The various measures of the verfe are fitted to the tunes of the Old Pfalm-book.

To the common tunes fing all intitled Common Metre.

To the tune of the tooth pfalm fing all intitled Long Metre.

To the tune of the 25th pfalm fing Short Metre.

To the 50th pfalm fing one metre of the 50th and 93d.

To the 12th or 1 27th pfalm fing one metre of the 104th and 148th.

To the 113th pfalm fing one metre of the 19th, 33d, 58th, 8,th, last part, 96th, 112th, 113th.

To the 122d pfalm fing one of the metres of the 93d, 122d, and 133d,

To the 148th pfalm fing one metre of the 84th, 121ft, 136th, and 148th.

To a new tune fing one metre of the 50th and 15th.

THE

PSALMS OF DAVID,

Imitated in the

LANGUAGE

OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT.

PSALM I. Common Metre.

The way and end of the righteous and the wicked

I LEST is the man who fhuns the place
BEST
Where finners love to meet;

Who fears to tread their wicked ways,

And hates the fcoffer's feat,

2 But in the ftatutes of the Lord,
Has plac'd his chief delight;
By day he reads or hears the word,
And meditates by night.

3 [He, like a plant of gen'rous kind
By living waters fet,

Safe from the ftorms and blasting wind,
Enjoys a peaceful state.]

4 Green as the leaf, and ever fair
Shall his profeffion fhine;
While fruits of holiness appear
Like clusters on the vine.

5 Not fo th' impious and unjuft;
What vain defigns they form!
Their hopes are blown away like dust.
Or chaff before the ftorm.

6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand
Amongst the fons of grace,

When Chrift the judge at his right-hand
Appoints his faints a place.

7 His eye beholds the path they tread,
His heart approves it well;
But crooked ways of finners lead
Down to the gates of hell.

PSALM I. Short Metre.

THE

The faint happy, the finner miserable.
HE man is ever bleft
Who fhuns the finner's ways.
Among their councils never ftands,
Nor takes the fcorner's place.

2 But makes the law of God
His ftudy and delight,

Amidft the labours of the day,
And watches of the night.

3 He like a tree fhall thrive,
With waters near the root:

1

Fresh as the leaf his name fhall live
His works are heav'nly fruit.
4 Not fo th' ungodly race,
They no fuch bleflings find:
Their hopes fhall flee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.

5 How will they bear to ftand
Before that judgment-feat,
Where all the faints at Chrift's right-hand
In full affembly meet?

6 He knows, and he approves
The way the righteous go:
But finners and their works fhall meet
A dreadful overthrow.

PSALM I. Long Metre.

The difference between the righteous and the

I

wicked.

HAppy the man whofe cautious feet

Shun the broad way that finners go,
Who hates the place where Atheifts meet,
And fears to talk as fcoffers do.

2 He loves t' employ his morning light
Amongst the ftatutes of the Lord;
And fpends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure pond'ring o'er the word.
3 He like a plant by gentle ftreams,
Shall flourish in immortal green;

And heav'n will fhine with kindest beams
On ev'ry work his hands begin.

4 But finners find their counfels croft;
As chaff before the tempeft flies;
So fhall their hopes be blown and loft,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.

5 In vain the rebel seeks to stand
In judgment with the pious race;
The dreadful judge with ftern command
Divides him to a diff'rent place,

6 "Straight is the way my faints have trod,
"I bleft the path and drew it plain;
"But you would chufe the crooked road;
"And down it leads to endless pain."

PSALM II. Short Metre.,

Tranflated according to the divine pattern, Acts iv. 24, &c.

Chrift dying, rifing, interceeding, and reigning, AKER and fov'reign Lord

MA

Of heav'n, and earth, and feas,

Thy providence confirms thy word,

And anfwers thy decrees.

2 The things fo long foretold:
By David, are fulfill'd,
When Jews and Gentiles join'd to flay
Jefus, thine holy child.]

3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And Jews with one accord
Bend all their counfels to destroy
Th' anointed of the Lord?.

4 Rulers and kings agree

To form a vain defign;

Against the Lord their pow'rs unite,
Againft his Chrift they join.

5 The Lord derides their rage,
And will fupport his throne;
He that hath ras'd him from the dead
Hath own'd him for his Son.