’st thou? Jordan, back

          why wast thou driven so?

6    Ye mountains great, wherefore was it

          that ye did skip like rams?

     And wherefore was it, little hills,

          that ye did leap like lambs?

7    O at the presence of the Lord,

          earth, tremble thou for fear,

     While as the presence of the God

          of Jacob doth appear:

8    Who from the hard and stony rock

          did standing water bring;

     And by his pow’r did turn the flint

          into a water-spring.

1    The Lord did say unto my Lord,
          Sit thou at my right hand,
     Until I make thy foes a stool,
          whereon thy feet may stand.

2    The Lord shall out of Sion send
          the rod of thy great pow’r:
     In midst of all thine enemies
          be thou the governor.

3    A willing people in thy day
          of pow’r shall come to thee,
     In holy beauties from morn’s womb;
          thy youth like dew shall be.

4    The Lord himself hath made an oath,
          and will repent him never,
     Of th’ order of Melchisedec
          thou art a priest for ever.

5    The glorious and mighty Lord,
          that sits at thy right hand,
     Shall, in his day of wrath, strike through
          kings that do him withstand.

6    He shall among the heathen judge,
          he shall with bodies dead
     The places fill: o’er many lands
          he wound shall ev’ry head.

7    The brook that runneth in the way
          with drink shall him supply;
     And, for this cause, in triumph he
          shall lift his head on high.

1    Praise God: ye servants of the Lord,

          O praise, the Lord’s name praise.

2    Yea, blessed be the name of God

          from this time forth always.

3    From rising sun to where it sets,

          God’s name is to be prais’d.

4    Above all nations God is high,

          ‘bove heav’ns his glory rais’d.

5    Unto the Lord our God that dwells

          on high, who can compare?

6    Himself that humbleth things to see

          in heav’n and earth that are.

7    He from the dust doth raise the poor,

          that very low doth lie;

     And from the dunghill lifts the man

          oppress’d with poverty;

8    That he may highly him advance,

          and with the princes set;

     With those that of his people are

          the chief, ev’n princes great.

9    The barren woman house to keep

          he maketh, and to be

     Of sons a mother full of joy.

          Praise to the Lord give ye.

1    Praise God, for he is good: for still

          his mercies lasting be.

2    Let God’s redeem’d say so, whom he

          from th’ en’my’s hand did free;

3    And gather’d them out of the lands,

          from north, south, east, and west.

4    They stray’d in desert’s pathless way,

          no city found to rest.

5    For thirst and hunger in them faints

6         their soul. When straits them press,

     They cry unto the Lord, and he

          them frees from their distress.

7    Them also in a way to walk

          that right is he did guide,

     That they might to a city go,

          wherein they might abide.

8    O that men to the Lord would give

          praise for his goodness then,

     And for his works of wonder done

          unto the sons of men!

9    For he the soul that longing is

          doth fully satisfy;

     With goodness he the hungry soul

          doth fill abundantly.

10   Such as shut up in darkness deep,

          and in death’s shade abide,

     Whom strongly hath affliction bound,

          and irons fast have ty’d:

11   Because against the words of God

          they wrought rebelliously,

     And they the counsel did contemn

          of him that is most High:

12   Their heart he did bring down with grief,

          they fell, no help could have.

13   In trouble then they cry’d to God,

          he them from straits did save.

14   He out of darkness did them bring,

          and from death’s shade them take;

     These bands, wherewith they had been bound,

          asunder quite he brake.

15   O that men to the Lord would give

          praise for his goodness then,

     And for his works of wonder done

          unto the sons of men!

16   Because the mighty gates of brass

          in pieces he did tear,

     By him in sunder also cut

          the bars of iron were.

17   Fools, for their sin, and their offence,

          do sore affliction bear;

18   All kind of meat their soul abhors;

          they to death’s gates draw near.

19   In grief they cry to God; he saves

          them from their miseries.

20   He sends his word, them heals, and them

          from their destructions frees.

21   O that men to the Lord would give

          praise for his goodness then,

     And for his works of wonder done

          unto the sons of men!

22   And let them sacrifice to him

          off ‘rings of thankfulness;

     And let them shew abroad his works

          in songs of joyfulness.

23   Who go to sea in ships, and in

          great waters trading be,

24   Within the deep these men God’s works

          and his great wonders see.

25   For he commands, and forth in haste

          the stormy tempest flies,

     Which makes the sea with rolling waves

          aloft to swell and rise.

26   They mount to heav’n, then to the depths

          they do go down again;

     Their soul doth faint and melt away

          with trouble and with pain.

27   They reel and stagger like one drunk,

          at their wit’s end they be:

28   Then they to God in trouble cry,

          who them from straits doth free.

29   The storm is chang’d into a calm

          at his command and will;

     So that the waves, which rag’d before,

          now quiet are and still.

30   Then are they glad, because at rest

          and quiet now they be:

     So to the haven he them brings,

          which they desir’d to see.

31   O that men to the Lord would give

          praise for his goodness then,

     And for his works of wonder done

          unto the sons of men!

32   Among the people gathered

          let them exalt his name;

     Among assembled elders spread

          his most renowned fame.

33   He to dry land turns water-springs,

          and floods to wilderness;

34   For sins of those that dwell therein,

          fat land to barrenness.

35   The burnt and parched wilderness

          to water-pools he brings;

     The ground that was dry’d up before

          he turns to water-springs:

36   And there, for dwelling, he a place

          doth to the hungry give,

     That they a city may prepare

          commodiously to live.

37   There sow they fields, and vineyards plant,

          to yield fruits of increase.

38   His blessing makes them multiply,

          lets not their beasts decrease.

39   Again they are diminished,

          and very low brought down,

     Through sorrow and affliction,

          and great oppression.

40   He upon princes pours contempt,

          and causeth them to stray,

     And wander in a wilderness,

          wherein there is no way.

41   Yet setteth he the poor on high

          from all his miseries,

     And he, much like unto a flock,

          doth make him families.

42   They that are righteous shall rejoice,

          when they the same shall see;

     And, as ashamed, stop her mouth

          shall all iniquity.

43   Whoso is wise, and will these things

          observe, and them record,

     Ev’n they shall understand the love

          and kindness of the Lord.