folke the Lord shall haue therefore And hee shall bee their gouernour and King for euermore verse 29 The rich men of his goodly giftes shall seeke and taste also And in his presence worshippe him and bowe their knees full lowe verse 30 And all that shall goe downe to dust of life by him must taste My seede shall serue and praise his Name whilst any worlde shall last verse 31 My seede shall plainely shewe to them that shall bee borne hereafter His justice and his righteousnesse and all his workes of wonder PSALME XXIII THe LORD is onely my support and hee that doeth mee feede How can I then lacke any thing whereof I stande in neede verse 2 Hee doeth mee folde in cotes moste safe the tender grasse fast by And after driues mee to the streames which runne moste pleasantly verse 3 And when I feele my selfe neare lost then doeth hee mee home take Conducting mee in his right pathes euen for his owne Names sake verse 4 And though I were euen at deathes dore yet woulde I feare none ill For by thy rodde and sheepe-heardes crooke I am comforted still verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despite of my foe Thou hast my head with balme refresht my cuppe doeth ouer-flowe verse 6 And finally while breath doeth last thy grace shall mee defende And in the house of God will I my life for euer spende PSALME XXIV Sing this as the 15. Psalme TO GOD the earth doeth appeartaine with all thinges great and small The worlde also is his demaine with the indwellers all verse 2 For hee hath founded it full fast aboue the salt sea strande And stablisht it to abide and last and on the flooddes to stande verse 3 Now who is hee that shall vp-goe into Gods holy hill And in his holy place also who shall continue still verse 4 The man whose handes no wrong haue wrought whose heart is pure and neat Whose minde for vanitie not sought nor sworne hath with deceite verse 5 Hee that is such the Lord will sende his blessinges him vpon And righteousnesse vnto him lende shall God who saues alone verse 6 This is the stocke and offring eke of those that search for thee Of them O Lord that thy face seeke who true Israelites bee verse 7 Exalt your heads yee gates on hie yee doores that last for aye Bee lift so the King of glorie shall through you make his way verse 8 Who is this King so glorious the strong and mightie Lord Euen hee that is victorious in battell tride by sworde verse 9 Exalt your heads yee gates on hie yee doores that last for aye Bee lift so the King of glory shall through you make his way verse 10 Who is this glorious King I say the Lord of hostes moste hie Euen hee is King and shall bee aye of euerlasting glorie PSALME XXV I Lift mine heart to thee my GOD and guide moste just Now suffer mee to take no shame for in thee doe I trust verse 2 Let not my foes rejoyce nor make a scorne of mee And let them not be ouerthrowne that put their trust in thee verse 3 But shame shall them befall which harme them wrongfully Therefore thy pathes and thy right wayes vnto mee Lord descrie verse 4 Direct mee in thy trueth and teach mee I thee pray Thou art my God and Sauiour on thee I waite alway verse 5 Thy mercies manyfolde I praye thee Lord remember And eke thy pitie plentifull for they haue beene for euer verse 6 Remember not the faultes and frailue of my youth Remember not how ignorant I haue beene of thy trueth Nor after my desertes let mee thy mercie find But of thine owne benignitie Lord haue mee in thy mind verse 7 His mercie is full sweet his trueth a perfect guide Therefore the Lord will sinners teach and such as goe aside verse 8 The humble hee will teach his preceptes for to keepe Hee will direct in all his wayes the lowly and the meeke verse 9 For all the wayes of God are trueth and mercie both To them that keepe his Testament the witnesse of his Trueth verse 10 Now for thine holy Name O Lord I thee entreat To graunt mee pardon for my sinne for it is wondrous great verse 11 Who so doeth feare the Lord the Lord doeth him direct To lead his life in such a way as hee doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnesse dwell and stand His seede and his posteritie inherit shall the land verse 13 All those that feare the Lord know his secret intent And vnto them hee doeth declare his Will and Testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke mine heart to him I will aduance That pluckt my feet out of the snare of sinne and ignorance verse 15 With mercy mee behold to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortlesse alone verse 16 The troubles of mine heart are multiplied indeed Bring mee out of this miserie necessitie and need verse 17 Behold my pouertie mine anguish and my paine Remit my sinne and mine offence and make mee cleane againe verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they doe still increase Pursuing mee with deadly hate that faine would liue in peace verse 19 Preserue and keepe my soule and eke deliuer mee And let mee not bee ouer-throwne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenesse mee from mine enemies shend Because I looke as one of thine that thou shouldst mee defend verse 21 Deliuer Lord thy folke and send them some reliefe I meane thy chosen Israel from all their paine and griefe PSALME XXVI LORD bee my judge for loe my way is vpright just and plaine In GOD my trust hath beene for ay who shall mee still sustaine verse 2 Proue mee O LORD trie thou my raines my heart examine eke verse 3 Sith in my fight thy grace remaines thy trueth I sue and seeke verse 4 I had no will no haunt or vse with men whose workes are vaine The companie I did refuse of the deceitfull traine verse 5 I much abhorde the wicked sort their deedes did I refuse To them would I not once resort which hurtfull thinges deuise verse 6 My handes I wash and doe proceede in workes that are vpright Then to thine Altar I make speede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speake and preach the praise that doeth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast beene good to mee verse 8 O Lord thy house I loue moste deare to mee it doeth excell I haue delight and would bee neare whereas thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh gather not my soule with them to sinne that bend their will Nor yet my life among those men that thirst much blood to spill verse 10 Whose handes are heapt and stuffed full of fraud deceit and guile And their right hand for bribes doeth pull and plucke with wrench and wile verse 11 But I in righteousnesse intend my
cloudes enuironed hee was verse 12 But when the presence of his face in brightnesse shall appeare Then cloudes consume and in their stead come haile and coales of fire verse 13 These fierie dartes and thunder-boltes disperse them here and there And with his often lighteninges hee puts them in great feare verse 14 Lord at thy wrath and threatninges sharpe and at thy chiding cheare The springes and the foundations of all the worlde appeare verse 15 And from aboue the Lord sent downe to teach mee from below And pluckt mee out of waters great that woulde mee ouer-flow verse 16 And mee deliuered from my foes that would haue made mee thrall Yea from such foes as were too strong for mee to deale withall verse 17 They did preuent mee to oppresse in time of my great griefe But yet the Lord was my defence my succour and reliefe verse 18 Hee brought mee foorth in open place whereas I might bee free And kept mee safe because hee had a fauour vnto mee verse 19 And as I was an innocent so did hee mee regard And to the cleanenesse of my handes hee gaue mee my reward verse 20 For that I walked in his wayes and in his pathes haue trode And haue not wauered wickedly against my Lord my God verse 21 But euermore I haue respect to his Law and Decree His statutes and commandementes I cast not out from mee verse 22 But pure and cleane and vncorrupt appearde before his face And did refraine from wickednesse and sinne in any case verse 23 The Lord therefore will mee reward as I haue done aright And to the cleanenesse of my handes appearing in his sight verse 24 Thou wilt with him that holy is bee holy LORD also And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt do verse 25 And to the louing and Elect thy loue thou wilt reserue And thou wilt vse the wicked men as wicked men deserue verse 26 For thou doest saue the simple folke in trouble when they lie And doest bring downe the countenance of them that looke full hie verse 27 The Lord will light my candle so that it shall shine full bright The Lord my God will make also my darknesse to bee light verse 28 For by thine helpe an hoste of men discomfite Lord I shall By thee I scale and ouer-leape the strength of any wall verse 29 Vnspotted are the wayes of God his word is surely tride Hee is a sure defence to such as in his fayth abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lord for other there is none Or els who is omnipotent sauing our God alone verse 31 The God that girdeth mee with strength is hee that I did meane That all the wayes wherein I walke did euermore keepe cleane verse 32 That made my feete euen like the Hartes in swiftnesse of my pace And for my surety brought mee foorth into an open place verse 33 Hee did in order put my handes to battell and to fight To breake insunder barres of brasse hee gaue mine armes the might verse 34 Thou reachest mee thy sauing health thy right hand is my tower Thy loue and familiaritie doeth still increase my power verse 35 And vnder mee thou makest plaine the way where I should walke So that my feete shall neuer slip nor stumble at a balke verse 36 And fiercely I pursue and take my foes that mee annoyde And from the field doe not returne till they bee all destroyde verse 37 So I suppresse and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my feete they fall downe flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou doest gird mee with thy strength to warre in such a wise That they bee scattered all abrode that vp against mee rise verse 39 Lord thou hast put into mine handes my mortall enemies yoke And all my foes thou didst diuide in sunder with thy stroke verse 40 They cald for help but none would heare not yet giue them reliefe Yea to the Lord they calde for helpe yet heard hee not their griefe verse 41 And still like dust before the wind I driue them vnder feete And tread them downe like filthy clay that lyeth in the streete verse 42 Thou kepst mee from seditious folke that still in strife bee led And thou doest of the heathen folke appoint mee to bee head verse 43 A people strange to mee vnknowne and yet they shall mee serue And at the first obey my wordes whereas mine owne will swerue verse 44 I shall bee irkesome to mine owne they will not see my light But wander wide out of the way and hide them out of fight verse 47 But blessed bee the liuing LORD moste worthy of all praise That is my rocke and sauing health praised bee hee alwayes verse 49 For God it is that gaue mee power reuenged for to bee And with his onely word subdude the people vnto mee verse 47 And mee deliuered from my foes and set mee vp from those That cruell and vngodly were and vp against mee rose verse 48 And for this cause O Lord my God to thee giue thankes I shall And sing out praises to thy Name among the Gentiles all verse 49 That gauest great prosperity vnto the king I say To Dauid thine anoynted king and to his seede for ay PSALME XIX THe heauens and the firmament doe wondrously declare The glory of GOD omnipotent his workes and what they are verse 2 The wondrous workes of GOD appeare by euery dayes successe The nightes which likewise their race runne the selfe same thing expresse verse 3 There is no language tongue or speech where their sound is not heard verse 4 In all the earth and coastes thereof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lord made for the sunne a place of great renowne verse 5 Who like a bridegrome ready trimde doeth from his chamber come And as a valiant champion who for to get a price With joy doeth haste to take in hand some noble enterprise verse 6 And all the skie from end to end hee compasseth about Nothing can hide it from his heat but hee will find it out verse 7 How perfect is the Law of God how is his couenant sure Conuerting soules and making wise the simple and obscure verse 8 Iust are the Lordes Commandementes and glad both heart and mind His precepts pure and giueth light to eyes that hee full blind verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doeth endure for euer The judgementes of the Lord are true and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to bee embrac'de alwayes then fined gold I say The hony and the hony combe are not so sweet as they verse 11 By them thy seruant is forwarnd to haue God in regard And in performance of the same there shall bee great reward verse 12 But Lord what earthly man doeth know the errours of his life Then cleanse my soule from secret sinnes which are in mee moste rife verse 13 And keepe mee that presumptuous sinnes
him with craftinesse and so my trueth forgo verse 34 But sure my Couenant I will holde with all that I haue spoke No worde the which my lippes haue tolde shall alter or bee broke verse 35 Once swore I by mine holinesse and that performe will I With Dauid I will keepe promise and to his seede for aye verse 36 His seede for euermore shall reigne and eke his throne of might As doeth the Sunne it shall remaine for euer in my sight verse 37 And as the Moone within the Skie for euer standeth fast A faithfull witnnesse from on hie So shall thy kingdome last verse 31 But now O Lord thou doest reject and now thou changest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine Elect thine owne Anointed deare verse 39 Thy Couenant with thy seruant loe Lord thou hast quite vndone And downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royall crowne verse 40 Thou hast his hedge pluct vp with might thou didst his walles confound His Bull-warkes thou hast beat downe right and brought them to the ground verse 41 That hee is sore destroyde and torne of commers by throughout And so is made a mocke and scorne to all that dwell about verse 42 Thou their right hande hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy And all his foes which him deuoure loe thou hast made to joy verse 43 His sworde thou hast made dull and blunt so that hee may not stand Before his foes as hee was wont nor haue the vpper hand verse 44 His glorie thou hast made to waste his throne his joy and mirth By thee is ouer-throwne and cast full lowe vpon the earth verse 45 Thou hast cut off and made full short his youth and lustie dayes And raisde of him an ill report with shame and great dispraise verse 46 How long away from mee O Lord for euer wilt thou turne And shall thine anger still alway as fire consume and burne verse 47 O call to minde remember then my time consumeth fast Why hast thou made the sonnes of men as thinges in vaine to waste verse 48 What man is hee that liueth here and death shall neuer see Or from the hand of hell his soule shall hee deliuer free verse 49 Where is O Lord thine olde goodnesse so oft declarde beforne Which by thy trueth and vprightnesse to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 50 The great rebukes to minde Lord call that on thy seruant lie The raylinges of the people all beare in my brest doe I. verse 51 For why O Lord behold thy foes blasphemed haue thy Name In that their steps whom thou hast chose and ointed they defame verse 52 All praise to thee O Lord of hostes both now and eke for aye Through Skie and earth in all the costes Amen Amen I say PSALME XC Sing this as the 89. Psalme O LORD thou hast beene our refuge and kept vs safe and sound From age to age as witnesse can all wee which true it found verse 2 Before the mountaines were foorth broght ere thou the earth didst frame Thou was our great Eternall GOD and still shalt bee the same verse 3 Thou doest vaine man strike down to dust though hee bee in his floure Againe thou sayst Yee Adams sonnes returne to shew your power verse 4 For what is it a thousand yeeres to count them in thy sight But as a day which last is past and as a watch by night verse 5 They are so soone as thou doest storme euen like a sleepe or shade Or like the grasse which as wee know betimes away doeth fade verse 6 With pleasant dewes in breake of day it groweth vp full greene By night cut downe it withereth as no beautie can bee seene verse 7 O Lord how sore doe wee consume in this thy wrath so hote Wee feare thy furie bee so fierce that death shall bee our lot verse 8 Thou hast so marked our misdeedes that they are in thy minde Our secrete sinnes are in thy sight as though none grace should finde verse 9 For when thine anger kindled is our dayes consume foorth-with Then end our yeeres as thoughtes most vaine which haue in them no pith verse 10 The dayes of man wee finde to bee of yeares tenne and three-score And if that some by nature strong attaine to liue tenne more Yet is their strength bragge what they list but labour griefe and care And passeth hence to haste their ende ere they themselues beware verse 11 Yet who regardeth well the power of this thy wrath so great All such truely as doe thee know thy plagues when thou doest threat verse 12 Teach vs therefore to count our dayes that wee our heartes may bende To learne thy wisedome and thy trueth for that should bee our ende verse 13 Turne yet againe O Lord how long wilt thou bee angrie still Bee mercyfull vnto thy flocke and grant them thy good will verse 14 Oh fill vs with thy mercies great in the sweete morning spring So wee rejoyce shall all our dayes and eke bee glad and sing verse 15 Declare eftsoones some signe of loue thy scourges to asswage And for the yeeres of our distresse sustaining such great plagues verse 16 Shew foorth thy mercy thine own worke vnto thy seruantes deare And let thy glory to their seede for euermore appeare verse 17 And let the beautie of the Lord vpon vs still remaine Lord prosper thou our handie-worke and still the same maintaine PSALME XCI WHo so with full intent and minde In God most high himselfe doeth stay His mightie power than man shall finde A sure defence to bee alway verse 2 And now say to the Lord will I O thou my hope and fort moste sure Hee is my God thus will I crye My trust in him shall still indure verse 3 Hee surely will thee freely set Farre from the craftie hunters snare So that thou need'st not feare his net Nor yet for plagues no whit to care verse 4 Vnder his winges hee will thee hide And there thee keepe full well shall hee Thee to defend on either side His trueth shall still thy buckler bee verse 5 Thou shalt not need to bee dismaide For any feare to come by night Nor of the arrow bee afraide That foorth is shot when it is light verse 6 Nor yet the Pestilence to feare Which in the darke doeth much annoy Nor of the plague at noone-day cleare Which doeth full oft great heapes destroy verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall And at thy right hand thousandes ten But vnto thee none hurt at all Shall once so much as touch thee then verse 8 Thine eyes shall certainely beholde what recompence the wicked haue verse 9 For that the Lord as thy strong holde Thou hast him made thy soule to saue verse 10 There shall none ill thee apprehende Nor yet thy Tabernacle touch verse 11 For hee his Angels foorth doeth sende And giues them charge to keepe all such verse 12 So warilie shall they thee defende That harme thou
shalt bee sure of none Nor yet so much as once offende Or dash thy foote against a stone verse 13 Thou shalt vpon the Lions tread The Dragon and the Aspe also They shall of thee bee still in dread Thou shalt vpon them walke and goe For so the Lord himselfe hath sworne verse 14 Because saith God hee knew my Name I surely will exalt his horne And such confound as seeke his shame verse 15 On mee hee shall call in his neede And I will heare him out of doubt His troubles end will I with speede And will him glorifie throughout verse 16 Of yeeres hee shall haue his desire That hee the same full well may spend My sauing health and loue entire To doe him good shall haue none end PSALME XCII Sing this as the 89. Psalme A Thing both good and meete truely it is to laude the Lord And to thy Name O Lord moste hie to sing in one accorde verse 2 To shew the kindnesse of the Lord betime ere day bee light And eke declare his trueth abroad when it doeth draw to night verse 3 Vpon tenne-stringed instrumentes on lute and harpe so sweete With all the mirth yee can inuent of instrumentes most meete verse 4 For thou hast made mee to rejoyce in thinges so wrought by thee And I haue joy in heart and voyce thy handie workes to see verse 5 O Lord how glorious and how great are all thy workes so stout So deepely are thy counsels set that none can try them out verse 6 The man vnwise hee doeth not know how this is brought to passe Nor yet the idiote foole also doeth vnderstand this case verse 7 when so the wicked at their will as grasse doe spring full fast They when they flourish in their ill for aye shall bee made waste verse 8 But thou art mightie Lord most hie yea thou doest reigne therefore In euery time eternally both now and euermore verse 9 For why O Lord beholde and see beholde thy foes I say How all that worke iniquitie shall perish and decay verse 10 But thou like th'Vnicorne this while shalt lift mine horne on hie With fresh and new prepared oyle thine ointed king am I. verse 11 And of my foes before mine eyes shall see the fall and shame Of all that vp against mee rise mine eares shall heare the same verse 12 The just shall flourish vp on hie as Date-trees budde and blowe And as the Cedars multiplie in Libanus that growe verse 13 For they are planted in the place and dwelling of our God Within the Courtes they spring apace and flourish all abroad verse 14 And in their age much fruite shall bring both fat and well beseene And pleasantly both budde and spring with boughes and branches greene verse 15 To shew that God is good and just and vpright in his will Hee is my Rocke my hope and trust in him there is none ill PSALME XCIII Sing this as the 70. Psalme THe Lord as King aloft doeth reigne in glorie goodly dight And he to shew his strength and maine hath girde himselfe with might verse 2 The Lord likewise the earth hath made and shaped it so sure No might can make it moue or fade at stay it doeth indure verse 3 Ere that the world was made or wrought thy seate was set before Beyond allt i me that can bee thought thou hast beene euermore verse 4 The floods O Lord the floods doe rise they roare and make a noyse The floods I say did enterprise and lifted vp their voyce verse 5 Yea though the stormes arise in sight though seas doe rage and swell The Lord is strong and more of might for hee on hie doeth dwell verse 6 And looke what promise hee doeth make his house-holde to defende For just and true they shall it take all times withouten ende PSALME XCIV Sing this as the 41. Psalme O Lord since vengeance doeth to thee and to none els belong Now shew thy selfe O Lord our God with speede reuenge our wrong verse 2 Arise thou great Iudge of the worlde and haue at length regarde That as the proude deserue and doe thou wilt them so rewarde verse 3 O Lord how long shall wicked men triumph thy flocke to slay Yea Lord how long for they triumph as though who now but they verse 4 How long shall wicked doers speake their great disdaine wee see Whose boasting pride doeth seeme to threat no speach but theirs to bee verse 5 O Lord they smite thy people downe not sparing young nor olde Thine heritage they so torment as strange is to beholde verse 6 The widow and the stranger both they murther cruelly The fatherlesse they put to death and cause they know not why verse 7 And yet say they Tush tush the Lord will not beholde this deede Nor yet will Iaakobs God regarde the thinges by vs decreede verse 8 But now take heede yee fooles vnwise among the folke that dwell Yee fooles I say when will yee weigh or vnderstand this well verse 9 Hee that the eare did plant and place shall hee bee slow to heare Or hee that made the eye to see shall hee not see most cleare verse 10 Or hee that plagu'de the Heathen folke and knowledge teacheth men To nurture such as went astray shall hee not punish then verse 11 The Lord our God who man did frame his very thoughtes doeth know And that they are both vile and vaine to him is knowne also verse 12 But blessed is the man O Lord whom thou doest bring in awe And teachest him by this thy rodde to loue and feare thy Law verse 13 That thou may giue him rest and ease in time of troubles great When that the pit is digged vp th'vngodly for to eate verse 14 Surely the Lord will neuer faile his people which him loue Nor yet forsake his heritage which hee doeth still approue verse 15 For judgment now with truth shall joyne that justice may bee free And such as bee vpright in heart thereof full glad shall bee verse 16 Who now will vp and rise with mee against this wicked band Or who against these workers ill on my part stout will stand verse 17 If that the Lord had not mee helpt doubtlesse it had beene done To wit my soule in silence brought and so my foes had wonne verse 18 But though my foote did swiftly slide yet when I did it tell Thy mercies Lord so helde mee vp that I therewith not fell verse 19 For in the heapes of sorrowes sharpe that did mine heart oppresse Thy mercies were no mee so great they did my soule refresh verse 20 Wilt thou vaine man haue ought to doe with that most wicked chaire Which forgeth mischiefe as a law without remorse or feare verse 21 Against the soules of godly men they all with speede conuent And so condemne the guiltlesse blood of the poore innocent verse 22 But yet the Lord is my refuge in all these dangers deepe And God the Rocke is of mine
doeth reigne although at it the people rage full sore Yea hee on Cherubim doeth sit though all the world would roare verse 2 The Lord that doeth in Sion dwell is high and wondrous great Aboue all folke hee doeth excell and hee aloft is set verse 3 Let all men praise thy mightie Name for it is fearefull sure And let them magnifie the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our King doeth loue iudgement and right Thou rightly rulest euery thing in Iaakob through thy might verse 5 To praise the Lord our God deuise all honour him accorde Before his foote-stoole fall likewise hee is the holy Lord. verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as Priestes on him did call When they did pray hee heard them well and gaue them answere all verse 7 Within the cloude to them hee spake then did they labour still To keepe such Lawes as hee did make and pointed them vntill verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare to thee when they did seeke Thy mercie did on them appeare though thou their sinnes didst wreake verse 9 Giue laude and praise to God our Lord within his holy hill For why our God throughout the world is holy euer still PSALME C. ALl people that on earth doe dwell Sing to the LORD with chearefull voyce Him serue with feare his praise foorth-tell Come yee before him and reioyce verse 3 The Lord yee know is God indeed Without our aide hee did vs make Wee are his flocke hee doeth vs feede And for his sheepe hee doeth vs take verse 4 Oh enter then his gates with praise Approach with ioy his courtes vnto Praise laude and blesse his Name alwayes For it is seemely so to doe verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good His mercie is for euer sure His trueth at all times firmely stood And shall from age to age indure SALME CI. OF mercy and of iudgement both O LORD my song shall bee And it so oft as I doe sing shall bee O LORD to thee verse 2 I will my wayes with wisedome guide till thou my state erect And walke vprightly in mine house as one of thine Elect. verse 3 No wicked thing will I attempt but from the same refraine I hate the sinnes of faithlesse folke no such I will maintaine verse 4 The froward heart may take his leaue such shall not with mee dwell And for the proude and wicked man I will with force expell verse 5 Who so his neighbour doeth backe-bite that man will I destroy And who so hath a proude high looke I will the same annoy verse 6 For such as leade a godly life and wickednesse forsake Will I defend and more then that my seruantes will them make verse 7 Who so is bent to vse deceite mine house is not for such The lyer may I not beholde his lyes I hate so much verse 8 Th'vngodly soone I will destroy which dwell the land about And from the Citie of the Lord all wicked men roote out PSALME CII LORD to mine humble sute giue eare And let my crye fore thee appeare verse 2 Hide not thy face this troublous time But when I call thine eares incline Make haste to heare mee LORD I pray verse 3 For like as smoke consum'th away So are my dayes heere on this earth And all my bones parcht as an hearth verse 4 Like the mowne grasse withered and dry Such is mine heart because that I Through griefe my bread forgat to eat verse 5 For through my voyce of groninges great My bones vnto my skinne doe sticke verse 6 Yea I the Pelicane am like Which doeth in wildernesse abide And like the Owle of desertes wide verse 7 As on the house toppe all alone The sparrow doeth her selfe bemone Euen so I watch throughout the night verse 8 For dayly loe my foes mee spight And they that thus doe rage and scorne With one consent my death haue sworne verse 9 I ashes ate as bread through woe And blent my cuppe with teares also verse 10 This Lord mee hapneth for thine ire And for thy wrath as hote as fire For thou in high estate mee plaste And downe to dust againe hast cast verse 11 My dayes are like the fading shade I like the withered grasse am made verse 12 But Lord thou still abidest sure Thy memorie for aye doeth dure verse 13 Thou wilt arise for Sion hill And grant thy mercie her vntill For loe the time the time I say Of mercie Lord is come this day verse 14 For in her stones thy seruantes lust And pitie take vpon her dust verse 15 So shall the Heathen feare thy Name And earthly kinges thy glorious fame verse 16 What time the Lord shall Sion reare And in his glorie shall appeare verse 17 And to the desolate him bende Despising not their sute t'attende verse 18 This shall bee written for the race That after shall succeede in place Yea people yet vncreated The Lordes renowne abroad shall spread verse 19 For from his holy Temple hie The Lord our God hath cast his eye From heauen the earth beholde did hee verse 20 The prisoners grones to heare and see And set the damned free from care verse 21 That they in Sion may declare This holy Name of God alwayes And in Ierusalem his praise verse 22 When to conueene the folke accord And kingdomes all to serue the Lord verse 23 My strength hee bated in the wayes And shorter cut my life and dayes verse 24 Wherefore I said my God moste hie In midst my life let mee not die Thy yeeres eternally indure From age to age abyding sure verse 25 Thou in times past the earth didst ground Thine handyworke the heauens are found verse 26 They perish shall thou standing still They shall waxe olde as garmentes will Thou changing them they shall so bide verse 27 But thou art one whose yeeres not slide verse 28 Thy seruantes sonnes for aye shall last And in thy sight their seede stand fast PSALME CIII MY soule giue laude vnto the LORD my spirite shall doe the same And all the secretes of mine heart praise yee his holy Name verse 2 Giue thankes to GOD for all his giftes shew not thy selfe vnkinde And suffer not his benefites to flippe out of thy minde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faultes and thee restorde againe For all thy weake and fraile disease and healde thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeeme thy ife from death from which thou couldst not flee His mercy and compassion both hee did extende to thee verse 5 That filde with goodnesse thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Eagle casteth her bill whereby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doeth repay all such as bee opprest So that their sufferinges and their wronges are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes and his commandementes to Moyses hee did showe His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did knowe verse 8 The
suffred them to haue But wasting leanenesse there withall into their soule hee gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in their tentes at Moyses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the LORD so did they enuie much verse 17 Therefore the earth did open wide nd Dathan did deuoure nd all Abirams companie did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assemblies kindled was the hote consuming fire And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hill of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame And there the molten image did they worshippe of the same verse 20 Into the likenesse of a calfe that feedeth on the grasse Thus they their glorie turnde and all their honour did deface verse 21 And GOD their onely Sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mightie thinges In Egypt land had wrought verse 22 And in the land of Ham for them moste wondrous workes had done And by the redde sea dreadfull thinges performed long agone verse 23 Therefore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkinde To bring destruction on them all hee purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moyses stood before him in the breake To turne his wrath lest hee on them with slaughter should him wreake verse 24 They did despise the pleasant land that hee behight to giue Yea and the wordes that hee had spoke they did no whit beleeue verse 25 But in their tentes with grudging heart they wickedly repinde Nor to the voyce of GOD the LORD they gaue an hearkning mind verse 26 Therefore against them lifted hee his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernesse ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy their seed among the Nations with his rodde And through the countries of the world to scatter them abroad verse 28 To Baal-Peor then they did adjoyne themselues also And ate the offeringes of the dead so they forsooke him tho verse 29 Thus with their owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so in-kindled wrath the plague vpon them broke verse 30 But phineas stood vp with zeale the sinners vile to slay And judgement hee did execute and then the plague did stay verse 31 It was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse that day And from thencefoorth so counted is from race to race for ay verse 32 At waters eke of Meribah they did him angrie make Yea so farre foorth that Moses was then punisht for their sake verse 33 Because they vext his Spirite so sore that in impatient heat His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruour was so great verse 34 Nor as the LORD commanded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the Heathen mixt and learnde their workes also verse 36 And did their idols serue which were their ruine and decay verse 37 To fiendes their sonnes and doughters they did offer vp and slay verse 38 Thus with vnkindly murthring knife the guiltlesse blood they spilt Yea their owne sonnes and daughters blood without all cause of guilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offred with wicked hand And so with blood of innocentes defiled was the land verse 39 Thus were they stained with the workes of their owne filthie way And with their owne inuentions awhoring did they stray verse 40 Therefore against his people was the LORDS wrath kindled sore And euen his owne inheritance hee did abhorre therefore verse 41 Into the handes of Heathen men hee gaue them for a prey And made their foes their lords whom they were forced to obey verse 42 Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in their land And they were humbly made to stoup as subjectes to their hand verse 43 Full oftentimes from thrall had hee deliuered them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouok't him euermore Therefore they by their wickednesse were brought full low to lye verse 44 Yet when hee saw them in distresse hee hearkned to their crye verse 45 Hee calde to minde his Couenant which hee to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therefore verse 46 And fauour hee them made to finde before the sight of those That led them captiue from their land and earst had beene their fo rs verse 47 Saue vs O'LORD that art our GOD saue vs O LORD wee pray And from among the Heathen folke LORD gather vs away That wee may spread the noble praise of thy moste holy NAME That wee may glorie in thy praise and sounde abroad thy fame verse 48 The LORD the GOD of Israel bee blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen praise yee the LORD therefore PSALME CVII GIue thankes vnto the LORD our GOD for gratious is hee And that his mercie hath none ende all mortall men may see verse 2 Such as the LORD redeemed hath with thankes should praise his NAME And shewe how they from foes were freede and how hee wrought the same verse 3 Hee gathered them foorth of the land that lay so farre about From East to West from North to South his hand did find them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernesse and strayed from the way And found no citie where to dwell that serue might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and hunger was so great in those desertes so voyde That faintnesse did them sore assault and eke their soules annoyde verse 6 Then did they cry in their distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 7 And by that way which was most right hee led them like a guide That they might to a citie goe and there also abide verse 8 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his goodnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For hee the emptie soule sustainde whom thirst had made to faint The hungrie soule with goodnesse fedde and did them eke acquaint verse 10 Such as doe dwell in darknesse deepe where they of death doe waite Fast bound to taste such troublous stormes as yron chaines doe threat verse 11 For that against the LORDS own words they sought so to rebell Esteeming light his counsels high which doe so farre excell verse 12 But when hee humbled them full low then they fell downe with griefe And none was found so much to helpe whereby to get reliefe verse 13 Then did they cry in ther distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 14 For hee from darknesse out them brought and from deathes dreadfull shade Bursting with force the yron bandes which did before them lade verse 15 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his kindnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For hee threw downe the gates of brasse and brake them with strong hand The yron barres hee smote in two nothing could him with-stand verse 17 The foolish folke great plagues doe feele and cannot from them
our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man bee calde that takes thy children young To dash their bones against hard stones that lye the streetes among PSALME CXXXVIII WIth my whole heart the LORD now praise will I Before the gods I will him praise for euer verse 2 Towardes thy Church and Temple will I crie Because thy loue and kindnesse faileth neuer Thy Godly NAME thy word hath moste aduanced Which doeth excell and ought to bee inhanced verse 3 When I did call then diddest thou mee heare And strengthened hast my soule so sore oppressed verse 4 All earthly kinges shall thee LORD praise with feare For they haue heard thy word by mouth expressed verse 5 They all shall sing and praise thy wayes so holy For great thou art and great LORD is thy glory verse 6 The LORD is high but yet the meeke doeth see As for the proude far off hee him obserueth verse 7 But though I walke and in great troubles bee Mee to reuiue from all hurt hee dischargeth Thine hand stretch foorth my foes their meed doe render And with the same thou art my sure defender verse 8 The LORD his worke which hee in mee beganne Will it performe I am thereof resolued Thy mercies LORD expresse with penne who can They are so great they can not bee reuolued Forsake not LORD thy worke which thou hast framed But let mee bee by thee alwayes reclaimed PSALME CXXXIX Sing this as the 137. Psalme O LORD thou hast me tride known my sitting doest thou know verse 2 And rising eke my thoughtes afarre thou vnderstandst also verse 3 My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquainted with my wayes verse 4 No word was in my tongue O LORD but knowne it is to thee verse 5 Thou bindst mee in on either side and layest thine hand on mee verse 6 Too wonderfull aboue my reach LORD is thy cunning skill It is so hie that I the same cannot attaine vntill verse 7 From sight of thy all-seeing Spirit LORD whither shall I goe Or whither shall I flee away thy presence to scape fro verse 8 To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lie downe below euen there thou doest appeare verse 9 Yea let mee take the morning winges and let mee goe and hide Euen there where are the farthest partes where flowing sea doeth slide verse 10 Yet notwithstanding thither shall thy reaching-hand mee guide And thy right hand shall hould mee fast and make mee to abide verse 11 Yea if I say the darkenesse shall yet shroude mee from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about mee shall bee light verse 12 Yea darkenesse hideth not from thee but night doeth shine as day To thee the darkenesse and the night are both alike alway verse 13 For thou possessed hast my raines and thou hast couered mee When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee verse 14 I will thee praise for fearefully and wondrous made I am Thy workes are marueilous and well my soule doeth know the same verse 15 My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue beene made and in the earth beneath I shapen was verse 16 When I was formelesse then thine eye saw mee for in thy booke Were written all nought was before that after fashion tooke verse 17 The thoughtes therefore of thee O GOD how deare are they to mee And of them all how passing great the endlesse numbers bee verse 18 If I should count them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet still am I with thee verse 19 The wicked and the bloody men oh that thou wouldest slay Euen those O GOD to whom I cry depart from mee away verse 20 Euen those of thee O LORD my GOD that speake full wickedly These that are lifted vp in vaine and enemies are to thee verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee LORD and that in earnest wise Contend I not against them all that doe against thee rise verse 22 I hate them with vnfained hate euen as mine vtter foes verse 23 Try mee O GOD and know mine heart my thoughtes proue and disclose verse 24 Consider LORD if wickednesse in mee there any bee And in thy way O GOD my guide for euer lead thou mee PSALME CXL FRom the peruerse and wicked wight O LORD deliuer mee And from the cruell-mans despight preserued let mee bee verse 2 VVho in their heartes doe mischiefe warpe and euill thinges inuent Continually to warre right sharpe on mee they are full bent verse 3 They whetted haue their tongues as keene as is the serpentes speare They adders poison may bee seene vnder their lippes to beare verse 4 From wicked hands LORD me with-hold preserue mee to abide Free from the cruell man that would my foot-steppes cause to slide verse 5 For lo the proud a snare haue set for mee in my path-way And haue with cordes spred foorth their net and grinnes for mee they lay verse 6 Therefore vnto the LORD said I Thou art my GOD alone Heare then O LORD the voice and crie wherewith I plaint and mone verse 7 O LORD my GOD the strength stay of my saluation Mine head thou coueredst in the day that battell came mee on verse 8 Let not the wicked man obtaine on mee his heartes desire Nor yet perforâ—â— his thoughtes most vaine lest pride him set on fire verse 9 Of those that compasse mee O LORD the chiefe and principall The mischiefe of their lippes accord vpon themselues to fall verse 10 Let coles vpon their heads downe fall cast them in fierie glow And that they rise no more at all into deepe pits them throw verse 11 The LORD I know th'afflicteds cause will surely take in hand And hee against the poore mans foes with judgement just will stand verse 12 Vndoubtedly the man vpright shall praise thy NAME therefore And eke the just shall in thy sight inhabite euermore PSALME CXLI ON thee I call O LORD therefore haste lest I bee dismaide verse 2 Oh heare my voyce when as I roare and crie to thee for aide My prayers in thy sight let bee as incense pure of price And eke mine handes lift vp to thee as Euening sacrifice verse 3 Before my mouth O LORD a ward and watch set I thee pray And of my lippes bee thou the garde and keeper sure for ay verse 4 Let not mine heart to ill incline that with those wicked mates Which mischiefe worke I fall to sinne nor taste their delicates verse 5 When I offend then let the just correct mee LORD that day For as a benefite needes must I take the same alway Yea his reproofe shall bee sweet oyle that shall mine head not breake As for my foes within short while I shall haue cause to speake verse 6 And when there Iudges downe shall fall amongst the stones to ground The