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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

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

and hide you in youre hyll verse 2 Beholde the wicked bende theyr bowes and make their arrowes prest To shote in secret and to hurte the sound and harmeles brest verse 3 Of worldly hope and stayes were shrunke and clearly brought to nought Alas the iust and rightuous man what euill hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauens hath his seate of royall maiestie The poore and simple mans estate All thinges are gouerned by gods prouidēce considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narowly the maners of mankinde verse 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the rightuous man will vse But in his harte he doth abhorre all suche as mischiefmuse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne ▪ Fire and brimstone and whirle windes thicke As in the distruction of Sodom and Gomo appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doeth righteousnes embrace And to the iust and vpryght man sheweth forth his pleasant face Saluum mefac Deus Psalm xii T. S. The Prophet learnyng the miserable estate of the people and the decaye of all good order desyreth God spedely to sende succor to his children Then comfortyng himselfe others with thassuraunce of gods helpe he commendeth the constant beritye that God obserueth in keping his promises concluding that when all orders are most corrupted then will God delyuer hys HElpe Lorde for good and godly men Sing this as the third psalme doo perysh and decay And fayth and truth from worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doeth with his neighboure talke his talke is all but vayne For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and fayne verse 3 But flatteryng and deceitfull lippes and tounges that be so stoute To speake proud words make great bragges the Lorde soone cut them out verse 4 For they say still we wyll preuayle our tonges shall vsextoll Oure tonges are ours we ought to speake what Lorde shall vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry The lord doth deliuer from all daungers of poore and men opprest Arise will I now sayeth the Lorde and them restore to rest verse 6 6 Gods worde is lyke to siluer pure that from the earth is tried And hath no les then seuen times in fire bene puryfyed verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe God can not deceue them that put theyr trust in him Lorde kepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischief manifolde When vanitie with mortall men so highly is extolde Vsquequo domine Psalme xiii T. S. Dauid as it were ouercomen with sundry and new afflictions fleeth to God as his onely refuge and so at the length being encouraged through Gods promises he conceyueth moste sure confidence againste the extreame horrors of deathe HOwe longe wilt thou forget me Lorde shall I neuer be remembred Sing this Psalm with the iii. tune ▪ How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou were offended verse 2 In hart and mynde how longe shall I. with care tormented be Howe longe eke shall my deadly foe thus tryumphe ouer me verse 3 Beholde me now my Lorde my God and heare me sore opprest Lighten mine eyes lest that I slepe as one by death possest verse 4 Lest this mine enemie sai to me beholde I doo preuayle Lest they also that hate my soule reioyse to see me quayle verse 5 But for thy mercyes and goodnes The mercye of God is the cause of our saluation my hope shall neuer start In thy relife and sauing health right glad shall be my hart verse 6 I will geue thankes vnto the Lorde and prayses to hym syng Because he hathe hard my request and graunted my wishyng Dixit insipiens Psalme xiiii T. S. He described the peruerse nature of men whiche were so growen to licenciousnes that God was brought to vtter cotempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued yet being perswaded that god would send som present remedy he comfort him selfe and others THere is no God as folish mē affirm in their mad mode their drifts ar al corrupt and vain not one of thē doth good The lord beheld frō heauen hie y e whole race of mākind and saw not one y t sought in dede y e liuing god to find verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the worlde did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all theyr indgement so farre lost that all worke mischief styll Eatyng my people euen as breade not one to seke Gods wyll verse 5 When they thus rage then sodenly great feare on them shall fall For God doth loue the rightuous men and will maintayne them all verse 6 He mocke the doinges of the poore to theyr reproche and shame Because they put theyr trust in God and call vpon hys name verse 7 But who shall geue thy people health and when wilt thou fulfill Where wicked men raine all felicitie is but very slauery lyke to Egipte or Babilon The promise made to Israell from out of Sion hill verse 8 Euen when thou shalt restore agayne suche as were captiues lad Then Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israell shall be glad Domine quis habitabit Psalm xv T. S This Psalme teacheth on what condition Goddid chuse the Jewes for his peculiar people and wherfore he placed his Temple amonge them whyche was to thentent that they by liuing vprightly godly might witnes that they were his speciall and holy people O Lorde with in thy tabernacle Sing thisas thr iiii Psa. who shall inhabite styll Or whom wilt thou receyue to dwell in thy most holy hill verse 2 The man whose lyfe is vncorrupt whose workes are iust and streit Whose hart doth thinke the very truthe whose tong speaketh no deceyt verse 3 Nor to his neyghboure doth none ill in body goods or name Nor willingly doeth moue salse tales which might empere the same verse 4 That in hys hart regardeth not malicious wicked men But those that loue and feare the Lorde he maketh muche of them verse 5 His othe and all his promises that kepeth faithfully Although he make his couenaunt so that he doth lose therby verse 6 That put teth not to vsury hys money and hys coyne Them the which doo not this shalbe cast out of the church with Ismaelli and the hipocrites Ne for to hurt the innocent doeth brybe or els purloyne verse 7 Who so doeth all thynges as you see that here is to be done Shall neuer perish in thys world nor in the worlde to come Conserua me domine psalm xvi T. S. Dauid prayeth to God for succor not for hys workes but for hys faithes sake protestyng that he hateth all Idolatry takyng God only for hys comforte and felicytie who suffereth hys to lacke nothing LOrde

it selfe most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble and grief haue seased on me and brought me wondrous lowe yet doo I still of thy precepts delyght to heare and know verse 144 The righteous of thy iudgements doo last for euermore Then teache them me for euen in them my lyfe lyeth vp in store The. xix parte ●OPH verse 145 With feruent heart I callde and crid now answere me O Lord That thy commaundement to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute with most humble request Saue me therfore and I will kepe thy precept and thy hest verse 147 To thee I crye euen in the morne before the day waxe lyght Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plyght verse 148 Mine eyes preuent the watch by night and yere they call I wake That by deuisyng of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thyne eares to heare my voice and pitie on me take As thou wast wont so iudge me Lorde lest lyfe me should forsake verse 150 My foes draw nere and doo procure my deathe malitiously Which from thy law are far gone back and straid from it leudly verse 151 Therfore O Lorde approche thou nere for nede doth so require And all thy precepts true they are then helpe I thee desyre verse 152 By thy cōmaundements I haue learnd not now but longe ago That they remayne for euermore thou hast them grounded so The. xx parte RES verse 153 My trouble and affliction consider and beholde Delyuer me for of thy lawe I euer take fast holde verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with spede me succor send From death as thou hast promised Lorde kepe me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace Wherby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are thy mercyes Lord I graunt what tong can them atteyne And as thou haste me iudged yer now so let me lyfe obteyne verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute most sore Yet from thy lawes I neuer shronk nor went awry therfore verse 158 And truth it is for grief I dye when I these traitors see Because they kepe no whit thy worde nor yet seke to know thee verse 159 Beholde for I doo loue thy lawes with hart most glad and fayne As thou art good and gratious Lorde restore my lyfe agayne verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath bene euer Thy rightuous iudgements are also most true and decay neuer The. xxi parte SCHIN verse 161 Princes haue sought by crueltye causeles to make me crouche But all in vayne for of thy word the feare did my hart touche verse 162 And certenly euen of thy word I was more mery and glad Then he that of ryche spoyles and pray great store and plentye had verse 163 As for all lyes and falsitie I hate most and detect For why thy holy law doo I aboue all thinges loue best verse 164 Seuen times aday I prayse the Lord singing with hart and voyce Thy rightuous actes and wonderfull so cause me to reioyse verse 165 Great peace and rest shall all such haue whiche doo thy statutes loue Nor danger shall theyr quiet state impere or once remoue verse 166 My only health and comfort Lorde I loke for at thy hand And therfore haue I done those things whiche thou didst me commaunde verse 167 Thy lawes haue ben my exercise whiche my soule most desired So muche my loue to them was bent that nought els I required verse 168 Thy statutes and commaundements I kept thou knowest a ryght For all the things that I haue done are present in thy syght The. xxii parte TAV verse 169 O Lorde let my complaynt and crye before thy face appeare And as thou hast me promise made so teache me thee to feare verse 170 Mine humble supplication toward thee let find acces And graunt me Lord deliueraunce for so is thy promes verse 171 Then all my lippes thy prayses speake after most ample sort When thou thy statutes hast me taught wherin standeth all comfort verse 172 My tong shall sing and preache thy word and on this wise say shall Gods famous actes and noble lawes are iust and perfect all verse 173 Stretch out thy hand I thee beseche and spedely me saue For thy commaundments to obserue chosen O Lorde I haue verse 174 Of thee alone Lorde I craue health for other I know none And in thy law and nothyng els I doo delyte alone verse 175 Graunt me therfore long dayes to lyue thy name to magnifye And of thy iudgements mercifull let me thy fauor trye verse 176 For I was lost and went astraye muche lyke a waydryng shepe Oh seke me for I haue not fayled thy commaundmentes to kepe Dd dominum cum tribularer Psal. cxx T. S. The praier of Dauid beyng now banished among the barbarious people of Arabia by the fasle reports of enuious flatterers And therefore he lamenteth his long abode amonge those infidels who were geuen to all kind of wickednes and contetion IN trouble and in thrall vnto the Lord I call he doth me cōfort deliuer me I say frō liers lips alway And tong of false reyort verse 4 What vantage or what thyng Getst thou thus for to sting Thou false and flattering lyer verse 5 Thy tongue doth hurt I wene No les then arrowes kene Of whote consuming fire verse 6 Alas to longe I slake Within these tentes so blake Whiche kedars are by name By whom the flocke elect And of Isaackes sect Are put to open shame verse 7 With them that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet lyfe verse 8 But when my worde was tolde Causeles I was controld By them that would haue stryfe Leuaui oculos meos Cxxi VV. VV. The Prophet shewed by his owne example that the faythful ought to loke for all their succor of God alone who will gouerne and giue good successe to all theyr godly enterpryses I Lyfte mine eies to Sion hill frō whence I doo attend that succor God me send The mighty God me succor will which heauē and earth framed all things therin named 3 Thy fote from slip he will preserue And will thee safely kepe For he will neuer slepe Lo he that doth Israll conserue No slepe at all can him catche But his eyes shall euer watche The Lorde is thy warrant alway The Lorde eke doth thee couer As at thy ryght hand euer The sunne shall not thee parche by day Nor the mone not halfe so bryght Shall with could thee hurt by night The Lorde will kepe thee from distres And wyll thy lyfe sure saue And thou also shalt haue In all thy busines good successe Where euer thou goest in or out God will thy thinges bring about Letatus sum Psalme Cxxii VV. K. Dauid reioyceth in the name of the faythfull that God

I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the