But I will in thy mercies dear
Thy numerous mercies go

Into thy house; I in thy fear

Will tow'rds thy holy temple worship low.
Lord lead me in thy righteousness,

Lead me because of those

That do observe if I transgress,

Set thy ways right before, where my step goes.
For in his faultring mouth unstable

No word is firm or sooth;

Their inside, troubles miserable;

An open grave

their throat, their tongue they smooth.

God, find them guilty, let them fall

By their own counsels quell'd;

Push them in their rebellions all

Still on; for against thee they have rebell'd.
Then all who trust in thee shall bring

Their joy, while thou from blame

Defend'st them, they shall ever sing

And shall triumph in thee, who love thy name.

For thou Jehovah wilt be found

To bless, the just man still,

As with a shield thou wilt surround

Him with thy lasting favour and good will.

PSALM VI.

AUGUST 13, 1653.

LORD in thine anger do not reprehend me,
Nor in thy hot displeasure me correct;
Pity me, Lord, for I am much deject,

And
very weak and faint; heal and amend me:
For all my bones, that ev'n with anguish ach,

Are troubled, yea my soul is troubled sore,
And thou, O Lord, how long? turn Lord, restore
My soul, O save me for thy goodness sake:
For in death no remembrance is of thee;

Who in the grave can celebrate thy praise? Wearied I am with sighing out my days, Nightly my couch I make a kind of sea; My bed I water with my tears; mine eye Through grief consumes, is waxen old and dark I' th' midst of all mine enemies that mark.

Depart all ye that work iniquity,

Depart from me, for the voice of my weeping

The Lord hath heard, the Lord hath heard my pray'r,
My supplication with acceptance fair

The Lord will own, and have me in his keeping.
Mine enemies shall all be blank and dash'd

With much confusion; then grown red with shame, They shall return in haste the way they came, And in a moment shall be quite abash'd.

PSALM VII.

AUGUST 14, 1653.

UPON THE WORDS OF CHUSH THE BENJAMITE

AGAINST HIM.

LORD my God to thee I fly,
Save me and secure me under
Thy protection while I cry,
Lest as a lion (and no wonder)
He haste to tear my soul asunder,
Tearing and no rescue nigh.

Lord my God if I have thought
Or done this, if wickedness

Be in my hands, if I have wrought
Ill to him that meant me peace,
Or to him have render'd less,
And not free'd my foe for nought;

Let th' enemy pursue my soul
And overtake it, let him tread
My life down to the earth, and roll

In the dust my glory dead,
In the dust and there outspread
Lodge it with dishonour faul,

Rise Jehovah in thine ire,
Rouse thyself amidst the rage

Of

my foes that urge like fire; And wake for me, their fury' assuage;

Judgment here thou didst engage

And command which I desire.

So th' assemblies of each nation
Will surround thee, seeking right,
Thence to thy glorious habitation
Return on high and in their sight.
Jehovah judgeth most upright

All people from the world's foundation.

Judge me Lord, be judge in this
According to my righteousness,

And the innocence which is

Upon me: cause at length to cease

Of evil men the wickedness

And their pow'r that do amiss.

But the just establish fast,

Since thou art the just God that tries Hearts and reins. On God is cast

My defence, and in him lies,

In him who both just and wise
Saves th' upright of heart at last.

God is a just judge and severe,
And God is every day offended;
If the unjust will not forbear,

His sword he whets, his bow hath bended
Already, and for him intended

The tools of death, that waits him near.

(His arrows purposely made he
For them that persecute.) Behold
He travels big with vanity,
Trouble he hath conceiv'd of old
As in a womb, and from that mould
Hath at length brought forth a lie.

He digg'd a pit, and delv'd it deep,
And fell into the pit he made;

His mischief that due course doth keep,
Turns on his head, and his ill trade
Of violence will undelay'd

Fall on his crown with ruin steep.

Then will I Jehovah's praise
According to his justice raise,
And sing the name and deity
Of Jehovah the most high.