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A13398 The Psalter of Dauid in Englyshe, purely and faythfully tra[n]slated after the texte of Felyne: euery Psalme hauynge his argument before, declarynge brefely thentente [and] substance of the hole Psalme; Bible. O.T. Psalms. English. Joye. Joye, George, d. 1553. 1534 (1534) STC 2371; ESTC S111715 113,039 258

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persuers euē from these depe waters Let nat the streme cary me away neyther the depthe swalowe me in nor the pytte shytte her mouth ouer me Answere me oh lorde for full gentyll is thy mercye loke vpon me after thy great humanite And hyde nat thy face from thy seruāt for I drawe an heuy crosse spede the to here me Ioyne the to my soule and redeme it lose me fro my enemyes Thou knowest what approbri what shame and howe greate confusyon I bere they that trouble me are in thy syght Opprobrie hath broken my herte I am scourged I loked for one to ease me with cōfortable wordꝭ but ther was none I loked vp for cōforters but I foūde non For meat they gaue me gall whan I thirsted they gaue me to drīke vinagre Let their own table be their trappe and their owne frendes their snares Let their eyes be blynded leste they see and make their loynes euermore to slide Powre forth thy wrath vpon them and let thy heuy indignation take them Let their houses be desolate and lette there be no man to inhabyt their tabernacles For they saye that they persecute him whom thou woldest to be smytten and they boste them selfe to chasten hym whom thou commaundest to wounde Make that vnto these mē one wickednes be heaped vpon a nother and let theym neuer be partakers of thy rightwisnesse Let them be blotted oute of the boke of lyfe let them in no wise be written with the rightwyse But me oh god for as moche as I am afflycte pore full of sorow thou shalt delyuer with thy sauyng helpe I shall prayse the name of god with songe I shall extoll him with solempne prayse For this shall be more accept to the lorde than oxe and calfe whiche are armed with hornes and houfes Meke spryted men shall se these thynges and shall reioyse the sekers of god shall se these and their hertes shall lyue For the lorde heareth the pore and mē layed in prison for his sake he hath nat dispised Heuens erth shall loue him the sees also what so euer moueth ī thē For god shall saue Syon and shall preserue the cyties of Iuda there shall men dwell possesse that lande be riȝt inherytaūce The posterite of his seruātes shal receyue it for their heritage who so euer loue his name shal haue their seate therī The argument into the .lxx. Psal. ¶ In this ps Dauid desyreth spedy helpe punisshmēt for his aduersaries and ioyeth for his helthe amonge the faithfull The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Dauid committed to the chaunter to be songe for a remembraunce DEus in adiutorium Oh god spede the to delyuer me oh lorde haste the to helpe me Let them be confounded with shame opprobrye whiche laye awayte for my lyfe lette them be turned bakewarde and in open ignomynie whiche delyte in my trouble Lette them be put backe because they laboure to shame me euen they whiche saye fyghe fyghe vpon him Let them ioye and reioyse in the who so euer seke the and they that loue to be holpē of the myght saye god be alwaye extolled I am a carefull poore afflycte spede the vnto me thou arte my helper and delyuerer se thou tary nat The argumēt into the .lxxi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is of a comen argumente wherin Dauid desyreth helpe agaynste his aduersaryes which were Absalom with other that conspired with him IN te domine speraui In the lorde haue I trusted suffre me nat at any tyme to be shamed Delyuer me for thy ryghtwysnes and take me vp bowe downe thy eare vnto me and saue me Be thou vnto me a rocke of stonne in the whiche I myghte kepe me and to the whyche I myght euer flee hitherto haste thou taken charge of me to kepe me for thou arte my stonne and my castel My god delyuer me from the hande of the vngodly man delyuer me from the fist of the mischeuous and vyolent man For thou art he of whom I depende lorde lorde thou arte the same vnto whome I haue cleued sy then I was a chylde Thou sustaynest me fro my mothers wombe thou dreweste me oute of my mothers bely my laude and prayse is vpon the contynually I am made a wondrynge stocke vnto many men but thou arte my stronge defense My mouthe shall be yet fulfylled with thy prayse lette it dayly extoll thy cleare maiestie Caste me nat awaye in myne olde age forsake me nat whan my strength shall fayle me For they spoke vpon me among them selue they whiche lay awayte for my soule haue coūseyled in vayne Sayeng god hath forsaken him folowe vpon him and take him for ther is no man that wyll delyuer him God be thou nat farre fro me my god spede the to helpe me Let them be shamed perishe that ar agaynst my lyfe let them be couered with opprobrie confusyon which take so gret payne to hyndre me But I shall tary for thy helpe and shall excede all men in thy prayse My mouth shall dayly speke of thy rightwysnes and sauynge helth for I knowe no ende of thy benefytes I armed with the strēgth of the lorde hauīg his beyng of him selfe shall come remembre thy rightwysnes onely Oh god thou haste taught me euen of a chylde vnto thys tyme do I publyshe thy meruelous noble actes Ye verily thou shalt nat forsake me euen vnto mi old age and hore heares oh god whiles I shewe forth thy mighty power vnto this present generation and thy strēgth vnto all the posterite to come And whyles I extoll thy ryghtwysnes oh god which hast done so great thyngꝭ o god who maye be compared vnto the Which hast made me to fele many greuous adflictions and thou peased again shalt quicken me shalt bryng me agayn euen from the depest of the erthe Thou shalt encrese my dignyte for thou pleased agayne shalte conforte me And I shall magnifye the I shall sprede thy true faythfulnesse my god with musyke instrumentes I shall synge vnto the with harpe whiche makest holy Israhell My lyppꝭ shall triumphe for ioye and my soule also whiche thou hast redemed for I shall synge vnto the. Also my tonge shall speke continually of thy rightwysnes for they shall be shamed and in opprobrie which toke so gret payne to hurte me The argument in to the .lxxii Psal. ¶ In this ps Salomon prayeth that the kingdōe of god might come to thorowe Christ. The tytle of this psalme The psalme of Salomon DEus iudicium Oh god gyue thy authorte in iugement vnto the kynge gyue the kinges sonne thexecucion of thy iustyce He shall haue to do with the people of his rightwysnes and shall dele euenly with thy poore afflycte Mountaynes shall bringe peace vnto the people the hilles shal bringe thexecucion of rightwisnes He shall delyuer in iugemente the poore afflycte people he shall kepe the nedyons he shall smyte downe the vniuste vexers of
as they herde of me they came to gyther dyd homage vnto me the lyenge alyauntes were made subiectes seruauntes vnto me These aliaūtes were made drye for feare and trembled whyles they were shyt vp in strōge holdes And yet lyueth the lorde my defendour moughte be praysed and god my sauyour mought be exalted Euen god which hath gyuen me power to auenge me of my enemyes and hathe subdued the people to me Which hath delyuered me from myne enemyes he hath set me ouer them which rose agaynst me and hath delyuered me from the vyolent man Wherfore I shall magnifye the oh lorde with hye praise amōge the nations and shall synge with thankes geuynge vnto thy name Whiche hathe made great helth for hys kynge he hath delte gentely with his anoynted Dauid and also withe his seede into euerlastynge The argumente into the .xix. psal ¶ In this psalme Dauid declareth the exellent vertue power of god expressed in the meruelouse creation of this present worlde aboue and than he sheweth the preciousnesse of goddes law at the last he prayeth to be preserued from synne that what soeuer he thīketh or speketh myght he plesante and accepte before god CEli enarrant The heuens declare the maiestye of god and the fyrmamente sheweth what are his workes One daye succedynge another whetteth contynually our thoughtes one night folowyng another encreaseth our knowlege These creatures haue nether spech nor wordes neyther is their voyces any where herde And yet their poyntinge shewynge hathe taught all the worlde their dōme speche hath gone forth īto all the costꝭ of the worlde He hath fastened in thē a tabernacle for the sōne this sōne cometh forth of his cloudꝭ like a bridegrōe ye lyke a fresshe valyant knyght to make his course From the farthest eest parte of the heuyns cometh he forthe hauynge his recourse vnto the other extreme neither is there any man that maye hyde hī from his heat The lawe of the lorde is perfyte refresshynge the soule the testymonye of the lorde is faithful ministrīg wysdome to the vnleeued The cōmaundemētes of the lorde are right makynge glad the herte The thinges whiche god cōmaundeth are playne pure lyghtē the eyes The feare of the lorde is pure and holy abidynge for euer the plesures of the lorde ar true right in euery parte More worthy to be desyred than golde precyouse stones sweter than the honye combe whan it dropeth And thy seruāt is taught monisshed by thē that same obseruynge of them is a great rewarde Who maye perceyue and consyder what thynge is synne purge me from secrete euyls Also turne thou these great synnes from thy seruant leste they haue domination ouer me than shall I be pure and clere from euery great synne Let the speches of my mouth the thoughtes of my herte be plesaunte accepte vnto the lorde my defender and my redemer The argument in to the .xx. Psal. ¶ This Psal is a prayer in the which the people prayeth for the helth of Dauid goyng to an harde ieopardous bataile it is a ioyfull thākynge for his helth victory gyuen him of god The tytle of the Psal. The dytie of Dauid commytted to the chaunter to be songe EXaudiat te dn̄s Whan thou art in any strayte than the lorde myghte here the the name of the god of Iacob might set the in sauegarde He myghte sende the helthe from his holy place and from Sion might he strēgthen the. He might remēbre al thy offringꝭ thy brent sacrifyces he might accept Selah He might giue the thy hertes desier and might stablysshe all thy entent We shal reioyse in thy helth in the name of oure god lyfte we vp our baners with triumphe whan the lorde hathe gyuen the thy desier And let euery man saye nowe do I knowe that the Lorde hath preserued his anoynted He hath herde him frome his secrete heuenly place ye and that in the sauyng power of his right hande Some trusted in their chariettes some in their horse but we called vpō the mightye name of the lorde which is our god Nowe they are thrust downe and all fallen but we stande and are made faste The lorde preserued vs he is our kynge and answerith vs whan we call vpon hī The argument in to .xxi. Psal. ¶ This Psalme is a victorious songe in the which the people reioyseth with thankes for the victory other benefytes of god with the which he endued Dauid so excellently And they prayse god thorow whose goodnes he accepted all thinges thankefully DOmine in virtute Lorde the kyng shall ioye in thy power shall reioyse gretly in thy helpe Thou hast gyuen him the desiers of his herte and the prayers of his mouth thou hast nat turned awaye Selah Thou hast preuēted him with all maner of benefytes thou haste set a crowne of precious stones vpon his hedde He asked lyfe of the thou gauest it him ye and that a full longe lyfe Thy helpe tourned him to great glorye thou hast endued him richely with noble fame clerenesse For thou hast set him in such estate that he may flowe ꝑpetually in all maner of goodnesse thy cōfortable presēce maketh him glad For this kīg trusteth in the lorde he strengthned with the mercy of the moste highest shall nat swarue Thy hande hath ouertaken all thy enemies thy right hāde hath holden as many as hated the. Thou hast brent them lyke a brēnyng furnace whan thy indignation wexed hote The lorde swalowed thē vp in his wrath fyer consumed thē Their progeny perisshed from therth theyr postirite were worne out among the men For they had bēt their myschefe vpon the they began coūseyls which they might nat bringe to passe Thou shalt set them before the for a marke that with thy bowe thou mightest shote thē euen in their faces Be thou lift vp lorde in thyne owne power we shall sīge with prayse and magnifye thy strength The argumēt into the .xxij. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid declareth him selfe playnly to be the very fygure of Christ. wherfore first of al he syngeth expresseth his great deiectyon and downe fall anon after his exaltatyon his encrease purchasynge of his kingdome euen to the vttermost parte of the lande the contynuance therof vnto the worldes ende The title of the Psal. It is the songe of Dauyd cōmytted to the ouer chaunter to be songe of the erly herte or of the daye starre DEus meus deus My god my god lo wherfore forsakest thou me howe farre is thy helpe from my out cryenge My lorde shall I thus crie and call vpon the all daye yet wylte thou nat here shall I crye all night and neuer ceasse Uerily yet art thou that holy on whiche dwellest in Israhell extollynge the with prayse Our father 's trusted vpon the they trusted vpon the thou deliueredest them They cryed vnto the were delyuered they trusted vpō
The Psalter of Dauid in Englyshe purely and faythfully trāslated after the texte of Felyne euery Psalme hauynge his argument before declarynge brefely thentente substance of the hole Psalme To the reder BE glad in the lorde dere brethern gyue hī thākes whiche nowe at the last of his merciable goodnes hath sent you his Psalter in Englysshe faithfully purely translated which ye may nat mesure iuge after the comē texte Fo● the trouth of the Psalmes muste b● fetched more nygh the Hebrue veri●te in the which tonge Dauid with the other sīgers of the Psalmes firs● songe them Let the gostly lerned i● the holy tonge be iuges It is the spirituall man saith Paule which hath the spirite of god that must decerne and iuge all thynges And the men quietly syttyng if the truth be shewed them must iuge and stande vp speke the first īterpretour holdynge his peace god giue you true spirituall and quiete syttynge iuges Amen Beatus vir Psal. .i. ¶ The argument of the first psalme ¶ They that forsake theyr coūseyls the waies the lernyng and conuersatyon of the vngodly geuynge thēself holie to the knowlege of goddes ●awe to lyue therafter ar blessed the other ar wycked vngodly The blessed ar lykened to a moist frutful tre fast plāted by the wa● side the vngodly to dri baren dust scatred with the wīde BEatus vir Blessed is that man whiche walketh nat in the coūsaile of the vngodly stādeth nat in the waye of sīners sytteth nat in the seat of the pestelēt scorners But hath all his pleasure ī the lawe of the lord vpō it his mīde is ocupied both day night Sith a man shall be lyke a tree planted by the ryuer ●yde which wyl gyue forth her frutes in due tyme and her leues shall nat wither for what so euer he shall do shal ꝓspere But so shal nat the vngodly for they shal be lyke dust which is dyspersed with the wynde Wherfore these vngodly shal nat stande in the iugemēt neither these synners maye abyde in the companye of the rightwyse For the lorde aproueth the waye of the ryghtwyse but the waye of synners shall perisshe The argument into the .ii. psal ¶ This psal sheweth who were againste god his sonne Christ their vayne study howe god aboue scorneth their enforcementes howe that Christes kyngdome standeth encreseth whiles they perisshe and that the waye of helth is to truste and to cleue to Christe our kynge QUare fremuerūt gentes Wherfore do the gentyls thus swell clustre togyther Wherfore do the people of the iewes thus gnaste in vayne Wherfore conspire the kingꝭ of therth the chefe prestꝭ thus cast theyr hedes togyder against the lorde his anointed Sayeng lette vs breke their bondes lette vs caste of their yokes But he that hath his residēs ī heuē derideth thē the lorde scorneth thē ▪ Than shall he thrust them downe in his wrath in his indignation shal he all to trouble thē I haue constitute ordened my kynge to be ouer Sion my holy hyl I shall shewe forth the lordes cōmaundemēt for he said vnto me thou arte my sonne whō I haue now openly declared Aske of me I shall gyue the that nations into thy heritage to be thyn owne possession thorow out all the worlde Thou shalte smyte thē togyther with an yerne sceptre shalt br●ke thē lyke erthē vessels Nowe therfore ye kynges be wise vnderstand ye rulers of the erth be content to be monished lerned Serue ye the lorde besely study to gyue him his honour ioyfully with reuerēce Kysse ye the sonne lest he beīg wrath your lyfe perishe for hys angre shall be shortly kyndled And thā blessed ar all men that truste in him The argument in to the .iii. Psalme ¶ Dauid merueleth complaineth to the lorde of the multitude boldnes of his enemies cōmitteth hī selfe with gret trust to the lorde whiche wyl shortly smyte thē downe for no mā els may saue no mā is ꝑtaker of helth but he trust in hī The title of the ps The songe or ditie of Dauid fleīg frō his sōne Absalō Thistori is writē ī the .ii. boke of kīges frō the xv cha to the xx DOmine quid Lorde see what a sorte there are that trouble me full many there are that ryse agaīst me Many ther are that thīke thus vpō my soule surely ther is no helth to be loked for from god vnto this man Selah But thou lorde thou art my helpe my glory thou liftest vp my heed The lorde I called vpō with my prayer he answered me euen from his holy hyll Selah I shall lye down slepe I my self shall vpwake me for the lorde sustayneth me I shall fere ye thousandꝭ folke althogh they besige me roūde aboute A rise lorde saue me any god thou shalt gyue all my enemys such a clap on their chekꝭ that anone the tethes of these vngodly shal be broken It is the lordes properte to saue and thy people it be houeth to be holpē and endued with thy ●enefytes Selah ¶ This worde Selah sygnifyeth the sentence before to be pondred with a depe effecte longe to be rested vpon the voyce there to be exalted The argument into the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth the goodnesse of god and his helpe brought to hī whyles his sonne Absalon coniured against him he reproueth the madnesse of the nobles of Israhell cōspirynge agaynst hī calleth thē to repentāce after this he reioyseth of the great plētuousnesse pease surenes restored thorow the goodnes of god vnto him The title of the psalme Dauides song vpon an instrumēt played for his victorie CUm inuocarem Whan I called vpō the thou answeredest me whiche art the god of my rightwysnes Whan I was in astrayte thou dyddest set me at large haue mercy vpon me and heare my depe desyre O mē howe long entende ye to turne my glory into shame howe lōge wyll ye loue vayne thinges seke lyes Selah I wold ye knewe it that the lorde hath set aparte chosē vnto hī his saint the lorde shall here whan I call vpon hī All though ye be moued yet se ye synne nat pondre all thinges in your mynde as ye lye in bedde that ye myght so set your hertes at rest Selah Make your sacri●fice with rightwysnes put your trust 〈◊〉 the lorde Many thinke sayeng se who shal shewe vs our desyre lorde let thy shy●nyng face illumine vs. Thou hast poured my hert full of gladnes whete wy●e haue ben encresed vnto them in tyme. Now therfore thei restored to peace● I shal lye downe slepe for thou lord hast so ordred me that I may lyue fre safe ¶ The argument into the .v. psal ¶ This psalme is a prayer of a man oppressed of wicked enemyes whome whan he knoweth to be hated of god he taketh herte vnto him agayn trustyng that
hī nat moch lesse inferior thā Angels with so great dignite glory hast thou ēdued hī Thou hast made hī lorde of thy handy workes thou hast cast all thinges vnder his fete As flockes of shepe all herdes of nete also the wilde bestꝭ Foules of the aire fisshꝭ of the see what soeuer swīmeth in the water Lorde ye our lorde howe wōdreful reuerēt is thi nam ī all therth The argument into the .ix. Ps. ¶ Dauid in this psalme singeth his songe of victorie in the which he gyueth thankes for his noble victory vpon Goliath afterwarde he extolleth the ryghtwysnes of god whiche delyuereth his children in tyme at the last he cōcludeth with prayer desyrynge god to represse to quēch the vngodly The tytle of the psalme The songe of Dauid cōmitted to the chaūter of the qu●re to be sōge vpō their musycall īstrumētes COnfitebor tibi do I shal magnify the lord with my hert I shal shewe forth all thy miracles I shall reioyse glory in the I shal sprede thy name oh most hyghest For thou hast brought it so to passe that al my enemyes are fled they ar ded one fallyng vpon another in their flyghte For thou hast gyuen sentence with me thou hast affirmed my cause thou sittest ī iugement a rightwyse iuge Thou hast sore blamed the hethē the vngodly is fallē down ded thou hast quenched their name for euer O thou aduersary hast thou distroied for euer hast thou throwē downe cyties is their memorial with thē ded as thou thoughtest to bringe to passe No verily for the lorde raigneth yet styl for euer his seat of iugemēt is made redy He shall iuge the worlde of his rightwysnes shal gyue sentēce vpō the people euēly The lorde shall be a refuge for the pore oppressed in tyme of afflictiō In the shal they trust that know thy name for thou wylte nat forsake the sekers of the lorde Synge ye to the lorde whiche dwelleth in Sion declare his noble faytꝭ among the people For he maketh enquerāce for murther forgetteh nat the bloudsheders he shall nat forget the cryyng of the pore afflicte Haue mercy vpō me lord behold my afflictiō which I suffre of my haters lyft me vp euē frō the very thresshold of deth That I myght remēbre all thy praises within the gates of Siō I shall reioyse of the helth which thou hast brought The heythen ar drouned in their own pyt and their fete ar tyed in their own net which they bet so preuily Noble is the lorde full wide is his power ī that the vngodly is thꝰ trapped ī his own snare for such is his praise Selah The vngodly shal slyde down to hell al heithen that forget god But the pore forsakē shall nat be forgotē for euer nether the good hope of the aflicte shall alwaies be vayn Arise lorde let nat the mortall mā p̄uayle execute iugemēt vpō the hethē Lord smite thē with feare lerne the hethē to konw their selues mortal Selah The argument into the .x. Psal. ¶ This psal is a prayer against the peruerse malycious importune men oppressynge vndoyng the pore afflict with crafty violēce in the which also their intollerable pryde their vngodlynes both their crafte to hurt and their studye are all descrybed QUare dn̄e reces Wherfore abydest thou so far oh lorde wylt thou be hyd frō vs in tyme of our afflyction whyles the vngodly is a lofte he persecuteth the pore afflycte let them be snared with their owne crafty deceyt which they study for For what thīge so euer lyketh hym that he prayseth he bendeth him self al to lucre he careth nat whither he speke wel or euyll of the lorde This vngodly man loketh a loft he regardeth nat that ther is any god neither is he in his thoughtes What thinges he take in hāde they prosper a longe tyme to his minde thy punyshement is lyfte vp high frō him he thinketh to cast downe all his enemyes with a blast of his mouth He thīketh in his hert I shal nat fal I shal cōtinue throw out the worldes wythout hurte His wordes swīme in periury fraude deceite what so euer his tōge saith it is iniury shrewdnes He lyeth bent to catche decaied vyllages he kylleth the innocēt preuily his eyes ar fast vpon the pore wretches He layeth pryuy watches he lyeth bēt like a lion ī his dēne to deuoure the poore afflicte he distroyeth hī whiles he drawe him into his net He maketh him self like a sycke weyke man but the pore afflyct fal away thorow his strēgth He thinketh in his herte god careth nat for these mē he turneth his face frō thē wyll neuer se thē Aryse lord oh god lyft vp thy hāde dyspise nat thy pore afflict For how lōge shall this vngodly blaspheme god for he sayth in his here that thou seest nat But thou seest verily for thou beholdest īiury indignation whā it shal please the thou wilt declare thy selfe in very dede The poore afflicte cōmitteth him selfe to the which art wonte to be an helper to the yong fatherles Al to breke the strength of the vngodly hurtful man folowe vpon hī serchyng out his vngodlynes than shal he nowhere apere The lorde is kīge for euer these hethen vngodly haue perisshed are fallē frō his erth The desyres of the pore afflyct the lorde hath herde thou shalt gyue them aquy●● minde thy eare shal be intēt vnto thē To delyuer the yōg fatherles pore oppressed so that this mortall mōstre be no more fered vpon therth The argumēt into the .xi. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid chalengeth these men which made him to auoyde and to fle from euery parte of the lordshyp of Israhel hauyng no place to hyde him He doth here also declare his trust in god magnifyeth his iugement agaynst bothe good euyll Rede the history ī the first of the kīges frō the xxii ▪ Cha. vnto the .xxvii. The tytle of the ps For Dauides vyctory was thys Psal. songe IN domino confido I haue put my trust in the lorde wherfore thā by byd ye me fle doune frō your hyl like a byrde ▪ For lo the vngodly haue bēt their bow ● haue set their arowes therin to smyte the perfyte in hert espyed ī preuy places For ther is no place sure to abyde ī but what I pray you haue the riȝtwise deserued The lorde is resydēt in his holy tēple in heuē is his seat regall his eyes loke forth he be holdeth to espie the sōnes of mē The lorde examyneth the rightwise but he hateth in his hert the vngodli the man also that loueth vyolēce wronge He wyl sēde fyer vpō the vngodly lyke rayn brēning lyghtenīges brimstō and hote whirlwindꝭ for such parte shall they drike For rightwise is the lord he loueth the rightwyseman fauoreth the mayntener of the ryght The argument into the .xii. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid
cōplayneth of the comen fall in euery place of rightwisnes and faith that the ●rafty deceytfull flaterers occupy all places he prayeth the lorde to haue mercy of the poore af●licte whom they vexe that he wolde helpe thē accordyng to his promise SAluum me fac Helpe lord for ful few faithfull ar left among the chyl●rē of mē It is but vanite what so euer ●ne speketh to another they flater falsly ●hewyng one thyng with their mouth ●oueryng another in their hert The lor●e shall cut these proude spekyng tonges ●ute of these false glauerynge mouthes Whiche say thus of tho thinges whiche we make we wyll chalenge auctorite of our owne tonges our mouthꝭ ar the auctorite who shulde be our lorde to cōmaūde vs. For the distruction of my pore afflicte for the waylyng of this nedeons now shall I ryse saith the lorde he shall saye with him selfe I shal brynge them into sauyng helth Nowe the speches of the lorde ar purespeches they ar lyke siluer puryfyed tried to the vttermoste in erthen caldrens Thou lorde preserue these pore ones kepe them from this wiked nacion for euer These vngodly houer about in euery place where suche bely bestꝭ ar promoted there encrese the wicked children of men The argument into the xiii Psal. ¶ Here Dauid set in a Ieoperdous straight called in his anguisshe to god for helpe lefte his enemyes reioyse of his fall that he rather him selfe might reioyse of his receyued helth so magnifye worthely god his sauyour USquequo Howe lōge lorde wylte thou tarye wylte thou forgette me for euer howe longe wylte thou tourne thy face fro me Howe lōge shal I thus cōtynue musinge with my selfe fyllynge my herte full of sorowe daye by daye Howe longe shal myne enemye be thus exalted ouer me Beholde answere me lorde my god kepe me wakynge lest the slomber of deth come vpon me Ye lest peraduenture myne enemye may saye I preuayled agaynste him for if I fall my troublers wyll reioyse But I trust in thy mercy my herte shal be gladde of thy helpe I shall gyue thankes to my lorde for he hath rewarded me The argumēt in to the xiiii .liii. Ps. ¶ Here Dauid cōplayneth all to be full of vngodly very damnable men he descrybeth theyr naturall disposytion which there may no thynge be more corrupt fylthy violent than he sheweth that vēgeaunce abydeth thē helth abydeth the innocētes whom they trede vnder their fete DIxit insipiēce The folyshe wicked men thinke in their hertes that god is nat Shrewde abhominable thyngꝭ do they nowhere is ther one that wyl do good The lorde loked frome heuens downe vpon the men to se if there were any that had any knowlege or regarded god And sayd is euery mā altogyder swarued so farre frō the waye perisshed vnprofitable that there is no man that wyl do good nat one Are they so farre besydes them selue all these workers of wykednes Se they deuoure my people as one shulde ete vp brede they are holden with no feare of the lorde Wherfore they shall be feared with feare incōparable for god hath shakē the bones of thy besegers Thou shalte dispyse the because god hath repelled them for god is in the iust rightwyse nation They scorned thē because thei folowed the coūsell of the poore afflicte and put all theyr truste in the lorde Oh wolde god that the sauynge helthe wolde ones come to Israell from Sion that the lorde wolde make an ende of the captiuite of his people that Iacob might be gladde and Israhell myght reioyse The argument into the .xv. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme is descrybed of what lyuynge and with what maners the ryght cytezens of heuen and membres of Christes church muste be adorned and endued DOmine quis ha Lorde who shall dwel in thy tabernacle Who shall sitte in thy holy hyll Euen he that lyueth in syngle pure innocency studieth to do rightwisnes and speketh the truth euen frō his herte He that backbyteth nat with hys tonge in nothynge hurteth his neighbour neither suffreth him to be reuyled or hurte vnworthely But abhorreth suche sclanderous and noughtye persones suche as worshyp the lorde he setteth moche by Ye what soeuer he swereth he wil ꝑforme although it be to his great hurte hynderaunce And lendeth nat his money for auantage nether receyueth gyftes agaynst any innocēt He that studyeth to do these thīges shall abyde alwayes neuer be moued The argument into the .xvi. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid desyreth goddes helpe affermyng that god hath no nede of his goodes but that hys goodes oughte to serue his poore neighbours which he call saītes they that bestowe their goodes of any other thyng than profyteth these sayntes make Idols with them COnserua me domine Defende me god for I haue trusted in the o my soule saye thou vnto the lorde my goodꝭ profyt the nothyng at all I shall therfore study with all my herte to helpe thy noble saintes which yet lyue vpō therth For they which bestowe their goodes of any other thyng shall make them ydols and folowen feruently strange goddes I shall nat offre their blody sacrifyce no I wyll nat knowe ne remēbre the names of their idols The lorde is the portion of my heritage my substance my lot is in thy hande The lottes fell to me happely in to plesaunt places a goodly riche heritage chaunsed to me I shall thanke the lorde which hath well counseled me but yet my raynes teach me these thyngꝭ by nyght I set the lorde euermore before myne eyes for whyles he is at my ryght hande I shall nat slyde Wherfore my hert shal ioye and my tonge shall reioyse ye my body shall haue sure reste For thou wylte nat so forsake my soule that it shulde go and abyde in the graue neither wylte thou there suffre thy saynt to go into corruption Thou shalt shewe me the path wherin I maye go to lyfe thy presence fylleth men with all gladnesse All ioye is euer oute layed by thy ryght hande The argument into the .xvii. Psal. ¶ This psalme is a feruente prayer of Dauid to be delyuered from the persecutiō of Saull as he dyd in the .vii. psalme declaring his innocēcye desyringe helpe he descrybeth the proud behauyour vayne study of his persuers and at last he knowledgeth his felycite to stande in the knowlege of god The prayer of Dauid EXaudi dn̄e iusticiā Lorde here my rightwyse prayer take vp my peticyon gyue hede vnto my prayer which I byd with pure mouthe Let thy iugement declare my īnocency shewe thy self to haue respecte vnto thy ryght Serche my herte loke into it euen in the night trye me as metall with fyer and yet shalt thou finde that my thought differ nat fro my wordes I endeuer my selfe to auoy●e mēnes wayes accordynge to thy wor●e and I kept them in the way
of his eloquence for his strength power clerenesse lyberalyte bothe in him selfe and in his quene and at last for his lucky yssue In all these thinges they fygured Christ his churche and both the power felycitie of his kyngdom The tytle A louely songe full of lernyng made of the sōnes of Chore to be song of Salomon ERuctauit cor meum My hert thynketh resteth of a good thynge my songe shal be of a kyng my tonge shall delyke the penne of a perfyte redy scribe Thou arte the most beautyfull of all mortall men hauyng a marueylous grace in thy tonge bycause that god hath endewed the with perpetuall benefytes Oh most valyant knight gyrde thy swerde vpon thy syde by the whiche y● mayst declare thy glorious beautie Entre thou in happely with cleare worshyp for that thou excellest in faythfulnes mekenes and rightwysnes with these thinges shalt thou be endued that thou maiste do noble actes with thy merueylous power Thy arowes ar very sharpe they shall smyte the hertes of the kynges enemyes the people shall fall vnder the. The s●ate regall Oh lorde shall stāde for euer for the scrypture of thy kingdome loueth equyte Thou art the louer of rightwisnes and hater of vnright bicause that god whiche is thy god hath anoynted the with very oyle of gladnesse which art promoted aboue thy felowes The playtes of all thy robes sauour of muste and aumber as thou comest forth of thy white y uery palaces Where the doughters of kynges in their precious riche ornowrementes of thy gyfte make the glad thy quene on thy ryght hand also deckt in goldē aparell Here doughter gyue hede bowe downe thy eare forget thy people and thy fathers house And the kynge shal be enamored of thy beaute for he is thy lorde to him shalt thou do reuerence Tytus shall brīge the presentꝭ euery ryche nacion shall honoure y● with gyftes She shall sit nexte the kyng in his priuye chāber all gloriously her aparel shal be broyded with golde In clothe of tyssue she is p̄sented to the kynge her handmaydens folowyng her ar brought togyther also vnto the. They ar p̄sented with ioye ar brought into the kynges palace For the fathers thou shalt haue chyldren whom thou shalt constitute to be chefe in all the erth I shall remēbre thy name thorow out all the worldes wherfore the people shall magnifye the for euer The argument into the .xlvi. Psal. ¶ This Ps. sheweth with what trust surenes holy men ar holdē by goddes helpe ī al maner of perels The title A songe of the sōnes of Chore vpō certain secret cōmitted of Da. to the chāter DEus noster re God is for vs defēce and strength he is our most present helpe whā aduersyte thrust vs down Wherfor we shall nat feare although the erthe be moued frome her place and the hylles compassed with the see al to shake Let the waters of the see swell and rore and breke vp her bankes lette the hygh hylles be borne downe with her vyolence Selah Let shall the lytle ryuers of the swete floude refresshe the cyte of god whiche is the moste secretest holy place among the tabernacles of the most hyghest God sytteh in the myddes of this holy place wherfore it shall natte be moued for god shall helpe it swyftly The hethen flocked togither sediciously and anone the kyngdomes were moued he lyfted vp his voice than men shrāke away The lorde of hostes standeth on our parte the god of Iacob is our highe stronge towre Selah Come ye hyther and beholde the noble actes of the lorde what wonderfull thīges he hath wrouȝt in therth He taketh away batayle euyn vnto the farthest parte of therth he breketh their bowes he vnhedeth their speres brēneth their chariettes in the fyre Cease ye therfore let me alone se that ye knowe me for god aboue all nations and aboue all thynges in the erthe The lorde of hostes standeth on our ꝑte the god of Iacob is to vs an high stronge towre Selah The argument in to the .xlvii. Psal. ¶ In this psa the sonnes of Chore expresse the glorie of god to be sprede ouer all the worlde how that christ exalted the regyōs the people were cōuerted to god The tytle A songe of the sōnes of Chore cōmytted to the chāter to be sōge OMnes gentes All people clappe your handes for ioye make ye melody to god with great tryumphe For high is the lorde greatly to be feared he is a riȝt gret kyng ouer all therth He subdueth the people vnto vs and the he●then he casteth vnder our fete He hath chosen vs for him selfe he hath chosen our herytage euen the beautie of Iacob whom he loueth Selah God is lyft vp with mirthe and melody and with the sounde of trompettes Synge ye to god synge synge ye to our kynge synge For god is the kynge of all the erthe synge ye who so euer excelleth in wytte God reygneth ouer the he●then god sytteth in his holy seate regal The best and chefe of the people shal be ioyned to the god of Abraham The comens also of the erth shall ioyne them vnto god for he is greatly exalted The argument in to the .xlviii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the sonnes of Chore synge the excedynge felycite of the churche for the present defēce of god that vnder the fygure of Ierusalem The title The song of the sōnes of Chore. MAgnus dominus Great is the lord and great prayse worthy in the cytie of our god whiche is his holy hyll The mount Sion is a goodly beautifull place makyng gladde all the lande vpon whose north syde is bylded the cytie of the noble kyng God is well knowen in his palacꝭ to be a defēsfull castell for all his For lo kynges cāe togither passed for by They se all this were astoned they were afrayde driuen ī to a sodayn flight Ther they were amased feare toke them euyn suche sorowe as taketh sodenly women greate with chylde Thou brekest all togither the shyppes of the great see of Tharsys with the vehement tēpestes of the eest wynde As we haue herde euen so haue we sene in very dede ī the cyte of the lord of hostꝭ our god god hath stablysshed it for euer Selah We haue cōceyued ī our mīde thy mercy which syttest gloriously in thy holy tēple As thy name is sprede euē so wyde spredeth thy prayse stretching vnto the farthest partes of therth what thyng so euer thou doest it is rightwysnes The hyll of Syon shal be glad the cyties of Iuda shal reioyse for thy so gratious plesures Go ye about Syon vewe it wel tell ye her tourꝭ Cōsyder her wallꝭ loke how hyghe ar her palacꝭ which shal be her memoriall into the generation that foloweth For here is god ye our god īto eūlastīg it is he that shal lede vs so lōg as we here lyue The argumēt into
the .xlix. Ps. ¶ This Psal. reproueth the madnes of couetousmen vttreth their wretchednes which here take their pleasure felycite in richis afterwarde to be perpetuall wretches in hell The tytle is all one with the Psalme before AUdite hee oēs Here ye this thīg al people listen vnto these thinges as many as lyue ī this worlde As wel ye that ar of the comē people as ye that ar ī dignite as wel ye that ar riche as they that ar pore My mouth shall speke wysedom the medytacyon of my hert shall shew ye the riȝt vnderstādīg I shal applie myn eare vnto a parable my harpe reighted vnto me I shal expoūd my rydle Wherfore shuld I fere ī tyme of aduersyte whā my shrewde wayt layers besege me rounde about Which trust in their riches ar magnifyed for their haboūdāt goodes And yet no man be he neuer so hyghe in dignite may redeme his brother frō deth no man pay to god the price of this redemption It is wtout doute no small pryce their lyues to be losed free from deth to lyue euer To prolonge their lyues into euer lastynge and neuer to se their graue Surely they se both wise men dye shrewde men folysshe they dye all a lyke and they leue to other men their riches They thought ī their mynde their housholdes to abyde for euer with their habitacyons they extolled theyr names in the erth But man in his glystryng fortune shall nat abyde he shall be lyke the bestes whiche dye downe ryght This same their owne īuencyon is their very owne folysshnes and yet their posterite gredily folowe their wayes Selah Lyke shepe shall they be caste in to their graues deth shal be their shepherde the lyght ones spronge ryghtwismen shall be their lordes their beaute shall fade awaye hell shal be their hospytall But god shall lede backe my soule from hell for he hath taken me vp to defende me Selah Feare thou nothinge whan thou seest a man made riche haue encresed greatly the gloriouse dygnitye of his house For he shall nat beare all away with hī whan he dye neyther shall dignitye his companyon go downe with him For his soule shall haue her heuen here by lyfe mē shall prayse the whyles thou settest forth and magnifyest thy selfe These men shall folowe the natyon of their fathers that is they shall neuer se lyght That man to whom happeneth prosperouse fortune and nat vnderstandynge the gyuer thereof shall be lyke a beest in his departynge The argument in to the .l. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Asaph declareth howe mightely god wolde call vnto him all natyons of the worlde by the gospell delyuerynge by his mightye power his chosen also howe that he wolde than requyre of his rather faythe knowlege and declaringe of his goodnesse thā sacrifyces or workes and howe greuously he wyll curse entreat them that boste thē of his relygyon without the pure study of his true worship The tytle of the psalme The songe of Asaph DEus deorum The mightye god lorde shall make a crye and call vnto him all that inhabyte the erthe frome the east to the west God shall set oute a lampe from Syon whiche is his mooste goodly ornamente and beautye Our god shall come shall nat tary fyer shall brenne before him roūde about him shall there be a vehement whyrlwinde He shall call the heuens aboue and the erth also that he might delyuer his people in iugement Gather ye togyther my sayntes which stycke to my promyse before their owne dedes And ye heuens shewe forth his mercy wherwith he maketh men rightwyse for god he is iuge Selah Here my people I shall speke Israhell here thou and I shall promyse the that I am god ye and that I am euē thy god I wyll nat reproue the for my suffrynge or omittynge thy sacrifyces neither wyl I loke for thy beaute sacrifyces I wyll nat neither nedeth it me to make frō thy house any oxe either from thy folde any gotes For all the wylde beestes of forestes are myne the wylde beestes that fede in a thousād hylles also are myne I chalenge for me all the soules in the hylles all the lyue in the feldes ar myne Yf I shall hūger I wyl nat tell the therof whan the roūde worlde all about is myne what so euer is cōteyned therin Thynkest thou that I wyll eat befe and drinke gotes blode Yf thou wylte gyue god a sacrifyce gyue him his prayse and honour and thus paye thy promyse to the most highest As to call vpon me in tyme of tribulation I shall defende the and thus shalt thou honour me For vnto the vngodly man god sayd wherfore pratest thou of my ceremonies bablest with thy mouthe of mye promyse Whan thou hatest my disciplyne correctynge thy lyfe and throwest awaye my wordes Yf thou espyest any thefe anon thou rōnest to hī and couplest thy selfe with adulterers Thou hast gyuen thy mouth to euyll thy tonge craftely paynteth disceytes Thou syttest spekest against thyn own brother sclanderously and iniustly thou verest thyn owne mothers sonne These thynges thou doest yet I diffar my punisshmente thou imaginest me to be but a nother man lyke vnto the but I shall reason with the set fote to fote agaynst the. This thinge consyder and knowe I praye ye that forget god lest he plucke you by the sleue no man may rescu help you He that sanctifyeth me with praise honoreth me to him that goth the riȝt way shall I gyue godly sauynge helth The argument into the .li. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayer of a man vnfaynedly knowlegīge his sīnes in which prayer the good mā desyreth to haue the good spirite of god thorowe which spirite all euyl cōcupiscēce is refrayned rightwyse makīge is sought in which cōsysteth trewe forgyuenesse of sīne The tytle of this Psal. The sōge of Dauid cōmitted to the chaūter aft that the prophet Natham had ben with him for that adultery cōmitted with Barsaba Uries wyfe Rede thistorie .ii. Regum .xii. MIserere mei Haue mercy vpō me god for thy gentylnes sake for thy great mercyes sake wype away my synnes And yet agayn wassh me more fro my wickednes make me cleane fro my vngodlynes For my greuouse synnes do I knowlege my vngodlynes is euer before myn eyes Against the agaīst the onely haue I sīned that that sore offendeth the haue I done wherfore very iust shalt thou be knowē in thy wordes pure whan it shal be iuged of the. Lo I was facyoned in wickednes my moder conceyued me polluted with sinne But lo thou woldest trouth to occupye rule in my inward partꝭ thou shewedest me wisdom which thou woldest to syt in the secretꝭ of my herte Sprincle me with hysope and so shall I be clene thou shalt washe me and than shall I be whiter than snowe Poure vpon me ioye
beaute For thy mercy is more desyrous thā this same lyfe with my lyppes shall I praise the. Thus shall I magnifye the thorowte all my lyfe in the prayse of thy name shal I lyft vp my handes Thou shalt satisfye my soule with fat delycious meat wherevpon my lyppes shall ioye and my mouth shal prayse As sone as I shal remembre my selfe vpon my bed I shall thynke vpon the euen in the watches of the nyght For thou verily arte he that brīgeth me helpe and I beynge sure in the shadowe of thy wynges shall tryumphe ioyfully My soule cleued v●to the for thy ryghthande sustayned me These men that seke my lyfe to spyll it shall go downe into their graues Men shall dryue them vpon the edge of their swerdes they shal be hewen cut into meat for foxes But the kynge shall reioyse in god and he shall glorye that swereth by him for their mouthes shal be stopped The argumēt into the .lxiiii. Psal. ¶ This psalme is a prayer agaynst sclanderers and false accusers whose naturall disposytion Da. here discribeth ꝓphesieth their punishmēt The tytle Dauides sōg cōmitted to the chāter EXaudi deus orationē God here my prayer kepe my lyfe from my fearfull enemy Hyde me from the shrewde counsell harmfull company which are all gyuē to mischef Which whette their tonges lyke swerdes and lyke as out of a bente bowe they shote forthe bytter wordes for arowes To smyte the īnocent they wyll smytte him sodenly and wyll feare nothynge They studied for a mischef talke amonge themself of snares to be preuily layed sayeng who shall espye them They studyed what mischef they might do euery mānes minde serched they concluded faste thervpon But god shall smyte them with a soden darte thei shal receiue their dethꝭ woūde Their owne tonges shal smyte them selues and who soeuer shall se them shall avoyde sore astoned All mortall mē shal se this thynge shall speke vpon the worke of god they shall knowe his dedes The ryghtwyseman shall reioyse in the lorde and shall commytte hym selfe to his cure all rightwyse in herte shall reioyse gloriously The argument into the .lxv. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid declareth god to haue his chefe seate in Syon there to be knowē and worshypped of all men TE decet himnus Prayse abydeth the oh god in Syon and men shal performe vnto the their vowes Unto the which hearest prayer all mortall men shall come Iniquite preuayled agaīst vs but it is thou that purgest vs frō oure synnes Blessed is he whome thou hast chosen whom thou haste taken to the to dwell in thy house For he shall be satisfyed with the good thingꝭ of thy house of thy holy temple Of thy meruelouse rightwysnesse shalte thou graunte vs oh god oure sauyour wherefore they shall truste in the al that inhabyt the farthest costes of the erthe of the longe see Thou arte he which settest the hylles in theire strengthe gyrte rounde aboute with power Whiche swageste and peaseste the feerse rorynge of the sees ceassest the noyse of their floudes and the wood furye of the hethen They that are in the extremest partes of the erth shall feare at thy wonderfull tokens them that dwell at the east and at the west thou shalt make glad Thou hast vysyted the erth with rayne whan it was full drie thou hast made it very riche and plentuouse the ryuer of god floweth full of water thou shalt make her wheate to encrease luckely for so is it thy pleasure to endue it Laye playne her euyn vorowes moist theym temperatly withe swete showers and blesse thou the spiringe of hir corne Thou shalte leade the eare aboute with thy gentyll fauour thy cloudes shall drope fatte plentuousnesse There shall fall droppes vpon the mantions of the deserte the hylles shall ioye couerde rounde aboute with plentuouse fruite The playne feldes shall be coueted with flockes of shepe and the valeys shall be fylled with corne wherfore euery man shall synge and make melody The argument into the .lxvi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a gyuinge of thankes for the delyuerance of the people of Israhell frome the tyranny of the vngodly The tytle The song of Dauid commytted to the chaūter to be songe IUbilate Make ye melody to god as many as inhabyt the erthe Gyue ye glorie vnto his name in syngīg gyue ye vnto him gloriouse prayse Saye ye vnto god oh howe fearfull are thy dedes for thy wyde power euen thy enemyes shall come crepynge crouchīg vnto the. Unto the shall ꝓfesse homage worship all that dwell vpon therth they shall syng vnto the they shall synge vnto thy name Selah Come hyther se the workes of god se his fearfull workes towarde men He turneth y● sees in to drie lande he maketh men to go thorowe the see drie shode there we reioysed of his power He turneth the worlde by his power his eyes loke vpon the heithen these backslyders from his trouthe shall neuer be promoted Selah O people magnifye ye our god prayse him with loude voyces This is he that hath preserued the lyfe of our soule and hath nat suffred our fete ones to slyde Uerily god hath ꝓued vs he hath tryed vs with fyre as men were wōt to try siluer Thou broughtest vs in to a strayte and charged our loynes with heuynesse Thou laydest sore men vpon our heedes we were brought in to fyre water and thou leadest vs out agayne in to a place where we were well refresshed I shall go to the lorde at all tymes I shall paye vnto the my vowes Whiche I promysed with my lyppes made with my mouth whan I was in afflyction I shall offre vnto the fatte sacrifyces with the ricke sauour of motton I shall brēne vnto the oxen gotes Selah Come ye hyther as manye as feare god and beare what thynges he hath done to my soule I called vpon him with my mouthe and with my tonge I exalted him If I had set my mynde vpon iniquite thā god had nat herde me but nowe god hath herde gyuē hede vnto my prayer Praised be god which hath nat repelled my prayer nether hath he wtdrawē his mercy fro me The argument into the .lxvii. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid desyreth the fauorable presence of god for the people of Israhell DEus misereatur God mighte fauour and haue mercye vpon vs he might lyghten vs with his presence Selah That thy waye might be knowen euerywhere in the erth and thy sauynge helth also vnto all nations The peple might magnifye the o god ye all peple might magnifye the. The heithen myght ioye and tryumphe in that thou doest ryght vnto the people dyrectest the natyons vpon therth Selah The people might sprede thy name oh god ye all people mought magnifye the. The erthe also myght gyue agayne her encrese and god whiche is our god myght do vs good God mought blesse vs and all that inhabit
of thy seruante for vnto the oh lorde lyft I vp my herte Uerily thou lorde thou art both gentle mercyfull thou berest a plētuouse good wyll to al the call vpō the. God here my prayer receyue my depe desyer Whan I am in trouble I call vpon the for thou were wonte to here me Amonge all the goddes is there nat one to be compared vnto the neither is there any of them that may do suche thīges as thou dost All the nation whiche thou hast made shall come and worshippe the oh lorde god and shall extolle thy name For right gret art thou which also dost meruelous thinges thou arte god alone Teche me thy wayes lorde that I may lyue of thy faythe knytte my herte vnto the that it maye feare the. I shall magnifye the O lorde my god with all my herte I shall sprede thy gloriouse name for euer Full great verily haue thy mercyfull goodnes ben euer towarde me for thou delyuerdest my soule euen from the nethermost hell Oh god the proude vngodly made insurrection agaynste me and the cruell congregation of violente men seke my lyfe which haue no respecte vnto the. But yet thou lorde thou art prone vnto mercy thou art redy to fauour to forgiue slow vnto wrath swīmyng in mercy faithfulnes Beholde me haue mercy vpō me gyue thy strength vnto thy seruante and preserue the sonne of thy hande mayden Do good vnto me openly that they that hate me myghte be ashamed to se that thou lorde helpest and confortest me The argumēt īto the .lxxxvii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Ierusalem is magnifyed vnto whō it is ꝓphesyed many of euery naciō to come The tytle of the Psal. The ditie of the songe of the sonnes of Corah FUndamenta eius Her foūdatiōs were layde vpon the holy hylles The lorde loued the gates of Syon aboue all the cytyes of Iacob Glorious passynge cleare thynges are spoken of the oh Cytie of god Selah ▪ I shall nombre vnto theym that knowe me Egypte Babilon Lo there shall come with them also the Palestines the Tyrions with the Moores of Inde for he was borne there Also it shal be sayde of Syon this man and that was borne in it that same man euen he the moste highest shall laye fast her foundations The lorde shall nombre and write in his people togither for it is he that ther was borne Selah Both the syngers the players with all maner of melody that pleaseth me shall be in the. The argument in to the .lxxxviij. Psal. ¶ In this Ps. is cōtayned a greuouse cōplaint of one beynge in extreme afflyctyons The tytle of this psalme The songe of the sonnes of Corah Heman Ezraite commytted to the chāter to be songe of a certayne ordre of syngers in the quere for afflyction and dysease DOmine deꝰ salutis Oh lorde god the author of my helth I haue cryed vnto the by day by night also before the. Let my prayer come before the bowe downe thyne eare to my cryenge For my soule is cloyed with diseases my lyfe is brought vnto my graue I am reputed as one to be caste into the ꝓytte euen as a mā without all strength I was layde to the dead mē as one free frome the worlde lyke men slayne slepynge in their graues out of mynde as a cast awaye from thy hande Thou haste put me in to the nether dyche euyn in to derke and depe dongens Thy hotte indygnatyon laye vpon me and thou ouerwhelmedest me with all thy flodes Sel. Thou madest men that knewe me to flye my company thou causedest me to be eschewed of thē I am closed in maye nat out go My face is wrinkled dried vp with sorowe I called vpon the dayly I stretched forthe my handes vnto the. Shalte thou worke thy myracles withe the deed men or shall the buryed men aryse agayne and prayse the Selah Shall thy mercy be publisshed in mēnes graues thy faithfulnes in our departynge Shall thy myracles be knowen in derknes thy rightwysnes in the forgetfull lande But yet I o lorde crye vnto the and in the mornynge my praier came before the. Wherfore oh lorde put test thou away my soule and turnest thy face fro me I was tormented in mynde and in a maner deed euen from my youth was I pressed downe with thy feare and sythen euer it hath contynued Thy wrath peersed me thorowe thy fere hath dygged me thorowe Anguysshe and trouble hath closed me in dayly lyke waters haue cōpassed me roūde about Thou madest my frendes and them that knewe me to flie farre from me and thus my acqueyntaunce thou hyddest fro me The argumēt into the .lxxxix. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. is declared goodly and at large the newe and olde Testamēt or couenaunte whiche is smytten by Christ the sonne of Dauid betwene god his chosen neuer to be brokē that vnder the fygure of Dauid of his posterite For a declaration of the fyrst parte of this Psal. and knowlege of these two wordes merci faithfulnes ye shall vnderstande that god of his mercy and goodnes fyrste promyseth and for his truthes sake he performeth it which faythfull performynge the prophet calleth faythfulnes wherfor these two wordes mercy and faythfulnes are comēly ioyned togyther in the Psalmes The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Ethan MIsericordias domini The mercy of the lorde shal I prayse in my songe perpetually thy faythfulnes shall I declare with my mouth into all ages For thus thought I with my self thy mercy shall be p̄pared euer to cont●nue thy faithfulnes also to encrese in the veri heuēs I smit hādes with my chosen swore vnto Daued my seruāt I shall stablishe his posterite with encrese to stāde for euer I shal set fast his seate regal īto al agꝭ Se. Heuenly mē shal celebrate publishe thy meruelous dedꝭ oh lorde saītes shal sprede thy faithfulnes in the congregation For what man in the clowdꝭ may be cōpared to the lorde or who amonge the goddes may be lykened vnto the lorde God is greatly dreded ī the cōgregacyon of his saintes gretly to be feared amōg thē which ar aboute hī Lorde the god of hostꝭ who is lyke the in power oh lorde all thynges about the ar faythfulnes Thou declarest thy power euē vpon the proude see swagest her highe waues Thou hast smyt downe and all to broken Egypt with thy stronge power thou haste dispersed thyn enemyes Heuēs ar thine the erth is thyne the roūde worlde with all that therin is thou haste made them The northe the southe thou hast made them Thabor and Hermon shall reioyse in thy name Thou haste an excedynge strength thou strengtheneste thy hande and lyftest vp thy ryghthande In rightwisnes equite thy seate is set mercy faithfulnes go before thy face Happy is the people oh lorde that knoweth the voyce of the trōpettes they that are
before the Lorde oure maker For he is oure god and we are the people of his pasture and the flocke whome he dryueth if we thys daye gyue hede and beleue his worde Se that ye harden natte youre hertes as they dyd in the deserte of Merybah in the tyme of temptacyon Whan youre fathers tempted and prouoked me and yet they se my workes Fortie yeres I chydde with the nacyon and I sayde this people erreth in their hertes they alowe nat my wayes Unto whom I swore ī myne angre they shall neuer entrr ī to the lande of my rest The argument into the lxxxxvi Psal. ¶ The prophet moueth al creatures to the praise of god bycause that he now by Christ raygneth CAntate Synge ye to the lorde a new songe synge ye to the lorde as many as dwell vpon therth Synge ye to the lorde and prayse ye his name preache ye day by daye that sauynge helth whiche he bryngeth Put the gentyls also in mynde of his beautefull glory amōg all his people declare ye his merueles For right gret is the lorde worthy moche prayse he is to be feared before all goddes For all the goddes of the people are nought it is the lorde that hath made the heuens Noble fame clernes is before him power and maiestye shyne in his holy secrete place Gyue ye to the lorde honour welworthy his name brīge ye forth gyftes and come into his temple Worship ye the lorde in his ryche goodly temple feare him ye that inhabyte the erth Tell ye the gentyles that the lorde is kynge he shall stablissh the worlde lest it rele he shall iuge and reason with the people indifferētly Be glad ye heuens and let the erth ioye let the see take her pleasure what so euer swīmeth therin Let the felde laugh and what so euer is conteyned in it nowe let all the trees of the wode triumphe Ye and that before the lorde for he is come for he is come to gouerne the erth to gouerne the worlde with rightwisnes and the people of hys faythfulnesse The argument into the lxxxxvij Ps. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid prophesyeth of the kyngdome of Christe DOminus reg exul The lorde is kinge the erthe ioyeth many iyldes ar glad He is closed aboute with a derke cloude but his seate regall is sette in rightwisnesse and equyte Fyer goth before him and brenneth his enemyes round about him His lyghtnynges smyte the worlde roundabout the erth sawe them and trembled for feare Hylles melted awaye lyke waxe at the presens of the lorde they melted euen frō the presens of the lorde of all the erth The heuens shewed forth his xightwysnesse all the people sawe his gloriouse beautie Let them be shamed who soeuer worshyp carued images whiche also glorie in fayned pyctures of nought ye goddes all se that ye fall downe worshyp him Syon haue herde and is glad the cyties of Iuda reioise ī thy iugemēt● oh lord For thou lorde art higher thā all men of therth and farr exalted aboue all the goddes Ye that loue the Lorde se that ye hate euyll he kepeth the lyues of his sayntes delyuereth them frome the hādes of the vngodly Lyght is sprede amonge the rightwyse and gladnes to the vpright in herte Be glad ye rightwyse in the lorde sprede ye his holy memoriall euerywhere The argument into the lxxxxviij Psa. ¶ The argumēt of this psal is all one with the other before with the argumēt of the lxxxxvi p CAntate Synge ye to the Lorde a newe songe for he hath done meruelouse dedes he saued alonly with hys right hande and with his holy arme The lorde hath declared his sauing helthe he hath opened and sette forthe hys rightwysnesse before the gentyles He remēbreth his mercy his faythfull promyse to be performed vpon the house of Israhell All the costes of the erthe haue sene the sauynge helthe whyche our god hath brought Make ye melody to the lorde al therth lyfte vp your voice tryumph and synge ye Singe ye to the lorde with harpe playe vpon harpe the dytie with swete note With clariers trumpettes make ye melodye before the kynge which is the lorde Let the see romble out her melody and all therin ye the rounde worlde also all that enhabit it Let the floudes clappe their handes gtoither the hylles also be glad reioysynge before the Lorde For he is come to gouerne the erthe he shal gouerne the rounde worlde with ryghtwysnesse and the people with equyte The argument into the lxxxxix Psal. ¶ This Psalme syngeth the goodnes and power of god repesented some tyme by the Arche gyuen in ernest of his promyse DOminus reg iras The Lorde is kynge be the peple neuer so wrath he sytteth in his estate vpō the arche bytwene the Cherubyns although therthe be moued therat The lorde which dwelleth in Siō is right great his power is mighty ouer all peple Let mē sprede thi name for it is gret to be fered holy also This kīge excelleth in strēgth loue of iugement thou hast set all thynges in due ordre with Iacob so that they maye be nowe done of equyte and right Extolle ye therfore the lorde oure god fall ye down before his fote stole for he is holy Moyses Aharon chefe amōg his sacrifycers Samuell chefe amonge the callers vpon his name called vpō the lorde he graūted thē From the shadowe beme of the cloude he spoke to thē they marked and kepte hys cōmaundementes and ceremonies which he gaue them Lorde thou art our god thou graūtedest these men and for their sakes thou forgauest them also for these mennes sakes thou takest vengeaunce vpon them Extoll ye the lorde oure god and fall ye downe before his hyll for holy is the lorde our god The argument into the C. Psal. ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of god in the holy congregation IUbilate Make ye melody vnto the lorde all that dwell vpon the erth Worshyppe ye the lorde gladly come into his presens ioyfully Knowledge ye the lorde that he is god he hath made vs and nat we our selues we are his people and the flocke of his pasture Entre ye in to his gates with thākes geuyng into his for porches with prayse syngyng magnifie hī praise his name For the lorde is ryght gentle his mercy endureth in to euerlastynge his fayth fulnes into all ages The argumēt īto the C.i. Psal. ¶ Here the prophete promyseth him selfe to do the offyce of a Christen and holy prince that is to say fyrst to lyue perfectly him selfe and thā to vaynquishe euell men to promote the good The ditye of Dauid MIsericordiam iudici Of mercy equite shall be my songe vnto the shall I synge oh lorde I shall behaue my self wysely lyuyng īnocētly whā shalt thou come to me I shal walke in my house with a pure harmles hert No
shrewde thynge shall I purpose him that foloweth shrewdenes I hate and in no wyse shall he be to me belongynge A malicious herte shall avoyde fro me and an hurtful man shal I nat maīteyne A priuy backebiter of his neyghboure wyll I distroye a proude countinaunce with a swellīg herte hī wyl I nat suffre But I serche for them that loue faythfulnes in therth that suche myght dwell with me he that lyueth hurtelesse shall serue me There shall be no place in my house for him that doth deceitfully he that speketh lyes shall nat prospere with me But swiftly shall I dystroye these vngodly vpon therth that I might cut oute of the cyte of the lord all workers of falshed The argument in to the C.ii. Psal. ¶ This Psal. conteyneth a greuous complaint of the mysery of the holy people whiche nowe retourned from Babylon goynge aboute to repayre the temple and the cytie suffred great iniures and rebukes of the gentyles their borderers but there is annexed consolacyon in that they cōsydered the perpetual goodnes of god nowe begynnynge to shyne vpon thē thorowe the fauour of Ciri and Darii Rede the story in Ezra and Nehemiah the Prophete The tytle of the Ps. This is a prayer of the poore afflycte beynge in greuous anguishe and powrynge forth his complaynte before the lorde DOmine exaudi Lorde heare my prayer and suffre my depe desyre to come vnto the. Hyde nat thy face from me in tyme of my tribulation bow down thyn eare vnto me in the day whan I cal vpon the spede the to graunt me For my dayes verily ar vanyshed away lyke smoke and my bones are dryed vp lyke a stowe My hert is smytē thorow lyke grasse is wethered away in so moche as I forsoke to take myn own meate I was so dryed vp with my sorowfull and lowde syghes that my bones clyued to my skynne I am like an estrege of the wyldernes made lyke an houlet in an olde forlaten house I lye wakyng am left alone lyke the sparowe in the thacke Myn enemies reuyled me al day they that chidde me vsed my name opprobriously I eate therth in stede of brede lycke in my teares in stede of drinke And all is for thy indignacion thi wrath for whā I was a loft ethou threwest me downe My dayes are vanyshed away lyke a shadowe I my self am wythered lyke hay But thou lorde syttest styll for euer thy memoriall endureth in euery age Thou shalte ryse haue pety on Syon for it is tyme for the to fauour it for the day apointed is now come For the stones of it please thy seruantes verily and they fauor her soyle Euen the haythen also shal worship the name of the Lord al the kynges of the erth shal knowlege thy glorious beaute The lorde verily shal bylde Syon he shal be sene in his beauteful glory And he shal haue respect vnto the prayer of the pore forsaken his prayer shal he nat dispise This thynge shal be writen for the worlde to come and for his cause the people which ar yet vnmade shall prayse the Lorde For he shal loke forth of his hyghe holy place the Lorde euyn frō heuen shall beholde the erth To here the syghes of them that are in bondes and to lose the chyldren iuged to dethe That they myght preache the name of the Lorde in Syon and his prayse in Ierusalem Whan the people the kyngdomes shall be gathered togyther to worshyp the lord He abated my courage in my iourney hath cut of my dayes I say ● my god take me nat awaye in the myddes of my dayes for thy yeres endure thorow out all ages In the begīning thou laydest the foundation of the erthe and the heuens are thy handy worke They shall perishe whan thou shalt stande fast and all thynges shall ware olde lyke a garment thou shalt dresse them agayn lyke a garment they shal be chaunged But thou art euen thyne owne self and thy yeres shall neuer be ended The chyldren of thy seruātes shall dwel styll and their posterite shall lyue prosperously and blessedly in thy presens The argumēt in to the C.iii. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme the Prophete prayseth the goodnes of god towarde men which forgyueth their synnes and gyueth them plentuously the goodnes both of body and soule wherfore he exhorteth both men and angels and all creatures to prayse god The ditie of Dauid BEnedic aīa Prayse thou the lorde o my soule and all that are within me prayse his holy name Prayse thou the lord o my soule forgete nat his benefytes Whiche forgyueth the all thy iniquities and heleth all thy deseases He redimeth thy lyfe frō ꝑdicyon heapeth vpon the on euery syde his mercy gentlenes He fylleth thy soule with goodnes renueth thy yougth lyke an Egle. Of rightwysnes and equite he restoreth all men that suffre wronge He hath made his waies knowē to Moises his dedes to the chyldrē of Israell The lorde is prone vnto mercy and bēte vnto fauour he is slowe vnto wrath and plentuous in goodnes He shal nat chyde alwayes neither kepe hatred in mynde euer to be auēged He hath nat deelt with vs after our synnes neither rewarded vs accordynge to our iniquytes But loke howe hyghe heuēs ar ouer the erth euyn so high hath he made his mercy to preuayle ouer thē that worshyp him And loke howe farre the eest is from the weest euen so farre hath he set our synnes from vs. Loke howe the fathers herte yerneth vpon his chyldren euen so doth the lorde pety them that feare him For he knoweth of what frayle metall we are he remembreth full well that we are but duste The dayes of man ar lyke grasse for as a flowre of the felde he florissheth for a tyme. Whom whan the wīde hath ouerblowē by by is it gone and his place where he was knoweth hī no more But the mercy of the lorde endureth from worldes vnto worldes ouer them that feare him and his ryghwysnes stretcheth to their chyldres children Unto those which kepe couenaunt with him and holde in mynde his cōmaundementes to th entent they wolde do them The lorde hath set fast his seate regal in the heuens and all thynges are subiecte vnto his kyngdome Prayse the lorde ye whiche are his messagers valiaunt in power which do his commaundementes obeynge him at a worde Prayse ye the lorde all his hoste ye that are his mynisters which do his pleasure Prayse ye the lorde all his workes ye that in euery place of his dominion The argument in to the C.iiij Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse wherin the Prophete magnifyeth god of the creation of the world and of the mercyfull gouernaunce therof BEnedic Praise thou the lorde my soule oh lorde my god thou art greatly to be magnifyed thou hast ornoured thy selfe with fame clerenesse and glorye Thou deckest thy selfe with lyght as with a garment thou
with me for thy names sake for fauorable is thy goodnesse delyuer thou me For I am scourged and poore and my herte laboreth and faynteth within me I vanisshe awaye lyke a glyding shadow and am hunted vp frō place to place lyke a locust My knees folde vnder me for lacke of meate my flesshe is gone my fatnesse is lost I was a laughynge stocke to as many as se me they wagged their heddes at me Helpe me lorde my god kepe me for thy mercyes sake Let them knowlege that this is thy hande and that thou oh lorde haste done thys thīge Let thē curse but blesse thou let them ryse agaynst me but to their owne cōfusyon but yet let thy seruant reioyse Let my aduersaryes be lased in with shame and couerde with confusyon lyke as with a cloke I shall magnyfy the lorde dilygently with my mouth I shall prayse him among many For he wyll stande at the poore mānes right hāde to kepe his soule from tyrauntes in authoritye The argument into the C.x. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a songe of Dauid wherin he syngeth of the kyngdome of Christ which began in Syon and from thense it is come forth vnto thendes of the worlde and it shall holde vntyll both al the heuēly and erthely creatures worship Christ and his enemyes be put downe to be his fote stole The tytle of the Ps. The dite of Da. DIxit dominus The lorde said vnto me lorde syt on my right hande vntyl I make thyn enemys thy fote stole The lorde shall bringe forth thy mighty impery frō Syon exercyse thou thy power in the myddes of thyne enemyes Thy people shall present themself vnto the welwyllynge in suche tyme as thou shalt declare thy power in the cyte in thy noble holy cleren●s euyn thy yongons from their mothers wombe shall be there present as thycke as the fressh mornīge dewe The lorde swore he shal nat repente him thou arte the offerer ones for euer to offre thyn owne selfe accordynge as it was fygured in Melchizedech The lorde beyng euer at thy right hande shall smyte downe euen the kīges in time of his wrath He shall execute iugement vpon the gentyles fyll all places with their deed caryons it is he that shall smyte downe the heed that raygneth so wyde But of the troublous water must he first drinke by the waye therfore than after shall he extolle and lyfte vp his heed The argument into the C.xi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse in the whiche the power wysdome and goodnes of god ar magnified The title of this Psal. Loue ye the lorde COnfitebor I shall surely magnify the lorde with all my hert ī the coūsell of the rightwyse in the congregatyon Excedynge great are the workes of the lorde which serched dilygently and well thought vpon a man shall fynde in them what soeuer he shall desyre What so euer he doth it is solempne ful of maiesty his rightwysnes abydeth for euer He hath brought it to passe that there shall be a memoriall of his myracles the lorde he is gentle gracyouse and redy to haue mercy He hath gyuen a proye to his worshippers he hath remembred his promyse into many worldes He declareth to hys people withe howe great power his workes were done euen whan he gaue thē the herytage of the gētyles What soeuer he hath done bi his power thei ar faithfulnes equyte what soeuer he commaundeth it is faythfull They are made faste to abyde in to euery age for they are done of trewe faythfulnesse and right iugemente He hath sente redemption to his people he hath cōmaunded that his couenaunte shuld be kept holy īto euery worlde holy and to be feared is his name The begynnynge of wisedom is the fere of the Lorde they sauoure righte holye that gyue dilygence to do his commaundementes the prayse of these men contynueth euerlastynge The argument into the C.xij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the prophet declareth the perpetuall felycitye of them which feare worshyppe and folowe god in doynge mercy The tytle of this psalme Loue ye the lorde BEatus vir qui ti Blessed is that mā that worshippeth the lorde and in his cōmaūdemētꝭ is ernestly occupied His issue shal be in great power in therth the generatiō of the rightwyse shall prosper Plētuousnes riches ar ī his house and his rightwysnes stādeth for euer To the desyrers of riȝt he maketh lyght to springe in derknes for it is he that is graciouse bente vnto mercy and rightwyse A good mā shall deale fauorably frely he wil dispose his goodes with iugemēt For he shall nat slyde to fall for euer a rightwysman shal be in ꝑpetuall remembraunce Whan he shall here afflyction to be at hande he shall nothynge feare for his herte is confirmed that is to saye stayed in the lorde His hert is vnderset he shal nat fere vntyll he se his desyer fall vpō his enemys He distributeth gyueth forth to the pore nedy his rightwisnesse abydeth for euer his power shall be exalted with dignitye All this shall the vngodlye se and haue indygnacyon he shall grynne with his teth shall consume him self for the vngodly verily shal be dysapoynted of his desyer The argument into the C.xiij. Psal. ¶ Here the Prophet exhorteth to the prayse of god for that he beholdeth he gouerneth and at his pleasure chaungeth all thynges lyftynge vp alwayes the humble men restoring the careful wretches The tytle Loue ye the lorde LAudate pueri Praise ye seruātes of the lorde god praise ye the name of the lorde Let the name of the lorde be sprede in this tyme into all worldes to come Frō the sōne risynge vnto the downe fallynge the name of the lorde be praysed High is the lord aboue all natiōs his beautifull glory is aboue heuēs Who maye be compared to the lorde our god euen he that ruleth on highe I meane him whiche so humbleth him selfe that he wolde se all thynges bothe in heuen erth Which lyfteth vp the pore frō the dust exalteth the nedy frō the donge To set him with the beste euyn with the chefe of his people Whiche so restoreth the baren that she hath an house full and maketh her a glad mother of many chyldren Prayse ye the lorde The argumēt in to the C.xiiij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophete declareth howe ioyfully Israell was brought out of Egypt and toucheth brefely certayne of the chefe miracles whiche the lorde dyd for them IN exitu Whan Israell came oute of Egypt the house of Iacob from the people of strange tonge Iuda was goddes holy people Israel was the folke ouer whō he wold haue rule The see sawe the hoste of god come she gaue backe Iordayne fled gaue place The mountayns scipped lyke wethers the hylles lyke the lāmes of the flocke What ayled the thou see thus to flye thou Iordane why goest thou backe What meane ye moūtains thus to
heuens and erthe The argument in to the C.xxv Ps. ¶ Here is declared the congregation of god to be sure god defendynge them and to prospere the lorde fauorynge and weedyng the vngodly out of them QUi confidunt They that stycke to the lord shal neuer stagger but shall stāde fast for euer lyke the moūte of Siō And lyke as Ierusalem is gyrte aboute with hylles euen so closeth the lorde his people from this tyme vnto euerlasting He wyll nat suffre the power of the vngodly to oppresse the lande of the rightwyse leste the rightwyse put forth their handes vnto any wyckednesse Deale thou gentely with good mē and with men right in their hertes Them that swarue from the right waye vnto shrewdnes the lorde might leade a waye with men gyuen vnto wyckednes The argument in to the C.xxvi Psal. ¶ Here is declared the gladnes of the people returned from Babylon and vnder this fygure is it shewed also the gladnes of the faythful whō Christe hath verily delyuered from the captiuyte of synne and dethe IN cōuertendo Whā the lorde shal bringe agayne vs of Syon frō capt●uyte we shal be lyke mē dremīge for ioy Than shall our mouthes be fylled withe laughter and our tonges with tryumph than shall it be sayde amonge the gentyles that the lorde hath wrought mightely with these men The lorde shall worke mightely with vs we shall be refresshed with gret gladnes Bringe vs agayne frō captiuyte o lorde for so shalte thou fyll vs with ioye as if thou shuldest gyue plentuouse floudes to the dwellers in the thursty south deserte They that sowe with teares shall reape with gladnesse Whan they wente forth to sowe they wente wepynge takynge with them their seede coddes But whan they shall come agayne they shall come withe grette ioye bringynge their handes full of corne The argumēt into the C.xxvij ps ¶ This Psalme teacheth vs the house and family the sure custody of the cyte to haue meate rest and chyldren well dysposed and towarde all cometh of the grace of god NIsi dūs Excepte the lorde bylde the house the bilders therof labour but in vayne Excepte the lorde kepe the cyte the keper therof watcheth but in vayne It is all in vayne that ye haste your selues to ryse so erly and agayne to dyfferre your downe syttinge to eate your careful brede excepte god gyue it all For it is he that thus shall gyue vnto his welbeloued quyete slepe and plentuouse refection with good fode Lo chyldren ar the heritage which the lorde gyueth the frute of the wombe is his reward As arowes ar in the handꝭ of mighty mē euen so shal be the chyldren of thy youth Blessed is the man which hath his quyuer fylled with these arrowes for they shall nat be shamed whan they shall haue to do with their enemyes in iugement The argument into the C.xxviij Ps. ¶ This Psal. techeth vs that the worshyppers of god shall prospere both priuatly and openly BEati omnes Blessed is he who so euer worshippeth the lorde whiche also walketh in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thyn own hādes shalt haue prosperouse encrase Thy wyfe shall be fruytfull as the vyne tree within the walles of thy house thy chyldren shall stande roundabout thy table lyke the plantes of the olyue trees Lo thus shall that man be blessed whiche worshyppeth the lorde The lorde shall do the good frō Sion thou shalte delyte beholdyng the prosperitie of Ierusalem all dayes of thy lyfe And thou shalte se thy childers children and the felycitie of Ierusalem The argument in to the E. xxix psa ¶ This Psalme sheweth vs that the vngodly although they vexe longe and sore the people of god yet shall they nat preuayle but at the laste to perisshe goddes people beynge free and safe SEpe expugna Greuously haue they vexed me euyn fro my youthe nowe let Israell speke Greuously haue they vexed me euyn fro my youth but yet they preueyle nat agaynst me Upon my backe these plowmen plowed and haue cutforth their longe vorowes But the rightwyse lord hath cut away the bondꝭ of these vngodly They shal be shamed put to flyght who so euer hateth Syon They shal be as grasse that groweth vpō the house ryggꝭ which is wethred before it be pulled vp With the which neither the reaper fylleth his hādes nor yet the gatherer fylleth his armes Neither the goers forby so regarded thē as to say ones god blesse you or we well wysshe you in the name of the lorde The argument into the C.xxx Psal. ¶ This Psalme is an ernest prayer full of affectes of a man here oppressed with aduersytie for his sīnes but yet promisynge him selfe with fast fayth hope frō god to haue both forgyuenes of his sīnes delyuerance frō his afflictiōs DE profundis Fro my most depest painfull troubles called I vpon the lorde Lorde here y● me let thy eares be attente vnto my depe desyre If thou shuldest loke narowly vpon oure wycdkenesses o lorde o lord who might abyde the But there is mercy with the and therfore arte thou worshypped I abyde the lorde my soule abydeth him I tary lokīg vp alway for thy ꝓmises My soule wayteth for the lorde as desyrously as the watche men in the mornīge watche desyre the day sprynge Let Israell wayte for the lorde for with the lorde is there mercy plentuouse redēption And it is he that shall redeme Israell from all his wyckednesses The argument in to the C.xxxi Psal. ¶ Here in this Psal. the prophet sheweth him selfe to be without all pride to haue folowed humilite wherfor he trusted to be exalted of god DOmine non Lorde my herte is nat proude neyther loke I a lofte I take nat stoutly vpon me in great maters neyther presume I in meruelouse thynges aboue my estate But verily I repressed and put my soule to sylence lyke a wainlyng from his mothers teate euen lyke a wainlynge was my soule in very dede Let Israhell wayte and trust vpon the lorde from this tyme into euerlastynge The argument into the C.xxxij Psal. ¶ This Ps. sīgeth the ꝑpetuall felycite of christes kyngdome of the presens of god in his cōgregation this all is mēte vnder the fygure of Dautds kyngdome of the Arches set in Sion MEmento dn̄e O lorde remembre thou Dauid his afflyction also Which swore to the lorde and made his vowe to the mighty god of Iacob Sayēg if I entre īto the tabernacle of my nowne house if I ascēde into my decked bed If I suffre my slepe to come into myne eyes or myne eye lyddꝭ ones to wīke Uncyll I shall fynde a place for the lorde a mansyon for the myghty god of Iacob I praye god I dye Lo we herde of thys house in Ephrata and haue founde it in the busshye felde We shall come into his māsyon and shall fall downe before his fote stole Aryse o lord come īto
the place of thy rest come in thou with the Arche of thy strength Let thy sacrifycers be cled withe rightwysnesse and thy sayntes tryumph ioyfully For thy seruaunt Dauides sake tourne nat a waye thy anoynted The lord swore vnto dauid of his trouth and shall nat reuoke it I shall sette vpon thy feate regall one of the fruyte of thy body If thy chyldren obserue my couuenaunte and my testymonyes wythe whiche I shall instructe them than euen their chyldren shall sytte vppon the seate regall for a longe space For the lorde hathe chosen Syon it is his pleasure there to haue his seate This shal be the place of my reste into all worldes here wyll I sytte for this seate haue I desyred Her yerely fruyt shal I fauourably encrease her poore nedyons wyll I satisfye with foode Her sacrifycers shall I cloth with helth and her sayntes shall reioyse euyn frome theyr verye hertes Here shall I make Dauydes impery to florisshe prosperouslye I haue prouyded a lanterne for my anoynted I shall wrappe his enemyes in cōfusyon and shame but in hym shall I florysshe the beautefull crowne regall The argument into the C.xxxiij psal ¶ Here ī this ps Da. praiseth brotherly cōcorde ECce quam bonum Beholde howe plesaunte and howe ioyfull a thynge it is bretherne to dwell to gyther and to be all of one mynde They ar lyke that precyouse good oyntement which powred vpon Aharons heed rāne downe into his berde into the berde of Aharō into the skirtes of his clothꝭ Ye this brotherly loue is lyke the dewe whiche fell vpon the hylles of Hermon and vpon the hylles of Syon For there the lorde gyueth forth his blessynge and lyfe euerlastynge The argumēt in to the C.xxxiiij Psal. ¶ Here Dauyd exhorteth vnto prayer and to prayse god and that in the nyght ECce nunc Behold prayse ye the lorde all seruantes of the lorde whiche cōtinually appere in the house of the lorde nyghtly Lyfte vp your handes vnto the holy secrete place prayse ye the lorde The lorde might do the good frō Sion which hath made the heuēs erth The argument into the C.xxxv. Psal. ¶ Here the Prophet excyteth the people to praise god he publyssheth his power both by myracles done for them in that he so exalted them aboue other also he promyseth his helpe to the beleuers in him Idoles and their worshyppers laughed all to scorne The tytle of thys psal Prayse ye the lorde LAudate nomē Prayse ye the name of the lorde prayse ye that are the seruantes of the lorde Whiche appere continually ī the house of the lorde in the porches of the house of our god Prayse ye God for he is a good Lorde prayse his name for it is gloriouse For god hath chosen vnto hym Iacob euē Israell īto his owne proper people For I haue knowen that great is the lorde and our god to be greater than all goddes What so euer lyked him the lorde hath made in heuens and in erthe in the sees and in all depe waters Which caryeth vp cloudes from the farthest partes of therth ● he maketh lyghtenynges with rayne he leadeth forth the wyndes of his treasure houses Whiche smytte the firste begotten in Egypte bothe of man and beaste He sente forthe tokens and wonders in to the myddes of Egypte agaynst Pharao and all his seruauntes Which smytte the most grettest nacions and slewe right valyant kynges As Syhon kynge of the Amorreons and Og the kynge of Bashan and all the kyngdomes of Chanaan And gaue their lāde īto an heritage euē into heritage vnto Israell his people Lorde thy name is setforth for euer and thy memoryall into all ages For the lorde shall auenge delyuer his peple which satisfyed with their punishmēt shall be pleased agayne with his people The fayned images of the gentyles are but golde syluer ● the workes of mēnes handes They haue mouthes and speke nat eyes and se nat They haue cares and heare nat neither is there verily any breth in their mouthes Thei that make thē ar lyke thē they also that truste in thē Ye of the house of Israell praise the lorde the house of Aharon prayse ye the lorde The house of Leuy loue ye the lorde ye that feare the lorde loue ye the lorde The lorde be praysed from Syon which hath his seate regall in Ierusalem Loue ye the lorde The argument into the C.xxxvi Psa. ¶ Here the Prophet excyteth men to the prayse of god to kindle them therto he putteth thē in mynde of the creatyon of the worlde and of the myracles shewed for the delyuerāce of Israhell COnfitemini Honour ye the lorde for he is fauorablye good and hys mercy is sette forthe for euer Honour ye god whiche is the god of all goddes for his mercy is set forth for euer Honoure ye the lorde of lordes for hys mercy is set forthe for euer Whiche alone dothe the great myracles for his mercy is set forth for euer Which by his heuenly wytte hathe made the heuens for his mercy is set forth for euer Whiche hath spred abrode therth aboue the waters for his mercy is set forth for euer Which hath made the great lyghtes for his mercy is set forth for euer The sōne to haue the preemynence of the daye for his mercy is set forth for euer The moone sterres to beare rule in the night for his mercy is set forth for euer Which smyt the Egyptiōs in their first begoten for his mercy is set forth for euer And led forth Israel euyn frō the middes of thē for his mercy is set forth for euer Which cutte the redde see into tway partes for his mercy is set forth for euer And led ouer Israell thorow the myddꝭ therof for his mercy is set forth for euer And threwe down Pharao his host in the red see for his mercye is set forth for euer Which led his people thorowe the wyldernes for his mercy is set forth for euer which smyt downe great kynges for his mercy is set forth for euer Which slewe noble kīges for his mercy is set forth for euer As Sihon the kīge of the Amorrēs for his merci is set forth for euer And Og the kīg of Bashā for his mercy is set forth for euer And gaue their lāde in to an heritage for his mercy is set forth c. Euē into heritage vnto Israel his seruāt for his mercy is set c Which remēbred vs whan we were caste downe for his mercy is setforth for euer And redemed vs from our enemyes for his mercy is set forthe c. Which gyueth meate to euery thinge lyuynge for his mercy is set forth for euer Honoure ye the god of heuens for hys mercy is sette forth for euer The argument into the C.xxxvij psa ¶ In this Psal. it is declared that the Babylonytes asked songes of the Israhelytes beinge with them incaptiuyte whiche answered theyr harpes to be hanged
brekynge in no rōnynge out no out criynge in our stretes Happy is that people with whom it goeth thus happy is that people which holdeth the lorde for their god The argument into the C.xlv Ps. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid declareth the mercy of god to be so poured forth into euery mā that all thynges do prayse and magnifye it but chefely the faythfull men whiche are moste plentuously fylled with it The tytle The hymme of Dauid EXaltabo I shall extoll the god o kynge and shall publyshe thy name thorowout all the worlde Contynually shall I magnifye prayse thy name throwout all the worldes Great is the lorde worthy moche prayse his greatnes can nat be serched Frō age to age thy workes shal be praysed and they shal declare thy noble actes All my mynde shall be ernestly set at all tymes to declare thy cleare and glorious fame and also to publishe thy meruelous dedes Men shal speke forth the mighty power of thy myracles and I shall put them in mynde of thy myght Men shall shewe forthe the memoriall of thy plentuous mercy and shall ioyfully tryumphe of thy ryghtwysnes The lorde is fauorable bente vnto mercy slowe vnto wrathe and of plentuouse goodnes Gentle is the lorde vnto al mē and his mercyable gentelnes swimming ouer all his workes All thy workes shall magnifye the and thy mercy shal declare thy selfe Men shall preache the beautefull glorye of thy kyngdome and shall extoll thy dedes with wordes That they myght certifye and shewe mē his noble actes his glorie his clearnes Thy kyngdome is a kyngdome in to all worldes and thy power is a power thorowe out all ages The lorde stayeth who so euer slydeth and as many as are thrust downe he lyfteth vp agayne The eyes of all thynges loke vp wayte vpon the and thou gauest them meate in tyme. Thou openest thy hande satisfyest all thyngꝭ lyuyng for thy goodwyll Ryghtwyse is the lorde in all his waye he is good in all his dedes Present is the lorde to as many as call vpon him to as many as call vpon him of true belefe To them that feare him he maketh all thinges acceptable he heareth their erienge and saueth them The lorde kepeth all that loue him and all the vngodly he wyll banyshe My mouth shall speke the prayse of the lorde euery thynge lyuynge shal sprede his holy name into all the worldes The argument into the C.xlvi Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse of lyke argumēt with the Psal. before saue that here the Prophet disswadeth chefely the trust in to men whan it is so that god is he which alone both may saue wyll saue all that trust in him The title of the Psal Prayse ye the lorde LAuda aīa mea Prayse the lord my soule I shall prayse the lorde whiles I lyue I shal synge vnto my god as longe as I shall haue my beynge Trust nat in princes which are but men in whom there is no sauynge helth Their breth goth forth of their bodyes and by by they are turned ī to their erth in the same day all their counsels perishe Hapy is he that seketh helpe of the god of Iacob whose hope is the lorde his god Which hath made heuens and erth the see and what so euer ar contayned in thē which kepeth his promyse for euer Which auengeth men vexed wrongfully whiche gyueth meate to the hungry it is the lorde that loseth men in holde The lorde gyueth lyghte to the blynde the lorde lyfteth vp men oppressed it is the lorde that loueth the rightwyse The lorde kepeth stāgers he lyfteth vp the yonge fatherles the wydowes and the purposꝭ of thūgodly he turneth vp so downe The lorde shal be kynge for euer whiche is thy god o Sion in to al ages Prayse ye the lorde The argument into the C.xlvij Psal. ¶ In this Psalme the prophet exhorteth Israhell by name to the prayse of god and also the cytisens of Ierusalem LAudare dn̄m Prayse ye the lorde for it is a plesaunt and a ioyefull thinge to prayse our god there is no thinge so to be desyred as the prayse of hym The lorde shall restore Ierusalē shall gather to gyther the scattered out lawes of Israell He healeth the broken in herte and caseth their heuy labours He nombreth the sterres gyueth namꝭ to them all Grace is our lorde grace is his power his wyt may no mā cōprehēde The lorde lyfteth vp the meke lowlyōs the proude vngodlye he casteth downe to the groūde Sīge ye to the lord with thākes giuynge synge ye vnto our god with harpe Which ouerledeth the heuens with cloudes and prepayreth rayne for the erthe and bringeth forth grasse in the hylles Which gyueth cat all their foode meat also to the rauyns chekens calling for it He delyteth nat in strength stronge stedes neyther hath he pleasure in the trumpets of men But his plesure is in them that feare him truste vpon his mercy Praise thou the lorde o Ierusalē prayse thi god o Siō For it is he that shal strēgthen the barres of thy gates shall lade thi cytesens within the with plētuouse gyftes He endueth thy costes aboute the with pease and satisfyeth the with the mooste purest floure of the wheate He sendeth forth his pleasures in to the erth his cōmaūdemētes rōne forth swiftly He gyueth downe snowe lyke wulle the hore froste he scatreth lyke asshes He casteth forthe his hayle lyke gobbetꝭ of bred who maye abyde his colde He sendeth forth his worde and melteth them awaye he ledeth backe his wynde and the waters droppe downe It is he that tolde his pleasurs to Iacob vis ordynance and decrees vnto Israhel With no natiō hath he thus delt neither to any other dyd he publyshe his decrees The argument into the C.xlviii Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophet exhorteth all creatures both heuenly erthly to the praise of god The tytle of the Psal. Praise ye the lorde LAudate dn̄m Prayse the lorde ye heuēly mīdes prayse ye hī all that are aboue Praise him all aungels prayse him all his hoste roundaboute hym Praise him sonne and mone praise hym all bright and shynynge sterres Prayse him the mooste highest heuens and ye waters that ar aboue the heuens Praise ye the name of the lorde for he made all thīges with a worde And hath made them to stāde fast into all worldꝭ he hath gyuen thē a lawe whiche they breke nat Prayse ye the lorde al creatures of therth dragōs all depe waters Fyer hayle snowe yse stormy wīdes doing his commaundement Mountayns and all high hylles frutefull trees all cedre trees All wylde bestes tame all thīges that crepe fethered foules Kinges of therth all peple princes all rulers of therthe Syngle men maydēs old men yonge prayse the name of the lorde for it is only hyghe and sprede ouer erth and heuens He
shall lyfte vp the power of his peple it becometh his sayntes to praise hī which haue professed hym euyn Israhell hys owne people which cometh vnto him The argument into the C.xlix Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophet exhorteth Israel to prayse god The tytle Prayse ye the lorde CAntate Singe ye to the lorde with a newe dytie his prayse shall be in the congregation of the sayntes Israhell shall reioyse of his maker and the cytesens of Syon of their kynge They shal prayse his name with trōpet synge ye vnto him with taberet harpe For the lorde well pleased with his people shall or nowrne lowlions with his helpe Saītes shall reioyse euen frō their hertꝭ the nobles shal triūphe ī their couches The exaltyng of god is in their fhrotes and in their handes a twoedged swerde To take vengeaūce vpon the gentyles to correcte the people To bynde their kynges in chaines their most noblest rulers in feters of yerne ▪ To execute iugement among them as it is writen this glory shal be vnto all that ar his saintes The argument into the C.l. Psal. ¶ In this Ps. the ꝓphet exhorteth to the praise of god that nat only with voice but with al maner of musical īstrumē● the ti praise ye the lord LAudate do in sane Prayse hī that kepeth his resydence in his secrete holy place prayse hī that reigneth in the firmamente the seate of his power Prayse hī for his strength prayse hī for his almightines Praise him with sown of trumpets praise hī with lutes harpes Prayse him with tympany and taberet prayse him with orgayns and pypes Prayse him withe softe claricymbales prayse him with loude claricymbales What soo euer thynge is endued wythe breathe let it prayse the lorde Loue ye the lorde Finis ¶ The table A Ad te dn̄e leuaui ps xxv Ad te dn̄e cla ps xrviii Afferte domino ps xxix Audite hoc o. gē ps xlix Attendite Psal. lxrviii Ad dn̄m Psal. C.xx Ad te leuaui psa Cxxiii B Batus vir the fyrst ps Beati quorum ps xrxii Bn̄dicā do psal xrxiiii Beatus qui ītelli ps xli Bene dixisti do ps lxrxv Bonn̄ est confi plas xcii Benedic the first p. Ciii Bn̄dic the sec. psa Ciiii Beatus vir qi. psa Cxii Beati imma Ps. C xix Beati oēs psal Cxrviii Bn̄ dictꝰ do ps Cxliiii C ¶ Cū inuocarē ps iiii Confitebor tibi psal ix Conserua me Psal. xvi Celi enarrant psal xix Cōfitebimur ti ps lxxv Cātate the first ps x●vi Cāt the ii psa xCviii Confit the first ps Cv Confit the secōd ps c vi Confit the third ps cvii Cōfitebor the sec. ps cxi Cōfit the fourt p. cxviii Confi the v. ps cxrxvi Cōf the third p. cxrxviii Cāt the third ps Cxlix D Domine quid psal iii Domine ne the i. psa vi Domine deus Psa. vii Domine dūs psal vlii Dixit insipiens ps xiiii Dn̄e quis habi Ps. xv Diligam te Psal. xviii Dn̄e in virtute psal xri Deus meꝰ deus ps xxii Dominus regit ps xxiii Dn̄i est terra Ps xxiiii Dn̄s illumina ps xrvii Dixit iniustus ps xrxvi Do. ne the ●● ps xrxviii Dixit custodiā ps xrxix Deus auribꝰ Ps. xliiii Deus n● re Psal. xlvi Deus deorum Psal. l Dixit insipiens Ps liii Deus ī noīe tuo ps liiii Deus repulisti Psal. lx Deus deꝰ meus ps lxiii Deus miscrea● ps lrvii Deus in adiuto ps lxx Deus iudicium ps lxxii Deus venerūt ps lx●ix Deus stetit ī sy p. lxrxii Deus q̄s simi ps lx●xiii Donine de fa. p. l●rxviii Domine refugiū ps xC Dn̄s reg deco Ps. xCiii Deus vltionū ps xCiiii Do. reg exul Ps. xCvii Do reg iras Psa. xcix Domine ex the i. ps Cii Deus laudē incā p Cix Dixit dominus Psa cx Dilexi quoniam ps cxvi De profundis psal cxrx Domine non psal cxrxi Domine proba p cxrxix Domine clamaui p cxli Dūe ex the ii psa cxliii E Exaudi domine ps xvii Exaudiat te do psal xx Exaltabo te do psa xxx Exultate iusti ps xrxiii Expectans expe psal xl Eructauit cor me p xlv Exaudi deus ora ps lv Eripe me the i. psal lix Exaudi deꝰ depre p. lxi Exaudi deꝰ ora p. lxiiii Exurgat deus ps lxviii Exultate deo ad p lxrxi Ecce quā bonū p. cxrxiii Ecce nunc psal cxrxiiii Eripe me the ii psa cxl Exaltabo te deꝰ ps cxlv F Fūdamēta eiꝰ p. lxrxvii I In domino con psal xi Iudica me domi p xrvi In te do speraui p. xrxi Iudica domine ps xrxv Iudica me deus ps xliii Iubilate the i. psa lxvi In te domi the .ii. p. lxxi Inclina domi ps lxrxvi Iubila●e the ii psa Cix In exitu Israell p cx●●● In conuertendo p cxxvi L La udate pueri ps cxiii Laudate dūm ps Cxvii Leuaui oculos ps c xxi Letatus sum ps C xxii Laudate nomē p cxxxv Lauda aīa mea p. c xlvi Laudate do quo p cxlvii Laudate do de p. cxlviii Laudate do in sāc ps cl M Magnus do ps xl viii Miserere the i ps li. Miserere the .ii. ps lvi Miserere the .iii. ps lvii Misericordias do p xci Misericordiā iu p. Ci Memento do Ps. cxxxii N Noli emulari ps xxxvii Nonne deo sub ps lxii Notus in iudic p. lxxvi Non nobis domi Cxv Nisi qr dominꝰ p cxxiiii Nisi do edi Ps cxxvii O Oēs gentes Psal. xlvii P Paratum cor ps Cviii Q Quare fremuerūt Ps ii Quare do reces Psal. x Quēadmodū de ps xlii Quid gliaris ī ma. p iii Quam bonus ps lxxiii Quare deꝰ repu p. lxxiiii Qui regis Isra ps lxxx Quam dilicta p lxrxiiii Qui habitat in psal xci Qui confidunt ps cxxv S Saluum me fac d p. xii Si vere vtique iu. p. lviii Saluū me fac de p lxix Sepe expugna ps cxxix Suꝑ flu Ba ps cxxxvii T Te decet hymnꝰ Ps lxv U Uerba mea auribꝰ ps v Usquequo do Psa xiii Ut quid do re ps lxxiiii Uoce mea ad Ps. lxxvii Uenite exultemꝰ ps xcv Uoce mea the ii ps cxli Finis ¶ Printed at London by Thomas Godfray ❧ Cum priuilegio Regali Praise ye the lorde Amen