hath framd of nought verse 7 He lifts vp clouds euen from the earth he makes lightnings rain he bringeth forth the winds also he made nothyng in vayne verse 8 He smote the first borne of ech thing in Egipt that tooke rest he spared there no lyuyng thyng the man nor yet the beast verse 9 He hath in thee shewd wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and hys seuere seruauntes verse 10 He smote then many nations and did great acts and thynges He slew the great and mightiest and chiefest of their kings verse 11 Sion kyng of the Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kyngdomes all that were of Canaan verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage we see To Israell hys owne people an heritage to bee verse 13 Thy name O Lord shal stil endure and thy memorial Throughout al generations that are or euer shal verse 14 The Lord wil surely now auenge hys people al in deede and to hys seruauntes he wyll shew fauour in tyme of neede verse 15 The Idols of the heathen are made in al their cost and landes Of syluer and of gold be they the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 They haue their mouths caÌ„not speake eies that haue no sight verse 17 They haue eke eares y t heare nothing their mouthes be breathles quite verse 18 Wherfore al thei are like to theÌ„ that so doth set theÌ„ forth and likewise those that trust in them or think they be ought worth verse 19 O all ye house of Israel see that ye praise the Lord and ye that be of Aarons house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 20 And ye that be of Leuis house praise ye likewyse the Lord and al that stand in awe of hym praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lord Which dwelleth in Ierusalem prayse hym with one accord Confitemini psalm .cxxxvi. N A most earnest exhortation to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernance of all things which standeth in in confessing that he geueth vs al of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for euer geue prayse vnto the god of gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the lord of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great woÌ„ders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdom made y â— heaueÌ„s for his mercy endureth c. verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth c. verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth c. verse 8 As sunne of rule the lightsome day for his mercy endureth for euer verse 9 The moone and stars to guide the night for his mercy endureth c. verse 10 Which smote Egipt with their first borne for his mercy endu c verse 11 And Israel brought out from theÌ„ for hys mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand stretched arme for his mercy endureth c. verse 13 Which cut the red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israel made pas there through for his mercy endureth c. verse 15 And dround Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes his people led for hys mercy endureth c. verse 17 He which did smite great noble kings for hys mercy endu c. verse 18 And which hath slayne the mighty kings for his mercy endu c. verse 19 As Sion king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israel for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth foode vnto al flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heaueÌ„ aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thanks vnto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth c. Super flumina in Babilonis psalm .cxxxvii. VV. VV. ¶ The people of god in their banishment seyng gods true religion decay lyued in great anguish and sorrow of hart the which grief the Caldeans did so litle pitye that they rather increased the same daily with taunts reproches and blasphemies against god wherfore y e Israelites desire god to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians against theÌ„ and moued by the spirit of god prophecy the destruction of BabiloÌ„ where they wer handled so â—â—rannously WHen as we sate in Babilon the riuers round about and in remembraunce of Sion the teares for grief brast out We haÌ„gd our harps instruments the willow trees vpoÌ„ for in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songs and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas said we who can once frame his sorrowful hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let slyde Then let my fingers quite forget the warblyng harpe to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy ful deliuerance past verse 7 Therfore O Lord remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes against vs made wheÌ„ they razde our City Remember Lord their cruel words when as wyth one accord they cride on sack and raze their wals in despite of their Lord. verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought and happy shal that man be cald that our reueÌ„ge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shal that man be cald that takes thy children yong to dash their bones against hard stones which lie y e streetes amoÌ„g Confitebor tibi psalme Cxxxviii N Dauid with great courage prayseth the goodnes of god toward hym which is so great that it is known to forren princes who shal prayse the Lord together wyth hym And he is assared to haue like comfort of god in the tyme following as he hath had heretofore Syng this as the .47 Psalme verse 1 THee wil I prayse w t my whole hart my lord my God alwaies Euen in the preseÌ„ce of the Gods I wil aduance thy prayse verse 2 Toward thy holy temple I wil looke and worship thee and praysed in my thankful mouth thy holy name shal bee Euen for thy louyng kyndnes sake and for thy truth withal For thou thy name hast by thy word aduaunced ouer al. verse 3 When I did cal thou heardest me and thou hast made also The
Almighty God Audi Israel Exod. xx N. HArke Israell and what I say geue hede to vnderstaÌ„d I am the Lord thy God y e brought thee out of Egipt laÌ„d eueÌ„ froÌ„ the house wherin y u didst in thraldoÌ„ liue a slaue None other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted bee Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth below Nor in waters beneath the earth to theÌ„ thou shalt not bow Nor shalt them serue The Lord thy God a ielous God am I That punish parentes faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Vpon their children that me hate and mercy do display To thousandes of such as me loue and my preceptes obey The name thou of the Lord thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne y e lord shal not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Saboth day Six dayes y â— labour shalt do thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke then shalt thou do in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruauÌ„t nor handmayd thine Oxe nor yet thine Asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in sixe dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did vpon the seuenth day take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him selfe alone appointed to remayne yeld honor to thy parentes that prolongd thy dayes may be VpoÌ„ the land the which the Lord thy God hath geueÌ„ thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neighbour doth beloÌ„g Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wife to do him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asse of his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbour proper is Beatus vir i. Thomas Sternhold ¶ Whether it was Esoras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set this Psalme first in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffect hereof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their lyfe to Gods law And that the wicked contemners of god though they seme for a while fortunate yet at length shall come to miserable destruction verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest that hath not beÌ„t to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chaire verse 2 But in the law of god y e lord doth set hys who le delight in y â— law doth exercise him selfe both day and nyght verse 3 He shal be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Which bringeth forth most pleasaunt fruit in her due time tyde Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fal but florish stil and stand Euen so al things shal prosper wel that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shal not the vngodly men they shal be nothing so But as the dust which froÌ„ the earth the wyndes driue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stand vpright Nor yet the sinners with the iust shal 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 meÌ„ shal quite be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalme .ii. T. S. ¶ Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding his enemies rage and worldly power yet god will continue his kingdome for euer and aduauÌ„ce it euen to the formost end of the world And therfore he exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory a part they would humble submit them selues vnder gods yoke Herein is signâ—â—ed Christ and his kingdome Syng this Psalme as the first WHy did y e GeÌ„tils tumultes raise what rage was in their braine Why did the Iewish people muse seing al is but vayne verse 2 The kings and rulers of the earth conspire and are al bent Against the Lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shal we be bound to them say they let al their bondes be broke And of their doctrine and their law let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doings wil deride And make theÌ„ al as mocking stockes through out y e world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord wil say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lord wil say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my king vpon my holy hil I wil therfore Lord preach thy lawes and eke declare thy wil. verse 7 For in this wise the Lord him self did say to me I wote Thou art my deare and onely sonne to day I thee begot verse 8 All people I wil geue to thee as heires at thy request The ends and coastes of al the earth by thee shal be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters shardes shalt breake them with an yron rod. verse 10 Now ye O Kings and rulers al be wise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lord aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyce to him in like maner verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Least in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the mid way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so smal shal kindle in his brest Oh then al they that trust in Christ shal happy be and blest Domine quid multiplicati Psalme .iii. T. S. ¶ Dauid being persecuted and driuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for his sinne against god and therfore calleth vpon god and waxeth holde through his promises agaynst the great terrors of his enemies yea and against death it self which he saw present before his eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that god gaue him and all the Church ouer his enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more and more They kil my hart when as they say God can him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead my worshyp and myne honour both and thou holdst vp my head verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lord I did both cal and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 I layd me downe and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord wil me sustaine verse 6 If ten thousand had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art stil my Lord my God my sauiour myne ayde
verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God for now on thee I call For thou hast broke the chekes teeth of these wicked mē al. verse 8 Saluation onely doth belong to thee O Lord aboue Thou doost bestow vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiui Psalme .iiii. T. S. ¶ Whē Saul persecuted Dauid he called vpon God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore holdly reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And finally preferreth the fauour of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewise learne to trust in gods promises when we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neither feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations Syng this as the first Psalme O God that art my righteousnes Lord heare me when I cal Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bound thral verse 2 Haue mercy Lord therfore on me and graūt me this request For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I wil not rest verse 3 O mortall men how long wil ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Know ye that good godly men the lord doth take chuse And whē to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stād in awe therfore examine wel your hart And in your chamber quietly see you your selues conuert verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing lord you put your trust alway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goods riches do embrace But Lord graūt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyful and more glad Then they that of their corne wine ful great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lye down wil I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lord alone in safely kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psalme .v. T. S ¶ Dauid hauing suffered great calamitie as well by Doeg a Achitophel Saules flatterers as by other infinite enemies calleth to God for succor shewing how requisite it is that God should punishe the malicious enuy of his aduersaries After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceyueth comforte concludyng that when God shall deliuer hym other also shall be partakers of the same mercies Sing this as the third 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 praier verse 3 Heare me betime Lord tary not for I wil haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I wil trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleased with wickednes il with thee dwels none verse 5 And in thy sight shal 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 then And God will hate the bloud thirsty and the deceitful man verse 7 Therfore wil I come to thy house trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently wil worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy rightuousnes for to confound my foes And eke the way that I shal walke before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth their hart is foule vaine verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges do glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert thē in their heapes of sinne which haue rebelliō wrought verse 13 But those that put their trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And rēder thākes for thy defense and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iust righteous still And with thy grace as with a shild defend him from all ill i. Domine ne in furore tuo Psalme .vi. T. S. ¶ When Dauid by his sinnes hath prouoked gods wrath and now felt not onely his hand against him but also conceiued the horrors of death euerlastyng he desired forgeuenes bewayling that if god toke him awaye in his indignation he should lacke occasion to prayse him as he was wont to do whilest he was amongest men Then sodenly feling gods mercy he sharpely rebuketh his enemies whiche reioyseth in his affliction LOrde in thy wrath reproue me not thoughe I deserue thine ire Ne yet correct me in thy rage O Lorde I thee desire For I am weake therfore O Lorde of mercy me forbeare and heale me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do 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 tourne thee to thy wōted grace my sely soule vp take Oh saue me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shal worship thee O Lord in the infernal pit verse 6 So greuous is my plaint and mone that I wax wondrous faint Al the night long I wash my bed with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dimme and waxeth old with anguish of mine heart For feare of those that be my foes and would my soule subuert verse 8 But now away from me al ye that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath hard the voyce of my complaint cry verse 9 He heard not onely the request and prayer of my hart But it receiued at my hand and tooke it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed me the Lord wil soone defame And sodenly confound thē al to their rebuke and shame Domine deus meus in te speraui Psalme .vii. T. S. Dauid being falsely accused by Chus one of Saules kinsmē he calleth god to be his defēder to whō he cōmendeth his innocencie First shewing that his conscience did not accuse him of any euill towardes Saule Next that it couched gods glory to award sentence agaynst the wicked And so entring into the consideratiō of gods mercyes and promises he waxeth holde and derideth the vayne enterprises of his enemyes threatnyng that it shall fall on their owne neckes that whiche they haue purposed for others Sing this as the third psalme verse 1 O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Saue me from thē that me pursue and eke deliuer me verse 2 Least like a Lion he me teare and rent in pieces smal While there is none to succor me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I haue done the thing that is not right Or els if I be found in faut or gilty in the sight verse 4 Or to my frend rewarded euil or left him in distres Which me pursued most cruelly and hated me causeles verse 5 Then let my foes
to the consideration of the eternall mansions prepared for vs in the heauens wherof this was a shadow and figure Syng this as th x. xxi Psalme verse 1 THe earth is al the Lordes withal her store and furniture yea his is al the world and al that therin do indure verse 2 For he hath fastly founded it aboue the sea to stand And laid a low the liquid flouds to flow beneath y ◠lād verse 3 For who is he O Lord that shal ascend into thy hil Or passe into thy holy place there to continue stil verse 4 Whose hāds ar harmles whose hart no spot there doth defile His soule not set on vanitie who hath not sworne no guile verse 5 Him that is such a one the Lord shal place in blisful plight And God his God and sauior shal yelde to him his right verse 6 This is the brode of trauelers in seking of his grace As Iacob did the Israelite in that time of his race verse 7 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlasting gate For there shal enter in therby the king of glorious state verse 8 What is the king of glorious the strong and mighty Lord The mighty Lord in battayles stout and trial of the sword verse 9 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlasting gate For there shal enter in therby the king of glorious state verse 10 What is this king of glorious the Lord of hostes it is The kingdome and the royalltie of glorious state is his Ad te domine leuaui Psalme .xxv. T. S. ¶ The Prophet touched with the consideration of his sinnes and also greued with the cruell malice of his enemies prayeth to God most feruently to haue his sinnes forgeuen especially such as he had committed in his youth He begynneth euery verse accordyng to the Ebrue letters two or three except I Lift mine hart to thee my God guide most iust now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes reioyce nor make a scorne of me and let them not be ouerthrowen that put their trust in thee But shame shal them befal which harme them wrongfully verse 3 Therfore thy pathes thy rightwayes vnto me Lord descry verse 4 Direct me in thy truth and teach me I thee pray Thou art my God and sauiour on thee I wayt alway verse 5 Thy mercyes manifold I pray thee Lord remember And eke thy pitie plentiful for they haue ben for euer verse 6 Remember not the fautes and fraylty of my youth Remember not how ignoraunt I haue ben of thy truth Nor after my deserts let me thy mercy find But of thine own beningnity Lord haue me in thy mynd verse 7 His mercy is ful swete his truth a perfect guide Therfore the Lord wil sinners teach such as go aside verse 8 The humble he wil teach his preceptes for to kepe He wil direct in al his wayes the lowly and the meke verse 9 For al the wayes of God are truth mercy both To them that kepe his testament the witnes of his troth The second part verse 10 Now for thy holy name O Lord I thee intreat To graunt me pardō for my sinne for it is wōdrous great verse 11 Who so doth feare the Lord the Lord doth him direct To lead his life in such away as he doth best accept verse 12 His soule shal euermore in goodnes dwel and stand His sede and his posterity inherite shal the land verse 13 Al those that feare the Lord know his secret intent And vnto them he doth declare his wil and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to him I wil aduaunce That pluckt my feete out of the snare of sinne ignorance verse 15 With mercy me behold to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplied in dede Bring me out of this misery necessity and nede verse 17 Behold my pouerty mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne mine offence make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they do stil increase Pursuing me w t deadly hate that faine would liue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowen because I trust in the. verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enmies shend Because I looke as one of thine that y u shouldst me defend verse 21 Deliuer Lord thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israel from al their paine and grief Iudica me domine Psalme .xxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid oppressed with many iniuries findyng no helpe in the world called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie towards Saul desireth God to be his iudge and to defend his innocency causeles afflicted Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice whiche he will offer for his deliueraunce and desireth to be in the company of the faythfull in the congregation of God whiche he was banished by Saule promising integritie of lyfe and open prayses and thankes geuyng Sing this as the .xviii. psal verse 1 LOrd be my iudge thou shalt se my pathes be right plaine I trust in god hope that he wil strēgth me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my wayes to search try As men do proue their gold with fire my reaynes and hart espie verse 3 Thy goodnes layd before my face I durst be bold alwayes For of thy truth I treade the trace and wil do al my dayes verse 4 I do not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes are vayne To come in house I do refuse with the deceitful trayne verse 5 I much abhorre the wicked sort their dedes I do despise I do not once to them resort that hurtful things deuise verse 6 My hands I wash and do procede in workes that walke vpright Then to thy alter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speake preach the prayse that doth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lord thy house I loue most deare to me it doth excel I haue delight would be nere whereas thy grace doth dwel verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with thē in sinne that take theyr fil Nor yet my life amōgst those mē that seke much bloud to spil verse 10 Whose hāds are heapt with craft guile their life therof is ful And their right hand w t wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck pul verse 11 But I in righteousnes entend my time and dayes to serue Haue mercy Lord and me defend so that I do not swerue verse 12 My fote is stayd for al assayes it standeth wel and right Wherfore to God wil I geue praise in al the peoples sight Dominus illuminatio Psalme .xxvi. I H. ¶ Dauid maketh this Psalme beyng
Sion wilt extend The tyme of mercy now the tyme foreset is come to end verse 14 For euen in the stones therof thy seruants do delight and on the dust therof they haue compassion in their sprite verse 15 Then shal y ◠heathen people feare the Lords most holy name and al the kings on earth shal dread thy glory and thy fame verse 16 Then whē the Lord the mighty god agayn shal Sion reare and then when he most nobly in hys glory shal appeare verse 17 To prayer of the desolate when he himself shal bend When he shal not disdayn vnto their prayer to attend verse 18 This shal be written for the age that after shal succede The people yet vncreated the Lords renome shal spred verse 19 For he from his hie sanctuary hath looked down below and out of heauē hath the Lord beheld the earth also verse 20 That of y ◠morning captiue he might heare the woful cry and that he might deliuer those that damned are to dye verse 21 That they in Sion may declare the Lords most holy name And in Ierusalē set forth the prayses of the same verse 22 Then when the people of the land and kyndgdomes with accord Shall be assembled for to do theyr seruyce to the Lord. The third part verse 23 My former force of strength he hath abated in the way and shorter he did cut my dayes thus I therfore dyd say verse 24 My God in midst of al my dayes now take me not away Thy yeres endure eternally from age to age for aye verse 25 Thou the foundations of y ◠earth before all tyme hast layd lord y ◠heauēs are y ◠work which thine own hāds haue made verse 26 Yea they shal perish and decay but thou shalt tary stil and they shal al in time waxe old euen as a garment wil. Thou as a garment shalt thē change chaunged shal they bee verse 27 But thou doost stil abide the same thy yeres do neuer flee verse 28 The children of thy seruant shal continually endure and in thy sight their happy seede for euer shal stand sure 1 Benedic anima mea psalme Ciii T. S This is a Psalme most excellent wherin the Prophet doth prouoke men and angels and al creatures to prayse the Lord for his fatherly mercies and deliuerance of his people from al euils for his prouidence euer al things and the preseruation of the faithful MY soule geue laud vnto the Lord my sprite shall do the same and all the secrets of my hart praise ye his holy name Geue thanks to God for al his gifts shew not thy self vnkind suffer not his benefites to slyp out of thy mynde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faults and thee restord again For al thy weak and frayle disease and heald thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeme thy life from death frō which thou couldst not flee His mercy and cōpassion both he did extend to thee verse 5 That fild with goodnes thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Egle casteth her vil wherby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doth repay al such as be opprest So that their suffrings their wrōgs are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes his cōmaundements to Moyses he did shew His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lord is kind and merciful when sinners do hym greue The slowest to conceyue a wrath and rediest to forgeue verse 9 He chides not vs continually though we be ful of stryfe Nor kepes our faultes in memory for al our sinful lyfe verse 10 Nor yet according to our sinnes the Lord doth vs regard Nor after our iniquities he doth not vs reward verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great twixt heauen and earth aboue So is his goodnes much more large to them that do hym loue verse 12 God doth remoue our sinnes from vs and our offences al as far as is the sunne rising ful distant from his fal The second part verse 13 And looke what pitie parents deare vnto their children beare Like pitie beares the Lord to such as worship him in feare verse 14 The Lord y t made vs knoweth our shape our mould fashion iust how weake and frayle our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the tyme of mortal men is lyke the withering hay Or like the floure right fayre in field that fades ful soone away verse 16 Whose glosse beauty stormy winds do vtterly disgrace and make that after their assaults such blossoms haue no place verse 17 But yet the goodnes of the Lord with his shal euer stand their childrens children do receyue his righteousnes at hand verse 18 I meane which kepe his couenant with al their whole desyre and not forget to do the thyng that he doth them requyre verse 19 The heauēs hye are made the seat and footestoole of the Lord And by his power imperial he gouernes al the world verse 20 Ye angels which are great in power prayse ye and bles the Lord Which to obey and do hys wyl immediatly accord verse 21 ye noble hostes and ministers cease not to land him stil Which ready are to execute his pleasure and hys wil. verse 22 ye all his works in euery place prayse ye his holy name My hart my mynd and eke my soule prayse ye also the same Benedic anima mea psalme Ciiii. VV. K An excellent Psalme to prayse God for the creation of the world and the gouernaunce of the same by his maruelous prouidence where in the Prophet prayeth against the wicked who are occasions that God diminisheth his blessings MY soule praise the Lord speake good of hys name O Lord our great God how doost thou appeare so passing in glory that great is thy fame honour and ma iestie in thee shyne most cleare with light as a robe thou hast thee beclad wherby al the earth thy greatnes may see the heauens in such sort thou also hast spred that it to a curtayne compared may be verse 3 Hys chamber beames lye in the cloudes ful sure Which as his charet are made him to beare And there with much swiftnes his course doth endure Vpon the wings riding of wind in the ayre verse 4 He maketh his sprites as heraldes to go and lyghtnings to serue we see also prest His wil to accomplish they runne to and fro To saue or consume things as semeth hym best verse 5 He groundeth the earth so firmely and fast that it once to moue none haue shal such power verse 6 The depe a fayre couering for it made thou hast which by his owne nature the hils would deuour verse 7 But at thy rebuke the waters do flye and so geue due place thy word to obey And at the voyce of thunder so feareful they be y t in their great raging they hast soone away verse 8 The mountains ful
him haue the rule and al the stay verse 22 That he might to his wil instruct the princes of his land and wisdomes lore his auncient men might teach to vnderstand verse 23 Then into the Egiptian land came Israel also and Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger tho verse 24 His people he excedingly in number made to flow and ouer al theyr enemies in strength he made them grow verse 25 Whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate and did his seruaunts wrongfully abuse with false deceit The fourth part verse 26 His faythful seruaunt Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to go to them his message to disclose verse 27 The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shew and wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also verse 28 Darknes he sent and made it darke in stede of brighter day and vnto hys commission they did not disobey verse 29 He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did theyr fishes slay verse 30 Their laÌ„d brought frogs eueÌ„ in y e place where their kiÌ„g Pharao lay verse 31 He spake at his voice there came great swarmes of noysom flies and al the quarters of theyr land were fild with crauling life verse 32 He gaue them cold and stony hayle in stede of milder rayn and firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne verse 33 He smote theyr vines al theyr trees wheron the figs did grow and al the trees within their coastes down did he ouerthrow verse 34 He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound verse 35 Which ate the gras in al theyr ground and frute of al theyr land The fifte part verse 36 The first begotten in theyr land eke deadly did he smite yea the begynning and first frute of al theyr strength and might verse 37 With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to pas and in the number of their tribes no feble one there was verse 38 Egipt was glad and ioyful then when they did thence depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon their hart verse 39 To shroud them from the parching heat a cloud he did display and fire he sent to geue them light when night had hid the day verse 40 They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at theyr request and fully with the bread of heauen theyr hunger he represt verse 41 He opened then the stony rock and waters gushed out and in the dry and parched groundes like riuers ranne about verse 42 For of his holy couenaunt ay mindful was he tho Which to hys seruaunt Abraham he plighted long ago verse 43 He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruel land where they had liued in great anoy verse 44 And of the Heathen men he gaue to them the frutful lands The labors of the people eke they tooke into theyr hands verse 45 That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore and faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme .cvi. N. ¶ The people dispersed vnder Antiochus do magnifie the goodnes of God among the iust and repentaunt Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull visitation And after the manifolde meruayles of God wrought in their deliuerauncâ— forth of Egipt the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they do pray and desire to be gathered from among the Heathen to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israel Sing this as the .95 Psalm verse 1 PRayse ye the Lord for he is good his mercy dures for ay verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or al his prayse display verse 3 They blessed are that iudgement kepe and iustly do alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people Lord remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lord vouchsafe to visite me verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine elect may se And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyful mind posses and may with thine inheritaunce a glorying hart expres verse 6 Both we and eke our fathers al haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and lâ—udly we haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercyes multitude did kepâ— in thankful mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind verse 8 Neuertheles he saued them for honor of his name That he might make his power knowne spred abrod w t fame verse 9 The red sea he did then rebuke and forth with it was dryed and as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide verse 10 He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitful â—o and from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The seconde part verse 11 The waters theyr oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue verse 12 TheÌ„ they beleued his wordes prayse in song they did him gyue verse 13 But by and by vnthankfully his workes they cleane for gat and for his counsel and his wil they did neglect to wayt verse 14 But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust and in the desert tempted God the stay of al theyr trust verse 15 And then their wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue But wasting leannes therewithal into theyr soule he gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in the tents at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lord so did they enuie much verse 17 Therfore the earth did open wyde and Dathan did deuoure and al Abirams company did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assembly kindled was the whote consuming fyre and wasting flame did theÌ„ burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hil of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame and there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse verse 20 Thus they their glory turnd and al their honor did deface verse 21 And God theyr onely sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great mighty things in Egipt laÌ„d had wrought The third part verse 22 And in the land of Ham for theÌ„ most wondrous workes had done and by the red sea dreadful thyngs performed long agone verse 23 Therfore for their so shewing them forgetful and vnkind To bryng destruction on them al he purposd in his mynd Had not his chosen Moses stood before them in the breake To turne his wrath least he on theÌ„ w t slaughter should him wreke verse 24 They did despise the pleasaunt land that he beheight to geue yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue verse 25 But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repynde Nor to the voyce of God the Lord they gaue a harkning mind verse 26 Therfore agaynst them lifted he
ay That froÌ„ the earth their memory he may cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled maÌ„ sought to slay the woful harted wight verse 17 As he did cursing loue it shal betide vnto him so and as he did not blessing loue it shal be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad him selfe so it like water shal Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay and as a gyrdle wherwith he shal gyrded be alway verse 20 Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my fo yea and of those that euel speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deale thou I say w t me after thy name deliuer me for good thy mercyes be verse 22 Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and poore and eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so do I depart away as doth declining shade and as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade verse 24 With fasting long froÌ„ nedeful fode enfebled are my knees and al her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproch to them was made to be and they that did vpoÌ„ me looke did shake their heds at me verse 26 But thou O Lord that art my God mine ayde succour be according to thy mercy Lord saue and deliuer me verse 27 And they shal know therby y â— this lord is thy mighty haÌ„d and that y u thou hast done it Lord so shal they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles w t louing voice They shal arise and come to shame thy seruaunt shal reioyce verse 29 Let them be clothed al with shame that enmyes are to me and with confusion as a cloke eke couerd let them be verse 30 But greatly I wil with my mouth geue thankes vnto the Lord and I among the multitude his prayses wil record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand wil stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that would condemne his soule to dy Dixit dominus domino Psalme Cx. N. ¶ Dauid prophecieth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Christ of his priesthood whiche should put an end to the priesthood of Leuy Sing this ad the .68 Psalm verse 1 THe Lord did say vnto my Lord sit thou at my right hand Til I haue made thy foes a stoole wheron thy feete shal staÌ„d verse 2 The Lord shal out of Sion send the scepter of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the ruler in theyr sight And in the day on which they raygne and power they shal see verse 3 Then hereby frewil offrings shal thy people offer thee yea with a holy worshipping then shal they offer al Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth froÌ„ woÌ„be of morning fal verse 4 The Lord hath sworne neuer wil repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shal wouÌ„d for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shal iudge and fil the place with bodyes dead and ouer diuers countreys shal in sonder smite the head And he shal drinke out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shal lift vp on hye his royal head that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .cxi. N. ¶ He geueth thankes to the Lord for his mercifull workes towardes his Churche and declareth wherein true wisedome and right knowledge consisteth WIth hart I do accord to prayse laud the Lord In presence of the iust For great his workes are found To search them such are bound as do him loue and trust His workes are glorious also his righteousnes it doth endure for euer his wondrous workes he would we stil remember should hys mercy fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as do loue him beare a portion full fayre He hath vp for them laid for this they shal wel finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightning and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth both iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuaile his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hartful faine true wisdom wold attaine The Lord feare and obey such as his lawes do kepe shall knowledge haue ful depe his praise shal last for aye Beatus vir psalme Cxii VV. K. ¶ He praiseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the cursed state of the conâ—emners of God Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 THe man is blest that god doth feare and that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God wil vpreare And bles such as from hym procede His house with good he wil fulfil His rightousnes endure shal stil verse 2 Vnto the righteous doth aryse ⧠In trouble ioy in darkenes lyght Compassion is in his eyes And mercy alwayes in his syght verse 3 Yea pitie moueth such to lend He doth by iudgement things expend ⧠verse 4 And furely such shal neuer fayle For in remembrance had is he verse 5 No tidings il can make hym quayle Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 6 His hart is firme his feare is past For he shal see his foes down cast verse 7 He did wel for the poore prouide ⧠his righteousnes shal stil remayn And hys estate with prayse abyde Though that the wicked man disdayne verse 8 Yea gnashe his teeth therat shal hee And so consume hys state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord for his prouidence in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his church YE childreÌ„ which do serue the Lord praise ye his name with one accorde yea blessed be alwayes hys name who from the rysing of the sunne till it returne where it begunne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord al peoples doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellings in the heauens are of suche great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Thinges to beholde both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The nedy out of dust to drawe and eke the poore which help none sawe His onely mercy did him moue verse
Al ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes and al ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truth endures for ay wherfore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Confitemini domin◠Psalme Cxviii M. ¶ Dauid reiected of Saule and of the people at the time appoynted obteined the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord to be thankfull and vnder his person in al this was Christ liuely setforth who should be of his people reiected Syng this as the .98 Psalme verse 1 O Geue the thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towards thee verse 2 Let Israel confes and say his mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 3 Let al that feare the Lord our God euen now confes and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth stil for ay verse 4 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly hard me at large my sute was not denide verse 5 The Lord himself is on my syde I wil not stand in doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God stands me about verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with thē that helpe to succour me Therfore I shal see my desire vpon myne enemy verse 7 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal sede Or to put confidence in kings or prynces in our nede verse 8 Al nations haue inclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shal I myne enemies confound verse 9 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say but through y e Lords most mighty name I shal work their decay verse 10 They came about me al lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quēcht their thornes that were on fire and wil destroy y e same verse 11 Thou hast wyth force thrust sore at me that I in dede myght fall But through the Lord I found such help y t they wer vāquisht al verse 12 The Lord is my defence strength my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in deede a sauior most strong verse 13 The right hand of y e lord our God doth bring to passe great things He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightrous mens dwellings verse 14 The right hād of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pas His hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 15 I wil not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare the lord his might wōdrous power his works what they are verse 16 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 17 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confes verse 18 This is the gate euen of the Lord which shal not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shal enter into it verse 19 I wil geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me verse 20 The stone which at this tyme among the builders was refused Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 21 This was the mighty worke of God this was the lords own fact and it is maruelous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 22 This is the ioyful day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mynd and thought verse 23 Now help me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 24 God is the Lord that shewes vs light bind ye therfore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 25 Thou art my God I wil confes and render thanks to thee thou art my God and I wil prayse thy mercy towardes mee verse 26 O geue ye thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalme Cxix VV. VV. ¶ In this Psalm is contayned an exquisite arte a wonderful vehemēcy in setting forth the praises of gods law wherin y ◠prophet cannot satisfy himself nor sufficiently expresse the affectiō which he beareth therūto adding moreouer many notable complaintes consolations wherfore it is mete that al the faithful haue it alway both in hart and mouth and in the Ebrue euery viii verses beg in with one letter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are pure in mind and hart whose liues conuersatiō from gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue themselues his statutes to obserue sekyng the Lord with al their hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astray nor do no wicked thyng which stedfastly walke in hys pathes without any wandryng verse 4 It is thy wil and commaundement that with attentiue heede Thy noble and diuine precepts we learne and kepe in deede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaynt whilst I thus set mine eyes and bend my mynd alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then wil I prayse with vpright hart and magnify thy name When I shal learn thy iudgements iust and like wise proue y e same verse 8 And wholy wil I geue my self to kepe thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 BY what meanes may a yōg mā best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus sekyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart secret thoughts thy wordes I haue hyd stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnify thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and nyght The iudgemēts al which did procede frō thy mouth ful of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please me no les in dede then al y e treasures of y e earth which worldlings make their mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I wil stil muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so wil I ayme thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My onely ioy shal be so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynd that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 GRaunt to thy seruant now such