Al ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes and al ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truth endures for ay wherfore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Confitemini domin◠Psalme Cxviii M. ¶ Dauid reiected of Saule and of the people at the time appoynted obteined the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord to be thankfull and vnder his person in al this was Christ liuely setforth who should be of his people reiected Syng this as the .98 Psalme verse 1 O Geue the thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towards thee verse 2 Let Israel confes and say his mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 3 Let al that feare the Lord our God euen now confes and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth stil for ay verse 4 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly hard me at large my sute was not denide verse 5 The Lord himself is on my syde I wil not stand in doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God stands me about verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with thē that helpe to succour me Therfore I shal see my desire vpon myne enemy verse 7 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal sede Or to put confidence in kings or prynces in our nede verse 8 Al nations haue inclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shal I myne enemies confound verse 9 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say but through y e Lords most mighty name I shal work their decay verse 10 They came about me al lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quēcht their thornes that were on fire and wil destroy y e same verse 11 Thou hast wyth force thrust sore at me that I in dede myght fall But through the Lord I found such help y t they wer vāquisht al verse 12 The Lord is my defence strength my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in deede a sauior most strong verse 13 The right hand of y e lord our God doth bring to passe great things He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightrous mens dwellings verse 14 The right hād of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pas His hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 15 I wil not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare the lord his might wōdrous power his works what they are verse 16 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 17 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confes verse 18 This is the gate euen of the Lord which shal not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shal enter into it verse 19 I wil geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me verse 20 The stone which at this tyme among the builders was refused Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 21 This was the mighty worke of God this was the lords own fact and it is maruelous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 22 This is the ioyful day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mynd and thought verse 23 Now help me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 24 God is the Lord that shewes vs light bind ye therfore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 25 Thou art my God I wil confes and render thanks to thee thou art my God and I wil prayse thy mercy towardes mee verse 26 O geue ye thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalme Cxix VV. VV. ¶ In this Psalm is contayned an exquisite arte a wonderful vehemēcy in setting forth the praises of gods law wherin y ◠prophet cannot satisfy himself nor sufficiently expresse the affectiō which he beareth therūto adding moreouer many notable complaintes consolations wherfore it is mete that al the faithful haue it alway both in hart and mouth and in the Ebrue euery viii verses beg in with one letter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are pure in mind and hart whose liues conuersatiō from gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue themselues his statutes to obserue sekyng the Lord with al their hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astray nor do no wicked thyng which stedfastly walke in hys pathes without any wandryng verse 4 It is thy wil and commaundement that with attentiue heede Thy noble and diuine precepts we learne and kepe in deede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaynt whilst I thus set mine eyes and bend my mynd alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then wil I prayse with vpright hart and magnify thy name When I shal learn thy iudgements iust and like wise proue y e same verse 8 And wholy wil I geue my self to kepe thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 BY what meanes may a yōg mā best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus sekyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart secret thoughts thy wordes I haue hyd stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnify thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and nyght The iudgemēts al which did procede frō thy mouth ful of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please me no les in dede then al y e treasures of y e earth which worldlings make their mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I wil stil muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so wil I ayme thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My onely ioy shal be so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynd that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 GRaunt to thy seruant now such
here before thy maiesty trusting in our owne merites or worthines but in thy manifold mercies which hast promised to heare our prayers grauÌ„t our requests which we shal make to thee in y â— name of thy beloued son Iesus Christ our Lord who hath also commaunded vs to assemble our selues together in his name with ful assurance that he wil not onely be amoÌ„gst vs but also be our mediator and aduocate towards thy maiestie that we may obtayne all thinges which shal seme expedient to thy blessed wil for our necessities therfore we besech thee most merciful Father to turne thy louyng countenance towardes vs and impute not vnto vs our manifold sinnes and offences wherby we iustly deserue thy wrath sharp punishment but rather receyue vs to thy mercye for Iesus Christes sake accepting his death and passion as a iust recompence for all our offences in whom onely thou art pleased and through whom thou canst not be offended with vs. And seyng that of thy great mercies we haue quietly passed this nyght graunt O heauenly Father that we may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoughts words and dedes may redouÌ„d to the glory of thy name and good ensample to al men who seyng our good workes may glorify thee our heauenly father And for as much as of thy mere fauour and â—oue thou hast not onely created vs to thyne own similitude and lykenes but also hast chosen vs to be heyres with thy deare Sonne Iesus Christ of that immortal kingdom which thou preparedst for vs before the beginning of y e world we besech thee to encrease our faith knowledge and to lighten our harts with thy holy sprite that we may in y â— mean tyme liue in godly conuersation and integrity of lyfe knowyng that Idolaters adulterers couetous men coÌ„tentious persons drunkards gluttons and such like shal not inherite the kingdom of God And because thou hast commaunded vs to pray one for an other we do not onely make request O Lord for our selues and them that thou hast already called to the true vnderdandyng of thy heauenlye wil but for all people nations of the world who as they know by thy wonderful workes that thou art God ouer al so they may be instructed by thy holy spirit to beleue in thee theyr onely Sauiour redemer But for as much as they cannot beleue except they heare nor cannot heare but by preachyng and none can preache except they be sent therfore O Lord rayse vp faithful distributers of thy misteries who settyng apart al worldly respects may both in their lyfe doctrine onely seeke thy glory Contrarily confound Sathan Antichrist with all hyrelinges whome thou hast already cast of into a reprobate sence that they may not by sectes schismes heresies and errours disquiete thy little flocke And because O Lord we be fallen into the latter dayes and daungerous tymes wherein ignoraunce hath gotten the vpper hand and Sathan by his ministers seke by all meanes to quenche the light of thy Gospell we besech thee to maintayne thy cause against those rauenyng wolues and strengthen al thy seruants whom they keepe in prison and bondage Let not thy long suffryng be an occasion eyther to encrease their tiranny or to discourage thy children neyther yet let our synnes and wickednes be a hynderaunce to thy mercies but with speede O Lord consider these great miseries For thy people Israell many tymes by their synnes prouoked thyne anger and thou punishedst them by thy iust iudgement yet thoughe theyr synnes were neuer so greuous if they once returned from theyr iniquity thou receyuedst them to mercy We therefore most wretched synners be wayle our manifolde synnes and earnestly repent vs for our former wyckednes and vngodly behauiour towardes thee and where as we cannot of our selues purchase thy pardon yet we humbly besech thee for Iesus Christes sake to shew thy mercies vpon vs and receyue vs againe to thy fauour Graunt vs dere father these our requests and al other thynges necessary for vs and thy whole church according to thy promise in Iesus Christ our lord In whose name we besech thee as he hath taught vs saying Our father c. A prayer to be sayd before meales ALl thynges depend vppon thy prouidence O Lord to receyue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient thou geuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hande and they are satisfied with al good things O heauenly father which art the fountayne ful treasure of al goodnes we beseche thee to shew thy mercies vpon vs thy children sanctify these gyfts which we receyue of thy mercifull liberality graunt vs grace to vse them soberly and purely accordyng to thy blessed wyll so that hereby we maye acknowledge thee to bee the author and geuer of all good things and aboue al that we may remember continually to seeke the spirituall foâ—â—e of thy worde wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our sauior Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shal liue for euer and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it A thankes geuyng after meales LEt all nations magnify the Lord let all people reioyce in praysing and extollyng hys great mercies For his fatherly kyndnes is plentifully shewd forth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thankes vnto thee O Lorde God for the manifolde benefites which we continually receiue at thy bountiful hand not onely for that it hath pleased thee to frede vs in this present lyfe geuyng vnto vs all thinges necessary for the same but especially because thou hast of thy free mercies fashioned vs a new into an assured hope of a far better lyfe the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therfore we humbly besech thee O heauenly father that thou wilte not suffer our affections to bee so intangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thyngs but that we may alwayes haue our myndes dyrected to thee on high coÌ„tinually watchyng for the coÌ„myng of our Lord and Sauiour Christ what time he shal appeare for our ful redemption To whome with thee and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thankes geuyng before meales ETernall and euerlyuing God Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ who of thy most singular loue whiche thou bearest to mankynde hast appointed to his sustenaunce not onely the frutes of the earth but also the foules of the ayre the beastes of the earth and fishes of the sea and hast commaunded thy benefits to be receyued as from thy handes with thanks geuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thy Apostle that to the cleane al things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctifâ—d by thy word by prayer graunt vnto vs so moderately to vse these thy giftes present that the bodies being refreshed the soules may be
vnlose The praises of thy maiestie my mouth shal so disclose I would haue offred sacrifice if that had pleased thee But pleased w t burnt offrings I know thou wilt not bee A troubled spirit is sacrifice deliteful in Gods eyes A broken an humbled hart God thou wilt not despise In thy good wil deale gently Lord to Sion and with al Graunt that of thy Ierusalem vpreard may be the wal Burnt offrings gifts and sacrifice of iustice in that day Thou shalt accept calues they shal vpon thine altar lay Quid gloriaris Psalme .lii. I. H. ¶ Dauid deseribeth the arrogant tyranny of hys aduersary Doeg Saules chief shephearde who by false surmyses caused Achimeleco with the rest of the Priestes to be slayne Dauid prophecyeth his vestruction and encourageth the faythfull to put theyr confidence in God whose iudgements are most sharpe agaynst his aduersaries And finally he rendreth thankes to God for hys delyueraunce In this Psalme is lyuely set foorth the kyngdome of Antichrist WHy doost thou tyraunt boast abrod thy wicked workes to prayse doost thou not know there is a God whose mercies last alwayes Why doth thy mind yet stil deuise such wicked wiles to warpe Thy tong vntrue in forging lies is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischief why setst thou thy mynde and wilt not walke vpright Thou hast more lust false tales to find then bring y e truth to light verse 4 Thou doost delyte in fraud and guile in mischiefe bloud and wrōg Thy lips haue learnd y e flattering style O false deceitful tong verse 5 Therfore shal God for euer cōfound and pluck thee from thy place Thy seede roote out frō of the ground and so shal thee deface verse 6 The iust when they behold thy fal with feare wil prayse the Lord And in reproch of thee withal cry out with one accord verse 7 Behold the man which wold not take the Lord for hys defence But of his goods his God did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an Oliue fresh and grene shal spring and spred abrode For why my trust al tymes hath bene vpon the liuyng God verse 9 For this therfore wil I geue prayse to thee with hart and voyce I wil set forth thy name alwayes wherin thy saints reioyce Dixit insipiens Psalme .liii. T. N. ¶ The Prophet describeth the crooked nature the cruelty and punishment of the wicked whē they looke not for it and desyreth the deliueraunce of the godly that they maye reioyce together Sing this as the. xlvi Psalme verse 1 THe folish man in that which he within his hart hath sayd That there is any God at al hath vtterly denide verse 2 They are corrupt they also a hainous work haue wrought amōg them al there is not one of good that worketh ought verse 3 The Lord lookt down on sons of men from heauen al abrode To see if any were that would be wise and seeke for God verse 4 They are gone al out of the way they are corrupted al There is not one doth any good there is not one at al. verse 5 Do not al wicked workers know that they do feede vpon My people as they feede on bread the lord they cal not on verse 6 Euen there they were afraid stoode with trembling and dismayd Where as there was no cause at al why they should be afrayd verse 7 For God his bones that thee besieged hath scattred al abrode Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God verse 8 O lord geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfil Thy promise made to Israel from out of Sion hil verse 9 When God his people shal restore that erst was captiue lad Then Iacob shal therin reioyce and Israel shal be glad Deus in nomine Psalme .liiii. I. H. ¶ Dauid brought into great daunger by reason of Ziphtins calleth vpon the name of God to destroy his enemies promising sacrifice and free offrings for their deliueraunce Sing this as the. xivi Psalme verse 1 GOd saue me for thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Vnto the strēgth Lord of the same I do my cause betake verse 2 Regard O Lord and geue an eare to thee when I do pray Bow down thy self to me heare the words y ◠I do say verse 3 For straungers vp against me ryse and tyrauntes vexe me stil Which haue not God before their eyes they seeke my soule to spil verse 4 But loe my God doth geue me ayd the Lord is straight at hand with thē by whom my soule is stayd the Lord doth euer stand verse 5 With plages repay agayne al those for me that lie in wayte and with thy truth destroy my foes with their own snare baite verse 6 An offring of free hart and wil that I to thee shal make And prayse thy name for therin stil great comfort I do take verse 7 O Lord at length do set me free from them that craft conspire And now mine eye with ioy doth see on them my harts desire Exaudi deus psalme .lv. I. H ¶ Dauid beyng in great heauines and distres complaineth of the cruelty of Saule of the falshod of his familiiar acquaintaunce vttering most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie hym After being assured of deliuerance he setteth forth the grace of god as though he had already obtayned his request Syng this as the. xxxv Psalm verse 1 O God geue eare and do apply to heare me when I pray And when it thee I cal and cry hide not thy selfe away verse 2 Take hede to me graunt my request and aunswer me agayne with plaints I pray ful sore opprest great grief doth me constrain verse 3 Because my foes with threates cries oppres me through despight And so the wicked sort likewise to vexe me haue delyght verse 4 For they in counsel do conspire to charge me with some il So in their hasty wrath and ire they do pursue me stil verse 5 My hart doth faint for want of breath it panteth in my brest The terrours and the bread of death do worke me muche vnrest verse 6 Such dreadful feare on me doth fal that I therwith do quake Such horror whelmeth me with al that I no shift can make verse 7 But I do say who wil geue me the swift and pleasaunt wings Of some fayre doue that I may flee and rest me from these things verse 8 Lo then I would go far away to fly I would not cease And I would hide my self and stay in some great wildernes verse 9 I would be gone in al the hast and not abyde behynd That I were quite and ouer past these blastes of boystrous wind verse 10 Deuide them lord and from them pul their diuelish double tong For I haue spied their city ful of rapine strife and wrong verse 11 Which things both night day throughout do close her as a wal In midst of her is
Ierusalem for the chusinge preseruation and gouernance of them and for plentifull blessings powred forth vpon all the earth Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 THy prayse alone O lord doth raign in Siō thyne own hil their vowes to thee they do maintain their behests fulfil verse 2 For that y u doost their prayer heare and doost therto agree Thy people al both far neare with trust shal come to thee verse 3 Our wicked life so far excedes that we should fal therin But Lord forgeue our great misdedes and purge vs from our syn verse 4 The man is blest whō thou doost chuse within thy court to dwel Thy house and temple he shal vse with pleasures that excel verse 5 Of thy great iustice heare vs God our health of thee doth rise The hope of al the earth abrode and the sea costes likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compast with thy power thou makest y e mountains strong stout to stand in euery shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou doost asswage make their streames ful stil Thou doost restrayne the peoples rage and rule them at thy wil. verse 8 The folk that dwel ful far on earth shal dread thy signes to see which morne and euen in great mirth do passe w t prayse to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chopt and dry and thirsteth more and more Then with thy drops thou doost apply much encrease her store verse 10 The floud of God doth ouerstow and so doth cause to spring The seede and corne which men do sow for he doth guide y e thing verse 11 With wete thou doost her furrowes fil where by her clods do fal Thy drops to her thou doost distil and bles her frute withal verse 12 Thou deckst y e earth of thy good grace with fayre pleasant crop Thy cloudes distil her dew apace great plenty they do drop verse 13 Wherby the desert shal begin ful great encrease to bring The little hils shal ioy therin much frute in them shal spring verse 14 In places playne the flock she feede and couer al the earth The valies with corne shal so excede that men shal sing for mirth Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme .lxvi. I. H. He prouoketh al men to prayse the Lord and to consider his workes rehersing two thynges most wonderful He setteth forth the power of God to affray the rebels and sheweth how God hath deliuered Israel from great bōdage and afflictiōs he promiseth to geue sacrifice prouoketh al men to heare what god hath done for him and to praise his name Syng this as the 68. Psalm verse 1 YE men on earth in God reioyce w t prayse set forth his name Extol his might w t hart voyce geue glory to the same verse 2 How wōderful O Lord say ye in al thy workes thou art thy foes for feare do seke to thee ful sore agaīst their hart verse 3 Al men that dwel y e earth throughout do prayse the name of God The laud therof the world about is shewd and set abrode verse 4 Al folk come forth behold see what things y e lord hath wrought marke wel y e wōdrous works y ◠he for man to pas hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heapes on hie therin a way they had On foote to pas both fayre and dry wherof their harts wer glad verse 6 His might doth rule y e world alway his eyes al things behold Al such as would him disobey by him shal be controld verse 7 Ye people geue vnto our God due laud and thanks alwayes With ioyful voyce declare abrode and sing vnto his prayse verse 8 Which doth endue our soule with life and it preserue with al He stayeth our fete so that no strife can make vs slip or fal verse 9 The Lord doth proue our dedes with fire if that they wil abide As workmen do when they desire to haue theyr metals tryde verse 10 Although thou suffer vs so long in prison to be cast And there with chaines and fetters strong to lye in bondage fast The seconde part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on vs to ride and raygne Though we through fire and water ren of very grief and payne verse 12 Yet sure thou doost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bryng vs out into a place to lyue in wealth and rest verse 13 Vnto thy house resort wil I to offer and to pray And there I wil my selfe apply my vowes to thee to pay verse 14 The vowes that with my mouth I spake in al my grief smart The vowes I say which I did make in dolor of my hart verse 15 Burnt offring I wil geue to thee of Oxen fat and Rammes No other sacrifice shal be of bullockes goates lambes verse 16 Come forth harken here ful sone al ye that feare the Lord What he for my poore soule hath done to you I wil record verse 17 Ful oft I cal vpon his grace this mouth to him doth cry And thou my tong make spede apace to prayse him by and by verse 18 But if I fele my hart within in wicked workes reioyce Or if I haue delite to sinne God wil not heare my voyce verse 19 But surely God my voyce hath heard and what I do require My prayer he doth wel regarde and graunteth my desire verse 20 Al prayse to him that hath not put nor cast me out of mind Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I do euer fynd Deus misereatur nostri Psalme .lxvii. I. H. ¶ A swete prayer for al the faithfull to obteyne the fauor of God and to be lightened with his countenaunce to th ende that his way and iudgementes may be knowne throughout the earth A reioysing that God is the gouernour of all nations Sing this as the .xxx. psal verse 1 HAue mercy on vs Lord and graunt to vs thy grace To shew to vs do thou accord the brightnes of thy face verse 2 That al the earth may know thy way to godly wealth And al the natiōs on a row may see thy sauing health verse 3 Let all the world O God geue prase vnto thy name O let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let al reioyce with mirth For y u with truth right doost guide the natiōs of y e earth verse 5 Let al the world O God geue prayse vnto thy name Oh let the people al abrod extol and laud the same verse 6 Then shal the earth encrease great store of frute shal fal And then our God the God of peace shal bles vs eke w t al. God shal vs bles I say and then both farre and neare The folke throughout the earth alway of him shal stand in feare Exurgat deus Psalme .lxviii. T. S. ¶ In this Psalme Dauid setteth forth as in a glasse
doth eke his iustice shew in al the Heathens sight verse 3 His grace and truth to Israel in mynd he doth record That al the earth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lord. verse 4 Be glad in him with ioyful voyce al people of the earth Geue thankes to God sing and reioyce to him with ioy mirth verse 5 Vpon the harpe vnto him sing geue thanks to hym with psalmes Reioyce before the Lord our king with trumpets with shalmes verse 6 Yea let the sea with al therin with ioy both rore and swel The earth like wise let it begin with al that therin dwel verse 7 And let the flouds reioyce their fils and clap their hands apace and eke the mountaynes and the hils before the Lord his face verse 8 For he shal come to iudge and try the world and euery wight and rule the people mightely with iustice and with right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcix. I. H. He coÌ„mendeth the power equitie and excellency of the kingdoÌ„ of god by Christ ouer y e Iew GeÌ„tils prouoketh theÌ„ to magnify y e fame to serue y e lord following the example of the auncieÌ„t fathers Moyses AaroÌ„ Samuel who calling vpon God were hard in their prayers Sing this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign although at it the people rage ful sore Yea he on Cherubin doth syt though al y e world wold rore verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwel is high woÌ„drous great aboue al folke he doth excel and he aloft is set verse 3 Let al men prayse thy mighty name for it is feareful sure and let them magnify the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our kyng doth loue iudgement and ryght thou rightly rulest euery thyng in Iacob through thy might verse 5 To prayse the Lord our God deuyse al honour to hym do His footestoole worship ye lykewyse for he is holy to verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as priests on hym dyd cal when they did pray he heard theÌ„ wel and gaue theÌ„ aunswer al. verse 7 Within the cloud to them he spake then did they labour stil to kepe such lawes as he did make and pointed them vntil verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare and aunswerst them again Thy mercy did on them appeare their dedes didst not maintayn verse 9 O laud and prayse our God and Lord within his holy hil For why our God throughout the world is holy euer stil 2 Iubilate deo omnis terra psalme C. He exhorteth al to serue the lord who hath made vs and enter into his courtes and assemblies to prayse his name AL people y t on earth do dwel sing to y e Lord with chereful voice him serue w t fear his praise forth tel come ye before him reioice verse 3 The Lord ye know is god in dede wtout our ayde he did vs make We are his folke he doth vs fede for his shepe he doth vs take verse 4 Oh enter theÌ„ his gates w t praise approch with ioy his courts vnto praise laud and bles his name alwayes for it is semely so to do verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good his mercy is for euer sure His truth at al times firmly stood and shal from age to age indure Another of the same verse 1 IN God the lord be glad and light praise him throughout the earth Serue him come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 2 Know that the Lord our God he is he did vs make and kepe Not we our selues for we are his owne folke and pasture shepe verse 3 O go into his gates alwayes geue thankes within the same Within his courts set forth his prayse and laud his holy name verse 4 For why the goodnes of the Lord for euermore doth raigne from age to age throughout the world his truth doth stil remain Misericordiam iudicium psalm Ci. N. ¶ Dauid discrybeth what gouerhmeÌ„t he wil obserue in his house and kingdome He wil punish and correct by rotyng out the wickâ—d and cheryshing the godly persons Sing this as the .81 psalme verse 1 I Mercy wil and iudgement sing O Lord God vnto thee and wisely do in perfect way vntil thou come to mee verse 2 And in the midst of my house walke in purenes of my sprite verse 3 And I no kind of wicked thyng wil set before my sight I hate their worke that fal away it shal not cleaue to mee verse 4 From me shal part the froward hart none euil wil I see verse 5 Him wil I stroy that slaundereth his neighbour priuely The lofty hart I cannot beare nor hym that looketh hy verse 6 Mine eyes shal be on them within the land that faithful be In perfect way who worketh shal be seruant vnto me verse 7 I wil no guileful person haue within my house to dwel and in my presence he shal not remayne that lies doth tel verse 8 Betimes I wil destroy euen al the wicked of the land That I may from Gods city cut the wicked workers band Domine exaudi orationem psalme Cii I. H. ¶ It semeth that this prayer was apointed to the faithful to pray in the captiuity of Babilon A consolatioÌ„ for the buildinge of the church Wherof foloweth the praise of god to be published vnto al posterityes The conuersion of the Gentils And the stability of the church Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 O Heare my prayer Lord and let my crye come vnto thee verse 2 in tyme of trouble do not hide thy face away from mee Incline thine eares to me make hast to heare me when I cal verse 3 For as the smoke doth fade so do my dayes coÌ„sume and fal verse 4 And as a harth my bones are burnt my hart is smitteÌ„ dead and withers as the grasse that I forget to eat my bread verse 5 By reason of my groning voyce my bones cleaue to my skin verse 6 As Pellicane of wildernes such case now am I in And as an Owle in desert is loe I am such a one verse 7 I watch and as a Sparow on the house top am alone verse 8 Loe daily in reprochful wise myne enmies do me scorne And they y â— do against me rage against me they haue sworne verse 9 Surely with ashes as with bread my hunger I haue fild and mingled haue my drink w t teares y t fro mine eies haue stild verse 10 Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdayn For thou hast lifted me aloft and cast me down agayn verse 11 The dayes where in I pas my life are lyke the fleeting shade and I am withered like y â— gras that soone away doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord for euer doost remayne in stedy place And thy remembrance euer doth abyde from race to race The second part verse 13 Thou wilt arise and mercy thou to
Thee to obey in wealth and wo Let not flesh bloud or any il Preuayle agaynst thy holy wil. ⧠Geue vs this day our dayly bread And al other good giftes of thyne Kepe vs from warre and from bloudshed Also from sicknes dearth and pine That we may lyue in quietnes Without al gredy carefulnes Forgeue vs our offences al Releue our careful conscience ⧠As we forgeue both great and smal Which vnto vs haue done offence Prepare vs Lord for to serue thee In perfect loue and vnity O Lord into temptation Lead vs not when the fiend doth rage To withstand his inuasion Geue power and strength to euery age ⧠Arme and make strong thy feble host With faith and with thy holy ghost O Lord from euel deliuer vs The dayes and tymes are daungerous From euerlastyng death saue vs And in our last nede comfort vs A blessed end to vs bequeth Into thy handes our soules receyue ⧠For thou O Lord art kyng of kyngs And thou hast power ouer al Thy glory shineth in al thyngs In the wyde world vniuersal Amen let it be done O Lord That we haue prayd with one accord ¶ The .xii. Articles of the Christian Faith AL my belief and confidence Is in the Lord of might the father which al things hath made the day and eke the night the heauens the firmamēt and also many a starre the earth and al that is therin which passe mās reasō far And in like maner I beleue in Christ our Lord his sonne Coequal with the deitie and man in flesh and bone Conceiued by the holy ghost his word doth me assure and of his mother Mary borne yet she a Virgin pure Because mankind to Sathan was for sinne in bōd and thral He came and offred vp him selfe to death to saue vs al. And suffring most greuous payne then Pilate being iudge Was crucified on the cros and therat did not grudge And so he died in the flesh but quickned in the spirite His body then was buried as is our vse and rite His spirit did after this descēd into the lower parts To thē y ◠lōg in darknes wer the true light of their harts And in the thyrd day of his death he rose to life agayne To th end he might be glorified out of al grief and payne Ascendyng to the heauens hye to fit in glory stil On Gods right hād his father deare according to his wil. Vntil the day of iudgmēt come whē he shal come agayne With angels power yet of that day we al be vncertayn To iudge al people rightuously whō he hath dearely bought The liuing the dead also which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God my faith to satisfy The third person in Trinity beleue I stedfastly The holy catholike church that gods word doth maintaine and holy scripture doth alow which Sathā doth disdain And also I do trust to haue by Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes and that onely by faith What time al flesh shal rise again before the Lord of might and see him w t their bodely eies which now do geue thē light And then shal Christ our fauior the shepe and Goates deuyde and geue life euerlastingly to those whom he hath tryde Which is the realme celestial in glory for to rest With al the holy company of saints and Angels bleft Which serue the Lord omnipotent obediently eche houre To whome be al dominion and prayse for euermore ¶ A prayer vnto the holy Ghost to be song before the Sermon Syng this as the 11◠Psalme COme holy sprite the god of might comforter of vs al teach vs to know thy word aright y t we do neuer fal O holy Ghost visite our coast defend vs with thy shield Against al sinne and wickednes Lord help vs win the field Lord kepe our Quene her counsel geue them wil and might To perseuere in thy gospel which can put sinne to flyght O Lord that geuest thy holy word send preachers plētuously That in the same we may accord and therin lyue and dy O holy sprite direct aright the preachers of thy word that y u by them maist cut down sin as it were with a sword Depart not from those pastors pure but ayd them at al nede which breake to vs y e bread of life wher on our soules do fede O blessed spirit of truth kepe vs in peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours al and from al papistry Conuert al those that are our foes and bring thē to thy lyght that they and we may al agree and prayse thee day night O Lord increase our faith in vs and loue so to abound that man wife be void of strife neighbours about vs roūd In our time geue thy peace O Lord to nations far nye and teach thē al thy holy word that we may sing to thee All Glory to the Trinitie that is of myghtes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in al the tyme that hath bene heretofore As it is now and so shal be hence forth for euermore Da pacem Domine E. G. GEue peace in these our dayes O Lord great daūgers are now at hand thine enemies with one accord Christes name in euery land seeke to deface roote out and race thy true ryght worshyp in dede be thou the stay Lord we thee pray thou helpst alone in all nede Geue vs that peace which we do lacke Through misbelief and il life Thy word to offer thou doost not slacke Which we vnkindly gainstriue With fyre and sword this healthfull word Some persecute and oppresse Some with the mouth confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite down send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our lyues to amend And by fayth Christ renue That feare and dread warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde thy truth may byde And shyne in euery place The complaint of a Synner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercy WHere rightuousnes doth say Lord for my sinful part in wrath thou shouldst me pay vengeaunce for my desert I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how that cōtinually thy lawes I do transgres thy lawes I do transgres But if it be thy wil with synners to contend Then all thy flock shal spil and be lost without end For who lyueth here so ryght that rightly he can say He synneth not in thy sight full oft and euery day Thy Scripture plain telth me y ◠rightuous mā offēdeth seuē times a day to thee wheron thy wrath depēdeth So that the rightous man doth walk in no such path But he falth now or than in daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes y ◠euen the mā rightwise Faith oft in sinful bands wherby thy wrath may rise Lord I
†The whole booke of Psalmes collected into English Meter by Thomas Sternhold I. Hopkins and others coÌ„ferred with the Hebrue with apt Notes to syng them withall Faithfully perused and allowed accordyng to the Quenes Maiesties Iniunctions ¶ Very meete to be vsed of al sortes of people priuately for their solace comfort laying apart al vngodly songes and Ballades which read only to the norishing of vice corrupting of youth IAMES V. ☜ If any be afflicted let hym praye and if any be mery let hym syng Psalmes COLLOS III. Let the word of God dwel in you in al wisdoÌ„ teaching and exhortyng one another in Psalmes Hymnes and spiritual songes and sing vnto the Lorde in your hartes ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Day ¶ Cum gratia priuilegio Regiâ— Maiestatis per septennium Anno 1565. †A Treatise made by Athanasius the great wherin is set forth how and in what maner ye may vâ—e the Psalmes according to the effect of the mynde of gladnes or sorrow accordingly whiche Psalmes ye shall vse for prayer whiche for thankes geuyng which for rehersall of gods wonderfull actes to the prayse of his name Also ye may see in them how God hath holpen his chosen people from tyme to tyme and neuer forsaken them THe whole Scripture vniuersally is as it were a diuine maistres teachyng both vertue true fayth but the booke of Psalmes hath ouer and besides that in a maner an expresse Image of the state and condition of soules For as he which goeth to a king composeth first his behauiour and setteth in order his wordes least he should be counted rusticall rude so this diuine booke first by choise of all motions wher with the soule is affected warneth then frameth and instructeth by diuers formes of speakyng all such as couet vertue desyre to knowe the lyfe of the Sauiour It is easye therefore for euerye man to fynde out in the Psalmes the motion and state of his owne soule and by that meanes his owne fygure and proper erudition Moreouer with what wordes he may please God and with what words he may correct himselfe and geue God thankes least if he speake that thing whiche is not leafull he fall into impietie For not alone of deedes but also of euery word must we geue accoÌ„pt before the Iudge Wherfore if thou wylt pronounce any maÌ„ happy and blessed thou hast how and wherfore and whom thou maist call happye in the Psalmes as you may see in the fyrste Psalme 32. Psalme 41. Psalme 112. Psalme 119. Psalme and the. 128. Psalme If thou wylte complayne of the laying awayte of the Iewes against the Sauiour saye the second Psalme If thyne acquaintaunce persecute thee and many ryse agaynste thee thou hast the third Psalme If thou beyng troubled on this sort hast called vpon the Lord and because he hath heard thee thou wouldest geue hym thankes syng the .4 Psalme and the .115 Psalme If thou perceiuest wayte to be layde for thee of euill willers and desirest that thy prayer should be heard syng the .5 Psalme If thou feelest the threatnings of God and therby perceiuest thy selfe to be dismayed thou maist say the .6 Psalme and the .37 Psalme If any consult or conspire against thee as Achitophel against Dauid and some man tell in thee syng the .7 Psalme When thou considerest the grace of our Sauiour euery where spred abroade mankind restored vnto health then if thou wilt talke to the Lord syng the .8 Psalme If againe thou wilt syng of the wondrous workes of God geuing God thankes thou hast the 8. Psalme and the 81. Psalme If thou wilt haue thine enemy stopped and driuen backe and neuertheles the creature to be saued not trusting in thy selfe but in gods sonne say the 9. Psalme If any man will make thee afrayd thou with trust in the Lord shalt sing the .10 Psalme If thou seest the pride and malice of many to abound so that nothing which is good and godly is regarded amongst men fly thou vnto the Lord and say the .11 Psalme If the lyinges in wayte of enemies continue stil do not forget thy selfe as though the lord set nought by thee but call vpon the Lord singing the .26 Psalme If thou heare any man blaspheming speakyng ill against gods prouidence be not thou partaker of their wickednes but flying vnto God say the .14 Psalme and .53 Psalme If thou wilt know what sort the lyfe of a Citezin of the kingdome of heauen is syng the 15. Psalme If thou hast neede of prayer for them which withstand thee and compasse thy soule about syng the .17 psalme and 86. 89. and 142. Psalme If thou wilt know how Moyses prayed thou hast the .96 Psalme If thou art escaped from enemies and deliuered from them which persecute thee syng the 18. Psalme If thou maruelest at the order of thinges created and the grace of the deuine prouidence syng the .19 26. 27. Psalmes If thou seest any man troubled comforte them and praying for them saye the wordes of the 20. Psalme If thou seest thy selfe kept of the Lord and that thou prosperest reioyce and syng the 23. psalme If thyne enemies rush vpon thee lyft vp thy soule to God and say the .25 Psalme thou shalt see them worke wickednes in vayne If thyne enemies perseuer and continue and with bloudy handes seeke to seduce thee or kill thee geue not iudgement vnto man for all humayne thynges are suspect But requyryng God to be iudge who is the onely Iudge say the 26. Psalme and 35. 43. Psalme If thine enemies cruelly curse thee and multiply as it were an host with despite feare not no more then though thou were nothyng in daunger at al and syng the 46. Psalme If agayne they be impudent which lye in wayte set thou nothing by them but syng vnto the Lord that which is in the .47 Psalme If thou wylt know how thou ought to go vnto the lord when thou wilt geue him thanks plainly thou shalt vnderstand and see in the 48. Psalme Furthermore when thou renuest thy house and soule which receiueth the Lorde and the sensible house in which thou bodily dwellest geue thankes and say the 49. and 127. psalme If thou see thy kinsmen and frendes hate thee for the truth leaue not of thy loue neither feare such aduersaries but thinke what is to come and syng the 31. psalme If thou seest them that be christened deliuered from the corruptible birth maruelyng at the deuine bounteousnes syng the .31 psalme If thou wilt sing with the iust men remembring them which liue a right sing the 33. ps If thou hast fallen amongest enemyes and wiselye escaped them and fledde from their snares and therfore wilt geue thankes cal together the meeke syng wyth them the .34 psal If thou see the wicked striue to do mischiefe thinke not that sinne is naturally in them as certayne heretykes helde an opinion but say the 36. psalme If thou
verse 7 Rise vp therfore saue me my God for now on thee I call For thou hast broke the chekes teeth of these wicked mē al. verse 8 Saluation onely doth belong to thee O Lord aboue Thou doost bestow vpon thy folke thy blessing and thy loue Cum inuocarem exaudiui Psalme .iiii. T. S. ¶ Whē Saul persecuted Dauid he called vpon God trusting most assuredly in his promise therfore holdly reproueth his enemies who by wilfull malice resisted his dominion And finally preferreth the fauour of God before all worldly treasures Let vs lykewise learne to trust in gods promises when we are afflicted with any kinde of Crosse and so we shall neither feare our enemies nor yet be ouer commen with tentations Syng this as the first Psalme O God that art my righteousnes Lord heare me when I cal Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bound thral verse 2 Haue mercy Lord therfore on me and graūt me this request For vnto thee vncessantly to cry I wil not rest verse 3 O mortall men how long wil ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanitie and folow after lyes verse 4 Know ye that good godly men the lord doth take chuse And whē to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sinne not but stād in awe therfore examine wel your hart And in your chamber quietly see you your selues conuert verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousnes I say And loke that in the liuing lord you put your trust alway verse 7 The greater sort craue worldly goods riches do embrace But Lord graūt vs thy countenaunce thy fauour and thy grace verse 8 For thou therby shalt make my hart more ioyful and more glad Then they that of their corne wine ful great increase haue had verse 9 In peace therfore lye down wil I taking my rest and slepe For thou onely wilt me O Lord alone in safely kepe Verba mea auribus percipe Psalme .v. T. S ¶ Dauid hauing suffered great calamitie as well by Doeg a Achitophel Saules flatterers as by other infinite enemies calleth to God for succor shewing how requisite it is that God should punishe the malicious enuy of his aduersaries After beyng assured of prosperous successe he conceyueth comforte concludyng that when God shall deliuer hym other also shall be partakers of the same mercies Sing this as the third psalme INcline thine eares vnto my wordes O Lord my plaint consider verse 2 And heare my voyce my king my god to thee I make my praier verse 3 Heare me betime Lord tary not for I wil haue respect My prayer early in the morne to thee for to direct verse 4 And I wil trust through patience in thee my God alone That art not pleased with wickednes il with thee dwels none verse 5 And in thy sight shal neuer stand these furious fooles O Lord Vaine workers of iniquitie thou hast alwayes abhord verse 6 The lyers and the flatterers thou shalt destroy them then And God will hate the bloud thirsty and the deceitful man verse 7 Therfore wil I come to thy house trusting vpon thy grace And reuerently wil worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy rightuousnes for to confound my foes And eke the way that I shal walke before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouthes there is no truth their hart is foule vaine verse 10 Their throte an open sepulchre their tonges do glose and fayne verse 11 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought verse 12 Subuert thē in their heapes of sinne which haue rebelliō wrought verse 13 But those that put their trust in thee let them be glad alwayes And rēder thākes for thy defense and geue thy name the prayse verse 14 For thou with fauour wilt increase the iust righteous still And with thy grace as with a shild defend him from all ill i. Domine ne in furore tuo Psalme .vi. T. S. ¶ When Dauid by his sinnes hath prouoked gods wrath and now felt not onely his hand against him but also conceiued the horrors of death euerlastyng he desired forgeuenes bewayling that if god toke him awaye in his indignation he should lacke occasion to prayse him as he was wont to do whilest he was amongest men Then sodenly feling gods mercy he sharpely rebuketh his enemies whiche reioyseth in his affliction LOrde in thy wrath reproue me not thoughe I deserue thine ire Ne yet correct me in thy rage O Lorde I thee desire For I am weake therfore O Lorde of mercy me forbeare and heale me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord tourne thee to thy wōted grace my sely soule vp take Oh saue me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shal worship thee O Lord in the infernal pit verse 6 So greuous is my plaint and mone that I wax wondrous faint Al the night long I wash my bed with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dimme and waxeth old with anguish of mine heart For feare of those that be my foes and would my soule subuert verse 8 But now away from me al ye that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath hard the voyce of my complaint cry verse 9 He heard not onely the request and prayer of my hart But it receiued at my hand and tooke it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed me the Lord wil soone defame And sodenly confound thē al to their rebuke and shame Domine deus meus in te speraui Psalme .vii. T. S. Dauid being falsely accused by Chus one of Saules kinsmē he calleth god to be his defēder to whō he cōmendeth his innocencie First shewing that his conscience did not accuse him of any euill towardes Saule Next that it couched gods glory to award sentence agaynst the wicked And so entring into the consideratiō of gods mercyes and promises he waxeth holde and derideth the vayne enterprises of his enemyes threatnyng that it shall fall on their owne neckes that whiche they haue purposed for others Sing this as the third psalme verse 1 O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Saue me from thē that me pursue and eke deliuer me verse 2 Least like a Lion he me teare and rent in pieces smal While there is none to succor me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I haue done the thing that is not right Or els if I be found in faut or gilty in the sight verse 4 Or to my frend rewarded euil or left him in distres Which me pursued most cruelly and hated me causeles verse 5 Then let my foes
controlyng Therfore he calleth vpon god to sende some remedy these desperate euils And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of delyueraunce Sing this as the third Psalme verse 1 WHat is the cause that thou O Lord art now so far from thine And kepest close thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce froÌ„ vs this troublous time verse 2 The poore doth perish by the proud and wicked meÌ„s desire Let them be taken in the craft that they them selues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his own hart the vngodly doth delyte So doth the wicked prayse him self and doth the Lord despite verse 4 He is so proud that right and wrong he setteth al apart Nay nay there is no God sayth he for thus he thinkes in heart verse 5 Because his wayes do prosper stil he doth thy lawes neglect And with a blast doth puffe against such as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saith he I haue no dread least mine estate should chaÌ„ge And why for al aduersity to him is very straunge verse 7 His mouth is ful of cursednes of fraud deceyte and guile Vnder his to ung doth mischief sit trauel al the while verse 8 He lieth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by his cruel eyes are beÌ„t verse 9 And like a Lion priuily lieth lurkyng in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoile poore simple meÌ„ verse 10 And for the nonce ful craftly he croucheth down I say verse 11 So ar great heapes of pore meÌ„ made by his stroÌ„g power hys pray verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this sayth he therfore may I behold His countenaunce is cast aside he doth it not behold verse 13 Arise O Lord O God in whom the poore mans hope doth rest Lift vp thy hand forget not Lord the poore that be opprest verse 14 What blasphemy is this to thee Lord doost thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in their harts say tush thou carest not for it verse 15 But thou seest al thys wyckednes and wel doost vnderstand verse 16 That frendles and poore fatherles are left into thy hand verse 17 Of wicked and malitious men then breake the power for euer That they with their iniquitie may perish altogether verse 18 The Lord shal raygne for euermore as kyng and God alone And he wil chase the Heathen folke out of his land eche one verse 19 Thou hearest O lord the poore maÌ„s plaint their praiers request Their harts thou wilt coÌ„firme vntil thine eares to heare be prest verse 20 To iudge the poore and fatherles and helpe them to their right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psalme .xi. T. S ¶ This Psalme conteyneth two partes In the first Dauid sheweth how hard assaults of teÌ„ptations he sustayned and in how great anguish of mynde he was when Saule dyd persecute him Then next he reioyseth that God sent him succor in his necessitie declaring hys iustice as wel in gouerning the good and the wicked men as the whole world Syng this as the third Psalme verse 1 I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soule vntil Flee hence as fast as any foule and hide you in your hil verse 2 Behold y e wicked beÌ„d their bowes make their arrowes prest to shote in secret to hurt y e souÌ„d harmles brest verse 3 Of worldly hope al stayes wer shruÌ„ke clerely brought to nought Alas the iust and rightuous man what euil hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauens hath his seat of royal maiestye The poore and simple mans estate considereth in his mynde And searcheth out ful narowly the maners of mankynde verse 5 And with a chereful countenance the righteous man wil vse But in his hart he doth abhorre al such as mischief muse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne Fire brimstone whirlwindes thick apointed for their payne verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doth righteousnes embrace And to the iust and vpright men shewes forth his pleasant face Saluum me fac Deus Psalme .xii. T. S ¶ The prophet learning the miserable estate of the people and the decay of all good order desireth God spedely to send succor to his children Then coÌ„forting himselfe and others with the assurance of gods helpe he commendeth the constant veritie that God obserueth in keping his promises concluding that when all orders are most corrupted then wyl God delyuer his Sing this as the third Psalme verse 1 HElpe Lord for good and godly men do perish and decay And faith truth froÌ„ worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doth w t his neighbour talk his talk is al but vaine For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and faine verse 3 But flatteryng and deceitful lippes and tonges that be so stout to speak proud words make great brags y â— lord soone cut theÌ„ out verse 4 For they say stil we wil preuayle our tonges shal vs extol our tongs are ours we ought to speak what lord shal vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry of poore and men opprest Arise wil I now saith the lord and them restore to rest verse 6 Gods worde is lyke to siluer pure that from the earth is tride And hath no lesse then seuen tymes in fyre bene purifide verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe Lord keepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this il kind of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischiefes manifold When vanitie with mortal men so highly is extold Vsquequo domine Psalme xiii T. S ¶ Dauid as it were ouercommen with sundry and new afflictions flyeth to God as hys onely refuge and so at the length being encouraged through gods promises he conceiueth most sure confidence against the extreame horrors of death Sing this as the third psalme verse 1 HOw long wilt y u forget me Lord shal I neuer be remembred How loÌ„g wilt y u thy visage hide as though y u were offeÌ„ded verse 2 In hart mynde how long shal I with care tormented be How longe eke shal my deadly foe thus triumphe ouer me verse 3 Behold me now my Lord my God and heare me sore opprest Lighten mine eyes least that I sleepe as one by death possest verse 4 Least thus mine enemy say to me behold I do preuayle Least they also that hate my soule reioyce to see me quayle verse 5 But for thy mercies and goodnes my hope shal neuer start In thy reliefe and sauyng health right glad shal bee my hart verse 6 I wil geue thankes vnto the Lord and praises to him syng Because he hath heard my request and graunted my wishyng Dixit insipiens psalme .xiiii. T. S. ¶ He describeth the pâ—ruerse nature of
men which were so growen to licentiousnes that god was brought to vtter contempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued yet being persuaded that God would send some present remedy he comforteth hymself and others THere is no God as folish men affirme in their mad mode their drifts are al corrupt vayne not one of them doth good The Lorde beheld from heauen hit the who le race of mankynde and saw not one that sought in deede the liuing God to finde verse 3 They went all wyde were corrupt and truly there was none That in the world did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all their iudgement so far lost that all worke mischief stil Eating my people eueÌ„ as bread not one to seeke Gods wil verse 5 When they thus rage then sodenly great feare on them shal fal For god doth loue the righteous men and wil maintain them al. verse 6 Ye mocke the doinges of the poore to their reproche and shame Because they put their trust in God and cal vpon his name verse 7 But who shal geue thy people health when wilt thou fulfil The promise made to Israel from out of Sion hil verse 8 Euen when thou shalt restore agayne such as were captiues lad Then Iacob shal therin reioyce and Israel shal be glad Domine quis habitabit Psalme .xv. T. S ¶ This Psalme teacheth on what condition God did chuse the Iewes for his peculiar people and wherfore he placed his Temple among them which was to th entent that they be lyuing vprightly godlye might witnes that they were his special and holy people Sing this as the third psalme verse 1 O Lord within thy Tabernacle who shal inhabite stil Or whom wilt thou receyue to dwel in thy most holy hil verse 2 The maÌ„ whose life is vncorrupt whose works ar iust streit Whose hart doth think y e very truth whose tong speakes no deceit verse 3 Nor to his neighbour doth none il in body goods or name Nor willingly doth moue false tales which might empeyr y e same verse 4 That in his hart regardeth not malitious wycked men But those that loue and feare the Lord he maketh much of them verse 5 His oth and al his promises that kepeth faithfully Although he make his couenant so that he doth lose therby verse 6 That putteth not to vsury his money and his coyne Ne for to hurt the innocent doth brybe or els purloyne verse 7 Who so doth al things as you see that here is to be done Shal neuer perish in this world nor in the world to come Conserua me domine Psalme .xvi. T. S. ¶ Dauid prayeth to God for succour not for his workes but for his faythe 's sake protestyng that he hateth al Idolatry taking God onely for his comfort and felicity who suffreth hys to lacke nothyng Syng this as the .xiiii. Psalme verse 1 LOrd kepe me for I trust in thee and do confesse in deede Thou art my God of my goods O lord y u hast no neede verse 2 I geue my goodnes to the saints that in the world do dwel And namely to the faithful flocke in vertue that excel verse 3 They shal heape sorowes on their heds which ruÌ„ as they wer mad To offer to the Idols Gods alas it is to bad verse 4 As for their bloudy sacrifice and offrings of that sort I wil not touch nor yet therof my lips shal make report verse 5 For why the Lord the portion is of mine inheritaunce And thou art he that doost maintain my rent my lot my chauÌ„ce verse 6 The place wherin my lot did fal in beauty did excel Myne heritage assignd to me doth please me wondrous wel verse 7 I thanke the Lord that caused me to vnderstand the right For by his meanes my secret thoughts do teach me euery nyght verse 8 I set the Lord stil in my sight and trust him ouer al For he doth stand on my right hand therfore I shal not fal verse 9 Wherfore my hart and tonge also doth both reioyce together My flesh and body rest in hope when I this thing consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue for Lord thou louest me Nor yet wil geue thine holy one corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt teach me the way to lyfe for al treasures and â—â—ore Of perfect ioy are in thy face and power for euermore Exaudi domine iustitiam meam Psalme .xvii. T. S ¶ Here he complayneth vnto God of the cruel pride and arrogancy of Saule and the rest of his enmies who thus raged without any cause geueÌ„ on his part therfore he desireth God to reuenge his innocency and deliuer hym This Psalme ought diligentlye to be noted of such as receiue euil for wel doyng Syng this as the xiiii Psalme verse 1 O Lord geue eare to my iust cause attend when I complaine and heare y e praier y t I put forth with lips that do not fayne verse 2 And let y e iudgemeÌ„t of my cause procede alwaies from thee And let thine eies behold and cleare this my simplicitie verse 3 Thou hast wel tride me in the night and yet couldst nothing finde That I haue spoken with my tonge that was not in my mynde verse 4 As from the workes of wicked men and pathes peruerse and il For loue of thy most holy worde I haue refrayned stil verse 5 Then in thy pathes that be most pure stay me Lord and preserue That from the way wherin I walke my steps may neuer swerue verse 6 For I do cal to thee O Lord surely thou wilt me ayde TheÌ„ heare my prayer way right wel the wordes y t I haue sayd verse 7 O thou the sauiour of all them that put their trust in thee Declare thy strength on them y t spurne against thy maiestie verse 8 O kepe me Lord as thou wouldst kepe the apple of thine eye And vnder couert of thy wings defend me secretly The second part verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and daily me anoy And from my foes that go about my soule for to destroy verse 10 Which wallow in their worldly wealth so ful and eke so fat that in their pride they do not spare to speak they care not what verse 11 They lie in wait where we should passe w t craft me to confound And musing mischief in their mindes to cast me to the ground verse 12 Much like a Lion gredely that would his pray embrace Or lurkyng like a Lions whelpe within some secret place verse 13 Vp Lord with hast preuent my foe and cast him at thy feete Saue y u my soule froÌ„ the euil man and w t thy sword him smite verse 14 Deliuer me lord by thy power out of these tirants hands Which now so long time raigned haue kepe vs in their bands verse 15 I meane froÌ„ worldly men to whoÌ„ al worldly goodes are rife That
to the consideration of the eternall mansions prepared for vs in the heauens wherof this was a shadow and figure Syng this as th x. xxi Psalme verse 1 THe earth is al the Lordes withal her store and furniture yea his is al the world and al that therin do indure verse 2 For he hath fastly founded it aboue the sea to stand And laid a low the liquid flouds to flow beneath y ◠lād verse 3 For who is he O Lord that shal ascend into thy hil Or passe into thy holy place there to continue stil verse 4 Whose hāds ar harmles whose hart no spot there doth defile His soule not set on vanitie who hath not sworne no guile verse 5 Him that is such a one the Lord shal place in blisful plight And God his God and sauior shal yelde to him his right verse 6 This is the brode of trauelers in seking of his grace As Iacob did the Israelite in that time of his race verse 7 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlasting gate For there shal enter in therby the king of glorious state verse 8 What is the king of glorious the strong and mighty Lord The mighty Lord in battayles stout and trial of the sword verse 9 Ye princes open your gates stand open the euerlasting gate For there shal enter in therby the king of glorious state verse 10 What is this king of glorious the Lord of hostes it is The kingdome and the royalltie of glorious state is his Ad te domine leuaui Psalme .xxv. T. S. ¶ The Prophet touched with the consideration of his sinnes and also greued with the cruell malice of his enemies prayeth to God most feruently to haue his sinnes forgeuen especially such as he had committed in his youth He begynneth euery verse accordyng to the Ebrue letters two or three except I Lift mine hart to thee my God guide most iust now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust Let not my foes reioyce nor make a scorne of me and let them not be ouerthrowen that put their trust in thee But shame shal them befal which harme them wrongfully verse 3 Therfore thy pathes thy rightwayes vnto me Lord descry verse 4 Direct me in thy truth and teach me I thee pray Thou art my God and sauiour on thee I wayt alway verse 5 Thy mercyes manifold I pray thee Lord remember And eke thy pitie plentiful for they haue ben for euer verse 6 Remember not the fautes and fraylty of my youth Remember not how ignoraunt I haue ben of thy truth Nor after my deserts let me thy mercy find But of thine own beningnity Lord haue me in thy mynd verse 7 His mercy is ful swete his truth a perfect guide Therfore the Lord wil sinners teach such as go aside verse 8 The humble he wil teach his preceptes for to kepe He wil direct in al his wayes the lowly and the meke verse 9 For al the wayes of God are truth mercy both To them that kepe his testament the witnes of his troth The second part verse 10 Now for thy holy name O Lord I thee intreat To graunt me pardō for my sinne for it is wōdrous great verse 11 Who so doth feare the Lord the Lord doth him direct To lead his life in such away as he doth best accept verse 12 His soule shal euermore in goodnes dwel and stand His sede and his posterity inherite shal the land verse 13 Al those that feare the Lord know his secret intent And vnto them he doth declare his wil and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my hart to him I wil aduaunce That pluckt my feete out of the snare of sinne ignorance verse 15 With mercy me behold to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortles alone verse 16 The troubles of mine hart are multiplied in dede Bring me out of this misery necessity and nede verse 17 Behold my pouerty mine anguish and my payne Remit my sinne mine offence make me cleane agayne verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they do stil increase Pursuing me w t deadly hate that faine would liue in peace verse 19 Preserue and kepe my soule and eke deliuer me And let me not be ouerthrowen because I trust in the. verse 20 Let my simple purenes me from mine enmies shend Because I looke as one of thine that y u shouldst me defend verse 21 Deliuer Lord thy folke and send them some relief I meane thy chosen Israel from al their paine and grief Iudica me domine Psalme .xxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid oppressed with many iniuries findyng no helpe in the world called for ayde from God and assured of his integritie towards Saul desireth God to be his iudge and to defend his innocency causeles afflicted Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice whiche he will offer for his deliueraunce and desireth to be in the company of the faythfull in the congregation of God whiche he was banished by Saule promising integritie of lyfe and open prayses and thankes geuyng Sing this as the .xviii. psal verse 1 LOrd be my iudge thou shalt se my pathes be right plaine I trust in god hope that he wil strēgth me to remaine verse 2 Proue me my God I thee desire my wayes to search try As men do proue their gold with fire my reaynes and hart espie verse 3 Thy goodnes layd before my face I durst be bold alwayes For of thy truth I treade the trace and wil do al my dayes verse 4 I do not lust to haunt or vse with men whose dedes are vayne To come in house I do refuse with the deceitful trayne verse 5 I much abhorre the wicked sort their dedes I do despise I do not once to them resort that hurtful things deuise verse 6 My hands I wash and do procede in workes that walke vpright Then to thy alter I make spede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speake preach the prayse that doth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast ben good to me verse 8 O Lord thy house I loue most deare to me it doth excel I haue delight would be nere whereas thy grace doth dwel verse 9 Oh shut not vp my soule with thē in sinne that take theyr fil Nor yet my life amōgst those mē that seke much bloud to spil verse 10 Whose hāds are heapt with craft guile their life therof is ful And their right hand w t wrēch wile for bribes doth pluck pul verse 11 But I in righteousnes entend my time and dayes to serue Haue mercy Lord and me defend so that I do not swerue verse 12 My fote is stayd for al assayes it standeth wel and right Wherfore to God wil I geue praise in al the peoples sight Dominus illuminatio Psalme .xxvi. I H. ¶ Dauid maketh this Psalme beyng
and grief thou gauest an eare and didst prouide to ease me with relief verse 3 Of thy good wil thou hast cald back my soule from hell to saue Thou didst reuiue wheÌ„ streÌ„gth did lacke kept me froÌ„ the graue verse 4 Sing prayse ye saints that proue se the goodnes of the Lord In memory of his maiesty reioyce with one accord verse 5 For why his anger but a space doth last and flake agayne But in his fauor and his grace alwayes doth life remayne Though gripes of grief panges ful sore shal lodg with vs al night The Lord to ioy shal vs restore before the day be light verse 6 When I enioyd the world at wil thus would I boast and say Tush I am sure to feele none il this wealth shal not decay verse 7 For thou O Lord of thy good grace hadst sent me streÌ„gth ayde But wheÌ„ thou turnd away thy face my mind was sore dismayd verse 8 Wherfore agayne yet did I cry to thee O Lord of might My God with plaints I did apply and prayd both day night verse 9 What gayn is in my bloud sayd I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiesty or yet thy truth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pity take O Lord I thee desire Do not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee require verse 11 Then didst thou turne my grief and wo vnto a chereful voyce The mourning weede thou tookst me fro madst me to reioyce verse 12 Wherfore my soule vncessantly shal sing vnto thy prayse My Lord my God to thee will I geue laud thankes alwayes In te domine speraui Psalme .xxxi. 1. Hop ¶ Dauid deliuered from some great daunger in the deserte of Maon or els where first he rehearseth what meditation he had by the power of faith when death was before his eyes his enemyes beyng ready to take him then he adioyneth the fauour of God alwayes to be ready to those that feare him Finally he exhorteth all the faithful to trust in God and to loue him bycause he preserueth and strengthneth them as they may see by his example Syng this as the. 18. Psalme verse 1 O Lord I put my trust in thee let nothing worke me shame As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quite from blame verse 2 Heare me O lord that anone to help me make good spede Be thou my rocke and house of stone my fence in tyme of nede verse 3 For why as stones thy streÌ„gth is tride thou art my fort and tower For thy names sake be thou my guide lead me in thy power verse 4 Pluck forth my feete breake y e snare which they for me haue laid Thou art my streÌ„gth and al my care is for thy might and ayd verse 5 Into thy handes Lord I commit my spirit which is thy dew For why thou hast redemed it O Lord thou God most true verse 6 I hate such folke as wil not part from things that he abhord When they on trifles set their hart my trust is in the Lord. verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I se it doth excel Thou seest wheÌ„ ought would me annoy knowest my soul ful wel verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hand that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of band to walke abrod at large The second parte verse 9 9 Great grife O Lord doth me assayle some pyty on me take Mine eyes waxe dim my might doth fayle my woÌ„be for wo doth ake verse 10 My life is worne for grief payne my yeares in wo are past My streÌ„gth is gone through disdaine my bones corrupt wast verse 11 Among my foes I am a scorne my frendes are all dismayd My neighbours and my kinsmen borne to se me are afrayd verse 12 As men once dead are out of mind so am I now forgot As smal effect in me they find as in a broken pot verse 13 I hard the brags of al the route their threates my mind did fray How they conspird and went about to take my life away verse 14 But Lord I trust in thee for ayde not to be ouer trod For I confes and stil haue sayd thou art my Lord and God verse 15 The length of al my life and age O Lord is in thy hand Defend me froÌ„ the wrathes and rage of theÌ„ that me withstand verse 16 To me thy seruaunt Lord expresse and shew thy ioyful face And saue me Lord for thy goodnes thy mercy and thy grace The third part verse 17 Lord let me not be put to blame for that on thee I call But let the wicked beare their shame and in the graue to fal verse 18 Oh how great good hast thou in store layd vp ful safe for them That feare and trust in thee therfore before the sonnes of men verse 19 Thy presence shal theÌ„ fence guid from al proud bragges wroÌ„gs Within thy place thou shalt theÌ„ hide from al the strife of toungs verse 20 Thankes to the Lord that hath declard on me his grace so far Me to defend with watch and ward as in a town of war verse 21 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Loe I was cleane cast out of sight yet hardst thou my request verse 22 Ye saints loue ye the Lord I say the faithfull he doth guide And to the proud he wil repay according to their pride verse 23 Be strong and God shal stay your hart be bold and haue a lust For sure the Lord wil take your part sith ye on him do trust Beati quorum remissi sunt Psalme .xxxii. T. S. ¶ David punished with greuous sicknes for his sinnes counteth them happy to whom God doth not imputs theyr transgressions And after that he had confessed his sâ—nnes and obteined pardon he exhorteth the wicked men to lyue godly and the good to reioyce Syng this as the .xxx. Psalme verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest whose wickednes y e Lord hath cleane remitted And he whose sinne wretchednes is hid also couered verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sinne Which in his hart hath hid no guile nor fraude is found therin verse 3 For whilst that I kept close my sinne in silence and constraynt My bones did weare wast away with dayly mone plaint verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so greuous was and smert That al my bloud and humours moyst to drynes did conuert verse 5 I did therfore confes my fault and al my sinnes discouer The thou O Lord didst me forgeue al my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shal pray therfore and seke thee in due time So that the floudes of waters great shal haue no power on him verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie do compasse me about Thou art my refuge and my ioy thou doost rid me out verse
20 The Lord doth so preserue and keepe his very bones alway That not so much as one of them doth perish or decay verse 21 The sinne shal slea the wicked mā whiche he himself hath wrought and such as hate y e righteous mā shal soone be brought to nought verse 22 But they that serue the liuing Lord the Lord doth saue thē sound and who that put their trust in hym nothyng shal thē confound Iudice domine psalme .xxxv. I. H ¶ So long as Saule was enemy to Dauid al y ◠had any authoritie vnder him to flatter their king did also most cruelly persecute Dauid against whom he prayeth God to plead to auenge his cause that they may be taken in their nets and snares which they laid for hym his innoccēy may be declared And y ◠the innocēt whiche taketh part w e him may reioyce praise the name of the Lord that thus deliuereth his seruant And so he promiseth to speake forth the iustice of the Lord and to magnify his name al the dayes of his lyfe LOrd pleade my cause agaynst my foes con found their force and myght Fyght on my part against all those that seeke with me to fyght Lay hand vp pon thy speare and shield thy self in armour dresse stand vp for me and fight the field to helpe me from distresse verse 3 Gird on thy sword and stop the way my enmies to withstand That thou vnto my soule do say lo I thy helpe at hand verse 4 Confound them with rebuke and blame that seke my soule to spil let thē turne backe flye with shame y e think to worke me il verse 5 Let them disperse and flie abrode as wind doth dryue the dust And that the aungel of our God their might away may thrust verse 6 Let al their wayes be voyde of lyght and slippry like to fal And send thine aungel with thy might to persecute them al. verse 7 For why without my fault they haue in secret set their grin And for no cause haue digd a cause to take my soule therin verse 8 When they think least haue no care O Lord destroy them al Let them be trapt in their owne snare aud in their mischief fal verse 9 And let my soule my hart and voyce in God haue ioy and wealth That in the lord I may reioyce and in his sauyng health verse 10 And then my bones shal speak and say my partes shal al agree O Lord though they do seme ful gay what man is lik to thee The second part verse 11 Thou doost defēd y e weake from thē that are both stout and strōg and rid the poore from wicked mē that spoyle and do thē wrong verse 12 My cruel foes against me rise to witnes things vntrue And to accuse me they deuise of that I neuer knew verse 13 Where I to them did owe good wil they quit me with disdayne That they should pay my good with il my soule doth sore cōplain verse 14 When they wer sick I mournd therfore and clad my self in sacke With fasting I did faint ful sore to pray I was not slacke verse 15 As they had bene my brethrē deare I did my self behaue As one that maketh woful cheare about his mothers graue verse 16 But they at my disease did ioy and gather on a rout Yea abiect slaues at me did toye with mocks and checks ful stout verse 17 The belly gods and flattering trayne that al good things deryde At me do grin with great disdayne and pluck their mouth asyde verse 18 Lord whē wilt thou amēd this geare why doost thou stay pause Oh rid my soule myne onely deare out of these Lyons clawes verse 19 And then wil I geue thanks to thee before thy church alwayse And where as most of people be there wil I shew they prayse verse 20 Let not my foes preuayle on me which hate me for no fault Nor yet to winke or turne their eye that causeles me assault The third part verse 21 O peace no word they thinke or say their talke is al vntrue They stil consult and would betray al those that peace ensue verse 22 With opē mouth they run at me they gape they laugh they fliere Wel wel say they our eye doth see y e thyng that we desire verse 23 But Lord y u seest what waies they take sease not this geare to mēd Be not far of nor me forsake as men that fayle their frend verse 24 Awake aryse and stirre abrode defend me in my right Reuenge my cause my Lord my God and aid me with they might verse 25 According to they righteousnes my Lord God set me free and let not them their pride expresse nor triumph ouer mee verse 26 Let not their harts reioyce cry there there this geare goeth trim Nor geue them cause to say on hye we haue our wil of hym verse 27 Confound thē with rebuke and shame that ioy whē I do mourne and pay thē home with spite blame that brag at me with scorn verse 28 Let them be glad and eke reioyce which loue mine vpright way and they al tymes with hart and voyce shal prayse y e lord say verse 29 Great is the Lord and doth excel for why he doth delight To see his seruants prosper wel that is his pleasant sight verse 30 Wherfore my tonge I wil apply thy righteousnes to prayse Vnto the Lord my God wil I sing laudes w t thankes alwayes Dixit iniustus Psalme .xxxvi. I. H. ¶ Dauid greuously vexed by the wicked doth complaine of their malice wickednes Then he turneth to consider the vnspeakable goodnes of God toward al creatures But specially towards his children that by fayth there of he may bee comforted and assured of his deliuerance by this ordinary course of gods worke who in the ende destroyeth the wycked and saueth the iust Sing this as the. xxxv psal verse 1 THe wicked w t his workes vniust doth thus persuade his hart That of y e Lord he hath no trust his feare is set apart verse 2 Yet doth he ioy in his estate to walk as he began So long til he deserue the hate of God and eke of man verse 3 His words are wicked vile and naught his tong no truth doth tel Yet at no hand wil he be taught which way he may do wel verse 4 When he should slepe thē doth he muse his mischief to fulfil No wicked wayes doth he refuse nor nothing that is il verse 5 But Lord thy goodnes doth ascend aboue the heauens hie So doth thy truth it self extend vnto the cloudy sky verse 6 Much more thē hils so high and steepe thy iustice is exprest Thy iudgemēts like to seas most depe thou sauest both mā beast verse 7 Thy mercy is aboue all things O God it doth excel In trust wherof as in thy wings the sonnes of men shal dwel verse 8 Within thy house they
shal be fed with plentye at their wil Of al delight they shal be sped and take therof their fil verse 9 For why the wel of lyfe so pure did ouerflow from thee And in they light we are ful sure the lastyng light to see verse 10 From such as thee desire and know let not thy grace depart Thy righteousnes declare and shew to men of vpright hart verse 11 Let not the proud on me preuayle O Lord of thy good grace Nor let the wicked me assayle to throw me out of place verse 12 But they in their deuice shal fal that wicked workes maintayne They shal be ouerthrown withal and neuer ryse agayne Noli emulari Psalme .xxxvii. VV. VV. ¶ Because the godly should not wonder to see wicked men prosper in this world the prophet sheweth that all thinges shall be graunted according to their hartes desire to them that loue and feare God and they that do the coÌ„trary although they seeme to florish for a time shal at length perish Syng this as the. xxxv Psalme verse 1 CRudge not to see the wicked men in wealth to florish stil Nor yet enuy such as to il haue bent and set their wil. verse 2 For as grene gras florishing herbes are cut wither away So shal their great prosperity soone passe fade and decay verse 3 Trust thou therfore in God alone to do wel geue thy mynd So shalt thou haue y e land as thyne there sure foode shalt find verse 4 In God set al thy harts delite and loke what thou wouldst haue Or els canst wish in al the world thou needst it not to craue verse 5 Cast both thy selfe and thyne affayres on God with perfect trust And thou shalt see with patience the effect both sure and iust verse 6 The perfect lyfe and godly name he wil cleare as the light So that y e sunne eueÌ„ at noone dayes shal not shyne half so bright verse 7 Be stil therfore and stedfastly on God see thou wait then Not shrinking for y e prosperous state of leud and wicked men verse 8 Shake of despite enuy and hate at least in any wyse Their wicked steps auoyd and fly and folow not their guise verse 9 For euery wicked man wil God destroy both more and lesse But such as trust in him are sure the land for to posses verse 10 Watch but a whyle and thou shalt see no more the wycked trayn No not so much as house or place where once he dyd remayn The second part verse 11 But merciful and humble men enioy shal sea and land In rest and peace they shal reioyce for nought shal theÌ„ withstand verse 12 The leud men and malitious against the iust conspyre They gnash their teeth at him as meÌ„ which do his bane desyre verse 13 But while y â— leud meÌ„ thus do think the Lord laughes theÌ„ to scorne for why he seeth their terme approch wheÌ„ they shal sigh morne verse 14 The wicked haue their sword out drawn their bow eke haue thei bent To ouerthrow and kil y e poore as they y e right way weÌ„t verse 15 But y e same sword shal yearse their harts which was to kil the iust likewise the bow shal break to shiuers wherin thei put their trust verse 16 Doubtles the iust maÌ„s poore estate is better a great deale more TheÌ„ al these leud worldy mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For be their power neuer so strong God wil it ouerthrow Where contrary he doth preserue the humble men and low verse 18 He seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And wil geue them inheritaunce which neuer shal decay verse 19 They shal not be discouraged when some are hard bested When other shal be hungerbit they shal be clad and fed verse 20 For whosoeuer wicked is and enmy to the Lord shal quail yea melt eueÌ„ as laÌ„bs grease or smoke that flyeth abrode The third part verse 21 Behold the wicked boroweth much and neuer paithe again Wheras the iust by liberal gifts makes many glad and fain verse 22 For they whom God doth bles shal haue the land for heritage And they whom he doth curse likewyse shal perish in his rage verse 23 The lord the iust mans waies doth guide geues him good succes To euery thing he takes in hand he sendeth good addres verse 24 Though that he fal yet is he sure not vtterly to quayle Because the lord stretches out his hand at neede doth not fayle verse 25 I haue bene yong and now am old yet did I neuer see The iust man left or els his sede to beg for misery verse 26 But geues alwayes most liberally and lendes where as is neede His children and posteritie receyue of God their meede verse 27 Flee vice therfore and wickednes and vertue do embrace So God shal graunt thee long to haue in earth a dwelling place verse 28 For God so loueth equitie and shewes to his such grace That he preserues theÌ„ euermore but stroyes the wycked race verse 29 Where as y e good and godly men inherite shal the land Hauing as Lordes al thing therin in their own power and hand verse 30 The iust mans mouth doth euer speak of matters wise and hye His tong doth talk to edify with truth and equity verse 31 For in his hart the law of God his Lord doth stil abide So that where euer he goes or walkes his foote caÌ„ neuer flyde verse 32 The wicked like a rauenyng wolfe the iust man doth beset By all meanes seeking him to kil if he fal in his net The fourth part verse 33 Though he should fal into his handes yet god would succor send Though men against him senteÌ„ce geue god would him yet defeÌ„d verse 34 Waite thou on God and kepe his way he shal preserue thee then The earth to rule thou shalt see destroid these wicked men verse 35 The wicked haue I sene most strong and placed in high degree Florishing in al wealth and store as doth the Laurel tree verse 36 But sodenly he passed away and lo he was quite gone theÌ„ I him soght but could scarse find y e place wher dwelt such one verse 37 Marke and behold the perfite man how god doth him encrease For the iust man shal haue at length great ioy with rest peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroyd they shal al be God wil cut of their budding race and riche posteritie verse 39 But the saluation of the iust doth come from God aboue Who in their trouble sends theÌ„ ayde of his mere grace and loue verse 40 God doth them help saue and deliuer from leud men and vniust And stil wil saue them whilst that they in him do put their trust Domine ne in furore Psalme .xxxviii. I. H. ¶ Dauid lying sicke of some greuous â—isease acknowlegeth himselfe to be chastised of the lord for his sinnes and
therfore prayeth God to turne away his wrath he vttexeth y e greatnes of his griefe by many wordes and circumstances as wounded with the arrowes of Gods ire forsaken of his frendes euil entreated of his enemies but in the end with firme confidence be commendeth his cause to God and hopeth for spedy helpe at his hand Syng this as the. xxxv Psalme verse 1 PVt me not to rebuke O Lord in thy prouoked ire Ne in thy heauy wrath O lord correct me I desire verse 2 Thine arrowes do sticke fast in me thy hand doth presse me sore verse 3 And in my flesh no health at al appeareth any more And al this is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my sinne verse 4 For loe my wicked doings Lord aboue my head are gone As greater lode theÌ„ I can beare they lye me sore vpon verse 5 My wounds stinck and are festred sore and lothsom is to see Which al through mine own folishnes betideth vnto mee And I in careful wise am brought in trouble and distres verse 6 That I go wayling al the day my doleful heauines verse 7 My loynes are fild with sore disease my flesh hath no whole part verse 8 I feble am and broken sore I rore for griefe of hart verse 9 Thou knowst Lord my desire my grones are open in thy sight verse 10 my hart doth paÌ„t my streÌ„gth hath faild my eies haue lost their light verse 11 My louers and my wonted frends stand looking on my wo And eke my kinsmen far a way are me departed fro verse 12 They y â— did seeke my life laid snares they that sought the way To do me hurt spake lies thought on treason all the day The second part verse 13 But as a deafe man I became that connot heare at al verse 14 And as one dum that opens not his mouth to speake withal verse 15 For al my confidence O Lord is wholy set on thee verse 16 O Lord y u Lord that art my God thou shalt geue eare to mee This did I craue that they my foes triumph not ouer mee verse 17 For when my foote did slip then they did ioy my fal to see And truely I poore wretch am set in place a woful wight And eke my griefful heauines is euer in my syght verse 18 For while that I my wickednes in humble wyse confesse And while I for my sinful deedes my sorrowes do expresse verse 19 My foes do stil remayne aliue and mighty are also And they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely grow verse 20 They stand against me that my good with euil do repay Because that good and honest thinges I do ensue alway verse 21 Forsake me not O Lord my God be thou not far away verse 22 Hast me to helpe my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi custodiam psalme .xxxix. I. H ¶ Dauid vttereth with what great grief bitternes of mind he was driuen to these outragious complaintes of his infirmities for he confesseth that when he had determined silence that he brast forth yet into wordes that he would not throughe the greatnes of his griefe Then he reâ—erseth certayne requestes which tast of infirmitie of man mireth with them many prayers but al to shewe a mynde wonderfully troubled that it may plainly appeare how he did striue mightely against death and desperation Sing this as the .xxxv. psal verse 1 I Sayd I wil looke to my wayes for feare I should go wrong I wil take heede al tymes that I offend not in my tong verse 2 As with a bit I wil keepe fast my mouth w t force and might Not once to whisper al the while the wicked are in sight verse 3 I held my tonge and spake no word but kept me close and stil Yea from good talke I did refrayne but sore against my wil. verse 4 My hart waxt whote wtin my brest with mustng thought doubt Which did encrease and stir the fyre at last these words brast out verse 5 Lord number out my lyfe and dayes which yet I haue not past So that I may be certified how long my lyfe shal last verse 6 Lord thou hast poynted out my life in length much like a span Mine age is nothing vnto thee so vayne is euery man verse 7 Man walketh like a shade and doth in vayne himselfe annoy In getting goods and cannot tel who shal the same enioy verse 8 Now Lord sith things this wise do frame what helpe do I desire Of truth my helpe doth hang on thee I nothing els require â–ª The second part verse 9 From al the sinnes that I haue done Lord quite me out of hand And make me not a scorne to fooles that nothing vnderstand verse 10 I was as dumme and to complayne no trouble might me moue Because I know it was thy worke my patience for to proue verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourge plage I can them not withstand I faint and pine away for feare of thy most heauy hand verse 12 When thou for sin doost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wan As doth a cloth y e mothes haue fret so vayne a thing is man verse 13 Lord heare my sute geue good heede regard my teares that fal I soiourne like a straunger here as did my fathers al. verse 14 Oh spare a little geue me space my strenght for to restore Before I go away from hence and shal be sene no more Expectans expectaui Psalme .xl. I. H. ¶ Dauid deliuered from great daunger doth magnify and prayse the grace of God for his deliueraunce and commendeth his prouidence towards al mankind Then doth he promyse to geue himself wholy to God seruice and so declare how God is truely worshipped Afterward he geueth thankes and prayseth God and hauing complained of his enemies with good courage he calleth for ayde and succour Syng this as the. xxxv Psalme verse 1 I Wayted loÌ„g and sought the Lord and patiently did beare At length to me he did accord my voyce cry to heare verse 2 He pluckt me froÌ„ the lake so depe out of the mire and clay And on a rocke he set my feete and he did guide my way verse 3 To me he taught a Psalme of prayse which I must shew abrode And sing new songs of thanks alwayse vnto the Lord our God verse 4 When al the folke these things shal see as people much afrayde Then they vnto the Lord wil flee and trust vpon his ayde verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and hart doth in the Lord remayne That w t the proud doth take no part nor such as lye and fayne verse 6 For Lord my God thy woÌ„drous dedes in greatnes far do passe Thy fauour towardes vs exceedes al things that euer was verse 7 When I entend and do deuise thy workes abroade to shew To such a ceckening they do ryse therof no end I
know verse 8 Burnt offrings thou delightest not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge their sinne thou doost no man require verse 9 Meat offering and sacrifice thou wouldst not haue at al But thou O lord hast open made myne eares to heare withal verse 10 But then sayd I behold and looke I come a meane to be For in the volume of thy booke thus it is sayd of me verse 11 That I O god should do thy mind which thing doth like me wel For in my hart thy law I find fast placed there to dwel verse 12 Thy iustice and thy righteousnes in great resortes I tel behold my tong no time doth cease O Lord y u knowest ful wel The second part verse 13 I haue not hid within my brest thy goodnes as by stealth But I declare and haue exprest thy truth and sauyng health verse 14 I kepe not close thy louing mind that no man should it know The trust that in thy truth I find to al the church I shew For I with mischiefs many one am sore beset about My sinnes encrease and so come on I cannot spy them out verse 15 For why in number they excede the heares vpon my head My hart doth faint for very dread that I almost am dead verse 16 With spede sēd help and set me free O lord I thee require Make hast with ayde to succor me O Lord at my desire verse 17 Let thē sustain rebuke and shame that seke my soule to spil Driue back my foes and thē defaine that wish and would me il verse 18 For their it feates do them discry that would deface my name Alwayes at me they rayle and cry fye on him fye for shame verse 19 Let them in thee haue ioy and wealth that seke to thee alwayse That those that loue thy sauing health may say to god be prayse verse 20 But as for me I am but poore opprest and brought ful low Yet thou O lord wilt me restore to health ful wel I know verse 21 For why thou art my hope and trust my refuge helpe and stay Wherfore my God as thou art iust with me no tyme delay Beatus qui intelligit psalme .xli. T. S. ¶ Dauid being greuously afflicted blesseth them that pity his case cōplaineth of the treason of his a wne frendes and familiars as came to passe in Iudas Ioh .xv. After he feelyng the great mercies of god gently chastising him and not suffring his enemies to triumphe against him geueth most harty thankes vnto God THe man is blest that careful is the nedy to consider for in y e seasō perilous the lord wil hym deliuer The Lord will make him safe and sound and happy in the land And he will not deliuer him into his enmies hand verse 3 And in his bed when he lieth sick the lord wil him restore And thou O Lord wilt turne to health his sicknes and hys sore verse 4 Then in my sicknes thus say I haue mercy Lord on mee And heale my soule which is ful wo that I offended thee verse 5 Myne enemies wished me il in hart and thus of me did say When shal he die that al his name may vanish quite away verse 6 And when they come to visit me they aske if I do wel But in their harts mischief they hatch and to their mates it tel verse 7 They bite their lips whisper so as though they wold me charm And cast their fetches how to trap me with some mortal harm verse 8 Some greuous sin hath brought him to this sicknes say thei plain He is so low that without doubt rise can he not agayne verse 9 The man also that I did trust with me did vse deceyte Who at my table ate my bread the same for me layd wayte verse 10 Haue mercy Lord on me therfore and let me preserued That I may render vnto them the things they haue deserued verse 11 By this I know assuredly to be beloued of thee when that mine enmies haue no cause to triumph ouer mee verse 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and maintained alway And in thy presēce place assignd where I shal dwel for aye verse 13 The Lord the God of Israel be praysed euermore Euen so be it Lord wil I say euen so be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psalme .xlii. I. H. ¶ The prophet greuously complaineth that being letred by his persecutours he could not be present in the congregatiō of gods people protesting that although he was separate in body frō them yet his hart was thether affectioned And last of al he sheweth y t he was not so far ouercōmen w t these sorowes thoughts but y t he cōtinually put his cōfidēce in y e Lord. Sing this as the .xxxv. psal verse 1 LIke as y e hart doth breath bray the welsprings to obtayne So doth my soule desire alway with the Lord to remayne verse 2 My soule doth thirst wold draw nere y e liuīg god of might Oh when shal I come appeare in presence of his sight verse 3 The teares al times are my repast which frō mine eyes do slide When wicked men cry out so fast where now is god thy guide verse 4 Alas what griefe is it to thinke what fredome once I had Therfore my soule as at pits brinke is most heauy and sad When I did marche in good aray furnished with my trayne Vnto the temple was our way with sōgs hartes most fayne verse 5 My soule why art thou sad alwayes freatst thus in my brest Trust stil in God for him to prayse I hold it euer best By him haue I succour at neede against al payne and griefe He is my God which with al speede wil hast to send reliefe verse 6 And this my soule within me Lord doth faint to think vpon The land of Iordan and record the little hil Hermon verse 7 One griefe an other in doth cal as cloudes burst out theyr voyce The flouddes of euil that do fal run ouer me with noyce verse 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at al assayes Likewise by night I did not cease the liuing God to prayse verse 9 I am persuaded thus to say to him with pure pretence O lord thou art my guide and stay my rock and my defence Why do I then in pensiuenes hanging the head thus walke while that mine enmie me oppres and vexe me with their talk verse 10 For why thei perse mine inward partes with pangs to be abhord whē they cry out w t stubburn harts where is thy God thy Lord verse 11 So soone why doost y u faint quail my soule with paynes opprest with thoughts why doost thy self assayle so sore wythin my brest verse 12 Trust in the Lord the God alwayes and thou the tyme shalt see To geue him thanks with laud praise for helth restord to thee Iudica me deus Psalme .xliii. T.
S. ¶ He prayeth to be deliuered from them which conspire with Absolon to the ende he mighte ioyfully prayse God in his holy congregation verse 1 IVdge and reuenge my cause O Lord from thē that euil be From wicked and deceitsul mē O Lord deliuer me verse 2 For of my strength y u art y e god why putst y u me thee fro And why walke I so heauily oppressed with my foe verse 3 Send out thy light and eke thy truth and lead me with thy grace Which may conduct me to thy hil and to thy dwelling place verse 4 Then shal I to the alter go of God my ioy and chere And on my harpe geue thanks to thee O god my god most dere verse 5 Why art thou then so sad my soule and fretst thus in my brest Stil trust in God for him to prayse I hold it alwayes best By him I haue deliuerance against al paines and griefe He is my God which doth alwayes at neede send me reliefe Deus auribus nostris psalme .xliiii. T. S. A most earnest prayer made in the name of the faythful when they are afflicted by their enemies for sustanig the quarel of gods word according to y e expositiō of S. Paule Rom .viii. OVr eares haue heard our fathers tel reue rently record the wondrous workes y e y u hast done in alder time O lord How y u didst cast y e gētils out stroidst thē w t strōg hād plātīg our fathers in their place gauest to thē their lād verse 3 They cōquerde not by sword nor strēgth the land of thy behest But by thy hand thy arme grace because y u louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my king O God that holpe Iacob in sundry wise verse 5 Led with thy power we threw down such as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bowe ne sword they could not saue me sound verse 7 Thou keepst vs frō our enmies rage thou didst our foes confoūd verse 8 And stil we boast of thee our God and prayse thy holy name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our host but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madst vs flee before our foes and so were ouer trode Our enmies robd spoild our goods whē we were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs geuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne Amongst the heathen euery where scattred we do remaine verse 12 The people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thing of nought For profite none thou hadst therby no gayn at al was sought verse 13 And to our neighbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stock And those that round about vs dwel at vs do grinne and mock The second part verse 14 Thus we serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mock they scorne nod their heds wher euer they go or walk verse 15 I am a shamed continually to heare these wicked men Yea so I blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such sclāderous words such false report lies That death it is to se theyr wrōges theyr threatnings their cries verse 17 For al this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couenant brake verse 18 We turne not back our harts frō thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 yet thou hast trod vs down to dust where dens of Dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersity verse 20 If we had our Gods name forgot helpe of Idols sought verse 21 wold not god thē haue tride this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy names sake O lord alwayes ar we slaine thus As shepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Cp Lord why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for al verse 24 Why hydest thou thy countenance and doost forget our thral verse 25 For down to dust our soule is brought we now at last cast Our belly like as it were glude vnto the ground cleaues fast verse 26 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs Lord at nede He thee besech for thy goodnes to rescue vs with spede Eructauit Psalme .xlv. I H. ¶ The maiesty of Salomon his honor strēgth beauty riches and power are praised and also his mariage with the Egyptian bayng an heathen woman is blessed if that she can renounce her people and the loue of her country and geue her selfe wholy to her husbande Vnder the whiche figure the wonderfull maiesty and the encrease of the kyngdome of Christ and the Churche his spouse now taken of the gentiles is described Sing this as the. xxv psal verse 1 MY hart doth take in hand some godly song to sing The praise that I shal shew therin perteineth to the king verse 2 My tongue shal be as quick his honor to endyte As is the pen of any Scribe that vseth fast to wryte verse 3 O fayrest of all men thy speach is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with gifts for euer to endure verse 4 About thee gird thy sword O prince of might elect With honour glory and renoume thy person pure is dect verse 5 Go forth with godly spede in mekenes truth and right And thy right hād shal thee instruct in workes of dreadful might verse 6 Thine arrowes sharpe and kene theyr hartes so sore shal sting That folke shal fal and knele to thee yea al thy foes O king verse 7 Thy royal seat O Lord for euer shal remayne Because the scepter of thy realme doth righteousnes mayntaine verse 8 Because thou louest the right and doost the il detest God euen thy God hath pointed thee with ioy aboue the rest verse 9 With myrth and sauours swete thy clothes are al besprede When thou doost from thy palace passe therin to make thee glad verse 10 Kinges daughters do attend in fine and rich aray At thy right hand the quene doth stand in gold garments gay The second part verse 11 O daughter take good hede encline and geue good eare Thou must forget thy kindred al and fathers house most deare verse 12 Then shal the king desire thy beauty fayre and trim For why he is the Lord thy God and thou must worship him verse 13 The daughters then of Tyre with gifts ful rich to see And al the welthy of the land shal make their sute to thee verse 14 The daughter of the kyng is glorious to behold Within his closet she doth sit al dect in beaten gold verse 15 In robes wel wrought with needle with many a pleasant thing With virgins fayre on her to waight she cōmeth to the kyng verse 16 Thus are they brought with ioy and mirth on euery side Into the palace of the king and there do they abide verse 17 In stede of parents left O quene the chaunge so standes Thou shalt haue sōnes whō thou maist set
pay thy vowes alwayes vnto the God most hye verse 15 Then seke and cal to me whē ought would worke the blame And I wil sure deliuer thee that thou maist prayse my name verse 16 But to the wicked trayne which talke of God ech day And yet theyr workes are foule vaine to thē the Lord wil say verse 17 With what a face darest thou my word once speake or name Why doth thy talke my law alow thy dedes deny the same verse 18 Where as for to amend thy life thou art so slacke My word the which thou doost pretēd is cast behind thy backe verse 19 When thou a thefe doost see by theft to liue in welth With him thou runnest doost agre likewise to thriue by stelth verse 20 When thou doost them behold that wiues and maydes defile Thou likest it wel and waxest bold to vse that life most vile verse 21 Thy lippes thou doost apply to sclaunder and defame Thy tong is taught to craft and lye and doth stil vse the same verse 22 Thou studiest co reuile thy frends to thee so nere With slaūder thou wouldst nedes defile thy mothers sōne most deare verse 23 Hereat while I do winke as though I did not see Thou goest on stil and so doost thinke that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I wil not let to strike when I begynne Thy faultes in ordre I wil set and open al thy sinne verse 25 Marke this I you require that haue not God in mind Least whē I plage you in mine ire your help be far to find verse 26 He that doth geue to me the sacrifice of prayse Doth please me wel he shal se to walke in godly wayes i. Miserere mei deus Psalme .li. VV VV. ¶ When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet nathan for his great offences he did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his natural corruption and iniquirie But also left a memorial therof to his posteritie Therfore first he desireth God to forgeue his sinnes and renew in him his holy spirit with promise that he wil not be vnmindfull of those great graces Finally fearing least God would punish the whole Church for his faute He requireth that he would rather increase his graces towards the same O Lord consider my distres And now with spede some pitie take My sinnes deface my fautes redresse good Lord for thy great mercyes sake Wash me O Lord and make me cleane Frō this vniust and sinful act and purifie yet once agayne my haynous crime and bloudy fact verse 2 Remorse and sorow do constraine me to acknowledge mine exces verse 3 My sinne alas doth stil remaine before my face without reles verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended committing euel in thy sight And if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgmēt iust right verse 5 It is to manifest alas that first I was conceyued in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was yet vile wretch remayne therin verse 6 Also behold Lord thou doost loue the inward truth of a pure hart Therfore thy wisdome frō aboue thou hast reueld me to conuert verse 7 If thou with Hissope purge this blot I shal be cleaner thē the glasse And if y u wash away my spot the snow in whitenes shal I passe verse 8 Therfore O Lord such ioy me sēd that in wardly I may find grace And y ◠my strēgth may now amēd which y u hast swagd for my trespas verse 9 Turne back thy face frownig ire for I haue felt inough thy hād And purge my sinnes I thee desire which do in nūber passe the sād verse 10 Make new my hart within my brest frame it to thy holy wil Thy cōstāt spirit in me let rest which may these raging enmies kil The second parte verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but spedely my torments end Take not frō me thy spirit grace which may frō dāgers me defēd verse 12 Restore me to those ioyes again which I was wōt in thee to find And let me thy fre spirit retain which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus whē I shal thy mercies know I shal instruct others therin And mē that ar likewise brought low by mine ensāple shal flee sinne verse 14 O God that of my helth art Lord forgeue me this my bloudy vice My hart toung shal thē accord to sing thy mercies and iustice verse 15 Touch thou my lips my tonge vnty O Lord which art y e only kay And thē my mouth shal testify thy wōdrous works praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offred many one But thou estemest thē of no price therin pleasure takest y u none verse 17 The heauy hart the mynd opprest O Lord thou neuer doost reiect And to speake truth it is the best and of al sacrifice the effect verse 18 Lord vnto Siō turne thy face poure out thy mercyes on thy hil And on Ierusalē thy grace build vp the walles and loue it stil verse 19 Thou shalt accept thē our offrings of peace righteousnes I say yea calues many other things vpon thine altar wil we lay ¶ An other of the same by T. N. Sing this as the lamētation HAue mercy on me God after thy great abounding grace After thy mercies multitude do thou my sinnes deface Yet wash me more frō myne offēce clense me frō my sinne For I beknow my fautes stil my sin is in mine eyne Agaynst thee thee alone I haue offended in this case And euel haue I done before the presence of thy face That in the things that thou doost say vpright thou maist be tried And eke in iudgyng that the dome may passe vpon thy side Behold in wickednes my kind and shape I did receyue And loe my sinful mother eke in sin did me conceyue But Loe the truth in inward partes is pleasant vnto thee And secrets of thy wisdome thou reueled hast to mee With Hysope Lord be sprincle me I shal be clensed so yea wash thou me and so I shal be whiter then the snow Of ioy gladnes make thou me to heare the pleasing voyce That so the broosed bones which y u hast brokē may reioyce From the beholding of my sinnes Lord turne away thy face And al my dedes of wickednes do vtterly deface O God create in me a hart vnspotted in thy sight And eke within my bowels Lord renew a stable spirit Ne cast me from thy sight nor take thy holy spirit away The comfort of thy sauing helpe geue me agayne I pray With thy free spirit establish me and I wil teach therfore Sinners thy wayes wicked shal be turnd vnto thy lore The seconde part O God that art God of my helth from bloud deliuer mee That praises of thy righteousnes my tōg may sing to thee My lips that yet fast closed be do thou O Lord
make my sute to thee let not my words returne in vaine but geue an eare to me frō of the coastes vtmost partes of all the earth abroad in grief anguish of my hart I cry to thee O God verse 3 Vpon the rock of thy great power my woful mynd repose thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tent I lust to dwel for euer to indure Vnder thy wings I know right wel I shal be safe sure verse 5 The Lord doth my desire regard and doth fulfil the same With goodly gifts wil he reward al them that feare his name verse 6 The king shal he in health maintain and so prolong his dayes That he from age to age shal raign for euermore alwayes verse 7 That he may haue a dwelling place before the Lord for aye O let thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decay verse 8 Then shal I sing for euer stil with prayse vnto thy name That al my vowes I may fulfil and daily pay the same Nonne deo subiecta psalme .lxii. I. H. Dauid declareth by his exāple by y e nature of god y e he must trust in god alone therunto exhorteth al people seing y e al is vanity wtout god al goeth to nought al we ar alwaies taught y e God onely is of power to saue that he rewardeth mā according to bys workes Sing this as the. 6◠Psalme verse 1 MY soule to God shal geue good hede and him alone entend for why wy helth hope to spede doth whole on him depēd verse 2 For he alone is my defence my rock my health my ayd He is my stay that no pretence shal make me much dismayd verse 3 O wicked folk how long wil ye vse crafts sure ye must fal For as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tottering wal verse 4 Whō god doth loue ye seke alwayes to put him to the wurse Ye loue to lie with mouth ye praise and yet your hart doth curse verse 5 Yet stil my soule doth whole depend on God my chief desire From al il feates me to defend none but him I require verse 6 He is my rock my strength my tower my health is of his grace He doth support me that no power can moue me out of place verse 7 God is my glory and my health my soules desire and lust My fort my strēgth my stay my wealth God is mine only trust verse 8 Oh haue your hope in him alway ye folke with one accord Poure out your harts to him and say our trust is in the Lord. verse 9 The sonnes of men deceitful are on balaunce but a sleight With things most vayne do thē cōpare for they cā kepe no weight verse 10 Trust not in wrong robbry or stelth let vayne delightes be gone though goods wel got flow in w c welth set not your harts theron verse 11 The Lord long sith one thing doth tel which here to mind I cal He spake it oft I heard it wel that god alone doth al. verse 12 And that thou Lord art good and kynde thy mercy doth excede So that al sortes wyth thee shal find according to their dede Deus deus meus psalme .lxiii. T. S. Dauid after he had bene in great daunger by Saule in the deserte Ziph made this Psalme wherin he geueth thanks to God for his wonderful deliuerance in whose mercies he trusted euē in the midst of his miseries prophecying the destruction of gods enemies contra rywise happenes to al them that trust in the Lord. 1. Sam. iii Sing this as the. 44 Psalme verse 1 O God my God I watch betyme to come to thee in hast For why my soule and body both doth thirst of thee to tast And in this barrē wildernes where waters there are none my flesh is partcht for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once agayn thy glory strength and might As I was wont it to behold within thy temple bryght verse 3 For why thy mercies far surmount this lyfe and wretched dayes My lips therfore shal geue to thee due honor laude and prayse verse 4 And whilst I lyue I wil not fayle to worship thee alway And in thy name I shal lift vp my hands whē I do pray verse 5 My soule is filled as with marow which is both fat and swete my mouth therfore shal sing such sōgs as are for thee most mete verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke al the night tyde verse 7 For vnder couert of thy wings thou art my ioyful guide verse 8 My soule doth surely stick to thee thy right hand is my power verse 9 And those that seke my soule to stroy thē death shal sone deuoure verse 10 The sword shal thē deuour echone their carcases shal fede The hungry foxes which do run their pray to seke at nede verse 11 The king and al men shal reioyce that do profes Gods word For liers mouthes shal thē be stopt which haue y e truth disturbde Exaudi deus vocem meam psalme lxiiii l. H Dauid prayeth against the false reporters and slaunderere he declareth their punishment destruction to the comfort of the iust and the glory of God Syng this as the. 18. Psalm verse 1 O Lord vnto my voyce geue eare with plaint when I do pray and rid my life soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men which in deceipts do lurke And from the frowning face of them that al il feates do worke verse 3 who whet their tōgs as we haue sene mē whet sharp their swords Thei shoote abrode their arrowes kene I mean most bitter words verse 4 With priuy sleight shote thei their shaft the vpright man to hit The iust vnware to strike by craft they care or feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worked haue they decreed in counsel thus they cry To vse deceyt let vs not dread what who can it espy verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talk muse al times within their hart They al cōsult what feates to vse ech doth inuent his part verse 7 But yet al this shal not auayle whē they think least vpon God with his dart shal sure assayle and wound thē euery one verse 8 Their crafts their il tōgs withal shal work thēselues such blame That they which then behold their fal shal wonder at y ◠same verse 9 Thē al that see shal know right wel that god y e thing hath wrought and prayse his witty works tel what he to pas hath brought verse 10 Yet shal the iust in God reioyce stil trusting in his might so shal they ioy with mind and voyce whose hart is pure right Te decet hymnus Psalm .lxv. I. H. A prayse and thankesgeuing vnto God by the faythful who are signified by Sion and
trust in thee Let no man doubt or shrinke away for ought that chaunceth me verse 8 It is for thee and for thy sake that I do beare this blame In spite of thee they would me make to hide my face for shame verse 9 My mothers sonnes my brethren al forsake me on a row And as a straunger they me cal my face they wil not know verse 10 Vnto thy house such zeale I beare that it doth pine me much Theyr cheks taūts at thee to heare my very hart doth grutch The second part verse 11 Though I do fast my flesh to chast yea if I wepe and mone Yet in my teeth this geare is cast they pas not therupon verse 12 If I for grief and payne of hart in sackcloth vse to walke Then they anone wil it peruert therof they iest and talke verse 13 Both hye and low and al the throng that sit within the gate They haue me euer in theyr tong of me they talke and prate verse 14 The dronkardes which in wine delite it is their chief pastime To seke which way to worke me spite of me they sing and rime verse 15 But thee the while O Lord I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great truth thou wilt alway sēd down thine ayde to me verse 16 Pluck thou my fete out of the myre from drowning do me kepe From such as owe me wrath and ire and from the waters depe verse 17 Least w t the waues I should be drownd depth my soule deuoure And that the pit should me confound and shut me in her power verse 18 O Lord of hostes to me geue eare as thou art good and kind And as thy mercy is most deare Lord haue me in thy mind verse 19 And do not from thy seruaunt hide nor turne thy face away I am opprest on euery side in hast geue eare I say verse 20 O Lord vnto my soule draw nye the same with ayde repose Because of theyr great tyranny acquite me from my foes The third part verse 21 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tel For those that seke and worke the same thou seest thē al ful wel verse 22 Whē they with brags do breake my hart I seke for helpe anone But find no frends to ease my smart to comfort me not one verse 23 But in my meat they gaue me gal to cruel for to thinke And gaue me in my thirst withal strong vineger to drinke verse 24 Lord turne their table to a snare to take themselues therin And when they thinke ful wel to fare then trap them in the gin verse 25 And let their eyes be darke and blind that they may nothing see Bow down theyr backe do them bynd in thraldome for to bee verse 26 Poure out thy wrath as hoate as fyre that it on them may fal Let thy displeasure in thine yre take hold vpon them al. As desert drye theyr house disgrace their offring eke expel verse 27 That none therof posses their place nor in their tents do dwel If thou doost strike the man to tame on him they lay ful sore verse 28 And if that thou do woūde the same they seke to hurt him more Then let them heape vp mischief stil sith they are al peruert verse 29 That of thy fauour and good wil they neuer haue no part And dash them cleane out of the booke of life of hope of trust That for their names they neuer looke in number of the iust The fourth part verse 31 Though I O Lord with wo and grief haue benful sore opprest Thy helpe shal geue me such relief that al shal be redrest verse 32 That I may geue thy name the prayse and shew it with a song I wil extol the same alwayes with harty thankes among verse 33 Which is more pleasant vnto thee such mind thy grace hath borne Thē either Oxe or Calfe can be that hath both hoofe and horne verse 34 when simple folke do this behold it shal reioyce them sure Al ye that seke the Lord behold your life for aye shal dure verse 35 For why y e Lord of hosts doth heare the poore whē they cōplaine His prisuners are to him ful deare he doth them not disdaine verse 36 Wherfore the skie earth below the sea with floud and streame His prayse they shal declare and show with al that lyue in them verse 37 For sure our God will Sion saue and Iudaes cities build verse 38 Much folke possession there shal haue her streates shal al be fild Her seruaunts sede shal kepe the same al ages out of mind verse 39 And there al they that loue his name a dwelling place shal find Deus in adiutorium Psalme .lxx. I. H. ¶ He prayeth to be right spedely deliuered as in the .lx. Psalms Then he desireth the shame of his enemies and the ioyfull comfort of all those that seke the Lord. Syng this as the. 72. Psalme verse 1 O God to me take hede of helpe I thee require O Lord of hosts with hast spede help help I thee desire verse 2 With shame confound them al that seke my soule to spil Rebuke thē backe with blame to fal that thinke and wish me il verse 3 Confound them that apply and seke to worke me shame And at my harme do laugh and cry so so there goeth the game verse 4 But let them ioyfull be in thee with ioy and welth Which onely trust and seke to thee and to thy sauing helth verse 5 That they may say alwayes in mirth and one accord Al glory honor laud and prayse be geuen to thee O Lord. verse 6 But I am weake and poore come Lord thine ayde I lacke Thou art my stay and help therfore make spede be not slacke In te domine speraui Psalme .lxxi. I. H. ¶ He prayeth in fayth astablished by the worde of the promise and confirmed by the worke of God from hys youth he desireth nowe to be deliuered from the wicked and cruell man meanyng hys sonne Absolon and his confederacy and he promiseth to be myndefull and thankefull for the same Sing this as the. lxix psalme verse 1 MY Lord my God in al distres my hope is whole in thee Then let no shame my soule oppres nor once take hold on mee verse 2 As thou art iust defend my Lord and rid me out of dread Geue eare and to my suite accord and send me helpe at nede verse 3 Be thou my rocke to whom I may for ayde al tymes resort Thy promise is to helpe alway thou art my fence and fort verse 4 Saue me my God frō wicked men from theyr strength power From folke vniust and eke from them that cruelly deuour verse 5 Thou art the stay wherin I trust thou Lord of hostes art he Yea from my youth I had a lust stil to depend on thee verse 6 Thou hast me kept euē from my birth I through
ful safe shal bee verse 9 From Egipt where it grew not wel thou broughtst a vyne ful dere The Heathē folke thou diddest expel then didst plant it here verse 10 Thou didst prepare for it a place and set her rootes ful fast That it did grow and spring apace and fil the land at last verse 11 The hils were couered round about with shade that from it came And eke the Ceders high and stout with braunches of the same verse 12 Why thē didst thou her wal destroy her hedge pluckt vp thou hast That al the folke that passe therby the vyne may spoyle and wast The second part verse 13 The Bore out of the wood so wyld doth dig and route it out The furious beasts out of the field deuour it al about verse 14 O Lord of hostes returne agayn from heauen looke betyme Behold and with thy help sustayn this poore vineyard of thine verse 15 Thy plant I say thine Israel whom thy right hand hath set The same which thou didst loue so wel O Lord do not forget verse 16 They lop and cut it down apace they burn it eke with fyre And through the frowning of thy face we perish in thyne ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with thē now whom thou hast kept so long and with y e sonne of man whom thou to thee hast made so strong verse 18 And so when thou hast set vs free and saued vs from shame Then wil we neuer fal from thee but cal vpon thy name verse 19 O lord of hostes through thy good grace cōuert vs vnto thee Behold vs with a pleasant face and then ful safe are wee Exultate Deo psalme .lxxxi. I. H. ¶ An exhortation to prayse God both in hart and voyce for his benefites and to worship hym onely God condemneth their ingratitude and sheweth what great benefits they haue lost thorow their owne malice BE light glad in God reioyce which is our strēgth and stay be ioyful lift vp your voyce to Iacobs God I say Prepare your instrumēts most mete some ioy ful Psalme to syng strike vp with harpe and lute so swete on euery pleasaunt stryng verse 3 Blow as it were in the new moone with trumpets of the best As it is vsed to be done at any solemne feast verse 4 For this is vnto Israel a statute and a trade A law that must be kept ful wel which Iacobs god hath made verse 5 This clause with Ioseph was decreed when he from Egipt came That as a witnes al his sede should stil obserue the same verse 6 Whē God I say had so prepard to bring him from that land where as the speach which he had heard he did not vnderstand verse 7 I from his shoulders toke sayth he the burden cleane away And from y e furnace quit him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 When thou in grief didst cry and cal I holpe thee by and by And I did aunswer thee withal in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discord I did thee tempt and proue whereas the goodnes of the Lord with muttering y u didst moue verse 10 Heare O my folke O Israel and I assure it thee Regard marke my words ful wel if thou wilt cleaue to mee The second part verse 11 Thou shalt no God in thee reserue of any land abrode Nor in no wise to bow or serue a straunge and forrayne God verse 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egipt set thee free Then aske of me aboundantly and I wil geue it thee verse 13 And yet my people would not heare my voyce when that I spake Nor Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leaue them to their wil in hardnes of their hart To walke in their own coūsels stil thēselues they might peruert verse 15 O that my people would haue hard the wordes that I did say And eke that Israel would regard to walke within my way verse 16 How sone would I cōfoūd their foes bring thē down fullow And turne my hand vpon al those that would them ouerthrow verse 17 And they that at the Lord do rage as slaues should seke him til But of his folke the time and age should florish euer stil verse 18 I would haue sed them with the crop and finest of the wheat and make the rock with hony drop that they their fils should eat Deus stetit in Synagoga Psalme .lxxxii. I. H. The prophet declaring god to be present amongst the iudges maiestrates reproueth their parciality and vnrighteousnes and exhorteth them to do iustice but seing no amendment be desireth god to vndertake the matter and execute iustice himselfe Sing this as the .77 Psalme verse 1 AMid the prease w t men of might the Lord himself did stand To plead the cause of truth right with iudges of y ◠land verse 2 How long said he wil you procede fals iudgemēt to award and haue respect for loue of mede the wicked to regard verse 3 Wheras of due ye should defend the fatherles and weake and when the poore man doth contend in iudgemēt iustly speake verse 4 If ye he wise defend the cause of poore men in their right And rid the nedy from the clawes of tyrants force and might verse 5 But nothing wil they know or learne in vayne to them I talke They wil not see or ought discerne but stil in darknes walke For lo euē now the tyme is come that al things fal to nought And likewise lawes both al some for gayn ar sold and bought verse 6 I had decred it in my syght as Gods to take you al and children to the most of might for loue I did you cal verse 7 But not withstandyng ye shal dye as men and so decay O tyraunts I shal you destroy and pluck you quyte away verse 8 Vp Lord let thy strength be knowne iudge the world w t might For why al nations are thine own to take them as thy right Deus quis similis Psalme .lxxxiii. I. H. ¶ The people of Israell pray vnto the Lord to deliuer them from their enemies both at home and farre of whiche imagined nothing but their destruction and they desyre that all such wicked people may accordyng as God was accustomed be stricken with the stormye tempestes of Gods wrath that they may know that the Lord is most hye vpon the earth Syng this as the .77 Psalm verse 1 DO not O God refrayne thy toung in silence do not stay Withhold not Lord thy self so lōg nor make no more delay verse 2 For why behold thy foes and see how they do rage cry And those y ◠beare an hate to the hold vp their heads on hie verse 3 Against thy folke they vse disceate and craftly they enquire For thine elect to lye in wayt theyr councell doth conspire verse 4 Come to sayd they let vs expel and
sometymes the mercyes receyued desiryng also to be instructed of the Lord that he may feare hym also and glorifie his name He complayneth also of hys aduersaries and requireth to be deliuered from them Syng this as the .81 Psalm verse 1 LOrd bow thine eare to my request and heare me by and by With greuous payne grief opprest ful poore weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my way and doings holy bee and saue thy seruaunt O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke with al For through the day I do not cease on thee to cry and cal verse 4 Cōfort O Lord thy seruaūts soule that now with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extol and lift my soule and mynde verse 5 For thou art good and bountiful thy gifts of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentiful to al that cal on thee verse 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and geue an eare Marke wel the wordes that I do say and al my prayers heare verse 7 In time when trouble doth me moue to thee I do complayne For why I know and wel do proue thou aunswerest me againe verse 8 Among the Gods O Lord is none with thee to be comparde and none can do as thou alone the like hath not bene hard verse 9 The gentils and the people al which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees wil fal and glorify thy name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might al power is thine owne Thou workest wonders stil in sight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teach me Lord thy way and I shal in thy truth procede O ioyne my hart to thee so nye that it thy name may dread verse 12 To thee my God wil I geue praise with al my hart O Lord and glorify thy name alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excel Thou setst my soule at liberty out of the lower hel verse 14 O Lord the proud agaynst me rise and heapes of men of might They seke my soule and in no wise wil haue thee in theyr sight verse 15 Thou Lord art merciful and meke ful slacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is ful great and eke thy truth no measure hath verse 16 O tourne me Lord and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O helpe saue thyne own seruaunt thy handmayds sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that al my foes may see And be ashamde because Lord thou doost helpe and comfort mee Fundamenta eius Psalme .lxxxvii. I. H. ¶ The holy ghost promiseth that the condition of the Church whiche was a misery after the captiuity of Babilon should be restored to great excellēcy so that there should be nothing more comfortable then to be nombred among the members therof Sing this as the .81 Psalme verse 1 THat city shal ful wel endure her ground worke stil doth stay Vpon the holy hils ful sure it can no time time decay verse 2 God loues the gates of Siō best his grace doth there abide He loued them more then al the rest of Iacobs tents beside verse 3 Ful glorious things reported be in Sion and abrod Great things I say are sayd of thee thou city of our God verse 4 On Rahab I wil cast an eye and beare in mind the same and Babilon shal eke apply and learne to know my name verse 5 Loe Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope like wise a people old ful long ago were borne and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shal say abrod that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp the hye God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their recordes to them it shal through Gods deuise appere Of syon that the chief of al had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpetters with such as sing therin great plenty bee My fountaynes and my pleasaunt springs are compast al in thee Domine deus salutis Psalme .lxxxviii. I. H. ¶ A grieuous complaint of the faithful sore afflicted by sicknes persecutiō aduersitie being as it were left of God without any consolation yet he calleth on God by fayth and striueth against desperation complainyng him selfe to be forsaken of al yearthly helpe LOrd God of health the hope stay thou art alone to me I cal cry throughout the day and al the night to thee O let my prayers sone ascēd vnto thy sight on high encline thyne eare O Lord entend and herken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with wo is fild and doth in trouble dwel My lyfe and breath almost doth yeld and draweth nye to hel verse 4 I am esteemd as one of them that in the pit do fal And made as one among those men that haue no strength at al. verse 5 As one among the dead and free from things that heare remayne It were more easy for me to be with them the which are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in graue I say whom thou hast cleane forgot The which the hand hath cut away and thou regardst thē not verse 7 Yea lyke to one shut vp ful sure within the lower pit In places darke and al obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thine anger and thy wrath likewise ful sore on me doth lye And al thy stormes agaynst me ryse my soule to vexe and try verse 9 Thou puttest my frends far of from me makst them hate me sore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth faile through grief and wo I cal to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretch abrod verse 11 Doost thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shal dead to life agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shal thy louing kindnes Lord be preached in the graue Or shal with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shal they that lye in darke ful low of al thy wonders wot Or there shal they thy iustice know where al things are forgot verse 14 But I O Lord to thee alway do cry and cal apace My prayer eke ere it be day shal come before thy face verse 15 Why doost thou Lord abhorre my soule in grief that seketh thee And now O Lord why doost thou hide thy face away from me verse 16 I am afflict as dying stil from youth this many a yeare Thy terrours which do vexe me il with troubled mind I beare verse 17 The furies of thy wrathful rage ful sore vpon me fal Thy terrours eke do not asswage but me oppres with al. verse 18 Al day they compas me about as water at the tyde And al at once with streames ful stoute beset me on ech syde verse 19 Thou settest far from me my frends
and louers euery one Yea and mine old acquaintaunce al out of my sight are gone Misericordias domini Psalme .lxxxix. I. H. ¶ With many wordes doth the Prophet prayse the name of God for his Testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christe the sonne of Dauid Then doth he complayne of the great ruyne and desolation of the kyngdome of Dauid so that to the outwarde apperaunce the promise was broken Finally he prayeth to be deliuered from his afflictions makyng mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming hym selfe by Gods promises Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 TO sing the mercies of the Lord my toung shal neuer spare and with my mouth frō age to age thy truth I wil declare verse 2 For I haue sayd that mercy shal for euermore remayne In that thou doost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To mine elect sayth God I made a couenant and behest My seruant Dauid to perswade I swore and dyd protest verse 4 Thy sede for euer I wil stay and stablish it ful fast and stil vphold thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew w t ioy mirth thy wondrous workes O Lord Thy saints within thy Church on earth thy faith truth record verse 6 Who with the Lord is equal then in al the cloudes abrod among the sonnes of al the Gods what one is like our God verse 7 God in assemble of the saynts is greatly to be drad and ouer al that dwel about in terror to be had verse 8 Lord God of hostes in al the world what one is like to thee On euery side most mighty Lord thy truth is sene to be verse 9 The ragyng sea by thyne aduice thou rulest at thy wil and when the waues therof arise y u makst thē calme stil verse 10 And Egipt thou lord hast subdued thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes w t mighty arme hast scattred al abrod The second part verse 11 The heauēs are thine stil haue ben likewise y ◠earth land The world withal that is therin thou foūdest w t thy hād verse 12 Both North South w t East West thy self didst make frame Both Tabor mount and eke Hermō reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thine arme is strong and ful of power al might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hād ech houre thou liftest vp on hye verse 14 In righteousnes and equity thou hast thy seat and place Mercy and truth are stil with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth aright thy presēt power O God For in the fauour of thy sight they walke ful safe abrod verse 16 For in thy name throughout the day they ioy much reioyce and through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasant fame noyce verse 17 For why their glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayde shal lift our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs wel the Lord to vs doth bring The holy one of Israel he is our guide and kyng verse 19 Somtyme thy wil vnto thy saints in visions thou didst shew and thus thē didst thou say to them thy mind to make thē know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be and set vp him whom I elect among the folke to me The third part verse 21 My seruaunt Dauid I appoint whom I haue searched out and with my holy oyle anoynt him king of al the route verse 22 For why my hand is ready stil with hym for to remayne and with mine arme also I wil him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The enmies shal not him oppres they shal him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shal haue no power verse 24 His foes likewise wil I destroy before his face in sight and those that hate him I wil plage strike thē with my might verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with al shal stil vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shal be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I wil set to be vpon the sea and sand and eke the running floudes shal he embrace with his right hād verse 27 He shal depend with al his hart on me and thus shal say My father and my God thou art my rocke of health and stay verse 28 As one first borne I wil him take of al on earth that springs His might and honour I shal make aboue al worldly kings verse 29 My mercy shal be with him stil as I my selfe haue told My faythful couenaunt to fulfil my mercy I wil hold verse 30 And eke his sede wil I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seat shal stil remayne while heauen doth endure The fourth part verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my law and so begin to swerue and of my iudgements haue none awe nor wil not them obserue verse 32 Or if thy do not vse aright my statutes to them made and set al my commaundements light and wil not kepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod wil I begin theyr doings to amend and so with scourging for theyr sinne when that they do offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I wil not take him fro Nor handle him with craftines and so my truth forgo verse 35 But sure my couenaunt I wil hold with al that I haue spoke No word the which my lips haue told shal alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by mine holynes and that performe wil I With Dauid I shal kepe promise to him I wil not ly verse 37 His sede for euermore shal rayne and eke his throne of might as doth the sunne it shal remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the moone within the sky for euer standeth fast a faythful witnes from on hye so shal his kyngdome last verse 39 But now O Lord thou doost reiect now thou chaungest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine elect thine own annointed deare verse 40 The couenāt which thy seruāt made lord thou hast quite vndone and downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royal crown The fifte part verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his wals doost y u cōfoūd Thou beatest eke his bulwarkes down breakst thē to the groūd verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and torne of commers by throughout and so is made a mocke and scorne to al that dwel about verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy and al his foes that him deuour loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edge y u doost take away that should his foes w t stand To him in warre no victory thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou doost also wast his
throne his ioy and myrth By thee is ouerthrowen and cast ful low vpon the erth verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made ful short his youth and lusty dayes and raysed of him an il report with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne and shal thine anger stil alway as fire consume and burne verse 48 O cal to mind remember then my time consumeth fast why hast thou made the sonnes of meÌ„ as things in vaine to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shal neuer see Or from the hand of hel his soule shal he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O Lord thine old goodnes so oft declared beforne which by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to mind do cal that on thy seruaunts ly The rayling of thy people al borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lord thyne enmies blasphemed haue thy name The steps of thine annoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 Al prayse to thee O Lord of hostes both now an eke for ay Through sky and earth in al the costes Amen Amen I say Domine refugium Psalme .xc. I. H. ¶ Moses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are neither admonished by the breuity of their lyfe nor by his plages to be thankefull Therfore Moses prayeth God to turne theyr hartes and continew his mercyes towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer Sing this as the .78 Psalme verse 1 THou Lord hast ben our sure defence our place of ease and rest In al times past yea so loÌ„g sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mouÌ„tane or hil the earth or world abrod From age to age and alwayes stil for euer thou art God verse 3 thou grindest man through grief payne to dust or clay and then and then thou sayst agayne returne agayne ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sight as yesterday it doth appeare or as a watch one nyght verse 5 So sone as thou doost scattre them then is their lyfe and trade al as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty sone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines ful bright but fadeth by and by and is cut down ere it be night al withered dead and dry verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is much decayd and of thy feruent wrath and fume we are ful sore afrayd verse 8 The wicked workes that we haue wrought y u setst before thine eye Our priuy faults yea eke our thought thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our dayes do wast therof doth nought remaine Our yeres coÌ„sume as words or blast ar not called againe verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we do liue on mold If one see fourescore surely then we count him wondrous old verse 11 Yet of this time the strength and chief the which we count vpon Is nothing els but painful grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what streÌ„gth is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doth y â— feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lord to know and try how long our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdome to attaine verse 14 Retourne O Lord how long wilt y â— fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruaunts now and helpe theÌ„ at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy sone and then our ioy shal be al times so long as lyfe doth last in hart reioyce shal we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before now also make vs glad and for the yeares wherin ful sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appeare on thy seruaunts lyght and shew vnto their children deare thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruaunts thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lord prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme .xci. I. H. ¶ Here is described in what assurance he liueth that putteth his whole trust in God coÌ„mitteth him selfe wholly to his protection in al teÌ„pracioÌ„s A promise of God to those that loue him know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immorâ—â—â— glory Syng this as the .69 Psalme verse 1 HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwel In shadow of the mightiest grace at rest shal kepe him wel verse 2 Thou art my hope my strong hold I to the Lord wil say My God is he in him wil I my whole affiaunce stay verse 3 He shal defend thee from the snare the which the hunter layd And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayd verse 4 And with his wings shal couer thee and kepe thee safely there His faith truth thy feÌ„ce shal be as sure as shield speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not nede I say to feare or be afflight Of al the shafts that fly by day nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priuily doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that which doth destroy at noone dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy side as thou doost stand a thousand dead shal be Ten thousand eke at thy right hand and yet shalt thou be fre verse 8 But thou shalt se it for thy part thine eyes shal wel regard That euen like to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lord I onely lust to stay my hope on thee and in the hyest I put my trust my sure defence is hee verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none il to feare with thee it shal not mel Nor yet the plage shal once come nere thy house where y u doost dwel verse 11 For why vnto his angels al with charge commaundeth hee That stil in al thy wayes they shal preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in their hands shal thee beare vp stil wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shal neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Vpon the Lion thou shalt go the adder fel and long And tread vpon the Lions yong with dragons stoute strong verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I wil dispatch hym quite and him defend because that he doth know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth cry an aunswere I wil gyue and from his grief take him wil I in glory for to lyue verse 16 With length of yeres dayes of welth I wil fulfil his time The goodnes of my sauing helth I wil declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalme .xcii. I. H. ¶ This Psalme was made to be song on the Saboth to stirre vp the people to acknowledge God
to prayse him in his workes The Prophet reioyseth therin But the wicked is not able to cōsider that the vngodly when he his most florishing shall most spedely perishe In th end is discribed the felicity of the iust planted in the house of God to prayse the Lord. Syng this as the .88 Psalm verse 1 IT is a thing both good and meete to prayse the highest Lord and to thine name O thou most hye to sing in one accord verse 2 To shew the kindnes of the Lord betime ere day be light and eke declare his truth abrod when it doth draw to night verse 3 Vpon ten stringed instrument on lute and harpe so swete With al the mirth you can inuent of instruments most mete verse 4 For thou hast made me to reioyce in things so wrought by thee and I haue ioy in hart and voyce thy handy workes to see verse 5 O Lord how glorious and how great are al thy workes so stoute So depely are thy counsels set that none can try them out verse 6 The man vnwise hath not the wit this geare to pas to bring and al such fooles are nothing fit to vnderstand this thing verse 7 When so the wicked at their wil as gras do spring ful fast They when they florish in their il for euer shal be wast verse 8 But thou art mighty Lord most hie yea thou doost rayne therfore In euery tyme eternally both now and euermore verse 9 For why O Lord behold and see behold thy foes I say How al that worke iniquitie shal perish and decay verse 10 But thou like as an Unicorne shal lift my horne on hye With fresh and new prepared oyle thine oynted king am I verse 11 And of my foes before mine eyes shalt see the fal and shame Of al that vp against me ryse mine eare shal heare y ◠same verse 12 The iust shal florish vp on hye as date trees bud and blow And as the Ceders multiply in Lybanus that grow verse 13 For they are planted in the place and dwelling of our God within his courtes they spring apace florish al abrod verse 14 And in their age much fruit shal bring both fat wel besene And pleasaūtly both bud spring w t boughes braunches grene verse 15 To shew that God is good and iust and vpright is his wil. He is my rocke my hope and trust in him there is none il Dominus regnauit Psalme .xciii. I. H. ¶ He prayseth the power of God in the creation of the worlde and beateth downe all people whiche lift them vp agaynst his maiestie and prouoketh to consider his promises Syng this as the .77 Psalme verse 1 THe Lord as king aloft doth raign in glory goodly dight and he to shew his strēgth main hath girt himself w t might verse 2 The Lord likewise the earth hath made shaped it so sure No might can make it moue or fade at stay it doth endure verse 3 Ere y t the world was made or wrought thy seat was set before Beyond al time that can be thought thou hast bene euermore verse 4 The flouds O Lord the flouds do rise they rore and make a noyce The floudes I say did enterprise and lifted vp theyr voyce verse 5 Yea though y ◠stormes before in sight though seas do rage and swel The Lord is strong and more of might for he on hye doth dwel verse 6 And loke what promise he doth make his houshold to defend For iust and true they shal it take al tymes withouten end Deus vltionum psalme .xciiii. I. H. ¶ He prayeth vnto God against the violence and arrogancy of tyraunts Then doth he comfort the afflicted by the good issue of their affections as he felt in himself and did see in others and by the ruine of the wicked whom the Lord wil destroy Sing this as the .78 psalme verse 1 O Lord thou doost reuēge al wrong that office longes to thee Sith vengeāce doth to thee belong declare that al may see verse 2 Set forth thy self for thou of right y e erth doost iudge gide Reward the proud men of might accordyng to their pride verse 3 How long shal wicked mē beare sway with lifting vp their voyce How long shal wicked men I say thus triumph and reioyce verse 4 How long shal they with brags burst out proudly prate their fil Shal they reioyce which be so stout whose workes are euer il verse 5 Thy flock O Lord thine heritage they spoyle and vexe ful sore against thy people they do rage still daily more and more verse 6 The widowes which are comfortles and straungers they destroy They slea the children fatherles and none doth put them by verse 7 And whē they take these things in hād this talk they haue of thee Can Iacobs God this vnderstand tush no he cannot see verse 8 O folke vnwise people rude some knowledge now discerne ye fooles among the multitude at length begin to learne verse 9 The lord which made y ◠eare of man he nedes of right must heare He made y ◠eyne al things must then before hys syght appeare verse 10 The Lord doth al the world correct and make them vnderstand Shal he not then your dedes detect how can ye scape his hand verse 11 The lord doth know y ◠thoughts of mā his hart he seeth ful playn The Lord I say mēs thoughts doth frame findeth thē but vain verse 12 But Lord that man is happy sure whom thou doost kepe in aw And through correction doost procure to teach him in thy law verse 13 Wherby he shal in quiet rest in tyme of trouble sit When wicked men shal be supprest and fal into the pit verse 14 For sure the Lord wyl not refuse hys people for to take His heritage whom he dyd chuse he wil no tyme forsake verse 15 Vntil that iudgement be decreed to iustice to conuert That al may follow her with spede that are of vpright hart verse 16 But who vpon my part shal stand against the cursed trayne Or who shal rid me from theyr hand y ◠wicked works maintain verse 17 Except the Lord had bene mine ayde mine enemies to repel My soule and life had now bene layd almost as low as hel verse 18 When I did say my fote doth slyde and now am like to fal Thy goodnes Lord did so prouyde to stay me vp withal verse 19 When with my selfe I mused much and could no comfort fynde Then Lord thy goodnes did me touch and that did ease my mind verse 20 Wilt thou enhaunt thy self and draw with wicked men to sit which with pretence instede of law much mischief do commit verse 21 For they consult against the life of righteous men and good and in their counsels they are ryfe to shed the giltles blood verse 22 But yet the Lord he is to me a strong defence or locke He is my God to him
high they then vp ascend If thou do but speake thy word they fulfil So like wise the valleis most quickly discend where thou theÌ„ apointest remain they do stil verse 9 Their bonds hast y u set how far they shal run So as in their rage not that passe they can For God hath appointed they shal not returne the earth to destroy more which made was for man The second part verse 10 He sendeth the springs to strong streames and lakes which run do ful swift among the huge hils verse 11 Where both y e wild asses their thirst oft times slakes and beastes of the mountains therof drink their fils verse 12 By these pleasant springs or fountaynes ful fayre The foules of the ayre abide shal and dwel Who moued by nature to hoppe here and there among the grene braunches their songs shal excel verse 13 The mountaynes to moyst the cloudes he doth vse the earth with his workes are wholy repleate verse 14 So as the brute cattle he doth not refuse but grasse doth prouide them and herb for maÌ„s meat verse 15 Yea bread wyne and oyle he made for mans sake His face to refresh and hart to make strong verse 16 The Ceders of Liban this great Lord dyd make which trees he doth nourish that grow vp so long verse 17 In these may birds build and make there their nest In firre trees the storkes remayn and abide verse 18 The hie hils are succours for wild goates to rest And eke the rockes stony for conies to hyde verse 19 The moone then is set her seasons to runne The dayes froÌ„ the nyghtes therby to discerne And by the discendyng also of the Sunne The cold from heat alway therby we do learne verse 20 When darknes doth come by Gods wil and power Then crepe forth do al the beasts of the wood verse 21 The Lions range roaring theyr pray to deuour But yet it is thou Lord which giuest them foode verse 22 Assone as the sunne is vp they retyre To couch in their dennes then are they ful fayne verse 23 That maÌ„ do his workes may as right doth require Til night come and cal him to take rest agayne The third part verse 24 How sondry O Lord are al thy workes found with wisdome ful great they are in dede wrought So that the whole world of thy prayse doth sound and as for thy riches they passe al mens thought verse 25 So is the great sea which large is and broad Where things y â— crepe swarme beasts of ech sort verse 26 There both mighty ships saile and some lye at road The whale huge mâ—strous there also doth sport verse 27 Al things on thee wayt thou doost them relieue And thou in due time ful wel doost them fede verse 28 Now when it doth please thee the same so to geue They gather ful gladly those things which they nede Thou openest thine hand and they find such grace That they with good things are filled we see verse 29 But sore are they troubled if thou turne thy face For if thou their breath take vile dust theÌ„ they bee verse 30 Agayne when the spirit from thee doth procede al things to appoint and what shal insue Then are they created as thou hast decreed and doost by thy goodnes the dry earth renew verse 31 The prayse of the Lord for euer shal last Who may in his workes by right wel reioyce verse 32 His looke can the earth make to tremble ful fast and likewise the mountains to smoke at his voyce verse 33 To this Lord and God sing wil I alwayes So long as I lyue my God prayse wil I. verse 34 TheÌ„ am I most certaine my wordes shal him please I wil reioyce in him to hym wil I cry verse 35 The sinners O Lord consume in thine ire and eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it stil desire and say with the faithful prayse ye the Lords name Confitemini domino Psalme Cv. N. ¶ He prayseth the singular goodnes of God who hath of all the people of the world chosen a peculier people to hym selfe and hauyng chosen them neuer â—â—aseth to do them good euen for his promise sake Syng this as the .95 Psalm verse 1 GEue prayses vnto God the Lord and cal vpon his name amoÌ„g y â— people eke declare his workes to spread his fame verse 2 Sing ye vnto the Lord I say and sing vnto him prayse And talke of al the woÌ„drous works y â— he hath wrought alwayes verse 3 In honor of his holy name reioyse with one accorde and let the hart also reioyse of them that seke the Lord. verse 4 Seke ye the Lord seke the streÌ„gth of his eternal might and seke his face continually and presence of his sight verse 5 The woÌ„drous workes that he hath done kepe stil in mindful hart Ne let the iudgements of his mouth out of your mind depart verse 6 Ye that of faithful Abraham his seruaunt are the sede Ye his elect the children that of Iacob do procede verse 7 For he he onely is I say the mighty Lord our God and his most rightful iudgemeÌ„ts are through al the earth abrod verse 8 His promise and his couenaunt which he hath made to his He hath remembred euermore to thousandes of degrees The second part verse 9 The couenaunt which he hath made with Abraham long ago and faythful oth which he hath sworne to Isaac also verse 10 And did confirme the same for law that Iacob should obey and for eternal couenaunt to Israel for ay verse 11 When thus he sayd loe I to you al Canaan land wil geue The lot of your inheritaunce wherin your sede shal liue verse 12 Although theyr number at that time did very smal appeare Yea very smal and in the land they then but strauÌ„gers were verse 13 Whyle yet they walkt from land to land without a sure abode and while fro sondry kingdomes they did wander al abrod verse 14 And wrong at none oppressors hand he suffred them to take But euen the great and mighty kings reproued for theyr sake verse 15 And thus he sayd touch ye not those that mine annoynted be Ne do the Prophetes any harme that do pertayne to me verse 16 He cald a dearth vpon the land of bread he stroyed the store But he agaynst their time of nede had sent a man before The third part verse 17 Euen Ioseph which had once ben sold in liue a slaue in wo verse 18 Whose feete they hurt in stocks whose soule the yron pearst also verse 19 Vntil the time came wheÌ„ his cause was knowen apparantly The mighty word of God the Lord his faulties truth did try verse 20 The king sent and deliuered him from prison where he was The ruler of the people then did frely let him pas verse 21 And ouer al his house he made him Lord to beare the sway and of his substaunce made
and stirreth vp the surges so as nought can them asswage verse 26 Then are they lifted vp so high the cloudes they seme to gayne and plunging down the depth vntil theyr soules cōsume w t payn verse 27 And like a drunkard to fro how here now there they reele as men with feare of wit bereft or had of sence no feele verse 28 Then did they cry in theyr distres vnto the Lord for ayd Who did remoue theyr troublous state according as they prayd verse 29 For with his word the Lord doth make the sturdy storme to cease So y t the great waues frō theyr rage are brought to rest peace verse 30 Then are men glad whē rest is come which they so much do craue and are by him in hauē brought which they so faine would haue The fourth part verse 31 Let men therfore before the Lord confes his kindnes then and shew the wonders that he doth before the sonnes of men verse 32 Let them in presence of the folke with prayse extol his name and where the elders do conuent let them there do the same verse 33 For running flouds to dry desertes he doth oft chaunge and turne and dryeth vp 〈◊〉 it wer dust the springing wel and bourne verse 34 A frutful land with pleasures deckt ful barren doth he make Whē on their sinnes which dwel therin he doth iust vēgeaūce take verse 35 Agayne the wildernes ful rude he maketh frute to beare With pleasaūt springs of water cleare though none before wer there verse 36 Wherin such hungry soules are set as he doth frely chuse That they a citie may them build to dwel in for theyr vse verse 37 That they may sow their pleasant land vineyardes also plant To yeld them frutes of such increase as none may seme to want verse 38 They multiply exceedingly the Lord doth bles them so Who doth also their brute beasts make by nūbers great to grow verse 39 But when the faithful are low brought by the oppressors stout and minish do through many plagues that compas them about verse 40 Then doth he princes bring to shame which did them so oppres and likewise caused them to erre within the wildernes verse 41 But yet the poore he rayseth vp out of his troubles depe and oft times doth his trayne augmēt much like a flocke of shepe verse 42 The righteous shal behold this sight and also much reioyce Wheras the wicked peruerse with grief shal stop theyr voyce verse 43 But who is wise that now ful wel he may these things record For certeinly such shal perceyue the kindnes of the Lord Paratum cor meum Psalme Cviii. N. ¶ This Psalm◠is cōposed of two other Psalmes before the seuen fifty and the sixty The matter here cōteined is that Dauid geueth him selfe with hart voyce to prayse the Lord and assureth him selfe of the promes of God concerning his kyngdome ouer Israell and his power agaynst other nations who though he seme for to forsake vs for a tyme yet he alone in the end will cast down◠our enemyes Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O God my hart prepared is and eke my toung is so I wil aduaunce my voyce in song and geuing prayse also verse 2 Awake my viole and my harpe swete melody to make And in the morning I my selfe right early wil awake verse 3 By me among the people Lord stil praysed shalt thou bee and I among the Heathen folke wil sing O Lord to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great aboue the heauens hye and eke thy truth doth reach the clouds within the lofty skye verse 5 Aboue the sterry heauens high exalt thy selfe O God and Lord display vpon the earth thy glory al abrod verse 6 That thy derely beloued may be set at lyberty Helpe O my God with thy right hand and harken vnto me verse 7 God in his holines hath spoke wherfore my ioyes abound Sichem I shal deuide and mete the vale of Sucoth ground verse 8 And Gilead shal be mine own Manasses mine shal be My head strength Ephraim and law shal Iuda geue for me verse 9 Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom wil I throw Vpon the land of Palestine in triumph wil I go verse 10 Who shal into the citie strong be guide to conduict me Or who by whom to Edom land conueyed shal I be verse 11 Is it not thou O God which late hadst vs forsaken quite and thou O Lord which with our host didst not go forth to fight verse 12 Geue vs O Lord thy sauing ayde when troubles doth assayle For al the helpe of man is vayne and can no whit auayle verse 13 Through God we shal do valiant acts and worthy of renown He shal subdue our enemies yea he shal treade them down Deus laudem tuam Psalme Cix N. ¶ Dauid being falsely accused by flatterers vnto Saul prayeth God to kepe him to destroy his enemies And vnder them he speaketh of Iudas the traytour vnto Iesus Christ and of al the like enemyes of the children of God And desireth to be deliuered that his enemyes may know the workes of God Thē doth be promise to geue prayses vnto God Sing this as the .65 psalme verse 1 IN spechles silence do not hold O God thy tong alwayes O God euen thou I say that art the God of al my prayse verse 2 The wicked mouth gileful mouth on me disclosed be and they with false and lying tong haue spoken vnto me verse 3 They did beset me round about with wordes of hateful spite without al cause of my desert agaynst me did they fight verse 4 For my good wil they were my foes but then gan I to pray verse 5 My good with il my frendlynes with hate they did repay verse 6 Set thou the wicked ouer him to haue the vpper hand at his right hand eke suffer thou his hateful foe to stand verse 7 When he is iudged let him then condemned be therin And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sinne verse 8 Few be his dayes his charge also let thou an other take verse 9 His children let be fatherles his wife a widow make verse 10 Let his ofspring be vagabounds to beg and seke theyr bread wandring out of the wasted place where erst they haue ben fed verse 11 Let couetous extortioner catch al his goods and store and let the straungers spoyle the frutes of al his toyle before verse 12 Let there be none to pyty him let there be none at al That on his children fatherles wil let theyr mercy fal The seconde part verse 13 And so let his posterity for euer be destroyd Their name out blotted in the age that after shal succede verse 14 Let not his fathers wickednes frō Gods remembraūce fal and let thou not his mothers sinne be done away at al. verse 15 But in the presence of the Lord let them remayne for
8 And so him set in high degre with princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great fame verse 9 The barren he doth make to beare And with great ioye her frute to reare Therfore praise ye his holy name In exitu Israel psalme Cxiiii VV. VV. ¶ How the Israelites were deliuered out of Egipt and of the wonderfull miracles that God shewed at that tyme which put vs in remembraunce of gods great mercies towardes hys children and of our vnthankfulnes for the same Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 WHen Israel by Gods addres from Pharos land was bent and Iacobs house the straungers left in the same train weÌ„t verse 2 In Iuda God his glory shewde his holynes most bryght So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and myght verse 3 The sea it saw and sodenly as all amasde dyd flee The roring streames of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As rammes afrayd y â— mouÌ„tains skipt their strength did theÌ„ forsake And as y e sely trembling lambes their toppes did beate and shake verse 5 What ayled the sea as all amasde so sodenly to flee Ye rollyng waues of Iordans floud why ran ye backe wardly verse 6 Why shoke ye hils as RaÌ„mes afraid why did your streÌ„gth so shake Why did your tops as tremblyng lambs for feare quiuer quake verse 7 O earth coÌ„fesse thy soueraign Lord and dread his mighty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye both sea and land verse 8 I mean y â— god which froÌ„ hard rocks doth cause many flouds apeare and from the stony flint doth make gush out y e fountaines cleare Non nobis domine psalme Cxv. N ¶ A prayer of the faythfull oppressed by Idolatrous tirants against whom they desire that God would succour theÌ„ for asmuch as there is no comparison betwene him and their false GOD or Idoles trusting most constantly that God wil preserue them in this their nede seing that he hath adopted and receaued them to his fauoure promising finally that they wil not be vnmindfull of so great a benefite if it would please God to heare their prayer and delyuer them by his omnipotent power Sing this as the .78 psalme verse 1 NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse Both for the mercy and the truth that are in thee alwayes verse 2 Why shal y e heathen scorners say where is their god become verse 3 Our God in he auen is and what he wil that hath he done verse 4 Their Idols siluer are and gold work of mens hands they bee verse 5 They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and do not see verse 6 And they haue eares ioynd to their heds and do not heare at al and noses eke they formed haue and do not smel withal verse 7 And hands they haue and handle not and feete and do not go a throte they haue yet through y e same they make no souÌ„d to blow verse 8 Those that make them be like to theÌ„ and those whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their helpe and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye the Lord that feare the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord hath myndful bene of vs and wil vs blesse also On Israels and Aarons house his blessyng he wil shew verse 13 Them that be fearers of the Lord the Lord wil blesse them al Euen he wil blesse them euery one the great and eke the smal verse 14 To you I say the louyng Lord wil multiply hys grace To you aud to the children that shal follow of your race verse 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord euen of the Lord I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made set in stay verse 16 The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accord verse 17 They that be dead do not with prayse set forth y e Lords renoume Nor any that into the place of silence do go downe verse 18 But we wil praise the Lord our god from henceforth and for ay Sound ye the prayses of the Lord praise ye the Lord I say Dilexi quoniam psalme Cxvi N ¶ Dauid being in great daunger of Sauâ—l in the desert of Mammom perceuing y â— great and 〈◊〉 loue of God toward him magnyfyeth such great mercies and protesteed that he wil be thankefull for the same Sing this as the .94 Psalm verse 1 I Loue the Lord because my voyce aud prayer heard hath he when in my dayes I cald on hym he bowed his eare to me verse 2 Euen when the snares of cruel death about beset me round when paines of hel me caught when I wo and sorrow found verse 3 Vpon the name of God my Lord then did I cal and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lord I do thee humbly pray verse 4 The Lord is very merciful and iust he is also and in our God compassion doth plentifully flow verse 5 The Lord in safety doth preserue all those that symple be I was in woful misery and he relieuedme verse 6 And now my soule syth thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely loe the Lord to thee his bountie hath exprest verse 7 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from deadly thral My moisted eine froÌ„ mourneful teares my sliding fete from fal verse 8 Before the Lord I in the land of lyfe wyl walke therfore I did beleue therfore I spake for I was troubled sore verse 9 I sayd in my distres and feare that al men lyers be what shal I pay the Lord for al his benefites to me verse 10 The holsome cup of sauyng health I thankfully wil take and on the Lordes name I wil cal when I my prayer make verse 11 I to the Lord wil pay the vowes that I haue him be hight yea euen at this present time in al his peoples sight verse 12 Right deare and precious in his sight the Lord doth ay esteme The death of al his holy ones what euer men do deme verse 13 Thy seruant Lord thy seruant lo I do my self confes Son of thy handmaid thou hast broke the bondes of my distres verse 14 And I wil offer vp to thee a sacrifice of prayse And I wil cal vpon the name of God the Lord alwayes verse 15 I to the Lord wil pay the vowes that I haue him behight yea euen at this present tyme in al his peoples syght verse 16 Yea in the courtes of Gods own house and in the mids of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherfore the Lord prayse yee Laudate dominum psalme Cxvii N. ¶ He exhorteth the gentils to prayse god because he hath accomplished as wel to them as the Iewes the promise of life euerlastinge by Iesus Christ Sing this as the .98 psalme O
grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy word then wil I kepe both in my hart and tong verse 18 Mine eyes which were dim shut vp so open and make bright that of thy law marueilous workes I may haue y ◠cleare sight verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandryng now here now there Thy word therfore to me disclose my footesteps for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgemēts hye what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malicious thou hast destroyd echone and cursed are such as do not thy hestes attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me frō rebuke shame which wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenants with zeale as hoate as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sate and did against me speake but thē thy seruāt thought how he thy statutes might not breake verse 24 For why thy couenants are my ioy and my great harts solace They serue in stede of counsellers my matters for to pas DALETH The .iiii. part verse 25 I Am alas as brought to graue and almost turnd to dust Restore therfore my lyfe agayne as thy promise is iust verse 26 My wayes whē I acknowledged with mercy thou dydst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teach me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy works then wil I meditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I feele so sore opprest that it melteth for griefe Accordyng to thy word therfore hast Lord to send reliefe verse 29 From lieng and deceitful lips let thy grace me defend and that I may learn thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and found I set thy iudgement me before which kepe me safe and sound verse 31 Since then O Lord I forced my self thy couenants to embrace Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then wil I runne with ioyful cheare where thy word doth me cal when thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thral HE The fyft part verse 33 INstruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne and it to kepe euen to the end my hart wil I encline verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shal it obey With hart and mynd and al my might I wil it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lord I require None other pleasure do I wish nor greater thyng desyre verse 36 Incline my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from al filthy auarice Lord shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vayn desires and worldly lustes turn back mine eyes syght Gene me the spirit of lyfe power to walk thy wayes aright verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lord which thou hast made to mee Which am thy seruant and do loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproch shame which I so feare from me O Lord expel For thou doost iudge with equity therin doost excel verse 40 Behold my harts desyre is bent thy lawes to kepe for ay Lord strengthē me so with thy grace that it perform I may VAV The syxt part verse 41 THy mercies great and manifold let me obtayne O Lord Thy sauing health let me enioy according to thy word verse 42 So shal I stop y e slaundrous mouthes of leud men and vniust For in thy faithful promises standes my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth within my mouth let euer stil be prest For in thy iudgements wonderful my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while y ◠breath within my brest doth natural life preserue Yea til this world shal be dissolued thy law wil I obserue verse 45 So walk wil I as set at large and made free from al drede Because I sought how for to kepe thy precepts and thy rede verse 46 Thy noble actes I wil describe as things of most great fame Euē before kings I wil them blase and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I wil reioyce then to obey thy worthy hestes and wil which euermore I haue loued best and so wil loue them stil verse 48 My hands wil I lyft to thy lawes which I haue dearely sought and practise thy commaundements in wil in dede and thought ZAIN The .vii. part verse 49 THy promise which y u madest to me thy seruant Lord remember For therin haue I put my trust and confidence for euer verse 50 It is my comfort and my ioy when troubles me assayle For were my life not by thy word my life would soone me fayle verse 51 The proud such as God contemn stil made of me a scorne yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forelorne verse 52 But cald to mind lord thy great works shewd to our fathers old Wherby I felt the ioy surmount my grief an hundred fold verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quooke seyng how wicked men thy law forsooke and did procure thy iudgemēt who know whē verse 54 And as for me I framde my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the straungers dwelt thoughts gan me assalt verse 55 I thought vpon thy name O Lord by night when others slepe as for thy law also I kept and euer wil it kepe verse 56 This grace I did obtayne because thy couenants swete and deare I did embrace and also kepe with reuerence and with feare HETH The .viii. part verse 57 O God which art my part and lot my comfort and my stay I haue decreed and promised thy lawe to kepe alway verse 58 Myne earnest hart dyd humbly sue in presence of thy face as thou therfore hast promised Lord graunt me of thy grace verse 59 My lyfe I haue examined and tryde my secret hart Which to thy statutes caused me my feete straight to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthful are But hastely thy lawes to kepe I did my self beware verse 61 The cruel bandes of wicked men haue made of me their pray yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy rightous iudgemēt shewd toward me so great is and so hye That euen at midnight wil I ryse thy name to magnify verse 63 Companion am I to al them which feare thee in their hart and neyther wil for loue nor dread frō thy cōmaundements start verse 64 Thy mercies Lord most plentuously do al the world fulfil Oh teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy wil. TETH The .ix. part verse 65 ACcording to thy promise Lord so hast thou with me delt For of thy grace in sundry sortes haue I thy seruant felt verse 66 Teach me to iudge alwayes aright and geue me knowledg
sure For certenly beleue I do that thy preceptes are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touch me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy worde and make it al my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O lord teach me verse 69 The proud wicked men haue forged agaynst me many a lye yet thy commaundements stil obserue with al my hart wil I. verse 70 Their harts are swoln w t worldly welth as grease so ar they fat But in thy lawe do I delight and nothing seeke but that verse 71 Oh happy time may I wel say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy word and lawe is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer gold or ought that can be told IOD The .x. part verse 73 SEing thy hands haue made me lord to be thy creature graūt knowledge likewise how to learn to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shal reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 Whē w t thy rods the world is plagde I know the cause is iust So when y u didst correct me Lord the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comfort to me send as thou to me thy seruant hetest so from al il me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies poure on me and I shal surely liue For ioy and consolation both thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 Confound y ◠proud whose false pretence is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I wil my self employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence do thee feare to me let them retyre and such as do thy couenants know and them alone desyre verse 80 My hart without al wauering let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent CAPH The xi part verse 81 MY soule doth faint ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue and for thy words sake stil I trust my harts desyre to haue verse 82 Myne eyes doth fayle w t looking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou me cōfort Lord why doost y u thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottel in the smoke so am I partcht and dryde yet wil I not out of my hart let thy commaundement siyde verse 84 Alas how long shal I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes which me torment thy vēgeance y u wilt power verse 85 Presumptuous men haue digged pits thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurt they do procure verse 86 But thy cōmaundements are al true causeles they me greue To thee therfore I do complayne that thou mightest me releue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroyd brought me quite to groūd yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor found verse 88 Restore me Lord agayne to life for thy mercies excel and so shal I thy couenaunts kepe til death my life expel LAMED The .xii. part verse 89 IN heauēs Lord wher thou doost dwel thy word is stablisht sure and shal for al eternity fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abides as doth the earth witnes whose ground worke thou hast laid so sure as no toūg cā expres verse 91 Euen to this day we may wel see how al things perseuere accordyng to thy ordinaunce for al things thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy law my soule had comfort sought Lōg time ere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore wil I thy precepts aye in memory kepe fast By them thou hast my lyfe restord when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thyne Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares hart encline verse 95 The wicked men do seke my bane and therto lye in wayt But I the while considered thy notable workes and great verse 96 I see nothing in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy commaundement and thy word beyond al end extend MEM. The .xiii. part verse 97 WHat great desire and feruent loue do I beare to thy law al the day long my whole deuise is onely on thy saw verse 98 Thy word hath taught me far to pas my foes in policy For stil I kepe it as a thyng of most excellency verse 99 My teachers which did me instruct in knowledge I excel Because I do thy couenaunts kepe and them to others tel verse 100 In wisedome I do pas also the auncient men in dede and al because to kepe thy lawes I held it ay best rede verse 101 My fete I haue refrayned eke from euery euil way Because that I continually thy word might kepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarued frō thy iudgemēts nor yet shroonk any del For why thou hast taught me therby to liue godly and wel verse 103 Oh Lord how swete vnto my tast find I thy wordes alway Doubtles no hony in my mouth feele ought so swete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such wisdome learnd that vtterly I hate al wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kind or rate NVN. The .xiiii. part verse 105 EVen es a lanterne to my fete so doth thy word shine bright And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flaming light verse 106 I haue both sworne wil performe most certeinly doubtles That I wil kepe thy iudgements iust and them in life expres verse 107 Affliction hath me sore oppressed brought me to deathes dore O Lord as thou hast promised so me to life restore verse 108 The offrings which with hart voyce most frākely I thee geue accept and teach me how I may after thy iudgements lyue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hand that daungers it assayle Yet do I not thy law forget nor it to kepe wil fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd theyr nets to catch me at abray Yet did I not from thy precepts once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy law I haue so claymed alway as mine own heritage and why for therin I delite and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue ben bent thy statutes to fulfil Euen so likewise vnto the end I wil continue stil SAMECH The .xv. part verse 113 THe crafty thoughts and double hart I do alwayes detest But as for thy law and precepts I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises lookt for with patience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundemēts wil I kepe of God my Lord alone verse
116 As thou hast promised so perform that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Vphold me and I shal be safe for ought they do or say and in thy statutes pleasure take wil I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trode such vnder thy fete as do thy statutes breake For nought auayleth theyr subtility theyr counsel is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou casts the wicked out where euer they go or dwel Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothing half so wel verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with feare as though it were benomd For when I see thy iudgements strayt I am as one astound AIN The .xvi. part verse 121 I Do the thing that lawful is and geue to al men right Resigne me not to thē that would oppres me w t their might verse 122 But for thy seruaunt surty be in that thing that is good That proud mē geue me not y e foyle which rage as they wer wood verse 123 Mine eyes w t wayting are now blind thy health so much I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lord wherby thou wilt me saue verse 124 Intreate thy seruaunt louingly and fauour to him shew Thy statutes of most excellence teach me also to know verse 125 Thy humble seruaunt Lord I am oh graunt me to vnderstand How by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse 126 It is now time Lord to begin for truth is quyte decayd Thy law likewise they haue trāsgrest and none against thē sayd verse 127 This is the cause wherfore I loue thy lawes better then gold Or iewels fine which are estemd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts al most iust and so them layd in store Al crafty and malitious wayes I do abhorre therfore PE. The .xvii. part verse 129 THy couenaunts are most wonderful ful of things profound My soule therfore doth kepe thē sure whē they ar tride foūd verse 130 When mē first enter into thy wordes they find a light most cleare and very idiots vnderstand when they it read or heare verse 131 For ioy I haue both gaped breathde to know they cōmaūdemēt That I might guide my life therby I sought what thing it mēt verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord behold me from aboue As thou art wont to behold such as thy name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my fotesteps by thy word that I thy wil may know and neuer let iniquity thy seruaunt ouerthrow verse 134 Frō slaunderous toungs deadly harms preserue kepe me sure Thy precepts then I wil obserue and put them eke in vre verse 135 Thy coūtenāce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew Let shine on me and by thy law teach me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flouds gush out of dryery teares and fel when I behold how wicked men thy law kepe neuer a del ZADE. The .xviii. parte verse 137 137 IN euery poynt Lord y u art iust the wicked though they grudge And whē thou doost sētēce pronoūce y u art a righteous iudge verse 138 To render right fly from guile are two chief points most hye and such as thou hast in thy law commaunded vs straytly verse 139 With zeale and wrath I am consumde and euen pyned away To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I do may verse 140 So pure and perfect is they word as any hart can deme and I thy seruaunt nothing more do loue or yet esteme verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet do I not thy hestes forget nor shrinke away from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnes Lord is most iust for euer to endure also thy law is truth it selfe most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble grief haue seased on me brought me wōdrous low yet do I stil of thy precepts delight to heare and know verse 144 The righteousnes of thy iudgements do last for euermore Then teach them me for euen in them my life lieth vp in store KOPH The .xix. part verse 145 WIth fernēt hart I cald cride now aunswere me O Lord That thy cōmaundemēt to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute w t most hūble request Saue me therfore and I wil kepe thy precept and thy hest verse 147 To thee I cry euen in the morne before the day waxe light Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plight verse 148 Mine eyes preuēt the watch by night and ere they cal I wake That by deuising of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thine eares to heare my voyce and pity on me take as thou wast wont so iudge me Lord least life me should forsake verse 150 My foes draw nere and do procure my death maliciously which from thy law are far gone back and strayd from it leudly verse 151 Therfore O Lord approch thou nere for nede so doth requyre and al thy precepts true they are then helpe I thee desire verse 152 By thy cōmaundements I haue learnd not now but long ago That they remayne for euermore thou hast them grounded so RESH The .xx. part verse 153 MY trouble and affliction consider and behold Deliuer me for of thy law I euer take fast hold verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with spede me succor send From death as thou hast promised Lord kepe me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace wherby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are they mercies Lord I graūt what toung can thē attayne and as thou hast me iudged ere now so let me life obtayne verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute most sore yet from thy lawes I neuer shronke nor went a wry therfore verse 158 And truth it is for grief I dye when I these traytors see Because they kepe no whit thy word nor yet seke to know thee verse 159 Behold for I do loue thy lawes with hart most glad and fayne as thou art good and gracious Lord restore my life agayne verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath bene euer Thy righteous iudgements are also most true and decay neuer SCHIN The .xxi. part verse 161 PRinces haue sought by cruelty causeles to make me crouch But al in vayne for of thy word the feare did my hart touch verse 162 And certeinly euen of thy word I was more mery and glad Then he that of rich spoyles and pray great store plenty had verse 163 As for al lyes and falsitie I hate most and detest For why thy holy law do I aboue al things loue best verse 164 Seuen times a day I prayse the Lord singing with hart voyce Thy rightuous actes and wonderful
cannot fynd inough to fil his hand Nor he can fil hys lap that goeth to gleane vpon the land verse 7 Nor passers by pray God on them to let his blessing fal Nor say we blesse you in the name of God the Lord at al. Deprofundis clamaui psalme .cxxx. VV. VV. ¶ An effectuons prayer of hym that for hys synnes had sustayned great afflictions and notwithstanding he fully trusteth and assureth himself to obtayne mercy and forgeuenes of hys sinnes and at length deliueraunce from al euils LOrd to thee I make my mone when daungers me oppres I cal I sigh plain grone trusting to fynd reles Heare now O lord my request for it is ful due tyme and let thyne eares aye be prest vnto this prayer mine verse 3 O Lord our God if thou way our sinnes and them peruse Who shal then escape and say I can my self excuse verse 4 But Lord thou art merciful and turnest to vs thy grace that we with harts most careful should feare before thy face verse 5 In God I put my whole trust my soule wayteth on his wyl For hys promise is most iust and I hope therin stil verse 6 My soule to God hath regard wishyng for hym alway More then they that watch and ward to see the daunyng day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly in the Lord put hys trust He is that God of mercy that hys delyuer must verse 8 For he it is that must saue Israel from hys sinne And al such as surely haue their confidence in hym Domine non est psalme Cxxxi M. ¶ Dauid charged with ambition and gredy desyre to raygne protesteth his humilitie modesty before God and teacheth al men what they should do Syng this as the â—amentation O Lord I am not puft in mynd I haue no scorneful eye I do not exercyse my selfe in thynges that he to hye But as a child that wayned is euen from his mothers brest So haue I Lord behaued my selfe in sylence and in rest O Israel trust in the Lord let hym be all thy stay From thys tyme for euermore from age to age I say Memento domine psalme .cxxxii. M ¶ The faythful grounding on Gods promise made vnto Dauid desireth that be would establish the same both as touchyng the posterity and the buildyng of the temple to pray there as was fore spoken REmember Dauids troubles Lord how to the Lorde he swore and vowd a vow to Iacobs God to kepe for euermore I wyll not come within my house nor clyme vp to my bed nor let my temples take theyr rest or the eyes in my hed verse 2 Til I haue found out for the Lord a place to set theron An house for Iacobs God to be an habitation verse 3 We heard of it at Ephrata there did we heare this sound and in y â— fields forrests there these voices first were fouÌ„d verse 4 We wil assay and go in now his tabernacle there before his fotestoole to fal down vpoÌ„ our knees in feare verse 5 Arise O Lord aryse I say into thy restyng place both thou the ark of thy streÌ„gth y e preseÌ„ce of thy grace verse 9 Let al thy priestes be clothed Lord with truth and righteousnes Let al thy saintes and holy men syng al with ioyfulnes verse 10 And for thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not Lord I say The face of thine annoynted Lord or turne thy face away The second part verse 11 The Lord to Dauid swore in truth and wil not shrinke from it Saying the frute of thy body vpon thy seat shal sit verse 12 And if thy sonnes my couenaunt kepe that I shal learne echone then shal their sonnes for euer sit vpon thy princely throne verse 13 The Lord himself hath chose Sion and loues therin to dwel verse 14 Saying this is my restyng place I loue and lyke it wel verse 15 And I wyl blesse with great encrease her vittayles euery where and I wil satisfy with bread the nedy that be there verse 16 Yea I wil deck and clothe her priests with my saluation and al her saints shal syng for ioy of my protection verse 17 There wil I surely make the horne of Dauid for to bud For I haue there ordaind for myne a lanthorne bright and good verse 18 As for his enmies I wil cloth with shame for euermore But I wil cause his crowne to shyne more fresh then heretofore Ecce quam bonum psal .cxxxiii. VV. VV ¶ This psalme conteyneth the commendation of godly and brotherly amity which for the excellency therof is compared to the most precious oyle wherwith the priestes onely and instruments of the tabernacle were annoynted Exodus .xxx. Sing this as the .137 Psalme verse 1 O How happy a thyng it is and ioyful for to see Brethren together for to hold the band of amity verse 2 It calth to mind y â— swete perfume and y t costly oyntment which on the sacrificers hed by Gods precept was speÌ„t It wet not Aarons head alone but drentch his beard throughout and finally it did run down his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drynke the dew of Hermon hil and Sion with hys siluer drops the fields with frute doth fil verse 4 Euen so the Lord doth poure on them his blessings manyfold Whose harts mindes without al guile this knot do kepe hold Ecce nunc psalme .cxxxiiii. VV. K ¶ He exhorteth the Leuites that watch in the temple to prayse the Lord. BEhold and haue regard ye seruants of the Lord which in hys house by night do watch prayse hym wyth one accord verse 2 Lyft vp your handes on hygh vnto hys holy place And geue the Lord his prayses due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the Lord who did both earth and heauen frame Doth Sion bles and wil conserue for euermore the same Laudate nomen Psalme Cxxxv. M. ¶ He exhorteth al the faithful of what estate so euer they be to prayse God for his merueilous works and specially for his graces towardes his people wherin he hath declared hys maiesty to the confusion of al Idolaters and their Idoles O Prayse the Lord prayse hym prayse hym prayse him with one accord O praise him stil all ye that be the seruauntes of the Lord. O prayse hym ye that stand and be in the house of the Lord ye of hys courte and of hys house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 3 Prayse ye the Lord for he is good syng prayses to hys name It is a comely and good thyng alwayes to do the same verse 4 For why the Lord hath chose Iacob hys very owne you see So hath he chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know and am ryght sure the Lord is very great He is in dede aboue al gods most easy to intreat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him al that ful wel he wrought In heauen in earth and in y â— sea which he
hath framd of nought verse 7 He lifts vp clouds euen from the earth he makes lightnings rain he bringeth forth the winds also he made nothyng in vayne verse 8 He smote the first borne of ech thing in Egipt that tooke rest he spared there no lyuyng thyng the man nor yet the beast verse 9 He hath in thee shewd wonders great O Egipt voyde of vauntes On Pharao thy cursed kyng and hys seuere seruauntes verse 10 He smote then many nations and did great acts and thynges He slew the great and mightiest and chiefest of their kings verse 11 Sion kyng of the Ammorites and Og kyng of Basan He slew also the kyngdomes all that were of Canaan verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage we see To Israell hys owne people an heritage to bee verse 13 Thy name O Lord shal stil endure and thy memorial Throughout al generations that are or euer shal verse 14 The Lord wil surely now auenge hys people al in deede and to hys seruauntes he wyll shew fauour in tyme of neede verse 15 The Idols of the heathen are made in al their cost and landes Of syluer and of gold be they the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 They haue their mouths caÌ„not speake eies that haue no sight verse 17 They haue eke eares y t heare nothing their mouthes be breathles quite verse 18 Wherfore al thei are like to theÌ„ that so doth set theÌ„ forth and likewise those that trust in them or think they be ought worth verse 19 O all ye house of Israel see that ye praise the Lord and ye that be of Aarons house prayse hym wyth one accord verse 20 And ye that be of Leuis house praise ye likewyse the Lord and al that stand in awe of hym praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Syon sound his prayse the great prayse of the Lord Which dwelleth in Ierusalem prayse hym with one accord Confitemini psalm .cxxxvi. N A most earnest exhortation to geue thanks vnto God for the creation and gouernance of all things which standeth in in confessing that he geueth vs al of his mere liberalitie PRaise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for euer geue prayse vnto the god of gods for his mercy endureth for euer Geue prayse vnto the lord of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer which only doth great woÌ„ders work for his mercy endureth for euer verse 5 Which by his wisdom made y â— heaueÌ„s for his mercy endureth c. verse 6 Which on the waters stretcht the earth for his mercy endureth c. verse 7 Which made great light to shine abrode for his mercy endureth c. verse 8 As sunne of rule the lightsome day for his mercy endureth for euer verse 9 The moone and stars to guide the night for his mercy endureth c. verse 10 Which smote Egipt with their first borne for his mercy endu c verse 11 And Israel brought out from theÌ„ for hys mercy endureth for euer verse 12 With mighty hand stretched arme for his mercy endureth c. verse 13 Which cut the red sea in two parts for his mercy endureth for euer verse 14 And Israel made pas there through for his mercy endureth c. verse 15 And dround Pharao and his host for his mercy endureth for euer verse 16 Through wildernes his people led for hys mercy endureth c. verse 17 He which did smite great noble kings for hys mercy endu c. verse 18 And which hath slayne the mighty kings for his mercy endu c. verse 19 As Sion king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy endureth for euer verse 21 And gaue their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruant Israel for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppressors rescued vs for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth foode vnto al flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Praise ye the God of heaueÌ„ aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thanks vnto the Lord of Lords for his mercy endureth c. Super flumina in Babilonis psalm .cxxxvii. VV. VV. ¶ The people of god in their banishment seyng gods true religion decay lyued in great anguish and sorrow of hart the which grief the Caldeans did so litle pitye that they rather increased the same daily with taunts reproches and blasphemies against god wherfore y e Israelites desire god to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babilonians against theÌ„ and moued by the spirit of god prophecy the destruction of BabiloÌ„ where they wer handled so â—â—rannously WHen as we sate in Babilon the riuers round about and in remembraunce of Sion the teares for grief brast out We haÌ„gd our harps instruments the willow trees vpoÌ„ for in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songs and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas said we who can once frame his sorrowful hart to syng The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let slyde Then let my fingers quite forget the warblyng harpe to guyde verse 6 And let my tong within my mouth be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy ful deliuerance past verse 7 Therfore O Lord remember now the cursed noyse and cry That Edoms sonnes against vs made wheÌ„ they razde our City Remember Lord their cruel words when as wyth one accord they cride on sack and raze their wals in despite of their Lord. verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought and happy shal that man be cald that our reueÌ„ge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shal that man be cald that takes thy children yong to dash their bones against hard stones which lie y e streetes amoÌ„g Confitebor tibi psalme Cxxxviii N Dauid with great courage prayseth the goodnes of god toward hym which is so great that it is known to forren princes who shal prayse the Lord together wyth hym And he is assared to haue like comfort of god in the tyme following as he hath had heretofore Syng this as the .47 Psalme verse 1 THee wil I prayse w t my whole hart my lord my God alwaies Euen in the preseÌ„ce of the Gods I wil aduance thy prayse verse 2 Toward thy holy temple I wil looke and worship thee and praysed in my thankful mouth thy holy name shal bee Euen for thy louyng kyndnes sake and for thy truth withal For thou thy name hast by thy word aduaunced ouer al. verse 3 When I did cal thou heardest me and thou hast made also The
6 Then when in stony places down their iudges shal be cast Then shal they heare my words for theÌ„ they haue a pleasaunt tast verse 7 Our bones about the graues mouth lo scattred are they found as he that heweth wood or he that diggeth vp the ground verse 8 But O my Lord my God myne eyes do looke vp vnto thee In thee is al my trust let not my soule forsaken hee verse 9 Which they haue layd to catch me in Lord keepe me from the snare and from the suttle grennes of them that wycked workers are verse 10 The wicked into theyr own nets together let them fal while I do by thy helpe escape the daungers of them al. Voce mea ad Psalme Cxlij N. ¶ Dauid neither ast onied with feare nor caried w t anger nor forced by desperation would kil Saule but with a quiet mind directed his earnest prayer vnto God who did preserue him Sing this as the .14 psalme verse 1 BEfore the Lord God with my voyce I did send out my cry and with my streamed voice vnto the Lord God prayed I. verse 2 My meditation in his sight to poure I did not spare and in the presence of the Lord my trouble did declare verse 3 Although perplexed were my spirit my path was knowen to thee In way where I did walke a snare they slyly layd for mee verse 4 I lookt vewd on my right hand but none there would me know al refuge fayled me and for my soule none cared tho verse 5 Then cried I Lord to thee sayd my hope thou onely art Thou in the land of lyuing art my portion and my part verse 6 Harke to my cry for I am brought ful low deliuer me From them that do me persecute for me to strong they be verse 7 That I may prayse thy name my soule from prisoÌ„ Lord bring out when thou art good to me the iust shal prease me round about Domine exaudi Psalme Cxliij N. ¶ An earnest prayer for remission of sinnes acknowledging that the enemies did cruelly persecute him by Gods iust iudgement He desireth to be restored to grace to be gouerned by his holy spirit that he may spend the rest of his life in the true feare and seruice of God Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 LOrd heare my prayer harke y e plaint that I do make to thee Lord in thy natiue truth and in thy iustice aunswer mee verse 2 In iudgement with thy seruaunt Lord oh enter not at al For iustified be in thy sight not one that liueth shal verse 3 The enmy hath pursued my soule my life to ground hath throwne and layd me in the dark like them that dead are long agone verse 4 Within me in perplexitie was my accombred spirit and in me was a troubled hart amased and afflight verse 5 Yet I record time past in al thy workes I meditate yea in the workes I meditate that thy hands haue creat verse 6 To thee O Lord my God loe I do stretch my crauing haÌ„ds My soule desireth after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Heare me with spede my spirit doth faile hide not thy face me fro Els shal I be like them that down into the pit to go verse 8 Let me thy louing kindnes in the morning heare know For in thee is my trust shew me the way that I shal got verse 9 For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lord deliuer mee From al mine enemies for I haue hidden me with thee verse 10 Teach me to do thy wil for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good spirit vnto the land of mercy me conuey verse 11 For thy names sake w t quikning grace a liue do thou me make and out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy iustice sake verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes O Lord destroy them al That do oppresse my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shal Benedictus dominuus Psalme Cxliiij N. ¶ Dauid prayseth y â— Lord w e great affectioÌ„ humility for his kingdom restored for his victories obtained yet calling for helpe the destructioÌ„ of the wicked â—promising to acknowledge the same with songs of prayses declareth wherin the felicity of any people consisteth Syng this as the .141 Psalme verse 1 BLest be the Lord my streÌ„gth that doth instruct my haÌ„d to fight The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battel by his might verse 2 He is my goodnes for t and tower deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yeld verse 3 O Lord what thing is maÌ„ that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but like to vanity so pas his dayes to end verse 5 As fleting shade Bow down O Lord thy heaueÌ„s discend verse 6 The mountaines touch they shal smoke cast forth thy lightning flame And scatter theÌ„ thine arrowes shote coÌ„sume theÌ„ w t the same verse 7 Send down thy hand euen from aboue O Lord deliuer mee Take me froÌ„ waters great froÌ„ hand of straungers make me free verse 8 Whose subtle mouth of vanity and fondnes doth entreat and their right hand is a right hand of falshod and deceit verse 9 A new song I wil syng O God and singing wil I bee On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee verse 10 Euen he it is that onely geues deliueraunce to kings Vnto his seruaÌ„t Dauid helpe froÌ„ hurtful sword he bryngs verse 11 FroÌ„ strauÌ„gers haÌ„d me saue sheld whose mouth talkes vanity and their right hand is a right hand of guile and suttelty verse 12 That our sonnes may be as the plants whoÌ„ growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued cornerstones like to a palace fayre verse 13 Our corners ful and plenty may with sondry sortes be found Our shepe bring thousaÌ„ds in our strets ten thousaÌ„ds may abouÌ„d verse 14 Our Oxen be to labor strong that none do vs inuade There be no going out no cry within our stretes be made verse 15 The people blessed are y t with such blessings are so stord yea blessed al the people are whose God is God the Lord. Exaltabo te deus Psalme Cxlv. N. ¶ This Psalme was made when the kingdome of Dauid florished Wherein he describeth the wonderful prouidence of God as well in gouernyng man as in preseruyng all the rest of his creatures He prayseth God for his iustice mercy but specially for his louyng kindnes toward those that cal vpon him that feare him and loue hym THee wil I laud my God and kyng blesse thy name for aye 2 For euer wil I prayse thy name and blesse the day by day 3 Great is the Lord most worthy prayse hys greatnes none can reach 4 From race to race they shal thy workes prayse and thy power preach verse 5 I of thy glorious maiestie the beauty wil record
and meditate vpon thy workes most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shal of thy power and of thy feareful actes declare and I to publish al abrod thy greatnes wil not spare verse 7 And they into the mētion shal breake of thy goodnes great and I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shal repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gratious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to al and al his workes his mercy doth excede verse 10 Lo al thy works do praise thee lord doe thy honor spred verse 11 Thy saints do blesse thee they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sōnes of mē his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fal the sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of al do wayt on thee thou doost them al releue and thou to ech suffising foode in season due doost geue verse 16 Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doost fil al things whatsoeuer doth lyue with gifts of thy good wil. verse 17 The Lord is iust in al his wayes his workes are holy al verse 18 Nere al he his that cal on him in truth that on him cal verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him wil fulfil and he wil heare thē whē they cry saue them al he wil. verse 20 The Lord preserues al those to him that bear a louing hart But he them al that wicked are wil vtterly subuert verse 21 My thākful mouth shal gladly speake the praises of y e Lord al flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shal accord Lauda anima mea Psalme Cxlvi I. H. ¶ Dauid shewing the great desire he had to prayse God teacheth that none should put theyr trust in men but in God alone who is almighty and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at libertie comforteth the satherles widowes and the straūgers and rangneth kyng for euer Sing this as the .2 137 Psalme verse 1 MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I wil cōfes While breath life prolōg my daies my tōg no time shal cease Trust not in worldly princes thē though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortal mē in whō there is no health verse 2 For why their breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fal and then the counsels of theyr hart decay and perish al. verse 3 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde and he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 4 Which made the earth waters depe the heauens hye wythal which doth his word and promise kepe in truth and euer shal verse 5 With right alwayes doth he procede for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 6 The Lord doth sēd the blind theyr sight the lame to lims restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and iust man euermore verse 7 He doth defend the fatherles the straungers sad in hart And quyt the widow frō distres il mens wayes subuert verse 8 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion stil shal rayne In tyme of al posterity for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlvii N. ¶ The Prophet prayseth the bounty wisedome power suffice and prouidence of God vpon al his creatures But specially vpon his Church which he gathereth together after their dispersion declaring his word iudgement so vnto them as he hath done to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to syng For it is pleasaunt and to prayse it is a comely thing 2 The Lord his own Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynd verse 4 He counts the nūber of the starres names them in their kind verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinit verse 6 The Lord releues y e meke throwes to groūd the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyce and to our God vpō the harpe aduaunce your singing voyce verse 8 He couers heauen with cloudes for the earth prepareth rayne and on the mountaines he doth make the gras to grow agayne verse 9 He geues to beastes theyr foode to young rauens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs dothly verse 11 But in al those that feare the Lord the Lord hath hys delight and such as do attend vpon his mercies shyning light verse 12 O prayse thy Lord Ierusalem thy God O Sion prayse verse 13 For he the barres hath forged strōg wherwith thy gate he stayes verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in the◠and in thy borders he Doth settle peace with y ◠flower of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out and eke the word with spedy course swyftly run about verse 16 He geueth snow like wol hore frost like ashes doth he spred verse 17 Like morsels casts hys I se therof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mighty word and melteth thē agayn His wind he makes to blow thē y ◠waters flow amayn verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iacob doth he shew his statutes his iudgments he geues Israel to know verse 20 With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne his secret iudgements ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme Cxlviij I. P. ¶ He prouoketh al creatures to prayse the Lord in heauē in earth in all places specially for the power that he hath geuen to his people Israel whō he hath taken so nere vnto hym GEuelaud vnto the Lord from heauē that is so hye Praise him in dede and word Aboue the starry skie And also ye his angels al armies royal prayse him with glee verse 3 Prayse him both mone sunne Which are so cleare and bright The same in you be done He glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no les He heauens fayre verse 5 And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse verse 6 For at his word they were Al formed as we se At his voyce did appere Al things in theyr degre Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fel Al depe do ye the same For it becommeth you wel verse 8 Him magnify Fyre hayle I se Snow And stormes that blow At hys decree verse 9 The hils and mountaynes al And trees
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience
hast committed the dispensation of thy holy word and charge of thy chosen people may both in their life and 〈…〉 be found faithful settyng onely before theyr eyes thy glory and 〈◊〉 by them al poore shepe whiche wander and go astray may be gathered brought home to thy fold Moreouer because the harts of rulers are in thy handes we besech thee to direct and gouerne the hartes of al kings princes maiestrates to whom thou hast committed the sword especially O Lord accordyng to our bounden duty we besech thee to mainteine encrease the honorable estate of y e Queenes maiestie and al her most noble counsellers and maiestrates and al the whole body of this cōmune weale Let thy fatherly fauor so preserue them thy holy spirite so gouerne their hartes that they may in such sorte execute their office that thy religion may be purely maintayned maners reformed and sin punished according to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be al members of the mistical body of Iesus Christ we make our requestes vnto thee O heauenly father for al such as are afflicted with any kind of cros or tribulation as warre plague famine sicknes pouertie imprisonment persecution banishment or any other kinde of the rods whether it be calamitie of body or vexation of minde that it would please thee to geue them patience and constancy til thou send them ful deliueraunce of al theyr troubles Roote out frō hence O Lord al rauening wolues which to fil theyr bellies seke to destroy thy flocke And shew thy great mercyes vpon those our brethren in other coūtreis which are persecuted cast into prison daily cōdēned to death for y e testimony of thy truth And though they be vtterly destitute of al mās ayde yet let thy swete comfort neuer depart from them but so inflame their hartes with thy holy spirite that they may boldly and cherefully abide such trial as thy godly wisedome shal appoynt So that at length as wel by theyr death as by their life the kingdō of thy dere sonne Iesus Christ may increase shine through al the world In whose name we make our hūble peticiōs vnto thee as he hath taught vs. Our Father which art in heauen halowed by thy c. FINIS ⧠A Table both for the number of the whole Psalmes and also in what leafe you may finde euery of them Psalme A. Fol. 30 ALl laude and prayse 49 49 All people her 59 78 Attend my people to my 106 82 Amid the prease 114 B. 81 Be light and glad 113 119 Blessed are they 158 128 Blessed art thou 175 134 Behold and haue 178 142 Before the Lord. 187 144 Blest be the. 188 D. 83 Do not O God re 15 E. 127 Except the Lord. 174 G. 29 Geue to the Lord ye 48 37 Grudge not to see 58 48 Great is the Lord. 70 54 God saue me for thy 80 105 Geue prayses vnto 140 107 Geue thankes vnto 145 148 Geue laud vnto 192 H. 12 Helpe Lord for 32 13 How loug wilt 32 51 Haue mercy on 77 56 Haue mercy Lord. 82 67 Haue mercy on vs. 91 73 How euer it be yet 100 84 How pleasaunt is 116 91 He that within 125 I. 5 Incline thine eares 25 11 I trust in God 31 20 In trouble and aduersitie 40 25 I lift my hart 44 34 I wil geue laude 54 39 I sayd I wil looke 61 40 I waited long and. 62 43 Iudge and reuenge 66 77 I with my voyce 105 92 It is a thing both 126 100 In God the Lord. 133 101 I mercy wil and. 133 109 In specheles scilence 148 116 I loue the Lord. 155 120 In trouble and in 168 121 I lift mine eyes 169 122 I did in harte 170 L. 6 Lord in thy wrath reproue me not 26 16 Lord kepe me for 35 26 Lord be my iudge 46 35 Lord plead my cause 35 42 Like as the hart 65 68 Let God arise 92 72 Lord geue thy iudg 99 86 Lord how thine eare 104 88 Lord God of health 106 130 Lord to thee I. 176 140 Lord saue me 185 143 Lord heare my 187 M. 23 My sheperd is the. 43 45 My hart doth now 67 62 My soule to God 87 71 My Lord my God 97 103 My soule geue 135 104 My soule prayse 137 146 My soule prayse 193 N. 115 Not vnto vs. 154 124 Now Israel 171 O. 3 O Lord how are my 24 4 O God that art my 25 7 O Lord my God 27 8 O God our Lord how 28 15 O Lord within thy taber 33 17 O Lord geue eare 35 18 O God my strength 36 21 O Lord how ioyful 40 22 O God my God 41 31 O Lord I put my 50 44 Our eares haue heard 66 51 O Lord consider my 74 55 O God geue eare 80 60 O Lord thou didst 86 63 O God my God 88 64 O Lord vnto my voyce 89 70 O God to me take 97 79 O Lord the Gentils 111 94 O Lord thou doost 12 95 O come let vs. 128 98 O sing ye now 131 102 O heare my prayer 133 108 O God my hart 147 117 O all the nations 156 118 O geue ye thankes 136 123 O Lorde that 171 109 Of this Israell 175 130 O Lorde I am not 176 133 O howe happy a. * 178 135 O prayse the Lorde 179 139 O Lorde thou haste 184 141 O Lorde vpon thee 186 P. * 38 Put me not to rebuke 60 106 Prayse ye the Lorde 142 136 Prayse ye the Lorde 181 147 Prayse ye the Lorde 191 R. * 61 Regarde O Lorde for 87 132 Remember Dauids 177 S. 59 Sende ayde and saue 84 69 Saue O God * 94 96 Syng ye with 129 125 Such as in God 172 T. 1 The man is blest 22 14 There is no God * 33 19 The heauens and the. 39 24 The earth is all 44 27 The Lorde is both 47 28 Thou art O Lorde 84 32 The man is blest 52 36 The wicked with * 57 41 The man is blest 46 46 The Lorde is our 69 50 The myghty God 72 50 The God of Gods 74 53 The foolishe man 79 57 Take pitie for thy * 83 65 Thy prayse alone 89 76 To all that nowe 104 80 Thou Lorde that Israell 111 85 Thou haste bene 117 87 That Citie shall 119 89 To syng the mor. * 121 90 Thou Lorde haste 124 93 The Lorde as kynge 127 97The Lorde doth raygne 130 99 The Lorde doth raygne 132 110 The Lorde dyd * 150 112 The man is blest 151 125 Those that doo put 172 138 Thee will I prayse 183 145 Thee will I laude 189 V. 75 Vnto the God we 103 W. * 2 Why did the Gentiles 23 9 With hart and mouth 29 16 What is the cause 35 52 Why doost thou tyrant 78 74 Why art thou Lorde 102 111 With hart I doo * 150 114 When Israell by 153 126 When that the Lorde 173 137 When as we sat in Babi 182 Y. 33 Ye ryghteous in the. 52 47 Ye people all 70 58 Ye rulers that * 84 66 Ye men on earth 90 113 Ye children whiche 152 150 Yelde vnto the. 194 ¶ These folowe after the Psalmes PRayse the Lorde ye Beholde nowe geue * Attende my people Our father whiche art All my belefe Come holy spirite * Geue peace in these Where ryghteousnes doth O Lorde in thee is all my * Preserue vs Lorde The Lorde be thanked ¶ Also certayne Godly Prayers ¶ These ye shall haue in the beginnyng of the Booke VEni creator spiritus Venite exultemus Te Deum laudamus * Benedicite Benedictus dominus Magnificat anima * Nunc dimittis The Lamentation of a. The humble sute of a sinner Quicunque vult * The Pater noster The ten Commaundementes ⧠Imprinted at London by Iohn Day dwellyng ouer Aldersgate beneath Saint Marrins ¶ Cum gratia Priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis per septennium
I flee he is my strength and rocke And he shal cause their mischiefs al themselues for to annoy and in their malice they shal fal our God shal them destroy Venite exultemus psalme .xcv. I. H. An carnest exhortation to prayse God for the gouerment of the world and the election of hys church An admonition not to follow the rebellion of the oldfathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lift vp our voyce and syng vn to the Lorde in hym oure rocke of health reioyce let vs wyth one accord Yea let vs come before hys face to geue hym thanks and prayse in syngyng Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad alwayes verse 3 For why the Lord he is no doubt a great and mighty God A kyng aboue al gods throughout in al the world abrode verse 4 The secrets of the earth so depe and corners of the land The tops of hils that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters al are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and al that therin is his hand hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lord before hym let vs fal and knele to hym with one accord the which hath made vs al. verse 7 For why he is the Lord our God for vs he doth prouyde We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 To day if ye his voyce wil heare then harden not your hart as ye with grudging many a yeare prouokte me in desert verse 9 Where as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue my wōdrous works whē they did see yet stil they wold me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeares they did me greue and I to them did say They erre in hart and not beleue they haue not known my way verse 11 Wherfore I sware whē that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer tread the path to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme .xcvi. I. H. An exhortation both to the Iewes and Gentils to praise god for hys mercy And this specially ought to be referred to the kingdom of Christ Sing thys as the .77 ▪ psalme verse 1 SYng ye with prayse vnto the Lord new songs of ioy mirth Sing vnto hym with one accord al people on the earth verse 2 Yea sing vnto the Lord I say prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to day saluation by the same verse 3 Among the heathen eke declare his honor round about To shew his wonders do not spare in al the world throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway and he is to be dread of right aboue al Gods I say verse 5 For al the gods of Heathen folke are idols that wil fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 Al prayse and honor eke do dwel for aye before his face Both power and might likewyse excel within his holy 〈◊〉 verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lord alway ye people of the world Al might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lord. verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lord also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes do go with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fal down and worship ye the Lord within his temple bright Let al the people of the world be fearful at hys syght verse 10 Tel al the world be not agast the Lord doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the earth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shal great ioy begin the earth shal eke reioyce The sea with al that is therin shal shoote and make a noyce verse 13 The field shal ioy and euery thyng that springeth of the earth The wood and euery tree shal syng with gladnes and w t mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lord and commyng of hys might when he shal iustly iudge the world and rule his folke w t right Dominus regnauit psalme .xcvii. I. H The prophet exhorteth al to reioyce for the comming of the kyngdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyful to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioycing and thankes geuyng Sing this as the 9◠Psalme verse 1 THe Lord doth raign where at y ◠earth may ioy w t pleasāt voyce and eke the yles wich ioyful mirth may triūph and reioyce verse 2 Both cloudes darknes eke do swel round about him beat yea right and iustice euer dwel and bide about hys seat verse 3 Yea fyre and heat at once doth run and go before his face Which shal his foes and enmies burne abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke ful bright did blase and to the world appeare wherat the earth did looke and gase with dread and deadly feare verse 5 The hils like waxe did melt in sight and presence of the Lord they fled before that rulers might which gideth al the world verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That al the world may see and know the glory of our God verse 7 Confusion sure shal come to such as worship Idoles vayne and eke to those that glory much dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For al the Idols of the world which they as gods did cal Shal fele the power of the Lord and down to him shal fal verse 9 With ioy shal Sion heare this thing and Iuda shal reioyce For at thy iudgements they shal sing and make a pleasant noyce verse 10 That thou O Lord art set on hye in al the earth abrode And art exalted wondrously aboue ech other God verse 11 Al ye that loue the Lord do this hate al thyng that is il For he doth kepe the soules of his from such as would them spil verse 12 And lyght doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Great ioy w t gladnes mirth and lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye righteous in the Lord reioyce his holines proclayme Be thankful eke with hart and voyce and mindful of the same Cantate domino Psalme .xcviii. I. H. An earnest exhortation to al creatures to prayse the Lord for his power mercy tidelity in the promise by Christ by whom he hath communicated his saluation to al nations Syng this as the .95 Psalme verse 1 O Sing ye now vnto the Lord a new and pleasaunt song for he hath wrought throughout y ◠world his wōders great strōg w t his right hād ful worthely he doth his foes deuour And get himself the victory with his own arme and power verse 2 The lord doth make the people know his sauing helth and myght The Lord