heuens and erthe The argument in to the C.xxv Ps. ¶ Here is declared the congregation of god to be sure god defendynge them and to prospere the lorde fauorynge and weedyng the vngodly out of them QUi confidunt They that stycke to the lord shal neuer stagger but shall staÌ„de fast for euer lyke the mouÌ„te of SioÌ„ And lyke as Ierusalem is gyrte aboute with hylles euen so closeth the lorde his people from this tyme vnto euerlasting He wyll nat suffre the power of the vngodly to oppresse the lande of the rightwyse leste the rightwyse put forth their handes vnto any wyckednesse Deale thou gentely with good meÌ„ and with men right in their hertes Them that swarue from the right waye vnto shrewdnes the lorde might leade a waye with men gyuen vnto wyckednes The argument in to the C.xxvi Psal. ¶ Here is declared the gladnes of the people returned from Babylon and vnder this fygure is it shewed also the gladnes of the faythful whoÌ„ Christe hath verily delyuered from the captiuyte of synne and dethe IN coÌ„uertendo WhaÌ„ the lorde shal bringe agayne vs of Syon froÌ„ captâ—uyte we shal be lyke meÌ„ dremiÌ„ge for ioy Than shall our mouthes be fylled withe laughter and our tonges with tryumph than shall it be sayde amonge the gentyles that the lorde hath wrought mightely with these men The lorde shall worke mightely with vs we shall be refresshed with gret gladnes Bringe vs agayne froÌ„ captiuyte o lorde for so shalte thou fyll vs with ioye as if thou shuldest gyue plentuouse floudes to the dwellers in the thursty south deserte They that sowe with teares shall reape with gladnesse Whan they wente forth to sowe they wente wepynge takynge with them their seede coddes But whan they shall come agayne they shall come withe grette ioye bringynge their handes full of corne The argumeÌ„t into the C.xxvij ps ¶ This Psalme teacheth vs the house and family the sure custody of the cyte to haue meate rest and chyldren well dysposed and towarde all cometh of the grace of god NIsi duÌ„s Excepte the lorde bylde the house the bilders therof labour but in vayne Excepte the lorde kepe the cyte the keper therof watcheth but in vayne It is all in vayne that ye haste your selues to ryse so erly and agayne to dyfferre your downe syttinge to eate your careful brede excepte god gyue it all For it is he that thus shall gyue vnto his welbeloued quyete slepe and plentuouse refection with good fode Lo chyldren ar the heritage which the lorde gyueth the frute of the wombe is his reward As arowes ar in the handê of mighty meÌ„ euen so shal be the chyldren of thy youth Blessed is the man which hath his quyuer fylled with these arrowes for they shall nat be shamed whan they shall haue to do with their enemyes in iugement The argument into the C.xxviij Ps. ¶ This Psal. techeth vs that the worshyppers of god shall prospere both priuatly and openly BEati omnes Blessed is he who so euer worshippeth the lorde whiche also walketh in his wayes For thou shalt eate the labours of thyn own haÌ„des shalt haue prosperouse encrase Thy wyfe shall be fruytfull as the vyne tree within the walles of thy house thy chyldren shall stande roundabout thy table lyke the plantes of the olyue trees Lo thus shall that man be blessed whiche worshyppeth the lorde The lorde shall do the good froÌ„ Sion thou shalte delyte beholdyng the prosperitie of Ierusalem all dayes of thy lyfe And thou shalte se thy childers children and the felycitie of Ierusalem The argument in to the E. xxix psa ¶ This Psalme sheweth vs that the vngodly although they vexe longe and sore the people of god yet shall they nat preuayle but at the laste to perisshe goddes people beynge free and safe SEpe expugna Greuously haue they vexed me euyn fro my youthe nowe let Israell speke Greuously haue they vexed me euyn fro my youth but yet they preueyle nat agaynst me Upon my backe these plowmen plowed and haue cutforth their longe vorowes But the rightwyse lord hath cut away the bondê of these vngodly They shal be shamed put to flyght who so euer hateth Syon They shal be as grasse that groweth vpoÌ„ the house ryggê which is wethred before it be pulled vp With the which neither the reaper fylleth his haÌ„des nor yet the gatherer fylleth his armes Neither the goers forby so regarded theÌ„ as to say ones god blesse you or we well wysshe you in the name of the lorde The argument into the C.xxx Psal. ¶ This Psalme is an ernest prayer full of affectes of a man here oppressed with aduersytie for his siÌ„nes but yet promisynge him selfe with fast fayth hope froÌ„ god to haue both forgyuenes of his siÌ„nes delyuerance froÌ„ his afflictioÌ„s DE profundis Fro my most depest painfull troubles called I vpon the lorde Lorde here yâ— me let thy eares be attente vnto my depe desyre If thou shuldest loke narowly vpon oure wycdkenesses o lorde o lord who might abyde the But there is mercy with the and therfore arte thou worshypped I abyde the lorde my soule abydeth him I tary lokiÌ„g vp alway for thy ê“mises My soule wayteth for the lorde as desyrously as the watche men in the morniÌ„ge watche desyre the day sprynge Let Israell wayte for the lorde for with the lorde is there mercy plentuouse redeÌ„ption And it is he that shall redeme Israell from all his wyckednesses The argument in to the C.xxxi Psal. ¶ Here in this Psal. the prophet sheweth him selfe to be without all pride to haue folowed humilite wherfor he trusted to be exalted of god DOmine non Lorde my herte is nat proude neyther loke I a lofte I take nat stoutly vpon me in great maters neyther presume I in meruelouse thynges aboue my estate But verily I repressed and put my soule to sylence lyke a wainlyng from his mothers teate euen lyke a wainlynge was my soule in very dede Let Israhell wayte and trust vpon the lorde from this tyme into euerlastynge The argument into the C.xxxij Psal. ¶ This Ps. siÌ„geth the ê‘petuall felycite of christes kyngdome of the presens of god in his coÌ„gregation this all is meÌ„te vnder the fygure of Dautds kyngdome of the Arches set in Sion MEmento dnÌ„e O lorde remembre thou Dauid his afflyction also Which swore to the lorde and made his vowe to the mighty god of Iacob SayeÌ„g if I entre iÌ„to the tabernacle of my nowne house if I asceÌ„de into my decked bed If I suffre my slepe to come into myne eyes or myne eye lyddê ones to wiÌ„ke Uncyll I shall fynde a place for the lorde a mansyon for the myghty god of Iacob I praye god I dye Lo we herde of thys house in Ephrata and haue founde it in the busshye felde We shall come into his maÌ„syon and shall fall downe before his fote stole Aryse o lord come iÌ„to
me lorde I shall obserue thy ordynaÌ„ces I called vpon the saue thou me and I shall kepe thy testemonyes I preuente the dawnynge of the daye crye vnto the I wayte for thy promises My eyes preuented the watches that I might be ocâ—upyed in thy pleasures Here me lorde for thy mercyes sake quicken me after thy pleasures My pursuers layde theire owne fautes vpon my necke but they are gone farre backe from thy lawe Thou arte present oh lorde and all thy preceptes ar the very selfe trouth I knewe this before of thy testemonyes for thou haste stablysshed them to abyde for euer ¶ The .xx. Octonary Res. Beholde my afflyctyon and defende me for I forgette nat thy lawe Defende my cause and delyuer me quicken me accordynge to thy promyses Helthe is farre from the vngodlye for they regarde nat thy ordynaunces Bountuouse is thy gentelnes oh lorde quycken me accordynge to thy pleasure Many there are that persecute me and ar agaynste me and yet haue I nat swarued from thy testimonyes I se these malyciouse men it irketh me bycause they obserued nat thy sayenges Thou seest that I loue thy coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes lorde for thy mercyes sake quycken me The begynnynge of thy wordes is trouthe and the iugementes of thy rightwysnesse stande for euer ¶ The .xxi. Octonary Shin The ouermost in authoritye persecuted me fauteles and my herte feared at thy wordes I am as glad of thy pleasures as one that had founde many proyes I hate abhorre lyes I loue thi lawe Seuen tymes in the daye I prayse the for thy rightwyse iugementes The louers of thy lawe shall haue moch felycite and quietnes and no hurte at all I trusted vpon thy helpe o lorde gaue dilygence to thy preceptes My soule obserueth thy testimonyes and loueth theÌ„ greatly I obserue thy commaundementes and thy testimonyes for all my wayes are open vnto the. ¶ The .xxij. Octonary Tau Let my cryeÌ„ge ascende in to thy presens oh lorde make me rightly to vnderstaÌ„de thy wordes Let my depe desyer come into thy syght delyuer me accordynge to thy promyses My lyppes shall powre forthe thy prayse thou shalte instructe me in thy ordynances My tonge shall speke of thy pleasures for all thy preceptes are rightwysnesse Let thy hande helpe me for I haue chosen thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes I desyred thy sauynge helpe oh lorde and thy lawe is my delyte My soule shall lyue and shall prayse the and thy iugementes shall be my helpe I am strayed lyke a loste shepe seke thou thy seruaunte for thy commaundementes haue I nat forgotte The argument in to the C.xx Psal. ¶ This Ps. is a coÌ„plainte full of affectes it is a coÌ„plaint of an holy maÌ„ banished iÌ„to amoÌ„ge the vngodly doynge althiÌ„ge with disceyt vyolence The tytle of these .xv. Psal. folowynge is only this The songe of Maâ—hloth whiche worde coÌ„menly is interpreted stayres or degrees supposynge these .xv. Psalmes to haue be songe in an higher tune Ad dominuÌ„ cum Whan I was in strayte anguisshe I called vpon the lorde and he graunted me Lorde delyuer my soule from lyeÌ„ge lyppes and from a dysceytfull tonge What auauntageth it the or what good bringeth it the thou lyenge man thy deceytfull tonge Oh sharpe arowes of the stroÌ„ge archer hote consumyng ienipeâ— coles Helas that I am thus longe holden in exyle amonge these false and cruell folke of Meshec and must yet dwell styl with the chorlysshe nacion of Kedar All to loÌ„ge hath my soule taryed amoÌ„ge these vyolent men whiche hate pease I studye for pease but whan I speake of pease to theym by and by are they styrred to battayle The argument into the C.xxi. Psal. ¶ This Psalme declareth that of god onely helpe is loked and taryed for of the faythefull men â–ª and that he onely bringeth it presently LEuaui oculos I lyfte vp my eyes into the hylles from whence helpe might come vnto me My helpe cometh froÌ„ the lorde the maker of heuens erth He shall nat suffre thy fete to slyde neyther he beynge thy keper shall slepe Lo neyther wyll he slepe nor yet ones wynke that kepeth Israhell The lorde is thy keper the lorde is thy defence and is euer at thy right hande The soÌ„ne shall nat smyte the by day neither yet the mone by night For the lorde shall kepe the from all euyll ye he shall kepe thy soule The lorde shall kepe both thy outgoinge and thy incommynge frome thys tyme vnto euerlastynge The argument in to the C.xxii. Psal. ¶ Here vnder the fygure of Ierusalem are descrybed the felycyte of Christes churche and the desyers of the sayntes therof LEtatus suÌ„ I was right glad whaÌ„ meÌ„ sayd vnto me let vs go vnto the house of the lorde Our fete shall stande faste in thy gates O Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded goodly lyke a cyte well framed to gyther in her selfe That thyther might ascende the trybes eueÌ„ the trybes of the lorde to magnifye the name of the lorde for so was it coÌ„mauÌ„ded vnto Israel by goddes owne mouth For there were ordeined and holden the seates of iugement euyn the iugement seates of the house of Dauyd Praye ye for the felycitye of Ierusalem the louers of the might prospere They mighte prospere wtin thy walles they might prospere within thy houses For thy brothers and thy neighbours sakes shall I nowe pray for thy felycite For the houses sake of the lorde oure god I shall praye for thy welthe The argument into the C.xxiij Psal. ¶ Here the sayntes layde in the mouthes of the welthy vngodly doynge all amysse praye to god for their delyueraunce commyttynge them selfe to his cure ADte leuaui Unto the lyfte I vp my eyes which rulest in heuyns Beholde for as the seruauntes eyes are euer vpon their maisters the maydens waytinge vpon her maisters euyn so are our eyes lokynge vp vnto the lorde oure god vntyll he haue mercy vpon vs Haue mercy vpon vs lorde haue mercy vpon vs for we are out of measure fylled with ignominy Our soule is fylled out of measure with scornes derisyon of these welthy riche men with ignominy and shame of these arrogaunt proude men The argumeÌ„t into the C.xxiiii Psal. ¶ Here the sayntes of god gyue thankes and reioyse that they ar delyuered by goddes helpe froÌ„ so present peryls NIsi quia Except the lord had ben with vs lette Israell nowe speke Excepte the lorde had bene with vs whaÌ„ these men rose agaynste vs. Without doute their wrath thus kiÌ„dled agaynst vs they had deuoured vs quick Waters had wrapped vs in with their waues the floude had gone ouer our soule The troublouse floude of these importune men had ron ouer our soules But praysed be the lord which hath nat gyuen vs iÌ„ to their tethes for their proy Our soule is delyuered lyke the birde froÌ„ the snare of the fouler the snare is brokeÌ„ and we are escaped Our helpe cometh thorowe the name of the lorde whyche hath made the
The Psalter of Dauid in Englyshe purely and faythfully traÌ„slated after the texte of Felyne euery Psalme hauynge his argument before declarynge brefely thentente substance of the hole Psalme To the reder BE glad in the lorde dere brethern gyue hiÌ„ thaÌ„kes whiche nowe at the last of his merciable goodnes hath sent you his Psalter in Englysshe faithfully purely translated which ye may nat mesure iuge after the comeÌ„ texte Foâ— the trouth of the Psalmes muste bâ— fetched more nygh the Hebrue veriâ—te in the which tonge Dauid with the other siÌ„gers of the Psalmes firsâ— songe them Let the gostly lerned iâ— the holy tonge be iuges It is the spirituall man saith Paule which hath the spirite of god that must decerne and iuge all thynges And the men quietly syttyng if the truth be shewed them must iuge and stande vp speke the first iÌ„terpretour holdynge his peace god giue you true spirituall and quiete syttynge iuges Amen Beatus vir Psal. .i. ¶ The argument of the first psalme ¶ They that forsake theyr couÌ„seyls the waies the lernyng and conuersatyon of the vngodly geuynge theÌ„self holie to the knowlege of goddes â—awe to lyue therafter ar blessed the other ar wycked vngodly The blessed ar lykened to a moist frutful tre fast plaÌ„ted by the waâ— side the vngodly to dri baren dust scatred with the wiÌ„de BEatus vir Blessed is that man whiche walketh nat in the couÌ„saile of the vngodly staÌ„deth nat in the waye of siÌ„ners sytteth nat in the seat of the pesteleÌ„t scorners But hath all his pleasure iÌ„ the lawe of the lord vpoÌ„ it his miÌ„de is ocupied both day night Sith a man shall be lyke a tree planted by the ryuer â—yde which wyl gyue forth her frutes in due tyme and her leues shall nat wither for what so euer he shall do shal ê“spere But so shal nat the vngodly for they shal be lyke dust which is dyspersed with the wynde Wherfore these vngodly shal nat stande in the iugemeÌ„t neither these synners maye abyde in the companye of the rightwyse For the lorde aproueth the waye of the ryghtwyse but the waye of synners shall perisshe The argument into the .ii. psal ¶ This psal sheweth who were againste god his sonne Christ their vayne study howe god aboue scorneth their enforcementes howe that Christes kyngdome standeth encreseth whiles they perisshe and that the waye of helth is to truste and to cleue to Christe our kynge QUare fremueruÌ„t gentes Wherfore do the gentyls thus swell clustre togyther Wherfore do the people of the iewes thus gnaste in vayne Wherfore conspire the kingê of therth the chefe prestê thus cast theyr hedes togyder against the lorde his anointed Sayeng lette vs breke their bondes lette vs caste of their yokes But he that hath his resideÌ„s iÌ„ heueÌ„ derideth theÌ„ the lorde scorneth theÌ„ â–ª Than shall he thrust them downe in his wrath in his indignation shal he all to trouble theÌ„ I haue constitute ordened my kynge to be ouer Sion my holy hyl I shall shewe forth the lordes coÌ„maundemeÌ„t for he said vnto me thou arte my sonne whoÌ„ I haue now openly declared Aske of me I shall gyue the that nations into thy heritage to be thyn owne possession thorow out all the worlde Thou shalte smyte theÌ„ togyther with an yerne sceptre shalt brâ—ke theÌ„ lyke ertheÌ„ vessels Nowe therfore ye kynges be wise vnderstand ye rulers of the erth be content to be monished lerned Serue ye the lorde besely study to gyue him his honour ioyfully with reuereÌ„ce Kysse ye the sonne lest he beiÌ„g wrath your lyfe perishe for hys angre shall be shortly kyndled And thaÌ„ blessed ar all men that truste in him The argument in to the .iii. Psalme ¶ Dauid merueleth complaineth to the lorde of the multitude boldnes of his enemies coÌ„mitteth hiÌ„ selfe with gret trust to the lorde whiche wyl shortly smyte theÌ„ downe for no maÌ„ els may saue no maÌ„ is ê‘taker of helth but he trust in hiÌ„ The title of the ps The songe or ditie of Dauid fleiÌ„g froÌ„ his soÌ„ne AbsaloÌ„ Thistori is writeÌ„ iÌ„ the .ii. boke of kiÌ„ges froÌ„ the xv cha to the xx DOmine quid Lorde see what a sorte there are that trouble me full many there are that ryse agaiÌ„st me Many ther are that thiÌ„ke thus vpoÌ„ my soule surely ther is no helth to be loked for from god vnto this man Selah But thou lorde thou art my helpe my glory thou liftest vp my heed The lorde I called vpoÌ„ with my prayer he answered me euen from his holy hyll Selah I shall lye down slepe I my self shall vpwake me for the lorde sustayneth me I shall fere ye thousandê folke althogh they besige me rouÌ„de aboute A rise lorde saue me any god thou shalt gyue all my enemys such a clap on their chekê that anone the tethes of these vngodly shal be broken It is the lordes properte to saue and thy people it be houeth to be holpeÌ„ and endued with thy â—enefytes Selah ¶ This worde Selah sygnifyeth the sentence before to be pondred with a depe effecte longe to be rested vpon the voyce there to be exalted The argument into the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth the goodnesse of god and his helpe brought to hiÌ„ whyles his sonne Absalon coniured against him he reproueth the madnesse of the nobles of Israhell coÌ„spirynge agaynst hiÌ„ calleth theÌ„ to repentaÌ„ce after this he reioyseth of the great pleÌ„tuousnesse pease surenes restored thorow the goodnes of god vnto him The title of the psalme Dauides song vpon an instrumeÌ„t played for his victorie CUm inuocarem Whan I called vpoÌ„ the thou answeredest me whiche art the god of my rightwysnes Whan I was in astrayte thou dyddest set me at large haue mercy vpon me and heare my depe desyre O meÌ„ howe long entende ye to turne my glory into shame howe loÌ„ge wyll ye loue vayne thinges seke lyes Selah I wold ye knewe it that the lorde hath set aparte choseÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ his saint the lorde shall here whan I call vpon hiÌ„ All though ye be moued yet se ye synne nat pondre all thinges in your mynde as ye lye in bedde that ye myght so set your hertes at rest Selah Make your sacriâ—fice with rightwysnes put your trust 〈◊〉 the lorde Many thinke sayeng se who shal shewe vs our desyre lorde let thy shyâ—nyng face illumine vs. Thou hast poured my hert full of gladnes whete wyâ—e haue ben encresed vnto them in tyme. Now therfore thei restored to peaceâ— I shal lye downe slepe for thou lord hast so ordred me that I may lyue fre safe ¶ The argument into the .v. psal ¶ This psalme is a prayer of a man oppressed of wicked enemyes whome whan he knoweth to be hated of god he taketh herte vnto him agayn trustyng that
al peryl passed he shal thaÌ„ke god his sauiour in the coÌ„gregation of his saiÌ„tes wherfore he prayeth god so to lede hiÌ„ that he be nat trapped with their snares also to cast theÌ„ downe to make glad the faithful The tytle of the psal Dauides song plaied vpoÌ„ an instrumeÌ„t for his victory into the counfort of his people UErba mea auribus Lysten vnto my wordê lord coÌ„syder my loude coÌ„plaint Gyue eare vnto my crieng my gouerner my god for before the do I poure forth my prayer Lorde thou shalt here me iÌ„ the morniÌ„g iÌ„ the mornyng shal I make my prayer loke vp vnto the. For thou art nat the god which may delyte in the vngodly the wycked men shalt haue no place with the. Synners shall nat abyde in thy presence thou hatest who so euer are gyuen to wickednes Thou shalt destroy these troublers with their lyes bloudsheders and men gyuen to deceyte lord thou shalt abhorre But I vnder thy pleÌ„tuouse fauour shal go to thy house shal worship the with reuerente feare in thy holi teÌ„ple Lede me forth of daunger for thy rightwisnes sake from the dauÌ„ger of my aduersaries let thy way be defeÌ„sed for me For the truth is nat in their mouthes in their hertes they norishe deceyte their throte is an opeÌ„ graue and with their toÌ„ge they flater Gyue them into their synne o god let theÌ„ fall iÌ„ their own couÌ„sels caste theÌ„ downe hedlynge for the multitude of their siÌ„nes for agaynst the thei ar rebell But thei mought reioyse who so euer trust in the they mought pray ê‘petually also thou defeÌ„de theÌ„ that they which seke the glory of thy name mought be glad of the. For thou lorde shalt be fauorable gratioê° to the rightwise thou shalte compase him rounde aboute with thy goodnes lyke as with a shylde The argument into the .vi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. coÌ„teyneth a feruent desyre and prayer of a man greuously deâ—ecte wounded in his herte sore fearynge deth but afterward reioysing of helth restored him The tytle of the Psalme The songe of Dauid for his victory plaied of the .x. strynged instrument DOmine ne Ah lorde rebuke me nat in thy wrath neyther chasten me in thine angre But deale fauorably with me oh lorde for full sore brokeÌ„ am I heale me lord for my bones ar al to shakeÌ„ My soule treÌ„bleth sore but lord how loÌ„ge Turne the lorde deliuer my soule saue me for thy mercyes sake For they veryly that ar in this dedly anguishe can nat thiÌ„ke vpon the in this helly paynes who may prayse the. I am wery with syghyng I shal water my bedde euery nyght with my teares so that it shal swiÌ„me in them My face is wrincled dried vp with care angre my enemyes haue made it full thynne with trouble Auoyde froÌ„ me ye workers of wikednes for the lorde hath hard my coÌ„plaiÌ„tes poured out with wepiÌ„g The lord hath harde my depe desyre the lorde hath receiued my peticioÌ„ Al myn enemyes shall be shamed astonned they shal be put to flight confounded sodeÌ„ly The argument into the vii Psal. ¶ In this psal Dauid desyreth to be delyuered froÌ„ the troublous perelous persecution of Saule he remeÌ„breth his innocency he prayeth for the possessyon of his kyngdome that the people myght be gathered to god all cursed meÌ„nes hastynes put away after this he declareth that this vngodly shall perysshe with their owne swâ—rde and so at last he concludeth in the prayse of god The tytle of the ps The songe of Dauid played vpon a certayn musycall instrument which he songe to the lorde as coÌ„cernyng the besynes to the which Cush the soÌ„ne of Iemiâ—â— put hiÌ„ Rede thistory iÌ„ the ii of the kiÌ„ges the .xvi. cha This Ps. serueth to be sayd of a maÌ„ falsely vexed troubled DOmine deê° meus Oh lorde which art my god my trust is in the saue me froÌ„ al that persecute me deliuer me Lest this maÌ„ rauysh my lyfe lyke a lion â—earyng my soule no maÌ„ delyuering me Lord mi god if I haue coÌ„mitted this thiÌ„ge if I be about to do so wiked a thiÌ„ge If I haue nat done good for euell ye if I haue nat done good to my enemyes frely delyueryng them froÌ„ periles Let my enemye ê‘secute my soule take it let him cast down my lyfe bury my glory Selah Arise lorde shewe thy self repressyng the wrath of my troubloê° aduersaries with worthy vengeance make me at the last to enioye the authorite which yâ— hast giuen me For so shal the congregatioÌ„ of thy people be gathered togither before the ye if there were none other cause yet at the lest for delyueraÌ„ce of thy pore congregation set forth thy power Lorde which art the iuge of the people iuge me after my ryghtwisnes innocency which thou espied in me Let the wickednes of the vngodly I pray the be made ones an ende of thou o rightwise god sercher of hert reynes gyue prosperous good lucke to the rightwyse My defeÌ„ce is iÌ„ god the sauiour of theÌ„ whiche are of pure ê‘fet herte God is a rightwyse iuge he is the god whose veÌ„geauÌ„ce is redy at all tymes Yf this maÌ„ wyl nat turne him froÌ„ his euyl but wyl whet his swerd coÌ„tynually beÌ„de his bowe prepare it to shote He shall pÌ„pare dedly arowes for his owne self smyte his owne coÌ„pany Lo he traueleth and groueth forth wickednes he hath coÌ„ceyued laborous affliction at laste bringeth forth lyes He digged a pyt hath made it holowe he is fallen into the dyke whiche he made The mischefe which he enteÌ„ded me shall fall vpoÌ„ his own hed his violeÌ„s which he ordeined for me he shal bring vpoÌ„ his owne crowne I shall magnifye the lorde after his owne rightwisnes I shall sprede the name of the lorde which is the most hyghest The argument into the .viii. psal ¶ This psal is an hyghe prayse of god in the whiche Dauid with great admiration magnified thiÌ„estimable euerlastiÌ„g vertu power of god maker of all thiÌ„ges declaryng hiÌ„ self euerywher gloriously but especially shewinge vnto maÌ„ his fauour his beneficeÌ„s lyberall goodnes The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter to be played vpon the harpe DOmine dnÌ„s nt Lorde ye our lord howe wonderfull reuereÌ„t is thy name in euery lande which hast lyft vp thy high magnificeÌ„ce aboue the heueÌ„s Ye that of the mouthê of the litel souklingê hast thou stablisshed thy myghty prayse agaynst thy enemyes to smyte downe aduersary hiÌ„ that wyll auenge him selfe I shall therfore loke vp wondre at thy heuens lo this are the workê of thy fyngers the mone sterres thou hast set theÌ„ so goodly And lo what thynge is maÌ„ mortall that thou thus remeÌ„brest hiÌ„ what is the soÌ„ne of AdaÌ„ that thou regardest him so gretly Thou hast made
coÌ„playneth of the comen fall in euery place of rightwisnes and faith that the â—rafty deceytfull flaterers occupy all places he prayeth the lorde to haue mercy of the poore afâ—licte whom they vexe that he wolde helpe theÌ„ accordyng to his promise SAluum me fac Helpe lord for ful few faithfull ar left among the chylâ—reÌ„ of meÌ„ It is but vanite what so euer â—ne speketh to another they flater falsly â—hewyng one thyng with their mouth â—oueryng another in their hert The lorâ—e shall cut these proude spekyng tonges â—ute of these false glauerynge mouthes Whiche say thus of tho thinges whiche we make we wyll chalenge auctorite of our owne tonges our mouthê ar the auctorite who shulde be our lorde to coÌ„mauÌ„de vs. For the distruction of my pore afflicte for the waylyng of this nedeons now shall I ryse saith the lorde he shall saye with him selfe I shal brynge them into sauyng helth Nowe the speches of the lorde ar purespeches they ar lyke siluer puryfyed tried to the vttermoste in erthen caldrens Thou lorde preserue these pore ones kepe them from this wiked nacion for euer These vngodly houer about in euery place where suche bely bestê ar promoted there encrese the wicked children of men The argument into the xiii Psal. ¶ Here Dauid set in a Ieoperdous straight called in his anguisshe to god for helpe lefte his enemyes reioyse of his fall that he rather him selfe might reioyse of his receyued helth so magnifye worthely god his sauyour USquequo Howe loÌ„ge lorde wylte thou tarye wylte thou forgette me for euer howe longe wylte thou tourne thy face fro me Howe loÌ„ge shal I thus coÌ„tynue musinge with my selfe fyllynge my herte full of sorowe daye by daye Howe longe shal myne enemye be thus exalted ouer me Beholde answere me lorde my god kepe me wakynge lest the slomber of deth come vpon me Ye lest peraduenture myne enemye may saye I preuayled agaynste him for if I fall my troublers wyll reioyse But I trust in thy mercy my herte shal be gladde of thy helpe I shall gyue thankes to my lorde for he hath rewarded me The argumeÌ„t in to the xiiii .liii. Ps. ¶ Here Dauid coÌ„playneth all to be full of vngodly very damnable men he descrybeth theyr naturall disposytion which there may no thynge be more corrupt fylthy violent than he sheweth that veÌ„geaunce abydeth theÌ„ helth abydeth the innoceÌ„tes whom they trede vnder their fete DIxit insipieÌ„ce The folyshe wicked men thinke in their hertes that god is nat Shrewde abhominable thyngê do they nowhere is ther one that wyl do good The lorde loked frome heuens downe vpon the men to se if there were any that had any knowlege or regarded god And sayd is euery maÌ„ altogyder swarued so farre froÌ„ the waye perisshed vnprofitable that there is no man that wyl do good nat one Are they so farre besydes them selue all these workers of wykednes Se they deuoure my people as one shulde ete vp brede they are holden with no feare of the lorde Wherfore they shall be feared with feare incoÌ„parable for god hath shakeÌ„ the bones of thy besegers Thou shalte dispyse the because god hath repelled them for god is in the iust rightwyse nation They scorned theÌ„ because thei folowed the couÌ„sell of the poore afflicte and put all theyr truste in the lorde Oh wolde god that the sauynge helthe wolde ones come to Israell from Sion that the lorde wolde make an ende of the captiuite of his people that Iacob might be gladde and Israhell myght reioyse The argument into the .xv. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme is descrybed of what lyuynge and with what maners the ryght cytezens of heuen and membres of Christes church muste be adorned and endued DOmine quis ha Lorde who shall dwel in thy tabernacle Who shall sitte in thy holy hyll Euen he that lyueth in syngle pure innocency studieth to do rightwisnes and speketh the truth euen froÌ„ his herte He that backbyteth nat with hys tonge in nothynge hurteth his neighbour neither suffreth him to be reuyled or hurte vnworthely But abhorreth suche sclanderous and noughtye persones suche as worshyp the lorde he setteth moche by Ye what soeuer he swereth he wil ê‘forme although it be to his great hurte hynderaunce And lendeth nat his money for auantage nether receyueth gyftes agaynst any innoceÌ„t He that studyeth to do these thiÌ„ges shall abyde alwayes neuer be moued The argument into the .xvi. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid desyreth goddes helpe affermyng that god hath no nede of his goodes but that hys goodes oughte to serue his poore neighbours which he call saiÌ„tes they that bestowe their goodes of any other thyng than profyteth these sayntes make Idols with them COnserua me domine Defende me god for I haue trusted in the o my soule saye thou vnto the lorde my goodê profyt the nothyng at all I shall therfore study with all my herte to helpe thy noble saintes which yet lyue vpoÌ„ therth For they which bestowe their goodes of any other thyng shall make them ydols and folowen feruently strange goddes I shall nat offre their blody sacrifyce no I wyll nat knowe ne remeÌ„bre the names of their idols The lorde is the portion of my heritage my substance my lot is in thy hande The lottes fell to me happely in to plesaunt places a goodly riche heritage chaunsed to me I shall thanke the lorde which hath well counseled me but yet my raynes teach me these thyngê by nyght I set the lorde euermore before myne eyes for whyles he is at my ryght hande I shall nat slyde Wherfore my hert shal ioye and my tonge shall reioyse ye my body shall haue sure reste For thou wylte nat so forsake my soule that it shulde go and abyde in the graue neither wylte thou there suffre thy saynt to go into corruption Thou shalt shewe me the path wherin I maye go to lyfe thy presence fylleth men with all gladnesse All ioye is euer oute layed by thy ryght hande The argument into the .xvii. Psal. ¶ This psalme is a feruente prayer of Dauid to be delyuered from the persecutioÌ„ of Saull as he dyd in the .vii. psalme declaring his innoceÌ„cye desyringe helpe he descrybeth the proud behauyour vayne study of his persuers and at last he knowledgeth his felycite to stande in the knowlege of god The prayer of Dauid EXaudi dnÌ„e iusticiaÌ„ Lorde here my rightwyse prayer take vp my peticyon gyue hede vnto my prayer which I byd with pure mouthe Let thy iugement declare my iÌ„nocency shewe thy self to haue respecte vnto thy ryght Serche my herte loke into it euen in the night trye me as metall with fyer and yet shalt thou finde that my thought differ nat fro my wordes I endeuer my selfe to auoyâ—e meÌ„nes wayes accordynge to thy worâ—e and I kept them in the way
that fled vnto me Make fast my steppê I pray the in thi pathes lest my fete slyde Upon yâ— I call for thou art wonte to here me o god laye thyn eare to me heare me speke Declare thy excellent mercy which arte wonte to saue me trusting iÌ„ the froÌ„ the risers againste thy right hande Kepe me euen as the aple of thin eye hyde me as though I were vnder the shadow of thy wynges Hyde me froÌ„ the violeÌ„t vngodly hyde me froÌ„ my enemies closynge me in to take awaye my lyfe Whiche haue their preuy riches speke proudly with their mouthes Nowe lay they a wayte at our steppê theyr eyes haue they fastned vpoÌ„ vs to espie if thei may at any tyme cast vs to the grouÌ„d He lyeth beÌ„t lyke a lyon eueÌ„ flat downe for his praye to be deuoured he lurked lyke the yonge lyon in his priuy deÌ„ne Arise lord preueÌ„t him cast him downe delyuer my soule froÌ„ the vngodly whoÌ„ thou vsest for the swerde Delyuer vs froÌ„ these mortall meÌ„ which are thy haÌ„de wherw t thou smitest euen the mortall meÌ„ addict to this worlde Which desyer their ê‘te in this preseÌ„t lyfe to haue their beles fylled with thy treasure and their chyldreÌ„ to haue ynough also to leue to their neuewes But I armed with thy ryghtwysnes shall beholde thy face and shal be satisfyed whaÌ„ I shal vpwake arisynge in the beauteous symilitude The argumeÌ„t in to the xviii ps ¶ This psalme is a noble vyctoriouse songe in the which Dauid first declareth his feruente trust in god Than he expresseth with how greuous yuels he was oppressed afterward he sheweth the power of god and his wyll toward him and that by the discription of a great tempeste he sheweth his delyueraunce his innocency goddes iugementes agaynst all men his great vyctory of his enemyes the meruelous encrease of his kyngdome his power for euer confyrmed at laste concludyng the Psal. with a prayse and prophecye of Christe Rede thistorye of Dauid in the two fyrste bokes of kynges The tytle The songe of Dauid the seruaunt of the lord whiche song this praise to the lorde whan nowe â—horow the lorde he hauynge the victorye escaped the handes of Saul and of all his ennemies DIligam te To thy mercye shall I cleue lorde which art my streÌ„gth The lorde is my rocke of stone my bulwarke my delyuerer my god my defender vnto whose faithfulnes I betake my selfe my childe my sauynge power my refuge I magnifyed and worshypped the lord so was I saued fro my enemies Dedly anguysshe inuaded me and the soden rysynges lyke a rosynge flode of these men of perdicyon assailed me The strayght helly ieopardes closed me iÌ„ the snares of deth hampred me But while I was in this strait I called vpon the lord I cryed vnto my god and he harde my voyce in his kingê hall my cryeng came vp to his eares For the erth was moued and treÌ„bled the fete of the hylles staggard and were smytten all to pouder for he was angry Smoke asceÌ„ded as ye wold saye into his nostrels fyer deuouringe all thinges flewe out of his mouth he spouted forth burnynge coles He lefte the heuens came downe a derke cloude was vnder hys fete He rydeth vpon a swyfte foule flieth borne with the winges of the wynde He made hiÌ„ a preuye closet powring darkenesse rounde about his tabernacle congeliÌ„ge ther vnto blacke waters into thycke cloudes But at his shyninge presence these derke cloudê vanished awaye agayne with haile stones and fyry thunder boltes The lorde thundred in the heuens the most hyghest sente forthe his voyce with hayle stones and fyry thuÌ„dreboltes He cast forth his arowes threwe theÌ„ doune he sent forth moche lyghtnynge cast them into gret feare Whyles thou thretenest blamest oh lorde blowing forth thy wynde the holowe bankes of the floudes ar sene vnder drye the foundations of the worlde stande naked He put downe hys hande from aboue and toke me vp he drewe me out of moche waters He delyuered me from mighty enemies and froÌ„ my haters for they preuayled agaynst me He preuented me beynge in ieoperdye with hys helpe the lorde was my socour He led me forth and set me at large he defended me bycause he fauoured me The lorde gaue me after my ryght dealynge and rewarded me accordynge vnto the purenes of my handê I obserued verily the wayes of the lord fell nat vngodlely fro my god For I had all his decrees before myn eyes I dyd nat thruste awaye his lawe fro me I behaued my self purely ê‘fitly toward him toke gret hede lest I shuld coÌ„mit any yuell thiÌ„ge And the lord hath rewarded my right dealynge the purenes of my handê which he aproueth For thou art holy to the holy man offrest thy selfe pure to the pure man With the pure innoceÌ„t thou dealest pure innocently with the shrewde maÌ„ thou playest the ouer whart Thou hast veryly saued thy pore oppressed people hast cast down men that loke alofte Thou lorde hast lightened my caÌ„del my god hath put away my derkenes with his lyght Thorow the haue I broken the hole raye of the batayle thorow my god I ouerlept the walles God is he whose dedes are pure and parfyte the wordes of the lorde are purifyed and tried lyke as with fyer he is a buckler to all that truste in him For who is god but the lorde who is a defender but our god Euen the same god whiche hathe decked endued me with a lordely power hath furthered my waye spedely He hath made my fete as light as the fete of gotes and hath made me to ouerronne placê were they neuer so hygh He hath exercysed and accustomed my handes with batayle hath made me to breke bowes of stele with my armes Thou hast defended me with thy sauynge shylde bukler and thy right hande stayed me thy fauorable geÌ„tylnes made me to haue the ouerhaÌ„de of my enemyes Thou dydest hedge in my waye that I myght go frelye therin so that my heles shulde nat slyde I folowed vpoÌ„ my enemies toke theÌ„ neuer turned vntyll I had slayne them I slewe them for they might nat stande in my handes they were throweÌ„ downe vnder my fete Thou hast taught me to fyghte ye and that with a puyssaunte power and as manye as rose agaynste me thou haste thruste them vnder me Thou broughtest it so to passe that myne enemyes were fayne to turne their backes and I made them awaye that hated me They cryed but there was no man to kepe them they cryed to the lorde but he answered them nat I knocked theym togyther as small as dust layed redy for the wynde I trode theÌ„ as small as dyrte of the streates Thou hast delyuered me from this chydynge contentyouse people and haste made me ruler ouer the gentyles the folke of whoÌ„ I had lytell knowlege serued me As sone
as they herde of me they came to gyther dyd homage vnto me the lyenge alyauntes were made subiectes seruauntes vnto me These aliauÌ„tes were made drye for feare and trembled whyles they were shyt vp in stroÌ„ge holdes And yet lyueth the lorde my defendour moughte be praysed and god my sauyour mought be exalted Euen god which hath gyuen me power to auenge me of my enemyes and hathe subdued the people to me Which hath delyuered me from myne enemyes he hath set me ouer them which rose agaynst me and hath delyuered me from the vyolent man Wherfore I shall magnifye the oh lorde with hye praise amoÌ„ge the nations and shall synge with thankes geuynge vnto thy name Whiche hathe made great helth for hys kynge he hath delte gentely with his anoynted Dauid and also withe his seede into euerlastynge The argumente into the .xix. psal ¶ In this psalme Dauid declareth the exellent vertue power of god expressed in the meruelouse creation of this present worlde aboue and than he sheweth the preciousnesse of goddes law at the last he prayeth to be preserued from synne that what soeuer he thiÌ„keth or speketh myght he plesante and accepte before god CEli enarrant The heuens declare the maiestye of god and the fyrmamente sheweth what are his workes One daye succedynge another whetteth contynually our thoughtes one night folowyng another encreaseth our knowlege These creatures haue nether spech nor wordes neyther is their voyces any where herde And yet their poyntinge shewynge hathe taught all the worlde their doÌ„me speche hath gone forth iÌ„to all the costê of the worlde He hath fastened in theÌ„ a tabernacle for the soÌ„ne this soÌ„ne cometh forth of his cloudê like a bridegroÌ„e ye lyke a fresshe valyant knyght to make his course From the farthest eest parte of the heuyns cometh he forthe hauynge his recourse vnto the other extreme neither is there any man that maye hyde hiÌ„ from his heat The lawe of the lorde is perfyte refresshynge the soule the testymonye of the lorde is faithful ministriÌ„g wysdome to the vnleeued The coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes of the lorde are right makynge glad the herte The thinges whiche god coÌ„maundeth are playne pure lyghteÌ„ the eyes The feare of the lorde is pure and holy abidynge for euer the plesures of the lorde ar true right in euery parte More worthy to be desyred than golde precyouse stones sweter than the honye combe whan it dropeth And thy seruaÌ„t is taught monisshed by theÌ„ that same obseruynge of them is a great rewarde Who maye perceyue and consyder what thynge is synne purge me from secrete euyls Also turne thou these great synnes from thy seruant leste they haue domination ouer me than shall I be pure and clere from euery great synne Let the speches of my mouth the thoughtes of my herte be plesaunte accepte vnto the lorde my defender and my redemer The argument in to the .xx. Psal. ¶ This Psal is a prayer in the which the people prayeth for the helth of Dauid goyng to an harde ieopardous bataile it is a ioyfull thaÌ„kynge for his helth victory gyuen him of god The tytle of the Psal. The dytie of Dauid commytted to the chaunter to be songe EXaudiat te dnÌ„s Whan thou art in any strayte than the lorde myghte here the the name of the god of Iacob might set the in sauegarde He myghte sende the helthe from his holy place and from Sion might he streÌ„gthen the. He might remeÌ„bre al thy offringê thy brent sacrifyces he might accept Selah He might giue the thy hertes desier and might stablysshe all thy entent We shal reioyse in thy helth in the name of oure god lyfte we vp our baners with triumphe whan the lorde hathe gyuen the thy desier And let euery man saye nowe do I knowe that the Lorde hath preserued his anoynted He hath herde him frome his secrete heuenly place ye and that in the sauyng power of his right hande Some trusted in their chariettes some in their horse but we called vpoÌ„ the mightye name of the lorde which is our god Nowe they are thrust downe and all fallen but we stande and are made faste The lorde preserued vs he is our kynge and answerith vs whan we call vpon hiÌ„ The argument in to .xxi. Psal. ¶ This Psalme is a victorious songe in the which the people reioyseth with thankes for the victory other benefytes of god with the which he endued Dauid so excellently And they prayse god thorow whose goodnes he accepted all thinges thankefully DOmine in virtute Lorde the kyng shall ioye in thy power shall reioyse gretly in thy helpe Thou hast gyuen him the desiers of his herte and the prayers of his mouth thou hast nat turned awaye Selah Thou hast preueÌ„ted him with all maner of benefytes thou haste set a crowne of precious stones vpon his hedde He asked lyfe of the thou gauest it him ye and that a full longe lyfe Thy helpe tourned him to great glorye thou hast endued him richely with noble fame clerenesse For thou hast set him in such estate that he may flowe ê‘petually in all maner of goodnesse thy coÌ„fortable preseÌ„ce maketh him glad For this kiÌ„g trusteth in the lorde he strengthned with the mercy of the moste highest shall nat swarue Thy hande hath ouertaken all thy enemies thy right haÌ„de hath holden as many as hated the. Thou hast brent them lyke a breÌ„nyng furnace whan thy indignation wexed hote The lorde swalowed theÌ„ vp in his wrath fyer consumed theÌ„ Their progeny perisshed from therth theyr postirite were worne out among the men For they had beÌ„t their myschefe vpon the they began couÌ„seyls which they might nat bringe to passe Thou shalt set them before the for a marke that with thy bowe thou mightest shote theÌ„ euen in their faces Be thou lift vp lorde in thyne owne power we shall siÌ„ge with prayse and magnifye thy strength The argumeÌ„t into the .xxij. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid declareth him selfe playnly to be the very fygure of Christ. wherfore first of al he syngeth expresseth his great deiectyon and downe fall anon after his exaltatyon his encrease purchasynge of his kingdome euen to the vttermost parte of the lande the contynuance therof vnto the worldes ende The title of the Psal. It is the songe of Dauyd coÌ„mytted to the ouer chaunter to be songe of the erly herte or of the daye starre DEus meus deus My god my god lo wherfore forsakest thou me howe farre is thy helpe from my out cryenge My lorde shall I thus crie and call vpon the all daye yet wylte thou nat here shall I crye all night and neuer ceasse Uerily yet art thou that holy on whiche dwellest in Israhell extollynge the with prayse Our father 's trusted vpon the they trusted vpon the thou deliueredest them They cryed vnto the were delyuered they trusted vpoÌ„
the and were nat shamed But as for me I am but a worme and no man euen the very approbry of the men and am abiecte froÌ„ the vylest folke All that se me made but a laughynge stocke on me they mocked me with their lippes wagged their heddê at me Sayeng this vyllayne referred all thinges to the lorde let him nowe delyuer hiÌ„ if he wyll for he loueth hym well But yet thou arte he whiche leddest me out of my mothers wombe myn owne refuge euen from my mothers teares As sone as I came into this worlde I was layde in thy lappe thou art my god euen from my mothers woÌ„be Go thou nat farre fro me for my trouble draweth nigh neither is there any maÌ„ that wil helpe There are beset me rounde aboute great sturdy steares ye that fatte bulles of Bashan haue hedged me in Lyke a roriÌ„ge lyon pantyng and gapyng for his pryaâ— their mouthes ar open vpoÌ„ me naked before them I sanke awaye lyke water all my bones shoke out of ioynt my herte within mâ— melted away lyke waxe The moyster of my body was dryed vp and I was lyke a poâ—sherde my tonge cleued to the sydes of my mouthe thou 〈…〉 me to my graue For euen lyke dogges they came about me the chyâ—â—he of noyous men hedged me in they dygged thorow my haÌ„des fete A maÌ„ might haue tolde all my bones and they gasyng vpoÌ„ me thus petylesse entreated toke theyr pleasure They parted my ouer clothes to theym selue for my tother cote they casted dyse But thou oh lorde be nat farre o my strength haste the to come helpe me Delyuer my lyfe from the deth stroke and my deare soule from the wodnesse of these dogges Saue me from the mouthes of these lyons and defende my pore symplenesse froÌ„ the hornes of these vnycorns I shall sprede thy name amoÌ„g my bretherne in the myddes of the congregation I shall prayse the. I saye ye that feare the lorde se that ye prayse him all ye of the seede of Iacob glorifye him and all ye of the progeny of Israhell fere him For he hath nat despysed nor abhorred the troublouse afflyctyon of the pore in no maner of wyse turneth he his face from hiÌ„ but whan he cried vnto him he herde him I shall praise the in the gret coÌ„gregation I shall ê‘form my vowes before his worshippers The meke meÌ„ shal ete and be satisfyed they that seke the lorde shal praise him their hert shal lyue ioye for euer The dwellers in thextreme partes of therth shal remeÌ„bre theÌ„ selues be turned to the lorde all hethen nations shal fall downe before the. For the kingdome is the lordes he is lorde ouer all natioÌ„s All the riche men of therth shal ete do him homage they shal be bowed down before him disceÌ„de in to their graues for they may nat ê“longe any lyfe to their soules But their posterite shall serue him shal be noÌ„bred to the lord for euer And thus their chylders chyldren shall shewe the rightwisnesse whiche he hath gyueÌ„ to the peple which is yet to be borne ⧠The argumeÌ„t in to the xxiii ps ¶ In this psalme Dauid declareth and setteth forth the maruelous suretie of the truste in god also howe blessed a thiÌ„g it is The song of Da. DOminus regit me The lord is my pastore and feder wherfore I shall nat wante He made me to fede in a full plentuous batle grouÌ„de and dyd dryue retche me at layser by the sewte ryuers He restored my lyfe ledde me by the pathes of ryghtwysnes for his name sake Ye if I shuld go thorow the myddes of deth yet wyll I feare non yuel for thou arte with me thy staffe thy shepe hoke counfort me Thou shalt sprede garnyshe me a table ye that in the syght of myne enemyes thou shalte souple my hed with oyntement and my full cuppe shall laugh vpon me Ye and thy mercy and gentelnes shall folowe me all my lyfe I shal sitte in the house of the lorde a longe tyme. The argument into the .xxiiij. Psal. ¶ In this psal Dauid syngeth all thinges to be the lordes howe wonderfull he hathe layde the foundation of the erthe vnder the see yet the erth appereth aboue it He asketh a questyoÌ„ who shall enter into the kyngdome of god and answereth therto coÌ„cludynge all thinges be thei neuer so stoute stronge to be obedyente to hys worde and to be opened at his pleasure whiche is the moost valyant gloriouse kinge The tytle of the psalme The songe of Dauid DOmini est terra The erthe is the lordes all that is coÌ„teyned in it the rounde worlde all that inhabyt it For in the see hath he set his fouÌ„datioÌ„s and hath buylded her aboue the flodes Who shall clymbe into the hyll of the lorde or who shall abyde in his holy place An innoceÌ„te in his dedes and he that is pure in hert that hath nat extolled hiÌ„self proudly into vanyte neither hath sworn for any disceyte This man shal be fedde with the blessynge of the lord with the mercy of god his sauyour This is the nation gyuen all vnto him seketh him this is the very right Iacob· Selah Oh ye gates lyfte vp your selues ye gates euer lastynge be ye opened this gloryouse kynge shall in enter Who is this kynge yâ— is so glorious it is the myghty valiaunt lorde Noble in power a lorde exellent in strength to wage batayle Oh ye gates lyft vp your selue ye gates euerlastyng be ye opened that gloryoê° kynge shall iÌ„ entre Who is this kynge that is so glorioê° it is the lord of hostes it is he yâ— is this gloryous kyng Selah The argumeÌ„t in to the .xxv. Psal. ¶ This Psalme is a praier of an holy man oppressed with synne and with the hasty violence of his enemyes wherfore he prayeth the lorde to delyuer him from his synnes to teche him his wayes to delyuer him from the fury of his enemyes and that for his mercyes sake thorowe which he was wonte to saue suche as trusted in him and nat to forsake synners holden yet with any feare and truste whiche both he knowlegeth of him selfe at laste he setteth to a lytell praier for all the people of god The tytle of the psal The songe of Dauid AD te dnÌ„e leuaui Unto the oh lorde I lyfte vp my mynde my god I trust in the let me nat be shamed lest min enemyes reioyse vpon me For they shal nat be shamed who so euer depende vpon the but they shal be shamed that wrongfully hurte innocentes Shewe me thy wayes lorde wonte me to thy pathes Lede me forth for thy faithfull truthes sake acquainte me with the for thou art god my sauyour of whom I depende parpetually Lorde remembre thy mercy thy gracyouse fauour for in these thynges thou excellest eueÌ„ froÌ„ the beginniÌ„g But
the synnes of my youthe withe my vngodlynesse also remembre thou nat remeÌ„bre me accordynge to thy goodnesse and for thy mercyes sake oh lorde Good and rightwyse is the lorde wherfore he wyll instructe teâ—he synners the waye He wyll make the lowe lyons to go in rightly in due order wyll teche meke men his waye All the pathes of the lorde are mercy and faithfulnesse to those men whiche kepe touche and couenaunt with him For thy names sake oh Lorde forgyue me my wyckednesse for it is very moch Who soeuer that maÌ„ be that fereth the lorde he shall tech him the choseÌ„ right waye His miÌ„de shall enioye good thingê and his posteryte shall possesse the lande as right heritage The lorde is a secrete sure thynge to theÌ„ that feare him theym shall he make to knowe his conuenaunte and promyse My eyes shal be euer open vpoÌ„ the lorde for he wyll drawe my fete out of the net Beholde me haue mercye vpon me for I am alone forsaken full of afflyction The sorowful syghê of my hert encrease more more lede me out of mine aÌ„guish Beholde my poore state my heuynesse forgyue me all my siÌ„nes Consyder my enemyes for they are full many â— wyth furiouse hatered they persue me Kepe my soule delyuer me lest I be shamed for I haue put my trust in the. Defende me that I maye lyue rightly hurtynge no man for of the do I depende Redeme and lose Israhell oh god from all his aduersyties The argument into the .xxvi. Psal. ¶ Here Dauyd declareth in to the example of good men howe ernestly god approuynge it he was gyuen to innocency fleynge the company of euyll men gyuiÌ„ge great studye to godlynesse Afterwarde he declareth what vengeance abydeth the vngodly whyles he himself lyued faithfully and howe that he desired nothynge more thaÌ„ the glorie of god to be sprede abrode and knowen IUdica me domine Be iuge for me Lorde for I am purposed to lyue innoceÌ„tly and whyles I trust in the lorde I shal nat wauer Proue me lorde serch me trye my reynes my hert lyke as metall with fyer For thy mercy is euer before myn eyes I lede my lyfe iÌ„ thy faithfulnesse I haue nat delyted in the companye of vayne men neither haue I assocyated my selfe with these holowe subtyll men I hate the church of hurtfull noyouse men neither haue I coÌ„spyred with the vngodly I shall endeuer my handes to be pure voyde all disceyte and thy altare oh lorde shall I go aboute To synge thy prayse and to shewe forthe what soeuer wounderfull dede thou hast done Lorde derebeloued is thy house vnto me the feare of thy beautyfull tabernacle also Take nat away my soule with the vngodly neyther yet my lyfe with these blody men In whose handê deceyt is turned canuast and their right haÌ„de is full of brybes But I lyue harmlesse and innocently redeme me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me My fete is fastened in a place well worthy for me in the congregatioÌ„s I shall magnifye and prayse the lorde The argument into the .xxvij. Psal. ¶ Dauid songe this psalme beiÌ„ge in some gret peryll in the whiche he remeÌ„bringe the promyse of god dyd animate himself strongly agaynst so presente stormy tempestes promisyng himselfe vyctorie vpon his enemyes quyetâ— lyfe in heueÌ„ly meditatioÌ„s he maketh his vowe to gyue thaÌ„kes thus he confermed with fasâ—e hope desyreth the helpe of god prayenge to teach him his waye and agayne he excyteth himselfe to truste strongly in god The tytle Dauides songe DOminus illuminatio The lorde is my lyght and my sauynge helth of whom thaÌ„ shall I be afrayd The lorde is the stronge defence of my lyfe of whoÌ„ than shall I be afrayd WhaÌ„ the noiÌ„ous and harmfull men which were my aduersaries fall vpon me to deuour my flesshe than shall they smyte themselfe agaynste the rocke fall Ye if they pitâ—he felde and bende their ordynaunce agaynst me yet shall nat my hert feare Yf batayle be bente agaynst me yet shall I truste to the promyse of god One peticyoÌ„ asked I of the lorde which I wyll folowe vpon that is I might sytte in the house of the lorde all dayes of my lyfe Where I miÈt beholde the beautefull regalty of the lorde and vyset his holy temple For he hath hyd me as though I were iÌ„ his tabernacle in tyme of persecutyon he shall hyde me in the preuy place of his tente shall lyfte me vp into a rocke He shall gyue me the ouer hande of myne enemys whiche haue compassed me in I shall offer ioyfull sacrifyces I shall synge playe the psalmes before the lorde Lorde here my voyce I call vpon the haue mercye vpon me answer me My hert thought vpon the I sought to se the it is the lorde that I seke Turne nat thy face from me suffre nat thy seruant to styde in thy wrath hitherto hast thou ben my helper cast me nat nowe awaye neither forsake me o god my sauyoure For where my father my mother fayled me there the lorde gathered me to him Lorde teache me thy waye lede me forth in the right path froÌ„ them that laye awayte for me Let theym nat take their pleasure vpon me which ar my troublouse enemyes lyynge wytnesses stode to gyther styffe against me Whose vyolence had greuously oppressed me had I nat beleued to enioye those thinges which ar good amoÌ„ge the lyuyng men Depende wayte thou vpon the lorde be thou stronge it is he that shall strengthen thy herte depende vpon the Lorde The argument in to the xxviij Psal. ¶ Here Dauyd expresseth his prayer whereby he beynge in some great peryll as peraduenture in the coniuraâ—yon of Absalon fyrste desyreth the helpe of god Furthermore he prayeth that he him selfe beynge innocente might nat be ioyned with the harmefull in vengeaunce takynge than desyreth he that worthy iugemente might fall vpon these vngodlye After this he remembreth a â–ª certayne Hymne wherin he gyueth god thankes for his vyctorie and helâ—he and laste of all he byddeth a prayer for the people AD te domine clamabo Upon the lorde do I call which art my stronge defence dispyse me nat neyther forsake thou me vnlesse I be lyke men lette downe in to their graues Here my prayer whyles I crye vnto the and lyfte vp my haÌ„des vnto thy holy temple Plucke me nat into vengeaunce with the vngodly with those which study for shrewdnesse spekyng pesable with their neighbours whyles they norissh euyll in their hertes Gyue them as they deserue and after their malycious study giue theÌ„ after their dedes acquyte them their deseruynge For they regarded nat the workes dedes of the lorde he shall therfore destroye them and nat edyfye them Praysed be the lorde for he hath harde the depe desyres of my miÌ„de The lorde is my streÌ„gth he is my bukler in him trusted my herte I
was holpen wherfore my hert reioyseth and I shall magnifye hiÌ„ in my soÌ„ge The lord is their streÌ„gth and a sauiÌ„ge power to ê‘serue his anoynted Saue thy people do good to thy heritage fede and gouerne theÌ„ and lyft them vp for euermore The argumente in to the .xxix. psalme ¶ This is a praise iÌ„ the which Dauid magnifyeth god for his power vertue whiche he declareth by thunder other heuenly tempestes Also he reioyseth of his benifycence shewed vpon his people of Israhell AFferte dnÌ„o Giue vnto the lorde ye that excell in mighty power gyue ye vnto the lorde honour and the prayse of his power Gyue the lorde worshippe worthy his name honour the lorde in his holy kinges halle The voyce of the lorde is in the watery cloudes God whose maiestye is to be feared withe reuerence thundreth the lorde is declared vpoÌ„ gret waters The voyce of the lorde is passyng stroÌ„ge the voyce of the lorde is full of maiesty The voyce of the lorde smyteh togither ceder trees the lorde breketh togither the ceders of Libany He maketh the mountaynes of Libany Hierion to leape togither lyke calues they ronne togither lyke the calues of vnycornes The voyce of the lorde casteth cutteth forth fyrye lyghteninges The voyce of the lorde maketh the desert to quake the lorde made euen the deserte of Kades to tremble The voice of the lorde maketh hartes does to grone to bray vncouereth the thicke wodes whiche all maketh for his praise to be said in his teÌ„ple The lorde ruleth ouer the vnyuersall flode the lorde there kepeth resydens a kynge euerlastyng The lorde mynistreth strength to his people the lorde is benefyciall to his people gyueng them prosperous peace The argument in to .xxx. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauyd gyueth thankes for his helth restored whervpon he declareth with a depe afflycte the goodnes of god which seÌ„deth aduersyte to his chosen for a good ende whiche is but an hour in respecte to the ioyes euerlastiÌ„g here he maketh protestation that he desyreth nat longe lyfe but only to maynteyne and to encrese tho thynges which make for goddes glorye and the helth of his sayntes The tytle of the Psal. A songe or a dytie songe and played in the dedication of Dauides house EXaltabo te domine I shall exalte the lorde for thou hast axalted me and hast nat made my enemyes to reioyse vpon me Oh lorde my god I haue called vpon the and thou hast healed me Lorde thou haste led my soule forth of my graue thou hast restored my lyfe lest I shulde haue gone downe into the pitte Ye sayntes of the lorde synge vnto him a prayse and se that ye sprede his holye memoriall For it is but a momeÌ„t that his wrath endureth but longe is the lyfe yâ— cometh of his beneuolence Wepyng and waylynge cometh in at the euen tyde but anon after gladnes ariseth with the mornynge Whan all thynges were prosperous aboute me I thought with my selue that I shulde neuer slyde Lorde of thy good wyll thou stablysshedest my kyngdome lyke an hyll for as sone as thou haddest turned away thy face I was astoÌ„ned and troubled The lorde called I vpon to the lorde dyd I make my prayer I sayd with my selfe what profyteth my lyfe yf I be putte nowe in to my graue shall the duste of my carcasse magnifye yâ— or yet declare thy faythfulnes Here lorde and haue mercy vpon me lorde be thou my helpe Thou haste turned my mournynge in to ioye thou hast shaken me out of my mournynge sacke clothed me with gladnes Wherfore my tonge shall synge thy prayse and shall nat cease lorde my god I shall magnifye the with prayse into euerlastynge The argument in to the .xxxi. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid sheweth by what thynges he stablysshed his hope what he desyred of what thynges he complayned and in what state he was and mynde whan he was compassed in of Saules hoste in the deserte of Maon whaÌ„ he for anguysh of mynde he sought flyghtes but al in vayne After this he moueth vs to consyder the meruaylous goodnes of god agaynste euery man that feared him and exhorteth to seke the knowlege of god which may nat forsake any that depende vpon him IN te domine sperauâ— In the Oh lorde hauâ— I trusted lette me neuer be shamed for thy ryghtwysenes sake delyuer me Bowe down thyne eare vnto 〈◊〉 spede yâ— to delyuer me be thou my stonye rocke where vpon I myght sit fast be thou my stroÌ„ge defeÌ„ced castell wherin thou maist pÌ„serue me For thou art my rocke my bulwarke wherfore lede thou me forth for thy names sake and take the charge of me Lede me forth of the netâ—e whiche they haue set so pryuely for me for thou arte my strength I betake my spiryte into thy handes for thou shalt redeme me lorde my god which kepest true promyse at al tymes I hated these vaine witches obseruynge inchauntementes for I cleued and trusted to the lord I shall ioye and reioyse vpon thy mercy for thou hast loked vpon my affliction and hast knowen my soule beynge in anguisshe Neither hast thou shyt me vp in the handes of my enemyes but hast set my fete at large Haue mercy vpon me for anguisshe and tribulation are come vpon me my face soule body ar wasted away for anger My lyfe is brokeÌ„ sore with sykenesse and my yeres with sorowfull sighes my streÌ„gth is wasted for sorowe of miÌ„de beholdyng thyngê amysse my bones wer coÌ„sumed I was reuyled of all my aduersares and chefly of myne owne neyghbours myne owne famyliare acquayntance abhorred and feared me and they that se me anon renue forth at dores fro me I fell from their hertes clene forgoten as one that hadde bene ded I was as a thinge all for lorne For I herde great offences put vpon me ye and that of many men fere closed me about whan they toke their couÌ„sel togider agaynst me for they couÌ„selled craftely to take awaye my lyfe But I trusted in the O lorde I sayd that thou arte my god The tyme of my age is in thy hande delyuer me froÌ„ the haÌ„de of myn enemyes euen from theÌ„ which persecute me Lette thy presens shyne vpon thy seruant saue me for thy mercyes sake Lorde suffre me nat to be shamed for I haue called vpoÌ„ the let the vngodly be shamed and be nombred with theÌ„ that cease iÌ„ their graues Let their liynge mouthes be made domme which speke proude thynges arrogantly with dyspite agaynst the rightwysmaÌ„ Oh how bounteous are tho good thinges whiche thou hast layde vp in store for thy worshyppers ye the whiche thou hast done all redy to them whiche commytte them selues to thy faythfull promyse ye and that before all mortall men Thou kepest them from the stomblyng stockes of these proude men and hydest them priuely before the thou hydest them in thy tabernacle froÌ„ their sclaunderous tongê Praysed be the lorde
for he hath wrought his excelleÌ„te mercy meruelously with me ye and that in a cytie well defenced I whan I fled so hastely thought sayynge I am cast out of thy syght but yet for all this thou herdest my desyre whan I tryed vnto the. Loue ye the lorde as many as are his sayntes the lorde defendeth and kepeth his faythful and rewardeth these proude doers plentuously Be ye stronge and he shal stablysshe your hertes as many as depende and truste vpon the lorde The argument into the .xxxij. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid declareth all punyshemeÌ„t to come for synne wherfore he affirmeth that man to be happy whose synnes ar forgiuen also that the defeÌ„ce of god cometh thorowe pure confessynge of our synnes vnto him and instant prayer than techeth he howe men shuld knowe the iugementes of god whiche dealeth punyshemente to the vngodly and good thynges to the good men wherof the good men may greatly reioyse in god The tytle of the Psal. An instruction or a lesson of Dauid BEati quorum Blessed is he whose vngodlynes is forgyuen whose synnes are couered Blessed is that man to whom the lorde rekeneth nat his synne neither is there in his spirite any dissemblynge deceyte Whiles nowe I helde my pease dayly musynge with my selfe and other whiles cryed out my bones wasted for sorowe For day night thy hande pressed me downe my moyster was dryed vp lyke as one tosted in the middes of somer Selah I shall knowlege my synne and shall nat hyde my wykednes I thought sayeng with my selfe I shall confesse my vngodlynesse whiche is agaynst me to the lorde and thou eueÌ„ straight forgauest me my wickednes whiche openeth her self by my outwarde synne Selah For the whiche euen euery saynte shall praye vnto the in tyme of besechynge and than if afflyction come vpon him lyke a great swellynge floude yet shall it nat touche him Thou arte my defender from tribulation thou shalt kepe me and shalte make me gladde excedyngly for my delyueraunce Selah I shall instructe the and teche the the waye wherin thou mayst go I shall couÌ„sell the and se for the ryght well Se that ye be nat as horse or mule whiche ar vnresonable whose chawes must be refrayned with bit brydle lest they stryue agaynst the. Many sorowes fall vpon the vngodly but him that trusteth in the lorde mercy closeth rounde about Be glad therfore in the lorde and reioyse ye rightwyse make ye mery all faithfull and vpright in herte The argument in to the .xxxiij. Psal. ¶ This is a very prayse worthy moche to be noted and red in the which first he exhorteth vs to magnifye god than he sheweth all thinges to be replenisshed with his goodnesse making mentyon of his meruelouse creation gouernance of this worlde And at laste he syngeth one god to haue made to gyue all thinges and to be euer mercyfull presente with his beloued EXultate iusti Be glad ye rightwise for the lordes sake for praise becometh iust men Magnifye ye the lord in prayse with harpe and lute synge ye vnto him with ten stringed instrumentes Synge ye vnto him a newe ditie tune it swetely with ioyfull melody What soeuer the lorde hath institute it is ryght all his dedes procede of faythfulnes He loueth to do all thinges ryghtwysly and in due ordre therth swymmeth in the mercy of the lorde By the coÌ„maundement of the lorde heuens were made and all their ornourment at his byddynge He gathered togyther included the waters of the see as ye wold say into a bottell layde vp their depnesses lyke treasure Let all regyons therfore feare the lorde let all the inhabyt the rounde worlde drede him For it is he which so sone as he had spoke the worde all thiÌ„ges were presente euery thynge standeth perfyte euen as he coÌ„maunded The lorde scatereth the counseyls of the heythen maketh vayne the thoughtes of the people But the counsell of the lorde staÌ„deth for euer the thoughtes of hys herte endure thorowe all worldes Happy is that natyon which hath the lorde for their god euen the people whom he chuseth to him self in the place of his possessed herytage From heuens the lorde loketh downe beholdeth narrowly all men From his sure seate beholdeth he all the inhabytours of the erth He made also the hertê of all men he vnderstandeth what soeuer they haue done A kinge is nat saued bicause he hathe a great hoste neither the valyaunte capitayne escapeth perylles thorowe his owne puissaunte power That horse shall deceyue the by whome thou lokest to be saued he shall nat delyuer yâ— be he neuer so stroÌ„ge But behold it is the lordes eye that is vpon theÌ„ whiche feare him depende vpon his mercy That he might delyuer their soules froÌ„ deth nourysshe theÌ„ in tyme of hunger Our soules might truste in the lorde he is our helpe iÌ„ stede of a buckler In hiÌ„ shall our herte ioye for we trust in his holy name Thy mercy lyghteÌ„ vpon vs oh lord euen as we depeÌ„de trust vpon the. The argument into the .xxxiiii. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauyd was moued of that same synguler benefyte by the whiche god meruelously preserued him whaÌ„ he was knowen of Aches kynge of Palestine whose kynges were called alwayes Abimelec where he was in ieoê‘dy of his lyfe prayseth excedyngly the cure and goodnesse of god agaynst his beloued ExhortiÌ„g euery man to the dilygent study of iÌ„nocency and goddes worshippe with the which who so euer are endued they must nedes be delyuerd from all trouble and bonde in all maner of goodnesse The tytle of the psalme The songe of Dauid after he had fayned himselfe madde before Abimelec there changynge his mouthe his wytte whom whan he had putte oute of his house he wente his waye Rede the historie in the fyrst of the kynges the .xxi. Chapiter BEnedicam dnÌ„m I shall praise and magnifye the lorde at all tymes his prayse shal be in my mouth contynually In the Lorde my soule shall glorye the meke sprited shall here and be glad Magnifye ye the Lorde withe me and let vs extolle his name all to gyther Busely sought I the lorde he answered me he delyuerd me from all thinges that I feared Men shall loke vnto hiÌ„ shall make hast their faces shall nat be shamed This poore afflycte persone assoone as he called vpon hym the lorde herde and he preserued him froÌ„ all strayt anguyssh Euen the angels pytch tentê rouÌ„d about them that fear the lorde delyuer them Taste beholde howe good is the lorde happy is that man that trusteth in him Worshyppe ye the lorde whiche are his sayntes for his worshyppers shall neuer want Stronge lyons shall fainte famisshe for hunger whan no good thyng shal fayle the dilygent sekers of the lorde Haue done children here me for I shal instructe you vnto goddes worshippe Who soeuer thou art which desirest to lyue louest
longe lyfe to delyte in goodnesse Kepe thy tonge from euyl report and thy mouth from disceytfull speche Se thou do no man wronge but bende thy selfe to goodnes seke studyously and folowe vpoÌ„ peace The eyes of the lorde are fastened vpon the rigktwyse hys eares lysten vnto their cryenge But the griÌ„me couÌ„tinance of the lorde is sette vpon these that do wronge euen to cutte out their memoriall from therth But those men crye the lorde hereth he delyuereth them out of euery strainte Full nyghe is the lorde men broken in herte he saueth the contryte in spiryte Although full many yuels fal vpon the rightwyse yet the lorde delyuereth them from theÌ„ all He kepeth all their bones so that nat one of them be broken But euery trouble shall make an ende of the vngodly the haters of the rightwyse shal be shaken awaye The lorde shall loose redeme the lyfe of his seruantes neither shall they be distroied whosoeuer coÌ„mitte their selues to his faithful cure The argument in to the .xxxv. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauid standynge fast in his innoceÌ„cy lokyng surely for vengeance to be taken vpoÌ„ Saule his flaterers abyding for goddes helpe desyreth the punisshmente of Saule with his flaterers and helthe for himselfe but these two thynges desyreth he natte but for the good wyll of god for his glorie and prayse IUdica dnÌ„e nocen Lorde set agaiÌ„st my aduersaries smyte downe them that fyght against me Take anon vnto the shelde buckler and ryse vp spedely to helpe me Set oute thy spere come forth to mete my persuers close them in say thou vnto my foule I am thi helth Let them be confouÌ„ded with shame and ignominy that seke my soule let theÌ„ be constrayned to tourne their backes let them bere opprobry that thiÌ„ke me any yuel Let theÌ„ be lyke dust before the wynde the angels of the lorde shakynge them to nought Let their wayes be beset with derknesses slybery and thangell of the lorde persuyng theÌ„ For they haue prepared their pytfall and their nette for me without cause without cause also haue they reuyled and slaundred my soule Let his iniuste vexatyon fall vpon hys own necke vnwares let him be hampred in his owne nette which he hath hyd let him fall into his owne mischef But my soule mighte ioye in the lorde be glad of his helpe All my inward partes shal say lorde who is lyke the which delyuerest the weake afflict froÌ„ his stronger and the sely vexed from the thefe There arose vyolent wytnesses asked me thynges whiche I neuer thought They aequyted me euyll for good leuiÌ„g my soule all alone without any helpe I my selfe whyles they were blame worthy clothed me with sacke scourged my soule with fastinge and gaue my self hole to prayer for them I behaued my selfe to them as though euery one of theÌ„ had ben my neighbour myne owne brother I went bente vnto the grouÌ„de mourniÌ„ge al iÌ„ blacke as one that had buryed his moder But they whiles I thus febled my selfe reioysed were gathered to gyther there came with them the moste vylest abiectes to scorne me whom I loked nothynge for they rente my fame ceassed nat Flaterynge parasytes all thynge derydiÌ„g gnasted vpon me with their tethes Lorde how longe wylt thou se me thus entreted restore my soule from these perilous sedicious men delyuer my lyfe from these lyons I shall magnifye the with prayse in the great coÌ„gregation amonge the myghty people shall I prayse the. Let nat my false enemyes reioyse vpon me let nat my haters wiÌ„ke of eche other in to my deceyt without any cause For they speke nothynge peasably and agaiÌ„st the meke sprited of therth they paint their coloured deceytes They writhed their mouthes agaynste me sayeng fye fye vpon hiÌ„ our eyes haue sene the thiÌ„ge for which we longed Ye thou hast sene lorde ceasse thou lorde no lenger be nat farre absent Aryse awake for my defence in iugemeÌ„t to affyrme my cause my god and my lorde Gyue sentence wyth me for thy ryghtwysnes sake lorde my god lest they reioyse vpon me Let them nat saye amonge their selues fye vpon him we haue our pleasure let theÌ„ nat say we haue deuoured conuicte him Let them be shamed also confouÌ„ded togyther that thus reioyse vpon my trouble let theÌ„ be clothed with shame ignominye that thus swell against me Let theÌ„ be glad reioyse the fauour my ryghtwisnes make theÌ„ to say the lord might euer be magnifyed whom it hath thus plesed to set his seruaÌ„t at rest And my tonge also shall speke of thy rightwisnes dayly shewynge forth thy prayse The argument in to the .xxxvi. Psal. ¶ In this psal Dauid coÌ„sidereth meruelously the pleÌ„tuouse goodnes of god poured out iÌ„to all thinges of tâ—e which consyderation the more he resteth the more he merueleth of the frowardnes of the vngodly which although it be neuÌ„ so gret yet god shitteth nat his goodnes froÌ„ theÌ„ also he syngeth how that the chosen ê‘ceiue his goodnes by a more blessed especiall way thaÌ„ any other The tytle The songe of Da. the lordes seruaÌ„t DIxit iniustus The vngodlynes of the synfull man ê‘suadeth me in my hert that there is in him no feare of god For he standeth iÌ„ his own conceyte whiles his worthy iniquite groweth iÌ„to his extreme hatred What soeuer he speketh it is wyckednes deceyte he refuseth to be taught because he wolde nat do well As he lyeth in his bedde he studieth and inuenteth myschefe wherevpon he sette him selfe in to a waye nat good and escheweth nothynge that yuell is Oh lord eueÌ„ vp vnto the heueÌ„s strecheth thy goodnesse ye and vp to the cloudes recheth thy faithfulnesse Thy ryghtwisenesse is higher than the highest hylles thy iugementê ar full depe botoÌ„les lorde thou sauest man and beest Howe excedyng clere noble oh god is thy mercy how pÌ„cious also are they whiche coÌ„myt theÌ„ to thy faithfull cure as vnto the shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the pleÌ„tuous treasure of thy house thou shalte gyue theÌ„ drinke of thy delycious plesaÌ„t flodê For with the is the very well of lyfe we endued with thy lyght shall se at the last the very lyght Stretch thy mercy to them that knowe the thy rightwisenesse to the vpright in herte Let nat the prounde men fall vpon me neyther lette the vngodly moue me There shall fall the workers of iniquite they shal be cast out may nowher abide The argument in to the .xxxvii. Ps. ¶ Let nat the prosperite of yuell men moue the good sayth Dauid here that all thynges shal well hapen to the fearers of god to them that lyue of rightwisnes that these shal be blessed in tyme to come whaÌ„ the vngodly howe so euer they appere to florysshe here for a tyme shal be cut away and vtterly destroied NOli emulari Frete nat
euyll for good and ar agaiÌ„st me because I sought studyously to profyt them Forsake me nat lorde be nat ferre fro me my god Spede yâ— to helhe me lorde my sauynge helth The argumeÌ„t in to the .xxxix. Psal. ¶ Here Dauid nat withstaÌ„dynge he was vexed with full bytter and greuous diseases yet he refrayned his tonge lâ—st in complaynyng he might haue spoken some inconuenient wordes namely his aduersaries hearynge him but to god he coÌ„playned of those thynges whiche he suffred of the shortnes of al his lyfe and desyred of god delyueraunce of his disease whiche he knowleged to haue suffred for his synne and that worthely The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Dauid committed vnto Ieduthun the chefe chaÌ„ter amoÌ„g the siÌ„gers of a certayn ordre iÌ„ their quere DIxit custodiam I thought with my selfe sayeng I shal so kepe my self that I wyll nat offende with my tonge But that I wold be moseld for spekyng my aduersary beynge present By the reson of longe sylence I was made so domme that I might nat speke of any thyng were it neuer so good but iÌ„ the meane season my sorowe freted me inwardly My herte brent within me lyke fyer whiles I mused with my self breakynge to no man my mynde But at last I losed my tonge and I brake forth in to these wordes Sewe me lorde I besech the what myne ende shall be or what shall be the measure of my lyfe let me knowe I beseche the howe shorte is my tyme. Lo as for my dayes they ar but an haÌ„dfull ye they are nothynge to the what sayd I ye euery man stande he neuer so faste is but vanite and nought Selah What is he ye euery man walketh lyke a shadowe it is but vanite nothiÌ„g what so euer mortal meÌ„ enforse They heape togyther riches but they knowe nat for whom they gather theÌ„ And nowe my lorde wherfore do I tary in yâ— verily my hope is layd vp Wherfore delyuer thou me from all my synne set me nat forth for a laughyng stoke before the wiked maÌ„ I helde my pease opened nat ones my mouth for thou madest me thus to do Take awaye therfore thy plage for thy stroÌ„ge haÌ„de hath almost made an ende of me Surely whyles thou in chastening any man for his synne doest but chyde him onely anon thou consumest him So that what so euer thyng is pleasant in him anon it perissheth as a mought eten cloth what sayd I verily euery maÌ„ is but vanyte nothyng worth Selah Lorde here my prayer gyue eare vnto my cryenge ceasse nat whyles I wepe for I gyuen vnto the am here but away faryng stranger as were all my fathers Spare me that I might brethe a lyttell before I ceasse go oute of this worlde The argument in to the .xl. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauid glorieth of his delyuerance thorowe the helpe of god from a greate peryll he merueleth of the infynite mercy of god towarde them that feare him for which thyng seynge that he desyreth no sacrifyce but euyn maÌ„ himself he yeldeth hiÌ„selfe to him magnifieÌ„g hiâ— rightwysnesse mercy he toucheth that his synnes were cause of his peryll and at the laste he prayeth god to cast downe his enemyes and to make glad good men with his gentilnes EXpectaÌ„s expectaui Whyles I abode I taryed for the lorde he bowed downe his eare to me and herde my crienge He led me out of the tough cley and muddy pitte the water arisyng rouÌ„d about me he set my fete vpon the stone and gaue quycke spede to my steppes And he put in to my mouth a newe soÌ„ge to praise therwith our god Which thynge many perceyue to be worshippe to the lorde began also lyke wise to trust in him Blessed is that maÌ„ that setteth the lorde before him for his hope hath no respecte to the proude men â—leuynge to vaine lyes the truth forsaken Many thinges hast thou done lorde my god thy noble dedes and depe counsels as coÌ„cernynge vs no man maye comprehende no man maye shewe ne expresse them neyther maye they be nombred Thou delytedest neyther in sacrifyce nor in oblation but hast opened my right eares to here the neyther brente sacrifyce nor yet any slayn beest hast thou desired And than I sayd lo I myselfe am here presente of me it is wrytten in the bokes of the lawe It hath lyked me well to do thy wyll my god thy lawe is set faste with in me in my very herte I shall preache thy rightwysnes in the full coÌ„gregation lo I haue nat holden my mouth as thou lorde well knowest In no maner wise haue I hid thy rightwisnesse within me but thy faithfulnesse thy sauynge wyll haue I sprede I haue nat cessed to shew forth thy mercy thy trouthe in the full congregation Neither thou lorde also hast holdeÌ„ thy gratyouse mercyes fro me thy gentyll fauour thy trouth preserue me perpetually For I was ouerwhelmed with innumerable troubles my synnes combred me so that I myght nat se theÌ„ all they were farre mo thaÌ„ the heere 's of my heed for the which thiÌ„ge my herte fayled me Let it please the lorde to delyuer me lorde haste the to helpe me Let them be confouÌ„ded that laye awayt for my lyfe to quench it let theÌ„ be borne bacwarde with open shame ignominye as many as studye to do me harme Let them be destroyed bicause thei haue ben about to shame me euen they whych sayde by me fyghe fyghe vpon me But let them reioyse in the who so euer seke the loueth the helthe whiche thou bringest let these men haue euer in their mouth magnified extolled be the lorde I was in adflyction pouertye but the lorde loked to me thou arte my helpe my delyuerer my god thou shalte nat tary The argument in to the .xli. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauid remeÌ„breth a certayne disease in himself in which whan he laboured his enemyes reioysed greatly thynkynge him to be outquenched thorowe the paine of his disease his frendes forsoke him but god holpe him and euermore helpeth wherof he affermeth that maÌ„ to be happye which knoweth the displeasure of god towarde him BEatus q i intelligit Blessed is that man which vnderstandeth the very thiÌ„ge as coÌ„cernynge the sycke man in tyme of aduersyte the lorde shal delyuer hiÌ„ The lorde shall kepe him he shall restore him to helth he shall enioye prosperouse thinges vpon the erthe for thou shalte nat leaue him to his enemyes pleasures The lorde shall streÌ„gthen him lyenge vpon his sycke beed thou shalte so bryng it to passe that he shall change all his bed I verily sayd lorde haue mercy vpoÌ„ me heale my soule for I am a siÌ„ner againste the. My enemyes spoke euyll vpon me sayenge whan shall he ones dye whan shall his name perisshe WhaÌ„ any of theÌ„ came in to see me he spoke vayne lyes he gathered mischef to hiÌ„self in his hert and he
goynge forth blowed it abrode Also all my haters whyspred togyther agaynst me and thought euyll vpon me Sayeng some greuouse synne hathe occupyed this man and this man thus lyenge so sycke shall neuermore ryse Ye my frende in whom I trusted whom I receyued to my table supplanted me But lorde haue mercye vpon me restore me and I shall rewarde these men In this thinge I knewe that thou fauorest me that my enemye reioyse the nat vpon me And in that I am hole thou shalte ones sustayne me set me before the for euer Praysed be the lorde god of Israhell from worlde to worlde Amen ameÌ„ The argument in to the .xlij. Psal. ¶ In this psal it is declared howe that thorowe the coniuratyon of Absalon Dauid was holden from the holy congregation feste of the lorde and howe he beynge dysquieted with the synfull reporte of the vngodly which spoke euil of his godly worship whervnto he was gyuen sorowed shewynge his mynde with an earnest coÌ„playnte before the lorde The tytle of the. Ps. In instruction or lesson shewed to the chyldreÌ„ of Chore and commytted of Dauyd to the chefe chaunter to be songe in the temple QUeÌ„admoduÌ„ desi Euen as the chased harte thirsteth gapynge for the fressh water so do my soule thirst gape for god My soule thirsteth for god ye for the lyuinge god whan shall I ones come to se the face of god I lycked in my teares in stede of meate day and nyght whyles it was said vnto me dayly where is thy god All the heuynes of my miÌ„de I powred forthe as sone as I remeÌ„bred that I shulde lede vnto the house of god such a ioyfull multytude praysynge and halowynge the fest day Wherfore than arte thou so deiecte so heuye my soule trust in god for yet shall I magnifye hiÌ„ for the sauynge helpe whiche he gyueth me of his fauour My god my soule is deiecte in my selue bicause I remembred the in the lande beyende Iordane in the hylles of Hermon at the lytell hyll of Myzaar One greuouse sorowe briÌ„geth in another for thy water courses soundynge so ferfully all thy flodes stormê fell vpon me By daye lorde thou gauest me to enioye thy mercy by nyght thou madest me to synge to praie to the lyuinge god I sayd to god thou art my rocke of stone wherfore for gettest me wherfore go I mourninge so sorowfully my aduersary oppressynge me Euen my very bones are cutte in sonder whyles they caste in to my teth this greuouse opprobry sayenge dayly where is thy god Wherfore art thou so sorowfully deiecte my soule and so sore troubled in me trust in god for yet shall I magnifye him for his helpe wherwith he shall make glad my face and declare himselfe to be my god The argument into the .xliij. Psal. ¶ Here it is desyred that Absalon might be delyuered from the company of the coniurers that Dauid might more quyetly worthely speke the prayse of god in the holy congregatyon IUdica me deus Gyue sentence for me god defende my cause from the vngodly folke frome the deceytfull and wycked man delyuer me For thou arte my god my streÌ„gth wherfore hast thou put me away wherfore go I thus mournynge my enemy oppressynge me Make thy lyght thy faithfulnes to shyne vpon me let these thingê lede me vnto thy holy hyll let them lede me vnto thy tabernacles That I might ones come to the altare of god euen the god of gladnes the author of my ioye to prayse magnify the with harpe god my god Wherfore art thou deiecte my soule and thus troubled in me trust in god for yet wyll I magnifye him for the helpe wherwith he hathe made gladde my face and shewed himselfe to be my god The argument into the .xliiij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. it is complayned of the cruell punisshmeÌ„t which Israel suffred for the name of god for their true worshippe that this natwithstaÌ„ding yet god wolde nat be with them in preseÌ„t myracles as he was woÌ„te to be with their fathers The tytle is all one with the .xlii. Ps. DEus auribus Oh god we haue herde with oure eares our father 's also tolde vs what heueÌ„ly workes thou hast done in their time before our dayes Thou didest cast out with thy hande the gentyls from their seattes plantedest our fathers iÌ„ their place thou dydest scurge that people madest our fathers to encrease For they chalenged nat nor possessed that lande by swerde neither their owne power saued them but it was thy right hande thorowe thy power and fauour bycause thou louedest them Thou thy selfe oh god arte my gouernour which gyuest helth vnto Iacob Thorowe the dyd we driue out our enemyes we armed withe thy name trode them downe whiche rose agaynst vs. For I neither trusted to mi bow nether yet my swerd saued me But it was thou that kepest vs from our enemyes thou shamedest confouÌ„dest our hatefull persuers We loued god daily magnified thy name with perpetuall prayse Selah But yet nowe thou hast repelled vs haste shamed vs neither wilt thou go forth with our host togither with vs in battayle Thou madest vs to turne our backes to our aduersaries they whiche odyously persued vs toke their proye vpon vs. Thou gauest vs in to their mouthes lyke a flock of shepe thou scatredest vs among the gentyls Thou soldest thy peple for nought so that in this chaunge there arose no a vaÌ„tage Thou settedest vs vp to be a reuilyng stocke to our neybours to be scorned shamed of theÌ„ that dwelt aboute vs. Thou settedest vs vp for aiestynge stocke to the heythen we were a coÌ„men iest amonge them so that who so euer se vs wagged their heddes at vs. All wayes is myne ignominy before myne eyes euen very shame made me to couer my face Ye that for the reuylers chyders and for my aduersaries so gredy vpon vengeaunce All this fell vpon vs natwithstaÌ„dinge yet do we nat forgette the neither are we vnfaithfull vnto the in couenaunte Our hert fled nat bacwarde neither out steppes swarued from thy pathes Thou haste daÌ„pned vs in to the place of dragons and hast ouerwhelmed vs with the shadowe of deth If we had forgotteÌ„ our god had stretched out our handes vnto any strange god Wolde nat God thynke ye haue espyed it for as moche as he knoweth euen the very secretes of the herte For thy sake ar we slaine dayly we are reputed as slaughter shepe Awake wherfore slepest oh lorde arise vp wherfore forsakest vs for euer Wherfore hydest thy face hauynge no respecte to our afflyctyon and oppressyon Oure soule is depressed to the grounde our bely cleueth to the erth Arise helpe vs redeme lose vs for thy mÌ„cies sake The argument in to the .xlv. Psal. ¶ In this psalme the sonnes of Chore prayse kynge Salomon for his worthy beautie for the grace
the .xlix. Ps. ¶ This Psal. reproueth the madnes of couetousmen vttreth their wretchednes which here take their pleasure felycite in richis afterwarde to be perpetuall wretches in hell The tytle is all one with the Psalme before AUdite hee oeÌ„s Here ye this thiÌ„g al people listen vnto these thinges as many as lyue iÌ„ this worlde As wel ye that ar of the comeÌ„ people as ye that ar iÌ„ dignite as wel ye that ar riche as they that ar pore My mouth shall speke wysedom the medytacyon of my hert shall shew ye the riÈt vnderstaÌ„diÌ„g I shal applie myn eare vnto a parable my harpe reighted vnto me I shal expouÌ„d my rydle Wherfore shuld I fere iÌ„ tyme of aduersyte whaÌ„ my shrewde wayt layers besege me rounde about Which trust in their riches ar magnifyed for their habouÌ„daÌ„t goodes And yet no man be he neuer so hyghe in dignite may redeme his brother froÌ„ deth no man pay to god the price of this redemption It is wtout doute no small pryce their lyues to be losed free from deth to lyue euer To prolonge their lyues into euer lastynge and neuer to se their graue Surely they se both wise men dye shrewde men folysshe they dye all a lyke and they leue to other men their riches They thought iÌ„ their mynde their housholdes to abyde for euer with their habitacyons they extolled theyr names in the erth But man in his glystryng fortune shall nat abyde he shall be lyke the bestes whiche dye downe ryght This same their owne iÌ„uencyon is their very owne folysshnes and yet their posterite gredily folowe their wayes Selah Lyke shepe shall they be caste in to their graues deth shal be their shepherde the lyght ones spronge ryghtwismen shall be their lordes their beaute shall fade awaye hell shal be their hospytall But god shall lede backe my soule from hell for he hath taken me vp to defende me Selah Feare thou nothinge whan thou seest a man made riche haue encresed greatly the gloriouse dygnitye of his house For he shall nat beare all away with hiÌ„ whan he dye neyther shall dignitye his companyon go downe with him For his soule shall haue her heuen here by lyfe meÌ„ shall prayse the whyles thou settest forth and magnifyest thy selfe These men shall folowe the natyon of their fathers that is they shall neuer se lyght That man to whom happeneth prosperouse fortune and nat vnderstandynge the gyuer thereof shall be lyke a beest in his departynge The argument in to the .l. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Asaph declareth howe mightely god wolde call vnto him all natyons of the worlde by the gospell delyuerynge by his mightye power his chosen also howe that he wolde than requyre of his rather faythe knowlege and declaringe of his goodnesse thaÌ„ sacrifyces or workes and howe greuously he wyll curse entreat them that boste theÌ„ of his relygyon without the pure study of his true worship The tytle of the psalme The songe of Asaph DEus deorum The mightye god lorde shall make a crye and call vnto him all that inhabyte the erthe frome the east to the west God shall set oute a lampe from Syon whiche is his mooste goodly ornamente and beautye Our god shall come shall nat tary fyer shall brenne before him rouÌ„de about him shall there be a vehement whyrlwinde He shall call the heuens aboue and the erth also that he might delyuer his people in iugement Gather ye togyther my sayntes which stycke to my promyse before their owne dedes And ye heuens shewe forth his mercy wherwith he maketh men rightwyse for god he is iuge Selah Here my people I shall speke Israhell here thou and I shall promyse the that I am god ye and that I am eueÌ„ thy god I wyll nat reproue the for my suffrynge or omittynge thy sacrifyces neither wyl I loke for thy beaute sacrifyces I wyll nat neither nedeth it me to make froÌ„ thy house any oxe either from thy folde any gotes For all the wylde beestes of forestes are myne the wylde beestes that fede in a thousaÌ„d hylles also are myne I chalenge for me all the soules in the hylles all the lyue in the feldes ar myne Yf I shall huÌ„ger I wyl nat tell the therof whan the rouÌ„de worlde all about is myne what so euer is coÌ„teyned therin Thynkest thou that I wyll eat befe and drinke gotes blode Yf thou wylte gyue god a sacrifyce gyue him his prayse and honour and thus paye thy promyse to the most highest As to call vpon me in tyme of tribulation I shall defende the and thus shalt thou honour me For vnto the vngodly man god sayd wherfore pratest thou of my ceremonies bablest with thy mouthe of mye promyse Whan thou hatest my disciplyne correctynge thy lyfe and throwest awaye my wordes Yf thou espyest any thefe anon thou roÌ„nest to hiÌ„ and couplest thy selfe with adulterers Thou hast gyuen thy mouth to euyll thy tonge craftely paynteth disceytes Thou syttest spekest against thyn own brother sclanderously and iniustly thou verest thyn owne mothers sonne These thynges thou doest yet I diffar my punisshmente thou imaginest me to be but a nother man lyke vnto the but I shall reason with the set fote to fote agaynst the. This thinge consyder and knowe I praye ye that forget god lest he plucke you by the sleue no man may rescu help you He that sanctifyeth me with praise honoreth me to him that goth the riÈt way shall I gyue godly sauynge helth The argument into the .li. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayer of a man vnfaynedly knowlegiÌ„ge his siÌ„nes in which prayer the good maÌ„ desyreth to haue the good spirite of god thorowe which spirite all euyl coÌ„cupisceÌ„ce is refrayned rightwyse makiÌ„ge is sought in which coÌ„systeth trewe forgyuenesse of siÌ„ne The tytle of this Psal. The soÌ„ge of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter aft that the prophet Natham had ben with him for that adultery coÌ„mitted with Barsaba Uries wyfe Rede thistorie .ii. Regum .xii. MIserere mei Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me god for thy gentylnes sake for thy great mercyes sake wype away my synnes And yet agayn wassh me more fro my wickednes make me cleane fro my vngodlynes For my greuouse synnes do I knowlege my vngodlynes is euer before myn eyes Against the agaiÌ„st the onely haue I siÌ„ned that that sore offendeth the haue I done wherfore very iust shalt thou be knoweÌ„ in thy wordes pure whan it shal be iuged of the. Lo I was facyoned in wickednes my moder conceyued me polluted with sinne But lo thou woldest trouth to occupye rule in my inward partê thou shewedest me wisdom which thou woldest to syt in the secretê of my herte Sprincle me with hysope and so shall I be clene thou shalt washe me and than shall I be whiter than snowe Poure vpon me ioye
gladnes make my bones to reioyse whiche thou hast smitten Turne thy face fro my synnes and wype away all my wykednes A pure herte create in me oh lorde a stedfaste right spirite make a newe within me Cast me nat away and thy holy ghoste take nat fro me Make me agayn to reioyse whyles thou bryngest me thy sauynge helth and let thy chefe gouernynge free spirite strengthen lede me I shall instructe cursed and shrewde meÌ„ in thy way and vngodly men shal be coÌ„uerted vnto the Delyuer me from the synne of murther oh god oh god my sauiour my tonge shall tryumphe vpoÌ„ thy mercy wherwith thou makest me ryghtwyse Lorde opeÌ„ thou my lyppes and than my mouthe shall shewe forth thy prayse For as for sacrifyces thou delytest nat in theÌ„ or els I had offred them as for brent sacrifyces thou regardest them nat Acceptable sacrifyces to god is a brokeÌ„ spirite a coÌ„trite and a deiected hert thou shalt nat dispise oh god Deale gently of thy fauorable beneuolence with Sion let the walles of Hierusalem be edifyed Than shalte thou delyte in very sacrifyces in the right brent sacrifyce in the oblation of rightwisenesse than shall they laye vpon thy altare the very oxen The argument in to the .lij. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauyd remeÌ„breth the ê‘uerse mynde study of Doeg The tytle An instruction of Dauyd whan Doeg Idumeus came to Saule tolde hym saying that Dauyd was come to the house of Achimelec QUid gloriaris Wherfore gloriest auancest thy selfe of thy synne oh thou mighty malicious man the mercy of god staÌ„deth forth offred to euery maÌ„ at all tymes Thy tonge is occupied in mischef thou dost deceyt euyn as a newe set raser Thou louest rather to hurte than to do good to lye thaÌ„ to speke that that right is Selah Thou delitest to speke what soeuer bring vpon mischefe murther to exercise thy tonge in deceyte Wherfore god shall breke the all to peces he shall vtterly distroy the he shal scrape the clene out of thy tabernacle thy rote from the erthe of this lyfe shall he drawe vp Selah This shall the rightwismen se shall fere god but this maÌ„ shall they laugh to scorne Saying lo the man whiche set nat god before him for his strength but trusted in the multytude of his riches strenthened him selfe with fraude deceyte But I abyde lyke a florisshinge olyue in the house of god trustinge in the mercy of god into worldes into worlde for euer I shall magnify the euermore before thy sayntes for thou haste done these thynges and I shall abyde thy pleasure for it is full gentle and fauorable This .liii. Psal. is all one with the .xiiii. DIxit insipieÌ„ce The noughty folish men thinke in their hertes that god is nat Shrewde abhominable thinges for their wickednes do they nowhere is there any that will do good God loketh from heuen vpon the men to see if there were any that knewe and regarded god Are all togither so swerued fro me are they thus lost is there no man that wyll do good nat one Ar all these workers of wickednes so far besydes theÌ„self se they deuour my people as one shulde swalow in brede they are holdeÌ„ with no fear of god Wherfore they shal be ther amased astoned with fere incoÌ„perable for god hath shaken in sondre the bones of the besegers Thou shalt dispyse them set nought bi them bicause that god hath repelled theÌ„ O wolde god that the sauynge helthe which cometh from Syon might happeÌ„ vpon Israhell that god wolde ones make an ende of the captiuyte of his people that Iacob might be glad Israhell miÈt reiose The argumeÌ„t into the .liiii. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauid syngeth his delyueraunce from perell by the betrayng of the zephytes The tytle of the Psal. Dauides instruction coÌ„mittd to the chaunter to be songe played at the orgayns after that the zephytes had comen told Saul sayeng thiÌ„kest thou that Da. is hyde amoÌ„ge vs Rede thistory .i. re xxii xxvi DEus in nomine tuo Oh god saue me for thy names sake delyuer me by thy power Oh god here my prayer lysten to the wordes of my mouth For strange men ar rysen agaynst me stronge tyrantes persue my soule they haue nat god before their eyes Selah But lo god helpeth me the lorde is present with theÌ„ that sustayne my lyfe He shalt acquyte euyll to my awayte layers for thy trouthes sake thou shalt trede them downe I shall with good wyll make a sacrifyce to that I shal magnyfye thy name o lorde for thou arte full gentle For thou wylte delyuer me from all trouble and myn eye shal se me pleasure vpon myn enemyes The argumeÌ„t in to the .lv. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid complayneth him self to be brought into the moste perelous straight that myght be and that of the most noughtiest and deceytfull men whom he rekened to be his chefe frendes OH god lysten vnto my prayer hyde nat thy selfe fro my depe desyre Gyue hede and answere me I lament in my prayer and I crye full loude And that for the noyse of myne enemys and vexation of the wicked for they take myschâ—ues couÌ„sell against me odiously do they persue me My herte mourneth sore troubled within me euyn the feare of deth falleth vpon me Horrour treÌ„blyng fere assayled me ye they ouerwhelmed me And I thought wolde god I had wynges lyke a doue than wolde I flye away to abyde sure somwhere Lo than wolde I flye farre hens I wolde dwell in some wyldernesse Selah I wolde spede me to a voyde to escape froÌ„ this blast whiche tereth vp by the rote and breaketh me so sore Scater them lorde make their tonges to vary for I se nothyng in the cyte but violeÌ„ce strife These thynges roÌ„ne about their walles day night within this cyte is ther wyckednesse heuynesse Within her ar ther crafty fraudes vsury deceyte go neuer out of her stretes For nether was it my enemy that thus shamfully entreted me or els I myght haue borne hym neither was it one that openly hated me that thus dyd oppresse me or els I coulde haue coÌ„ueyed me froÌ„ him But it was thou oh maÌ„ euyn myn owne felowe my gyde my famylare To whom it was swete for me to breke my minde to vtter my secretes we were coÌ„uersaunte togyther euyn in the house of god Let deth be broughte in vpon them let them go to hell quicke for mischef was in their conuentycles euen in the hertes of them I shal call vpon god and the lorde shall preserue me Euenynge mornynge myddaye shall I pray lyfte vp my voice he shall here me He shall redeme my soule from batayle which is intended agaiÌ„st me shall grue me prayse for very many shal be with me God shall here shall
scourge them whose maiestie hath endured from the beginynge Selah For they change nat them self nor yet feare they god He hath layde handes vpon my frendes he hath brokeÌ„ promyse which he made with them Their mouthes are as softe as butter and in their herte nourisshe they battayle their wordes ar more smothe plesante than oyle and yet are the same wordes as harde as sharpe as dartes Cast thy carefull heuynes vpon the lorde and he shall ease the he shall nat suffre a rightwisman to slyde to fall for euer Uerily thou god shalte thruste downe these blodye deceytfull men into their graues tombes all redy made for them they shall nat bringe their dayes to halfe their age but I shall truste in the. The argument into the .lvi. Psal. ¶ In this psalme Dauid maketh mencion of the desyer of goddes helpe beynge in perell with Achis the philystene kynge of Gathi The title of this Psal. The songe of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter to be songe of a doÌ„me doue fleynge farre a waye that is to saye of Dauid whan the philystens had taken him in Gathis The storie is .i. Reg. xxi MIserexe mei Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me oh god for man hath almost deuoted me with coÌ„tynuall battayle he hath all to broken me My dayly awayte layers haue swalowed me vp there ar many surely that fight agaynst me oh right hygh god But whan feare brought me into a straynte I trusted in the. I remembred the promyse of god withe prayse and trusted in god wherfore I fered nat what so euer mortall man coulde do to me What so euer I beganne they enuyed it daily all their study was bente to do me a mischef they were gathered togither and laide awayt for me they obserued my fete and gaped to catche my soule By their shrewdnes they trusted theym selfe to escape all daunger but it is god that throweth downe people Thou canste well tell howe ofte I haue fled and as for my teares thou hast put them vp into thy bottell that is to saye into thy boke Whan I shall call vpon the my enemyes shall go backe by whiche thynge I maye knowe that god standeth on my parte With prayse shall I remembre the worde of god with praise shall I remeÌ„bre the promyse of the lorde In god shall I truste and so shall I nat feare what so euer man maye do to me I shal make my vowes vnto the oh god vnto the shall I gyue prayses For thou wylte delyuer my soule from deth and my fete surely from slydynge that I myghte walke before the in the lyuely lyght The tytle shall declare the Psalme ¶ The songe of Dauyd called Ne pardas that is to saye destroye him nat whan he fledde from Saule iÌ„to a certayne denne The storie is red the first of the kynges the .xxii. and .xxiiii. MIserere mei Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me oh god haue mercye vpon me for my soule hath coÌ„mitted her selfe vnto thi ê“teccion I crye vnder thy winges to be defended vntyll this vyoleÌ„t blast be ouerblowen I shall call vpon the high god eueÌ„ god which fynisheth all thiÌ„gê for me He shall sende down from heuen to saue me and shall caste him in to opprobrye that wolde spyll me Selah He shall sende downe his mercy and his trouth My soule is in the myddes of lyons I dwell amonge men which are a fyer whose teth are speares and arowes and their tonge is a sharpe swerde Lyfte vp thy self oh god aboue heueÌ„s lyfte vp thy glorioê° beaute aboue all the erthe They layde a nette for my fete this man depressed my soule they dygged vp a pytfal for me they theyr selues fell into it Selah My herte is well set o god my herte is well set I shall synge and prayse My tonge be thou stered vp stryke vp ye fydels harpes I shall siÌ„ge very erly I shall magnifye the amonge the people lorde I shall loue the amoÌ„ge the hethen Thy mercy is so great that it recheth vp to the heuens thy trewe faithfulnesse lyfteth her self vp vnto the cloudes Lyfte vp thy selfe oh god aboue the heuens and extolle thy beautifull glorye aboue all the erth The argument into the .lviii. Psal. ¶ This psalme is an inuectyue agaynst the flaterers of Saule thorowe the punysshmente of whom he prophesyeth the rightwyse to be meruelously made glad The tytle The songe of Dauid coÌ„mitted to the chauÌ„ter to be played vpoÌ„ the orgayns which song was called Ne perdas SI vere vtique iusti Do ye pronouÌ„ce truly o counsell that that right is do ye iuge right amonge the mortall men No verily ye rather paynte and conceyue wyckednes in your mynde and for equite your handes way violent wroÌ„ges in the erth These vngodly are reprobate persons eueÌ„ from their mothers wombe they are nowe strayed frome the right way ye and that from theyr birth They beare venome in them lyke a serpente euen lyke the deffe Aspes whan she stopped her eares Because she wolde nat heare the voyce of the enchanters or of the charmer that well can enchaunte O god distroye the tethe of the mouth of these men euen the wange tethe of these lyons breke thou oh lorde Let them synke awaye lyke water and lette them be a marke vpon the which arowes sent out of a stronge bowe are all to broken Let them be dried vp lyke a snaile in her shell and lyke a chylde borne before the tyme whiche neuer se sonne Let them be taken away lyke a yong thorne before it be growen into a tree before their myschefe be rype and sharpe take them away with thy sodayn iÌ„dignation The right wyse shall reioyse whan he consydereth this vengeaunce shall wasshe his fete in the blode of the vngodly And thaÌ„ the people shall saye verily the fruite of the rightwismaÌ„ abydeth him for surely that is god iugynge in the erth The argument in to the .lix. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid desyreth helpe against his aduersaries The tytle of this Psal. The songe of Dauid called Ne perdas whan Saule seÌ„t vnto his house to obserue to espy hiÌ„ to the entente he wolde haue slayne him Thistorie is in the fyrst of the Kynges cap. xix ERipe me de inimi Deliuer me froÌ„ myne enemies my god take me froÌ„ these that ryse agaynst me Delyuer me from these men which ar all gyuen vnto mischef saue me from these blodsheders For lo they laye awayte for my lyfe there are come togither agaiÌ„st me stroÌ„ge and boystous men yet o lorde no faute haue I made them They raÌ„ne vpon me and ar nowe bent to distroye me gyltles aryse to socour me beholde And thou lorde god of hostes the god of Israell awake that all nacions maye knowe the be thou nat mercyfull to all men that ar agaiÌ„st the eueÌ„ of a wiked purpos Selah They roÌ„ne about here there in yâ— night huntynge yellynge lyke dogges for me ye they seke all the
persuers eueÌ„ from these depe waters Let nat the streme cary me away neyther the depthe swalowe me in nor the pytte shytte her mouth ouer me Answere me oh lorde for full gentyll is thy mercye loke vpon me after thy great humanite And hyde nat thy face from thy seruaÌ„t for I drawe an heuy crosse spede the to here me Ioyne the to my soule and redeme it lose me fro my enemyes Thou knowest what approbri what shame and howe greate confusyon I bere they that trouble me are in thy syght Opprobrie hath broken my herte I am scourged I loked for one to ease me with coÌ„fortable wordê but ther was none I loked vp for coÌ„forters but I fouÌ„de non For meat they gaue me gall whan I thirsted they gaue me to driÌ„ke vinagre Let their own table be their trappe and their owne frendes their snares Let their eyes be blynded leste they see and make their loynes euermore to slide Powre forth thy wrath vpon them and let thy heuy indignation take them Let their houses be desolate and lette there be no man to inhabyt their tabernacles For they saye that they persecute him whom thou woldest to be smytten and they boste them selfe to chasten hym whom thou commaundest to wounde Make that vnto these meÌ„ one wickednes be heaped vpon a nother and let theym neuer be partakers of thy rightwisnesse Let them be blotted oute of the boke of lyfe let them in no wise be written with the rightwyse But me oh god for as moche as I am afflycte pore full of sorow thou shalt delyuer with thy sauyng helpe I shall prayse the name of god with songe I shall extoll him with solempne prayse For this shall be more accept to the lorde than oxe and calfe whiche are armed with hornes and houfes Meke spryted men shall se these thynges and shall reioyse the sekers of god shall se these and their hertes shall lyue For the lorde heareth the pore and meÌ„ layed in prison for his sake he hath nat dispised Heuens erth shall loue him the sees also what so euer moueth iÌ„ theÌ„ For god shall saue Syon and shall preserue the cyties of Iuda there shall men dwell possesse that lande be riÈt inherytauÌ„ce The posterite of his seruaÌ„tes shal receyue it for their heritage who so euer loue his name shal haue their seate theriÌ„ The argument into the .lxx. Psal. ¶ In this ps Dauid desyreth spedy helpe punisshmeÌ„t for his aduersaries and ioyeth for his helthe amonge the faithfull The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Dauid committed to the chaunter to be songe for a remembraunce DEus in adiutorium Oh god spede the to delyuer me oh lorde haste the to helpe me Let them be confounded with shame opprobrye whiche laye awayte for my lyfe lette them be turned bakewarde and in open ignomynie whiche delyte in my trouble Lette them be put backe because they laboure to shame me euen they whiche saye fyghe fyghe vpon him Let them ioye and reioyse in the who so euer seke the and they that loue to be holpeÌ„ of the myght saye god be alwaye extolled I am a carefull poore afflycte spede the vnto me thou arte my helper and delyuerer se thou tary nat The argumeÌ„t into the .lxxi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is of a comen argumente wherin Dauid desyreth helpe agaynste his aduersaryes which were Absalom with other that conspired with him IN te domine speraui In the lorde haue I trusted suffre me nat at any tyme to be shamed Delyuer me for thy ryghtwysnes and take me vp bowe downe thy eare vnto me and saue me Be thou vnto me a rocke of stonne in the whiche I myghte kepe me and to the whyche I myght euer flee hitherto haste thou taken charge of me to kepe me for thou arte my stonne and my castel My god delyuer me from the hande of the vngodly man delyuer me from the fist of the mischeuous and vyolent man For thou art he of whom I depende lorde lorde thou arte the same vnto whome I haue cleued sy then I was a chylde Thou sustaynest me fro my mothers wombe thou dreweste me oute of my mothers bely my laude and prayse is vpon the contynually I am made a wondrynge stocke vnto many men but thou arte my stronge defense My mouthe shall be yet fulfylled with thy prayse lette it dayly extoll thy cleare maiestie Caste me nat awaye in myne olde age forsake me nat whan my strength shall fayle me For they spoke vpon me among them selue they whiche lay awayte for my soule haue couÌ„seyled in vayne Sayeng god hath forsaken him folowe vpon him and take him for ther is no man that wyll delyuer him God be thou nat farre fro me my god spede the to helpe me Let them be shamed perishe that ar agaynst my lyfe let them be couered with opprobrie confusyon which take so gret payne to hyndre me But I shall tary for thy helpe and shall excede all men in thy prayse My mouth shall dayly speke of thy rightwysnes and sauynge helth for I knowe no ende of thy benefytes I armed with the streÌ„gth of the lorde hauiÌ„g his beyng of him selfe shall come remembre thy rightwysnes onely Oh god thou haste taught me euen of a chylde vnto thys tyme do I publyshe thy meruelous noble actes Ye verily thou shalt nat forsake me euen vnto mi old age and hore heares oh god whiles I shewe forth thy mighty power vnto this present generation and thy streÌ„gth vnto all the posterite to come And whyles I extoll thy ryghtwysnes oh god which hast done so great thyngê o god who maye be compared vnto the Which hast made me to fele many greuous adflictions and thou peased again shalt quicken me shalt bryng me agayn euen from the depest of the erthe Thou shalt encrese my dignyte for thou pleased agayne shalte conforte me And I shall magnifye the I shall sprede thy true faythfulnesse my god with musyke instrumentes I shall synge vnto the with harpe whiche makest holy Israhell My lyppê shall triumphe for ioye and my soule also whiche thou hast redemed for I shall synge vnto the. Also my tonge shall speke continually of thy rightwysnes for they shall be shamed and in opprobrie which toke so gret payne to hurte me The argument in to the .lxxii Psal. ¶ In this ps Salomon prayeth that the kingdoÌ„e of god might come to thorowe Christ. The tytle of this psalme The psalme of Salomon DEus iudicium Oh god gyue thy authorte in iugement vnto the kynge gyue the kinges sonne thexecucion of thy iustyce He shall haue to do with the people of his rightwysnes and shall dele euenly with thy poore afflycte Mountaynes shall bringe peace vnto the people the hilles shal bringe thexecucion of rightwisnes He shall delyuer in iugemente the poore afflycte people he shall kepe the nedyons he shall smyte downe the vniuste vexers of
thou plucked backe thy hande holde nat thy righte hande thus styll in thy bosome Uerily thou arte god which hast hytherto ben my gouernoure thou arte euyn he that bryngest helth into the myddes of the erth Thou verily thorowe thy power troublest the see thou breakest the heedes of the dragons in the waters Thou knockest togyther the heedes of the greate whales and gyueste them for meate to the people of the deserte Thou breakeste vp the sprynges thou makest drye the floudes The daye is thyne the nyghte also belongeth to the thou haste ordeyned the lyght and the sonne Thou hast ordeyned sette all the costes of the rounde worlde somer and wynter thou hast made them Yet se thou forgetest nat this one thynge that this enemye thus blaphemously reuyleth the lorde that this wyked folysshe folke thus greuously hurte thy name Let not the lyfe of thy turtle douue come into the coÌ„panye of these aduersaryes the company of the pore afflicte forget nat for euer Loke vpon thy ê“myse for among these blynde wretches of the erth all are full of vyolence trouble Turne nat awaye from the these pore lowelyous with shame but rather cause these pore afflycte nedions to prayse thy name Aryse god gyue sentence agaynste thy aduersaryes remeÌ„bre howe blasphemously they reuyled the and how chorlysshly these wicked men deale with the dayly Forget nat the proude wordes of thy aduersaryes lette the hyghe swellynges of them that resyst the clyme vp styll into their owne confusyon The argumeÌ„t in to the .lxxv. Psal. ¶ Here fyrste of all Christe oure sauyoure is brought in vnder the fygure of Dauid reioysiÌ„g of the power gyuen him by the which he wolde restore the worlde nowe beynge redy to fall and he monissheth that no man resyste his kinge bicause that god is he alone whiche exalteth whoÌ„ he wyll The tytle of this Psalme The songe of Asaph called Ne perdas COnfitebimur tibi We thanke the god we thanke the for nyghe is thy gloryous power those men that call vpon the they shal remeÌ„bre thy meruelous dedes For I shal take vp vnto me my coÌ„gregation shal execut true iustice The erth the dwellers ther vpon begaÌ„ to slyde away I haue vnderset it Sel. I spake to these made foles sayeng se that ye be nat besydê your wyttê I sayd also vnto these vngodly se that ye extolle nat your power Lyfte nat vp your hornes to highe neither speke ye proudneckedly For this lyftinge vp cometh neither froÌ„ the eest nor the weest neither yet froÌ„ the sowthe hylles of the deserte But it is god verily the myghtye iuge he casteth downe one man and lyfteth vp another For there is a cup full of troubled wyne in the hande of the lorde out of whiche he powreth to be dronke of whose verye dregges shall be supped of for all the vngodly of the erth shall drynke therof But I in the meane season shall shewe forth contynually his glorie and prayse my god euyn the very god of Iacob And shall also plucke vp by the rotes the hornes of these vngodly but the power of the rightwyse shall be styll exalted The argument into the .lxxvi. Psal. ¶ Here Asaph syngeth howe that Hierusalem was nobly defeÌ„ded of god wherfore he extolleth his power 〈◊〉 to be dreded thaÌ„ excedyng all meÌ„nes powers The title The song of Asaph coÌ„mytted to the chanter to be songe at thorgaiÌ„s NOtus in iudea God is honorably knowen in the lande of Iudah and his cleare fame is nobly sprede thorowe the lande of Israell His tabernacle is set vp in Ierusalem and his mansion in Syon There he broke into peses both â—owe arowes bukler swerde iÌ„ batayle Selah Thou arte passynge clere and noble worthy to be magnyfyed aboue the kyngdomes full of thefte and robery They are depriued of their stronge herte their slomber hath ouergone them their handes are benoÌ„med although they were men valyaunte in batayle For thorowe thy fearfull thretenynge rebuke o god of Iacob their horse and cartes went all to hauoke Thou arte to be feared in dede for who maye stande before the especyally whan thy angre waâ—e hote Euen from heuen thou causest thy fearfull iugement to be herde the erth feared and durste nat ones quitche Whan god shulde ryse in to iugement to saue all the meke sprited of the erth Selah For mennes iÌ„dignation occasyoned thy glory euen whiles thou brydeledest the reste of thy fury Make your vowes and performe them to the lorde your god for he is in the myddes amonge you Offre your gyftes to him so gretly to be feared whiche taketh breath euen from princes it is he that is to be feared of the kynges of the erth The argument into the .lxxvii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Asaph declareth his heuynes of mynde for the calamyte wretchednes of the holye people The tytle of this Psalme The songe of Asaph commytted to the chef chaunter to be songe of the order of those syngers amoÌ„ge whom Ieduthum was chefe UOce mea ad dominum Wyth my voyce to god with my voyce to god I cryed loude and he lystened to me In the tyme of my trybulation lorde I sought the my sore ranne all nyght and ceassed nat my soule refused all conforte I remembred god and I gnasted and grated my tethe togyther for angre I spoke and my spryte was sore vexed beynge full of anguyshe Selah Thou heldest myn eyes from slepe all the kyght longe and I was so tormented in mynde that my slepe fayled me I called to mynde my dayes paste euen the yeres of my sore age I remembred my mery night songes I spake in my herte and my spirite serched the cause of this heuye iugemente Sayenge shall the lorde than caste me a waye for euer shall he neuer call me agayne into his fauour Is his goodnes than thus taken awaye for euer is hys counfortable promyse thus ended for all ages Hath god than forgotten to haue mercy or wyll he shutte vp his mercy in his angre Selah And I thought this is but myn owne weake abydynge vntyll the most highest declare his right hande as he is wonte to do Wherfore I wyll call to mynde the workê of the lorde and I wyll holde in remeÌ„brance thy meruelouse noble actes whyche thou haste wrought of olde tyme. I shall thinke vpon all thy workes and talke vpon thy wonderfull dedes contynually Oh howe wonderfull are thy wayes oh god whiche dwellest in the secrete holye place who is so mightye so greate as is god Thou art god which hast wroÈt meruelouse thinges and haste declared thy mightie power amonge the people Thou hast redemed and losed thy people with stronge power euyn the soÌ„ne of Iacob Ioseph Selah The waters somtyme sawe the oh god the waters sawe the and they trembled euen the depe botomlesse see was all to troubled The blacke cloudes sent downe rayne it thundred in the ayre hayle stones came
brought backe my hande vpon their vexers Also other nations that hated the lorde hadde bene subdued to them but their prosperite shulde haue euer florysshed God shulde haue fedde them with the flowre of whete I wolde haue satysfyed them with honey flowynge out of the very stonnes The argumeÌ„t into the .lxxxii. Psal. ¶ He warneth the princes and rulers to seke dâ—lygently for rightwysnesse and he accuseth the commen sorte of them of vnrightwysnesse DEus stetiâ— in Syna God is chefe in the congregation of myghty meÌ„ and playeth the iuge in the myddê of the goddes Howe longe wyll ye iuge wrongefully take vpon ye the face of vngodly men Selah Se that ye delyuer in iugement the pore yonge fatherlesse set the troubled oppressed men in their riÈt Auenge the porâ— forsaken nedy delyuer theÌ„ from the handes of the vngodly For these vngodly ar without knowlege vnderstandynge they wander in derkenes and turne all thinges vpsodowne I haue called you goddes sayde that ye all were the chyldren of the hygh god NatwithstaÌ„dynge lyke mortall meÌ„ must ye nedes dye euen lyke vyolent princes shall ye fall awaye Aryse god and iuge thou the erth for of all natioÌ„s some shall fall into thy herytage The argumente into the .lxxxiij. Psal. ¶ The holy people complayneth all their borderers to haue conspyred to beate thâ—ym downe in battayle The tytle of the Psalme The dytie of the songe of Asaph DEus quis similis erit God holde nat thy pease wynke nat at oure cause neither be thou styll oh god For lo our enemies wexe wode they yâ— hate the set vp their brystels Craftely haue they conspyred togyther agaynste thy people they are gone to take counsell agaynst thy vnknoweÌ„ saiÌ„tes Sayenge haste ye spedily let vs make them away from the folke so that the name of Israell from theÌ„seforth be no more in mynde They are conspired togyther with one mynde and haue smyt haÌ„des to be agaynst the â–ª The tentes of Aâ—dom of Ismaelytes the Moabites HagareÌ„s The Gabalites Ammonites and Amalekites the Philystiens with the Tyrions Also the Assirions were confedred with them to helpe the chyldren of Lot Sel. Serue them as thou ones seruedest the Madianites and lyke Sesyra the capitayne of Iabins hoste at the floudes of Kysbon Which were distroied in the felde of Ender where the carions lay stinkynge lyke a donghyll vpon therth Serue the ouermost of these vngodly lyke the kynges of Oreb and zeeb and lyke zebach and zalmuna whiche all were tyrantes Whiche sayd let vs chalenge vnto vs the cytyes of god for our heritage Oh god brynge these men vnto this poynte to be lyke a turnynge whele and lyke the stuph of heÌ„pe cast in the winde And as the fyer ronneth in thycke roten wode as the breÌ„nyng flame eateth in the hilles Euen so folowe vpon them with thy stormes make them astonned fearfully with thy sodayne whirlwynde All to shame them castynge them in to ignomynye that yet so and it maye be they myght seke thy name Let them be confounded and amased for euer lette them be laden with opprobrye that they myght peryshe That they myght yet thus knowe the to be god alone and that thy name is full hyghe ouer all the erth The argument into the .lxxxiiii. Ps. ¶ In this Psalme is discribed the feruent desyre of Dauid to come iÌ„to the holy coÌ„gregation The tytle of the Psal. The ditie of the sonnes of Corah committed to the chauÌ„ter to be played of a musyke instrument QUam dilecta Howe goodly amâ—able are thy tabernacles o lorde of hostes My soule breÌ„neth and faynteth for desyre to come into the proches of the lorde my hert my flesshe cryed vnto the lyuyng god Euen the lytle sparow there founde her an house the swalow a nest to lay iÌ„ her yong shal nat I come vnto thy altaries o lorde my kynge my god Happye are they that maye dwell in thy house for they shall prayse the for euer Sel. Happy are these men whose streÌ„gth is set in the to whoÌ„ also thy pathes are plesante Men shall make plentuouse fouÌ„taynes for the goers thorowe the wailynge valey and rayne shall fyll their cesterns And men shall go thicke flocke after flocke of the whiche euery one shall apere before god in Sion Oh lorde â— god of hostes here my prayer lysten vnto me god of Iacob Selah Beholde god which arte our shylde beholde the face of thy anointed It is better to be one day in thy fore porches of thy teÌ„ple than here a thousande I had leuer sytte at the thresholde of the house of god thaÌ„ to dwell longe in these troublous tabernacles For the lorde god is both sonne shylde the lorde shall gyue grace and dignitie He shall nat turne yâ— that good is from these meÌ„ which liue harmlesse Oh lorde of hostê blessed is the maÌ„ which trusteth in the. The argumeÌ„t iÌ„to the .lxxxv. Ps. ¶ This Ps. is a prophesy of the kingdome of Christ a prayer for his comynge The tytle of this psalme The songe of the soÌ„nes of Corath BEnedixisti domine Thou shalt bere good mynde vnto thy lande oh lorde and shalt turne away the captiuite of Iacob Thou shalt take awaye thiniquite of thy people shalt couer al their synnes Selah Thou shalt take away all thy wrathe shalte pease the furye of thy angre Restore vs god our sauiour quenche thy indygnation agaynst vs. Wylte thou be angry with vs alwayes wylt thou stretche forthe thy wrath in to the worldes ende Thou verily art euen he whiche bringest thy selfe agayn to vs thou wylt quykeÌ„ vs iÌ„ the shal thy people yet reioyse Lay forth for vs lorde thy mercyfull goodnes gyue vs thy sauiÌ„ge â—elpe I wyll here what it pleaseth god the lord to speke for it is he that shal speke peace vnto his people whiche are his sayntes and they shall nat fall agayn vnto their folysshnes Surely he shall be nyghe with his helpe vnto those meÌ„ whiche feare him that his beautefull glorye myght inhabyt oure lande Mercy and faythfulnesse shall mete togyther rightwysnes pease shall kysse eche other Faythfulnes shall sprynge out of therth and ryghtwysnes shall flowe out froÌ„ the heuens Ye the lorde shall do full gently our lande shal yelde forh her eÌ„ccrese Ryghtwysnes shall go in prosperously before him and he shall set her fete swiftlye in to the waye The argument into the .lxxxvi. Psal. ¶ This is a praier wheriÌ„ the sayer prayeth that he might lyue innoceÌ„tly and safe froÌ„ his enemis The tytle of this Psal. The prayer of Dauid INclina domine Bowe down thine eare oh lorde answere me for I am full poore and full of trouble Kepe my lyfe for I studye to be good saue thou thy seruante my god for he trusteth in the withoute any doute Haue mercye vpon me lorde for I call vnto the dayly Make glad the mynde
of thy seruante for vnto the oh lorde lyft I vp my herte Uerily thou lorde thou art both gentle mercyfull thou berest a pleÌ„tuouse good wyll to al the call vpoÌ„ the. God here my prayer receyue my depe desyer Whan I am in trouble I call vpon the for thou were wonte to here me Amonge all the goddes is there nat one to be compared vnto the neither is there any of them that may do suche thiÌ„ges as thou dost All the nation whiche thou hast made shall come and worshippe the oh lorde god and shall extolle thy name For right gret art thou which also dost meruelous thinges thou arte god alone Teche me thy wayes lorde that I may lyue of thy faythe knytte my herte vnto the that it maye feare the. I shall magnifye the O lorde my god with all my herte I shall sprede thy gloriouse name for euer Full great verily haue thy mercyfull goodnes ben euer towarde me for thou delyuerdest my soule euen from the nethermost hell Oh god the proude vngodly made insurrection agaynste me and the cruell congregation of violente men seke my lyfe which haue no respecte vnto the. But yet thou lorde thou art prone vnto mercy thou art redy to fauour to forgiue slow vnto wrath swiÌ„myng in mercy faithfulnes Beholde me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me gyue thy strength vnto thy seruante and preserue the sonne of thy hande mayden Do good vnto me openly that they that hate me myghte be ashamed to se that thou lorde helpest and confortest me The argumeÌ„t iÌ„to the .lxxxvii. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Ierusalem is magnifyed vnto whoÌ„ it is ê“phesyed many of euery nacioÌ„ to come The tytle of the Psal. The ditie of the songe of the sonnes of Corah FUndamenta eius Her fouÌ„datioÌ„s were layde vpon the holy hylles The lorde loued the gates of Syon aboue all the cytyes of Iacob Glorious passynge cleare thynges are spoken of the oh Cytie of god Selah â–ª I shall nombre vnto theym that knowe me Egypte Babilon Lo there shall come with them also the Palestines the Tyrions with the Moores of Inde for he was borne there Also it shal be sayde of Syon this man and that was borne in it that same man euen he the moste highest shall laye fast her foundations The lorde shall nombre and write in his people togither for it is he that ther was borne Selah Both the syngers the players with all maner of melody that pleaseth me shall be in the. The argument in to the .lxxxviij. Psal. ¶ In this Ps. is coÌ„tayned a greuouse coÌ„plaint of one beynge in extreme afflyctyons The tytle of this psalme The songe of the sonnes of Corah Heman Ezraite commytted to the chaÌ„ter to be songe of a certayne ordre of syngers in the quere for afflyction and dysease DOmine deê° salutis Oh lorde god the author of my helth I haue cryed vnto the by day by night also before the. Let my prayer come before the bowe downe thyne eare to my cryenge For my soule is cloyed with diseases my lyfe is brought vnto my graue I am reputed as one to be caste into the ê“ytte euen as a maÌ„ without all strength I was layde to the dead meÌ„ as one free frome the worlde lyke men slayne slepynge in their graues out of mynde as a cast awaye from thy hande Thou haste put me in to the nether dyche euyn in to derke and depe dongens Thy hotte indygnatyon laye vpon me and thou ouerwhelmedest me with all thy flodes Sel. Thou madest men that knewe me to flye my company thou causedest me to be eschewed of theÌ„ I am closed in maye nat out go My face is wrinkled dried vp with sorowe I called vpon the dayly I stretched forthe my handes vnto the. Shalte thou worke thy myracles withe the deed men or shall the buryed men aryse agayne and prayse the Selah Shall thy mercy be publisshed in meÌ„nes graues thy faithfulnes in our departynge Shall thy myracles be knowen in derknes thy rightwysnes in the forgetfull lande But yet I o lorde crye vnto the and in the mornynge my praier came before the. Wherfore oh lorde put test thou away my soule and turnest thy face fro me I was tormented in mynde and in a maner deed euen from my youth was I pressed downe with thy feare and sythen euer it hath contynued Thy wrath peersed me thorowe thy fere hath dygged me thorowe Anguysshe and trouble hath closed me in dayly lyke waters haue coÌ„passed me rouÌ„de about Thou madest my frendes and them that knewe me to flie farre from me and thus my acqueyntaunce thou hyddest fro me The argumeÌ„t into the .lxxxix. Psal. ¶ In this Psal. is declared goodly and at large the newe and olde TestameÌ„t or couenaunte whiche is smytten by Christ the sonne of Dauid betwene god his chosen neuer to be brokeÌ„ that vnder the fygure of Dauid of his posterite For a declaration of the fyrst parte of this Psal. and knowlege of these two wordes merci faithfulnes ye shall vnderstande that god of his mercy and goodnes fyrste promyseth and for his truthes sake he performeth it which faythfull performynge the prophet calleth faythfulnes wherfor these two wordes mercy and faythfulnes are comeÌ„ly ioyned togyther in the Psalmes The tytle of the Psal. The songe of Ethan MIsericordias domini The mercy of the lorde shal I prayse in my songe perpetually thy faythfulnes shall I declare with my mouth into all ages For thus thought I with my self thy mercy shall be pÌ„pared euer to contâ—nue thy faithfulnes also to encrese in the veri heueÌ„s I smit haÌ„des with my chosen swore vnto Daued my seruaÌ„t I shall stablishe his posterite with encrese to staÌ„de for euer I shal set fast his seate regal iÌ„to al agê Se. Heuenly meÌ„ shal celebrate publishe thy meruelous dedê oh lorde saiÌ„tes shal sprede thy faithfulnes in the congregation For what man in the clowdê may be coÌ„pared to the lorde or who amonge the goddes may be lykened vnto the lorde God is greatly dreded iÌ„ the coÌ„gregacyon of his saintes gretly to be feared amoÌ„g theÌ„ which ar aboute hiÌ„ Lorde the god of hostê who is lyke the in power oh lorde all thynges about the ar faythfulnes Thou declarest thy power eueÌ„ vpon the proude see swagest her highe waues Thou hast smyt downe and all to broken Egypt with thy stronge power thou haste dispersed thyn enemyes HeueÌ„s ar thine the erth is thyne the rouÌ„de worlde with all that therin is thou haste made them The northe the southe thou hast made them Thabor and Hermon shall reioyse in thy name Thou haste an excedynge strength thou strengtheneste thy hande and lyftest vp thy ryghthande In rightwisnes equite thy seate is set mercy faithfulnes go before thy face Happy is the people oh lorde that knoweth the voyce of the troÌ„pettes they that are
and shalte se these vngodly quyted agayne For thou lorde thou arte my hope thou hast set the most highest to be my refuge No disease shall come a nygh the nether any plage shall happen vnto thy house For he hath coÌ„mauÌ„ded euyn his angels to be with the to kepe the dilygently in all thy wayes Whiche shall beare the vp with their handes onelesse thou smytest thy fote agaynst any stone Thou shalte walke vpon lyons and venomous edders and shalte treade vnder thy fote the lyoÌ„s whelpes and dragons Because he hath trusted in me I shal delyuer him I shall gyue him the ouer haÌ„de bicause he hath knowleged my name He shall call vpon me I shall answere him I shall be present with him in tribulation I shall defende him and shall endue him with dignytie I shall fyll him with longe lyfe and shal gyue him my sauynge helth The argument in to the lxxxxij Psal. ¶ In this psalme is expressed that in the Sabbath daye is the chef oportunite to prayse god The tytle of this psal The ditye of the songe which serueth for the Sabbath daye BOnum est confiteri Nowe is conuenyent tyme to magnify the lorde and to sprede thy name with prayse oh thou most highest To synge erly thy mercy thy faithfulnes in the night season And that vpon ten stringed instrumentes vpon the lute the psaltry and vpon the harpe For thou hast made me glad with thy workes I shall triumph vpon the dedes of thy handes Howe great ar thy dedes oh lorde meruelouse profounde and vnsercheable are thy counsels and thy thoughtes A dull man shall nat knowe this thinge neither these shrewde fooles shall vnderstande them That is to say euyn these whyles the vngodly shall flourisshe lyke the floure and all that are addycte vnto wyckednes shal be gyuen to sprede them selfe to the entent they shulde be blowen awaye for euer Than arte thou full hyghe to abyde in to euerlastynge oh lorde For lo thy enemyes o lorde for lo thy enemyes perysshe they ar distroyed who so euer were gyuen to wyckednes But thou shalte lyfte vp thy horne lyke an vnycorne I shall be anoynted soupled to be made fresshe and lusty againe I shall se my desyer fall vpon my await-layers and myne eare shall heare that I longed for of those meÌ„ which pursued me The rightwisman shall florisshe lyke the palme tree and shall excede in strength lyke the Cedres of Lybani They are planted in the house of the lorde shall flourisshe in the foure porches of our god Ye and euen nowe in their olde age shall they yet be fruitfull freshe and full of lyuely sappe To declare howe indyfferent and rightwyse is the lorde my stronge defence in whom is there no shrewdnesse The argument in to the lxxxxiij Psal. ¶ This psalme setteh forth the maiesty of god of the creatyon of the worlde and throwynge downe of the gentyles most of all be to dreded THe lorde is kynge his maiestye is gloriouslye deckte the lorde hath done vpon himself strength hath girte himselfe mightely He hath verily buylded and set fast the rouÌ„de worlde so that it shall nat be moued Thy seate was prepared in season but thou thy selfe art of euerlastynge The floudes are rysen o lorde the floudes haue rored the floudes haue lyfte vp their stremes Aboue the noyse of the meruelouse stormy and troubled see meruelouse is the lorde whiche hath his resydence aboue Thy wordes are certaine very faithfull thy house is right fayre holy goodly the secrete holy place of the lorde shall stande into full longe tymes The argument into the lxxxxiiij psal ¶ In this Psa. the prophet calleth in the iugemeÌ„t of god against the vngodly the oppressours of innocentes poore afflycte threteneth them to nat knowe tho thynges that here are done DEus vlcionum Lorde god the reuenger of synnes god the punissher of synnes shyne vpon vs. Lyfte vp shewe forth thy selfe o iuge of the erth acquyte these proude meÌ„ and gyue them their rewarde Howe longe shall these vngodly oh lorde how longe shal these vngodly thus ê“sper reioyse Shall they thus prate and speke proudly shall they thus boost themselfe these men addicte and all giuen to wickednes They oppresse thy people oh lorde they scourge theym whom thou chalengest of right heritage Pore wydowes and straÌ„gers they slee and yonge fatherles chyldren they put to deth And they thynke that the lorde se nat these thiÌ„ges nether that the god of Iacob perceyueth them Se that ye haue vnderstaÌ„dynge ye foles amonge the people and ye sottes whan at the laste wyll ye wexe wyse He that made the eare howe shulde he nat here he that facyoned the eye how shuld he nat se He that chastyse all nacyons and gyueth knowlege to the men shal he nat correcte you The lorde knoweth euyn the very thoughtes of meÌ„ and that they are vayne nought Blessed is the man whom thou o lorde techest and chastynest and instructest him in thy lawe That thou mightest set him at reste in a troubelouse season euen than whilê the pytte is yet a dyggynge for the vngodly For the Lorde shall nat caste awaye his people neither wyll he forsake them he hath taken vp into his herytage For yet shall iugement be ioyned with rightwysnes this rightwysnes shall all men right in herte folowe What man wyll ryse for me agaynst the vngodly who wyll stande with me agaynst these workers of wyckednesse Excepte the lorde had helpte me my soule had shortly dwelled in the place of sileÌ„ce But whan I thought nowe my fote is slyden awaye than thy mercy oh lorde helde me vp These manyfolde careful thoughtes brent me nat within so soore but thy consolatyons refresshed agayne my soule moch more For what hast thou to do with the feare of these flareryng dissemblers whose maner is to fayne iniuries They clustred were wrapped togider agaynst the iust maÌ„nes soule they shed deuelisshly the iÌ„noceÌ„tes blode But the lorde shall be a castell for me in which I maye be safe and my god is my rocke stoÌ„ne in whom I may be defended And he wyll acquyte them their wickednes and whyles they ace aboute to hurt other with wronge he shall distroye theÌ„ the lorde our god shall distroye them The argument into the lxxxxv Psal. ¶ This Psalme is a bydynge to honour God ernestly and to magnifye his name UEnite exultemus Come let vs triumph let vs make melody to the lorde the defender of our helthe Let vs haste to come in to his presence with prayse giuynges let vs synge vnto him with hymnes For the Lorde is a right great god kinge ouer all goddes In whose hande are the depe secretes of the erth and the highthes of the hylles The see is his for he made it and al coÌ„teyned therin his handes haue facyoned Come therfore and let vs worshyp and fall downe vppon oure knees
shrewde thynge shall I purpose him that foloweth shrewdenes I hate and in no wyse shall he be to me belongynge A malicious herte shall avoyde fro me and an hurtful man shal I nat maiÌ„teyne A priuy backebiter of his neyghboure wyll I distroye a proude countinaunce with a swelliÌ„g herte hiÌ„ wyl I nat suffre But I serche for them that loue faythfulnes in therth that suche myght dwell with me he that lyueth hurtelesse shall serue me There shall be no place in my house for him that doth deceitfully he that speketh lyes shall nat prospere with me But swiftly shall I dystroye these vngodly vpon therth that I might cut oute of the cyte of the lord all workers of falshed The argument in to the C.ii. Psal. ¶ This Psal. conteyneth a greuous complaint of the mysery of the holy people whiche nowe retourned from Babylon goynge aboute to repayre the temple and the cytie suffred great iniures and rebukes of the gentyles their borderers but there is annexed consolacyon in that they coÌ„sydered the perpetual goodnes of god nowe begynnynge to shyne vpon theÌ„ thorowe the fauour of Ciri and Darii Rede the story in Ezra and Nehemiah the Prophete The tytle of the Ps. This is a prayer of the poore afflycte beynge in greuous anguishe and powrynge forth his complaynte before the lorde DOmine exaudi Lorde heare my prayer and suffre my depe desyre to come vnto the. Hyde nat thy face from me in tyme of my tribulation bow down thyn eare vnto me in the day whan I cal vpon the spede the to graunt me For my dayes verily ar vanyshed away lyke smoke and my bones are dryed vp lyke a stowe My hert is smyteÌ„ thorow lyke grasse is wethered away in so moche as I forsoke to take myn own meate I was so dryed vp with my sorowfull and lowde syghes that my bones clyued to my skynne I am like an estrege of the wyldernes made lyke an houlet in an olde forlaten house I lye wakyng am left alone lyke the sparowe in the thacke Myn enemies reuyled me al day they that chidde me vsed my name opprobriously I eate therth in stede of brede lycke in my teares in stede of drinke And all is for thy indignacion thi wrath for whaÌ„ I was a loft ethou threwest me downe My dayes are vanyshed away lyke a shadowe I my self am wythered lyke hay But thou lorde syttest styll for euer thy memoriall endureth in euery age Thou shalte ryse haue pety on Syon for it is tyme for the to fauour it for the day apointed is now come For the stones of it please thy seruantes verily and they fauor her soyle Euen the haythen also shal worship the name of the Lord al the kynges of the erth shal knowlege thy glorious beaute The lorde verily shal bylde Syon he shal be sene in his beauteful glory And he shal haue respect vnto the prayer of the pore forsaken his prayer shal he nat dispise This thynge shal be writen for the worlde to come and for his cause the people which ar yet vnmade shall prayse the Lorde For he shal loke forth of his hyghe holy place the Lorde euyn froÌ„ heuen shall beholde the erth To here the syghes of them that are in bondes and to lose the chyldren iuged to dethe That they myght preache the name of the Lorde in Syon and his prayse in Ierusalem Whan the people the kyngdomes shall be gathered togyther to worshyp the lord He abated my courage in my iourney hath cut of my dayes I say â— my god take me nat awaye in the myddes of my dayes for thy yeres endure thorow out all ages In the begiÌ„ning thou laydest the foundation of the erthe and the heuens are thy handy worke They shall perishe whan thou shalt stande fast and all thynges shall ware olde lyke a garment thou shalt dresse them agayn lyke a garment they shal be chaunged But thou art euen thyne owne self and thy yeres shall neuer be ended The chyldren of thy seruaÌ„tes shall dwel styll and their posterite shall lyue prosperously and blessedly in thy presens The argumeÌ„t in to the C.iii. Psal. ¶ In this Psalme the Prophete prayseth the goodnes of god towarde men which forgyueth their synnes and gyueth them plentuously the goodnes both of body and soule wherfore he exhorteth both men and angels and all creatures to prayse god The ditie of Dauid BEnedic aiÌ„a Prayse thou the lorde o my soule and all that are within me prayse his holy name Prayse thou the lord o my soule forgete nat his benefytes Whiche forgyueth the all thy iniquities and heleth all thy deseases He redimeth thy lyfe froÌ„ ê‘dicyon heapeth vpon the on euery syde his mercy gentlenes He fylleth thy soule with goodnes renueth thy yougth lyke an Egle. Of rightwysnes and equite he restoreth all men that suffre wronge He hath made his waies knoweÌ„ to Moises his dedes to the chyldreÌ„ of Israell The lorde is prone vnto mercy and beÌ„te vnto fauour he is slowe vnto wrath and plentuous in goodnes He shal nat chyde alwayes neither kepe hatred in mynde euer to be aueÌ„ged He hath nat deelt with vs after our synnes neither rewarded vs accordynge to our iniquytes But loke howe hyghe heueÌ„s ar ouer the erth euyn so high hath he made his mercy to preuayle ouer theÌ„ that worshyp him And loke howe farre the eest is from the weest euen so farre hath he set our synnes from vs. Loke howe the fathers herte yerneth vpon his chyldren euen so doth the lorde pety them that feare him For he knoweth of what frayle metall we are he remembreth full well that we are but duste The dayes of man ar lyke grasse for as a flowre of the felde he florissheth for a tyme. Whom whan the wiÌ„de hath ouerbloweÌ„ by by is it gone and his place where he was knoweth hiÌ„ no more But the mercy of the lorde endureth from worldes vnto worldes ouer them that feare him and his ryghwysnes stretcheth to their chyldres children Unto those which kepe couenaunt with him and holde in mynde his coÌ„maundementes to th entent they wolde do them The lorde hath set fast his seate regal in the heuens and all thynges are subiecte vnto his kyngdome Prayse the lorde ye whiche are his messagers valiaunt in power which do his commaundementes obeynge him at a worde Prayse ye the lorde all his hoste ye that are his mynisters which do his pleasure Prayse ye the lorde all his workes ye that in euery place of his dominion The argument in to the C.iiij Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse wherin the Prophete magnifyeth god of the creation of the world and of the mercyfull gouernaunce therof BEnedic Praise thou the lorde my soule oh lorde my god thou art greatly to be magnifyed thou hast ornoured thy selfe with fame clerenesse and glorye Thou deckest thy selfe with lyght as with a garment thou
stretchest out the heuens lyke a cortayne He layeth the bemes of his tabernacles aboue in the waters he him selfe is caryed in the clowdes he flyeth on his iourney with the wynges of the wynde He vseth blastes of wynde for his messagers for his ministers he hath the flamyng â—yer He layde the foundacion of the erth â—ast stayed of her owne selfe so that she shal nat rele for euer Thou hast wrapped it in with the depe see lyke as with a garmeÌ„t for euen vpon the hylles waters shall stande They fled whan thou blamedest them fell downe sodenly at the noyse of thy thoÌ„derynge The hylles apered all alofte the playne feldes lay beneth at their place assygned them Thou hast lymyted them their bouÌ„des whiche they ouer passe nat onlesse they retourne ouerflowe therth He sendeth forth quycke sprynges into ryuers which ren downe betwene the hylles Wherof drinke the wylde beestes wylde asses slacke their thyrste Nyghe these swete flodes the foules of thayer haue their seates synge among the bowes He watreth the hylles euen from his ouer parlers with the plentuousnes of thy workes thou satisfyest therth He maketh the grasse to spryng to grow into fother for catall the corne also by maÌ„nes labour toyliÌ„ge wherby he miÈt get liuyng out of the grouÌ„de As wyne which maketh mery maÌ„nes herte oyle whiche maketh mannes face fresshely to shine bred which susteineth th art of maÌ„ The trees of the lorde ar refresshed euen the Cedres of Lybani which he planted In the which the byrdê nestle yâ— Curlâ— hath their her nest The hygh hylles ar a refuge socour for the wylde gotes the stonney rockes for the hares He made the moue to shewe the apoiÌ„ted festes the sonne knoweth whan he shall go downe Thou bryngest derkenesse vpon to make the nyght than they go to their relefe the wylde beestes of the wodes As the lyoÌ„s roryng for their proie so to aske their meate of god The sonne rysen they are hyd agayne and are layde downe in their dennes But man goth forth to his worke vnto his labour vntyll the euenynge Oh howe excellent are thy workê o lorde all thynges wysely haste thou made the erth swymmeth in thy goodnes This see is gret and of maruelous large bredthe there are thyngê crepynge with out nombre and thynges that haue lyfe both great and small There sayle shyppes and there go these whales which thou hast made theriÌ„ to play All thynges wayte vpon the that thou shuldest gyue them meate in time Whan thou hast gyuen it theÌ„ than they gather whan thou hast opened thy haÌ„de than ar they well satisfyed with good fode Whan thou turnest away thy face than are they astoned whan thou gathrest in their breath than are they deed and returned into erth And agayn whan thou breathest vpon them than are they created a newe and thus renuest thou the face of therth The glorious beaute of the lorde staÌ„deth for euer the lorde shal euer reioyse of his workes He beholdeth therth it trembleth he toucheth thylles they smoke I shal synge vnto the lorde whyles I lyue I shall synge vnto my god as longe as I shall haue my beiÌ„g My speche might be swete vnto hiÌ„ I shall reioyse iÌ„ the lorde Let the siÌ„ners be coÌ„sumed vpoÌ„ therth the vngodly also vntyll that non be lefte a lyue oh my soule praise thou the lorde LOUE IE THE LORDE The argument into the C.v. Psal. ¶ Here the Prophet exhorteth to the prayse of god in his holye congregacyon at the Arche the ernest of his promyse of the lande of Canaan COnfttemini Magnifye ye the lorde and call vpon his name put the peple in mynde of his wonderfull dedes Synge vnto him and make ye melodye shewe forth all his meruelouse workes Gloriously sprede ye a brode his holy name their hertes might be glad that seke the lorde Seke ye the lorde dilygently his mighty seate also seke ye his face alwaye Remembre his actes whiche he hath done his wonders and iugementes which are gone forth of his mouthe Oh ye seede of Abraham which are his seruantes oh ye chyldren of Iacob hys chosen The lorde he is our god which optayneth the rule ouer all the erthe He remembreth his promyse thorowe al ages that his bargayne might stande in to thousande generacyons Whiche he smyt with AbrahaÌ„ swore vnto Isaac Whiche he put to Iacob for a lawe to Israhell into a perpetuall couenaunte Whan he sayde vnto the I gyue the laÌ„de of Canaan the lot porcyon of thyne inheritance Euyn whan they were but a fewe sely men and straungers therin Goynge frome nacyon to nacyon frome their owne realme to a nother people He suffred nat any man to do them wroÌ„ge for their pleasures he chastysed eueÌ„ the kynges Se therfore that ye touche nat my anointed neither hurt ye my prophetê He brought an hungre vpon the lande and wasted all their yerely corne He sente before them a man eueÌ„ Ioseph solde into bondage They tormented his fete with fetters his body was caste into yerns Untyll his dede came iÌ„to lyght the worde of goddes owne mouth restored him tryed with fyer lyke golde The kynge sente and delyuered him and the gouerner of the people dyd lose him He made hym ruler of hys house and the dysposer of hys goodes To correcte his nobles at his pleasure and to teach his sage men wysdome And Israhell after this is comen in to Egypt Iacob became a stranger in the laÌ„de of Ham. And god encresed his peple excedyngly and made them stronger than their aduersaryes And afterward turned the hertê of these men made them to hate his people to worke disceyte with his seruantes And than he sente theÌ„ Moyses his seruaunt and Aharon his chosen These men shewed his myracles amoÌ„ge them and woÌ„ders in the lande of Ham. He caste vpon them derknesse and made derke Egypte and they dyd nat againste his wordes He turned their waters in to blode and slewe their fysshes Frogges crepte euerywhere in their laÌ„de euyn in the kynges bed chambres He dyd but saye the worde there came swarmes of flyes lyse in to all their costes In stede of rayne he gaue theÌ„ hayle stones and lyghtenynge in their lande He smyt their vynes fygtrees broke downe their trees in their coostes He spoke the worde there came hotte flyes and deuourynge wormes without nombre Which deuoured breÌ„te vp all the grasse in their lande they eate vp the fruit in their feldes He smyt also euery first begoten that they had euyn the first fruites of their wedlocke But he ledde forth his chosen endued with syluer and golde and there was nat one in their trybes that was sycke Egipte reioysed in their forth goinge for they were a frayde to holde them any lenger He stretched forth a cloude which couered theym and sente theÌ„ fyer to
lyghten them by night They asked and their came quayles and he fylled them with heuenly foode He opened they in the stony rocke their flowed oute waters the floudes ranne downe the wyldernesse For he remeÌ„bred his holy promyse and also his seruant AbrahaÌ„ And he led forth his people in great ioye his chosen with gret triumph And he delyuered them the laÌ„des of the gentyles they chaleÌ„ged vnto them the labours of the flocke by right herytage To thentente they wolde obserue his ceremonyes and kepe his lawes also LOUE IE THE LORDE The argument into the C.vi Psal. ¶ The people of god scatered amonge dyuerse nacyons of the gentyles for their synnes exhort themself to prayse the goodnes of god laydforth alwayes to theÌ„ that seke him The tytle of this Psalme Loue ye the lorde which hath his begynnynge of him selfe and all other creatures haue their begynnynge of him COnfitemini Magnifye ye the lorde for he bereth vs good mynde his mercy is set forth for vs into euerlastiÌ„ge Who may expresse the noble actes of the lord who may declare all his praises Blessed are they that obserue equytie and studye to do right at all tymes RemeÌ„bre me oh lorde accordyng to thy good wyll promysed to thy people vyset me with thy sauynge helth which thou hast promysed That I might delyte in beholdynge the prosperyte of thy chosen that I mighte reioyse in the gladnesse of thy folke and that I might glorye with thy people whoÌ„ thou haste claimed to be thy right herytage We are siners lyke as oure fathers were we haue commytted wickednes and haue done vngodlily Our fathers in Egipte regarded nat thy myracles neither remeÌ„bred they thy manyfolde goodnes they rebelled at the see euyn at the red see And yet he saued theÌ„ for his names sake to magnifye his gloryouse power He rebuked roughly the red see it was vpdried and he led them thorowe the depth lyke as thorowe a deserte He preserued them from the handes of their aduersaryes redemed them from the power of their enemyes And the waters ouerwhelmed their aduersaryes so that nat one of theym was lefte a lyue Than beleued they his wordes and songe forth prayse vnto him But full sone after forgote they his workes they wolde nat abyde his pleasure They were set a fyer with lust in the deserte and they tempted god in the wyldernes And he gaue theÌ„ their askiÌ„ge but with it he cast their bodyes into a consuÌ„ptyon They enuyed Moyses and angred hiÌ„ in their tentes and Aharon also the lordes saynte Therth opened her selfe swalowed in Dathan supte vp the congregation of Abyram Fyer consumed their feloshyp the flame brente vp thun godly They made a calfe in Horeb worshipt the cast idole And they turned his beautiouse glory iÌ„to the symilytude of an oxe that eateth grasse They had forgotten god their sauyoure euen him whiche dydde so great thynges for them in Egypte They forgot the myracles in the laÌ„de of Ham euyn the terryble actes whiche he wrought in the redde see And he thought to haue banisshed them had nat Moyses his chosen put forth hiÌ„selfe a speker for them reconsyled these of broken peasyng his heuy indygnation vnlesse he shuâ—â—â— haue distroyed them After this they dispysed that lande so worthy to be desyred neither had they any faythe to his promyse They murmured in their tabernacles they gaue no hede to the lorde And he lyfted vp his hande againste theÌ„ to throwe them downe in the wyldernes Ye to cast downe their posteryte amoÌ„ge the gentyls to scater them into the regioÌ„s They were addicte maryed vnto Baalpeor they eate the ded sacrifyces They prouoked him to angre with their owne inuencyons and vengeaunce crept in and sprede amonge theym ThaÌ„ stepte forth Pinchas aueÌ„ged goddes quarell helde backe the vengeance Which facte was a lowed him for a rightwyse dede throwout all ages into euerlastynge They prouoked god also at the waters of their grugynge against sayeÌ„g Moyses was punisshed for their sakes For they troubled vered his mynde he spoke a mysse with his mouthe Neither wolde they distroye the gentyls as the lorde commaunded them They medled maried with the gentyls and learned their workes They worshypt their carued images which turned them to coÌ„fusyon Also they slewe their owne sonnes daughters offringe them vp to sacrifyces to deuils They shedde thinnocent blode euyn the blode of their owne sonnes doughters whoÌ„ they slew and offred to the Idols of Canaan the erth was polluted with the blode They were defyled thorowe their owne workes they were vnshamfased in their owne dedes And the wrath of the lord was kyndled agaynst his people and he turned his face from his herytage And he betoke them into the handes of the gentyles they that hated theÌ„ were become their rulers And their enemis oppressed them subdued them to their power Many tymes he delyuered them and yet they rebelled his pleasur were worne out with their owne wyckednesse And he behelde whan they were sore laide agaynst and herde their lamentacion He remeÌ„bred hys promyse vnto them of his great goodnes he turned himselfe from indygnation And he brought it to passe that euen they which helde them in captiuyte had pytie vpon them Saue vs lorde our god seperate vs froÌ„ the gentyles that we might publissh thy holy name prayse the iÌ„ thy laudable dedes The lorde of Israhell be praysed from worldes in to worldes all peple might saye Amen Praise ye the lorde The argument into the C.vij Psal. ¶ Here tho Prophet declareth all aduersyte to be sent in to be taken away also of god onely COnfitemini Magnify ye the lorde for he is gratious of good mynde towarde vs his goodnes staÌ„deth forth for vs for euer Let them that are redemed of the lorde euyn theÌ„ whom he hath losed from so narowe straiÌ„tes praise him Whom he hath gathered from the partê of therth as from the Est and west from the north south For whan they erre froÌ„ the way in the desert fynde no towne inhabited And for honger thyrst their soule famysheth in them They cry to the lorde in suche a narawe straynte he delyuereth theÌ„ from their distresse And leadeth them into the ryght waye which bringeth theÌ„ to the cyte inhabited Of this they magnifye the lorde for hys goodnê they publyshe his meruelous dedes amonge men As whaÌ„ he satisfieth a thristy soule and replenysheth an hungry soule with good sustinaunce But they that sit in derkenes and in the shadow of deth in afflyction and yerne Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of god and casted away opprbriously the counsell of the most hyghest Whose hertê he tameth by afflyction for they fall there is nat one that wyll helpe them They crye vnto the lorde in suche narowe straintes and he delyuereth them from their
distresse For he ledeth them forth of derkenes from the shadowe of deth and breketh of their bandes And than they magnifye the lorde for his goodnes and publyshe his meruaylous actes amonge the men Whan he had broke the dores of stele distroyed the barres of yerne Foles for their synnes and wikednesses are scurged Their mynde abhorreth all maner of meate they are brought euen to dethes dore And they crye vnto the lorde in to their narowe strainte he delyuereth them from their distresse For he commaundeth with a worde and healeth them and delyuereth them from distruction nowe beyâ—ge at hande And thaÌ„ they magnifye the lorde for his goodnes and publyshe hys maruelous actes amonge men They offre vnto him the sacrifyce of praise and shewe forth his workes with gret triumphe They entre into the see with shyppes and labour and stryue in the brode rough waters They also se the workes of the lorde his wondrefull thynges in the depe sees For at his commaundement cometh forthe the stormye wynde lyfteth vp the waues of the see And they nowe ryse vp into the heuens and anone they fall downe into the depthes so that their hertes are clene gone They are throweÌ„ here and there they ar tossed they rele lyke dronken men they ar at their wyttes ende And they crye vnto the lorde in this narowe straint and he thorow his helpe delyuereth them out of their distresse For the stormy wynde auoideth that the see myght be caume her waues might be styll Than ar they glad that they are at rest and he leadeth them forth vnto their pleasaunt hauen And thaÌ„ magnifye hey the lord for his goodnes publishe his meruelous actes amonge the men And they extoll him in the congregation of the people they prayse him in the presens of the elders He that turneth the moyst and frutefull soyle into a drye deserte caryeth away waters from the thristy erth And briÌ„geth frutefull soyle into barons for the offences of the dwellers therin Bringeth it so to passe that the drie deserte be turned agayn in to moyst soyle waters boyle forth of the chyrsty grouÌ„de And there than setteth he these hongry and famisshed men they prepare them cyties to be inhabited They sowe the feldes they plante the vynyardes they make frute and encrese of corne He blesseth them and they ar encresed excedyngly their catall fayle nat And agayn they are mynyshed and cast downe with barones disease sicknes He maketh hygh princes to be of no reputacyon and he maketh them to erre be wyde and strange places But in the meane season he lyfteth vp the pore man out of trouble and maketh hiÌ„ an housholde lyke a flocke of shepe The rightwyse shall feare be glad al men gyueÌ„ to shrewdenes shall stope their mouthes Who is wyse let him obserue marke these thynges he shall parceyue the goodnesse of the lorde The argument in to the C.viii. Psal. ¶ In this psal the prophete declareth howe desyrous he was to prayse god bothe with mouth and instrument The tytle of the psal The dytie of the songe of Dauyd PAratum cor My herte is full set both to playe and to synge a songe with my tonge Come on Psaltery and harpe for by by shall I set you in tune I shall magnifye the amonge the people oh lorde and shall prayse the amonge the nacions For thy goodnes is so gret that it passeth the heueÌ„s and thy faythfulnes also that it lyfteth vp it self vnto the cloudes Exalte thy selfe aboue the heuens oh god and thy glorious beaute ouer all therth That thy welbeloued might be in sauegarde preserue me with thy right hande and graunt me God hath expressed his mynde from his secrete holy place I shall be gladde and deuyde Shecem and shall meete out the valey of Succoth Gilead is myne Menasheh is myne Ephraim is my chefe stronge holde Iehudah is my kyngdome Moab shal be subdued vnto me as a caldren in the which I wyll wasshe my fete Edom shall be vnto me lyke a vyle place wherin I wyl cast a waye my shoes vpon Philistea wil I take my pleasure Who shall lede me in to the stronge defensed cytie who shal lede me vnto Edom Uerily euyn thou god whiche repellest vs and woldest nat ones go forth with vs among our host Helpe thou now vs delyuer vs froÌ„ our enemyes for vayne is the helpe of men In god we shall strongely preuaile for it is he that shall trede downe our enemys The argument in to the C.ix Psal. ¶ The fyrst parte of this Psal. ar cruell baÌ„nynges or wisshynges agaynst Doeg and other flaterers of Sauâ—e which with their lyes stered him vp agaynst Dauid In the later parte he coÌ„playneth of his owne myserable state desyrynge the helpe of god The tytle of this Psal. The dite of Dauid committed to the chaunter DEus laudeÌ„ God in whoÌ„ I reioyse and glory holde nat thy self fro me For the vngodly haue opened their mouthes agaynst me crafty deceyuers haue comuned with me but with a lyenge tonge They besege me with odious coÌ„municacion bete me downe without cause For that I loued them they hated me agayn and yet I pray for them They quitte me euell for good hatered for loue Set some vngodly ruler vpon him and lette some cruell aduersarye be his superior So that whan he shall come into iugement he myght go forth lyke a condemned wretche and his owne tale for his delyueraunce mought condeÌ„ne him Let his tyme be shorte and another redy to take his offyce Let his chyldren be yong and fatherles and his wyfe a carefull wydowe Let his chyldren be wandryng beggers wretched crauers heuyly for their lyuiÌ„g put out of their pore cotage Lette the bribynge vsurers catche what so euer he hath and strange men dispoyâ—e tho thynges whiche he had goten with great labour Let there be none to pyte and to helpe hym neither one that wyll fauour socour his yong fatherles chyldreÌ„ Let his yssue be cut of and his name be done awaye in one genetatyon Let the vnrightwysenes of his fathers be brought in mynde before god and let nat the synnes of his mother be forgoteÌ„ But let them be before the lorde euer their memoriall be caste out of therthe Bicause he thought nat to do mercy but persecuted vexed the poore afflicte man to sley hym broken in hert He delyted in cursyng let it therfore fall vpon hym selfe he turned him from blessyng let it therfore be ferre from him Let him be wrapped in cursynges as in his clothes let them synke in to him lyke water in to his very bones like oyle Let cursynge be as his garment wherwith he be clothed as his gyrdle wherwith he be euermore gyrte Let this be the rewarde from the lorde vnto these men whiche are agaynst me and speke hurte vpon my soule But thou art the lorde oh lorde dele
with me for thy names sake for fauorable is thy goodnesse delyuer thou me For I am scourged and poore and my herte laboreth and faynteth within me I vanisshe awaye lyke a glyding shadow and am hunted vp froÌ„ place to place lyke a locust My knees folde vnder me for lacke of meate my flesshe is gone my fatnesse is lost I was a laughynge stocke to as many as se me they wagged their heddes at me Helpe me lorde my god kepe me for thy mercyes sake Let them knowlege that this is thy hande and that thou oh lorde haste done thys thiÌ„ge Let theÌ„ curse but blesse thou let them ryse agaynst me but to their owne coÌ„fusyon but yet let thy seruant reioyse Let my aduersaryes be lased in with shame and couerde with confusyon lyke as with a cloke I shall magnyfy the lorde dilygently with my mouth I shall prayse him among many For he wyll stande at the poore maÌ„nes right haÌ„de to kepe his soule from tyrauntes in authoritye The argument into the C.x. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a songe of Dauid wherin he syngeth of the kyngdome of Christ which began in Syon and from thense it is come forth vnto thendes of the worlde and it shall holde vntyll both al the heueÌ„ly and erthely creatures worship Christ and his enemyes be put downe to be his fote stole The tytle of the Ps. The dite of Da. DIxit dominus The lorde said vnto me lorde syt on my right hande vntyl I make thyn enemys thy fote stole The lorde shall bringe forth thy mighty impery froÌ„ Syon exercyse thou thy power in the myddes of thyne enemyes Thy people shall present themself vnto the welwyllynge in suche tyme as thou shalt declare thy power in the cyte in thy noble holy clerenâ—s euyn thy yongons from their mothers wombe shall be there present as thycke as the fressh morniÌ„ge dewe The lorde swore he shal nat repente him thou arte the offerer ones for euer to offre thyn owne selfe accordynge as it was fygured in Melchizedech The lorde beyng euer at thy right hande shall smyte downe euen the kiÌ„ges in time of his wrath He shall execute iugement vpon the gentyles fyll all places with their deed caryons it is he that shall smyte downe the heed that raygneth so wyde But of the troublous water must he first drinke by the waye therfore than after shall he extolle and lyfte vp his heed The argument into the C.xi. Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse in the whiche the power wysdome and goodnes of god ar magnified The title of this Psal. Loue ye the lorde COnfitebor I shall surely magnify the lorde with all my hert iÌ„ the couÌ„sell of the rightwyse in the congregatyon Excedynge great are the workes of the lorde which serched dilygently and well thought vpon a man shall fynde in them what soeuer he shall desyre What so euer he doth it is solempne ful of maiesty his rightwysnes abydeth for euer He hath brought it to passe that there shall be a memoriall of his myracles the lorde he is gentle gracyouse and redy to haue mercy He hath gyuen a proye to his worshippers he hath remembred his promyse into many worldes He declareth to hys people withe howe great power his workes were done euen whan he gaue theÌ„ the herytage of the geÌ„tyles What soeuer he hath done bi his power thei ar faithfulnes equyte what soeuer he commaundeth it is faythfull They are made faste to abyde in to euery age for they are done of trewe faythfulnesse and right iugemente He hath sente redemption to his people he hath coÌ„maunded that his couenaunte shuld be kept holy iÌ„to euery worlde holy and to be feared is his name The begynnynge of wisedom is the fere of the Lorde they sauoure righte holye that gyue dilygence to do his commaundementes the prayse of these men contynueth euerlastynge The argument into the C.xij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the prophet declareth the perpetuall felycitye of them which feare worshyppe and folowe god in doynge mercy The tytle of this psalme Loue ye the lorde BEatus vir qui ti Blessed is that maÌ„ that worshippeth the lorde and in his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tê is ernestly occupied His issue shal be in great power in therth the generatioÌ„ of the rightwyse shall prosper PleÌ„tuousnes riches ar iÌ„ his house and his rightwysnes staÌ„deth for euer To the desyrers of riÈt he maketh lyght to springe in derknes for it is he that is graciouse bente vnto mercy and rightwyse A good maÌ„ shall deale fauorably frely he wil dispose his goodes with iugemeÌ„t For he shall nat slyde to fall for euer a rightwysman shal be in ê‘petuall remembraunce Whan he shall here afflyction to be at hande he shall nothynge feare for his herte is confirmed that is to saye stayed in the lorde His hert is vnderset he shal nat fere vntyll he se his desyer fall vpoÌ„ his enemys He distributeth gyueth forth to the pore nedy his rightwisnesse abydeth for euer his power shall be exalted with dignitye All this shall the vngodlye se and haue indygnacyon he shall grynne with his teth shall consume him self for the vngodly verily shal be dysapoynted of his desyer The argument into the C.xiij. Psal. ¶ Here the Prophet exhorteth to the prayse of god for that he beholdeth he gouerneth and at his pleasure chaungeth all thynges lyftynge vp alwayes the humble men restoring the careful wretches The tytle Loue ye the lorde LAudate pueri Praise ye seruaÌ„tes of the lorde god praise ye the name of the lorde Let the name of the lorde be sprede in this tyme into all worldes to come FroÌ„ the soÌ„ne risynge vnto the downe fallynge the name of the lorde be praysed High is the lord aboue all natioÌ„s his beautifull glory is aboue heueÌ„s Who maye be compared to the lorde our god euen he that ruleth on highe I meane him whiche so humbleth him selfe that he wolde se all thynges bothe in heuen erth Which lyfteth vp the pore froÌ„ the dust exalteth the nedy froÌ„ the donge To set him with the beste euyn with the chefe of his people Whiche so restoreth the baren that she hath an house full and maketh her a glad mother of many chyldren Prayse ye the lorde The argumeÌ„t in to the C.xiiij Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophete declareth howe ioyfully Israell was brought out of Egypt and toucheth brefely certayne of the chefe miracles whiche the lorde dyd for them IN exitu Whan Israell came oute of Egypt the house of Iacob from the people of strange tonge Iuda was goddes holy people Israel was the folke ouer whoÌ„ he wold haue rule The see sawe the hoste of god come she gaue backe Iordayne fled gaue place The mountayns scipped lyke wethers the hylles lyke the laÌ„mes of the flocke What ayled the thou see thus to flye thou Iordane why goest thou backe What meane ye mouÌ„tains thus to
spriÌ„ge wethers ye hylles to play lyke laÌ„mes At the presens of the lorde the erth must nedes treÌ„ble feare ye that at the pÌ„seÌ„s of the god of Iacob For he bryngeth the harde rock into a ponde of water eueÌ„ the very stonne into plentuous springes The argument into the C.xv Psal. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid prayeth god for glorye of his name to do good vnto the people that it myght be openly knoweÌ„ him onely to be god all Images to be but Idoles NOn nobis domine Nat to vs lorde nat to vs but vnto thy name gyue the glory and prayse for thy mercy and for thy trouthes sake Wherfore shulde the gentyls say where is nowe their god WhaÌ„ our god is in the heueÌ„s he doth what soeuer lyketh him Their images are but golde and syluer euyn the worke of mannes hande They haue mouthes yet speke thei nat eyes se nat eares and here nat nose and smell nat They haue handes and nothynge fele they fete and goo nat withe their throte make they no noyse Unto these Idoles are thâ—y lyke that make them and as many as trust vnto them But Israhell trust thou in the lorde for he helpeth them and is their shelde Ye of the house of Aharon se that ye trust in the lorde for he is their helpe their shelde Ye worshippers of the lorde se that ye truste in the lorde for he is to theÌ„ helpe and defender The lorde wyll haue vs in miÌ„de it is he that wyll do good he wyll do good to the house of Israell to the house of AaroÌ„ He wyll be benefyciall to the worshippers of the lorde as well to the lytell as to the great The lorde might encrease his good mynde toward you towarde you towarde youre chyldren Ye ar they to whom the lorde doth good which hath made heuen and the erth The heueÌ„s the veri heuens ar the lordes but the erth hath he gyuen to rhe childreÌ„ of meÌ„ The dede in no maner of wyse shall prayse the lorde neyther they that go downe to the place of sylence But we shall magnifye and prayse the lorde from this tyme in to euerlastynge ⧠Prayse ye the lorde The argument in to the C.xvi. Psal. ¶ This Psalme is a thankefull songe for the helpe of the lorde wherby Dauyd escaped whaÌ„ he was nowe compassed in of Saules hoste DIleri I loue the lorde for he hath herde me he hath herde the depe desyers of my herte He bowed down his eares vnto me wherfore whyles I lyue shall I call vpon him The sorowfull snares of dethe helde me strayte strayte anguysshes hampered me in anguisshe and afflyction founde me But yet the name of the lord I called vpoÌ„ I beseche the lorde delyuer my soule The lord our rightwyse god is prone vnto fauour he is redy bente vnto mercy The lorde kepeth the pore siÌ„pleoÌ„s I was full poore full of care and he saued me Turne the my soule vnto thy rest for the lorde hath rewarded the. For thou hast delyuerd my soule from deth myne eyes from teares and my fete from slydynge I shall continue and dwell before the lorde amonge the lyuynge men I beleued and therfore muste I nedes speke but I was fore scurged therfore So that I thought sayd with my selfe whan I fled so hastely euery maÌ„ is a lyer What shal I gyue agayn to the lorde for all the benefytes which he hath gyueÌ„ me I shall take the cuppe in the thankefull fyft for the helpe brought me and I shal call vpon the helpe of the lorde Nowe shall I performe my vowes vnto the lorde in the presens of all his people Precious is the deth of his sayntes in the eyes of the lorde Ye verily lorde for I am thy seruant I am thy seruaÌ„t the sonne of thy hande mayde euen thou hast losed my bondes Unto the shall I make the sacryfyce of prayse the name of the lorde shall I cal vpon Nowe shall I performe my vowes before al his people In the fore porches of the house of the lorde in the myddes of thy Ierusalem The argument in to the C.xvii Ps. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophete prophesyeth the gospell to be preched to the gentils LAudate dominuÌ„ oeÌ„s Prayse ye the lorde all gentyls magnifye him al nacions For his mercy is sprede ouer vs and the faithfulnes of the lorde standeth for euer The argument into the C.xviii Ps. ¶ This Psalme is a prayer in whiche Dauid delyuered now from all his afflyctions and promoted to be kynge of all Israell opeÌ„ly in the tabernacle of god gaue him thankes also layde forth the persone of Christ in him selfe COnfitemini Magnifye ye the lorde for he is gratious his mercy endureth for euer Let Israell now magnifye hiÌ„ for his meâ—cy eÌ„dureth for euer Let the house of Aharon magnifye him for his mercy endureth for euer Let as many as feare the lorde magnifye him for his mercy endureth for euer Whan I was in a greuous straynte I called vpon the lorde and he graunted to set me at large The lorde standeth on my syde I shall nat feare what so euer man maye do vnto me The lorde standeth on my syde with my helpers and I shall se my desyre vpon theÌ„ that hate me It is beter for one to coÌ„mytte him self to the tuicion defence of the lorde than to maÌ„nes defence It is better to put our confydence in the lorde than in men be they neuer so great Whan all the geÌ„tyles beseged me on euery syde well sayde I in the name of the lorde for I shall cut them away They coÌ„passed me in ye they beset me in round about well sayd I in the name of the lorde for I shall cutte them away They swarmed about me lyke bees and inuaded me as fersly as fyer that drie thornê but they were sone quenched for I sayde well in the name of the lorde I shall cut theÌ„ awaye I was cast with great vyolence redy to haue fallen but the Lorde sustayned and helpte me The lorde is my streÌ„gth the very same whom I prayse it is he that is my sauynge helthe The voyce of triumph of men ioyfully publysshynge theire sauynge helpe nowe broughte vnto theym is in the tabernacles of the ryghtwyse for the right haÌ„de of the lorde hath broÈt it so mightely to passe The right haÌ„de of the lorde is exellent high the right haÌ„de of the lorde hath brought it so mightely to passe I shall nat dye but lyue and shall publysshe the workes of the lorde He chastysed him with greuouse ernest chastemute but yet he betoke me nat to deth Open ye vnto me the gates of the company of rightwysemen and I shall enter in at them and magnifye the lorde This is the gate of the lorde the rightwyse shall enter in therat I shall magnifye the for thou hast grauÌ„ted me hast brought me a sauiÌ„ge helpe The
in thy ordynaunces These proude vngodly framed togyther their paynted lyes agaiÌ„st me but I shall obserue thi coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes with all my hert Their grosse hertes ar congeled lyke talowe but I shall delyte in thy lawe I was happye that thou tamedest me with afflyction that I might yet so be instructe in thy ordynaunces Better is the lawe of thy mouth to me than thousandes of golde and syluer ¶ The tenth Octonary Iod. Thy handes haue facyoned me and ordeyned me gyue me vnderstandynge to learne thy commaundementes They that feare the shall be gladde to se me so to cleue to thy promyses Nowe knowe I lorde that thy iugementes are righte good and that thou haste scourged me of a good entente But I beseche the let thy mercy be my conforte accordiÌ„ge to those wordes whiche thou promysedest to thy seruaunte Let me be in thy fauour and I shall lyue for thy lawe is my delyte Let these proude vngodly be confouÌ„ded for they go aboute to distroy me fautles but yet shall I in the meane tyme set all my mynde vpon thy coÌ„maundementes Let them that worshyppe the and know thy testimonyes turne vnto me My herte shall be perfyte in thy ordinauÌ„ces wherfore I shall nat be shamed ¶ The .xi. Octonary Caph. My soule faynted longynge after thy sauynge helpe but yet I lyfte vp my eyes vnto thy promyses My eyes daseled with lokynge vp after thy promyses I sayd whan wylt thou conforte me I was dryed away lyke a bladder haÌ„ged in the smocke but yet forgete I nat thy ordinaunces How longe shall thy seruant suffre these thynges whan wylte thou at last gyue senteÌ„ce agaynst my persuers These proude vngodly dygged pitfalles for me whiche haue no respecte vnto thy lawe All thy preceptes ar faithfull true they persecute me vnworthly helpe thou me They had almost made an ende of me in therth but yet in no maner of wyse forsoke I thy commaundementes Restore me for thy mercyes sake than shall I kepe the testimonies of thy mouth ¶ The twelfe Octonary Lamed Oh lorde thy worde standeth for euer in the heuens From generation to generation continueth thy trouth thou haste set therth and it standeth styll The tyme contynueth styll accordyng to thy ordynaunces for all thynges are at thy commaundemente Excepte thy lawe had bene my delyght I had peryshed in my afflyction I shall neuer therfore forget thy coÌ„mauÌ„dementes for by them thou hast refresshed me I am thyne saue thou me for I serched thy commaundementes The vngodly wayt to distroye me but I in the meane tyme shall endeuer me to vnderstand thy testimonies I perceyue that euery thynge compreheÌ„syble hath an ende but thy commaundementes are incomprehensyble ¶ The .xiii. Octonary Men. Oh howe excedyngly haue I loued thy lawe continually do I thynke therof Thou hast made me wyser than myn enemyes thorowe thy preceptes for they ar euer in my mynde I exceded all me teachers in right vnderstandynge for I am euer spekiÌ„g of thy testimonies I passed euen the seniours iÌ„ true vnderstaÌ„dynge for I obserue marke thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes From euery euyl pathe I refrayned my fete to th entent I wolde obserue thy speches I haue nat swarued froÌ„ thy pleasures for thou shalt instructe me Oh howe swete are thy speches in my tast they ar sweter than any hony in my mouth I fetche my vnderstandynge at thy commaundementes wherfore I hate euery deceytfully path ¶ The xiiii Octonary Nun. Thy wordes ar lanterne to my fete and lyÈt vnto my fote path I haue sworne shall performe it to kepe thy iust pleasures I am sore febled with affliction lord restore me accordynge to thy promyses O lorde I beseche the let the well wylliÌ„g sacrifyces of my mouthe be accepted and teache thou me thy pleasures I my selfe bringe my lyfe euer in to peryll but yet the lawe do I nat forget These proude vngodly haue set snares for me but yet I swarued nat from thy commaundementes I haue chalenged thy testy monies for my perpetuall heritage for they ar my hertes ioye I haue bowed downe my herte to do thy ordinaÌ„ces ye that for euer wtout ende ⧠The .xv. Octonary Sameh The frantyke hardnecked do I hate and thy lawe haue I loued Thou arte my lurkynge place my shylde I wayte for thy promise Auoyde fro me ye hurtful meÌ„ I shal obserue the preceptes of my god StreÌ„gthen me accordyng to thy ê“myses that I may lyue let me nat be shamed disapoynted of my hope Staye thou me and I shal be saued and I shall delyte busely in thy ordynaunces Thou shalt trede downe all that erre froÌ„ thy ordinances for al the â—rafty mennes study is to deceyue with lies Lyke rust thou rubbedest away al those proude vngodly of the erth wherfore I loued thy testymonyes My flesshe trembled for feare of the and I was afrayde of thy iugementes ⧠The .xvi. Octonary Ain All my mynde was to do equite ryghtwysnes leue me nat to my vniust vexers Delyght thy seruant with good thyngê lest these vngodly make me sorowfull with their iniuries My eyes daseled lokyng vp for thy sauynge helpe waytyng for the promyses of thy ryghtwysnes Deale with thy seruant mercyably and instructe me with thy ordynaunces I am thy seruaÌ„t make me to vnderstande and to knowe thy testymonies It is tyme oh lorde to do iugement for they haue scatred abrode thy lawe And therfore I loued thy preceptes aboue golde and precious stones And for this I knowledge all thy commaundementes to be ryghtwyse and I hate euery false pathe ¶ The .xvii. Octonary Pe. Meruelous are thy testymonies wherfore my soule obserueth theÌ„ To come but to the dore of thy scripture lyghtneth and giueth vnderstaÌ„dyng to the vnlerned I drewe in my breth fayntly for that I laboured so sore to attayne vnto thy preceptes Beholde me haue mercy vpon me accordiÌ„ge to thy iugemeÌ„tes wherw t thou gouernest the lawes of thy name Rule my steppê after thy plesures suffer no iniquite to haue dominioÌ„ ouer me Redeme me froÌ„ thiniuries of men and I shall kepe thy commaundementes Make thy couÌ„tynance to shyne vpon thy seruante instructe me in thy ordinance Stremes of wat gusshed out of my eyes bicause I se meÌ„ nat obseruiÌ„ge thy lawe ¶ The .xviij. Octonary zadic Rightwyse art thou lorde right are thy iugementes Thou hast commaunded in thy testimonyes ryghtwysnesse faythfulnesse moste chefely My zele to thy worde kylled me bycause my pursuers forgotte it Thy wordes are purely tryed lyke as with fyer and thy seruaunt loueth them I was a lytelon and an abiecte but yet forgotte I nat thy commaundementes Thy rightwysnes is euer lastynge right wysnes and thy lawes is the very trouth Whan afflyction and heuynes hadde taken me than thy commaundementes refresshed me The beleuynge of thy promyses is euerlastyng rightwysnes gyue me the vnderstandynge of this thynge I shall lyue ¶ The .xix Octonary Kuph I called vpon the with all my herte grauÌ„te
whose heuy laboure of their owne lippê might ouerwhelme theÌ„ Let colles of fyer fall vpon theym caste them downe into the fyer pyttes oute of the whyche they maye neuer aryse Let nothynge prospere in therth with this busye tonged lyenge man let his owne mischef hunte forthe this vyolente man vntyll it hath cast hym downe hedlynge I knowe that the lorde wyll auenge the poore afflycte and delyuer the nedyons The rightwise verily shall magnify and sprede thy name the pure in herte shall dwell in thy presens The argument into the C.xli. Psal. ¶ Dauid chased awaye from the tabernacle of god prayeth first to optayne the spirite wherby he might preferre the frendlye sharpe rebuke of the sayntes the fauour of thungodly their felycyte dispysed afterwarde he desyreth worthye veÌ„geance to his enemys his owne delyuerance DOmine clamaâ—i Lorde it is thou that I call vppon haste the to me here me as sone as I call vpon the. Let my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense let the lyftynge vp of my haÌ„des be in the stede of the eueniÌ„ge sacrifyce Lorde set a keper to my mouth and kepe thou dilygently the dore of my lyppes Bowe thou nat my herte into any mischeuous thiÌ„ge lest I be about to commytte vngodly dedes with men gyuen all to wickednes so eate their daynties with them Let the rightwyse smyte me for my soules profyte for I hadde leuer he chastyned me than the softe oyntment of thungodly shulde souple my heed For yet do I stande instantly withe my prayer agaynste their malyce Let their chefe rulers be cast downe hed lynge in to stonnye places that yet other men might beare my swete wordes As one that plougheth slytteth and deuydeth the erthe euyn so were we shaken a sondre and oure bones were scattered aboute oure graues Wherfore vnto the o lorde lorde my eyes are lyfte vp whan in the put I my truste powre thou nat out my soule Kepe me frome their snares whiche they haue bente for me and from the trappes of theÌ„ which ar gyuen all to wickednes Let these vngodly fall in to their owne snares whyles I escape for euer with other men The argument into the C.xlij. Psal. ¶ Here Da remeÌ„breth his flyght froÌ„ Saule iÌ„ to a certayn caue where he abode as he beleued his owne takinge was in a greuouse straynte but he prayed to the lorde Rede the historie in the first of the kynges the .xxiiii. Chap. The tytle This psalme is the instruction of Dauid and his prayer whan he was in the caue UOce mea Unto the lorde I crye before the lorde I fell downe made my prayer Before him I powred forthe my heuy meditacyon before hym I layde my strayte anguysshe Whan my spiryte was sore tormented with in my selfe thou knewest my way they setted snares for me in the pathes where I went I loked on my righthande and I loked on my lyfte hande there was nat one that wolde make any knowlege to me all refuge was taken fro me there was nat one that wolde seke to saue my lyfe I cryed vnto the O lorde and I sayde thou arte my helpe thou arte my porcioÌ„ among the lyuyng men Attende vnto my cryenge for I am in a greuouse and wretched state delyuer me froÌ„ my pursuers for they haue preuayled agaynst me Leade my soule oute of prison that it might spreade thy name let me be compassed about with rightwysmen for it is thou that shalte do me good The argument into the C.xliii Psal. ¶ This psalme hath the same argumente with the psalme before for it entreateth the same mater The tytle The songe of Dauyd DOmine exaudi O lorde heare my prayer lysten vnto my feruente besechynge for thy trouthes sake graunte me for thy rightwysnesse Haue thou nat to do with thy seruaunt in iugemente for in thy presence no man lyuenge is reputed rightwyse A cruell enemye verilye persecuted my soule he hathe caste downe my lyfe in to the erth he hath sette me in derknesse lyke as men iuged to dethe My spirite is sore troubled within me my herte wexeth colde in my brest But at last I remembred the dayes past I consydred all thy workes and poÌ„dred in mynde the dedes of thy handes I stretched forthe my handes vnto the my soule desyrously panted and brethed for the I gaped for the lyke thursty erth Selah Haste the to graunt me o lorde for my spirite fainteth hyde nat thy face from me onlesse I be lyke men goynge downe into their graues Make me shortly to heare of thy mercy able goodnes for in the do I truste shewe me the waye wherin I maye go for vnto the haue I lyfted vp my soule Delyuer me fro my enemyes o lorde my god for at the do I hyde my selfe Teache me to do thy pleasures for thou art my god thy good spirit might lede me in to the right way For thy names sake lorde restore me for thy rightwysnes leade my soule out of this strayt anguyshe Ye for thy mercyes sake all to distroye my enemyes shake away all that trouble my soule for I am thy seruant The argument into the C.xliiij Psa. ¶ Here in this psalme Dauid the prophet praiseth the lorde god for that he hathe delyuered him from all perylles and from all his troubelouse enemyes and hath made him kynge his kyngdome to florisshe with all maner felycitye BEnedictus do Praised be the lorde which fyghteth for me which hath instructe my handes to battayle and lerned my fyngers to fyghte Whiche is my mercy my bulwarke my castell and my delyuerer my shelde and he in whom I truste whiche casteth the people vnder me O lorde what thyng is man that thou thus moche settest by him what is this mortall maÌ„ that thou thus regardest him Man is lyke a thynge of nought hys dayes ar but a vayne flyenge shadowe But the lorde lettith downe theuens discendeth he toucheth the hilles and they smoke He casteth forth lyghtenynges and scattereth theym he sendeth forthe his arowes and distroubleth them Let downe thy hande froÌ„ aboue delyuer me delyuer me from these myghtye waters from the power of strange men Whose mouthe speketh vayne thinges their riÈthaÌ„de is a riÈthaÌ„de doyng deceit O god I shall synge a newe dytie vnto the with kytte and tenne stringed instrumentes shall I synge vnto the. Which bryngest helpe vnto kynges whiche haste delyuered Dauyd thy seruaunt from the myscheuouse swerde Take me vppe and delyuer me frome the handes of strange men whose mouthes speke vanytes whos 's ryghthande is a right hande that dothe disceyte That our soÌ„nes might growe lyke well thriuiÌ„g plantes our daughters gorgyously set forthe lyke the cornerde houses might represeÌ„t the beauty of the temple Let our garners be replenyshed with all maner of corne our shepe with thousande folde encrese might fulfyll euery waye Let oure oxen be stronge for draught burden no
brekynge in no roÌ„nynge out no out criynge in our stretes Happy is that people with whom it goeth thus happy is that people which holdeth the lorde for their god The argument into the C.xlv Ps. ¶ In this Psal. Dauid declareth the mercy of god to be so poured forth into euery maÌ„ that all thynges do prayse and magnifye it but chefely the faythfull men whiche are moste plentuously fylled with it The tytle The hymme of Dauid EXaltabo I shall extoll the god o kynge and shall publyshe thy name thorowout all the worlde Contynually shall I magnifye prayse thy name throwout all the worldes Great is the lorde worthy moche prayse his greatnes can nat be serched FroÌ„ age to age thy workes shal be praysed and they shal declare thy noble actes All my mynde shall be ernestly set at all tymes to declare thy cleare and glorious fame and also to publishe thy meruelous dedes Men shal speke forth the mighty power of thy myracles and I shall put them in mynde of thy myght Men shall shewe forthe the memoriall of thy plentuous mercy and shall ioyfully tryumphe of thy ryghtwysnes The lorde is fauorable bente vnto mercy slowe vnto wrathe and of plentuouse goodnes Gentle is the lorde vnto al meÌ„ and his mercyable gentelnes swimming ouer all his workes All thy workes shall magnifye the and thy mercy shal declare thy selfe Men shall preache the beautefull glorye of thy kyngdome and shall extoll thy dedes with wordes That they myght certifye and shewe meÌ„ his noble actes his glorie his clearnes Thy kyngdome is a kyngdome in to all worldes and thy power is a power thorowe out all ages The lorde stayeth who so euer slydeth and as many as are thrust downe he lyfteth vp agayne The eyes of all thynges loke vp wayte vpon the and thou gauest them meate in tyme. Thou openest thy hande satisfyest all thyngê lyuyng for thy goodwyll Ryghtwyse is the lorde in all his waye he is good in all his dedes Present is the lorde to as many as call vpon him to as many as call vpon him of true belefe To them that feare him he maketh all thinges acceptable he heareth their erienge and saueth them The lorde kepeth all that loue him and all the vngodly he wyll banyshe My mouth shall speke the prayse of the lorde euery thynge lyuynge shal sprede his holy name into all the worldes The argument into the C.xlvi Psal. ¶ This Psal. is a prayse of lyke argumeÌ„t with the Psal. before saue that here the Prophet disswadeth chefely the trust in to men whan it is so that god is he which alone both may saue wyll saue all that trust in him The title of the Psal Prayse ye the lorde LAuda aiÌ„a mea Prayse the lord my soule I shall prayse the lorde whiles I lyue I shal synge vnto my god as longe as I shall haue my beynge Trust nat in princes which are but men in whom there is no sauynge helth Their breth goth forth of their bodyes and by by they are turned iÌ„ to their erth in the same day all their counsels perishe Hapy is he that seketh helpe of the god of Iacob whose hope is the lorde his god Which hath made heuens and erth the see and what so euer ar contayned in theÌ„ which kepeth his promyse for euer Which auengeth men vexed wrongfully whiche gyueth meate to the hungry it is the lorde that loseth men in holde The lorde gyueth lyghte to the blynde the lorde lyfteth vp men oppressed it is the lorde that loueth the rightwyse The lorde kepeth staÌ„gers he lyfteth vp the yonge fatherles the wydowes and the purposê of thuÌ„godly he turneth vp so downe The lorde shal be kynge for euer whiche is thy god o Sion in to al ages Prayse ye the lorde The argument into the C.xlvij Psal. ¶ In this Psalme the prophet exhorteth Israhell by name to the prayse of god and also the cytisens of Ierusalem LAudare dnÌ„m Prayse ye the lorde for it is a plesaunt and a ioyefull thinge to prayse our god there is no thinge so to be desyred as the prayse of hym The lorde shall restore IerusaleÌ„ shall gather to gyther the scattered out lawes of Israell He healeth the broken in herte and caseth their heuy labours He nombreth the sterres gyueth namê to them all Grace is our lorde grace is his power his wyt may no maÌ„ coÌ„preheÌ„de The lorde lyfteth vp the meke lowlyoÌ„s the proude vngodlye he casteth downe to the grouÌ„de SiÌ„ge ye to the lord with thaÌ„kes giuynge synge ye vnto our god with harpe Which ouerledeth the heuens with cloudes and prepayreth rayne for the erthe and bringeth forth grasse in the hylles Which gyueth cat all their foode meat also to the rauyns chekens calling for it He delyteth nat in strength stronge stedes neyther hath he pleasure in the trumpets of men But his plesure is in them that feare him truste vpon his mercy Praise thou the lorde o IerusaleÌ„ prayse thi god o SioÌ„ For it is he that shal streÌ„gthen the barres of thy gates shall lade thi cytesens within the with pleÌ„tuouse gyftes He endueth thy costes aboute the with pease and satisfyeth the with the mooste purest floure of the wheate He sendeth forth his pleasures in to the erth his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes roÌ„ne forth swiftly He gyueth downe snowe lyke wulle the hore froste he scatreth lyke asshes He casteth forthe his hayle lyke gobbetê of bred who maye abyde his colde He sendeth forth his worde and melteth them awaye he ledeth backe his wynde and the waters droppe downe It is he that tolde his pleasurs to Iacob vis ordynance and decrees vnto Israhel With no natioÌ„ hath he thus delt neither to any other dyd he publyshe his decrees The argument into the C.xlviii Psal. ¶ In this Psal. the Prophet exhorteth all creatures both heuenly erthly to the praise of god The tytle of the Psal. Praise ye the lorde LAudate dnÌ„m Prayse the lorde ye heueÌ„ly miÌ„des prayse ye hiÌ„ all that are aboue Praise him all aungels prayse him all his hoste roundaboute hym Praise him sonne and mone praise hym all bright and shynynge sterres Prayse him the mooste highest heuens and ye waters that ar aboue the heuens Praise ye the name of the lorde for he made all thiÌ„ges with a worde And hath made them to staÌ„de fast into all worldê he hath gyuen theÌ„ a lawe whiche they breke nat Prayse ye the lorde al creatures of therth dragoÌ„s all depe waters Fyer hayle snowe yse stormy wiÌ„des doing his commaundement Mountayns and all high hylles frutefull trees all cedre trees All wylde bestes tame all thiÌ„ges that crepe fethered foules Kinges of therth all peple princes all rulers of therthe Syngle men maydeÌ„s old men yonge prayse the name of the lorde for it is only hyghe and sprede ouer erth and heuens He