A paraphrase upon the Psalms of David by George Sandys ; set to new tunes for private devotion and a thorough-base for voice or instrument by Henry Lawes ; and in this edition carefully revised and corrected from many errors which passed in former impressions by John Playford.

PSALM LXXV.

THy Praises; O eternal King, Our Souls in sacred Verse will sing. The wonders of thy Works declare Thy Presence in thy Power and Care. When I shall wear the Hebrew Crown, High Justice shall my Reign renown. The Land with weak'ning Discord rent, The People without Government, Faint and dissolve. Her Pillars I Support, her Breaches fortifie. Proud Man, I said, renounce thy Pride; Thou Fool, thy Folly cast aside. Do not so high your Horns erect; Nor bellow, as with yoak uncheckt. Preferment from the Orient, Nor from the Evening-Suns Descent, Nor Desert comes: God guides our Fates; He raiseth, and He ruinates. A cup of red and mingled Wine He poureth out to me and mine: But every Rebel in the Land Shall drink the Dregs, squeez'd by his Hand▪ His noble Acts I will relate; The God of Iacob celebrate; Suppress the Wicked, and their wayes; The Just to Wealth and Honour raise.

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