our mindes into vs thy heauenly grace inspyre that in all truth and godlines we may haue true desyre Thou art the very comforter in all woe and distresse The heauenly gift of God most high which no tonge can expresse The fountaine and the liuely spring of ioye celestiall The fyre so bright the loue so cleare and vnction spirituall Thou in thy giftes art manifold wherby Christs church doth stand In faythfull hartes writing thy lawe the fynger of Gods hand According to thy promise made thou geuest speech of grace That through thy helpe y e praise of God may stand in euery place O holy ghost into our wittes send downe thy heauenly light Kindle our hartes with feruent loue to serue God day and night Strength and stablish all our weaknes so feable and so frayle That neither flesh the world nor deuill agaynst vs doe preuaile Put backe our enmies far from vs and graunt vs to obtaine Peace in our harts with god and maÌ„ without grudge or disdaine And graunt O lord that thou being our leader and our guide We may eschew the snares of sinne and from thee neuer slyde To vs such plenty of thy grace good Lord graunt we thee pray That thou maist be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Of all strife and dissention O Lord dissolue the bandes And make the knots of peace loue throughout all christeÌ„Ì„ landes GrauÌ„t vs O Lord through thee to know the father most of myght That of his deare beloued sonne we may attayne the sight And that with perfect fayth also we may acknowledge thee The spirit of them both alway one God in persons three Laude and prayse be to the father and to the Sonne equall And to the holy spirite also one God coeternall And pray we that the onely sonne vouchesafe his sprit to send To all that do professe his name vnto the worldes ende Amen Venite exultemus Psalme xcv Syng thys as the Benedictus O Come and let vs now reioyce and sing vnto the Lord And to our onely sauiour also with one accorde O let vs come before his face with inwarde reuerence Confessing all our former sunnes and that with diligence To thanke him for his benefites alwaye distributyng Wherefore to him right ioyfully in Psalmes now let vs sing And that because that God alone is Lord magnificent And eke aboue all other gods a kyng omnipotent His people doth not he forsake at any time or tyde And in his hand are all the coastes of al the world so wyde And with his louing countenaunce he looketh euery where And doth behold the tops of all the mountaines far neere The sea and all that is therin are his for he them made And eke his haÌ„d hath facioned y e earth which doth not fade O come therfore and worship him and downe before him fall And let vs wepe before y e Lord the which hath made vs al. He is our God our Lord and kyng and we his people are His flocke and sheepe of his pasture on whoÌ„ he taketh care This day if ye do heare his voyce yet hearden not your hart As in the bitter murmuring when ye were in deserte Whiche thing was of their negligence committed in the time Of trouble in the wildernes a great and greuous crime Where as your fathers tempted me and tryed euery way They proued me saw my workes what I could do or say These forty yeares I haue bene greued with this generation And euermore I said they eâ—d in their imagination Wherwith their harts wer fore combred long time and many daies Wherfore I know assuredly they haue not knowen my wayes To whom I in mine anger swore that they should not be blest Nor see my ioy celestiall nor enter in my rest Gloria patri All laud and prayse be to the Lord O that of might art most To God the father and the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it in the beginning was for euer heretofore And is now at this present tyme and shal be euermore The song of Saint Ambrose called Te deum WE prayse thee God we knowledge thee the onely Lord to be and as eternal father al the earth doth worship thee To thee al angels cry the heaueÌ„s all the powers therin To thee Cherub Seraphin to crie they do not linne O Holy Holy Holy Lord of Saboth Lord the God Through heauÌ„ earth thy praise is spred glory al abrod Thapostles glorious company yelde prayses vnto thee The prophetes good ly felowship prayse thee continually The noble and victorious host of Martirs sound thy prayse The holy Church throughout the world doth knowledge thee alwayes Father of endles maiestie they do acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honorable true and onely sonne to be The holy Ghost the comforter of glory thou art kyng O Christ and of the father art the sonne euerlastyng When sinfull mans decay in hand thou tookest to restore To be enclosd in virgins womb thou diddest not abhorre When thou hadst ouercome of death the sharp cruell might Thou heaueÌ„s kingdom didst set ope to ech beleuing wight In glory of the father thou doost sit on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our iudge our cause to vnderstand Lord helpe thy seruaÌ„ts whoÌ„ thou hast bought w t thy precious bloud And in eternall glory set them with thy saintes so good O Lord do thou thy people saue blesse thine inheritaunce Lord gouerne them and Lord do thou for euer them aduaunce We magnifie thee day by day and world without end Adore thy holy name O Lord Vouchesafe vs to defend From sinne this day Haue mercy Lord haue mercy on vs all And on vs as we trust in thee Lord let thy mercy fall O Lord I haue reposed all my confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therefore Lord let me neuer be ¶ The song of the three Children praysing God prouokyng all creatures to do the same O Alye workes of god the Lord bles ye the Lord praise him magnifie him for euer verse 2 Oye the aungels of the Lord bles ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer verse 3 3 O ye the starry heauens hye blesse ye the Lord prayse him and magnifye him for euer verse 4 O ye waters aboue the skye bles ye the Lord. c. verse 5 O ye the powers of the Lord bles ye the Lord. c. verse 6 O ye the shining sunne moone bles ye the Lord. c. verse 7 O ye the glistring starres of heaueÌ„ bles ye the Lord. c. verse 8 O ye the showers dropping dew bles ye y e Lord. c. verse 9 O ye the blowing windes of god bles ye the Lord. c. verse 10 O ye the fire warming heate bles ye the Lord. c. verse 11 Ye winter and the sommer tyde bles ye the Lord. c. verse 12 O ye the dewes binding frostes bles ye the Lord. c.
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
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
Almighty God Audi Israel Exod. xx N. HArke Israell and what I say geue hede to vnderstaÌ„d I am the Lord thy God y e brought thee out of Egipt laÌ„d eueÌ„ froÌ„ the house wherin y u didst in thraldoÌ„ liue a slaue None other gods at all before my presence shalt thou haue No maner grauen image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfayted bee Of any thing in heauen aboue nor in the earth below Nor in waters beneath the earth to theÌ„ thou shalt not bow Nor shalt them serue The Lord thy God a ielous God am I That punish parentes faultes vnto the third and fourth degree Vpon their children that me hate and mercy do display To thousandes of such as me loue and my preceptes obey The name thou of the Lord thy God in vayne shalt neuer vse For him that takes his name in vayne y e lord shal not excuse Remember that thou holy kepe the sacred Saboth day Six dayes y â— labour shalt do thy nedefull workes alway The seuenth is set by the Lord thy God to rest vpon No worke then shalt thou do in it ne thou nor yet thy sonne Thy daughter seruauÌ„t nor handmayd thine Oxe nor yet thine Asse Nor straunger that within thy gates hath his abiding place For in sixe dayes God heauen and earth and all therin did make And after those his rest he did vpon the seuenth day take Wherfore he blest the day that he for resting did ordayne And sacred to him selfe alone appointed to remayne yeld honor to thy parentes that prolongd thy dayes may be VpoÌ„ the land the which the Lord thy God hath geueÌ„ thee Thou shalt not murther Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale nor witnes false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not couet house that to thy neighbour doth beloÌ„g Ne couet shalt in hauing of his wife to do him wrong Nor his man seruaunt nor his mayde nor oxe nor asse of his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbour proper is Beatus vir i. Thomas Sternhold ¶ Whether it was Esoras or any other that gathered the Psalmes into a booke it semeth he did set this Psalme first in maner of a Preface to exhorte all godly men to study and meditate the heauenly wisdome for theffect hereof is that they be blessed that geue them selues wholy all their lyfe to Gods law And that the wicked contemners of god though they seme for a while fortunate yet at length shall come to miserable destruction verse 1 THe maÌ„ is blest that hath not beÌ„t to wicked rede his eare nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chaire verse 2 But in the law of god y e lord doth set hys who le delight in y â— law doth exercise him selfe both day and nyght verse 3 He shal be like the tree that groweth fast by the riuer side Which bringeth forth most pleasaunt fruit in her due time tyde Whose leafe shall neuer fade nor fal but florish stil and stand Euen so al things shal prosper wel that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shal not the vngodly men they shal be nothing so But as the dust which froÌ„ the earth the wyndes driue to and fro verse 5 Therfore shall not the wicked men in iudgement stand vpright Nor yet the sinners with the iust shal come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of godly men vnto the Lord is knowne And eke the way of wicked meÌ„ shal quite be ouerthrowen Quare fremuerunt gentes Psalme .ii. T. S. ¶ Dauid reioyseth that notwithstanding his enemies rage and worldly power yet god will continue his kingdome for euer and aduauÌ„ce it euen to the formost end of the world And therfore he exhorteth kinges and rulers that setting vayne glory a part they would humble submit them selues vnder gods yoke Herein is signâ—â—ed Christ and his kingdome Syng this Psalme as the first WHy did y e GeÌ„tils tumultes raise what rage was in their braine Why did the Iewish people muse seing al is but vayne verse 2 The kings and rulers of the earth conspire and are al bent Against the Lord and Christ his sonne which he among vs sent verse 3 Shal we be bound to them say they let al their bondes be broke And of their doctrine and their law let vs reiect the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heauen dwelleth their doings wil deride And make theÌ„ al as mocking stockes through out y e world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord wil say to them vpon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lord wil say verse 6 I haue anoynted him my king vpon my holy hil I wil therfore Lord preach thy lawes and eke declare thy wil. verse 7 For in this wise the Lord him self did say to me I wote Thou art my deare and onely sonne to day I thee begot verse 8 All people I wil geue to thee as heires at thy request The ends and coastes of al the earth by thee shal be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruse euen with a mace as men vnder foote trode And as the potters shardes shalt breake them with an yron rod. verse 10 Now ye O Kings and rulers al be wise therfore and learnde By whom the matters of the world be iudged and discernde verse 11 Se that ye serue the Lord aboue in trembling and in feare Se that with reuerence ye reioyce to him in like maner verse 12 Se that ye kisse and eke embrace his blessed sonne I say Least in his wrath ye sodenly perish in the mid way verse 13 If once his wrath neuer so smal shal kindle in his brest Oh then al they that trust in Christ shal happy be and blest Domine quid multiplicati Psalme .iii. T. S. ¶ Dauid being persecuted and driuen out of his kingdome by his owne sonne Absalon was greatly tormented in minde for his sinne against god and therfore calleth vpon god and waxeth holde through his promises agaynst the great terrors of his enemies yea and against death it self which he saw present before his eyes Finally he reioyseth for the good successe and victory that god gaue him and all the Church ouer his enemies O Lord how are my foes increast which vexe me more and more They kil my hart when as they say God can him not restore but thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead my worshyp and myne honour both and thou holdst vp my head verse 4 Then with my voyce vpon the Lord I did both cal and cry And he out of his holy hill did heare me by and by verse 5 I layd me downe and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord wil me sustaine verse 6 If ten thousand had hemde me in I could not be afrayde For thou art stil my Lord my God my sauiour myne ayde
8 Come hither I shal thee teach how y u shalt walk a right And wil thee guide as I my self haue learnde by proofe sight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignoraunt as is the horse and mule Whose mouth w t out a rayne or bit from harme thou cāst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shal manifold sorowes and griefs sustayne But vnto him that trustes in God his goodnes shal remaine verse 11 Be mery therfore in the Lord ye iust lift vp your voyce And ye of pure and perfect hart be glad and eke reioyce Exultate iusti in domino Psalme .xxxiii. IH ¶ He exhorteth good men to prayse God for that he hath not onely created all thinges and by his prouidence gouerneth the same but also is faithfull in his promises He vnderstandeth mans hart and scattereth the counsell of the wicked So that no man cā be preserued by any creature or mans strength but they that put theyr confidence in his mercy shal be preserued from all aduecsitie Syng this as the .xxx. Psalme verse 1 YE rightuous in the Lord reioyce it is a semely sight That vpright mē w t thākful voice shuld praise y e god of might verse 2 Praise ye y e lord w t harp song in Psalmes pleasāt things With lute and instrumēt among that soundeth with ten strings verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new with courage geue him prayse verse 4 For why his word is euer true his workes and al his wayes verse 5 To iudgment equity and right he hath a great good wil And with his giftes he doth delight the earth throughout of fil verse 6 For by the word of God alone the heauens al were wrought Their hostes powers euery chone his breath to passe hath brought verse 7 The waters great-gathered hath he on heapes within the shore And hid them in the depth to be as in an house of store verse 8 Al men on earth both least and most feare God and kepe his law Ye that inhabite in ech cost dread him and stand in awe verse 9 What he commaunded wrought it was at once with presēt spede what he doth wil is brought to passe with ful effect in dede verse 10 The counsels of the nations rude the Lord doth driue to nought He doth defeate the multitude of their deuise and thought verse 11 But his decres continew stil they neuer slake or swage The motions of his mind and wil take place in euery age The seconde part verse 12 And blest are they to whom the Lord as God guide is knowen whom he doth chose of mere accord to take them as his own verse 13 The Lord from heauen cast his sight on men mortal by birth verse 14 Considering from his seat of might the dwelles of the earth verse 15 The lord I say whose hād hath wrought mās hart doth it frame For he alone doth know the thought working of the same verse 16 A king that trusteth in his host shal nought preuaile at length The man that of his might doth boast shal fal for al his strēgth verse 17 The troupes of horsemē eke shal fail their sturdy stedes shal sterue The strength of horse shal not preuayle the rider to preserue verse 18 But loo the eyes of God entend and watch to aide the iust With such as feare him to offend and on his goodnes trust verse 19 That he of death and all distres may set their soule from dread And if that dearth the land oppresse in hunger them to feade verse 20 Wherfore our soule doth stil depend on God our strēgth and stay He is the shield vs to defend and driue al darts away verse 21 Our soule in God hath ioy and game reioysing in his might For why in his most holy name we hope and much delight verse 22 Therfore let thy goodnes O Lord stil present with vs bee As we alwayes with one accord do only trust in thee Benedicam domino Psalme .xxxiiii. T. S. ¶ After Dauid had escaped Achis accordyng as it is written in the. 1. Sam. 21. whome in this title he calleth Abimelech whiche was a generall name to all the kynges of the Philistines he prayseth God for his deliueraūce prouoking all others by his example to trust in God to feare and serue him who defendeth the godly with his aungels and vtterly destroyeth the wicked in their sinnes Sing this as the .xxx Psalme verse 1 I Wil geue laud honor both vnto the Lord alwayes And eke my mouth for euermore shal speak vnto his praies verse 2 I do delite to laud the Lord in soule and eke in voyce That humble mē and mortified may heare and so reioyce verse 3 Therfore se that ye magnify with me the liuing Lord And let vs now exalt his name together with one accord verse 4 For I my self besought the Lord he aunswered me agayn And me deliuered incontinent from al my feare and pain verse 5 Who so they be that him behold shal se his lyght most cleare Their countenaunce shal not be dasht they nede it not to feare verse 6 This sely wretch for some relief vnto the Lord did cal Who did him heare without delay and rid him out of thrall verse 7 The angel of the Lord doth pitch his tentes in euery place To saue al such as feare the Lord that nothing them deface verse 8 Tast and consider wel therfore that God is good and iust O happy man that maketh him his onely stay and trust verse 9 Feare ye the Lord his holy ones aboue al earthly thing For they that feare the liuing Lord are sure to lacke nothing verse 10 The Lyons shall be hongerbit and pinde with famine much But as for them that feare the Lord no lacke shal be to such The second part verse 11 Come nere therfore my childrē deare and to my wordes geue eare I shal you teach the perfit way how you the Lord should feare verse 12 Who is that man that would liue long and lead a blessed life verse 13 Se thou refrayne thy tong and lips from al disceit and strife verse 14 Turne backe thy face from doing il and do the godly dede Inquire for peace and quietnes and folow it with spede verse 15 For why the eyes of God aboue vpon the iust are bent His eares likewise do heare the plaint of the poore innocent verse 16 But he doth frowne bēd his browes vpon the wicked trayne And cut away the memory that should of them remayne verse 17 But when the iust do call and cry the Lord doth heare thē so That out of paine and misery forth with he lets thē go verse 18 The Lord is kynd and straight at hand to such as be contrit He sautes also the sorowful the meke and poore in spirit verse 19 Ful many be the miseries that righteous men do suffer But out of al aduersities the Lord doth them deliuer verse
him haue the rule and al the stay verse 22 That he might to his wil instruct the princes of his land and wisdomes lore his auncient men might teach to vnderstand verse 23 Then into the Egiptian land came Israel also and Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger tho verse 24 His people he excedingly in number made to flow and ouer al theyr enemies in strength he made them grow verse 25 Whose hart he turnd that they with hate his people did entreate and did his seruaunts wrongfully abuse with false deceit The fourth part verse 26 His faythful seruaunt Moses then and Aaron whom he chose He did commaund to go to them his message to disclose verse 27 The wondrous message of his signes among them they did shew and wonders in the land of Ham then did they worke also verse 28 Darknes he sent and made it darke in stede of brighter day and vnto hys commission they did not disobey verse 29 He turnd theyr waters into bloud he did theyr fishes slay verse 30 Their laÌ„d brought frogs eueÌ„ in y e place where their kiÌ„g Pharao lay verse 31 He spake at his voice there came great swarmes of noysom flies and al the quarters of theyr land were fild with crauling life verse 32 He gaue them cold and stony hayle in stede of milder rayn and firy flames within theyr land he sent vnto theyr payne verse 33 He smote theyr vines al theyr trees wheron the figs did grow and al the trees within their coastes down did he ouerthrow verse 34 He spake then caterpillers did and greshoppers abound verse 35 Which ate the gras in al theyr ground and frute of al theyr land The fifte part verse 36 The first begotten in theyr land eke deadly did he smite yea the begynning and first frute of al theyr strength and might verse 37 With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to pas and in the number of their tribes no feble one there was verse 38 Egipt was glad and ioyful then when they did thence depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon their hart verse 39 To shroud them from the parching heat a cloud he did display and fire he sent to geue them light when night had hid the day verse 40 They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at theyr request and fully with the bread of heauen theyr hunger he represt verse 41 He opened then the stony rock and waters gushed out and in the dry and parched groundes like riuers ranne about verse 42 For of his holy couenaunt ay mindful was he tho Which to hys seruaunt Abraham he plighted long ago verse 43 He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruel land where they had liued in great anoy verse 44 And of the Heathen men he gaue to them the frutful lands The labors of the people eke they tooke into theyr hands verse 45 That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore and faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini domino Psalme .cvi. N. ¶ The people dispersed vnder Antiochus do magnifie the goodnes of God among the iust and repentaunt Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull visitation And after the manifolde meruayles of God wrought in their deliuerauncâ— forth of Egipt the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they do pray and desire to be gathered from among the Heathen to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israel Sing this as the .95 Psalm verse 1 PRayse ye the Lord for he is good his mercy dures for ay verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or al his prayse display verse 3 They blessed are that iudgement kepe and iustly do alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people Lord remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lord vouchsafe to visite me verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine elect may se And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyful mind posses and may with thine inheritaunce a glorying hart expres verse 6 Both we and eke our fathers al haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and lâ—udly we haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast done in Egipt land Our fathers though they saw them al yet did not vnderstand Nor they thy mercyes multitude did kepâ— in thankful mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind verse 8 Neuertheles he saued them for honor of his name That he might make his power knowne spred abrod w t fame verse 9 The red sea he did then rebuke and forth with it was dryed and as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide verse 10 He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitful â—o and from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The seconde part verse 11 The waters theyr oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue verse 12 TheÌ„ they beleued his wordes prayse in song they did him gyue verse 13 But by and by vnthankfully his workes they cleane for gat and for his counsel and his wil they did neglect to wayt verse 14 But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust and in the desert tempted God the stay of al theyr trust verse 15 And then their wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue But wasting leannes therewithal into theyr soule he gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in the tents at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lord so did they enuie much verse 17 Therfore the earth did open wyde and Dathan did deuoure and al Abirams company did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assembly kindled was the whote consuming fyre and wasting flame did theÌ„ burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hil of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame and there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse verse 20 Thus they their glory turnd and al their honor did deface verse 21 And God theyr onely sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great mighty things in Egipt laÌ„d had wrought The third part verse 22 And in the land of Ham for theÌ„ most wondrous workes had done and by the red sea dreadful thyngs performed long agone verse 23 Therfore for their so shewing them forgetful and vnkind To bryng destruction on them al he purposd in his mynd Had not his chosen Moses stood before them in the breake To turne his wrath least he on theÌ„ w t slaughter should him wreke verse 24 They did despise the pleasaunt land that he beheight to geue yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue verse 25 But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repynde Nor to the voyce of God the Lord they gaue a harkning mind verse 26 Therfore agaynst them lifted he