The Psalms of David in English metre translated from the original and suited to all the tunes now sung in churches, with the additions of several new by Luke Milbourne.

Or thus,

[verse 1] WHen you in private Councils sit, Are all your Counsels just? May Men to you their lives commit, Or your Decisions trust? [verse 2] No wretched Men! your tainted Hearts Iniquity pursue, Your bloody Hands, and faithless Arts, Make Earth her Groans renew.

[verse 3] I long their impious Race have known, How from the Womb they ly'd, Their Infant Years, to Falshood prone, Their Elder Age supply'd. [verse 4] Poor harmless things compar'd with these Black poisonous Serpents are, With their hard-hearted Policies, Deaf Adders can't compare.

[verse 5] Adders defy the Charmer's Arts, And all his Cant defy: And these with unrelenting Hearts, Throw off the Sufferer's cry.

[verse 6] Lord, break their Teeth, their dreadful Jaws, With brutish force enrag'd, Against the Poor's afflicted Cause, And Innocence engag'd.

[verse 7] As sliding Waters sink and fall, So let their Malice dy, Nor Jet their shiver'd Bows prevail, Or broken Arrow fly. [verse 8] Let them, like Snails, when melting, waste, Or hasty Births decay, [verse 9] Or as Thorns to a fiery Blast, To thy fierce Wrath give way.

[verse 10] The Righteous then shall droop no more, But God's just Vengeance view, And wash their Feet in impious Gore, And joyful ways pursue. [verse 11] Then all Mankind convinc'd shall see, The Just are well repaid. A God to Rule the World must be, And his Commands obey'd.