This Translation of the Whole Book of Psalms into Metre. with Homo set forth, and allowed to be sung in all Congregations of the said Church, o .d.o.o. and Evening prayer, and also before and after Son" the discretion of the Minister. .

And it shall be the duty of every Minister of any Church, either o: directions, or from time to time, to appoint the Portions of Psalms" be sung.

And further, it shall be the duty of every Minister, with such as: can obtain from persons skilled in music, to give order concernio o: | be sung, at any time, in his Church: And, especially, it shall be his duty o press aii light and unseemly music, and all indecency and irreverence o performance; by which vain and ungodly persons profane the serio Sanctuary.

'SALMS OF DAVID, IN METRE,

IoW blest is he, who me'er consents
By ill advice to walk,
r stands in sinners' ways, mor sits
Where men profanely talk;
But makes the perfect law of God
His business and delight;
voutly reads therein by day,
And meditates by might.
like some fair tree, which fed by
streams,
With timely fruit does bend,
still shall flourish, and success
All his desigms attend.
Ingodly men, and their attempts,
No lasting root shall find;
timely blasted, and dispers'd
like chaff before the wind.
Their guilt shall strike the wicked
dumb
3efore their Judge's face:
formal hypocrite shall then
Among the saints have place.
or God approves the just man's ways;
'o happiness they tend:
t sinners, and the paths they tread,
Shall both in ruin end.

PSALM II.

ITH restless and ungovern'd rage,

‘Thou art my Son; this day, my heir, “Have I begotten thee. 8 “Ask, and receive thy full demands; ‘Thime shall the heathem be; “The utmost limits of the lands “Shall be possess'd by thee. 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; orship the Lord with holy fear; Rejoice with awful mirth. 12 Appease the Son with due respect, Your timely homage pay; Lest he revenge the bold neglect, Incens’d by your delay. 13 If but in part his anger rise, Who can endure the flame? Then blest are they, whose hope relies On his most holy name. PSALM III. OW many, Lord, of late are grown The troublers of my peace : And as their numbers hourly rise, So does their rage increase. 2 Insulting, they my soul upbraid, And him whom I adore; “The God in whom he trusts,’ say they, “Shall rescue him no more.” 3 But thou, O Lord, art my defence; On thee my hopes rely; Thou art my glory, and shall yet Lift up my head on high. 4 Since whensoe'er, in like distress, To God I made my pray’r, He heard me from his holy hill; Why should I now despair? 5 Guarded by him, I laid me down, My sweet repose to take; For I through him securely sleep, Through him in safety wake. 6 No force nor fury of my foes My courage shall confound, Were they as many hosts as men, That have beset me round. 7 Arise, and save me, O my God, Who oft hast own'd my cause, And scatter'd oft these foes to me, And to thy righteous laws. 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs; He only can defend: His blessings he extends to all

9 their mouthvents nothingburo
Their heart is set on wrong.
Their throat is a devouring grao
They flatter with their too." f
10. By their own counselsletto" al
oppress'd with loads of sini
For they against thyrighteous laws
Have harden’d rebels been.
11 outlet all those who trustino
with shouts their joy proclaim
Let them rejoice whom thou pro
And all that love thy name:
12 Torighteous men, the righteolo
His blessing will extend; .
And with his favour all his saints,
As with a shield, defend.

o save me from my threat'ning foe, ord, interpose thy power; t, like a savage lion, he Iy helpless soul devour. If I am guilty, or did e'er gainst his peace combine; y, if I had not spared his life, Who sought unjustly mine; et then to persecuting foes Iy soul become a prey; them to earth tread down my life, m dust my honour lay. rise, and let thine anger, Lord, n my defence engage; alt thyself above my foes, ind their insulting rage: ake, awake, in my behalf, The judgment to dispense, lich thou hast righteously ordain'd 'or injur'd innocence. 9 to thy throme, adoring crowds hall still for justice fly: ! therefore, for their sake, resume Thy judgment-seat on high. mpartial judge of all the world, trust my cause to thee; Cording to my just deserts, solet thy sentence be. let wicked arts and wicked mem Together be o'erthrown; tguard the just, thou God, to whom The hearts of both are known. 11 God me protects, not only me, But all of upright heart; ldaily lays up wrath for those Who from his laws depart. If they persist, he whets his sword, lis bow stands ready bent; Ev’n now, with swift destruction wing’d, His pointed shafts are sent. The plots are fruitless which my foe Injustly did conceive; The pit he digg'd for me, has prov’d lis own untimely grave. On his own head his spite returns, Whilst I from harm am free; him the violence is fall'n, Which he design'd for me. Therefore will I the righteous ways of providence proclaim; sing the praise of God most high, ind celebrate his name.

2 And yet thou mak’st the infant tongue
Thy boundless praise declare.
Through thee the weak confound the
strong,
And crush their haughty foes;
And so thou quell'st the wicked throng
That thee and thine oppose.
3 who oven, thy beauteous work on
gh,
Employs my wond'ring sight;
The moon, that nightly rules the sky,
With stars of feebler light;
4 What's man, say I, that, Lord, thou
lov'st
To keep him in thy mind?
Or what his offspring, that thou prov'st
To them so wondrous kind?
5 Him mext in pow'r thou didst create
To thy celestial train;
6 Ordain'd, with dignity and state,
O'er all thy works to reign.
7 They jointly own his powerful sway;
The beasts that prey or graze;
8 The bird that wings its airy way;
The fish that cuts the seas.
9 O Thou, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame,
Through all the world how great art
thou!
IIow glorious is thy name!

To celebrate thy praise, O Lord,
I will my heart prepare;
To all the list'ning world, thy works,
Thy wondrous works declare.
2 The thought of them shall to my sout
Exalted pleasures bring;
Whilst to thy name, O thou Most High,
Triumphant praise I sing.
3 Thou mad'st my haughty foes to turn
Their backs in shameful flight:
Struck with thy presence, down they sell,
They perish'd at thy sight.
4 Against insulting foes advanc'd,
Thou didst my cause maintain;
My right asserting from thy throne,
Where truth and justice reign.
5 The insolence of heathem pride
Thou hast reduc’d to shame;
Their wicked offspring quite destroy'd
And blotted out their name.
6 Mistaken foes, your haughty threats
Are to a period come;
Our city stands, which you design'd
To make our common tomb.
7, 8 The Lord for ever lives, who has
His righteous throne prepard,
Impartial justice to dispense,
To punish or reward.
9 God is a constant sure defence

or fully reckon'd there;

Against oppressing rage;

As troubles rise, his needful aids In our behalf engage. 10 All those who have his goodness prov’d Will in his truth conside; Whose mercy ne'er forsook the man That on his help rely’d. 11 Sing praises therefore to the Lord, From Sion, his abode; Proclaim his deeds, till all the world Confess no other God.