The Psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each psalm.

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The Psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each psalm.
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Oxford :: Printed by Leonard Lichfield ...,
1644.
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Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
Psalters.
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"The Psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each psalm." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27790.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 31, 2024.

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PSALME 73. (Book 73)

A Prayer that we may have our portion in God, and not in the good things of the men of this World.

EVENING PRAYER. (Book 73)

TRuly God is loving unto Israel: e∣ven unto such as are of a clean heart.

2 Neverthelesse, my feet were almost gone: my treadings had well∣nigh s••••pt.

3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.

4 For they are in no perill of death: but are lusty and strong.

5 They come in no misfortune like other folk: neither are they plagued like other men.

6 And this is the cause that they be so holden with pride: and over whelmed with cruelty.

7 Their eyes swell with fatnesse: and they do even what they lust.

8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy: their talking is against the most Highest.

9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven: and their tongue goeth through the world.

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10 Therefore fall the people unto them: and thereout suck they no small advantage.

11 Tush (say they) how should God per∣ceive it: is there knowledge in the most Highest?

12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the World, and these have riches in possession: and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

13 All the day long have I been punished: and chastened every morning.

14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they: but so, then should I have condemned the genera∣tion of thy children.

15 Then thought I to understand this: but it was to hard for me.

16 Untill I went into the sanctuary of God: then understood I the end of these men.

17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slip∣pery places: and castest them downe, and de∣stroyest them.

18 Oh how suddenly doe they consume: pe∣rish, and come to a fearfull end!

19 Yea, even like as a dream when one a∣waketh so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the City.

20 Thus my heart was grieved: and it went even through my reins.

21 So foolish was I and ignorant: even as it were a beast before thee.

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22 Neverthelesse I am alway by thee: for thou hast holden me by my right hand.

23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsell: and after that receive me with glory.

24 Whom have I in heaven but thee: and there is none upon earth that I desire in compa∣rison of thee.

25 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

26 For lo, they that forsake thee, shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that commit forica∣tion against thee.

27 But it is good for me so hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God: and to speak of all thy works (in the gates of the daugh∣ter of Sion.)

The Prayer.

O Lord God who art loving unto all thy Church, even unto all such as are of a clean heart, give unto us hearts humble and mercifull, that we may never be holden with pride, nor o∣verwhelmed with cruelty; and sanctify our words and lips, that we may never blaspheme thy holinesse, nor our talking be ever against thee, or thy honour. O God most Highest, give unto us such religious and mortified affections, that we may never thirst after the temporall advantages

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and prosperities of the wicked: set not our fect in slippery places, least we be suddenly cast down, and have our portion in the lot of the wicked, who perish and come to a fearfull end: guide us with thy counsell, that we holding us fast by thee, and putting our trust in thee, ô God, thou mayest be the strength of our hearts, the hope of our soules, and the ground of all our confidence and content in this life, and after this life is ended, thou maiest receive us with glory, and be our portion for ever, through Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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