wayes when I acknowledged with mercie thou didst heare Heare now eftsoones and mee instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teach mee once throughly for to know thy preceptes and thy lore Thy workes then will I meditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I feele so sore opprest that it melteth for griefe According to thy word therefore haste Lord to send reliefe verse 29 From lying and deceitefull lippes let thy grace mee defend And that I may learne thee to loue thine holy law mee send verse 30 The way of trueth both straight and sure I haue chosen and found I set thy judgementes mee before which keepe mee safe and sound verse 31 Since then O Lord I forc'de my selfe thy Couenantes to embrace Let mee therefore haue no rebuke nor checke in any case verse 32 Then will I runne with joyfull cheare where thy word doeth mee call When thou hast set mine heart at large and ridde mee out of thrall HE. verse 33 Instruct mee Lord in the right trade of thy statutes diuine And it to keepe euen to the end mine heart I will incline verse 34 Grant mee the knowledge of thy Law and I shall it obey With heart and mind and all my might I will it keepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy preceptes guide mee Lord I require None other pleasure doe I wish nor greater thing desire verse 36 Incline mine heart thy lawes to keepe and Couenantes to embrace And from all filthie auarice Lord shield mee with thy grace verse 37 From vaine desire and worldly lustes turne backe mine eyes and sight Giue mee the spirite of life and power to walke thy wayes aright verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lord which thou hast made to mee Which am thy seruant and doe loue and feare nothing but thee verse 39 Reproach and shame which I so feare from mee O LORD expell For thou doest judge with equitie and therein doest excell verse 40 Behold mine heartes desire is bent thy Lawes to keepe for ay LORD strengthen mee so with thy grace that it performe I may VAV verse 41 Thy mercies great and manyfold let mee obtaine O LORD Thy sauing health let mee enjoy according to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop the slandrous mouthes of leude men and vnjust For in thy faithfull promises standes my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of trueth within my mouth let euer still bee prest For in thy judgementes wonderfull mine hope doeth stand and rest verse 44 And while that breath within my brest doeth naturall life preserue Yea till this world shall bee dissolued thy Law I will obserue verse 45 So walke will I as set at large and made free from all dread Because I sought how for to keepe thy preceptes and thy read verse 46 Thy noble actes I will describe as thinges of moste great fame Euen before kinges I will them blase and shrinke no whit for shame verse 47 I will rejoyce then to obey thy worthie Hestes and will Which euermore I haue lou'de best and so will loue them still verse 48 Mine handes will I lift to thy Lawes which I haue dearely sought And practise thy Commandementes I will in deede and thought ZAIN verse 49 Thy promise which thou mad'st to mee thy seruant LORD remember For therein haue I put my trust and confidence for euer verse 50 It is my comfort and my joy when troubles mee assaile For were my life not by thy word my life would soone mee faile verse 51 The proud and such as GOD contemne still made of mee a scorne Yet would I not thy Law forsake as hee that were forlorne verse 52 But cald to mind LORD thy good works shewde to our fathers olde Whereby I felt the joyes surmount my griefe an hundreth folde verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quake seeing how wicked men Thy Law forsooke and did procure thy judgementes who know'th when verse 54 And as for mee I framde my song thy statutes of exalt When I among the strangers dwelt and thoughtes gan mee assault verse 55 I thought vpon thy Name O Lord by night when others sleepe As for thy law I it obey and euer will it keepe verse 56 This grace I did obtaine because thy Couenantes sweet and deare I did embrace and also keepe with reuerence and with feare HETH verse 57 O God who art my part and lot my comfort and my stay I haue decreed and promised thy law to keepe alway verse 58 Mine earnest heart did humbly sue in presence of thy face As thou therefore hast promised Lord grant mee of thy grace verse 59 My life I haue examined and tride my secret heart Which to thy statutes caused mee my feet straight to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthfull are But hastely thy lawes to keepe I did my selfe beware verse 61 The cruell bandes of wicded men haue made of mee their prey Yet would I not thy lawes forget nor from the go astray verse 62 Thy righteous judgement toward mee so great is and so hie That euen at mid-night will I rise thy Name to magnifie verse 63 Companion am I to all them which feare thee in their heart And neither will for loue nor dread from thy Commandementes start verse 64 Thy mercies Lord moste plenteously doe all the world fulfill Oh teach mee how I may obey thy statutes and thy will TETH verse 65 According to thy promise Lord so hast thou with mee dealt For of thy grace in sundrie sortes haue I thy seruant felt verse 66 Teach mee alwayes to judge aright and giue mee knowledge sure For certainely beleeue I doe that thy preceptes are pure verse 67 Ere thou didst touch mee with thy rodde I erde and went astray But now I keepe thine holy word and make it all my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gracious and giuest moste liberally Thine ordinances how to keepe therefore O Lord teach mee verse 69 The proud and wicked men haue forgâ—de against mee many a lye Yet thy Commandementes still obserue with all mine heart will I. verse 70 Their harts are swoln with worldy wealth as grease so are they fat But in thy law doe I delite and nothing seeke but that verse 71 O happie time may I well say when thou didst mee correct For as a guide to learne thy Lawes thy roddes did mee direct verse 72 So that to mee thy word and law is dearer manyfolde Then thousandes great of siluer and golde or ought that can bee tolde IOD verse 73 Seeing thine handes haue made mee Lord to bee thy creature Grant knowledge likewise how to learne to put thy Lawes in ure verse 74 So they that feare thee shall rejoyce when euer they mee see Because I haue learnde by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 When with thy rods the world is plagued I know the cause is iust So when thou doest correct
THE CL. PSALMES OF DAVID in Scottish meter AFTER THE FORME that they are vsed to bee sung in the KIRKE of SCOTLAND IAMES 5.13 Is any among you afflicted let him pray Is any merry let him sing Psalmes EDINBVRGH Printed by ANDRO HART ANNO 1615. THE CL. PSALMES OF DAVID PSALME I. THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked rede his eare Nor led his life as sinners doe nor sate in scorners chaire verse 2 But in the Law of God the Lord doeth set his whole delight And in that Law doeth exercise himselfe both day and night verse 3 Hee shall bee like the tree that grow'th fast by the riuer side Which bringeth foorth moste pleasant fruite in her due time and tide Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fall but flourish still and stand Even so shall all thinges prosper well that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shall not the vngodly men they shall bee nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the winde driues to and fro verse 5 Therefore shall not the wicked men in judgement stand vpright Nor yet the sinners with the just shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of godly men vnto the Lord is knowne And eke the way of wicked men shall quite bee ouer-throwne PSALME II. WHy did the Gentiles tumultes raise what rage was in their braine Why did the Iewish people muse seeing all is but vaine The Kinges and Rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent against the Lord and Christ his Sonne whom hee among vs sent verse 3 Shall wee bee bound to them say they let all their bondes bee broke And of their doctrine and their law let vs reject the yoke verse 4 But hee that in the heauen dwelleth their doinges will deride And make them all as mocking stockes through-out the world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord will speake to them vpon a day And in his furie trouble them and then the Lord will say verse 6 I haue annoynted him my King vpon my holy hill I will therefore Lord preach thy lawes and eke declare thy will verse 7 For in this wise the Lord himselfe did say to mee I wote Thou art my deare and onely Sonne this day I thee begote verse 8 All people I will giue to thee as heires at thy request The endes and coastes of all the earth by thee shall bee possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruise euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters shearde shall breake them with an yron rodde verse 10 Now yee O kinges and rulers all bee wise therefore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be judged and discernde verse 11 See that yee serue the Lord aboue in trembling and in feare See that with reuerence yee rejoyce to him in like maner verse 12 See that yee kisse and eke embrace his blessed Sonne I say Lest in his wrath yee suddenly perish in the mid way If once his wrath neuer so small shall kindle in his brest verse 13 Oh then all they that trust in Christ shall happie bee and blest PSALME III. O Lord howe are my foes increast which vexe mee more and more They kill mine heart when as they saye God can him not restore verse 2 But thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead My worshippe and mine honour both and thou holdst vp mine head verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lord I did both call and cry And hee out of his holy hill did heare mee by and by verse 5 I laide mee downe and quietly I slept and rose againe For why I know assuredly the Lord will mee sustaine verse 6 If ten thousand had hemde mee in I could not bee afraide For thou art still my Lord my God my Sauiour and mine aide verse 7 Rise vp therefore saue mee my God for now to thee I call For thou hast broke the cheekes and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Saluation onely doeth belong to thee O Lord aboue Thou doest bestow vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue PSALME IV. Sing this as the 3. Psalme O God that art my righteousnesse Lord heare mee when I call Thou hast set mee at libertie when I was bounde and thrall verse 2 Haue mercie Lord therefore on mee and graunt mee this request For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortall men how long will yee my glory thus despise Why wander yee in vanitie and follow after lyes verse 4 Know yee that good and godly men the Lord doeth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint hee doeth mee not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stand in awe therefore examine well your heart And in your chamber quietly see yee your selues conuert verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnesse I say And looke that in the liuing Lord you put your trust alway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goods and riches doe embrace But Lord graunt vs thy countenance thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou thereby shalt make my heart more joyfull and more glad Then they that of their corne and wine full great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therefore lye downe will I taking my rest and sleepe For thou onely wilt mee O Lord alone in safetie keepe PSALME V. Sing this as the 3. Psalme INcline thine eares vnto my wordes O Lord my plaint consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my King my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Heare mee betime Lord tarie not For I will haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleasde with wickednesse and ill with thee dwel'th none verse 5 And in thy fight shall neuer stand these furious fooles O Lord Vaine workers of iniquitie thou hast alwayes abhord verse 6 The lyers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them than And God will hate the blood-thirstie and the deceitfull man verse 7 Therefore will I come to thine house trusting vpon thy grace And reverently will worshippe thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead mee in thy righteousnesse for to confound my foes And eke the way that I shall walke before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouthes there is no trueth their heart is foule and vaine Their throate an open sepulchre their tongues doe glose and faine verse 10 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought Subuert them in their heapes of sinne which haue rebellion wrought verse 11 But those that put their trust in thee let them bee glad alwayes And render thankes for thy defence and giue thy Name the praise verse 12 For thou with fauour wilt increase the just and righteous still And with thy grace as with a shield defend him from all ill PSALME VI. LOrd in thy wrath
bee verse 24 Powre out thy wrath as hote as fire that it on them may fall Let thy displeasure in thine ire take hold vpon them all verse 25 As desert drie their house disgrace their off-spring eke expell That none thereof possesse their place nor in their tentes doe dwell verse 26 If thou doest strike the man to tame on him they lay full sore And if that thou doe wound the same they seeke to hurt him more verse 27 Lord let them heape vp misciefe still sith they are all peruert That of thy fauour and good will they neuer haue no part verse 28 And dash them cleane out of the booke of life of hope of trust That for their names they neuer looke in number of the just verse 29 Though I O Lord with woe and griefe haue beene full sore opprest Thy helpe shall giue mee such reliefe that all shall bee redrest verse 30 That I may giue thy Name the praise and shew it with a song I will extoll the same alwayes with heartie thankes among verse 31 Which is more pleasant vnto thee such mind thy grace hath borne Then either oxe or calfe can bee that hath both hoofe and horne verse 32 When simple folke doe this behold it shall rejoyce them sure All yee that seeke the Lord bee bold your life for aye shall dure verse 33 For why the Lord of hoastes doth heare the poore when they complaine His prisoners are to him full deare hee doeth them not disdaine verse 34 Wherefore the Skie and earth below the sea with flood and streame His praise they shall declare and shew with all that liue in them verse 35 For sure our God will Sion saue and Iudahs cities build Much folke possession there shall haue her streetes shall all bee fild verse 36 His seruantes seed shall keepe the same all ages out of mind And there all they that loue his NAME a dwelling place shall find PSALME LXX MAke haste O GOD to set mee free For why my foes are fiercely bent For helpe with speede I call to thee O LORD make haste my foes preuent verse 2 Confounde them quite and put to shame That seeke my soule so furiously Let them bee turned backe with blame That wish mee harme but causes why verse 3 Let them bee LORD as men forlorne And turned backe with shame indeed Which cry Aha aha in scorne As though thou couldst not helpe at need verse 4 But such as doe thy trueth approue Let those bee glad and joy in thee And such as thy Saluation loue Say thus O GOD thou praised bee verse 5 But now O GOD I still remaine In needynesse and great distresse Make haste therefore mee to sustaine Delay not LORD but send redresse PSALME LXXI MY trust O LORD in thee I haue put euermore Oh! let mee neuer take the foyle nor shrinke for shame therefore verse 2 But for thy justice sake mee rescue and defend Incline thy gracious care to mee and nowe some succour send verse 3 Bee thou my Rocke most sure that aye I may bee bold Thou hast giuen charge to saue mee sound and art my towre and hold verse 4 O thou my God and Lord from wicked handes mee shield And from all cruell enemies rage which seeke to make mee yeeld verse 5 For thou art my sure hope on whom I doe depend O Lord my God thou art my trust since I did childhood end verse 6 Yea from my mothers wombe thou wast my stay and guide Thou took'st mee thence therefore will I thee praise both time and tide verse 7 As I a monster were full many fled mee fro Yet thou wast my strong hope and trust so that I dread no foe verse 8 Like as the gushing spring so shall my mouth burst out Thy praises and magnificence for euer the world about verse 9 And now reject mee not when age creep'th mee vpon Nor yet forsake mee in this plonge when strength and force is gone verse 20 For they haue talck't of mee which seeke mine vtter shame And they which would bereaue my life deuised haue the same verse 21 Saying with courage stout God hath him cast away Pursue him hard and hold him fast for none him succour may verse 22 Ah God some mercy show and bee not farre from mee My God make haste to helpe mee now as mine hope is in thee verse 23 Strike thou my foes with shame kill them which would mee kill Let shame and flander burie them which would mee harme and ill verse 14 The meane while patiently I will attend and waite Extolling euer more and more thy praises high and great verse 15 And though thy sweet mercies in number passe my reach I dayly will thy righteousnesse and thy saluation teach verse 16 I will remaine O Lord in thy great strength and might I will record thy bountie great and bring it foorth to light verse 17 My GOD thou hast mee taught euen from my youth thy sawes And hitherto I haue set foorth thy diuine workes and lawes verse 18 Now Lord forsake mee not when head and haire is gray Thine arme till I haue taught this age and ages all for aye verse 19 As for thy justice LORD it is indeed most hie For thou hast done great thinges O GOD and who is like to thee verse 20 For thou hast made mee see full great troubles and griefe But when thou turndst comfort I felt by life thou sendst reliefe verse 21 Mine honour and estate thou hast encreased so That by thy louing face I feele my selfe comforted tho verse 22 Therefore thy trueth will I on viols praise my LORD O holy One of Israel mine harpe shall eke accord verse 23 My lippes shall sing for joy when I shall tune thy praise Likewise my soule by thee redeemde the same shall doe alwayes verse 24 Also my tongue shall speake thy mercies euer and aye For such as did procure mine hurt shame hath brought to decay PSALME LXXII LORD giue thy judgementes to the King therein instruct him well And with his sonne that princely thing LORD let thy justice dwell verse 2 That hee may gouerne vprightly and rule thy folke aright And so defend with equitie the poore that haue no might verse 3 And let the mountaines that are hie vnto their folke giue peace And eke let litle hils apply thy justice to encrease verse 4 That hee may helpe the weake and poore with aide and make them strong And eke destroy for euermore all those that doe them wrong verse 5 And then from age to age shall they regard and feare thy might So long as Sunne doeth shine by day or els the Moone by night verse 6 Lord make the King vnto the just like raine to fieldes new mowne And like to drops that lay the dust and fresh the land vnsowne verse 7 The just shall flourish in his time and all shall bee at peace Vntill the moone shall leaue to prime waste change and to encrease verse 8 Hee
doeth reigne although at it the people rage full sore Yea hee on Cherubim doeth sit though all the world would roare verse 2 The Lord that doeth in Sion dwell is high and wondrous great Aboue all folke hee doeth excell and hee aloft is set verse 3 Let all men praise thy mightie Name for it is fearefull sure And let them magnifie the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our King doeth loue iudgement and right Thou rightly rulest euery thing in Iaakob through thy might verse 5 To praise the Lord our God deuise all honour him accorde Before his foote-stoole fall likewise hee is the holy Lord. verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as Priestes on him did call When they did pray hee heard them well and gaue them answere all verse 7 Within the cloude to them hee spake then did they labour still To keepe such Lawes as hee did make and pointed them vntill verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare to thee when they did seeke Thy mercie did on them appeare though thou their sinnes didst wreake verse 9 Giue laude and praise to God our Lord within his holy hill For why our God throughout the world is holy euer still PSALME C. ALl people that on earth doe dwell Sing to the LORD with chearefull voyce Him serue with feare his praise foorth-tell Come yee before him and reioyce verse 3 The Lord yee know is God indeed Without our aide hee did vs make Wee are his flocke hee doeth vs feede And for his sheepe hee doeth vs take verse 4 Oh enter then his gates with praise Approach with ioy his courtes vnto Praise laude and blesse his Name alwayes For it is seemely so to doe verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good His mercie is for euer sure His trueth at all times firmely stood And shall from age to age indure SALME CI. OF mercy and of iudgement both O LORD my song shall bee And it so oft as I doe sing shall bee O LORD to thee verse 2 I will my wayes with wisedome guide till thou my state erect And walke vprightly in mine house as one of thine Elect. verse 3 No wicked thing will I attempt but from the same refraine I hate the sinnes of faithlesse folke no such I will maintaine verse 4 The froward heart may take his leaue such shall not with mee dwell And for the proude and wicked man I will with force expell verse 5 Who so his neighbour doeth backe-bite that man will I destroy And who so hath a proude high looke I will the same annoy verse 6 For such as leade a godly life and wickednesse forsake Will I defend and more then that my seruantes will them make verse 7 Who so is bent to vse deceite mine house is not for such The lyer may I not beholde his lyes I hate so much verse 8 Th'vngodly soone I will destroy which dwell the land about And from the Citie of the Lord all wicked men roote out PSALME CII LORD to mine humble sute giue eare And let my crye fore thee appeare verse 2 Hide not thy face this troublous time But when I call thine eares incline Make haste to heare mee LORD I pray verse 3 For like as smoke consum'th away So are my dayes heere on this earth And all my bones parcht as an hearth verse 4 Like the mowne grasse withered and dry Such is mine heart because that I Through griefe my bread forgat to eat verse 5 For through my voyce of groninges great My bones vnto my skinne doe sticke verse 6 Yea I the Pelicane am like Which doeth in wildernesse abide And like the Owle of desertes wide verse 7 As on the house toppe all alone The sparrow doeth her selfe bemone Euen so I watch throughout the night verse 8 For dayly loe my foes mee spight And they that thus doe rage and scorne With one consent my death haue sworne verse 9 I ashes ate as bread through woe And blent my cuppe with teares also verse 10 This Lord mee hapneth for thine ire And for thy wrath as hote as fire For thou in high estate mee plaste And downe to dust againe hast cast verse 11 My dayes are like the fading shade I like the withered grasse am made verse 12 But Lord thou still abidest sure Thy memorie for aye doeth dure verse 13 Thou wilt arise for Sion hill And grant thy mercie her vntill For loe the time the time I say Of mercie Lord is come this day verse 14 For in her stones thy seruantes lust And pitie take vpon her dust verse 15 So shall the Heathen feare thy Name And earthly kinges thy glorious fame verse 16 What time the Lord shall Sion reare And in his glorie shall appeare verse 17 And to the desolate him bende Despising not their sute t'attende verse 18 This shall bee written for the race That after shall succeede in place Yea people yet vncreated The Lordes renowne abroad shall spread verse 19 For from his holy Temple hie The Lord our God hath cast his eye From heauen the earth beholde did hee verse 20 The prisoners grones to heare and see And set the damned free from care verse 21 That they in Sion may declare This holy Name of God alwayes And in Ierusalem his praise verse 22 When to conueene the folke accord And kingdomes all to serue the Lord verse 23 My strength hee bated in the wayes And shorter cut my life and dayes verse 24 Wherefore I said my God moste hie In midst my life let mee not die Thy yeeres eternally indure From age to age abyding sure verse 25 Thou in times past the earth didst ground Thine handyworke the heauens are found verse 26 They perish shall thou standing still They shall waxe olde as garmentes will Thou changing them they shall so bide verse 27 But thou art one whose yeeres not slide verse 28 Thy seruantes sonnes for aye shall last And in thy sight their seede stand fast PSALME CIII MY soule giue laude vnto the LORD my spirite shall doe the same And all the secretes of mine heart praise yee his holy Name verse 2 Giue thankes to GOD for all his giftes shew not thy selfe vnkinde And suffer not his benefites to flippe out of thy minde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faultes and thee restorde againe For all thy weake and fraile disease and healde thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeeme thy ife from death from which thou couldst not flee His mercy and compassion both hee did extende to thee verse 5 That filde with goodnesse thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Eagle casteth her bill whereby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doeth repay all such as bee opprest So that their sufferinges and their wronges are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes and his commandementes to Moyses hee did showe His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did knowe verse 8 The
make verse 7 The LORD on my side doeth him retire With such as doe mee helpe and aide So that I shall see my just desire Vpon my foes which mee vp-braide verse 8 In GOD to trust is farre better Then to vaine man to trust and stand verse 9 To trust in GOD I say is surer Then princes lordes of sea and land verse 10 All nations haue mee round compassed With one consent yet in GODS NAME By mee they shall be soone destroyed And put to flight rebuke and shame verse 11 They haue mee round about inclosed Yea and shut vp with one accord Yet they by mee shall bee destroyed Euen in the NAME of GOD the LORD verse 12 Like bees they came about mee swarming But were as fire of thornes put out For in GODS NAME the Euer-liuing I shall confound them all no doubt verse 13 Thou hast O cruell aduersarie Thrust sore at mee with maine might To cause mee fall but loe contrarie For GOD hath helpt mee in my right verse 14 My strēgth force is GOD the most hie Yea hee my song is of pleasance For hee hath beene in all aduersitie Mine helper and deliuerance verse 15 The voyce of joy and freedome shall bee Within the just mans dwelling place Saying Behold right valiantly The Lords right hand hath broght to pas verse 16 The hand most strong of the Almightie Exalted is now presentlie Of God the Lord the right hand sturdie Hath done say they triumphantlie verse 17 Away away enuyers each one For yet deathes cup I shall not proue But shall still liue that I may expone And shew abroad GODS workes aboue verse 18 The LORD my GOD hath me chastised And that right sore I must confesse But of his goodnesse not deliuered Mee vnto death in that distresse verse 19 Open therefore to mee the gates faire Which are the gates of righteousnesse That through the same I may haue repaire And praise the LORD his holynesse verse 20 This is GODS gate famous and worthie Whereat the righteous enter shall verse 21 I wil thee praise Lord which hast heard me And my deliuerance beene withall verse 22 The stone which wholly was refused And of the builders cast away The same layed is now and placed As of the corner chiefe head and stay verse 23 Which thing is done by th' onely working Of GOD the LORD most glorious And as a wonder is appearing Vnto our sight most maruellous verse 24 This is of trueth the day most happie Which GOD hath made of his goodnes Let vs therein bee blythe and merrie And sing to GOD with great gladnes verse 25 O LORD I now beseech and pray thee Saue thou the king and him maintaine Giue him good lucke prosperous to be O LORD I yet require againe verse 26 Who in the Name of God moste holy Doeth come hee blessed bee alway Wee wish also yee may bee happie Who in Gods house are night and day verse 27 The Lord our God hee is moste mightie And hath vs giuen light at last Vnto the hornes of th' Altar holy Your sacrifice now bind full fast verse 28 Thou art the God in whom I glorie To thee will I giue praise therefore Euen thou my God art therefore will I Laude and exalt thee euermore verse 29 Giue to the Lord all praise and honour For gratious is hee and kinde Yea more his mercy and great fauour Doeth ay indure world without ende PSALME CXIX ALEPH. BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind and heart Whose liues and conuersation from Gods Lawes neuer start verse 2 Blessed are they that giue themselues his statutes to obserue Seeking the Lord with all their heart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtlesse such men go not astray nor doe no wicked thing Which stedfastly walke in his pathes with out any wandring verse 4 It is thy will and commandement that with attentiue heed Thy hoble and diuine preceptes wee learne and keepe indeed verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addresse That I might both in heart and voice thy Lawes keepe and confesse verse 6 So should no shame my life attaint whiles I thus set mine eyes And bend my mind alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I praise with vp-right heart and magnifie thy NAME When I shall learne thy judgementes just and likewise prooue the same verse 8 And wholly will I giue my selfe to keepe thy Lawes most right Forsake mee not for euer LORD but shew thy grace and might BETH verse 9 By what meanes may a young man best his life learne to amend If that hee marke and keepe thy word and therein his life spend verse 10 Vnfainedly I haue thee sought and thus seeking abide Oh neuer suffer mee O LORD from thy preceptes to slide verse 11 Within mine heart and secrete thought thy word I haue hid still That I might not at any time offend thy godly will verse 12 Wee magnifie thy NAME O LORD and praise thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O LORD teach mee therefore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceasde to preach and publish day and night The judgementes all which did proceed from thy mouth full of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please mee no lesse indeed Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlinges make their meed verse 15 Of thy preceptes I will still muse and thereto frame my talke As at a marke so will I aime thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 Mine onely joy shall bee so fixt and on thy Lawes so set That nothing can mee so farre blind that I thy wordes forget GIMEL verse 17 Grant to thy seruant now such grace as may my life prolong Thine holy word then will I keepe both in mine heart and tongue verse 18 Mine eyes which were dim and shut vp so open make and bright That of thy Law and marueilous workes I may haue the cleare sight verse 19 I am a stranger in this earth wandring now heere now there Thy word therefore to mee disclose my foote-steppes for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauisht with desire and neuer is at rest But seekes to know thy judgementes hie and what may please thee best verse 21 The proude men and malicious thou hast destroyde each one And cursed are such as doe not thine Hestes attend vpon verse 22 LORD turne from mee rebuke and shame which wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy Couenantes with zeal as hote as fire verse 23 The princes great in counsell sate and did against mee speake But then thy seruant thought how hee thy statutes might not breake verse 24 For why thy Couenantes are my joy and my great heartes solace They serue in stead of counsellers my matters for to passe DALETH verse 25 I am alas as brought to graue and almost turnde to dust Restore therefore my life againe as thy promise is just verse 26 My
mee LORD the cause iust needes bee must verse 76 Now of thy goodnesse I thee pray some comfort to mee send As thou to mee thy seruant hechtst so from all ill mee shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies poure on mee and I shall surely liue For ioy and consolation both thy Law to mee doeth giue verse 78 Confound the proud whose false pretence is mee for to destroy But as for mee thine Hestes to know I will my selfe employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence doe thee feare to mee let them retire And such as doe thy Couenantes know and them alone desire verse 80 Mine heart without all wauering let on thy lawes bee bent That no confusion come to mee whereby I should bee shent CAPH verse 81 My soule doeth faint and ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue And for thy wordes sake still I trust mine heartes desire to haue verse 82 Mine eyes doe faile with looking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou mee comfort LORD why doest thou thus delay verse 83 As a skinne-bottell in the smoke so am I parcht and dride Yet will I not out of mine heart Let thy Commandementes slide verse 84 Alas how long shall I yet liue before I see the houre That on my foes which mee torment thy vengeance thou wilt poure verse 85 Presumptuous men haue digged pittes thinking to make mee sure Thus contrarie against thy Law mine hurt they doe procure verse 86 But thy Commandementes are all true and causelesse they mee grieue To thee therefore I doe complaine that thou mightst mee relieue verse 87 Almost they had mee cleane destroyed and brought mee quite to ground Yet by thy statutes I abode and therein succour found verse 88 Restore mee Lord againe to life for thy mercies excell And so I shall thy Couenantes keepe till death my life expell LAMED verse 89 In heauen Lord where thou doest dwell thy word is stablisht sure And shall for all eternitie fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy trueth abides as doeth the earth witnesse Whose ground-worke thou hast laide so sure as no tongue can expresse verse 91 Euen to this day wee may well see how all thinges perseuere According to thine ordinance for all thinges thee reuere verse 92 Had it not beene that in thy law my soule had comfort sought Long time ere now in my distresse I had beene brought to nought verse 93 Therefore will I thy preceptes ay in memorie keepe fast By them thou hast my life restorde when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to mee can title make for I am onely thine Saue mee therefore for to thy lawes mine eares and heart incline verse 95 The wicked men doe seeke my bane and thereto lye in waite But I the while considered thy noble actes and great verse 96 I see nothing in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy Commandement and thy word beyond all end extend MEM. verse 97 What great desire and feruent loue doe I beare to thy law All the day long my whole deuise is onely on thy saw verse 98 Thy word hath taught mee farre to passe my foes in policie For still I keepe it as a thing of moste excellencie verse 99 My teachers which did mee instruct in knowledge I excell Because I doe thy Couenantes keepe and them to others tell verse 100 In wisedome I doe passe also the ancient men indeed And all because to keepe thy lawes I helde it ay best reed verse 101 My feet I haue refrained eke from euery euill way Because that I continually thy word might keepe I say verse 102 I haue not sweru'de from thy judgments nor yet shronke any deale For why thou hast mee taught thereby to liue godly and well verse 103 Oh LORD how sweet vnto my taste find I thy wordes alway Doubtlesse no honey in my mouth feele ought so sweet I may verse 104 Thy laws haue me much wisdom learnd that vtterly I hate All wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kind or rate NVN. verse 105 Euen as a lanterne to my feet so doeth thy word shine bright And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flaming light verse 106 I haue both sworne and will performe most certainely dobtlesse That I will keepe thy iudgementes iust and them in life expresse verse 107 Affliction hath mee sore opprest and brought to deathes doore O LORD as thou hast promised so mee to life restore verse 108 The offringes which with heart voice most franckly I thee giue Accept and teach mee how I may after thy iudgementes liue verse 109 My soule is ay so in mine hand that dangers it assaile Yet did I not thy Law forget nor it to keepe will faile verse 110 Although the wicked laid their nets to catch mee at a bray Yet doe I not from thy preceptes once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy Law I haue so claimde alway as mine owne heritage And why for therin I delite and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue beene bent thy statutes to fulfill Euen so likewise vnto the end I will continue still SAMECH verse 113 The crafty thoughtes and double heartes I doe alwayes detest But as for thy Law and Preceptes I loued euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therefore haue I thy promises lookt for with patience verse 115 Go to therefore yee wicked men depart from mee anone For the Commandementes will I keepe of God my Lord alone verse 116 As thou hast promised so performe that death mee not assaile Nor let my hope abuse mee so that through distrust I quaile verse 117 Vp-hold mee and I shall bee safe for ought they doe or say And in thy statutes pleasure take will I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trode such vnder thy feete as doe thy statutes breake For nought auailth their subtiltie their counsell is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou castes the wicked out where euer they bee or dwell Therefore can I as thy statutes loue nothing halfe so well verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with feare as though it were benomde For when I see thy judgementes straight I am as one astonde AIN verse 121 I doe the thing that lawfull is and giue to all men right Resigne mee not to them that would oppresse mee with their might verse 122 But for thy seruant suretie bee in that thing that is good That proude men giue mee not the foile which rage as they were woode verse 123 Mine eyes with waiting are now blind thine helpe so much I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lord whereby thou wilt mee saue verse 124 Intreat thy seruant louingly and fauour to him show Thy statutes of moste excellencie teach mee also to know verse 125 Thine humble seruant Lord I am oh grant mee to vnderstand How by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse
126 It is now time Lord to begin for trueth is quite decay'd Thy law likewise they haue transgrest and none against them said verse 127 This is the cause wherefore I loue thy Lawes better then golde Or jewels fine which are esteemde moste costly to bee solde verse 128 I thought thy preceptes all moste just and so them laide in store All craftie and malicious wayes I doe abhorre therefore PE. verse 129 Thy Couenantes are moste wonderfull and full of thinges profound My soule therefore doeth keepe them sure when they are tride and found verse 130 When men first enter into thy wordes they find a light moste cleare And very idiotes vnderstand when they it read or heare verse 131 For joy I haue both gapt and breathde to know thy Commandement That I might guide my life thereby I sought what thing it meant verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord beholde mee from aboue As thou art wont to beholde such as thy Name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my foot-steppes by thy word that I thy will may know And neuer let iniquitie thy seruant ouer-throw verse 134 From slandrous tongues deadly harms preserue and keepe mee sure Thy preceptes then will I obserue and put them eke in ure verse 135 Thy countenance which doth surmount the Sunne in his bright hew Let shine on mee and by thy Law teach mee what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great floods gush out of drearie teares and fell When I behold how wicked men thy Law keepe neuer a deale ZADE. verse 137 In euery point Lord thou art just the wicked though they grudge And when thou doest sentence pronounce thou art a righteous judge verse 138 To render right and flee from guile are two chiefe pointes and hie And such as thou hast in thy Law commanded vs straitely verse 139 With zeale and wrath I am consum'de and euen pyned away To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I doe may verse 140 So pure and perfect is thy word as any heart can deeme And I thy seruant nothing more doe loue or yet esteeme verse 141 And though I bee nothing set by as one of base degree Yet doe I not thine Hestes forget nor shrinke away from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnesse Lord is moste just for euer to indure Also thy Law is trueth it selfe moste constant and moste pure verse 143 Trouble and griefe haue seazde on mee and brought mee wondrous low Yet doe I still of thy Preceptes delite to heare and know verse 144 The righteousnesse of thy judgementes doe last for euermore Then teach them mee for euen in them my life lieth vp in store KOPH verse 145 With feruent heart I calde and cride now answere mee O LORD That thy Commandementes to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute with moste humble request Saue mee therefore and I will keepe thy Preceptes and thine Hest verse 147 To thee I crie euen in the morne before the day wax light Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plight verse 148 Mine eyes preuent the watch by night and ere the day I wake That by deuising of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thine eares to heare my voice and pitie on mee take As thou wast wont so judge mee Lord lest life mee should forsake verse 150 My foes draw neare and doe procure my death maliciously Which from thy Law are farre gone backe and straide from it lewdly verse 151 Therefore O Lord approach thou neare for neede doeth so require And all thy Preceptes true they are then helpe I thee desire verse 152 By thy Commandements I haue learnde not now but long ago That they remaine for euermore thou hast them grounded so RESH verse 153 My trouble and affliction consider and beholde Deliuer mee for of thy Law I euer take fast holde verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with speed mee succour send From death as thou hast promised Lord keepe mee and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace Whereby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are thy mercies Lord I grant what tongue can them attaine And as thou hast mee judgde ere now so let mee life obtaine verse 157 Though many men doe trouble mee and persecute moste sore Yet from thy Lawes I neuer shrunke nor went awry therefore verse 158 And trueth it is for griefe I die when I these traitors see Because they keepe no whit thy word nor yet seeke to know thee verse 159 Behold for I doe loue thy Lawes with heart most glad and faine As thou art good and gratious Lord restore my life againe verse 160 What thy word doeth decree must bee and so it hath beene euer Thy righteous judgementes are also moste true and decay neuer SCHIN verse 161 Princes haue sought with crueltie causelesse to make mee crouch But all in vaine for of thy word the feare did mine heart touch verse 162 And certainely euen of thy word I was more merrie and glad Then hee that of rich spoyles and preyes great store and plentie had verse 163 As for all lyes and falsities I hate moste and detest For why thine holy Law doe I aboue all thinges loue best verse 164 Seuen times a day I praise thee Lord singing with heart and voice Thy righteous actes and wonderfull so cause mee to rejoice verse 165 Great peace and rest shall all such haue who doe thy statutes loue No danger shall their quyet state impaire or once remoue verse 166 Mine onely health and comfort Lord I looke for at thine hand And therefore haue I done these thinges which thou didst mee command verse 167 Thy Lawes haue beene mine exercise which my soule moste desirde So much my loue to them was bent that nought els I requirde verse 168 Thy Statutes and Commandementes I kept thou knowest aright For all the thinges that I haue done are present in thy sight TAV verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and crie before thy face appeare And as thou hast mee promised so teach mee thee to feare verse 170 Mine humble supplication to thee let find accesse And grant mee Lord deliuerance for so is thy promise verse 171 Then shall my lippes thy praises speake after moste ample sort When thou thy statutes hast mee taught wherein standes my comfort verse 172 My tong shall sing and preach thy word and on this wyse say shall GODS famous actes and noble Lawes are just and perfect all verse 173 Stretch out thine hand I thee beseech and speedily mee saue For thy Commandementes to obserue chosen O LORD I haue verse 174 Of thee alone LORD I craue health for other know I none And in thy Law and nothing els I doe delite alone verse 175 Grant mee therefore long dayes to liue thy NAME to magnifie And of thy judgementes mercifull let mee thy
our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man bee calde that takes thy children young To dash their bones against hard stones that lye the streetes among PSALME CXXXVIII WIth my whole heart the LORD now praise will I Before the gods I will him praise for euer verse 2 Towardes thy Church and Temple will I crie Because thy loue and kindnesse faileth neuer Thy Godly NAME thy word hath moste aduanced Which doeth excell and ought to bee inhanced verse 3 When I did call then diddest thou mee heare And strengthened hast my soule so sore oppressed verse 4 All earthly kinges shall thee LORD praise with feare For they haue heard thy word by mouth expressed verse 5 They all shall sing and praise thy wayes so holy For great thou art and great LORD is thy glory verse 6 The LORD is high but yet the meeke doeth see As for the proude far off hee him obserueth verse 7 But though I walke and in great troubles bee Mee to reuiue from all hurt hee dischargeth Thine hand stretch foorth my foes their meed doe render And with the same thou art my sure defender verse 8 The LORD his worke which hee in mee beganne Will it performe I am thereof resolued Thy mercies LORD expresse with penne who can They are so great they can not bee reuolued Forsake not LORD thy worke which thou hast framed But let mee bee by thee alwayes reclaimed PSALME CXXXIX Sing this as the 137. Psalme O LORD thou hast me tride known my sitting doest thou know verse 2 And rising eke my thoughtes afarre thou vnderstandst also verse 3 My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquainted with my wayes verse 4 No word was in my tongue O LORD but knowne it is to thee verse 5 Thou bindst mee in on either side and layest thine hand on mee verse 6 Too wonderfull aboue my reach LORD is thy cunning skill It is so hie that I the same cannot attaine vntill verse 7 From sight of thy all-seeing Spirit LORD whither shall I goe Or whither shall I flee away thy presence to scape fro verse 8 To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lie downe below euen there thou doest appeare verse 9 Yea let mee take the morning winges and let mee goe and hide Euen there where are the farthest partes where flowing sea doeth slide verse 10 Yet notwithstanding thither shall thy reaching-hand mee guide And thy right hand shall hould mee fast and make mee to abide verse 11 Yea if I say the darkenesse shall yet shroude mee from thy sight Loe euen also the darkest night about mee shall bee light verse 12 Yea darkenesse hideth not from thee but night doeth shine as day To thee the darkenesse and the night are both alike alway verse 13 For thou possessed hast my raines and thou hast couered mee When I within my mothers wombe enclosed was by thee verse 14 I will thee praise for fearefully and wondrous made I am Thy workes are marueilous and well my soule doeth know the same verse 15 My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I haue beene made and in the earth beneath I shapen was verse 16 When I was formelesse then thine eye saw mee for in thy booke Were written all nought was before that after fashion tooke verse 17 The thoughtes therefore of thee O GOD how deare are they to mee And of them all how passing great the endlesse numbers bee verse 18 If I should count them loe their summe more then the sand I see And whensoeuer I awake yet still am I with thee verse 19 The wicked and the bloody men oh that thou wouldest slay Euen those O GOD to whom I cry depart from mee away verse 20 Euen those of thee O LORD my GOD that speake full wickedly These that are lifted vp in vaine and enemies are to thee verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee LORD and that in earnest wise Contend I not against them all that doe against thee rise verse 22 I hate them with vnfained hate euen as mine vtter foes verse 23 Try mee O GOD and know mine heart my thoughtes proue and disclose verse 24 Consider LORD if wickednesse in mee there any bee And in thy way O GOD my guide for euer lead thou mee PSALME CXL FRom the peruerse and wicked wight O LORD deliuer mee And from the cruell-mans despight preserued let mee bee verse 2 VVho in their heartes doe mischiefe warpe and euill thinges inuent Continually to warre right sharpe on mee they are full bent verse 3 They whetted haue their tongues as keene as is the serpentes speare They adders poison may bee seene vnder their lippes to beare verse 4 From wicked hands LORD me with-hold preserue mee to abide Free from the cruell man that would my foot-steppes cause to slide verse 5 For lo the proud a snare haue set for mee in my path-way And haue with cordes spred foorth their net and grinnes for mee they lay verse 6 Therefore vnto the LORD said I Thou art my GOD alone Heare then O LORD the voice and crie wherewith I plaint and mone verse 7 O LORD my GOD the strength stay of my saluation Mine head thou coueredst in the day that battell came mee on verse 8 Let not the wicked man obtaine on mee his heartes desire Nor yet perforâ—â— his thoughtes most vaine lest pride him set on fire verse 9 Of those that compasse mee O LORD the chiefe and principall The mischiefe of their lippes accord vpon themselues to fall verse 10 Let coles vpon their heads downe fall cast them in fierie glow And that they rise no more at all into deepe pits them throw verse 11 The LORD I know th'afflicteds cause will surely take in hand And hee against the poore mans foes with judgement just will stand verse 12 Vndoubtedly the man vpright shall praise thy NAME therefore And eke the just shall in thy sight inhabite euermore PSALME CXLI ON thee I call O LORD therefore haste lest I bee dismaide verse 2 Oh heare my voyce when as I roare and crie to thee for aide My prayers in thy sight let bee as incense pure of price And eke mine handes lift vp to thee as Euening sacrifice verse 3 Before my mouth O LORD a ward and watch set I thee pray And of my lippes bee thou the garde and keeper sure for ay verse 4 Let not mine heart to ill incline that with those wicked mates Which mischiefe worke I fall to sinne nor taste their delicates verse 5 When I offend then let the just correct mee LORD that day For as a benefite needes must I take the same alway Yea his reproofe shall bee sweet oyle that shall mine head not breake As for my foes within short while I shall haue cause to speake verse 6 And when there Iudges downe shall fall amongst the stones to ground The
reprooue mee not though I deserue thine ire Nor yet correct mee in thy rage O LORD I thee desire For I am weake therefore O LORD of mercy mee forbeare And heale mee LORD for why thou knowst my bones doe quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my sillie soule vp take Oh saue mee not for my desertes but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worshippe thee O Lord in the infernall pit verse 6 So grieuous is my plaint and mone that I waxe wondrous faint All the night long I wash my bedde with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dimme and waxed olde with anguish of mine heart For feare of those that bee my foes and would my soule subuert verse 8 But now away from mee all yee that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath heard the voyce of my complaint and crie verse 9 Hy heard not onely the request and prayer of mine heart But it receiued at mine hand and tooke it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed mee the Lord will soone defame And suddenly confound them all to their rebuke and shame PSALME VII O LORD my GOD I put my trust and confidence in thee Saue mee from them that mee pursue eke deliuer mee verse 2 Lest like a lion hee mee teare and rent in pieces small Whilst there is none to succour mee and ridde mee out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I haue done the thing that is not right Or els if I bee found in fault or guilty in thy sight verse 4 Or to my friend rewarded euill or left him in distresse Which mee pursude moste cruelly and hated mee causelesse verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soule and eke my life downe thrust Vnto the earth and also lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Start vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to paine Performe thy Kingdome promised to mee which wrong sustaine verse 7 Then shall great Nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of them thy selfe as Lord and King verse 8 And thou that art of all men Iudge O Lord now judge thou mee According to my righteousnesse and mine integritie verse 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and bee the just mans guide By whom the secretes of all heartes are searched and discride verse 10 I take mine helpe to come of God in all my griefe and smart That doeth preserue all those that bee of pure and perfect heart verse 11 The just man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that hee feel'th his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 12 Except hee change his minde I die for euen as hee should smite Hee whets his sword his bow hee bendes aiming where hee may hit verse 13 And doeth prepare his mortall dartes his arrowes kiene and sharpe For them that doe mee persecute whiles hee doeth mischiefe warpe verse 14 But loe though hee in trauell bee of his deuilish fore-cast And of his mischiefe once conceiu'd yet bringeth foorth nought at last verse 15 Hee dig'th a ditch and delu'th it deepe in hope to hurt his brother But hee shall fall into the pit that hee digg'd vp for other verse 16 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischiefe that hee wrought shall fall vpon his head verse 17 I will giue thankes to God therefore that judgeth righteouslie And with my song will praise the Name of him that is moste hie PSALME VIII O God out Lord how wonderfull are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmountes in dignitie aboue the heauens cleare verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is seene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heauens high the workes of thine owne hand The Sunne the Moone all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that thou doest him remember Or what is mans posteritie that thou doest it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glorie and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferde him to bee lord of all thy workes of wonder And at his feete hast set all thinges that hee should keepe them vnder verse 7 As sheepe and neate and all thinges els that in the fieldes doe feede verse 8 Foules of the aire fish in the sea and all that therein breede verse 9 Therefore must I say once againe O God that art our Lord How famous and how wonderfull are thy workes through the world PSALME IX WIth heart mouth vnto the Lord will I sing laud and praise And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will bee glad and much rejoyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy Name aboue the starrie skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fall downe flatte and are destroyde by thy great force and might verse 4 Thou hast reuenged all my wronges my griefe and all my grudge Thou doest with justice heare my cause moste like a righteous Iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the heathen folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memorie of them cannot bee found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch and all our townes destroide Thou hast their fame with them defaced through all the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that hee which is aboue for euermore shall reigne And in the seate of equitie true judgement will maintaine verse 8 With justice hee will keepe and guide the world and euery wight And so will yeeld with equitie to every man his right verse 9 Hee is protectour of the poore what time they bee opprest Hee is in all adversitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy Name therefore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therefore vnto the Lord that dwelles in Sion hill Publish among all Nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For hee is mindfull of the blood of those that bee opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted heart that seeketh to him for rest verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on mee poore wretch whose enemies still remaine Which from the gates of death are wont to raise mee vp againe verse 14 In Sion that I might set foorth thy praise with heart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lord my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen stick fast in the pitte that they themselues preparde And in the nette that they did set their owne feete
fast are snarde verse 16 God shewes his iudgementes which were good for euery man to marke When as yee see the wicked man lye trapt in his owne warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinnefull men goe downe to hell for euer And all the people of the worlde that will not God remember verse 18 But sure the Lord will not forget the poore mans griefe and paine The patient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vaine verse 19 O Lord arise lest men preuaile that bee of worldly might And let the heathen folke receiue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord strike such terrour feare and dread into the heartes of them That they may know assuredly they bee but mortall men PSALME X. Sing this as the 2. Psalme WHat is the cause that thou O Lord art now so farre from thine And keepest close thy countenance from vs this troublous time verse 2 The poore doe perish by the proude and wicked mens desire Let them bee taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his owne heart th'vngodly doeth delite So doeth the wicked praise himselfe and doeth the Lord despite verse 4 Hee is so proude that right and wrong hee serteth all apart Nay nay there is no God saith hee for thus hee thinkes in heart verse 5 Because his wayes doe prosper still hee doeth thy Lawes neglect And with a blast doeth puffe against such as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saith hee I haue no dread lest mine estate should change And why for all aduersitie to him is very strange verse 7 His mouth is full of cursednesse of fraude deceite and guile Vnder his tongue doeth mischiefe sit and trauell all the while verse 8 Hee lyeth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by his cruell eyes are bent verse 9 And like a lion priuily lyâ•Œth lurking in his denne If hee may snare them in his nette to spoile poore simple men verse 10 And for the nones full craftily hee croucheth downe I say So are great heapes of poore men made by his strong power his prey verse 11 Tush God forgetteth this saith hee therefore may I bee bolde His countenance is cast aside hee doeth it not beholde verse 12 Arise O Lord O God in whom the poore mans hope doeth rest Lift vp thine hand forget not Lord the poore that bee opprest verse 13 What blasphemie is this to thee Lord doest thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in their heartes say tush thou cares not for it verse 14 But thou seest all this wickednesse and well doest vnderstand That friendlesse and poore fatherlesse are left into thine hand verse 15 Of wicked and malicious men then breake the power for euer That they with their iniquitie may perish altogether verse 16 The Lord shall reigne for euermore as King and God alone And hee will chase the heathen folke out of his land eachone verse 17 Thou hearest O Lord the poore mens plaint their prayers and request Their heartes thou wilt confirme vntill thine eares to heare bee prest verse 18 To judge the poore and fatherlesse and helpe them to their right That they may bee no more opprest with men of wordly might PSALME XI Sing this as the 2. Psalme I Trust in GOD how dare yee then say thus my soule vntill Flie hence as sast as any foule and hide you in your hill verse 2 Beholde the wicked bende their bowes and make their arrowes prest To shoote in secrete and to hurt the sounde and harmelesse brest verse 3 Of worldly hope all stayes were shronke and clearely brought to nought Alas the just and righteous man what euill hath hee wrought verse 4 But hee that in his Temple is moste holy and most hie And in the heauen hath set his seate of Royall Majestie The poore and simple mans estate considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narrowly the maners of mankinde verse 5 And with a chearefull countenance the righteous man will vse But in his heart hee doeth abhorre all such as mischiefe muse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any raine Fire and brimstone and whirle-windes thicke appointed for their paine verse 7 Yee see then how a righteous God doeth rigteousnesse embrace And to the just and vpright man shew'th foorth his pleasant face PSALME XII Sing this as the 7. Psalme HElpe Lord for good and godly men doe perish and decay And faith and trueth from worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doeth with his neighbour talke his talke is all but vaine For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and faine verse 3 But flattering and decietfull lippes and tongues that bee so stout To speake proude wordes and make great brags the Lord soone cut them out verse 4 For they say still wee will preuaile our tongues shall vs extoll Our tongues are ours wee ought to speake what Lord shall vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry of poore and men opprest Arise will I now sayeth the Lord and them restore to rest verse 6 Gods word is like the siluer pure that from the earth is tried And hath no lesse then seuen times in fire beene purified verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe Lord keepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischiefes manyfolde When vanitie with mortall men so highly is extolde PSALME XIII Sing this as the 6. Psalme HOw long wilt thou forget mee Lord shall I neuer bee remembred How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou were offended verse 2 In heart and minde how long shall I with care tormented bee How long eke shall my deadly foe thus triumph ouer mee verse 3 Beholde mee now my Lord my God and heare mee sore opprest Lighten mine eyes lest that I sleepe as one by death possest verse 4 Lest then mine enemie say to mee beholde I doe preuaile Lest they also that hate my soule rejoyce to see mee quaile verse 5 But from thy mercies and goodnesse mine hope shall neuer start In thy reliefe and sauing health right glad shall bee mine heart I will giue thankes vnto the Lord and praises to him sing Because hee hath heard my request and graunted my wishing PSALME XIV THere is no God as foolish men affirme in their madde moode Their driftes are all corrupt and vaine not one of them doeth good verse 2 The LORD behelde from heauen high the whole race of mankinde And sawe not one that sought indeede the liuing GOD to finde verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the worlde did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all their judgementes so farre lost that all worke mischiefe still Eating my people euen as bread not one to seeke GODS will verse
folke the Lord shall haue therefore And hee shall bee their gouernour and King for euermore verse 29 The rich men of his goodly giftes shall seeke and taste also And in his presence worshippe him and bowe their knees full lowe verse 30 And all that shall goe downe to dust of life by him must taste My seede shall serue and praise his Name whilst any worlde shall last verse 31 My seede shall plainely shewe to them that shall bee borne hereafter His justice and his righteousnesse and all his workes of wonder PSALME XXIII THe LORD is onely my support and hee that doeth mee feede How can I then lacke any thing whereof I stande in neede verse 2 Hee doeth mee folde in cotes moste safe the tender grasse fast by And after driues mee to the streames which runne moste pleasantly verse 3 And when I feele my selfe neare lost then doeth hee mee home take Conducting mee in his right pathes euen for his owne Names sake verse 4 And though I were euen at deathes dore yet woulde I feare none ill For by thy rodde and sheepe-heardes crooke I am comforted still verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despite of my foe Thou hast my head with balme refresht my cuppe doeth ouer-flowe verse 6 And finally while breath doeth last thy grace shall mee defende And in the house of God will I my life for euer spende PSALME XXIV Sing this as the 15. Psalme TO GOD the earth doeth appeartaine with all thinges great and small The worlde also is his demaine with the indwellers all verse 2 For hee hath founded it full fast aboue the salt sea strande And stablisht it to abide and last and on the flooddes to stande verse 3 Now who is hee that shall vp-goe into Gods holy hill And in his holy place also who shall continue still verse 4 The man whose handes no wrong haue wrought whose heart is pure and neat Whose minde for vanitie not sought nor sworne hath with deceite verse 5 Hee that is such the Lord will sende his blessinges him vpon And righteousnesse vnto him lende shall God who saues alone verse 6 This is the stocke and offring eke of those that search for thee Of them O Lord that thy face seeke who true Israelites bee verse 7 Exalt your heads yee gates on hie yee doores that last for aye Bee lift so the King of glorie shall through you make his way verse 8 Who is this King so glorious the strong and mightie Lord Euen hee that is victorious in battell tride by sworde verse 9 Exalt your heads yee gates on hie yee doores that last for aye Bee lift so the King of glory shall through you make his way verse 10 Who is this glorious King I say the Lord of hostes moste hie Euen hee is King and shall bee aye of euerlasting glorie PSALME XXV I Lift mine heart to thee my GOD and guide moste just Now suffer mee to take no shame for in thee doe I trust verse 2 Let not my foes rejoyce nor make a scorne of mee And let them not be ouerthrowne that put their trust in thee verse 3 But shame shall them befall which harme them wrongfully Therefore thy pathes and thy right wayes vnto mee Lord descrie verse 4 Direct mee in thy trueth and teach mee I thee pray Thou art my God and Sauiour on thee I waite alway verse 5 Thy mercies manyfolde I praye thee Lord remember And eke thy pitie plentifull for they haue beene for euer verse 6 Remember not the faultes and frailue of my youth Remember not how ignorant I haue beene of thy trueth Nor after my desertes let mee thy mercie find But of thine owne benignitie Lord haue mee in thy mind verse 7 His mercie is full sweet his trueth a perfect guide Therefore the Lord will sinners teach and such as goe aside verse 8 The humble hee will teach his preceptes for to keepe Hee will direct in all his wayes the lowly and the meeke verse 9 For all the wayes of God are trueth and mercie both To them that keepe his Testament the witnesse of his Trueth verse 10 Now for thine holy Name O Lord I thee entreat To graunt mee pardon for my sinne for it is wondrous great verse 11 Who so doeth feare the Lord the Lord doeth him direct To lead his life in such a way as hee doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnesse dwell and stand His seede and his posteritie inherit shall the land verse 13 All those that feare the Lord know his secret intent And vnto them hee doeth declare his Will and Testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke mine heart to him I will aduance That pluckt my feet out of the snare of sinne and ignorance verse 15 With mercy mee behold to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortlesse alone verse 16 The troubles of mine heart are multiplied indeed Bring mee out of this miserie necessitie and need verse 17 Behold my pouertie mine anguish and my paine Remit my sinne and mine offence and make mee cleane againe verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they doe still increase Pursuing mee with deadly hate that faine would liue in peace verse 19 Preserue and keepe my soule and eke deliuer mee And let mee not bee ouer-throwne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenesse mee from mine enemies shend Because I looke as one of thine that thou shouldst mee defend verse 21 Deliuer Lord thy folke and send them some reliefe I meane thy chosen Israel from all their paine and griefe PSALME XXVI LORD bee my judge for loe my way is vpright just and plaine In GOD my trust hath beene for ay who shall mee still sustaine verse 2 Proue mee O LORD trie thou my raines my heart examine eke verse 3 Sith in my fight thy grace remaines thy trueth I sue and seeke verse 4 I had no will no haunt or vse with men whose workes are vaine The companie I did refuse of the deceitfull traine verse 5 I much abhorde the wicked sort their deedes did I refuse To them would I not once resort which hurtfull thinges deuise verse 6 My handes I wash and doe proceede in workes that are vpright Then to thine Altar I make speede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speake and preach the praise that doeth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast beene good to mee verse 8 O Lord thy house I loue moste deare to mee it doeth excell I haue delight and would bee neare whereas thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh gather not my soule with them to sinne that bend their will Nor yet my life among those men that thirst much blood to spill verse 10 Whose handes are heapt and stuffed full of fraud deceit and guile And their right hand for bribes doeth pull and plucke with wrench and wile verse 11 But I in righteousnesse intend my
time and dayes to serue Haue mercy Lord and mee defend so that I doe not swerue verse 12 My foote is staid gainst all assayes it standeth well and right Therefore O GOD thee will I praise in all thy peoples sight PSALME XXVII THe LORD my light and health wil bee For what then should I bee dismaid My strength and life also is hee Of whom then should I be afraid verse 2 When that my foes men vile and vaine Approched neare my flesh to eat They stumbled in the selfe same traine which they for mee laid by deceit verse 3 Against mee though there pitch an hoast My heart from feare yet farre it is Though warres bee raised with great boast Yet will I surely trust in this verse 4 One thing I haue the Lord besought That I may in his house still dwell To see his beautie passing thought His Temple eke which doeth excell verse 5 For in the time of troubles great His tabernacle shall hee hide His secret tentes shall bee my seat And on a rocke I shall abide verse 6 And now mine head lift vp will hee About my foes which worke such fraud With sacrifice and offringes free Within his tentes I will him laud. verse 7 My voyce O Lord let it take place With mercie heare mee when I cry verse 8 When thou didst say Seeke yee my face With full consent Loe heare quoth I. verse 9 Hide not therefore thy face mee fro Nor in thy wrath thy seruant spill Thou hast mee helpt then leaue not so O God of health helpe thou mee still verse 10 Although my parentes mee forsake The Lord yet will mee raise and stay My foes set snares mee in to take But Lord lead me in thy right way verse 11 Vnto mine aduersaries lust Lord giue mee not in any wise For witnesse false with wordes vnjust They seeke against mee to deuise verse 12 I should waxe faint and sore dismaide But that I did beleeue to see Gods goodnesse in that land displaide Whereas his faithfull seruantes bee verse 13 Hope in the Lord and bee thou strong Hee comfort will thine heart indeede Trust in the Lord and thinke not long For hee will surely come with speede PSALME XXVIII THou art O Lord my strength and stay the succour which I craue Neglect mee not lest I bee like to them which goe to graue verse 2 The voyce of thy suppliant heare that vnto thee doeth crie When I lift vp mine handes vnto thine holy Arke moste hie verse 3 Repute mee not among the sort of wicked and paruert That speake right faire vnto their friendes and thinke full ill in heart verse 4 According to their handy worke as they deserue indeede And after their inuentions let them receiue their meede verse 5 For they regard nothing Gods workes his lawes nor yet his lore Therefore will hee them and their seede destroy for euermore verse 6 To render thankes vnto the Lord how great a cause haue I My voyce my prayer and my complaint that heard so willingly verse 7 Hee is my shield and fortitude my buckler in distresse My hope my helpe my heartes reliefe my song shall him confesse verse 8 Hee is our strength and our defence our enemies to resist The health and the saluation of his elect by Christ verse 9 Thy people and thine heritage LORD blesse guide and preserue Increase them LORD and rule their heartes that they may neuer swerue PSALME XXIX GIue to the Lord yee Potentates yee Rulers of the world Giue yee all paise honour and strength vnto the liuing LORD verse 2 Giue glory to his holy Name and honour him alone Worshippe him in his Majestie within his holy Throne verse 3 His voyce doeth rule the waters all euen as himselfe doeth please Hee doeth prepare the thunder clappes and gouerneth all the seas verse 4 The voyce of God is of great force and wondrous excellent It is moste mightie in effect and much magnificent verse 5 The voyce of God doeth tent and breake the Cedar trees so long The Cedar trees of Libanus which are moste high and strong verse 6 And makes them leape like as a calle Or els the Vnicorne Not onely trees but mountaines great whereon the trees are borne verse 7 His voyce diuideth flames of fire and shakes the wildernesse verse 8 It makes the Desert quake for feare that called is Kades verse 9 It makes the Hindes for feare to calue and makes the couert plaine Then in his Temple euery man his glorie doeth proclaime verse 10 The Lord was set aboue the floods ruling the raging sea So shall hee reigne as Lord and King for euer and for ay verse 11 The Lord will giue his people power in vertue to increase The Lord will blesse his chosen flocke with euerlasting peace PSALME XXX ALl laude and praise with heart and voyce O Lord I giue to thee which didst not make my foes rejoyce but hast exalted mee verse 2 O Lord my God to thee I cride in all my paine and griefe Thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease mee with reliefe verse 3 Of thy good will thou hast calde backe my soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuiue when strength did lacke and keep'st mee from the graue verse 4 Sing praise yee Saintes that proue and see the goodnesse of the Lord In memorie of his Majestie rejoyce with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doeth last and slacke againe But in his fauour and his grace alwayes doeth life remaine Though gripes of griefe panges full sore shall lodge with mee all night The Lord to joy shall vs restore before the day bee light verse 6 When I enjoy'de the world at will thus would I boast and say Tush I am sure to feele none ill this wealth shall not decay verse 7 For thou O Lord of thy good grace hadst sent mee strength and aide But when thou turnd'st away thy face may mind was sore dismaide verse 8 Wherefore againe yet did I cry to thee O Lord of might My God with plaintes I did apply and pray'de both day and night verse 9 What gaine is in my blood sayd I if death destroy my dayes Doeth dust declare thy Majestie or yet thy trueth doeth praise verse 10 Wherefore my God some pitie take O Lord I thee defire Doe not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee require verse 11 Then didst thou turne my griefe and wo vnto a chearefull voyce The mourning weede thou took'st mee fro and mad'st mee to rejoyce verse 12 Wherefore my soule vncessantly shall sing vnto thee praise My Lord my God to thee will I giue laud and thankes alwayes PSALME XXXI Sing this as the 18. Psalme O Lord. I put my trust in thee let nothing worke mee shame As thou art just deliuer mee and set mee quite from blame verse 2 Heare mee O Lord and that anone to helpe mee make good speed Bee thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in time
of need verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tride thou art my fort and tower For thy Names sake bee thou my guide and lead mee in thy power verse 4 Plucke foorth my feet and breake the snare which they for mee haue laid Thou art my strength and all my care is in thy might and aide verse 5 Into thy handes Lord I commit my spirit which is thy due For why thou hast redeemed it O Lord my God moste true verse 6 I hate such folke as will not part from thinges to bee abhord When they on trifles set their heart my trust is in the Lord. verse 7 For I will in thy mercie joy I see it doeth excell Thou seest when ought would mee annoy and knowst my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left mee in their hand that would mee ouer-charge But thou hast set mee out of band to walke abroad at large verse 9 Great griefe O Lord doeth mee assaile some pitie on mee take Mine eyes waxe dimme my might doeth faile my wombe for woe doeth ake verse 10 My life is worne with griefe and paine my yeeres are gone and past My strength is gone and through disdaine my bones corrupt and waste verse 11 Among my foes I am a scorne my friendes are all dismaide My neighbours and my kinsmen borne to see mee are afraide verse 12 As men once dead are out of mind so am I now forgot As small effect in mee they find as in a broken pot verse 13 I heard the bragges of all the rout their threats my mind did fray How they conspird and went about to take my life away verse 14 But Lord I trust in thee for aide not to bee ouer-trod For I confesse and still haue said thou art my Lord and God verse 15 The length of all my life and age o Lord is in thy had Defend mee from the wrathfull rage of them that mee with-stand verse 16 To mee thy seruant Lord expresse and shew thy joyfull face And saue mee Lord for thy goodnesse thy mercie and thy grace verse 17 Lord let mee not bee put to blame for that on thee I call But let the wicked beare their shame and in the graue to fall verse 18 O Lord make dumbe their lips outright which are addict to lies And cruelly with pride and spight against the just deuise verse 19 Oh how great good hast thou in store laide vp and done for them That feare and trust in thee before the sonnes of mortall men verse 20 Thy presence doeth them fence and guide from all proude bragges and wronges Within thy place thou doest them hide from all the strife of tongues verse 21 Thankes to the Lord that hath declar'de on mee his grace so farre Mee to defend with watch and warde as in a towne of warre verse 22 Though in my haste and griefe said I loe see I am reject Yet Lord on thee when I did cry my plaint thou didst accept verse 23 Yee Saintes loue yee the Lord I say the faithfull hee doeth guide And to the proude hee will repay according to their pride verse 24 Bee strong and God shall stay your heart bee bolde yee that are just For sure the Lord will take your part sith yee on him doe trust PSALME XXXII Sing this as the 39. Psalme THe man is blest whose wickednesse the Lord hath cleane remitted And hee whose sinne and wretchednesse is hidde and also couered verse 2 And blest is hee to whom the Lord imputeth not his sinne Which in his heart hath hidde no guile nor fraude is found therein verse 3 For whiles that I kept close my sinne by silence and constraint My bones did weare and waste away with dayly mone and plaint verse 4 For night and day thine hand on mee so grieuous was and smert That all my blood and humours moist to drynesse did conuert verse 5 I did therefore confesse my fault and all my sinnes discouer Then thou o Lord didst mee forgiue and all my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shall pray therefore and seeke thee in due time So that the floods of waters great shall haue no power on him verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie doe compasse mee about Thou art my refuge and my ioy and thou doest rid mee out verse 8 Come hither and I shall thee teach how thou shalt Walke aright And will thee guide as I my selfe haue learnde by proofe and sight verse 9 Bee not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a raine or bit from harme thou canst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shall manyfold sorrowes and griefe sustaine But vnto him that trustes in God his goodnesse shall remaine verse 11 Bee merry therefore in the Lord yee iust lift vp your voyce And yee of pure and perfect heart bee glad and eke reioyce PSALME XXXIII YEe righteous in the Lord reioyce it is a seemely sight That vpright men with thankefull voyce should praise the God of might verse 2 Praise yee the Lord with harpe and song in Psalmes and pleasant thinges with lute and instrument among that soundeth with tenne stringes verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song moste new with courage giue him praise verse 4 For why his word is euer true his workes and all his wayes verse 5 To iudgement equity and right hee hath a great good will And with his giftes hee doeth delight the earth throughout to fill verse 6 For by the word of God alone the heauens all were wrought Their hoastes and powers euerechone his breath to passe hath brought verse 7 The waters great gathered that hee on heapes within the shore And hide them in the depth to bee as in a house of store verse 8 All men on earth both least and moste feare God and keepe his law Yee that inhabite in each coaste dread him and stand in aw verse 9 What hee commanded wrought it was at once with present speed What hee doeth will is brought to passe with full effect indeed verse 10 The counsels of the Nations rude the Lord doeth driue to nought Hee doeth defeate the multitude of their deuise and thought verse 11 But his decrees continue still thy neuer slacke nor swage The motions of his mind and will take place in euery age verse 12 And blest are they to whom the Lord as God and guide is knowne Wnom hee doeth choose of meere accord to take them as his owne verse 13 The Lord from heauen doeth cast his sight on men mortall by birth verse 14 Considering from his seat of might the dwellers on the earth verse 15 The Lord I say whose hand hath wroght mans heart and doeth it frame For hee alone doeth know the thought and working of the same verse 16 A king that trusteth in his hoste shall not preuaile at length The man that of his might doeth boast shall fall for all his strength verse 17 The troupes of horsemen eke shall faile
desire verse 23 But Lord thou seest what wayes they take cease not this geare to mend Bee not farre off nor mee forsake as men that faile their friend verse 24 A wake arise and stirre abrode defend mee in my right Reuenge my cause my Lord my God and aide mee with thy might verse 25 According to thy righteousnesse my Lord God set mee free And let not them their pride expresse nor triumph ouer mee verse 26 Let not their heartes rejoyce and cry there there this geare goeth trimme Nor giue them cause to say on hie wee haue our will on him verse 27 Confound them with rebuke and shame that joy when I doe mourne And pay them home with spite and blame that bragge at mee with scorne verse 28 Let them bee glad and eke rejoyce which loue mine vpright way And they all times with heart and voyce shall praise the Lord and say verse 29 Great is the Lord and doeth excell for why hee doeth delight To see his seruantes prosper well that is his pleasant sight verse 30 Wherefore my tongue I will apply thy righteousnesse to praise Vnto the Lord my God will I sing laud and thankes alwayes PSALME XXXVI THe wicked deedes of the ill man vnto mine heart doe witnesse plaine That feare of God in him is none verse 2 Though hee himselfe would flatter faine His wickednesse is judgde and knowne verse 3 His mouth is bent to vile deceat With ignorance hee is repleat And to doe good hee hath no will verse 4 In bedde hee doeth for mischiefe waite full bent to seeke the way moste ill verse 5 Thy mercies Lord to heauen reach Thy faithfulnesse the cloudes doe preach verse 6 Thy righteousnesse as mountaines huge Thy judgements deepe no tongue can teach To man and beast thou art refuge verse 7 O God how great thy mercies bee The sonnes of men doe trust in thee verse 8 With thee they shall bee fully fed And thou wilt giue them drinke full free Of pleasant riuers largely spred verse 9 The Well of life is thine by right Thy brightnesse doeth giue vs our light verse 10 Thy fauour Lord to such extend As knowledge thee with heart vpright Thy righteousnesse to such men lend verse 11 Let not the proud O Lord preuaile Nor vaine mens power make mee to quaile But loe they faile in their deuise They mischiefe worke with tooth and naile And fall but can by no meanes rise PSALME XXXVII GRudge not to see the wicked men in wealth to flourish still Nor yet enuie such as to ill haue bent and set their will verse 2 For as greene grasse and flourishing herbes are cut and wither away So shall their great prosperitie soone passe fade and decay verse 3 Trust thou therefore in God alone to doe well giue thy mind So shalt thou haue the land as thine and there sure food shall find verse 4 In God set all thine heartes delite and looke what thou wouldst haue Or els can wish in all the world thou needst it not to craue verse 5 Cast both thy selfe and thine affaires on God with perfect trust And thou shall see with patience th' effect both sure and just verse 6 Thy perfect life and godly name hee will cleare as the light So that the Sunne euen at noone day shall not shine halfe so bright verse 7 Bee still therefore and stedfastly on God see thou wait then Not shrinking for the prosprous state of leud and wicked men verse 8 Shake off despite enuie and hate at least in any wise Their wicked steps auoide and flee and follow not their guise verse 9 For euery wicked man will God destory both more and lesse But such as trust in him are sure the land for to possesse verse 10 Watch but a while and thou shalt see no more the wickeds traine No not so much as house or place where once hee did remaine verse 11 But mercyfull and humble men enjoy shall sea and land In rest and peace they shall rejoyce for nought shall them with-stand verse 12 The lewd men and malicious against the just conspire They gnash their teeth at him as men which doe his bane desire verse 13 But while that lewd men thus doe thinke the Lord laugh'th them to scorne For why hee seeth their terme approach when they shall sigh and mourne verse 14 The wicked haue their sword outdrawne their bow eke haue they bent To ouer-throw and kill the poore as they the right way went verse 15 But the same sword shall pierce their heart which was to kill the iust Likewise the bow shall breake to shiuers wherein they put their trust verse 16 Doubtlesse the iust mans poore estate is better a great deale more Then all these lewd and wordly mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For bee their power neuer so strong God will it ouer-throw Where contrary hee doeth preserue the humble men and low verse 18 Hee seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And will giue them inheritance which neuer shall decay verse 19 They shall not bee discouraged when some are hard bested When other shall bee hunger-bit they shall bee clad and fed verse 20 For whosoeuer wicked is and enemies to the Lord Shall quaile yea melt euen as lambes grease or smoke that flieth abrode verse 21 Behold the wicked borroweth much and neuer payeth againe Whereas the just by liberall giftes maketh many glad and faine verse 22 For they whom God doth blesse shall haue the land for heritage And they whom hee doeth curse likewise shall perish in his rage verse 23 The Lord the iust mans wayes doth guide and giueth him good successe To euery thing hee takes in hand hee sendeth good addresse verse 24 Though that hee fall yet is hee fure not vtterly to quaile Because the Lord stretch'th out his hand at neede and doeth not faile verse 25 I haue beene young and now am old yet did I neuer see The just man left or els his seed to begge for miserie verse 26 But giueth alwayes moste liberally and lendeth whereas is need His children and posteritie receiue of God their meed verse 27 Flee vice therefore and wickednesse and vertue doe embrace So God shall graunt thee long to haue in earth a dwelling place verse 28 For God so loueth equitie and sheweth to his such grace That hee preserueth them alway but stroyeth the wicked race verse 29 Whereas the good and godly men inherite shall the land Hauing as lordes all thinges therein in their owne power and hand verse 30 The just mans mouth doeth euer speake of matters wise and hie His tongue doeth talke to edifie with trueth and equitie verse 31 For in his heart the Law of God his Lord doeth still abide So that where euer hee goeth or walk'th his foot can neuer slide verse 32 The wicked like a rauening wolfe the just man doeth beset By all meanes seeking him to kill if hee fall in his net
deuise thy workes abrode to show To such a reckoning they doe rise thereof none end I know verse 6 Burnt offringes thou didst not desire mine eares well vnderstand Nor sacrifice for sinne with fire thou didst at all demaund verse 7 But then said I behold and looke I come O Lord to thee For in the volume of thy booke thus is it writ of mee verse 8 That I O God with my whole mind thy will to doe like well For in my heart thy Law I find fast placed there to dwell verse 9 Thy justice and thy righteousnesse in great resortes I tell Behold my tongue no time doeth cease O Lord thou knowest full well verse 10 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnesse as by stealth But I declare and haue exprest thy trueth and sauing health I kept not close thy louing mind that no man should it know The trust that in thy trueth I find to all the Church I show verse 11 Thy tender mercie Lord from mee with-draw thou not away But let thy loue and veritie preserue mee still for ay verse 12 For I with mischiefes many one am sore beset about My sinnes such hold haue tane mee on I can not once looke out Yea they in number farre exceed the haires vpon mine head So that mine heart doeth faint for dread that I almost am dead verse 13 With speed send helpe and set mee free O Lord I thee require Make haste with aide to succour mee O Lord at my desire verse 14 Let them sustaine rebuke and shame that seeke my soule to spill Driue backe my foes and them defame that wish and would mee ill verse 15 For their ill fates doe them destroy that would deface my name Which at mee thus doe raile and cry fye on him fye for shame verse 16 Let them in thee haue joy and wealth that seeke to thee alwayes That such as loue thy sauing health may say to God bee praise verse 17 But as for mee I am but poore opprest and brought full low Yet thou O Lord wilt mee restore to health full well I know For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay Wherefore my God as thou art iust with mee no time delay PSALME XLI THe man is blest that carefull is the needie to consider For in the season perilous the Lord will him deliuer verse 2 The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And hee will not deliuer him into his enemies hand verse 3 And in his bed when hee lieth sicke the Lord will him restore And thou O Lord wilt turne to health his sickenesse and his sore verse 4 Then in my sickenesse thus say I haue mercy Lord on mee And heale my soule which is full woe that I offended thee verse 5 Mine enemies wisht mee ill in heart and thus of mee did say When shall hee die that all his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visite mee they aske if I doe well But in their heartes mischiefe they hatch and to their mates it tell verse 7 They bite their lippes and whisper so as though they would mee charme And cast their fetches how to trap mee with some mortall harme verse 8 Some grieuous sinne hath brought him to this sickenesse say they plaine Hee is so low that without doubt rise can hee not againe verse 9 The man also that I did trust with mee did vse deceit Who at my table ate my bread the same for mee laid wait verse 10 Haue mercy Lord on mee therefore and let mee bee preseru'de That I may render vnto them the thinges they haue deseru'de verse 11 By this I know assuredly to bee belou'de of thee When that mine enemies haue no cause to triumph ouer mee verse 12 But in my right thou hast mee kept and maintained alway And in thy presence place assignde where I shall dwell for aye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel bee praised euermore Euen so bee it Lord will I say euen so bee it therefore PSALME XLII Sing this as the 33. Psalme LIke as the Hart doeth breath and bray the well-springes to obtaine So doeth my soule desire alway with thee Lord to remaine verse 2 My soule doth thirst and wold draw neare the liuing God of might Oh when shall I come and appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares all times are my repast which from mine eyes doe slide When wicked men cry out so fast where is now God thy guide verse 4 Alas what griefe is it to thinke what freedome once I had Therefore my soule as at pits brinke is moste heauy and sad When I did march in good array well furnisht with my traine Vnto the Temple was our way with songes and heartes most faine verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes and fretst thus in my brest Trust still in God for him to praise I hold it euer best By him I haue succour at need against all paine and griefe Hee is my God which with all speed will haste to send reliefe verse 6 And thus my soule within mee Lord doeth faint to thinke vpon The land of Iordan and record the little hill Hermon verse 7 One griefe another in doeth call as cloudes burst out their voyce The floods of euils that doe fall runne ouer mee with noyce verse 8 yet I by day felt his goodnesse and helpe at all assayes Likewise by night I did not cease the liuing God to praise verse 9 I am perswaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O Lord thou art my guide and stay my rocke and my defence Why doe I then in pensiuenesse hanging the head thus walke While that mine enemies mee oppresse and vexe mee with their talke verse 10 For why they pierce mine inward partes with panges to bee abhord When they cry out with stubborn heartes where is thy God thy Lord verse 11 So soone why doest thou faint and quaile my soule with paines opprest With thoughtes why doest thy selfe assaile so sore within my brest Trust in the Lord thy God alwayes and thou the time shalt see To giue him thankes with laud and praise for health restorde to thee PSALME XLIII IVdge and reuenge my cause O Lord from them that euil be From wicked deceitfull men O Lord deliuer mee verse 2 For of my strength thou art the GOD why putst thou mee thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my foe verse 3 Send out thy light and eke thy trueth and lead mee with thy grace Which may conduct mee to thy hill and to thy dwelling place verse 4 Then shall I to the Altar goe of God my joy and cheare And on my harpe giue thankes to thee O God my God moste deare verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Still trust in God for him to praise I hold it alwayes best By him I haue deliuerance against all
paines and griefe Hee is my God which doeth alwayes at need send mee reliefe PSALME XLIV OVr eares haue heard our Fathers tell and reuerently record The wondrous workes that thou hast done in alder time O Lord verse 2 How thou didst cast the Gentiles out and stroyedst them with strong hand Planting our Fathers in their place and gauest to them their land verse 3 They conquered not by sword or strength the land of thy behest But by thy hand thy arme and grace because thou louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my King O God that helpt Iaakob in sundrie wise verse 5 Led with thy power we threw downe such as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bow nor sword they could not saue mee sound verse 7 Thou kept vs from our enemies rage thou didst our foes confound verse 8 And still wee boast of thee our God and praise thine holy Name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our hoast but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madest vs flee before our foes and so was ouer-trode Our enemies spoild and robd our goods when wee were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs giuen to our foes as sheep for to bee slaine Amongst the Heathen euery where scattred wee doe remaine verse 12 Thy people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thing of nought For profite none thou hadst thereby no gaine at all was sought verse 13 And to our neighbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stocke And those that round about vs dwell at vs doe grinne and mocke verse 14 Thus wee serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mocke they scorne and nod their heads where euer wee goe or walke verse 15 I am ashamde continually to heare those wicked men Yea I so blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such slandrous wordes such false reportes and lies That death it is to see their wronges their threatninges and their cries verse 17 For all this wee forget not thee nor yet thy couenant breake verse 18 Wee turne not backe our hearts from thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 Yet thou hast trode vs downe to dust where dennes of dragons bee And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersitie verse 20 If wee had our Gods Name forgot and helpe of idols sought verse 21 Would not God then haue tride this out for hee doeth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy Names sake O Lord alwayes are wee slaine thus As sheepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Vp Lord why sleepest thou awake and leaue vs not for all verse 24 Why hidest thou thy countenance and doest forget our thrall verse 25 For downe to dust our soule is brought and wee now at last cast Our bellie like as it were glude vnto the ground cleaues fast verse 26 Rise vp therefore for our defence and helpe vs Lord at need Wee thee beseech for thy goodnesse to rescue vs with speed PSALME XLV Sing this as the 25. Psalme MY heart doeth take in hand some godly song to sing The praise that I shall shew therein pertaineth to the King My tongue shall bee as quicke his honour to endite As is the penne of any scribe that vseth fast to write verse 2 O fairest of all men thy speech is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with giftes for euer to endure verse 3 About thee gird thy sword thou mightie Prince of fame Which is the glorie and renoune and honour of thy Name verse 4 Goe foorth with prosperous speed in meekenesse trueth and right And thy right hand shall thee instruct in workes of dreadfull might verse 5 Thy shaftes are sharpe O King to pearce thy foes heartes all Therefore shall Nations thee obey and at thy feet down fall verse 6 Thy royall seat O Lord for euer shall remaine Because the Scepter of thy Realme doeth righteousnesse maintaine verse 7 Thou righteousnesse doest loue and wickednesse detest Because God hath anoynted thee with joy aboue the rest verse 8 Of Myrrhe and Cassia thy clothes moste sweet smell had VVhen thou didst from thy Palace passe where they had made thee glad verse 9 Amongst thy Ladies are Kinges daughters right demure At thy right hand the Queene doeth stand arrayed in gold moste pure verse 10 O daughter take good heed incline and giue good eare Thou must forget thy kinred all and fathers house moste deare verse 11 So shall the King desire thy beautie excellent Hee is thy Lord therefore shalt thou to honour him bee bent verse 12 The daughters then of Tyre with giftes full rich to see And all the vvealthie of the land shall make their sute to thee verse 13 The daughter of the King is glorious to behold VVithin her chamber shee doeth sit deckt vp in broydred gold verse 14 In robes by needle wrought with many pleasant thing And Virgins faire on her to wait shee commeth to the King verse 15 They shall bee brought with joy and mirth on euerie side Into the Palace of the King and there they shall abide verse 16 Instead of parentes left O Queene the case so standes Thou shalt haue sonnes whom thou mayst set as Princes in all landes verse 17 VVherefore thine holy Name all ages shall record The people shall giue thankes to thee for euermore O LORD PSALME XLVI THe Lord is our defence and aide the strength whereby wee stand VVhen wee with woe were much dismaid we found his helpe at hand verse 2 Though th' earth remoue wee will not feare though hilles so high and steepe Bee thrust and hurled here and there within the sea so deepe verse 3 No though the waues doe rage so sore that all the bankes it spilles and though it ouer-flow the shore and beat downe mightie hilles verse 4 Yet one faire flood doeth send abrode his pleasant streames apace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In midst of her the Lord doeth dwell shee can no whit decay VVith speedie helpe those that rebell against her God will stay verse 6 The Heathen flocke the Kingdomes feare the people make a noyce The earth doeth melt and not appeare when God puts foorth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hoasts doeth take our part to vs hee hath an eye Our hope of health with all our heart on Iaakobs God doeth lye verse 8 Come heare and see with mind thought the working of our God VVhat wonders hee himselfe hath wrought throughout the earth abrode verse 9 By him all warres are husht and gone which countries did conspire Their bowes hee brake and speares echone their charets burnt with fire verse 10 Leaue off therefore saith hee and know I am a God moste stout I will bee praisde of high and low euen all the earth throughout verse 11 The Lord of hoastes doeth vs defend hee is our strength and tower On
13 Eat I the flesh of great bulles and bullockes Or drinke the blood of goates and of the flockes verse 14 Present to GOD due thankefullnesse and praise And pay thy vowes to him moste high alwayes verse 15 Call vpon mee when troubled thou shalt bee Then will I helpe and thou shalt honour mee verse 16 To wicked men thus sayth th' Eternall GOD Why doest thou preach my Lawes and Hestes abrode Seeing thou hast them with thy mouth deformed verse 17 And hatest to bee by discipline reformed My wordes I say thou doest reject and hate verse 18 If that thou see a thiefe as with thy mate Thou runnest with him and so your prey doe seeke And art all one with bawdes and ruffians eke verse 19 Thou giuest thy selfe to backe-bite and to slander And how thy tongue deceiueth it is a wonder verse 20 Thou fits musing thy brother how to blame And how to put thy mothers sonne to shame verse 21 These thinges thou didst and whilst I helde my tongue Thou didst mee judge because I staide so long Like to thy selfe yet though I kept long silence Once shalt thou feele for thy wronges just recompence verse 22 Consider this yee that forget the LORD And feares not when hee threatneth with his worde Lest without helpe I spoile you as a prey verse 23 But hee that thankes offereth praiseth mee aye Saith the LORD GOD and hee that walketh this trace I will him teach Gods sauing health to embrace PSALME LI. O LORD consider my distresse And nowe with speede some pitie take My sinnes deface my faultes redresse Good Lord for thy great mercies sake verse 2 Wash mee O Lord make mee clean From this vnjust and sinnefull act And purifie yet once againe My hainous crime and bloodie fact verse 3 Remorse and sorow doeth constraine Mee to acknowledge mine excesse My sinne alas doeth still remaine Before my face without release verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended Committing euill in thy sight And if I were therefore condemned Yet were thy judgementes just and right verse 5 It is too manyfest alas That first I was conceiu'de in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was And yet vile wretch remaines therein verse 6 Also behold LORD thou doest loue The inward trueth of a pure heart Therefore thy wisedome from aboue Thou hast reuealde mee to conuert verse 7 If thou with hysop purge my blot I shall bee cleaner then the glasse And if thou wash away my spot The snow in whitenesse shall I passe verse 8 Therefore O Lord such joy mee send That inwardly I may find grace And that my strength may now amend Which thou hast swagde for my trespasse verse 9 Turne backe thy face and frowning ire For I haue felt enough thy hand And purge my sinnes I thee desire Which doe in number passe the sand verse 10 Make new my heart within my brest And frame it to thy holy will Thy constant Sprite in mee let rest Which may these raging enemies kill verse 11 Cast mee not out Lord from thy face But speedily my tormentes end Take not from me thy Sprite and grace Which may from danger mee defend verse 12 Restore mee to these joyes againe Which I was wont in thee to find And let mee thy free Sprite retaine Which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercies know I shall instruct others therein And men that are likewise brought low By mine example shall flee sinne verse 14 O God that of mine health art Lord Forgiue mee this my bloody vice My heart and tongue shall then accord To sing thy mercies and justice verse 15 Touch thou my lippes my tongue vntie O Lord which art the onely kay And then my mouth shall testifie Thy wondrous workes and praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offered many one But thou esteemest them of no price And therein pleasure takest none verse 17 The heauie heart the mind opprest O Lord thou neuer doest reject And to speake trueth it is the best And of all sacrifice th' effect verse 18 Lord vnto Sion turne thy face Powre out thy mercies on thine hill And on Hierusalem thy grace Builde vp the walles and loue it still verse 19 Our offringes then thou wilt receaue Of peace and righteousnesse I say Yea calues and all that thou doest craue Vpon thine altar shall wee lay PSALME LII WHy doest thou tyrant boast abrode thy wicked workes to praise Doest thou not knowe there is a GOD whose mercies last alwayes Why doeth thy minde yet still deuise such wicked wyles to warpe verse 2 Thy tongue vntrue in forging lyes is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischiefe why setst thou thy mind and wilt not walke vpright Thou hast more lust false tales to find then bring the trueth to light verse 4 Thou doest delite in fraud and guile in mischiefe blood and wrong Thy lips haue learnde the flattring style O false deceitfull tongue verse 5 Therefore shall God for aye confound and plucke thee from thy place Thy seed root out from off the ground and so shall thee deface verse 6 The just when they behold thy fall with feare shall praise the Lord And in reproach of thee withall cry out with one accord verse 7 Behold the man that would not take the Lord for his defence But of his goods his god did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an oliue fresh and greene shall spring and spread abroad For why my trust all times hath beene vpon the liuing GOD. verse 9 For this therefore will I giue praise to thee with heart and voyce I will set foorth thy Name alwayes wherein thy Saintes rejoyce PSALME LIII Sing this as the 14. Psalme THere is no God as foolish men affirme in their madde moode Their driftes are all corrupt and vaine not one of them doeth good verse 2 The Lord beheld from heauen hie the whole race of mankind And saw not one that sought indeed th liuing GOD to find verse 3 They did turne backe and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the world did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Doe not all wicked workers know that they doe feed vpon My people as they feed on bread the Lord they call not on verse 5 Euen there they were afraid and stood with trembling all dismaide Whereas there was no cause at all why they should bee afraid For God his bones that thee besiegde hath scattered all abrode Thou hast confounded them for they rejected are of God verse 6 O Lord giue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill Thy promise made to Israel from out of Sion hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue led Then Iaakob shall therein rejoyce and Israel shall bee glad PSALME LIV. Sing this as the 27. Psalme SAue mee O God for thy Name sake And by thy grace my cause defend Oh heare
my prayers which I make And let my wordes to thee ascend verse 3 For strangers doe against mee rise And tyrantes seeke my soule to spill They set not God before their eyes But bent to please their wicked will verse 4 Behold God is mine helpe and stay And is with such as doe mee aide verse 5 My foes despite hee will repay Oh cut them off as thou hast sayd verse 6 Then sacrifice O Lord wil I Present full freely in thy sight And will thy Name still magnifie Because it is both good and right verse 7 For hee mee brought from troubles great And kept mee from their raging ire Yea on my foes which did mee threat Mine eyes haue seene mine heartes desire PSALME LV. Sing this as the 35. Psalme O GOD giue care and doe apply to heare mee when I pray And when to thee I call and cry hide not thy selfe away verse 2 Take heed to mee grant my request and answere mee againe With plaintes I pray full sore opprest great griefe doeth mee constraine verse 3 Because my foes with threates and cryes oppresse mee through despite And so the wicked sort likewise to vexe mee haue delite For they in counsell doe conspire to charge mee with some ill And in their hastie wrath and ire they doe pursue mee still verse 4 Mine heart doeth faint for want of breath it panteth in my brest The terrours and the dread of death doe worke mee much vnrest verse 5 Such dreadfull feare on mee doeth fall that I therewith doe quake Such horrour whelmeth mee withall that I no shift can make verse 6 But I did say Who will giue mee the swift and pleasant winges Of some faire doue then would I flee and rest mee from those thinges verse 7 Loe then I would goe farre away to flee I would not cease And I would hide my selfe and stay in some great wildernesse verse 8 I would bee gone in all the haste and not abide behind That I were quite and ouer-past those blastes of boistrous wind verse 9 Diuide them Lord and from them pull their deuelish double tongue For I haue spyed their citie full of rapine strife and wrong verse 10 For they both night and day about doe walke vpon her wall In mids of her is mischiefe stout and sorow eke withall verse 11 Her inward partes are wicked plaine her deedes are much too vile And in her streetes there doeth remaine all craftie fraud and guile verse 12 If that my foes had sought my shame I might it well abide From open enemies check and blame some where I could mee hide verse 13 But thou that was my fellow deare which friendship didst pretend And didst my secret counfell heare as my familiar friend verse 14 With whom I had delight to talke in secret and abroad And wee together oft did walke within the house of God verse 15 Let death in haste vpon them fall and send them quicke to hell For mischiefe reigneth in their hall and parlour where they dwell verse 16 But I vnto my God will cry to him for helpe I flee The Lord will heare mee by and by and hee wil succour mee verse 17 At morning noone and euening tide vnto the Lord I pray When I so instantly haue cryde hee doeth not say mee nay verse 18 To peace hee shall restore mee yet though warre bee now at hand Although the number bee full great that would against me stand verse 19 The Lord that reigneth aire and late shall heare and wracke them sore For sith no change is of their state they feare not God therefore verse 20 Vpon his friendes hee laid his handes which were in couenant knit Of friendship to neglect the bandes hee passeth not a whit verse 21 Though warre within his heart did boile like butter were his wordes Although hia wordes were smooth as oile they cut as sharpe as swordes verse 22 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lord and hee shall nourish thee For hee will not for aye accord the just in thrall to bee verse 23 But God shall cast them deepe in pit that thirst for blood alwayes Hee will no guilefull man permit to liue out halfe his dayes Though such bee quite destroyde and gone in thee O Lord I trust I shall depend thy grace vpon with all my heart and lust PSALME LVI Sing this as the 27. Psalme O God to mee thy mercie show Whom men would swallow deuour Each day they striue to bring mee low Vexing mee sore from hour to hour verse 2 Mine enemies dayly would mee eate For many doe against mee fight O thou most high yet in this strait verse 3 In thee my hope is surely pight verse 4 I will rejoyce in God for aye Because his wordes are true and just And feare no whit what flesh doe may To mee sith I in God doe trust verse 5 The wordes which I may selfe did speake Are turned to my smart and griefe Their thoughts echone tend them to wreak On mee causelesse to my mischiefe verse 6 In companies conueene doe they Keeping them secret in their strait They to my steps take heed alway For why to trap my soule they wait verse 7 They thinke they shall escape at last Because by wrong they much annoy But thou O God in wrath down cast These wicked folke and them destroy verse 8 My wandringes thou hast numbred all And in thy bottell put my teares Are they not written great and small As thy register witnesse beares verse 9 What time to thee I call and cry Mine enemies then abacke shall flee This know I most assuredly For God the Lord hee is with mee verse 10 For this I will in GOD rejoyce Because his promises are sure To him will I lift vp my voyce Whose worde for euer doeth endure verse 11 And since my trust in God doeth stand I will mans power not feare at all verse 12 O Lord thy vowes are in mine hand To thee I praises render shall verse 13 For thou from death my soule restorde And keepest my feete from slip or fall That I may walke before the LORD With such as light haue ouer all PSALME LVII BEe mercifull to mee O GOD bee mercifull to mee For why my soule in all assaultes shall euer trust in thee And till these wicked stormes bee past which rise on euery side Vnder the shadowe of thy winges my hope shall alwayes bide verse 2 I will therefore call to the LORD who is moste high alone To GOD who will his worke in mee bring to perfection verse 3 Hee will sende downe from heauen aboue to saue mee and restore From the rebukes of wicked men that faine woulde mee deuoure God will his mercie surely send and constant trueth also To comfort mee and to defend against my cruell foe verse 4 Alas too long my soule doeth lye amongst these Lions kiene That rage and fume like flames of fire the sonnes of men I meane Whose teeth are like the grynded speare
like arrowes are their wordes And eke their tongues in forging lyes are sharpe as any swordes verse 5 Exalt thy selfe O Lord therefore aboue the heauens hight And ouer all the earth declare thy glory and thy might verse 6 To trap my steps where shoulde I passe a snare they did lay out My soule was pressed downe for feare which compast mee about Before mee they did digge and cast a deepe and vgly pit Yet now they fallen are at last themselues in middes of it verse 7 My heart is ready bent O God my heart is ready bent I will sing songes and Psalmes of praise to thee I will present verse 8 Awake my tongue my great delite my viole and mine harpe I will get vp by breake of day and of my God will carpe verse 9 I will thee praise O Lord of might the people all among And eke amid the Nations great of thee shall bee my song verse 10 For thy goodnesse is wondrous great and to the heauens doeth reach The cloudes and elementes aboue thy faithfullnesse doe preach verse 11 Exalt thy selfe O Lord therefore aboue the heauens hight And ouer all the earth declare thy glory and thy might PSALME LVIII BVt is it true O frowarde folke doe yee nowe justly talke O sonnes of men in judging thus doe yee vprightly walke verse 2 Nay nay yee rather mischiefe muse whereto your heartes bee bent To execute your cruell rage on earth your time is spent verse 3 But what the wicked strangers are and from the wombe they stray Yea from their birth they lewdly erre and none so lye as they verse 4 Their subtle malice doeth surmount the crafrie serpentes speare verse 5 Who could th'inchanters charmes auoide by stopping of her eare verse 6 Breake thou O Lord the teeth of such as doe the trueth deuoure The jawes of these young Lions Lord breake downe and swage their power verse 7 And as the waters doe decrease away so let them passe When that thou doest thine arrowes shoot then let them breake as glasse verse 8 Let such consume as doeth a snaile whose nature is to melt Or like vntimely fruite whose eyes no Sunne hath seene or felt verse 9 As flesh red-rawe vnmeete for meate till change bee made by fire So let them Lord fade hence as with a whirle-winde in thine ire verse 10 The righteous shall in heart rejoyce thy vengeance thus to see And bathe his feete in such mens blood with pure effect shall hee verse 11 And men shall say now of a trueth the righteous fruite may haue By seeing God to judge the earth and yet his flocke to saue PSALME LIX DEliuer mee my GOD of might From danger of mine enemie And mee defende in this my right From them that doe against mee rise verse 2 Deliuer mee from them that haue delite to worke iniquitie And from these bloody men mee saue That seeke my soule with crueltie verse 3 For loe they waite my soule to take Strong men against mee doe conueene Not for the fault that I did make That they O Lord in mee haue seene verse 4 They runne on fast for none offence Prepare themselues with brags and boastes Arise therefore in my defence And them behold Lord God of hoastes verse 5 O GOD of Israell awake That thou all Nations so mayst try To punish them no pitie take That thus transgresse maliciously verse 6 At night they stirre and seeke about As hungrie houndes they houle and cry And all the citie cleane throughout From place to place they seeke and spy verse 7 Beholde their lippes such spitefull wordes Cast out as they shoulde seeme to beare Within their mouthes sharpe edged swords For what regard they who doeth heare verse 8 But Lord thou hast their wayes espide And at the same shall laugh apace The Heathen folke thou shalt deride Yea mocke and scorne them to their face verse 9 His force therefore that wold mee wrong I will referre O Lord to thee For though for mee hee bee too strong Yet God will my defender bee verse 10 God will preuent mee with his grace Whose mercies I haue founde of olde God will my foes echone deface So that mine eyes shall it beholde verse 11 But slay them not lest their decay My people shoulde forget and light Disperse them Lord our shielde and slay And bring them low by thy great might verse 12 Let them bee taken in their pride The sinnes of their owne mouth euen that Whereto their lippes were ay applide Perjured lyes then let them prate verse 13 Consume consume them in thine ire That they hencefoorth no more bee kend That men may know how great empire Hath Iaakobs God to the worldes end verse 14 And they in th' euening shall turne backe Like barking dogges which houle and cry When they runne heere and there for lacke The towne about their prey to spy verse 15 They wander shall for hunger great To seeke their foode with neede opprest Before they filled bee with meat Although the night driue them to rest verse 16 But I will sing of thy great power And early will thy mercies praise For thou hast aye beene my strong tower And refuge in my troublous dayes verse 17 To thee my onely strength I will Therefore sing Psalmes vncessantly For God is my defence and still A God most mercifull to mee PSALME LX. Sing this as the 49. Psalme O Lord thou didst vs cleane forsake and scatteredst vs abroad Such great displeasure thou didst take returne to vs O GOD. verse 2 Thy might did moue the land so sore that it in sunder brake The hurt therefore O Lord restore for it doeth bow and quake verse 3 With heauie thinges thou plaguest thus the people that are thine And thou hast giuen vnto vs a drinke of giddie wine verse 4 But yet to such as feare thy Name a banner thou didst shew That they may triumph in the same because thy word is trew verse 5 So that thy might may keepe and saue thy folke that fauour thee That they thy helpe at hand may haue O Lord grant this to mee verse 6 I will rejoyce for God hath said within his holy place That I shall Sichem land diuide and Succothes vale by pace verse 7 Gilead is giuen to mine hand Manasses mine beside Ephraim the strength of all my land my law doeth Iudah guide verse 8 In Moab I will wash my feet ouer Edom throw my shoe And Palestina see thou seeke for fauour mee vnto verse 9 But who will bring mee at this tide vnto the citie strong Or who to Edom will mee guide so that I goe not wrong verse 10 Wilt thou not God which didst forsake thy folke their land and coastes Our warres in hand that would not take nor walke among our hoastes verse 11 Giue aide O Lord and vs relieue from them that vs disdaine The helpe that hoastes of men can giue it is but all vaine verse 12 But through our God we shal
haue might to take great thinges in hand Hee will tread down and put to flight all those that vs with-stand PSALME LXI REgard O LORD for I complaine and make my sute to thee Let not my wordes returne in vaine but giue an eare to mee verse 2 From off the coastes and vtmost partes of all the earth abroad In griefe and anguish of mine heart I cry to thee O GOD. Vpon the rocke of thy great power my wofull mind repose verse 3 Thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tentes I lust to dwell for euer to endure Vnder thy winges I know right well I shall bee safe and sure verse 5 For thou O Lord heardst my request and grantedst eke the same And with an heritage hast blest all such as feare thy Name verse 6 Thus shalt thou grant the King alwayes a life full long to see To many ages shall his dayes and yeeres prolonged bee verse 7 That hee may haue a dwelling place before the LORD for aye O let thy mercie trueth and grace defend him from decay verse 8 Then shall I sing for euer still with praise vnto thy NAME That all my vowes I may fulfill and dayly pay the same PSALME LXII ALthough my soule hath sharpely beene assaulted Yet towardes GOD in silence haue I walked In whom alone all health and hope I see verse 2 Hee is mine health and my saluation sure My strong defence which shall foreuer endure Therefore afraid I need not much to bee verse 3 How long will yee of mischiefe thus bee musing Thereby not mine but your own deathes procuring For yee shall bee like to a rotten wall verse 4 Yet loe how they consult for to displace him And by their lyes from dignitie to chase him With mouth they blesse their heartes repleat with gall verse 5 But thou my soule in silence wait GODS leasure verse 6 Who is mine hope my strength and onely treasure Therefore my foes I need nothing to feare In GOD the LORD my sauing health is certaine My glory doeth to him also appertaine Hee is my rocke I trust hee will mee heare verse 8 Trust in the LORD yee people sore oppressed Shew him your griefe hee will it see redressed For hee alone our hope must bee and stay verse 9 But yet alas mennes sonnes are meere vanitie Such lyars are as pretend most grauitie Yea vanitie in weight them down will wey verse 10 Put then no trust in wicked oppression And bee not vaine nor yet want discretion If riches grow set not your heartes thereon verse 11 GOD once or twise spake thus within my hearing That power to him alone was appertaining And that all should depend well therevpon verse 12 But thou O LORD to thine thy mercie shewest And as men bee so thou their workes rewardest PSALME LXIII Sing this as the 44. Psalme O GOD my GOD I watch betime to come to thee in haste For why my soule and body both doe thirst of thee to taste And in this barren wildernesse where waters there are none My flesh is parcht for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once againe thy glorie strength and might As I was wont it to behold within thy Temple bright verse 3 For why thy mercies far surmount this life and wretched dayes My lips therefore shall giue to thee due honour laud and praise verse 4 And whiles I liue I will not faile to worship thee alway And in thy NAME I shall lift vp my handes when I doe pray verse 5 My soule is fil'de as with marrow that is both fat and sweet My mouth therefore shall sing such songes as are for thee most meet verse 6 When as on bed I thinke on thee and eke all the night tide verse 7 For vnder couert of thy winges thou art my joyfull guide verse 8 My soule doeth surely sticke to thee thy right hand is my power verse 9 And those that seeke my soule to stroy them death shall soone dououre verse 10 The sword shall them deuoure echone their carcases shall feede The hungrie foxes which doe runne their prey to seeke at neede verse 11 The King and all men shall rejoyce that doe professe Gods word For lyars mouthes shall then bee stopt which haue the trueth disturbde PSALME LXIV Sing this as the 18. Psalme O LORD vnto my voyce giue eare with plaint when I doe pray And rid my life and soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend mee from that sort of men which in deceits doe lurke And from the frowning face of them that all ill feates doe worke verse 3 Who whet their tongues as wee haue seene men whet and sharp their swordes They shoot abroad their arrowes keene I meane most bitter wordes verse 3 With priuie slight shoot they their shaftes the vp right man to hit The just vnware to strike by craft they care and feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worke haue they decreed in counsell thus they cry To vse deceit let vs not dread what who can it espy verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talke and muse all times within their heart They all consult what feates to vse each doeth inuent his part verse 7 But yet all this shall not auaile when they thinke least vpon God with his dart shall them assaile and wound them euery one verse 8 Their craftes and their ill tongues withall shall worke themselues such blame That they shall flee which see their fall and wonder at the same verse 9 Then all shall see and know right well that God the thing hath wrought And praise his wittie workes and tell what hee to passe hath brought verse 10 Yet shall the just in God rejoyce still trusting in his might So shall they joy with mind and voyce whose heart is pure and right PSALME LXV Sing this as the 30. Psalme THy praise alone O Lord doeth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Their vowes to thee they doe maintaine and their behestes fulfill verse 2 For that thou doest their prayer heare and doest thereto agree Thy people all both far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 My wicked deedes preuaile O Lord they power haue ouer mee But thou shalt mercie vs accord although wee sinnefull bee verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest choose within thy court to dwell Thy house and Temple hee shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Thou wilt in justice heare vs GOD our health of thee doeth rise The hope of all the earth abroad and the sea coastes likewise verse 6 With strength hee is beset about and compast with his power Hee makes the mountaines strong and stout to stand in euery stoure verse 7 The swelling seas hee doeth asswage and makes their streames full still Hee doeth restraine the peoples rage and rules them at his will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall
pots your hew should passe the doue Whose winges and feathers seeme to haue siluer and gold aboue verse 14 When in this land God shall triumph ouer Kinges both high and low Then shall it bee like Salmon hill as white as any snow verse 15 Though Bashan bee a fruitefull hill and in height others passe Yet Sion Gods most holy hill doeth farre excell in grace verse 16 Why bragge yee thus yee hilles most high and leape for pride together This hill of Sion God doeth loue and there will dwell for euer verse 17 Gods armie is two millions of warriours good and strong The LORD also in Sinai is present them among verse 18 Thou didst O Lord ascend on high and captiue led them all Who in times past thy chosen flocke in prison kept and thrall Thou mad'st them tribute for to pay and such as did repine Thou didst subdue that they might dwell within thine house diuine verse 19 Now praised bee the Lord for that hee powres on vs such grace From day to day hee is the God of our health and solace verse 20 Hee is the God from whom alone saluation commeth plaine Hee is the God by whom wee scape all dangers death and paine verse 21 This God will wound his enemies head and breake the hairie scalpe Of those that in their wickednesse continually doe walke verse 22 From Bashan will I bring said hee my people and my sheepe And all mine owne as I haue done from danger of the deepe verse 23 And make them dip their feet in blood of those that hate my NAME And dogs shall haue their tongues embrude with licking of the same verse 24 All men may see how thou O God thine enemies doest deface And how thou goest as God and King into thine holy place verse 25 The singers goe before with joy the minstrels follow after And in the mids the damefels play with timbrell and with taber verse 26 Now in thy Congregations O Israel praise the Lord And Iaakobs whole posteritie giue thankes with one accord verse 27 Their chiefe was litle Benjamin but Iudah made their hoast With Zabulon and Nephthalim which dwelt about their coast verse 28 As God hath giuen power to thee so Lord make firme and sure The Thinges that thou hast wrought in vs for euer to endure verse 29 And in thy Temple giftes will wee giue vnto thee O Lord For thine vnto Ierusalem sure promise made by word Yea and strange Kinges to vs subdude shall doe like in those dayes I meane to thee they shall present their giftes of laud and praise verse 30 Hee shall destroy the speare-mens rankes these Calues and Bulles of might And cause them tribute pay and daunt all such as loue to fight verse 31 Then shall the lordes of Egypt come and presentes with them bring The Mores most black shall stretch their hands vnto their Lord and King verse 32 Therefore yee kingdomes of the earth giue praise vnto the Lord Sing Psalmes to God with one consent thereto let all accord verse 33 Who though hee ride and euer hath aboue the Heauens bright Yet by the fearefull thunder claps men may well know his might verse 34 Therefore the strength of Israel ascribe to God on hie Whose might and power doth farre extend aboue the cloudie Skie verse 35 O God thine holynesse and power is dread for euermore The God of Israel giu'th vs strength praised bee GOD therefore PSALME LXIX SAue mee O GOD and that with speed the waters flow full fast So nie my soule doe they proceed that I am sore agast verse 2 I sticke full deepe in filth clay whereas I feele no ground I fall into such floods I say that I am like bee drownde verse 3 With crying oft I faint and quaile my throte is hoarse and drie With looking vp my sight doeth faile for helpe to God on hie verse 4 My foes which seeke for to oppresse my soule with hate are led In number sure they are no lesse then haires are on mine head Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad They doe compell mee to restore the thinges I neuer had verse 5 What I haue done for want of wit thou Lord all times canst tell And all the sinne that I commit to thee is knowne full well verse 6 O God of hoastes defend and stay all those that trust in thee Let no man doubt nor shrinke away for ought that chanceth mee verse 7 It is for thâ—â— and for thy sake that I do beare this blame In spite of thee they would mee make to hide my face for shame verse 8 My mothers sonnes my brethren all forsake mee on a row And as a stranger they mee call my face they will not know verse 9 Vnto thine house such zeale I beare that it doeth pine mee much Their checkes and tauntes at thee to heare my very heart doeth grutch verse 10 Though I doe fast my flesh to chaste yea if I weepe and mone Yet in my teeth this geare is cast they passe not thereupon verse 11 If I for griefe and paine of heart in sacke-cloth vse to walke Then they anone will it peruert thereof they jest and talke verse 12 I was a talke to all the throng that sate within the gate The drunkardes likewise in their song of mee did talke and prate verse 13 But thee the while O Lord I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great trueth thou wilt alway send downe thine aide to mee verse 14 Plucke thou my feete out of the mire from sincking doe mee keepe From such as mee pursue with ire and from the waters deepe verse 15 Lest with the waues I should bee dround and depth my soule deuoure And that the pit should mee confound and shut mee in her power verse 16 O Lord of hoastes to mee giue eare as thou art good and kind And as thy mercie is most deare Lord haue mee in thy mind verse 17 And doe not from thy seruant hide nor turne thy face away I am opprest on euery side in haste giue eare I say verse 18 O Lord vnto my soule draw nie the same with aide repose Because of their great tyrannie acquite mee from my foes verse 19 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tell For those that seeke and worke the same thou seest them all full well verse 20 WheÌ„ they with brags do break mine heart I seeke for helpe anone But find no friendes to ease my smart to comfort mee not one verse 21 But in my meat they gaue mee gall too cruell for to thinke And gaue mee in my thirst withall strong vineger to drinke verse 22 Lord turne their table to a snare to take themselues therein And when they thinke full well to fare then trap them in the gin verse 23 And let their eyes bee darke and blind that they may nothing see Bow downe their backes and doe them bind in thraldome for to
Lord once end this shame and quaile thine enemies strong Shall they alwayes blaspheme thy NAME and raile on thee so long verse 11 Why doest thou draw thy hand abacke and hide it in thy lap Oh plucke it out and bee not slacke to giue thy foes a rap verse 12 O God thou art my King and Lord and euermore hast beene Yea thy good grace throughout the world for our good helpe hath seene verse 13 The seas that are so deepe and dead thy might did make them drie And thou didst breake the serpentes head that hee therein did die verse 14 Yea thou didst breake the head so great of whales that are so fell And gau'st them to those folke to eate that in the desert dwell verse 15 Thou mad'st a spring with streames to rise from rockes both hard and hie And eke thine hand hath made likewise deepe riuers to bee drie verse 16 Both day and eke the night are thine by thee they were begun Thou setst to serue vs with their shine the light and eke the sunne verse 17 Thou doest appoint the endes coastes of all the earth about Both sommer heates and winter frostes thy hand hath found them out verse 18 Thinke on O Lord no time forget thy foes that thee defame And how the foolish folke are set to raile vpon thy NAME verse 19 O let no cruell beast deuoure the turtle that is true Forget not alwayes in thy power the poore that much doe rue verse 20 Regard thy couenant and behold thy foes possesse the land All sad and darke forworne and olde our realme as now doeth stand verse 21 Let not the simple goe away nor yet returne with shame But let the poore and needie aye giue praise vnto the same verse 22 Rise Lord let bee by thee maintainde the cause that is thine owne Remember how that thou blasphemde art by the foolish one verse 23 The voyce forget not of thy foes for the presumption hie Is more and more increast of those that hate thee spitefully PSALME LXXV Sing this as the 67. Psalme O GOD laud and praise wee will giue to thee Of vs at all times thou shalt thanked bee Sith thy NAME is neare they will without doubt Thy workes of great fame declare and shew out verse 2 When I saith GOD a meete time shall see I will rightly judge for though the earth bee verse 3 With all that there dwell dissolued and waste Her pillars shall I make stable and fast verse 4 I said to the fooles learne now to bee wise And to the peruerse let not your horne rise verse 5 Lift not vp I said your hornes thus on hie Nor yet with stiffe necke speake presumptuously verse 6 For why high degree proceedes in no part From East nor from West nor yet from desert verse 7 But GOD is the Iudge who onely hath power To throw and cast downe or raise vp each houre verse 8 For loe in his hand a cuppe now hath GOD Of strong wine full mixt which hee powres abroad The wicked each one the dregges of that cuppe Shall doubtlesse wring out and drinke them all vp verse 9 But I will declare and shew foorth alwayes And to Iaakobs GOD will sing laude and praise verse 10 The wicked mens hornes in twaine breake will I But the just mens shall bee lifted on hie PSALME LXXVI IN Iurie land GOD is well knowne In Israel great is his NAME verse 2 Hee chose out Salem for his owne His Tabernacle of great fame Therein to raise and mount Sion To make his habitation And residence within the same verse 3 There did he break the bowmens shafts Their fierie dartes so swift of flight Their shields their swords al their crafts Of warre when they were bown to fight verse 4 More excellent and more mightie Art thou therefore then mountaines hie Of rauenous wolues voide of all right verse 5 The stout hearted were made a prey A sudden sleepe did them confound And all the strong men in that fray Their feeble handes they haue not found verse 6 At thy rebuke O Iaakobs GOD Horses with chariots ouer-trod As with dead sleepe were cast to ground verse 7 Fearefull art thou O Lord our guide Yea thou alone and who is hee That in thy presence may abide If once thine anger kindled bee verse 8 Thou makest men from heauen to heare Thy judgementes just the earth for feare Stilled with silence then wee see verse 9 When thou O Lord beginst to rise Sentence to giue as Iudge of all And in the earth doest enterprise to ridde the humble out of thrall verse 10 Certes the rage of mortall men Shall bee thy praise the remnant then Of their furie thou bindst withall verse 11 Vow performe your vowes therefore Vnto the Lord your God all yee That round about him dwell adore This fearefull One with offringes free verse 12 Who may cut off at his vintage The breath of princes in their rage To earthly kinges fearefull is hee PSALME LXXVII I With my voyce to GOD doe cry with heart and heartie cheare My voyce to GOD I lift on hie and hee my sute doeth heare verse 2 In time of griefe I sought to GOD by night no rest I tooke But stretcht mine hands to him abroad my soule comfort forsooke verse 3 When I to thinke on GOD intend my trouble then is more I spake but could not make an end my breath was stopt so sore verse 4 Thou heldst mine eyes such wise from rest that I alwayes did wake With feare I was so sore opprest my speech did mee forsake verse 5 The dayes of olde in minde I cast and oft did thinke vpon The times and ages that are past full many yeeres agone verse 6 By night my songes I call to minde once made thy praise to shew And with my heart much talke I finde my spirite doeth search to know verse 7 Will GOD said I at once for all cast off his people thus So that hencefoorth no time hee shall bee friendly vnto vs verse 8 What is his goodnesse cleane decayde for euer and a day Or is his promise now delayde and doeth his trueth decay verse 9 And will the LORD our GOD forget his mercies manyfolde Or shall his wrath increase so hote his mercie to with-holde verse 10 At last I said my weakenesse is the cause of this mistrust GODS mightie hand can helpe all this and change it when hee list verse 11 I will regarde and thinke vpon the working of the LORD Of all his wonders past and gone I gladly will recorde verse 12 Yea all thy workes I will declare and what hee did deuise To tell his factes I will not spare and eke his counsell wise verse 13 Thy workes O LORD are all vpright and holy all abroad What one hath strength to match the might of thee O LORD our GOD verse 14 Thou art a GOD that doest foorthshew thy wonders euery houre And so doest make the people know
they may seeke thy NAME in mind to print verse 17 Confounded let them bee and euer still Vexed with woe yea make them shamde and shent verse 18 And let them know that thou art permanent That IEHOVAH thy NAME alone pertaineth To thee ouer all the earth whose glorie reigneth PSALME LXXXIV Sing this as the 67. Psalme HOw pleasant is thy dwelling place O LORD of hostes to mee The Tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant LORD they bee verse 2 My soule doeth long full sore to goe into thy Courtes abroad My heart doeth joy my flesh also in thee the liuing GOD verse 3 The sparrowes finde a roome to rest and saue themselues from wrong And eke the swallow hath a nest wherein to keepe her young verse 4 These birdes full nigh thine Altar may haue place to fit and sing O LORD of hoastes thou art I say My GOD and eke my King verse 5 Oh they bee blessed that may dwell within thine house alwayes For they all times thy factes doe tell and euer giue thee praise verse 6 Yea happie sure likewise are they whose strength and stay thou art Which to thine house doe minde the way and seeke it with their heart verse 7 As they goe through the vale of teares they digge vp fountaines still That as a spring it all appeares and thou their pits doest fill verse 8 From strength to strēgth they walk ful fast no faintnesse there shall bee And so the GOD of gods at last in Sion they doe see verse 9 O LORD of hoastes to mee giue heede and heare when I doe pray And let it through thine eare proceede O Iaakobs GOD I say verse 10 O LORD our shield of thy good grace regarde and so draw neare Regarde I say beholde the face of thine Anointed deare verse 11 For why within thy Courtes one day is better to abide Then other whare to keepe or stay a thousand dayes beside verse 12 Much rather woulde I keepe a doore within the house of GOD Then in the tentes of wickednesse to settle mine abode verse 13 For GOD the LORD our light shield wil grace and worship giue And no good thing shall bee with-held from them that purely liue verse 14 O LORD of hoastes that man is blest and happie sure is hee That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee PSALME LXXXV O LORD thou loued hast thy land And brought foorth Iaakob with thine hande Who was in thraldome straite verse 2 Thy peoples sinnes so great and huge Thou couered hast and didst not judge Thy mercies were so great verse 3 Thine anger then and wrath so ho e Thou didst remit and haste forgot Such was thy tender loue verse 4 O turne vs then GOD of our strength Release thine ire and now at length Let our distresse thee moue verse 5 Wilt thou bee angrie LORD for aye Wilt thou prolong thy wrath I say And that from age to age verse 6 Wilt thou not turne vs vp to raise That wee thy people may thee praise And that with great courage verse 7 Thy mercy LORD to shew vouchsafe That thy saluation wee may haue But hearken now I will verse 8 And heare what GOD himselfe did say Who peace before his Saintes did lay Lest they should turne to ill verse 9 Now certainely his health is neare To such as doe indeede him feare And blesseth still our land verse 10 Loe trueth and mercie both doe meete His righteousnesse and peace doe greete And both joine hand in hand verse 11 For trueth shall from the earth bud out From heauen righteousnesse no doubt Yea GOD shall giue good store verse 12 So that our land shall giue increase verse 13 And righteousnesse toward him prease Who shall still march before PSALME LXXXVI LORD bow thine eare to my request and heare mee by and by With grieuous paine and griefe opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my wayes and doinges holy bee And saue thy seruant LORD I pray that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercie Lord on mee expresse defende mee eke withall For through the day I doe not cease on thee to cry and call verse 4 Comfort O Lord thy seruantes soule that now with paine is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extoll and lift my soule and mind verse 5 For thou art good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercie plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O LORD likewise when I doe pray regarde and giue an eare Marke well the wordes that I doe say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In time when trouble doeth mee moue to thee I doe complaine For why I know and well doe proue thou answerest mee againe verse 8 Among the gods O LORD is none with thee to bee comparde And none can doe as thou alone the like can not bee hearde verse 9 The Gentiles and the people all which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and glorifie thy NAME verse 10 For why thou art so much of might all power LORD is thine owne Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art GOD alone verse 11 O teach mee LORD thy way and I shall in thy trueth proceede O joine mine heart to thee so nie that I thy NAME may dread verse 12 To thee my GOD wil I giue praise with all mine heart O LORD And glorifie thy NAME alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewde to mee is great and doeth excell Thou settest my soule at libertie out from the lower hell verse 14 O LORD the proude against mee rise and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in their fight verse 15 Thou LORD art mercifull and meeke full slacke and flowe to wrath Thy goodnesse is full great and eke thy trueth no measure hath verse 16 O turne to mee and mercie grant thy strength to mee apply O helpe and saue thine owne seruant thine hand-maides sonne am I. verse 17 On mee some signe of fauour show that all my foes may see And bee ashamde because LORD thou didst helpe and succour mee PSALME LXXXVII Sing thit as the 77. Psalme THat Citie shall full well indure her ground-worke still doeth stay Vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no time decay verse 2 GOD loues the gates of Sion best his grace doeth there abide Hee loues them more then all the rest of Iaakobs tentes beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported bee in Sion and abroad Great thinges I say are saide of thee thou Citie of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and beare in minde the same And Babylon shall eke apply and learne to know my NAME verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope likewise A people olde full long agoe were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abroad that diuers men of fame
Haue there sprung vp and the high GOD hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shall through GODS deuise appeare Of Sion that the chiefe of all had his beginning there verse 8 The minstrelles all with such as singes shall praise the LORd with glee For of delight my pleasant springes are compast all in thee PSALME LXXXVIII O GOD of my saluation I day and night before thee fall verse 2 O let my supplication Of thee bee hearde when I doe call verse 3 For euils doe my soule so fill My life neare to the graue is throwne verse 4 With such as fall the pit vntill I numbred am and strength haue none verse 5 Among the dead a man moste free As one in graue alreadie slaine Whom thou esteemst no more to bee But quite cut off as men moste vaine verse 6 In depth profounde thou hast mee cast Where in the darke full deep I lye verse 7 Thy wrath so laid on mee thou hast That ouer-come with griefe I crye verse 8 Such as mee knew thou hast drawn backe Whose loue is turned to great hate I am shut vp all helpe I lacke for to redresse my dreadfull state verse 9 My visage doeth my griefe declare To thee I cry LORD day by day Mine handes to thee I stretcht with care But yet can haue no rest nor stay verse 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead Shall dead men rise to praise thy NAME verse 11 Shall in the graue thy loue bee spred With faithfulnesse may death well frame verse 12 Thy wondrous workes for to repeat Shall they in darkenesse deepe bee known Or shall thy righteousnesse so great In a forgetfull land bee showne verse 13 To thee O LORD long cryde I haue And early shall I come to pray verse 14 Why doest thou stay my soule to saue And turne thy face from mee away verse 15 I am afflicted to the death Alwayes in dread of life I doubt verse 16 Thy wrath I feele at euery breath Thy feare almoste hath worne mee out verse 17 Like water they mee closed round Because I should not from them slide verse 18 My louers heartes thou hast vp-bound And mine acquaintance did them hide PSALME LXXXIX TO sing the mercies of the LORD my tongue shall neuer spare And with my mouth from age to age thy trueth I will declare verse 2 For I haue saide that mercie shall for euermore remaine In that thou doest the heauens stay thy trueth appeareth plaine verse 3 To mine Elect saide GOD I made a Couenant and Behest My seruant Dauid to perswade I swore and did protest verse 4 Thy seede for euer I will stay and stablish it full fast And still vp-holde thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew with joy and mirth thy wondrous workes O LORD Thy Saintes within thy Church on earth thy faith and trueth record verse 6 Who with the LORD is equall then in all the cloudes abroad Among the sonnes of all the gods what one is like our GOD verse 7 GOD in assemblie of his Saintes is greatly to bee dread And ouer all that dwell about in terrour to bee had verse 8 LORD GOD of hostes in all the world whose strength is like to thee On euery side moste mightie LORD thy trueth is seene to bee verse 9 The raging sea by thine aduise thou rulest at thy will And when the waues thereof arise thou mak'st them calme and still verse 10 As a man slaine so Egypt land hast thou subdewde O LORD Thy foes with mightie arme and hand thou scattered hast abroad verse 11 The heauens are thine and still haue bene likewise the earth and land The world with all that is therein thou formedst with thine hand verse 12 Both North South thou LORD alone thy selfe didst make and frame Both Tabor mount and eke Hermon rejoyce and praise thy NAME verse 13 Thine arme is strong and full of power all might therein doeth lie The strength of thy right hand each houre thou liftest vp on hie verse 14 In righteousnesse and equitie thou hast thy seat and place Mercie and trueth are still with thee and goe before thy face verse 15 Those folke are blest that know aright to joy in thee O GOD For in the fauour of thy sight they walke full safe abroad verse 16 LORD in thy NAME rejoyce they shall and that from day to day And in thy righteousnesse withall exalt themselues alway verse 17 For why their glory strength and aide in thee alone doeth lie Thy goodnesse eke that hath vs staide shall lift our horne on hie verse 18 Our strength that doeth defende vs well the LORD to vs doeth bring The holy One of Israel hee is our guide and King verse 19 Thy will vnto thy Saintes sometimes in visions thou didst show And thus then didst thou say to them thy minde to make them know A man of might haue I erect your King and guide to bee And set him vp whom I elect among the folke to mee verse 20 My seruant Dauid I appoint whom I haue searched out And with mine holy oyle anoint him King of all the rout verse 21 Therefore mine hand is readie still with him for the remaine And with mine arme also I will him strengthen and sustaine verse 22 The enemies shall not him oppresse they shall him not deuoure Nor yet the sonnes of wickednesse of him shall haue no power verse 23 His foes likewise will I destroy before his face in sight And those that hate him plague will I and strike them with my might verse 24 My trueth and mercie eke withall shall still vpon him bee And in my NAME his horne eke shall bee lifted vp on hie verse 25 His kingdome I will set to bee vpon the sea and land And eke the running floops shall hee embrace with his right hand verse 26 Hee shall depend with all his heart on mee and thus shall say My Father and my God thou art my rocke of health and stay verse 27 As my first-borne I will him take of all on earth that springes His might and honour I shall make aboue all worldly kinges verse 28 My mercie shall bee with him still for euer to indure My faithfull Couenant I will to him keepe firme and sure verse 29 And eke his seede will I sustaine for aye both sure and fast So that his throne shall still remaine while that the heauens doe last verse 30 If that his sonnes forsake my Law and so begin to swerue And of my judgementes haue none awe nor will not them obserue verse 31 Or if they doe not vse aright my statutes to them made And set all my Commandementes light and will not keepe my trade verse 32 Then with the rod I will begin their doinges to amende And so with scourging for their sinne when that they doe offende verse 33 My mercie yet and my goodnesse I will not take him froâ— Nor handle
him with craftinesse and so my trueth forgo verse 34 But sure my Couenant I will holde with all that I haue spoke No worde the which my lippes haue tolde shall alter or bee broke verse 35 Once swore I by mine holinesse and that performe will I With Dauid I will keepe promise and to his seede for aye verse 36 His seede for euermore shall reigne and eke his throne of might As doeth the Sunne it shall remaine for euer in my sight verse 37 And as the Moone within the Skie for euer standeth fast A faithfull witnnesse from on hie So shall thy kingdome last verse 31 But now O Lord thou doest reject and now thou changest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine Elect thine owne Anointed deare verse 39 Thy Couenant with thy seruant loe Lord thou hast quite vndone And downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royall crowne verse 40 Thou hast his hedge pluct vp with might thou didst his walles confound His Bull-warkes thou hast beat downe right and brought them to the ground verse 41 That hee is sore destroyde and torne of commers by throughout And so is made a mocke and scorne to all that dwell about verse 42 Thou their right hande hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy And all his foes which him deuoure loe thou hast made to joy verse 43 His sworde thou hast made dull and blunt so that hee may not stand Before his foes as hee was wont nor haue the vpper hand verse 44 His glorie thou hast made to waste his throne his joy and mirth By thee is ouer-throwne and cast full lowe vpon the earth verse 45 Thou hast cut off and made full short his youth and lustie dayes And raisde of him an ill report with shame and great dispraise verse 46 How long away from mee O Lord for euer wilt thou turne And shall thine anger still alway as fire consume and burne verse 47 O call to minde remember then my time consumeth fast Why hast thou made the sonnes of men as thinges in vaine to waste verse 48 What man is hee that liueth here and death shall neuer see Or from the hand of hell his soule shall hee deliuer free verse 49 Where is O Lord thine olde goodnesse so oft declarde beforne Which by thy trueth and vprightnesse to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 50 The great rebukes to minde Lord call that on thy seruant lie The raylinges of the people all beare in my brest doe I. verse 51 For why O Lord behold thy foes blasphemed haue thy Name In that their steps whom thou hast chose and ointed they defame verse 52 All praise to thee O Lord of hostes both now and eke for aye Through Skie and earth in all the costes Amen Amen I say PSALME XC Sing this as the 89. Psalme O LORD thou hast beene our refuge and kept vs safe and sound From age to age as witnesse can all wee which true it found verse 2 Before the mountaines were foorth broght ere thou the earth didst frame Thou was our great Eternall GOD and still shalt bee the same verse 3 Thou doest vaine man strike down to dust though hee bee in his floure Againe thou sayst Yee Adams sonnes returne to shew your power verse 4 For what is it a thousand yeeres to count them in thy sight But as a day which last is past and as a watch by night verse 5 They are so soone as thou doest storme euen like a sleepe or shade Or like the grasse which as wee know betimes away doeth fade verse 6 With pleasant dewes in breake of day it groweth vp full greene By night cut downe it withereth as no beautie can bee seene verse 7 O Lord how sore doe wee consume in this thy wrath so hote Wee feare thy furie bee so fierce that death shall bee our lot verse 8 Thou hast so marked our misdeedes that they are in thy minde Our secrete sinnes are in thy sight as though none grace should finde verse 9 For when thine anger kindled is our dayes consume foorth-with Then end our yeeres as thoughtes most vaine which haue in them no pith verse 10 The dayes of man wee finde to bee of yeares tenne and three-score And if that some by nature strong attaine to liue tenne more Yet is their strength bragge what they list but labour griefe and care And passeth hence to haste their ende ere they themselues beware verse 11 Yet who regardeth well the power of this thy wrath so great All such truely as doe thee know thy plagues when thou doest threat verse 12 Teach vs therefore to count our dayes that wee our heartes may bende To learne thy wisedome and thy trueth for that should bee our ende verse 13 Turne yet againe O Lord how long wilt thou bee angrie still Bee mercyfull vnto thy flocke and grant them thy good will verse 14 Oh fill vs with thy mercies great in the sweete morning spring So wee rejoyce shall all our dayes and eke bee glad and sing verse 15 Declare eftsoones some signe of loue thy scourges to asswage And for the yeeres of our distresse sustaining such great plagues verse 16 Shew foorth thy mercy thine own worke vnto thy seruantes deare And let thy glory to their seede for euermore appeare verse 17 And let the beautie of the Lord vpon vs still remaine Lord prosper thou our handie-worke and still the same maintaine PSALME XCI WHo so with full intent and minde In God most high himselfe doeth stay His mightie power than man shall finde A sure defence to bee alway verse 2 And now say to the Lord will I O thou my hope and fort moste sure Hee is my God thus will I crye My trust in him shall still indure verse 3 Hee surely will thee freely set Farre from the craftie hunters snare So that thou need'st not feare his net Nor yet for plagues no whit to care verse 4 Vnder his winges hee will thee hide And there thee keepe full well shall hee Thee to defend on either side His trueth shall still thy buckler bee verse 5 Thou shalt not need to bee dismaide For any feare to come by night Nor of the arrow bee afraide That foorth is shot when it is light verse 6 Nor yet the Pestilence to feare Which in the darke doeth much annoy Nor of the plague at noone-day cleare Which doeth full oft great heapes destroy verse 7 A thousand at thy side shall fall And at thy right hand thousandes ten But vnto thee none hurt at all Shall once so much as touch thee then verse 8 Thine eyes shall certainely beholde what recompence the wicked haue verse 9 For that the Lord as thy strong holde Thou hast him made thy soule to saue verse 10 There shall none ill thee apprehende Nor yet thy Tabernacle touch verse 11 For hee his Angels foorth doeth sende And giues them charge to keepe all such verse 12 So warilie shall they thee defende That harme thou
shalt bee sure of none Nor yet so much as once offende Or dash thy foote against a stone verse 13 Thou shalt vpon the Lions tread The Dragon and the Aspe also They shall of thee bee still in dread Thou shalt vpon them walke and goe For so the Lord himselfe hath sworne verse 14 Because saith God hee knew my Name I surely will exalt his horne And such confound as seeke his shame verse 15 On mee hee shall call in his neede And I will heare him out of doubt His troubles end will I with speede And will him glorifie throughout verse 16 Of yeeres hee shall haue his desire That hee the same full well may spend My sauing health and loue entire To doe him good shall haue none end PSALME XCII Sing this as the 89. Psalme A Thing both good and meete truely it is to laude the Lord And to thy Name O Lord moste hie to sing in one accorde verse 2 To shew the kindnesse of the Lord betime ere day bee light And eke declare his trueth abroad when it doeth draw to night verse 3 Vpon tenne-stringed instrumentes on lute and harpe so sweete With all the mirth yee can inuent of instrumentes most meete verse 4 For thou hast made mee to rejoyce in thinges so wrought by thee And I haue joy in heart and voyce thy handie workes to see verse 5 O Lord how glorious and how great are all thy workes so stout So deepely are thy counsels set that none can try them out verse 6 The man vnwise hee doeth not know how this is brought to passe Nor yet the idiote foole also doeth vnderstand this case verse 7 when so the wicked at their will as grasse doe spring full fast They when they flourish in their ill for aye shall bee made waste verse 8 But thou art mightie Lord most hie yea thou doest reigne therefore In euery time eternally both now and euermore verse 9 For why O Lord beholde and see beholde thy foes I say How all that worke iniquitie shall perish and decay verse 10 But thou like th'Vnicorne this while shalt lift mine horne on hie With fresh and new prepared oyle thine ointed king am I. verse 11 And of my foes before mine eyes shall see the fall and shame Of all that vp against mee rise mine eares shall heare the same verse 12 The just shall flourish vp on hie as Date-trees budde and blowe And as the Cedars multiplie in Libanus that growe verse 13 For they are planted in the place and dwelling of our God Within the Courtes they spring apace and flourish all abroad verse 14 And in their age much fruite shall bring both fat and well beseene And pleasantly both budde and spring with boughes and branches greene verse 15 To shew that God is good and just and vpright in his will Hee is my Rocke my hope and trust in him there is none ill PSALME XCIII Sing this as the 70. Psalme THe Lord as King aloft doeth reigne in glorie goodly dight And he to shew his strength and maine hath girde himselfe with might verse 2 The Lord likewise the earth hath made and shaped it so sure No might can make it moue or fade at stay it doeth indure verse 3 Ere that the world was made or wrought thy seate was set before Beyond allt i me that can bee thought thou hast beene euermore verse 4 The floods O Lord the floods doe rise they roare and make a noyse The floods I say did enterprise and lifted vp their voyce verse 5 Yea though the stormes arise in sight though seas doe rage and swell The Lord is strong and more of might for hee on hie doeth dwell verse 6 And looke what promise hee doeth make his house-holde to defende For just and true they shall it take all times withouten ende PSALME XCIV Sing this as the 41. Psalme O Lord since vengeance doeth to thee and to none els belong Now shew thy selfe O Lord our God with speede reuenge our wrong verse 2 Arise thou great Iudge of the worlde and haue at length regarde That as the proude deserue and doe thou wilt them so rewarde verse 3 O Lord how long shall wicked men triumph thy flocke to slay Yea Lord how long for they triumph as though who now but they verse 4 How long shall wicked doers speake their great disdaine wee see Whose boasting pride doeth seeme to threat no speach but theirs to bee verse 5 O Lord they smite thy people downe not sparing young nor olde Thine heritage they so torment as strange is to beholde verse 6 The widow and the stranger both they murther cruelly The fatherlesse they put to death and cause they know not why verse 7 And yet say they Tush tush the Lord will not beholde this deede Nor yet will Iaakobs God regarde the thinges by vs decreede verse 8 But now take heede yee fooles vnwise among the folke that dwell Yee fooles I say when will yee weigh or vnderstand this well verse 9 Hee that the eare did plant and place shall hee bee slow to heare Or hee that made the eye to see shall hee not see most cleare verse 10 Or hee that plagu'de the Heathen folke and knowledge teacheth men To nurture such as went astray shall hee not punish then verse 11 The Lord our God who man did frame his very thoughtes doeth know And that they are both vile and vaine to him is knowne also verse 12 But blessed is the man O Lord whom thou doest bring in awe And teachest him by this thy rodde to loue and feare thy Law verse 13 That thou may giue him rest and ease in time of troubles great When that the pit is digged vp th'vngodly for to eate verse 14 Surely the Lord will neuer faile his people which him loue Nor yet forsake his heritage which hee doeth still approue verse 15 For judgment now with truth shall joyne that justice may bee free And such as bee vpright in heart thereof full glad shall bee verse 16 Who now will vp and rise with mee against this wicked band Or who against these workers ill on my part stout will stand verse 17 If that the Lord had not mee helpt doubtlesse it had beene done To wit my soule in silence brought and so my foes had wonne verse 18 But though my foote did swiftly slide yet when I did it tell Thy mercies Lord so helde mee vp that I therewith not fell verse 19 For in the heapes of sorrowes sharpe that did mine heart oppresse Thy mercies were no mee so great they did my soule refresh verse 20 Wilt thou vaine man haue ought to doe with that most wicked chaire Which forgeth mischiefe as a law without remorse or feare verse 21 Against the soules of godly men they all with speede conuent And so condemne the guiltlesse blood of the poore innocent verse 22 But yet the Lord is my refuge in all these dangers deepe And God the Rocke is of mine
moste certaine my wordes shall him please I will rejoyce in him to him will I crye verse 35 The sinners O LORD consume in thine ire And eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it still desire And saye with the faithfull Praise yee the LORDS NAME PSALME CV Sing this as the 104. Psalme O Praise yee the LORD and call on his NAME Among the folke shewe his noble workes wrought verse 2 Sing praises sing to him to set foorth his fame And talke of the wonders hee hath to passe brought verse 3 In his holy NAME rejoyce and bee light And let their heartes joy which seeke for the LORD verse 4 Seeke yee our GOD holy his strength and his might His face to beholde still for euer accorde verse 5 His marueilous workes keepe fixt in your minde His signes and his judgementes which hee by mouth spake verse 6 Yee seede of his seruant Abraham by kinde And you sonnes of Iaakob whom hee his doeth take verse 7 Hee is our LORD GOD whose judgements are knowne Throughout all the earth verse 8 and hee aye certaine His promise remembred once made to his owne For thousandes of ages to bide and remaine verse 9 Th' agreement I saye with Abraham made Which vnto Isaak by othe hee made sure verse 10 Confirming to Iaakob for a law and trade And bonde to Israel alwayes to indure verse 11 Saying on this wise to thee giue I shall As lot to enjoy the Cananites grounde verse 12 Albeit they were then in number but small Yea few and but strangers throughout the land founde verse 13 And from place to place did walke to and froe And from one kingdome to other folke moue verse 14 Yet suffered hee no man them wrong for to doe But thus for their sakes hee great kinges did reproue verse 15 Touch not mine ointed nor harme not at all My Prophets moste deare verse 16 and on the whole earth A famine extreame then to come hee did call Which vtterly stroyed their store whole with dearth verse 17 Yet sent hee before a man to prouide Euen Ioseph his owne in seruage was solde verse 18 Whose feete they in stockes helde yea hee a long tide With fetters of yron was kept in sure holde verse 19 Vntill the time came his cause should bee knowne And that the LORDS word his patience and tride verse 20 Then sent the king for him and loosde him full soone The head of the people his bandes laide aside verse 21 Who made him the lord his house ouer all And of his substance the ruler and staye verse 22 That hee might his princes vnto his will thrall And eke teach the elders of wisedome the waye verse 23 Then came Israel into Egypt land A stranger in Cham Iaakob then abode verse 24 Where GOD did increase them much like the sea sand And made them more mightie then those them with-stoode verse 25 Whose heartes hee did turne his people to hate And seeke by deceate his seruantes to abuse verse 26 But then hee sent Moyses their cause to debate And Aaron his seruantes whom hee did foorth chose verse 27 They vnto his foes his message declar'de His signes and his wonders of Ham in the land verse 28 Hee darkenesse sent downe then and darke it appearde And these not rebelled to doe his command verse 29 Their waters hee turn'de redde blood for to bee Hee slew all their fish verse 30 and frogges made to breede Euen in their kinges chambers verse 31 then also spake hee So lyce and fleas swarmed the land through indeede verse 32 Hee sent on them haile in stead of sweete raine And great flames of fire their countrie throughout verse 33 Their vines and their figge-trees hee strake to their paine And brake the trees all their costes rounde about verse 34 Hee spake but the worde and grasse-hoppers came With hudge caterpillers beyonde all mens thought verse 35 The grasse they deuoured that grew then in Ham And fruites of the ground all they brought vnto nought verse 36 Also the first-borne the land through hee smote Euen the beginning of their force and might verse 37 And with golde and siluer brought foorth his owne lot Amongst whose tribes was not one feeble in sight verse 38 Egypt rejoyced when they went away For why vpon them their feare then was fall verse 39 The LORD a cloud spred out to guide them by day And fire for to light them the night ouer all verse 40 They did but demande and quailes hee them sent And with bread from heauen hee did them suffice verse 41 The harde rocke hee opened and waters out went Euen through the drie places like floods that doe rise verse 42 For hee doeth remember his holy othe made Vnto Abraham his seruant moste deare verse 43 And brought forth his people that were with woe lade His owne chosen children with joy and gladde cheare verse 44 The Heathen folkes land to them hee did part The peoples whole labours they had to possesse verse 45 That they from his statutes and lawes should not start Wherefore our LORD GOD praise his laude no time cease PSALME CVI. Sing this as the 95. Psalme PRaise yee the LORD for hee is good his mercies dure for aye verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or all his praise display verse 3 They blessed are that judgement keepe and justly doe alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people LORD remember mee I pray And with thy sauing health O LORD vouchsafe to visite mee verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine Elect may see And with the peoples joy I may a joyfull minde possesse And may with thine inheritance a glorying heart expresse verse 6 Both wee and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one Wee haue committed wickednesse and lewdely wee haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O LORD hast done in Egypt land Our fathers though they saw them all yet did not vnderstand Nor yet thy mercies multitude did keepe in thankefull minde But at the sea yea the redde sea rebelled moste vnkinde verse 8 Neuerthelesse hee saued them for honour of his NAME That hee might make his power knowne and spred abroad with fame verse 9 The redde sea hee did then rebuke and foorth-with it was dryde And as in wildernesse so through the deepe hee did them guide verse 10 Hee sau'de them from the cruell hande of their despitefull foe And from the enemies hand hee did deliuer them also verse 11 The waters their oppressours whelm'de not one was left aliue verse 12 Then they beleeu'de his wordes and praise in songes they did him giue verse 13 But by and by vnthankefully his workes they cleane forgat And for his counsell and his will they did neglect to waite verse 14 But lusted in the wildernesse with fonde and greedie lust And in the desert tempted GOD the stay of all their trust verse 15 And then their wanton mindes desire hee
suffred them to haue But wasting leanenesse there withall into their soule hee gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in their tentes at Moyses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the LORD so did they enuie much verse 17 Therefore the earth did open wide nd Dathan did deuoure nd all Abirams companie did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assemblies kindled was the hote consuming fire And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hill of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame And there the molten image did they worshippe of the same verse 20 Into the likenesse of a calfe that feedeth on the grasse Thus they their glorie turnde and all their honour did deface verse 21 And GOD their onely Sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mightie thinges In Egypt land had wrought verse 22 And in the land of Ham for them moste wondrous workes had done And by the redde sea dreadfull thinges performed long agone verse 23 Therefore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkinde To bring destruction on them all hee purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moyses stood before him in the breake To turne his wrath lest hee on them with slaughter should him wreake verse 24 They did despise the pleasant land that hee behight to giue Yea and the wordes that hee had spoke they did no whit beleeue verse 25 But in their tentes with grudging heart they wickedly repinde Nor to the voyce of GOD the LORD they gaue an hearkning mind verse 26 Therefore against them lifted hee his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernesse ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy their seed among the Nations with his rodde And through the countries of the world to scatter them abroad verse 28 To Baal-Peor then they did adjoyne themselues also And ate the offeringes of the dead so they forsooke him tho verse 29 Thus with their owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so in-kindled wrath the plague vpon them broke verse 30 But phineas stood vp with zeale the sinners vile to slay And judgement hee did execute and then the plague did stay verse 31 It was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse that day And from thencefoorth so counted is from race to race for ay verse 32 At waters eke of Meribah they did him angrie make Yea so farre foorth that Moses was then punisht for their sake verse 33 Because they vext his Spirite so sore that in impatient heat His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruour was so great verse 34 Nor as the LORD commanded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the Heathen mixt and learnde their workes also verse 36 And did their idols serue which were their ruine and decay verse 37 To fiendes their sonnes and doughters they did offer vp and slay verse 38 Thus with vnkindly murthring knife the guiltlesse blood they spilt Yea their owne sonnes and daughters blood without all cause of guilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offred with wicked hand And so with blood of innocentes defiled was the land verse 39 Thus were they stained with the workes of their owne filthie way And with their owne inuentions awhoring did they stray verse 40 Therefore against his people was the LORDS wrath kindled sore And euen his owne inheritance hee did abhorre therefore verse 41 Into the handes of Heathen men hee gaue them for a prey And made their foes their lords whom they were forced to obey verse 42 Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in their land And they were humbly made to stoup as subjectes to their hand verse 43 Full oftentimes from thrall had hee deliuered them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouok't him euermore Therefore they by their wickednesse were brought full low to lye verse 44 Yet when hee saw them in distresse hee hearkned to their crye verse 45 Hee calde to minde his Couenant which hee to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therefore verse 46 And fauour hee them made to finde before the sight of those That led them captiue from their land and earst had beene their fo rs verse 47 Saue vs O'LORD that art our GOD saue vs O LORD wee pray And from among the Heathen folke LORD gather vs away That wee may spread the noble praise of thy moste holy NAME That wee may glorie in thy praise and sounde abroad thy fame verse 48 The LORD the GOD of Israel bee blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen praise yee the LORD therefore PSALME CVII GIue thankes vnto the LORD our GOD for gratious is hee And that his mercie hath none ende all mortall men may see verse 2 Such as the LORD redeemed hath with thankes should praise his NAME And shewe how they from foes were freede and how hee wrought the same verse 3 Hee gathered them foorth of the land that lay so farre about From East to West from North to South his hand did find them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernesse and strayed from the way And found no citie where to dwell that serue might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and hunger was so great in those desertes so voyde That faintnesse did them sore assault and eke their soules annoyde verse 6 Then did they cry in their distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 7 And by that way which was most right hee led them like a guide That they might to a citie goe and there also abide verse 8 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his goodnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For hee the emptie soule sustainde whom thirst had made to faint The hungrie soule with goodnesse fedde and did them eke acquaint verse 10 Such as doe dwell in darknesse deepe where they of death doe waite Fast bound to taste such troublous stormes as yron chaines doe threat verse 11 For that against the LORDS own words they sought so to rebell Esteeming light his counsels high which doe so farre excell verse 12 But when hee humbled them full low then they fell downe with griefe And none was found so much to helpe whereby to get reliefe verse 13 Then did they cry in ther distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 14 For hee from darknesse out them brought and from deathes dreadfull shade Bursting with force the yron bandes which did before them lade verse 15 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his kindnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For hee threw downe the gates of brasse and brake them with strong hand The yron barres hee smote in two nothing could him with-stand verse 17 The foolish folke great plagues doe feele and cannot from them
wend But heape on moe to those they haue because they doe offend verse 18 Their soule so much did loath all meat that none they could abide Whereby death had them almost caught as they full truely tryde verse 19 Then did they crye in their distresse vnto the LORD for aide Who did remoue their troublous state according as they praide verse 20 For hee then sent to them his worde which health did soone restore And brought them from those dangers deepe wherein they were before verse 21 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his kindnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice with thankes and also feare And speake of all his wondrous workes with glad and joyfull cheare verse 23 Such as in shippes or brittle barkes into the seas descende Their merchandise through fearefull floods to compasse and to ende verse 24 Those men are forced to beholde the LORDS workes what they bee And in the dangerous deepe the same moste marueilous they see verse 25 For at his worde the stormie winde ariseth in a rage And stirreth vp the surges so as nought can them asswage verse 26 Then are they lifted vp so high the cloudes they seeme to gaine And plunging downe the depth vntill their soules consume with paine verse 27 And like a drunkarde to and froe now heere now there they reele As men with feare of wit bereft or had of sence no feele verse 28 Then did they crye in their distresse vnto the LORD for aide Who did remoue their troublous state according as they praide verse 29 For with his word the LORD doth make the sturdie storme to cease So that the great waues from their rage are brought to rest and peace verse 30 Then are men glad when rest is come which they so much doe craue And are by him in hauen brought which they so faine would haue verse 31 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his kindnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 32 Let men in presence of the folke with praise extoll his NAME And where the Elders doe conueene let them there doe the same verse 33 For running floods to dry desertes hee doeth oft change and turne And dryeth vp as it were dust the springing Well and Burne verse 34 A fruitefull land with pleasures deckt full barren hee doeth make When on their sinnes which dwell therein hee doeth just vengeance take verse 35 Againe the wildernesse full rude hee maketh fruit to beare With pleasant springes of water cleare though none before was there verse 36 Wherein such hungrie soules are set as hee doeth freely choose That they a citie may them build to dwell in for their vse verse 37 That they may sow their pleasant land and vine-yardes also plant To yeeld them fruites of such increase as none may seeme to want verse 38 They multiply exceedingly the LORD doeth blesse them so Who doeth also their bruit beastes make by numbers great to grow verse 39 But when the faithfull are low brought by the oppressours stout And minish doe through many plagues that compasse them about verse 40 Then doeth hee princes bring to shame which did them so oppresse And likewise caused them to erre within the wildernesse verse 41 but yet the poore hee raiseth vp out of his troubles deepe And oft times doeth his traine augment much like a flocke of sheepe verse 42 The righteous shall behold this sight and also much rejoyce Whereas the wicked and peruerse with griefe shall stop their voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now full well hee may these thinges record For certainely such shall perceiue the kindnesse of the LORD PSALME CVIII Sing this as the 57. Psalme O GOD behold mine heart and tongue they both prepared bee My voyce aduance will I in song and giue all praise to thee verse 2 Rise vp sweet melodie to make my viole and mine harpe For I by breake of day will wake thy laud and praise to carpe verse 3 Among the people LORD I shall giue praises vnto thee And eke amid the nations all to thee my song shall bee verse 4 For why thy mercie great doeth stretch aboue the heauens hie Likewise thy trueth O LORD doeth reach vnto the cloudie Skie verse 5 Exalt thy selfe O LORD our GOD aboue the heauens bright Set foorth thy praise in earth abroad thy glory and thy might verse 6 That thy beloued in the land may freede bee from all thrall O helpe vs LORD with thy right hand and heare mee when I call verse 7 I will rejoyce sith GOD hath saide within his holy place That I shall Sichem land diuide and Succothes vale by pace verse 8 For Gilead shall bee mine owne Manasses mine beside Mine head-strength Ephraim well knowne my law doeth Iudah guide verse 9 Moab my wash-pot and my shoe on Edom will I cast Yea I on Palestine also shall triumph at the last verse 10 Who now will leade mee by the hand into the Citie strong Or bee my guide to Edom land so that I goe not wrong verse 11 Is it not thou O LORD our GOD which hadst vs cleane forsooke And wentst not with our hostes abroad when warres in hand wee tooke verse 12 O LORD when trouble doeth assaile with aide vs then relieue Vaine is and nothing can auaile the helpe that man can giue verse 13 Throgh GOD to do we shall haue might actes worthie of renowne Hee shall our foes put vnto flight yea hee shall treade them downe PSALME CIX IN speechlesse silence doe not holde O LORD thy tongue alwayes O GOD euen thou I say that art the GOD of all my praise verse 2 The wicked and the guilefull mouth on mee disclosed bee And they with false and lying tongue haue spoken vnto mee verse 3 They did beset mee round about with wordes of hatefull spight Without all cause of my desert against mee did they fight verse 4 For my good will they were my foes but then gan I to pray verse 5 My good with ill my friendlynesse with hate they did repay verse 6 Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand At his right hand eke suffer thou his hatefull foe to stand verse 7 When hee is judged let him then condemned bee therein And let the prayer that hee makes bee turned into sinne verse 8 Few bee his dayes his charge also let thou another take verse 9 His children let bee fatherlesse his Wife a widow make verse 10 Let his off-spring bee vagabondes to begge and seeke them bread Wandring out of the wasted place where earst they haue beene fed verse 11 Let couetous extortioners catch all his goods and store And let the strangers spoile the fruites of all his toile before verse 12 Let there bee none to pitie him let there bee none at all That on his children fatherlesse will let his mercie fall verse 13 And
so let his posteritie for euer bee destroyde Their name out-blotted in the age that after shall succeede verse 14 Let not his fathers wickednesse from GODS remembrance fall And let thou not his mothers sinne bee done away at all verse 15 but in the presence of the LORD let them remaine for ay That from the earth their memorie hee my cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercie hee forgat to shew but did pursue with spight The troubled man and sought to slay the woefull hearted wight verse 17 As hee did cursing loue it shall betide vnto him so And as hee did not blessing loue it shall bee farre him froe verse 18 As hee with cursing clad himselfe so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befall verse 19 As garmentes let it bee to him to couer him for ay And as a girdle wherewith hee shall girded bee alway verse 20 Loe let the same before the LORD bee guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that euill speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O LORD that art my GOD deale thou I say with mee After thy NAME deliuer mee for good thy mercies bee verse 22 Because in depth of great distresse I needie am and poore And eke within my pained brest my heart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so I doe depart away as doeth declining shade And as the grasse-hopper so I am shaken off and fade verse 24 With fasting long from needefull foode enfeebled are my knees And all her fatnesse hath my flesh enforced beene to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproach to them was made to bee And they that did vpon mee looke did shake their heads at mee verse 26 But thou O LORD that art my GOD mine aide and succour bee According to thy mercie LORD saue and deliuer mee verse 27 And they shall know thereby that this LORD is thy mightie hand And that thou thou hast done it LORD so shall they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt blesse with louing voyce They shall arise and come to shame thy seruant shall rejoyce verse 29 Let them bee clothed all with shame that enemies are to mee And with confusion as a cloake eke let them couered bee verse 30 But greatly I will with my mouth giue thankes vnto the LORD And I among the multitude his praises will recorde verse 31 For hee with helpe at his right hand will stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that woulde condemne his soule to dye PSALME CX THe LORD moste high vnto my LORD thus spake Sit thou nowe downe and rest at my right hande Vntill that I thine enemies doe make A stoole to bee whereon thy feete may stande verse 2 The scepter of thy regall power and might From Sion shal the LORD send disclose Bee thou therefore the ruler in the sight And in the midst of all thy mortall foes verse 3 Thy people shall come willingly to thee What time thine hoste in holy beauty shew The yuth that of thy womb do spring shal be Compared like vnto the morning dew verse 4 Thus God hath sworn it perform wil he And not repent nor any time it breake Thou art a Priest for euer vnto mee After the forme of King Melchisedeck verse 5 The Lord our God who is at euery stound At thy right hand to bee thy helpe and stay He princes proud stately kings shal woūd For loue of thee in his fierce wrathfull day verse 6 Hee shall bee Iudge among the Heathen all Hee places voyde with carkases shall fill And in his rage the heads eke smite hee shall That ouer countries great do work their wil. verse 7 Yea hee through haste for to pursue his foes Shal drink the brook that runneth in the way And thus when he confoūded shal haue those His head on hie then shall hee lift that day PSALME CXI WIth heart I doe accord To praise and laud the LORD In pesence of the just verse 2 For great his workes are found To search them such are bound As doe him loue and trust verse 3 His workes are gloirous Also his righteousnesse It doeth indure for euer verse 4 His wondrous workes hee would Wee still remember should his mercie faileth neuer verse 5 Such as doe loue him beare A portion full faire Hee hath vp for them laide For this they shall well find Hee will them haue in mind And keepe them as hee said verse 6 For hee did not disdaine His workes to shew them plaine By lightninges and by thunders When hee the Heathens land Did giue into their hand Where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth Both judgement right and trueth Whereto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreede sure For euer to indure Which equitie doeth ende Redemption hee gaue His people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required His promise not to faile But alwayes to preuaile His holy NAME be feared verse 10 Who so with heart full faine True wisedome would attaine The LORD feare and obeye Such as his lawes doe keepe Shall knowledge haue full deepe His praise shall last for aye PSALME CXII THe man is blest that GOD doeth feare And that his lawes doeth loue indeed verse 2 His seede on earth GOD will vpreare And blesse such as from him proceed verse 3 His house with good hee will fullfill His righteousnesse indure shall still verse 4 Vnto the righteous doeth arise In trouble joy in darkenesse light Compassion is in his eyes And mercie alwayes in his sight verse 5 Yea pitie moueth such to lende Hee doeth by judgement thinges expende verse 6 And surely such shall neuer faile For in remembrance had is hee verse 7 No tydinges ill can make him quaile Who in the LORD sure hope doeth see verse 8 His heart is firme his feare is past For hee shall see his foes downe cast verse 9 Hee did well for the poore prouide His righteousnesse shall still remaine And his estate with praise abide Though that the wicked man disdaine verse 10 Yea gnash his teeth thereat shall hee And so consume his state to see PSALME CXIII YEe children which doe serue the LORD Praise yee his NAME with one accord verse 2 Yea blessed bee alway his NAME verse 3 Who from the rising of the sun Till it returne where it begun Is to bee praised with great fame verse 4 The LORD all people doeth surmount As for his glorie wee may count Aboue the heauens high to bee verse 5 With GOD the LORD who may compare Whose dwellinges in the heauens are Of such great power and force is hee verse 6 Hee doeth abase himselfe wee know Thinges to behold both heere below And also in the heauen aboue verse 7 The needie out of dust to draw And eke the poore which helpe none saw His onely mercie did him moue verse 8 And so him set in high degree With princes of
great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren hee doeth make to beare And with great joy her fruit to reare Therefore praise yee his holy NAME PSALME CXIV WHen Israel by GODS addresse from Pharaos land was bent And Iaakobs house the strangers left and in the same traine went verse 3 In Iudah GOD his glorie shewde his holynesse moste bright So did the Israelites declare his Kingdome power and might verse 3 The sea it saw and suddenly as all amazde did flee The roaring streames of Iordans flood reculed backwardly verse 4 As Rams afraide the mountaines skipt their strength did them forsake And as the sillie trembling Lambes their toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ailde thee sea as all amazde so suddainly to flee Yee rouling waues of Iordanes flood why ranne yee backwardly verse 6 Why shooke yee hilles as Rams afraid why did your strength so shake Why did your toppes as trembling Lambes for feare quiuer and quake verse 7 O earth confesse thy soueraigne LORD and dread his mightie hand Before the face of Iaakobs GOD feare yee both sea and land verse 8 I meane the GOD which from hard rocks doeth cause maine floods appeare And from the stonie flint doeth make gush out the fountaines cleare PSALME CXV NOt vnto vs O LORD I say to vs giue none But giue all praise of grace and trueth vnto thy NAME alone verse 2 Why shall the Gentiles say to vs as in despite VVhere is their GOD they call vpon where is their heartes delite verse 3 Doubtlesse our souereigne GOD in heauen sitt'h on hie And worketh what him liketh best for all thinges doe can hee verse 4 But their idoles and gods before whom they doe stand Siluer and golde they are at most the worke euen of mens hand verse 5 A mouth they haue speechlesse not mouing tongue nor lippes And eyes they haue but see no whit no more then doe dead chippes verse 6 Eares they haue and heare not as doe the eares of man A nose also but to no vse for smell nothing they can verse 7 Both handes and feete they haue in forme there is no lacke But neither touch nor go they can nor yet with throate noise make verse 8 Like vnto them shall bee the forgers that them frame And likewise such are no lesse madde which call vpon their name verse 9 But thou O Israel in GOD put confidence For to all such an aide hee is a buckler and defence verse 10 and thou tribe of Aaron in GOD put confidence For to all such an aide hee is a buckler and defence verse 11 All yee that feare the LORD in GOD put confidence For to all such an aide hee is a buckler and defence verse 12 The LORD hath vs in minde and will vs blesse each one The house I meane of Israel and the tribe of Aaron verse 13 And blesse will hee all them that feare the LORD indeed Aswell the weake as them of strength which seeke to him at need verse 14 With graces manyfolde the LORD will all you blesse Aswell your seed as you your selues with plentie and increase verse 15 For yee are deare to him that LORD is ouer all Who made both heauen and the earth and thinges both great and small verse 16 The heauens are the LORDS as his owne dwelling place But vnto men the earth hee giueth thereon to runne their race verse 17 Surely they that are dead doe not now praise the LORD Nor such as in the graue are laide doe thereunto accord verse 18 But wee that heere doe liue shall thanke the LORD alwayes With heart and mouth giue thankes will wee likewise all you him praise PSALME CXVI I Loue the LORD because my voyce and prayer heard hath hee verse 2 When in my dayes I calde on him hee bowde his eare to mee verse 3 Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset mee round When paines of hell mee caught and when I woe and sorow found verse 4 Vpon the NAME and GOD my LORD then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O LORD I doe thee humbly pray verse 5 The LORD is very mercyfull and just hee is also And in our GOD compassion doeth plentifully floe verse 6 The LORD in safetie doeth preserue all those that simple bee I was in wofull miserie and hee relieued mee verse 7 And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the LORD to thee his bountie hath exprest verse 8 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from deadly thrall My moisted eyes from mournefull teares my slyding feete from fall verse 9 Before the LORD I in the land of life will walke therefore verse 10 I did beleeue therefore I spake for I was troubled sore verse 11 I said in my distresse and feare that all men lyars bee verse 12 What shall I pay the LORD for all his benefites to mee verse 13 The wholesome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the LORDS NAME I will call when I my prayer make verse 14 I to the LORD will pay the vowes that I haue him beheght Yea now euen at this present time in all his peoples fight verse 15 Right deare and precious in his sight the LORD doeth ay esteeme The death of all his holy ones what euer men doe deeme verse 16 Thy seruant LORD thy seruant loe I doe my selfe confesse And hand-maids son thou LORD hast broke the bondes of my distresse verse 17 And I will offer vp to thee a sacrifice of praise And I will call vpon the NAME oF GOD the LORD alwayes verse 18 I to the LORD will pay the vowes that I haue him beheght Yea now euen at this present time in all his peoples sight verse 19 Yea in the courtes of GODS own house and in the midst of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherefore the LORD praise yee PSALME CXVII O Praise the LORD yee nations all Laude him yee people great and small verse 2 For why his grace and tender loue To vs is great as wee well proue His trueth is constant euermore Vnto the LORD sing praise therefore PSALME CXVIII GIue to the LORD all praise and honour For hee is gratious and kinde Yea more his mercy and great fauour Doeth firme abide worlde without ende verse 2 Let Israel now say thus boldly That his mercies for euer dure verse 3 And let Aarons whole progenie Confesse the same stable and sure verse 4 Let those that fear GOD them now addres To come and sing to him therefore That his great loue and tender kindnes Remaineth still for euermore verse 5 For when with troubles I was pressed I then vpon the LORD did call Who heard my voice and mee vp-raised And set at large free from all thrall verse 6 The most of might who heard my cōplaint Hee is with mee my part to take No feare therefore shall cause mee to faint Nor ought that man may against me
fauour trie verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandring sheepe Oh seeke mee for I haue not failde thy Commandementes to keepe PSALME CXX IN trouble and in thrall Vnto the LORD I call And hee doeth mee comfort verse 2 Deliuer mee I say From lyars lippes alway And tongues of false report verse 3 What vantage or what thing Gets thou thus for to sting Thou false and flattering lyar verse 4 Thy tongue doeth hurt I weene No lesse then arrowes keene Of hote consuming fire verse 5 Alas too long I slacke Within these tentes so blacke Which Kedars are by name By whom the folke elect And all of Isaaks sect Are put to open shame verse 6 With them that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet life verse 7 But when my word was tolde Causelesse I was controlde By them that would haue strife PSALME CXXI I Lift mine eyes to Sion hill From whence I doe attend That succour GOD mee send verse 2 The mightie GOD mee succour will Who heauen earth framed And all thinges therein named verse 3 Thy foote from slip hee will preserue And will thee safely keepe For hee will neuer sleepe verse 4 Lo hee that Israel doeth conserue No sleepe at all can him catch But his eyes shall euer watch verse 5 The LORD is thy warrant alway The LORD eke doeth thee couer As at thy right hand euer verse 6 The Sunne shall not thee partch by day Nor the Moone nor halfe so bright Shall with colde thee hurt by night verse 7 The LORD will keepe thee from distresse And will thy life sure saue And thou shalt also haue verse 8 In thy businesse good successe Where euer thou goest in or out GOD will thy thinges bring about PSALME CXXII I Did in heart reioyce To heare the peoples voyce In offering so willingly For let vs vp say they And in the LORDS house pray Thus spake the folke full louingly verse 2 Our feete that wandred wide Shall in thy gates abide verse 3 O thou Ierusalem full faire Which art so seemely set Much like a Citie neat The like whereof is not els where verse 4 The Tribes with one accord The Tribes of GOD the LORD Are thither bent their way to take So GOD before did tell That there his Israel Their prayers should together make verse 5 For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set foorth justice orderly Which thrones right to maintaine To Dauids house pertaine His folke to judge accordingly verse 6 To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy friendes GOD prosper mightily verse 7 Peace bee thy walles about And prosper thee throughout Thy Palaces continually verse 8 I wish thy prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of thee verse 9 GODS house doeth mee allure Thy wealth for to procure So much alwayes as lyeth in mee PSALME CXXIII O LORD that heauen doest possesse I lift mine eyes to thee Euen as the seruant lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As hand-maides watch their mistresse handes some grace for to atchieue So wee beholde the LORD our GOD till hee doe vs forgiue verse 3 LORD grant vs thy compassion and mercie in thy fight For wee bee filde and ouer-come with hatred and despight verse 4 Our mindes bee stuft with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise Doe make of vs their mocking stocke the proude doe vs despise PSALME CXXIV NOw Israel may say and that truely If that the LORD had not our cause maintainde verse 2 If that the LORD had not our right sustainde when all the world against vs furiously Made their vproares and said wee should all die verse 3 Now long agoe they had deuourde vs all And swallowde quicke for ought that we could deeme Such was their rage as wee might well esteeme verse 4 And as the floods with mightie force doe fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging streames moste proude in roaring noise Had long agoe ouer-whelmde vs in the deepe verse 6 But loued bee GOD which doeth vs safely keepe From bloodie teeth and their moste cruell voyce Which as a prey to eate vs would reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the fowlers grinne Escapes away right so it far'th with vs Broke are their nettes and wee haue scaped thus verse 8 GOD that made heauen and earth is our helpe then His NAME hath sau'de vs from those wicked men PSALME CXXV SVch as in GOD the LORD doe trust As Mount-Sion shall firmely stand And bee remooued at no hand The LORD will count them right and just So that they shall bee sure For euer to indure verse 2 As mightie mountaines hudge and great Ierusalem about doe close So will the LORD bee vnto those Who on his Godly will doe waite Such are to him so deare They neuer need to feare verse 3 For though the righteous trie doeth hee By making wicked men his rod Lest they through grief forsake their God It shall not as their lot still bee verse 4 Giue LORD to these thy light Whose heartes are true and right verse 5 But as for such as turne aside By crooked wayes which they out-sought The LORD will surely bring to nought With workers vile they shall abide But peace with Israel For euermore shall dwell PSALME CXXVI WHen that the LORD againe his Sion had foorth-brought From bondage great and also seruitude extreame His worke was such as did surmount mans heart and thought So that wee were much like to them that vse to dreame Our mouthes were with laughter filled then And eke our tongues did shew vs ioyfull men verse 2 The Heathen folke were forced then this to confesse How that the LORD for them also great thinges had done verse 3 But much more wee and therefore can confesse no lesse Wherefore to ioy wee haue good cause as wee begun verse 4 O LORD goe foorth thou canst our bondage end As to desertes thy flowing riuers send verse 5 Full true it is that they which sow with teares indeed A time will come when they shal reape with mirth and ioy verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their pretious seede For that their foes full often times did them annoy But their returne with ioy they shall sure see Their sheaues home bring and not impeded bee PSALME CXXVII EXcept the LORD the house doe make And thereunto doe set his hand What men doe builde it cannot stand Likewise in vaine men vnder-take Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the LORD bee their safe-gard verse 2 Though yee rise earely in the morne And so at night goe late to bedde Feeding full hardly with browne bread Yet were your labour lost and worne But they whom God doeth loue and keepe Receiue all thinges with quyet sleepe verse 3 Therefore marke well when euer yee see That men haue heires t' enioy their
land It is the gift of GODS owne hand For GOD himselfe doeth multiplie Of his great liberalitie The blessing of posteritie verse 4 And when the children come to age They grow in strength and actiuenesse In person and in comelynesse So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a moste strong arme Flieth not so swift nor doeth like harme verse 5 Oh well is him that hath his quiuer Furnisht with such artilerie For when in perill bee shall bee Such one shall neuer shake nor shiuer When that hee pleades before the Iudge Against his foes which beare him grudge PSALME CXXVIII BLessed art thou that fearest GOD and walkest in his waye verse 2 For of thy labour thou shalt eate happie art thou I say verse 3 Like fruitefull vines on thy house sides so doeth thy Wife spring out Thy Children stand like Oliue plantes thy table round about verse 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest GOD and hee shall let thee see The promised Ierusalem and his felicitie verse 6 Thou shalt thy Childrens Children see to thy great joyes increase And likewise grace on Israel prosperitie and peace PSALME CXXIX OF Israel this may now bee the song verse 2 Euen from my youth my foes haue oft mee noyed A thousand illes since I was tender and young They haue mee wrought yet was I not destroyed verse 3 As yet I beare the marke in bone and skinne That one would thinke the plow-men with their plowes Vpon my backe haue made their balkes farre in For like plowde ground euen so haue I long furrowes verse 4 But yet the LORD who doeth all thinges iustly Hath cut the ropes and so staide the wickeds rage verse 5 Euen so shall all such perish shamefully Which hate Sion or wish it any domage verse 6 All such men shall bee like the grasse that groweth Vpon the walles or toppes of houses moste hie Which suddainely ere one beware withreth So that no fruite on such herbes can gathred bee verse 7 Neuer man saw that any mower mowde Such grasse as that or thereof his hand did fill Much lesse that hee who glainth of that is sowde Vnder his arme bare some thing his house vntill verse 8 Nor yet that hee that passeth by that way Saith to the reapers GOD saue you or GOD speede No man doeth wish them good lucke I say Or pray that GOD would for their worke send them meede PSALME CXXX LORD to thee I make my mone VVhen dangers mee oppresse I call I sigh plaine and grone Trusting to finde release verse 2 Heare now O LORD my request For it is full due time And let thine eares ay bee prest Vnto this prayer mine verse 3 O LORD my GOD if thou wey Our sinnes and them peruse Who shall then escape and say I can my selfe excuse verse 4 But LORD thou art mercifull And turnst to vs thy grace That wee with heartes most carefull Should feare before thy face verse 5 In GOD I put my whole trust My soule waites on his will For his promise is moste just And I hope therein still verse 6 My soule to GOD hath regarde Wishing for him alway More then they that watch and warde To see the dawning day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly In the LORD put his trust Hee is that GOD of mercie That his deliuer must verse 8 For hee it is that must saue Israel from his sinne And all such as surely haue Their confidence in him PSALME CXXXI Sing this as the 95. Psalme LORD I am not puft vp in minde I haue no scornefull eye I doe not exercise my selfe in thinges that are too hie verse 2 But as a child that wained is euen from his mothers brest So haue I LORD behau'de my selfe in silence and in rest verse 3 O Israel trust in the LORD let him bee all thy stay From this time foorth and euermore from age to age I say PSALME CXXXII Sing this as the 36. Psalme OF Dauid LORD in mind record And eke of his afflictions all verse 2 Who sware an othe vnto the LORD And made a solemne vow withall Saying to Iaakobs mightie GOD verse 3 This promise LORD to thee I make Mine house not enter in will I verse 4 Nor rest vpon my couch will take Nor once giue sleepe vnto mine eye Or yet mine eye-lids close from wake verse 5 Vntill I for the LORD prouide And find some place his owne to bee Where Iaakobs mightie GOD may bide And plant his house eternally There to remaine from time to tide verse 6 Behold the same then heare did wee In Ephrata that fruitfull ground Which is right pleasant vnto thee And haue thy dwelling place out found Within the Forest fieldes to bee verse 7 Thy Tabernacles there once pight To worship thee wee will bee prest Before thy foot-stoole there in fight verse 8 Arise therefore come to thy rest Thou and the Arke of thy great might verse 9 Let righteousnesse thy Priestes embrace A pretious garment it them make Giue to thine holy One solace verse 10 And for thy seruant Dauids sake Refuse not thine Anointeds face verse 11 To Dauid GOD in trueth did sweare And sure hee will performe that thing Saying Doubtlesse I will vpreare The fruit that from thy loines shall spring Vpon thy throne the rule to beare verse 12 If that thy sonnes my bond retaine And from my Lawes abacke not flit Which I them learne this grace againe Will I them shew their sonnes shall sit Vpon thy seat ay to remaine verse 13 For GOD hath chosen mount Sion Where to abide hee liketh well verse 14 Saying This is my rest alone For euermore I heere will dwell My whole delite is set thereon verse 15 I doubtlesse will her victualles blesse Her poore with bread eke satisfie verse 16 And clothe her Priestes with healthfulnes Yea all her good men cause will I To shout and crie for joyfullnesse verse 17 My seruant Dauids horne of might In her will I make budde and spring For I ordained haue a light To mine Anointed CHRIST and King There to remaine in all mens sight verse 18 But I will clothe his enemies all With vile reproach rebuke and shame Whereas his Crowne imperiall Vnto his honour and great fame Vpon his head still flourish shall PSALME CXXXIII O How happie a thing it is and joyfull for to see Brethren together fast to hold the band of amitie verse 2 It cals to mind that sweet perfume and that costly ointment Which on the sacrificers head by GODS Precept was spent It wet not Aarons head alone but drencht his beard throughout And finally it did runne downe his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doeth drinke the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his siluer droppes the fieldes with fruit doeth fill verse 4 Euen so the LORD doth poure on them his blessinges manyfold Whose heartes and mindes without all guile this knot doe keepe and hold PSALME CXXXIV BEhold and haue
regard yee seruantes of the LORD Who in his house by night doe watch praise him with one accord verse 2 Lift vp your handes on high vnto his holy place And giue the LORD his praises due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the LORD who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion blesse and will conserue for euermore the same PSALME CXXXV VNto the NAME of GOD the LORD giue praise with one accord O praise him still all yee that bee the seruantes of the LORD verse 2 Extoll his praise all yee that stand within the house of GOD All yee that in his courtes remaine his praise declare abroad verse 3 Praise yee the LORD for hee is good sing praises to his NAME It is a comely and good thing alwayes to doe the same verse 4 For GOD hath chosen Iaakob out his very owne yee see So hath hee chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know assuredly the LORD is very great And hee that hath aboue all gods his dwelling place and seat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him that hath hee brought about In heauen in earth and in the sea yea all the depthes throughout verse 7 Hee from the earth the cloudes doeth bring the lightninges and the raine Hee maketh eke and windes to come from whence they did remaine verse 8 Hee smote the first-borne of each thing in Egypt that tooke rest Hee spared there no liuing thing the man nor yet the beast verse 9 O Egypt hee in mids of thee hath made his wonders fall On Pharaoh thy cruell king and on his seruantes all verse 10 Hee sundrie people brought to nought destroying them outright And many kinges hee slew also that were of power and might verse 11 As Sihon that sometime was lord and king of Amorites And Og the king of Basan land with all the Canaanites verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage wee see To Israel his chosen folke their heritage to bee verse 13 Thy NAME O LORD shall still indure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall verse 14 The LORD will surely judge aright his people all indeed And to his seruantes fauour shew will hee in time of need verse 15 The idoles of the Heathen all throughout their costes and landes Of siluer and of golde they bee the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 For mouthes they haue and speak no whit and eyes but may not see verse 17 So haue they eares but nothing heare and breathlesse wholly bee verse 18 Wherefore all they are like to them that doe so set them foorth And likewise those that trust in them or thinke they bee ought worth verse 19 O all yee house of Israel see that yee praise the LORD And yee that bee of Aarons house praise him with one accord verse 20 And yee that bee of Leuies house praise yee likewise the LORD And all that stand in awe of him praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Sion sound his praise the praise of GOD the LORD Which dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord PSALME CXXXVI O Laude the LORD benigne Whose mercies last for ay Giue thankes and praises sing To GOD of gods I say For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 3 The LORD of lordes praise yee Whose mercies ay doe dure verse 4 Great wonders onely hee Doeth worke by his great power For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 5 Which LORD Omnipotent By his great wisedome hie The heauenly firmament Did frame as wee may see For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 6 Yea hee the heavie charge Of all the earth did stretch And on the waters large The same hee did out-reach For certainely His mercies c. verse 7 Great lightes hee made to bee For why his loue is ay verse 8 Such as the Sunne wee see To rule the lightsome day For certainely His mercies c. verse 6 And eke the Moone so cleare Which shineth in our sight And starres that doe appeare To guide the darkesome night For certainely His mercies c. verse 10 With grieuous plagues and sore All Egypt smote hee then Their first-borne lesse and more Hee slew of beast and man For certainely His mercies c. verse 11 And from amidst their land His Israel foorth brought verse 12 Which hee with mightie hand And stretched arme hath wrought For certainely His mercies c. verse 13 The sea hee cut in two Which stood vp like a wall verse 14 And made through it to go His chosen children all For certainely His mercies c. verse 15 But there hee whelmed then The proud king Pharao With his hudge hoste of men And charets eke also For certainely His mercies c. verse 16 Who led through wildernesse His people safe and sound verse 17 And for his loue endlesse Great kinges hee brought to ground For certainly His mercies c. verse 18 And slew with puissan◠〈◊〉 Kinges mightie and of 〈◊〉 verse 19 As of Amorites land Sihon the king by name For certainly His mercies c. verse 20 And Og the Giant large Of Basan king also verse 21 Whose land for heritage Hee gaue his people tho For certainly His mercies c. verse 32 Euen vnto Israel His seruant deare I say Hee gaue the same to dwell And there abide for ay For certainly His mercies c. verse 23 To mind hee did vs call In our most base degree verse 24 And from oppressours all In safetie set vs free For certainly His mercies c. verse 25 All flesh on earth abroad With food hee doeth fulfill verse 26 Wherefore of heauen the GOD To laude bee it your will For certainly His mercies c. PSALME CXXXVII WHen as wee sate in Babylon the riuers round about And in remembrance of Sion the teares for griefe brast out verse 2 Wee hangde our harpes and instrumentes the willow trees vpon For in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom wee prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Hebrew songes and pleasant melodie verse 4 Alace said wee who can once frame his sorowfull heart to sing The praises of our louing GOD thus vnder a strange king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of mine heart let slide Then let my fingers quite forget the warbling harpe to guide verse 6 And let my tongue within my mouth bee tied for euer fast If that I joy before I see thy full deliuerance past verse 7 Therefore O LORD remember now the cursed noise and crie That Edoms sonnes against vs made when they razde our citie Remember LORD their cruell wordes when as with one accord They cryde On sacke and rase their walles in despite of their LORD verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babylon at length to dust bee brought And happie shall that man bee calde that
people shall my wordes heare all which sweet and true they found verse 7 O LORD behold our bones are strowde about the pit and graue Like chippes by him that wood hath hewde or digged in a caue verse 8 Yet vnto thee mine eyes their sight doe cast in this distresse On thee O LORD my trust is pight leaue not my soule helpelesse verse 9 But keepe mee from the snare which they haue spred to take mee in And from the grinnes which such doe lay as are addict to sinne verse 10 As for the wicked let them fall into their nettes preparde Whilst I escape yea let them all together so bee snarde PSALME CXLII VNto the LORD I cry did and call Yea with my voyce I him besought verse 2 And my requestes before him let fall So that my griefes and troubles withall Before his presence I foorth brought to stay my troubled thought verse 3 Though I in spirit was troubled and rent Yet thou my path didst know alway The selfe same trade wherein I then went My foes so much to malice were bent They priuily their snares did lay to take mee as their prey verse 4 As I now at my right hand did looke And so beheld on either side Not one found I which cold me wel brook But seeming strange they there me forsook All refuge was from mee full wide my soule the selfe same tride verse 5 Then cryed I O LORD vnto thee And also said thus in effect Thou art mine hope and so still shalt bee Yea my whole part which thou gauest me VVithin that land so seemely dect where dwell doe thine elect verse 6 To my complaint O Lord now giue eare For I am brought full low and base Saue mee from such as put mee in feare VVhich tyrantes would asunder mee teare For why their force might soon take place mee throughly to deface verse 7 Make free my soule in bonds that doeth ly That I may praise thine holy NAME The righteous then will still stand mee by And with much joy thy praises foorth cry For shewing LORD to mee the same they will set foorth thy fame PSALME CXLIII OH heare my prayer LORD And vnto my request To bow thine care accord And as thou thinkest best According to thy trueth And for thy justice sake O LORD on mee haue rueth And answere to mee make verse 2 To judgement enter not With mee thy seruant poore For why this well I wot No man in sight may dure Of thee the liuing GOD If thou his deedes wouldst trie Hee dare make none abode Himselfe to justifie verse 3 Behold mine enemie Pursued hath with spight My soule it to destroy Yea hee my life downe right Vnto the earth had smote And layed mee full low In darkenesse as forgot Or men dead long ago verse 4 Wherethrough my spirit alas Was troubled with vnrest Mine heart amazed was And vexed in my brest verse 5 Yet I to mind did call Time past and doe record Thy workes yea thinke on all Thine handie-workes O LORD verse 6 With grieuous plaint and mone Mine handes I stretch abroad To thee mine helpe alone For lo my soule O GOD Moste ardently desires And longeth after thee As thirstie ground requires With raine refresht to bee verse 7 O LORD for mine auaile To heare mee make good speed For lo my spirit doeth faile Hide not thy face in need From mee poore wretch alas For doubtlesse els I shall Bee like to them that passe And in the graue doe fall verse 8 Now sith I trust in thee Thy clemencie benigne To heare grant vnto mee When breake of day doeth spring The way to mee descrie That I should walke and goe For I my soule on hie To thee haue lifted tho verse 9 From all my foes mee saue And set mee free I pray For LORD with thee I haue Still hid my selfe alway verse 10 To doe thy will instruct Mee LORD my GOD of might Let thy good Spirit conduct Mee to the land of right verse 11 To quicken mee accord For thy NAMES sake also And for thy justice LORD Bring out my soule from woe verse 12 And for thy mercies slay My foes and put to shame My soules oppressours aye For I thy seruant am PSALME CXLIV Sing this as the 135. Psalme BLess'd be the Lord my strength that doth instruct mine handes to fight The LORD that doth my fingers frame to batell by his might verse 2 Hee is my goodnesse fort and towre deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people hee subdues to mee to yeeld verse 3 O LORD what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or sonne of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but like to vanitie so passe his dayes to end verse 5 As fleeting shade bow downe O LORD thy heauens and descend verse 6 The mountains touch and they shall smoke cast foorth my lightning flame And scatter them thine arrowes shoot consume them with the same verse 7 Send downe thine hand euen from aboue O LORD deliuer mee Take mee from waters great from hand of strangers make mee free verse 8 Whose subtile mouth of vanitie and fondnesse doeth intreat And their right hand is a right hand of falshood and deceat verse 9 A new song I will sing O GOD and singing will I bee On viole and on instrument tenne stringed vnto thee verse 10 Euen hee it is that onely giues deliuerance to kinges Vnto his seruant Dauid helpe from hurtfull sword hee bringes verse 11 From strangers hand mee saue and shield whose mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a right hand of guile and subtiltie verse 12 So that our sonnes may bee as plantes whom growing youth doeth reare Our daughters carued corner stones like to a palace faire verse 13 Our garners full and plentie may with sundrie sortes bee found Our sheepe bring thousandes in our streetes tenne thousandes may abound verse 14 Our oxen bee to labour strong that none doe vs inuade There bee no going out nor crie within our streetes bee made verse 15 Those people blessed are that with such blessinges are so storde Yea blessed all the people are whose GOD is GOD the LORD PSALME CXLV O LORD that art my GOD and King Vndoubtedly I will thee praise I will extoll and blessinges sing Vnto thine holy NAME alwayes verse 2 From day to day I will thee blesse And laude thy NAME world without end verse 3 For great is GOD moste worthie praise Whose greatnesse none may comprehende verse 4 Race shall thy workes praise vnto race And so declare thy power O LORD verse 5 The glorious beautie of thy grace And wondrous workes will I record verse 6 And all men shall the power O GOD Of all thy fearefull actes declare And I to publish all abroad Thy greatnesse at no time will spare verse 7 They shall breake out to mention And specifie thy great goodnesse And with loud voyce their songs each one Shall frame
to shew thy righteousnesse verse 8 The LORD our GOD is gratious Yea mercifull is hee also In mercie hee is plenteous But vnto wrath and anger slow verse 9 The LORD to all men is benigne Whose mercies all his workes exceed verse 10 Thy workes each one thy praises sing And eke thy Saintes thee blesse indeed verse 11 The glorie of thy Kingdome they Doe shew and of thy power doe tell verse 12 That so mens soones his might know may And Kingdome great that doeth excell verse 13 Thy Kingdome hath none end at all Thy Lordship euer doeth remaine verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth all that fall And doeth the feeble folke sustaine verse 15 The eyes of all thinges Lord attend And on thee waite that heere doe liue And thou in season due doest send Sufficient food them to relieue verse 16 Yea thou thine hand doest open wide And euery thing doest satisfie That liue and on this earth abide Of thy great liberalitie verse 17 The Lord is just in his wayes all And holy in his workes each one verse 18 At hand to all that on him call In trueth that call to him alone verse 19 The Lord will the desire fulfill Of such as doe him feare and dread And hee also their crie heare will And saue them in the time of need verse 20 Hee doeth preserue them more and lesse That beare to him a louing heart But workers all of wickednesse Destroy will hee and cleane subuert verse 21 My mouth therefore my speech shall frame To speake the praises of the Lord All flesh to blesse his holy NAME For euermore eke shall accord PSALME CXLVI MY soule praise thou the LORD alwayes my GOD I will confesse verse 2 While breath and life prolong my dayes my tongue no time shall cease 3. Trust not in worldly Princes then Though they abounde in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why their breath doeth soone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their heart decay and perish all verse 5 O happie is that man I say whom Iaakobs God doeth aide And hee whose hope doeth not decay but on the Lord is staide verse 6 Who made the earth and waters deepe the heauens hie withall VVho doeth his word and promise keepe in trueth and euer shall verse 7 VVith right alwayes doeth hee proceed for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungrie hee doeth feed and loose the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doeth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The Lord I say doeth loue the right and just man euermore verse 9 Hee doeth defend the fatherlesse the strangers sad in heart And quite the widow from distresse and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion still shall reigne In time of all posteritie for euer to remaine PSALME CXLVII PRaise yee the LORD for it is good vnto our GOD to sing For it is pleasant and to praise it is a comely thing verse 2 The LORD his owne Ierusalem hee buildeth vp alone And the disperst of Israel doeth gather into one verse 3 Hee heales the broken in their heart their sore vp doeth hee bind verse 4 Hee countes the number of the starres and nam'th them in their kind verse 5 Great is the Lord great is his power his wisedome infinite verse 6 The Lord relieues the meeke and throwes to ground the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with praise vnto the Lord rejoyce And to our God vpon the harpe aduance your singing voyce verse 8 Hee couereth heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth raine And on the mountaines hee doeth make the grasse to grow againe verse 9 Hee giueth beastes their food yea to young rauens when they crie verse 10 In strength of horse nor in mans legges no pleasure taketh hee verse 11 But in all those that feare the Lord the Lord hath his delight And such as doe attend vpon his mercies shining light verse 12 O praise â—â—y LORD Ierusalem thy GOD O Sion praise verse 13 For hee the barres hath forged strong wherewith thy gates hee stayes verse 14 Thy children hee hath blest in thee and in thy borders hee Doeth settle peace and with the floure of wheat hee filleth thee verse 15 And his Commandementes vpon the earth hee sendeth out And eke his word with speedie course doeth swiftly runne about verse 16 Hee giueth snow like wool hoare frost like ashes doeth hee spread verse 17 Like morsels castes his yee whereof the colde who can abide verse 18 Hee sendeth foorth his mightie word and melteth them againe His winde hee maketh blow and then the waters flow amaine verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iaakob doeth hee show His statutes and his judgementes hee giues Israel to know verse 20 With euery Nation hath hee not so dealt nor haue they knowne His secret judgementes now therefore praise yee the LORD alone PSALME CXLVIII Sing this as the 136. Psalme GIue laude vnto the LORD From heauen that is so hie Praise him in deede and word Aboue the starrie Skie verse 2 And also yee His Angelles all Armies royall Praise him with glee verse 3 Praise him both Sunne and Moone Which are so cleare and bright The same of you bee done Yee glistring starres of light verse 4 And eke no lesse Yee heauens faire And cloudes of the aire His laude expresse verse 5 For at his word they were All formed as wee see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree verse 6 Which hee set fast To them hee made A law and trade for aye to last verse 7 Extoll and praise GODS NAME In earth yee Dragons fell All depthes doe yee the saâ—e For it becommeth you well verse 8 Him magnifie Fire haile yee snow And stormes that blow At his decree verse 9 The hilles and mountaines all And trees that fruitfull are The Cedars great and tall His worthie praise declare verse 10 Beastes and cattell Yea birdes flying And wormes creeping That on earth dwell verse 11 All kinges both more and lesse With all their pompous traine Princes and all iudges That in the world remaine verse 12 Exalt his NAME Young men and maides Olde men and babes Doe yee the same verse 13 For his NAME shall wee proue To bee moste excellent Whose praise is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure hee shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His Saintes all shall foorth tell His praise and worthinesse The children of Israel Each one both more and lesse And also they That with good will His wordes fulfill And him obey PSALME CXLIX SIng vnto the LORD with heartie accord A new joyfull song His praises resound In euery ground His Saintes all among verse 2 Let Israel rejoyce And praise eke with voyce His maker louing The sonnes of Sion Let them euery one Bee glad in their King verse
3 Let all them aduance His NAME in the dance Both now and alwayes With harpe and â—abret Euen so likewise let Them vtter his praise verse 4 The Lordes pleasure is In them that are his Not willing to start But all meanes doe seeke To succour the meeke And humble in heart verse 5 The Saintes more and lesse His praise shall expresse As is good and right Rejoycing I say Both now and for aye In their beddes at night verse 6 Their throat shall brast out In euery rout In praise of their Lord And as men moste bolde In hand shall they holde A two edged sword verse 7 Auenged to bee In euery degree The hearthen vpon And for to reproue As them doeth behoue The people each one verse 8 To binde strange kinges fast In chaines that will last Their nobles also In hard yron bandes Aswell feete as handes To their griefe and woe verse 9 That they may indeed Giue sentence with speed On them to their paine Which is writ alwayes such honour and praise His Saintes shall obtaine PSALME CL. YEeld vnto GOD the mightie LORD praise in his Sanctuarie And praise him in the firmament that shew'th his power on hie verse 2 Aduance his NAME and praise him in his mightie actes alwayes According to his excellencie of greatnesse giue him praise verse 3 His praises with the princely noise of sounding trumpets blow Praise him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Praise him with timbrell and with flute organes and virginalles verse 5 With sounding cymballes praise yee him praise him with loude cymballes verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the LORD To praise the NAME of GOD the LORD agree with one accord THE END OF THE PSALMES A TABLE OF THE WHOLE PSALMES DECLARING BOTH the beginning and also the number of euery PSALME A ALl laude and praise Psalme xxx All people hearken and Psalme xlix Although my soule haue Psalme lxii Attend my people to my Psalme lxxviii Amid the preasse with Psalme lxxxii A thing both good and meete Psalme xcii All people that on earth doe Psalme C B BEe mercifull to mee O GOD Psalme lvii But is it true O froward Psalme lviii Blessed are they that perfect Psalme Cxix Blessed art thou that fearest Psalme Cxxviii Beholde and haue regarde yee Psalme Cxxxiv Blessed bee the Lord my strength Psalme Cxliv D DEliuer mee my God of might Psalme lix E EXcept the Lord the house doe Psalme Cxxvi F FRom the peruerse and wicked Psalme Cxl G GIue to the Lord yee potentates Psalme xxix Grudge not to see the wicked Psalme xxxvii Great is the Lord and with great Psalme xlviii God for thy grace thou Psalme lxxxiii Giue thankes vnto the Lord Psalme Cvii Giue to the Lord all praise and Psalme Cxviii Giue laude vnto the Lord Psalme Cxlviii H HElpe Lord for good and godly Psalme xii How long wilt thou forget mee Psalme xiii How euer it bee yet God is Psalme lxxiii How pleasant is thy dwelling Psalme lxxxiv I INcline thine eares vnto my Psalme v I trust in God how dare yee then Psalme xi In trouble and aduersitie Psalme xx I lift mine heart to thee Psalme xxv I will giue laude and honour Psalme xxxiv I said I will looke to my wayes Psalme xxxix I waited long and sought Psalme xl Iudge and reuenge my cause Psalme xliii In Iurie land God is well Psalme lxxvi I with my voyce to God doe Psalme lxxvii In speechlesse silence doe not Psalme Cix I loue the Lord because my Psalme Cxvi In trouble and in thrall Psalme Cxx I lift mine eyes to Sion hill Psalme Cxxi I did in heart rejoyce Psalme Cxxii L LOrd in thy wrath reproue mee Psalme vl Lord keepe mee for I trust in Psalme xvii Lord bee my Iudge for Psalme xxvi Lord plead my cause against Psalme xxxv Like as the Hart doeth breath Psalme xlii Let all folke with joy clap Psalme xlvii Let God arise and then his foes Psalme lxviii Lord giue thy judgementes to the Psalme lxxii Lord bow thine eare to my Psalme lxxxvi Lord to mine humble sute giue Psalme Cii Lord to thee I make my mone Psalme Cxxx Lord I am not puft vp in minde Psalme Cxxxi M MIne heart doeth take in hand Psalme xlv Make haste O God to set mee Psalme lxx My trust O Lord in thee I haue Psalme lxxi My soule giue laude vnto the Psalme Ciii My soule praise the Lord speake good Psalme Civ My soule praise thou the Lord alwayes Psalme Cxlvi N NOt vnto vs O Lord I say to vs Psalme Cxv Now Israel may say and Psalme Cxxiv O O Lord how are my foes increast Psalme iii O God that art my righteousnesse Psalme iv O Lord my God I put my trust Psalme vii O God our Lord how wonderfull Psalme viii O Lord within thy Tabernacle Psalme xv O Lord giue eare to my request Psalme xvii O God my strength and fortitude Psalme xviii O Lord how joyfull is the King Psalme xxi O God my God wherefore hast Psalme xxii O Lord I put my trust in thee Psalme xxxi Our eares haue heard our Psalme xliv O Lord consider my distresse Psalme li O God giue eare and doe apply Psalme lv O God to mee thy mercie shew Psalme lvi O Lord thou didst vs cleane Psalme lx O God my God I watch Psalme lxiii O Lord vnto my voyce giue eare Psalme lxiv Our God that is Lord and author Psalme lxvii O God laude and praise wee will Psalme lxxv O Lord the Gentiles doe inuade Psalme lxxix O Pastor of Israel like Psalme lxxx O Lord thou loued hast thy Psalme lxxxv O God of my saluation Psalme lxxxviii O Lord thou hast beene our Psalme xc O Lord sith vengeance doeth Psalme xciv O come let vs lift vp our voice Psalme xcv O sing yee now vnto the Lord Psalme xcviii Of mercie and of judgement Psalme Ci O praise yee the Lord and call Psalme Cv O God beholde mine heart and Psalme Cviii O praise the Lord yee Nations Psalme Cxvii O Lord that heauen doest Psalme Cxxiii Of Israel this may now bee Psalme Cxxix Of Dauid Lord in minde Psalme Cxxxii O how happie a thing it is Psalme Cxxxiii O laude the Lord benigne Psalme Cxxxvi O Lord thou hast me â—â—ied Psalme Cxxxix On thee I call O Lord therefore Psalme Cxli Oh heare my prayer Lord Psalme Cxlii O Lord that art my God and Psalme Cxlv P PVt mee not to rebuke Psalme xxxviii Praise yee the Lord for hee is Psalme Cvi Praise yee the Lord for it is Psalme Cxlvii R REgarde O Lord for I complaine Psalme lxi S SAue mee O God for thy Names Psalme liv Saue mee O God and that with Psalme lxix Sing yee with praise vnto Psalme xcvi Sâ—ch as in God the Lord Psalme Cxxv Sing vnto the Lord with Psalme Cxlix T THe man is blest that hath not bent Psalme i There is no God as foolish men Psalme xiv The heauens and the firmament Psalme xix The Lord is onely my support Psalme xxiii To God the earth doeth appertaine Psalme xxiv The Lord my light and health Psalme xxvii Thou art O Lord my strength Psalme xxviii The man is blest whose wickednesse Psalme xxxii The wicked deedes of the Psalme xxxvi The man is blest that carefull is Psalme xli The Lord is our defence and Psalme xlvi The mightie God the Psalme l There is no God as foolish men Psalme liii Thy praise alone O Lord Psalme lxv To God our strength moste Psalme lxxxi That Citie shall full well Psalme lxxxvii To sing the mercies of the Psalme lxxxix The Lord as King aloft doeth Psalme xciii The Lord doeth reigne whereat Psalme xcvii The Lord doeth reigne although Psalme xcix The Lord moste high vnto Psalme Cx The man is blest that God doeth Psalme Cxii V VNto the Name of God the Psalme Cxxxiv Vnto the Lord I crie did and Psalme cxlii W WHy did the Gentiles tumultes Psalme ii With heart and mouth Psalme ix What is the cause that thou Psalme x Why doest thou tyrant boast Psalme lii Why art thou Lord so long Psalme lxxiv Who so with full intent Psalme xcl With heart I doe accord Psalme Cxi When Israel by Gods addresse Psalme Cxiv When that the Lâ—â—â— againe Psalme Cxxvi When as wee sate in Babylon Psalme Cxxxvii With my whole heart the Psalme Cxxxviii Y YEe righteous in the Lord Psalme xxxiii Yee men on earth in God Psalme lxvi Yee children which doe serue the Psalme Cxiii Yeelde vnto GOD the mightie Psalme CL. 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