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
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
to shew thy righteousnesse verse 8 The LORD our GOD is gratious Yea mercifull is hee also In mercie hee is plenteous But vnto wrath and anger slow verse 9 The LORD to all men is benigne Whose mercies all his workes exceed verse 10 Thy workes each one thy praises sing And eke thy Saintes thee blesse indeed verse 11 The glorie of thy Kingdome they Doe shew and of thy power doe tell verse 12 That so mens soones his might know may And Kingdome great that doeth excell verse 13 Thy Kingdome hath none end at all Thy Lordship euer doeth remaine verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth all that fall And doeth the feeble folke sustaine verse 15 The eyes of all thinges Lord attend And on thee waite that heere doe liue And thou in season due doest send Sufficient food them to relieue verse 16 Yea thou thine hand doest open wide And euery thing doest satisfie That liue and on this earth abide Of thy great liberalitie verse 17 The Lord is just in his wayes all And holy in his workes each one verse 18 At hand to all that on him call In trueth that call to him alone verse 19 The Lord will the desire fulfill Of such as doe him feare and dread And hee also their crie heare will And saue them in the time of need verse 20 Hee doeth preserue them more and lesse That beare to him a louing heart But workers all of wickednesse Destroy will hee and cleane subuert verse 21 My mouth therefore my speech shall frame To speake the praises of the Lord All flesh to blesse his holy NAME For euermore eke shall accord PSALME CXLVI MY soule praise thou the LORD alwayes my GOD I will confesse verse 2 While breath and life prolong my dayes my tongue no time shall cease 3. Trust not in worldly Princes then Though they abounde in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why their breath doeth soone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their heart decay and perish all verse 5 O happie is that man I say whom Iaakobs God doeth aide And hee whose hope doeth not decay but on the Lord is staide verse 6 Who made the earth and waters deepe the heauens hie withall VVho doeth his word and promise keepe in trueth and euer shall verse 7 VVith right alwayes doeth hee proceed for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungrie hee doeth feed and loose the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doeth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The Lord I say doeth loue the right and just man euermore verse 9 Hee doeth defend the fatherlesse the strangers sad in heart And quite the widow from distresse and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion still shall reigne In time of all posteritie for euer to remaine PSALME CXLVII PRaise yee the LORD for it is good vnto our GOD to sing For it is pleasant and to praise it is a comely thing verse 2 The LORD his owne Ierusalem hee buildeth vp alone And the disperst of Israel doeth gather into one verse 3 Hee heales the broken in their heart their sore vp doeth hee bind verse 4 Hee countes the number of the starres and nam'th them in their kind verse 5 Great is the Lord great is his power his wisedome infinite verse 6 The Lord relieues the meeke and throwes to ground the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with praise vnto the Lord rejoyce And to our God vpon the harpe aduance your singing voyce verse 8 Hee couereth heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth raine And on the mountaines hee doeth make the grasse to grow againe verse 9 Hee giueth beastes their food yea to young rauens when they crie verse 10 In strength of horse nor in mans legges no pleasure taketh hee verse 11 But in all those that feare the Lord the Lord hath his delight And such as doe attend vpon his mercies shining light verse 12 O praise â—â—y LORD Ierusalem thy GOD O Sion praise verse 13 For hee the barres hath forged strong wherewith thy gates hee stayes verse 14 Thy children hee hath blest in thee and in thy borders hee Doeth settle peace and with the floure of wheat hee filleth thee verse 15 And his Commandementes vpon the earth hee sendeth out And eke his word with speedie course doeth swiftly runne about verse 16 Hee giueth snow like wool hoare frost like ashes doeth hee spread verse 17 Like morsels castes his yee whereof the colde who can abide verse 18 Hee sendeth foorth his mightie word and melteth them againe His winde hee maketh blow and then the waters flow amaine verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iaakob doeth hee show His statutes and his judgementes hee giues Israel to know verse 20 With euery Nation hath hee not so dealt nor haue they knowne His secret judgementes now therefore praise yee the LORD alone PSALME CXLVIII Sing this as the 136. Psalme GIue laude vnto the LORD From heauen that is so hie Praise him in deede and word Aboue the starrie Skie verse 2 And also yee His Angelles all Armies royall Praise him with glee verse 3 Praise him both Sunne and Moone Which are so cleare and bright The same of you bee done Yee glistring starres of light verse 4 And eke no lesse Yee heauens faire And cloudes of the aire His laude expresse verse 5 For at his word they were All formed as wee see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree verse 6 Which hee set fast To them hee made A law and trade for aye to last verse 7 Extoll and praise GODS NAME In earth yee Dragons fell All depthes doe yee the saâ—e For it becommeth you well verse 8 Him magnifie Fire haile yee snow And stormes that blow At his decree verse 9 The hilles and mountaines all And trees that fruitfull are The Cedars great and tall His worthie praise declare verse 10 Beastes and cattell Yea birdes flying And wormes creeping That on earth dwell verse 11 All kinges both more and lesse With all their pompous traine Princes and all iudges That in the world remaine verse 12 Exalt his NAME Young men and maides Olde men and babes Doe yee the same verse 13 For his NAME shall wee proue To bee moste excellent Whose praise is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure hee shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His Saintes all shall foorth tell His praise and worthinesse The children of Israel Each one both more and lesse And also they That with good will His wordes fulfill And him obey PSALME CXLIX SIng vnto the LORD with heartie accord A new joyfull song His praises resound In euery ground His Saintes all among verse 2 Let Israel rejoyce And praise eke with voyce His maker louing The sonnes of Sion Let them euery one Bee glad in their King verse
ire and in his furie strong Displeasure wrath and euill spirites to trouble them among verse 50 Then to his wrath hee made a way and spared not the least But gaue vnto the Pestilence the man and eke the beast verse 51 Hee strake also the first-borne all that vp in Egypt came And all the chiefe of men and beastes within the tentes of Ham. verse 52 But as for all his owne deare folke hee did preserue and keepe And caried them through wildernesse euen like a flocke of sheepe verse 53 Without all feare both safe and found hee brought them out of thrall Whereas their foes with rage of seas were ouer-whelmed all verse 54 And brought them all into the coastes of his owne holy land Euen to the mount which hee had got by his strong arme and hand verse 55 And there cast out the heathen folke and did their land diuide And in their tentes hee set the Tribes of Israel to abide verse 56 Yet for all this their GOD most high they stirde and tempted still And would not keepe his Testament nor yet obey his will verse 57 But as their fathers turned backe euen so they went astray Much like a bow that would not bend but slipt and start away verse 58 And grieued him with their Hill-altars with offringes and with fire And with their idoles vehemently prouoked him to ire verse 59 Therewith his wrath began againe to kindle in his brest The naughtinesse of Israel hee did so much detest verse 60 Then hee forsooke the tabernacle of Silo where hee was Right conuersant with earthly men euen as his dwelling place verse 61 Then suffered hee his might and power in bondage for to stand And gaue the honour of his Arke into his enemies hand verse 62 And did commit them to the sworde wroth with his heritage verse 63 The young men were deuourde with fire maides had no mariage verse 64 And with the sworde the priestes also did perish euereachone And not a widow left aliue their death for to bemone verse 65 And then the LORD began to wake like one that slept a time Or like a valiant man of warre refreshed after wine verse 66 With emraudes in the hinder partes hee strake his enemies all And put them then vnto a shame that was perpetuall verse 67 Then hee the tent and tabernacle of Ioseph did refuse As for the tribe of Ephraim hee would in no wise choose verse 68 But chose the tribe of Iehudah whereas hee thought to dwell Yea euen the noble mount Sion which hee did loue so well verse 69 Whereas hee did his Temple builde both sumptuously and sure Like as the earth which hee hath made for euer to endure verse 70 Then chose hee Dauid him to serue his people for to keepe Whom hee tooke vp and brought away euen from the foldes of sheepe verse 71 As hee did follow the ewes with young the LORD did him aduance To feede his people of Israel and his inheritance verse 72 Then Dauid with a faithfull heart his flocke and charge did feede And prudently with all his power did gouerne them indeed PSALME LXXIX O LORD the Gentiles doe inuade thine heritage to spoile Ierusalem an heape is made thy Temple they defoile verse 2 The bodies of thy Saintes moste deare abroad to birdes they cast The flesh of such as doe thee feare the beastes deuoure and waste verse 3 Their blood throughout Ierusalem like water spilt they haue So that there is not one of them to lay their dead in graue verse 4 Thus are wee made a laughing stocke almost the world throughout The enemies at vs jest and mocke which dwell our coastes about verse 5 Wilt thou O LORD thus in thine ire against vs euer fume And shew thy wrath as hote as fire thy folke for to consume verse 6 Vpon these people powre the same which did thee neuer know All Realmes which call not on thy NAME consume and ouer-throw verse 7 For they haue got the vpper-hand and Iaakobs seede destroide His habitation and his land they haue left waste and voyde verse 8 Beare not in minde our former faultes with speede some pitie show And aide vs LORD in all assaultes for wee are weake and low verse 9 O GOD that giuest all health and grace on vs declare the same Weigh not our workes our sinnes deface for honour of thy NAME verse 10 Why shall the wicked still alway to vs as people dumbe In thy reproach rejoyce and say where is their GOD become Require O LORD as thou seest good before our eyes in sight Of all these folke thy seruantes blood which they spilt in despight verse 11 Receiue into thy sight in haste the clamours griefe and wrong Of such as are in prison cast sustaining yrons strong Thy force and strength to celebrate LORD set them out of band Which vnto death are destinate and in their enemies hand verse 12 The Nations which haue beene so bolde as to blaspheme thy NAME Into their lappes with seuen folde repay againe the same verse 13 So wee thy folke thy pasture sheepe will praise thee euermore And teach all ages for to keepe for thee like praise in store PSALME LXXX O Pastor of Israel like sheepe that doest lead The linage of Ioseph aduert and take heede That sittest betweene the Cherubims bright Appeare now and shew to vs thy great might verse 2 Before thy folke Ephraim Benjamin of olde And tribe of Manasses the flocke of thy folde Awake once vp-reare thy puissance moste strong And come saue vs LORD thou tariest too long verse 3 O great GOD Eternall our strength and our stay Returne and restore vs without more delay And let shine on vs thy countenance cleare So shall wee bee safe and shrinke for no feare verse 4 O LORD GOD of Armies thy folke to consume How long at their prayers shall thine anger fume verse 5 Thou fedst them with bread of weeping and woe Teares largely to drinke thou gau'st them also verse 6 Thou set'st vs the hatred and strife to sustaine Of all our next neighbours our harmes that haue seene And our foes right glad of our shame and wrong With taunting vs mocke themselues all among verse 7 O LORD GOD of Armies our strength and our stay Returne and restore vs without more delay And let shine on vs thy countenance cleare So shall wee bee safe and shrinke for no feare verse 8 A Vine out of Egypt thou brought'st with great cure Thou cast out the Gentiles and plantedst it sure verse 9 Thou cleansedst the ground and rootedst it so That all the whole land it fil'de to and fro verse 10 With the shadow thereof the mountaines were clad And like the tall Cedars her branches did spread verse 11 Her boughes to the sea farre foorth did shee streach And graffes to the flood Euphrates out-reach verse 12 Why hast thou broke downe then her hedges so faire Till all that passe by her haue pluckt her full bare