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Job 1:21: Naked as from the earth we came

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Naked as from the earth we came Lyrics: Naked as from the earth we came, and entered life at first; Naked we to the earth return, and mix with kindred dust. Whate’er we fondly call our own belongs to heav’n’s great Lord; The blessings lent us for a day are soon to be restored. ’Tis God that lifts our comforts high, or sinks them in the grave: He gives; and, when he takes away, he takes but what he gave. Then, ever blessed be his name! his goodness swelled our store; His justice but resumes its own; ’tis ours still to adore. Scripture: Job 1:21

Job 8:11-22: The rush may rise where waters flow

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: The rush may rise where waters flow Lyrics: The rush may rise where waters flow, and flags beside the stream; But soon their verdure fades and dies before the scorching beam So is the sinner’s hope cut off; or, if it transient rise, ’Tis like the spider’s airy web, from every breath that flies. Fixed on his house he leans; his house and all its props decay: He holds it fast; but, while he holds, the tott’ring frame gives way. Fair in his garden, to the sun his boughs with verdure smile; And, deeply fixed, his spreading roots unshaken stand a while. 125 But forth the sentence flies from Heav’n, that sweeps him from his place; Which then denies him for its lord, nor owns it knew his face. Lo! this the joy of wicked men, who Heav’n’s high laws despise: They quickly fall; and in their room as quickly others rise. But, for the just, with gracious care, God will his power employ; He’ll teach their lips to sing his praise, and fill their hearts with joy. Scripture: Job 8:11-22

Psalm 50: The mighty God, the Lord

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: The mighty God, the Lord Lyrics: 1The mighty God, the Lord, hath spoken, and did call The earth, from rising of the sun, to where he hath his fall. 2From out of Sion hill, which of excellency And beauty the perfection is, God shined gloriously. 3Our God shall surely come, keep silence shall not he: Before him fire shall waste, great storms shall round about him be. 4Unto the heavens clear he from above shall call, And to the earth likewise, that he may judge his people all. 5Together let my saints unto me gather’d be, Those that by sacrifice have made a covenant with me. 6And then the heavens shall his righteousness declare: Because the Lord himself is he by whom men judged are. 7My people Isr’el hear, speak will I from on high, Against thee I will testify; God, ev’n thy God, am I. 8I for thy sacrifice no blame will on thee lay, Nor for burnt-off ‘rings, which to me thou offer’dst ev’ry day. 9I’ll take no calf nor goats from house or fold of thine: 10For beasts of forests, cattle all on thousand hills, are mine. 11The fowls on mountains high are all to me well known; Wild beasts which in the fields do lie, ev’n they are all mine own. 12Then, if I hungry were, I would not tell it thee; Because the world, and fulness all thereof, belongs to me. 13Will I eat flesh of bulls? or goats’ blood drink will I? 14Thanks offer thou to God, and pay thy vows to the most High. 15And call upon me when in trouble thou shalt be; I will deliver thee, and thou my name shalt glorify. 16But to the wicked man God saith, My laws and truth Should’st thou declare? how dar’st thou take my cov’nant in thy mouth? 17Sith thou instruction hat’st, which should thy ways direct; And sith my words behind thy back thou cast’st, and dost reject. 18When thou a thief didst see, with him thou didst consent; And with the vile adulterers partaker on thou went. 19Thou giv’st thy mouth to ill, thy tongue deceit doth frame; 20Thou sitt’st, and ‘gainst thy brother speak’st, thy mother’s son dost shame. 21Because I silence kept, while thou these things hast wrought; That I was altogether like thyself, hath been thy thought; Yet I will thee reprove, and set before thine eyes, In order ranked, thy misdeeds and thine iniquities. 22Now, ye that God forget, this carefully consider; Lest I in pieces tear you all, and none can you deliver. 23Whoso doth offer praise me glorifies; and I Will shew him God’s salvation, that orders right his way. Scripture: Psalm 50

Psalm 52: Why dost thou boast, O mighty man

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Why dost thou boast, O mighty man Lyrics: 1Why dost thou boast, O mighty man, of mischief and of ill? The goodness of Almighty God endureth ever still. 2Thy tongue mischievous calumnies deviseth subtilely, Like to a razor sharp to cut, working deceitfully. 3Ill more than good, and more than truth thou lovest to speak wrong: 4Thou lovest all-devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. 5So God shall thee destroy for aye, remove thee, pluck thee out Quite from thy house, out of the land of life he shall thee root. 6The righteous shall it see, and fear, and laugh at him they shall: 7Lo, this the man is that did not make God his strength at all: But he in his abundant wealth his confidence did place; And he took strength unto himself from his own wickedness. 8But I am in the house of God like to an olive green: My confidence for ever hath upon God’s mercy been. 9And I for ever will thee praise, because thou hast done this: I on thy name will wait; for good before thy saints it is. Scripture: Psalm 52

Psalm 53: That there is not a God, the fool

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: That there is not a God, the fool Lyrics: 1That there is not a God, the fool doth in his heart conclude: They are corrupt, their works are vile, not one of them doth good. 2The Lord upon the sons of men from heav’n did cast his eyes, To see if any one there was that sought God, and was wise. 3They altogether filthy are, they all are backward gone; And there is none that doeth good, no, not so much as one. 4These workers of iniquity, do they not know at all, That they my people eat as bread, and on God do not call? 5Ev’n there they were afraid, and stood with trembling, all dismay’d, Whereas there was no cause at all why they should be afraid: For God his bones that thee besieg’d hath scatter’d all abroad; Thou hast confounded them, for they despised are of God. 6Let Isr’el’s help from Sion come: when back the Lord shall bring His captives, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall sing. Scripture: Psalm 53

Psalm 54: Save me, O God, by thy great name

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Save me, O God, by thy great name Lyrics: 1Save me, O God, by thy great name, and judge me by thy strength: 2My prayer hear, O God; give ear unto my words at length. 3For they that strangers are to me do up against me rise; Oppressors seek my soul, and God set not before their eyes. 4The Lord my God my helper is, lo, therefore I am bold: He taketh part with ev’ry one that doth my soul uphold. 5Unto mine enemies he shall mischief and ill repay: O for thy truth’s sake cut them off, and sweep them clean away. 6I will a sacrifice to thee give with free willingness; Thy name, O Lord, because ‘tis good, with praise I will confess. 7For he hath me delivered from all adversities; And his desire mine eye hath seen upon mine enemies. Scripture: Psalm 54

Psalm 55: Lord, hear my pray'r, hide not thyself

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Lord, hear my pray'r, hide not thyself Lyrics: 1Lord, hear my pray’r, hide not thyself from my entreating voice: 2Attend and hear me; in my plaint I mourn and make a noise. 3Because of th’ en’my’s voice, and for lewd men’s oppression great: On me they cast iniquity, and they in wrath me hate. 4Sore pain’d within me is my heart: death’s terrors on me fall. 5On me comes trembling, fear and dread o’erwhelmed me withal. 6O that I, like a dove, had wings, said I, then would I flee Far hence, that I might find a place where I in rest might be. 7Lo, then far off I wander would, and in the desert stay; 8From windy storm and tempest I would haste to ‘scape away. 9O Lord, on them destruction bring, and do their tongues divide; For in the city violence and strife I have espy’d. 10They day and night upon the walls do go about it round: There mischief is, and sorrow there in midst of it is found. 11Abundant wickedness there is within her inward part; And from her streets deceitfulness and guile do not depart. 12He was no foe that me reproach’d, then that endure I could; Nor hater that did ‘gainst me boast, from him me hide I would. 13But thou, man, who mine equal, guide, and mine acquaintance wast: 14We join’d sweet counsels, to God’s house in company we past. 15Let death upon them seize, and down let them go quick to hell; For wickedness doth much abound among them where they dwell. 16I’ll call on God: God will me save. 17I’ll pray, and make a noise At ev’ning, morning, and at noon; and he shall hear my voice. 18He hath my soul delivered, that it in peace might be From battle that against me was; for many were with me. 19The Lord shall hear, and them afflict, of old who hath abode: Because they never changes have, therefore they fear not God. 20’Gainst those that were at peace with him he hath put forth his hand: The covenant that he had made, by breaking he profan’d. 21More smooth than butter were his words, while in his heart was war; His speeches were more soft than oil, and yet drawn swords they are. 22Cast thou thy burden on the Lord, and he shall thee sustain; Yea, he shall cause the righteous man unmoved to remain. 23But thou, O Lord my God, those men in justice shalt o’erthrow, And in destruction’s dungeon dark at last shalt lay them low: The bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days: But upon thee with confidence I will depend always. Scripture: Psalm 55

Psalm 56: Shew mercy, Lord, to me, for man

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Shew mercy, Lord, to me, for man Lyrics: 1Shew mercy, Lord, to me, for man would swallow me outright; He me oppresseth, while he doth against me daily fight. 2They daily would me swallow up that hate me spitefully; For they be many that do fight against me, O most High. 3When I’m afraid I’ll trust in thee: 4In God I’ll praise his word; I will not fear what flesh can do, my trust is in the Lord. 5Each day they wrest my words; their thoughts ’gainst me are all for ill. 6They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps, waiting my soul to kill. 7But shall they by iniquity escape thy judgments so? O God, with indignation down do thou the people throw. 8My wand’rings all what they have been thou know’st, their number took; Into thy bottle put my tears: are they not in thy book? 9My foes shall, when I cry, turn back; I know’t, God is for me. 10In God his word I’ll praise; his word in God shall praised be. 11In God I trust; I will not fear what man can do to me. 12Thy vows upon me are, O God: I’ll render praise to thee. 13Wilt thou not, who from death me sav’d, my feet from falls keep free, To walk before God in the light of those that living be? Scripture: Psalm 56

Psalm 57: Be merciful to me, O God

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 27 hymnals First Line: Be merciful to me, O God Lyrics: 1Be merciful to me, O God; thy mercy unto me Do thou extend; because my soul doth put her trust in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings my refuge I will place, Until these sad calamities do wholly overpass. 2My cry I will cause to ascend unto the Lord most high; To God, who doth all things for me perform most perfectly. 3From heav’n he shall send down, and me from his reproach defend That would devour me: God his truth and mercy forth shall send. 4My soul among fierce lions is, I firebrands live among, Men’s sons, whose teeth are spears and darts, a sharp sword is their tongue. 5Be thou exalted very high above the heav’ns, O God; Let thou thy glory be advanc’d o’er all the earth abroad. 6My soul’s bow’d down; for they a net have laid, my steps to snare: Into the pit which they have digg’d for me, they fallen are. 7My heart is fix’d, my heart is fix’d, O God; I’ll sing and praise. 8My glory wake; wake psalt’ry, harp; myself I’ll early raise. 9I’ll praise thee ‘mong the people, Lord; ’mong nations sing will I: 10For great to heav’n thy mercy is, thy truth is to the sky. 11O Lord, exalted be thy name above the heav’ns to stand: Do thou thy glory far advance above both sea and land. Scripture: Psalm 57

Psalm 58: Do ye, O congregation

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Do ye, O congregation Lyrics: 1Do ye, O congregation, indeed speak righteousness? O ye that are the sons of men, judge ye with uprightness? 2Yea, ev’n within your very hearts ye wickedness have done; And ye the vi’lence of your hands do weigh the earth upon. 3The wicked men estranged are, ev’n from the very womb; They, speaking lies, do stray as soon as to the world they come. 4Unto a serpent’s poison like their poison doth appear; Yea, they are like the adder deaf, that closely stops her ear; 5That so she may not hear the voice of one that charm her would, No, not though he most cunning were, and charm most wisely could. 6Their teeth, O God, within their mouth break thou in pieces small; The great teeth break thou out, O Lord, of these young lions all. 7Let them like waters melt away, which downward still do flow: In pieces cut his arrows all, when he shall bend his bow. 8Like to a snail that melts away, let each of them be gone; Like woman’s birth untimely, that they never see the sun. 9He shall them take away before your pots the thorns can find, Both living, and in fury great, as with a stormy wind. 10The righteous, when he vengeance sees, he shall be joyful then; The righteous one shall wash his feet in blood of wicked men. 11So men shall say, The righteous man reward shall never miss: And verily upon the earth a God to judge there is. Scripture: Psalm 58