The Psalmes of David The King And Prophet, And Of other holy Prophets, paraphas'd in English: Conferred with the Hebrew Veritie, set forth by B. Arias Montanus, together with the Latine, Greek Septuagint, and Chaldee Paraphrase. By R. B. [i.e. Richard Brathwait] |
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Psal. 106. Confitemini.
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Psal. 106. Confitemini.
Halelu-jah.
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The Lord is good, with thankes confesse,his Mercy hath no end:
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The Lords great powers who can expresse?who all his praise commend?
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What blessings kept for them remaine,that Judgements keepers are!
For him, that Justice to maintaine,
at all times sets his care!
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Remember, Lord, I numbred bewith them thou tak'st to grace:
With thy Salvation visit me,
with thy choice people place.
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To see what blessings by thy choice,thy chosen flocke have got:
And with thy Nations joy rejoyce,
and glory in their lot.
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We, with our fathers sinfullytransgrest have every one;
Committed like iniquitie,
as wickedly have done.
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Thy wonder-passing wonders past,which Egypts plagues could find,
Our fathers did not wisely cast,
nor compasse in their mind.
Thy many Mercies held no plea,
from their remembrance fell;
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(the red sea) did rebell.
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Yet for his Names sake, not the lesse,was he their Saviour:
His Mercy, as they must confesse,
to make them know his power.
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The red seas course he backe did keep,and with rebuke represse:
He led them dry-foot through the deep,
as through the wildernesse.
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And so he set them all on land,in safety from the foe;
And from their haters harmfull hand
redeem'd, and let them goe.
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Their troublers, by the waters fall,were all of life bereft;
The waters overwhelm'd them all,
not one of them was left.
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With them his words then credit got,they sung his praise to height:
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But all in haste his workes forgot,his counsells would not wait.
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So in the wildernesse, at last,upon them came their lust;
And in the Desert, Gods fore-cast
they tempted with distrust.
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And food he gave them at their call,above their lusts content:
But loathing leannesse therewithall
into their soule he sent.
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They weari'd Moses with complaint,in their envious mood;
And Aaron, of the Lord, the Saint,
within the Camp withstood.
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The mother-earth that Rebells hates,an open grave did rive;
Where Dathan and Abirams Mates
were swallowed up alive.
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And fire from Heaven that kindled cameon their rebellious crew;
Burnt up the wicked in the flame,
their furious treasons due.
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They made a Calfe in Choreb Mount,ador'd a molten Masse:
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Their glories type, to base account,turn'd Oxe, that eateth grasse.
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And God their Saviour they forgate,his Armes remembrance gone,
That had so mighty things of late
for them in Egypt done.
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Workes wondrous, for a world of graves,in Chams un-peopled coast;
And fearfull, for the red sea waves,
that sav'd, that drown'd, an host.
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And to destroy them in his mood,flew out his wrathfull speech,
Had not his chosen Moses stood
before him in the breach.
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His milder temper, mixt with zeale,Gods wrath, so hot that burn'd;
With hard entreaty did congeale,
and from corrupting turn'd.
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They of desire despis'd the land,beleeving not his word;
But in their tents in tumult stand,
and will not heare the Lord.
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Against them therefore urg'd, alofthe lifted up his hand,
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in that forsaken land.
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Among the Nations, not their owne,to fell their rootlesse seed;
And in the lands, to them unknowne,
to fanne their exil'd breed.
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And to Baal Phegors Idoll-head,they joyn'd themselves amaine,
The offrings eating of the dead,
to powers Infernall slaine.
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Thus they to anger him provoke,with Rites that they invent;
And in the plague upon them broke,
their follies punishment.
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Then stood up Phineas in pursuitof Cosbies carnall sin;
His hand did Judgement execute,
so was the plague call'd in.
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The Author of so just a deed,his Justice did commend:
From age to age that shall succeed,
whose praise shall never end.
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They vext him at the flouds of strife,with Moses ill it went:
For them he had a weary life,
and for their sakes was shent.
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Because his spirit they did provoke,and him to murmure prest;
That unadvisedly he spoke,
and with his lips transgrest.
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The Nations did they not destroy,of whom the Lord had said,
Nor land, nor life let them enjoy,
his charge they disobey'd.
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But mingled with the Heath'ns they were,to learne their workes tooke care:
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To serve their Idolls well could beare,which were to them a snare.
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The bloud of sons and daughters slaine,on Divels Altars stood:
Of Innocents the bloudy staine
of sons and daughters bloud.
Whose limbes their Divellish-led desire
with murthrous hand had pil'd;
To Cana'n-Idolls burnt with fire,
the Land with bloud defil'd.
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With works their own thus were they stain'd,on them their zeale they spent:
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As their Inventions entertain'd,a whoring thus they went.
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The fury therefore of the Lordagainst his people burn'd:
His owne Inheritance abhorr'd,
his love to loathing turn'd.
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He gave them up to Tyran's law,into the Heathens hand;
That whom they hated held in awe,
and Lord-like might command.
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By enemies, with humbling strokes,opprest and bow'd they were:
Whose hand on them laid heavie yokes,
above their strength to beare.
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Them many a time did he redeem,but they eftsoon begin;
And of their counsells more esteem,
though humbled for their sin.
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Yet when he saw their hard restraint,how their afflictions grew;
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his chastisement withdrew.
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His Covenant did he beare in mind,that he with them had strooke;
On them his many mercies kind,
repentant pity tooke.
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He gave them to the tender eareof their Commanders will:
Made them, to whom they captives were,
their eyes with favours fill.
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Proceed, O Lord our God, to save,from Heath'ns our heads to raise,
That praise thy holy Name may have,
we glory in thy praise.
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The Lord the God, of Israel King,be blest eternally:
Amen, let all the people sing,
all Halelu-jah cry.
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