of their wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the liuing Lord most worthy of al prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his holy word subdude the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuerd and set me hygher then those That cruel and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 And for this cause O Lord my God to thee geue thankes I shal and sing out prayses to thy name among the gentils al. verse 49 That gauest great prosperity vnto the king I say To Dauid thine annoynted king and to his seede for ay Coeli enarrant gloriam dei psalme .xix. T. S. ¶ To the intent he might moue the faithful to a deper consideration of gods glory he fetteth before their eyes the most exquisite workemanship of the heauens with their proportion and ornaments And afterward calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled him selfe more familiarly to his chosen people The which peculiar grace by commeÌ„dyng the law he setteth forth more at large and at the end he concludeth with a prayer Sing this as the .xiiii Psalme verse 1 THe heauens and the firmament do wondrously declare The glory of God omnipotent his workes what they are verse 2 The wondrous workes of God appear by euery daies succes The nights which likewise their race ruÌ„ y e self same things expres verse 3 There is no laÌ„guage tong or speach where their souÌ„d is not herd verse 4 In al the earth and costes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lord made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome redy trimde doth from his chamber come And as a valiaunt champion who for to get a pryse With ioy doth hast to take in hand some noble enterpryse verse 6 And al the sky from end to end he compasseth about Nothing can hide it from his heat but he will find it out verse 7 How perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and making wyse the simple and obscure verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundements glad both hart mynde His precept pure and geueth lyght to eyes that be ful blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer The iudgements of the Lord are trne and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embrast alwayes then fined gold I say The hony and the hony combe are not so sweete as they verse 11 By them thy seruant is fore warnd to haue God in regard and in performance of the same there shal be great reward verse 12 But lord what earthly maÌ„ doth know the errours of his life Then cleÌ„se my soule froÌ„ secret synnes which are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes preuayle not ouer mee And then shal I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes thoughts ech one For my redeiner and my strength O Lord thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psalme .xx. T. S ¶ A prayer of the people vnto God that it would please him to heare their king and receiue his sacrifice which he offred before â—e wente to battle againste the Ammonites declaring how that the HeatheÌ„ put their trust in horses and chariots but they trust onely in y e name of the Lord their god Wherfore the other shal fall but the Lorde wyll saue the kyng and hys people verse 1 IN trouble and aduersitie the Lord God heare thee stil The maiestie of Iacobs God defend thee from al il verse 2 And send thee froÌ„ his holy place his helpe at euery nede And so in SioÌ„ stablish thee make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring wel the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offrings echone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lord graunt vnto thee And al thy counsel and deuyse ful wel performe may hee verse 5 We shal reioyce when thou vs sauest and our banners display Vnto the Lord which thy requests fulfilled hath alway verse 6 The Lord wil his annointed saue I know wel by his grace And send him health by his right haÌ„d out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lord that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fal down flat but we do ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue help vs Lord and king on thee when we do cry Domine in virtute Psalme .xxi. T. S. ¶ Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Sirians and Ammonites 1. Sam. x.xi. wherein he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vppon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifold belessinges of God and contrariwise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyful is y e king in thy streÌ„gth thy power how vehemently doth he re ioyce in thee his Sauior For thou hast geuen vnto him his god ly hartes desyre to him nothing hast y u denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent him with thy gifts and blessings manifold And thou hast set vpon his head a crowne of perfect gold verse 4 And when he asked lyfe of thee therof thou madest him sure To haue long life yea such a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Great is his glory by thy helpe thy benefite and ayde Great worship and great honor both thou hast vpon him layde verse 6 Thou wilt geue him felicitie that neuer shal decay And with thy chereful countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the king doth strongly trust in god for to preuayle Therfore his goodnes and his grace wil not that he shal quaile verse 8 But let thine enmies feele thy force and those that thee withstaÌ„d Find out thy foes and let them feele the power of thy right haÌ„d verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lord in firy flame and fume Thine anget shal destroy them all and fire shal them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their fruite y â— should increase And from the number of thy folke their seede shal end and cease verse 11 For why much mischief did they muse against thine holy name Yet did they fayle and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy vow strings redily against thine enmies face verse 13 Be thou exalted lord therfore in thy strength euery hower So shal we sing right solempnly praysing thy might and power Deus deus meus respice psalme .xxii. T. S. ¶ Dauid complaineth himself to be brought into such extremities that he is like a man desperate and
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
past al hope after declareth wherof he recouereth himself from the bottomles pit of temptations And vnder his owne person he setteth forth the signre of Christ whom he did forsee in the spirit of prophecy So this psalme after two sortes dothe declare that prophecy of Esay he was taken forth of pryson and iudgement Sing this as the .xxi. psalme verse 1 O God my God wherfore doost thou forsake me vtterly and helpest not when I do make my great complaint cry verse 2 To thee my God eueÌ„ al day long I do both cry and cal I cease not all the nyght and yet thou hearest not at al. verse 3 Euen thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place doost dwel Thou art the comfort and the ioy and glory of Israel verse 4 And he in whom our fathers old had al their hope for euer and when they put their trust in thee so didst thou them deliuer verse 5 They were deliuerd for euer when they called on thy name And for the fayth they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am now become a worme more like then any man An outcast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 And me despise as they behold me walking on the way They gren they mow they nod their heds in this wise thei say verse 8 This man did glory in the Lord his fauour and his loue Let him redeme and help hym now his power if he wil proue verse 9 But Lord out of my mothers woÌ„be I came by thy request Thou didst preserue me stil in hope whyle I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed froÌ„ my birth with thee to haue abode Since I was in my mothers woÌ„be thou hast bene euer my God The second part verse 11 Then Lord depart not now froÌ„ me in this my present griefe Since I haue none to be my helpe my succor and reliefe verse 12 So many bulles do compasse me that be ful strong of head Yea bulles so fat as though they had in Basan field bene fed verse 13 They gape vpon me gredely as though they would me slay Much lyke a LioÌ„ roryng out and rampyng for his pray verse 14 But I drop downe lyke water shed my ioyntes in sunder breake My hart doth in my body melt lyke waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a potshard drieth my streÌ„gth my tonge it cleaueth fast Vnto my iawes and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogs do coÌ„passe me and wicked counsel eke Conspire against me cursedly they pearce my handes and feete verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones haue told Yet stil vpon me they do looke and stil they me behold verse 18 My garments they deuided eke in partes amongst them al And for my coate they did cast lots to whoÌ„ it might befal verse 19 Therfore I pray thee be not far fro me at my great neede But rather sith y u art my strength to helpe me Lord make speede verse 20 And froÌ„ the sword Lord saue my soule by thy might thy power And kepe my soule thy darling deare froÌ„ dogs y â— would deuour The third part verse 21 And from the LioÌ„s mouth that would me al in sunder shiuer And from the hornes of Vnicornes Lord safely me deliuer verse 22 And I shal to my brethren al thy maiestie record and in thy church shal prayse the name of thee the liuing Lord. verse 23 Al ye that feare him praise y e Lord thou seede of Iacob honor him and with al reuerence possible thou seede of Israel worship hym verse 24 For he despiseth not the poore he tourneth not awry His countenaunce when they do cal but graunteth to theyr cry verse 25 Among the flocke that feare thee Lord I wil therfore proclaime Thy prayse kepe my promise made for setting forth thy name verse 26 The poore shal eate and be suffised those that do their deuer To know y e lord shal praise his name their harts shal liue for euer verse 27 Al costes of earth shal praise the Lorde turne to hym for grace The Heathen folke shal worship him before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdome of the Heathen folke the Lord shal haue therfore And he shal be their gouernor and king for euermore verse 29 The riche men of his godly giftes shal fede and taste also And in his presence worship him bow their knees ful low verse 30 And al that shal go down to dust of lyfe by him must taste My seed seel serue praise his name while any world shal last verse 31 My seed shal plainly shew to theÌ„ that shal be borne hereafter His iustice and his rightuousnes all his workes of wonder Dominus regit me Psalme .xxiij. VV. VV. ¶ Because the Prophet had proued the great mercyes of God at diuers tymes and in sundry maners he gaâ—hereth a certayne assuraunce fully perswadyng hym selfe that God wil continue the very same goodnes towardes hym for euer Sing this as the .xxi. psalme verse 1 THe Lord is onely my support and he that doth me fede How can I then lacke any thyng wherof I stand in nede verse 2 He doth me fold in coats most safe the tender grasse fast by And after driues me to the streames which runne most pleasantly verse 3 And when I fele my selfe nere lost then doth he me home take Conducting me in his right pathes eueÌ„ for his own names sake verse 4 And though I wer eueÌ„ at deathes dore yet would I feare none ill For with thy rod shepherdes crooke I am comforted stil verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despite of my fo Thou hast my head with baulme refresht my cup doth ouerflo verse 6 And finally while breath doth last thy grace shal me defend And in the house of God wil I my life for euer spend ¶ Another by Thomas Sternhold verse 1 MY shepehard is the lyuing Lord nothing therfore I nede In pastors fayre with waters calme he sets me for to fede verse 2 He did conuert glad my soule brought my mind in frame To walke in pathes of rightuousnes for his most holy name verse 3 yea though I walke in vale of death yet wil I feare none il Thy rod thy staffe doth comfort me and thou art with me stil verse 4 And in the presence of my foes my table thou shalt spred Thou shalt O Lord fil ful my cup and eke annoynt my head verse 5 Through all my life thy fauour is so franckly shewde to me That in thy house for euermore my dwelling place shal be Domini est terra psalme .xxiiii. I. H. ¶ Because the grace of God was then to be vttered in the temple more glorious then before it had ben in the tabernacle Dauid geueth it a more glorious title and with exclamation setteth forth the honor therof stirring vs
plucke these folke away So that the name of Israel may vtterly decay verse 5 They al conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand agaynst the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of al the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarens and Moabites with diuers othermore verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and like wise doth Amalec conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwel at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is wel apayd with them in league to be And doth become a fence and ayde to Lots posterity verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lord echeone as to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy wast thē through thy might That they like dung on earth did lye and that in open sight The seconde part verse 11 Make thē now theyr Lords appeare like Zeb and Oreb then as Zebah and Zalmana were the kinges of Madian verse 12 Which sayd let vs throughout the lād in al the costs abrod Posses and take into our hand the fayre houses of God verse 13 Tourne thē O God w t stormes as fast as wheles that haue no stay Or like as chaffe which men do cast with windes to fle away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forest spilles and as the flame doth quite consume the moūtaynes the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layd and of thy stormy wind shower Lord make them al afrayd verse 16 Lord bring them al I thee desire to such rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learne to seke thy name verse 17 And let them euermore dayly to shame and sclander fal and in rebuke and obliquie to perish eke with al. verse 18 That they may know and fele ful wel that thou art called Lord and that alone thou doost excel raigne throughout the world Quam dilecta tabernacula Psalme .lxxxiiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid driuen forth of his country desireth most ardētly to come againe to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assemble of the saintes to prayse God pronouncyng them blessed that may so do Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorowe the wildernesse to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter and confidence of gods goodnes be endeth the Psalme Sing this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 HOw pleasaūt is thy dwelling place O Lord of hostes to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasāt Lord they be verse 2 My soule doth long ful sore to go into thy courts abrod My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparowes find a roume to rest and saue them selues frō wrong And eke the swalow hath a nest wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes ful nigh thine alter may haue place to sit and sing O Lord of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kyng verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwel within thy house alwayse For they al times thy factes do tel and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 Yea happy sure like wise are they whose stay and strēgth thou art which to thy house do mind the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they dig vp fountaines stil That as a spring it al appeares and thou theyr pits doost fil verse 8 Frō strēgth to strēgth they walke ful fast no fayntnes there shal be and so the God of Gods at last in Sion they do se verse 9 O Lord of hostes to me geue hede and heare when I do pray and let it through thine eares procede O Iacobs God I say verse 10 O Lord our shield of thy good grace regard and so draw nere Regard I say behold the face of thine annoynted dere verse 11 For why within thy courts one day is better to abide Then other where to kepe or stay a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Much rather would I kepe a dore within the house of God Then in the tents of wickednes to settle mine abode verse 13 For God the Lord light and defence wil grace and worship gyue and no good thing shal he withold from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lord of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is hee That is persuaded in his brest to trust al tymes in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme .lxxxv. I H. ¶ Because God withdrew not hys rods from his Churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in minde of theyr deliueraunce to th entent that he should not leaue the worke of his grace vnperfite nexte they complayn of theyr long affliction And thirdly they reioyce in hope of felicity promised for their deliueraūce was a figure of Christs kyngdom vnder whiche should be perfite felicity Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 THou hast ben mercyful in dede O Lord vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede frō thraldome out of band verse 2 The wicked wayes that they wer in y u didst thē clean remit and thou didst hide thy peoples sinne ful close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that al thy wrath was gone and so didst tourne thee from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now conuert thy people vnto thee Put al thy wrath from vs apart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shal thine anger neuer end but stil procede on vs and shal thy wrath it self extend vpon al ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we and al thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lord on vs do thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and do not spare thyne ayde sauing helth verse 8 I wil harke what God sayth for he speaketh to his people peace and to his saints that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is stil at hand to such as him do feare wherby great glory in our land shal dwel and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shal mete in one to take their place and peace also iustice kis with grete and there they shal imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shal spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shal shew her face and looke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea God him selfe shal take in hand to geue vs ech good thing and through y ◠costes of al our lād the earth her frutes shal bring verse 13 Before his face shal iustice go much like a guide or stay He shal direct his steps also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalme .lxxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken of all prayeth feruently for deliueraunce sometymes rebearsing his miseries
throne his ioy and myrth By thee is ouerthrowen and cast ful low vpon the erth verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made ful short his youth and lusty dayes and raysed of him an il report with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne and shal thine anger stil alway as fire consume and burne verse 48 O cal to mind remember then my time consumeth fast why hast thou made the sonnes of meÌ„ as things in vaine to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shal neuer see Or from the hand of hel his soule shal he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O Lord thine old goodnes so oft declared beforne which by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to mind do cal that on thy seruaunts ly The rayling of thy people al borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lord thyne enmies blasphemed haue thy name The steps of thine annoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 Al prayse to thee O Lord of hostes both now an eke for ay Through sky and earth in al the costes Amen Amen I say Domine refugium Psalme .xc. I. H. ¶ Moses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are neither admonished by the breuity of their lyfe nor by his plages to be thankefull Therfore Moses prayeth God to turne theyr hartes and continew his mercyes towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer Sing this as the .78 Psalme verse 1 THou Lord hast ben our sure defence our place of ease and rest In al times past yea so loÌ„g sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mouÌ„tane or hil the earth or world abrod From age to age and alwayes stil for euer thou art God verse 3 thou grindest man through grief payne to dust or clay and then and then thou sayst agayne returne agayne ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sight as yesterday it doth appeare or as a watch one nyght verse 5 So sone as thou doost scattre them then is their lyfe and trade al as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty sone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines ful bright but fadeth by and by and is cut down ere it be night al withered dead and dry verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is much decayd and of thy feruent wrath and fume we are ful sore afrayd verse 8 The wicked workes that we haue wrought y u setst before thine eye Our priuy faults yea eke our thought thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our dayes do wast therof doth nought remaine Our yeres coÌ„sume as words or blast ar not called againe verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we do liue on mold If one see fourescore surely then we count him wondrous old verse 11 Yet of this time the strength and chief the which we count vpon Is nothing els but painful grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what streÌ„gth is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doth y â— feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lord to know and try how long our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdome to attaine verse 14 Retourne O Lord how long wilt y â— fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruaunts now and helpe theÌ„ at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy sone and then our ioy shal be al times so long as lyfe doth last in hart reioyce shal we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before now also make vs glad and for the yeares wherin ful sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appeare on thy seruaunts lyght and shew vnto their children deare thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruaunts thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lord prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme .xci. I. H. ¶ Here is described in what assurance he liueth that putteth his whole trust in God coÌ„mitteth him selfe wholly to his protection in al teÌ„pracioÌ„s A promise of God to those that loue him know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immorâ—â—â— glory Syng this as the .69 Psalme verse 1 HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwel In shadow of the mightiest grace at rest shal kepe him wel verse 2 Thou art my hope my strong hold I to the Lord wil say My God is he in him wil I my whole affiaunce stay verse 3 He shal defend thee from the snare the which the hunter layd And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayd verse 4 And with his wings shal couer thee and kepe thee safely there His faith truth thy feÌ„ce shal be as sure as shield speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not nede I say to feare or be afflight Of al the shafts that fly by day nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priuily doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that which doth destroy at noone dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy side as thou doost stand a thousand dead shal be Ten thousand eke at thy right hand and yet shalt thou be fre verse 8 But thou shalt se it for thy part thine eyes shal wel regard That euen like to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lord I onely lust to stay my hope on thee and in the hyest I put my trust my sure defence is hee verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none il to feare with thee it shal not mel Nor yet the plage shal once come nere thy house where y u doost dwel verse 11 For why vnto his angels al with charge commaundeth hee That stil in al thy wayes they shal preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in their hands shal thee beare vp stil wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shal neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Vpon the Lion thou shalt go the adder fel and long And tread vpon the Lions yong with dragons stoute strong verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I wil dispatch hym quite and him defend because that he doth know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth cry an aunswere I wil gyue and from his grief take him wil I in glory for to lyue verse 16 With length of yeres dayes of welth I wil fulfil his time The goodnes of my sauing helth I wil declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalme .xcii. I. H. ¶ This Psalme was made to be song on the Saboth to stirre vp the people to acknowledge God
I flee he is my strength and rocke And he shal cause their mischiefs al themselues for to annoy and in their malice they shal fal our God shal them destroy Venite exultemus psalme .xcv. I. H. An carnest exhortation to prayse God for the gouerment of the world and the election of hys church An admonition not to follow the rebellion of the oldfathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lift vp our voyce and syng vn to the Lorde in hym oure rocke of health reioyce let vs wyth one accord Yea let vs come before hys face to geue hym thanks and prayse in syngyng Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad alwayes verse 3 For why the Lord he is no doubt a great and mighty God A kyng aboue al gods throughout in al the world abrode verse 4 The secrets of the earth so depe and corners of the land The tops of hils that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters al are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and al that therin is his hand hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lord before hym let vs fal and knele to hym with one accord the which hath made vs al. verse 7 For why he is the Lord our God for vs he doth prouyde We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 To day if ye his voyce wil heare then harden not your hart as ye with grudging many a yeare prouokte me in desert verse 9 Where as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue my wōdrous works whē they did see yet stil they wold me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeares they did me greue and I to them did say They erre in hart and not beleue they haue not known my way verse 11 Wherfore I sware whē that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer tread the path to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme .xcvi. I. H. An exhortation both to the Iewes and Gentils to praise god for hys mercy And this specially ought to be referred to the kingdom of Christ Sing thys as the .77 ▪ psalme verse 1 SYng ye with prayse vnto the Lord new songs of ioy mirth Sing vnto hym with one accord al people on the earth verse 2 Yea sing vnto the Lord I say prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to day saluation by the same verse 3 Among the heathen eke declare his honor round about To shew his wonders do not spare in al the world throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway and he is to be dread of right aboue al Gods I say verse 5 For al the gods of Heathen folke are idols that wil fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 Al prayse and honor eke do dwel for aye before his face Both power and might likewyse excel within his holy 〈◊〉 verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lord alway ye people of the world Al might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lord. verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lord also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes do go with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fal down and worship ye the Lord within his temple bright Let al the people of the world be fearful at hys syght verse 10 Tel al the world be not agast the Lord doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the earth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shal great ioy begin the earth shal eke reioyce The sea with al that is therin shal shoote and make a noyce verse 13 The field shal ioy and euery thyng that springeth of the earth The wood and euery tree shal syng with gladnes and w t mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lord and commyng of hys might when he shal iustly iudge the world and rule his folke w t right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcvii. I. H The prophet exhorteth al to reioyce for the comming of the kyngdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyful to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioycing and thankes geuyng Sing this as the 9◠Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign where at y ◠earth may ioy w t pleasāt voyce and eke the yles wich ioyful mirth may triūph and reioyce verse 2 Both cloudes darknes eke do swel round about him beat yea right and iustice euer dwel and bide about hys seat verse 3 Yea fyre and heat at once doth run and go before his face Which shal his foes and enmies burne abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke ful bright did blase and to the world appeare wherat the earth did looke and gase with dread and deadly feare verse 5 The hils like waxe did melt in sight and presence of the Lord they fled before that rulers might which gideth al the world verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That al the world may see and know the glory of our God verse 7 Confusion sure shal come to such as worship Idoles vayne and eke to those that glory much dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For al the Idols of the world which they as gods did cal Shal fele the power of the Lord and down to him shal fal verse 9 With ioy shal Sion heare this thing and Iuda shal reioyce For at thy iudgements they shal sing and make a pleasant noyce verse 10 That thou O Lord art set on hye in al the earth abrode And art exalted wondrously aboue ech other God verse 11 Al ye that loue the Lord do this hate al thyng that is il For he doth kepe the soules of his from such as would them spil verse 12 And lyght doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Great ioy w t gladnes mirth and lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye righteous in the Lord reioyce his holines proclayme Be thankful eke with hart and voyce and mindful of the same Cantate domino Psalme .xcviii. I. H. An earnest exhortation to al creatures to prayse the Lord for his power mercy tidelity in the promise by Christ by whom he hath communicated his saluation to al nations Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O Sing ye now vnto the Lord a new and pleasaunt song for he hath wrought throughout y ◠world his wōders great strōg w t his right hād ful worthely he doth his foes deuour And get himself the victory with his own arme and power verse 2 The lord doth make the people know his sauing helth and myght The Lord
Sion wilt extend The tyme of mercy now the tyme foreset is come to end verse 14 For euen in the stones therof thy seruants do delight and on the dust therof they haue compassion in their sprite verse 15 Then shal y ◠heathen people feare the Lords most holy name and al the kings on earth shal dread thy glory and thy fame verse 16 Then whē the Lord the mighty god agayn shal Sion reare and then when he most nobly in hys glory shal appeare verse 17 To prayer of the desolate when he himself shal bend When he shal not disdayn vnto their prayer to attend verse 18 This shal be written for the age that after shal succede The people yet vncreated the Lords renome shal spred verse 19 For he from his hie sanctuary hath looked down below and out of heauē hath the Lord beheld the earth also verse 20 That of y ◠morning captiue he might heare the woful cry and that he might deliuer those that damned are to dye verse 21 That they in Sion may declare the Lords most holy name And in Ierusalē set forth the prayses of the same verse 22 Then when the people of the land and kyndgdomes with accord Shall be assembled for to do theyr seruyce to the Lord. The third part verse 23 My former force of strength he hath abated in the way and shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore dyd say verse 24 My God in midst of al my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for aye verse 25 Thou the foundations of y ◠earth before all tyme hast layd lord y ◠heauēs are y ◠work which thine own hāds haue made verse 26 Yea they shal perish and decay but thou shalt tary stil and they shal al in time waxe old euen as a garment wil. Thou as a garment shalt thē change chaunged shal they bee verse 27 But thou doost stil abide the same thy yeres do neuer flee verse 28 The children of thy seruant shal continually endure and in thy sight their happy seede for euer shal stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea psalme Ciii T. S This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and al creatures to prayse the Lord for his fatherly mercies and deliuerance of his people from al euils for his prouidence euer al things and the preseruation of the faithful MY soule geue laud vnto the Lord my sprite shall do the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to God for al his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slyp out of thy mynde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restord again For al thy weak and frayle disease and heald thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeme thy life from death frō which thou couldst not flee His mercy and cōpassion both he did extend to thee verse 5 That fild with goodnes thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her vil wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doth repay al such as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrōgs are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes his cōmaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lord is kind and merciful when sinners do hym greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chides not vs continually though we be ful of stryfe Nor kepes our faultes in memory for al our sinful lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lord doth vs regard Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs reward verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes much more large to them that do hym loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences al as far as is the sunne rising ful distant from his fal The second part verse 13 And looke what pitie parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beares the Lord to such as worship him in feare verse 14 The Lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould fashion iust how weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortal men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fades ful soone away verse 16 Whose glosse beauty stormy winds do vtterly disgrace and make that after their assaults such blossoms haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lord with his shal euer stand their childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I meane which kepe his couenant with al their whole desyre and not forget to do the thyng that he doth them requyre verse 19 The heauēs hye are made the seat and footestoole of the Lord And by his power imperial he gouernes al the world verse 20 Ye angels which are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lord Which to obey and do hys wyl immediatly accord verse 21 ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to land him stil Which ready are to execute his pleasure and hys wil. verse 22 ye all his works in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynd and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea psalme Ciiii. VV. K An excellent Psalme to prayse God for the creation of the world and the gouernaunce of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth against the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings MY soule praise the Lord speake good of hys name O Lord our great God how doost thou appeare so passing in glory that great is thy fame honour and ma iestie in thee shyne most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby al the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spred that it to a curtayne compared may be verse 3 Hys chamber beames lye in the cloudes ful sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course doth endure Vpon the wings riding of wind in the ayre verse 4 He maketh his sprites as heraldes to go and lyghtnings to serue we see also prest His wil to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume things as semeth hym best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast that it once to moue none haue shal such power verse 6 The depe a fayre couering for it made thou hast which by his owne nature the hils would deuour verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters do flye and so geue due place thy word to obey And at the voyce of thunder so feareful they be y t in their great raging they hast soone away verse 8 The mountains ful
and stirreth vp the surges so as nought can them asswage verse 26 Then are they lifted vp so high the cloudes they seme to gayne and plunging down the depth vntil theyr soules cōsume w t payn verse 27 And like a drunkard to fro how here now there they reele as men with feare of wit bereft or had of sence no feele verse 28 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd Who did remoue theyr troublous state according as they prayd verse 29 For with his word the Lord doth make the sturdy storme to cease So y t the great waues frō theyr rage are brought to rest peace verse 30 Then are men glad whē rest is come which they so much do craue and are by him in hauē brought which they so faine would haue The fourth part verse 31 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 32 Let them in presence of the folke with prayse extol his name and where the elders do conuent let them there do the same verse 33 For running flouds to dry desertes he doth oft chaunge and turne and dryeth vp 〈◊〉 it wer dust the springing wel and bourne verse 34 A frutful land with pleasures deckt ful barren doth he make Whē on their sinnes which dwel therin he doth iust vēgeaūce take verse 35 Agayne the wildernes ful rude he maketh frute to beare With pleasaūt springs of water cleare though none before wer there verse 36 Wherin such hungry soules are set as he doth frely chuse That they a citie may them build to dwel in for theyr vse verse 37 That they may sow their pleasant land vineyardes also plant To yeld them frutes of such increase as none may seme to want verse 38 They multiply exceedingly the Lord doth bles them so Who doth also their brute beasts make by nūbers great to grow verse 39 But when the faithful are low brought by the oppressors stout and minish do through many plagues that compas them about verse 40 Then doth he princes bring to shame which did them so oppres and likewise caused them to erre within the wildernes verse 41 But yet the poore he rayseth vp out of his troubles depe and oft times doth his trayne augmēt much like a flocke of shepe verse 42 The righteous shal behold this sight and also much reioyce Wheras the wicked peruerse with grief shal stop theyr voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now ful wel he may these things record For certeinly such shal perceyue the kindnes of the Lord Paratum cor meum Psalme Cviii. N. ¶ This Psalm◠is cōposed of two other Psalmes before the seuen fifty and the sixty The matter here cōteined is that Dauid geueth him selfe with hart voyce to prayse the Lord and assureth him selfe of the promes of God concerning his kyngdome ouer Israell and his power agaynst other nations who though he seme for to forsake vs for a tyme yet he alone in the end will cast down◠our enemyes Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O God my hart prepared is and eke my toung is so I wil aduaunce my voyce in song and geuing prayse also verse 2 Awake my viole and my harpe swete melody to make And in the morning I my selfe right early wil awake verse 3 By me among the people Lord stil praysed shalt thou bee and I among the Heathen folke wil sing O Lord to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great aboue the heauens hye and eke thy truth doth reach the clouds within the lofty skye verse 5 Aboue the sterry heauens high exalt thy selfe O God and Lord display vpon the earth thy glory al abrod verse 6 That thy derely beloued may be set at lyberty Helpe O my God with thy right hand and harken vnto me verse 7 God in his holines hath spoke wherfore my ioyes abound Sichem I shal deuide and mete the vale of Sucoth ground verse 8 And Gilead shal be mine own Manasses mine shal be My head strength Ephraim and law shal Iuda geue for me verse 9 Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom wil I throw Vpon the land of Palestine in triumph wil I go verse 10 Who shal into the citie strong be guide to conduict me Or who by whom to Edom land conueyed shal I be verse 11 Is it not thou O God which late hadst vs forsaken quite and thou O Lord which with our host didst not go forth to fight verse 12 Geue vs O Lord thy sauing ayde when troubles doth assayle For al the helpe of man is vayne and can no whit auayle verse 13 Through God we shal do valiant acts and worthy of renown He shal subdue our enemies yea he shal treade them down Deus laudem tuam Psalme Cix N. ¶ Dauid being falsely accused by flatterers vnto Saul prayeth God to kepe him to destroy his enemies And vnder them he speaketh of Iudas the traytour vnto Iesus Christ and of al the like enemyes of the children of God And desireth to be deliuered that his enemyes may know the workes of God Thē doth be promise to geue prayses vnto God Sing this as the .65 psalme verse 1 IN spechles silence do not hold O God thy tong alwayes O God euen thou I say that art the God of al my prayse verse 2 The wicked mouth gileful mouth on me disclosed be and they with false and lying tong haue spoken vnto me verse 3 They did beset me round about with wordes of hateful spite without al cause of my desert agaynst me did they fight verse 4 For my good wil they were my foes but then gan I to pray verse 5 My good with il my frendlynes with hate they did repay verse 6 Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand at his right hand eke suffer thou his hateful foe to stand verse 7 When he is iudged let him then condemned be therin And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sinne verse 8 Few be his dayes his charge also let thou an other take verse 9 His children let be fatherles his wife a widow make verse 10 Let his ofspring be vagabounds to beg and seke theyr bread wandring out of the wasted place where erst they haue ben fed verse 11 Let couetous extortioner catch al his goods and store and let the straungers spoyle the frutes of al his toyle before verse 12 Let there be none to pyty him let there be none at al That on his children fatherles wil let theyr mercy fal The seconde part verse 13 And so let his posterity for euer be destroyd Their name out blotted in the age that after shal succede verse 14 Let not his fathers wickednes frō Gods remembraūce fal and let thou not his mothers sinne be done away at al. verse 15 But in the presence of the Lord let them remayne for
ay That froÌ„ the earth their memory he may cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled maÌ„ sought to slay the woful harted wight verse 17 As he did cursing loue it shal betide vnto him so and as he did not blessing loue it shal be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad him selfe so it like water shal Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay and as a gyrdle wherwith he shal gyrded be alway verse 20 Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my fo yea and of those that euel speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deale thou I say w t me after thy name deliuer me for good thy mercyes be verse 22 Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and poore and eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so do I depart away as doth declining shade and as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade verse 24 With fasting long froÌ„ nedeful fode enfebled are my knees and al her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproch to them was made to be and they that did vpoÌ„ me looke did shake their heds at me verse 26 But thou O Lord that art my God mine ayde succour be according to thy mercy Lord saue and deliuer me verse 27 And they shal know therby y â— this lord is thy mighty haÌ„d and that y u thou hast done it Lord so shal they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles w t louing voice They shal arise and come to shame thy seruaunt shal reioyce verse 29 Let them be clothed al with shame that enmyes are to me and with confusion as a cloke eke couerd let them be verse 30 But greatly I wil with my mouth geue thankes vnto the Lord and I among the multitude his prayses wil record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand wil stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that would condemne his soule to dy Dixit dominus domino Psalme Cx. N. ¶ Dauid prophecieth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Christ of his priesthood whiche should put an end to the priesthood of Leuy Sing this ad the .68 Psalm verse 1 THe Lord did say vnto my Lord sit thou at my right hand Til I haue made thy foes a stoole wheron thy feete shal staÌ„d verse 2 The Lord shal out of Sion send the scepter of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the ruler in theyr sight And in the day on which they raygne and power they shal see verse 3 Then hereby frewil offrings shal thy people offer thee yea with a holy worshipping then shal they offer al Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth froÌ„ woÌ„be of morning fal verse 4 The Lord hath sworne neuer wil repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shal wouÌ„d for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shal iudge and fil the place with bodyes dead and ouer diuers countreys shal in sonder smite the head And he shal drinke out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shal lift vp on hye his royal head that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .cxi. N. ¶ He geueth thankes to the Lord for his mercifull workes towardes his Churche and declareth wherein true wisedome and right knowledge consisteth WIth hart I do accord to prayse laud the Lord In presence of the iust For great his workes are found To search them such are bound as do him loue and trust His workes are glorious also his righteousnes it doth endure for euer his wondrous workes he would we stil remember should hys mercy fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as do loue him beare a portion full fayre He hath vp for them laid for this they shal wel 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 lightning and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth both iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure 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 preuaile his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hartful faine true wisdom wold attaine The Lord feare and obey such as his lawes do kepe shall knowledge haue ful depe his praise shal last for aye Beatus vir psalme Cxii VV. K. ¶ He praiseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the cursed state of the conâ—emners of God Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 THe man is blest that god doth feare and that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God wil vpreare And bles such as from hym procede His house with good he wil fulfil His rightousnes endure shal stil verse 2 Vnto the righteous doth aryse ⧠In trouble ioy in darkenes lyght Compassion is in his eyes And mercy alwayes in his syght verse 3 Yea pitie moueth such to lend He doth by iudgement things expend ⧠verse 4 And furely such shal neuer fayle For in remembrance had is he verse 5 No tidings il can make hym quayle Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 6 His hart is firme his feare is past For he shal see his foes down cast verse 7 He did wel for the poore prouide ⧠his righteousnes shal stil remayn And hys estate with prayse abyde Though that the wicked man disdayne verse 8 Yea gnashe his teeth therat shal hee And so consume hys state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord for his prouidence in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his church YE childreÌ„ which do serue the Lord praise ye his name with one accorde yea blessed be alwayes hys name who from the rysing of the sunne till it returne where it begunne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord al peoples doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellings in the heauens are of suche great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Thinges to beholde both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The nedy out of dust to drawe and eke the poore which help none sawe His onely mercy did him moue verse
8 And so him set in high degre with princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren he doth make to beare And with great ioye her frute to reare Therfore praise ye his holy name In exitu Israel psalme Cxiiii VV. VV. ¶ How the Israelites were deliuered out of Egipt and of the wonderfull miracles that God shewed at that tyme which put vs in remembraunce of gods great mercies towardes hys children and of our vnthankfulnes for the same Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 WHen Israel by Gods addres from Pharos land was bent and Iacobs house the straungers left in the same train weÌ„t verse 2 In Iuda God his glory shewde his holynes most bryght So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and myght verse 3 The sea it saw and sodenly as all amasde dyd flee The roring streames of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As rammes afrayd y â— mouÌ„tains skipt their strength did theÌ„ forsake And as y e sely trembling lambes their toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ayled the sea as all amasde so sodenly to flee Ye rollyng waues of Iordans floud why ran ye backe wardly verse 6 Why shoke ye hils as RaÌ„mes afraid why did your streÌ„gth so shake Why did your tops as tremblyng lambs for feare quiuer quake verse 7 O earth coÌ„fesse thy soueraign Lord and dread his mighty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye both sea and land verse 8 I mean y â— god which froÌ„ hard rocks doth cause many flouds apeare and from the stony flint doth make gush out y e fountaines cleare Non nobis domine psalme Cxv. N ¶ A prayer of the faythfull oppressed by Idolatrous tirants against whom they desire that God would succour theÌ„ for asmuch as there is no comparison betwene him and their false GOD or Idoles trusting most constantly that God wil preserue them in this their nede seing that he hath adopted and receaued them to his fauoure promising finally that they wil not be vnmindfull of so great a benefite if it would please God to heare their prayer and delyuer them by his omnipotent power Sing this as the .78 psalme verse 1 NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse Both for the mercy and the truth that are in thee alwayes verse 2 Why shal y e heathen scorners say where is their god become verse 3 Our God in he auen is and what he wil that hath he done verse 4 Their Idols siluer are and gold work of mens hands they bee verse 5 They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and do not see verse 6 And they haue eares ioynd to their heds and do not heare at al and noses eke they formed haue and do not smel withal verse 7 And hands they haue and handle not and feete and do not go a throte they haue yet through y e same they make no souÌ„d to blow verse 8 Those that make them be like to theÌ„ and those whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their helpe and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye the Lord that feare the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord hath myndful bene of vs and wil vs blesse also On Israels and Aarons house his blessyng he wil shew verse 13 Them that be fearers of the Lord the Lord wil blesse them al Euen he wil blesse them euery one the great and eke the smal verse 14 To you I say the louyng Lord wil multiply hys grace To you aud to the children that shal follow of your race verse 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord euen of the Lord I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made set in stay verse 16 The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accord verse 17 They that be dead do not with prayse set forth y e Lords renoume Nor any that into the place of silence do go downe verse 18 But we wil praise the Lord our god from henceforth and for ay Sound ye the prayses of the Lord praise ye the Lord I say Dilexi quoniam psalme Cxvi N ¶ Dauid being in great daunger of Sauâ—l in the desert of Mammom perceuing y â— great and 〈◊〉 loue of God toward him magnyfyeth such great mercies and protesteed that he wil be thankefull for the same Sing this as the .94 Psalm verse 1 I Loue the Lord because my voyce aud prayer heard hath he when in my dayes I cald on hym he bowed his eare to me verse 2 Euen when the snares of cruel death about beset me round when paines of hel me caught when I wo and sorrow found verse 3 Vpon the name of God my Lord then did I cal and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lord I do thee humbly pray verse 4 The Lord is very merciful and iust he is also and in our God compassion doth plentifully flow verse 5 The Lord in safety doth preserue all those that symple be I was in woful misery and he relieuedme verse 6 And now my soule syth thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lord to thee his bountie hath exprest verse 7 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from deadly thral My moisted eine froÌ„ mourneful teares my sliding fete from fal verse 8 Before the Lord I in the land of lyfe wyl walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was troubled sore verse 9 I sayd in my distres and feare that al men lyers be what shal I pay the Lord for al his benefites to me verse 10 The holsome cup of sauyng health I thankfully wil take and on the Lordes name I wil cal when I my prayer make verse 11 I to the Lord wil pay the vowes that I haue him be hight yea euen at this present time in al his peoples sight verse 12 Right deare and precious in his sight the Lord doth ay esteme The death of al his holy ones what euer men do deme verse 13 Thy seruant Lord thy seruant lo I do my self confes Son of thy handmaid thou hast broke the bondes of my distres verse 14 And I wil offer vp to thee a sacrifice of prayse And I wil cal vpon the name of God the Lord alwayes verse 15 I to the Lord wil pay the vowes that I haue him behight yea euen at this present tyme in al his peoples syght verse 16 Yea in the courtes of Gods own house and in the mids of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lord prayse yee Laudate dominum psalme Cxvii N. ¶ He exhorteth the gentils to prayse god because he hath accomplished as wel to them as the Iewes the promise of life euerlastinge by Iesus Christ Sing this as the .98 psalme O
and meditate vpon thy workes most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shal of thy power and of thy feareful actes declare and I to publish al abrod thy greatnes wil not spare verse 7 And they into the mētion shal breake of thy goodnes great and I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shal repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gratious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to al and al his workes his mercy doth excede verse 10 Lo al thy works do praise thee lord doe thy honor spred verse 11 Thy saints do blesse thee they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sōnes of mē his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fal the sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of al do wayt on thee thou doost them al releue and thou to ech suffising foode in season due doost geue verse 16 Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doost fil al things whatsoeuer doth lyue with gifts of thy good wil. verse 17 The Lord is iust in al his wayes his workes are holy al verse 18 Nere al he his that cal on him in truth that on him cal verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him wil fulfil and he wil heare thē whē they cry saue them al he wil. verse 20 The Lord preserues al those to him that bear a louing hart But he them al that wicked are wil vtterly subuert verse 21 My thākful mouth shal gladly speake the praises of y e Lord al flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shal accord Lauda anima mea Psalme Cxlvi I. H. ¶ Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almighty and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at libertie comforteth the satherles widowes and the straūgers and rangneth kyng for euer Sing this as the .2 137 Psalme verse 1 MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I wil cōfes While breath life prolōg my daies my tōg no time shal cease Trust not in worldly princes thē though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortal mē in whō there is no health verse 2 For why their breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fal and then the counsels of theyr hart decay and perish al. verse 3 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde and he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 4 Which made the earth waters depe the heauens hye wythal which doth his word and promise kepe in truth and euer shal verse 5 With right alwayes doth he procede for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 6 The Lord doth sēd the blind theyr sight the lame to lims restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and iust man euermore verse 7 He doth defend the fatherles the straungers sad in hart And quyt the widow frō distres il mens wayes subuert verse 8 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion stil shal rayne In tyme of al posterity for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlvii N. ¶ The Prophet prayseth the bounty wisedome power suffice and prouidence of God vpon al his creatures But specially vpon his Church which he gathereth together after their dispersion declaring his word iudgement so vnto them as he hath done to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to syng For it is pleasaunt and to prayse it is a comely thing 2 The Lord his own Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynd verse 4 He counts the nūber of the starres names them in their kind verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinit verse 6 The Lord releues y e meke throwes to groūd the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyce and to our God vpō the harpe aduaunce your singing voyce verse 8 He couers heauen with cloudes for the earth prepareth rayne and on the mountaines he doth make the gras to grow agayne verse 9 He geues to beastes theyr foode to young rauens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs dothly verse 11 But in al those that feare the Lord the Lord hath hys delight and such as do attend vpon his mercies shyning light verse 12 O prayse thy Lord Ierusalem thy God O Sion prayse verse 13 For he the barres hath forged strōg wherwith thy gate he stayes verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in the◠and in thy borders he Doth settle peace with y ◠flower of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out and eke the word with spedy course swyftly run about verse 16 He geueth snow like wol hore frost like ashes doth he spred verse 17 Like morsels casts hys I se therof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth thē agayn His wind he makes to blow thē y ◠waters flow amayn verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iacob doth he shew his statutes his iudgments he geues Israel to know verse 20 With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne his secret iudgements ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlviij I. P. ¶ He prouoketh al creatures to prayse the Lord in heauē in earth in all places specially for the power that he hath geuen to his people Israel whō he hath taken so nere vnto hym GEuelaud vnto the Lord from heauē that is so hye Praise him in dede and word Aboue the starry skie And also ye his angels al armies royal prayse him with glee verse 3 Prayse him both mone sunne Which are so cleare and bright The same in you be done He glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no les He heauens fayre verse 5 And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse verse 6 For at his word they were Al formed as we se At his voyce did appere Al things in theyr degre Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fel Al depe do ye the same For it becommeth you wel verse 8 Him magnify Fyre hayle I se Snow And stormes that blow At hys decree verse 9 The hils and mountaynes al And trees
Almighty God Audi Israel Exod. xx N. HArke Israell and what I say geue hede to vnderstaÌ„d I am the Lord thy God y e brought thee out of Egipt laÌ„d eueÌ„ froÌ„ the house wherin y u didst in thraldoÌ„ liue a slaue None 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 bee Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth below Nor in waters beneath the earth to theÌ„ thou shalt not bow Nor shalt them serue The Lord thy God a ielous God am I That punish parentes faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Vpon their children that me hate and mercy do display To thousandes of such as me loue and my preceptes obey The name thou of the Lord thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne y e lord shal not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Saboth day Six dayes y â— labour shalt do thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke then shalt thou do in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruauÌ„t nor handmayd thine Oxe nor yet thine Asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in sixe dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did vpon the seuenth day take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him selfe alone appointed to remayne yeld honor to thy parentes that prolongd thy dayes may be VpoÌ„ the land the which the Lord thy God hath geueÌ„ thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neighbour doth beloÌ„g Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wife to do him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asse of his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbour proper is Beatus vir i. Thomas Sternhold ¶ Whether it was Esoras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set this Psalme first in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffect hereof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their lyfe to Gods law And that the wicked contemners of god though they seme for a while fortunate yet at length shall come to miserable destruction verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest that hath not beÌ„t to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chaire verse 2 But in the law of god y e lord doth set hys who le delight in y â— law doth exercise him selfe both day and nyght verse 3 He shal be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Which bringeth forth most pleasaunt fruit in her due time tyde Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fal but florish stil and stand Euen so al things shal prosper wel that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shal not the vngodly men they shal be nothing so But as the dust which froÌ„ the earth the wyndes driue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stand vpright Nor yet the sinners with the iust shal come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of godly men vnto the Lord is knowne And eke the way of wicked meÌ„ shal quite be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalme .ii. T. S. ¶ Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding his enemies rage and worldly power yet god will continue his kingdome for euer and aduauÌ„ce it euen to the formost end of the world And therfore he exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory a part they would humble submit them selues vnder gods yoke Herein is signâ—â—ed Christ and his kingdome Syng this Psalme as the first WHy did y e GeÌ„tils tumultes raise what rage was in their braine Why did the Iewish people muse seing al is but vayne verse 2 The kings and rulers of the earth conspire and are al bent Against the Lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shal we be bound to them say they let al their bondes be broke And of their doctrine and their law let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doings wil deride And make theÌ„ al as mocking stockes through out y e world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord wil say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lord wil say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my king vpon my holy hil I wil therfore Lord preach thy lawes and eke declare thy wil. verse 7 For in this wise the Lord him self did say to me I wote Thou art my deare and onely sonne to day I thee begot verse 8 All people I wil geue to thee as heires at thy request The ends and coastes of al the earth by thee shal be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters shardes shalt breake them with an yron rod. verse 10 Now ye O Kings and rulers al be wise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lord aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyce to him in like maner verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Least in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the mid way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so smal shal kindle in his brest Oh then al they that trust in Christ shal happy be and blest Domine quid multiplicati Psalme .iii. T. S. ¶ Dauid being persecuted and driuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for his sinne against god and therfore calleth vpon god and waxeth holde through his promises agaynst the great terrors of his enemies yea and against death it self which he saw present before his eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that god gaue him and all the Church ouer his enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more and more They kil my hart when as they say God can him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead my worshyp and myne honour both and thou holdst vp my head verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lord I did both cal and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 I layd me downe and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord wil me sustaine verse 6 If ten thousand had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art stil my Lord my God my sauiour myne ayde
verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God for now on thee I call For thou hast broke the chekes teeth of these wicked mē al. verse 8 Saluation onely doth belong to thee O Lord aboue Thou doost bestow vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiui Psalme .iiii. T. S. ¶ Whē Saul persecuted Dauid he called vpon God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore holdly reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And finally preferreth the fauour of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewise learne to trust in gods promises when we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neither feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations Syng this as the first Psalme O God that art my righteousnes Lord heare me when I cal Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bound thral verse 2 Haue mercy Lord therfore on me and graūt me this request For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I wil not rest verse 3 O mortall men how long wil ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Know ye that good godly men the lord doth take chuse And whē to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stād in awe therfore examine wel your hart And in your chamber quietly see you your selues conuert verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing lord you put your trust alway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goods riches do embrace But Lord graūt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyful and more glad Then they that of their corne wine ful great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lye down wil I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lord alone in safely kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psalme .v. T. S ¶ Dauid hauing suffered great calamitie as well by Doeg a Achitophel Saules flatterers as by other infinite enemies calleth to God for succor shewing how requisite it is that God should punishe the malicious enuy of his aduersaries After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceyueth comforte concludyng that when God shall deliuer hym other also shall be partakers of the same mercies Sing this as the third psalme INcline thine eares vnto my wordes O Lord my plaint consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my king my god to thee I make my praier verse 3 Heare me betime Lord tary not for I wil haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I wil trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleased with wickednes il with thee dwels none verse 5 And in thy sight shal neuer stand these furious fooles O Lord Vaine workers of iniquitie thou hast alwayes abhord verse 6 The lyers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them then And God will hate the bloud thirsty and the deceitful man verse 7 Therfore wil I come to thy house trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently wil worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy rightuousnes for to confound my foes And eke the way that I shal walke before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth their hart is foule vaine verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges do glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert thē in their heapes of sinne which haue rebelliō wrought verse 13 But those that put their trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And rēder thākes for thy defense and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iust righteous still And with thy grace as with a shild defend him from all ill i. Domine ne in furore tuo Psalme .vi. T. S. ¶ When Dauid by his sinnes hath prouoked gods wrath and now felt not onely his hand against him but also conceiued the horrors of death euerlastyng he desired forgeuenes bewayling that if god toke him awaye in his indignation he should lacke occasion to prayse him as he was wont to do whilest he was amongest men Then sodenly feling gods mercy he sharpely rebuketh his enemies whiche reioyseth in his affliction LOrde in thy wrath reproue me not thoughe I deserue thine ire Ne yet correct me in thy rage O Lorde I thee desire For I am weake therfore O Lorde of mercy me forbeare and heale me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord tourne thee to thy wōted grace my sely soule vp take Oh saue me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shal worship thee O Lord in the infernal pit verse 6 So greuous is my plaint and mone that I wax wondrous faint Al the night long I wash my bed with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dimme and waxeth old with anguish of mine heart For feare of those that be my foes and would my soule subuert verse 8 But now away from me al ye that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath hard the voyce of my complaint cry verse 9 He heard not onely the request and prayer of my hart But it receiued at my hand and tooke it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed me the Lord wil soone defame And sodenly confound thē al to their rebuke and shame Domine deus meus in te speraui Psalme .vii. T. S. Dauid being falsely accused by Chus one of Saules kinsmē he calleth god to be his defēder to whō he cōmendeth his innocencie First shewing that his conscience did not accuse him of any euill towardes Saule Next that it couched gods glory to award sentence agaynst the wicked And so entring into the consideratiō of gods mercyes and promises he waxeth holde and derideth the vayne enterprises of his enemyes threatnyng that it shall fall on their owne neckes that whiche they haue purposed for others Sing this as the third psalme verse 1 O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Saue me from thē that me pursue and eke deliuer me verse 2 Least like a Lion he me teare and rent in pieces smal While there is none to succor me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I haue done the thing that is not right Or els if I be found in faut or gilty in the sight verse 4 Or to my frend rewarded euil or left him in distres Which me pursued most cruelly and hated me causeles verse 5 Then let my foes
pursue my soule and eke my life down thrust Vnto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me which wrong sustaine verse 7 TheÌ„ shal great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of theÌ„ thy selfe as Lord and kyng verse 8 And thou that art of al men iudge O Lord now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and myne integritie The seconde part verse 9 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secrets of al hearts are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in al my grief and smart That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect hart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I dye for euen as he should smit He whets his sword his bow he beÌ„ds ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doth prepare his mortal dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that do me persecute whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But loe though he in trauel be of his deuilish forecast And of his mischief once coÌ„ceiued yet brings forth nought at last verse 16 He digs a ditch and delues it depe in hope to hurt his brother But he shal fal into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And al the mischief that he wrought shal fal vpon his head verse 18 I wil geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth righteously And with my song prayse wil the name of him that is most hie Domine Deus noster Psalme .viij. T. S ¶ The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towardes man whom he made as it were a god ouer all his workes doth not onely geue great thankes but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothing able to compasse such great mercyes and so endeth Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 O God our Lord how wonderful are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmount in dignitie aboue the heaueÌ„s cleare verse 2 EueÌ„ by the mouths of sucking babes y u wilt coÌ„fouÌ„d thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heaueÌ„s high the workes of thine own hand The sunne the mone and all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that y u doost him remeÌ„ber Or what is mans posteritie that thou doost it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lord of al thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set al things that he should kepe theÌ„ vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat and al beastes els that in the fieldes do fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fish in the sea and al that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once again O God that art our Lord How famous how woÌ„derful are thy workes through y e world Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .ix. T. S. ¶ After he had geueÌ„ thaÌ„kes to god for the sundry victories that he had seÌ„t him against his enemies also proued by manifold experieÌ„ce how ready god was at hand in all his troubles â—e being now likewise in daunger of new enemyes desireth god to helpe him according to his wont and destroy the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 WIth hart mouth vnto the Lord wil I sing laud and prayse And speake of al thy wondrous workes theÌ„ declare alwaies verse 2 I wil be glad and much reioyce in thee O God most hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the starry skye verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fal down flat and are destroyd by thy great force myght Thou hast reuenged al my wrong my grief and al my grudge verse 4 Thou doost w t iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doost rebuke the HeatheÌ„ folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memory of them cannot be found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch all our townes destroyed thou hast their fame w t theÌ„ defaced through al the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that he which is aboue for euermore shal raigne And in the seat of equity true iudgement wil maintayne verse 8 With iustice he wil kepe and guide the world and euery wight And so wil yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what time they be opprest He is in al aduersitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shal trust in thee For thok forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lord that dwelleth in Sion hil Publish among al nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For he is mindful of the bloud of those that be opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted hart that seekes to him for rest The second part verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on me poore wretch whose enmies stil remaine Which from the gates of death are wont 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 Lord my soule might stil reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their own fete fast are snarde verse 16 God she wes his iudgemeÌ„ts which wer good for euery maÌ„ to mark When as ye se the wicked man lye trapt in his own warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go down to hel for euer And all the people of the world that God wil not remember verse 18 But sure the Lord wil not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 19 O Lord arise least men preuayle that be of worldly myght And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortal men Vt quid domine Psalme .x. T. S ¶ He complayneth of the fraud rapine tyranny and of all kindes of wrong whiche worldly men vse assigning the cause therof whiche was that wicked men beyng as it were dronken with worldy prosperitie and therfore setting a part all feare and reuerence towardes god thinke they may do all thinges without
deliuered from great perils as appeareth by the prayses and thankes geuing annexed Wherein we may see the constant fayth of Dauid against the assaultes of al enemies and also thend wherfore he desireth to lyue and to be deliuered one ly to worship God in his congregation Hereby he promiseth him selfe assuraunce though father and mother forsake him he teacheth this to be the onely way to see the good thinges in the lande of the lyuing and after hys example he exhorteth to fayth and to attende vpon the Lorde Sing this as the .xviii. psal verse 1 THe Lord is both my health light shal mā make me dismaide Sith god doth geue me strēgth might why shuld I be afraid verse 2 While y e my foes w t al their strēgth begin with me to brawle And thinke to eate me vp at length thē selues haue caught the fal verse 3 Though they in campe against me lye my hart is not afraid In battel pight if they wil try I trust in God for ayde verse 4 One thing of God I do require that he wil not deny For which I pray and wil desire til he to me apply verse 5 That I within his holy place my lyfe throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and vew his temple wel verse 6 In tyme of dread he shal me hide within his place most pure And kepe me secret by his syde as on a rocke most sure verse 7 At lēgth I know the Lordes good grace shal make me strōg stout My foes to foyle cleane deface that compasse me about verse 8 Therfore within his house wil I geue sacrifice of prayse With Psalmes songes I wil apply to laud the Lord alwayes The seconde part verse 9 Lord heare the voyce of my request for which to thee I cal Haue mercy Lord on me opprest and send me helpe with al. verse 10 My hart doth knowledge vnto thee I sue to haue thy grace Then seke my face sayst thou to me Lord I wil seke thy face verse 11 In wrath turne not thy self away nor suffer me to slyde Thou art my helpe stil to this day be stil my God and guide verse 12 My parentes both their sonne forsooke and cast me of at large And then the Lord him self yet tooke of me the cure and charge verse 13 Teach me O God the way to thee and lead me on forth right For feare of such as watch for me to trap me if they might verse 14 Do not betake me to the wil of them that be my foes For they surmise agaynst me stil false witnes to depose verse 15 My hart would faint but that in me this hope he fixed fast The Lord gods good grace shal it se in life that ay shal last verse 16 Trust stil in God whose whole thou art his wil abide thou must And he shal ease and strength thy hart if thou in him do trust Ad te domine clamabo Psalme .xxviii. I. H. ¶ Being in great feare and pensiuenes to see God dishonored by the wicked men he desireth to be rid of them and crieth for vengeaunce against them and at length assureth him selfe that God hath herd his prayer vnto whose tuition he commendeth all the faithfull Syng this as the .xxi. Psalme verse 1 THou art O Lord my strength stay the succor which I craue Neglect me not least I be like to them that go to grane verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doth cry When I lift vp my hands vnto thy holy arke most hye verse 3 Repute not me among the sort of wicked and peruert That speake right fayre vnto theyr frēds thinke ful il in hart verse 4 According to their handy worke as they deserue in dede And after their inuentions let them receiue their mede verse 5 For they regard nothing Gods workes his law ne yet his lore Therfore wil he them and their sede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lord how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer my complaint that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckeler in distresse My hope my helpe my hartes relief my song shal him confesse verse 8 He is our strength and our defence our enmies to resist The health and the saluation of his elect by Christ verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lord blesse guide and preserue Increase thē Lord rule their harts that they may neuer swerue Afferte domino psalme .xxix. T. S. ¶ An excellent Psalme wherein the Prophete exhorteth the very princes and rulers of the worlde whiche otherwise for the most part thinke there is no God at the least to feare him for the thunders and tempestes for feare wherat all creatures tremble And though there by God threatneth sinners yet is he alwayes mercyful to his and moueth them therby to prayse his name Syng this as the xxi Psalme verse 1 GEue to the Lord ye potentates ye rulers of the world Geue ye all prayse honor strength vnto the lyuing Lord. verse 2 Geue honor to his holy name and honor him alone Worship him in his maiesty within his holy throne verse 3 His voyce doth rule the waters al euē as him self doth please He doth prepare the thunder clappes and gouernes al the sease verse 4 The voyce of God is of great force and wondrous excellent It is most mighty in effect and much magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doth rent breake the cedre trees so long The Cedre trees of Libanus which are most hye and strong verse 6 And makes them leape like as a calf or els the Vnicorne Not onely trees but moūtaines great wheron the trees ar borne verse 7 His voyce deuideth flames of fire and shakes the wildernes verse 8 It makes the desert quake for feare that called is Cades verse 9 It makes the Hindes for feare to calue makes the couert plaine Then in his temple euery man his glory doth proclaime verse 10 The Lord was set aboue the flouds ruling the raging sea So shal he raygne as Lord and kyng for euer and for aye verse 11 The Lord wil geue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord wil blesse his chosen folke with euerlasting peace Exaltab◠te domine Psalme .xxx. I. H. ¶ When Dauid should haue dedicated his house to the Lord he fell so extreme sicke that he was without all hope of life and therfore after his recouery he rendreth thankes to God exhorting others to the like to learne by his example that God is rather merciful thē seuere and rigorous towardes his children and also that the fall from prosperitie is sodeyne This done he retourneth to prayer promising to prayse God for euer ALl laud and prayse with hart and voyce O Lord I geue to thee whiche didst not make my foes reioyce but hast exalted me O Lorde my God to thee I cryde in all my payne
S. ¶ He prayeth to be deliuered from them which conspire with Absolon to the ende he mighte ioyfully prayse God in his holy congregation verse 1 IVdge and reuenge my cause O Lord from thē that euil be From wicked and deceitsul mē O Lord deliuer me verse 2 For of my strength y u art y e god why putst y u me thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my foe verse 3 Send out thy light and eke thy truth and lead me with thy grace Which may conduct me to thy hil and to thy dwelling place verse 4 Then shal I to the alter go of God my ioy and chere And on my harpe geue thanks to thee O god my god most dere verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Stil trust in God for him to prayse I hold it alwayes best By him I haue deliuerance against al paines and griefe He is my God which doth alwayes at neede send me reliefe Deus auribus nostris psalme .xliiii. T. S. A most earnest prayer made in the name of the faythful when they are afflicted by their enemies for sustanig the quarel of gods word according to y e expositiō of S. Paule Rom .viii. OVr eares haue heard our fathers tel reue rently record the wondrous workes y e y u hast done in alder time O lord How y u didst cast y e gētils out stroidst thē w t strōg hād plātīg our fathers in their place gauest to thē their lād verse 3 They cōquerde not by sword nor strēgth the land of thy behest But by thy hand thy arme grace because y u louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my king O God that holpe Iacob in sundry wise verse 5 Led with thy power we threw down such as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bowe ne sword they could not saue me sound verse 7 Thou keepst vs frō our enmies rage thou didst our foes confoūd verse 8 And stil we boast of thee our God and prayse thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our host but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madst vs flee before our foes and so were ouer trode Our enmies robd spoild our goods whē we were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs geuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne Amongst the heathen euery where scattred we do remaine verse 12 The people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thing of nought For profite none thou hadst therby no gayn at al was sought verse 13 And to our neighbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stock And those that round about vs dwel at vs do grinne and mock The second part verse 14 Thus we serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mock they scorne nod their heds wher euer they go or walk verse 15 I am a shamed continually to heare these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such sclāderous words such false report lies That death it is to se theyr wrōges theyr threatnings their cries verse 17 For al this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couenant brake verse 18 We turne not back our harts frō thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 yet thou hast trod vs down to dust where dens of Dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersity verse 20 If we had our Gods name forgot helpe of Idols sought verse 21 wold not god thē haue tride this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy names sake O lord alwayes ar we slaine thus As shepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Cp Lord why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for al verse 24 Why hydest thou thy countenance and doost forget our thral verse 25 For down to dust our soule is brought we now at last cast Our belly like as it were glude vnto the ground cleaues fast verse 26 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs Lord at nede He thee besech for thy goodnes to rescue vs with spede Eructauit Psalme .xlv. I H. ¶ The maiesty of Salomon his honor strēgth beauty riches and power are praised and also his mariage with the Egyptian bayng an heathen woman is blessed if that she can renounce her people and the loue of her country and geue her selfe wholy to her husbande Vnder the whiche figure the wonderfull maiesty and the encrease of the kyngdome of Christ and the Churche his spouse now taken of the gentiles is described Sing this as the. xxv psal verse 1 MY hart doth take in hand some godly song to sing The praise that I shal shew therin perteineth to the king verse 2 My tongue shal be as quick his honor to endyte As is the pen of any Scribe that vseth fast to wryte verse 3 O fayrest of all men thy speach is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with gifts for euer to endure verse 4 About thee gird thy sword O prince of might elect With honour glory and renoume thy person pure is dect verse 5 Go forth with godly spede in mekenes truth and right And thy right hād shal thee instruct in workes of dreadful might verse 6 Thine arrowes sharpe and kene theyr hartes so sore shal sting That folke shal fal and knele to thee yea al thy foes O king verse 7 Thy royal seat O Lord for euer shal remayne Because the scepter of thy realme doth righteousnes mayntaine verse 8 Because thou louest the right and doost the il detest God euen thy God hath pointed thee with ioy aboue the rest verse 9 With myrth and sauours swete thy clothes are al besprede When thou doost from thy palace passe therin to make thee glad verse 10 Kinges daughters do attend in fine and rich aray At thy right hand the quene doth stand in gold garments gay The second part verse 11 O daughter take good hede encline and geue good eare Thou must forget thy kindred al and fathers house most deare verse 12 Then shal the king desire thy beauty fayre and trim For why he is the Lord thy God and thou must worship him verse 13 The daughters then of Tyre with gifts ful rich to see And al the welthy of the land shal make their sute to thee verse 14 The daughter of the kyng is glorious to behold Within his closet she doth sit al dect in beaten gold verse 15 In robes wel wrought with needle with many a pleasant thing With virgins fayre on her to waight she cōmeth to the kyng verse 16 Thus are they brought with ioy and mirth on euery side Into the palace of the king and there do they abide verse 17 In stede of parents left O quene the chaunge so standes Thou shalt haue sōnes whō thou maist set
death red me Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for him verse 7 It is to great a price to pay none can therto attayne verse 8 Or that he might his life prolong or not in graue remaine verse 9 They se wise men as wel as fooles subiect vnto deaths hands And being ded straūgers posses theyr goods theyr rēts theyr lāds verse 10 Theyr care is to build houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 11 Yet shal no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shal at length taste of deathes cup as wel as y e brute beastes The second part verse 12 And though they try their folish thoughts to be most leud vaine Theyr children yet approue theyr talke in like sinne remaine verse 13 As shepe into the fold are brought so shal they into graue Death shal thē eate and in that day the iust shal Lordship haue Theyr image and theyr royal port shal fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they pas with wo and weale away verse 14 But God wil surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he wil of his good grace my soule receiue againe verse 15 If any man waxe wondrous rich feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 16 For when he dieth of al these things nothing shal he receyue His glory wil not folow him his pompe wil take her leaue verse 17 Yet in this lyfe he takes himself the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter hym saying al is wel done verse 18 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers old Yet must he nedes at lēgth geue place be brought to deathes fold verse 19 Thus man to honor God hath cald yet doth he not consider But like brute beast so doth he liue which turne to dust pouder Deus deorum psalme L. VV. VV. ¶ He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other Sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites thankes geuing and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of ceremonies and not of the pure word of god onely THe mighty God theternal hath thus spoke and al the world he wil cal and prouoke euen from the East and so forth to the West from toward Sion which place him liketh best God wil appeare in beauty most excellēt verse 3 Our God wil come before that long time be spent Deuouring fire shal go before his face A great tempest shal round about him trace verse 4 Then shal he cal the earth and heauen bryght To iudge his folke with equity and ryght verse 5 Saying go to and now my saintes assemble My peace they kepe theyr gifts do not dissemble verse 6 The heauens shal declare his rightuousnes For God is iudge of al things more and les verse 7 Heare my people for I wil now reueale List Israel I wil thee nought conceale Thy God thy God am I and wil not blame thee verse 8 For geuing not al maner offrings to mee verse 9 I haue no nede to take of thee at al Goates of thy fold or calfe of thy stal verse 10 For al the beastes are mine within the woods On thousand hils cattel are mine own goods verse 11 I know for mine al birds that are on mountaines Al beasts ar mine which haūt the filds foūtains verse 12 Hungry if I were I would not thee it tel For al is mine that in the world doth dwel verse 13 Eate I the flesh of great bulles or bullocks Or drinke the bloud of Goates and of the flockes verse 14 Offer to God prayse harty thankes geuyng And pay thy vowes vnto God euerliuing verse 15 Cal vpon me when troubled thou shalt be Then wil I helpe and thou shalt honor me verse 16 To the wicked thus sayth the eternal God Why doost thou preach my lawes hestes abrod Seyng thou hast them with thy mouth abused verse 17 And hatest to be by discipline reformed My wordes I say thou doost reiect and hate verse 18 If that thou see a thefe as with thy mate Thou runnest with hym and so your pray do seke And art al one with baudes and ruffians eke verse 19 Thou geuest thy selfe to backbite and to sclaunder And how thy toung deceiueth it is a wonder verse 20 Thou sittest-musing thy brother how to blame And how to put thy mothers sonne to shame verse 21 These things thou diddest whilst I held my tong Thou didst me iudge because I stayed so long Like to thy selfe yet though I kepe long scilence Once shal thou fele of thy wronges iust recōpence verse 22 Consider this ye that forget the Lord And feare not whē he threatneth with his word Least without helpe I spoyle you as a pray verse 23 But he that thankes offereth prayseth me aye Saith the Lord God he that walketh this trace I wil him teach Gods sauing health to embrace An other of the same by I. H. THe god of gods the lord hath cald the earth by name frō wher the sōne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Stō his faire place his glory bright cleare The perfect beuty of hys grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shal come in hast to speake he shal not doubt Before him shal the fire wast and tempest round about verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below likewise He wil cal forth to iudge and try his folke he doth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my saints sayth he my faithfull flocke so deare Which are in hand and league with me my law to loue feare verse 6 And when these things are tride the heauens shal record That God is iust al must byde the iudgmēt of the Lord. verse 7 My people O geue hede Israel to thee I cry I am thy God thy helpe at nede thou canst it not deny verse 8 I do not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me much more then I do lack verse 9 Thinkest thou that I do nede thy cattel yong or old Or els so much desire to fede on goates out of thy fold verse 10 Nay al the beasts are mine in woodes that eate theyr fils And thousāds more of nete kine y t runne wild in the hils The second part verse 11 The birdes that build on hye in hils and out of sight And beastes that in the field do lye are subiect to my might verse 12 Then though I hungred sore what nede I ought of thine Sith that the earth with her great store al therin is mine verse 13 To bulocks flesh haue I such mind to eate it doost thou think Or such a swetenes do I find the bloud of goats to drink verse 14 Geue to the Lord his prayse with thankes do him apply And see thou
mischief stout and sorrow eke withal verse 12 Her priuy partes are wicked playne her dedes are much to vile And in the streetes there doth remayne al crafty fraud guile The second part verse 13 If that my foes did seeke my shame I might it wel abyde From open enmies check and blame some where I could me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didst pretend And didst my secret counsel heare as my familiar frend verse 15 With whom I had delight to talke in secret and abrode And we together oft did walk within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fal and sen them quick to hel For mischief rayneth in their hal and parlour where they dwel verse 17 But I vnto my God do cry to him for help I flee The Lord doth heare me by and by and he doth succour mee verse 18 At morning noone and euenyng tyde vnto the Lord I pray Whē I so instantly haue cride he doth not say me nay verse 19 To peace he shal restore me yet though war be now at hand Although the number be ful great that would against me stand verse 20 The Lord that first and last doth raign both now and euermore Wil heare when I to hym complaine and punish them ful sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to turne will ouce accord For why they wil not God obey nor do not feare the Lord. verse 22 Vpon their frēds they laid their hāds which were in couenāt knit Of frendship to neglect the bands they passe or care no whit verse 23 While they haue war within their hart as butter are their words although his words wer smoth as oile thei cut as sharp as swords verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lord and he shal nourish thee For in no wise wil he accord the iust in thral to see verse 25 But God shal cast thē depe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He wil no guileful man permit to liue out halfe hys dayes verse 26 Though such be quite destroid and gone in thee O Lord I trust I shal depend thy grace vpon with al my hart and lust Miserere psalme .lvi. I. H. Dauid being brought to Achis the king of Gath 2. Sa. 21. 12. cōplaineth of his enmies demaū deth succour putteth his trust in God his promises promiseth to performe his vowes which he had taken vpon hym Wherof this was the effect to prayse God in his Church Syng this as the Lamentation verse 1 HAue mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me deuoure He fyghteth with me day by day troubleth me ech houre verse 2 Mine enemies daily enterpryse to swaldow me outryght To fyght against me many ryse O thou most high of might verse 3 Whē they would make me most afraid with boast brags of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I do mind and prayse O Lord I stick to thee I do not care at al assayes what flesh can do to me verse 5 What things I either did or spake they wrast thē at their wil And al the counsel that they take is how to work me il verse 6 They al consēt themselues to hide close watch for me to lay They spy my pathes snares haue tride to take my lyfe away verse 7 Shal they thus scape on mischief set thou God on thē wilt frown for in his wrath he doth not let to throw whole kingdōs down verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make me flee and on my teares doost looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I do cal vpon thy name my foes away do start I wel perceyue it by that same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde With ioy wil I declare abrode the promyse of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I afore began The Lord he is my helpe and stay I do not care for man verse 12 I wil performe with hart so free to god my vowes alwayse And I O Lord al times to thee wil offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule from death thou doost defend and kepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with such as lyue in light Miserere Psalme .lvii. I. H. ¶ Dauid beyng in the desert of Ziph where the inhabitants did betray him and at length in the same caue with Saule Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he wil performe his promise and take his cause in hand also that he wil shew his glory in the heauēs and the earth against his cruel enemies Therfore doth he render laud and prayse Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 TAke pity for thy promise sake haue mercy Lord on me For why my soule doth her betake vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy wings I set my selfe ful fast Til mischief malice like things be gone and ouer past verse 3 I cal vpon the God most hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that wil stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent his ayde to saue me from their spight That to deuour me haue assayd his mercy truth and might verse 5 I lead my life with Lions fel al set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwel that freat like flames of fyre verse 6 Their teeth are speares and arrowes lōg as sharp as I haue sene they wound cut w t their quick tong like swords weapōs kene verse 7 Set vp and shew they self O God aboue the heauens bright Exalt thy praise on earth abrode thy maiesty and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a priuy caue and pit wherin they think my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My hart is set to laud the Lord in him to ioy alwayes My hart I say doth wel accord to syng his laud and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I say my lute my harpe and string For I my selfe before the day wil ryse reioyce and sing verse 11 Among the people I wil tel the goodnes of my God And shew his prayse that doth excel in Heathen lands abrode verse 12 His mercy doth extend as far as heauens al are hie His truth is high as any star that standeth in the sky verse 13 Set forth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bright Extol thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiesty and might Si vere vtique Psalme .lviii. I. H. He describeth the malice of his enemies the flatterers of Saule who both secretly openlye sought his destruction from whō he appealeth to gods iudgemennt shewyng that the iust shal reioyce when they see the punishment of the wicked to the
glory of God Sing this as the. 68 Psalme verse 1 YE rulers that are put in trust to iudge of wrong and right be al your iudgemeÌ„ts true iust not knowiÌ„g nede or might verse 2 Nay in your harts ye marke muse in mischiefe to consent and where ye should true iustice vse your haÌ„ds to brybes are bent verse 3 This wicked sort from their birth day haue erred on thys wyse and from their mothers womb alway haue vsed craft and lyes verse 4 In them the poyson and the breath of serpents do appeare Yea lyke the adder that is deafe and fast doth stop his eare verse 5 Because he wil not heare the voyce of one that charmeth wel No though he were the chief of choyce and did therin excel verse 6 O God breake y u their teeth at once within their mouth throughtout the tuskes y e in their great chawbones lyke LioÌ„s whelpes haÌ„g out verse 7 Let them consum away and wast as water renth forthright The shafts that they do shoute in hast let theÌ„ be broke in flight verse 8 As snailes do wast within the shel and vnto slime do runne As one before his tyme that fel and neuer saw the Sunne verse 9 Before the thornes that now are yong to bushes big shal grow The stormes of anger waxing strong shal take theÌ„ ere their know verse 10 The iust shal ioy it doth theÌ„ good that God doth vengeance take and they shal wash their fete in blond of theÌ„ that hym forsake verse 11 TheÌ„ shal the world shew forth tel that good mâ—â— haue reward And that a God in earth doth dwel that iustice doth regard Eripe me psalme .lix. I. H. Dauid being in great daunger of Saule who sent to stay him in his bed prayeth vnto god declareth his innocency and their fury desiring god to destroy al those that sin of malitious wickednes Whom though he kepe a liue for a time to exercise his people yet in the end vs wil consume them in his wrath that he may be known to be the god of Iacob to y e worldes end for this he singeth prayses to god assured of his mercies SEnd ayd and saue me from my foes O lord I pray to thee defend and kepe me from all those that rise and striue with me O Lord preserue me froÌ„ those men whose doings are not good and set me sure and safe from them that thursteth after bloud verse 3 For loe they wayte my souiÌ„e to take they rage against me stil yea for no fault that I did make I neuer did them il verse 4 They run and do them selues prepare when I no whit offend Arise and saue me from their snare and see what they entend verse 5 O Lord of hostes of Israel arise and strike al landes And pity none that doth rebel and in their mischief standes verse 6 At night they stir and seke about as hounds they houle and greÌ„ne And al the city cleane throughout from place to place they renne verse 7 They spake of me with month alway but in their lips wer swords they greed my deth theÌ„ wold say what none doth hear our words verse 8 But Lord thou hast their wayes espide and laught therat apace The HeatheÌ„ folk thou shalt deryde and mock theÌ„ to their face verse 9 The streÌ„gth that doth my foes withstaÌ„d O Lord doth come of thee My God he is my help at hand a fort of fence to mee verse 10 The Lord to me doth shew his grace in great aboundance stil That I may see my foes in case such as my hart doth wil verse 11 Destroy them not at once O God least it from mind do fal But with thy streÌ„gth driue theÌ„ abrode and so consume theÌ„ al. verse 12 For their il words and truthles tong confound theÌ„ in theyr pryde Their wicked othes w t lies and wrong let al the world deride verse 13 Cousume theÌ„ in thy wrath O Lord that naught of them remayn that meÌ„ may know throughout y e world y e Iacobs god doth raign verse 14 At euening they return apace as dogs they grin and cry Throughout y â— streetes in euery place they run about and spy verse 15 They seeke about for meat I say but let them not be fed Nor find an house wherin they may be bold to put their head verse 16 But I wil shew thy streÌ„gth abrode thy goodnes I wil prayse For thou art my defence and God at nede in al assayes verse 17 Thou art my streÌ„gth thou hast me staid O Lord I sing to thee Thou art my fort my fence and ayd a louing God to me Deus repulset psalme .lx. I. H. Dauid being king ouer Iudah and hauing had many victories sheweth by euident signes y â— God elected him king assuring the people that God wil prosper them if they approue the same After he prayeth vnto God to finish that that he hath begon Syng this as the. 59. Psalm verse 1 O Lord thou didst vs cleane forsake and scattredst vs abrode such great displeasure y u didst take returne to vs O God verse 2 Thy might did moue the land so sore that it in sunder brake the hurt therof O Lord restore for it doth bowe and quake verse 3 With heauy chaunce y u plagest thus the people that are thyne And thou hast geuen vnto vs a drink of deadly wyne verse 4 But yet to such as feare thy name a token shal ensue That they may triumph in the same because they word is true verse 5 So that thy might may kepe saue thy folk that fauor thee that they they help at haÌ„d we may haue O Lord grauÌ„t this to mee verse 6 The Lord did speak froÌ„ his own place this was his ioyful tale I wil deuide SicheÌ„ by pace and mete out Succothes vale verse 7 Gilead is geuen to my hand Manasses mine besyde Ephraim the streÌ„gth of al my land my law doth Iuda guide verse 8 In Moab I wil wash my feete ouer Edom throw my shoo And thou Palestine oughtst to seke for fauour me vnto verse 9 But who wil bring me at this tyde vnto the citie strong Or who to Edom wil me guide so that I go not wrong verse 10 Wilt y u god which didst forsake thy folke their land coastes Our wars in haÌ„d y u wouldst not take nor walk amoÌ„g our hostes verse 11 Geue ayd O Lord and vs releue froÌ„ them that vs disdayne the help that hostes of men can geue it is but al in vayne verse 12 But through our god we shal haue might to take great thiÌ„gs in haÌ„d He wil tread down put to flight al those that vs withstand Exaudi Deus Psalme .lxi. I. H. Whether that he were in daunger of the Ammonites or being pursued of Absolon Here be crtetâ— to be heard deliuered and confirmed in his kingdoÌ„ he promiseth perpetuall praises REgard O Lord for I complaine and
make my sute to thee let not my words returne in vaine but geue an eare to me frō of the coastes vtmost partes of all the earth abroad in grief anguish of my hart I cry to thee O God verse 3 Vpon the rock of thy great power my woful mynd repose thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tent I lust to dwel for euer to indure Vnder thy wings I know right wel I shal be safe sure verse 5 The Lord doth my desire regard and doth fulfil the same With goodly gifts wil he reward al them that feare his name verse 6 The king shal he in health maintain and so prolong his dayes That he from age to age shal raign for euermore alwayes verse 7 That he may haue a dwelling place before the Lord for aye O let thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decay verse 8 Then shal I sing for euer stil with prayse vnto thy name That al my vowes I may fulfil and daily pay the same Nonne deo subiecta psalme .lxii. I. H. Dauid declareth by his exāple by y e nature of god y e he must trust in god alone therunto exhorteth al people seing y e al is vanity wtout god al goeth to nought al we ar alwaies taught y e God onely is of power to saue that he rewardeth mā according to bys workes Sing this as the. 6◠Psalme verse 1 MY soule to God shal geue good hede and him alone entend for why wy helth hope to spede doth whole on him depēd verse 2 For he alone is my defence my rock my health my ayd He is my stay that no pretence shal make me much dismayd verse 3 O wicked folk how long wil ye vse crafts sure ye must fal For as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tottering wal verse 4 Whō god doth loue ye seke alwayes to put him to the wurse Ye loue to lie with mouth ye praise and yet your hart doth curse verse 5 Yet stil my soule doth whole depend on God my chief desire From al il feates me to defend none but him I require verse 6 He is my rock my strength my tower my health is of his grace He doth support me that no power can moue me out of place verse 7 God is my glory and my health my soules desire and lust My fort my strēgth my stay my wealth God is mine only trust verse 8 Oh haue your hope in him alway ye folke with one accord Poure out your harts to him and say our trust is in the Lord. verse 9 The sonnes of men deceitful are on balaunce but a sleight With things most vayne do thē cōpare for they cā kepe no weight verse 10 Trust not in wrong robbry or stelth let vayne delightes be gone though goods wel got flow in w c welth set not your harts theron verse 11 The Lord long sith one thing doth tel which here to mind I cal He spake it oft I heard it wel that god alone doth al. verse 12 And that thou Lord art good and kynde thy mercy doth excede So that al sortes wyth thee shal find according to their dede Deus deus meus psalme .lxiii. T. S. Dauid after he had bene in great daunger by Saule in the deserte Ziph made this Psalme wherin he geueth thanks to God for his wonderful deliuerance in whose mercies he trusted euē in the midst of his miseries prophecying the destruction of gods enemies contra rywise happenes to al them that trust in the Lord. 1. Sam. iii Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 O God my God I watch betyme to come to thee in hast For why my soule and body both doth thirst of thee to tast And in this barrē wildernes where waters there are none my flesh is partcht for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once agayn thy glory strength and might As I was wont it to behold within thy temple bryght verse 3 For why thy mercies far surmount this lyfe and wretched dayes My lips therfore shal geue to thee due honor laude and prayse verse 4 And whilst I lyue I wil not fayle to worship thee alway And in thy name I shal lift vp my hands whē I do pray verse 5 My soule is filled as with marow which is both fat and swete my mouth therfore shal sing such sōgs as are for thee most mete verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke al the night tyde verse 7 For vnder couert of thy wings thou art my ioyful guide verse 8 My soule doth surely stick to thee thy right hand is my power verse 9 And those that seke my soule to stroy thē death shal sone deuoure verse 10 The sword shal thē deuour echone their carcases shal fede The hungry foxes which do run their pray to seke at nede verse 11 The king and al men shal reioyce that do profes Gods word For liers mouthes shal thē be stopt which haue y e truth disturbde Exaudi deus vocem meam psalme lxiiii l. H Dauid prayeth against the false reporters and slaunderere he declareth their punishment destruction to the comfort of the iust and the glory of God Syng this as the. 18. Psalm verse 1 O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare with plaint when I do pray and rid my life soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men which in deceipts do lurke And from the frowning face of them that al il feates do worke verse 3 who whet their tōgs as we haue sene mē whet sharp their swords Thei shoote abrode their arrowes kene I mean most bitter words verse 4 With priuy sleight shote thei their shaft the vpright man to hit The iust vnware to strike by craft they care or feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worked haue they decreed in counsel thus they cry To vse deceyt let vs not dread what who can it espy verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talk muse al times within their hart They al cōsult what feates to vse ech doth inuent his part verse 7 But yet al this shal not auayle whē they think least vpon God with his dart shal sure assayle and wound thē euery one verse 8 Their crafts their il tōgs withal shal work thēselues such blame That they which then behold their fal shal wonder at y ◠same verse 9 Thē al that see shal know right wel that god y e thing hath wrought and prayse his witty works tel what he to pas hath brought verse 10 Yet shal the iust in God reioyce stil trusting in his might so shal they ioy with mind and voyce whose hart is pure right Te decet hymnus Psalm .lxv. I. H. A prayse and thankesgeuing vnto God by the faythful who are signified by Sion and
Ierusalem for the chusinge preseruation and gouernance of them and for plentifull blessings powred forth vpon all the earth Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 THy prayse alone O lord doth raign in Siō thyne own hil their vowes to thee they do maintain their behests fulfil verse 2 For that y u doost their prayer heare and doost therto agree Thy people al both far neare with trust shal come to thee verse 3 Our wicked life so far excedes that we should fal therin But Lord forgeue our great misdedes and purge vs from our syn verse 4 The man is blest whō thou doost chuse within thy court to dwel Thy house and temple he shal vse with pleasures that excel verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth rise The hope of al the earth abrode and the sea costes likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compast with thy power thou makest y e mountains strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou doost asswage make their streames ful stil Thou doost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy wil. verse 8 The folk that dwel ful far on earth shal dread thy signes to see which morne and euen in great mirth do passe w t prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and dry and thirsteth more and more Then with thy drops thou doost apply much encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerstow and so doth cause to spring The seede and corne which men do sow for he doth guide y e thing verse 11 With wete thou doost her furrowes fil where by her clods do fal Thy drops to her thou doost distil and bles her frute withal verse 12 Thou deckst y e earth of thy good grace with fayre pleasant crop Thy cloudes distil her dew apace great plenty they do drop verse 13 Wherby the desert shal begin ful great encrease to bring The little hils shal ioy therin much frute in them shal spring verse 14 In places playne the flock she feede and couer al the earth The valies with corne shal so excede that men shal sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme .lxvi. I. H. He prouoketh al men to prayse the Lord and to consider his workes rehersing two thynges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath deliuered Israel from great bōdage and afflictiōs he promiseth to geue sacrifice prouoketh al men to heare what god hath done for him and to praise his name Syng this as the 68. Psalm verse 1 YE men on earth in God reioyce w t prayse set forth his name Extol his might w t hart voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wōderful O Lord say ye in al thy workes thou art thy foes for feare do seke to thee ful sore agaīst their hart verse 3 Al men that dwel y e earth throughout do prayse the name of God The laud therof the world about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 Al folk come forth behold see what things y e lord hath wrought marke wel y e wōdrous works y ◠he for man to pas hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hie therin a way they had On foote to pas both fayre and dry wherof their harts wer glad verse 6 His might doth rule y e world alway his eyes al things behold Al such as would him disobey by him shal be controld verse 7 Ye people geue vnto our God due laud and thanks alwayes With ioyful voyce declare abrode and sing vnto his prayse verse 8 Which doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with al He stayeth our fete so that no strife can make vs slip or fal verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they wil abide As workmen do when they desire to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines and fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The seconde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ride and raygne Though we through fire and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 Yet sure thou doost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bryng vs out into a place to lyue in wealth and rest verse 13 Vnto thy house resort wil I to offer and to pray And there I wil my selfe apply my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in al my grief smart The vowes I say which I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offring I wil geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shal be of bullockes goates lambes verse 16 Come forth harken here ful sone al ye that feare the Lord What he for my poore soule hath done to you I wil record verse 17 Ful oft I cal vpon his grace this mouth to him doth cry And thou my tong make spede apace to prayse him by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delite to sinne God wil not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voyce hath heard and what I do require My prayer he doth wel regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 Al prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mind Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I do euer fynd Deus misereatur nostri Psalme .lxvii. I. H. ¶ A swete prayer for al the faithfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lightened with his countenaunce to th ende that his way and iudgementes may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernour of all nations Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 HAue mercy on vs Lord and graunt to vs thy grace To shew to vs do thou accord the brightnes of thy face verse 2 That al the earth may know thy way to godly wealth And al the natiōs on a row may see thy sauing health verse 3 Let all the world O God geue prase vnto thy name O let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let al reioyce with mirth For y u with truth right doost guide the natiōs of y e earth verse 5 Let al the world O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 6 Then shal the earth encrease great store of frute shal fal And then our God the God of peace shal bles vs eke w t al. God shal vs bles I say and then both farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shal stand in feare Exurgat deus Psalme .lxviii. T. S. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid setteth forth as in a glasse
trust in thee Let no man doubt or shrinke away for ought that chaunceth me verse 8 It is for thee and for thy sake that I do beare this blame In spite of thee they would me make to hide my face for shame verse 9 My mothers sonnes my brethren al forsake me on a row And as a straunger they me cal my face they wil not know verse 10 Vnto thy house such zeale I beare that it doth pine me much Theyr cheks taūts at thee to heare my very hart doth grutch The second part verse 11 Though I do fast my flesh to chast yea if I wepe and mone Yet in my teeth this geare is cast they pas not therupon verse 12 If I for grief and payne of hart in sackcloth vse to walke Then they anone wil it peruert therof they iest and talke verse 13 Both hye and low and al the throng that sit within the gate They haue me euer in theyr tong of me they talke and prate verse 14 The dronkardes which in wine delite it is their chief pastime To seke which way to worke me spite of me they sing and rime verse 15 But thee the while O Lord I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great truth thou wilt alway sēd down thine ayde to me verse 16 Pluck thou my fete out of the myre from drowning do me kepe From such as owe me wrath and ire and from the waters depe verse 17 Least w t the waues I should be drownd depth my soule deuoure And that the pit should me confound and shut me in her power verse 18 O Lord of hostes to me geue eare as thou art good and kind And as thy mercy is most deare Lord haue me in thy mind verse 19 And do not from thy seruaunt hide nor turne thy face away I am opprest on euery side in hast geue eare I say verse 20 O Lord vnto my soule draw nye the same with ayde repose Because of theyr great tyranny acquite me from my foes The third part verse 21 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tel For those that seke and worke the same thou seest thē al ful wel verse 22 Whē they with brags do breake my hart I seke for helpe anone But find no frends to ease my smart to comfort me not one verse 23 But in my meat they gaue me gal to cruel for to thinke And gaue me in my thirst withal strong vineger to drinke verse 24 Lord turne their table to a snare to take themselues therin And when they thinke ful wel to fare then trap them in the gin verse 25 And let their eyes be darke and blind that they may nothing see Bow down theyr backe do them bynd in thraldome for to bee verse 26 Poure out thy wrath as hoate as fyre that it on them may fal Let thy displeasure in thine yre take hold vpon them al. As desert drye theyr house disgrace their offring eke expel verse 27 That none therof posses their place nor in their tents do dwel If thou doost strike the man to tame on him they lay ful sore verse 28 And if that thou do woūde the same they seke to hurt him more Then let them heape vp mischief stil sith they are al peruert verse 29 That of thy fauour and good wil they neuer haue no part And dash them cleane out of the booke of life of hope of trust That for their names they neuer looke in number of the iust The fourth part verse 31 Though I O Lord with wo and grief haue benful sore opprest Thy helpe shal geue me such relief that al shal be redrest verse 32 That I may geue thy name the prayse and shew it with a song I wil extol the same alwayes with harty thankes among verse 33 Which is more pleasant vnto thee such mind thy grace hath borne Thē either Oxe or Calfe can be that hath both hoofe and horne verse 34 when simple folke do this behold it shal reioyce them sure Al ye that seke the Lord behold your life for aye shal dure verse 35 For why y e Lord of hosts doth heare the poore whē they cōplaine His prisuners are to him ful deare he doth them not disdaine verse 36 Wherfore the skie earth below the sea with floud and streame His prayse they shal declare and show with al that lyue in them verse 37 For sure our God will Sion saue and Iudaes cities build verse 38 Much folke possession there shal haue her streates shal al be fild Her seruaunts sede shal kepe the same al ages out of mind verse 39 And there al they that loue his name a dwelling place shal find Deus in adiutorium Psalme .lxx. I. H. ¶ He prayeth to be right spedely deliuered as in the .lx. Psalms Then he desireth the shame of his enemies and the ioyfull comfort of all those that seke the Lord. Syng this as the. 72. Psalme verse 1 O God to me take hede of helpe I thee require O Lord of hosts with hast spede help help I thee desire verse 2 With shame confound them al that seke my soule to spil Rebuke thē backe with blame to fal that thinke and wish me il verse 3 Confound them that apply and seke to worke me shame And at my harme do laugh and cry so so there goeth the game verse 4 But let them ioyfull be in thee with ioy and welth Which onely trust and seke to thee and to thy sauing helth verse 5 That they may say alwayes in mirth and one accord Al glory honor laud and prayse be geuen to thee O Lord. verse 6 But I am weake and poore come Lord thine ayde I lacke Thou art my stay and help therfore make spede be not slacke In te domine speraui Psalme .lxxi. I. H. ¶ He prayeth in fayth astablished by the worde of the promise and confirmed by the worke of God from hys youth he desireth nowe to be deliuered from the wicked and cruell man meanyng hys sonne Absolon and his confederacy and he promiseth to be myndefull and thankefull for the same Sing this as the. lxix psalme verse 1 MY Lord my God in al distres my hope is whole in thee Then let no shame my soule oppres nor once take hold on mee verse 2 As thou art iust defend my Lord and rid me out of dread Geue eare and to my suite accord and send me helpe at nede verse 3 Be thou my rocke to whom I may for ayde al tymes resort Thy promise is to helpe alway thou art my fence and fort verse 4 Saue me my God frō wicked men from theyr strength power From folke vniust and eke from them that cruelly deuour verse 5 Thou art the stay wherin I trust thou Lord of hostes art he Yea from my youth I had a lust stil to depend on thee verse 6 Thou hast me kept euē from my birth I through
thee was borne wherfore I wil thee prayse with mirth both euening and morne verse 7 As to a monster seldome sene much folke about me throng But thou art now and stil hast bene my fence and ayde so strong verse 8 Wherfore my mouth no time shal lacke thy glory and thy prayse and eke my tong shal not be slacke to honor thee alwayse verse 9 Refuse not me O Lord I say when age my limmes doth take and when my strength doth wast away do not my soule forsake verse 10 Among them selues my foes enquire to take me through deceyt and they agaynst me do conspire that for my soule layd wayt The second part verse 11 Lay hand take him now they sayd for God from him is gone Dispatch him quite for to his ayde I wis there commeth none verse 12 Do not absent thy self away O Lord when nede shal be But that in time of grief thou may in hast geue helpe to me verse 13 With shame confound and ouerthrow al those that seke my life Oppres thē with rebukes also that fayne would worke me strife verse 14 But I wil patiently abyde thy helpe in al assayes Stil more and more ech time tide I wil set forth thy prayse verse 15 My mouth thy iustice shal record that dayly helpe doth send But of thy benefites O Lord I know no compt nor end verse 16 Yet wil I go and seke forth one with thy good helpe O God The sauing health of thee alone to shew and set abrod verse 17 For of my youth thou tookest the care and doost instruct me stil Therfore thy wonders to declare I haue great mind and wil. verse 18 And as in youth from wanton rage thou didst me kepe and stay Forsake me not vnto mine age and til my head be gray verse 19 That I thy strēgth might may show to them that now be here and that our sede thy power may know hereafter many a yere verse 20 O Lord thy iustice doth excede thy doings al may see Thy workes are wonderful in dede oh who is lyke to thee verse 21 Thou madest me fele afflictions sore and yet thou didst me saue yea thou didst helpe and me restore and tokest me from the graue verse 22 And thou mine honor doost encrease my dignitie maintayne yea thou doost make al grief to cease and comforts me agayne verse 23 Therfore thy faithfulnes to prayse I wil both lute and syng My harpe shal sound thy laud alwayes O Israels holy kyng verse 24 My mouth wil ioy with pleasant voyce when I shal sing to thee and eke my soule wil much reioyce for thou hast made me free verse 25 My tong thy vprightnes shal sound and speake it dayly stil For grief and shame do thē confound that sought to worke me ill Deus iudicium tuum Psalme .lxxii. I. H. ¶ He prayeth that the kingdome of God by Christe may come vnder the parson of Salomon vnder whom shall be ryghteousnes peace and felicitie vnto whom all kynges and all nations shall do homage whose name and power shal indure for euer LOrd geue thy iudgements to the king therin instruct hym wel And with his sonne that Princely thyng Lord let thy iustice dwel that he may gouerne vp ryghtly and rule thy folke a ryght and so defend through equitie the poore that haue no might verse 3 And let the mountaines that are hye vnto their folke geue peace And eke let litle hils apply in iustice to encrease verse 4 That he may help the weake poore with aide make thē strōg And eke destroy for euermore al those that do them wrong verse 5 And then from age to age shal they regard and feare thy might So long as sunne doth shine by day or els the moone by night verse 6 Lord make the king vnto the iust like rain to fieldes new mowen And like to drops that lay the dust and fresh the land vnsowen verse 7 The iust shal florish in his time and al shal be at peace Vntil the moone shal leaue to prime wast chaūge to encrease verse 8 He shal be Lord of sea and sand from shore to shore throughout and from the flouds within the land through al the earth about verse 9 The people that in desert dwel shal knele to him ful thicke and al his enmies that rebel the earth and dust shal licke verse 10 Theyr Lordes of al the yles therby great gifts to him shal bring The kings of Sabe and Arabie geue many a costly thyng verse 11 Al kings shal seke with one accord in his good grace to stand And al the people of the world shal serue him at his hand verse 12 For he the nedy sort doth saue that vnto him do cal And eke the simple folke that haue no helpe of man at al. verse 13 He taketh pity on the poore that are with nede opprest He doth preserue them euermore bringes their soules to rest verse 14 He shal redeme theyr life from dread frō fraud frō wrōg frō might And eke the bloud that they shal bleed is precious in his sight verse 15 But he shal liue and they shal bring to him of Sabaes gold He shal be honored as a kyng and dayly be extold verse 16 The mighty mountaines of his land of corne shal beare such thrōg That it like Cedre trees shal stand in Libanus ful long verse 17 Theyr cities eke ful wel shal spede the frutes therof shal pas In plenty it shal far excede and spring as grene as gras verse 18 For euer they shal prayse his name while that the sunne is light And thinke thē happy through y ◠same al folk shal bles his might verse 19 Prayse ye the Lord of hostes and sing to Israels God echone For he doth euery wondrous thing yea he him self alone verse 20 And blessed be his holy name al times eternally That al the earth may prayse the same Amen Amen say I. Quam bonus deus Psalme .lxxiii. T. S. ¶ The Prophet teacheth by his example that neither the worldly prosperitie of the vngodly nor yet the affliction of the good ought to discourage Gods children but rather ought to moue vs to consider our fathers prouidence to cause vs to reuerence gods iudgements for asmuche as the wicked vanishe a waye lyke smoke and the godly enter into lyfe euerlastyng in hope wherof he resigneth him selfe into Gods handes Sing this as the .xliiii. psal verse 1 HOw euer it be yet God is good and kynd to Israel And to al such as safely kepe their consciēce pure wel ▪ verse 2 yet lyke a foole I almost slipt my feete began to slyde And or I wist euē at a pinch my steps a wrye gā glyde verse 3 For when I saw such foolish men I grudged and did disdayne That wicked mē al things should haue wtout turmoyle or payne verse 4 They neuer suffer panges nor grief as if death should them
smite Theyr bodies are both stoute and strong and euer in good plyte verse 5 And free from al aduersity when other men be shent And with the rest they take no part of plague or punishment verse 6 Therfore presumptio doth embrace theyr neckes as doth a chayne And are euen wrapt as in a robe with rapine and disdayne verse 7 They are so fed that euen for fat their eyes oft times out start And as for worldly goodes they haue more thē cā wish their hart verse 8 Theyr life is most licentious bostyng much of the wrong Which they haue done to simple men and euer pryde among verse 9 The heauens and the liuing Lord they spare not to blaspheme And prate they do on worldly things no wight they do esteme verse 10 The people of god oft times turn backe to se their prosprous state And almost drinke the self same cup and folow the same rate The second part verse 11 How can it be that God say they should know and vnderstand These worldly things since wicked mē be Lordes of sea and land verse 12 For we may see how wicked men in riches stil increase Rewarded wel with worldly goodes and lyue in rest and peace verse 13 Then why do I from wickednes my fantasy refrayne And wash my hands with innocents clense my hart in vayne verse 14 And suffer scourges euery day as subiect to al blame And euery morning from my youth susteyne rebuke and shame verse 15 And I had almost sayd as they misliking mine estate But that I should thy children iudge as folk vnfortunate verse 16 Then I bethought me how I might this matter vnderstand But yet the labor was to great for me to take in hand verse 17 Vntil the time I went into thy holy place and then I vnderstood right perfectly the end of al these men verse 18 And namely how thou settest them vpon a slippry place And at thy pleasure and thy wil thou doost them al deface verse 19 Then al men muse at that straunge sight to see how sodenly They are destroyd dispatcht consumde and dead so horribly verse 20 Much lyke a dreame when one a wakth so shal theyr welth decay Theyr famous names in al mens sight shal ebbe and pas away The third part verse 21 Yet thus my hart was greued then my mind was much opprest verse 22 So fond was I and ignoraunt and in this poynt a best verse 23 Yet neuertheles by my right hand thou holdest me alwayes fast verse 24 And with thy counsel doost me guide to glory at the last verse 25 What thing is there that I cā with but thee in heauen aboue And in the earth there is nothing like thee that I can loue verse 26 My fleshe and eke my hart do fayle but God doth fayle me neuer For of my hart God is the strength my portion eke for euer verse 27 And lo al such as thee forsake thou shalt destroy echone And those that trust in any thing sauing in thee alone verse 28 Therfore wil I draw nere to God and euer with him dwel In God alone I put my trust his wonders wil I tel Vt quid deus Psalme .lxxiiii. I. H. ¶ The faithfull complayne of the destruction of the Church and true religion vnder the name of Sion and the altars destroyed And trusting in the might free mercyes of God by his couenaunt they require helpe and succor for the glory of Gods holy name the saluation of hys poore afflicted seruauntes and the confusion of his proude enemies Syng this as the .72 Psalm verse 1 WHy art thou Lord so long from vs in al this daunger depe Why doth thine anger kindle thus at thine own pastor shepe verse 2 Lord cal thy people to thy thought which haue ben thine so lōg The which y u hast redemd brought frō bondage sore strōg verse 3 Haue mind therfore and thinke vpon remember it ful wel Thy pleasaūt place thy moūt Siō where thou wast wōt to dwel verse 4 Lift vp thy foote and come in hast and al thy foes deface Which now at pleasure rob and wast within thy holy place verse 5 A mid thy congregations al thine enemies roare O God They set as signes on euery wal theyr banners splayd abrod verse 6 As men with axes hew the trees that on the hils do grow So shine the bils and swords of these within the temples now verse 7 The selings sawde the carued bordes the goodly grauen stones With axes hāmers villes swords they beate thē down at once verse 8 Thy places they consume with flame and eke in al this toyle The house appointed to thy name they race down to the soyle verse 9 And thus they sayd within theyr hart dispatch them out of hand Then burnt they vp in euery part Gods houses through the lād verse 10 Yet thou no signe of helpe doost send our Prophets al are gone To tel when this our plage should end among vs there is none verse 11 When wilt y u Lord once end this shame cease thine enmies strōg Shal they alway blaspheme thy name rayle on thee so long verse 12 Why doost with draw thy hand a backe and hide it in thy lappe O plucke it out and be not slacke to geue thy foes a rappe The seconde part verse 13 O God thou art my king and Lord and euermore hast bene Yea thy good grace throughout y ◠world for our good help hath sene verse 14 The seas that are so depe dead thy might did make them dry And thou didst breake the serpents head that be therin did dye verse 15 Yea thou didst break y ◠heads so great of whales that are so fel and gauest thē to the folkes to eate that in the desertes dwel verse 16 thou madest a spring w t streames to rise frō rock both hard and hie And eke thy hād doth make likewise depe riuers to be dry verse 17 Both day and eke the night are thine by thee they were begun Thou setst to serue vs with their shine the light eke the Sun verse 18 Thou doost appoint the ends and costes of al the earth about Both sōmer heates winter frosts thy hād hath found thē out verse 19 Thinke on O Lord no tyme forget thy foes that thee defame And how the folish folke are set to rayle vpon thy name verse 20 O let no cruel beast deuour thy Turtle that is true Forget not alwayes in thy power the poore that much doo rue verse 21 Regard thy couenant and behold thy foes posses the land Al sad darke for worne and old our realm as now doth stand verse 22 Let not the simple go away with disapointed shame But let the poore and nedy aye geue prayse vnto thy name verse 23 Rise Lord let be by thee maintaind the cause y t is thyne owne Remember how that thou blasphemd art by the folish one verse 24
and louers euery one Yea and mine old acquaintaunce al out of my sight are gone Misericordias domini Psalme .lxxxix. I. H. ¶ With many wordes doth the Prophet prayse the name of God for his Testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christe the sonne of Dauid Then doth he complayne of the great ruyne and desolation of the kyngdome of Dauid so that to the outwarde apperaunce the promise was broken Finally he prayeth to be deliuered from his afflictions makyng mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming hym selfe by Gods promises Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 TO sing the mercies of the Lord my toung shal neuer spare and with my mouth frō age to age thy truth I wil declare verse 2 For I haue sayd that mercy shal for euermore remayne In that thou doost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To mine elect sayth God I made a couenant and behest My seruant Dauid to perswade I swore and dyd protest verse 4 Thy sede for euer I wil stay and stablish it ful fast and stil vphold thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew w t ioy mirth thy wondrous workes O Lord Thy saints within thy Church on earth thy faith truth record verse 6 Who with the Lord is equal then in al the cloudes abrod among the sonnes of al the Gods what one is like our God verse 7 God in assemble of the saynts is greatly to be drad and ouer al that dwel about in terror to be had verse 8 Lord God of hostes in al the world what one is like to thee On euery side most mighty Lord thy truth is sene to be verse 9 The ragyng sea by thyne aduice thou rulest at thy wil and when the waues therof arise y u makst thē calme stil verse 10 And Egipt thou lord hast subdued thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes w t mighty arme hast scattred al abrod The second part verse 11 The heauēs are thine stil haue ben likewise y ◠earth land The world withal that is therin thou foūdest w t thy hād verse 12 Both North South w t East West thy self didst make frame Both Tabor mount and eke Hermō reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thine arme is strong and ful of power al might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hād ech houre thou liftest vp on hye verse 14 In righteousnes and equity thou hast thy seat and place Mercy and truth are stil with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth aright thy presēt power O God For in the fauour of thy sight they walke ful safe abrod verse 16 For in thy name throughout the day they ioy much reioyce and through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasant fame noyce verse 17 For why their glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayde shal lift our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs wel the Lord to vs doth bring The holy one of Israel he is our guide and kyng verse 19 Somtyme thy wil vnto thy saints in visions thou didst shew and thus thē didst thou say to them thy mind to make thē know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be and set vp him whom I elect among the folke to me The third part verse 21 My seruaunt Dauid I appoint whom I haue searched out and with my holy oyle anoynt him king of al the route verse 22 For why my hand is ready stil with hym for to remayne and with mine arme also I wil him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The enmies shal not him oppres they shal him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shal haue no power verse 24 His foes likewise wil I destroy before his face in sight and those that hate him I wil plage strike thē with my might verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with al shal stil vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shal be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I wil set to be vpon the sea and sand and eke the running floudes shal he embrace with his right hād verse 27 He shal depend with al his hart on me and thus shal say My father and my God thou art my rocke of health and stay verse 28 As one first borne I wil him take of al on earth that springs His might and honour I shal make aboue al worldly kings verse 29 My mercy shal be with him stil as I my selfe haue told My faythful couenaunt to fulfil my mercy I wil hold verse 30 And eke his sede wil I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seat shal stil remayne while heauen doth endure The fourth part verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my law and so begin to swerue and of my iudgements haue none awe nor wil not them obserue verse 32 Or if thy do not vse aright my statutes to them made and set al my commaundements light and wil not kepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod wil I begin theyr doings to amend and so with scourging for theyr sinne when that they do offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I wil not take him fro Nor handle him with craftines and so my truth forgo verse 35 But sure my couenaunt I wil hold with al that I haue spoke No word the which my lips haue told shal alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by mine holynes and that performe wil I With Dauid I shal kepe promise to him I wil not ly verse 37 His sede for euermore shal rayne and eke his throne of might as doth the sunne it shal remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the moone within the sky for euer standeth fast a faythful witnes from on hye so shal his kyngdome last verse 39 But now O Lord thou doost reiect now thou chaungest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine elect thine own annointed deare verse 40 The couenāt which thy seruāt made lord thou hast quite vndone and downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royal crown The fifte part verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his wals doost y u cōfoūd Thou beatest eke his bulwarkes down breakst thē to the groūd verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and torne of commers by throughout and so is made a mocke and scorne to al that dwel about verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy and al his foes that him deuour loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edge y u doost take away that should his foes w t stand To him in warre no victory thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou doost also wast his
to prayse him in his workes The Prophet reioyseth therin But the wicked is not able to cōsider that the vngodly when he his most florishing shall most spedely perishe In th end is discribed the felicity of the iust planted in the house of God to prayse the Lord. Syng this as the .88 Psalm verse 1 IT is a thing both good and meete to prayse the highest Lord and to thine name O thou most hye to sing in one accord verse 2 To shew the kindnes of the Lord betime ere day be light and eke declare his truth abrod when it doth draw to night verse 3 Vpon ten stringed instrument on lute and harpe so swete With al the mirth you can inuent of instruments most mete verse 4 For thou hast made me to reioyce in things so wrought by thee and I haue ioy in hart and voyce thy handy workes to see verse 5 O Lord how glorious and how great are al thy workes so stoute So depely are thy counsels set that none can try them out verse 6 The man vnwise hath not the wit this geare to pas to bring and al such fooles are nothing fit to vnderstand this thing verse 7 When so the wicked at their wil as gras do spring ful fast They when they florish in their il for euer shal be wast verse 8 But thou art mighty Lord most hie yea thou doost rayne therfore In euery tyme eternally both now and euermore verse 9 For why O Lord behold and see behold thy foes I say How al that worke iniquitie shal perish and decay verse 10 But thou like as an Unicorne shal lift my horne on hye With fresh and new prepared oyle thine oynted king am I verse 11 And of my foes before mine eyes shalt see the fal and shame Of al that vp against me ryse mine eare shal heare y ◠same verse 12 The iust shal florish vp on hye as date trees bud and blow And as the Ceders multiply in Lybanus that grow verse 13 For they are planted in the place and dwelling of our God within his courtes they spring apace florish al abrod verse 14 And in their age much fruit shal bring both fat wel besene And pleasaūtly both bud spring w t boughes braunches grene verse 15 To shew that God is good and iust and vpright is his wil. He is my rocke my hope and trust in him there is none il Dominus regnauit Psalme .xciii. I. H. ¶ He prayseth the power of God in the creation of the worlde and beateth downe all people whiche lift them vp agaynst his maiestie and prouoketh to consider his promises Syng this as the .77 Psalme verse 1 THe Lord as king aloft doth raign in glory goodly dight and he to shew his strēgth main hath girt himself w t might verse 2 The Lord likewise the earth hath made shaped it so sure No might can make it moue or fade at stay it doth endure verse 3 Ere y t the world was made or wrought thy seat was set before Beyond al time that can be thought thou hast bene euermore verse 4 The flouds O Lord the flouds do rise they rore and make a noyce The floudes I say did enterprise and lifted vp theyr voyce verse 5 Yea though y ◠stormes before in sight though seas do rage and swel The Lord is strong and more of might for he on hye doth dwel verse 6 And loke what promise he doth make his houshold to defend For iust and true they shal it take al tymes withouten end Deus vltionum psalme .xciiii. I. H. ¶ He prayeth vnto God against the violence and arrogancy of tyraunts Then doth he comfort the afflicted by the good issue of their affections as he felt in himself and did see in others and by the ruine of the wicked whom the Lord wil destroy Sing this as the .78 psalme verse 1 O Lord thou doost reuēge al wrong that office longes to thee Sith vengeāce doth to thee belong declare that al may see verse 2 Set forth thy self for thou of right y e erth doost iudge gide Reward the proud men of might accordyng to their pride verse 3 How long shal wicked mē beare sway with lifting vp their voyce How long shal wicked men I say thus triumph and reioyce verse 4 How long shal they with brags burst out proudly prate their fil Shal they reioyce which be so stout whose workes are euer il verse 5 Thy flock O Lord thine heritage they spoyle and vexe ful sore against thy people they do rage still daily more and more verse 6 The widowes which are comfortles and straungers they destroy They slea the children fatherles and none doth put them by verse 7 And whē they take these things in hād this talk they haue of thee Can Iacobs God this vnderstand tush no he cannot see verse 8 O folke vnwise people rude some knowledge now discerne ye fooles among the multitude at length begin to learne verse 9 The lord which made y ◠eare of man he nedes of right must heare He made y ◠eyne al things must then before hys syght appeare verse 10 The Lord doth al the world correct and make them vnderstand Shal he not then your dedes detect how can ye scape his hand verse 11 The lord doth know y ◠thoughts of mā his hart he seeth ful playn The Lord I say mēs thoughts doth frame findeth thē but vain verse 12 But Lord that man is happy sure whom thou doost kepe in aw And through correction doost procure to teach him in thy law verse 13 Wherby he shal in quiet rest in tyme of trouble sit When wicked men shal be supprest and fal into the pit verse 14 For sure the Lord wyl not refuse hys people for to take His heritage whom he dyd chuse he wil no tyme forsake verse 15 Vntil that iudgement be decreed to iustice to conuert That al may follow her with spede that are of vpright hart verse 16 But who vpon my part shal stand against the cursed trayne Or who shal rid me from theyr hand y ◠wicked works maintain verse 17 Except the Lord had bene mine ayde mine enemies to repel My soule and life had now bene layd almost as low as hel verse 18 When I did say my fote doth slyde and now am like to fal Thy goodnes Lord did so prouyde to stay me vp withal verse 19 When with my selfe I mused much and could no comfort fynde Then Lord thy goodnes did me touch and that did ease my mind verse 20 Wilt thou enhaunt thy self and draw with wicked men to sit which with pretence instede of law much mischief do commit verse 21 For they consult against the life of righteous men and good and in their counsels they are ryfe to shed the giltles blood verse 22 But yet the Lord he is to me a strong defence or locke He is my God to him
him haue the rule and al the stay verse 22 That he might to his wil instruct the princes of his land and wisdomes lore his auncient men might teach to vnderstand verse 23 Then into the Egiptian land came Israel also and Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger tho verse 24 His people he excedingly in number made to flow and ouer al theyr enemies in strength he made them grow verse 25 Whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate and did his seruaunts wrongfully abuse with false deceit The fourth part verse 26 His faythful seruaunt Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to go to them his message to disclose verse 27 The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shew and wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also verse 28 Darknes he sent and made it darke in stede of brighter day and vnto hys commission they did not disobey verse 29 He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did theyr fishes slay verse 30 Their laÌ„d brought frogs eueÌ„ in y e place where their kiÌ„g Pharao lay verse 31 He spake at his voice there came great swarmes of noysom flies and al the quarters of theyr land were fild with crauling life verse 32 He gaue them cold and stony hayle in stede of milder rayn and firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne verse 33 He smote theyr vines al theyr trees wheron the figs did grow and al the trees within their coastes down did he ouerthrow verse 34 He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound verse 35 Which ate the gras in al theyr ground and frute of al theyr land The fifte part verse 36 The first begotten in theyr land eke deadly did he smite yea the begynning and first frute of al theyr strength and might verse 37 With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to pas and in the number of their tribes no feble one there was verse 38 Egipt was glad and ioyful then when they did thence depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon their hart verse 39 To shroud them from the parching heat a cloud he did display and fire he sent to geue them light when night had hid the day verse 40 They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at theyr request and fully with the bread of heauen theyr hunger he represt verse 41 He opened then the stony rock and waters gushed out and in the dry and parched groundes like riuers ranne about verse 42 For of his holy couenaunt ay mindful was he tho Which to hys seruaunt Abraham he plighted long ago verse 43 He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruel land where they had liued in great anoy verse 44 And of the Heathen men he gaue to them the frutful lands The labors of the people eke they tooke into theyr hands verse 45 That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore and faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme .cvi. N. ¶ The people dispersed vnder Antiochus do magnifie the goodnes of God among the iust and repentaunt Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull visitation And after the manifolde meruayles of God wrought in their deliuerauncâ— forth of Egipt the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they do pray and desire to be gathered from among the Heathen to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israel Sing this as the .95 Psalm verse 1 PRayse ye the Lord for he is good his mercy dures for ay verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or al his prayse display verse 3 They blessed are that iudgement kepe and iustly do alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people Lord remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lord vouchsafe to visite me verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine elect may se And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyful mind posses and may with thine inheritaunce a glorying hart expres verse 6 Both we and eke our fathers al haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and lâ—udly we haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercyes multitude did kepâ— in thankful mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind verse 8 Neuertheles he saued them for honor of his name That he might make his power knowne spred abrod w t fame verse 9 The red sea he did then rebuke and forth with it was dryed and as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide verse 10 He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitful â—o and from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The seconde part verse 11 The waters theyr oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue verse 12 TheÌ„ they beleued his wordes prayse in song they did him gyue verse 13 But by and by vnthankfully his workes they cleane for gat and for his counsel and his wil they did neglect to wayt verse 14 But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust and in the desert tempted God the stay of al theyr trust verse 15 And then their wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue But wasting leannes therewithal into theyr soule he gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in the tents at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lord so did they enuie much verse 17 Therfore the earth did open wyde and Dathan did deuoure and al Abirams company did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assembly kindled was the whote consuming fyre and wasting flame did theÌ„ burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hil of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame and there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse verse 20 Thus they their glory turnd and al their honor did deface verse 21 And God theyr onely sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great mighty things in Egipt laÌ„d had wrought The third part verse 22 And in the land of Ham for theÌ„ most wondrous workes had done and by the red sea dreadful thyngs performed long agone verse 23 Therfore for their so shewing them forgetful and vnkind To bryng destruction on them al he purposd in his mynd Had not his chosen Moses stood before them in the breake To turne his wrath least he on theÌ„ w t slaughter should him wreke verse 24 They did despise the pleasaunt land that he beheight to geue yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue verse 25 But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repynde Nor to the voyce of God the Lord they gaue a harkning mind verse 26 Therfore agaynst them lifted he
power of encreased strength within my soule to grow verse 4 Yea al the kings on earth they shal geue prayse to thee O Lord For they of thy most holy mouth haue heard the mighty word verse 5 They of the wayes of God the Lord in syngyng shal entreat Because the glory of the Lord it is excedyng great verse 6 The Lord is hye and yet he doth behold the lowly spirit But he contemnyng knowes a far the proud lofty wight verse 7 Although in midst of trouble I do walke yet shal I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand Vpon the wrath of al my foes and saued shal I bee By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his work to me verse 8 Thy mercy Lord endures for ay Lord do me not forsake Forsake me not y ◠am the worke which thine own hād did make Domine probasti psalm .cxxxix. N Dauid to clense his hart from al hipocrisy sheweth that there is nothyng so hyd which god seeth not which he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of god he protesteth to be enemy to al them that comtemne god Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O Lord thou hast me tride known my sitting doost thou know verse 2 and rising eke my thoughts a far thou vnderstandst also verse 3 My pathes yea and my lieng down thou cōpassest alwayes and by familiar custome art acquainted with my wayes verse 4 No word is in my tonge O Lord but known it is to thee verse 5 thou me behind holdst before thou layest thy hand on mee verse 6 To wonderful aboue my reach Lord is thy cunning skil It is so hye that I the same cannot attayne vntil verse 7 From sight of thy al seing spirite Lord whether shal I go Or whether shal I flee away thy presence to scape fro verse 8 To heauen if I mount aloft lo thou art present there In hel if I lye down below euen there y u doost appeare verse 9 Yea let me take the mornings wings and let me go and hide Euen there where are y ◠farthest parts wher flowing se a doth slide verse 10 Yea euen thether also shal thy reachyng hand me guyde and thy right hand shal hold me fast and make me to abyde verse 11 Yea if I say the darknes shal yet shroud me from thy sight Lo euen also the darkest nyght about me shal be lyght verse 12 Yea darknes hydeth not from thee but night doth shyne as day To thee the darknes and the lyght are both alyke alway verse 13 For thou possessed hast my raynes and thou hast couered mee Whē I within my mothers womb enclosed was by thee verse 14 Thee wil I prayse made fearfully wondrously I am they workes are maruelous right wel my soule doth know y ◠same verse 15 My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue bene made and in the earth beneath I shapen was verse 16 When I was formeles then thine eye saw me for in thy booke were written al nought was before that after fashion tooke verse 17 The thoughts therfore of thee O God how deare are they to mee and of them al how passing great the endles numbers be verse 18 If I should compt thē loe their summe more then the sand I see and whensoeuer I awake yet am I stil wyth thee verse 19 The wicked and the bloudy men oh that thou wouldest slay Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say verse 20 Euen those of thee O Lord my God that speake ful wickedly Those that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and that in earnest wyse Contend not I against them al against thee that aryse verse 22 I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes verse 23 Try me O God and know my hart my thoughts proue disclose verse 24 Consider Lord if wickednes in me there any be and in thy way O God my guide for euer lead thou me Eripe me Psalme Cxl. N Dauid cōplayneth of the cruelty falshod iniuries of hys enemies against which he prayeth vnto the Lord and assureth hymself of his help and succor Wherfore he prouoketh the iust to prayse hym and to assure themselues of his tuition Sing this as the Lamentation verse 1 LOrd saue me the euil man and form the cruel wight verse 2 Deliuer me which euil do imagine in their sprit verse 3 which make on me cōtinual war their tongs lo they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lips is adders poyson set verse 4 Kepe me O Lord from wicked hands preserue me to abyde Free from the cruel man that meanes to cause my steps to slyde verse 5 The proud haue layd a snare for me and they haue spred a net with cordes in my path way and gins for me eke haue they set verse 6 Therfore I sayd vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Heare me O Lord oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray mone verse 7 O Lord my God thou onely art the strēgth that saueth mee My head in day of battle hath bene couerd stil by thee verse 8 Let not O Lord the wycked haue the end of his desyre Performe not hys wycked thought least with pride be set on fire verse 9 Of them that compas me about the chiefest of them al Lord let the mischief of their lippes vpon themselues befal verse 10 Let coales fal on them let hym cast them in consuming flame and in depe pits so as they may not rise out of the same verse 11 For no backbiter shal on earth be set in stable plight and euil to destruction stil shal hunt the cruel wyght verse 12 I know the Lord thafflicted wyl reuenge and iudge the poore verse 13 The iust shal prayse thy name iust shal dwel with thee euermore Domine clamaui psalme .cxli. N Dauid beyng greuously persecuted vnder Saule onely flyeth vnto God to bane succour desiryng hym to bridle his affections that he may patiently abyde til god take vengeaunce of hys enemies O Lord vpon thee do I cal Lord hast thee vnto me and harken Lord vnto my voyce when I do cry to thee 2 As insence let my prayers be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my handes as euenyng sacrifice verse 3 My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watch before and also of my mouing lips O Lord kepe thou the dore verse 4 That I should wicked works commit inclyne thou not my hart With il men of their delicates Lord let me eat no part verse 5 But let the righteous smite me Lord for that is good for me Let hym reproue me and the same a precious oyle shal be Such smityng shal not breake my hed the tyme shal shortly fal when I shal in their misery make prayers for them al. verse
here before thy maiesty trusting in our owne merites or worthines but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to heare our prayers grauÌ„t our requests which we shal make to thee in y â— name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ our Lord who hath also commaunded vs to assemble our selues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not onely be amoÌ„gst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obtayne all thinges which shal seme expedient to thy blessed wil for our necessities therfore we besech thee most merciful Father to turne thy louyng countenance towardes vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wherby we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishment but rather receyue vs to thy mercye for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offences in whom onely thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seyng that of thy great mercies we haue quietly passed this nyght graunt O heauenly Father that we may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoughts words and dedes may redouÌ„d to the glory of thy name and good ensample to al men who seyng our good workes may glorify thee our heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and â—oue thou hast not onely created vs to thyne own similitude and lykenes but also hast chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of y e world we besech thee to encrease our faith knowledge and to lighten our harts with thy holy sprite that we may in y â— mean tyme liue in godly conuersation and integrity of lyfe knowyng that Idolaters adulterers couetous men coÌ„tentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shal not inherite the kingdom of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for an other we do not onely make request O Lord for our selues and them that thou hast already called to the true vnderdandyng of thy heauenlye wil but for all people nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful workes that thou art God ouer al so they may be instructed by thy holy spirit to beleue in thee theyr onely Sauiour redemer But for as much as they cannot beleue except they heare nor cannot heare but by preachyng and none can preache except they be sent therfore O Lord rayse vp faithful distributers of thy misteries who settyng apart al worldly respects may both in their lyfe doctrine onely seeke thy glory Contrarily confound Sathan Antichrist with all hyrelinges whome thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sence that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiete thy little flocke And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter dayes and daungerous tymes wherein ignoraunce hath gotten the vpper hand and Sathan by his ministers seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospell we besech thee to maintayne thy cause against those rauenyng wolues and strengthen al thy seruants whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion eyther to encrease their tiranny or to discourage thy children neyther yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hynderaunce to thy mercies but with speede O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israell many tymes by their synnes prouoked thyne anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgement yet thoughe theyr synnes were neuer so greuous if they once returned from theyr iniquity thou receyuedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched synners be wayle our manifolde synnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wyckednes and vngodly behauiour towardes thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humbly besech thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercies vpon vs and receyue vs againe to thy fauour Graunt vs dere father these our requests and al other thynges necessary for vs and thy whole church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our lord In whose name we besech thee as he hath taught vs saying Our father c. A prayer to be sayd before meales ALl thynges depend vppon thy prouidence O Lord to receyue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient thou geuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hande and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father which art the fountayne ful treasure of al goodnes we beseche thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy children sanctify these gyfts which we receyue of thy mercifull liberality graunt vs grace to vse them soberly and purely accordyng to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we maye acknowledge thee to bee the author and geuer of all good things and aboue al that we may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foâ—â—e of thy worde wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our sauior Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shal liue for euer and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it A thankes geuyng after meales LEt all nations magnify the Lord let all people reioyce in praysing and extollyng hys great mercies For his fatherly kyndnes is plentifully shewd forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde God for the manifolde benefites which we continually receiue at thy bountiful hand not onely for that it hath pleased thee to frede vs in this present lyfe geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies fashioned vs a new into an assured hope of a far better lyfe the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer our affections to bee so intangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thyngs but that we may alwayes haue our myndes dyrected to thee on high coÌ„tinually watchyng for the coÌ„myng of our Lord and Sauiour Christ what time he shal appeare for our ful redemption To whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thankes geuyng before meales ETernall and euerlyuing God Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankynde hast appointed to his sustenaunce not onely the frutes of the earth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of the earth and fishes of the sea and hast commaunded thy benefits to be receyued as from thy handes with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane al things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctifâ—d by thy word by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be