The psalter of David with titles and collects according to the matter of each Psalme : whereunto is added Devotions for the help and assistance of all Christian people, in all occasions and necessities.

PSALME 89.

A Prayer for the King in time of Wars or any publike calamity.

MY song shall be alway of the loving kind∣nesse of the Lord: with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one gene∣ration to another.

2 For I have said, mercy shall be set up for ever: thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens.

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen: I have sworn unto David my servant.

4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever: and set up thy throne from one generation to another.

5 O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works: and thy truth in the congregation of the saints.

6 For who is he among the clouds: that shall be com∣pared unto the Lord?

7 And what is he among the gods: that shall be like unto the Lord?

8 God is very greatly to be feared in the counsell of the Saints: and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him.

9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee: thy truth (most mighty Lord) is on every side.

10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise.

11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it: thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty arm.

12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is.

13 Thou hast made the North and the South: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoyce in thy Name.

14 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

15 Righteousnesse and equity is the habitation of thy seat: mercy and truth shall goe before thy face.

16 Blessed is the people (O Lord) that can rejoyce in thee: they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.

17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name: and in thy righteousnesse shall they make their boast.

18 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy loving kindnesse thou shalt lift up our horns.

19 For the Lord is our defence: the holy one of Israel is our King.

20 Thou spakest sometimes in vision unto thy Saints, and saidest: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

21 I have found David my servant: with my holy oyle have I anointed him.

22 My hand shall hold him fast: and my arme shall strengthen him.

23 The enemy shall not be able to doe him violence: the son of wickednesse shall not hurt him.

24 I shall smite down his foes before his face: and plague them that hate him.

25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him: and in my Name shall his horn be exalted.

26 I will set his dominion also in the sea: and his right hand in the flouds.

27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father: my God, and my strong salvation.

28 And I will make him my first-born: higher then the Kings of the earth.

29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore: and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever: and his throne as the days of heaven.

31 But if his children forsake my law: and walk not in thy judgements.

32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my com∣mandements: I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges.

33 Neverthelesse, my loving kindnesse will I not utter∣ly take from him: nor suffer my truth to fail.

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips: I have sworn once by my ho∣linesse, that I will not fail David.

35 His seed shall endure for ever: and his seat is like as the sun before me.

36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon: and as the faithfull witnesse in Heaven.

37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine anoin∣ted: and art displeased at him.

38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant: and cast his crown to the ground.

39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges: and broken down his strong holds.

40 All they that goe by spoil him: and hee is become a rebuke to his neighbours.

41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies: and made all his adversaries to rejoyce.

42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword: and givest him not victory in the battell.

43 Thou hast put out his glory: and cast his throne down to the ground.

44 The days of his youth hast thou shortned: and co∣vered him with dishonour.

45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thy self, for ever: and shall thy wrath burn like fire?

46 Oh remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men for nought?

47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death: and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell?

48 Lord, where are thy old loving kindnesses: which

thou swarest unto David in thy truth?

49 Remember (Lord) the rebuke that thy servants have: and how I doe bear in my bosome the rebukes of many people.

50 Wherewith thine enemies have blasphemed thee, and slandered the foot-steps of thine anointed: praised be the Lord for evermore. Amen, Amen.

The Prayer.

O Lord God of hosts, thou art greatly to be feared in the councell of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all the world, let thy strong hand and thy mighty arm bl••sse and preserve thine Anointed the King; as thou hast exalted thy chosen from among the People, so let the greatnesse of thy blessings and assistances distinguish him from all the world: make his throne as the days of heaven, smite down his enemies before his face, let thy hand hold him fast that the enemy may not be able to do him violence, and let thine arm strengthen him that the sonnes of wickednesse may not hurt him. O do thou never put his glory out, nor cover him with dishonour, but give him victory in battels, honour and rejoy∣cing in time of peace, confidence in thee, re∣verence amongst his people, and continuall defence in thy salvation, that when thou hast finished his days in peace and honour, his seed may be established in his throne and endure

for ever like as the sun before thee. Grant this, O King of Kings, for his sake to whom thou hast given all power and dominion in heaven and earth, even our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.