reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the foulers grenne Escapeth as way right so it fareth with vs Broke are their nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen and earth is our helpe then His name hath saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psalme Cxxv. VV. K. ¶ He describeth the assuraunce of the faithfull in their afflictions and desireth their wealth and the destruction of the wicked SVch as in God the Lord do trust as moūt Sion shal firmely stād be remoued at no hād the Lord wil coūt thē right iust So that they shal be sure for euer to indure verse 2 As mighty mountaines huge great Ierusalem about do close So wil the Lord be vnto those Who on his godly wil do wayt Such are to him so deare They neuer nede to feare ⧠verse 3 For though the righteous try doth he By making wicked men his rod Least they through grief forsake theyr God It shal not as theyr lot stil be verse 4 Geue Lord to those thy light Whose harts are true and right verse 5 But as for such as turne a side ⧠By croked wayes which they out sought The Lord wil surely bring to nought With workes they shal abyde But peace with Israel For euermore shal dwel Another of the same by R. VV. Sing this as the ten Cōmaundementes THose that do put theyr cōfidēce vpon the Lord our God onely And flye to him for his defence in al theyr nede misery Their fayth is sure firme to endure groūded on Christ y e corner stone Moued with no il but stādeth stil stedfast like to the moūt Sion And as about Hierusalem the mighty hils do it compas So that no enemies cōmeth them to hurt that towne in any case So God in dede in euery nede his faithful people doth defend Stāding thē by assuredly frō this time forth world without end Right wise and good is our Lord God and wil not suffer certeinly The sinners and vngodlyes rod to tary vpon his family Least they also from God should go falling to sinne aud wickednes O lord defēd world wtout end thy christē flock through thy goodnes O Lord do good to Christians al that stedfast in thy word abyde Such as willingly frō God fal and to false doctrine dayly slide Such wil the Lord scatter abrod w t Hipocrites throwen down to hel God wil thē sēd paynes wtout end but Lord graūt peace to Israel Glory to God the father al might and to the sonne our Sauiour And to y ◠holy ghost whose light shine in our harts vs succour That the right way from day to day we may walke him glorifie With harts desire al that are here worship the Lord say Amen In conuertendo Psalme Cxxvi. VV. K. ¶ This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babylon and sheweth that the meane of theyr deliueraunce was weunderfull after the seuentie yeares of captiuitie forespoken by Iere. 25. 12. and. 29. 10. WHen that the Lord agayne hys Sion had forth brought from bondage great and also seruitude extreme his worke was such as did surmoūt mās hart thought so that we were much like to thē y t vse to dreame our mouthes wer with laughter filled thē and eke our tōgues did shew vs ioyful mē The Heathen folke were forced then this to confes How that the Lord for them also great things had done verse 3 But much more we and therfore can confes no les Wherfore to ioy we haue good cause as we begon verse 4 O Lord go forth thou canst our bondage end As to desertes they flowyng riuers send verse 5 Ful true it is that they which sow with teares in dede a time wil come when they shal reape in mirth and ioy verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of theyr precious sede For that theyr foes ful often times did them annoy But their returne with ioy they shal sure see Their sheaues home bring and not impeired be Nisi dominus Psalme Cxxvii VV. VV. ¶ It is not mans wit to labour but the free goodnes of God that geueth riches preserueth townes and countries graunteth nourishement and children Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 EXcept the Lord the house do make And therunto do set his hand What men do build it can not stand Likewise in vayne men vndertake Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safegard verse 2 Though ye rise early in the morne And so at night go late to bed Fedyng ful hardly with browne bread yet were your labor lost and worne ⧠But they whom God doth loue and kepe Receyue al thynges with quiet slepe verse 3 Therfore marke wel when euer ye see That men haue heyres to enioy theyr land It is the gift of Gods own hand For God him selfe doth multiply Of hys great liberality ⧠The blessyng of posterity verse 4 And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenes In person and in comelines So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arme Flyeth not so swift nor doth lyke arme verse 5 Oh wel is hym that hath his quiuer Furnished with such artilery For when in peril he shal be Such one shal neuer shake nor shiuer when that he pleadeth before the iudge Against his foes which beare hym grudge Beati omnes qui timent psalme .cxxviii. T. S ¶ He describeth the prosperous estate of them that be maried in the feare of god ioyning with al the promises of gods blessings to al them that lyue in this honorable estate accordyng to his commaundements Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 BLessed art thou that fearest God and walkest in hys way verse 2 For of thy labor thou shalt eat happy art thou I say verse 3 Like fruiteful vynes on thy house sides so do thy wife spring out Thy childrē stand like Oliue plants thy table round about verse 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shal let thee see verse 5 The promised Ierusalem and his felicitie verse 6 Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great ioyes encrease And likewise grace on Israel prosperity and peace Sepe expugnauerunt psalme Cxxix N ¶ He admonisheth the church to reioyce though it haue bene afflicted in al ages for God wil deliuer it and the enemies for al their glorious shew shal sodenly be destroyed Syng this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 OFt they now Israel may say me from my youth assayled Oft they assailed me frō my youth yet neuer they preuayled verse 2 Vpon my back the plowers plowed forrowes long did cast verse 3 The rightous lord hath cut the cordes of wicked foes at last verse 4 They that hate hym shal be shamed and turned back also verse 5 And made as grasse vpon the house which withereth ere it grow verse 6 Wherof the mower
vnlose The praises of thy maiestie my mouth shal so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased w t burnt offrings I know thou wilt not bee A troubled spirit is sacrifice deliteful in Gods eyes A broken an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good wil deale gently Lord to Sion and with al Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wal Burnt offrings gifts and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept calues they shal vpon thine altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme .lii. I. H. ¶ Dauid deseribeth the arrogant tyranny of hys aduersary Doeg Saules chief shephearde who by false surmyses caused Achimeleco with the rest of the Priestes to be slayne Dauid prophecyeth his vestruction and encourageth the faythfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe agaynst his aduersaries And finally he rendreth thankes to God for hys delyueraunce In this Psalme is lyuely set foorth the kyngdome of Antichrist WHy doost thou tyraunt boast abrod thy wicked workes to prayse doost thou not know there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet stil deuise such wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why setst thou thy mynde and wilt not walke vpright Thou hast more lust false tales to find then bring y e truth to light verse 4 Thou doost delyte in fraud and guile in mischiefe bloud and wrōg Thy lips haue learnd y e flattering style O false deceitful tong verse 5 Therfore shal God for euer cōfound and pluck thee from thy place Thy seede roote out frō of the ground and so shal thee deface verse 6 The iust when they behold thy fal with feare wil prayse the Lord And in reproch of thee withal cry out with one accord verse 7 Behold the man which wold not take the Lord for hys defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shal spring and spred abrode For why my trust al tymes hath bene vpon the liuyng God verse 9 For this therfore wil I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I wil set forth thy name alwayes wherin thy saints reioyce Dixit insipiens Psalme .liii. T. N. ¶ The Prophet describeth the crooked nature the cruelty and punishment of the wicked whē they looke not for it and desyreth the deliueraunce of the godly that they maye reioyce together Sing this as the. xlvi Psalme verse 1 THe folish man in that which he within his hart hath sayd That there is any God at al hath vtterly denide verse 2 They are corrupt they also a hainous work haue wrought amōg them al there is not one of good that worketh ought verse 3 The Lord lookt down on sons of men from heauen al abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seeke for God verse 4 They are gone al out of the way they are corrupted al There is not one doth any good there is not one at al. verse 5 Do not al wicked workers know that they do feede vpon My people as they feede on bread the lord they cal not on verse 6 Euen there they were afraid stoode with trembling and dismayd Where as there was no cause at al why they should be afrayd verse 7 For God his bones that thee besieged hath scattred al abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God verse 8 O lord geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfil Thy promise made to Israel from out of Sion hil verse 9 When God his people shal restore that erst was captiue lad Then Iacob shal therin reioyce and Israel shal be glad Deus in nomine Psalme .liiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid brought into great daunger by reason of Ziphtins calleth vpon the name of God to destroy his enemies promising sacrifice and free offrings for their deliueraunce Sing this as the. xivi Psalme verse 1 GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Vnto the strēgth Lord of the same I do my cause betake verse 2 Regard O Lord and geue an eare to thee when I do pray Bow down thy self to me heare the words y ◠I do say verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tyrauntes vexe me stil Which haue not God before their eyes they seeke my soule to spil verse 4 But loe my God doth geue me ayd the Lord is straight at hand with thē by whom my soule is stayd the Lord doth euer stand verse 5 With plages repay agayne al those for me that lie in wayte and with thy truth destroy my foes with their own snare baite verse 6 An offring of free hart and wil that I to thee shal make And prayse thy name for therin stil great comfort I do take verse 7 O Lord at length do set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioy doth see on them my harts desire Exaudi deus psalme .lv. I. H ¶ Dauid beyng in great heauines and distres complaineth of the cruelty of Saule of the falshod of his familiiar acquaintaunce vttering most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliuerance he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had already obtayned his request Syng this as the. xxxv Psalm verse 1 O God geue eare and do apply to heare me when I pray And when it thee I cal and cry hide not thy selfe away verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with plaints I pray ful sore opprest great grief doth me constrain verse 3 Because my foes with threates cries oppres me through despight And so the wicked sort likewise to vexe me haue delyght verse 4 For they in counsel do conspire to charge me with some il So in their hasty wrath and ire they do pursue me stil verse 5 My hart doth faint for want of breath it panteth in my brest The terrours and the bread of death do worke me muche vnrest verse 6 Such dreadful feare on me doth fal that I therwith do quake Such horror whelmeth me with al that I no shift can make verse 7 But I do say who wil geue me the swift and pleasaunt wings Of some fayre doue that I may flee and rest me from these things verse 8 Lo then I would go far away to fly I would not cease And I would hide my self and stay in some great wildernes verse 9 I would be gone in al the hast and not abyde behynd That I were quite and ouer past these blastes of boystrous wind verse 10 Deuide them lord and from them pul their diuelish double tong For I haue spied their city ful of rapine strife and wrong verse 11 Which things both night day throughout do close her as a wal In midst of her is
plucke these folke away So that the name of Israel may vtterly decay verse 5 They al conspire within theyr hart how they may thee withstand agaynst the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of al the Edomites the Ismalites also The Hagarens and Moabites with diuers othermore verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and like wise doth Amalec conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwel at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is wel apayd with them in league to be And doth become a fence and ayde to Lots posterity verse 9 As thou diddest to the Madianites so serue them Lord echeone as to Cicer and to Iabin beside the broke Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy wast thē through thy might That they like dung on earth did lye and that in open sight The seconde part verse 11 Make thē now theyr Lords appeare like Zeb and Oreb then as Zebah and Zalmana were the kinges of Madian verse 12 Which sayd let vs throughout the lād in al the costs abrod Posses and take into our hand the fayre houses of God verse 13 Tourne thē O God w t stormes as fast as wheles that haue no stay Or like as chaffe which men do cast with windes to fle away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forest spilles and as the flame doth quite consume the moūtaynes the hilles verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath vpon theyr neckes be layd and of thy stormy wind shower Lord make them al afrayd verse 16 Lord bring them al I thee desire to such rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learne to seke thy name verse 17 And let them euermore dayly to shame and sclander fal and in rebuke and obliquie to perish eke with al. verse 18 That they may know and fele ful wel that thou art called Lord and that alone thou doost excel raigne throughout the world Quam dilecta tabernacula Psalme .lxxxiiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid driuen forth of his country desireth most ardētly to come againe to the Tabernacle of the Lord and the assemble of the saintes to prayse God pronouncyng them blessed that may so do Then he prayseth the courage of the people that passe thorowe the wildernesse to assemble them selues in Sion Finally with prayse of this matter and confidence of gods goodnes be endeth the Psalme Sing this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 HOw pleasaūt is thy dwelling place O Lord of hostes to me The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasāt Lord they be verse 2 My soule doth long ful sore to go into thy courts abrod My hart doth lust my flesh also in thee the liuing God verse 3 The sparowes find a roume to rest and saue them selues frō wrong And eke the swalow hath a nest wherin to kepe her yong verse 4 These birdes ful nigh thine alter may haue place to sit and sing O Lord of hostes thou art I say my God and eke my kyng verse 5 Oh they be blessed that may dwel within thy house alwayse For they al times thy factes do tel and euer geue thee prayse verse 6 Yea happy sure like wise are they whose stay and strēgth thou art which to thy house do mind the way and seke it in theyr hart verse 7 As they go through the vale of teares they dig vp fountaines stil That as a spring it al appeares and thou theyr pits doost fil verse 8 Frō strēgth to strēgth they walke ful fast no fayntnes there shal be and so the God of Gods at last in Sion they do se verse 9 O Lord of hostes to me geue hede and heare when I do pray and let it through thine eares procede O Iacobs God I say verse 10 O Lord our shield of thy good grace regard and so draw nere Regard I say behold the face of thine annoynted dere verse 11 For why within thy courts one day is better to abide Then other where to kepe or stay a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Much rather would I kepe a dore within the house of God Then in the tents of wickednes to settle mine abode verse 13 For God the Lord light and defence wil grace and worship gyue and no good thing shal he withold from them that purely lyue verse 14 O Lord of hostes that man is blest and happy sure is hee That is persuaded in his brest to trust al tymes in thee Benedixisti domine Psalme .lxxxv. I H. ¶ Because God withdrew not hys rods from his Churche after the retorne from Babilon first they put him in minde of theyr deliueraunce to th entent that he should not leaue the worke of his grace vnperfite nexte they complayn of theyr long affliction And thirdly they reioyce in hope of felicity promised for their deliueraūce was a figure of Christs kyngdom vnder whiche should be perfite felicity Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 THou hast ben mercyful in dede O Lord vnto thy land For thou restoredst Iacobs sede frō thraldome out of band verse 2 The wicked wayes that they wer in y u didst thē clean remit and thou didst hide thy peoples sinne ful close thou coueredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that al thy wrath was gone and so didst tourne thee from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now conuert thy people vnto thee Put al thy wrath from vs apart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shal thine anger neuer end but stil procede on vs and shal thy wrath it self extend vpon al ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather tourne therfore and quicken vs that we and al thy folke may euermore be glad and ioy in thee verse 7 O Lord on vs do thou declare thy goodnes to our welth Shew forth to vs and do not spare thyne ayde sauing helth verse 8 I wil harke what God sayth for he speaketh to his people peace and to his saints that neuer they returne to folishnes verse 9 For why his health is stil at hand to such as him do feare wherby great glory in our land shal dwel and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shal mete in one to take their place and peace also iustice kis with grete and there they shal imbrace verse 11 As truth from earth shal spring a pace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shal shew her face and looke from heauen hye verse 12 Yea God him selfe shal take in hand to geue vs ech good thing and through y ◠costes of al our lād the earth her frutes shal bring verse 13 Before his face shal iustice go much like a guide or stay He shal direct his steps also and kepe them in the way Inclina domine aurem Psalme .lxxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid sore afflicted and forsaken of all prayeth feruently for deliueraunce sometymes rebearsing his miseries
ay That froÌ„ the earth their memory he may cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled maÌ„ sought to slay the woful harted wight verse 17 As he did cursing loue it shal betide vnto him so and as he did not blessing loue it shal be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad him selfe so it like water shal Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay and as a gyrdle wherwith he shal gyrded be alway verse 20 Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my fo yea and of those that euel speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deale thou I say w t me after thy name deliuer me for good thy mercyes be verse 22 Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and poore and eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so do I depart away as doth declining shade and as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade verse 24 With fasting long froÌ„ nedeful fode enfebled are my knees and al her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproch to them was made to be and they that did vpoÌ„ me looke did shake their heds at me verse 26 But thou O Lord that art my God mine ayde succour be according to thy mercy Lord saue and deliuer me verse 27 And they shal know therby y â— this lord is thy mighty haÌ„d and that y u thou hast done it Lord so shal they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles w t louing voice They shal arise and come to shame thy seruaunt shal reioyce verse 29 Let them be clothed al with shame that enmyes are to me and with confusion as a cloke eke couerd let them be verse 30 But greatly I wil with my mouth geue thankes vnto the Lord and I among the multitude his prayses wil record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand wil stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that would condemne his soule to dy Dixit dominus domino Psalme Cx. N. ¶ Dauid prophecieth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Christ of his priesthood whiche should put an end to the priesthood of Leuy Sing this ad the .68 Psalm verse 1 THe Lord did say vnto my Lord sit thou at my right hand Til I haue made thy foes a stoole wheron thy feete shal staÌ„d verse 2 The Lord shal out of Sion send the scepter of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the ruler in theyr sight And in the day on which they raygne and power they shal see verse 3 Then hereby frewil offrings shal thy people offer thee yea with a holy worshipping then shal they offer al Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth froÌ„ woÌ„be of morning fal verse 4 The Lord hath sworne neuer wil repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shal wouÌ„d for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shal iudge and fil the place with bodyes dead and ouer diuers countreys shal in sonder smite the head And he shal drinke out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shal lift vp on hye his royal head that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .cxi. N. ¶ He geueth thankes to the Lord for his mercifull workes towardes his Churche and declareth wherein true wisedome and right knowledge consisteth WIth hart I do accord to prayse laud the Lord In presence of the iust For great his workes are found To search them such are bound as do him loue and trust His workes are glorious also his righteousnes it doth endure for euer his wondrous workes he would we stil remember should hys mercy fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as do loue him beare a portion full fayre He hath vp for them laid for this they shal wel finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightning and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth both iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuaile his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hartful faine true wisdom wold attaine The Lord feare and obey such as his lawes do kepe shall knowledge haue ful depe his praise shal last for aye Beatus vir psalme Cxii VV. K. ¶ He praiseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the cursed state of the conâ—emners of God Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 THe man is blest that god doth feare and that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God wil vpreare And bles such as from hym procede His house with good he wil fulfil His rightousnes endure shal stil verse 2 Vnto the righteous doth aryse ⧠In trouble ioy in darkenes lyght Compassion is in his eyes And mercy alwayes in his syght verse 3 Yea pitie moueth such to lend He doth by iudgement things expend ⧠verse 4 And furely such shal neuer fayle For in remembrance had is he verse 5 No tidings il can make hym quayle Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 6 His hart is firme his feare is past For he shal see his foes down cast verse 7 He did wel for the poore prouide ⧠his righteousnes shal stil remayn And hys estate with prayse abyde Though that the wicked man disdayne verse 8 Yea gnashe his teeth therat shal hee And so consume hys state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord for his prouidence in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his church YE childreÌ„ which do serue the Lord praise ye his name with one accorde yea blessed be alwayes hys name who from the rysing of the sunne till it returne where it begunne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord al peoples doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellings in the heauens are of suche great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Thinges to beholde both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The nedy out of dust to drawe and eke the poore which help none sawe His onely mercy did him moue verse
pursue my soule and eke my life down thrust Vnto the earth and also lay myne honour in the dust verse 6 Stert vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to payne Performe thy kingdome promised to me which wrong sustaine verse 7 TheÌ„ shal great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of theÌ„ thy selfe as Lord and kyng verse 8 And thou that art of al men iudge O Lord now iudge thou me According to my rightousnes and myne integritie The seconde part verse 9 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the iust mans guide verse 10 By whom the secrets of al hearts are searched and descride verse 11 I take my helpe to come of God in al my grief and smart That doth preserue all those that be of pure and perfect hart verse 12 The iust man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that he feleth his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 13 Except he chaunge his mind I dye for euen as he should smit He whets his sword his bow he beÌ„ds ayming where he may hit verse 14 And doth prepare his mortal dartes his arrowes kene and sharpe For them that do me persecute whilest he doth mischief warpe verse 15 But loe though he in trauel be of his deuilish forecast And of his mischief once coÌ„ceiued yet brings forth nought at last verse 16 He digs a ditch and delues it depe in hope to hurt his brother But he shal fal into the pit that he digde vp for other verse 17 Thus wrong retorneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And al the mischief that he wrought shal fal vpon his head verse 18 I wil geue thankes to God therfore that iudgeth righteously And with my song prayse wil the name of him that is most hie Domine Deus noster Psalme .viij. T. S ¶ The Prophet considering thexcellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towardes man whom he made as it were a god ouer all his workes doth not onely geue great thankes but is astonished with thadmiration of the same as one nothing able to compasse such great mercyes and so endeth Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 O God our Lord how wonderful are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmount in dignitie aboue the heaueÌ„s cleare verse 2 EueÌ„ by the mouths of sucking babes y u wilt coÌ„fouÌ„d thy foes For in these babes thy might is sene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heaueÌ„s high the workes of thine own hand The sunne the mone and all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that y u doost him remeÌ„ber Or what is mans posteritie that thou doost it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glory and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferd him to be Lord of al thy workes of wonder And at his fete hast set al things that he should kepe theÌ„ vnder verse 7 As shepe and neat and al beastes els that in the fieldes do fede verse 8 Foules of the ayre fish in the sea and al that therin brede verse 9 Therfore must I say once again O God that art our Lord How famous how woÌ„derful are thy workes through y e world Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .ix. T. S. ¶ After he had geueÌ„ thaÌ„kes to god for the sundry victories that he had seÌ„t him against his enemies also proued by manifold experieÌ„ce how ready god was at hand in all his troubles â—e being now likewise in daunger of new enemyes desireth god to helpe him according to his wont and destroy the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 WIth hart mouth vnto the Lord wil I sing laud and prayse And speake of al thy wondrous workes theÌ„ declare alwaies verse 2 I wil be glad and much reioyce in thee O God most hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the starry skye verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fal down flat and are destroyd by thy great force myght Thou hast reuenged al my wrong my grief and al my grudge verse 4 Thou doost w t iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doost rebuke the HeatheÌ„ folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memory of them cannot be found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch all our townes destroyed thou hast their fame w t theÌ„ defaced through al the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that he which is aboue for euermore shal raigne And in the seat of equity true iudgement wil maintayne verse 8 With iustice he wil kepe and guide the world and euery wight And so wil yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what time they be opprest He is in al aduersitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shal trust in thee For thok forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lord that dwelleth in Sion hil Publish among al nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For he is mindful of the bloud of those that be opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted hart that seekes to him for rest The second part verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on me poore wretch whose enmies stil remaine Which from the gates of death are wont to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lord my soule might stil reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their own fete fast are snarde verse 16 God she wes his iudgemeÌ„ts which wer good for euery maÌ„ to mark When as ye se the wicked man lye trapt in his own warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go down to hel for euer And all the people of the world that God wil not remember verse 18 But sure the Lord wil not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 19 O Lord arise least men preuayle that be of worldly myght And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortal men Vt quid domine Psalme .x. T. S ¶ He complayneth of the fraud rapine tyranny and of all kindes of wrong whiche worldly men vse assigning the cause therof whiche was that wicked men beyng as it were dronken with worldy prosperitie and therfore setting a part all feare and reuerence towardes god thinke they may do all thinges without
haue no hope nor part of ioy but in this present life Thou of thy store their bellies filst with pleasures to their minde Their children haue inough leaue to theirs the rest behind verse 16 But I shal with pure coÌ„science behold thy gratious face So when I wake I shal be ful with thine image and grace Diligam te domine Psalme .xviii. T. S ¶ This Psalme is the firâ—â—e beginning of Dauids salutation and thankes geuing in the entring into his kingdome wherein he extolleth and praiseth most highlye the maruelous mercies and grace of God who hath both preserued and defended him he setteth forth the image of Christes kingdom painted in his kingdome that the faithful may be assured that Christ shal alwaies conquere ouercome by the vnspeakeable power of his father though al the whole world should say there against O God my streÌ„gth fortitude of force I must loue thee thou art my castle defence in my necessitie My God my rock in whoÌ„ I trust y e worker of my wealth my refuge buckler and my shield the horne of al my health verse 3 When I sing laud vnto the Lorde most worthy to be serued Then fro my foes I am right sure that I shal be preserued verse 4 The panges of death did compasse me and bound me euery where The flowing waues of wickednes did put me in great feare verse 5 The slie and suttle snares of hel were round about me set And for my death there was preparde a deadly trapping net verse 6 I thus beset with paine and grief did pray to God for grace And he forth with did heare my plaint out of his holy place verse 7 Such is his power that in his wrath he made the earth to quake Yea the foundation of the mount of Basan for to shake verse 8 And from his nostrels came a smoke when kindled was his ire and from his mouth came kindled coales of hote consuming fyre verse 9 The Lord descended from aboue and bowde the heauens hie And vnderneath his feete he cast the darknes of the skye verse 10 On Cherubs and on Cherubins ful royally he rode and on the wings of all the windes came flying al abrode The second part verse 11 11 And lyke a den most darke he made his denne and secret place With waters blacke and ayrie cloudes enuironed he was verse 12 But when the presence of his face in brightnes shal appeare theÌ„ cloudes coÌ„sume in their stead come hailes coales of fyre verse 13 These firy dartes and thunderboltes disperse theÌ„ here and there And with his often lightenings he puttes them in great feare verse 14 Lord at thy wrath and threatnings and at thy chiding cheare The springs and the foundations of al the world appeare verse 15 And froÌ„ aboue the Lord sent downe to fetch me from below and pluckt me out of waters great that would me ouerflow verse 16 And me deliuerd from my foes that would haue made me thral Yea from such foes as were to strong for me to deale withal verse 17 They did preuent me to oppres in tyme of my great grief But yet the Lord was my defence my succor and relief verse 18 He brought me forth in open place where as I might be free And kept me safe because he had a fauour vnto me verse 19 And as I was an innocent so did he me regard And to the cleannes of my hands he gaue me my reward verse 20 For that I walked in his wayes and in his pathes haue trod And haue not wauered wickedly against my Lord my God The third part verse 21 But euermore I haue respect to his law and decre His statutes and commaundements I cast not out fro me verse 22 But pure and cleane and vncorrupt appeard before his face And did refrayne from wickednes and sinne in any case verse 23 The Lord therfore wil me reward as I haue done aright And to the cleannes of my handes appearing in his sight verse 24 For Lord with him that holy is wilt thou be holy to and with y e good and vertuous meÌ„ right vertuosly wilt do verse 25 And to the louing and elect thy loue thou wilt reserue And thou wilt vse the wicked men as wicked men deserue verse 26 For thou doost saue the simple folk in trouble wheÌ„ they lye And doost bring down y â— countenance of them that looke ful hye verse 27 The Lord wil light my candel so that it shal shine ful bright The Lord my God wil make also my darknes to be light verse 28 For by thy help an host of men discomfite Lord I shal By thee I scale and ouerleape the strength of any wal verse 29 Vnspotted are the wayes of God his word is purely tride He is a sure defence to such as in his fayth abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lord for other there is none Or els who is omnipotent sauing our God alone The fourth part verse 31 The God that girdeth me with strength is he that I do meane That al the wayes wherin I walke did euermore kepe cleane verse 32 That made my feete like to the Hartes in swiftnes of my pace And for my surety brought me forth into an open place verse 33 He did in order put my handes to battayle and to fight To breake in sunder barres of brasse he gaue my armes y e might verse 34 Thou reachest me thy sauing health thy right hand is my tower Thy loue and familiaritie doth stil encrease my power verse 35 And vnder me thou makest playne the way where I should walk So that my feete shal neuer slip nor stumble at a balke verse 36 And fiersly I pursue and take my foes that me annoyde And from the field do not returne til they be al destroyde verse 37 So I suppresse and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my foote they fal down flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou doost gird me w t thy streÌ„gth to war in such a wyse That they be al scattred abrode that vp against me ryse verse 39 Lord thou hast put into my handes my mortal enmies yoke and all my foes thou doost deuide in sunder with thy stroke verse 40 They cald for help but none gaue eare nor helpt them with relief Yea to the Lord they cald for helpe yet heard he not their griefe The fyft part verse 41 And stil like dust before the wind I driue them vnder feete And sweepe them out like filthy clay that sticketh in the streete verse 42 Thou keepst me from seditious folke that stil in strife be led and thou doost of the heathen folke appoint me to be hed verse 43 A people straunge to me vnknowen and yet they shal me serue And at the first obey my worde wheras myne owne wil swerue verse 44 I shal be ircksome to mine owne they wil not see my light But wander wide out
of their wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the liuing Lord most worthy of al prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his holy word subdude the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuerd and set me hygher then those That cruel and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 And for this cause O Lord my God to thee geue thankes I shal and sing out prayses to thy name among the gentils al. verse 49 That gauest great prosperity vnto the king I say To Dauid thine annoynted king and to his seede for ay Coeli enarrant gloriam dei psalme .xix. T. S. ¶ To the intent he might moue the faithful to a deper consideration of gods glory he fetteth before their eyes the most exquisite workemanship of the heauens with their proportion and ornaments And afterward calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled him selfe more familiarly to his chosen people The which peculiar grace by commeÌ„dyng the law he setteth forth more at large and at the end he concludeth with a prayer Sing this as the .xiiii Psalme verse 1 THe heauens and the firmament do wondrously declare The glory of God omnipotent his workes what they are verse 2 The wondrous workes of God appear by euery daies succes The nights which likewise their race ruÌ„ y e self same things expres verse 3 There is no laÌ„guage tong or speach where their souÌ„d is not herd verse 4 In al the earth and costes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lord made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome redy trimde doth from his chamber come And as a valiaunt champion who for to get a pryse With ioy doth hast to take in hand some noble enterpryse verse 6 And al the sky from end to end he compasseth about Nothing can hide it from his heat but he will find it out verse 7 How perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and making wyse the simple and obscure verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundements glad both hart mynde His precept pure and geueth lyght to eyes that be ful blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer The iudgements of the Lord are trne and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embrast alwayes then fined gold I say The hony and the hony combe are not so sweete as they verse 11 By them thy seruant is fore warnd to haue God in regard and in performance of the same there shal be great reward verse 12 But lord what earthly maÌ„ doth know the errours of his life Then cleÌ„se my soule froÌ„ secret synnes which are in me most ryfe verse 13 And kepe me that presumptuous sinnes preuayle not ouer mee And then shal I be innocent and great offences flee verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my hart my wordes thoughts ech one For my redeiner and my strength O Lord thou art alone Exaudiat te dominus Psalme .xx. T. S ¶ A prayer of the people vnto God that it would please him to heare their king and receiue his sacrifice which he offred before â—e wente to battle againste the Ammonites declaring how that the HeatheÌ„ put their trust in horses and chariots but they trust onely in y e name of the Lord their god Wherfore the other shal fall but the Lorde wyll saue the kyng and hys people verse 1 IN trouble and aduersitie the Lord God heare thee stil The maiestie of Iacobs God defend thee from al il verse 2 And send thee froÌ„ his holy place his helpe at euery nede And so in SioÌ„ stablish thee make thee strong in dede verse 3 Remembring wel the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receyue right thankfully thy burnt offrings echone verse 4 Accordyng to thy hartes desire the Lord graunt vnto thee And al thy counsel and deuyse ful wel performe may hee verse 5 We shal reioyce when thou vs sauest and our banners display Vnto the Lord which thy requests fulfilled hath alway verse 6 The Lord wil his annointed saue I know wel by his grace And send him health by his right haÌ„d out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But we remember God our Lord that kepeth promise iust verse 8 They fal down flat but we do ryse and stand vp stedfastly verse 9 Now saue help vs Lord and king on thee when we do cry Domine in virtute Psalme .xxi. T. S. ¶ Dauid in the parson of the people prayseth God for the victory which he gaue them against the Sirians and Ammonites 1. Sam. x.xi. wherein he had the riche crowne of the king of Ammon set vppon his head ii Sam. xii and was indued with the manifold belessinges of God and contrariwise his enemies destroyed O Lord how ioyful is y e king in thy streÌ„gth thy power how vehemently doth he re ioyce in thee his Sauior For thou hast geuen vnto him his god ly hartes desyre to him nothing hast y u denide of that he did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent him with thy gifts and blessings manifold And thou hast set vpon his head a crowne of perfect gold verse 4 And when he asked lyfe of thee therof thou madest him sure To haue long life yea such a lyfe as euer should indure verse 5 Great is his glory by thy helpe thy benefite and ayde Great worship and great honor both thou hast vpon him layde verse 6 Thou wilt geue him felicitie that neuer shal decay And with thy chereful countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the king doth strongly trust in god for to preuayle Therfore his goodnes and his grace wil not that he shal quaile verse 8 But let thine enmies feele thy force and those that thee withstaÌ„d Find out thy foes and let them feele the power of thy right haÌ„d verse 9 And like an ouen burne them Lord in firy flame and fume Thine anget shal destroy them all and fire shal them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their fruite y â— should increase And from the number of thy folke their seede shal end and cease verse 11 For why much mischief did they muse against thine holy name Yet did they fayle and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy vow strings redily against thine enmies face verse 13 Be thou exalted lord therfore in thy strength euery hower So shal we sing right solempnly praysing thy might and power Deus deus meus respice psalme .xxii. T. S. ¶ Dauid complaineth himself to be brought into such extremities that he is like a man desperate and
as princes in al lādes verse 18 Wherfore thy holy name al ages shal record The people shal geue thankes to thee for euermore O Lord. Deus noster refugium Psalme .xlvi. I. Hop ¶ A songe of thankes geuyng for the deliueraunce of Ierusalem after Senacherib with hys army was driuen awaye or some other lyke sodayne and maruelous deliueraunce by the myghly hand of God Wherby the Prophet commendyng this great benefite doth exhort the faithfull to geue them selues wholy into the hand of God doubtyng nothing but that vnder his protection they shal be safe agaynst all the assaultes of their enemies THe Lord is our defence and ayde the strength wherby we stand when we with wo are much dismayd he is our helpe at hande Though th earth remoue we wil not feare though hilles so high and stepe be thrust and hurled here and there within the sea so depe verse 3 No though the waues do rage so sore that al the bankes it spils And though it ouer flow the shore beat down mighty hils verse 4 For one fayre floud doth send abrod his pleasaunt streames a pace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In midst of her the Lord doth dwel she can no whit decay Al things agaynst her that rebel the Lord wil truly stay verse 6 The Heathē folcke the kingdomes feare the people make a noyse The earth doth melt not appeare whē god puts forth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hostes doth take our part to vs he hath an eye Our hope of health with al our hart on Iacobs God doth lye verse 8 Come here se with mind and thought the working of our God What wōders he himself hath wrought throughout the earth abrod verse 9 By him al warres are husht and gone which coūtryes did cōspire Theyr bowes he brake speares eche one theyr Charets brēt w t fire verse 10 Leaue of therfore saith he know I am a God most stout Among the Heathen high low and al the earth throughout verse 11 The Lord of hostes doth vs defend he is our strength and tower On Iacobs God do we depend and on his mighty power Omnes gentes Psalme .xlvii. I H. ¶ The Prophete exhorteth all people to the worshyp of y e true and euer liuing Got commendyng the mercyes of God toward the posteritie of Iacob and after prophecieth of the kingdome of Christ in this tyme of the Gospell Syng this as the .xlv. Psalme verse 1 YE people all in one accord clap handes and eke reioyce Be glad sing vnto the Lord w t swete pleasaūt voyce verse 2 For high the Lord dredful is with wonders manifold A mighty king he is truly in al the earth extold verse 3 The people shal he make to be vnto our bondage thral And vnderneath our feete he shal the nacions make to fal verse 4 For vs the heritage he chose which we posses alone The flouryng worship of Iacob his welbeloued one verse 5 Our God ascended vp on hy with ioy and pleasaunt noyce The Lord goeth vp aboue the sky with trompets royal voyce verse 6 Sing prayses to our God sing prayse sing prayses to our king For God is king of al the earth al skilful prayses sing verse 7 God on the heathen raygnes sits vpon his holy throne The princes of the people haue them ioyned euery one verse 8 To Abrahams people for our God which is exalted hye Vs with a buckler doth defend the earth continually Magnus dominus Psalme .xlviii. ¶ A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem from the handes of many kinges is mentioned for the whiche thankes are geuen to God and the estate of that Citie is praysed that hath god so presently al all times ready to defend them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Achaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their tymes chiefly was the Citie by forayne Princes assaulted Sing this as the. xlvi Psalme verse 1 GReat is the Lord with great prayse to be aduaunced stil Within the citie of our Lord vpon his holy hil verse 2 Mount Sion is a pleasaunt place it gladdeth al the land The Citie of the mighty kyng on her northside doth stand verse 3 Within the Pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone verse 4 But when they did behold it so they wondred and they were Astonied much and sodenly were driuen backe with feare verse 5 Great terrour there on them did fal for euery wo they cry As doth a woman when she shal go trauaile by and by verse 6 As thou with esterne winde the ships vpon the sea doost breake So they were stayd and euen as we heard our fathers speake verse 7 So in the citie of the Lord we saw as it was told Yea in the citie which our Lord for euer wil vphold verse 8 O Lord we wayt and do attend on thy good helpe and grace For which we do al times attend within thy holy place verse 9 O Lord according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy right hand O Lord is ful of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mount fulfilled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lord the daughter to reioyce verse 10 Go walke about al Syon hil yea round about her go And tel the towres that therupon are builded in a row verse 11 And marke ye wel her bulwarks al behold her towers there That ye may tel therof to them that after shal be here verse 12 For this God is our God our God for euermore is he Yea and vnto the death also our guider shal he be Audite haec omnes Psalme .xlix. T. S. ¶ The holy ghost calleth all men to the consideration of mans lyfe shewing them not to be most happy that are most wealthy and therfore not to be feared but contrarywise he lyfteth vp our mindes to consider how all things are ruled by Gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldlye misers to euerlastyng tormentes so doth he preserue his and will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection 1. Thes 1. Sing this as the .xiv. psal verse 1 AL people herken and geue eare to that that I shal tel Both high low both rich poore y e in y e world do dwel verse 2 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges rightwise In vnderstāding shal my heart his study excercise verse 3 I wil incline mine eare to know the parables so dark And open al my doubtful speech in metre on my harp verse 4 Why should I feare afflictions or any careful toyle Or els my foes which at my heeles are prest my life to spoyle verse 5 For as for such as riches haue wherin theyr trust is most And they which of their treasures great thē selues do brag boast verse 6 There is not one of them that can his brothers
pay thy vowes alwayes vnto the God most hye verse 15 Then seke and cal to me whē ought would worke the blame And I wil sure deliuer thee that thou maist prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked trayne which talke of God ech day And yet theyr workes are foule vaine to thē the Lord wil say verse 17 With what a face darest thou my word once speake or name Why doth thy talke my law alow thy dedes deny the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy life thou art so slacke My word the which thou doost pretēd is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doost see by theft to liue in welth With him thou runnest doost agre likewise to thriue by stelth verse 20 When thou doost them behold that wiues and maydes defile Thou likest it wel and waxest bold to vse that life most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doost apply to sclaunder and defame Thy tong is taught to craft and lye and doth stil vse the same verse 22 Thou studiest co reuile thy frends to thee so nere With slaūder thou wouldst nedes defile thy mothers sōne most deare verse 23 Hereat while I do winke as though I did not see Thou goest on stil and so doost thinke that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I wil not let to strike when I begynne Thy faultes in ordre I wil set and open al thy sinne verse 25 Marke this I you require that haue not God in mind Least whē I plage you in mine ire your help be far to find verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me wel he shal se to walke in godly wayes i. Miserere mei deus Psalme .li. VV VV. ¶ When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet nathan for his great offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his natural corruption and iniquirie But also left a memorial therof to his posteritie Therfore first he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holy spirit with promise that he wil not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearing least God would punish the whole Church for his faute He requireth that he would rather increase his graces towards the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lord for thy great mercyes sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust and sinful act and purifie yet once agayne my haynous crime and bloudy fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow do constraine me to acknowledge mine exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth stil remaine before my face without reles verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euel in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgmēt iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that first I was conceyued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was yet vile wretch remayne therin verse 6 Also behold Lord thou doost loue the inward truth of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome frō aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shal be cleaner thē the glasse And if y u wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shal I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lord such ioy me sēd that in wardly I may find grace And y ◠my strēgth may now amēd which y u hast swagd for my trespas verse 9 Turne back thy face frownig ire for I haue felt inough thy hād And purge my sinnes I thee desire which do in nūber passe the sād verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest frame it to thy holy wil Thy cōstāt spirit in me let rest which may these raging enmies kil The second parte verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but spedely my torments end Take not frō me thy spirit grace which may frō dāgers me defēd verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes again which I was wōt in thee to find And let me thy fre spirit retain which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus whē I shal thy mercies know I shal instruct others therin And mē that ar likewise brought low by mine ensāple shal flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my helth art Lord forgeue me this my bloudy vice My hart toung shal thē accord to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lips my tonge vnty O Lord which art y e only kay And thē my mouth shal testify thy wōdrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest thē of no price therin pleasure takest y u none verse 17 The heauy hart the mynd opprest O Lord thou neuer doost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of al sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lord vnto Siō turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hil And on Ierusalē thy grace build vp the walles and loue it stil verse 19 Thou shalt accept thē our offrings of peace righteousnes I say yea calues many other things vpon thine altar wil we lay ¶ An other of the same by T. N. Sing this as the lamētation HAue mercy on me God after thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude do thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more frō myne offēce clense me frō my sinne For I beknow my fautes stil my sin is in mine eyne Agaynst thee thee alone I haue offended in this case And euel haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the things that thou doost say vpright thou maist be tried And eke in iudgyng that the dome may passe vpon thy side Behold in wickednes my kind and shape I did receyue And loe my sinful mother eke in sin did me conceyue But Loe the truth in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secrets of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to mee With Hysope Lord be sprincle me I shal be clensed so yea wash thou me and so I shal be whiter then the snow Of ioy gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which y u hast brokē may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lord turne away thy face And al my dedes of wickednes do vtterly deface O God create in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lord renew a stable spirit Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy spirit away The comfort of thy sauing helpe geue me agayne I pray With thy free spirit establish me and I wil teach therfore Sinners thy wayes wicked shal be turnd vnto thy lore The seconde part O God that art God of my helth from bloud deliuer mee That praises of thy righteousnes my tōg may sing to thee My lips that yet fast closed be do thou O Lord
mischief stout and sorrow eke withal verse 12 Her priuy partes are wicked playne her dedes are much to vile And in the streetes there doth remayne al crafty fraud guile The second part verse 13 If that my foes did seeke my shame I might it wel abyde From open enmies check and blame some where I could me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow dere which frendship didst pretend And didst my secret counsel heare as my familiar frend verse 15 With whom I had delight to talke in secret and abrode And we together oft did walk within the house of God verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fal and sen them quick to hel For mischief rayneth in their hal and parlour where they dwel verse 17 But I vnto my God do cry to him for help I flee The Lord doth heare me by and by and he doth succour mee verse 18 At morning noone and euenyng tyde vnto the Lord I pray Whē I so instantly haue cride he doth not say me nay verse 19 To peace he shal restore me yet though war be now at hand Although the number be ful great that would against me stand verse 20 The Lord that first and last doth raign both now and euermore Wil heare when I to hym complaine and punish them ful sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to turne will ouce accord For why they wil not God obey nor do not feare the Lord. verse 22 Vpon their frēds they laid their hāds which were in couenāt knit Of frendship to neglect the bands they passe or care no whit verse 23 While they haue war within their hart as butter are their words although his words wer smoth as oile thei cut as sharp as swords verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lord and he shal nourish thee For in no wise wil he accord the iust in thral to see verse 25 But God shal cast thē depe in pit that thirst for bloud alwayes He wil no guileful man permit to liue out halfe hys dayes verse 26 Though such be quite destroid and gone in thee O Lord I trust I shal depend thy grace vpon with al my hart and lust Miserere psalme .lvi. I. H. Dauid being brought to Achis the king of Gath 2. Sa. 21. 12. cōplaineth of his enmies demaū deth succour putteth his trust in God his promises promiseth to performe his vowes which he had taken vpon hym Wherof this was the effect to prayse God in his Church Syng this as the Lamentation verse 1 HAue mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me deuoure He fyghteth with me day by day troubleth me ech houre verse 2 Mine enemies daily enterpryse to swaldow me outryght To fyght against me many ryse O thou most high of might verse 3 Whē they would make me most afraid with boast brags of pryde I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abyde verse 4 Gods promise I do mind and prayse O Lord I stick to thee I do not care at al assayes what flesh can do to me verse 5 What things I either did or spake they wrast thē at their wil And al the counsel that they take is how to work me il verse 6 They al consēt themselues to hide close watch for me to lay They spy my pathes snares haue tride to take my lyfe away verse 7 Shal they thus scape on mischief set thou God on thē wilt frown for in his wrath he doth not let to throw whole kingdōs down verse 8 Thou seest how oft they make me flee and on my teares doost looke Reserue them in a glas by thee and wryte them in thy booke verse 9 When I do cal vpon thy name my foes away do start I wel perceyue it by that same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the worde of God to prayse it I accorde With ioy wil I declare abrode the promyse of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I afore began The Lord he is my helpe and stay I do not care for man verse 12 I wil performe with hart so free to god my vowes alwayse And I O Lord al times to thee wil offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule from death thou doost defend and kepe my feete vpright That I before thee may ascend with such as lyue in light Miserere Psalme .lvii. I. H. ¶ Dauid beyng in the desert of Ziph where the inhabitants did betray him and at length in the same caue with Saule Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence that he wil performe his promise and take his cause in hand also that he wil shew his glory in the heauēs and the earth against his cruel enemies Therfore doth he render laud and prayse Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 TAke pity for thy promise sake haue mercy Lord on me For why my soule doth her betake vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy wings I set my selfe ful fast Til mischief malice like things be gone and ouer past verse 3 I cal vpon the God most hye to whom I sticke and stand I meane the God that wil stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent his ayde to saue me from their spight That to deuour me haue assayd his mercy truth and might verse 5 I lead my life with Lions fel al set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwel that freat like flames of fyre verse 6 Their teeth are speares and arrowes lōg as sharp as I haue sene they wound cut w t their quick tong like swords weapōs kene verse 7 Set vp and shew they self O God aboue the heauens bright Exalt thy praise on earth abrode thy maiesty and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a priuy caue and pit wherin they think my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My hart is set to laud the Lord in him to ioy alwayes My hart I say doth wel accord to syng his laud and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I say my lute my harpe and string For I my selfe before the day wil ryse reioyce and sing verse 11 Among the people I wil tel the goodnes of my God And shew his prayse that doth excel in Heathen lands abrode verse 12 His mercy doth extend as far as heauens al are hie His truth is high as any star that standeth in the sky verse 13 Set forth and shew thy self O God aboue the heauens bright Extol thy prayse on earth abrode thy maiesty and might Si vere vtique Psalme .lviii. I. H. He describeth the malice of his enemies the flatterers of Saule who both secretly openlye sought his destruction from whō he appealeth to gods iudgemennt shewyng that the iust shal reioyce when they see the punishment of the wicked to the
Ierusalem for the chusinge preseruation and gouernance of them and for plentifull blessings powred forth vpon all the earth Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 THy prayse alone O lord doth raign in Siō thyne own hil their vowes to thee they do maintain their behests fulfil verse 2 For that y u doost their prayer heare and doost therto agree Thy people al both far neare with trust shal come to thee verse 3 Our wicked life so far excedes that we should fal therin But Lord forgeue our great misdedes and purge vs from our syn verse 4 The man is blest whō thou doost chuse within thy court to dwel Thy house and temple he shal vse with pleasures that excel verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth rise The hope of al the earth abrode and the sea costes likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compast with thy power thou makest y e mountains strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou doost asswage make their streames ful stil Thou doost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy wil. verse 8 The folk that dwel ful far on earth shal dread thy signes to see which morne and euen in great mirth do passe w t prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and dry and thirsteth more and more Then with thy drops thou doost apply much encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerstow and so doth cause to spring The seede and corne which men do sow for he doth guide y e thing verse 11 With wete thou doost her furrowes fil where by her clods do fal Thy drops to her thou doost distil and bles her frute withal verse 12 Thou deckst y e earth of thy good grace with fayre pleasant crop Thy cloudes distil her dew apace great plenty they do drop verse 13 Wherby the desert shal begin ful great encrease to bring The little hils shal ioy therin much frute in them shal spring verse 14 In places playne the flock she feede and couer al the earth The valies with corne shal so excede that men shal sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme .lxvi. I. H. He prouoketh al men to prayse the Lord and to consider his workes rehersing two thynges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath deliuered Israel from great bōdage and afflictiōs he promiseth to geue sacrifice prouoketh al men to heare what god hath done for him and to praise his name Syng this as the 68. Psalm verse 1 YE men on earth in God reioyce w t prayse set forth his name Extol his might w t hart voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wōderful O Lord say ye in al thy workes thou art thy foes for feare do seke to thee ful sore agaīst their hart verse 3 Al men that dwel y e earth throughout do prayse the name of God The laud therof the world about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 Al folk come forth behold see what things y e lord hath wrought marke wel y e wōdrous works y ◠he for man to pas hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hie therin a way they had On foote to pas both fayre and dry wherof their harts wer glad verse 6 His might doth rule y e world alway his eyes al things behold Al such as would him disobey by him shal be controld verse 7 Ye people geue vnto our God due laud and thanks alwayes With ioyful voyce declare abrode and sing vnto his prayse verse 8 Which doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with al He stayeth our fete so that no strife can make vs slip or fal verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they wil abide As workmen do when they desire to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines and fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The seconde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ride and raygne Though we through fire and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 Yet sure thou doost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bryng vs out into a place to lyue in wealth and rest verse 13 Vnto thy house resort wil I to offer and to pray And there I wil my selfe apply my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in al my grief smart The vowes I say which I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offring I wil geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shal be of bullockes goates lambes verse 16 Come forth harken here ful sone al ye that feare the Lord What he for my poore soule hath done to you I wil record verse 17 Ful oft I cal vpon his grace this mouth to him doth cry And thou my tong make spede apace to prayse him by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delite to sinne God wil not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voyce hath heard and what I do require My prayer he doth wel regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 Al prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mind Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I do euer fynd Deus misereatur nostri Psalme .lxvii. I. H. ¶ A swete prayer for al the faithfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lightened with his countenaunce to th ende that his way and iudgementes may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernour of all nations Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 HAue mercy on vs Lord and graunt to vs thy grace To shew to vs do thou accord the brightnes of thy face verse 2 That al the earth may know thy way to godly wealth And al the natiōs on a row may see thy sauing health verse 3 Let all the world O God geue prase vnto thy name O let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let al reioyce with mirth For y u with truth right doost guide the natiōs of y e earth verse 5 Let al the world O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 6 Then shal the earth encrease great store of frute shal fal And then our God the God of peace shal bles vs eke w t al. God shal vs bles I say and then both farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shal stand in feare Exurgat deus Psalme .lxviii. T. S. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid setteth forth as in a glasse
thee was borne wherfore I wil thee prayse with mirth both euening and morne verse 7 As to a monster seldome sene much folke about me throng But thou art now and stil hast bene my fence and ayde so strong verse 8 Wherfore my mouth no time shal lacke thy glory and thy prayse and eke my tong shal not be slacke to honor thee alwayse verse 9 Refuse not me O Lord I say when age my limmes doth take and when my strength doth wast away do not my soule forsake verse 10 Among them selues my foes enquire to take me through deceyt and they agaynst me do conspire that for my soule layd wayt The second part verse 11 Lay hand take him now they sayd for God from him is gone Dispatch him quite for to his ayde I wis there commeth none verse 12 Do not absent thy self away O Lord when nede shal be But that in time of grief thou may in hast geue helpe to me verse 13 With shame confound and ouerthrow al those that seke my life Oppres thē with rebukes also that fayne would worke me strife verse 14 But I wil patiently abyde thy helpe in al assayes Stil more and more ech time tide I wil set forth thy prayse verse 15 My mouth thy iustice shal record that dayly helpe doth send But of thy benefites O Lord I know no compt nor end verse 16 Yet wil I go and seke forth one with thy good helpe O God The sauing health of thee alone to shew and set abrod verse 17 For of my youth thou tookest the care and doost instruct me stil Therfore thy wonders to declare I haue great mind and wil. verse 18 And as in youth from wanton rage thou didst me kepe and stay Forsake me not vnto mine age and til my head be gray verse 19 That I thy strēgth might may show to them that now be here and that our sede thy power may know hereafter many a yere verse 20 O Lord thy iustice doth excede thy doings al may see Thy workes are wonderful in dede oh who is lyke to thee verse 21 Thou madest me fele afflictions sore and yet thou didst me saue yea thou didst helpe and me restore and tokest me from the graue verse 22 And thou mine honor doost encrease my dignitie maintayne yea thou doost make al grief to cease and comforts me agayne verse 23 Therfore thy faithfulnes to prayse I wil both lute and syng My harpe shal sound thy laud alwayes O Israels holy kyng verse 24 My mouth wil ioy with pleasant voyce when I shal sing to thee and eke my soule wil much reioyce for thou hast made me free verse 25 My tong thy vprightnes shal sound and speake it dayly stil For grief and shame do thē confound that sought to worke me ill Deus iudicium tuum Psalme .lxxii. I. H. ¶ He prayeth that the kingdome of God by Christe may come vnder the parson of Salomon vnder whom shall be ryghteousnes peace and felicitie vnto whom all kynges and all nations shall do homage whose name and power shal indure for euer LOrd geue thy iudgements to the king therin instruct hym wel And with his sonne that Princely thyng Lord let thy iustice dwel that he may gouerne vp ryghtly and rule thy folke a ryght and so defend through equitie the poore that haue no might verse 3 And let the mountaines that are hye vnto their folke geue peace And eke let litle hils apply in iustice to encrease verse 4 That he may help the weake poore with aide make thē strōg And eke destroy for euermore al those that do them wrong verse 5 And then from age to age shal they regard and feare thy might So long as sunne doth shine by day or els the moone by night verse 6 Lord make the king vnto the iust like rain to fieldes new mowen And like to drops that lay the dust and fresh the land vnsowen verse 7 The iust shal florish in his time and al shal be at peace Vntil the moone shal leaue to prime wast chaūge to encrease verse 8 He shal be Lord of sea and sand from shore to shore throughout and from the flouds within the land through al the earth about verse 9 The people that in desert dwel shal knele to him ful thicke and al his enmies that rebel the earth and dust shal licke verse 10 Theyr Lordes of al the yles therby great gifts to him shal bring The kings of Sabe and Arabie geue many a costly thyng verse 11 Al kings shal seke with one accord in his good grace to stand And al the people of the world shal serue him at his hand verse 12 For he the nedy sort doth saue that vnto him do cal And eke the simple folke that haue no helpe of man at al. verse 13 He taketh pity on the poore that are with nede opprest He doth preserue them euermore bringes their soules to rest verse 14 He shal redeme theyr life from dread frō fraud frō wrōg frō might And eke the bloud that they shal bleed is precious in his sight verse 15 But he shal liue and they shal bring to him of Sabaes gold He shal be honored as a kyng and dayly be extold verse 16 The mighty mountaines of his land of corne shal beare such thrōg That it like Cedre trees shal stand in Libanus ful long verse 17 Theyr cities eke ful wel shal spede the frutes therof shal pas In plenty it shal far excede and spring as grene as gras verse 18 For euer they shal prayse his name while that the sunne is light And thinke thē happy through y ◠same al folk shal bles his might verse 19 Prayse ye the Lord of hostes and sing to Israels God echone For he doth euery wondrous thing yea he him self alone verse 20 And blessed be his holy name al times eternally That al the earth may prayse the same Amen Amen say I. Quam bonus deus Psalme .lxxiii. T. S. ¶ The Prophet teacheth by his example that neither the worldly prosperitie of the vngodly nor yet the affliction of the good ought to discourage Gods children but rather ought to moue vs to consider our fathers prouidence to cause vs to reuerence gods iudgements for asmuche as the wicked vanishe a waye lyke smoke and the godly enter into lyfe euerlastyng in hope wherof he resigneth him selfe into Gods handes Sing this as the .xliiii. psal verse 1 HOw euer it be yet God is good and kynd to Israel And to al such as safely kepe their consciēce pure wel ▪ verse 2 yet lyke a foole I almost slipt my feete began to slyde And or I wist euē at a pinch my steps a wrye gā glyde verse 3 For when I saw such foolish men I grudged and did disdayne That wicked mē al things should haue wtout turmoyle or payne verse 4 They neuer suffer panges nor grief as if death should them
smite Theyr bodies are both stoute and strong and euer in good plyte verse 5 And free from al aduersity when other men be shent And with the rest they take no part of plague or punishment verse 6 Therfore presumptio doth embrace theyr neckes as doth a chayne And are euen wrapt as in a robe with rapine and disdayne verse 7 They are so fed that euen for fat their eyes oft times out start And as for worldly goodes they haue more thē cā wish their hart verse 8 Theyr life is most licentious bostyng much of the wrong Which they haue done to simple men and euer pryde among verse 9 The heauens and the liuing Lord they spare not to blaspheme And prate they do on worldly things no wight they do esteme verse 10 The people of god oft times turn backe to se their prosprous state And almost drinke the self same cup and folow the same rate The second part verse 11 How can it be that God say they should know and vnderstand These worldly things since wicked mē be Lordes of sea and land verse 12 For we may see how wicked men in riches stil increase Rewarded wel with worldly goodes and lyue in rest and peace verse 13 Then why do I from wickednes my fantasy refrayne And wash my hands with innocents clense my hart in vayne verse 14 And suffer scourges euery day as subiect to al blame And euery morning from my youth susteyne rebuke and shame verse 15 And I had almost sayd as they misliking mine estate But that I should thy children iudge as folk vnfortunate verse 16 Then I bethought me how I might this matter vnderstand But yet the labor was to great for me to take in hand verse 17 Vntil the time I went into thy holy place and then I vnderstood right perfectly the end of al these men verse 18 And namely how thou settest them vpon a slippry place And at thy pleasure and thy wil thou doost them al deface verse 19 Then al men muse at that straunge sight to see how sodenly They are destroyd dispatcht consumde and dead so horribly verse 20 Much lyke a dreame when one a wakth so shal theyr welth decay Theyr famous names in al mens sight shal ebbe and pas away The third part verse 21 Yet thus my hart was greued then my mind was much opprest verse 22 So fond was I and ignoraunt and in this poynt a best verse 23 Yet neuertheles by my right hand thou holdest me alwayes fast verse 24 And with thy counsel doost me guide to glory at the last verse 25 What thing is there that I cā with but thee in heauen aboue And in the earth there is nothing like thee that I can loue verse 26 My fleshe and eke my hart do fayle but God doth fayle me neuer For of my hart God is the strength my portion eke for euer verse 27 And lo al such as thee forsake thou shalt destroy echone And those that trust in any thing sauing in thee alone verse 28 Therfore wil I draw nere to God and euer with him dwel In God alone I put my trust his wonders wil I tel Vt quid deus Psalme .lxxiiii. I. H. ¶ The faithfull complayne of the destruction of the Church and true religion vnder the name of Sion and the altars destroyed And trusting in the might free mercyes of God by his couenaunt they require helpe and succor for the glory of Gods holy name the saluation of hys poore afflicted seruauntes and the confusion of his proude enemies Syng this as the .72 Psalm verse 1 WHy art thou Lord so long from vs in al this daunger depe Why doth thine anger kindle thus at thine own pastor shepe verse 2 Lord cal thy people to thy thought which haue ben thine so lōg The which y u hast redemd brought frō bondage sore strōg verse 3 Haue mind therfore and thinke vpon remember it ful wel Thy pleasaūt place thy moūt Siō where thou wast wōt to dwel verse 4 Lift vp thy foote and come in hast and al thy foes deface Which now at pleasure rob and wast within thy holy place verse 5 A mid thy congregations al thine enemies roare O God They set as signes on euery wal theyr banners splayd abrod verse 6 As men with axes hew the trees that on the hils do grow So shine the bils and swords of these within the temples now verse 7 The selings sawde the carued bordes the goodly grauen stones With axes hāmers villes swords they beate thē down at once verse 8 Thy places they consume with flame and eke in al this toyle The house appointed to thy name they race down to the soyle verse 9 And thus they sayd within theyr hart dispatch them out of hand Then burnt they vp in euery part Gods houses through the lād verse 10 Yet thou no signe of helpe doost send our Prophets al are gone To tel when this our plage should end among vs there is none verse 11 When wilt y u Lord once end this shame cease thine enmies strōg Shal they alway blaspheme thy name rayle on thee so long verse 12 Why doost with draw thy hand a backe and hide it in thy lappe O plucke it out and be not slacke to geue thy foes a rappe The seconde part verse 13 O God thou art my king and Lord and euermore hast bene Yea thy good grace throughout y ◠world for our good help hath sene verse 14 The seas that are so depe dead thy might did make them dry And thou didst breake the serpents head that be therin did dye verse 15 Yea thou didst break y ◠heads so great of whales that are so fel and gauest thē to the folkes to eate that in the desertes dwel verse 16 thou madest a spring w t streames to rise frō rock both hard and hie And eke thy hād doth make likewise depe riuers to be dry verse 17 Both day and eke the night are thine by thee they were begun Thou setst to serue vs with their shine the light eke the Sun verse 18 Thou doost appoint the ends and costes of al the earth about Both sōmer heates winter frosts thy hād hath found thē out verse 19 Thinke on O Lord no tyme forget thy foes that thee defame And how the folish folke are set to rayle vpon thy name verse 20 O let no cruel beast deuour thy Turtle that is true Forget not alwayes in thy power the poore that much doo rue verse 21 Regard thy couenant and behold thy foes posses the land Al sad darke for worne and old our realm as now doth stand verse 22 Let not the simple go away with disapointed shame But let the poore and nedy aye geue prayse vnto thy name verse 23 Rise Lord let be by thee maintaind the cause y t is thyne owne Remember how that thou blasphemd art by the folish one verse 24
The voyce forget not of thy foes for they presuming hie Is more and more encreast of those that hate thee spitefully Confitebimur tibi deus Psalme .lxxv. N ¶ The faithful do prayse the name of the Lord which shal come to iudge at y ◠tyme appointed when the wycked shal be put to confusion and drinke the cup of his wrath their prayer shal be abated and the righteous shal be exalted to honor Sing this as the .44 Psalme verse 1 VNto thee God we wil geue thāks we wil geue thāks to thee Fith thy name is so nere declare thy wōdrous works wil we verse 2 I wil vprightly iudge when get conuenient tyme I may The earth is weak and al therin but I her pillers stay verse 3 I did to the mad people say deale not so furiously And vnto the vngodly ones set not your hornes so hye verse 4 I said vnto them set not vp your raysed hornes on hye And see that you do with stiffe neck not speake presumptuously verse 5 For neyther from the eastern part nor from the western syde Nor from forsaken wildernes protection doth procede verse 6 For why the Lord our God he is the righteous iudge 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 al the mighty wyne therin himself doth powre abrode verse 8 As for the lees and filthy dregs that do remain of it The wicked of the earth shal drink and suck them euery whit verse 9 But I wil talk of God I say of Iacobs God therfore And wil not cease to celebrate his prayse for euermore verse 10 In sunder break the hornes of al vngodly men wil I But then the hornes of righteous men shal be exalted hye Gloria patri To father sonne and holy ghost all glory be therfore As in beginning was is now and shall be euermore In Iudea psalme .lxxvi. I. H. This psalme setteth forthe the power of God care for the defence of his people in Ierusalē in y ◠destructiō of the army Senacherib and exhorteth y ◠faithful to be thankful for the same Syng this as the .69 Psalm verse 1 TO al that now in Iury dwel the Lord is clerely known His name is great in Israel a people of his own verse 2 At Salem he his tents hath pight to tary there a space In Sion eke he hath delight to make his dwelling place verse 3 And there he brake both staffe bow the sword y ◠speare shield and brake the ray to ouerthrow in battle on the field verse 4 Thou art more worthy honour Lord more might in thee doth lye Then in the strongest of the world that rob on mountains hye verse 5 But now y ◠proud ar spoild through thee thei are fallen on slepe through mē of war no help can be thēselues they could not kepe verse 6 At thy rebuke O Iacobs God when thou doost them reproue as half in slepe their charets stode no horsman once doth moue verse 7 For thou art fearful Lord in dede what man the corage hath To bide thy sight and doth not drede whē y u art in thy wrath verse 8 Whē y u doost make thy iudgemēts hard frō heauē through y ◠ground Then al the earth ful sore afraid in silence shal be found verse 9 And that when y u O God doost stand in iudgemēt for to speake To saue thafflicted of the land on earth that are ful weake verse 10 The fury that in man doth raign shal turne vnto thy prayse Hereafter Lord do thou restrain their wrath threates alwayes verse 11 Make vowes pay them to your God ye folke that nigh hym be Bring gifts al ye that dwel abrode for dreadful sure is he verse 12 For he doth take both lyfe and might from Princes great of birth And ful of terrour is his sight to al the kings on earth Voce mea ad dominum Psalme .lxxvii. I. H. ¶ The prophet in the name of the church reherseth the greatnes of his affliction and his greuous temptation wherby he was driuen to this end to consider his former conuersation and the continual course of gods workes in the preseruation of his seruantes and so he confirmeth his faith against these temptations I With my voyce to God do cry with hart and harty cheare my voyce to God I lift on high and he my sute doth heare In tyme of griefe I sought to God by night no rest I toke but stretcht my hands to hym abrode my soule comfort forsoke verse 3 When I to think on God entend my trouble then is more I spake but could not make an end my breath was stopt so sore verse 4 Thou holdst mine eyes alwayes from rest that I alwayes awake With feare am I so sore opprest my speach doth me forsake verse 5 The dayes of old in mind I cast and oft did thinke vpon The tymes and ages that are past ful many yeares agone verse 6 By night my songs I cal to mind once made thy prayse to shew And w t my hart much talk I find my sprits doth search to know verse 7 Will God sayd I at once for al cast of his people thus So that henceforth no tyme he shal be frendly vnto vs. verse 8 What is his goodnes cleane decayd for euer and a day Or is his promise now delayd and doth his truth decay verse 9 And wil the Lord our God forget his mercies manifold Or shal his wrath encrease so whote his mercy to withhold verse 10 At last I sayd my weaknes is the cause of this mistrust Gods mighty hand can help al this and change it when he lust The second part verse 11 I wil regard and think vpon the working of the Lord Of al his wonders past and gone I gladly wil record verse 12 Yea al his workes I wil declare and what I dyd deuyse To tel his factes I wil not spare and eke his counsel wise verse 13 Thy workes O Lord are al vpright and holy abrode what one hath strēgth to match y ◠might of thee O Lord our God verse 14 Thou art a God that oft doost shew thy wōders euery hower and so doost make the people know thy vertue thy power verse 15 And thine own folk thou didst defēd w t strength stretched arme The sons of Iacob that discend and Iosephs sede from harme verse 16 The waters Lord perceyued thee the waters saw thee wel and they for feare aside did flee the depthes on tremblyng fel. verse 17 The clouds that wer both thick black dyd rain ful plenteously The thunder in the ayre dyd crack their shafts abrode dyd fly verse 18 Thy thunder in the fyre was heard the lightning from aboue With flashes great made men afraid the earth did quake moue verse 19 Thy wayes within the sea doth lye thy path in
I flee he is my strength and rocke And he shal cause their mischiefs al themselues for to annoy and in their malice they shal fal our God shal them destroy Venite exultemus psalme .xcv. I. H. An carnest exhortation to prayse God for the gouerment of the world and the election of hys church An admonition not to follow the rebellion of the oldfathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lift vp our voyce and syng vn to the Lorde in hym oure rocke of health reioyce let vs wyth one accord Yea let vs come before hys face to geue hym thanks and prayse in syngyng Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad alwayes verse 3 For why the Lord he is no doubt a great and mighty God A kyng aboue al gods throughout in al the world abrode verse 4 The secrets of the earth so depe and corners of the land The tops of hils that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters al are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and al that therin is his hand hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lord before hym let vs fal and knele to hym with one accord the which hath made vs al. verse 7 For why he is the Lord our God for vs he doth prouyde We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 To day if ye his voyce wil heare then harden not your hart as ye with grudging many a yeare prouokte me in desert verse 9 Where as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue my wōdrous works whē they did see yet stil they wold me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeares they did me greue and I to them did say They erre in hart and not beleue they haue not known my way verse 11 Wherfore I sware whē that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer tread the path to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme .xcvi. I. H. An exhortation both to the Iewes and Gentils to praise god for hys mercy And this specially ought to be referred to the kingdom of Christ Sing thys as the .77 ▪ psalme verse 1 SYng ye with prayse vnto the Lord new songs of ioy mirth Sing vnto hym with one accord al people on the earth verse 2 Yea sing vnto the Lord I say prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to day saluation by the same verse 3 Among the heathen eke declare his honor round about To shew his wonders do not spare in al the world throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway and he is to be dread of right aboue al Gods I say verse 5 For al the gods of Heathen folke are idols that wil fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 Al prayse and honor eke do dwel for aye before his face Both power and might likewyse excel within his holy 〈◊〉 verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lord alway ye people of the world Al might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lord. verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lord also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes do go with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fal down and worship ye the Lord within his temple bright Let al the people of the world be fearful at hys syght verse 10 Tel al the world be not agast the Lord doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the earth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shal great ioy begin the earth shal eke reioyce The sea with al that is therin shal shoote and make a noyce verse 13 The field shal ioy and euery thyng that springeth of the earth The wood and euery tree shal syng with gladnes and w t mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lord and commyng of hys might when he shal iustly iudge the world and rule his folke w t right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcvii. I. H The prophet exhorteth al to reioyce for the comming of the kyngdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyful to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioycing and thankes geuyng Sing this as the 9◠Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign where at y ◠earth may ioy w t pleasāt voyce and eke the yles wich ioyful mirth may triūph and reioyce verse 2 Both cloudes darknes eke do swel round about him beat yea right and iustice euer dwel and bide about hys seat verse 3 Yea fyre and heat at once doth run and go before his face Which shal his foes and enmies burne abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke ful bright did blase and to the world appeare wherat the earth did looke and gase with dread and deadly feare verse 5 The hils like waxe did melt in sight and presence of the Lord they fled before that rulers might which gideth al the world verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That al the world may see and know the glory of our God verse 7 Confusion sure shal come to such as worship Idoles vayne and eke to those that glory much dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For al the Idols of the world which they as gods did cal Shal fele the power of the Lord and down to him shal fal verse 9 With ioy shal Sion heare this thing and Iuda shal reioyce For at thy iudgements they shal sing and make a pleasant noyce verse 10 That thou O Lord art set on hye in al the earth abrode And art exalted wondrously aboue ech other God verse 11 Al ye that loue the Lord do this hate al thyng that is il For he doth kepe the soules of his from such as would them spil verse 12 And lyght doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Great ioy w t gladnes mirth and lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye righteous in the Lord reioyce his holines proclayme Be thankful eke with hart and voyce and mindful of the same Cantate domino Psalme .xcviii. I. H. An earnest exhortation to al creatures to prayse the Lord for his power mercy tidelity in the promise by Christ by whom he hath communicated his saluation to al nations Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O Sing ye now vnto the Lord a new and pleasaunt song for he hath wrought throughout y ◠world his wōders great strōg w t his right hād ful worthely he doth his foes deuour And get himself the victory with his own arme and power verse 2 The lord doth make the people know his sauing helth and myght The Lord
doth eke his iustice shew in al the Heathens sight verse 3 His grace and truth to Israel in mynd he doth record That al the earth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lord. verse 4 Be glad in him with ioyful voyce al people of the earth Geue thankes to God sing and reioyce to him with ioy mirth verse 5 Vpon the harpe vnto him sing geue thanks to hym with psalmes Reioyce before the Lord our king with trumpets with shalmes verse 6 Yea let the sea with al therin with ioy both rore and swel The earth like wise let it begin with al that therin dwel verse 7 And let the flouds reioyce their fils and clap their hands apace and eke the mountaynes and the hils before the Lord his face verse 8 For he shal come to iudge and try the world and euery wight and rule the people mightely with iustice and with right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcix. I. H. He coÌ„mendeth the power equitie and excellency of the kingdoÌ„ of god by Christ ouer y e Iew GeÌ„tils prouoketh theÌ„ to magnify y e fame to serue y e lord following the example of the auncieÌ„t fathers Moyses AaroÌ„ Samuel who calling vpon God were hard in their prayers Sing this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign although at it the people rage ful sore Yea he on Cherubin doth syt though al y e world wold rore verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwel is high woÌ„drous great aboue al folke he doth excel and he aloft is set verse 3 Let al men prayse thy mighty name for it is feareful sure and let them magnify the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our kyng doth loue iudgement and ryght thou rightly rulest euery thyng in Iacob through thy might verse 5 To prayse the Lord our God deuyse al honour to hym do His footestoole worship ye lykewyse for he is holy to verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as priests on hym dyd cal when they did pray he heard theÌ„ wel and gaue theÌ„ aunswer al. verse 7 Within the cloud to them he spake then did they labour stil to kepe such lawes as he did make and pointed them vntil verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare and aunswerst them again Thy mercy did on them appeare their dedes didst not maintayn verse 9 O laud and prayse our God and Lord within his holy hil For why our God throughout the world is holy euer stil 2 Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme C. He exhorteth al to serue the lord who hath made vs and enter into his courtes and assemblies to prayse his name AL people y t on earth do dwel sing to y e Lord with chereful voice him serue w t fear his praise forth tel come ye before him reioice verse 3 The Lord ye know is god in dede wtout our ayde he did vs make We are his folke he doth vs fede for his shepe he doth vs take verse 4 Oh enter theÌ„ his gates w t praise approch with ioy his courts vnto praise laud and bles his name alwayes for it is semely so to do verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good his mercy is for euer sure His truth at al times firmly stood and shal from age to age indure Another of the same verse 1 IN God the lord be glad and light praise him throughout the earth Serue him come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 2 Know that the Lord our God he is he did vs make and kepe Not we our selues for we are his owne folke and pasture shepe verse 3 O go into his gates alwayes geue thankes within the same Within his courts set forth his prayse and laud his holy name verse 4 For why the goodnes of the Lord for euermore doth raigne from age to age throughout the world his truth doth stil remain Misericordiam iudicium psalm Ci. N. ¶ Dauid discrybeth what gouerhmeÌ„t he wil obserue in his house and kingdome He wil punish and correct by rotyng out the wickâ—d and cheryshing the godly persons Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 I Mercy wil and iudgement sing O Lord God vnto thee and wisely do in perfect way vntil thou come to mee verse 2 And in the midst of my house walke in purenes of my sprite verse 3 And I no kind of wicked thyng wil set before my sight I hate their worke that fal away it shal not cleaue to mee verse 4 From me shal part the froward hart none euil wil I see verse 5 Him wil I stroy that slaundereth his neighbour priuely The lofty hart I cannot beare nor hym that looketh hy verse 6 Mine eyes shal be on them within the land that faithful be In perfect way who worketh shal be seruant vnto me verse 7 I wil no guileful person haue within my house to dwel and in my presence he shal not remayne that lies doth tel verse 8 Betimes I wil destroy euen al the wicked of the land That I may from Gods city cut the wicked workers band Domine exaudi orationem psalme Cii I. H. ¶ It semeth that this prayer was apointed to the faithful to pray in the captiuity of Babilon A consolatioÌ„ for the buildinge of the church Wherof foloweth the praise of god to be published vnto al posterityes The conuersion of the Gentils And the stability of the church Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 O Heare my prayer Lord and let my crye come vnto thee verse 2 in tyme of trouble do not hide thy face away from mee Incline thine eares to me make hast to heare me when I cal verse 3 For as the smoke doth fade so do my dayes coÌ„sume and fal verse 4 And as a harth my bones are burnt my hart is smitteÌ„ dead and withers as the grasse that I forget to eat my bread verse 5 By reason of my groning voyce my bones cleaue to my skin verse 6 As Pellicane of wildernes such case now am I in And as an Owle in desert is loe I am such a one verse 7 I watch and as a Sparow on the house top am alone verse 8 Loe daily in reprochful wise myne enmies do me scorne And they y â— do against me rage against me they haue sworne verse 9 Surely with ashes as with bread my hunger I haue fild and mingled haue my drink w t teares y t fro mine eies haue stild verse 10 Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdayn For thou hast lifted me aloft and cast me down agayn verse 11 The dayes where in I pas my life are lyke the fleeting shade and I am withered like y â— gras that soone away doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord for euer doost remayne in stedy place And thy remembrance euer doth abyde from race to race The second part verse 13 Thou wilt arise and mercy thou to
Sion wilt extend The tyme of mercy now the tyme foreset is come to end verse 14 For euen in the stones therof thy seruants do delight and on the dust therof they haue compassion in their sprite verse 15 Then shal y ◠heathen people feare the Lords most holy name and al the kings on earth shal dread thy glory and thy fame verse 16 Then whē the Lord the mighty god agayn shal Sion reare and then when he most nobly in hys glory shal appeare verse 17 To prayer of the desolate when he himself shal bend When he shal not disdayn vnto their prayer to attend verse 18 This shal be written for the age that after shal succede The people yet vncreated the Lords renome shal spred verse 19 For he from his hie sanctuary hath looked down below and out of heauē hath the Lord beheld the earth also verse 20 That of y ◠morning captiue he might heare the woful cry and that he might deliuer those that damned are to dye verse 21 That they in Sion may declare the Lords most holy name And in Ierusalē set forth the prayses of the same verse 22 Then when the people of the land and kyndgdomes with accord Shall be assembled for to do theyr seruyce to the Lord. The third part verse 23 My former force of strength he hath abated in the way and shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore dyd say verse 24 My God in midst of al my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for aye verse 25 Thou the foundations of y ◠earth before all tyme hast layd lord y ◠heauēs are y ◠work which thine own hāds haue made verse 26 Yea they shal perish and decay but thou shalt tary stil and they shal al in time waxe old euen as a garment wil. Thou as a garment shalt thē change chaunged shal they bee verse 27 But thou doost stil abide the same thy yeres do neuer flee verse 28 The children of thy seruant shal continually endure and in thy sight their happy seede for euer shal stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea psalme Ciii T. S This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and al creatures to prayse the Lord for his fatherly mercies and deliuerance of his people from al euils for his prouidence euer al things and the preseruation of the faithful MY soule geue laud vnto the Lord my sprite shall do the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to God for al his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slyp out of thy mynde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restord again For al thy weak and frayle disease and heald thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeme thy life from death frō which thou couldst not flee His mercy and cōpassion both he did extend to thee verse 5 That fild with goodnes thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her vil wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doth repay al such as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrōgs are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes his cōmaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lord is kind and merciful when sinners do hym greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chides not vs continually though we be ful of stryfe Nor kepes our faultes in memory for al our sinful lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lord doth vs regard Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs reward verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes much more large to them that do hym loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences al as far as is the sunne rising ful distant from his fal The second part verse 13 And looke what pitie parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beares the Lord to such as worship him in feare verse 14 The Lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould fashion iust how weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortal men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fades ful soone away verse 16 Whose glosse beauty stormy winds do vtterly disgrace and make that after their assaults such blossoms haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lord with his shal euer stand their childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I meane which kepe his couenant with al their whole desyre and not forget to do the thyng that he doth them requyre verse 19 The heauēs hye are made the seat and footestoole of the Lord And by his power imperial he gouernes al the world verse 20 Ye angels which are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lord Which to obey and do hys wyl immediatly accord verse 21 ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to land him stil Which ready are to execute his pleasure and hys wil. verse 22 ye all his works in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynd and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea psalme Ciiii. VV. K An excellent Psalme to prayse God for the creation of the world and the gouernaunce of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth against the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings MY soule praise the Lord speake good of hys name O Lord our great God how doost thou appeare so passing in glory that great is thy fame honour and ma iestie in thee shyne most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby al the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spred that it to a curtayne compared may be verse 3 Hys chamber beames lye in the cloudes ful sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course doth endure Vpon the wings riding of wind in the ayre verse 4 He maketh his sprites as heraldes to go and lyghtnings to serue we see also prest His wil to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume things as semeth hym best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast that it once to moue none haue shal such power verse 6 The depe a fayre couering for it made thou hast which by his owne nature the hils would deuour verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters do flye and so geue due place thy word to obey And at the voyce of thunder so feareful they be y t in their great raging they hast soone away verse 8 The mountains ful
his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernes ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy theyr sede among the nations with his rod and through the couÌ„treys of the world to scatter them abrod verse 28 To Baal Peor then they did and ioyne themselues also and eate the offrings of the dead so they forsoke him tho verse 29 Thus with theyr own inuentions his wrath they did prouoke and in his so inkindly wrath the plage vpon them broke verse 30 But Phineas stood vp with zeale the sinners vile to stay and iudgement he did execute and then the plage did stay The fourth part verse 31 It was imputed vnto him for righteousnes that day and from thenceforth so compted is from race to race for aye verse 32 At waters eke of Meribah they did him angry make Yea so far fourth that Moses was then punisht for theyr sake verse 33 Because they vext his spirit so sore that in impatient heat his lips spake vnaduisedly his feauor was so great verse 34 Nor as the Lord commaunded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the heathen mixt and learned their workes also verse 36 And did theyr idols serue which were theyr ruine and decay To feends their sons and daughters they did offer vp and stay verse 37 Yea with vnkindly murdryng knife the giltles bloud they spilt verse 38 Yea theyr own sons daughters bloud without al cause of gilt Whom they to Canaan Idols then offred with wicked hand and so with bloud of innocents defiled was the land verse 39 Thus wer thy stayned with the workes of theyr own filthy way and with their own inuentions a whoryng did they stray verse 40 Therfore agaynst his people was the Lords wrath kindled sore and euen his own inheritaunce therfore he did abhorre verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gaue them for a pray and made theyr foes theyr Lords whoÌ„ they were forced to obey The fifte part verse 42 Yea and their hateful enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoope as subiectes to theyr haÌ„d verse 43 Ful oftentimes from thral had he deliuered them before But with theyr councels they to wrath prouoked him euermore Therfore they by theyr wickednes were brought ful low to ly verse 44 yet when he saw them in distres he harkned to theyr cry verse 45 He cald to mind his couenaunt which he to them had swore and by his mercyes multitude repented him therfore verse 46 And fauour he them made to find before the sight of those That led theÌ„ captiue froÌ„ their laÌ„d when erst they were their foes verse 47 Saue vs O Lord that art our God saue vs O Lord we pray and from among the heathen folke Lord gather vs away That we may spred the noble prayse of thy most holy name That we may glory in thy prayse and soundyng of thy fame verse 48 The Lord the God of Israel be blest for euermore Let al the people say Amen prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme Cvii VV. K. ¶ The Prophet extorteth all those that are redemed by the Lord and gathered vnto hym to geue thankes for this mercifâ—l prouidence of God gouerning all thinges at his good pleasure sendyng good euil prosperitie and aduersitie to bryng men vnto hym Therfore as the righteous thereat reioyce so shal the wicked haue their mouthes stopped Sing this as the 9â— Psalme verse 1 GEue thankes vnto the Lord our God for gratious is hee And that his mercy hath none end al mortal men may see verse 2 Such as y â— Lord redemed hath w t thaÌ„kes should prayse hys name shew how they froÌ„ foes wer freed how he wrought y â— same verse 3 He gathered them forth of the lands that lay so far about FroÌ„ East to West froÌ„ North to South his haÌ„d did find theÌ„ out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernes and strayed from the way and found no citie where to dwel that serue might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and honger was so great in these desertes so voyde That fayntnes did theÌ„ sore assault and eke theyr soules anoyde verse 6 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd who did remoue theyr troubles state accordyng as they prayd verse 7 And by that way which was most right he led them like a guide That they might to a citie go and there also abide verse 8 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his goodnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For he the empty soule sustaynd whom thirst had made to faynt The hungry soule with goodnes fed and did theÌ„ eke acquaynt verse 10 Such as do dwel in darknes depe where they of death do wayt Fast bouÌ„d to tast such troublous storms as yron chaynes do threat The second part verse 11 For that agaynst the Lords own words they sought so to rebel Esteming light his councels high which do so far excel verse 12 But wheÌ„ he humbled theÌ„ ful low they then fel down with grief and none was fouÌ„d so much to help wherby to get relief verse 13 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayde who did remoue theyr troublous state according as they prayd verse 14 For he froÌ„ darknes out theÌ„ brought from deathes dredful shade Bursting with force the iron bandes which did before theÌ„ lade verse 15 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For he threw down theyr gates of bras brake theÌ„ w t stroÌ„g hand The yron barres he smote in two nothing could him withstand verse 17 The foolish folke great plages do fele and cannot from theÌ„ wend But heape on mo to those they haue because they do offend verse 18 Theyr soule somuch did loth al meat that none they could abide wherby death had them almost caught as they ful truly tride verse 19 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayd verse 20 For he then sent to them his word which helth did sone restore and brought them froÌ„ those daÌ„gers depe wherin they wer before The third part verse 21 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice with thankes and also feare and speake of al his wondrous workes with glad ioyful cheare verse 23 Such as in ships or brittel barkes into the seas discend Theyr marchaÌ„dise through feareful flouds to coÌ„pas and to end verse 24 Those men are forced to behold the Lords workes what they be and in the daungerous depe the same most marueilous they se verse 25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth in a rage
Al ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes and al ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truth endures for ay wherfore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Confitemini domin◠Psalme Cxviii M. ¶ Dauid reiected of Saule and of the people at the time appoynted obteined the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord to be thankfull and vnder his person in al this was Christ liuely setforth who should be of his people reiected Syng this as the .98 Psalme verse 1 O Geue the thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towards thee verse 2 Let Israel confes and say his mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 3 Let al that feare the Lord our God euen now confes and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth stil for ay verse 4 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly hard me at large my sute was not denide verse 5 The Lord himself is on my syde I wil not stand in doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God stands me about verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with thē that helpe to succour me Therfore I shal see my desire vpon myne enemy verse 7 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal sede Or to put confidence in kings or prynces in our nede verse 8 Al nations haue inclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shal I myne enemies confound verse 9 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say but through y e Lords most mighty name I shal work their decay verse 10 They came about me al lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quēcht their thornes that were on fire and wil destroy y e same verse 11 Thou hast wyth force thrust sore at me that I in dede myght fall But through the Lord I found such help y t they wer vāquisht al verse 12 The Lord is my defence strength my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in deede a sauior most strong verse 13 The right hand of y e lord our God doth bring to passe great things He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightrous mens dwellings verse 14 The right hād of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pas His hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 15 I wil not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare the lord his might wōdrous power his works what they are verse 16 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 17 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confes verse 18 This is the gate euen of the Lord which shal not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shal enter into it verse 19 I wil geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me verse 20 The stone which at this tyme among the builders was refused Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 21 This was the mighty worke of God this was the lords own fact and it is maruelous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 22 This is the ioyful day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mynd and thought verse 23 Now help me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 24 God is the Lord that shewes vs light bind ye therfore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 25 Thou art my God I wil confes and render thanks to thee thou art my God and I wil prayse thy mercy towardes mee verse 26 O geue ye thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalme Cxix VV. VV. ¶ In this Psalm is contayned an exquisite arte a wonderful vehemēcy in setting forth the praises of gods law wherin y ◠prophet cannot satisfy himself nor sufficiently expresse the affectiō which he beareth therūto adding moreouer many notable complaintes consolations wherfore it is mete that al the faithful haue it alway both in hart and mouth and in the Ebrue euery viii verses beg in with one letter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are pure in mind and hart whose liues conuersatiō from gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue themselues his statutes to obserue sekyng the Lord with al their hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astray nor do no wicked thyng which stedfastly walke in hys pathes without any wandryng verse 4 It is thy wil and commaundement that with attentiue heede Thy noble and diuine precepts we learne and kepe in deede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaynt whilst I thus set mine eyes and bend my mynd alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then wil I prayse with vpright hart and magnify thy name When I shal learn thy iudgements iust and like wise proue y e same verse 8 And wholy wil I geue my self to kepe thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 BY what meanes may a yōg mā best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus sekyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart secret thoughts thy wordes I haue hyd stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnify thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and nyght The iudgemēts al which did procede frō thy mouth ful of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please me no les in dede then al y e treasures of y e earth which worldlings make their mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I wil stil muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so wil I ayme thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My onely ioy shal be so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynd that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 GRaunt to thy seruant now such
sure For certenly beleue I do that thy preceptes are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touch me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy worde and make it al my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O lord teach me verse 69 The proud wicked men haue forged agaynst me many a lye yet thy commaundements stil obserue with al my hart wil I. verse 70 Their harts are swoln w t worldly welth as grease so ar they fat But in thy lawe do I delight and nothing seeke but that verse 71 Oh happy time may I wel say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy word and lawe is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer gold or ought that can be told IOD The .x. part verse 73 SEing thy hands haue made me lord to be thy creature graūt knowledge likewise how to learn to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shal reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 Whē w t thy rods the world is plagde I know the cause is iust So when y u didst correct me Lord the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comfort to me send as thou to me thy seruant hetest so from al il me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies poure on me and I shal surely liue For ioy and consolation both thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 Confound y ◠proud whose false pretence is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I wil my self employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence do thee feare to me let them retyre and such as do thy couenants know and them alone desyre verse 80 My hart without al wauering let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent CAPH The xi part verse 81 MY soule doth faint ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue and for thy words sake stil I trust my harts desyre to haue verse 82 Myne eyes doth fayle w t looking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou me cōfort Lord why doost y u thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottel in the smoke so am I partcht and dryde yet wil I not out of my hart let thy commaundement siyde verse 84 Alas how long shal I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes which me torment thy vēgeance y u wilt power verse 85 Presumptuous men haue digged pits thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurt they do procure verse 86 But thy cōmaundements are al true causeles they me greue To thee therfore I do complayne that thou mightest me releue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroyd brought me quite to groūd yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor found verse 88 Restore me Lord agayne to life for thy mercies excel and so shal I thy couenaunts kepe til death my life expel LAMED The .xii. part verse 89 IN heauēs Lord wher thou doost dwel thy word is stablisht sure and shal for al eternity fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abides as doth the earth witnes whose ground worke thou hast laid so sure as no toūg cā expres verse 91 Euen to this day we may wel see how al things perseuere accordyng to thy ordinaunce for al things thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy law my soule had comfort sought Lōg time ere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore wil I thy precepts aye in memory kepe fast By them thou hast my lyfe restord when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thyne Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares hart encline verse 95 The wicked men do seke my bane and therto lye in wayt But I the while considered thy notable workes and great verse 96 I see nothing in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy commaundement and thy word beyond al end extend MEM. The .xiii. part verse 97 WHat great desire and feruent loue do I beare to thy law al the day long my whole deuise is onely on thy saw verse 98 Thy word hath taught me far to pas my foes in policy For stil I kepe it as a thyng of most excellency verse 99 My teachers which did me instruct in knowledge I excel Because I do thy couenaunts kepe and them to others tel verse 100 In wisedome I do pas also the auncient men in dede and al because to kepe thy lawes I held it ay best rede verse 101 My fete I haue refrayned eke from euery euil way Because that I continually thy word might kepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarued frō thy iudgemēts nor yet shroonk any del For why thou hast taught me therby to liue godly and wel verse 103 Oh Lord how swete vnto my tast find I thy wordes alway Doubtles no hony in my mouth feele ought so swete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such wisdome learnd that vtterly I hate al wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kind or rate NVN. The .xiiii. part verse 105 EVen es a lanterne to my fete so doth thy word shine bright And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flaming light verse 106 I haue both sworne wil performe most certeinly doubtles That I wil kepe thy iudgements iust and them in life expres verse 107 Affliction hath me sore oppressed brought me to deathes dore O Lord as thou hast promised so me to life restore verse 108 The offrings which with hart voyce most frākely I thee geue accept and teach me how I may after thy iudgements lyue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hand that daungers it assayle Yet do I not thy law forget nor it to kepe wil fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd theyr nets to catch me at abray Yet did I not from thy precepts once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy law I haue so claymed alway as mine own heritage and why for therin I delite and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue ben bent thy statutes to fulfil Euen so likewise vnto the end I wil continue stil SAMECH The .xv. part verse 113 THe crafty thoughts and double hart I do alwayes detest But as for thy law and precepts I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises lookt for with patience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundemēts wil I kepe of God my Lord alone verse
so cause me to reioyse verse 165 Great peace and rest shal al such haue which do thy statutes loue Nor daunger shal theyr quyet state impeire or once remoue verse 166 My onely health and comfort Lord I looke for at thy hand And therfore haue I done those things which y u didst me cōmand verse 167 Thy lawes haue ben my exercise which my soule most desired So much my loue to them was bent that nought els I required verse 168 Thy statutes cōmaundements I kept thou knowest a right For al the things that I haue done are present in thy sight TAV The .xxii. part verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and cry before thy face appeare and as thou hast me promise made so teach me thee to feare verse 170 Myne humble supplication toward thee let find acces and graunt me Lord deliueraunce for so is thy promes verse 171 Then shal my lips thy prayses speake after most ample sort when thou thy statutes hast me taught wherin stādeth al cōfort verse 172 My tong shal sing and preach thy word and on this wise say shal Gods famous actes and noble lawes are iust and perfect al. verse 173 Stretch out thy hand I thee besech and spedely me saue For thy cōmaundemēts to obserue chosē O Lord I haue verse 174 Of thee alone Lord I craue helth for other I know none and in thy law and nothyng els I do delite alone verse 175 Graūt me therfore lōg dayes to liue thy name to magnify and of thy iudgements merciful let me thy fauour try verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandryng shepe Oh seke me for I haue not fayled thy commaundmentes to kepe Ad dominum cum tribularer Psalme Cxx. S. T. ¶ The prayer of Dauid beyng now banished amonge the barbarious people of Arabia by the false reportes of enuions flatterers And therfore be lamenteth his long abode among those infidels who were geuen to all kynd of wickednes and contention IN trouble and in thral vnto the Lord I cal and he doth me cōfort deliuer me I say frō lyers lippes alway and toung of false report verse 4 What vantage or what thyng Getst thou thus for to styng Thou false and flattering lyer verse 5 Thy toung doth hurt I wene No les then arrowes kene Of whote consuming fire verse 6 Alas to long I slake Within these tentes so blake Which kedars are by name By whom the flocke elect And al of Isaackes sect Are put to open shame verse 7 With thē that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet lyfe verse 8 But when my word was told Causeles I was controld By thē that would haue stryfe Leuaui oculos meos Psalme Cxxi VV VV. ¶ The Prophet shewed by his own example that the faithfull ought to looke for all their succour of God alone who will gouerne and geue good successe to al their godly enterprises I Lift mine eyes to Sion hil from whence I do attende that succour God me send The mighty God me succour wil which heauen and earth framed and al things therin named verse 3 Thy foote from slip he wil preserue And wil thee safely kepe For he wil neuer slepe verse 4 Lo he that doth Israel conserue No slepe at al can hym catch But his eyes shal euer watch verse 5 The Lord is thy warrant alway ⧠The Lord eke doth thee couer As at thy right hand euer verse 6 The sunne shal not thee partch by day Nor the moone not halfe so bryght Shall with cold thee hurt by nyght ⧠verse 7 The Lord wil kepe thee from distres And wil thy life sure saue And thou also shalt haue verse 8 In al thy busines good successe Where euer thou goest in or out God wil thy thinges bryng about Letatus sum Psalme Cxxii VV. K. ¶ Dauid reioyseth in y ◠name of the faithful y ◠God hath accomplished his promes placed his Arke in Siō for the which he geueth thākes prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I Did in hart reioyce to heare the peoples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they in y ◠lords house pray thus spake y e folk ful louīgly Our fete y ◠wādred wide shal in thy gates abide O y u Ierusalē ful fayre which art so semely set much like a citie net y e like wherof is not els where verse 4 The tribes with one accord The tribes of God the Lord Are thither bent their way to take So God before did tel That there his Israel Their prayers should together make verse 5 For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly ⧠Which thrones ryght to maintayne To Dauids house perteyne His folke to iudge accordingly verse 6 To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy frends God prosper myghtely verse 7 Peace be thy walles about †And prosper thee throughout Thy places eke continually verse 8 I wish thee prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That cōfort haue by meanes of thee ⧠verse 9 Gods house doth me allure Thy wealth for to procure So much alwayes as lyeth in mee Ad te leuaui oculos Psalme Cxxiii T. S. ¶ A prayer of the faythfull whiche are afflicted by the wicked worldlynges and contemners of God Sing this as the .23 psalme verse 1 O Lord that heauen doost posses I lift mine eyes to thee I lift mine eyes to thee Euē as the seruaunt lifteth his his maysters hands to see verse 2 As handmaids watch their maistres hāds some grace for to atchiue So we behold the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lord graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer commen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our minds be stuffed with great rebuke the rich worldly wise Do make of vs their mocking stocke the proud do vs despise Nisi quia dominus Psalme Cxxiiij VV VV. ¶ The people of God being deliuered out of a great daūger acknowledge not to haue escaped by their own power but through the fauour of God shew in how great peril they were NOw Israel may say and that truly If that the Lorde had not our cause mainteind If that the Lord had not our right susteynd When al the world agaynst vs furiously made their vprors and sayd we should al dye verse 3 Now long a go they had deuourd vs al And swalowed quicke for ought that we could deme Such was theyr rage as we might wel esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mighty force do fal So had they now our life euen brought to thral verse 5 The raging streames most proud in roring noyse Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God which doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and their most cruel voyce Which as a pray to eate vs would
cannot fynd inough to fil his hand Nor he can fil hys lap that goeth to gleane vpon the land verse 7 Nor passers by pray God on them to let his blessing fal Nor say we blesse you in the name of God the Lord at al. Deprofundis clamaui psalme .cxxx. VV. VV. ¶ An effectuons prayer of hym that for hys synnes had sustayned great afflictions and notwithstanding he fully trusteth and assureth himself to obtayne mercy and forgeuenes of hys sinnes and at length deliueraunce from al euils LOrd to thee I make my mone when daungers me oppres I cal I sigh plain grone trusting to fynd reles Heare now O lord my request for it is ful due tyme and let thyne eares aye be prest vnto this prayer mine verse 3 O Lord our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shal then escape and say I can my self excuse verse 4 But Lord thou art merciful and turnest to vs thy grace that we with harts most careful should feare before thy face verse 5 In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyl For hys promise is most iust and I hope therin stil verse 6 My soule to God hath regard wishyng for hym alway More then they that watch and ward to see the daunyng day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly in the Lord put hys trust He is that God of mercy that hys delyuer must verse 8 For he it is that must saue Israel from hys sinne And al such as surely haue their confidence in hym Domine non est psalme Cxxxi M. ¶ Dauid charged with ambition and gredy desyre to raygne protesteth his humilitie modesty before God and teacheth al men what they should do Syng this as the â—amentation O Lord I am not puft in mynd I haue no scorneful eye I do not exercyse my selfe in thynges that he to hye But as a child that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lord behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israel trust in the Lord let hym be all thy stay From thys tyme for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine psalme .cxxxii. M ¶ The faythful grounding on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that be would establish the same both as touchyng the posterity and the buildyng of the temple to pray there as was fore spoken REmember Dauids troubles Lord how to the Lorde he swore and vowd a vow to Iacobs God to kepe for euermore I wyll not come within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take theyr rest or the eyes in my hed verse 2 Til I haue found out for the Lord a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitation verse 3 We heard of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sound and in y â— fields forrests there these voices first were fouÌ„d verse 4 We wil assay and go in now his tabernacle there before his fotestoole to fal down vpoÌ„ our knees in feare verse 5 Arise O Lord aryse I say into thy restyng place both thou the ark of thy streÌ„gth y e preseÌ„ce of thy grace verse 9 Let al thy priestes be clothed Lord with truth and righteousnes Let al thy saintes and holy men syng al with ioyfulnes verse 10 And for thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not Lord I say The face of thine annoynted Lord or turne thy face away The second part verse 11 The Lord to Dauid swore in truth and wil not shrinke from it Saying the frute of thy body vpon thy seat shal sit verse 12 And if thy sonnes my couenaunt kepe that I shal learne echone then shal their sonnes for euer sit vpon thy princely throne verse 13 The Lord himself hath chose Sion and loues therin to dwel verse 14 Saying this is my restyng place I loue and lyke it wel verse 15 And I wyl blesse with great encrease her vittayles euery where and I wil satisfy with bread the nedy that be there verse 16 Yea I wil deck and clothe her priests with my saluation and al her saints shal syng for ioy of my protection verse 17 There wil I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud For I haue there ordaind for myne a lanthorne bright and good verse 18 As for his enmies I wil cloth with shame for euermore But I wil cause his crowne to shyne more fresh then heretofore Ecce quam bonum psal .cxxxiii. VV. VV ¶ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brotherly amity which for the excellency therof is compared to the most precious oyle wherwith the priestes onely and instruments of the tabernacle were annoynted Exodus .xxx. Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O How happy a thyng it is and ioyful for to see Brethren together for to hold the band of amity verse 2 It calth to mind y â— swete perfume and y t costly oyntment which on the sacrificers hed by Gods precept was speÌ„t It wet not Aarons head alone but drentch his beard throughout and finally it did run down his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hil and Sion with hys siluer drops the fields with frute doth fil verse 4 Euen so the Lord doth poure on them his blessings manyfold Whose harts mindes without al guile this knot do kepe hold Ecce nunc psalme .cxxxiiii. VV. K ¶ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lord. BEhold and haue regard ye seruants of the Lord which in hys house by night do watch prayse hym wyth one accord verse 2 Lyft vp your handes on hygh vnto hys holy place And geue the Lord his prayses due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doth Sion bles and wil conserue for euermore the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. ¶ He exhorteth al the faithful of what estate so euer they be to prayse God for his merueilous works and specially for his graces towardes his people wherin he hath declared hys maiesty to the confusion of al Idolaters and their Idoles O Prayse the Lord prayse hym prayse hym prayse him with one accord O praise him stil all ye that be the seruauntes of the Lord. O prayse hym ye that stand and be in the house of the Lord ye of hys courte and of hys house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 3 Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to hys name It is a comely and good thyng alwayes to do the same verse 4 For why the Lord hath chose Iacob hys very owne you see So hath he chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know and am ryght sure the Lord is very great He is in dede aboue al gods most easy to intreat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him al that ful wel he wrought In heauen in earth and in y â— sea which he
hath framd of nought verse 7 He lifts vp clouds euen from the earth he makes lightnings rain he bringeth forth the winds also he made nothyng in vayne verse 8 He smote the first borne of ech thing in Egipt that tooke rest he spared there no lyuyng thyng the man nor yet the beast verse 9 He hath in thee shewd wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and hys seuere seruauntes verse 10 He smote then many nations and did great acts and thynges He slew the great and mightiest and chiefest of their kings verse 11 Sion kyng of the Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kyngdomes all that were of Canaan verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage we see To Israell hys owne people an heritage to bee verse 13 Thy name O Lord shal stil endure and thy memorial Throughout al generations that are or euer shal verse 14 The Lord wil surely now auenge hys people al in deede and to hys seruauntes he wyll shew fauour in tyme of neede verse 15 The Idols of the heathen are made in al their cost and landes Of syluer and of gold be they the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 They haue their mouths caÌ„not speake eies that haue no sight verse 17 They haue eke eares y t heare nothing their mouthes be breathles quite verse 18 Wherfore al thei are like to theÌ„ that so doth set theÌ„ 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 prayse hym wyth one accord verse 20 And ye that be of Leuis house praise ye likewyse the Lord and al that stand in awe of hym praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lord Which dwelleth in Ierusalem prayse hym with one accord Confitemini psalm .cxxxvi. N A most earnest exhortation to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernance of all things which standeth in in confessing that he geueth vs al of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for euer geue prayse vnto the god of gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the lord of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great woÌ„ders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdom made y â— heaueÌ„s for his mercy endureth c. verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth c. verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth c. verse 8 As sunne of rule the lightsome day for his mercy endureth for euer verse 9 The moone and stars to guide the night for his mercy endureth c. verse 10 Which smote Egipt with their first borne for his mercy endu c verse 11 And Israel brought out from theÌ„ for hys mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand stretched arme for his mercy endureth c. verse 13 Which cut the red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israel made pas there through for his mercy endureth c. verse 15 And dround Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes his people led for hys mercy endureth c. verse 17 He which did smite great noble kings for hys mercy endu c. verse 18 And which hath slayne the mighty kings for his mercy endu c. verse 19 As Sion king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israel for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth foode vnto al flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heaueÌ„ aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thanks vnto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth c. Super flumina in Babilonis psalm .cxxxvii. VV. VV. ¶ The people of god in their banishment seyng gods true religion decay lyued in great anguish and sorrow of hart the which grief the Caldeans did so litle pitye that they rather increased the same daily with taunts reproches and blasphemies against god wherfore y e Israelites desire god to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians against theÌ„ and moued by the spirit of god prophecy the destruction of BabiloÌ„ where they wer handled so â—â—rannously WHen as we sate in Babilon the riuers round about and in remembraunce of Sion the teares for grief brast out We haÌ„gd our harps instruments the willow trees vpoÌ„ for in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songs and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas said we who can once frame his sorrowful hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let slyde Then let my fingers quite forget the warblyng harpe to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy ful deliuerance past verse 7 Therfore O Lord remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes against vs made wheÌ„ they razde our City Remember Lord their cruel words when as wyth one accord they cride on sack and raze their wals in despite of their Lord. verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought and happy shal that man be cald that our reueÌ„ge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shal that man be cald that takes thy children yong to dash their bones against hard stones which lie y e streetes amoÌ„g Confitebor tibi psalme Cxxxviii N Dauid with great courage prayseth the goodnes of god toward hym which is so great that it is known to forren princes who shal prayse the Lord together wyth hym And he is assared to haue like comfort of god in the tyme following as he hath had heretofore Syng this as the .47 Psalme verse 1 THee wil I prayse w t my whole hart my lord my God alwaies Euen in the preseÌ„ce of the Gods I wil aduance thy prayse verse 2 Toward thy holy temple I wil looke and worship thee and praysed in my thankful mouth thy holy name shal bee Euen for thy louyng kyndnes sake and for thy truth withal For thou thy name hast by thy word aduaunced ouer al. verse 3 When I did cal thou heardest me and thou hast made also The
power of encreased strength within my soule to grow verse 4 Yea al the kings on earth they shal geue prayse to thee O Lord For they of thy most holy mouth haue heard the mighty word verse 5 They of the wayes of God the Lord in syngyng shal entreat Because the glory of the Lord it is excedyng great verse 6 The Lord is hye and yet he doth behold the lowly spirit But he contemnyng knowes a far the proud lofty wight verse 7 Although in midst of trouble I do walke yet shal I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand Vpon the wrath of al my foes and saued shal I bee By thy right hand The Lord God wil performe his work to me verse 8 Thy mercy Lord endures for ay Lord do me not forsake Forsake me not y ◠am the worke which thine own hād did make Domine probasti psalm .cxxxix. N Dauid to clense his hart from al hipocrisy sheweth that there is nothyng so hyd which god seeth not which he confirmeth by the creation of man After declaryng his zeale and feare of god he protesteth to be enemy to al them that comtemne god Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O Lord thou hast me tride known my sitting doost thou know verse 2 and rising eke my thoughts a far thou vnderstandst also verse 3 My pathes yea and my lieng down thou cōpassest alwayes and by familiar custome art acquainted with my wayes verse 4 No word is in my tonge O Lord but known it is to thee verse 5 thou me behind holdst before thou layest thy hand on mee verse 6 To wonderful aboue my reach Lord is thy cunning skil It is so hye that I the same cannot attayne vntil verse 7 From sight of thy al seing spirite Lord whether shal I go Or whether shal I flee away thy presence to scape fro verse 8 To heauen if I mount aloft lo thou art present there In hel if I lye down below euen there y u doost appeare verse 9 Yea let me take the mornings wings and let me go and hide Euen there where are y ◠farthest parts wher flowing se a doth slide verse 10 Yea euen thether also shal thy reachyng hand me guyde and thy right hand shal hold me fast and make me to abyde verse 11 Yea if I say the darknes shal yet shroud me from thy sight Lo euen also the darkest nyght about me shal be lyght verse 12 Yea darknes hydeth not from thee but night doth shyne as day To thee the darknes and the lyght are both alyke alway verse 13 For thou possessed hast my raynes and thou hast couered mee Whē I within my mothers womb enclosed was by thee verse 14 Thee wil I prayse made fearfully wondrously I am they workes are maruelous right wel my soule doth know y ◠same verse 15 My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue bene made and in the earth beneath I shapen was verse 16 When I was formeles then thine eye saw me for in thy booke were written al nought was before that after fashion tooke verse 17 The thoughts therfore of thee O God how deare are they to mee and of them al how passing great the endles numbers be verse 18 If I should compt thē loe their summe more then the sand I see and whensoeuer I awake yet am I stil wyth thee verse 19 The wicked and the bloudy men oh that thou wouldest slay Euen those O God to whom depart depart from me I say verse 20 Euen those of thee O Lord my God that speake ful wickedly Those that are lifted vp in vayne beyng enemies to thee verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and that in earnest wyse Contend not I against them al against thee that aryse verse 22 I hate them with vnfayned hate euen as my vtter foes verse 23 Try me O God and know my hart my thoughts proue disclose verse 24 Consider Lord if wickednes in me there any be and in thy way O God my guide for euer lead thou me Eripe me Psalme Cxl. N Dauid cōplayneth of the cruelty falshod iniuries of hys enemies against which he prayeth vnto the Lord and assureth hymself of his help and succor Wherfore he prouoketh the iust to prayse hym and to assure themselues of his tuition Sing this as the Lamentation verse 1 LOrd saue me the euil man and form the cruel wight verse 2 Deliuer me which euil do imagine in their sprit verse 3 which make on me cōtinual war their tongs lo they haue whet Like serpents vnderneth their lips is adders poyson set verse 4 Kepe me O Lord from wicked hands preserue me to abyde Free from the cruel man that meanes to cause my steps to slyde verse 5 The proud haue layd a snare for me and they haue spred a net with cordes in my path way and gins for me eke haue they set verse 6 Therfore I sayd vnto the Lord thou art my God alone Heare me O Lord oh heare the voyce wherwith I pray mone verse 7 O Lord my God thou onely art the strēgth that saueth mee My head in day of battle hath bene couerd stil by thee verse 8 Let not O Lord the wycked haue the end of his desyre Performe not hys wycked thought least with pride be set on fire verse 9 Of them that compas me about the chiefest of them al Lord let the mischief of their lippes vpon themselues befal verse 10 Let coales fal on them let hym cast them in consuming flame and in depe pits so as they may not rise out of the same verse 11 For no backbiter shal on earth be set in stable plight and euil to destruction stil shal hunt the cruel wyght verse 12 I know the Lord thafflicted wyl reuenge and iudge the poore verse 13 The iust shal prayse thy name iust shal dwel with thee euermore Domine clamaui psalme .cxli. N Dauid beyng greuously persecuted vnder Saule onely flyeth vnto God to bane succour desiryng hym to bridle his affections that he may patiently abyde til god take vengeaunce of hys enemies O Lord vpon thee do I cal Lord hast thee vnto me and harken Lord vnto my voyce when I do cry to thee 2 As insence let my prayers be directed in thine eyes the vplifting of my handes as euenyng sacrifice verse 3 My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watch before and also of my mouing lips O Lord kepe thou the dore verse 4 That I should wicked works commit inclyne thou not my hart With il men of their delicates Lord let me eat no part verse 5 But let the righteous smite me Lord for that is good for me Let hym reproue me and the same a precious oyle shal be Such smityng shal not breake my hed the tyme shal shortly fal when I shal in their misery make prayers for them al. verse
and meditate vpon thy workes most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shal of thy power and of thy feareful actes declare and I to publish al abrod thy greatnes wil not spare verse 7 And they into the mētion shal breake of thy goodnes great and I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shal repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gratious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to al and al his workes his mercy doth excede verse 10 Lo al thy works do praise thee lord doe thy honor spred verse 11 Thy saints do blesse thee they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sōnes of mē his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fal the sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of al do wayt on thee thou doost them al releue and thou to ech suffising foode in season due doost geue verse 16 Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doost fil al things whatsoeuer doth lyue with gifts of thy good wil. verse 17 The Lord is iust in al his wayes his workes are holy al verse 18 Nere al he his that cal on him in truth that on him cal verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him wil fulfil and he wil heare thē whē they cry saue them al he wil. verse 20 The Lord preserues al those to him that bear a louing hart But he them al that wicked are wil vtterly subuert verse 21 My thākful mouth shal gladly speake the praises of y e Lord al flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shal accord Lauda anima mea Psalme Cxlvi I. H. ¶ Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almighty and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at libertie comforteth the satherles widowes and the straūgers and rangneth kyng for euer Sing this as the .2 137 Psalme verse 1 MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I wil cōfes While breath life prolōg my daies my tōg no time shal cease Trust not in worldly princes thē though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortal mē in whō there is no health verse 2 For why their breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fal and then the counsels of theyr hart decay and perish al. verse 3 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde and he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 4 Which made the earth waters depe the heauens hye wythal which doth his word and promise kepe in truth and euer shal verse 5 With right alwayes doth he procede for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 6 The Lord doth sēd the blind theyr sight the lame to lims restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and iust man euermore verse 7 He doth defend the fatherles the straungers sad in hart And quyt the widow frō distres il mens wayes subuert verse 8 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion stil shal rayne In tyme of al posterity for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlvii N. ¶ The Prophet prayseth the bounty wisedome power suffice and prouidence of God vpon al his creatures But specially vpon his Church which he gathereth together after their dispersion declaring his word iudgement so vnto them as he hath done to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to syng For it is pleasaunt and to prayse it is a comely thing 2 The Lord his own Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynd verse 4 He counts the nūber of the starres names them in their kind verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinit verse 6 The Lord releues y e meke throwes to groūd the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyce and to our God vpō the harpe aduaunce your singing voyce verse 8 He couers heauen with cloudes for the earth prepareth rayne and on the mountaines he doth make the gras to grow agayne verse 9 He geues to beastes theyr foode to young rauens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs dothly verse 11 But in al those that feare the Lord the Lord hath hys delight and such as do attend vpon his mercies shyning light verse 12 O prayse thy Lord Ierusalem thy God O Sion prayse verse 13 For he the barres hath forged strōg wherwith thy gate he stayes verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in the◠and in thy borders he Doth settle peace with y ◠flower of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out and eke the word with spedy course swyftly run about verse 16 He geueth snow like wol hore frost like ashes doth he spred verse 17 Like morsels casts hys I se therof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth thē agayn His wind he makes to blow thē y ◠waters flow amayn verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iacob doth he shew his statutes his iudgments he geues Israel to know verse 20 With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne his secret iudgements ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlviij I. P. ¶ He prouoketh al creatures to prayse the Lord in heauē in earth in all places specially for the power that he hath geuen to his people Israel whō he hath taken so nere vnto hym GEuelaud vnto the Lord from heauē that is so hye Praise him in dede and word Aboue the starry skie And also ye his angels al armies royal prayse him with glee verse 3 Prayse him both mone sunne Which are so cleare and bright The same in you be done He glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no les He heauens fayre verse 5 And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse verse 6 For at his word they were Al formed as we se At his voyce did appere Al things in theyr degre Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fel Al depe do ye the same For it becommeth you wel verse 8 Him magnify Fyre hayle I se Snow And stormes that blow At hys decree verse 9 The hils and mountaynes al And trees
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
S. ¶ He prayeth to be deliuered from them which conspire with Absolon to the ende he mighte ioyfully prayse God in his holy congregation verse 1 IVdge and reuenge my cause O Lord from thē that euil be From wicked and deceitsul mē O Lord deliuer me verse 2 For of my strength y u art y e god why putst y u me thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my foe verse 3 Send out thy light and eke thy truth and lead me with thy grace Which may conduct me to thy hil and to thy dwelling place verse 4 Then shal I to the alter go of God my ioy and chere And on my harpe geue thanks to thee O god my god most dere verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Stil trust in God for him to prayse I hold it alwayes best By him I haue deliuerance against al paines and griefe He is my God which doth alwayes at neede send me reliefe Deus auribus nostris psalme .xliiii. T. S. A most earnest prayer made in the name of the faythful when they are afflicted by their enemies for sustanig the quarel of gods word according to y e expositiō of S. Paule Rom .viii. OVr eares haue heard our fathers tel reue rently record the wondrous workes y e y u hast done in alder time O lord How y u didst cast y e gētils out stroidst thē w t strōg hād plātīg our fathers in their place gauest to thē their lād verse 3 They cōquerde not by sword nor strēgth the land of thy behest But by thy hand thy arme grace because y u louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my king O God that holpe Iacob in sundry wise verse 5 Led with thy power we threw down such as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bowe ne sword they could not saue me sound verse 7 Thou keepst vs frō our enmies rage thou didst our foes confoūd verse 8 And stil we boast of thee our God and prayse thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our host but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madst vs flee before our foes and so were ouer trode Our enmies robd spoild our goods whē we were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs geuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne Amongst the heathen euery where scattred we do remaine verse 12 The people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thing of nought For profite none thou hadst therby no gayn at al was sought verse 13 And to our neighbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stock And those that round about vs dwel at vs do grinne and mock The second part verse 14 Thus we serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mock they scorne nod their heds wher euer they go or walk verse 15 I am a shamed continually to heare these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such sclāderous words such false report lies That death it is to se theyr wrōges theyr threatnings their cries verse 17 For al this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couenant brake verse 18 We turne not back our harts frō thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 yet thou hast trod vs down to dust where dens of Dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersity verse 20 If we had our Gods name forgot helpe of Idols sought verse 21 wold not god thē haue tride this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy names sake O lord alwayes ar we slaine thus As shepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Cp Lord why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for al verse 24 Why hydest thou thy countenance and doost forget our thral verse 25 For down to dust our soule is brought we now at last cast Our belly like as it were glude vnto the ground cleaues fast verse 26 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs Lord at nede He thee besech for thy goodnes to rescue vs with spede Eructauit Psalme .xlv. I H. ¶ The maiesty of Salomon his honor strēgth beauty riches and power are praised and also his mariage with the Egyptian bayng an heathen woman is blessed if that she can renounce her people and the loue of her country and geue her selfe wholy to her husbande Vnder the whiche figure the wonderfull maiesty and the encrease of the kyngdome of Christ and the Churche his spouse now taken of the gentiles is described Sing this as the. xxv psal verse 1 MY hart doth take in hand some godly song to sing The praise that I shal shew therin perteineth to the king verse 2 My tongue shal be as quick his honor to endyte As is the pen of any Scribe that vseth fast to wryte verse 3 O fayrest of all men thy speach is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with gifts for euer to endure verse 4 About thee gird thy sword O prince of might elect With honour glory and renoume thy person pure is dect verse 5 Go forth with godly spede in mekenes truth and right And thy right hād shal thee instruct in workes of dreadful might verse 6 Thine arrowes sharpe and kene theyr hartes so sore shal sting That folke shal fal and knele to thee yea al thy foes O king verse 7 Thy royal seat O Lord for euer shal remayne Because the scepter of thy realme doth righteousnes mayntaine verse 8 Because thou louest the right and doost the il detest God euen thy God hath pointed thee with ioy aboue the rest verse 9 With myrth and sauours swete thy clothes are al besprede When thou doost from thy palace passe therin to make thee glad verse 10 Kinges daughters do attend in fine and rich aray At thy right hand the quene doth stand in gold garments gay The second part verse 11 O daughter take good hede encline and geue good eare Thou must forget thy kindred al and fathers house most deare verse 12 Then shal the king desire thy beauty fayre and trim For why he is the Lord thy God and thou must worship him verse 13 The daughters then of Tyre with gifts ful rich to see And al the welthy of the land shal make their sute to thee verse 14 The daughter of the kyng is glorious to behold Within his closet she doth sit al dect in beaten gold verse 15 In robes wel wrought with needle with many a pleasant thing With virgins fayre on her to waight she cōmeth to the kyng verse 16 Thus are they brought with ioy and mirth on euery side Into the palace of the king and there do they abide verse 17 In stede of parents left O quene the chaunge so standes Thou shalt haue sōnes whō thou maist set