his royal head that day Confitebor tibi Psal cxi N. WIth heaâ—tâ— do accord To â—raâ—â— and laud the Lord In presence of the just verse 2 For great his works are found To sâ—â—râ—h them such are bound As do him love and trust verse 3 Hâ—s works are glorious Also his righteousness It doth endure for ever verse 4 His wondrous works he would We still remember should his mercy faileth never verse 5 Such as to him love bear A portion full fair He hath up for them laid For this they shall well finde He will them have in minde And keep them as he said verse 6 For he did not disdain His works to shew them plain By lightnings and by thunders When he the neathens land Did give into their hand Where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his works ensu'th Both judgement right and truth Whereto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For ever to endure Which equity doth end Redemption he gave Hâ—s people for to save verse 9 And hath also required His promise not to fail But always to prevail His holy Name be feared verse 10 Whoso with heart full fain True wisdom would attain The Lord fear and obey Such as his laws do keep Shall knowledge have full deep His praise shall last for ay Featus vir Psal cxii W. K. THe man is blest that God doth fear And that his law doth love indeed verse 2 His seed on earth God will uprear And â—less such as from him proceed verse 3 His house with good he will fulfil His righteousness endure shall still verse 4 Unto the righteous doth arise In trouble joy in darkness light Compassion is in his eyes And mercy always in his sight verse 5 Yea pity moveth such to lend He doth by judgement things expend verse 6 And surely such shall never fail For in remembrance had is he verse 7 No tidings ill can make him quail Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 8 His heart is firm his fear is past For he shall see his foes down cast verse 9 He did well for the poor provide His righteousness shall still remain And his estate with praise abide Though that the wicked man disdain verse 10 Yea gnash his teeth thereat shall he And so consume his state to see Laudate pueri Psal cxiii W. K. YE children which do serve the Lord Praise ye his Name with one accord verse 2 Yea blessed be always his Name verse 3 Who from the rising of the sun Till it return where it begun Is to be praised with great fame verse 4 The Lord all people doth surmount As for his glory we may count Above the heavens high to be verse 5 With God the Lord who may compare Whose dwellings in the heavens are Of such great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Things to behold both here below And also in heaven above verse 7 The needy out of dust to draw And eke the poor which help none saw His onely mercy did him move verse 8 And so him set in high degree With princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great same verse 9 The barren he doth make to bear And with great joy her fruit to rear Therefore praise ye his holy Name Inexitu Israel Psal cxiv W. W. WHen Israel by Gods address from Pharaohs land was bent And Jacobs house the strangers left and in the same train went verse 2 In Judah God his glory shewâ—d his â—oliness most bright So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and might verse 3 The sea it saw and suddenly as all amazâ—d did flâ—e The roaring streams of Jordans floud recoyled backwaâ—dly verse 4 As rams afraid the mountains skipt their strength did them forsake And as the filly trembling lambs their tops did beat and shake verse 5 What ail'd the sea as allamaz'd so suddenly to flee Ye rolling waves of Jordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Why shook ye hills as rams afraid why did your strength so shake Why did your tops as trembling lambs for fear quiver and quake verse 7 O earth confess thy sovereign Lord and dread his mighty hand Before the face of Jacobs God fear ye both sea and land verse 8 I mean the God which from hard rocks doth cause main flouds appear And from the stony flint doth cause gush out the fountains clear Non nobis Domine Psal cxv N. NOt unto us Lord not to us but to thy Name give praise Both for thy mercy and thy truth that are in thee always verse 2 Why shall the heathen soorners say Where is their God become verse 3 Our God in heaven is and what he will that hath he done verse 4 Their idols silver are and gold works of mens hands they be verse 5 They have a mouth and do not speak and eyes and do not see verse 6 And they have ears joyn'd to their heads and do not hear at all And notes eke they formed have and do not smell withal verse 7 And hands they have and handle not and feet and do not go A throat they have yet through the same they make no sound to blow verse 8 Those that make them are like to them and those whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye the Lord that fear the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord hath mindful been of us and will us bless also On Israel and on Aarons house his blessings he will show verse 13 Them that be fearers of the Lord the Lord will bless them all Even he will bless them everyone the great and eke the small verse 14 To you I say the living Lord will multiply his grace To you and to the children that shall follow of your race verse 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord even of the Lord I say Which both the heaven and the earth hath made and set in stay verse 16 The heavens yea the heavens high belong unto the Lord The earth unto the sons of men he gave of free accord verse 17 They that be dead do not with praise set forth the Lords renown Nor any that into the place of silence do go down verse 18 But we will praise the Lord our God from henceforth and for ay Sound ye the praises of the Lord praise ye the Lord I say Dilexi quoniam Psal cxvi N. I Love the Lord because my voice and prayer heard hath he verse 2 When in my days I call'd on him he bow'd his ear to me verse 3 Even when the snares of cruel death about beset me round When pains of hell me caught and when I wo and sorrow found verse 4 Upon the Name of God my Lord then did I call and say Deliver thou my soul O Lord I do thee humbly pray
verse 5 The Lord is very merciful and just he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flow verse 6 The Lord in safety doth preserve all those that simple be I was in woful misery and he delivered me verse 7 And now my soul sith thou art sâ—fe return unto thy rest For largely lo the Lord to thee his bounty hath exprest verse 8 Because thou hast delivered my soul from deadly thrall My moistned eyes from mournful tears my sliding feet from fall verse 9 Before the Lord I in the land of life will walk therefore verse 10 I did beleeve therefore I spake for I was troubled sore The second part verse 11 I said in my distress and fear That all men hars be verse 12 What shall I pay the Lord for all his benefits to me verse 13 The wholsom cup of saving health I thankfully will take And on the Lords Name I will call when I my prayer make verse 14 I to the Lord will pay the vows that I to him behight Yea even at this present time in all his peoples sight verse 15 Right dear and precious in his sight the Lord doth ay esteem The death of all his holy ones what ever men do deem verse 16 Thy servant Lord thy servant lo I do myself confess Son of thy hand-maid thou hast broke the bonds of my distress verse 17 And I will offer up to thee a sacrifice of praise And I will call upon the Name of God the Lord always verse 18 I to the Lord will pay the vows that I have him behight Yea even at this present time in all his peoples sight verse 19 Yea in the courts of Gods own house and in the midst of thee O thou Jerusalem I say wherefore the Lord praise ye Laudate Dominum Psal cxvii N. O All ye nations of the world praise ye the Lord always And all ye people every where set forth his noble praise â— For great his kindness is to us his truth endures for ay Wherefore praise ye the Lord our God praise ye the Lord I say Confitemini Psal cxviii N. O Give ye thanks unto the Lord for gracious is he Because his mercy doth endure for ever towards thee â— Let Israel confess and say His mercy dures for ay â— Now let the house of Aaron say His mercy dures for ay â— Let all that fear the Lord our God even now confess and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth still for ay â— In trouble and in heaviness unto the Lord I cri'd Which lovingly heard me at large my suit was not deni'd â— The Lord himself is on my side I will not stand in doubt Nor fear what man can do to me when God stands me about â— The Lord doth take my part with them that help to succour me Therefore I shall see my desire upon mine enemie â— Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal seed â— Or to put confidence in kings or princes in our need â—0 All nations have inclosed me and compassed me round But in the Name of God shall I mine enemies confound â—1 They kept me in on every side they kept me in I say But in the Lords most mighty Name I shall work their decay â—2 They came about me all like bees but yet in the Lords Name quencht their thorns that were on fire and will destroy the same The second part verse 13 Thou hast with force thrust sore at me that I indeed might fall But through the Lord I found such help that they were vanquisht all verse 14 The Lord is my defence and strength my joy my mirth my song He is become for me indeed a Saviour most strong verse 15 The right hand of the Lord our God doth bring to pass great things He causeth voice of joy and health in righteous mens dwellings verse 16 The right hand of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pass His hand hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 17 I shall not die but ever live to utter and declare The Lord his might and wondrous power his works and what they are verse 18 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not given me over yet to death as ye may see verse 19 Set open unto me the gates of truth and righteousness That I may enter into them the Lords praise to express verse 20 This is the gate even of the Lord which shall not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shall enter into it The third part verse 21 I will give thanks to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most lovingly a Saviour unto me verse 22 The stone which ere this time among the builders was refused Is now become the corner-stone and chiefly to be used verse 23 This was the mighty work of God this was the Lords own fact And it is marvellous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 24 This is the joyful day indeed which God himself hath wrought Let us be glad and joy therein in heart in minde in thought verse 25 Now help us Lord and prosper us we wish with one accord verse 26 Blessed is he that comes to us in the Name of the Lord. verse 27 God is the Lord that shews us light binde ye therefore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and give thanks to the Lord. verse 28 Thou art my God I will confess and render thanks to thee Thou art my God and I will praise thy mercy towards me verse 29 O Give ye thanks unto the Lord for gracious is he Because his mercy doth endure for ever towards me Beati immaculati Psal cxix W. W. BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in minde and heart Whose lives and conversations from Gods laws never start verse 2 Blessed are they that give themselves his statutes to observe Seeking the Lord with all their heart and never from him swerve verse 3 Doubtless such men go not astray nor do no wicked thing Which stedfastly walk in his way without any wandring verse 4 It is thy will and commandment that with attentive heed Thy noble and divine precepts we learn and keep indeed verse 5 O would to God it might thee please my ways so to address That I might both in heart and voice thy laws keep and confess verse 6 So should no shame my life attaint whil'st I thus set mine eyes And bend my minde always to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I praise with upright heart and magnify thy Name When I shall learn thy judgements just and likewise prove the same verse 8 And wholly will I give my self to keep thy laws most right Forsake me not for ever Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 By what means may a young man best his life learn to amend If that he mark and keep thy word and therein his time spend verse
the right For by his means my secret thoughts do teach me every night verse 8 I set the Lord still in my sight and trust him over all For he doth stand on my right hand Therefore I shall not fall verse 9 Wherefore my heart and tongue also do both rejoyce together My flesh and body rest in hope when I this thing consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leave my soul in grave for Lord thou lovest me Nor yet wilt give thy holy One corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt me teach the way to life for all treasure and store Of perfect joy are in thy face and power for evermore Exaudi Domine Psal xvii T. S. O Lord give ear to my just cause attend when I complain And hear the prayer that I put forth with lips that do not feign verse 2 And let the judgement of my cause proceed always from thee And let thine eyes behold and clear this my simplicitie verse 3 Thou hast well tri'd me in the night and yet couldst nothing finde That I have spoken with my tongue that was not in my minde verse 4 As for the works of wicked men and paths perverse and ill For love of thy most holy name I have refrained still verse 5 Then in thy paths that be most pure stay me Lord and preserve That from the way wherein I walk my steps may never swerve verse 6 For I do call to thee O Lord surely thou wilt me aid Then hear my prayer and weigh right welâ— the words that I have said verse 7 O thou the Saviour of all them that put their trust in thee Declare thy strength on them that spurn against thy majesty verse 8 O keep me as thou wouldest keep the apple of thine eye And under covert of thy wings defend me secretly The second part verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and daily me annoy And from my foes that go about my soul for to destroy verse 10 Which wallow in their worldly wealth so full and cke so fat That in their pride they do not spare to speak they care not what verse 11 They lie in wait where I should pass with craft me to confound And muâ—ing mischief in their minds to cast me to the ground verse 12 Much like a lion greedily that would his prey embrace Or lurking like a lions whelp wâ—thin some secret place verse 13 Up Lord in hast prevent my foe and cast him at thy feet Save then my soul from the ill man and with the sword him luâ—itâ— verse 14 Deliver me Lord by thy power out of these tyrants hands Which now so long time reigned have and kept us in their bands verse 15 I mean from worldly men to whom all worldly goods are rife That have no hope nor part of joy but in this present life verse 16 Thou of thy store their bellies fill'st with pleasure to their minde Their children have enough and leave to theirs the rest behinde verse 17 But I shall with pure conscience behold thy gracious face So when I wake I shall be full of thine image and grace Diligam te Dom. Psal xviii T. S. O God my strength and fortitude of force I must love thee Thou art my castle and desence in my necessitie verse 2 My God my rock in whom I trust the worker of my wealth My refuge buckler and my shield the horn of all my health verse 3 When I sing laud unto the Lord most worthy to be served Then from my foes I am right sure that I shall be preserved verse 4 The pangs of death did compass me and bound me every where The flowing waves of wickedness did put me in great fear â— The slie and subtil snares of hell were round about me set â—ed for my death there was prepar'd a deadly trapping net â— I thus beset with pain and grief did pray to God for grace â—â—d he forthwith did hear my plaint â—ut of his holy place â— Such is his power that in his wrath â—e made the earth to quake â—o the foundation of the mount of Basan for to shake â— And from his nostrils came a smoke then kindled was his ire â—â—d from his mouth came kindled coals of hot consuming fire â— The Lord descended from above and bowed the heavens high â—â—d underneath his feet he cast the darkness of the skie â— On cherubs and on cherubims full royally he rode 〈◊〉 on the wings of all the winds came flying all abroad The second part And like a den most dark he made his hid and secret place â—â—th waters black and aâ—ery clouds environed he was â— But when the presence of his face in brightness shall appear â—â—â—n clouds consume and in their stead come hail and coals of fire â— The fiery darts and thunderbolts disperse them here and there 〈◊〉 with his often lightenings he puts them in great fear â— Lord at thy wrath and threatenings and at thy chiding chear â—â—e springs and the foundations of all the world appear â— And from above the Lord sent down to fetch me from below 〈◊〉 pluckt me out of waters great that would me over flow â— And me delivered from my foes that would have made me thrall 〈◊〉 from such foes as were too strong for me to deal withall â— They did prevent me to oppress in time of my great grief 〈◊〉 yet the Lord was my defence my succour and relief â— He brought me forth in open place whereas I might be free â—â—d kept me safe because he had a favour unto me â— And as I was an innocent so did he me regard â—â—d to the cleanness of my hands he gave me my reward â— For that I walked in his ways and in his paths have trod 〈◊〉 have not wavered wickedly against my Lord and God The third part verse 21 But evermore I have respect to his law and decree His statutes and commandements I cast not out from me verse 22 But pure and clean and uncorrupt appear'd before his face And did refrain from wickedness and sin in any case verse 23 The Lord therefore will me reward as I have done aright And to the cleanness of my hands appearing in his sight verse 24 For Lord with him that holy is wilt thou be holy too And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt do verse 25 And to the loving and elect thy love thou wilt reserve And thou wilt use the wicked men as wicked men deserve verse 26 For thou dost save the simple folk in trouble when they lie And dost bring down the countenance of them that look full high verse 27 The Lord will light my candle so that it shall shine full bright The Lord my God will make also my darkness to be light verse 28 For by thy help an host of men discomnt Lord I shall By thee I scale and overleap the strength of any wall verse 29 Unspotted are the ways of God his word is purely tri'd He is a
sure defence to such as in his faith abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lord for other there is none Or else who is omnipotent saving our God alone The fourth part verse 31 The God that girdeth me with strength is he that I do mean That all the ways wherein I walk did evermore keep clean verse 32 That made my feet like to the harts in swiftness of my pace And for my surety brought me forth into an open place verse 33 He did in order put my hands to battel and to fight To break in sunder bars of brass he gave my arms the might verse 34 Thou teachest me thy saving health thy right hand is my tower Thy love and familiarity doth still increase my power verse 35 And under me thou makest plain the way where I should walk So that my feet shall never slip nor stumble at a balk verse 36 And fiercely I pursue and take my foes that me annoy'd And from the field do not return till they be all destroy'd verse 37 So I suppress and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my feet they fall down flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou dost gird me with thy strength to war in such a wise That they be all scattred abroad that up against me rise verse 39 Lord thou hast put into my hands my mortal enemies yoke And all my foes thou dost divide in sunder with thy stroke verse 40 They call'd for help but none gave ear nor holp them with relief Yea to the Lord they call'd for help yet heard he not their grief The fifth part verse 41 And still like dust before the wind I drive them under seet And sweep them out like filthy clay that sticketh in the street verse 42 Thou keep'st me from seditious folk that still in strife are led And thou dost of the heathen folk appoint me to be head verse 43 A people strange to me unknown and yet they shall me serve And at the first obey my word whereas mine own will swerve verse 44 I shall be irksome to mine own they will not see my light But wander wide out of the way and hide them out of fight verse 45 But blessed be the living Lord most worthy of all praise That is my rock and saving health praised be he always verse 46 For God it is that gave me power revenged for to be And with his holy word subdu'd the people unto me verse 47 And from my foe delivered me and set me higher then those That cruel and ungodly were and up against me rose verse 48 And for this cause O Lord my God to thee give thanks I shall And sing out praises to thy Name among the Gentiles all verse 49 That gavest great prosperity unto the king I say To David thine anointed king and to his seed for ay Coeli enarrant Psal xix T. S. THe heavens and the firmament do wondrously declare The glory of God omnipotent his works and what they are verse 2 The wondrous works of God appear by every days success The nights likewise which their race run the self-same thing express verse 3 There is no language tongue orspeech where their sound is not heard In all the earth and coasts thereof their knowledge is confer'd verse 4 In them the Lord made for the sun a place of great renown Who like a bridegroom ready trimm'd doth from his chamber come verse 5 And as a valiant champion who for to get a prize With joy doth haste to take in hand some noble enterprise verse 6 And all the skie from end to end he compasseth about Nothing can hide it from his heat but he will finde it out verse 7 How perfect is the law of God how is his covenant sure Converting souls and making wise the simple and obscure verse 8 Just are the Lords commandements and glad both heart and minde His precept's pure and giveth light to eyes that be full blinde verse 9 The fear of God is excellent and doth endure for ever The judgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embrac'd alway then fined gold I say The honey and the honey-combe are not so sweet as they verse 11 By them thy servant is forewarn'd to have God in regard And in performance of the same there shall be great reward verse 12 But Lord what earthly man doth know the errours of his life Then cleanse me from my secret sins which are in me most rife verse 13 And keep me that presumptuous sins prevail not over me And so shall I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my heart my words and thoughts each one For my Redeemer and my strength O Lord thou art alone Exaudiat te Dominus Psal xx T. S. IN trouble and adversity the Lord God hear thee still The majesty of Jacobs God defend thee from all ill verse 2 And send thee from his holy place his help at every need And so in Sion stablish thee and make thee strong indeed verse 3 Remembring well the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receive right thankfully thy burnt off rings each one verse 4 According to thy hearts desire the Lord grant unto thee And all thy counsel and device full well per form may he verse 5 We shall rejoyce when thou us sav'st and our banners display Unto the Lord which thy requests ful filled hath alway verse 6 The Lord will his anointed save I know well by his grace And send him help by his right hand out of his holy place verse 7 In chariots some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lord that keepeth promise just verse 8 They fall down flat but we do rise and stand up stedfastly verse 9 Now save and help us Lord and King on thee when we do cry Domine in virtute Psal xxi T. S. O Lord how joyful is the king in thy strength and thy power How vehemently doth he rejoyce in thee his Saviour verse 2 For thou hast given unto him his godly hearts desire To him nothing thou hast deny'd of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst prevent him with thy giftâ— and blessings manifold And thou hast set upon his head a crown of perfect gold verse 4 And when he asked life of thee thereof thou mad'st him sure To have long life yea such a life as ever shall endure verse 5 Great is his glory by thy help thy benefit and aid Great worship and great honour both thou hast upon him laid verse 6 Thou wilt give him felicity that never shall decay And with thy cheerful countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the king doth strongly trust in God for to prevail Wherefore his goodness and his grace will not that he shall quail verse 8 But let thine enemies feel thy force and those that thee withstand Finde out
thy foes and let them feel the power of thy right hand verse 9 And like an oven burn them Lord in fiery flame and fume Thine anger shall destroy them all and fire shall them consume verse 10 And thou shalt root out of the earth their fruit that should in crease And from the number of thy folk their seed shall end and cease verse 11 For why much mischief did they muse against thy holy Name Yet did they fail and had no power for to perform the same verse 12 But as a mark thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy bowe-strings readily against thine enemies face verse 13 Be thou exalted Lord therefore in thy strength every hour So shall we sing right solemnly praising thy might and power Deus Deus meus Psal xxii T. S. O God my God wherefore dost thou forsake me utterly And helpest not when I do make my great complaint and cry verse 2 To thee my God even all day long I do both cry and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Even thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place dost dwell Thou art the comfort and the joy and glory of Israel verse 4 And he in whom our fathers old had all their hope for ever And when they put their trust in thee thou didst them ay deliver verse 5 They were delivered ever 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 worm more like then any man An outcast whom the people scorn with all the spight they can verse 7 All men despise as they behold me walking on the way They grin they mow they nod their heads and on this wise they say verse 8 This man did glory in the Lord his favour and his love Let him redeem and help him now his power if he will prove verse 9 But Lord out of my mothers womb I came by thy request Thou didst preserve me still in hope while I did suck her breast verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to have aâ—ode Since I was in my mothers womb thou hast been e're my God The second part verse 11 Then Lord depart not now from me in this my present grief Since I have none to be my help my succoar and relief verse 12 So many bulls do compass me that be full strong of hâ—ad Yea bulls so fat as though they had in Basan field been fed verse 13 They gape upon me greedily as though they would me flay Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 But I drop down like water shed my joynts in sunder break My heart doth in my body melt like wax against the heat verse 15 And like a potsherd dâ—iâ—th my strength my tongue it cleaveta fast Unto my jaws and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogs do compass me and wicked coansel eke Conspire against me cursedly they pierce my hands and feet verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones have told Yet still upon me they do look and still they me behold verse 18 My garments they divided eke in parts among them all And for my coat they did cast lots to whom it might befal verse 19 Therefore I pray thee be not far from me at my great need But rather fith thou art my strength to help me Lord make speed verse 20 And from the sword Lord save my soul by thy might and thy power And keep my soul thy darling dear from dogs that would devour verse 21 And from the lions mouth that would me all in sunder shiver And from the horns of Unicorns Lord safely me deliver verse 22 Then shall I to my brethren all thy majesty record And in thy church shall praise the name of thee the living Lord. The third part verse 23 All ye that fear him praise the Lord thou Jacob honour him And all ye seed of Israel with reverence worship him verse 24 For he despiseth not the poor he tuâ—neth not awrie His countenance when they do call but granteth to their crie verse 25 Among the folk that fear the Lord I will therefore proclaim Thy praise and keep my promise made for setting forth thy Name verse 26 The poor shall eat and be suffic'd and those that do their deaver To know the Lord shall praise his Name their hearts shall live for ever verse 27 All coasts of th' earth shall praise the Lord and turn to him for grace The heathen folk shall worship him before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdom of the heathen folk the Lord shall have therefore And he shall be their Governour and king for evermore verse 29 The rich men of his goodly gists shall feed and taste also And in his presence worship him and bow their knees full low verse 30 And all that shall go down to dust of life by him shall taste My seed shall serve and praise the Lord while any world shall last verse 31 My seed shall plainly shew to them that shall be born hereafter His justice and his righteousness and all his works of wonder Dominus regit me Psal xxiii W. W. THe Lord is onely my support and he that doth me feed How can I then lack anything whereof I stand in need verse 2 He doth me fold in cotes most safe the tender grass fast by And after drives me to the streams which run most pleasantly verse 3 And when I feel my self near lost then doth he me nome take Conducting me in his right paths even for his own Names sake verse 4 And though I were even at deaths door yet would I fear none ill For with thy rod and shepherds crook I am comforted still verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despight of my foe Thou hast my head with balm refresht my cup doth overflow verse 6 And finally while breath doth loft thy grace shall me defend And in the house of God will I my life for ever spend Another of the same by T. S. MY shepherd is the living Lord nothing therefore I need In pastures fair with waters calm he sets me forth to feed verse 2 He did convert and glad my soul and brought my mindâ— in frame To walk in paths of righteousness for his most holy Name verse 3 Yea though I walk in vale of death yet will I fear none ill Thy rod thy staff doth comfort me and thou art with me still verse 4 And in the presence of my foes my table thou shalt spread Thou shalt O Lord fill full my cup and eke anoint my head verse 5 Through all my life thy favour is so frankly shew'd to me That in thy house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be Domini est terra Psal xxiv J. H. THe earth is all the Lords with all her store and furniture Yea his is
psalms and songs I will apply to laud the Lord always The second part verse 9 Lord hear the voice of my request for which to thee I call Have mercy Lord on me opprest and send me help withall verse 10 My heart doth knowledge unto thee I sue to have thy grace Then seek my face say'st thou to me Lord I will seek thy face verse 11 In wrath turn not thy face away nor suffer me to slide Thou art my help still to this day be still my God and guide verse 12 My parents both their son forsook and cast me off at large And then the Lord himself yet took of me the care and charge verse 13 Teach me O Lord the way to thee and lead me on forth right For fear of such as watch for me to trap me if they might verse 14 Do not betake me to the will of them that be my foes For they surmise against me still false witness to depose verse 15 My heart would faint but that in me this hope is fixed fast The Lord Gods good grace shall I see in life that ay shall last verse 16 Trust still in God whose whole thou arâ— his will abide thou must And he shall ease and strength thy heart if thou in him do trust Ad te Dom. â—lamabo Psal xxviii T. S. THou art O Lord my strength and stay the succour which I crave Neglect me not lest I be like to them that go to grave verse 2 The voice of thy suppliant hear that unto thee doth cry When I lift up my hands unto thy holy ark most high verse 3 Repute me not among the sort of wicked and pervert That speak right fair unto their friends and think full ill in heart verse 4 According to their handy-work as they deserve indeed And after their inventions let them receive their meed verse 5 For they regard nothing Gods works his law ne yet his lore Therefore will he them and their seed destroy for evermore verse 6 To render thanks unto the Lord how great a cause have I My voice my prayer and my complaint that heard so willingly verse 7 He is my shield and fortitude my buckler in distress My hope my help my hearts relief my song shall him confess verse 8 He is our strength and our defence our enemies to resist The health and the salvation of his elect by Christ verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage Lord bless guide and preserve Increase them Lord and rule their hearts that they may never swerve Afferte Domino Psal xxix T. S. Give to the Lord ye potentates ye rulers of the world Give ye all praise honour and strength unto the living Lord. verse 2 Give glory to his holy Name and honour him alone Worship him in his majesty within his holy throne verse 3 His voice doth rule the watersall even as himself doth please He doth prepare the thunder-claps and governs all the seas verse 4 The voice of God is of great force and wondrous excellent It is most mighty in effect and most magnificent verse 5 The voice of God doth rend and break The cedar-trees so long The cedar-trees of Lebanon Which are most high and strong verse 6 And makes them leap like as a calf or else the unicorn Not onely trees but mountains great Whereon the trees are born verse 7 His voice divides the flames of fire and shakes the wilderness verse 8 It makes the desert quake for fear that called is Cades verse 9 It makes the hinds for fear to calve and makes the coverts plain Then in his temple every man his glory doth proclaim verse 10 The Lord was set above the flouds ruling the raging sea So shall he reign as Lord and king for ever and for ay verse 11 The Lord will give his people power in vertue to increase The Lord will bless his chosen flock with everlasting peace Exaltabo te Domine Psal xxx J. H. ALl laud and praise with heart and voice O Lord I give to thee Which didst not make my foes rejoyce but hast exalted me verse 2 O Lord my God to thee I cri'd in all my pain and grief Thou gay'st an ear and didst provide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast call'd back my soul from hell to save Thou didst revive when strength did lack and kept'st me from the grave verse 4 Sing praise ye saints that prove and see the goodness of the Lord In memory of his majestie rejoyce with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doth last and slack again But in his favour and his grace always doth life remain Though gripes of grief and pangs full sore shall lodge with us all night The Lord to joy shall us restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enjoy'd the world at will thus would I boast and say Tush I am sure to feel none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lord of thy good grace hadst sent me strength and aid But when thou turn'dst away thy face my minde was sore dismaid verse 8 Wherefore again yet did I cry to thee O Lord of might My God with plaints I did apply and pray'd both day and night verse 9 What gain is in my bloud said I if death destroy my days Doth dust declare thy majesty or yet thy truth doth praise verse 10 Wherefore my God some pity take O Lord I thee desire Do not this simple soul forsake of help I thee require verse 11 Then didst thou turn my grief and wo into a cheerful voice The mourning-weed thou took'st me fro and mad'st me to rejoyce verse 12 Wherefore my soul uncessantly shall sing unto thy praise My Lord my God to thee will I give laud and thanks always In te Domine Psal xxxi J. H. O Lord I put my trust in thee let nothing work me shame As thou art just deliver me and let me quit from blame verse 2 Hear me O Lord and that anon to help me make good speed Be thou my rock and house of stone my fence in time of need verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tri'd thou art my sort and tower For thy Names sake be thou my guide and lead me in thy power verse 4 Pluck thou my feet out of the snare which they for me have laid Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and aid verse 5 Into thy hands Lord I commit my spirit which is thy due For why thou hast redeemed it O Lord my God most true verse 6 I hate such folk as will not part from things to be abhor'd When they on trifles set their heart my trust is in the Lord. verse 7 For I will in thy mercy joy I see it doth excel Thou seest when ought would me annoy and know'st my soul full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hand that would me overcharge But thou hast set me out of
35 The wicked have I seen most strong and plac'd in high degree Flourishing in all wealth and store as doth the laurel-tree verse 36 But suddenly he past away and lo he was quite gone Then I him sought but could not fiâ—de the place where dwelt such one verse 37 Mark and behold the perfect man how God doth him increase For the just man shall have at length great joy with rest and peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroy'd they shall all be God will cut off their budding race and rich posteritie verse 39 But the salvation of the just doth come from God above Who in their trouble sends them aid of his mere grace and love verse 40 God doth them help save and delivet from lowd men and unjust And still will save them whil'st that they in him do put their trust Domine ne Psal xxxviii J. H. PUt me not to rebuke O Lord in thy provoked ire Ne in thy heavy wrath O Lord correct me I desire verse 2 Thine arrows do stick fast in me thy hand doth press me sore And in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more verse 3 And all this is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my sin verse 4 For lo my wicked doings Lord above my head are gone A greater load then I can bear they lie me sore upon verse 5 My wounds stink and are festred se as lothsome is to see Which all through mine own foolishness betideth unto me verse 6 And I in careful wise am brought in trouble and distress That I go wailing all the day in doleful heaviness verse 7 My loyns are fill'd with sore disease my flesh hath no whole part verse 8 I feeble am and broken sore I roar for grief of heart verse 9 Thou know'st Lord my desire my grones fail are open in thy sight verse 10 My heart doth pant my strength doth mine eyes have lost their light verse 11 My lovers and my wonted friends stand looking on my wo And eke my kinsmen far away are me departed fro verse 12 They that did seek my life laid snares and they that sought the way To do me hurt spake lies and thought on mischief all the day The second part verse 13 But as a deaf man I became that cannot hear at all verse 14 And as one dumb that opens not his mouth to speak withall verse 15 For all my confidence O Lord is wholly set on thee O Lord thou Lord that art my God thou shalt give ear to me verse 16 This did I crave that they my foes triemph not over me 〈◊〉 when my foot did slip then they did joy my fall to see verse 17 And truly I poor wretch am set in place a woful wight And eke my grievous heaviness is ever in my sight verse 18 For while that I my wickedness in humble wise confess And while I for my sinful deeds my sorrows do express verse 19 My foes do still remain alive and mighty are also â—â—d they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely grow verse 20 They stand against me that my good with evil do repay because that good and honest things I do ensue alway Forsake me not O Lord my God be thou not far away a Haste me to help my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi. Custodiam Psal xxxix J. H. Said I will look to my ways for fear I should go wrong I will take heed all times that I offend not with my tongue As with a bit I will keep fast my mouth with force and might â—ot once to whisper all the while the wicked are in sight I held my tongue and spake no word but kept me close and still 〈◊〉 from good talk I did refrain but sore against my will My heart waxt hot within my breast with musing thought and doubt Which did increase and stir the fire at last these words burst out Lord number out my life and days which yet I have not past 〈◊〉 that I may be certifi'd how long my life shall last Lord thou hast pointed out my life in length much like a span â—â—e age is nothing unto thee so vain is every man Man walketh like a shade and doth in vain himself If annoy â—â—getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enjoy Now Lord fith things this wise do frame what help do I desire Of truth my help doth hang on thee I nothing else require The second part verse 9 From all the sins that I have done Lord quit me out of hand And make me not a scorn to fools that nothing understand verse 10 I was as dumb and to complain no trouble might me move Because I knew it was thy work my patience for to prove verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourge plague I can them not withstand I faint and pine away for fear of thy most heavy hand verse 12 When thou for sin dost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wan As doth a cloth that moths have fret so vain a thing is man verse 13 Lord hear my suit and give good heed regard my tears that fall I sojourn like a stranger here as did my fathers all verse 14 O spare a little give me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seen no more Expectant expectavi Psal xl J. H. I Waited long and sought the Lord. and patiently did bear At length to me he did accord my voice and cry to hear verse 2 He pluckt me from the lake so deep out of the mire and clay And on a rock he set my feet and he did guide my way verse 3 To me he taught a psalm of praise which I must shew abroad And sing new songs of thanks alwaies unto the Lord our God verse 4 When all the folk these things shall fee as people much afraid Then they unto the Lord will flee and trust upon his aid verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and heart doth in the Lord remain That with the proud doth take no part nor such as lie and fain verse 6 For Lord my God thy wondrous deeds in greatness far do pass Thy favour towards us exceeds all things that ever was verse 7 When I intend and do devise thy works abroad to show To such a reckoning they do rise thereof no end I know verse 8 Burnt-offrings thou delight'st not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge his sin thou dost no man require verse 9 Meat-offerings and sacrifice thou wouldst not have at all But thou O Lord hast open made mine ears to hear withall verse 10 But then said I Behold and look I come a mean to be For in the volume of thy book thus is it said of me verse 11 That I O God should do thy minde which thing doth like me well For in my heart thy law I finde last placed there to dwell verse
12 Thy justice and thy righteousness in great resorts I tell Behold my tongue no time doth cease O Lord thou know'st full well The second part verse 13 I have not hid within my brest thy goodness as by stealth But I declare and have exprest thy truth and saving health verse 14 I kept not close thy loving minde that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I finde to all the Church I show verse 15 Thy tender mercy Lord from me withdraw thou not away But let thy love and veritie preserve me still for ay verse 16 For I with mischiefs many a one am sore beset about My sins increase and so come on I cannot spie them out verse 17 For why in number they exceed the hairs upon my head My heart doth faint for very dread that I am almost dead verse 18 With speed send help and set me free O Lord I thee require Make haste with aid to succour me O Lord at my desire verse 19 Let them sustain rebuke and shame that seek my soul to spill Drive back my foes and them defame that wish and would me ill verse 20 For their ill feats do them descry that would deface my name Always at me they rail and cry Fie on him fie for shame verse 21 Let them in thee have joy and wealth that seek to thee alwaies That those that love thy saving health may say To God be praise verse 22 But as for me I am but poor opprest and brought full low Yet thou O Lord wilt me restore to health full well I know verse 23 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge help and stay Wherefore my God as thou art just with me no time delay Beatus qui intelligit Psal xli T. S. THe man is blest that careful is the needy to consider For in the season perilous the Lord will him deliver verse 2 The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And he will not deliver him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lies sick the Lord will him restore And thou O Lord wilt turn to health his sickness and his sore verse 4 Then in my sickness thus said I Have mercy Lord on me And heal my soul which is full wo that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wisht me ill in heart and thus of me did say When shall he die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visit me they ask if I do well But in their hearts mischief they hatch and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite their lips and whisper so as though they would me charm And cast their fetches how to trap me with some mortal harm verse 8 Some grievous sin hath brought him to this sickness say they plain He is so low that without doubt rise can he not again verse 9 The man also that I did trust with me did use deceit Who at my table ate my bread the same for me laid wait verse 10 Have mercy Lord on me therefore and let me be preserv'd That I may render unto them the things they have deserv'd verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be belov'd of thee When that mine enemies have no cause to triumph over me verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presence place assign'd where I shall dwell for ay verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel he praised evermore Even so be it Lord will I say even so be it therefore Quomadmodum Psal xlii J. 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LIke as the hart doth breathe and bray the well-springs to obtain So doth my soul desire alway with thee Lord to remain verse 2 My soul doth thirst and would draw near the living God of might Oh when shall I come and appear in presence of his sight verse 3 The tears all times are my repast which from mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast Where now is God thy guide verse 4 Alas what grief is it to think what freedom once I had Therefore my soul as at pits brink most heavy is and fad When I did march in good aray furnished with my train Unto the temple was our way with songs and hearts most fain verse 5 My soul why art thou sad alwaies and fret'st thus in my brest Trust still in God for him to praise I hold it ever best By him I have succour at need against all pain and grief He is my God which with all speed will haste to send relief verse 6 And thus my soul within me Lord doth faint to think upon The land of Jordan and record the little hill Hermon The second part verse 7 One grief another in doth call as clouds burst out their voice The flouds of evil that do fall run over me with noise verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodness and help at all assayes Likewise by night I did not cease the living 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 rock and sure defence Why do I then in pensiveness hanging the head thus walk While that mine enemies me oppress and vex me with their talk verse 10 For why they pierce my inward parts with pangs to be abhor'd When they cry out with stubborn hearts where is thy God thy Lord verse 11 So soon why dost thou faint and quail my soul with pain opprest With thoughts why dost thy self assail so sore within my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lord thy God always and thou the time shalt see To give him thanks with laud and praise for health restor'd to thee Judica me Domine Psal xliii T. S. JUdge and revenge my cause O Lord from them that evil be From wicked and deceitful men O Lord deliver me verse 2 For of my strength thou art the God why put'st thou me thee fro And why walk I so heavily oppressed with my foe verse 3 Send out thy light and eke thy truth and lead me with thy grace Which may conduct me to thy hill and to thy dwelling-place verse 4 Then shall I to the altar go of God my joy and chear And on my harp give thanks to thee O God my God most dear verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soul and fret'st thus in my brest Still trust in God for him to praise I hold it always best verse 6 By him I have deliverance against all pain and grief He is my God which doth alway at need send me relief Deus auribus Psal xliv T. S. OUr ears have heard our fathers tell and reverently record The wondrous works that thou hast done in older time O Lord. verse 2 How thou didst cast the Gentiles out and stroyd'st them with strong hand Planting our fathers in their place and gav'st to them their land verse 3 They conquered not by sword not
strength the land of thy behest But by thy hand thy arm and grace because thou lov'dst them best verse 4 Thou art my King O God that holp Jacob in sundry wise verse 5 Led with thy power we threw down such as did against us rise verse 6 I trusted not in bowe nor sword they could not save me sound verse 7 Thou kept'st us from our enemies rage thou dist our foes confound verse 8 And still we boast of thee our God and praise thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou go'st not with our host but leavest us to shame verse 10 Thou mad'st us flee before our foes and so were overtrod Our enemies robb'd and spoil'd our goods when we were sperst abroad verse 11 Thou hast us given to our foes as sheep for to be slain Amongst the heathen every where scattred we do remain verse 12 Thy people thou hast sold like slaves and as a thing of nought For profit none thou hadst thereby no gain at all was sought verse 13 And to our neighbours thou hast made of us a laughing stock And those that round about us dwell at us do grin and mock The second part verse 14 Thus we serve for none other use but for a common talk They mock they scorn they nod their heads where ere they go or walk verse 15 I am asham'd continually to hear these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is covered then verse 16 For why we hear such slandrous words such false reports and lies That death it is to see their wrongs their threatnings and their cries verse 17 For all this we forgot not thee nor yet thy covenant brake verse 18 We turn not back our hearts from thee nor yet thy paths forsake verse 19 Yet thou hast trod us down to dust where dens of dragons be And covered us with shade of death and great adversitie verse 20 If we had our Gods Name forgot and help of idols sought verse 21 Would not God then have tri'd this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy Names sake O Lord always are we slain thus As sheep unto the shambles sent right so they deal with us verse 23 Up Lord why sleepest thou awake and leave us not for all verse 24 Why hidest thou thy countenance and dost forget our thrall verse 25 For down to dust our soul is brought and we now at last cast Our belly like as it were glu'd unto the ground cleaves fast verse 26 Rise up therefore for our defence and help us Lord at need We thee beseech for thy goodness to rescue us with speed Eructavit Psal xlv J. 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MY heart doth take in hand some godly song to sing The praise that I shall shew therein pertaineth to the king verse 2 My tongue shall be as quick his honour to indite As is the pen of any scribe that useth fast to write verse 3 O fairest of all men thy speech is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with gifts for ever to endure verse 4 About thee gird thy sword O prince of might elect With honour glory and renown thy person pure is deckt verse 5 Go forth with godly speed with meekness truth and right And thy right hand shall thee instruct in works of dreadful might verse 6 Thine arrows sharp and keen their hearts so sore shall sting That sulk shall fall and kneel to thee yea all thy foes O king verse 7 Thy royal seat O Lord for ever shall remain Because the sceptre of thy realm doth righteousness maintain verse 8 Because thou lov'st the right and dost the ill detest God even thy God hath 'nointed thee with joy above the rest verse 9 With myrrh and savours sweet thy clothes are all bespread When thou dost from thy palace pass therein to make thee glad verse 10 Kings daughters do attend in fine and rich aray At thy right hand the queen doth stand in gold and garments gay The second part verse 11 O daughter take good heed incline and give good ear Thou must forget thy kindred all and fathers house most dear verse 12 Then shall the king desire thy beauty fair and trim For why he is the Lord thy God and thou must worship him verse 13 The daughters then of Tyre with gifts full rich to see And all the wealthy of the land shall make their suit to thee verse 14 The daughter of the king is glorious to behold Within her closet she doth sit all deckt in beaten gold verse 15 In robes well wrought with needle and many a pleasant thing With virgins fair on her to wait she cometh to the king verse 16 Thus are they brought with joy and mirth on every side Into the palace of the king and there they do abide verse 17 In stead of parents left O queen the case so stands Thou shalt have sons whom thou mayst sâ—t as princes in all lands verse 18 Wherefore thy holy Name all ages shall record The people shall give thanks to thee for evermore O Lord. Deus noster Psal xlvi J. H. THe Lord is our defence and aid the strength whereby we stand When we with wo are much dismay'd he is our help at hand verse 2 Though th' earth remove we will not fear though hills so high and steep Be thrust and hurled here and there within the sea so deep verse 3 No though the waves do rage so sore that all the banks it spills And though it overflow the shore and beat down mighty hills verse 4 For one fair floud doth send abroad his pleasant streams apace To fresh the city of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In midst of her the Lord doth dwell she can no whit decay All things against her that rebell the Lord will truly slay verse 6 The heathen folk the kingdoms fear the people make a noise The earth doth melt and not appear when God puts forth his voice verse 7 The Lord of hosts doth take our part to us he hath an eie Our hope of health with all our heart on Jacobs God doth lie verse 8 Come here and see with minde thought the working of our God What wonders he himself hath wrought in all the world abroad verse 9 By him all wars are husht and gone which countreys did conspire Their bowes he brake and spears each one their chariots burnt with fire verse 10 Leave off therefore saith he and know I am a God most stout Among the heathen high and low and all the earth throughout verse 11 The Lord of hosts doth us defend he is our strength and tower On Jacobs God we do depend and on his might and power Omnes gentes Psal xlvii J. H. YE people all with one accord clap hands and eke rejoyce Be glad and sing unto the Lord with sweet and pleasant voice verse 2 For high the Lord and dreadful is with wonders manifold A mighty King he is truly in all the
earth extoll'd verse 3 The people shall he make to be unto our bondage thrall And underneath our feet the shall the nations make to fall verse 4 For us the heritage he chose which we possess alone The flourishing worship of Jacob his welbeloved one verse 5 Our God ascended up on high with joy and pleasant noise The Lord goes up above the skie with trumpets loyal voice verse 6 Sing praises to our God sing praise sing praises to our King verse 7 For God is King of all the earth all skilful praises sing verse 8 God on the heathen reigns and fits upon his holy throne The princes of the people have them joyned every one To Abrahams people for our God which is exalted high As with a buckler doth defend the earth continually Magnus Dominus Psal xlviii J. H. GReat is the Lord and with great praise to be advanced still Within the city of our God upon his holy hill verse 2 Mount Sion is a pleasant place it gladdeth all the land The city of the mighty King on her north-side doth stand verse 3 Within the palaces thereof God is a refuge known For so the kings are gathered and together they are gone verse 4 But when they did behold it so they wondred and they were Astonied much and suddenly were driven back with fear verse 5 Great terrour there on them did fall for very wo they cry As doth a woman when she shall go travail by and by verse 6 As thou with eastern wind the ships upon the sea dost break So they were stroy'd and even as we heard our fathers speak verse 7 So in the city of the Lord we saw as it was told Yea in the city which our God for ever will uphold verse 8 O Lord we wait and do attend on thy good help and grace For which we do all times attend within thy holy place verse 9 O Lord according to thy Name for ever is thy praise And thy right hand O Lord is full of righteousness always verse 10 Let for thy judgements Sion mount fulfilled be with joys And eke of Judah grant O Lord the daughters to rejoyce verse 11 Go walk about all Sion hill yea round about her go And tell the towers that thereupon are builded on a row verse 12 And mark ye well her bulwarks all behold her towers there That ye may tell thereof to them that after shall be here verse 13 For this God is our God our God for evermore is he Yea and unto the death also our Guider shall he be Audite bee omnes Psal xlix J. H. ALI people hearken and give ear to that that I shall tell verse 2 Both high and low both rich and poor that in the world do dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many things right wise In understanding shall mine heart his study exercise verse 4 I will encline mine ear to know the parable so dark And open all my doubtful speech in metre on my harp verse 5 Why should I fear affliction or any careful toyl Or else my foes which at my heels are prest my lise to spoil verse 6 For as for such as riches have wherein their trust is most And they which of their treasures great themselves do brag and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeem Or that can give a price to God sufficient for him verse 8 It is too great a price to pay none can thereto attain Or that he might his life prolong or not in grave remain verse 9 They see wise men as well as fools subject unto deaths bands And being dead strangers possess their goods their rents their lands verse 10 Their care is to build houses fair and so determine sure To make their name right great on earth for ever to endure verse 11 Yet shall noman always enjoy high honour wealth and rest verse 12 But shall at length taste of deaths cup as well as the brute beast The second part verse 13 And though they try their foolish thoughts to be most lewd and vain Their children yet approve their talk and in like sin remain verse 14 As sheep into the fold are brought so shall they into grave Death shall them eat and in that day the just shall lordship have verse 15 Their image and their royal port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they pass with wo and well-away verse 16 But God will surely preserve me from death and endless pain Because he will of his good grace my soul receive again verse 17 If any man wax wondrous rich fear not I say therefore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 18 For when he dies of all these things nothing shall he receive His glory will not follow him his pomp will take her leave verse 19 Yet in this life he takes himself the happiest under sun And others likewise flatter him saying All is well done verse 20 And presuppose he live as long as did his fathers old Yet must he needs at length give place and be brought to deaths fold verse 21 Thus man to honour God hath brought yet doth he not consider But like brute beasts so doth he live which turn to dust and powder Deus deorum Psal l. W. W. THe mighty God th' eternal hath thus spoke And all the world he will call and provoke Even from the east and so forth to the west verse 2 From towards Sion which place he liketh best God will appear in beauty most excellent Our God will come before long time bespent verse 3 Devouring fire shall go before his face A great tempest shall round about him trace verse 4 Then shall he call the earth and heavens bright To judge his folk with equity and right verse 5 Saying Go to and now my saints assemble My pact they keep their gifts do not dissemble verse 6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness For God is Judge of all things more and less verse 7 Hear my people for I will now reveal List Israel I will thee nought conceal Thy God thy God am I and will not blame thee verse 8 For giving not all manner offerings to me verse 9 I have no need to take of thee at all Goats of thy fold or cast out of thy stall verse 10 For all the beasts are mine within the woods On thousand hills cattel are mine own goods verse 11 I know for mine all birds that are on mountains All beasts are mine which haunt the fields and fountains verse 12 Hungry if I were I would not thee it tell For all is mine that in the world doth dwell verse 13 Eat I the flesh of great bulls or bullocks Or drink the bloud of goats or of the flocks verse 14 Offer to God praise and hearty thanksgiving And pay thy vows unto God everliving verse 15 Call upon me when troubled thou shalt be Then will I help
and thou shalt honour me verse 16 To the wicked thus saith th' eternal God Why dost thou preach my laws and hests abroad verse 17 Seeing thou hast them with thy mouth abused And hat'st to be by discipline reformed My words I say thou dost reject and hate verse 18 If that thou see a thief as with thy mate Thou runn'st with him and so your prey do seek And art all one with bauds and ruffians eke verse 19 Thou giv'st thy self to backbite and to slander And how thy tongue deceives it is a wonder verse 20 Thou sitt'st musing thy brother how to blame And how to put thy mothers son to shame verse 21 These things thou didst and whil'st I held my tongue Thou didst me judge because I staid so long Like to thy self yet though I keep long silence Once shalt thou feel of thy wrongs just recompence verse 22 Consider this ye that forget the Lord And fear not when he threatneth with his word Lest without help I spoil you as a prey verse 23 But he that thanks offereth praiseth me ay â—â—ith the Lord God and he that walks this trace I will him teach Gods saving healtht ' embrace Another of the same by J.H. THe God of gods the Lord hath call'd the earth by name From whence the sun doth rise unto the setting of the same 〈◊〉 From Sion his fair place his glory bright and clear The perfect beauty of his grace from thence it did appear 〈◊〉 Our God shall come in haste to speak he shall not doubt Before him shall the fire waste and tempest round about 〈◊〉 The heavens from on high the earth below likewise He will call forth to judge and try his folk he doth devise verse 5 Bring forth my saints saith he my faithful flock so dear Which are in band and league with me my law to love and fear 〈◊〉 And when these things are tri'd the heavens shall record That God is just and all must bide the judgement of the Lord. verse 7 My people O give heed Israel to thee I cry I am thy God thy help at need thou canst it not deny verse 8 I do not say to thee thy sacrifice is slack Thou offerest daily unto me much more then I do lack verse 9 Think'st thou that I do need thy cattel young or old Or else so much desire to feed on goats out of thy fold verse 10 Nay all the beasts are mine in woods that eat their fills And thousands more of neat and kine that run-wilde on the hills The second part verse 11 The birds that build on high in hills and out of sight And beasts that in the fields do lie are subject to my might verse 12 Then though I hungred sore what need I ought of thine Sith that the earth with her great store and all therein is mine verse 13 To bulls flesh have I minde to eat it dost thou think Or such a sweetness do I finde the bloud of goats to drink verse 14 Give to the Lord his praise with thanks to him apply And see thou pay thy vows always unto the God mòst high verse 15 Then seek and call to me when ought would work thee blame And I will sure deliver thee that thou mayst praise my Name verse 16 But to the wicked train which talk of God each day And yet their works are foul and vain to them the Lord will say verse 17 With what a face dar'st thou my word once speak or name Why doth thy talk my law allow thy deeds deny the same verse 18 Whereas for to amend thy life thou art so slack My word the which thou dost pretend is cast behinde thy back The third part verse 19 When thou a thief dost see by theft to live in wealth With him thou runn'st and dost agree likewise to thrive by stealth verse 20 When thou dost them behold that wives and maids defile Thou lik'st it well and waxest bold to use that life most vise verse 21 Thy lips thou dost apply to slander and defame Thy tongue is taught to craft and lie and still doth use the same verse 22 Thou studiest to revile thy friends to thee so near With slander thou wouldst needs defile thy mothers son most dear verse 23 Hereat while I do wink as though I did not see Thou goest on still and so dost think that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I will not let to strike when I begin Thy faults in order I will set and open all thy sin verse 25 Mark this I you require that have not God in minde Lest when I plague you in mine ire your help be far to finde verse 26 He that doth give to me the sacrifice of praise Doth please me well and he shall see to walk in godly ways Miserere mei Psal li. W. W. O Lord consider my distress and now with speed some pity take My sins deface my faults redress good Lord for thy great mercies sake verse 2 Wash me O Lord and make me clean from this unjust and sinful act And purifie yet once again my hainous crime and bloudy fact verse 3 Remorse and sorrow do constrain me to acknowledge mine excess My sin alas doth still remain before my face without release verse 4 For thee alone I have offended committing evil in thy sight And if I were therefore condemned yet were thy judgements just and right verse 5 It is too manifest alas that first I was conceiv'd in sin Yea of my mother so born was and yet vile wretch remain therein verse 6 Also behold Lord thou dost love the inward truth of a pure heart Therefore thy wisdom from above thou hast reveal'd me to convert verse 7 If thou with hyssop purge this blot I shall be cleaner then the glass And if thou wash away my spot the snow in whiteness shall I pass verse 8 Therefore O Lord such joy me send that inwardly I may finde grace And that my strength may now amend which thou hast swag'd for my trespass verse 9 Turn back thy face and frowning ire for I have felt enough thy hand And purge my sins I thee desire which do in number pass the sand verse 10 Make new my heart within my brest and frame it to thy holy will Thy constant Spirit in me let rest which may these raging enemies kill The second part verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but speedily my torments end Take not from me thy Spirit of grace which may from dangers me defend verse 12 Restore me to those joys again which I was wont in thee to finde And let me thy free Spirit retain which unto thee may stir my minde verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercies know I shall instruct others therein And men that are likewise brought low by mine example shall flee sin verse 14 O God that of my health art Lord forgive me this my bloudy vice My heart and tongue shall then accord to sing thy
call and cry hide not thy self away verse 2 Take heed to me grant my request and answer me again With plaints I pray full sore opprest great grief doth me constrain verse 3 Because my foes with threats and cries oppress me through despight And so the wicked sort likewise to vex me have delight verse 4 For they in counsel do conspire to charge me with some ill So in their hasty wrath and ire they do pursue me still verse 5 My heart doth faint for want of breath it panteth in my brest The terrours and the dread of death do work me much unrest verse 6 Such dreadful fear on me doth fall that I therewith do quake Such horour whelmeth me withall that I no shift can make verse 7 But I did say Who will give me the swift and pleasant wings Of some fair dove that I may flee and rest me from these things verse 8 Lo then I would go far away to flie I would not cease And I would hide my self and stay in some great wilderness verse 9 I would be gone in all the haste and not abide behinde That I were quit and overpast these blasts of boistrous winde verse 10 Divide them Lord and from them pull their devilish double tongue For I have spi'd their city full of rapine strife and wrong verse 11 Which things both night and day throughout do close her as a wall In midst of her is mischief stout and sorrow eke withall verse 12 Her inward parts are wicked plain her deeds are much too vile And in her streets there doth remain all crafty fraud and guile The second part verse 13 If that my foes did seek my shame I might it well abide From open enemies check and blame some where I could me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dear which friendship didst pretend And didst my secret counsel hear as my familiar friend verse 15 With whom I had delight to talk in secret and abroad And we together oft did walk within the house of God verse 16 Let death in haste upon them fall and send them quick to hell For mischief reigneth in the hall and parlour where they dwell verse 17 But I unto my God will cry to him for help I flee The Lord will help me by and by and he will succour me verse 18 At morning noon and evening-tide unto the Lord I pray When I so instantly have cri'd he doth not say me nay verse 19 To peace he shall restore me yet though war be now at hand Although the number be full great that would against me stand verse 20 The Lord that first and last doth reign both now and evermore Will hear when I to him complain and punish them full sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to turn will once accord For why they will not God obey nor yet do fear the Lord. verse 22 Upon their friends they laid their hands which were in covenant knit Of friendship to neglect the bands they pass or care no whit verse 23 While they have war within their hearts as butter are their words Although their words were smooth as oyl they cut as sharp as swords verse 24 Cast thou thy care upon the Lord and he shall nourish thee For in no wise will he accord the just in thrall to see verse 25 But God shall cast them deep in pit that thirst for bloud always He will no guileful man permit to live out half his days verse 26 Though such be quite destroy'd gone in thee O Lord I trust I shall depend thy grace upon with all my heart and lust Miserere mei Psal lvi J. 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HAve mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me devour He fighteth with me day by day and troubleth me each hour verse 2 Mine enemies daily enterprise to swallow me outright To fight against me many rise O thou most high of might verse 3 When they would make me most afraid with boasts and brags of pride I trust in thee alone for aid by thee I will abide verse 4 Gods promise I do minde and praise O Lord I stick to thee I do not care at all assays what flesh can do to me verse 5 What things I either did or spake they wrest them at their will And all the counsel that they take is how to work me ill verse 6 They all consent themselves to hide close watch for me to lay They spie my paths and snares have ti'd to take my life away verse 7 Shall they thus scape on mischief set thou God on them wilt frown For in his wrath he doth not let to throw whole kingdoms down verse 8 Thou seest how oft they made me flee and on my tears dost look Reserve them in a glass by thee and write them in thy book verse 9 When I do call upon thy Name my foes away do start I well perceive it by the same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the word of God to praise it I accord With joy I will declare abroad the promise of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I before began The Lord he is my help and stay I do not care for man verse 12 I will perform with heart so free to God my vows always And I O Lord all times to thee will offer thanks and praise verse 13 My soul from death thou dost defend and keep'st my feet upright That I before thee may ascend with such as live in light Miserere mei Psal lvii J. 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TAke pity for thy promise sake have mercy Lord on me For why my soul doth her betake unto the help of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy wings I set my self full fast Till mischief malice and like things be gone and overpast verse 3 I call upon the God most high to whom I stick and stand I mean the God that will stand by the cause I have in hand verse 4 From heaven he hath sent his aid to save me from their spight That to devour me have affaid his mercy truth and might verse 5 I lead my life with lions fell all set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwell that fâ—et like flames of fire verse 6 Their teeth are spears and arrows long as sharp as I have seen They wound cut with their quick tongue like swords and weapons keen verse 7 Set up and shew thy self O God above the heavens bright Exalt thy praise on earth abroad thy majesty and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a privy cave and pit Wherein they think my soul to snare but they are faln in it verse 9 My heart is set to laud the Lord in him to joy always My heart I say doth well accord to sing his laud and praise verse 10 Awake my joy awake I say my lute my harp and string For I my self before the day will rise rejoyce and sing
verse 11 Among the people I will tell the goodness of my God And shew his praise that doth excell in heathen lands abroad verse 12 His mercy doth extend as far as heavens all are high His truth as high as any star that shineth in the skie verse 13 Set forth and shew thy self O God above the heavens bright Extol thy praise on earth abroad thy majesty and might Si vere utique Psal lviii J. H. YE rulers that are put in trust to judge of wrong and right Be all your judgements true and just not knowing meed or might verse 2 Nay in your hearts ye mark and muse in mischief to consent And where ye should true justice use your hands to bribes are bent verse 3 The wicked sort from their birth-day have erred on this wise And from their mothers womb alway have used craft and lies verse 4 In them the poison and the breath of serpents do appear Yea like the adder that is deaf and fast doth stop her ear verse 5 Because she will not hear the voice of one that charmeth well No though he were the chief of choice and did therein excell verse 6 O God break thou their teeth at once within their mouths throughout The tusks that in their great jaw-bones like lions whelps hang out verse 7 Let them consume away and waste as waters run forth right The shafts that they do shoot in haste let them be broke in flight verse 8 As snails do waste within the shell and unto slime do run As one before his time that fell and never saw the sun verse 9 Before the thorns that now are young to bushes big shall grow The storms of anger waxing strong shall take them ere they know verse 10 The just shall joy it doth them good that God doth vengeance take And they shall wash their feet in bloud of them that him forsake verse 11 Then shall the world shew forth tell that good men have reward And that a God on earth doth dwell that justice doth regard Eripe me Psal lix J. 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SEnd aid and save me from my foes O Lord I pray to thee Defend and keep me from all those that rise and strive with me verse 2 O Lord preserve me from those men whose doings are not good And set me sure and safe from them that thirst still after bloud verse 3 For lo they wait my soul to take they rage against me still Yea for no fault that I did make I never did them ill verse 4 They run and do themselves prepare when I no whit offend Arise and save me from their snare and see what they intend verse 5 O Lord of hosts of Israel arise and strike all lands And pity none that do rebel and in their mischiefs stands verse 6 At night they stir and seek about as hounds they howl and grin And all the city clean throughout from place to place they run verse 7 They speak of me with mouth alway but in their lips are swords They 'greed my death and then would say What none doth hear our words verse 8 But Lord thou hast their ways espi'd and laught thereat apace The heathen folk thou dost deride and mock them to their face verse 9 The strength that doth our foes withstand O Lord doth come from thee My God he is my help at hand a fort of fence to me verse 10 The Lord to me doth shew his grace in great abundance still That I may see my foes in case such as my heart doth will The second part verse 11 Destroy them not at once O Lord left it from minde do fall But with thy strength drive them abroad and so consume them all verse 12 For their ill words and truthless tongue confound them in their pride Their wicked oaths with lies and wrong let all the world deride verse 13 Consume them in thy wrath O Lord that nought of them remain That men may know throughout the world that Jacobs God doth reign verse 14 At evening they return apace as dogs they grin and cry Throughout the streets in every place they run about and spy verse 15 They seek about for meat I say but let them not be fed Not finde a house wherein they may be hold to put their head verse 16 But I will shew thy strength abroad thy goodness I will praise For thou art my defence and God at need in all assays verse 17 Thou art my strength thou hast me staid O Lord I sing to thee Thou art my fort my fence and aid a loving God to me Deus repulisti Psal lx J. 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O Lord thou didst us clean forsake and scattredst us abroad Such great displeasure thou didst take return to us O God verse 2 Thy might did move the land so sore that it in sunder brake The hurt thereof O Lord restore for it doth bow and quake verse 3 With heavy chance thou plaguest thus the people that are thine And thou hast given unto us a drink of deadly wine verse 4 But yet to such as fear thy Name a banner thou didst shew That they might triumph in the same because thy word is true verse 5 So that thy might may keep and save thy folk that favour thee That they thy help at hand may have O Lord grant this to me verse 6 The Lord did speak from his own place this was his joyful tale I will divide Sichem by pace and mete out Succoths vale verse 7 Gilead is given to my hand Manasses mine beside Ephraim the strength of all my land my law doth Judah guide verse 8 In Moah I will wash my feet over Edom throw my shoe And thou Palestine ought it to seek for favour me unto verse 9 But who will bring me at this tide unto the city strong Or who to Edom will me guide so that I go not wrong verse 10 Wilt thou not God which didst forsake thy folk their land and coasts Our wars in hand thou wouldst not take nor walk among our hosts verse 11 Give aid O Lord and us relieve from them that us disdain The help that hosts of men can give it is but all in vain verse 12 But through our God we shall have might to take great things in hand He will tread down and â—ut to flight all those that us withstand Exaudi Deus Psal lxi J. H. REgard O Lord for I complain and make my suit to thee Let not my words return in vain but give an ear to me verse 2 From out the coasts and utmost parts of all the earth abroad In grief and anguish of my heart I cry to thee O God verse 3 Upon the rock of thy great power my woful minde repose Thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tent I lust to dwell for ever to endure Under thy wings I know right well I shall be safe and sure verse 5 The Lord doth my desire regard and doth
oppress Thy help shall give me such relief that all shall be redrest verse 32 That I may give thy Name the praise and shew it with a song I will extol the same always with hearty thanks among verse 33 Which is more pleasant unto thee such minde thy grace hath born Then either ox or calf can be that hath both hoof and horn verse 34 When simple folk do this behold it shall rejoyce them sure All ye that seek the Lord behold your life for ay shall dure verse 35 For why the Lord of hosts doth hear the poor when they complain His prisoners are to him full dear he doth them not disdain verse 36 Wherefore the sky and earth below the sea with floud and stream His praise they shall declare and show with all that live in them verse 37 For sure our God will Sion save and Juda's cities build verse 38 Much folk possession there shall have her streets shall all be fill'd His servants seed shall keep the same all ages out of minde verse 39 And there all they that love his Name a dwelling-place shall finde Deus in adjutorium Psal lxx J. H. O God to me take heed Of help I thee require O Lord of hosts with haste and speed help help I thee desire verse 2 With shame confound them all that seek my soul to spill Rebuke them back with blame to fall that think and wish me ill verse 3 Confound them that apply and seek to work me shame And at my harm do laugh and cry So so there goes the game verse 4 But let them joyful be in thee with joy and wealth Which onely trust and seek to thee and to thy saving health verse 5 That they may say always in mirth and one accord All glory honour laud and praise be given to thee O Lord. verse 6 But I am weak and poor come Lord thine aid I lack Thou art my stay and help therefore make speed and be not slack In te Domine Psal lxxi J. H. MY Lord my God in all distress my hope is whole in thee Then let no shame my foul oppress nor once take hold on me verse 2 As thou art just defend me Lord and rid me out of dread Give ear and to my suit accord and send me help at need verse 3 Be thou my rock to whom I may for aid all times resort Thy promise is to helpalway thou art my sence and fort verse 4 Save me my God from wicked men and from their strength and power From folk unjust and eke from them that cruelly devour verse 5 Thou art the stay wherein I trust thou Lord of hosts art he Yea from my youth I had a lust still to depend on thee verse 6 Thou hast me kept even from my birth and I through thee was born Wherefore I will thee praise with mirth both evening and at morn verse 7 As to a monster seldom seen much solk about me throng But thou art now and still hast been my fence and aid so strong verse 8 Wherefore my mouth no time shall lack thy glory and thy praise And eke my tongue shall not be slack to honour thee always verse 9 Refuse me not O Lord I say when age my limbs doth take And when my strength doth waste away do not my soul forsake verse 10 Among themselves my foes enquire to take me through deceit And they against me do conspire that for my soul laid wait The second part verse 11 Lay hand and take him now they said For God from him is gone Dispatch him quite for to his aid I wis there cometh none verse 12 Do not absent thy self away O Lord when need shall be But that in time of grief thou may in haste give help to me verse 13 With shame confound and overthrow all those that seek my life Oppress them with rebuke also that fain would work me strife verse 14 But I will patiently abide thy help at all assays Still more and more each time and tide I will set forth thy praise verse 15 My mouth thy justice shall record that daily help doth send But of thy benefits O Lord I know no count nor end verse 16 Yet will I go and seek forth one with thy good help O God The saving health of thee alone to shew and set abroad verse 17 For of my youth thou took'st the care and dost instruct me still Therefore thy wonders to declare I have great minde and will verse 18 And as in youth from wanton rage thou didst me keep and stay For sake me not unto mine age and till my head be gray The third part verse 19 That I thy strength and might may show to them that now be here And that our seed thy power may know hereafter many a year verse 20 O Lord thy justice doth exceed thy doings all may see Thy works are wonderful indeed oh who is like to thee verse 21 Thou mad'st me feel affliction sore and yet thou didst me save Yea thou didst help and me restore and took'st me from the grave verse 22 And thou mine honour dost increase my dignity maintain Yea thou dost make all grief to cease and comfort'st me again verse 23 Therefore thy faithfulness to praise I will with viol sing My harp shall sound thy praise always O Israels holy King verse 24 My mouth will joy with pleasant voice when I shall sing to thee And eke my soul will much rejoyce for thou hast made me free verse 25 My tongue thy uprightness shall sound and speak it daily still For grief and shame do them confound that seek to work me ill Deus judicium Psal lxxii J. 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LOrd give thy judgements to the king therein instruâ—t him well And with his son that princely thing Lord let thy justice dwell verse 2 That he may govern uprightly and rule thy folk aright And so defend through equity the poor that have no might verse 3 And let the mountains that are high unto thy folk give peace And eke let little hills apply in justiceto increase verse 4 That he may help the weak and poor with aid and make them strong And eke destroy for evermore all those that do them wrong verse 5 And then from age to age shall they regard and fear thy might So long as sun doth shine by day or else the moon by night verse 6 Lord make the king unto the just like rain to fields new mown And like to drops that lay the dust and fresh the land new sown verse 7 The just shall flourish in his time and all shall be at peace Until the moon shall leave to prime waste change and to increase verse 8 He shall be lord of sea and land from shore to shore throughout And from the flouds within the land through all the earth about verse 9 The people that in deserts dwell shall kneed to him full thick And all his enemies that rebel the earth and dust shall lick verse 10
and be not slack to give thy foes a rap The second part verse 13 O God thou art our King and Lord and evermore hast been Yea thy good grace throughout the world for our good help hath seen verse 14 The seas that are so deep and dead thy might did make them dry And thou didst break the serpents head that he therein did die verse 15 Yea thou didst break the heads so great of whales that are so fell And gav'st them to the folk to eat that in the deserts dwell verse 16 Thou mad'st a spring with streams to rise from rock both hard and high And eke thy hand hath made likewise deep rivers to be dry verse 17 Both day and eke the night are thine by thee they were begun Thou sett'st to serve us with their shine the light and eke the sun verse 18 Thou didst appoint the ends and coasts of all the earth about Both summer-heats and winter-frosts thy hand hath found them out verse 19 Think on O Lord no time forget thy foes that thee defame And how the foolish folk are set to rail upon thy Name verse 20 O let no cruel beasts devour thy turtle that is true Forget not always in thy power the poor that much do rue verse 21 Regard thy covenant and behold thy foes possess the land All sad and dark forworn and old our realm as now doth stand verse 22 Let not the simple go away nor yet return with shame But let the poor and needy ay give praise unto thy Name verse 23 Rise Lord let be by thee maintain'd the cause that is thine own Remember how that thou blasphem'd art by the foolish one verse 24 The voice forget not of thy foes for the presumption high Is more and more in creast of those that hate thee spitefully Confitebimur tibi Psal lxxv J. 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UNto thee God will we give thanks we will give thanks to thee Sith thy Name is so near declare thy wondrous works will we verse 2 I will uprightly judge when get convenient time I may The earth is weak and all therein but I her pillars stay verse 3 I did to the mad people say Deal not so furiously And unto the ungodly ones Set not your horns on high verse 4 I said unto them Set not up your raised horns on high And see that you do with stiff neck not speak presumptuously verse 5 For neither from the eastern parts nor from the western side Nor from forsaken wilderness promotion doth proceed verse 6 For why the Lord our God he is the righteous Judge alone He putteth down the one and sets another in the throne verse 7 For why a cup of mighty wine is in the hand of God And all the mighty wine therein himself doth pour abroad verse 8 As for the lees and filthy dregs that do remain of it The wicked of the earth shall drink and suck them every whit verse 9 But I will talk of God I say of Jacobs God therefore And will not cease to celebrate his praise for evermore verse 10 In sunder break the horns of all ungodly men will I But then the horns of righteous men shall be exalted high Gloria patri To Father Son and holy Ghost all glory be therefore As in beginning was is now and shall be evermore In Judea Psal lxxvi J. 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TO all that now in Jewry dwell the Lord is clearly known His Name is great in Israel a people of his own verse 2 At Salem he his tents hath pight to tarry there a space In Sion eke he hath delight to make his dwelling-place verse 3 And there he brake both shaft and bowe the sword the spear and shield And brake the ray to overthrow in battel on the field verse 4 Thou art more worthy honour Lord more might in thee doth lie Then in the strongest of the world that rob on mountains high verse 5 But now the proud are spoil'd through thee and they are faln on sleep Through men of war no help can he themselves they could not keep verse 6 At thy rebuke O Jacobs God when thou didst them reprove As half on sleep their chariots stood no hors-men once did move verse 7 For thou art dreadful Lord indeed what man the courage hath To bide thy sight and doth not dread when thou art in thy wrath verse 8 When thou dost make thy judgments heard from heaven throught the ground Then all the earth full sore afraid in silence shall be found verse 9 And that when thou O God dost stand in judgement for to speak To save th' afflicted of the land on earth that are full weak verse 10 The fury that in man doth reign shall turn unto thy praise Hereafter Lord do thou restrain their wrath and threats always verse 11 Make vows and pay them to our God ye folk that nigh him be Bring gifts all ye that dwell abroad for dreadful sure is he verse 12 For he doth take both life and might from princes great of birth And full of terrour is his sight to all the kings on earth Voce mea Psal lxxvii J. 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I With my voice to God do cry with heart and hearty cheer My voice to God I lift on high and he my suit doth hear verse 2 In time of grief I sought to God by night no rest I took But stretcht my hands to him abroad my soul comfort forsook verse 3 When I to think on God intend my trouble then is more I spake but could not make an end my breath was stopt so sore verse 4 Thou hold'st mine eyes always from rest that I always awake With fear I am so sore opprest my speech doth me forsake verse 5 The days of old in minde I cast and oft did think upon The times and ages that are past full many years agone verse 6 By night my songs I call to minde once made thy praise to show And with my heart much talle I finde my spirits do search to know verse 7 Will God said I at once for all cast off his people thus So that henceforth no time he shall be friendly unto us verse 8 What is his goodness clean decay'd for ever and a day Or is his promise now delay'd and doth his truth decay verse 9 And will the Lord our God forget his mercies manifold Or shall his wrath increase so hot his mercies to withhold verse 10 At last I said My weakness is the cause of this mistrust Gods mighty hand can help all this and change it when he lust The second part verse 11 I will regard and think upon the working of the Lord Of all his wonders past and gone I gladly will record verse 12 Yea all his works I will declare and what he did devise To tell his facts I will not spare and eke his counsel wise verse 13 Thy works O Lord are all upright and holy all abroad What one hath strength to match the might of thee O Lord our God verse
the folk that pass thereby thy vine may spoil and waste verse 13 The boar out of the wood so wilde doth dig and root it out The furious beasts out of the field devour it all about verse 14 O Lord of hosts return again from heaven look betime behold and with thy help sustain this poor vineyard of thine verse 15 Thy plant I say thine Israel whom thy right hand hath set The same which thou didst love so well O Lord do not forget verse 16 They lop and cut it down apace they burn it eke with fire â—â—d through the frowning of thy face we perish in thine ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with them now whom thou hast kept so long â—â—â—d with the Son of man whom thou to thee hast made so strong verse 18 And so when thou hast set us free and saved us from shame Then will we never fall from thee but call upon thy Name verse 19 O Lord of hosts through thy good grace convert us unto thee behold us with a pleasant face and then full safe are we Deo exultate Psal lxxxi J. H. BE light and glad in God rejoyce which is our strength and stay be joyful and lift up your voice to Jacobs God I say verse 2 Prepare your instruments most meet some joyful psalm to sing strike up with harp and lute so sweet on every pleasant string verse 3 Blow as it were in the new-moon with trumpets of the best As it is used to be done at any solemn feast â— For this is unto Israel a statute and a trade â—law that must be kept full well which Jacobs God hath made â— This clause with Joseph was decreed when he from Egypt came That as a witness all his feed should still observe the same â— When God I say had so prepar'd to bring him from that land Whereas the speech which he had heard he did not understand verse 7 I from his shoulders took saith he the burden clean away And from the furnace quit him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 When thou in grief didst cry and call I holp thee by and by And I did answer thee withal in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discord I did thee tempt and prove Whereas the goodness of the Lord with mutt'ring thou didst move verse 10 Hear O my folk O Israel and I assure it thee Regard and mark my words full well if thou wilt cleave to me The second part verse 11 Thou shalt no god in thee reserve of any land abroad Nor in no wise to bow or serve a strange or forein god verse 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egypt set thee free Then ask of me abundantly and I will give it thee verse 13 And yet my people would not hear my voice when that I spake Nor Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leave them to their will in hardness of their heart To walk in their own counsels still themselves they might pervert verse 15 O that my people would have heard the words that I did say And eke that Israel would regard to walk within my way verse 16 How soon would I confound their foes and bring them down full low And turn my hand upon all those that would them overthrow verse 17 And they that at the Lord do rage as slaves should seek him till But of his folk the time and age should flourish ever still verse 18 I would have fed them with the crop and finest of the wheat And made the rock with honey drop that they their fills should eat Deus stetit Psal lxxxii J. 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AMid the preass with men of might the Lord himself doth stand To plead the cause of truth and right with judges of the land verse 2 How long said he will you proceed false judgement to award And have respect for love of meed the wicked to regard verse 3 Whereas of due you should defend the fatherless and weak And when the poor man doth contend in judgement justly speak verse 4 If ye be wise defend the cause of poor men in their right And rid the needy from the claws of tyrants force and might verse 5 But nothing will they know or learn in vain to them I talk They will not see or ought discern but still in darkness walk verse 6 For lo even now the time is come that all things fall to nought And likewise laws both all and some for gain are sold and bought I had decreed it in my sight as gods to take you all And children to the most of might for love I did you call verse 7 But not withstanding ye shall die as men and so decay O tyrants I shall you destroy and pluck you quite away verse 8 Up Lord and let thy strength be known and judge the world with might For why all nations are thine own to take them as thy right Deus quid Psal lxxxiii J. 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DO not O God refrain thy tongue in filence do not stay Withhold not Lord thy self fo long and make no more delay verse 2 For why behold thy foes and see how they do rage and cry And those that bear an hate to thee hold up their heads on high verse 3 Against thy folk they use deceit and crast'ly they enquire For thine elect to lie in wait their counsel doth conspire verse 4 Come on say they let us expel and pluck these solk away So that the name of Israel may utterly decay verse 5 They all conspire within their heart how they may thee withstand Against the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of all the Edomites the Ismaelites also The Hagarenes and Moabites with divers other mo verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and likewise doth Amalek conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwell at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is well appaid with them in league to be And doth become a sence and aid to Lots posteritie verse 9 As thou didst to the Midianites so serve them Lord each one As to Siser and to Jabin beside the brook Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy and waste them through thy might That they like dung on earth did lie and that in open fight The second part verse 11 Make them now and their lords appear like Zeb and Oreb than As Zebah and Zalmana were the kings of Midian verse 12 Which said Let us throughout the land in all the coasts abroad Possess and take into our hand the fair houses of God verse 13 Turn them O God with storms as fast as wheels that have no stay Or like the chaff which men do cast with winds to flie away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forests spills And as the flame doth quite consume the mountains and the hills verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath upon their necks be
laid And of thy stormy wind and showre Lord make them all afraid verse 16 Lord bring them all I thee desire to such rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learn to seek thy Name verse 17 And let them evermore daily to shame and slander fall And in rebuke and obloquie to perish eke withall verse 18 That they may know and feel full well that thou art called Lord And that alone thou dost excell and reign throughout the world Quam dilecta Psal lxxxiv J. H. HOw pleasant is thy dwelling-place O Lord of hosts to me The tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant Lord they be verse 2 My soul doth long full sore to go into thy courts abroad My heart doth lust my flesh also in thee the living God verse 3 The sparrows finde a room to rest and save themselves from wrong And eke the swallow hath a nest wherein to keep her young verse 4 These birds full nigh thine altar may have place to fit and fing O Lord of hosts thou art I say my God and eke my King verse 5 O they be blessed that may dwell within thy house always For they all times thy facts do tell and ever give thee praise verse 6 Yea happy sure likewise are they whose stay and strength thou art Which to thy house do minde the way and seek it in their heart As they go through the vale of tears they dig up fountains still That as a spring it all appears and thou their pits dost fill verse 7 From strength to strength they walk full fast no faintness there shall be And so the God of gods at last in Sion they do see verse 8 O Lord of hosts to me give heed and hear when I do pray And let it through thine ears proceed O Jacobs God I say verse 9 O Lord our shield of thy good grace regard and so draw near Regard I say behold the face of thine anointed dear verse 10 For why within thy courts one day is better to abide Then other-where to keep or stay a thousand days beside Much rather would I keep a door within the house of God Then in the tents of wickedness to settle mine abode verse 11 For God the Lord light and defence will grace and worship give And no good thing will he withhold from them that purely live verse 12 O Lord of hosts that man is blest and happy sure is he That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee Benedixisti Psal lxxxv J. H. THou hast been merciful indeed O Lord unto thy land For thou restoredst Jacobs seed from thraldom out of band verse 2 The wicked ways that they were in thou didst them clean remit And thou didst hide thy peoples sin full close thou coveredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that all thy wrath was gone And so didst turn thee from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now convert thy people unto thee Put all thy wrath from us apart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shall thine anger never and but still proceed on us And shall thy wrath it self extend upon all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather turn therefore and quicken us that we And all thy folk may evermore be glad and joy in thee verse 7 O Lord on us do thou declare thy goodness to our wealth Shew forth to us and do not spare thine aid and saving health verse 8 I will heark what God faith for he speaks to his people peace And to his saints that never they return to foolishness verse 9 For why his help is still at hand to such as do him fear Whereby great glory in our land shall dwell and flourish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shall meet in one to take their place And peace shall justice with kiss greet and there they shall embrace verse 11 As truth from earth shall spring apace and flourish pleasantly So righteousness shall shew her face and look from heaven high verse 12 Yea God himself doth take in hand to give us each good thing And through the coasts of all the land the earth her fruit shall bring verse 13 Before his face shall justice go much like a guide or stay He shall direct his steps also and keep them in the way Inclina Domine Psal lxxxvi J. H. LOrd bow thine ear to my request and hear me by and by With grievous pain and grief opprest full poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because my ways and doings holy be And save thy servant O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me express defend me eke withall For through the day I do not cease on thee to cry and call verse 4 Comfort O Lord thy servants soul that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee Lord I extol and lift my soul and minde verse 5 For thou art good and bountiful thy gifts of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentiful to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and give an ear Mark well the words that I do say and all my prayers hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain For why I know and well do prove thou answerest me again verse 8 Among the gods O Lord is none with thee to be compar'd And none can do as thou a lone the like hath not been heard The second part verse 9 The Gentiles and the people all which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees shall fall and glorify my Name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might all power is thine own Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art God a lone verse 11 O teach me Lord thy way and I shall in thy truth proceed O joyn my heart to thee so nigh that I thy Name may dread verse 12 To thee my God will I give praise with all my heart O Lord And glorify thy Name always for ever through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shew'd to me is great and doth excell Thou seâ—t'st my soul at liberty out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lord the proud against me rise and heaps of men of might They seek my soul and in no wise will have thee in their sight verse 15 Thou Lord art merciful and meek full slack and slow to wrath Thy goodness is full great and eke thy truth no measure hath verse 16 O turn to me and mercy grant thy strength to me apply O help and save thine own servant thy hand-maids son am I. verse 17 On me some signe of favour show that all my soes may see And be asham'd because Lord thou dost help and comfort me Fundamenta Psal lxxxvii J. H. THat city shall full well endure her ground-work still doth stay Upon the holy hills full sure it can no
holiness proclaim 〈◊〉 thankful eke with heart and voice and mindful of the same Cantate Domino Psal xcviii J. H. 〈◊〉 Sing ye now unto the Lord a new and pleasant long 〈◊〉 he hath wrought throughout the world his wonders great and strong With his right hand full worthily he doth his foes devour â—â—d get himself the victory with his own arm and power The Lord doth make the people know his saving health and might â—e Lord doth eke his justice show in all the heathens sight His grace and truth to Israel in minde he doth record â—at all the earth hath seen right well the goodness of the Lord. â—e glad in him with joyful voice all people of the earth â—ethanks to God sing and rejoyce to him with joy and mirth Upon the harp unto him sing give thanks to him with psalms Rejoyce before the Lord our King with trumpets and with shalms verse 7 Yea let the sea with all therein for joy both roar and swell The earth likewise let it begin with all that therein dwell verse 8 And let the flouds rejoyce their fills and clap their hands apace And eke the mountains and the hills before the Lord his face verse 9 For he shall come to judge and try the world and every wight And rule the people mightily with justice and with right Dominus regnavit Psal xcix J. H. THe Lord doth reign although at it the people rage full sore Yea he on cherubims doth sit though all the world do roar verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwell is high and wondrous great Above all folk he doth excell and he aloft is set verse 3 Let all men praise thy mighty Name for it is fearful sure And let them magnifie the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our King doth love judgement and right Thou rightly rulest everything in Jacob through thy might verse 5 To praise the Lord our God devise all honour to him do Before his footstool worship him for he is holy too verse 6 Moses Aaron and Samuel as priests on him did call When they did pray he heard them well and gave them answer all verse 7 Within the cloud to them he spake then did they labour still To keep such saws as he did make and pointed them untill verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them hear and answeredst them again Thy mercy did on them appear their deeds didst not maintain verse 9 O laud and praise our God and Lord within his holy hill For why our God throughout the world is holy ever still Jubilate Deo Psal c. J. H. ALl people that on earth do dwell sing to the Lord with chearful voice verse 2 Him serve with fear his praise forth tell come ye before him and rejoyce verse 3 The Lord ye know is God indeed without our aid he did us make We are his flock he doth us feed and for his sheep he doth us take verse 4 O enter then his gates with praise approach with joy his courts unto Praise laud and bless his Name always for it is seemly so to do verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good his mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood and shall from age to age endure Another of the same by J. H. IN God the Lord be glad and light praise him throughout the earth verse 2 Serve him and come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 3 Know that the Lord our God he is he did us make and keep Not we our selves for we are his own flock and pasture-sheep verse 4 O go into his gates always give thanks within the same Within his courts set forth his praise and laud his holy Name verse 5 For why the goodness of the Lord for evermore doth reign From age to age throughout the world his truth doth still remain Misericordiam Psal ci N. I Mercy will and judgement sing O Lord God unto thee verse 2 And wisely do in perfect way until thou come to me And in the midst of my house walk in pureness of my sprite verse 3 And I no kinde of wicked thing will set before my sight I hate their works that fall away it shall not cleave to me verse 4 From me shall part the froward heart none evil will I see verse 5 Him will I stroy that slandereth his neighbour privily The lofty heart I cannot hear nor him that looketh high verse 6 Mine eyes shall be on them within the land that faithful be In perfect way who walketh shall be servant unto me verse 7 I will no guileful person have within my house to dwell And in my presence he shall not remain that lies doth tell verse 8 Betimes I will destroy even all the wicked of the land That I may from Gods city cut the wicked workers hand Domine exaudi Psal cii N. O Hear my prayer Lord and let my cry come unto thee verse 2 In time of trouble do not hide thy face away from me verse 3 Incline thine ear to me make haste to hear me when I call For as the smoke doth fade so do my days consume and fall verse 4 And as an hearth my bones are burnt my heart is smitten dead And withers like the grass that I forget to eat my bread verse 5 By reason of my groaning voice my bones cleave to my skin verse 6 As pelicane in wilderness such case now am I in And as an owl in desert is so I am such an one verse 7 I watch and as a sparrow on the house-top am alone verse 8 Lo daily in reproachful wise mine enemies do me scorn And they that do against me rage against me they have sworn verse 9 Surely with ashes as with bread my hunger I have fill'd And mingled have my drink with tears that from mine eyes have still'd verse 10 Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdain For thou hast listed me aloft and cast me down again verse 11 The days wherein I pass my life are like the fleeting shade And I am with'red like the grass that soon away doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord for ever dost remain in steady place And thy remembrance ever doth abide from race to race The second part verse 13 Thou wilt arise and mercy thou to Sion wilt extend The time of mercy now the time foreset is come to end verse 14 For even in the stones thereof thy servants do delight And on the dust thereof they have compassion in their sprite verse 15 Then shall the heathen people fear the Lords most holy Name And all the kings on earth shall dread thy glory and thy fame verse 16 Then when the Lord the mighty God again shall Sion rear And then when he most nobly in his glory shall appear verse 17 To prayer of the desolate when he himself shall bend When he shall not disdain unto their prayers to attend verse 18
Whereas the wicked and perverse with grief shall stop their voice verse 43 But who is wise that now full well he may these things record For certainly such shall perceive the kindness of the Lord. Paratum cor Psal cviii J. H. O God my heart prepared is and eke my tongue is so I will advance my voice in long and giving praise also verse 2 Awake my viol and my harp sweet melody to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake verse 3 By me among the people Lord still praised shalt thou be And I among the heathen folk will sing O Lord to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great above the heavens high And eke thy truth doth reach the clouds within the Josty skie verse 5 Above the starry heavens high exalt thy felt O God And Lord display upon the earth thy glory all abroad verse 6 That thy dearly beloved may he set at libertie Help O my God with thy right hand and hearken unto me verse 7 God in his holiness hath spoke wherefore my joys abound Sichem I will divide and mere the vale of Succoth-ground verse 8 And Gilead shall be mine own Manasses mine shall be My head-strength Ephraim and law shall Judah give for me verse 9 Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom will I throw Upon the land of Palestine in triumph will I go verse 10 Who shall into the city strong be guide to conduct me Or how by whom to Edom land conveyed shall I be verse 11 Is it not thou O Lord which late hadst us forsaken quite And thou O Lord which with our hosts didst not go forth to fight verse 12 Give us O Lord thy saving aid when troubles do assail For all the help of man is vain and can no whit avail verse 13 Through God we shall do valiant acts and worthy of renown He shall suodue our enemies yea he shall tread them down Deus laudem tuam Psal cix N. IN speechless silence do nor hold O God thy tongue always O God even thou I say that art the God of all my praise verse 1 The wicked and the guileful mouth on me disclosed be And they with false and lying tongues have spoken unto me 〈◊〉 They did beset me round about with words of hateful spight Without all cause of my desert against me they did light 〈◊〉 For my good will they were my foes but then 'gan I to pray My good with ill my friendliness with hate they did repay 〈◊〉 Set thou the wicked over him to have the upper hand It his right hand eke suffer thou his hateful foe to stand When he is judged let him then condemned be therein And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sin 〈◊〉 Few be his days his charge also let thou another take His children let be fatherless his wife a widow make verse 10 Let his off-spring be vagabonds to beg and seek their bread Wandring out of the wasted place where erst they have been fed verse 11 Let covetous extortioners catch all his goods and store And let the stranger spoil the fruit of all his toil before verse 12 Let there be none to pity him let there be none at all That on his children fatherless will let their mercy fall The second part verse 13 And so let his posterity for ever be destroy'd Their name out blotted in the age that after shall succeed verse 14 Let not his fathers wickedness from Gods remembrance fall And let not thou his mothers sin be done away at all verse 15 But in the presence of the Lord let them remain for ay That from the earth their memory he may cut clean away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgot to shew but did pursue with spight The troubled man and sought to slay the woful-hearted wight verse 17 Ash-did cursing love it shall betide unto him so And as he did not blessing love it shall be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad himself so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyl into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to cover him foray And as a girdle wherewith he shall girded be alway verse 20 Lo let the same be from the Lord the guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that evil speak against my soul also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deal thou I say with me After thy Name deliver me for good thy mercies he verse 22 Because in depth of great distress I needy am and poor And eke within my pained breast my heart is wounded sore The third part verse 23 Even so do I depart away as doth declining shade And as the grashopâ—er so I am shaken off and sade verse 24 With falling long from needful food enfeebled are my knees And all her fatness hath my flesh enforced been to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproach to thâ—u am made to be And they that did upon me look did shake their heads at me verse 26 But thou O Lord thâ—t art my God none aid and succour be According to thy mercy Lord save and deliver me verse 27 And they shall know thereby that this Lord is thy mighty hand And that thou thou hast done it Lord so shall they understand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bless with loving voice They shall aris and come to shame thy servant shall rejoyce verse 29 Let them be clothed all with shame that enemies are to me And with confusion as a cloke eke covered let them be verse 30 But greatly I will with my mouth give thanks unto the Lord And I among the multitude his praises will record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand will stand the poor man by To save him from the man that would condemn his soul to die Dixit Dominus Psal cx N. THe Lord did say unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand Till I have made thy foes a stool whereon thy feet shall stand verse 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send the sceptre of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the Ruler in their sight verse 3 And in the day on which thy reign and power they shall see Then hereby free-will-offerings shall the peepâ—â— offer thee Yea with an holy worshipping then shall they offer all Thy births dew is the dew that doth from womb of morning fall verse 4 The Lord hath sworn and never will repent what he doth say By th' order of Melchisedech thou art a Priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shall wound for thee the stately kings upon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shall judge and fill the place with bodies dead And over divers countreys shall in sunder smite the head verse 7 And he shall drink out of the brook tâ—at râ—nnâ—th in the way Wherefore he shall lift up on high
must verse 8 For he it is that must save Israel from his sin And all such as surely have their confidence in him Domine non est Psal cxxxi M. O Lord I am not puft in minde I have no scornful eye I do not exercise myself in things that be too high verse 2 But as the childe that weaned is even from his mothers brest So have I Lord behav'd my self in silence and in rest verse 3 O Israel trust in the Lord let him be all thy stay From this time forth for evermore from age to age I say Memento Dom. Psal cxxxii M. REmember Davids troubles Lord how to the Lord he swore verse 2 And vow'd a vow to Jacobs God to keep for evermore verse 3 I will not come within my house nor climb up to my bed verse 4 Nor let my temples take their rest nor the eyes in my head verse 5 Till I have found out for the Lord a place to sit thereon An house for Jacobs God to be an habitation verse 6 We heard of it at Ephrata there did we hear this sound And in the fields and forests there these voices first were found verse 7 We will assay and go in now his tabernacle there Before his footstool to fall down and worship him in fear verse 8 Arise O Lord arise I say into thy resting-place Both thou and the ark of thy strength the presence of thy grace verse 9 Let all thy priests be clothed Lord with truth and righâ—eousness Let all thy saints and holy men sing all with joyfulness verse 10 And for thy servant Davids sake refuse not Lord I say The face of thine anointed Lord nor turn thy face away The second part verse 11 The Lord to David swore in truth and will not shrink from it Saying The fruit of thy body upon thy seat shall sit verse 12 And if thy sons my covenant keep that I shall learn each one Then shall their sons for ever sit upon thy princely throne verse 13 The Lord himself hath chose Sion and loves therein to dwell verse 14 Saying This is my resting-place I love and like it well verse 15 And I will bless with great increase her victuals every where And I will satisfie with bread the needy that be there verse 16 Yea I will deck and clothe her priests with my salvation And all her saints shall sing for joy of my protection verse 17 There will I surely make the horn of David for to bud For there I have ordain'd for mine a lantern bright and good verse 18 As for his enemies I will clothe with shame for evermore But I will cause his crown to shine more fresh then heretofore Ecce quam Psal cxxxiii W. W. O How happy a thing it is and joyful for to see Brethren together fast to hold the band of amity verse 2 It calls to minde 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 run down his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drink the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his silver drops the fields with fruit doth fill Even so the Lord doth pour on them his blessings manifold Whose hearts and minds without all guile this knot do keep and hold Ecce nunc Psal cxxxiv. W. W. BEhold and have regard ye servants of the Lord Which in his house by night do watch praise him with one accord verse 2 Lift up your hands on high unto his holy place And give the Lord his praises due his benefits embrace verse 3 For why the Lord who did both earth and heaven frame Doth Sion bless and will conserve for evermore the same Laudate nomen Psal cxxxv N. O Praise the Lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord O praise him still all ye that be the servants of the Lord verse 2 O praise him ye that stand and be in the house of the Lord Ye of his court and of his house praise him with one accord verse 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good sing praises to his Name It is a comely and good thing always to do the same verse 4 For why the Lord hath chose Jacob his very own ye see So hath he chosen Israel his treasure for to he verse 5 For this I know and am right sure the Lord is very great He is indeed above all gods most easie to intreat verse 6 For whatsoever pleased him all that full well he wrought In heaven in earth and in the sea which he hath made of nought verse 7 He lifts up clouds even from the earth he makes lightnings and rain He bringeth forth the winds also he made nothing in vain verse 8 He smote the first-born of each thing in Egypt that took rest He spared there no living thing the man nor yet the beast verse 9 He hath in thee shew'd wonders great O Egypt void of vaunts On Pharaoh thy cursed king and his severe servants verse 10 He smote then many nations and did great acts and things He slew the great and mightiest and chiefest of their kings verse 11 Sehon king of the Amorites and Og king of Basan He slew also the kingdoms all that were of Canaan verse 12 And gave their land to Israel an heritage we see To Israel his own people an heritage to be The second part verse 13 Thy Name O Lord shall still endure and thy memorial Throughout all generations that are or ever shall verse 14 The Lord will surely now avenge his people all indeed And to his servants he will shew favour in time of need verse 15 The idols of the heathen are made in all the coasts and lands Of silver and of gold they be the work even of mens hands verse 16 They have their mouthes and cannot speak and eyes that have no sight verse 17 They have eke ears and hear nothing their mouthes be breathless quite verse 18 Wherefore all they are like to them that so do set them forth And likewise those that trust in them or think they be ought worth verse 19 O all ye house of Israel see that ye praise the Lord And ye that be of Aarons house praise him with one accord verse 20 And ye that be of Levi's house praise ye likewise the Lord And ye that stand in aw of him praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Sion sound his praise the great praise of the Lord Which dwelleth in Jerusalem praise him with one accord Confitemini Dom. Psal cxxxvi N. PRraise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever verse 2 Give praise unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth for ever verse 3 Give praise unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever verse 4 Which onely doth great wondrous works for his mercy endureth for ever verse 5 Which by
out of his throne Our Lord Jesus Christ thy dear Son Lord Jesus Christ shew forth thy might That thou art Lord of lords by right Thy poor afflicted flock defend That we may praise thee without end God holy Ghost our Comforter Be our patron help and succour Give us one minde and perfect peace All gifts of grace in us increase Thou living God in persons three Thy name be prais'd in unitie In all our need so us defend That we may praise thee without end FINIS PRAYERS A form of prayer to be used in private houses every morning and evening Morning prayer ALmighty God and most merciful Father we do not present our selves here before thy Majesty trusting in our own merits or worthiness but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to hear our prayers and grant our requests which we shall make to thee in the name of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord who also hath commanded us to assemble ourselves together in his name with full assurance that he will not onely be amongst us but also be our Mediatour and Advocate towards thy Majesty that we may obtain all things which shall seem expedient to thy blessed will for our necessities Therefore we beseech thee most merciful Father to turn thy loving countenance towards us and impute not unto us our manifold sins and offences whereby we justly deserve thy wrath and sharp punishment but rather receive us to thy mercy for Jesus Christs sake accepting his death and passion as a just recompence for all our offences in whom thou art well pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with us And seeing that of thy great mercies we have quietly passed this night grant O heavenly Father that we may bestow this day wholly in thy service so that all our thoughts words and deeds may redound to the glory of thy great name and good example to all men who seeing our good works may glorify thee our heavenly Father And forasmuch as of thy mere favour and love thou hast not onely created us to thine own similitude and likeness but also hast chosen us to be heirs with thy dear Son Jesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for us from the beginning of the world we beseech thee to increase our faith and knowledge and to lighten our hearts with thy holy Spirit that we may in the mean time live in godly conversation and integrity of life knowing that idolaters adulterers covetous men contentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shall not inherit the kingdom of God And because thou hast commanded us to pray one for another we do not onely make request O Lord for our selves and for them that thou hast already called to the true understanding of thy heavenly will but for all people and nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful works that thou art God over all 〈◊〉 they may be instructed by thy holy Spirit to beleeve in thee their onely Saviour and Redeemer But forasmuch as they cannot beleeve except they hear nor cannot hear but by preaching and none can preach except they be sent therefore O Lord raise up faithful distributers of thy mysteries who setting apart all worldly respects may both in their life and doctrine onely seek thy glory Contrarily confound Satan and Antichrist with all hirelings whom thou hast already cast off into a reprobate sense that they may not by sects schisms heresies and errours disquiet thy little flock And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter days and dangerous times wherein ignorance hath gotten the upper hand and Satan by his ministers seeketh by all means to quench the light of thy gospel we beseech thee to maintain thy cause against those ravening wolves and strengthen all thy servants whom they keep in prison and bondage Let not thy long-suffering be an occasion either to increase their tyranny or to discourage thy children neither yet let our sins and wickedness be an hinderance to thy mercies but with speed O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israel many times by their sins provoked thine anger and thou punishedst them by thy just judgement yet though their sins were never so grievous if they once returned from their iniquity thou receivedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched sinners bewail our manifold sins and earnestly repent us of our former wickedness and ungodly behaviour towards thee and whereas we cannot of our selves purchase thy pardon yet we humbly beseech thee for Jesus Christs sake to shew thy mercies upon us receive us again to thy favour Grant us dear Father these our requests and all other things necessary for us and thy whole Church according to thy promise in Jesus Christ our Lord In whose name we beseech thee as he hath taught us saying Our Father which art c. Evening prayer O Lord God Father everlasting and full of pity we acknowledge and confess that we be not worthy to lift up our eyes to heaven much less to present our selves before thy Majesty with confidence that thou wilt hear our prayers and grant our requests if we consider our own deservings for our consciences do accuse us and our sins do witness against us and we know that thou art an upright Judge which dost not justify the sinners and wicked men but punishest the faults of all such as transgress thy commandments yet most merciful Father since it hath pleased thee to command us to call on thee in all our troubles and adversities promising even then to help us when we feel our selves as it were swallowed up of death and desperation we utterly renounce all worldly confidence and the to thy sovereign bounty as our onely stay and refuge beseeching thee not to call to remembrance our manifold sins and wickedness whereby we continually provoke thy wrath and indignation against us neither our negligence and unkindness which have neither worthily esteemed nor in our lives sufficiently expressed the sweet comfort of thy gospel revealed unto us but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy Son Jesus Christ who by offering up his body in sacrifice once for all hath made a sufficient recompence for all our sins Have mercy therefore upon us O Lord and forgive us our offences Teach us by thy holy Spirit that we may rightly weigh them and earnestly repent us for the same And so much the rather O Lord because that the reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken cannot praise thee nor call upon thy name but the repenting heart the sorrowful minde the conscience oppressed hungring and thirsting for thy grace shall ever set forth thy praise and glory And albeit we be but worms and dust yet thou art our Creatour and we be the work of thy hands yea thou art our Father and we thy children thou art our Shepherd and we thy flock thou art our Redeemer and we thy people whom thou hast bought thou art our God and
rulers all be wise therefore and learn'd By whom the matters of the world be judged and discern'd verse 11 See that ye serve the Lord above in trembling and in fear See that with reverence ye rejoyce to him in like manner verse 12 See that ye kiss and eke embrace his blessed Son I say Left in his wrath ye suddenly perish in the mid-way verse 13 If once his wrath never so small shall kindle in his breast O then all they that trust in Christ shall happy be and blest Domine quid Psal iii. T. S. O Lord how are my foes increast which vex me more and more verse 2 They kill my heart when as they say God can him not restore verse 3 But thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead My worship and mine honour both and thou hold'st up my head verse 4 Then with my voice upon the Lord I did both call and cry And he out of his holy hill did hear me by and by verse 5 I laid me down and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord will me sustain verse 6 If ten thousand had hemm'd me in I could not be afraid For thou art still my Lord and God my Saviour and mine aid Rise up therefore save me my God for now to thee I call verse 7 For thou hast broke the cheeks and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Salvation onely doth belong to thee O Lord above Thou dost bestow upon thy folk thy blessing and thy love Cum invocarem Psal iv T. S. O God that art my righteousness Lord hear me when I call Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bound and thrall verse 2 Have merâ—y Lord therefore on me and grant me my request For unto thee uncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortal men how long will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanity and follow after lies verse 4 Know ye that good and godly men the Lord doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sin not but stand in aw therefore examine well your heart And in your chamber quietly see you your selves convert verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousness I say And look that in the living Lord you put your trust alway verse 7 The greater sort crave worldly goods and riches do embrace But Lord grant us thy countenance thy savour and thy grace verse 8 For thou thereby shalt make my heart more joyful and more glad Then they that of their corn and wine full great increase have had verse 9 In peace therefore lie down will I taking my rest and sleep For thou onely wilt me O Lord alone in safety keep Verba mâ—a auribus Psal v. T. S. IN cline thine ears unto my words O Lord my plaint consider verse 2 And hear my voice my King my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Hear me betime Lord tarry not for I will have respect My prayer early in the morn to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone Thou art not pleas'd with wickedness and ill with thee dwells none verse 5 And in thy sight shall never stand these furious fools O Lord Vain workers of iniquity thou hast always abhor'd verse 6 The liars and the slatterers thou shalt destroy them than And God will hate the bloud-thirsty and the deceitful man verse 7 Therefore will I come to thinâ— house trusting upon thy grace And reverently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousness for to confound my soes And eke the way that I shall walk before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouths there is no truth their heart is soul and vain Their throat an open sepulchre their tongues do glose and fain verse 10 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought Subvert them in their heaps of sin which have rebellion wrought verse 11 But those that put their trust in thee let them be glad always And render thanks for thy defence and give thy name the praise verse 12 For thou with favour wilt increase the just and righteous still And with thy grace as with a shield defend him from all ill Domine ne in furore Psal vi T. S. LOrd in thy wrath reprove me not though I deserve thine ire No yet correct me in thy rage O Lord I thee desire verse 2 For I am weak therefore O Lord Of mercy me forbear And heal me Lord for why thou know'st my bones do quake for fear verse 3 My soul is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord turn thee to thy wonted grace my silly soul up take O save me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worship thee O Lord in the infernal pit verse 6 So grievous is my plaint and moan that I wax wondrous saint All the night long I wash my bed with tears of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dim and waxeth old with anguish of my heart For sear of those that be my foes and would my soul subvert verse 8 But now away from me all ye that work iniquity For why the Lord hath heard the voice of my complaint and cry verse 9 He heard not onely the request and prayer of my heart But it received at my hands and took it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed me the Lord will soon defame And suddenly confound them all to their rebuke and shame Domine Deus meus Psal vii T. S. O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Save me from them that me pursue and eke deliver me verse 2 Lest like a lion he me tear and rend in pieces small While there is none to succour me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I have done the thing that is not right Or else it I be found in fault or guilty in thy sight verse 4 Or to my friend rewarded ill or left him in distress Which me pursu'd most cruelly and hated me causless verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soul and eke my life down thrust Unto the earth and also lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Start up O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to pain Perform the kingdom promised to me which wrong sustain verse 7 Then shall great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for love of them thy self as Lord and King verse 8 And as thou art of all men Judge O Lord â—ow judge thou me According to my righteousness and mine integrity The second part verse 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the just mans guide
verse 10 By whom the secrets of all hearts are searched and descri'd verse 11 I take my help to come of God in all my pain and smart That doth preserve all those that be of pure and perfect heart verse 12 The just man and the wicked both God judgeth by his power So that he feels his might hand even every day and hour verse 13 Except he change his minde I die for even as he should smite He whets his sword his bowe he bends aiming where he may hit verse 14 And doth prepare his mortal darts his arrows keen and sharp For them that do me persecute whiles he doth mischief warp verse 15 But lo though he in travail be of his devilish forecast And of his mischief once conceiv'd yet brings forth nought at last verse 16 He digs a ditch and delves it deep in hope to hurt his brother But he shall fall into the pit that he dig'd up for other verse 17 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischief that he wrought shall sall upon his head verse 18 I will give thanks to God therefore that judgeth righteously And with my song will praise the name of him that is most high Domine Deus noster Psal viii T. S. O God our Lord how wonderful are thy works every where Whose fame surmounts in dignity above the heavens clear verse 2 Even by the mouth of sucking babes thou wilt confound they foes For in those babes thy might is seen thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heavens high the works of thine own hand The Sun the Moon and all the Stars in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord think I then that thou dost him remember Or what is mans posterity that thou dost it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little less then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dignity verse 6 Thou hast prefer'd him to be lord of all thy works of wonder And at his feet hast set all things that he should keep them under verse 7 As sheep and neat and all beasts else that in the fields do feed verse 8 Fowls of the air fish in the sea and all that therein breed verse 9 Therefore must I say once again O God that art our Lord. How famous and how wonderful are thy works through the world Confitebor tibi Domine Psal ix T. S. WIth heart and mouth unto the Lord will I sing laud and praise And speak of all thy wondrous works and them declare always verse 2 I will be glad and much rejoyce in thee O God most high And make my songs extol thy name above the starry skie verse 3 For that my foes are driven back and turned unto flight They fall down flat and are destroy'd by thy great power and might verse 4 Thou hast revenged all my wrong my grief and all my grudge Thou dost with justice hear my cause most like a righteous Judge verse 5 Thou dost rebuke the heathen folk and wicked so confound That afterward the memory of them cannot be found verse 6 My foes thou hast made good dispatch and all their towns destroy'd Thou hast their fame with them defac'd through all the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that he which is above for evermore shall reign And in the seat of equity true judgement will maintain verse 8 With justice he will keep and guide the world and every wight And so will yeeld with equity to every man his right verse 9 He is protectour of the poor what time they be opprest He is mall adversity their refuge and their rest verse 10 And they that know thy holy name therefore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not their suit in their necessity The second part verse 11 Sing psalms therefore unto the Lord that dwells on Sion hill Publish among all nations his noble acts and will verse 12 For he is mindful of the bloud of those that be opprest For getting not th' afflicted heart that seeks to him for rest verse 13 Have mercy Lord on me poor wretch whole enemies still remain Which from the gates of death are wont to raise me up again verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy praise with heart and voice And that in thy salvation Lord my soul might still rejoyce verse 15 The heathen stick fast in the pit that they themselves prepar'd And in the net that they did set their own feet fast are snar'd verse 16 God shews his judgements which were good for every man to mark When as you see the wicked man ly trapt in his own wark verse 17 The wicked and deceitful men go down to hell for ever And all the people of the world that will not God remember verse 18 But sure the Lord will not forget the poor mans grief and pain The patient people never look for help of God in vain verse 19 O Lord arise lest men prevail that he of wordly might And set the heathen solk receive their judgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terrour fear and dread into the hearts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mottal men Vt quid Domine Psal x. T. S. WHat is the cause that thou O Lord art now so far from thine And keepest close thy countenance from us this troublous time verse 2 The poor do perish by the proud and wicked men desire Let them be taken in the craft that they themselves conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his own heart th' ungodly doth delight So doth the wicked praise himself and doth the Lord dâ—spight verse 4 He is so proud that right and wrong he setteth all apart Nay nay there is no God saith he for thus he thinks in heart verse 5 Because his ways do prosper still he doth thy laws neglect And with a blast doth puff against such as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saith he I have no dread lest mine estate should change And why for all adversity to him is very strange verse 7 His mouth is full of cursedness of fraud deceit and guile Under his tongue doth mischief sit and travel all the while verse 8 He lieth hid in ways and holes to slay the innocent Against the poor that pass him by his cruel eyes are bent verse 9 And like a lion privily lies lurking in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoil poor simple men verse 10 And for the nonce full craftily he croucheth down I say verse 11 So are great heaps of poor men made by his strong power his prey The second part verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this saith he therefore I may be bold His countenance is cast aside he doth it not behold verse 13 Arise O Lord O God in whom the poor mans hope doth rest Lift up thy hand forget not Lord the poor that be opprest verse
The third part verse 20 He is the God from whom alone salvation cometh plain He is the God by whom we scape all dangers death and pain verse 21 Thus God will wound his enemies head and break the hairy scalp Of those that in their wickedness continually do walk verse 22 From Basan will I bring said he my people and my sheep And all mine own as I have done from dangers of the deep verse 23 And make them dip their seet in bloud of those that hate my Name And dogs shall have their tongues embrew'd with licking of the same verse 24 All men may see how thou O God thine enemies dost deface And how thou goest as God and King into thine holy place verse 25 The singers go before with joy the minstrels follow after And in the midst the damsels play with timbrel and with taber verse 26 Now in the congregation O Israel praise the Lord And Jacobs whole posterity give thanks with one accord verse 27 Their chief was little Benjamin but Judah made their host With Zabulon and Nephthalim which dwelt about their coast verse 28 As God hath given power to thee so Lord make firm and sure The thing that thou hast wrought in us for ever to endure verse 29 And in thy temple gifts will we give unto thee O Lord For thine unto Jerusalem sure promise made by word The fourth part Yea and strange kings to us subdu'd shall do like in those days I mean to thee they shall present their gifts of laud and praise verse 30 He shall destroy the spear-mens ranks the calves and bulls of might And cause them tribute pay and daunt all such as love to sight verse 31 Then shall the lords of Egypt come and presents with them bring The Moors most black shall stretch their hands unto their Lord and King verse 32 Therefore ye kingdoms of the earth give praise unto the Lord Sing psalms to God with one consent thereto let all accord verse 33 Who though he ride and ever hath above the heavens bright Yet by the fearful thunder-claps men may well know his might verse 34 Therefore the strength of Israel ascribe to God on high Whose might and power doth far extend above the cloudy sky verse 35 O God thy holiness and power is dread for evermore The God of Israel gives us strength praised be God therefore Salvum me fac Psal lxix J. H. SAve me O God and that with speed the waters flow full fast So nigh my soul do they proceed that I am sore agast verse 2 I stick full deep in mire and clay Whereas I feel no ground fall into such flouds I say that I am like be drown'd verse 3 With crying oft I faint and quail my throat is hoarse and dry With looking up my sight doth fail for help to God on high verse 4 My foes that guiltless do oppress my soul with hate are led In number sure they are no less then hairs are on my head verse 5 Though for no cause they vex me fore they prosper and are glad They do compel me to restore the things I never had verse 6 What I have done for want of wit thou Lord all times canst tell And all the faults that I commit to thee are known full well verse 7 O God of hosts defend and stay all those that trust in thee Let no man doubt or shrink away for ought that chanceth me verse 8 It is for thee and for thy sake that I do bear this blame In spite of thee they would me make to hide my face for shame verse 9 My mothers sons my brethren all forsake me on a row And as a stranger they me call my face they will not know verse 10 Unto thy house such zeal I bear that it doth pine me much Their checks and taunts at thee to hear my very heart doth grutch The second part verse 11 Though I do fast my flesh to chast Yea if I weep and mone Yet in my teeth this gear is cast they pass not thereupon verse 12 If I for grief and pain of heart in sack cloth use to walk Then they anon will it pervert thereof they jest and talk verse 13 Both high and low and all the throng that sit within the gate They have me ever in their tongue of me they talk and prate verse 14 The drunkards which in wine delight it is their chief pastime To seek which way to work me spite of me they sing and rhyme verse 15 But thee the while O Lord I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great truth thou wilt alway send down thine aid to me verse 16 Pluck thou my feet out of the mire from drowning do me keep From such as ow me wrath and ire and from the waters deep verse 17 Lest with the waves I should be drown'd and depth my soul devour And that the pit should me confound and shut me in her power verse 18 O Lord of hosts to me give ear as thou art good and kinde And as thy mercy is most dear Lord have me in thy minde verse 19 And do not from thy servant hide nor turn thy face away I am opprest on every side in haste give ear I say verse 20 O Lord unto my soul draw nigh the same with aid repose Because of their great tyranny acquit me from my soes The third part verse 21 That I abide rebuke and shame thou know'st and thou canst tell For those that seek and work the same thou seest them all full well verse 22 When they with brags do break my heart I seek for help anon But finde no friends to ease my smart to comfort me not one verse 23 But in my meat they gave me gall too cruel for to think And gave me in my thirst withall strong vineger to drink verse 24 Lord turn their table to a snare to take themselves therein And when they think full well to sate then trap them in the gin verse 25 And let their eyes be dark and blinde that they may nothing see Bow down their backs and do them binde in thraldom for to be verse 26 Pour out thy wrath as hot as fire that it on them may fall Let thy displeasure in thine ire take hold upon them all verse 27 As deserts dry their house disgrace their off spring eke expel That none thereof possess their place nor in their tents do dwell verse 28 If thou dost strike the man to tame on him they lay full sore And if that thou do wound the same they seek to hurt him more verse 29 Then let them heap up mischief still sith they are all pervert That of thy favour and good will they never have a part verse 30 And rase them clean out of thy book of life of hope of trust That for their names they never look in number of the just The fourth part verse 31 Though I O Lord with wo and grief have been full sore
down sin as it were with a sword Depart not from thy pastours pure but aid them at their need Which break to us the bread of life whereon our souls do feed O blessed Spirit of truth keep us in peace and unity Keep us from sects and errours all and from all papistry Convert all those that are our foes and bring them to thy light That they and we may well agree and praise thee day and night O Lord increase our saith in us and love so to abound That man and wife be void of strife and neighbours about us round In our time give thy peace O Lord to nations far and nigh And teach them all thy holy word that we may sing to thee All glory to the Trinity that is of mighties most The living Father and the Son and eke the holy Ghost As it hath been in all the time that hath been heretofore As it is now and so shall be henceforth for evermore Da pacem Domine GIve peace in these our days O Lord Great dangers are now at hand Thine enemies with one accord Christs Name in every land Seek to deface Root out and rase Thy true right worship indeed Be thou the stay Lord we thee pray Thou help'st alone in all need Give us that peace that we do lack Through misbelief and ill life Thy word to offer thou dost not slack Which we unkindly gain-strive With fire and sword This healthful word Some persecute and oppress Some with the mouth Confess the truth Without sincere godliness Give peace and us thy Spirit down send With grief and repentance true Do pierce our hearts our lives to amend And by faith in Christ renew That fear and dread War and bloudshed Through thy sweet mercy and grace May from us slide Thy truth may bide And shine in every place The Lamentation O Lord in thee is all my trust give ear unto my woful cry Refuse me not that am unjust but bowing down thy heavenly eye Behold how I do still lament my â—ins wherein I do offend O Lord for them shall I be shent sith thee to please I do intend No no not so thy will is bent to deal with sinners in thine ire But when in heart they shall repent thou grant'st with speed their just desire To thee therefore still shall I cry to wash away my sinful crime Thy bloud O Lord is not yet dry but that it may help me in time Haste thee O Lord haste thee I say to pour on me thy gifts of grace That when this life shall flit away in heaven with thee I may have place Where thou dost reign eternally with God which once did down thee send Where angels sing continually to thee be praise world without end A Thanksgiving after the receiving of the Lords Supper THe Lord be thanked for his gifts and mercies evermore That he doth shew unto his saints to him be laud therefore Our tongues cannot so praise the Lord as he doth right deserve Our hearts cannot of him so think as he doth us preserve His benefits they be so great to us that be but sin That at our hands for recompence there is no hope to win O sinful flesh that thou shouldst have such mercies of the Lord Thou dost deserve most worthily of him to be abhorr'd Nought else but sin and wretchedness doth rest within our â—earts And stubbornly against the Lord we daily play our parts The sun above in firmament that is to us a light Doth shew it self more clear and pure then we be in his sight The heavens above and all therein more holy are then we They serve the Lord in their estate each one in his degree They do not strive for mastership nor slack their office set But serve the Lord and do his will hate is to them no let Also the earth and all therein of God it is in aw It doth observe the formers will by skilful natures law The sea and all that is therein doth bend when God doth beck The spirits beneath do tremble all and fear his wrathful check But we alas â—oâ— whom all these were made them for to rule Do not so know or love the Lord as doth the ox or mule A law he gave for us to know what was his holy will He would us good but we would not avoid the thing is ill Not one of us that seeketh out the Lord of life to please Nor doth the thing that might us lead to Christ and quiet ease Thus are we all his enemies we can it not deny And he again of his good will would not that we should dy Therefore when remedy was none to bring us unto life The Son of God our flesh he took to end our mortal strife And all the law of God the Lord he did it full obey And for our sins upon the cross his bloud our debts did pay And that we should not yet forget what good he to us wrought A signe he left our eyes to tell that he our bodies bought In bread and wine here visible unto thine eyes and taste His mercies great thou mayst record if that his Spirit thou hast As once the corn did live and grow and was cut down with lithe And threshed out with many stripes out from his husk to drive And as the mill with violence did tear it out so small And made it like to earthly dust not sparing it at all And as the oven with fire hot did close it up with heat And all this done that I have said that it should be our meat So was the Lord in his ripe age cut down by cruel death His soul he gave in torments great and yeelded up his breath Because that he to us might be an everlasting bread With much reproach and troubles great on earth his life he led And as the grapes in pleasant time are pressed very sore And plucked down when they be ripe and let to grow no more Because the juyce that in them is as comfortable drink We might receive and joyful be when sorrows make us shrink So Christ his bloud out pressed was with nails and eke with spear The juyce thereof doth save all those that rightly do him fear And as the corns by unity into one loaf are knit So is the Lord and his whole Church though he in heaven sit As many grapes make but one wine so should we be but one In faith and love in Christ above and unto Christ alone Leading a life without all strife in quiet rest and peace From envy and from malice both our hearts and tongues to cease Which if we do then shall we shew that we his chosen be By faith in him to lead a life as always willed he And that we may so do indeed God send us all his grace Then after death we shall be sure with him to have a place R. W. PReserve us Lord by thy dear word From Turk and Pope defend us Lord Which both would thrust