Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David, Text 7
THE HVNDRED AND SIXTEENTH PSALME OF DAVID.
1 I Love the Lord: becauſe hee hath heard my voyce, and my ſupplication.
2 Becauſe hee hath inclined his eare unto me; therefore will I call upon him, as long as I live.
3 The ſorrowes of death compaſſed me; and the paines of hell got hold upon mee: I found trouble and ſorrow.
4 Then called I upon the Name of the Lord; O Lord, I beſeech thee, deliver my ſoule.
5 The Lord is gracious, and righteous; yea, our God is mercifull.
6 The Lord preſerveth the ſimple; I was brought low, and he helped me.
7 Returne unto thy reſt, O my ſoule, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou haſt delivered my ſoule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feet from falling.
9 I will walke before the Lord in the land of the living.
10 I beleeved, therefore have I ſpoken; I was greatly afflicted.
11 I ſaid in my haſt; All men are lyars.
12 What ſhall I render to the Lord, for all his benefits towards me?
13 I will take the cup of ſalvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord.
14 I will pay my vowes unto the Lord; in the preſence of all his people.
15 Pretious in the ſight of the Lord, is the death of his Saints.
16 O Lord, truly I am thy ſervant, I am thy ſervant and the ſonne of thy hand-maid; thou haſt looſed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee, the ſacrifice of thankſ-giving; and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vowes unto the Lord, in the preſence of all his people.
19 In the Courts of the Lords Houſe: in the midſt of thee, O Hieruſalem; prayſe yee the Lord.