hope who doeth mee alwayes keepe verse 23 Hee will reward their wickednesse and in his wrath them kill Yea them destroy shall GOD our LORD for hee both can and will PSALME XCV O Come let vs lift vp our voyce and sing vnto the Lord In him our Rocke of health rejoyce let vs with one accord verse 2 Yea let vs come before his face to giue him thanks and praise In singing Psalmes vnto his grace let vs bee glad alwayes verse 3 For why the Lord hee is no doubt a great and mightie God A King aboue all gods throughout in all the world abroad verse 4 The secretes of the earth so deepe and corners of the land The toppes of hilles that are so steepe hee hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for hee the same hath wrought The earth and all that therein is his hand hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and praise the Lord before him leet vs fall And kneele to him with one accorde the which hath made vs all verse 7 For why hee is the Lord our God for vs hee doeth prouide Wee are his flocke hee doeth vs feede his sheepe and hee our guide verse 8 To day if yee his voyce will heare then harden not your heart As yee with grudging many a yeere prouok't mee in desert verse 9 Whereas your fathers tempted mee my power for to proue My wondrous workes when they did see yet still they did mee moue verse 10 Twise twentie yeeres they did mee grieue and I to them did say They erre in heart and not beleeue they haue not knowne my way verse 11 Wherefore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer tread the path to enter in my rest PSALME XCVI SIng yee with praise vnto the Lord new songes of joy and mirth Sing vnto him with one accorde all people on the earth verse 2 Yea sing vnto the Lord I say praise yee his holy Name Declare and shew from day to day saluation by the same verse 3 Among the Heathen eke declare his honour round about To shew his wonders doe not spare in all the world throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthie praise alway And hee is to bee dread of right aboue all gods I say verse 5 For all the Heathen gods abroad are idoles that will fade But yet our God hee is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 All praise and honour eke doe dwell for aye before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holy place verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lord alway yee people of the worlde All might and worshippe eke I say ascribe vnto the Lord. verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lord also the glory of his Name And eke vnto his Courtes doe goe with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fall downe and worshippe yee the Lord within his Temple bright Let all the people of the worlde bee fearefull at his sight verse 10 Tell all the worlde bee not agast the Lord doeth reigne aboue Yea hee hath set the earth so fast that it shall neuer moue And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To judge the Nations euery one with equitie and right verse 11 Yee heauens therefore with joy beginne and let the earth rejoyce Thou sea and all that is therein cry out and make a noyse verse 12 The fielde shall joy and euery thing that springeth of the earth The wood and euery tree shall sing with gladnesse and with mirth verse 13 Before the presence of the Lord and comming of his might For hee shall come to judge the worlde with equitie and right PSALME XCVII Sing this as the 95. Psalme THe Lord doeth reigne whereat the earth may joy with pleasant voyce And eke the Yles with joyfull mirth may triumph and rejoyce verse 2 Both cloudes and darkenesse eke doe swell and round about him beate Yea right and justice euer dwell and bide about his seate verse 3 Yea fire and heat at once shall runne and goe before his face Which shall his foes and enemies burne abroad in euery place verse 4 His lightninges eke full bright did blaze and to the world appeare Whereat the earth did looke and gaze with dread and deadly feare verse 5 The hilles like waxe did melt in sight and presence of the Lord They fled before that rulers might which guideth all the world verse 6 The heauens eke declare and show his iustice foorth abroad That all the world may see and know the glorie of our God verse 7 Confusion sure shall come to such as worshippe idoles vaine And eke to those that glorie much dumbe pictures to maintaine For all the idoles of the worlde which they as gods doe call Shall feele the power of the Lord and downe to him shall fall verse 8 With ioy did Sion heare this thing and Iudah did reioyce And at thy iudgementes they did sing and made a pleasant noyse verse 9 For thou O Lord art set on hie in all the earth abroad And art exalted wondrously aboue each other god verse 10 All yee that loue the Lord doe this hate all thinges that are ill For hee doeth keepe the soules of his from such as would them spill verse 11 And light doeth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Great ioy with gladnesse mirth and lust to them of vpright heart verse 12 Yee righteous in the Lord reioyce his holynesse proclaime Bee thankefull eke with heart and voyce and mindefull of the same PSALME XCVIII Sing this as the 95. Psalme O Sing yee now vnto the Lord a new and pleasant song For hee hath wrought throughout the world his wonders great and strong With his right hand full worthily hee doeth his foes deuoure And get himselfe the victorie with his owne arme and power verse 2 The Lord doeth make the people know his sauing health and might The Lord doeth eke his justice show in all the Heathens sight verse 3 His grace and trueth to Israel in minde hee does recorde That all the earth hath seene right well the goodnesse of the Lord. verse 4 Bee glad in him with joyfull voyce all people of the earth Giue thankes to God sing and rejoyce to him with joy and mirth verse 5 Vpon the harpe vnto him sing giue thankes to him with Psalmes verse 6 Rejoyce before the Lord our King with trumpet and with shalmes verse 7 Yea let the sea with all therein with ioy both roare and swell The earth likewise let it begin with all that therein dwell verse 8 And let the floods rejoyce their filles and clap their handes apace And eke the mountaines and the hilles before the LORD his face verse 9 For hee shall come to judge and try the world and euery wight And rule the people mightily with iustice and with right PSALME XCIX Sing this as the 95. Psalme THe Lord
reprooue mee not though I deserue thine ire Nor yet correct mee in thy rage O LORD I thee desire For I am weake therefore O LORD of mercy mee forbeare And heale mee LORD for why thou knowst my bones doe quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my sillie soule vp take Oh saue mee not for my desertes but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worshippe thee O Lord in the infernall pit verse 6 So grieuous is my plaint and mone that I waxe wondrous faint All the night long I wash my bedde with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dimme and waxed olde with anguish of mine heart For feare of those that bee my foes and would my soule subuert verse 8 But now away from mee all yee that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath heard the voyce of my complaint and crie verse 9 Hy heard not onely the request and prayer of mine heart But it receiued at mine hand and tooke it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed mee the Lord will soone defame And suddenly confound them all to their rebuke and shame PSALME VII O LORD my GOD I put my trust and confidence in thee Saue mee from them that mee pursue eke deliuer mee verse 2 Lest like a lion hee mee teare and rent in pieces small Whilst there is none to succour mee and ridde mee out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I haue done the thing that is not right Or els if I bee found in fault or guilty in thy sight verse 4 Or to my friend rewarded euill or left him in distresse Which mee pursude moste cruelly and hated mee causelesse verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soule and eke my life downe thrust Vnto the earth and also lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Start vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to paine Performe thy Kingdome promised to mee which wrong sustaine verse 7 Then shall great Nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of them thy selfe as Lord and King verse 8 And thou that art of all men Iudge O Lord now judge thou mee According to my righteousnesse and mine integritie verse 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and bee the just mans guide By whom the secretes of all heartes are searched and discride verse 10 I take mine helpe to come of God in all my griefe and smart That doeth preserue all those that bee of pure and perfect heart verse 11 The just man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that hee feel'th his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 12 Except hee change his minde I die for euen as hee should smite Hee whets his sword his bow hee bendes aiming where hee may hit verse 13 And doeth prepare his mortall dartes his arrowes kiene and sharpe For them that doe mee persecute whiles hee doeth mischiefe warpe verse 14 But loe though hee in trauell bee of his deuilish fore-cast And of his mischiefe once conceiu'd yet bringeth foorth nought at last verse 15 Hee dig'th a ditch and delu'th it deepe in hope to hurt his brother But hee shall fall into the pit that hee digg'd vp for other verse 16 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischiefe that hee wrought shall fall vpon his head verse 17 I will giue thankes to God therefore that judgeth righteouslie And with my song will praise the Name of him that is moste hie PSALME VIII O God out Lord how wonderfull are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmountes in dignitie aboue the heauens cleare verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is seene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heauens high the workes of thine owne hand The Sunne the Moone all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that thou doest him remember Or what is mans posteritie that thou doest it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glorie and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferde him to bee lord of all thy workes of wonder And at his feete hast set all thinges that hee should keepe them vnder verse 7 As sheepe and neate and all thinges els that in the fieldes doe feede verse 8 Foules of the aire fish in the sea and all that therein breede verse 9 Therefore must I say once againe O God that art our Lord How famous and how wonderfull are thy workes through the world PSALME IX WIth heart mouth vnto the Lord will I sing laud and praise And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will bee glad and much rejoyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy Name aboue the starrie skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fall downe flatte and are destroyde by thy great force and might verse 4 Thou hast reuenged all my wronges my griefe and all my grudge Thou doest with justice heare my cause moste like a righteous Iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the heathen folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memorie of them cannot bee found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch and all our townes destroide Thou hast their fame with them defaced through all the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that hee which is aboue for euermore shall reigne And in the seate of equitie true judgement will maintaine verse 8 With justice hee will keepe and guide the world and euery wight And so will yeeld with equitie to every man his right verse 9 Hee is protectour of the poore what time they bee opprest Hee is in all adversitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy Name therefore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therefore vnto the Lord that dwelles in Sion hill Publish among all Nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For hee is mindfull of the blood of those that bee opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted heart that seeketh to him for rest verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on mee poore wretch whose enemies still remaine Which from the gates of death are wont to raise mee vp againe verse 14 In Sion that I might set foorth thy praise with heart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lord my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen stick fast in the pitte that they themselues preparde And in the nette that they did set their owne feete
Iaakobs God doe wee depend and on his mightie power PSALME XLVII LEt all folke with joy Clap handes and rejoyce And sing vnto God With moste chearefull voyce verse 2 For high is the Lord And feared to bee The earth ouer all A great King is hee verse 3 In daunting the folke Hee hath so well wrought That vnder our feete Whole Nations are brought verse 4 An heritage faire Hee chose vs to moue Which Iaakob enjoyed Whom hee so did loue verse 5 Our God is gone vp With triumph and fame With sound of the trumpe To witnesse the same verse 6 Sing praises to God Sing praises I say To this our great King Sing praises alway verse 7 For of all the earth Our God is the King Such as vnderstand Now praise to him sing verse 8 The Heathen to rule God also doeth reigne Who doeth still vpon His high Throne remaine verse 9 Strange princes doe come Vnto the Lordes fold Who are as his shieldes His Church vp to hold For shieldes of the world Belong to the Lord His Name to exalt Let all men accord PSALME XLVIII Sing this as the 46. Psalme GReat is the Lord and with great praise to bee aduanced still Within the citie of our God vpon his holy hill verse 2 Mount Sion is a pleasant place it gladdeth all the land The citie of the mightie King on her North-side doeth stand verse 3 Within her Palaces the Lord is knowne a refuge sure verse 4 For loe the Kinges together came her ruine to procure verse 5 But when they did behold the same they wondred and they were Astonied much and suddenly were driuen backe with feare verse 6 Great terrour there on them did fall for very woe they cry As doeth a woman when shee shall goe trauell by and by verse 7 As with the stormie Easterne windes thou breakest the ships that saile Of Tarshish so they scattered were destroyde and made to quaile verse 8 VVithin the citie of the Lord wee saw as it was told Yea in the citie of our God which hee will ay vphold verse 9 O Lord wee wait and looke to haue thy louing helpe and grace For which all times wee doe attend within thine holy place verse 10 O Lord according to thy Name for euer is thy praise And thy right hand O Lord is full of righteousnesse alwayes verse 11 Let for thy judgementes Sion Mount with ioyes fulfilled bee And let Iehudas daughters all bee glad O Lord in thee verse 12 Goe walke about all Sion hill yea round about her goe And tell the bul-warkes that thereon are builded on a rowe verse 13 View and marke well the wall thereof behold her towers hie That you of it may make report to your posteritie verse 14 For euen this God our God is hee for euer and for ay Hee shall direct and vs conduct euen to our dying day PSALME XLIX ALl people hearken and giue eare to that that I shall tell verse 2 Both high and low both rich and poore that in the world doe dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shal make discourse of many thinges right wise In vnderstanding shall my heart his studie exercise verse 4 I will incline mine eare to know the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speech in meeter on my harpe verse 5 Why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toile Or els my foes which at my heeles are prest my life to spoile verse 6 For as for such as riches haue wherein their trust is moste And they which of their treasures great themselues doe bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeeme Or that can giue a price to God sufficient for him verse 8 It is too great a price to pay none can theretoe attaine verse 9 Or that hee might his life prolong or not in graue remaine verse 10 They see wise men aswell as fooles subject vnto deathes bandes And beeing dead strangers possesse their goodes their rentes their landes verse 11 Their care is to builde houses faire and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enjoy high honour wealth and rest But shall at length taste of deathes cuppe aswell as the bruite beast verse 13 And though they try these foolish thoghts to bee moste lewd and vaine Their children yet approue their talke and in like sinne remaine verse 14 As sheepe vnto the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eat and in that day the just shall lordshippe haue Their image and their royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with woe and wel-away verse 15 But God will surely mee preserue from death and end lesse paine Because hee will of his good grace my soule receiue againe verse 16 If any man waxe wondrous rich feare not I say therefore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 For when hee dyeth of all these thinges nothing shall hee receiue His glory will not follow him his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this life hee taketh himselfe the happiest vnder Sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose hee liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must hee needes as length giue place and bee brought to deathes folde verse 20 Thus man to honour God hath calde yet doeth hee not consider But like bruite beastes so doeth hee liue which turne to dust and powder PSALME L. THe mightie God Th' Eternall hath thus spoke And all the worlde Hee will call and prouoke Euen from the East And so foorth to the West verse 2 From toward Sion Which place him liketh best God will appeare in beautie moste excellent Our GOD will come before that long time bee spent verse 3 Deuouring fire shall goe before his face A great tempest shall round about him trace verse 4 Then shall hee call the earth and heauen so bright To judge his folke with equitie and right verse 5 Saying goe to and now my Saintes assemble My Pact they keepe their giftes doe not dissemble verse 6 The heauens shall declare his righteousnesse For God is judge of all thinges more and lesse verse 7 My people heare for I will now reueale Lift Israell I will thee nought conceale Thy GOD thy GOD am I and will not blame thee verse 8 For giuing not all maner offringes to mee verse 9 I haue not need to take of thee at all Goates of thy fold or calfe out of thy stall verse 10 For all the beastes are mine within the woods On thousand hilles the beastes are mine owne goods verse 11 I know for mine all birdes that are on mountaines All beastes are mine which haunt the fieldes and fountaines verse 12 If I were hungrie I would thee not it tell For all is mine that in the world doe dwell verse