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A13988	The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.; Whole book of psalms. 1562	Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.; Hopkins, John, d. 1570.	1562 (1562)	STC 2430; ESTC S1798	175,161	470

hathe accomplished his promes and placed his Arke in Sion for the whiche he geueth thankes and prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I did in hart reioyce to heare y e peples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they and in the Lordes house pray thus spake the folke full louingly Oure fete that wandred wide shal in thy gates abide O thou Jerusalem full fayre Which arte so semely set muche lyke a Citie net the like wherof is not els where The trybes with one accorde The tribes of God the Lorde Are thither bent theyr way to take So God before did ●ell That there his israell Their prayers shoulde together make For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly Which thrones right to mainteine To dauids house perteine His folke to iudge accordingly To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy friendes God prosper mightely Peace be thy walles about And prosper the throughout Thy places eke continually I wish thy prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of the. Gods house both me allure Thy welth for to procure So much allwayes as lieth in me Adte leuaui oculos Psalm Cxxiii Th. Stern A praier of the faithfull which are afflicted by the wicked worldelinges and contemners of God O Lord that heuen doest possesse Singe this as the. xxiii psal I lift mine eies to the Euen as the seruant lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As handmaides watch there maistres handes some grace for to atchiue So we beholde the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lorde graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer comen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our mindes be stuffed with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise To make af vs their mocking stock the proude do vs despice Nisi quia dominus Psalm Cxxiiii VV. The people of God beyng delyuered out of a great danger acknowledg not to haue escaped by their owne power but throughe the fauour of God and shew in how greate perill they were NO we Israell may say that truly If that the Lord had not our cause mainteind If that the lord had not our right susteind Whē all the worlde against vs furiously made their vprors and said we should all die verse 3 Now long a go they had deuoure vs all And swalowed quick for ought y t we could deme Suche was their rage as we might well esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mightye force do fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging stremes most proud in roring noice Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God whiche doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and theyr most cruell voyce Which as a pray to eate vs woulde reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the foulers grenne Escapth away right so it fareth vs Broke are theyr nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen earth is our help thē His name hath saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psalm cxxv VV. K. He describeth the assurance of the faithfull in their aflictions and desireth their welth and the destruction of the wicked SUche as in God the lord do trust as Mount Sion shall firmely stande and be remoued at no hand the Lorde will count them right and iust So that they shall be sure For euer to indure verse 2 As mightye mountains huge and greate Jerusalem about to close So will the Lorde be vnto those who on his godly will doo wayte Suche are to hym so deare they neuer nede to feare verse 3 For though the rightous trye doeth he by making wicked men his rodde Lest they through grief for sake their God it shall not as their lot still be verse 4 Geue Lorde to those thy lyght whose hartes are true and ryght verse 5 But as for such as turne a syde by croked wayes which they out sought The Lorde will surely bryng to nought with workes vile they shall abide But peace with Israell for euermore shall dwel In conuertendo Psalm cxxvi VV. K This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babylon and sheweth that the meane of their deliuerance was wonderful after the seuentie yeres of captiuitie forespoken by Ieremie 25. 12. and. 29. 10. WHen that the Lorde again his Siō had forth brought from bondage great also seruitude extreme his work was suche as did surmount mans hart thought so that we were muche like to them that vse to dreame our mouthes were with laughter filled then and eke our tongues did shew vs ioyfull men The Heathen folke were forced then this to confes How that the Lord for them also great things had don verse 3 But muche more we and therfore can confes no les Wherfore to ioye we haue good cause as we begonne verse 4 O Lorde go forthe thou canst our bondage end As to desertes thy flowing riuers send verse 5 Full true it is that they whiche sow with teares in dede A time will come when they shal reape in mirth ioye verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their precious sede For that theyr foes full often times did them anoye But their returne with ioye they shall sure see Their sheaues home bryng and not impered be Nisi dominus Palme Cxxvii VV. It is not mannes wit power or labor but the free goodnes of God that geueth ryches preserueth townes and countrepes graunteth noryshment and chyldren EXcept the Lorde the house doo make And therunto doo set hys hande Sing this as the lords pra●● What men doo build it can not stand Likewise in vayne men vndertake Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safegard Though ye ryse early in the morne And so at night go late to bed Feding full hardly with browne breade yet were your labor lost and worne But they whom God doth loue and kepe Receyue all thinges with quiet slepe Therfore marke well when euer ye see That men haue heires to enioy their lād It is the gift of Gods owne hand For God him selfe doth multiplye Of his great liberalitie The blessing of posteritie And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenes In person and comelines So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arme Flyeth not so swyft nor doth lyke harme Oh well is him that hath his quiuer Fournished with such altilerye For when in perill he shalbe Suche one shall neuer shake nor shiuer When that he pleadeth before the iudge Against his foes which beare him grudg Beati omnes qui timent Psalm cxxviii T. T He describeth the prosperous estate of them that be maryed in the feare of God ioyning with all the promises of Gods blessinges to all them that lyue in thys honorable estate

youre signed kaye after thys sorte c sol fa vt b fa ♯ mi a la mi re G sol re vt ye find that your first note standeth in G sol re vt wherfore ye may sing it by anye of these iii. Notes sol re or vt But because this note vt in this place is most aptest to ascend withall ye shall call it vt by the same triall ye shal find that your second Note standeth in a la mi re ye shall expresse in singing by this voice re rather then by la or mi because re is in order next aboue vt so shall ye finde the thirde Note to stand in b fa ♯ mi which ye shall expresse by mi The fourth standeth in the signed kaie or cleaue wherfore it standeth in c sol fa vt whiche ye must expresse by fa. The fift in d la sol re and is to be expressed by sol The sixt and highest Note ye shall by ascending from your keie finde to stande in e la mi and is to be expressed in voice by la so haue youthe whole compasse of your sōg ▪ and as in order of notes and sound of voice ye ascendid so contrarie wise ye must defcēd till ye come to the last Note of your song Here note that when b fa ♯ mi is formed and sighed in this maner with this letter b whiche is called b flat it must be expressed with this voice or note fa but if it be formed and signed with this forme ♯ whiche is called b sharpe or if it haue no signe at all then must ye expres it in singing with thys voyce or Note mi. Like wise may ye practise placing youre first Note vt in anye other kaye wherin ye finde vt whiche are vii Gāma vt C fa vt E fa vt graue G sol re vt graue c sol fa vt E fa vt sharpe g sol re vt sharpe ascending vp to la and descending as in your former example These vii seuerall ascensions and descensyons vpon diuers groundes or cleues are cōmonlye called of writers vii deductions whiche ye may playnlye and distinctlye beholde in your table or Scale One example more haue I set wherin ye sing fa in b fa ♯ mi. Whose deductions beginneth in vt placed in E fa vt graue or capital as ye see Ye haue also in youre songes diuers fourmes and figures of Notes Of which all it behoueth you to knowe bothe the names and value Diuers forms of Notes The firste of these is cassed a Large the secōd a Long. The third a Brief the fourth a Semibrief the fift a Minime the sixt a Crochet The seuenth and laste a Quauer The first is worth in value two of the seconde that is two Longes and one Longe is worth ii Breues and one Breue is two Semibrefes one Semibrefe two Minimest and hathet wise the time in pronouncing in singing that the Minime hath One Minime is worthe two crochets and one Crochet is two quauers as appereth in this Table folowing If there chaunce any pricke to be set by anye of these Notes the pricke is worthe in value the Note nexte folowing it As apricke set by a Semibriefe as thus 𝆹 · is worthe this none 톹텥 whiche is a Minime and a pricke by a Minime as here 톹텥· is worth a 톺텥 There are also oftentimes ▪ in singing ▪ Pauses or Restes setin songes some time for ease of the singer and comely staye of the songes sometime where diuers parts are for swetnes of the armonye and apte repetityons reportes Which are signifyed by lifte strikes or lines or halfe lines betwene the rules as thus The first which is drawen from the firste line to the iii. is called a longe Rest signifyeth that ye must pause while that a longe is song whiche is worthe iiii plaine song Notes or foure Semibreues The second which is from one lyne to a nother is called a Breue rest requireth the pauling of a breue or of ii semibreues The iii. whiche is from a lyne to the halfe space vnderneth is called a semibreue rest and requireth the pause or space while a semibreue is in singing The fourthe whiche is ascending from the line to the halfe space aboue is called a Minime rest is but the drawing of a breth while a minime may be song The fifte and laste whiche is like vnto the Minime reste but croked at the top requireth the pause of a crochet To set out a full and absolute knowledg of the nature of the scale the differences betwene notes and halfe notes halfe notes betwene themselues of interualles proportions and which notes concorde and agree together and which disagree What modes there are and how many What is perfection what imperfection How notes oughte to be bounde together and what theyr value is so bounde tayled vpwarde or downewarde perteineth to a iust Introduction to the arte of Musike These thinges before taught seme at this time for the poore vnlearned and rude sufficiente and inoughe to the atteyning of such knowledg in singing as shall be requisite to the singing of Psalmes conteined in this boke for which cause only they are set out A Treatise made by Athanasius the great wherin is setforth how and in what manner ye may vse the Psalmes according to theffect of the minde of gladnes or sorow accordingly which Psalmes ye shall vse for prayer which for thankesgeuing which for rehersal of Gods wonderful actes to the praise of his name Also ye may se in them how God hath holpen his chosen people from time to tyme and neuer forsoke them THe whole scripture vniuersally is as it were a diuine Maystres teaching both vertue and true faythe but the booke of the Psalmes hathe ouer and besydes that in a maner an expres ymage of the state condicion of soules For as he whiche goeth to a kyng composeth fyrst his behauiour and setteth in order his wordes least he shoulde be counted rusticall and rude so this deuine booke fyrst by choise of all motions wherwith the soule is affected warneth then frameth and instructeth by diuers formes of speaking all suche as couet vertue and defyre to knowe the lyfe of the Sauiour It is easy therefore for euery man to finde out in the Psalmes the motion and state of his owne soule and by that meanes his own figure and proper erudition Moreouer with what words he may please God with what wordes he may correcte himselfe and geue God thankes Lest if he speake that thing whiche is not leefull he fall into impietie For not alone of dedes but also of euerye worde muste we geue accounte before the iudge wherfore if thou wilt pronounce any man happy and blessed thou hast how and wherefore and whom thou maist cal happy in the Psalmes as you may se in the first psalm 32. psalme 41. psa 112. psalme 119. psalme and the 128. psalme If thou wylt complayne of the laying awayt

and also proued by manifolde experience howe ready God was at hande in all hys troubles he beyng now likewise in daunger of new enemies desireth God to help hym accordyng to hys wont and distroye the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaryes WIth hart and mouthe vnto the Lorde will I syng laude and prayse Sing this as the. iii. ps And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will be glad and muche reioyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the sterry skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flyght They fall downe flat and are destroyd by thy great force and might Thou hast reuenged all my wrong God only defēdeth the iuste cause my grief and all my grudge verse 4 Thou dost with iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the Heathen folke and wicked so confounde That afterwarde the memory of them cannot be founde verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatche and all our townes destroyed Thou hast theyr fame with thē defaced through all the world so wyde verse 7 Know thou that he whiche is aboue for euermore shall raygne And in the seate of equitie true iudgement wil mainteyne verse 8 With iustice he wyll kepe and guyde the worlde and euery weight And so will yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in all aduersitie their refuge and theyr rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lorde We seke God there by prayer or by vpright godly lyfe that dwelleth in Sion hill Publishe amonge all nations his noble artes and will verse 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of those that be opprest For getting not the afflicted hart that seketh to him for rest The second parte verse 13 Haue mercy Lorde on me poore wretche whose enemies still remayne Which from the gates of death are wonte to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lorde my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their owne fete fast are snarde verse 16 God sheweth his iudgement which wer good The hebr willeth men to meditate dilygently on thys thynge for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lye trapt in his owne warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go downe to hell for euer And all the people of the worlde that will not god remember verse 18 18 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient folke neuer loke for helpe of God in dayne verse 19 O Lorde arise lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord stryke such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortall men Vt quid domine Psalme x. T. S. He complaineth of the fraude rapine tiranny and of all kindes of wrong which worldly men vse assigninge the cause thereof whiche was that wicked men beinge as it were dronken with worldly prosperitie and therfore setting aparte all feare and reuerence towardes God thinke they may doe all thinges without controwlinge Therfore he calleth vppon God to sende some remeady agaynst these desperate enyls And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of deliuerance WHat is the cause that thou O Lorde art now so sarre from thine Sing this as the thirde Psalme And kepest close thy countenaunce from vs this troublous time verse 1 The poore doth pearysh by the proude and wicked mens desire Let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his owne hart the vngodly doth delite So doth the wicked praise hym selfe and doeth the Lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so proude that right and wrong he setteth all apart Nay nay there is no God sayeth he for thus he thinketh in hart verse 5 Because his wayes do prosper still he doth thy lawes neglect And with a blast doth puffe against suche as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saieth he I haue no dread lest mine estate should chaunge And why for all aduersitie to him is very straunge verse 7 His mouth is full of cursednes He meaneth that wickednes is so far ouergrowē that God must nedes nowe helpe or neuer of fraud deceyt and guyle Under his tong doeth mischiefsyt and trauell all the whyle verse 8 He lyeth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by hys cruell eyes are bent verse 9 And like a Lyon priuely lieth lurking in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 And for the nonce full craftely he croucheth downe I say verse 11 So are greate heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this sayeth he therfore may I be bolde His countenance is cast aside he doth it not beholde verse 13 Arise O Lorde G God in wome the poore mans hope doth rest Lift vp thy hand forget not Lorde the poore that be opprest verse 14 What blasphemy is thys to thee Lorde dost thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr hartes say tushe thou carest not for it verse 15 But thou seest all thys wickednes and well doest vnderstande verse 16 That frendles and poore fatherles are left into thy hande verse 17 Of wicked and malicions men By the Heathen he meaneth the Hypocrites whyche gloryed as yf they had bene of the churche then breake the power for euer That they with theyr iniquytie may pearish altogether verse 18 The Lorde shall raine for euermore as king and God alone And he will chase the Heathen folke out of hys lande eche one verse 19 Thou hearest O Lord the poore mans plaint vntyll theyr praiers request Their harts thou wilt confirme thine eares to heare be prest verse 20 To iudge the poore and fatherles and helpe them to their right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psalm xi T. S. This Psalme conteyneth two partes In the firste Dauid shewed how hard assaultes of temtations he susteyned and in howe great anguish of mind he was when Saul did persecute hym Then nexte he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice as wel in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soule vntill Sing this as the third Psalme Flee hence as fast as any foule

whyche I craue Neglect me not lest I be lyke to them that go to graue verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doeth crye When I lift vp my handes vnto thy holy arke moste hye verse 3 Repute not me among the sort of wicked and peruert That speake ryght fayre vnto theyr frēds and thinke full ill in hart verse 4 According to theyr handy worke as they deserue in dede And after their inuencions let them receyue theyr mede verse 5 For they regarde nothing Godes workes his lawe ne yet his lore Therfore will he them and theyr seede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lorde how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer and my complaynt that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckeler in destresse My hope my helpe my hartes relyef my songe shall him confesse verse 8 He is our strength and oure defence our enmies to resist The health and the saluacion of his electe by Chryste verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lorde blesse guide and preserue Increase them Lorde and rule theyr harts that they may neuer swerue Afferte domino Psalme xxix T. S. An excellent Psalme wherin the Prophet exhorteth the verye Princes and rulers of the world whiche otherwise for the most parte thinke there is no God at the leaste to feare hym for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherat all creatures tremble And though thereby God threatneth sinners yet is he alwayes mercyfull to hys and moueth them therby to prayse his name GIue to the Lorde ye potentates ye rulers of the worlde Sing this as the. xxi Psa. Geue ye all prayse honor and strength vnto the liuing Lorde verse 2 2 Geue honor to his holy name and honor him alone Worship hym in his maiestie within his holy throne verse 3 His voyce doth rule the waters all euen as him selfe doth please He doth prepare the thunder clappes and gouerneth all the sease verse 4 He meaneth the thunderinges tempestes The voyce of God is of great force and wonderous excellent It is most mightye in effect and muche magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doeth rent and break the Cedre trees so long The Cedre tres of Libanus whiche are most hie and strong verse 6 And makth them leape like as a call or els the Unicorne Not only trees but mountaines great wheron the tres are borne verse 7 His voice deuideth flames of fyre and shakth the wildernes verse 8 It makth the desert quake for feare that called is Cades verse 9 It makth the Hindes for feare to calue and makth the couerte playne Then in his temple euery man his glory doth proclaime verse 10 The Lorde was set aboue the floudes ruling the raging sea So shall he raygne as Lord and king for euer and for aye verse 11 The Lorde will geue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord wyll blesse hys chosen folke with euerlastyng peace Exaltabo te domine Psal. xxx I. Hop When Dauid should haue dedicated hys house to the Lorde he fel so extreme sick that he was without all hope of lyfe therfore after hys recouery he rendreth thankes to God exhortyng others to the lyke learn by his example that God is rather mercyfull then seuere and rigorous towardes his childrē and also that the fall from prosperitie is sodeine This done he retourneth to prayer promisyng to prayse God for euer ALl laud praise with hart voice O Lorde I geue to thee whiche didst not make my foes reioyse but hast exalted me O lord my god to thee I cryde in all my paine grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast calde backe My soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuine when strength did lacke and kept me from the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye sainctes that proue and see the goodnes of the Lord In memorye of his maiestie Reioyse with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doeth last and slake agayne But in his fauour and hys grace alwayes doeth lyfe remayne Though gripes of grief and panges full sore shall lodge with vs all night The Lorde to ioy shall vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyde the worlde at will thus would I boast and say Tushe I am sure to feele none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lorde of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and ayde But when thou turnd away thy face my mynde was sore dismaide verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lorde of might My God with plaintes I did apply and prayde both day and night verse 9 What gayne is in my bloud saide I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestie or yet thy trueth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pitie take O Lorde I thee desyre Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee requyre verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chearfull voyce The mournyng weede thou tokste me fro and madst me to reioyse verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessauntly shall syng vnto thy prayse My Lorde my God to thee will I Geue laude and thankes alwayes Inte domine speraui Psal. xxxi Io. Hop Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the desert of Ma●● or els wher first reherseth what meditation he had by the power of sayth when death was before his eyes his enemy beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauor of God alwaies to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth al the faithful to trust in God to loue him because he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may se by his example O Lorde I put my trust in thee Let nothyng worke me shame Sing this as the. xviii psalme As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quyte from blame verse 2 Geue me O Lorde and that anone to helpe me make good spead Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in time of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tride thou art my fort and towre For thy names sake be thou my guyde and leade me in thy power verse 4 Plucke forth my feete break the snare which they for me haue layde Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and ayde verse 5 In to thy handes Lorde I commit my spirite whyche is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lorde thou God most trewe verse 6 I hate suche folke as wyll not part from thynges to be abhorde When they on trifles set theyr harte my truste is in the Lorde verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I see it doeth excell Thou seest when ought would me annoy and knowest my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hande that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of bande

signyfied by Sion and Ierusalem for the chosing preseruation and gouernaunce of them and for the plentyfull blessings powred forth vpon all the earthe THy prayse alone O Lorde doth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Theyr vowes to thee they doo maintaine Sing this as the. xxx psalme and their behestes fullfill verse 2 For that thou doest theyr prayer heare and dost therfo agree Thy people al bothe far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 Our wicked lyfe so farre excedes that we should fall therin But Lorde forgeue our great misdeedes and purge vs from out synne verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest chuse within thy courte to dwell Thy house and temple be shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth ryse The hope of all the earth abrode and the sea coasts likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compasd with thy power Thou makst the mountayns strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou dost asswage and make their streames full styll Thou dost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall dread thy signes to see Whiche morne and euen in great mirth doo passe with prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and drye and thirsteth more and more Then with thy dropes thou dost applye and muche encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerflow and so doth cause to sprynge The seede and corne which men doo sow for he doth guide the thing verse 11 With wete thou dost her forowes fill wherby her cloddes doo fall Thy drops to her thou dost distill and bles her frute withall verse 12 Thou deckst the earth of thy good grace with fayre and pleasaunt crop Thy cloudes distill theyr deaw a pace great plenty they doo drop verse 13 wherby the desert shall begin full great encrease to bryng The litle hilles shall ioy therin muche frute in them shall spryng verse 14 In places playne the flocke shall fede and couer all the earth The valies with corne shall so excede that men shall sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra Psal. lxvl. T. S. He prouoketh all men to prayse the Lorde to considre his workes rehersing two thinges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath delyuered Israell from great bondage and afflictions ▪ he promiseth to geue sacryfyce and prouoke all men to heare what God hath done for hym and to prayse hys name YE men on earth in God reioyce Sing this as the. xviii Ps with prayse set forth his name Extoll his might with hart and voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wonderfull O Lorde say ye in all thy workes thou art Thy foes for feare doo seke to thee full sore agaynst theyr hart verse 3 All men that dwell the earth throughout doo prayse the name of God The laude therof the worlde about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 All folke come forth beholde and see what things the Lord hath wrought Mark wel the wōdrous works that he for man to passe hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hye therin away they had On fote to pas both fair and drye wherof theyr harts were glad verse 6 His might doth rule the world alwaye his eyes all thynges be hold All suche as would him disobey by hym shalbe controld verse 7 ye people geue vnto our God due laude and thankes alwayes With ioyfull voyce declare abrode and syng vnto hys prayse verse 8 Whiche doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with all He stayeth our fete so that no stryfe can make vs slippe or fall verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they will abyde As workmen doo when they desyre to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The secōde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ryde and raygne Though we through fyre and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 yet sure thou dost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring vs out into a place to liue in wealth and rest verse 13 Unto thy house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my selfe applye my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in all my grief and smart The vowes I say whiche I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offringe I will geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shalbe of bullockes goates and lamkes verse 16 Come forth and harken here full sone all ye that feare the Lorde what he for my poore soule hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I call vpon hys grace thys mouth to him doth crye And thou my tonge make spede apace to prayse hym by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delyte to syn God will not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voice hath heard and what I doo require My prayer he doth well regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 All prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mynde Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I doo euer fynde Deus misereatur nostri Psalme lxvii I. H. A swete prayer for all the faythfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lyghtened with hys countenaunce to thende that hys way and iudgements may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernor of all nations HAue mercy on vs Lorde Sing this as the. xxx psalme and graunte to ps thy grace To shew to vs doo thou accorde the bryghtnes of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may knowe thy way to godly wealth And all the nations on a row may see thy sauyng health verse 3 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name O let the people all abrode Extoll and laude the same verse 4 Thoroughout the worlde so wyde let all reioyce with mirth For thou with truth right dost guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the worlde O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people all abrode extoll and laude the same verse 6 Then shall the earth encrease Great store of frute shall fall And then our God the God of peace Shall bles vs eke with all God shall vs bles I say and then bothe farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shall stande in feare Exurgat deus Psal. lxviii T. S. In this Psalm Dauid setteth forth as in a glas the wonderfull mee mercyes of God towardes his people who by all meanes and moste