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
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
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
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
dread thy signes to see Thou shalt the Morne and Euen with mirth make passe with praise to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chapt and dry and thirsteth more and more Then with thy drops thou doest apply and much encrease her store The flood of God doeth ouer-flow and so doeth cause to spring The seed and corne which men doe sow for hee doeth guide that thing verse 10 With wette thou doest her furrowes fill whereby her cloddes doe fall Thy drops to her thou doest distill and blesse her fruit withall verse 11 Thou deck'st the earth of thy good grace with fair and pleasant crop Thy cloudes distill their dew apace great plentie they doe drop verse 12 The pastures of the desert drop with fatnesse they abound The hils also for joy shall hop so fertile is their ground verse 13 In pastures plaine the flockes doe feed and couer all the earth The vales with corne shall so exceed that men shall sing for mirth PSALME LXVI YEe men on earth in GOD rejoyce with praise set foorth his NAME Extoll his might with heart and voyce giue glorie to the same verse 3 How wonderfull O LORD say yee in all thy workes thou art Thy foes for feare shall seeke to thee full sore against their heart verse 4 All men that dwell the earth throughout shall praise the Name of God The laud thereof the world about they shall shew foorth abroad verse 5 All folke come foorth behold and see what thinges the Lord hath wrought Marke well the wondrous workes that hee for man to passe hath brought verse 6 Hee laid the sea like heapes on hie theâ—ein a way they had On foot to passe both faire and drye whereof our heartes were glad verse 7 His might doeth rule the world alway his eyes all thinges behold All such as would him disobey by him shall bee controld verse 8 Yee people giue vnto our God due laud and thankes alwayes With joyfull voyce declare abroad and sing vnto his praise verse 9 Which doeth endue our soule with life and it preserue withall Hee stayes our feet so that no strife can make vs slip or fall verse 10 The Lord doeth proue our deeds with fire if that they will abide As worke-men doe when they desire to haue their siluer tride verse 11 Thou hast vs taken in the snare where wee haue beene full long Our loynes likewise they compast are with chaines and fetters strong verse 12 And thou also didst suffer men on vs to ride and reigne Wee went through fire and water then and euery painfull thing Yet sure thou doest of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring vs out into a place to liue in wealth and rest verse 13 Vnto thine house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my selfe apply my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in all my griefe and smart The vowes I say that I did make in dolour of mine heart verse 15 Burnt offringes I will giue to thee of incense and fat rammes Yea this my sacrifice shall bee of bullockes goates and lambes verse 16 Come foorth and hearken heere ful soone all yee that feare the Lord What hee for my poore soule hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I cal'de vpon his grace this mouth to him did cry My tongue likewise did speed apace to praise him by and by verse 18 But if I feele my heart within in wicked workes rejoyce Or if I haue delite to sinne God will not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voyce hath heard and what I did require My prayer hee did well regard and granted my desire verse 20 All praise to him that hath not put nor cast mee out of mind Nor yet his mercy from mee shut which I doe euer find PSALME LXVII OVr GOD that is LORD and author of grace Turne to vs poore soules his mercyfull face His blessinges increase defend vs with might And shew vs his loue and countenance bright verse 2 That whiles in this earth wee wander and walke Thy wayes may bee knowne in thought deed and talke And how thy great loue to mankind is bent Since thy sauing health to all folke is sent verse 3 The people therefore O God let them praise Thy wonderfull workes and mercyfull wayes Yea let all the world both farre wide and neare Praise thee their Lord God with reuerence and feare verse 4 Oh let the whole world bee glad and rejoyce And praise thee their God with heart and with voyce For thou shalt judge all with judgement most right And likewise on earth shalt rule by thy might verse 5 O Souereigne GOD whose workes passe all same Let all people praise thy glorious NAME All people I say in euery place Let them giue thee praise and extoll thy grace verse 6 So shalt thou then cause the earth fruite to beare Most plentyfully and euery where And GOD euen GOD on whom wee doe call His blessing shall giue and prosper vs all verse 7 So then wee shall feele Gods blessinges each one And so of his grace there shall complaine none Then all the worldes endes and countries throughout His marueilous power shall feare and redoubt PSALME LXVIII LEt GOD arise and then his foes will turne themselues to flight His enemies then will runne abroad and seatter out of sight verse 2 And as the fire doeth melt the waxe and winde blowe smoke away So in the presence of the Lord the wicked shall decay verse 3 But righteous men before the Lord shall heartily rejoyce They shall bee glad and merrie all and chearefull in their voyce verse 4 Sing praise sing praise vnto the Lord who rideth on the Skie Extoll this Name of IAH our GOD and him doe magnifie verse 5 That same is hee that is aboue within his holy place That Father is of fatherlesse and Iudge of widowes case verse 6 Houses hee giues and children both vnto the comfortlesse Hee bringeth bond-men out of thrall and rebels to distresse verse 7 When thou didst march before thy folke th' Egyptians from among And broughtst them through the wildernesse which was both wide and long verse 8 The earth did quake the rain powrd down heard were great claps of thunder The mount Sinai shooke in such sort as it would cleaue asunder verse 9 Thine heritage with droppes of raine aboundantly was wesht And if so bee it barren waxt by thee it was refresht verse 10 Thy chosen flocke doeth there remaine thou hast prepar'de that place And for the poore thou didst prouide of thine especiall grace verse 11 God will giue women causes just to magnifie his Name When as his people triumphes â—â—ake and purchase bruite and fame verse 12 For puissant Kinges for all their power shall flee and take the foile And women which remaine at home shall helpe to parte the spoyle verse 13 And though yee were as blacke as
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. THE END OF THE TABLE
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
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
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
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