great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren hee doeth make to beare And with great joy her fruit to reare Therefore praise yee his holy NAME PSALME CXIV WHen Israel by GODS addresse from Pharaos land was bent And Iaakobs house the strangers left and in the same traine went verse 3 In Iudah GOD his glorie shewde his holynesse moste bright So did the Israelites declare his Kingdome power and might verse 3 The sea it saw and suddenly as all amazde did flee The roaring streames of Iordans flood reculed backwardly verse 4 As Rams afraide the mountaines skipt their strength did them forsake And as the sillie trembling Lambes their toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ailde thee sea as all amazde so suddainly to flee Yee rouling waues of Iordanes flood why ranne yee backwardly verse 6 Why shooke yee hilles as Rams afraid why did your strength so shake Why did your toppes as trembling Lambes for feare quiuer and quake verse 7 O earth confesse thy soueraigne LORD and dread his mightie hand Before the face of Iaakobs GOD feare yee both sea and land verse 8 I meane the GOD which from hard rocks doeth cause maine floods appeare And from the stonie flint doeth make gush out the fountaines cleare PSALME CXV NOt vnto vs O LORD I say to vs giue none But giue all praise of grace and trueth vnto thy NAME alone verse 2 Why shall the Gentiles say to vs as in despite VVhere is their GOD they call vpon where is their heartes delite verse 3 Doubtlesse our souereigne GOD in heauen sitt'h on hie And worketh what him liketh best for all thinges doe can hee verse 4 But their idoles and gods before whom they doe stand Siluer and golde they are at most the worke euen of mens hand verse 5 A mouth they haue speechlesse not mouing tongue nor lippes And eyes they haue but see no whit no more then doe dead chippes verse 6 Eares they haue and heare not as doe the eares of man A nose also but to no vse for smell nothing they can verse 7 Both handes and feete they haue in forme there is no lacke But neither touch nor go they can nor yet with throate noise make verse 8 Like vnto them shall bee the forgers that them frame And likewise such are no lesse madde which call vpon their name verse 9 But thou O Israel in GOD put confidence For to all such an aide hee is a buckler and defence verse 10 and thou tribe of Aaron in GOD put confidence For to all such an aide hee is a buckler and defence verse 11 All yee that feare the LORD in GOD put confidence For to all such an aide hee is a buckler and defence verse 12 The LORD hath vs in minde and will vs blesse each one The house I meane of Israel and the tribe of Aaron verse 13 And blesse will hee all them that feare the LORD indeed Aswell the weake as them of strength which seeke to him at need verse 14 With graces manyfolde the LORD will all you blesse Aswell your seed as you your selues with plentie and increase verse 15 For yee are deare to him that LORD is ouer all Who made both heauen and the earth and thinges both great and small verse 16 The heauens are the LORDS as his owne dwelling place But vnto men the earth hee giueth thereon to runne their race verse 17 Surely they that are dead doe not now praise the LORD Nor such as in the graue are laide doe thereunto accord verse 18 But wee that heere doe liue shall thanke the LORD alwayes With heart and mouth giue thankes will wee likewise all you him praise PSALME CXVI I Loue the LORD because my voyce and prayer heard hath hee verse 2 When in my dayes I calde on him hee bowde his eare to mee verse 3 Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset mee round When paines of hell mee caught and when I woe and sorow found verse 4 Vpon the NAME and GOD my LORD then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O LORD I doe thee humbly pray verse 5 The LORD is very mercyfull and just hee is also And in our GOD compassion doeth plentifully floe verse 6 The LORD in safetie doeth preserue all those that simple bee I was in wofull miserie and hee relieued mee verse 7 And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the LORD to thee his bountie hath exprest verse 8 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from deadly thrall My moisted eyes from mournefull teares my slyding feete from fall verse 9 Before the LORD I in the land of life will walke therefore verse 10 I did beleeue therefore I spake for I was troubled sore verse 11 I said in my distresse and feare that all men lyars bee verse 12 What shall I pay the LORD for all his benefites to mee verse 13 The wholesome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the LORDS NAME I will call when I my prayer make verse 14 I to the LORD will pay the vowes that I haue him beheght Yea now euen at this present time in all his peoples fight verse 15 Right deare and precious in his sight the LORD doeth ay esteeme The death of all his holy ones what euer men doe deeme verse 16 Thy seruant LORD thy seruant loe I doe my selfe confesse And hand-maids son thou LORD hast broke the bondes of my distresse verse 17 And I will offer vp to thee a sacrifice of praise And I will call vpon the NAME oF GOD the LORD alwayes verse 18 I to the LORD will pay the vowes that I haue him beheght Yea now euen at this present time in all his peoples sight verse 19 Yea in the courtes of GODS own house and in the midst of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherefore the LORD praise yee PSALME CXVII O Praise the LORD yee nations all Laude him yee people great and small verse 2 For why his grace and tender loue To vs is great as wee well proue His trueth is constant euermore Vnto the LORD sing praise therefore PSALME CXVIII GIue to the LORD all praise and honour For hee is gratious and kinde Yea more his mercy and great fauour Doeth firme abide worlde without ende verse 2 Let Israel now say thus boldly That his mercies for euer dure verse 3 And let Aarons whole progenie Confesse the same stable and sure verse 4 Let those that fear GOD them now addres To come and sing to him therefore That his great loue and tender kindnes Remaineth still for euermore verse 5 For when with troubles I was pressed I then vpon the LORD did call Who heard my voice and mee vp-raised And set at large free from all thrall verse 6 The most of might who heard my cōplaint Hee is with mee my part to take No feare therefore shall cause mee to faint Nor ought that man may against me
land It is the gift of GODS owne hand For GOD himselfe doeth multiplie Of his great liberalitie The blessing of posteritie verse 4 And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenesse In person and in comelynesse So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a moste strong arme Flieth not so swift nor doeth like harme verse 5 Oh well is him that hath his quiuer Furnisht with such artilerie For when in perill bee shall bee Such one shall neuer shake nor shiuer When that hee pleades before the Iudge Against his foes which beare him grudge PSALME CXXVIII BLessed art thou that fearest GOD and walkest in his waye verse 2 For of thy labour thou shalt eate happie art thou I say verse 3 Like fruitefull vines on thy house sides so doeth thy Wife spring out Thy Children stand like Oliue plantes thy table round about verse 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest GOD and hee shall let thee see The promised Ierusalem and his felicitie verse 6 Thou shalt thy Childrens Children see to thy great joyes increase And likewise grace on Israel prosperitie and peace PSALME CXXIX OF Israel this may now bee the song verse 2 Euen from my youth my foes haue oft mee noyed A thousand illes since I was tender and young They haue mee wrought yet was I not destroyed verse 3 As yet I beare the marke in bone and skinne That one would thinke the plow-men with their plowes Vpon my backe haue made their balkes farre in For like plowde ground euen so haue I long furrowes verse 4 But yet the LORD who doeth all thinges iustly Hath cut the ropes and so staide the wickeds rage verse 5 Euen so shall all such perish shamefully Which hate Sion or wish it any domage verse 6 All such men shall bee like the grasse that groweth Vpon the walles or toppes of houses moste hie Which suddainely ere one beware withreth So that no fruite on such herbes can gathred bee verse 7 Neuer man saw that any mower mowde Such grasse as that or thereof his hand did fill Much lesse that hee who glainth of that is sowde Vnder his arme bare some thing his house vntill verse 8 Nor yet that hee that passeth by that way Saith to the reapers GOD saue you or GOD speede No man doeth wish them good lucke I say Or pray that GOD would for their worke send them meede PSALME CXXX LORD to thee I make my mone VVhen dangers mee oppresse I call I sigh plaine and grone Trusting to finde release verse 2 Heare now O LORD my request For it is full due time And let thine eares ay bee prest Vnto this prayer mine verse 3 O LORD my GOD if thou wey Our sinnes and them peruse Who shall then escape and say I can my selfe excuse verse 4 But LORD thou art mercifull And turnst to vs thy grace That wee with heartes most carefull Should feare before thy face verse 5 In GOD I put my whole trust My soule waites on his will For his promise is moste just And I hope therein still verse 6 My soule to GOD hath regarde Wishing for him alway More then they that watch and warde To see the dawning day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly In the LORD put his trust Hee is that GOD of mercie That his deliuer must verse 8 For hee it is that must saue Israel from his sinne And all such as surely haue Their confidence in him PSALME CXXXI Sing this as the 95. Psalme LORD I am not puft vp in minde I haue no scornefull eye I doe not exercise my selfe in thinges that are too hie verse 2 But as a child that wained is euen from his mothers brest So haue I LORD behau'de my selfe in silence and in rest verse 3 O Israel trust in the LORD let him bee all thy stay From this time foorth and euermore from age to age I say PSALME CXXXII Sing this as the 36. Psalme OF Dauid LORD in mind record And eke of his afflictions all verse 2 Who sware an othe vnto the LORD And made a solemne vow withall Saying to Iaakobs mightie GOD verse 3 This promise LORD to thee I make Mine house not enter in will I verse 4 Nor rest vpon my couch will take Nor once giue sleepe vnto mine eye Or yet mine eye-lids close from wake verse 5 Vntill I for the LORD prouide And find some place his owne to bee Where Iaakobs mightie GOD may bide And plant his house eternally There to remaine from time to tide verse 6 Behold the same then heare did wee In Ephrata that fruitfull ground Which is right pleasant vnto thee And haue thy dwelling place out found Within the Forest fieldes to bee verse 7 Thy Tabernacles there once pight To worship thee wee will bee prest Before thy foot-stoole there in fight verse 8 Arise therefore come to thy rest Thou and the Arke of thy great might verse 9 Let righteousnesse thy Priestes embrace A pretious garment it them make Giue to thine holy One solace verse 10 And for thy seruant Dauids sake Refuse not thine Anointeds face verse 11 To Dauid GOD in trueth did sweare And sure hee will performe that thing Saying Doubtlesse I will vpreare The fruit that from thy loines shall spring Vpon thy throne the rule to beare verse 12 If that thy sonnes my bond retaine And from my Lawes abacke not flit Which I them learne this grace againe Will I them shew their sonnes shall sit Vpon thy seat ay to remaine verse 13 For GOD hath chosen mount Sion Where to abide hee liketh well verse 14 Saying This is my rest alone For euermore I heere will dwell My whole delite is set thereon verse 15 I doubtlesse will her victualles blesse Her poore with bread eke satisfie verse 16 And clothe her Priestes with healthfulnes Yea all her good men cause will I To shout and crie for joyfullnesse verse 17 My seruant Dauids horne of might In her will I make budde and spring For I ordained haue a light To mine Anointed CHRIST and King There to remaine in all mens sight verse 18 But I will clothe his enemies all With vile reproach rebuke and shame Whereas his Crowne imperiall Vnto his honour and great fame Vpon his head still flourish shall PSALME CXXXIII O How happie a thing it is and joyfull for to see Brethren together fast to hold the band of amitie verse 2 It cals to mind that sweet perfume and that costly ointment Which on the sacrificers head by GODS Precept was spent It wet not Aarons head alone but drencht his beard throughout And finally it did runne downe his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doeth drinke the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his siluer droppes the fieldes with fruit doeth fill verse 4 Euen so the LORD doth poure on them his blessinges manyfold Whose heartes and mindes without all guile this knot doe keepe and hold PSALME CXXXIV BEhold and haue
preuaile not ouer mee And then I shall bee innocent and great offences flie verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my heart my wordes and thoughtes eachone For my redeemer and my strength O Lord thou art alone PSALME XX. IN trouble and aduersitie the LORD GOD heare thee still The Majestie of Iaakobs GOD defend thee from all ill verse 2 And sende thee from his holy place his helpe at euery neede And so in Sion stablish thee and make thee strong indeede verse 3 Remembring well the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receiue right thankefully thy burnt offringes each one verse 4 According to thine heartes desire the Lord graunt vnto thee And all thy counsell and deuise full well performe may hee verse 5 Rejoycing wee when thou vs sauest our baners shall display Vnto the Lord which thy requestes fullfilled hath alway verse 6 The Lord will his anoynted saue I know well by his grace And sende him health by his right hand out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But wee remember God our Lord that keepeth promise just verse 8 They fall downe flat but wee doe rise and stand vp stedfastly Now saue and helpe vs Lord and King on thee when wee doe cry PSALME XXI O LORD how joyfull is the King in thy strength thy power How vehemently doeth hee rejoyce in thee his Sauiour verse 2 For thou hast giuen vnto him his godly heartes desire To him hast thou nothing denied of that hee did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent him with thy giftes and blessinges manyfolde And thou hast set vpon his head a crowne of perfect golde verse 4 And when hee asked life of thee thereof thou madest him sure To haue long life yea such a life as euer should endure verse 5 Great is his glory by thine helpe thy benefite and aide Great worship and great honour both thou hast vpon him laide verse 6 Thou wilt giue him felicitie that neuer shall decay And with thy chearefull countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the King doeth strongly trust in God for to preuaile Therefore his goodnesse and his grace will not that hee shall quaile verse 8 But let thine enemies feele thy force and those that thee withstand Finde out thy foes and let them feele the power of thy right hand verse 9 As in an ouen burne them O Lord in fiery flame and fume Thine anger shall destroy them all and fire shall them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their fruite that should encrease And from the number of thy folke their seede shall ende and cease verse 11 For why much mischiefe did they muse against thine holy Name Yet did they faile and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a moste open place And charge thy bow-stringes readily against thine enemies face verse 13 Bee thou exalted Lord therefore in thy strength euery houre So shall wee sing right solemnely praising thy might and power PSALME XXII Sing this as the 21. Psalme O God my God wherefore doest thou forsake mee vtterly And helpest not when I doe make my great complaint and cry verse 2 To thee my God euen all day long I doe both cry and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Euen thou that in thy Sanctuary and holy place doest dwell Thou art the comfort and the joy and glory of Israell verse 4 And hee in whom our fathers olde had all their hope for euer And when they put their trust in thee thou didst them aye deliuer verse 5 They were deliuered euer when they called on thy Name And for the faith they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am now become a worme more like then any man An out-cast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 All mee despise as they beholde mee walking on the way They grinne they mow they nod their heads and in this wise they say verse 8 This man did glory in the Lord his fauour and his loue Let him redeeme and helpe him now his power for to proue verse 9 Euen from my mothers wombe O Lord to take mee thou wast prest Thou didst preserue mee still in hope while I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to haue abode Since I was in my mothers wombe thou hast beene aye my God verse 11 Then Lord depart not now from mee in this my present griefe Since I haue none to bee my helpe my succour and reliefe verse 12 So many bulles doe compasse mee that bee full strong of head Yea bulles so fat as though they had in Basan fielde beene fed verse 13 They gape vpon mee griedily as though they woulde mee slay Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 But I drop downe like water shed my joyntes in sunder breake My heart doeth in my body melt like waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a pot-shard drieth my strength my tongue it cleaueth fast Vnto my jawes and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogges doe compasse mee and wicked counsell eke Conspire against mee cursedly they picrce my handes and feete verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones haue tolde Yet still vpon mee they doe looke and still they mee beholde verse 18 My garmentes they diuided eke in partes among them all And for my coate they did cast lots to whom it might befall verse 19 Therefore I pray thee bee not farre from mee in my great neede But rather sith thou art my strength to helpe mee Lord make speede verse 20 And from the sword Lord saue my soule by thy might and thy power And keepe my soule thy darling deare from dogges that woulde deuoure verse 21 And from the lions mouth that woulde mee all in sunder shiuer And from the hornes of Vnicornes Lord safely mee deliuer verse 22 And I shall to my brethren all thy Majestie recorde And in thy Church shall praise the Name of thee the liuing LORD verse 23 All yee that feare the Lord him praise exalt him Iaakobs seede And thou O house of Israell looke thou him feare and dread verse 24 For hee despiseth not the poore hee turneth not away His countenance when they doe call but graunteth to their cry verse 25 Among the flocke that feare the Lord I will therefore proclaime They praise and keepe my promise made for setting foorth thy Name verse 26 The poore shall eate and bee sufficed and those that endeuour To know the Lord their heart shall liue and praise him euermore verse 27 All coastes of earth shall praise the Lord and turne to him for grace The heathen folke shall worshippe him before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdome of the heathen
deuise thy workes abrode to show To such a reckoning they doe rise thereof none end I know verse 6 Burnt offringes thou didst not desire mine eares well vnderstand Nor sacrifice for sinne with fire thou didst at all demaund verse 7 But then said I behold and looke I come O Lord to thee For in the volume of thy booke thus is it writ of mee verse 8 That I O God with my whole mind thy will to doe like well For in my heart thy Law I find fast placed there to dwell verse 9 Thy justice and thy righteousnesse in great resortes I tell Behold my tongue no time doeth cease O Lord thou knowest full well verse 10 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnesse as by stealth But I declare and haue exprest thy trueth and sauing health I kept not close thy louing mind that no man should it know The trust that in thy trueth I find to all the Church I show verse 11 Thy tender mercie Lord from mee with-draw thou not away But let thy loue and veritie preserue mee still for ay verse 12 For I with mischiefes many one am sore beset about My sinnes such hold haue tane mee on I can not once looke out Yea they in number farre exceed the haires vpon mine head So that mine heart doeth faint for dread that I almost am dead verse 13 With speed send helpe and set mee free O Lord I thee require Make haste with aide to succour mee O Lord at my desire verse 14 Let them sustaine rebuke and shame that seeke my soule to spill Driue backe my foes and them defame that wish and would mee ill verse 15 For their ill fates doe them destroy that would deface my name Which at mee thus doe raile and cry fye on him fye for shame verse 16 Let them in thee haue joy and wealth that seeke to thee alwayes That such as loue thy sauing health may say to God bee praise verse 17 But as for mee I am but poore opprest and brought full low Yet thou O Lord wilt mee restore to health full well I know For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay Wherefore my God as thou art iust with mee no time delay PSALME XLI THe man is blest that carefull is the needie to consider For in the season perilous the Lord will him deliuer verse 2 The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And hee will not deliuer him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when hee lieth sicke the Lord will him restore And thou O Lord wilt turne to health his sickenesse and his sore verse 4 Then in my sickenesse thus say I haue mercy Lord on mee And heale my soule which is full woe that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wisht mee ill in heart and thus of mee did say When shall hee die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visite mee they aske if I doe well But in their heartes mischiefe they hatch and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite their lippes and whisper so as though they would mee charme And cast their fetches how to trap mee with some mortall harme verse 8 Some grieuous sinne hath brought him to this sickenesse say they plaine Hee is so low that without doubt rise can hee not againe verse 9 The man also that I did trust with mee did vse deceit Who at my table ate my bread the same for mee laid wait verse 10 Haue mercy Lord on mee therefore and let mee bee preseru'de That I may render vnto them the thinges they haue deseru'de verse 11 By this I know assuredly to bee belou'de of thee When that mine enemies haue no cause to triumph ouer mee verse 12 But in my right thou hast mee kept and maintained alway And in thy presence place assignde where I shall dwell for aye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel bee praised euermore Euen so bee it Lord will I say euen so bee it therefore PSALME XLII Sing this as the 33. Psalme LIke as the Hart doeth breath and bray the well-springes to obtaine So doeth my soule desire alway with thee Lord to remaine verse 2 My soule doth thirst and wold draw neare the liuing God of might Oh when shall I come and appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares all times are my repast which from mine eyes doe slide When wicked men cry out so fast where is now God thy guide verse 4 Alas what griefe is it to thinke what freedome once I had Therefore my soule as at pits brinke is moste heauy and sad When I did march in good array well furnisht with my traine Vnto the Temple was our way with songes and heartes most faine verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes and fretst thus in my brest Trust still in God for him to praise I hold it euer best By him I haue succour at need against all paine and griefe Hee is my God which with all speed will haste to send reliefe verse 6 And thus my soule within mee Lord doeth faint to thinke vpon The land of Iordan and record the little hill Hermon verse 7 One griefe another in doeth call as cloudes burst out their voyce The floods of euils that doe fall runne ouer mee with noyce verse 8 yet I by day felt his goodnesse and helpe at all assayes Likewise by night I did not cease the liuing God to praise verse 9 I am perswaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O Lord thou art my guide and stay my rocke and my defence Why doe I then in pensiuenesse hanging the head thus walke While that mine enemies mee oppresse and vexe mee with their talke verse 10 For why they pierce mine inward partes with panges to bee abhord When they cry out with stubborn heartes where is thy God thy Lord verse 11 So soone why doest thou faint and quaile my soule with paines opprest With thoughtes why doest thy selfe assaile so sore within my brest Trust in the Lord thy God alwayes and thou the time shalt see To giue him thankes with laud and praise for health restorde to thee PSALME XLIII IVdge and reuenge my cause O Lord from them that euil be From wicked deceitfull men O Lord deliuer mee verse 2 For of my strength thou art the GOD why putst thou mee thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my foe verse 3 Send out thy light and eke thy trueth and lead mee with thy grace Which may conduct mee to thy hill and to thy dwelling place verse 4 Then shall I to the Altar goe of God my joy and cheare And on my harpe giue thankes to thee O God my God moste deare verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Still trust in God for him to praise I hold it alwayes best By him I haue deliuerance against all
they may seeke thy NAME in mind to print verse 17 Confounded let them bee and euer still Vexed with woe yea make them shamde and shent verse 18 And let them know that thou art permanent That IEHOVAH thy NAME alone pertaineth To thee ouer all the earth whose glorie reigneth PSALME LXXXIV Sing this as the 67. Psalme HOw pleasant is thy dwelling place O LORD of hostes to mee The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant LORD they bee verse 2 My soule doeth long full sore to goe into thy Courtes abroad My heart doeth joy my flesh also in thee the liuing GOD verse 3 The sparrowes finde a roome to rest and saue themselues from wrong And eke the swallow hath a nest wherein to keepe her young verse 4 These birdes full nigh thine Altar may haue place to fit and sing O LORD of hoastes thou art I say My GOD and eke my King verse 5 Oh they bee blessed that may dwell within thine house alwayes For they all times thy factes doe tell and euer giue thee praise verse 6 Yea happie sure likewise are they whose strength and stay thou art Which to thine house doe minde the way and seeke it with their heart verse 7 As they goe through the vale of teares they digge vp fountaines still That as a spring it all appeares and thou their pits doest fill verse 8 From strength to strēgth they walk ful fast no faintnesse there shall bee And so the GOD of gods at last in Sion they doe see verse 9 O LORD of hoastes to mee giue heede and heare when I doe pray And let it through thine eare proceede O Iaakobs GOD I say verse 10 O LORD our shield of thy good grace regarde and so draw neare Regarde I say beholde the face of thine Anointed deare verse 11 For why within thy Courtes one day is better to abide Then other whare to keepe or stay a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Much rather woulde I keepe a doore within the house of GOD Then in the tentes of wickednesse to settle mine abode verse 13 For GOD the LORD our light shield wil grace and worship giue And no good thing shall bee with-held from them that purely liue verse 14 O LORD of hoastes that man is blest and happie sure is hee That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee PSALME LXXXV O LORD thou loued hast thy land And brought foorth Iaakob with thine hande Who was in thraldome straite verse 2 Thy peoples sinnes so great and huge Thou couered hast and didst not judge Thy mercies were so great verse 3 Thine anger then and wrath so ho e Thou didst remit and haste forgot Such was thy tender loue verse 4 O turne vs then GOD of our strength Release thine ire and now at length Let our distresse thee moue verse 5 Wilt thou bee angrie LORD for aye Wilt thou prolong thy wrath I say And that from age to age verse 6 Wilt thou not turne vs vp to raise That wee thy people may thee praise And that with great courage verse 7 Thy mercy LORD to shew vouchsafe That thy saluation wee may haue But hearken now I will verse 8 And heare what GOD himselfe did say Who peace before his Saintes did lay Lest they should turne to ill verse 9 Now certainely his health is neare To such as doe indeede him feare And blesseth still our land verse 10 Loe trueth and mercie both doe meete His righteousnesse and peace doe greete And both joine hand in hand verse 11 For trueth shall from the earth bud out From heauen righteousnesse no doubt Yea GOD shall giue good store verse 12 So that our land shall giue increase verse 13 And righteousnesse toward him prease Who shall still march before PSALME LXXXVI LORD bow thine eare to my request and heare mee by and by With grieuous paine and griefe opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my wayes and doinges holy bee And saue thy seruant LORD I pray that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercie Lord on mee expresse defende mee eke withall For through the day I doe not cease on thee to cry and call verse 4 Comfort O Lord thy seruantes soule that now with paine is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extoll and lift my soule and mind verse 5 For thou art good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercie plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O LORD likewise when I doe pray regarde and giue an eare Marke well the wordes that I doe say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In time when trouble doeth mee moue to thee I doe complaine For why I know and well doe proue thou answerest mee againe verse 8 Among the gods O LORD is none with thee to bee comparde And none can doe as thou alone the like can not bee hearde verse 9 The Gentiles and the people all which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and glorifie thy NAME verse 10 For why thou art so much of might all power LORD is thine owne Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art GOD alone verse 11 O teach mee LORD thy way and I shall in thy trueth proceede O joine mine heart to thee so nie that I thy NAME may dread verse 12 To thee my GOD wil I giue praise with all mine heart O LORD And glorifie thy NAME alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewde to mee is great and doeth excell Thou settest my soule at libertie out from the lower hell verse 14 O LORD the proude against mee rise and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in their fight verse 15 Thou LORD art mercifull and meeke full slacke and flowe to wrath Thy goodnesse is full great and eke thy trueth no measure hath verse 16 O turne to mee and mercie grant thy strength to mee apply O helpe and saue thine owne seruant thine hand-maides sonne am I. verse 17 On mee some signe of fauour show that all my foes may see And bee ashamde because LORD thou didst helpe and succour mee PSALME LXXXVII Sing thit as the 77. Psalme THat Citie shall full well indure her ground-worke still doeth stay Vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no time decay verse 2 GOD loues the gates of Sion best his grace doeth there abide Hee loues them more then all the rest of Iaakobs tentes beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported bee in Sion and abroad Great thinges I say are saide of thee thou Citie of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and beare in minde the same And Babylon shall eke apply and learne to know my NAME verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope likewise A people olde full long agoe were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abroad that diuers men of fame
him with craftinesse and so my trueth forgo verse 34 But sure my Couenant I will holde with all that I haue spoke No worde the which my lippes haue tolde shall alter or bee broke verse 35 Once swore I by mine holinesse and that performe will I With Dauid I will keepe promise and to his seede for aye verse 36 His seede for euermore shall reigne and eke his throne of might As doeth the Sunne it shall remaine for euer in my sight verse 37 And as the Moone within the Skie for euer standeth fast A faithfull witnnesse from on hie So shall thy kingdome last verse 31 But now O Lord thou doest reject and now thou changest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine Elect thine owne Anointed deare verse 39 Thy Couenant with thy seruant loe Lord thou hast quite vndone And downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royall crowne verse 40 Thou hast his hedge pluct vp with might thou didst his walles confound His Bull-warkes thou hast beat downe right and brought them to the ground verse 41 That hee is sore destroyde and torne of commers by throughout And so is made a mocke and scorne to all that dwell about verse 42 Thou their right hande hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy And all his foes which him deuoure loe thou hast made to joy verse 43 His sworde thou hast made dull and blunt so that hee may not stand Before his foes as hee was wont nor haue the vpper hand verse 44 His glorie thou hast made to waste his throne his joy and mirth By thee is ouer-throwne and cast full lowe vpon the earth verse 45 Thou hast cut off and made full short his youth and lustie dayes And raisde of him an ill report with shame and great dispraise verse 46 How long away from mee O Lord for euer wilt thou turne And shall thine anger still alway as fire consume and burne verse 47 O call to minde remember then my time consumeth fast Why hast thou made the sonnes of men as thinges in vaine to waste verse 48 What man is hee that liueth here and death shall neuer see Or from the hand of hell his soule shall hee deliuer free verse 49 Where is O Lord thine olde goodnesse so oft declarde beforne Which by thy trueth and vprightnesse to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 50 The great rebukes to minde Lord call that on thy seruant lie The raylinges of the people all beare in my brest doe I. verse 51 For why O Lord behold thy foes blasphemed haue thy Name In that their steps whom thou hast chose and ointed they defame verse 52 All praise to thee O Lord of hostes both now and eke for aye Through Skie and earth in all the costes Amen Amen I say PSALME XC Sing this as the 89. Psalme O LORD thou hast beene our refuge and kept vs safe and sound From age to age as witnesse can all wee which true it found verse 2 Before the mountaines were foorth broght ere thou the earth didst frame Thou was our great Eternall GOD and still shalt bee the same verse 3 Thou doest vaine man strike down to dust though hee bee in his floure Againe thou sayst Yee Adams sonnes returne to shew your power verse 4 For what is it a thousand yeeres to count them in thy sight But as a day which last is past and as a watch by night verse 5 They are so soone as thou doest storme euen like a sleepe or shade Or like the grasse which as wee know betimes away doeth fade verse 6 With pleasant dewes in breake of day it groweth vp full greene By night cut downe it withereth as no beautie can bee seene verse 7 O Lord how sore doe wee consume in this thy wrath so hote Wee feare thy furie bee so fierce that death shall bee our lot verse 8 Thou hast so marked our misdeedes that they are in thy minde Our secrete sinnes are in thy sight as though none grace should finde verse 9 For when thine anger kindled is our dayes consume foorth-with Then end our yeeres as thoughtes most vaine which haue in them no pith verse 10 The dayes of man wee finde to bee of yeares tenne and three-score And if that some by nature strong attaine to liue tenne more Yet is their strength bragge what they list but labour griefe and care And passeth hence to haste their ende ere they themselues beware verse 11 Yet who regardeth well the power of this thy wrath so great All such truely as doe thee know thy plagues when thou doest threat verse 12 Teach vs therefore to count our dayes that wee our heartes may bende To learne thy wisedome and thy trueth for that should bee our ende verse 13 Turne yet againe O Lord how long wilt thou bee angrie still Bee mercyfull vnto thy flocke and grant them thy good will verse 14 Oh fill vs with thy mercies great in the sweete morning spring So wee rejoyce shall all our dayes and eke bee glad and sing verse 15 Declare eftsoones some signe of loue thy scourges to asswage And for the yeeres of our distresse sustaining such great plagues verse 16 Shew foorth thy mercy thine own worke vnto thy seruantes deare And let thy glory to their seede for euermore appeare verse 17 And let the beautie of the Lord vpon vs still remaine Lord prosper thou our handie-worke and still the same maintaine PSALME XCI WHo so with full intent and minde In God most high himselfe doeth stay His mightie power than man shall finde A sure defence to bee alway verse 2 And now say to the Lord will I O thou my hope and fort moste sure Hee is my God thus will I crye My trust in him shall still indure verse 3 Hee surely will thee freely set Farre from the craftie hunters snare So that thou need'st not feare his net Nor yet for plagues no whit to care verse 4 Vnder his winges hee will thee hide And there thee keepe full well shall hee Thee to defend on either side His trueth shall still thy buckler bee verse 5 Thou shalt not need to bee dismaide For any feare to come by night Nor of the arrow bee afraide That foorth is shot when it is light verse 6 Nor yet the Pestilence to feare Which in the darke doeth much annoy Nor of the plague at noone-day cleare Which doeth full oft great heapes destroy verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall And at thy right hand thousandes ten But vnto thee none hurt at all Shall once so much as touch thee then verse 8 Thine eyes shall certainely beholde what recompence the wicked haue verse 9 For that the Lord as thy strong holde Thou hast him made thy soule to saue verse 10 There shall none ill thee apprehende Nor yet thy Tabernacle touch verse 11 For hee his Angels foorth doeth sende And giues them charge to keepe all such verse 12 So warilie shall they thee defende That harme thou
doeth reigne although at it the people rage full sore Yea hee on Cherubim doeth sit though all the world would roare verse 2 The Lord that doeth in Sion dwell is high and wondrous great Aboue all folke hee doeth excell and hee aloft is set verse 3 Let all men praise thy mightie Name for it is fearefull sure And let them magnifie the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our King doeth loue iudgement and right Thou rightly rulest euery thing in Iaakob through thy might verse 5 To praise the Lord our God deuise all honour him accorde Before his foote-stoole fall likewise hee is the holy Lord. verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as Priestes on him did call When they did pray hee heard them well and gaue them answere all verse 7 Within the cloude to them hee spake then did they labour still To keepe such Lawes as hee did make and pointed them vntill verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare to thee when they did seeke Thy mercie did on them appeare though thou their sinnes didst wreake verse 9 Giue laude and praise to God our Lord within his holy hill For why our God throughout the world is holy euer still PSALME C. ALl people that on earth doe dwell Sing to the LORD with chearefull voyce Him serue with feare his praise foorth-tell Come yee before him and reioyce verse 3 The Lord yee know is God indeed Without our aide hee did vs make Wee are his flocke hee doeth vs feede And for his sheepe hee doeth vs take verse 4 Oh enter then his gates with praise Approach with ioy his courtes vnto Praise laude and blesse his Name alwayes For it is seemely so to doe verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good His mercie is for euer sure His trueth at all times firmely stood And shall from age to age indure SALME CI. OF mercy and of iudgement both O LORD my song shall bee And it so oft as I doe sing shall bee O LORD to thee verse 2 I will my wayes with wisedome guide till thou my state erect And walke vprightly in mine house as one of thine Elect. verse 3 No wicked thing will I attempt but from the same refraine I hate the sinnes of faithlesse folke no such I will maintaine verse 4 The froward heart may take his leaue such shall not with mee dwell And for the proude and wicked man I will with force expell verse 5 Who so his neighbour doeth backe-bite that man will I destroy And who so hath a proude high looke I will the same annoy verse 6 For such as leade a godly life and wickednesse forsake Will I defend and more then that my seruantes will them make verse 7 Who so is bent to vse deceite mine house is not for such The lyer may I not beholde his lyes I hate so much verse 8 Th'vngodly soone I will destroy which dwell the land about And from the Citie of the Lord all wicked men roote out PSALME CII LORD to mine humble sute giue eare And let my crye fore thee appeare verse 2 Hide not thy face this troublous time But when I call thine eares incline Make haste to heare mee LORD I pray verse 3 For like as smoke consum'th away So are my dayes heere on this earth And all my bones parcht as an hearth verse 4 Like the mowne grasse withered and dry Such is mine heart because that I Through griefe my bread forgat to eat verse 5 For through my voyce of groninges great My bones vnto my skinne doe sticke verse 6 Yea I the Pelicane am like Which doeth in wildernesse abide And like the Owle of desertes wide verse 7 As on the house toppe all alone The sparrow doeth her selfe bemone Euen so I watch throughout the night verse 8 For dayly loe my foes mee spight And they that thus doe rage and scorne With one consent my death haue sworne verse 9 I ashes ate as bread through woe And blent my cuppe with teares also verse 10 This Lord mee hapneth for thine ire And for thy wrath as hote as fire For thou in high estate mee plaste And downe to dust againe hast cast verse 11 My dayes are like the fading shade I like the withered grasse am made verse 12 But Lord thou still abidest sure Thy memorie for aye doeth dure verse 13 Thou wilt arise for Sion hill And grant thy mercie her vntill For loe the time the time I say Of mercie Lord is come this day verse 14 For in her stones thy seruantes lust And pitie take vpon her dust verse 15 So shall the Heathen feare thy Name And earthly kinges thy glorious fame verse 16 What time the Lord shall Sion reare And in his glorie shall appeare verse 17 And to the desolate him bende Despising not their sute t'attende verse 18 This shall bee written for the race That after shall succeede in place Yea people yet vncreated The Lordes renowne abroad shall spread verse 19 For from his holy Temple hie The Lord our God hath cast his eye From heauen the earth beholde did hee verse 20 The prisoners grones to heare and see And set the damned free from care verse 21 That they in Sion may declare This holy Name of God alwayes And in Ierusalem his praise verse 22 When to conueene the folke accord And kingdomes all to serue the Lord verse 23 My strength hee bated in the wayes And shorter cut my life and dayes verse 24 Wherefore I said my God moste hie In midst my life let mee not die Thy yeeres eternally indure From age to age abyding sure verse 25 Thou in times past the earth didst ground Thine handyworke the heauens are found verse 26 They perish shall thou standing still They shall waxe olde as garmentes will Thou changing them they shall so bide verse 27 But thou art one whose yeeres not slide verse 28 Thy seruantes sonnes for aye shall last And in thy sight their seede stand fast PSALME CIII MY soule giue laude vnto the LORD my spirite shall doe the same And all the secretes of mine heart praise yee his holy Name verse 2 Giue thankes to GOD for all his giftes shew not thy selfe vnkinde And suffer not his benefites to flippe out of thy minde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faultes and thee restorde againe For all thy weake and fraile disease and healde thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeeme thy ife from death from which thou couldst not flee His mercy and compassion both hee did extende to thee verse 5 That filde with goodnesse thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Eagle casteth her bill whereby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doeth repay all such as bee opprest So that their sufferinges and their wronges are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes and his commandementes to Moyses hee did showe His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did knowe verse 8 The
suffred them to haue But wasting leanenesse there withall into their soule hee gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in their tentes at Moyses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the LORD so did they enuie much verse 17 Therefore the earth did open wide nd Dathan did deuoure nd all Abirams companie did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assemblies kindled was the hote consuming fire And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hill of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame And there the molten image did they worshippe of the same verse 20 Into the likenesse of a calfe that feedeth on the grasse Thus they their glorie turnde and all their honour did deface verse 21 And GOD their onely Sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mightie thinges In Egypt land had wrought verse 22 And in the land of Ham for them moste wondrous workes had done And by the redde sea dreadfull thinges performed long agone verse 23 Therefore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkinde To bring destruction on them all hee purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moyses stood before him in the breake To turne his wrath lest hee on them with slaughter should him wreake verse 24 They did despise the pleasant land that hee behight to giue Yea and the wordes that hee had spoke they did no whit beleeue verse 25 But in their tentes with grudging heart they wickedly repinde Nor to the voyce of GOD the LORD they gaue an hearkning mind verse 26 Therefore against them lifted hee his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernesse ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy their seed among the Nations with his rodde And through the countries of the world to scatter them abroad verse 28 To Baal-Peor then they did adjoyne themselues also And ate the offeringes of the dead so they forsooke him tho verse 29 Thus with their owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so in-kindled wrath the plague vpon them broke verse 30 But phineas stood vp with zeale the sinners vile to slay And judgement hee did execute and then the plague did stay verse 31 It was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse that day And from thencefoorth so counted is from race to race for ay verse 32 At waters eke of Meribah they did him angrie make Yea so farre foorth that Moses was then punisht for their sake verse 33 Because they vext his Spirite so sore that in impatient heat His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruour was so great verse 34 Nor as the LORD commanded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the Heathen mixt and learnde their workes also verse 36 And did their idols serue which were their ruine and decay verse 37 To fiendes their sonnes and doughters they did offer vp and slay verse 38 Thus with vnkindly murthring knife the guiltlesse blood they spilt Yea their owne sonnes and daughters blood without all cause of guilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offred with wicked hand And so with blood of innocentes defiled was the land verse 39 Thus were they stained with the workes of their owne filthie way And with their owne inuentions awhoring did they stray verse 40 Therefore against his people was the LORDS wrath kindled sore And euen his owne inheritance hee did abhorre therefore verse 41 Into the handes of Heathen men hee gaue them for a prey And made their foes their lords whom they were forced to obey verse 42 Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in their land And they were humbly made to stoup as subjectes to their hand verse 43 Full oftentimes from thrall had hee deliuered them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouok't him euermore Therefore they by their wickednesse were brought full low to lye verse 44 Yet when hee saw them in distresse hee hearkned to their crye verse 45 Hee calde to minde his Couenant which hee to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therefore verse 46 And fauour hee them made to finde before the sight of those That led them captiue from their land and earst had beene their fo rs verse 47 Saue vs O'LORD that art our GOD saue vs O LORD wee pray And from among the Heathen folke LORD gather vs away That wee may spread the noble praise of thy moste holy NAME That wee may glorie in thy praise and sounde abroad thy fame verse 48 The LORD the GOD of Israel bee blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen praise yee the LORD therefore PSALME CVII GIue thankes vnto the LORD our GOD for gratious is hee And that his mercie hath none ende all mortall men may see verse 2 Such as the LORD redeemed hath with thankes should praise his NAME And shewe how they from foes were freede and how hee wrought the same verse 3 Hee gathered them foorth of the land that lay so farre about From East to West from North to South his hand did find them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernesse and strayed from the way And found no citie where to dwell that serue might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and hunger was so great in those desertes so voyde That faintnesse did them sore assault and eke their soules annoyde verse 6 Then did they cry in their distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 7 And by that way which was most right hee led them like a guide That they might to a citie goe and there also abide verse 8 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his goodnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For hee the emptie soule sustainde whom thirst had made to faint The hungrie soule with goodnesse fedde and did them eke acquaint verse 10 Such as doe dwell in darknesse deepe where they of death doe waite Fast bound to taste such troublous stormes as yron chaines doe threat verse 11 For that against the LORDS own words they sought so to rebell Esteeming light his counsels high which doe so farre excell verse 12 But when hee humbled them full low then they fell downe with griefe And none was found so much to helpe whereby to get reliefe verse 13 Then did they cry in ther distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 14 For hee from darknesse out them brought and from deathes dreadfull shade Bursting with force the yron bandes which did before them lade verse 15 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his kindnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For hee threw downe the gates of brasse and brake them with strong hand The yron barres hee smote in two nothing could him with-stand verse 17 The foolish folke great plagues doe feele and cannot from them
so let his posteritie for euer bee destroyde Their name out-blotted in the age that after shall succeede verse 14 Let not his fathers wickednesse from GODS remembrance fall And let thou not his mothers sinne bee done away at all verse 15 but in the presence of the LORD let them remaine for ay That from the earth their memorie hee my cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercie hee forgat to shew but did pursue with spight The troubled man and sought to slay the woefull hearted wight verse 17 As hee did cursing loue it shall betide vnto him so And as hee did not blessing loue it shall bee farre him froe verse 18 As hee with cursing clad himselfe so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befall verse 19 As garmentes let it bee to him to couer him for ay And as a girdle wherewith hee shall girded bee alway verse 20 Loe let the same before the LORD bee guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that euill speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O LORD that art my GOD deale thou I say with mee After thy NAME deliuer mee for good thy mercies bee verse 22 Because in depth of great distresse I needie am and poore And eke within my pained brest my heart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so I doe depart away as doeth declining shade And as the grasse-hopper so I am shaken off and fade verse 24 With fasting long from needefull foode enfeebled are my knees And all her fatnesse hath my flesh enforced beene to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproach to them was made to bee And they that did vpon mee looke did shake their heads at mee verse 26 But thou O LORD that art my GOD mine aide and succour bee According to thy mercie LORD saue and deliuer mee verse 27 And they shall know thereby that this LORD is thy mightie hand And that thou thou hast done it LORD so shall they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt blesse with louing voyce They shall arise and come to shame thy seruant shall rejoyce verse 29 Let them bee clothed all with shame that enemies are to mee And with confusion as a cloake eke let them couered bee verse 30 But greatly I will with my mouth giue thankes vnto the LORD And I among the multitude his praises will recorde verse 31 For hee with helpe at his right hand will stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that woulde condemne his soule to dye PSALME CX THe LORD moste high vnto my LORD thus spake Sit thou nowe downe and rest at my right hande Vntill that I thine enemies doe make A stoole to bee whereon thy feete may stande verse 2 The scepter of thy regall power and might From Sion shal the LORD send disclose Bee thou therefore the ruler in the sight And in the midst of all thy mortall foes verse 3 Thy people shall come willingly to thee What time thine hoste in holy beauty shew The yuth that of thy womb do spring shal be Compared like vnto the morning dew verse 4 Thus God hath sworn it perform wil he And not repent nor any time it breake Thou art a Priest for euer vnto mee After the forme of King Melchisedeck verse 5 The Lord our God who is at euery stound At thy right hand to bee thy helpe and stay He princes proud stately kings shal woūd For loue of thee in his fierce wrathfull day verse 6 Hee shall bee Iudge among the Heathen all Hee places voyde with carkases shall fill And in his rage the heads eke smite hee shall That ouer countries great do work their wil. verse 7 Yea hee through haste for to pursue his foes Shal drink the brook that runneth in the way And thus when he confoūded shal haue those His head on hie then shall hee lift that day PSALME CXI WIth heart I doe accord To praise and laud the LORD In pesence of the just verse 2 For great his workes are found To search them such are bound As doe him loue and trust verse 3 His workes are gloirous Also his righteousnesse It doeth indure for euer verse 4 His wondrous workes hee would Wee still remember should his mercie faileth neuer verse 5 Such as doe loue him beare A portion full faire Hee hath vp for them laide For this they shall well find Hee will them haue in mind And keepe them as hee said verse 6 For hee did not disdaine His workes to shew them plaine By lightninges and by thunders When hee the Heathens land Did giue into their hand Where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth Both judgement right and trueth Whereto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreede sure For euer to indure Which equitie doeth ende Redemption hee gaue His people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required His promise not to faile But alwayes to preuaile His holy NAME be feared verse 10 Who so with heart full faine True wisedome would attaine The LORD feare and obeye Such as his lawes doe keepe Shall knowledge haue full deepe His praise shall last for aye PSALME CXII THe man is blest that GOD doeth feare And that his lawes doeth loue indeed verse 2 His seede on earth GOD will vpreare And blesse such as from him proceed verse 3 His house with good hee will fullfill His righteousnesse indure shall still verse 4 Vnto the righteous doeth arise In trouble joy in darkenesse light Compassion is in his eyes And mercie alwayes in his sight verse 5 Yea pitie moueth such to lende Hee doeth by judgement thinges expende verse 6 And surely such shall neuer faile For in remembrance had is hee verse 7 No tydinges ill can make him quaile Who in the LORD sure hope doeth see verse 8 His heart is firme his feare is past For hee shall see his foes downe cast verse 9 Hee did well for the poore prouide His righteousnesse shall still remaine And his estate with praise abide Though that the wicked man disdaine verse 10 Yea gnash his teeth thereat shall hee And so consume his state to see PSALME CXIII YEe children which doe serue the LORD Praise yee his NAME with one accord verse 2 Yea blessed bee alway his NAME verse 3 Who from the rising of the sun Till it returne where it begun Is to bee praised with great fame verse 4 The LORD all people doeth surmount As for his glorie wee may count Aboue the heauens high to bee verse 5 With GOD the LORD who may compare Whose dwellinges in the heauens are Of such great power and force is hee verse 6 Hee doeth abase himselfe wee know Thinges to behold both heere below And also in the heauen aboue verse 7 The needie out of dust to draw And eke the poore which helpe none saw His onely mercie did him moue verse 8 And so him set in high degree With princes of
regard yee seruantes of the LORD Who in his house by night doe watch praise him with one accord verse 2 Lift vp your handes on high vnto his holy place And giue the LORD his praises due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the LORD who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion blesse and will conserue for euermore the same PSALME CXXXV VNto the NAME of GOD the LORD giue praise with one accord O praise him still all yee that bee the seruantes of the LORD verse 2 Extoll his praise all yee that stand within the house of GOD All yee that in his courtes remaine his praise declare abroad verse 3 Praise yee the LORD for hee is good sing praises to his NAME It is a comely and good thing alwayes to doe the same verse 4 For GOD hath chosen Iaakob out his very owne yee see So hath hee chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know assuredly the LORD is very great And hee that hath aboue all gods his dwelling place and seat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him that hath hee brought about In heauen in earth and in the sea yea all the depthes throughout verse 7 Hee from the earth the cloudes doeth bring the lightninges and the raine Hee maketh eke and windes to come from whence they did remaine verse 8 Hee smote the first-borne of each thing in Egypt that tooke rest Hee spared there no liuing thing the man nor yet the beast verse 9 O Egypt hee in mids of thee hath made his wonders fall On Pharaoh thy cruell king and on his seruantes all verse 10 Hee sundrie people brought to nought destroying them outright And many kinges hee slew also that were of power and might verse 11 As Sihon that sometime was lord and king of Amorites And Og the king of Basan land with all the Canaanites verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage wee see To Israel his chosen folke their heritage to bee verse 13 Thy NAME O LORD shall still indure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall verse 14 The LORD will surely judge aright his people all indeed And to his seruantes fauour shew will hee in time of need verse 15 The idoles of the Heathen all throughout their costes and landes Of siluer and of golde they bee the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 For mouthes they haue and speak no whit and eyes but may not see verse 17 So haue they eares but nothing heare and breathlesse wholly bee verse 18 Wherefore all they are like to them that doe so set them foorth And likewise those that trust in them or thinke they bee ought worth verse 19 O all yee house of Israel see that yee praise the LORD And yee that bee of Aarons house praise him with one accord verse 20 And yee that bee of Leuies house praise yee likewise the LORD And all that stand in awe of him praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Sion sound his praise the praise of GOD the LORD Which dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord PSALME CXXXVI O Laude the LORD benigne Whose mercies last for ay Giue thankes and praises sing To GOD of gods I say For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 3 The LORD of lordes praise yee Whose mercies ay doe dure verse 4 Great wonders onely hee Doeth worke by his great power For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 5 Which LORD Omnipotent By his great wisedome hie The heauenly firmament Did frame as wee may see For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 6 Yea hee the heavie charge Of all the earth did stretch And on the waters large The same hee did out-reach For certainely His mercies c. verse 7 Great lightes hee made to bee For why his loue is ay verse 8 Such as the Sunne wee see To rule the lightsome day For certainely His mercies c. verse 6 And eke the Moone so cleare Which shineth in our sight And starres that doe appeare To guide the darkesome night For certainely His mercies c. verse 10 With grieuous plagues and sore All Egypt smote hee then Their first-borne lesse and more Hee slew of beast and man For certainely His mercies c. verse 11 And from amidst their land His Israel foorth brought verse 12 Which hee with mightie hand And stretched arme hath wrought For certainely His mercies c. verse 13 The sea hee cut in two Which stood vp like a wall verse 14 And made through it to go His chosen children all For certainely His mercies c. verse 15 But there hee whelmed then The proud king Pharao With his hudge hoste of men And charets eke also For certainely His mercies c. verse 16 Who led through wildernesse His people safe and sound verse 17 And for his loue endlesse Great kinges hee brought to ground For certainly His mercies c. verse 18 And slew with puissan◠〈◊〉 Kinges mightie and of 〈◊〉 verse 19 As of Amorites land Sihon the king by name For certainly His mercies c. verse 20 And Og the Giant large Of Basan king also verse 21 Whose land for heritage Hee gaue his people tho For certainly His mercies c. verse 32 Euen vnto Israel His seruant deare I say Hee gaue the same to dwell And there abide for ay For certainly His mercies c. verse 23 To mind hee did vs call In our most base degree verse 24 And from oppressours all In safetie set vs free For certainly His mercies c. verse 25 All flesh on earth abroad With food hee doeth fulfill verse 26 Wherefore of heauen the GOD To laude bee it your will For certainly His mercies c. PSALME CXXXVII WHen as wee sate in Babylon the riuers round about And in remembrance of Sion the teares for griefe brast out verse 2 Wee hangde our harpes and instrumentes the willow trees vpon For in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom wee prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Hebrew songes and pleasant melodie verse 4 Alace said wee who can once frame his sorowfull heart to sing The praises of our louing GOD thus vnder a strange king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of mine heart let slide Then let my fingers quite forget the warbling harpe to guide verse 6 And let my tongue within my mouth bee tied for euer fast If that I joy before I see thy full deliuerance past verse 7 Therefore O LORD remember now the cursed noise and crie That Edoms sonnes against vs made when they razde our citie Remember LORD their cruell wordes when as with one accord They cryde On sacke and rase their walles in despite of their LORD verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babylon at length to dust bee brought And happie shall that man bee calde that