14 Yet, notwithstanding, suffer'd he No man to do them wrong:

Yea, for their sakes, he did reprove

Kings, who were great and strong.

15 Thus did he say, Touch ye not those That mine anointed be, Nor do the prophets any harm That do pertain to me. 16 He call'd for famine on the land, He brake the staff of bread:

17 But yet he sent a man before,
By whom they should be fed ;

Ev'n Joseph, whom unnat❜rally
Sell for a slave did they ;

18 Whose feet with fetters they did hurt, And he in irons lay;

19 Until the time that his word came
To give him liberty;

The word and purpose of the Lord
Did him in prison try.

20 Then sent the king, and did command
That he enlarg'd should be:
He that the people's ruler was
Did send to set him free.

21 A lord to rule his family

He rais'd him, as most fit;
To him of all that he possess'd
He did the charge commit:

22 That he might at his pleasure bind
The princes of the land;
And he might teach his senators
Wisdom to understand.

23 The people then of Israel

Down into Egypt came;
And Jacob also sojourned
Within the land of Ham.

24 And he did greatly by his pow'r
Increase his people there;
And stronger than their enemies
They by his blessing were.

25 Their heart he turned to envy
His folk maliciously,

With those that his own servants were
To deal in subtilty.

26 His servant Moses he did send,
Aaron his chosen one.

27 By these his signs and wonders great In Ham's land were made known. 28 Darkness he sent, and made it dark; His word they did obey.

29 He turn'd their waters into blood, And he their fish did slay.

30 The land in plenty brought forth frogs In chambers of their kings.

31 His word all sorts of flies and lice In all their borders brings.

32 He hail for rain, and flaming fire Into their land he sent :

33 And he their vines and fig-trees smote; Trees of their coasts he rent.

34 He spake, and caterpillars came, Locusts did much abound;

35 Which in their land all herbs consum'd, And all fruits of their ground.

36 He smote all first-born in their land, Chief of their strength each one.

37 With gold and silver brought them forth, Weak in their tribes were none.

38 Egypt was glad when forth they went, Their fear on them did light.

39 He spread a cloud for covering, And fire to shine by night..

40 They ask'd, and he brought quails: with bread Of heav'n he filled them.

41 He open'd rocks, floods gush'd, and ran In deserts like a stream.

42 For on his holy promise he,

And servant Abr'ham, thought. 43 With joy his people, his elect With gladness forth he brought. 44 And unto them the pleasant lands He of the heathen gave; That of the people's labour they Inheritance might have.

45 That they his statutes might observe
According to his word;

And that they might his laws obey.
Give praise unto the Lord.

PSALM CVI.

A continuation of the last; shewing the rebellion of the people against God, and concluding with merey triumphing over judgment; ending, as it begins, with Hallelujah. See the margin.

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High hallelujahs sound to God,
For all his love to rebels show'd!
For they against him proudly strove :
But he subdu'd them by his love!

1 GIVE praise and thanks unto the Lord,

For bountiful is he;

His tender mercy doth endure

Unto eternity.

2 God's mighty works who can express? Or shew forth all his praise?

• Prose Psalms of the Bible.

3 Blessed are they that judgment keep,
And justly do always.

4 Remember me, Lord, with that love
Which thou to thine dost bear;
With thy salvation, O my God,
To visit me draw near:
5 That I thy chosen's good may see
And in their joy rejoice;
And may with thine inheritance
Triumph with cheerful voice.

6 We with our fathers sinned have,
And of iniquity

Too long we have the workers been;
We have done wickedly.

7 The wonders great, which thou, O Lord, Didst work in Egypt land,

Our fathers, though they saw, yet them
They did not understand:

And they thy mercies' multitude
Kept not in memory;
But at the sea, ev'n the Red sea,
Provok'd him grievously.

8 Nevertheless he saved them,

Ev'n for his own name's sake;
That so he might to be well known
His mighty power make.

9 When he the Red sea did rebuke,
Then dried up it was:

Thro' depths, as thro' the wilderness,
He safely made them pass.

10 From hands of those that hated them
He did his people save;

And from the en'my's cruel hand
To them redemption gave.

11 The waters overwhelm'd their foes;
Not one was left alive.

12 Then they believ'd his word, and praise To him in songs did give.

13 But soon did they his mighty works
Forget unthankfully,

And on his counsel and his will
Did not wait patiently;

14 But much did lust in wilderness,
And God in desert tempt.

15 He gave them what they sought, but to Their soul he leanness sent.

16 And against Moses in the camp
Their envy did appear;

At Aaron they, the saint of God,
Envious also were.

17 Therefore the earth did open wide,
And Dathan did devour,
And all Abiram's company
Did cover in that hour.
18 Likewise among their company
A fire was kindled then;
And so the hot consuming flame
Burnt up these wicked men.

19 Upon the hill of Horeb they
An idol-calf did frame,

A molten image they did make,
And worshipped the same.
20 And thus their glory, and their God,
Most vainly changed they

Into the likeness of an ox
That eateth grass or hay.

21 They did forget the mighty God,
That had their saviour been,

By whom such great things brought to pass
They had in Egypt seen.

22 In Ham's land he did wondrous works,
Things terrible did he,