worlde so wyde verse 5 For in his wrath the Lorde will say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lorde will say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my kyng vpon my holy hyll I will therfore Lorde preach thy lawes and eke declare thy will verse 7 For in this wise the Lorde him selfe did say to me I wotte Thou art my deare and only sonne to day I thee begotte verse 8 All people I will geue to thee as heires at thy request The endes and coastes of all the earth by thee shall be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters sheardes shalt breake them with an yron rodde verse 10 Nowye O kinges and rulers all bewise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lorde aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyse to him in like manere verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Lest in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the midde way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so small shall kindle in hys brest Oh then all they that trust in Chryst shall happie be and blest Domine quid multiplicati sūt Psal. iii. T. S. Dauid being persecuted briuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for hys sinne against God and therfore calleth vpon God and wareth bolde through hys promises against the great terrors of his enemies yea and againste deathe it selfe whyche he sawe present before hys eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that God gaue hym 〈◊〉 the Churche ouer hys enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more more They kil my hart when as they say God cā him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence whē I am harde bestead my worship my honor bothe and thou holdst vp my hed verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lorde I did bothe call and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 5 I layde me downe and quyetly Gods strength muste not be measured by manes weakenes and therfore we ought to feare no daungers I slept and rose agayne For why I know assuredly The Lorde will me sustayn verse 6 If ten thousande had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art still my Lorde my God my sauiour and mine ayde verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God He retorneth to hys prayer for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheekes and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Saluation only doth belong to thee O Lorde aboue Thou doest bestowe vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiuit Psal. iiii T. S. Whē Saule persecutid Dauid be called vpō God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore boldli reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And fynally preferreth the fououre of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewyse learne to trust in Gods promises whē we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neyther feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations O God that art my righteousnes Lorde heare me when I call Sing this as the firste Psalme Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bonde and thrall Haue mercy Lorde therfore on me and graunt me this request God will delyuer hys church frō all dangers because he fauoureth it Selah For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortall men how longe will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Knowe ye that good and godly men the Lorde doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stande in awe therfore examine well your heart And in your chambre quyetly see you your selues conuerte verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing Lorde you put your trustalway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goodes and riches doo embrace But Lord graunt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyfull and more glad Then they that of their corne and wine full great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lie downe will I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lorde alone in safety kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psal. v. Th. Stern Dauid hauing suffered greate calamitie as well by Doeg and Achitophell Sauls flaterers as by other infinit enemies calleth to God for succor shewing howe requisite it is That god shuld punish the malicious enuye of hys aduersaryes After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceiueth comforte concluding that when God shall deliuer him other also shall be partakers of the same mercyes INclyne thyne eares vnto my wordes Sing this as the thirde Psalme O Lorde my playnt consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my kyng my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Heare me betime Lorde tary not for I will haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleasd with wickednes and ill with thee dwelleth none verse 5 And in thy sight shall neuer stande The wicked can not escape Gods punishment who wil iudge all the worlde these furious fooles O Lorde Uaine workers of iniquitie Thou hast alwayes abhorde verse 6 The liers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them then And God will hate the bloud thirstye and the deceitfull man verse 7 Therfore will I come to thy house In the depest of his tēptations he putteth hys full confydence in God trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lorde leade me in thy rightuousnes for to confounde my foes And eke the way that I shall walke before my face disclose verse 9 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth theyr hart is foule and vayne verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges doo glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert them in theyr heapes of sinne which haue rebellion wrought verse 13 But those that put theyr trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And render thankes for thy defence and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iustand righteous still And with thy grace as with a shilde defend him from all ill Heb that will crowne hym 1. Domine in furore tuo arguas me Psal. vi T. S When Dauid by hys sinnes hathe prouoked Gods wrathe nowe felt not only hyshand against hym but also conceyued the horrors of deathe euerlastyng
For I haue spied their citie full of rapyne stryfe and wronge verse 11 Which things bothe night day throghoute doo close her as a wall In middes of her is mischif stoute and sorow eke with all verse 12 Her priuie partes are wicked playne her dedes are muche to vyle And in her stretes there doth remayne all crafty fraude and guile verse 13 If that my foes did seke my shame I might it well abide From open enmies checke and blame some where I coulde me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didest pretend And diddest my secrete counsell here as my famillier frende verse 15 With whom I had delight to taulke in secret and abrode And we to gether oft did walke within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fall and send them quicke to hell For mischief rayneth in theyr hall and parloure where they dwell verse 17 But I vnto my God doo crye to him for healpe I flee Ohe Lorde doth heare me by and by and he doeth succour me verse 18 At morning noone and euening tide vnto the Lorde I praye When I so instantly haue tryed he doth not say me naye verse 19 To peace he shall restore me yet though warre be now at hande All though the number be full greate that would against me stande verse 20 The Lord that first last doth raigne bothe now and euermore will heare when I to him complayne and punish them full sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to tourne will once accorde For why they will not God obey nor doo not feare the Lorde verse 22 Upon their frends they laid theyr hands whiche weare in couenaunt knitte ▪ Of frendship to neglect the bandes they passe or care no whyt verse 23 while they haue war within their hart as butter are theyr wordes Although his words wer smothe as oyle they cut as sharp as swordes verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lorde and he shall nourish thee For in no wise wyll he accorde the iust in thrall to see verse 25 But God shall cast them deepe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He will no guilefull man permit to lyue oute halfe hys dayes verse 29 Thoughe such be quite destroyde gon in the O Lorde I trust I shall depende thy grace vpon with all my hart and luste Miserere Psalme Lvi I. H Dauid being broughte to Achis the kinge of Gath Saum complayneth of hys enemyes demaundeth succoure putteth hys trust in God and hys promisses and promiseth to performe hys vowes whyche he had taken vpon hym Wherof thys was the effecte to prayse God in hys Churche HAue mercy Lorde on me I pray for man woulde me deuoure Sing this as the. li. Psa. He fyghteth with me day by daye and troubleth me eche houre verse 2 Myne enmies dayly enterprise to swalowe me outeryghte To fyght agaynst me many ryse O thou moste hygh of myghte verse 3 When they would make me most afraid with boast and bragges of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I doo minde and prayse O Lorde I sticke to thee I doo not care at all assayes what flesh can doo to me verse 5 What thinges I eyther did or spake they wrast them at theyr will And all the counsell that they take is how to worke me ill verse 6 They all consent them sealues to hyde close watche for me to laye They spie my pathes snares haue tred to take my lyfe awaye verse 7 Shall they thus scape on mischef set thow God on them will frowne For in his wrath he doth not let to throwe whole kingdomes downe verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make meflee and on my teares doest looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I doo call vpon thy name my foes awaye doo starte I well perceaue it by that same that God doeth take my parte verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde with Ioye will I declare abrode the promise of the Lore verse 11 I trust in God and yet I saye as I afore beganne The Lorde he is my healpe and stay I doo not care for man verse 12 I will performe with hart so free to God my vowes alwayes And I O Lorde all times to thee will offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule frō death thou dost me defēd and keepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with suche as lyue in lyght Miserere Psalme lvii I. H Dauid being in the deserte of Ziph where the in habitauntes did betraye hym and at length in the same Caue with Sauil. Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he will perform his promis and take his cause in hand Also that he wil shew his glory in the Heauens and the earthe agaynst hys cruell enemyes Therfore doth he render laude and prayse TAke pitie for thy promise sake haue mercy Lorde on me For why my soule doth her betake Sing this as the. ill psal vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy winges I set my selfe full fast Till mischief malice and lyke thyngs be gon and ouer paste verse 3 I call vpon the God moste hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that will stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent hys ayde to saue me from theyr spighte That to deuoure me haue assayed his mercy truth and myght verse 5 I leade my lyfe with Lyons fell all set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwell that freate lyke flambes offyre verse 6 Theyr teeth are speares arrowes lōg as sharpe as I haue seene They wound cut with theyr quick toūg like swerdes and weapons kene verse 7 Set vp and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bryght Exalt thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiestie and myghte verse 8 They lay theyr net and doo prepare a priuie caue and pitte Wherin they thinke my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My harte is set to laude the Lorde in hym to ioye alwayes My hart I say doth well accorde to syng hys laude and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I saye my lute my harpe and strynge For I my sealf before the daye will rise reioyre and syng verse 11 Amonge the people I will tell the goodnes of my God And shew hys prayse that doeth excell in Heathen landes abrode verse 12 His mercy doeth extend as farre as heauens all are hie His truthe is highe as any starre that standeth in the skye verse 13 Set fourth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bryghte Extoll thy prase on earthe abrode thy maiestie and might Siuere vtique Psalme lviii I. H He describeth the malyce of hys enemyes the flatterers of Saule who bothe secretiye and openly sought hys dystruction
mercy Lorde is all my sute Lorde let thy mercy come The humble sute of the Sinner M. O Lorde of whom I do depend be holde my carefull hart when thy wil pleasure is relese me of my smart thou seest my sorowe what they are my gref is knowne to thee there is none y t can remoue or take the same frō me But only thou whose ayde I craue whose mercy still is prest To ease all those that come to thee for souccour and for rest And sith thou seest my restles eyes my teres and greuous grone Attende vnto my sute O Lorde Marke well my plaint and mone For sinne hath so inclosed me and compast me aboute That I am now remediles if mercy helpe not out For mortall man cannot release or mitigate thys payne But euen thy Christ my Lord and God whiche for my sinnes was slayne Whose blody woundes are yet to see though not with mortall eye yet doth thy sainctes beholde them all And so I trust shall I. Though sinne doth hynder me a whyle When thou shalt see it good I shall enioye the sight of him and see his woundes and bloud And as thine angels and thy saynctes doo now beholde the same So trust I to possesse that place With them to prayse thy name But whiles I liue here in this vale where sinners doo frequent Assist me euer with thy grace My sinnes still to lament Lest that I treade in sinners trace and geue them my consent To dwell with them in wickednes wherto nature is bent Only thy grace must be my staye lest that I fall downe flat And being downe then of my selfe cannot recouer that Wherfore this is yet once againe my sute and my request To graunt me pardon for my sinne that I in thee may rest Then shall my hart my tong and voyce be instruments of prayse And in thy Churche and house of sainctes Sing psalmes to thee alwayes The Lordes Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heauen art lord halowd be thy name Thy kingdō come thy will be don in earth euen as the same in heauē is Gene vs O Lord our dayly bread this day As we forgeue our detters so forgeue our dettes we pray Into temptatiō lead vs not From euill make vs free for kingdome power and glory thyne bothe now and euer be The x. Commaundements Audi Israell Exod. xx N HArk Israel what I say geue hede to vnderstād I am the lord thy God y t brought thee out of Egipt land euen frō the house wherin thou didst in thraldō liue a slaue Non other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted be Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth belowe Nor in waters beneth the earth to them thou shalt not bowe Nor shalt them serue The Lorde thy God a ielous God am I That punish parents faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy doo display To thousands of suche as me loue and my precepts obey The name thou of the Lorde thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne the Lorde shall not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Sabbat day Six daies thou labour shalt and doo thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke shalt thou doo in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruaunt nor handmayd thine oxe nor yet thine asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in six dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did Upon the seuenth take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him self alone apointed to remayne Yeld honor to thy parentes that prolonged thy dayes may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath geuen thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adulterye Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neyghbor doth belong Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wyfe to doo him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asseof his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbor proper is FINIS ⧠PSALMES OF DAVID Beatus vir Psalme i. T. S. Whether it was Esdras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set thys Psalme firste in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffecte herof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their life to Gods lawe And that the wicked contemners of God though they seme for a whyle fortunate yet at lengthe shall come to miserable destruction 1_THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair 2. But in the law of god y e lord both set his whole delight in that law doth exercise him selfe both day night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Whiche bringeth forth most pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall But florish still and stand Euen so all thinges shall prosper well that this man taketh inhand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men Although the wicked seme to beare the swing in this worlde yet the lorde scattereth them likechaffe with a blaste of his mouthe they shalbe nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the windes dryue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stande vpryght Nor yet the sinners with the iust shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of Godly men vnto the Lorde is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quyte be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalm ii T. S. Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding hys enemies rage worldely power yet God wil continue hys kyngdome for euer and aduaūce it euen to the formost ende of the worlde And therfore be exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory apart they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke Herein is signified Chryste and hys kyngdome WHy did the Gentiles tumultesraise Sing this psalme with the first tune what rage was in their braine Why dyd the Iewish people muse seyng all is but vayne verse 2 The kinges and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shall we be bounde to them say they let all theyr bondes be broke Inheb greate ropes or cables And of their doctrine and theyr lawe let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes throughout the
all these leud and worldly mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For be their power neuer so stronge God will it ouerthrowe Where contrary he doth preserue the humble men and lowe verse 18 He seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And will geue them inheritaunce which neuer shall decay verse 19 They shall not be discouraged when some are hard bested When other shalbe hungre bit they shall be clad and fed verse 20 For whosoeuer wicked is and enemie to the Lorde Shal quaile yea melt euē as lābs grease or smoke that flieth abrode The thirde parte verse 21 Beholde the wicked boroweth muche and neuer paith againe wheras the iust by liberall giftes makth many glad and faine verse 22 For they whō God doth bles shall haue the lande for heritage And they whom he doth curse likewise shall pearysh in his rage verse 23 The Lord the iust mās waies doth guid and geuth him good successe To euery thing he taketh in hande he sendeth good addresse verse 24 Though that he fall yet is he sure not vtterly to quayle Because the Lord stretche out his hand at nede and doth not fayle verse 25 I haue ben yong and now am olde yet did I neuer see The iust man left or els his sede to begge for miserye verse 26 But geueth alwayes most liberally and lendthe wheras is nede His children and posteritie receiue of God their mede verse 27 Flee vice therfore and wickednes and vertue doo embrace So God shall graunt thee long to haue in earth a dwellyng place verse 28 For God so loueth equitie and she wth to his such grace That he preserueth them euermore but destroyth the wicked race verse 29 Where as the good and godly men inherite shall the land Hauing as Lordes all thing therin in their owne power and hand verse 30 30 The iust mans mouth doth euer speake of maters wise and hye His tong doth talke to edifie with truth and equitie verse 31 For in his hart the law of God his Lorde doth still abide So that where he goeth or walketh his foote can neuer slide verse 32 The wicked like a rauening wolfe the iust man doth beset By all meanes seking him to kill if he fall in his net The forthe parte verse 33 Though he should fall into his hands yet God would succor send Though men against him sentence geue God would him yet defend verse 34 Wayt thou on God and kepe his way he shall preserue thee then The earth to rule and thou shalt see destroyde these wicked men verse 35 The wicked haue I sene most strong and placed in high degree Florishing in all wealth and store as doth the Laurell tree verse 36 But sodenly he passed away and lo he was quite gone Then I him sought but could scarse finde the place where dwelt such one verse 37 Marke and behold the perfite man how God doth him increase for the iust man shall haue at length great ioy with rest and peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroyde they shall all be God will cut of theyr budding race and ryche posteritie verse 19 But the saluation of the iust doth come from God aboue Who in their trouble sendth them aide of mercy grace and loue verse 40 God doth them helpe saue and deliuer from leud men and vniust And still will saue them whilst that they in him do put theyr trust Domine ne in furore Psalm 38. I. H. Dauid lying sicke of some greuous disease acknowlegeth him selfe to be chastysed of the Lorde for his sinnes and therfore prayeth God to tourne away his wrath he vttereth the greatnes of his grief by many wordes and circumstances as wounded with the arrowes of gods Ire forsaken of his frends euell entreated of his enemies but in the ende with firme confidence he cōmendeth his cause to God hopeth for spedie helpe at hys hande PUt me not to rebuke O Lorde in thy prouoked ire Sing this as the xxxv psa Ne in thy heauy wrath O Lorde Correct me I desire Thine arowes doo sticke fast in me thy hand doth presse me sore And in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more And all thys is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my synne For loe my wicked doinges Lorde aboue my hed are gone As greater lode then I can beare they lye me sore vpon My woundes stinck and are festred so as lothesome is to see Which all through mine owne folishnes betideth vnto me And I in carefull wise am brought in trouble and distres That I go wayling all the day my dulfull heauines My loynes are fild with sore disease my flesh hath no whole parte I feble am and broken sore I rore for grefe of hart Thou knowst Lord my desire my grones are open in thy syght My hart doth pant my strēgth hath faild mine eyes haue lost theyr lyght My louers and my wonted frendes stand lokyng in my woe And eke my kinesmen far away are me departed froe They that did seke my life layd snares and they that sought the way To doo me hurt spake lyes and thought on treason all the day The secōd parte But as a deefe man I became that cannot heare at all And as one dumme that opens not his mouth to speake withall For all my confidence O Lorde is wholly set in thee O Lord thou Lorde that art my God thou shalt geue eare to me This I did craue that they my foes triumphe not ouer me For when my foote did slip then they did ioy my fall to see And truly I poore wretch am set in plage a wofull wight And eke my grefefull heauines is euer in my sight For whyle that In my wickednes in humble wise confesse And while I for my sinfull dedes my sorow doo expresse My fooes doo still remayne alyue and mighty are also And they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely growe They stande agaynste me that my God with euell doo repay Because that good and honest thynges I doo ensue alway Forsake me not O Lolde my God be thou not far away Hast me to help my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi custodiam xxxix Iohn Hop Dauid vttereth with what great gref and bitternes of mind he was driuen to these outragious complaynts of his infirmities for he canfesseth that when he had determined sylence that he brast forth yet in to words that he woulde not through the greatnes of his greef Thē be reherseth certayne requests which tast of infirmitie of man mixeth with them many prayers but all to shew a mind wōderfully troubled that it may plainly appeare how he did stryue myghtiye agaynste deathe and desperatyon I Sayde I will loke to my wayes For feare I should go wronge Sing this as the. xxxv psalme I will take heede all tymes that I Offend not in my tounge verse 2 As with a bit
low vpon the earthe verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made full short his youth and lusty dayes And raysed of him an ill reporte with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne And shall thine anger still alwaye as fire consume and bourne verse 48 O call to minde remembre then my time consumeth fast Why hast thou the sonnes of men as thinges in vayne to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shall neuer see Or from the hand of hell his soule shall he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O lord thine oulde goodnes so oft declared beforne Whiche by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to minde doo call that on thy seruauntes lye The rayling of the people all borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lorde thyne enemies blasphemed haue thy name The steppes of thine anoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 All prayse to thee O Lorde of hostes bothe now and eke for aye Through skie and earth in all the costes Amen amen I saye Domine refugium Psal. lxxxx I. H Moyses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are nether admonished by the breuitie of theyr lyfe nor by his plages to be thanckefull Therfore Moyses prayeth God to tourne their hartes and continew his mercies towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer THou Lorde hast ben our suer defence Sing this as the. lxxviii Ps. Our place of ease and rest In all times past yea so longe sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mountaine or hill the earth or worlde abrod From age to age and alwayse still for euer thou art God verse 3 Thou grindest man through gref paine to dust or clay and then And then thou sayst agayne returne againe ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sighte As yester day it doth appere or as a watche one nighte verse 5 So sone as thou doest scattre them then is their life and trade All as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty soone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines full bright but fadeth by and by And is cut downe ere it be night all withered dead and drye verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is muche decayed And of thy seruent wrath and sume we are full sore afrayed verse 8 The wicked works y t we haue wrought thou setst before thine eye Our priuie faultes yea eke our thought thy countenaunce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our daies do wast therof doth nought remayne Our yeres consume as wordes or blast and are not called agayne verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we doo liue on molde If one see fourescore surely then we count him wonders oulde verse 11 Yet of this tune the strength and chief the whiche we counte vpon Is nothing els but painfull grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what strength is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doeth the feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lorde to know and try how longe our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdom to attayne verse 14 Retourn O Lord how long wilt thou fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruauntes now and healp them at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy soone and then our ioie shalbe All times so long as lyfe doth last in harte reioyce shall we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before nowe also make vs glad And for the yeres wherin full sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appere and on thy seruauntes lyght And shew vnto their children dere thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruauntes thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lorde prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme lxxxxi I. H Here is described in what assurance he lyueth that putteth his whole trust in God and committeth him selfe whollye to his protection in all temptacyons A promise of God to those that loue hym know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immortall glory HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwell In shadodw of the mightiest grace at rest shall kepe him well verse 2 Thou art my hope and my strong hold I to the Lorde will say My God on hye in him will I my whole affiance stay verse 3 He shall defend thee from the snare the whiche the hunter layde And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayed verse 4 And with his winges shall couer thee and keepe thee safely there His fayth and truth thy fence shalbe as sure as sheld and speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not neede I saye to feare or be afflighte Of all the shafts that flye by daye nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priutlye doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that whiche doth destroye and at none dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy syde as thou doest stand a thousand dead shalbe Ten thousand eke at thy right hande and yet shalt thou be free verse 8 But thou shalte see it for thy parte thyne eyse shall well regarde That euen lyk to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lorde I only lust to stay my hope on thee And in the hiest I put my trust my sure defence is he verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none ill to feare with thee it shall not mell Nor yet the plage shall once come nere thy house where thou dost dwell verse 11 For why vnto his aungels all with charge commaundeth hee That still in all thy wayes they shall preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in thy handes shall the beare vp still wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shall neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Upon the Lyon thou shalt go the adderfell and longe And treade vpon the Liones yong with dragons stoute and stronge verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I will dispatch him quite And him defend because that he dothe know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth crye an aunswer I will geue And from his grefe take him will I in glory for to lyue verse 16 2With length of yeres dayes of welth I will fulfill his time The goodnes of my sauing health I will declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalm lxxxxii I. H This Psalme was made to be soung on the sabaoth to stir vp the people to acknowledge God and to prayse him in his workes The Prophet reioyseth therin But the wicked is not able to cōsidre that the vngodlye when he his most
peruerse with grief shall stop theyr voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now full well he may these thinges recorde For certeinly suche shall perceyue the kindnes of the Lorde Paratum cor meum Psalme Cviii. N. This psalme is composed of two other psalmes before the seuen and fyftye and the sixtie The matter here conteyned is That Dauid geueth himselfe with harte and voyce to prayse the Lorde and assureth him selfe of the promes of God concerning his kingdome ouer Israell and his power against other nations who though he seme for to forsake vs for a time yet he alone in the ende will caste downe our enemies O God my harte prepared is Sing this as the. lxxxxv and eke my tong is so I will aduaunce my voyce in song and geuyug prayse also Awake my viole and my harp swete melody to make And in the morning I my selfe right early will awake By me among the people Lorde still praysed shalt thou be And I among the Heathen folke will sing O Lorde to thee Because thy mercie Lorde is great aboue the heauens hie And eke thy truth doth reche the clouds within the lofty skye Aboue the sterry heauens heighth exalt thy selfe O God And Lorde display vpon the earth thy glory all abrode That thy derely beloued may be set at libertie Helpe O my God with thy righte hand and harken vnto me God in his holines hath spoke wherfore my ioyes abound Sychem I shall diuide and mete the vale of Sucoth ground And Gilead shall be myne owne Manasses mine shall be My hed strength Ephraim and Law shall Iuda geue for me Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom will I throwe Upon the land of Palestine in triumph will I goo Who shall into the citie strong be guide to conduict me Or who by whom to Edom land conueyed shall I be Is it not thou O God which late hadst vs forsaken quyte And thou O Lorde which with our host didst not goe fourth to fyght Geue vs O Lorde thy sauing ayde when trouble doth assayle For all the helpe of man is vayne and can no whit auayle Through God we shal do valiant acts and worthy of renowne He shall subdue our enemies ye he shall treade them downe Deus laudem meam Psalme Cix N. Dauid being falslye accused by flatterers vnto Sawl prayeth God to helpe him and to destroye his enemyes And vnder them he speaketh of Iudas the traitour vnto Iesus Christ and of all the like enemyes of the children of God And desireth so to be deliuered that his enemies may know the work of God Then doth he promise to geue prayses vnto God IN specheles silence doo not holde O God thy tong alwayes Sing this as the. lxxxxv O God euen thou I say that art the God of all my prayse The wicked mouth and gilefull mouth on me disclosed be And they with false and lying tong haue spoken vnto me Euen so doo I departe away as doth declynyng shade And as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade With fastyng longe from nedefull fode enfebled are my knees And all her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to lese And I also a vyle reproche to them was made to be And they that did vpon me loke did shake theyr heds at me But thou O Lorde that art my God myne ayde and succour be Accordyng to thy merycy Lorde saue and delyuer me And they shall know thereby that thys Lord is thy myghty hand And that thou thou hast done it Lorde so shall they vnderstande Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles with louyng voyce They shall aryse and come to shame thy seruant shall reioyse Let them be clothed all with shame that enmies are to me â–ª And with confusyon as a cloke eke couerd let them be But greatly I will with mg mouthe geue thankes vnto the Lorde And I among the multitude hys prayses will recorde For he with help at hys ryght hand will stande the pooreman by To saue hym from the men that wold condemne his soule to dye Dixit dominus domino Plalm Cx. N Dauid prophecyeth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Chryste and of hys Pristhod whyche shoulde put an ende to the Pristode of Leuy Sing this as the. lxviii Psalm THe Lorde did say vnto my Lorde Sit thou at my right hande Till I haue made thy foes a stoule wheron thy fete shall stande The Lorde shall out of Syon send the scepture of thy myght A midde thy mortall foes be thou the ruler in theyr syght And in the day on which they reigne and power they shall see Then hearby frewill offringes shall thy people offer thee Yea with a holy worshiping then shall they offer all Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth from wombe of morning fall The Lorde hath sworne and neuer will repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay The Lord thy God on thy righthand that standeth for thy stay Shal wound for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathfull day The Heathen he shall iudge and fill the place with bodies dead And ouer diuerse contreyes shall in sonder smite the head And he shall drink out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shall lift vp on hye his ryall hed that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalm Cxi N He geueth thanks to the Lord for his mercifull works towards his church declareth wherin true wisdom right knowledg coÌ„sisteth WIth hart I doo accord To praise laud the Lord Inpresence of the iuste For great his workes are founde To search them suche are bounde as doo hym loue and trust Hys workes are glorious Also his rightousnes It doeth indure for euer His wondrous works he wolde we still remembre shoulde his mercye fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as doo loue him beare a portion full faire He hath vp for them laid For this they shall well finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightnings and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand verse 7 Of all his workes insueth bothe iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend they are decreed sure verse 8 For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuayle his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hart full layne true wisdom wolde attayne The Lorde feare and obey suche as his Lawes doo kepe Shall knowledge haue full depe his prayse shall last for aye Beatus vir Psalme Cxii VV. K. He prayseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the â—â—rsed state of the contemners of God THe man is blest that god doth feare And that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God will vpreare And bles such as from him
Lorde theyr cruell wordes when as with one accorde They cryed on sack and raze their wals in despite of theyr Lorde verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be calld that our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be calld that taketh thy children yonge To dash theyr bones against hard stones whiche lye the streates amonge Confitebor tibi Psalme Cxxxviii N. ☞ Dauid with greate courage prayseth the goodnes of God toward hym whiche is so greate that it is knowne to forren prynces who shall prayse the Lord together with hym And he is assured to haue lyke comforte of God in the time folowyng as he hathe had here to fore THee will I prayse with my whole hart my Lorde my God alwayes Sing thys as the. cxivii Ps. Euen in the presence of the Gods I will aduaunce thy prayse Towarde thy holy temple I will looke and worship thee And praysed in my thankfull mouth thy holy name shall be Euen for thy louing kindnes sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy name hast by thy worde auaunced ouer all When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of encreasced strength within my soule to grow Yea all the kynges on earth they shall geue prayse to thee O Lorde For they of thy most holy mouth haue hard the mightye word They of the wayes of God the Lord in singing shall entreate Because the glory of the Lorde it is exceding great The Lorde is hye and yet he doth beholde the lowly spirite But he contemning knowes a farre the proud and lofty wight Although in middes of trouble I doo walke yet shall I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand vpon the wrath of all my foes and saued shall I be By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his worke to me Thy mercy Lorde endures for ay Lorde doo me not forsake Forsake me not that am the work whiche thine owne hand did make Domine probasti Psalme cxxxix N. ☞ Dauid to clense his harte from all hipocrisie sheweth that there is nothing so hye whiche God seyth not whiche he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of God he protesteth to be enemy to all them that contem God O Lorde thou hast me tryed and knowne my sitting doste thou knew And tysing eke my thoughts a farre thou vnderstandst also My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquaynted with my wayes No word is in my tong O lorde but knowne it is to thee Thou me behinde holdst and before thou layst thy hand on me To wonderfull aboue my reache Lorde is thy cunning skill it is so hie that I the same can not atteyne vntill From sight of thy all seeyng sprite Lorde whether shall I goo Or whether shall I flee away thy presence to scape froe To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lye downe by lowe euen there thou dost appeare Yea let me take the mornings winges and let me goo and hide Euen there where ar the farthest partes where flowing sea doth slide Yea euen thether also shall thy reaching hand me guide And thy ryght hand shall holde me fast and make me to abide yea if I say the darknes shall yet shrowde me from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about me shalbe light yea darknes hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darknes and the light are bothe alike alway For thou possessed hast my reynes and thou hast couerd me When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee Thee will I prayse made fearfully and wondrously I am Thy works are maruellous right well my soule doth knowe the same My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue ben made and in the earth beneth I shapen was When I was formeles then thyne eye saw me far in thy boke Were written all nought was before that after fashion toke The thoughtes therfore of thee O God bow dere are they to me And of them all how passing great the endles nombers be If I should compt them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet am I still with thee The wicked and the blody men of that thou woldest slaye Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say Euen those of thee O lord my God that speake full wickedlye These that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and not in earnest wise Contende I Lorde against them all against thee that arise I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes Trye me O God and know my hart my thoughtes proue and disclose Consider Lorde if wickednes in me there any be And in the way O God my guide for euer leade thou me Eripeme Psalme Cxl. N. ☞ Dauid complayneth of the crueltye falshed and iniuryes of his enemies against whiche he prayeth vnto the Lorde and assureth him selfe of hys helpe and succoure Wherfore he prouoketh the iuste to prayse thee and to assure them selues of hys tuicion LOrde saue me from the euill man and from the cruell wight Deliuer me whiche euell doo imagine in their sprite Whiche make on me continuall warre their tonges loe they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lyppes is adders poyson set Kepe me O Lorde from wicked handes preserue me to a bide Free from the cruell man that meanes to cause my steppes to slide The proud haue laid a snare for me and they haue spred a net With cordes in my path way and ginnes for me eke haue they set Therfore I said vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Here me O Lorde oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray and mone O Lord my God thou only art the strength that saueth me My head in day of battell hath ben couerd still by thee Let not O lorde the wicked haue the end of his desire Perform not his wicked thought lest they with pride be set on fyre Of them that compas me about the chefest of them all Lord let the mischef of their lippes vpon them selues befall Let coales fall on them let him cast them in consuming flame And in depe pittes so as they may not rise out of the same For no backbiter shall on earth beset in stable plight And euill to destruction still shall hunt the cruel wight I know the lorde thafflicted will reuenge and iudge the poore The iust shall prayse thy name iust shall dwell with thee euermore Domine clamaui Psalme Cxli. N. ☞ Dauid being greuouslye persecuted vnder Saull onely flicth vnto God to haue succour despring him to bridle his affections that he may paciently abyde 〈◊〉 God take vengeaunce of his enemies O Lord vpon thee doo I cal Lord
the Lorde doeth him direct To leade his lyfe in suche awaye as he doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnes dwell and stande His seede and his posteritie inherite shall the lande verse 13 All those that feare the Lorde know hys secret intent And vnto them he doth declare hys wyll and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to hym I wyll aduaunce That pluckt my fete out of the snare of sinne and ignoraunce verse 15 With mercy me beholde to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplyed in dede Bring me out of this misery necessitiy and nede verse 17 Beholde my pouertie mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne and myne offence and make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lorde beholde myfoes how they doo styll increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that fayne would lyue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enemies shend Because I loke as one of thyne that thou shouldest me defend verse 21 21 Deliuer Lorde thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israell from all theyr payne and grief Iudica me domine Psalme xxvi I. H Dauid oppressed with many iniuryes finding no helpe in the worlde called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie toward Saul desireth God to be his iudge and to defend his innocency causeles afflicted Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice whiche he will offer for his deliueraunce and desireth to be in the company of the faithfull in the congregation of God whence he was banished by Saule promisyng integritie of life open praises and thankes geuingr LOrde be my iudge and thou shall see Sing this as the. xviii psalme My pathes be right and plaine I trust in God and hope that he will strength me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my waies to searche and trie As men do proue theyr gold with fire my reines and hert espie verse 3 Thy goodnes laide before my face I durst be bold alwaies For of thy trueth I tread the trace and will doo all my dayes verse 4 I doo not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes ar vayne To come in house I doo refuse with the deceiptfull trayne verse 5 I muche abhorte the wicked sort their dedes I doo despise I doo not once to them resort that hurtfull thinges deuyse ▪ verse 6 6 My handes I washe and doo procede in workes that walke vpryght Then to the aulter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speak preache the prayse that doth belonge to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lorde thy house I loue most deare to me it doeth excell I haue delight and would be neare wher as thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with them in sinne that take their fill Nor yet my lyfe amongst those men that seke much bloud to spill verse 10 whose hands ar heapt with craft guile their life therof is full And their right hand with wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck and pull verse 11 But I in rightuousnes entend my time and daies to serue ▪ Haue mercy Lorde and me defende so that I doo not swarue verse 12 My fote is stayed for all assayes it standeth well and right Wherfore to God will I geue prayse in all the peoples sight Dominus illum inatio Psal. xxvii I. H. Dauid maketh this Psalme being deliuerth frō great pearsts as appeareth by the prayses and thankesgeuyng annexed wherin we may see the constant fayth of Dauid against the assaults of all enemies and also thende wherfore he desireth to lyue and to bedeliuered only to worship God in his congregation Herby he promiseth hymself assuraunce though father mother forsake hym he teacheth this to be the only way to to see the good thinges in the land of the liuing and after his example he exhorteth to faith and to attend vpon the Lorde THe Lord is bothe my health and light Sing this as the. xviii psalme shall man make me dismayde Sith God doth geue me strength why should I be afrayde verse 2 While that my foes with all their strēgth might begin with me to brawle And thinke to eate me vp at length themselues haue caught the fall verse 3 Thoughe they in campe against me lye my hart is not afrayd In battell pight if they will trye I trust in God for ayde verse 4 One thing of God I doo require that he will not denye For whiche I pray and will desyre till he to me applye verse 5 That I within his holy place my lyfe throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and vew his temple well verse 6 In time of dreade he shall me hide within hys place most pure And kepe me secret by hys syde as on a rocke most sure verse 7 At length I know the Lordes good grace shall make me strong and stoute My foes to foile and cleane deface that compasse me about verse 8 Therfore within his house will I. Geue sacrifice of prayse With Psalmes and songes I will applye to laude the Lorde alwayes verse 9 Lorde heare the voyce of my request for whyche to thee I call Haue mercy Lord on me opprest and send me helpe withall verse 10 My hart doth knowledge vnto thee I sue to haue thy grace Then seke my face sayste thou to me Lorde I will seke thy face verse 11 In wrath turne not thy selfe a way Nor suffer me to slide Thou art my helpe still to this day be still my God and guide verse 12 My parentes both theyr sonne forsoke and cast me of at large And then the Lorde himselfe yet toke of me the cure and charge verse 13 Teache me O God the way to thee and leade me on forth ryght For feare of suche as watche for me to trap me if they might verse 14 Do not betake me to the will of them that be my foes For they surmyse against me styll false witnes to depose verse 15 My hart would faint but that in me this hope he fixed fast The Lorde Gods good grace shall it see in lyfe that aye shall laste verse 16 Trust still in God whose whole thou art His will abide thou must And he shall ease and strength thy hart if thou in hym doo trust Ad te domine clamabo Psal. xxviii I. H Being in great feare and pensiuenes to see God dishonoured by the wicked men he desireth to be rid of them and cryeth for vengeaunce against them and at length assureth hym selfe that God hath hard his prayer vnto whose tuition he commendeth all the faithefull THou art O Lord my strength and stay Sing this as the. xxi psal the succor
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 freÌ„ds 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 childreÌ„ 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 Maâ—â— 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
I will kepe fast my mouth with force and might Not once to whisper all the whyle the wicked are in sighte verse 3 I held my tonge and spake no word but kept me close and still Yea from good tallke I did refrayne but sore against my will verse 4 My hart waxt whote within my brest with musing thought and doubte Whiche did encrease and stire the fire at last these words brast oute verse 5 Lorde number oute my lyfe and dayes whiche yet I haue not past So that I may be certifyed how long my lyfe shall laste verse 6 6 Lorde thou hast poynted oute my lyfe in length muche like a spanne Mine age is nothing vnto thee so vayne is euery man verse 7 Man walketh lyke a shade and doth in vayne him self annoye In getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enioye verse 8 Now lord sith things this wise do frame what helpe doo I desire Of truth my helpe doth hange on thee I nothing elles require The secōd parte verse 9 From all the sinnes that I haue done Lorde quyteme out of hand And make me not a scorne to fooles that nothing vnderstand verse 10 I was as dumme and to complayne no trouble might me moue Because I know it was thy worke my patience for to proue verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourg plage I can them not withstande I faynt and pine away for feare of thy most heuy hand verse 12 when thou for sinne dost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wanne As doth a clothe that mothes haue fret so vayne a thyng is man verse 13 Lord heare my sute and geue good hede regarde my teares that fall Soiourne like a straunger here as did my fathers all verse 14 Oh spare a litle geue me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seene no more Expectans expectaui Psalm lx I. H Dauid deliuered from great daunger doth magnifye and prayse the grace of God for his deliueraunce and commendith his prouidence towardes all mankynd Then doth he promyse to geue hym self wholy to Gods seruice and so declareth how God is truly worshipped Afterward he geueth thanckes and prayseth God and hauing complained of his enemies w t good courage he calleth for aide cuccour I wayted longe and sought the Lorde and patiently did beare At length to me he did accorde Sing this as the. xxxv psalme my voyce and cry to heare verse 2 He pluckt me from the lake so deepe out of the mire and clay And on a rocke he set my feete and he did gide my waye verse 3 To me he taught a psalme of prayse whiche I must shew abrode And sing new songes of thankes alwayse vnto the Lorde our God verse 4 When all the folke these thinges shall see as people muche afrayde Then they vnto the Lorde will flee and trust vpon his ayde verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and hart doth in the Lorde remayne That with the proude doth take no part nor suche as lye and faine verse 6 For Lorde my God thy wondrous dedes in greatnes far doo passe Thy fauour towards vs excedes all things that euer was verse 7 When I entend and doo deuise thy workes abrode to shew To suche a reckning they doo ryse therof no ende I know verse 8 Burnt offringes thou delightste not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doest no man require verse 9 Meate offering and sacrifice thou woldst not haue at all But thou O Lorde hast open made mine eares to heare withall verse 10 But then said I behold and loke I come a meane to be For in the volume of the booke thus it is sayd of me The second parte verse 11 That I O God should doo thy minde whiche thyng doth like me well For in my hart thy lawe I fynde fast placed there to dwell verse 12 Thy Iustice and thy righteousnes in great resorts I tell Beholde my toung no time doth cease O Lord thou knowest full well verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stelth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauing health verse 14 I kept not close thy louyng minde that no man shoulde it knowe The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the churche I shewe verse 14 For I with mischefes many one am sore beset aboute My sinnes encrease and so com on I can not spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faynt for very drede that I almost am deade verse 16 With speed send help and set me free O Lorde I thee require Make hast with ayde to succour me O Lorde at my desire verse 17 Let them sustayne rebuke and shame that seeke my soule to spille Driue back my foes and them defame that wish and would me ill verse 18 For their ill feates doo them discrie that wolde deface my name Alwayse at me they rayle and cry fie on him fie for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioye and welth that seeke to thee alwayse That those that loue thy sauing health may say to God be prayse verse 20 But as for me I am but poore opprest and brought full lowe Yet thou O Lorde wilt me restore to health full well I know verse 21 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay wherfore my God as thou art iust with me no time delaye Beatus qui in telligit Psalm xli T. S Dauid being greuously afflicted blessed them that pitie his case and complayneth of the treason of his owne frendes familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh. xv After he felyng the great mercyes of god gently chastisyng him and not suffring his ennemies to triumphe against him geueth most hartye thankes vnto God THe mā is blest y e careful is the nedie to cōsider For in the season perilous the lorde will him delyuer The lord wil make him safe and sound happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sicke the Lord will him restore And thou O lord will tourn to health his sicknes and his sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on me And heale my soule whiche is full wo that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wished me ill in hart and thus of me did say When shall he die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visite me they aske if I doo well But in theyr harts mischief they hatche and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite theyr lippes and whisper so as though they woulde me charme And cast theyr fetches how to trappe me with some mortall harme verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say they playne He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse
comfort of thy sauing help geue me againe I pray With thy free sprite establish me And I will teache therfore Sinners thy wayes and wicked shall be turnde vnto thy lore O God that art God of my health from blood deliuer me That prayses of thy righteousnes my tonge may syng to thee My lippes that yet fast closed be doo thou O Lorde vnlose The prayses of thy maiestie my mouth shall so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased with burnt offringes I knowe thou wilt not be A trobled sprite is sacrifice delytefull in Gods eyes A broken and an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good will deale gently Lorde to Sion and with all Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wall Burnt offrings giftes and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept and calues they shal vpon thyne altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme lii I. H Dauid describeth the arrogante tyrannye of hys aduersarye Doeg Saules chief shepherde who by false surmyses caused Achimelech with the rest of the priestes to be slain Dauid prophecieth his destruction and encourageth the faithfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe against his aduersaryes And fynally he rendreth thankes to God for his deliueraunce In thys Psalme is lyuely set forthe the kingdome of Antichrist WHy dost thou tyrāt boast abrode thy wicked works to prayse dost thou not knowe there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet still deuise suche wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why settest thou thy minde and wilt not walke vpryght Thou hast more lust false tales to fynde then bryng the truth to lyght verse 4 Thou doest delyte in fraude and guile in mischief blud and wrong Thy lyppes haue learnde the flateryng style O false deceitfull tonge verse 5 Therfore shall God for euer confounde and pluck thee from thy place Thy sede rote out from of the grounde and so shall thee deface verse 6 The iust when they beholde thy fall with feare will praise the Lorde And in reproche of thee withall cry out with one accorde verse 7 Behold the man which would not take the Lorde for his defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shall spring and sprede abrode For why my trust all times hathe bene vpon the lyuing Ood verse 9 For this therfore will I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I will set forth thy name always wherin thy sainctes reioyce Dixit in sipiens Psalme Liii T. N The Prophet describeth the croked nature the crueltye and punishment of the wicked when they loke not for it and desireth the deliueraunce of the godlie that they may reioyce together THe foolish man in that whyche he within his hart hath sayde Sing this as the. xiv psalme That there is any God at all hathe vtterly denyde They are corrupt and they also a haynous worke haue wrought Amonge them all there is not one of good that worketh ought The Lorde loked downe on sons of men from Heuen all abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seke for God They are gone all out of the way they are corrupted all There is not one doth any good there is not one at all Do not all wicked workers know that they do fede vpon My people as they fede on breade the Lorde they call not on Euen there they were afrayde and stode with trembling all dismayde Where as there was no cause at all why they should be afrayde For God his bones that thee beseged hath scattered all abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God O Lorde geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill thy promise made to Israell from out of Syon hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue lad Thou Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israel shalbe glad Deus in nomine Psalm Liiii I. H Dauid brought into Great daunger by reasō of Ziphius calleth vpō the name of God to destroy e his enemies promysing sacrifice and froe offerings for their delyueraunce GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Unto the strength Lorde of the same I doo my cause betake verse 2 Regarde O Lorde and geue an eare to thee when I doo praye Bow downe thy sealfe to me and heare the wordes that I doo saye verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tirauntes vex me still Whiche haue not God before theyr eies they seke my soule to spill verse 4 But loe my God doeth geue me ayde the Lorde is strayght at hand with them by whom my soule is stayed the Lorde doth euer stande verse 5 With plages repay agayne all those for me that lye in wayte And with thy truth destroy my foes with theyr owne snare and bayte verse 6 An offering of free hart and will that I to thee shall make And prayse thy name for therin still greate comfort I doo take verse 7 O Lorde at length doo set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioye doeth see on them my hartes desire Exaudi deus Psalme Lv. I. H. Dauid being in greate heauines and distres complayneth of the crueltye of Saule and of the falshod of his familyar acquaintaunce vtteryng most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliueraūce he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had all ready obtayned his request O God geue eare and do apply To heare me when I praye Sing this as the. xxxv psalme And when to thee I call and crye hide not thy selfe awaye verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with playntes I pray full sore opprest greate grief doeth me constrayne verse 3 Because my foes with threates and cries oppres me through despighte And so the wicked sorte lykewise to vex me haue delighte verse 4 For they in counsell doo conspire to charge me with some ill So in their hasty wrath and ire they doo pursue me styll verse 5 My hart doth faynte for want of breathe it panteth in my breste The terroures and the dread of deathe doo work me muche vnrest verse 6 feare on me doth fall with doo quake Suche 〈◊〉 whelmeth me with all that I can make verse 7 But I will geue me ▪ Of some fayer doue that I may flee and rest me from these thinges verse 8 Lo then I woulde go farre awaye to flye I woulde not cease And I woulde hide my selfe and staye in some greate wildernes verse 9 I would be gon in all the hast and not abide behinde That I weare quite and ouer past these blasts of boisteous winde verse 10 Deuide them Lord and from them pul their diuilish double tounge
confirmed in his kingdom He promiseth perpetuall prayses REgarde O Lorde for I complayne and make my sute to thee let not my wordes returne in vayne but geue an eare to me from of the costes and vtmost partes of all the earth abrode in griefe and anguish of my harte I cry to thee O God verse 3 Upon the rocke of thy greate power my woefull mynde repose Thou arte my hope my forte and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 within thy tent I lust to dwell foreuer to endure vnder thy winges I know right well I shalbe safe and sure verse 5 The Lorde dueth my desire regarde and doth fulfill the same with goodly giftes will he rewarde all them that feare his name verse 6 The king shall he inhealth maintayne and so prolong his dayes That he from age to age shall raygne for euer more alwayse verse 7 That he may haue a dwelling place before the Lorde for aye O let thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decaye verse 8 Then shall I singe for euer still with prayse vnto thy name That all my voues I may fulfill and dayly pay the same Nonne deo subiecta Psalm lxii I. H. Dauid declareth by hys example and by the nature of God that he must truste in God alone and thereunto exhorteth people seyng that all is vanytie and withoute God all goeth to nought and we are allwayes taught that God only is of power to saue and that he rewardeth man according to hys workes MY soule to God shall geue good hede Sing this as the. lxi psalme and him alone entende For why my health hope to spede doth whole on him depende verse 2 For he alone is my defence my rocke my health my ayde He is my stay that no pretence shall make me much dismaide verse 3 O wicked folke how long will ye vse crafts sure ye must fall For as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tuttering wall verse 4 4 whom God doth loue ye seke alwayes to put hym to the worse Ye loue to lye with mouth ye prayse and yet your hart doth curse verse 5 Yet still my soule doth whole depend on God my chief desire From all false feates me to defend none but him I require verse 6 He is my rocke my strength my towre my health is of his grace He doth support me that no powre can moue me out of place verse 7 God is my glory and my health my soules desire and lust My fort my strength my stay my wealth God is mine onely trust verse 8 Oh haue your hope in him alway ye folke with one accorde Poure out your harts to hym and saye our trust is in the Lorde verse 9 The sonnes of men deceitptfull are on balaunce but a sleyght with thinges most vayne doo them cōpare for they can kepe no weyght verse 13 Trust not in wrong robbry or stealth let vayne delytes be gon Though goods wel got flow in with welth set not your hartes theron verse 11 The Lorde long sith one thing doth tell whiche here to minde I call He spake it oft I hard it well that God alone doeth all verse 12 And that thou Lorde art good and kynd thy mercy doth excede So that all sortes whiche thee shall finde according to theyr dede Deus deus meus Psalme lxiii T. S Dauid after he had bene in greate daunger by Saule in the deserte Ziph made this psalme wherein he geueth thankes to God for hys wonderfull deliuerance in whose mercyes he trusted euen in the middist of hys miseryes prophecying the destruction of Gods enemies contrarywyse happynes to all them that trust in the Lorde i. Sa. iu. O God my God I watche betyme to come to thee in hast Sing this as the. xliiii ps For why my soule and body bothe doth thirst of thee to tast And in this baren wildernes where waters there are none My flesh is partched for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once agayne thy glory strength and myght As I was wont it to beholde within thy temple bryght verse 3 For why thy mercyes farre surmount thys lyfe and wretched dayes My lyppes therfore shall geue to thee due honor laude and prayes verse 4 And whylst I lyue I wyll not fayle to worship thee alwaye And in thy name I shall lyft vp my hands when I doo praye verse 5 My soule is filled as with marow whiche is bothe fat and swete My mouth therfore shall sing such songs as are for thee most mete verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke all the night tide For vnder couert of thy winges thou art my ioyfull guyde verse 7 My soule doeth surely stick to thee thy ryghthande is my power verse 9 And those that seke my soule to stroy them death shall sone deuoure verse 10 The sword shall them deuoure echone theyr carcases shall fede The hungry foxes which doo ronne theyr pray to seke at nede verse 11 The king and all men shall reioyse that doo profes Gods worde For liers mouthes shall then be stopt which haue the trueth disturbde Exaudi deus vocem meam Psal. lxiiii I. H. Dauid praieth against the false reportes and sklaunderers he declareth theyr punishment and destruction to the comfort of the iust and the glory of God O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare with plaint when I doo pray Sing this as the. xviii Ps And rid my lyfe and soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men whiche in deceipts do lurke And from the frownyng face of them that all ill feates doo worke verse 3 Who whet theyr tongs as we haue sene men whet and sharp theyr swordes They shote abrode theyr arrowes kene I meane most bitter wordes verse 4 With priuie sleyght shote they theyr shaft the vpright man to hit The iust vnware to strike by craft they care or feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worke haue they decreed in counsell thus they crye To vse deceit let vs not dread what who can it espie verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talke and muse all times within theyr hart They all consulte what feates to vse eche doth inuent his part verse 7 But yet all this shall not auayle when they thinke least vpon God with hys dart shall sure assayle and wound them euery one verse 8 Theyr crafts and their ill toungs withall shall worke them selues suche blame That they whiche then beholde theyr fall shall wonder at the same verse 9 Then all that see shall know ryght well that God the thing hath wrought Shall prayse his wittie workes and tell what he to pas hath brought verse 10 Yet shall the iust in God reioyse Stil trusting in his might So shall they ioy with minde and voyce whose hart is pure and ryght Te decet hymnus Psalm lxv I H. A prapse and thankesgeuing vnto God by the faithfull who are
settest far from me my frendes and louers euery one Yea and mine oulde acquaintance all out of my sight are gone Miserecordias domini Psalme lxxxix IH With many words doth the prophet prayse the goodnes of God for his testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christ the sonne of Dauid Then dothe he complayne of the greate ruine and desolation of the kingdome of Dauid so that to the outward aperaunce the promis was broken Finally he prayeth to be delyuered from his aflictions making mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming him selfe by Gods promises TO syng the mercyes of the Lorde Sing this as the. lxvii my tounge shall neuer spare And with my mouth from age to age thy truthe I will declare verse 2 2 For I haue sayd that mercye shall for euermore remayne In that thou dost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To myne elect sayth God I made a couenant and be hest My seruaunt Dauid to perswade I swore and did protest verse 4 Thy seede for euer I will stay and stablish it full fast And still vphoulde thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew with ioy and mirth thy wondrous workes O Lorde Thy saincts within thy church on earth thy faith and truth recorde verse 6 Who with the Lorde is equall then in all the cloudes abrode Amonge the sonnes of all the Gods what one is like our God God in assemble of the sainctes is greatly to be drad And ouer all that dwell about in terror to be had verse 8 Lorde God of hostes in all the worlde what one is lyke to thee On euery side most mighty Lorde ▪ thy truthe is sene to be verse 9 The raging sea by thine aduice thou rulest at thy wyll And when the waues therof aryse thou makst them calme and still verse 10 And Egipt thou Lord hast subdued and thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes with mighty arme hast scattred all abrode verse 11 The heauens thine and still haue ben lykewyse the earth and laude The worlde with all that is therin thou foundest with thy hand verse 12 Both north and south with est and west thy selfe didst make and frame Both Tabor mount and Hermon reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thyne arme is strong and ful of power all might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hand eche houre thou liftest vp on hie verse 14 In righteousnes and equitie thou hast thy seate and place Mercy and truthe are still with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth a right thy present power O God For in the fauoure of thy sight they walke full safe abrode verse 16 For in thy name throughout the daye they ioy and muche reioyce ▪ And through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasaunt fame and noyse verse 17 For why theyr glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayed shall lyfte our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs well the Lorde to vs doth brynge The holly one of Israell he is oure gide and kyng verse 19 Somtime thy will vnto thy sainctes in visions thou didst show And thus then didst thou say to them thy mind to make them know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be And set vp him whom I elect amonge the folke to me verse 21 My seruaunt dauid I appoynte whom I haue searched oute And with my holy oyle anoynte him king of all the route verse 22 For why my hand is redy still with him for to remayne And with mine arme also I will him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The ennemies shall not him oppres they shall him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shall haue no power verse 24 His foes likewyse will I destroy before his face in sighte And those that hate him I will plage and stryke them with my mighte verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with all shall still vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shall be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I will set to be vpon the sea and sand And eke the running flouds shall he embrace with his right hand verse 27 He shall depend with all hys hart on me and thus shall saye My father and my God thou arte my rocke of health and staye verse 27 As one first borne I will him take of all on earth that sprynges His might and honour I shall make aboue all worldly kynges verse 29 My mercy shalbe with him styll as I my sealfe haue toulde My faythfull couenaunt to fullfill my mercy I will houlde verse 30 And eke his seede will I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seate shall still remayne whyle heauen doth endure verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my lawe and so begin to swerue And of my iudgements haue none awe nor will not them obserue verse 32 32 Or if they doo not vse aryght my statutes to them made And set all my commaundments light and will not keepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod will I begin theyr doinges to amend And so with scourging for theyr sin when that they doo offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I will not take him froe Nor handle him with craftines and so my truthe forgoe verse 35 But sure my couenaunte I will hould with all that I haue spoke No word the which my lippes haue told shall alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by myne holynes and that performe will I With Dauid I shall kepe promise to him I will not lye verse 37 His seede for euermore shall rayne and eke his throne of might As doeth the sonne it shall remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the mone within the skye for euer standeth fast A faythfull witnes from on hie so shall his kingdom laste verse 39 But now O Lorde thou dost reiect and now thou chaungest chere Yea thou art wrothe with thine elect thine owne anoynted dere verse 40 The couenant which thy seruaūt made Lorde thou hast quite vndone And downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royall crowne verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his walles doest thou confounde Thou beatest eke his bulworkes downe and breakst them to the ground verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and forne of commers by throughoute And so is made a mocke and scorne to all that dwell aboute verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy And all his foes that him deuoure loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edg thou doest take away that should his foes withstand To him in warre no victorye thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou dost also waste his throne his ioy and mirth By thee is ouerthrowne add cast full
accordyng to his commaundementes BLessed art thou that fearest God Sing thys as the. cxxxvii and walkest in his way For of thy labor thou shalt eate happye arte thou I say Like frutefull vynes on thy house sydes so doth thy wyfe spryng out Thy children stande lyke Oliue plantes thy table round about Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let thee see The promised Ierusalem and hys felicitye Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great ioyes increase And likewyse grace on Israell prosperitie and peace Sepe expugnauerunt Psal. cxxix VV. VV ☞ He admonisheth the churche to reioyce though it haue ben afflicted in all ages for God will delyuer it and the enemies for all their glorious shew shall sodenly be destroyed OF Israell thys may now be the song euē frō my youth my foes haue oft me noted Athousand euils since I was tēdre yonge They haue wrought yet was I not destroyed As yet I beare the marks in bone and skyn that one wold think y t the plow mē w t their plowes Upon my back haue made their balkes far in for like plowd groūd euē so haue I lōg forowes But yet the Lorde which doth all things iustly Hath cut the ropes so stayd the wicked rage Euen so shall all suche perish shamefully Whiche hate Sion or wish it any damage 5 Al such men shalbe lyke the gras that groweth Upon the wales or tops of houses most hye Whiche sodenly or one bewar widereth So that no frute on such herbes can gathered be Neuer man saw that any mower mowed Suche grasse as that or therof his hand did fill Much les that he which glaineth of y t is sowed Under his arme bare some thing his house vntill Nor yet that he that passeth by that way Sayth to the repers God saue you or God spede No no man doth wishe them good lucke I saye Or pray y t God would for their work graunt thēmede Deprofundis clamaui Psalme cxxx VV. VV. An effectuous prayer of hym that for his sinnes had susteyned great afflictions and not withstanding he fully trusteth and assureth him selfe to obteyne mercy and forgeuenes of his synnes and at length deliuereth from all euilles LOrd to the I make my mone whē daūgers me oppres I call I sigh plain and grone Trusting to finde reles Heare now O Lord my request For it is full due tyme And let thyne eares aye be prest vnto thys prayer myne O Lorde our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shall then escape and say I can my selfe excuse But Lord thou art mercifull and turnest to vs thy grace That we with harts most carefull should feare before thy face In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyll For his promise is most iust and I hope therin styll My soule to God hath regarde wishing for him alway More then they that watch and ward to see the dauning day Let Israell then boldly in the Lorde put his trust He is that God of mercy that his deliuer must For he it is that must saue Israell from his sinne And all suche as surely haue their cōfidence in him Domine non est Psalme Cxxxi M. ☞ Dauid charged with ambytion and gredyc desire to raygne protesteth his humilitie and modestye before God and teacheth all men what they should doo O Lorde I am not puft in minde Sing this as the lamentatiō I haue no skornfull eye I doo not exercyse my selfe in thynges that be to hye But as a childe that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lorde behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israell trust in the Lorde let hym be all thy stay From this tyme forth for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine Psalme Cxxxii. M. ☞ The faythfull groundyng on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that he would establysh the same bothe as touchyng hys posterytic and the buylding of the temple to praye there as was fore spoken REmēber dauids trobles lord how to the Lord he sware voud a vow to Iacobs god to kepe for euermore I wil not com within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take their rest or the eyes in my hed Till I haue found out for the Lorde a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitacyon We harde of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sounde And in the fildes and forrestes there these voyces fyrst were found We will assay and go in nowe his tabernarle there Before his for stole to fall doune apon out knees in feare Artic O Lorde aryse I say into thy restyng place Both thou and the like of thy strengthe the presence of thy grace Let all thy prestes be clothed Lorde with truthe and righteousnes Let all thy sayntes and holy men sing all with ioyfulnes And for thy seruaunt Dauids sake refuse not Lorde I say The face of thyne annoynted Lorde or turn thy face away The Lorde to Dauid swore in truth and will not shrink from it Saying the frute of thy body apon thy seate shall syt And if thy sonnes my couenant kepe that I shall learne eche one Then shall theyr sonnes for euer syt apon thy princely throne The Lorde himselfe hath chose Syon and loue therein to dwell Saying thys is my restyng place I loue and like it well And I will blesse with great increase her vittales euery where And I will satisfye with bread the nedy that be there Yea I will decke and cloth her pristes with my saluation And all her sainctes shall sing for ioye of my protection There will I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud ▪ For I haue there ordaynde for myne alanthorne bright and good As for his enmyes I will clothe with shame for euermore But I will cause his crowne to shine more fresh then here to fore Ecce quam bonum Psalm cxxxiii VV. VV. ☞ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brother therly amitie which for thexcellencye therof is compared to the most pretious oyle wherwith the Priestes only and instruments of the tabernacle wer annoynted Exodus xxx O How happye a thyng it is Sing thys as the. cxxxvii and ioyfull for to see Brethern together fast to holde the bande of amitie verse 2 It callth to minde that swete perfume and that costly oyntment Which on the sacrifisers head by Gods precept was spent It wet not Aarons head alone but drencht his beard throughout And finally it did runne down his ritche attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his siluer droppes the fields with fruite doth fill verse 4 Euen so the Lorde doth poure on them his blessings manifold Whose hartes and myndes without all guile this knot doo kepe and hold Ecce nunc Psalme Cxxxiiii VV. K ☞ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lorde BEhold