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Psalme CXII.

[That man is blest who feares the Lord]

Hallelu-jah.

That man is blest who feares the Lord,

As the 111.

And chearfully obeies his VVord.
His Seed shall flourish on the Earth;
Their Off-spring happy from their birth.
His House with riches shall abound:
His truth with endlesse honour crown'd.
To him in darknesse light ascends:
Mild, gracious, just in all his ends.
His bounty for the poore provides:
Discretion all his actions guides.
No violence shall cast him downe;
No time deface his just renowne;
Nor rumours shake his confidence:
The Lord his Hope, and strong Defence:
Confirm'd in fearelesse fortitude,
Till he have all his Foes subdu'd.
He the necessitated feeds.
The honour of his vertuous Deeds
Shall live in sacred memory;
His Glories shall ascend on high.
Th'unjust inrag'd their teeth shall grin'd,
And languish with the griefe of mind:
Pale envy shall their flesh consume,
And all their hopes convert to fume.