men Men shall worshyppe the as longe as the sonne mone shall shyne in to euery age He shall come down lyke small rayne in to a newe mowen medowe lyke rayne which sokingly maketh moist the erth Rightwismen shall florisshe whyles he raigneth there shal be moche peace endurynge as longe as the moone He shall haue dominyon from the one se to the tother and from the east floude vnto the worldes ende Before him shall fall downe the dwellers of the deserte his enemys shall lye ê“strate lyckinge the dust The kynges of Tharsis of the yeldes shall gyue him gyftes the kinges of Sheba Sebashall offre vnto him honourably All kynges shall do homage vnto him all nacyons shall serue him For he shall delyuer the pore that cryeth vnto hiÌ„ the man in heuynesse without helpe He shall haue pytie and mercy on the poore nedyons and he shall kepe the soules of them that are in afflyction He shall redeme their lyues from fraude and vyolence and precyouse shall their blode be in his syght He shall lyue and shall haue giuen him of the golde of Sheba men shall blesse him all tymes shall sprede his fame And the erth shal be so fruitefull that of an handfull of wheate there shall aryse suche plentie in the hylles that it shall waue with the wynde lyke the thicke highe trees of Lybani and shall growe forth before the cyte as thicke as grasse His name shal be euer spoken vpon whyles the sonne shall endure and shall go from one generation into a nother thorowe hym shall all natyons be blessed shall extolle him with praise Praysed be the lorde god god of Israell which alone doth meruelouse thinges Praysed be his gloriouse name euery lande be fusfilled with his beautifull glorye AMEN AMEN ¶ Here is an ende of the Psalmes and prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iishai ⧠The argument into the .lxxiii. Psal. Asaph songe this psalme for the consolacyon of the faithfull whiche freate them selfe and ar offended at the filycitie of the vngodlye The tytle The songe of Asaph QUam bonus deê° Right good surely is god vnto Israhell euen to those men which are pure in herte But my fete were almoste gone my fotynge had almost fayled me For that the good fortune of the folysshe wicked men set me so a fyer whan I se such prosperyte of the vngodly For they are neither coÌ„bred ne constrained to deth but thei ar well lykynge they thriue and ar lusty They are nat oppressed with heuynesse lyke other men they knowe nat the sorowe and care that other men abyde Wherfore pryde hath closed them rouÌ„de aboute they are clothed with vyolence as with garmentes They are so full of felycite and welth that they swelle they sette forthe them selues in the imagynatyons of their owne hertes They thynke to be holden and brideled with no lawes they booste their mischeuouse vexation they speke from a lofte They haue lyfted vp their mouthes into heueÌ„ their toÌ„ges walked all ouer therth They called their peple vnto the same study made them to drynke of the same full cuppe Wherfore the peple was moued to saye within theym howe myght god knowe these thynges what knowlege maye there be in god aboue Se saith they these are vngodlye men and yet are they blessed in thys worlde and swymme in plentuouse ryches Uerily as for my selfe I trowe I haue kepte my herte pure and haue studyed to haue handes wasshen withe innocentes clene from wickednes but all in vayne For I haue ben scourged daily I suffred my chastisynge euery mornynge ye and that erly But if I shall thus iuge and speake of these thynges I shulde be iniuriouse vnto the natyon of thy chldreÌ„ I mused and studyed fore to know these thingê but it was laborious hard to se it Untyll I was brought into the secrete holy places of god and was taught to make the ende of these men Surely thou haste set theym in a slybery place euen to cast them downe and to be vtterly distroied Oh howe sodenly wer they cast downe made an ende of they were distroyed with sodayne mischef They were but as a dreame of a man sodenly awake oh lorde euyn their imagê pictures hast thou made spitfull in the cytie Surely my herte bleded in bytternes and my inward partes were stinged and as pricked with nedles I was a sotte perceyued nothynge at all I was lyke a brute beest before the. And yet nat wtstandyng was I alwayes with the thou heldest my right hande fast in the hande Thou ledest me at thy pleasure afterwarde tokest me vp helpedest me gloriously Whom therfore in heuen whom in erth shuld I honour worshyp but yâ— My flesshe and my herte longe sore for yâ— oh the very strength of my herte god is my porcion for euer For lo they that absente theÌ„ selfe longe from the shal perisshe thou wilt distroie as many as forsake the. But I thought it good for me to cleue to god I sette the lorde before me for my defense to th entent I wolde shewe forth thy workes The argumeÌ„t iÌ„ to the .lxxiiii. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Asaph complayneth of the destruction of the temple of the faithfull people and also of the blasphemy agaynste god and his holy place by the vngodlye folke The tytle of this ps It is an instructyoÌ„ shewed vnto Asaph QUare deus repulisti Lo wherfore o god hast thou put vs awaye froÌ„ the so longe wherfore is thy wrath thus sore kiÌ„dlid agiÌ„st the flocke of thi pasture Remembre thy congregatyon whoÌ„ thou hast chosen to the froÌ„ the begiÌ„ning euen the metyarde of thy herytagel whoÌ„ thou hast redemed thys same thy hyll of SioÌ„ in the which thou were wonte to dwell Lyfte vp thy selfe and come to distroye for euer all enemys which haue brought all myschefe vnto thy holye temple Thy aduersaries haue rored in the myddes of thy Synagogê they haue set vp their baners in token of the vyctorye Lyke as in tyme paste full exellent noble was the workes dilygence of them which cut downe with axes great trees to the buyldynge of the temple Euyn so nowe are therof lyke dilygeÌ„ce labour to distroye to breke the carued images in it with twybyll hammers They haue brente it in the fyer thus they throwiÌ„g downe the house of thi name into therth haue prophaned polluted it They thought in their miÌ„de sayenge let vs also slaye them all to gyther and they haue brente vp all the sinagogê of god in the erth We se nat the tokens and myracles whiche god was wonte to shewe for vs there is no prophet left vs there is no man with vs which haue any knowlege but howe longe shall this endure What ende oh god shall thy aduersarie haue that thus shamfully reuyleth the what shall become of this sclanderouse enemye whiche thus vngodlye blasphemeth thy name Wherfore haste
before the Lorde oure maker For he is oure god and we are the people of his pasture and the flocke whome he dryueth if we thys daye gyue hede and beleue his worde Se that ye harden natte youre hertes as they dyd in the deserte of Merybah in the tyme of temptacyon Whan youre fathers tempted and prouoked me and yet they se my workes Fortie yeres I chydde with the nacyon and I sayde this people erreth in their hertes they alowe nat my wayes Unto whom I swore ī myne angre they shall neuer entrr ī to the lande of my rest The argument into the lxxxxvi Psal. ¶ The prophet moueth al creatures to the praise of god bycause that he now by Christ raygneth CAntate Synge ye to the lorde a new songe synge ye to the lorde as many as dwell vpon therth Synge ye to the lorde and prayse ye his name preache ye day by daye that sauynge helth whiche he bryngeth Put the gentyls also in mynde of his beautefull glory amōg all his people declare ye his merueles For right gret is the lorde worthy moche prayse he is to be feared before all goddes For all the goddes of the people are nought it is the lorde that hath made the heuens Noble fame clernes is before him power and maiestye shyne in his holy secrete place Gyue ye to the lorde honour welworthy his name brīge ye forth gyftes and come into his temple Worship ye the lorde in his ryche goodly temple feare him ye that inhabyte the erth Tell ye the gentyles that the lorde is kynge he shall stablissh the worlde lest it rele he shall iuge and reason with the people indifferētly Be glad ye heuens and let the erth ioye let the see take her pleasure what so euer swīmeth therin Let the felde laugh and what so euer is conteyned in it nowe let all the trees of the wode triumphe Ye and that before the lorde for he is come for he is come to gouerne the erth to gouerne the worlde with rightwisnes and the people of hys faythfulnesse The argument into the lxxxxvij Ps. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid prophesyeth of the kyngdome of Christe DOminus reg exul The lorde is kinge the erthe ioyeth many iyldes ar glad He is closed aboute with a derke cloude but his seate regall is sette in rightwisnesse and equyte Fyer goth before him and brenneth his enemyes round about him His lyghtnynges smyte the worlde roundabout the erth sawe them and trembled for feare Hylles melted awaye lyke waxe at the presens of the lorde they melted euen frō the presens of the lorde of all the erth The heuens shewed forth his xightwysnesse all the people sawe his gloriouse beautie Let them be shamed who soeuer worshyp carued images whiche also glorie in fayned pyctures of nought ye goddes all se that ye fall downe worshyp him Syon haue herde and is glad the cyties of Iuda reioise ī thy iugemēt◠oh lord For thou lorde art higher thā all men of therth and farr exalted aboue all the goddes Ye that loue the Lorde se that ye hate euyll he kepeth the lyues of his sayntes delyuereth them frome the hādes of the vngodly Lyght is sprede amonge the rightwyse and gladnes to the vpright in herte Be glad ye rightwyse in the lorde sprede ye his holy memoriall euerywhere The argument into the lxxxxviij Psa. ¶ The argumēt of this psal is all one with the other before with the argumēt of the lxxxxvi p CAntate Synge ye to the Lorde a newe songe for he hath done meruelouse dedes he saued alonly with hys right hande and with his holy arme The lorde hath declared his sauing helthe he hath opened and sette forthe hys rightwysnesse before the gentyles He remēbreth his mercy his faythfull promyse to be performed vpon the house of Israhell All the costes of the erthe haue sene the sauynge helthe whyche our god hath brought Make ye melody to the lorde al therth lyfte vp your voice tryumph and synge ye Singe ye to the lorde with harpe playe vpon harpe the dytie with swete note With clariers trumpettes make ye melodye before the kynge which is the lorde Let the see romble out her melody and all therin ye the rounde worlde also all that enhabit it Let the floudes clappe their handes gtoither the hylles also be glad reioysynge before the Lorde For he is come to gouerne the erthe he shal gouerne the rounde worlde with ryghtwysnesse and the people with equyte The argument into the lxxxxix Psal. ¶ This Psalme syngeth the goodnes and power of god repesented some tyme by the Arche gyuen in ernest of his promyse DOminus reg iras The Lorde is kynge be the peple neuer so wrath he sytteth in his estate vpō the arche bytwene the Cherubyns although therthe be moued therat The lorde which dwelleth in Siō is right great his power is mighty ouer all peple Let mē sprede thi name for it is gret to be fered holy also This kīge excelleth in strēgth loue of iugement thou hast set all thynges in due ordre with Iacob so that they maye be nowe done of equyte and right Extolle ye therfore the lorde oure god fall ye down before his fote stole for he is holy Moyses Aharon chefe amōg his sacrifycers Samuell chefe amonge the callers vpon his name called vpō the lorde he graūted thē From the shadowe beme of the cloude he spoke to thē they marked and kepte hys cōmaundementes and ceremonies which he gaue them Lorde thou art our god thou graūtedest these men and for their sakes thou forgauest them also for these mennes sakes thou takest vengeaunce vpon them Extoll ye the lorde oure god and fall ye downe before his hyll for holy is the lorde our god The argument into the C. Psal. ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of god in the holy congregation IUbilate Make ye melody vnto the lorde all that dwell vpon the erth Worshyppe ye the lorde gladly come into his presens ioyfully Knowledge ye the lorde that he is god he hath made vs and nat we our selues we are his people and the flocke of his pasture Entre ye in to his gates with thākes geuyng into his for porches with prayse syngyng magnifie hī praise his name For the lorde is ryght gentle his mercy endureth in to euerlastynge his fayth fulnes into all ages The argumēt īto the C.i. Psal. ¶ Here the prophete promyseth him selfe to do the offyce of a Christen and holy prince that is to say fyrst to lyue perfectly him selfe and thā to vaynquishe euell men to promote the good The ditye of Dauid MIsericordiam iudici Of mercy equite shall be my songe vnto the shall I synge oh lorde I shall behaue my self wysely lyuyng īnocētly whā shalt thou come to me I shal walke in my house with a pure harmles hert No
shrewde thynge shall I purpose him that foloweth shrewdenes I hate and in no wyse shall he be to me belongynge A malicious herte shall avoyde fro me and an hurtful man shal I nat maiÌ„teyne A priuy backebiter of his neyghboure wyll I distroye a proude countinaunce with a swelliÌ„g herte hiÌ„ wyl I nat suffre But I serche for them that loue faythfulnes in therth that suche myght dwell with me he that lyueth hurtelesse shall serue me There shall be no place in my house for him that doth deceitfully he that speketh lyes shall nat prospere with me But swiftly shall I dystroye these vngodly vpon therth that I might cut oute of the cyte of the lord all workers of falshed The argument in to the C.ii. Psal. ¶ This Psal. conteyneth a greuous complaint of the mysery of the holy people whiche nowe retourned from Babylon goynge aboute to repayre the temple and the cytie suffred great iniures and rebukes of the gentyles their borderers but there is annexed consolacyon in that they coÌ„sydered the perpetual goodnes of god nowe begynnynge to shyne vpon theÌ„ thorowe the fauour of Ciri and Darii Rede the story in Ezra and Nehemiah the Prophete The tytle of the Ps. This is a prayer of the poore afflycte beynge in greuous anguishe and powrynge forth his complaynte before the lorde DOmine exaudi Lorde heare my prayer and suffre my depe desyre to come vnto the. Hyde nat thy face from me in tyme of my tribulation bow down thyn eare vnto me in the day whan I cal vpon the spede the to graunt me For my dayes verily ar vanyshed away lyke smoke and my bones are dryed vp lyke a stowe My hert is smyteÌ„ thorow lyke grasse is wethered away in so moche as I forsoke to take myn own meate I was so dryed vp with my sorowfull and lowde syghes that my bones clyued to my skynne I am like an estrege of the wyldernes made lyke an houlet in an olde forlaten house I lye wakyng am left alone lyke the sparowe in the thacke Myn enemies reuyled me al day they that chidde me vsed my name opprobriously I eate therth in stede of brede lycke in my teares in stede of drinke And all is for thy indignacion thi wrath for whaÌ„ I was a loft ethou threwest me downe My dayes are vanyshed away lyke a shadowe I my self am wythered lyke hay But thou lorde syttest styll for euer thy memoriall endureth in euery age Thou shalte ryse haue pety on Syon for it is tyme for the to fauour it for the day apointed is now come For the stones of it please thy seruantes verily and they fauor her soyle Euen the haythen also shal worship the name of the Lord al the kynges of the erth shal knowlege thy glorious beaute The lorde verily shal bylde Syon he shal be sene in his beauteful glory And he shal haue respect vnto the prayer of the pore forsaken his prayer shal he nat dispise This thynge shal be writen for the worlde to come and for his cause the people which ar yet vnmade shall prayse the Lorde For he shal loke forth of his hyghe holy place the Lorde euyn froÌ„ heuen shall beholde the erth To here the syghes of them that are in bondes and to lose the chyldren iuged to dethe That they myght preache the name of the Lorde in Syon and his prayse in Ierusalem Whan the people the kyngdomes shall be gathered togyther to worshyp the lord He abated my courage in my iourney hath cut of my dayes I say â— my god take me nat awaye in the myddes of my dayes for thy yeres endure thorow out all ages In the begiÌ„ning thou laydest the foundation of the erthe and the heuens are thy handy worke They shall perishe whan thou shalt stande fast and all thynges shall ware olde lyke a garment thou shalt dresse them agayn lyke a garment they shal be chaunged But thou art euen thyne owne self and thy yeres shall neuer be ended The chyldren of thy seruaÌ„tes shall dwel styll and their posterite shall lyue prosperously and blessedly in thy presens The argumeÌ„t in to the C.iii. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme the Prophete prayseth the goodnes of god towarde men which forgyueth their synnes and gyueth them plentuously the goodnes both of body and soule wherfore he exhorteth both men and angels and all creatures to prayse god The ditie of Dauid BEnedic aiÌ„a Prayse thou the lorde o my soule and all that are within me prayse his holy name Prayse thou the lord o my soule forgete nat his benefytes Whiche forgyueth the all thy iniquities and heleth all thy deseases He redimeth thy lyfe froÌ„ ê‘dicyon heapeth vpon the on euery syde his mercy gentlenes He fylleth thy soule with goodnes renueth thy yougth lyke an Egle. Of rightwysnes and equite he restoreth all men that suffre wronge He hath made his waies knoweÌ„ to Moises his dedes to the chyldreÌ„ of Israell The lorde is prone vnto mercy and beÌ„te vnto fauour he is slowe vnto wrath and plentuous in goodnes He shal nat chyde alwayes neither kepe hatred in mynde euer to be aueÌ„ged He hath nat deelt with vs after our synnes neither rewarded vs accordynge to our iniquytes But loke howe hyghe heueÌ„s ar ouer the erth euyn so high hath he made his mercy to preuayle ouer theÌ„ that worshyp him And loke howe farre the eest is from the weest euen so farre hath he set our synnes from vs. Loke howe the fathers herte yerneth vpon his chyldren euen so doth the lorde pety them that feare him For he knoweth of what frayle metall we are he remembreth full well that we are but duste The dayes of man ar lyke grasse for as a flowre of the felde he florissheth for a tyme. Whom whan the wiÌ„de hath ouerbloweÌ„ by by is it gone and his place where he was knoweth hiÌ„ no more But the mercy of the lorde endureth from worldes vnto worldes ouer them that feare him and his ryghwysnes stretcheth to their chyldres children Unto those which kepe couenaunt with him and holde in mynde his coÌ„maundementes to th entent they wolde do them The lorde hath set fast his seate regal in the heuens and all thynges are subiecte vnto his kyngdome Prayse the lorde ye whiche are his messagers valiaunt in power which do his commaundementes obeynge him at a worde Prayse ye the lorde all his hoste ye that are his mynisters which do his pleasure Prayse ye the lorde all his workes ye that in euery place of his dominion The argument in to the C.iiij Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse wherin the Prophete magnifyeth god of the creation of the world and of the mercyfull gouernaunce therof BEnedic Praise thou the lorde my soule oh lorde my god thou art greatly to be magnifyed thou hast ornoured thy selfe with fame clerenesse and glorye Thou deckest thy selfe with lyght as with a garment thou
with me for thy names sake for fauorable is thy goodnesse delyuer thou me For I am scourged and poore and my herte laboreth and faynteth within me I vanisshe awaye lyke a glyding shadow and am hunted vp froÌ„ place to place lyke a locust My knees folde vnder me for lacke of meate my flesshe is gone my fatnesse is lost I was a laughynge stocke to as many as se me they wagged their heddes at me Helpe me lorde my god kepe me for thy mercyes sake Let them knowlege that this is thy hande and that thou oh lorde haste done thys thiÌ„ge Let theÌ„ curse but blesse thou let them ryse agaynst me but to their owne coÌ„fusyon but yet let thy seruant reioyse Let my aduersaryes be lased in with shame and couerde with confusyon lyke as with a cloke I shall magnyfy the lorde dilygently with my mouth I shall prayse him among many For he wyll stande at the poore maÌ„nes right haÌ„de to kepe his soule from tyrauntes in authoritye The argument into the C.x. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a songe of Dauid wherin he syngeth of the kyngdome of Christ which began in Syon and from thense it is come forth vnto thendes of the worlde and it shall holde vntyll both al the heueÌ„ly and erthely creatures worship Christ and his enemyes be put downe to be his fote stole The tytle of the Ps. The dite of Da. DIxit dominus The lorde said vnto me lorde syt on my right hande vntyl I make thyn enemys thy fote stole The lorde shall bringe forth thy mighty impery froÌ„ Syon exercyse thou thy power in the myddes of thyne enemyes Thy people shall present themself vnto the welwyllynge in suche tyme as thou shalt declare thy power in the cyte in thy noble holy clerenâ—s euyn thy yongons from their mothers wombe shall be there present as thycke as the fressh morniÌ„ge dewe The lorde swore he shal nat repente him thou arte the offerer ones for euer to offre thyn owne selfe accordynge as it was fygured in Melchizedech The lorde beyng euer at thy right hande shall smyte downe euen the kiÌ„ges in time of his wrath He shall execute iugement vpon the gentyles fyll all places with their deed caryons it is he that shall smyte downe the heed that raygneth so wyde But of the troublous water must he first drinke by the waye therfore than after shall he extolle and lyfte vp his heed The argument into the C.xi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse in the whiche the power wysdome and goodnes of god ar magnified The title of this Psal. Loue ye the lorde COnfitebor I shall surely magnify the lorde with all my hert iÌ„ the couÌ„sell of the rightwyse in the congregatyon Excedynge great are the workes of the lorde which serched dilygently and well thought vpon a man shall fynde in them what soeuer he shall desyre What so euer he doth it is solempne ful of maiesty his rightwysnes abydeth for euer He hath brought it to passe that there shall be a memoriall of his myracles the lorde he is gentle gracyouse and redy to haue mercy He hath gyuen a proye to his worshippers he hath remembred his promyse into many worldes He declareth to hys people withe howe great power his workes were done euen whan he gaue theÌ„ the herytage of the geÌ„tyles What soeuer he hath done bi his power thei ar faithfulnes equyte what soeuer he commaundeth it is faythfull They are made faste to abyde in to euery age for they are done of trewe faythfulnesse and right iugemente He hath sente redemption to his people he hath coÌ„maunded that his couenaunte shuld be kept holy iÌ„to euery worlde holy and to be feared is his name The begynnynge of wisedom is the fere of the Lorde they sauoure righte holye that gyue dilygence to do his commaundementes the prayse of these men contynueth euerlastynge The argument into the C.xij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the prophet declareth the perpetuall felycitye of them which feare worshyppe and folowe god in doynge mercy The tytle of this psalme Loue ye the lorde BEatus vir qui ti Blessed is that maÌ„ that worshippeth the lorde and in his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tê is ernestly occupied His issue shal be in great power in therth the generatioÌ„ of the rightwyse shall prosper PleÌ„tuousnes riches ar iÌ„ his house and his rightwysnes staÌ„deth for euer To the desyrers of riÈt he maketh lyght to springe in derknes for it is he that is graciouse bente vnto mercy and rightwyse A good maÌ„ shall deale fauorably frely he wil dispose his goodes with iugemeÌ„t For he shall nat slyde to fall for euer a rightwysman shal be in ê‘petuall remembraunce Whan he shall here afflyction to be at hande he shall nothynge feare for his herte is confirmed that is to saye stayed in the lorde His hert is vnderset he shal nat fere vntyll he se his desyer fall vpoÌ„ his enemys He distributeth gyueth forth to the pore nedy his rightwisnesse abydeth for euer his power shall be exalted with dignitye All this shall the vngodlye se and haue indygnacyon he shall grynne with his teth shall consume him self for the vngodly verily shal be dysapoynted of his desyer The argument into the C.xiij. Psal. ¶ Here the Prophet exhorteth to the prayse of god for that he beholdeth he gouerneth and at his pleasure chaungeth all thynges lyftynge vp alwayes the humble men restoring the careful wretches The tytle Loue ye the lorde LAudate pueri Praise ye seruaÌ„tes of the lorde god praise ye the name of the lorde Let the name of the lorde be sprede in this tyme into all worldes to come FroÌ„ the soÌ„ne risynge vnto the downe fallynge the name of the lorde be praysed High is the lord aboue all natioÌ„s his beautifull glory is aboue heueÌ„s Who maye be compared to the lorde our god euen he that ruleth on highe I meane him whiche so humbleth him selfe that he wolde se all thynges bothe in heuen erth Which lyfteth vp the pore froÌ„ the dust exalteth the nedy froÌ„ the donge To set him with the beste euyn with the chefe of his people Whiche so restoreth the baren that she hath an house full and maketh her a glad mother of many chyldren Prayse ye the lorde The argumeÌ„t in to the C.xiiij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophete declareth howe ioyfully Israell was brought out of Egypt and toucheth brefely certayne of the chefe miracles whiche the lorde dyd for them IN exitu Whan Israell came oute of Egypt the house of Iacob from the people of strange tonge Iuda was goddes holy people Israel was the folke ouer whoÌ„ he wold haue rule The see sawe the hoste of god come she gaue backe Iordayne fled gaue place The mountayns scipped lyke wethers the hylles lyke the laÌ„mes of the flocke What ayled the thou see thus to flye thou Iordane why goest thou backe What meane ye mouÌ„tains thus to
spriÌ„ge wethers ye hylles to play lyke laÌ„mes At the presens of the lorde the erth must nedes treÌ„ble feare ye that at the pÌ„seÌ„s of the god of Iacob For he bryngeth the harde rock into a ponde of water eueÌ„ the very stonne into plentuous springes The argument into the C.xv Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid prayeth god for glorye of his name to do good vnto the people that it myght be openly knoweÌ„ him onely to be god all Images to be but Idoles NOn nobis domine Nat to vs lorde nat to vs but vnto thy name gyue the glory and prayse for thy mercy and for thy trouthes sake Wherfore shulde the gentyls say where is nowe their god WhaÌ„ our god is in the heueÌ„s he doth what soeuer lyketh him Their images are but golde and syluer euyn the worke of mannes hande They haue mouthes yet speke thei nat eyes se nat eares and here nat nose and smell nat They haue handes and nothynge fele they fete and goo nat withe their throte make they no noyse Unto these Idoles are thâ—y lyke that make them and as many as trust vnto them But Israhell trust thou in the lorde for he helpeth them and is their shelde Ye of the house of Aharon se that ye trust in the lorde for he is their helpe their shelde Ye worshippers of the lorde se that ye truste in the lorde for he is to theÌ„ helpe and defender The lorde wyll haue vs in miÌ„de it is he that wyll do good he wyll do good to the house of Israell to the house of AaroÌ„ He wyll be benefyciall to the worshippers of the lorde as well to the lytell as to the great The lorde might encrease his good mynde toward you towarde you towarde youre chyldren Ye ar they to whom the lorde doth good which hath made heuen and the erth The heueÌ„s the veri heuens ar the lordes but the erth hath he gyuen to rhe childreÌ„ of meÌ„ The dede in no maner of wyse shall prayse the lorde neyther they that go downe to the place of sylence But we shall magnifye and prayse the lorde from this tyme in to euerlastynge ⧠Prayse ye the lorde The argument in to the C.xvi. Psal. ¶ This Psalme is a thankefull songe for the helpe of the lorde wherby Dauyd escaped whaÌ„ he was nowe compassed in of Saules hoste DIleri I loue the lorde for he hath herde me he hath herde the depe desyers of my herte He bowed down his eares vnto me wherfore whyles I lyue shall I call vpon him The sorowfull snares of dethe helde me strayte strayte anguysshes hampered me in anguisshe and afflyction founde me But yet the name of the lord I called vpoÌ„ I beseche the lorde delyuer my soule The lord our rightwyse god is prone vnto fauour he is redy bente vnto mercy The lorde kepeth the pore siÌ„pleoÌ„s I was full poore full of care and he saued me Turne the my soule vnto thy rest for the lorde hath rewarded the. For thou hast delyuerd my soule from deth myne eyes from teares and my fete from slydynge I shall continue and dwell before the lorde amonge the lyuynge men I beleued and therfore muste I nedes speke but I was fore scurged therfore So that I thought sayd with my selfe whan I fled so hastely euery maÌ„ is a lyer What shal I gyue agayn to the lorde for all the benefytes which he hath gyueÌ„ me I shall take the cuppe in the thankefull fyft for the helpe brought me and I shal call vpon the helpe of the lorde Nowe shall I performe my vowes vnto the lorde in the presens of all his people Precious is the deth of his sayntes in the eyes of the lorde Ye verily lorde for I am thy seruant I am thy seruaÌ„t the sonne of thy hande mayde euen thou hast losed my bondes Unto the shall I make the sacryfyce of prayse the name of the lorde shall I cal vpon Nowe shall I performe my vowes before al his people In the fore porches of the house of the lorde in the myddes of thy Ierusalem The argument in to the C.xvii Ps. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophete prophesyeth the gospell to be preched to the gentils LAudate dominuÌ„ oeÌ„s Prayse ye the lorde all gentyls magnifye him al nacions For his mercy is sprede ouer vs and the faithfulnes of the lorde standeth for euer The argument into the C.xviii Ps. ¶ This Psalme is a prayer in whiche Dauid delyuered now from all his afflyctions and promoted to be kynge of all Israell opeÌ„ly in the tabernacle of god gaue him thankes also layde forth the persone of Christ in him selfe COnfitemini Magnifye ye the lorde for he is gratious his mercy endureth for euer Let Israell now magnifye hiÌ„ for his meâ—cy eÌ„dureth for euer Let the house of Aharon magnifye him for his mercy endureth for euer Let as many as feare the lorde magnifye him for his mercy endureth for euer Whan I was in a greuous straynte I called vpon the lorde and he graunted to set me at large The lorde standeth on my syde I shall nat feare what so euer man maye do vnto me The lorde standeth on my syde with my helpers and I shall se my desyre vpon theÌ„ that hate me It is beter for one to coÌ„mytte him self to the tuicion defence of the lorde than to maÌ„nes defence It is better to put our confydence in the lorde than in men be they neuer so great Whan all the geÌ„tyles beseged me on euery syde well sayde I in the name of the lorde for I shall cut them away They coÌ„passed me in ye they beset me in round about well sayd I in the name of the lorde for I shall cutte them away They swarmed about me lyke bees and inuaded me as fersly as fyer that drie thornê but they were sone quenched for I sayde well in the name of the lorde I shall cut theÌ„ awaye I was cast with great vyolence redy to haue fallen but the Lorde sustayned and helpte me The lorde is my streÌ„gth the very same whom I prayse it is he that is my sauynge helthe The voyce of triumph of men ioyfully publysshynge theire sauynge helpe nowe broughte vnto theym is in the tabernacles of the ryghtwyse for the right haÌ„de of the lorde hath broÈt it so mightely to passe The right haÌ„de of the lorde is exellent high the right haÌ„de of the lorde hath brought it so mightely to passe I shall nat dye but lyue and shall publysshe the workes of the lorde He chastysed him with greuouse ernest chastemute but yet he betoke me nat to deth Open ye vnto me the gates of the company of rightwysemen and I shall enter in at them and magnifye the lorde This is the gate of the lorde the rightwyse shall enter in therat I shall magnifye the for thou hast grauÌ„ted me hast brought me a sauiÌ„ge helpe The
thou plucked backe thy hande holde nat thy righte hande thus styll in thy bosome Uerily thou arte god which hast hytherto ben my gouernoure thou arte euyn he that bryngest helth into the myddes of the erth Thou verily thorowe thy power troublest the see thou breakest the heedes of the dragons in the waters Thou knockest togyther the heedes of the greate whales and gyueste them for meate to the people of the deserte Thou breakeste vp the sprynges thou makest drye the floudes The daye is thyne the nyghte also belongeth to the thou haste ordeyned the lyght and the sonne Thou hast ordeyned sette all the costes of the rounde worlde somer and wynter thou hast made them Yet se thou forgetest nat this one thynge that this enemye thus blaphemously reuyleth the lorde that this wyked folysshe folke thus greuously hurte thy name Let not the lyfe of thy turtle douue come into the coÌ„panye of these aduersaryes the company of the pore afflicte forget nat for euer Loke vpon thy ê“myse for among these blynde wretches of the erth all are full of vyolence trouble Turne nat awaye from the these pore lowelyous with shame but rather cause these pore afflycte nedions to prayse thy name Aryse god gyue sentence agaynste thy aduersaryes remeÌ„bre howe blasphemously they reuyled the and how chorlysshly these wicked men deale with the dayly Forget nat the proude wordes of thy aduersaryes lette the hyghe swellynges of them that resyst the clyme vp styll into their owne confusyon The argumeÌ„t in to the .lxxv. Psal. ¶ Here fyrste of all Christe oure sauyoure is brought in vnder the fygure of Dauid reioysiÌ„g of the power gyuen him by the which he wolde restore the worlde nowe beynge redy to fall and he monissheth that no man resyste his kinge bicause that god is he alone whiche exalteth whoÌ„ he wyll The tytle of this Psalme The songe of Asaph called Ne perdas COnfitebimur tibi We thanke the god we thanke the for nyghe is thy gloryous power those men that call vpon the they shal remeÌ„bre thy meruelous dedes For I shal take vp vnto me my coÌ„gregation shal execut true iustice The erth the dwellers ther vpon begaÌ„ to slyde away I haue vnderset it Sel. I spake to these made foles sayeng se that ye be nat besydê your wyttê I sayd also vnto these vngodly se that ye extolle nat your power Lyfte nat vp your hornes to highe neither speke ye proudneckedly For this lyftinge vp cometh neither froÌ„ the eest nor the weest neither yet froÌ„ the sowthe hylles of the deserte But it is god verily the myghtye iuge he casteth downe one man and lyfteth vp another For there is a cup full of troubled wyne in the hande of the lorde out of whiche he powreth to be dronke of whose verye dregges shall be supped of for all the vngodly of the erth shall drynke therof But I in the meane season shall shewe forth contynually his glorie and prayse my god euyn the very god of Iacob And shall also plucke vp by the rotes the hornes of these vngodly but the power of the rightwyse shall be styll exalted The argument into the .lxxvi. Psal. ¶ Here Asaph syngeth howe that Hierusalem was nobly defeÌ„ded of god wherfore he extolleth his power 〈◊〉 to be dreded thaÌ„ excedyng all meÌ„nes powers The title The song of Asaph coÌ„mytted to the chanter to be songe at thorgaiÌ„s NOtus in iudea God is honorably knowen in the lande of Iudah and his cleare fame is nobly sprede thorowe the lande of Israell His tabernacle is set vp in Ierusalem and his mansion in Syon There he broke into peses both â—owe arowes bukler swerde iÌ„ batayle Selah Thou arte passynge clere and noble worthy to be magnyfyed aboue the kyngdomes full of thefte and robery They are depriued of their stronge herte their slomber hath ouergone them their handes are benoÌ„med although they were men valyaunte in batayle For thorowe thy fearfull thretenynge rebuke o god of Iacob their horse and cartes went all to hauoke Thou arte to be feared in dede for who maye stande before the especyally whan thy angre waâ—e hote Euen from heuen thou causest thy fearfull iugement to be herde the erth feared and durste nat ones quitche Whan god shulde ryse in to iugement to saue all the meke sprited of the erth Selah For mennes iÌ„dignation occasyoned thy glory euen whiles thou brydeledest the reste of thy fury Make your vowes and performe them to the lorde your god for he is in the myddes amonge you Offre your gyftes to him so gretly to be feared whiche taketh breath euen from princes it is he that is to be feared of the kynges of the erth The argument into the .lxxvii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Asaph declareth his heuynes of mynde for the calamyte wretchednes of the holye people The tytle of this Psalme The songe of Asaph commytted to the chef chaunter to be songe of the order of those syngers amoÌ„ge whom Ieduthum was chefe UOce mea ad dominum Wyth my voyce to god with my voyce to god I cryed loude and he lystened to me In the tyme of my trybulation lorde I sought the my sore ranne all nyght and ceassed nat my soule refused all conforte I remembred god and I gnasted and grated my tethe togyther for angre I spoke and my spryte was sore vexed beynge full of anguyshe Selah Thou heldest myn eyes from slepe all the kyght longe and I was so tormented in mynde that my slepe fayled me I called to mynde my dayes paste euen the yeres of my sore age I remembred my mery night songes I spake in my herte and my spirite serched the cause of this heuye iugemente Sayenge shall the lorde than caste me a waye for euer shall he neuer call me agayne into his fauour Is his goodnes than thus taken awaye for euer is hys counfortable promyse thus ended for all ages Hath god than forgotten to haue mercy or wyll he shutte vp his mercy in his angre Selah And I thought this is but myn owne weake abydynge vntyll the most highest declare his right hande as he is wonte to do Wherfore I wyll call to mynde the workê of the lorde and I wyll holde in remeÌ„brance thy meruelouse noble actes whyche thou haste wrought of olde tyme. I shall thinke vpon all thy workes and talke vpon thy wonderfull dedes contynually Oh howe wonderfull are thy wayes oh god whiche dwellest in the secrete holye place who is so mightye so greate as is god Thou art god which hast wroÈt meruelouse thinges and haste declared thy mightie power amonge the people Thou hast redemed and losed thy people with stronge power euyn the soÌ„ne of Iacob Ioseph Selah The waters somtyme sawe the oh god the waters sawe the and they trembled euen the depe botomlesse see was all to troubled The blacke cloudes sent downe rayne it thundred in the ayre hayle stones came
The Psalter of Dauid in Englyshe purely and faythfully traÌ„slated after the texte of Felyne euery Psalme hauynge his argument before declarynge brefely thentente substance of the hole Psalme To the reder BE glad in the lorde dere brethern gyue hiÌ„ thaÌ„kes whiche nowe at the last of his merciable goodnes hath sent you his Psalter in Englysshe faithfully purely translated which ye may nat mesure iuge after the comeÌ„ texte Foâ— the trouth of the Psalmes muste bâ— fetched more nygh the Hebrue veriâ—te in the which tonge Dauid with the other siÌ„gers of the Psalmes firsâ— songe them Let the gostly lerned iâ— the holy tonge be iuges It is the spirituall man saith Paule which hath the spirite of god that must decerne and iuge all thynges And the men quietly syttyng if the truth be shewed them must iuge and stande vp speke the first iÌ„terpretour holdynge his peace god giue you true spirituall and quiete syttynge iuges Amen Beatus vir Psal. .i. ¶ The argument of the first psalme ¶ They that forsake theyr couÌ„seyls the waies the lernyng and conuersatyon of the vngodly geuynge theÌ„self holie to the knowlege of goddes â—awe to lyue therafter ar blessed the other ar wycked vngodly The blessed ar lykened to a moist frutful tre fast plaÌ„ted by the waâ— side the vngodly to dri baren dust scatred with the wiÌ„de BEatus vir Blessed is that man whiche walketh nat in the couÌ„saile of the vngodly staÌ„deth nat in the waye of siÌ„ners sytteth nat in the seat of the pesteleÌ„t scorners But hath all his pleasure iÌ„ the lawe of the lord vpoÌ„ it his miÌ„de is ocupied both day night Sith a man shall be lyke a tree planted by the ryuer â—yde which wyl gyue forth her frutes in due tyme and her leues shall nat wither for what so euer he shall do shal ê“spere But so shal nat the vngodly for they shal be lyke dust which is dyspersed with the wynde Wherfore these vngodly shal nat stande in the iugemeÌ„t neither these synners maye abyde in the companye of the rightwyse For the lorde aproueth the waye of the ryghtwyse but the waye of synners shall perisshe The argument into the .ii. psal ¶ This psal sheweth who were againste god his sonne Christ their vayne study howe god aboue scorneth their enforcementes howe that Christes kyngdome standeth encreseth whiles they perisshe and that the waye of helth is to truste and to cleue to Christe our kynge QUare fremueruÌ„t gentes Wherfore do the gentyls thus swell clustre togyther Wherfore do the people of the iewes thus gnaste in vayne Wherfore conspire the kingê of therth the chefe prestê thus cast theyr hedes togyder against the lorde his anointed Sayeng lette vs breke their bondes lette vs caste of their yokes But he that hath his resideÌ„s iÌ„ heueÌ„ derideth theÌ„ the lorde scorneth theÌ„ â–ª Than shall he thrust them downe in his wrath in his indignation shal he all to trouble theÌ„ I haue constitute ordened my kynge to be ouer Sion my holy hyl I shall shewe forth the lordes coÌ„maundemeÌ„t for he said vnto me thou arte my sonne whoÌ„ I haue now openly declared Aske of me I shall gyue the that nations into thy heritage to be thyn owne possession thorow out all the worlde Thou shalte smyte theÌ„ togyther with an yerne sceptre shalt brâ—ke theÌ„ lyke ertheÌ„ vessels Nowe therfore ye kynges be wise vnderstand ye rulers of the erth be content to be monished lerned Serue ye the lorde besely study to gyue him his honour ioyfully with reuereÌ„ce Kysse ye the sonne lest he beiÌ„g wrath your lyfe perishe for hys angre shall be shortly kyndled And thaÌ„ blessed ar all men that truste in him The argument in to the .iii. Psalme ¶ Dauid merueleth complaineth to the lorde of the multitude boldnes of his enemies coÌ„mitteth hiÌ„ selfe with gret trust to the lorde whiche wyl shortly smyte theÌ„ downe for no maÌ„ els may saue no maÌ„ is ê‘taker of helth but he trust in hiÌ„ The title of the ps The songe or ditie of Dauid fleiÌ„g froÌ„ his soÌ„ne AbsaloÌ„ Thistori is writeÌ„ iÌ„ the .ii. boke of kiÌ„ges froÌ„ the xv cha to the xx DOmine quid Lorde see what a sorte there are that trouble me full many there are that ryse agaiÌ„st me Many ther are that thiÌ„ke thus vpoÌ„ my soule surely ther is no helth to be loked for from god vnto this man Selah But thou lorde thou art my helpe my glory thou liftest vp my heed The lorde I called vpoÌ„ with my prayer he answered me euen from his holy hyll Selah I shall lye down slepe I my self shall vpwake me for the lorde sustayneth me I shall fere ye thousandê folke althogh they besige me rouÌ„de aboute A rise lorde saue me any god thou shalt gyue all my enemys such a clap on their chekê that anone the tethes of these vngodly shal be broken It is the lordes properte to saue and thy people it be houeth to be holpeÌ„ and endued with thy â—enefytes Selah ¶ This worde Selah sygnifyeth the sentence before to be pondred with a depe effecte longe to be rested vpon the voyce there to be exalted The argument into the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth the goodnesse of god and his helpe brought to hiÌ„ whyles his sonne Absalon coniured against him he reproueth the madnesse of the nobles of Israhell coÌ„spirynge agaynst hiÌ„ calleth theÌ„ to repentaÌ„ce after this he reioyseth of the great pleÌ„tuousnesse pease surenes restored thorow the goodnes of god vnto him The title of the psalme Dauides song vpon an instrumeÌ„t played for his victorie CUm inuocarem Whan I called vpoÌ„ the thou answeredest me whiche art the god of my rightwysnes Whan I was in astrayte thou dyddest set me at large haue mercy vpon me and heare my depe desyre O meÌ„ howe long entende ye to turne my glory into shame howe loÌ„ge wyll ye loue vayne thinges seke lyes Selah I wold ye knewe it that the lorde hath set aparte choseÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ his saint the lorde shall here whan I call vpon hiÌ„ All though ye be moued yet se ye synne nat pondre all thinges in your mynde as ye lye in bedde that ye myght so set your hertes at rest Selah Make your sacriâ—fice with rightwysnes put your trust 〈◊〉 the lorde Many thinke sayeng se who shal shewe vs our desyre lorde let thy shyâ—nyng face illumine vs. Thou hast poured my hert full of gladnes whete wyâ—e haue ben encresed vnto them in tyme. Now therfore thei restored to peaceâ— I shal lye downe slepe for thou lord hast so ordred me that I may lyue fre safe ¶ The argument into the .v. psal ¶ This psalme is a prayer of a man oppressed of wicked enemyes whome whan he knoweth to be hated of god he taketh herte vnto him agayn trustyng that
hiÌ„ nat moch lesse inferior thaÌ„ Angels with so great dignite glory hast thou eÌ„dued hiÌ„ Thou hast made hiÌ„ lorde of thy handy workes thou hast cast all thinges vnder his fete As flockes of shepe all herdes of nete also the wilde bestê Foules of the aire fisshê of the see what soeuer swiÌ„meth in the water Lorde ye our lorde howe woÌ„dreful reuereÌ„t is thi nam iÌ„ all therth The argument into the .ix. Ps. ¶ Dauid in this psalme singeth his songe of victorie in the which he gyueth thankes for his noble victory vpon Goliath afterwarde he extolleth the ryghtwysnes of god whiche delyuereth his children in tyme at the last he coÌ„cludeth with prayer desyrynge god to represse to queÌ„ch the vngodly The tytle of the psalme The songe of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter of the quâ—re to be soÌ„ge vpoÌ„ their musycall iÌ„strumeÌ„tes COnfitebor tibi do I shal magnify the lord with my hert I shal shewe forth all thy miracles I shall reioyse glory in the I shal sprede thy name oh most hyghest For thou hast brought it so to passe that al my enemyes are fled they ar ded one fallyng vpon another in their flyghte For thou hast gyuen sentence with me thou hast affirmed my cause thou sittest iÌ„ iugement a rightwyse iuge Thou hast sore blamed the hetheÌ„ the vngodly is falleÌ„ down ded thou hast quenched their name for euer O thou aduersary hast thou distroied for euer hast thou throweÌ„ downe cyties is their memorial with theÌ„ ded as thou thoughtest to bringe to passe No verily for the lorde raigneth yet styl for euer his seat of iugemeÌ„t is made redy He shall iuge the worlde of his rightwysnes shal gyue senteÌ„ce vpoÌ„ the people eueÌ„ly The lorde shall be a refuge for the pore oppressed in tyme of afflictioÌ„ In the shal they trust that know thy name for thou wylte nat forsake the sekers of the lorde Synge ye to the lorde whiche dwelleth in Sion declare his noble faytê among the people For he maketh enqueraÌ„ce for murther forgetteh nat the bloudsheders he shall nat forget the cryyng of the pore afflicte Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me lord behold my afflictioÌ„ which I suffre of my haters lyft me vp eueÌ„ froÌ„ the very thresshold of deth That I myght remeÌ„bre all thy praises within the gates of SioÌ„ I shall reioyse of the helth which thou hast brought The heythen ar drouned in their own pyt and their fete ar tyed in their own net which they bet so preuily Noble is the lorde full wide is his power iÌ„ that the vngodly is thê° trapped iÌ„ his own snare for such is his praise Selah The vngodly shal slyde down to hell al heithen that forget god But the pore forsakeÌ„ shall nat be forgoteÌ„ for euer nether the good hope of the aflicte shall alwaies be vayn Arise lorde let nat the mortall maÌ„ pÌ„uayle execute iugemeÌ„t vpoÌ„ the hetheÌ„ Lord smite theÌ„ with feare lerne the hetheÌ„ to konw their selues mortal Selah The argument into the .x. Psal. ¶ This psal is a prayer against the peruerse malycious importune men oppressynge vndoyng the pore afflict with crafty violeÌ„ce in the which also their intollerable pryde their vngodlynes both their crafte to hurt and their studye are all descrybed QUare dnÌ„e reces Wherfore abydest thou so far oh lorde wylt thou be hyd froÌ„ vs in tyme of our afflyction whyles the vngodly is a lofte he persecuteth the pore afflycte let them be snared with their owne crafty deceyt which they study for For what thiÌ„ge so euer lyketh hym that he prayseth he bendeth him self al to lucre he careth nat whither he speke wel or euyll of the lorde This vngodly man loketh a loft he regardeth nat that ther is any god neither is he in his thoughtes What thinges he take in haÌ„de they prosper a longe tyme to his minde thy punyshement is lyfte vp high froÌ„ him he thinketh to cast downe all his enemyes with a blast of his mouth He thiÌ„keth in his hert I shal nat fal I shal coÌ„tinue throw out the worldes wythout hurte His wordes swiÌ„me in periury fraude deceite what so euer his toÌ„ge saith it is iniury shrewdnes He lyeth bent to catche decaied vyllages he kylleth the innoceÌ„t preuily his eyes ar fast vpon the pore wretches He layeth pryuy watches he lyeth beÌ„t like a lion iÌ„ his deÌ„ne to deuoure the poore afflicte he distroyeth hiÌ„ whiles he drawe him into his net He maketh him self like a sycke weyke man but the pore afflyct fal away thorow his streÌ„gth He thinketh in his herte god careth nat for these meÌ„ he turneth his face froÌ„ theÌ„ wyll neuer se theÌ„ Aryse lord oh god lyft vp thy haÌ„de dyspise nat thy pore afflict For how loÌ„ge shall this vngodly blaspheme god for he sayth in his here that thou seest nat But thou seest verily for thou beholdest iÌ„iury indignation whaÌ„ it shal please the thou wilt declare thy selfe in very dede The poore afflicte coÌ„mitteth him selfe to the which art wonte to be an helper to the yong fatherles Al to breke the strength of the vngodly hurtful man folowe vpon hiÌ„ serchyng out his vngodlynes than shal he nowhere apere The lorde is kiÌ„ge for euer these hethen vngodly haue perisshed are falleÌ„ froÌ„ his erth The desyres of the pore afflyct the lorde hath herde thou shalt gyue them aquyâ—â— minde thy eare shal be inteÌ„t vnto theÌ„ To delyuer the yoÌ„g fatherles pore oppressed so that this mortall moÌ„stre be no more fered vpon therth The argumeÌ„t into the .xi. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid chalengeth these men which made him to auoyde and to fle from euery parte of the lordshyp of Israhel hauyng no place to hyde him He doth here also declare his trust in god magnifyeth his iugement agaynst bothe good euyll Rede the history iÌ„ the first of the kiÌ„ges froÌ„ the xxii â–ª Cha. vnto the .xxvii. The tytle of the ps For Dauides vyctory was thys Psal. songe IN domino confido I haue put my trust in the lorde wherfore thaÌ„ by byd ye me fle doune froÌ„ your hyl like a byrde â–ª For lo the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bow â— haue set their arowes therin to smyte the perfyte in hert espyed iÌ„ preuy places For ther is no place sure to abyde iÌ„ but what I pray you haue the riÈtwise deserued The lorde is resydeÌ„t in his holy teÌ„ple in heueÌ„ is his seat regall his eyes loke forth he be holdeth to espie the soÌ„nes of meÌ„ The lorde examyneth the rightwise but he hateth in his hert the vngodli the man also that loueth vyoleÌ„ce wronge He wyl seÌ„de fyer vpoÌ„ the vngodly lyke rayn breÌ„ning lyghteniÌ„ges brimstoÌ„ and hote whirlwindê for such parte shall they drike For rightwise is the lord he loueth the rightwyseman fauoreth the mayntener of the ryght The argument into the .xii. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid
for he hath wrought his excelleÌ„te mercy meruelously with me ye and that in a cytie well defenced I whan I fled so hastely thought sayynge I am cast out of thy syght but yet for all this thou herdest my desyre whan I tryed vnto the. Loue ye the lorde as many as are his sayntes the lorde defendeth and kepeth his faythful and rewardeth these proude doers plentuously Be ye stronge and he shal stablysshe your hertes as many as depende and truste vpon the lorde The argument into the .xxxij. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid declareth all punyshemeÌ„t to come for synne wherfore he affirmeth that man to be happy whose synnes ar forgiuen also that the defeÌ„ce of god cometh thorowe pure confessynge of our synnes vnto him and instant prayer than techeth he howe men shuld knowe the iugementes of god whiche dealeth punyshemente to the vngodly and good thynges to the good men wherof the good men may greatly reioyse in god The tytle of the Psal. An instruction or a lesson of Dauid BEati quorum Blessed is he whose vngodlynes is forgyuen whose synnes are couered Blessed is that man to whom the lorde rekeneth nat his synne neither is there in his spirite any dissemblynge deceyte Whiles nowe I helde my pease dayly musynge with my selfe and other whiles cryed out my bones wasted for sorowe For day night thy hande pressed me downe my moyster was dryed vp lyke as one tosted in the middes of somer Selah I shall knowlege my synne and shall nat hyde my wykednes I thought sayeng with my selfe I shall confesse my vngodlynesse whiche is agaynst me to the lorde and thou eueÌ„ straight forgauest me my wickednes whiche openeth her self by my outwarde synne Selah For the whiche euen euery saynte shall praye vnto the in tyme of besechynge and than if afflyction come vpon him lyke a great swellynge floude yet shall it nat touche him Thou arte my defender from tribulation thou shalt kepe me and shalte make me gladde excedyngly for my delyueraunce Selah I shall instructe the and teche the the waye wherin thou mayst go I shall couÌ„sell the and se for the ryght well Se that ye be nat as horse or mule whiche ar vnresonable whose chawes must be refrayned with bit brydle lest they stryue agaynst the. Many sorowes fall vpon the vngodly but him that trusteth in the lorde mercy closeth rounde about Be glad therfore in the lorde and reioyse ye rightwyse make ye mery all faithfull and vpright in herte The argument in to the .xxxiij. Psal. ¶ This is a very prayse worthy moche to be noted and red in the which first he exhorteth vs to magnifye god than he sheweth all thinges to be replenisshed with his goodnesse making mentyon of his meruelouse creation gouernance of this worlde And at laste he syngeth one god to haue made to gyue all thinges and to be euer mercyfull presente with his beloued EXultate iusti Be glad ye rightwise for the lordes sake for praise becometh iust men Magnifye ye the lord in prayse with harpe and lute synge ye vnto him with ten stringed instrumentes Synge ye vnto him a newe ditie tune it swetely with ioyfull melody What soeuer the lorde hath institute it is ryght all his dedes procede of faythfulnes He loueth to do all thinges ryghtwysly and in due ordre therth swymmeth in the mercy of the lorde By the coÌ„maundement of the lorde heuens were made and all their ornourment at his byddynge He gathered togyther included the waters of the see as ye wold say into a bottell layde vp their depnesses lyke treasure Let all regyons therfore feare the lorde let all the inhabyt the rounde worlde drede him For it is he which so sone as he had spoke the worde all thiÌ„ges were presente euery thynge standeth perfyte euen as he coÌ„maunded The lorde scatereth the counseyls of the heythen maketh vayne the thoughtes of the people But the counsell of the lorde staÌ„deth for euer the thoughtes of hys herte endure thorowe all worldes Happy is that natyon which hath the lorde for their god euen the people whom he chuseth to him self in the place of his possessed herytage From heuens the lorde loketh downe beholdeth narrowly all men From his sure seate beholdeth he all the inhabytours of the erth He made also the hertê of all men he vnderstandeth what soeuer they haue done A kinge is nat saued bicause he hathe a great hoste neither the valyaunte capitayne escapeth perylles thorowe his owne puissaunte power That horse shall deceyue the by whome thou lokest to be saued he shall nat delyuer yâ— be he neuer so stroÌ„ge But behold it is the lordes eye that is vpon theÌ„ whiche feare him depende vpon his mercy That he might delyuer their soules froÌ„ deth nourysshe theÌ„ in tyme of hunger Our soules might truste in the lorde he is our helpe iÌ„ stede of a buckler In hiÌ„ shall our herte ioye for we trust in his holy name Thy mercy lyghteÌ„ vpon vs oh lord euen as we depeÌ„de trust vpon the. The argument into the .xxxiiii. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauyd was moued of that same synguler benefyte by the whiche god meruelously preserued him whaÌ„ he was knowen of Aches kynge of Palestine whose kynges were called alwayes Abimelec where he was in ieoê‘dy of his lyfe prayseth excedyngly the cure and goodnesse of god agaynst his beloued ExhortiÌ„g euery man to the dilygent study of iÌ„nocency and goddes worshippe with the which who so euer are endued they must nedes be delyuerd from all trouble and bonde in all maner of goodnesse The tytle of the psalme The songe of Dauid after he had fayned himselfe madde before Abimelec there changynge his mouthe his wytte whom whan he had putte oute of his house he wente his waye Rede the historie in the fyrst of the kynges the .xxi. Chapiter BEnedicam dnÌ„m I shall praise and magnifye the lorde at all tymes his prayse shal be in my mouth contynually In the Lorde my soule shall glorye the meke sprited shall here and be glad Magnifye ye the Lorde withe me and let vs extolle his name all to gyther Busely sought I the lorde he answered me he delyuerd me from all thinges that I feared Men shall loke vnto hiÌ„ shall make hast their faces shall nat be shamed This poore afflycte persone assoone as he called vpon hym the lorde herde and he preserued him froÌ„ all strayt anguyssh Euen the angels pytch tentê rouÌ„d about them that fear the lorde delyuer them Taste beholde howe good is the lorde happy is that man that trusteth in him Worshyppe ye the lorde whiche are his sayntes for his worshyppers shall neuer want Stronge lyons shall fainte famisshe for hunger whan no good thyng shal fayle the dilygent sekers of the lorde Haue done children here me for I shal instructe you vnto goddes worshippe Who soeuer thou art which desirest to lyue louest
of his eloquence for his strength power clerenesse lyberalyte bothe in him selfe and in his quene and at last for his lucky yssue In all these thinges they fygured Christ his churche and both the power felycitie of his kyngdom The tytle A louely songe full of lernyng made of the soÌ„nes of Chore to be song of Salomon ERuctauit cor meum My hert thynketh resteth of a good thynge my songe shal be of a kyng my tonge shall delyke the penne of a perfyte redy scribe Thou arte the most beautyfull of all mortall men hauyng a marueylous grace in thy tonge bycause that god hath endewed the with perpetuall benefytes Oh most valyant knight gyrde thy swerde vpon thy syde by the whiche yâ— mayst declare thy glorious beautie Entre thou in happely with cleare worshyp for that thou excellest in faythfulnes mekenes and rightwysnes with these thinges shalt thou be endued that thou maiste do noble actes with thy merueylous power Thy arowes ar very sharpe they shall smyte the hertes of the kynges enemyes the people shall fall vnder the. The sâ—ate regall Oh lorde shall staÌ„de for euer for the scrypture of thy kingdome loueth equyte Thou art the louer of rightwisnes and hater of vnright bicause that god whiche is thy god hath anoynted the with very oyle of gladnesse which art promoted aboue thy felowes The playtes of all thy robes sauour of muste and aumber as thou comest forth of thy white y uery palaces Where the doughters of kynges in their precious riche ornowrementes of thy gyfte make the glad thy quene on thy ryght hand also deckt in goldeÌ„ aparell Here doughter gyue hede bowe downe thy eare forget thy people and thy fathers house And the kynge shal be enamored of thy beaute for he is thy lorde to him shalt thou do reuerence Tytus shall briÌ„ge the presentê euery ryche nacion shall honoure yâ— with gyftes She shall sit nexte the kyng in his priuye chaÌ„ber all gloriously her aparel shal be broyded with golde In clothe of tyssue she is pÌ„sented to the kynge her handmaydens folowyng her ar brought togyther also vnto the. They ar pÌ„sented with ioye ar brought into the kynges palace For the fathers thou shalt haue chyldren whom thou shalt constitute to be chefe in all the erth I shall remeÌ„bre thy name thorow out all the worldes wherfore the people shall magnifye the for euer The argument into the .xlvi. Psal. ¶ This Ps. sheweth with what trust surenes holy men ar holdeÌ„ by goddes helpe iÌ„ al maner of perels The title A songe of the soÌ„nes of Chore vpoÌ„ certain secret coÌ„mitted of Da. to the chaÌ„ter DEus noster re God is for vs defeÌ„ce and strength he is our most present helpe whaÌ„ aduersyte thrust vs down Wherfor we shall nat feare although the erthe be moued frome her place and the hylles compassed with the see al to shake Let the waters of the see swell and rore and breke vp her bankes lette the hygh hylles be borne downe with her vyolence Selah Let shall the lytle ryuers of the swete floude refresshe the cyte of god whiche is the moste secretest holy place among the tabernacles of the most hyghest God sytteh in the myddes of this holy place wherfore it shall natte be moued for god shall helpe it swyftly The hethen flocked togither sediciously and anone the kyngdomes were moued he lyfted vp his voice than men shraÌ„ke away The lorde of hostes standeth on our parte the god of Iacob is our highe stronge towre Selah Come ye hyther and beholde the noble actes of the lorde what wonderfull thiÌ„ges he hath wrouÈt in therth He taketh away batayle euyn vnto the farthest parte of therth he breketh their bowes he vnhedeth their speres breÌ„neth their chariettes in the fyre Cease ye therfore let me alone se that ye knowe me for god aboue all nations and aboue all thynges in the erthe The lorde of hostes standeth on our ê‘te the god of Iacob is to vs an high stronge towre Selah The argument in to the .xlvii. Psal. ¶ In this psa the sonnes of Chore expresse the glorie of god to be sprede ouer all the worlde how that christ exalted the regyoÌ„s the people were coÌ„uerted to god The tytle A songe of the soÌ„nes of Chore coÌ„mytted to the chaÌ„ter to be soÌ„ge OMnes gentes All people clappe your handes for ioye make ye melody to god with great tryumphe For high is the lorde greatly to be feared he is a riÈt gret kyng ouer all therth He subdueth the people vnto vs and the heâ—then he casteth vnder our fete He hath chosen vs for him selfe he hath chosen our herytage euen the beautie of Iacob whom he loueth Selah God is lyft vp with mirthe and melody and with the sounde of trompettes Synge ye to god synge synge ye to our kynge synge For god is the kynge of all the erthe synge ye who so euer excelleth in wytte God reygneth ouer the heâ—then god sytteth in his holy seate regal The best and chefe of the people shal be ioyned to the god of Abraham The comens also of the erth shall ioyne them vnto god for he is greatly exalted The argument in to the .xlviii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the sonnes of Chore synge the excedynge felycite of the churche for the present defeÌ„ce of god that vnder the fygure of Ierusalem The title The song of the soÌ„nes of Chore. MAgnus dominus Great is the lord and great prayse worthy in the cytie of our god whiche is his holy hyll The mount Sion is a goodly beautifull place makyng gladde all the lande vpon whose north syde is bylded the cytie of the noble kyng God is well knowen in his palacê to be a defeÌ„sfull castell for all his For lo kynges caÌ„e togither passed for by They se all this were astoned they were afrayde driuen iÌ„ to a sodayn flight Ther they were amased feare toke them euyn suche sorowe as taketh sodenly women greate with chylde Thou brekest all togither the shyppes of the great see of Tharsys with the vehement teÌ„pestes of the eest wynde As we haue herde euen so haue we sene in very dede iÌ„ the cyte of the lord of hostê our god god hath stablysshed it for euer Selah We haue coÌ„ceyued iÌ„ our miÌ„de thy mercy which syttest gloriously in thy holy teÌ„ple As thy name is sprede eueÌ„ so wyde spredeth thy prayse stretching vnto the farthest partes of therth what thyng so euer thou doest it is rightwysnes The hyll of Syon shal be glad the cyties of Iuda shal reioyse for thy so gratious plesures Go ye about Syon vewe it wel tell ye her tourê CoÌ„syder her wallê loke how hyghe ar her palacê which shal be her memoriall into the generation that foloweth For here is god ye our god iÌ„to euÌ„lastiÌ„g it is he that shal lede vs so loÌ„g as we here lyue The argumeÌ„t into
scourge them whose maiestie hath endured from the beginynge Selah For they change nat them self nor yet feare they god He hath layde handes vpon my frendes he hath brokeÌ„ promyse which he made with them Their mouthes are as softe as butter and in their herte nourisshe they battayle their wordes ar more smothe plesante than oyle and yet are the same wordes as harde as sharpe as dartes Cast thy carefull heuynes vpon the lorde and he shall ease the he shall nat suffre a rightwisman to slyde to fall for euer Uerily thou god shalte thruste downe these blodye deceytfull men into their graues tombes all redy made for them they shall nat bringe their dayes to halfe their age but I shall truste in the. The argument into the .lvi. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauid maketh mencion of the desyer of goddes helpe beynge in perell with Achis the philystene kynge of Gathi The title of this Psal. The songe of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter to be songe of a doÌ„me doue fleynge farre a waye that is to saye of Dauid whan the philystens had taken him in Gathis The storie is .i. Reg. xxi MIserexe mei Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me oh god for man hath almost deuoted me with coÌ„tynuall battayle he hath all to broken me My dayly awayte layers haue swalowed me vp there ar many surely that fight agaynst me oh right hygh god But whan feare brought me into a straynte I trusted in the. I remembred the promyse of god withe prayse and trusted in god wherfore I fered nat what so euer mortall man coulde do to me What so euer I beganne they enuyed it daily all their study was bente to do me a mischef they were gathered togither and laide awayt for me they obserued my fete and gaped to catche my soule By their shrewdnes they trusted theym selfe to escape all daunger but it is god that throweth downe people Thou canste well tell howe ofte I haue fled and as for my teares thou hast put them vp into thy bottell that is to saye into thy boke Whan I shall call vpon the my enemyes shall go backe by whiche thynge I maye knowe that god standeth on my parte With prayse shall I remembre the worde of god with praise shall I remeÌ„bre the promyse of the lorde In god shall I truste and so shall I nat feare what so euer man maye do to me I shal make my vowes vnto the oh god vnto the shall I gyue prayses For thou wylte delyuer my soule from deth and my fete surely from slydynge that I myghte walke before the in the lyuely lyght The tytle shall declare the Psalme ¶ The songe of Dauyd called Ne pardas that is to saye destroye him nat whan he fledde from Saule iÌ„to a certayne denne The storie is red the first of the kynges the .xxii. and .xxiiii. MIserere mei Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me oh god haue mercye vpon me for my soule hath coÌ„mitted her selfe vnto thi ê“teccion I crye vnder thy winges to be defended vntyll this vyoleÌ„t blast be ouerblowen I shall call vpon the high god eueÌ„ god which fynisheth all thiÌ„gê for me He shall sende down from heuen to saue me and shall caste him in to opprobrye that wolde spyll me Selah He shall sende downe his mercy and his trouth My soule is in the myddes of lyons I dwell amonge men which are a fyer whose teth are speares and arowes and their tonge is a sharpe swerde Lyfte vp thy self oh god aboue heueÌ„s lyfte vp thy glorioê° beaute aboue all the erthe They layde a nette for my fete this man depressed my soule they dygged vp a pytfal for me they theyr selues fell into it Selah My herte is well set o god my herte is well set I shall synge and prayse My tonge be thou stered vp stryke vp ye fydels harpes I shall siÌ„ge very erly I shall magnifye the amonge the people lorde I shall loue the amoÌ„ge the hethen Thy mercy is so great that it recheth vp to the heuens thy trewe faithfulnesse lyfteth her self vp vnto the cloudes Lyfte vp thy selfe oh god aboue the heuens and extolle thy beautifull glorye aboue all the erth The argument into the .lviii. Psal. ¶ This psalme is an inuectyue agaynst the flaterers of Saule thorowe the punysshmente of whom he prophesyeth the rightwyse to be meruelously made glad The tytle The songe of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter to be played vpoÌ„ the orgayns which song was called Ne perdas SI vere vtique iusti Do ye pronouÌ„ce truly o counsell that that right is do ye iuge right amonge the mortall men No verily ye rather paynte and conceyue wyckednes in your mynde and for equite your handes way violent wroÌ„ges in the erth These vngodly are reprobate persons eueÌ„ from their mothers wombe they are nowe strayed frome the right way ye and that from theyr birth They beare venome in them lyke a serpente euen lyke the deffe Aspes whan she stopped her eares Because she wolde nat heare the voyce of the enchanters or of the charmer that well can enchaunte O god distroye the tethe of the mouth of these men euen the wange tethe of these lyons breke thou oh lorde Let them synke awaye lyke water and lette them be a marke vpon the which arowes sent out of a stronge bowe are all to broken Let them be dried vp lyke a snaile in her shell and lyke a chylde borne before the tyme whiche neuer se sonne Let them be taken away lyke a yong thorne before it be growen into a tree before their myschefe be rype and sharpe take them away with thy sodayn iÌ„dignation The right wyse shall reioyse whan he consydereth this vengeaunce shall wasshe his fete in the blode of the vngodly And thaÌ„ the people shall saye verily the fruite of the rightwismaÌ„ abydeth him for surely that is god iugynge in the erth The argument in to the .lix. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid desyreth helpe against his aduersaries The tytle of this Psal. The songe of Dauid called Ne perdas whan Saule seÌ„t vnto his house to obserue to espy hiÌ„ to the entente he wolde haue slayne him Thistorie is in the fyrst of the Kynges cap. xix ERipe me de inimi Deliuer me froÌ„ myne enemies my god take me froÌ„ these that ryse agaynst me Delyuer me from these men which ar all gyuen vnto mischef saue me from these blodsheders For lo they laye awayte for my lyfe there are come togither agaiÌ„st me stroÌ„ge and boystous men yet o lorde no faute haue I made them They raÌ„ne vpon me and ar nowe bent to distroye me gyltles aryse to socour me beholde And thou lorde god of hostes the god of Israell awake that all nacions maye knowe the be thou nat mercyfull to all men that ar agaiÌ„st the eueÌ„ of a wiked purpos Selah They roÌ„ne about here there in yâ— night huntynge yellynge lyke dogges for me ye they seke all the
brought backe my hande vpon their vexers Also other nations that hated the lorde hadde bene subdued to them but their prosperite shulde haue euer florysshed God shulde haue fedde them with the flowre of whete I wolde haue satysfyed them with honey flowynge out of the very stonnes The argumeÌ„t into the .lxxxii. Psal. ¶ He warneth the princes and rulers to seke dâ—lygently for rightwysnesse and he accuseth the commen sorte of them of vnrightwysnesse DEus stetiâ— in Syna God is chefe in the congregation of myghty meÌ„ and playeth the iuge in the myddê of the goddes Howe longe wyll ye iuge wrongefully take vpon ye the face of vngodly men Selah Se that ye delyuer in iugement the pore yonge fatherlesse set the troubled oppressed men in their riÈt Auenge the porâ— forsaken nedy delyuer theÌ„ from the handes of the vngodly For these vngodly ar without knowlege vnderstandynge they wander in derkenes and turne all thinges vpsodowne I haue called you goddes sayde that ye all were the chyldren of the hygh god NatwithstaÌ„dynge lyke mortall meÌ„ must ye nedes dye euen lyke vyolent princes shall ye fall awaye Aryse god and iuge thou the erth for of all natioÌ„s some shall fall into thy herytage The argumente into the .lxxxiij. Psal. ¶ The holy people complayneth all their borderers to haue conspyred to beate thâ—ym downe in battayle The tytle of the Psalme The dytie of the songe of Asaph DEus quis similis erit God holde nat thy pease wynke nat at oure cause neither be thou styll oh god For lo our enemies wexe wode they yâ— hate the set vp their brystels Craftely haue they conspyred togyther agaynste thy people they are gone to take counsell agaynst thy vnknoweÌ„ saiÌ„tes Sayenge haste ye spedily let vs make them away from the folke so that the name of Israell from theÌ„seforth be no more in mynde They are conspired togyther with one mynde and haue smyt haÌ„des to be agaynst the â–ª The tentes of Aâ—dom of Ismaelytes the Moabites HagareÌ„s The Gabalites Ammonites and Amalekites the Philystiens with the Tyrions Also the Assirions were confedred with them to helpe the chyldren of Lot Sel. Serue them as thou ones seruedest the Madianites and lyke Sesyra the capitayne of Iabins hoste at the floudes of Kysbon Which were distroied in the felde of Ender where the carions lay stinkynge lyke a donghyll vpon therth Serue the ouermost of these vngodly lyke the kynges of Oreb and zeeb and lyke zebach and zalmuna whiche all were tyrantes Whiche sayd let vs chalenge vnto vs the cytyes of god for our heritage Oh god brynge these men vnto this poynte to be lyke a turnynge whele and lyke the stuph of heÌ„pe cast in the winde And as the fyer ronneth in thycke roten wode as the breÌ„nyng flame eateth in the hilles Euen so folowe vpon them with thy stormes make them astonned fearfully with thy sodayne whirlwynde All to shame them castynge them in to ignomynye that yet so and it maye be they myght seke thy name Let them be confounded and amased for euer lette them be laden with opprobrye that they myght peryshe That they myght yet thus knowe the to be god alone and that thy name is full hyghe ouer all the erth The argument into the .lxxxiiii. Ps. ¶ In this Psalme is discribed the feruent desyre of Dauid to come iÌ„to the holy coÌ„gregation The tytle of the Psal. The ditie of the sonnes of Corah committed to the chauÌ„ter to be played of a musyke instrument QUam dilecta Howe goodly amâ—able are thy tabernacles o lorde of hostes My soule breÌ„neth and faynteth for desyre to come into the proches of the lorde my hert my flesshe cryed vnto the lyuyng god Euen the lytle sparow there founde her an house the swalow a nest to lay iÌ„ her yong shal nat I come vnto thy altaries o lorde my kynge my god Happye are they that maye dwell in thy house for they shall prayse the for euer Sel. Happy are these men whose streÌ„gth is set in the to whoÌ„ also thy pathes are plesante Men shall make plentuouse fouÌ„taynes for the goers thorowe the wailynge valey and rayne shall fyll their cesterns And men shall go thicke flocke after flocke of the whiche euery one shall apere before god in Sion Oh lorde â— god of hostes here my prayer lysten vnto me god of Iacob Selah Beholde god which arte our shylde beholde the face of thy anointed It is better to be one day in thy fore porches of thy teÌ„ple than here a thousande I had leuer sytte at the thresholde of the house of god thaÌ„ to dwell longe in these troublous tabernacles For the lorde god is both sonne shylde the lorde shall gyue grace and dignitie He shall nat turne yâ— that good is from these meÌ„ which liue harmlesse Oh lorde of hostê blessed is the maÌ„ which trusteth in the. The argumeÌ„t iÌ„to the .lxxxv. Ps. ¶ This Ps. is a prophesy of the kingdome of Christ a prayer for his comynge The tytle of this psalme The songe of the soÌ„nes of Corath BEnedixisti domine Thou shalt bere good mynde vnto thy lande oh lorde and shalt turne away the captiuite of Iacob Thou shalt take awaye thiniquite of thy people shalt couer al their synnes Selah Thou shalt take away all thy wrathe shalte pease the furye of thy angre Restore vs god our sauiour quenche thy indygnation agaynst vs. Wylte thou be angry with vs alwayes wylt thou stretche forthe thy wrath in to the worldes ende Thou verily art euen he whiche bringest thy selfe agayn to vs thou wylt quykeÌ„ vs iÌ„ the shal thy people yet reioyse Lay forth for vs lorde thy mercyfull goodnes gyue vs thy sauiÌ„ge â—elpe I wyll here what it pleaseth god the lord to speke for it is he that shal speke peace vnto his people whiche are his sayntes and they shall nat fall agayn vnto their folysshnes Surely he shall be nyghe with his helpe vnto those meÌ„ whiche feare him that his beautefull glorye myght inhabyt oure lande Mercy and faythfulnesse shall mete togyther rightwysnes pease shall kysse eche other Faythfulnes shall sprynge out of therth and ryghtwysnes shall flowe out froÌ„ the heuens Ye the lorde shall do full gently our lande shal yelde forh her eÌ„ccrese Ryghtwysnes shall go in prosperously before him and he shall set her fete swiftlye in to the waye The argument into the .lxxxvi. Psal. ¶ This is a praier wheriÌ„ the sayer prayeth that he might lyue innoceÌ„tly and safe froÌ„ his enemis The tytle of this Psal. The prayer of Dauid INclina domine Bowe down thine eare oh lorde answere me for I am full poore and full of trouble Kepe my lyfe for I studye to be good saue thou thy seruante my god for he trusteth in the withoute any doute Haue mercye vpon me lorde for I call vnto the dayly Make glad the mynde
endued with the fauour of thy presence shal in entre They shall reioyse vpoÌ„ thy name dayly and for thy ryghtwisnes they shall lyfte vp their selues For thou art the glory of their streÌ„gth for thy good wylles sake thou shalt extol our power The lorde is our priÌ„ce our shylde it is our kynge that maketh holy Israell Than thou spokest in a visyon to thy saiÌ„tes sayeng I haue set vp a mightty man to be an helper I haue lyfte vp a chosen maÌ„ out of my people I haue fouÌ„de my seruant Dauid with my holy oyntmente haue I anoynted him That my hande shulde be fast with him that my armes shulde strengthen him His aduersaryes shall nat begyle him a shrewde man shal nat vexe him I shall smyte togyther his aduersaryes befor his face his haters shal I distroy My mercy my faythfulnes are with hiÌ„ and iÌ„ my name shal his power be exalted I shall throwe the see vnder his power the floudes shal be at his coÌ„maundement He shall call vpon me sayeng my father arte thou my god my sauynge defence Ye I shall set hym to be my fyrst begoteÌ„ chylde to be aboue the kyngê of therth Into euerlastyng shall I laye vp my mercy for him I shal be faythfull in promyse vnto him I shall bryng it so to passe that his sede shall euer endure his seate regall shal staÌ„de as longe as the heuens abyde But if his chyldren shall forsake my lawe lyue nat after myn ordinauÌ„ce If they shall defyle my ceremonies wil nat obserue my commaundementes With a rodde than shall I punyshe theyr synnes with beatynges shall I reward their iniquites But yet my mercy shal I nat take from him neither wyll I deceyue him of my promyse I shall nat frustrate my bargayne neither wyll I change that thynge which is ones gone forth of my mouth Ones I swore be my holynes in no maner of wyse shall I deceyue Dauid His seade shall euer contynue his seate regall shall abyde before me lyke the soÌ„ne It shall endure as fast to stande as the moone whiche is in the cloudê a sure forshewer of the tyme. Sel. But yet thou hast repelled thou hast abhorred turned away thy face in thy greâ— angre from thy anoynted Thou haste had no consyderacyon of thy couenaunte smytten with thy seruauntes thou hast caste downe his diademe to the grounde Thou hast cast downe his walles turned his stronge defeÌ„ces iÌ„to his gret feare They plucked tore him as many as passed foreby he was brought to this state that euen his owne neyghbours had him for a laughyng stocke Thou maintenedest the righthande of theÌ„ that assayled hiÌ„ all his enemyes thou madest glad Uerily euyn thou bluntedest the edge of his swerde and woldest nat helpe him in batayle Thou madest an ende of hys dignyte and his seate regall thou threwest downe into the erth Thou cuttest of the dayes of his youth and couerdest him with ignomynie Selah Howe longe o lorde shalt thou thus coÌ„tynually turne the awaye shall thy hoâ—e indygnatyon brenne thus styll lyke fyer RemeÌ„bre of how fewe dayes I am hast thou made all men in vayne For what man is there whiche must nat dye maye there any man delyuer his lyfe frome the power of his graue Selah Where are those thy mercys shewed of old tyme past oh lorde whiche thou sworest vnto Dauid of thy faith RemeÌ„bre thy rebukes whiche are layde vpon thy seruauntes o lorde I receyued into myn owne bosom all the rebukes of moch people With the which thy enemyes reuyled vs oh lorde they reuyled euyn thy anoynted bycause he taryed so longe Praysed be the lorde for euer more AMEN AMEN The argument in to the lxxxx Psal. ¶ In this ps Moyses coÌ„playneth of this vain present lyfe desyreth the fauour of god to prospere tho thinges whiche he hath begone The tytle The prayer of Moyses the man of god DOmine refugiuÌ„ Lorde thou hast ben a refuge or sanctuary for vs that at all tymes Before thy hilles were brought forth and the erth rounde about was prepared frome worldes vnto worldes thou art god Thou ledest backe man vntyll he be olde and than thou sayest turne ye backe agayne o mortall men For a thousand yeres are before the euyn as yesterdaye whiche are nowe past as one of the watches of the night Thou makest them to slyde downe all at ones lyke a sodeyn gret rayne they ar lyke a dreame lyke a floure anon ar they changed Which florisheth in the mornynge and receyueth fresshe beautie at euenynge it is cutte downe and withred Uerily we are wasted with thy wrathe and with thy feruente indignatyon ar we throwen downe Thou haste layed our iniquyties before thy face and our offences haste thou set in the lyghte of thy presens All our dayes thou beynge angry shall slyde awaye our yeres go away lyke a thought The dayes of our yeres ar threscore and ten we be somewhat stronge they are foure score and the beste of them are passed in synne and heuynes swiftly we muste flye awaye What man knoweth the power of thy wrath but lyke as men feare the so fele they thy indignation Wherfore shewe vs playnly the noÌ„bre of our dayes that our herte myght gete some wysdome Turne the lorde how longe be pleased set thy herte at rest with thy seruantes Fyll vs anone with thy mercy we shall tryumphe reioyse all our dayes Make vs glad for the dayes in the which thou hast scourged vs for the yeres in the whiche we suffred afflyctioÌ„s Let thy worke shyne vpoÌ„ thy seruantê thy beautefull magnifycence vpon their chyldreÌ„ The glorious maiestye of the lorde our god be ouer vs make thou to prospere what so euer we go about what so euer we begin make it to succede luckely The argumeÌ„t into the lxxxxi Psal. ¶ Here it is declared how sure that man is and howe fre from all yuels whiche committeth him selfe with a fast fayth vnto god QUi habitat in Who so euer sytteth in the secrete helpe of the most hyghest abydeth faste vnder the shadowe of the all mighty for all alone suffycient He shall saye to the lorde thou arte my trusty defence my castel my god I shal cleue vnto him For he wyl delyuer me from the snare of the hunters and from their deedly pestylence He wyl couer the with his fethers thou shalt be sure vnder his wynges defended with his faithfull promyse as with bucler and shylde Thou shalt nat nede to be afraid of night bugges neither of the arowes that flye by day Neither of the poyson pestyleÌ„ce that crepeth in the derke nor yet of the deuylyshe distroyer in the clere mydday There shall fall of thy left syde a thousaÌ„de and of thy ryght hande shall there fal ten thousande but suche falles shall nat come nyghe the. For thou onely shalte beholde these thinges with pleasure
lyghten them by night They asked and their came quayles and he fylled them with heuenly foode He opened they in the stony rocke their flowed oute waters the floudes ranne downe the wyldernesse For he remeÌ„bred his holy promyse and also his seruant AbrahaÌ„ And he led forth his people in great ioye his chosen with gret triumph And he delyuered them the laÌ„des of the gentyles they chaleÌ„ged vnto them the labours of the flocke by right herytage To thentente they wolde obserue his ceremonyes and kepe his lawes also LOUE IE THE LORDE The argument into the C.vi Psal. ¶ The people of god scatered amonge dyuerse nacyons of the gentyles for their synnes exhort themself to prayse the goodnes of god laydforth alwayes to theÌ„ that seke him The tytle of this Psalme Loue ye the lorde which hath his begynnynge of him selfe and all other creatures haue their begynnynge of him COnfitemini Magnifye ye the lorde for he bereth vs good mynde his mercy is set forth for vs into euerlastiÌ„ge Who may expresse the noble actes of the lord who may declare all his praises Blessed are they that obserue equytie and studye to do right at all tymes RemeÌ„bre me oh lorde accordyng to thy good wyll promysed to thy people vyset me with thy sauynge helth which thou hast promysed That I might delyte in beholdynge the prosperyte of thy chosen that I mighte reioyse in the gladnesse of thy folke and that I might glorye with thy people whoÌ„ thou haste claimed to be thy right herytage We are siners lyke as oure fathers were we haue commytted wickednes and haue done vngodlily Our fathers in Egipte regarded nat thy myracles neither remeÌ„bred they thy manyfolde goodnes they rebelled at the see euyn at the red see And yet he saued theÌ„ for his names sake to magnifye his gloryouse power He rebuked roughly the red see it was vpdried and he led them thorowe the depth lyke as thorowe a deserte He preserued them from the handes of their aduersaryes redemed them from the power of their enemyes And the waters ouerwhelmed their aduersaryes so that nat one of theym was lefte a lyue Than beleued they his wordes and songe forth prayse vnto him But full sone after forgote they his workes they wolde nat abyde his pleasure They were set a fyer with lust in the deserte and they tempted god in the wyldernes And he gaue theÌ„ their askiÌ„ge but with it he cast their bodyes into a consuÌ„ptyon They enuyed Moyses and angred hiÌ„ in their tentes and Aharon also the lordes saynte Therth opened her selfe swalowed in Dathan supte vp the congregation of Abyram Fyer consumed their feloshyp the flame brente vp thun godly They made a calfe in Horeb worshipt the cast idole And they turned his beautiouse glory iÌ„to the symilytude of an oxe that eateth grasse They had forgotten god their sauyoure euen him whiche dydde so great thynges for them in Egypte They forgot the myracles in the laÌ„de of Ham euyn the terryble actes whiche he wrought in the redde see And he thought to haue banisshed them had nat Moyses his chosen put forth hiÌ„selfe a speker for them reconsyled these of broken peasyng his heuy indygnation vnlesse he shuâ—â—â— haue distroyed them After this they dispysed that lande so worthy to be desyred neither had they any faythe to his promyse They murmured in their tabernacles they gaue no hede to the lorde And he lyfted vp his hande againste theÌ„ to throwe them downe in the wyldernes Ye to cast downe their posteryte amoÌ„ge the gentyls to scater them into the regioÌ„s They were addicte maryed vnto Baalpeor they eate the ded sacrifyces They prouoked him to angre with their owne inuencyons and vengeaunce crept in and sprede amonge theym ThaÌ„ stepte forth Pinchas aueÌ„ged goddes quarell helde backe the vengeance Which facte was a lowed him for a rightwyse dede throwout all ages into euerlastynge They prouoked god also at the waters of their grugynge against sayeÌ„g Moyses was punisshed for their sakes For they troubled vered his mynde he spoke a mysse with his mouthe Neither wolde they distroye the gentyls as the lorde commaunded them They medled maried with the gentyls and learned their workes They worshypt their carued images which turned them to coÌ„fusyon Also they slewe their owne sonnes daughters offringe them vp to sacrifyces to deuils They shedde thinnocent blode euyn the blode of their owne sonnes doughters whoÌ„ they slew and offred to the Idols of Canaan the erth was polluted with the blode They were defyled thorowe their owne workes they were vnshamfased in their owne dedes And the wrath of the lord was kyndled agaynst his people and he turned his face from his herytage And he betoke them into the handes of the gentyles they that hated theÌ„ were become their rulers And their enemis oppressed them subdued them to their power Many tymes he delyuered them and yet they rebelled his pleasur were worne out with their owne wyckednesse And he behelde whan they were sore laide agaynst and herde their lamentacion He remeÌ„bred hys promyse vnto them of his great goodnes he turned himselfe from indygnation And he brought it to passe that euen they which helde them in captiuyte had pytie vpon them Saue vs lorde our god seperate vs froÌ„ the gentyles that we might publissh thy holy name prayse the iÌ„ thy laudable dedes The lorde of Israhell be praysed from worldes in to worldes all peple might saye Amen Praise ye the lorde The argument into the C.vij Psal. ¶ Here tho Prophet declareth all aduersyte to be sent in to be taken away also of god onely COnfitemini Magnify ye the lorde for he is gratious of good mynde towarde vs his goodnes staÌ„deth forth for vs for euer Let them that are redemed of the lorde euyn theÌ„ whom he hath losed from so narowe straiÌ„tes praise him Whom he hath gathered from the partê of therth as from the Est and west from the north south For whan they erre froÌ„ the way in the desert fynde no towne inhabited And for honger thyrst their soule famysheth in them They cry to the lorde in suche a narawe straynte he delyuereth theÌ„ from their distresse And leadeth them into the ryght waye which bringeth theÌ„ to the cyte inhabited Of this they magnifye the lorde for hys goodnê they publyshe his meruelous dedes amonge men As whaÌ„ he satisfieth a thristy soule and replenysheth an hungry soule with good sustinaunce But they that sit in derkenes and in the shadow of deth in afflyction and yerne Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of god and casted away opprbriously the counsell of the most hyghest Whose hertê he tameth by afflyction for they fall there is nat one that wyll helpe them They crye vnto the lorde in suche narowe straintes and he delyuereth them from their
vp all gladnes gone away and to lament perpetually the destruction of Ierusalem After this the Aedomites stered vp the Babylonites agayne to requyre the same which Babilonites haÌ„dled the Israhelytes full cruelly SUper flumina At the ryuers of Babylon we satte downe togyther and wepte whan we remembred Syon Upon the salowe trees there we hanged vp our harpê WhaÌ„ there they that toke vs requyred songes of vs sayd whan we had haÌ„ged vp our mery instrumentê siÌ„ge vnto vs some of your songes of Syon And we answered se I pray you howe shulde we synge the songes of the Lorde in a strange lande O Ierusalem if I forget the let my right hande forget her offyce on the harpe Let my tonge cleue to my mouth if I remeÌ„bre the nat ye if I preferre nat IerusaleÌ„ al myn own mirth Oh lorde remeÌ„bre the sonnes of Aedom sayenge in the daye of the distruction of Ierusalem make all bare in it distroye it lay it wyde open euen with the grounde O cytie of Babell well worthy to be distroyed blessed shall he be that shall rewarde the as thou hast rewarded vs. Blessyd shall he be that shall take thy yong babes throwe theÌ„ agaynst the stones The argumeÌ„t iÌ„ to the C.xxxviii Ps. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid prayseth the mercy of God whiche delyuerynge him froÌ„ all peryls had exalted him lukely vnto his regall dignite ¶ The title of the Psal. The songs of Dauid COnfitebor I shall magnifye the with all my herte and shall prayse the in the presens of thy goddes I shall fall downe vpon my knees at thy holy temple and shall magnifye thy name for thy mercy and trouthes sake For thou haste extolled thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges In what tyme so euer I called vpon the thou grauntedest me thou encresedest great strength in my soule All the kynges of the erth shall magnifye thy o lorde for they haue herde the decrees and plesures of thy mouth And their songe shall be of the ordynauÌ„ces of the lorde for excellent is the glory of the lorde For the hyghe lorde beholdeth humble and lowely thinges and a proude man he knoweth a farre If it chaunce me to be in the myddes of afflyction yet thou wilt restore me thou wylt stretche forth thy haÌ„de agaynst the wrath of my enemies and shalt preserue me with thy ryght hande The lorde wyll bryng all thiÌ„ges to passe for me o lorde thy mercy standeth forthe for euer thou shalt nat forsake the workes of thy handes The argumeÌ„t in to the C.xxxix Ps. ¶ Here Dauid expresseth that al his dedes and thoughtes are serched of god open vnto him for he hath made him and all thiÌ„ges in him and that god is euery where pÌ„sent with hiÌ„ beholdiÌ„ge all thynges that he doth The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Dauid committed to the chaunter to be songe in the temple DOmine probasti Lorde thou hast serched me depely and thou knowest full well what I am Thou knowest wherfore I do sytte and wherfore I vpstande euen my thoughtê thou tryest and knowest before My ingoynge and downliynge to slepe thou compasest narowly and all my lyuynge thou foreseest clerely For my tonge is nat aboute to speke a worde but anone lorde lo thou knowest it all before What so euer is within me behynde and before thou hast made it and thou haste put to thy hande to my shape The knowlege of this my shape is hyde fro me hygher than I can atteyne ther vnto Whether shal I flye from thy spirit and whether shall I flye from thy face If I clyme vp into the heuens ther arte thou if I make my bed in my graue lo yet there arte thou present If I take vnto me the swyfte wynges of the mornyng beames and so in the twin clynge of an eye be conuayed into the vttermost partes of the west see Euen there yet shall thy hande take me and thy ryght hande shall set holde vpon me I thought than that I wold be couerd and hyd with derkenesses but with the euen the nyght is all shynynge The very derkenesses may hyde nothiÌ„g from the ye the nyght shyneth lyke the daye and the derkenesses ar to the euen the very lyghte For thou possessest my inwarde affectes and dydest facyone me in my mother bely I shall magnifye the for thou hast facioned me meruelously to behold thy workê ar to be merueled aboue mesure as knoweth my soule My strength in my bones senowes were nat vnknoweÌ„ vnto the whaÌ„ I shulde be made secretly in my mothers wombe knytte togyther in the lowe preuy erth Where whaÌ„ I was yet without facyon thou seest me with thy eyes all my lymmes facyoned by tymes thou haddest drawen lyke as in a paper whan there was nat one of theÌ„ yet sette full perfytly Howe clere ar thy thoughtê vnto me o god oh how excede they iÌ„ nombre If I wolde nombre theÌ„ they excede the saÌ„des of the see but yet I labour busely to coÌ„syder them I cleue euer vnto the. O god I wolde it were thy pleasure to distroye hese vngodly ye blody men auoyde out of my syght Which speake wyckedly agaynst the and rayle spytfully vpon the these are thy enemyes Them that hate the oh lorde I hate verily I abhorrew i th great indygnatioÌ„ theÌ„ that ryse agaynste the. I hate them extremly and repute them as enemyes Serch me oh god knowe thou my hert examyne me and trye thou my pathes And loke if I haue begoÌ„ne any shrewde waye and leade me there out in to the waye euerlastynge The argument in to the C.xl. Psal. ¶ Here in this Psal. Dauid prayeth to be delyuered from the deceytfull lyes of Doeg and of his felowes and that they for their false deceit myght be cast away that those men which study to do right and to be good myght the more frely gyue them selues to the holy seruyce and prayse of god The tytle of this psalme The soÌ„ge of Dauid commytted to the chaunter ERipe me Delyuer me o lorde frome this myscheuouse man saue me from this vyolente man Which thynketh mischef in their hertes and contynually ronne to battayle They haue whetted theire tonges lyke serpentes edders venome is vnder their lyppes Selah Kepe me o lorde from the handes of this vngodlye man saue me from this cruell man which thinketh to supplaÌ„t me These proude men haue set a preuy snare for me haue beÌ„te their nettes euyn by my path haue they layed their gynnes for me Selah I sayde lorde thou arte my god heare lorde my depe desyers O lorde thou arte my lorde my god my mightye sauynge helth thou shalte defende my hed what tyme I shall take me to armour wepen Lorde suffre nat the vngodli to take his pleasure on me let nat his myscheuous entent prospcre with him lest these proude heddes be axalted Selah I meane these heddes that thus besege me on euery syde
brekynge in no roÌ„nynge out no out criynge in our stretes Happy is that people with whom it goeth thus happy is that people which holdeth the lorde for their god The argument into the C.xlv Ps. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid declareth the mercy of god to be so poured forth into euery maÌ„ that all thynges do prayse and magnifye it but chefely the faythfull men whiche are moste plentuously fylled with it The tytle The hymme of Dauid EXaltabo I shall extoll the god o kynge and shall publyshe thy name thorowout all the worlde Contynually shall I magnifye prayse thy name throwout all the worldes Great is the lorde worthy moche prayse his greatnes can nat be serched FroÌ„ age to age thy workes shal be praysed and they shal declare thy noble actes All my mynde shall be ernestly set at all tymes to declare thy cleare and glorious fame and also to publishe thy meruelous dedes Men shal speke forth the mighty power of thy myracles and I shall put them in mynde of thy myght Men shall shewe forthe the memoriall of thy plentuous mercy and shall ioyfully tryumphe of thy ryghtwysnes The lorde is fauorable bente vnto mercy slowe vnto wrathe and of plentuouse goodnes Gentle is the lorde vnto al meÌ„ and his mercyable gentelnes swimming ouer all his workes All thy workes shall magnifye the and thy mercy shal declare thy selfe Men shall preache the beautefull glorye of thy kyngdome and shall extoll thy dedes with wordes That they myght certifye and shewe meÌ„ his noble actes his glorie his clearnes Thy kyngdome is a kyngdome in to all worldes and thy power is a power thorowe out all ages The lorde stayeth who so euer slydeth and as many as are thrust downe he lyfteth vp agayne The eyes of all thynges loke vp wayte vpon the and thou gauest them meate in tyme. Thou openest thy hande satisfyest all thyngê lyuyng for thy goodwyll Ryghtwyse is the lorde in all his waye he is good in all his dedes Present is the lorde to as many as call vpon him to as many as call vpon him of true belefe To them that feare him he maketh all thinges acceptable he heareth their erienge and saueth them The lorde kepeth all that loue him and all the vngodly he wyll banyshe My mouth shall speke the prayse of the lorde euery thynge lyuynge shal sprede his holy name into all the worldes The argument into the C.xlvi Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse of lyke argumeÌ„t with the Psal. before saue that here the Prophet disswadeth chefely the trust in to men whan it is so that god is he which alone both may saue wyll saue all that trust in him The title of the Psal Prayse ye the lorde LAuda aiÌ„a mea Prayse the lord my soule I shall prayse the lorde whiles I lyue I shal synge vnto my god as longe as I shall haue my beynge Trust nat in princes which are but men in whom there is no sauynge helth Their breth goth forth of their bodyes and by by they are turned iÌ„ to their erth in the same day all their counsels perishe Hapy is he that seketh helpe of the god of Iacob whose hope is the lorde his god Which hath made heuens and erth the see and what so euer ar contayned in theÌ„ which kepeth his promyse for euer Which auengeth men vexed wrongfully whiche gyueth meate to the hungry it is the lorde that loseth men in holde The lorde gyueth lyghte to the blynde the lorde lyfteth vp men oppressed it is the lorde that loueth the rightwyse The lorde kepeth staÌ„gers he lyfteth vp the yonge fatherles the wydowes and the purposê of thuÌ„godly he turneth vp so downe The lorde shal be kynge for euer whiche is thy god o Sion in to al ages Prayse ye the lorde The argument into the C.xlvij Psal. ¶ In this Psalme the prophet exhorteth Israhell by name to the prayse of god and also the cytisens of Ierusalem LAudare dnÌ„m Prayse ye the lorde for it is a plesaunt and a ioyefull thinge to prayse our god there is no thinge so to be desyred as the prayse of hym The lorde shall restore IerusaleÌ„ shall gather to gyther the scattered out lawes of Israell He healeth the broken in herte and caseth their heuy labours He nombreth the sterres gyueth namê to them all Grace is our lorde grace is his power his wyt may no maÌ„ coÌ„preheÌ„de The lorde lyfteth vp the meke lowlyoÌ„s the proude vngodlye he casteth downe to the grouÌ„de SiÌ„ge ye to the lord with thaÌ„kes giuynge synge ye vnto our god with harpe Which ouerledeth the heuens with cloudes and prepayreth rayne for the erthe and bringeth forth grasse in the hylles Which gyueth cat all their foode meat also to the rauyns chekens calling for it He delyteth nat in strength stronge stedes neyther hath he pleasure in the trumpets of men But his plesure is in them that feare him truste vpon his mercy Praise thou the lorde o IerusaleÌ„ prayse thi god o SioÌ„ For it is he that shal streÌ„gthen the barres of thy gates shall lade thi cytesens within the with pleÌ„tuouse gyftes He endueth thy costes aboute the with pease and satisfyeth the with the mooste purest floure of the wheate He sendeth forth his pleasures in to the erth his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes roÌ„ne forth swiftly He gyueth downe snowe lyke wulle the hore froste he scatreth lyke asshes He casteth forthe his hayle lyke gobbetê of bred who maye abyde his colde He sendeth forth his worde and melteth them awaye he ledeth backe his wynde and the waters droppe downe It is he that tolde his pleasurs to Iacob vis ordynance and decrees vnto Israhel With no natioÌ„ hath he thus delt neither to any other dyd he publyshe his decrees The argument into the C.xlviii Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophet exhorteth all creatures both heuenly erthly to the praise of god The tytle of the Psal. Praise ye the lorde LAudate dnÌ„m Prayse the lorde ye heueÌ„ly miÌ„des prayse ye hiÌ„ all that are aboue Praise him all aungels prayse him all his hoste roundaboute hym Praise him sonne and mone praise hym all bright and shynynge sterres Prayse him the mooste highest heuens and ye waters that ar aboue the heuens Praise ye the name of the lorde for he made all thiÌ„ges with a worde And hath made them to staÌ„de fast into all worldê he hath gyuen theÌ„ a lawe whiche they breke nat Prayse ye the lorde al creatures of therth dragoÌ„s all depe waters Fyer hayle snowe yse stormy wiÌ„des doing his commaundement Mountayns and all high hylles frutefull trees all cedre trees All wylde bestes tame all thiÌ„ges that crepe fethered foules Kinges of therth all peple princes all rulers of therthe Syngle men maydeÌ„s old men yonge prayse the name of the lorde for it is only hyghe and sprede ouer erth and heuens He
shall lyfte vp the power of his peple it becometh his sayntes to praise hiÌ„ which haue professed hym euyn Israhell hys owne people which cometh vnto him The argument into the C.xlix Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophet exhorteth Israel to prayse god The tytle Prayse ye the lorde CAntate Singe ye to the lorde with a newe dytie his prayse shall be in the congregation of the sayntes Israhell shall reioyse of his maker and the cytesens of Syon of their kynge They shal prayse his name with troÌ„pet synge ye vnto him with taberet harpe For the lorde well pleased with his people shall or nowrne lowlions with his helpe SaiÌ„tes shall reioyse euen froÌ„ their hertê the nobles shal triuÌ„phe iÌ„ their couches The exaltyng of god is in their fhrotes and in their handes a twoedged swerde To take vengeauÌ„ce vpon the gentyles to correcte the people To bynde their kynges in chaines their most noblest rulers in feters of yerne â–ª To execute iugement among them as it is writen this glory shal be vnto all that ar his saintes The argument into the C.l. Psal. ¶ In this Ps. the ê“phet exhorteth to the praise of god that nat only with voice but with al maner of musical iÌ„strumeÌ„â— the ti praise ye the lord LAudate do in sane Prayse hiÌ„ that kepeth his resydence in his secrete holy place prayse hiÌ„ that reigneth in the firmamente the seate of his power Prayse hiÌ„ for his strength prayse hiÌ„ for his almightines Praise him with sown of trumpets praise hiÌ„ with lutes harpes Prayse him with tympany and taberet prayse him with orgayns and pypes Prayse him withe softe claricymbales prayse him with loude claricymbales What soo euer thynge is endued wythe breathe let it prayse the lorde Loue ye the lorde Finis ¶ The table A Ad te dnÌ„e leuaui ps xxv Ad te dnÌ„e cla ps xrviii Afferte domino ps xxix Audite hoc o. geÌ„ ps xlix Attendite Psal. lxrviii Ad dnÌ„m Psal. C.xx Ad te leuaui psa Cxxiii B Batus vir the fyrst ps Beati quorum ps xrxii BnÌ„dicaÌ„ do psal xrxiiii Beatus qui iÌ„telli ps xli Bene dixisti do ps lxrxv BonnÌ„ est confi plas xcii Benedic the first p. Ciii BnÌ„dic the sec. psa Ciiii Beatus vir qi. psa Cxii Beati imma Ps. C xix Beati oeÌ„s psal Cxrviii BnÌ„ dictê° do ps Cxliiii C ¶ CuÌ„ inuocareÌ„ ps iiii Confitebor tibi psal ix Conserua me Psal. xvi Celi enarrant psal xix CoÌ„fitebimur ti ps lxxv CaÌ„tate the first ps xâ—vi CaÌ„t the ii psa xCviii Confit the first ps Cv Confit the secoÌ„d ps c vi Confit the third ps cvii CoÌ„fitebor the sec. ps cxi CoÌ„fit the fourt p. cxviii Confi the v. ps cxrxvi CoÌ„f the third p. cxrxviii CaÌ„t the third ps Cxlix D Domine quid psal iii Domine ne the i. psa vi Domine deus Psa. vii Domine duÌ„s psal vlii Dixit insipiens ps xiiii DnÌ„e quis habi Ps. xv Diligam te Psal. xviii DnÌ„e in virtute psal xri Deus meê° deus ps xxii Dominus regit ps xxiii DnÌ„i est terra Ps xxiiii DnÌ„s illumina ps xrvii Dixit iniustus ps xrxvi Do. ne the â—â— ps xrxviii Dixit custodiaÌ„ ps xrxix Deus auribê° Ps. xliiii Deus nâ— re Psal. xlvi Deus deorum Psal. l Dixit insipiens Ps liii Deus iÌ„ noiÌ„e tuo ps liiii Deus repulisti Psal. lx Deus deê° meus ps lxiii Deus miscreaâ— ps lrvii Deus in adiuto ps lxx Deus iudicium ps lxxii Deus veneruÌ„t ps lxâ—ix Deus stetit iÌ„ sy p. lxrxii Deus qÌ„s simi ps lxâ—xiii Donine de fa. p. lâ—rxviii Domine refugiuÌ„ ps xC DnÌ„s reg deco Ps. xCiii Deus vltionuÌ„ ps xCiiii Do. reg exul Ps. xCvii Do reg iras Psa. xcix Domine ex the i. ps Cii Deus laudeÌ„ incaÌ„ p Cix Dixit dominus Psa cx Dilexi quoniam ps cxvi De profundis psal cxrx Domine non psal cxrxi Domine proba p cxrxix Domine clamaui p cxli DuÌ„e ex the ii psa cxliii E Exaudi domine ps xvii Exaudiat te do psal xx Exaltabo te do psa xxx Exultate iusti ps xrxiii Expectans expe psal xl Eructauit cor me p xlv Exaudi deus ora ps lv Eripe me the i. psal lix Exaudi deê° depre p. lxi Exaudi deê° ora p. lxiiii Exurgat deus ps lxviii Exultate deo ad p lxrxi Ecce quaÌ„ bonuÌ„ p. cxrxiii Ecce nunc psal cxrxiiii Eripe me the ii psa cxl Exaltabo te deê° ps cxlv F FuÌ„dameÌ„ta eiê° p. lxrxvii I In domino con psal xi Iudica me domi p xrvi In te do speraui p. xrxi Iudica domine ps xrxv Iudica me deus ps xliii Iubilate the i. psa lxvi In te domi the .ii. p. lxxi Inclina domi ps lxrxvi Iubilaâ—e the ii psa Cix In exitu Israell p cxâ—â—â— In conuertendo p cxxvi L La udate pueri ps cxiii Laudate duÌ„m ps Cxvii Leuaui oculos ps c xxi Letatus sum ps C xxii Laudate nomeÌ„ p cxxxv Lauda aiÌ„a mea p. c xlvi Laudate do quo p cxlvii Laudate do de p. cxlviii Laudate do in saÌ„c ps cl M Magnus do ps xl viii Miserere the i ps li. Miserere the .ii. ps lvi Miserere the .iii. ps lvii Misericordias do p xci MisericordiaÌ„ iu p. Ci Memento do Ps. cxxxii N Noli emulari ps xxxvii Nonne deo sub ps lxii Notus in iudic p. lxxvi Non nobis domi Cxv Nisi qr dominê° p cxxiiii Nisi do edi Ps cxxvii O OeÌ„s gentes Psal. xlvii P Paratum cor ps Cviii Q Quare fremueruÌ„t Ps ii Quare do reces Psal. x QueÌ„admoduÌ„ de ps xlii Quid gliaris iÌ„ ma. p iii Quam bonus ps lxxiii Quare deê° repu p. lxxiiii Qui regis Isra ps lxxx Quam dilicta p lxrxiiii Qui habitat in psal xci Qui confidunt ps cxxv S Saluum me fac d p. xii Si vere vtique iu. p. lviii SaluuÌ„ me fac de p lxix Sepe expugna ps cxxix Suê‘ flu Ba ps cxxxvii T Te decet hymnê° Ps lxv U Uerba mea auribê° ps v Usquequo do Psa xiii Ut quid do re ps lxxiiii Uoce mea ad Ps. lxxvii Uenite exultemê° ps xcv Uoce mea the ii ps cxli Finis ¶ Printed at London by Thomas Godfray ⧠Cum priuilegio Regali Praise ye the lorde Amen
of thy seruante for vnto the oh lorde lyft I vp my herte Uerily thou lorde thou art both gentle mercyfull thou berest a pleÌ„tuouse good wyll to al the call vpoÌ„ the. God here my prayer receyue my depe desyer Whan I am in trouble I call vpon the for thou were wonte to here me Amonge all the goddes is there nat one to be compared vnto the neither is there any of them that may do suche thiÌ„ges as thou dost All the nation whiche thou hast made shall come and worshippe the oh lorde god and shall extolle thy name For right gret art thou which also dost meruelous thinges thou arte god alone Teche me thy wayes lorde that I may lyue of thy faythe knytte my herte vnto the that it maye feare the. I shall magnifye the O lorde my god with all my herte I shall sprede thy gloriouse name for euer Full great verily haue thy mercyfull goodnes ben euer towarde me for thou delyuerdest my soule euen from the nethermost hell Oh god the proude vngodly made insurrection agaynste me and the cruell congregation of violente men seke my lyfe which haue no respecte vnto the. But yet thou lorde thou art prone vnto mercy thou art redy to fauour to forgiue slow vnto wrath swiÌ„myng in mercy faithfulnes Beholde me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me gyue thy strength vnto thy seruante and preserue the sonne of thy hande mayden Do good vnto me openly that they that hate me myghte be ashamed to se that thou lorde helpest and confortest me The argumeÌ„t iÌ„to the .lxxxvii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Ierusalem is magnifyed vnto whoÌ„ it is ê“phesyed many of euery nacioÌ„ to come The tytle of the Psal. The ditie of the songe of the sonnes of Corah FUndamenta eius Her fouÌ„datioÌ„s were layde vpon the holy hylles The lorde loued the gates of Syon aboue all the cytyes of Iacob Glorious passynge cleare thynges are spoken of the oh Cytie of god Selah â–ª I shall nombre vnto theym that knowe me Egypte Babilon Lo there shall come with them also the Palestines the Tyrions with the Moores of Inde for he was borne there Also it shal be sayde of Syon this man and that was borne in it that same man euen he the moste highest shall laye fast her foundations The lorde shall nombre and write in his people togither for it is he that ther was borne Selah Both the syngers the players with all maner of melody that pleaseth me shall be in the. The argument in to the .lxxxviij. Psal. ¶ In this Ps. is coÌ„tayned a greuouse coÌ„plaint of one beynge in extreme afflyctyons The tytle of this psalme The songe of the sonnes of Corah Heman Ezraite commytted to the chaÌ„ter to be songe of a certayne ordre of syngers in the quere for afflyction and dysease DOmine deê° salutis Oh lorde god the author of my helth I haue cryed vnto the by day by night also before the. Let my prayer come before the bowe downe thyne eare to my cryenge For my soule is cloyed with diseases my lyfe is brought vnto my graue I am reputed as one to be caste into the ê“ytte euen as a maÌ„ without all strength I was layde to the dead meÌ„ as one free frome the worlde lyke men slayne slepynge in their graues out of mynde as a cast awaye from thy hande Thou haste put me in to the nether dyche euyn in to derke and depe dongens Thy hotte indygnatyon laye vpon me and thou ouerwhelmedest me with all thy flodes Sel. Thou madest men that knewe me to flye my company thou causedest me to be eschewed of theÌ„ I am closed in maye nat out go My face is wrinkled dried vp with sorowe I called vpon the dayly I stretched forthe my handes vnto the. Shalte thou worke thy myracles withe the deed men or shall the buryed men aryse agayne and prayse the Selah Shall thy mercy be publisshed in meÌ„nes graues thy faithfulnes in our departynge Shall thy myracles be knowen in derknes thy rightwysnes in the forgetfull lande But yet I o lorde crye vnto the and in the mornynge my praier came before the. Wherfore oh lorde put test thou away my soule and turnest thy face fro me I was tormented in mynde and in a maner deed euen from my youth was I pressed downe with thy feare and sythen euer it hath contynued Thy wrath peersed me thorowe thy fere hath dygged me thorowe Anguysshe and trouble hath closed me in dayly lyke waters haue coÌ„passed me rouÌ„de about Thou madest my frendes and them that knewe me to flie farre from me and thus my acqueyntaunce thou hyddest fro me The argumeÌ„t into the .lxxxix. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. is declared goodly and at large the newe and olde TestameÌ„t or couenaunte whiche is smytten by Christ the sonne of Dauid betwene god his chosen neuer to be brokeÌ„ that vnder the fygure of Dauid of his posterite For a declaration of the fyrst parte of this Psal. and knowlege of these two wordes merci faithfulnes ye shall vnderstande that god of his mercy and goodnes fyrste promyseth and for his truthes sake he performeth it which faythfull performynge the prophet calleth faythfulnes wherfor these two wordes mercy and faythfulnes are comeÌ„ly ioyned togyther in the Psalmes The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Ethan MIsericordias domini The mercy of the lorde shal I prayse in my songe perpetually thy faythfulnes shall I declare with my mouth into all ages For thus thought I with my self thy mercy shall be pÌ„pared euer to contâ—nue thy faithfulnes also to encrese in the veri heueÌ„s I smit haÌ„des with my chosen swore vnto Daued my seruaÌ„t I shall stablishe his posterite with encrese to staÌ„de for euer I shal set fast his seate regal iÌ„to al agê Se. Heuenly meÌ„ shal celebrate publishe thy meruelous dedê oh lorde saiÌ„tes shal sprede thy faithfulnes in the congregation For what man in the clowdê may be coÌ„pared to the lorde or who amonge the goddes may be lykened vnto the lorde God is greatly dreded iÌ„ the coÌ„gregacyon of his saintes gretly to be feared amoÌ„g theÌ„ which ar aboute hiÌ„ Lorde the god of hostê who is lyke the in power oh lorde all thynges about the ar faythfulnes Thou declarest thy power eueÌ„ vpon the proude see swagest her highe waues Thou hast smyt downe and all to broken Egypt with thy stronge power thou haste dispersed thyn enemyes HeueÌ„s ar thine the erth is thyne the rouÌ„de worlde with all that therin is thou haste made them The northe the southe thou hast made them Thabor and Hermon shall reioyse in thy name Thou haste an excedynge strength thou strengtheneste thy hande and lyftest vp thy ryghthande In rightwisnes equite thy seate is set mercy faithfulnes go before thy face Happy is the people oh lorde that knoweth the voyce of the troÌ„pettes they that are