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1    I waited for the Lord my God,
          and patiently did bear;
     At length to me he did incline
          my voice and cry to hear.

2    He took me from a fearful pit,
          and from the miry clay,
     And on a rock he set my feet,
          establishing my way.

3    He put a new song in my mouth,
          our God to magnify:
     Many shall see it, and shall fear,
          and on the Lord rely.

4    O blessed is the man whose trust
          upon the Lord relies;
     Respecting not the proud, nor such
          as turn aside to lies.

5    O Lord my God, full many are
          the wonders thou hast done;
     Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far
          above all thoughts are gone:

     In order none can reckon them

          to thee: if them declare,

     And speak of them I would, they more

          than can be number’d are.

6    No sacrifice nor offering

          didst thou at all desire;

     Mine ears thou bor’d: sin-off ‘ring thou

          and burnt didst not require:

7    Then to the Lord these were my words,

          I come, behold and see;

     Within the volume of the book

          it written is of me:

8    To do thy will I take delight,

          O thou my God that art;

     Yea, that most holy law of thine

          I have within my heart.

9    Within the congregation great

          I righteousness did preach:

     Lo, thou dost know, O Lord, that I

          refrained not my speech.

10   I never did within my heart

          conceal thy righteousness;

     I thy salvation have declar’d,

          and shown thy faithfulness:

     Thy kindness, which most loving is,

          concealed have not I,

     Nor from the congregation great

          have hid thy verity.

11   Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me

          O do thou not restrain;

     Thy loving-kindness, and thy truth,

          let them me still maintain.

12   For ills past reck’ning compass me,

          and mine iniquities

     Such hold upon me taken have,

          I cannot lift mine eyes:

     They more than hairs are on mine head,

          thence is my heart dismay’d.

13   Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;

          Lord, hasten to mine aid.

14   Sham’d and confounded be they all

          that seek my soul to kill;

     Yea, let them backward driven be,

          and sham’d, that wish me ill.

15   For a reward of this their shame

          confounded let them be.

     That in this manner scoffing say,

          Aha, aha! to me.

16   In thee let all be glad, and joy,

          who seeking thee abide;

     Who thy salvation love, say still,

          The Lord be magnify’d.

17   I’m poor and needy, yet the Lord

          of me a care doth take:

     Thou art my help and saviour,

          my God, no tarrying make.

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.

1    Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,

          for bountiful is he;

     His tender mercy doth endure

          unto eternity.

2    God’s mighty works who can express?

          or shew forth all his praise?

3    Blessed are they that judgment keep,

          and justly do always.

4    Remember me, Lord, with that love

          which thou to thine dost bear;

     With thy salvation, O my God,

          to visit me draw near:

5    That I thy chosen’s good may see,

          and in their joy rejoice;

     And may with thine inheritance

          triumph with cheerful voice.

6    We with our fathers sinned have,

          and of iniquity

     Too long we have the workers been;

          we have done wickedly.

7    The wonders great, which thou, O Lord,

          didst work in Egypt land,

     Our fathers, though they saw, yet them

          they did not understand:

     And they thy mercies’ multitude

          kept not in memory;

     But at the sea, ev’n the Red sea,

          provok’d him grievously.

8    Nevertheless he saved them,

          ev’n for his own name’s sake;

     That so he might to be well known

          his mighty power make.

9    When he the Red sea did rebuke,

          then dried up it was:

     Through depths, as through the wilderness,

          he safely made them pass.

10   From hands of those that hated them

          he did his people save;

     And from the en’my’s cruel hand

          to them redemption gave.

11   The waters overwhelm’d their foes;

          not one was left alive.

12   Then they believ’d his word, and praise

          to him in songs did give.

13   But soon did they his mighty works

          forget unthankfully,

     And on his counsel and his will

          did not wait patiently;

14   But much did lust in wilderness,

          and God in desert tempt.

15   He gave them what they sought, but to

          their soul he leanness sent.

16   And against Moses in the camp

          their envy did appear;

     At Aaron they, the saint of God,

          envious also were.

17   Therefore the earth did open wide,

          and Dathan did devour,

     And all Abiram’s company

          did cover in that hour.

18   Likewise among their company

          a fire was kindled then;

     And so the hot consuming flame

          burnt up these wicked men.

19   Upon the hill of Horeb they

          an idol-calf did frame,

     A molten image they did make,

          and worshipped the same.

20   And thus their glory, and their God,

          most vainly changed they

     Into the likeness of an ox

          that eateth grass or hay.

21   They did forget the mighty God,

          that had their saviour been,

     By whom such great things brought to pass

          they had in Egypt seen.

22   In Ham’s land he did wondrous works,

          things terrible did he,

     When he his mighty hand and arm

          stretch’d out at the Red sea.

23   Then said he, He would them destroy,

          had not, his wrath to stay,

     His chosen Moses stood in breach,

          that them he should not slay.

24   Yea, they despis’d the pleasant land,

          believed not his word:

25   But in their tents they murmured,

          not heark’ning to the Lord.

26   Therefore in desert them to slay

          he lifted up his hand:

27  ‘Mong nations to o’erthrow their seed,

          and scatter in each land.

28   They unto Baal-peor did

          themselves associate;

     The sacrifices of the dead

          they did profanely eat.

29   Thus, by their lewd inventions,

          they did provoke his ire;

     And then upon them suddenly

          the plague brake in as fire.

30   Then Phin’has rose, and justice did,

          and so the plague did cease;

31   That to all ages counted was

          to him for righteousness.

32   And at the waters, where they strove,

          they did him angry make,

     In such sort, that it fared ill

          with Moses for their sake:

33   Because they there his spirit meek

          provoked bitterly,

     So that he utter’d with his lips

          words unadvisedly.

34   Nor, as the Lord commanded them,

          did they the nations slay:

35   But with the heathen mingled were,

          and learn’d of them their way.

36   And they their idols serv’d, which did

          a snare unto them turn.

37   Their sons and daughters they to dev’ls

          in sacrifice did burn.

38   In their own children’s guiltless blood

          their hands they did imbrue,

     Whom to Canaan’s idols they

          for sacrifices slew:

     So was the land defil’d with blood.

39         They stain’d with their own way,

     And with their own inventions

          a whoring they did stray.

40   Against his people kindled was

          the wrath of God therefore,

     Insomuch that he did his own

          inheritance abhor.

41   He gave them to the heathen’s hand;

          their foes did them command.

42   Their en’mies them oppress’d, they were

          made subject to their hand.

43   He many times deliver’d them;

          but with their counsel so

     They him provok’d, that for their sin

          they were brought very low.

44   Yet their affliction he beheld,

          when he did hear their cry:

45   And he for them his covenant

          did call to memory;

     After his mercies’ multitude

46         he did repent: And made

     Them to be pity’d of all those

          who did them captive lead.

47   O Lord our God, us save, and gather

          the heathen from among,

     That we thy holy name may praise

          in a triumphant song.

48   Bless’d be Jehovah, Isr’el’s God,

          to all eternity:

     Let all the people say, Amen.

          Praise to the Lord give ye.

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.