Psalm 34

NOw shall the Lords, eternal praise,
The subiect of my song be made:
My Soul shall sing it, all her daies;
The meek shall hear it, & be glad,
Let others come, & ready be,
To ioine in praising of his Name:
For, when I cti'de, he helped me;
And kept away my feared blame.

He lightneth such as him observe,
And, no disgrace vpon them falls:
He heares the pore, & will preserve
From all his troubles, when he calls.
His Angell-gards, will them enclose,
Who, of his God head, awfull be:
Therfor, his goodnes, vnto those
Who trust in him, come Tast, & See.

Yea, fear the Lord, yee Saints of his:
For, he to such will al things grant.
The Lions whelps their food may misse,
But, they that serve him, nothing want.
Yee Children come, attention give;
And I will teach th'Almighties feare,
How, yee long time on earth may live,
And, gaine a blessed-being, here.

Your tongues from slandrous words preserve,
Dissembling, let your lipps eschewe;
Ill deeds avoid, good works observe,
Seek peace, & after it persue.
For, God beholdeth such as those,
And heares the Righteous when they pray:
But, wicked men he doth oppose,
And, roots their Name & Fame away,

The Lord, will hear the Righteous crie;
From dangers he will them assure;
He, to the broken hart is nigh,
And, wounded Spirits, he will cure.
Although the Iust hath many greeves,
The Lord so helps, that they are gone;
In all his troubles, him releeves,
And keeps him sound, in ev'rie bone.

By sinn, the sinners death is wrought:
He shall not thrive, that hates the Iust.
But, God his servants lives hath bought;
And, faileth none that in him trust.

Another of the same.
AT al tymes with my tongue I'le blesse the Lord;
To sing of him I never will forbear,
But, in my Soul, his praise with mirth record;
And publish what the meek shall ioy to hear,
Come, therfor, helpe his praises to declare;
To magnify his Name, let vs agree.
Discharg'd I was, by him, of all my fear;
And, when his ayde I sought, he ayded me.
Enlightned are their eyes that look on him;
And, no disgrace or shame, or those cann fall:
For, he in all their troubles helpeth them;
And hears the pore, when he on him doth call.
God's Angell-gards, round those that fear him, be
Encamped still to keep them from their Foes.
His greatnes, and his goodnes, tast, & see;
For, all are blest, who trust in him repose.
In him, let all his Saints, confine their fear;
For, povertie from such resttained is.
Kept hungry, oft, the whelps of Lions are,
But, they who fear the Lord, no goodnes misse.
Let me from you (yee babes) attention gaine;
That, I the fear of God to you may showe.
Mark also this (all yee that would attaine
Long life on earth, & happie daies, to knowe)
No sland'rous tales envre your tongues to tell;
And, let your lipps dissembling speach eschewe:
Of wicked words beware; Vprightly deal;
Enquire our Peace, & after it persue.
Plac'd are Gods eyes, vpon the Righteous race;
He to their cries, an open ear doth lay:
Quite opposite to sinners, is his face;
And from the land, he rootes their name away.
Right willingly, the Lord inclines his ear,
To hear, & save the righteous, when they cry.
Sinn-wounded soules, & harts that broken are,
He never shunns; but, vnto such is nigh.
Though many greefs, vpon the Godly fall,
The Lord, will ev'ry one of them remove.
Vnbroke, ev'n all his bones, preserve he shall;
But, sinn, the death of sinful men shal prove.
Whoe so doth hate the Iust, shall hated be,
For, God his faithful servants wil redeem,
Yea, all their soules from thral he setteth free,
And leaveth none, that put their trust in him.