and lore Both hye and low all whole in row the ryche and eke the poore 3 My mouth shall splay all wisdomes way that will man kepe and saue My hart doth muse most godly truthes all vnderstandyng graue 4 I wyll incline these eares of myne to parable full méete Déepe wordes in harpe my mouth wil carpe the sence though shall be swéete 5 Why should I feare euill dayes to beare to set on mucke my hart That euen my héele of lyfe so euill at last myght bryng me smart 6 For some there bée whose hartes agrée in goodes to put theyr trust And boast themselues as carkyng elues of ryches store vniust 7 No brother can redeme a man from death though fayne he would Or God to go to offer to agréement who so should 8 The pryce to great herein is set from death a soule to bye That must he leaue to gods owne leaue for aye in hym to lye 9 That is to say that he should aye byde here in morâ—all state That he no graue â–ª should euer haue but lyue in pleasant raâ—e 10 For he may spy that wyse men dye and peryshe all the fort As well the wyse as mad and nyse to others leaue theyr port 11 And can they thynke that neuer sinke theyr houses shall and fames That they here still shall dwell theyr fill and landes to beare theyr names 12 It will not be that euer he shall last in glory gay But forth must go as beastes they do in britle state and way 13 Lo this theyr way is folishe stray they blunder blyndly thus And yet theyr broode prayse this for good as fooles obliuious 14 They shall lye déepe in hell lyke shéepe and death shall gnaw theyr mawe But clere in lyght of mornyng bryght the iust shall be their awe 15 Theyr beauty gay shall wast away in graue with stinche on swéete Theyr housee clene shal not be sene for them so after méete 16 But as for me my God euen be my soule he iust will saue From hell the power in blessed hower my sprite to hym to haue 17 But feare thou nat ne deare thou that though one be welthy made Though now hys house shyne glorious in honours portly trade 18 For nought he shall of riches all hence cary whan he dyth Nor yet hys pryde hys pompe so wyde in graue wyth hym shall lye 19 Whyle here he dwelt hys soule he delt all ease wyth pleasures wealth Such men will thée prayse wyse to bée if thou so helpst thy selfe 20 That thou also wyth them myghtst go theyr fathers steps to sue Where they no lyght shall sée in syght for theyr excesse vndue 21 Man lyuyng thus all gorgious who vnderstandyng wanth Is lyke to beast wyth them to rest whose fame is short and scant ¶ The Collecte REplenish our mouthes O Lord with thy heauenly wisdom that we may remeÌ„ber the mystery of thy blessed incarnation wherby thou redemest vs froÌ„ the power of hell graunt that we may be found meete to be presented to thy blessed face through c. The Argument Psalme L. Here is reproued the sacrifice of Iewes for foolishe trust And taught here is wyth sad aduise that thankes be yet more iust 1 THe God of Gods the lord of myght one God in persons thrée He bidth and calth the earth in sight from East to West to sée 2 Thys God appeard from Zyon hill as God of beauty most From whence he would should spring his wil and law to euery coast 3 Our God is come in tyme of grace he wyll no silence kéepe Wyth wastyng fire before hys face about hym tempest déepe 4 The heauen aboue the earth below he doth vpon them call Hys people all to iudge and know to helpe them that be thrall 5 Collect ye now my sayntes sayth he in one before my sight Who stand in leage and pact wyth me by sacrifices ryte 6 The heauens shall sprede hys iustice cleare that all the world may spy That God himselfe wyll iudge appeare the good from bad to try 7 My people heare for thus I say thy selfe to wytnesse iust O Israell thy God alway thy God I am to trust 8 For sacrifice or burnt incence I wyll not thée reproue To blame therin thy negligence to send them me aboue 9 From out thy house I wyll not craue Bull Bullocke Oxe or calfe Of thy folde els he goates to haue to ioy of theyr behalfe 10 The beastes that grase the wood so wyde they be all myne at wyll On thousand hyls the beastes that stryde I made them thée to fill 11 On moâ—ataynes foules that vse theyr flyght I know them all and some Wylde beastes of field be nye my sight as made for my renoume 12 If hungers stresse though myght I fele I would not tell it thée The world all whole euen euery dele is myne and all ye sée 13 And thinkst thou thus so grosse in wit that I buls flesh would eate Or bloud of Goates to drynke of it as bloud to spill were swéete 14 Na this it is that I allow to God aye offer thankes And pay to God of lyfe thy vow and séeke none other crankes 15 In all thy wo call thou on mée when troubles thée do thrust I wil no fayle deliuer thée thus shalt thou prayse me iust 16 But God thus chect vngodly man what meanst to preach my lawes My pact in mouth why takest thou than where lyfe hath wycked sawes 17 To be correct by discipline thou hatest to heare the worde So thou doost cast at backe of thyne my law of swéete recorde 18 When theâ—e thou spiest wyth him thou goest to part the spoyle in hast Who wedlocke breake with them thou boast thy lot wyth them is cast 19 To cursed speche thy tonge thou dightst to clout all crafty guile The iust thou wringst the bad thou quytest by lawes pretense and style 20 Thou sitst as iudge thy brothers name by sleit to ouer runne Thou quarell pikst in crafty frame agaynst thy mothers sonne 21 Whyle thus thou doost I sayeng nought thou iudgest me nought lyke thée But yet I shall what thou hast wrought detect before thyne eye 22 O ponder this I do you pray all you that God forget Lest I in hast plucke you away in wo to sée you set 23 Who offer me the sacrifice of thankes he honorth mée And thys the way wherby I vyse Gods helth to let hym sée ¶ The Collecte ALmighty God God of all Gods we humbly pray thee to take and accepte our sacrifice of thankes geuyng in good parte So that after we be discharged of the burden of sinne we maye declare wythout hypocrisie that we walke in the way that leadeth to saluation Through Christ. FINIS ¶ The ende of the first Quinquagene ¶ The Seconde Quinquagene of Dauids Psalter translated into Englishe Metre The Argument Psalme LI. A prayer pure and forme full good for penitentes so meeke Thus Dauids hart
Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XII This Psalme declarth for truth so falne to ground The poore mans care for truth so falne to ground When pride bearth sayle But God will it confound No truth preuayle But God will it confound 1 HElpe Lord so hye this case for why not one good man is more The faythfull gone scant any one theyr children mynished sore 2 They talke so frée of vanitie one neyghbour neyghbour to In tong they glose it double gose their hartes dissemble so 3 All lips so vayne God will them strayne and plucke them vp by roote Oh that he wrung the boasting tunge to treade it vnderfoote 4 For thus they rayle we wyll preuayle our tonges must matters breake For who dare thus be Lord to vs our tonges must onely speake 5 For thys the stresse of comfortlesse for sighes that poore men make Now ryse wyll I sayth God most hye and helpe theyr part to take 6 Gods worde is sure it is as pure from earth as siluer quit Though tryde be golde in fire seuen folde his worde yet passeth it 7 O Lord so graue thou vs shalt saue and euermore preserue From all thys route that be so stoute for euer thée to serue 8 These walke most wyde in wycked pryde all cruelty they frame Whyle they so far exalted are poore men be put to shame ¶ The Collecte HAue mercy of our frailtie most louing father and graunte that we may keepe thy holy wordes with pure chaste hartes to escape the manifold deceites of mad and vayne talkers in errour Through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XIII For patience In trouble Dauid crieth For Gods desence In trouble Dauid crieth Lest deadly might Good hope in God he spieth Should blynd his sight Good hope in God he spieth 1 HOw long wilt thou forget me now for euer Lord my guyde How long wylt thou not me alow how long thy face wylt hyde 2 How long shall I thus heauely in soule séeke counsayle so How long my hart shall féele this smart to be thus vext wyth foe 3 O Lord my God represse thy rod heare now consider mée Myne eyes wyth lyght O cleare thou bryght dead sléepe lest they do sée 4 Lest that to hye myne enemye myght boast of hys preuayle If downe I were thys baratter would ioye to sée me quayle 5 But all my trust lyeth fully iust in thy good mercy still My hart thy helth shall ioy it selfe Gods goodnes laude I will The Collecte TOurne not thy face awaye from vs O God of all might and consolation lest our enemies preuayle against vs and so endue the hartes of vs thy seruantes with the reioysing spirite of thy saluation that we escape the dreadfull sleepe of second death Through Christ. c. The Argument Psalme XIIII This Psalme set out of sinners obstinate The carelesse route of sinners obstinate How far is syde which hold with God debate They wander wyde which hold with God debate 1 THe foole hath sayd in hart astrayd that God there is euen none In workes they are corrupt so far not one doth good not one 2 The Lord casth eye from heauen to spye the trade of Adams broode If that as there some wyse man were which God would séeke so good 3 But all astray haue take theyr way abominable made There is not one to do well none they all from truth decayd 4 For throtes they haue lyke open graue theyr tonges haue vsed deceyt And vnderslips theyr poyson lips of Aspes the venome beyt 5 Theyr mouthes do swim wyth cursings brim all bitternes to fyll Theyr féete make spede mans bloud to shede they force not whom they spyll 6 Destruction confusion in all theyr wayes do ryse Of peace no day they know the way Gods feare sée not theyr eyes 7 Haue they no mynd in hart so blynd in myschiefe how they go Who lyke as meate my people eate and God they call not to 8 But they shall there be once in feare where nought they feard in déede For God is spide most strong to bide wyth iust mans righteous séede 6 Where vaynly now ye mocke and mow at poore mans purpose iust When he is bent wyth fast entent in God to put his trust 7 Who els can spéede poore Iacobs séede wyth helpe from Zyon hill When God shall call hys people thrall reioyce all Iury will ¶ The Collecte VOuchsaue O Lorde to looke from thy holye heauens vpon the children of men and graunte vs to knowe the way of peace that we auoydyng the bondage of synne may haue the fruition of thy habitatiō in heauenly Ierusalem Through Christ. c. ¶ The Argument Psalme XV. Here Dauid craueth whom God alowth in sight And answer haueth whom God alowth in sight The sprite so sayth to worke by loue aright Who hath a fayth to worke by loue aright 1 WHo Lord shall byde by thy swéete syde In tabernacle sure Or who shall styll hold fast thy hyll which holy doth endure 2 Who walkth in state immaculate who blameles lyfe ensueth And rightwise déede fulfilth in spéede who speakth from hart the truth 3 Whose tonge in spyte doth not backebyte ne doth hys neyghbour euill Who cannot beare wyth quyet eare hys neyghbour slanderd still 4 And he whose eyes the bad despise and lawdth Gods fearefull men Who swearth also hys neyghbour to and chaungth not it ageyn 5 Who will not plie to vsurie hys coyne for lucres loue Who bribeth nothyng the iust to wryng oh he shall neuer moue ¶ The Collecte GRaunt we besech thee O bountiful lord god immaculate that we may walke in thy church without spot withdrawn wholy from the harmful workes of this wretched worlde so that while we labour to obserue the preceptes in earth we may at last attayne to thy heauenly habitation where thou raignest eternally one God the father the sonne and the holy spirite to whome be all honour and glory worlde wythout ende Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme XVI That Christ did pray and when himselfe did sue For his alway and when himselfe did sue His buriall the Prophet told full true His rise withall the Prophet told full true 1 O God of trust preserue me iust In soule and body to For why to thée my hope doth slée to none els will I go 2 O soule in sprite thou saydst aright to God who thée so wrought My God thou art of faythfull hart my goodes can vayle thée nought 3 All my delyght to sayntes full bryght is set which trauell here In vertues all celestiall they do excell so clere 4 Who multiplie theyr Idols hie and after them do gad Their sacrifice I whole despise I hate theyr names so mad 5 The Lord alone is porcion of myne inheritaunce My cup he is my crosse to blisse my lot he wyll aduaunce 6 My lot ful brode by lyne and rod so fayre did fall to mée That I reioyce the goodly choyce
of all our health in power most glorious 20 He is our God euen God I say all health and wealth to shape Yea death is ruld by God the lord whose dint by him we scape qwel 21 This God shal wound his enmies heds he shal their worthies Their heary scalpes to pare full nie that still in sinne wil dwel 22 God sayd I will restore as once from Basan myne I dyd I will returne all myne as once from seas most depe I ryd 23 That dipt thy féete in all their bloud may reade appeare aâ—eye That dogs myght licke their enmies bloud so read to be therby 24 Who lyst did sée O puissaunt God thy great procedings hie The goings iust of thée my God my king in sanctuary 25 WheÌ„ thanks were song first fingers went theÌ„ minstrels mouth theyr féete In myds were set the damsel maides who playd with timbrels swéete 26 When they in one were ioyntly met thus god they praysed wel From hart the ground they blest the Lord who sprang of Israel 27 Small Beniamin there ruler went so Iudas tribe theyr stone So went the Pieres of Zebulon and Neptaly came on 28 Thus god hath bid all streÌ„gth power for thée ful nye to be With strength O God coÌ„firme this worke that yâ— hast wrought so frée 29 FroÌ„ thy swéete house Ierusalem make this thy strength procede Then kings shal bryng theyr offerings to thée to praise thy dede once tamde 30 The launce mens routes once scatred wyde the peoples calueâ— When they shal stoupe and presentes bring and warring folâ—â— once shamde 31 Then shal the Pieres of Egipt land for this come meke in sigâ—â— Then Ethiops ful soone shal yeld to God their hands and might 32 O all ye realmes of all the earth sing ye to God of blis Sing psalmes and hymnes to testify how worthy prayse he is 33 To him that rydeth on heauen of heuens as he hath done of 〈◊〉 Lo he his voyce hath vttred forth a voyce most strong and bold 34 Ascribe to God all strength and myght to Israel so showed On whom hâ—s power no lesse is wrought then is on heauen bâ—â—stowe 35 O God thou art full terrible from out thy sanctuary This Iacobs God hys people aydth O blest be God therby ¶ The Collecte O Lord and gouernour whiche refreshest thy electe flocke with spirituall nourishment of all dilectation graunte vnto all thy congregation so to vnderstand thy victorious deth that we may alway confesse thy worthy victory against sinne death and hell and to honour thy maiesty now syttyng on the right hand of thy father to whome with thee and the holy ghost be all honor and glory for euer Amen ¶ The Argument Psalme LXIX A sute of man in trouble bounde that hath his hart opprest To Christ and his it nye doth sounde as Paule somewhere exprest 1 SAue me O Lord in heauines by woes depressed downe The ragyng waues of all distres be falne my soule to drowne 2 In myre so déepe I sticke full fast all bottomeles to sée In waters déepe downe am I cast the flouds haue whelmed mée 3 In crying still I wery go my throate is horse and dry Myne eyes be dimme and fainty so whyle God I wyshe to spy 4 My foes excéede my heares of head at me they causeles looke My foes preuayle that wyshe me dead I payd I neuer tooke 5 Thou know O God my folishnes if ought amisse I dyd My crymes of lyfe my simplenes from thée be neuer hyd 6 Who wayte on thée féele they no hostes of shame for my desert O God the Lord of Iacobs hostes let them féele neuer smart 7 Forsooth for thée susteyned I both shame and vyle reproofe My face is hyd for infamy so felt for thy behoofe 8 I was repute as stranger fremd to all my brethren bad As aliant so me condemnd my mothers children had 9 For why the zeale of thy swéete house hath me vp eaten quite On me fell dedes opprobrious of them that thée did spyte 10 I wept and fast my soule to chast my body low to bryng Thus when I dyd they did it cast to my disabelyng 11 When sackecloth course I put me on to mourne my griefe the more Theyr laughyng stocke and iestyng stone they made me then therfore 12 The Iudges eke which sate in gate on me they babled euill So dyd on me wyne bibbers prate yea songes they made theyr fill 13 Yet I O Lord prayd whole to thée in tyme acceptably For thy great ruthe and veritie wyth helpe heare thou my cry 14 O plucke me out of myre and sand before I sinke to stéepe Let me escape my haters hand to ryse from waters déepe 15 Let me no tyme by floudes and sea all ouerflowne to bée Nor let the déepe vp swalow me ne pit shit mouth on mée 16 This graunt to mée O God this day thy grace is liberall Turne thy respect to me I pray regard thy mercies all 17 Hyde not thy face and cherefull sight from me thy seruant poore For greuous woes on me be lyght make hast and heare therfore 18 Draw nye my soule to chalenge it redeme and saue it well For these my foes so haut they sit saue me from them so sell. 19 Thou knowst what spite what shame I beare what vyle rebukes I féele Myne enemies all that me do deare be known to thée full well 20 The shame hath pearst and rent my hart I féele all hartes disease I lookt if man would ease my smart but none was me to ease 21 In stede of meat for my repast they gaue me bitter gall In my great thyrst they esill cast to quenche my thirst wythall 22 Theyr table be to them a snare theyr swéete meates tournd to sowre And that for ioy they dyd prepare let theare but sorrow lowre 23 Theyr eyes be darke to sée no lyght and wyt be far fro them And make theyr loynes to réele vpright be they lyke drunken men 24 Poure out thy wrath these frekes to strike who walke so stubburnely And let thyne ire and wrath a lyke take hold of them full nye 25 Theyr dwellyngs fyne be they supprest that they theyr country lose In all theyr tents let no man rest theyr stocke no man to chose 26 For whom thou smitest they scourge in sport as though thou wouldst them so Of thyne afflict and wounded sort they talke wyth pleasure to 27 O let them fall from sinne to sinne as thou dydst plague the blynde And suffer not that they go in thy iustice it to fynde 28 Be they cast out of booke of lyfe who thus impugne Gods grace No where in booke memoratiue wyth iust men haue they place 29 As now for me for that I mourne in paynes and dolours lye Thy health to me O God returne to rayse vp me on hye 30 Gods name I wyll wyth prayse aduaunce in song full déepe in hart I will in hymnes hys laudes enhaunce hys grace
we be vndone 9 Helpe vs O God our sauiour for prayse of thy good name Our sinnes our ill behauiour forgeue forget the same 10 Least heathen rayle and say in spite where now is come theyr God Thy seruaunts bloud so shed in sight reuenge and shew thy rod. 11 O heare the sighes and sorowes déepe of captiue men in bonds Men iudgd to death sée that thou kepe shewe forth thy strength of hands 12 The blasphemy at thée so cast by these our neighbours partes Requyte it them O Lord at last seuen solde on all theyr hartes 13 So we thy shepe and people true to thankes we shall agrée Thy prayse our tonges shall still ensue to our posteritie ¶ The Collecte PReuent vs O Lord with thy great mercy before the zeale of thy wrath be kindled to vengeance graunt that we may be edified by the exāples of such as haue shed their bloud for cōfessing thy name and that we commended to thee by theyr petitions may at thy mercy receyue remission of our synnes Through c. The Argument Psalme LXXX This Psalme doth aske deliuerance from hard captiuitie In peace and truth good Christians should pray Christes church to bee 1 THou shepeheard king of Israell that Ioseph ledst as shepe On Cherubin that sittest so well heare now appeare and kepe 2 For Ephraym and Beniamin and eke Manasses sake Stirre vp thy power and strength of thyne and vs to mercy take 3 Restore vs God to loue agayne and shyne on vs thy face If thou Lord wylt vs visite playne we shall be safe by grace 4 Thou Lord and God of hostes I say how long shall fret thyne ire Agaynst thy folke which daily pray to thée in méeke desyre 5 Thou féedst them full wyth bread of teares they mourne for wo at meat Thou geuest them drinke in weping feares in heaped measure great 6 A cause of stryfe thou makest vs be to all our neyghbours next They rayle on vs and scornd be we our foes vs sore haue vext 7 Turne vs to thée thou God of hostes and shyne thy face on vs Kepe vs in peace represse theyr bostes and whole we shal be thus 8 Thou didst translate from Egipt darke a vyne euen so thou wouldst To plant it there it was thy warke whence Paynyms were expulst 9 Thou madest it rome first clensd by hand from Cananites the wéedes And roote it toke it spred the land these were thy godly déedes 10 The hyls were closde wyth shade of it the hyll of Syon house The boughes therof dyd sprede so fit lyke Ceders glorious 11 She did extend her braunches wyde to touch the feas extremes In length it went a long the syde of Euphrates the streames 12 Why hast thou beat his closure downe to lay as open soyle That they which walke from towne to towne her grapes myght fréely spoyle 13 The tushy bore of woode full fierce doth route it vp to stoure A sauage beast whose meat is gyrse doth wholy it deuoure 14 Turne thée we praye thou God of hosts looke down from heauen in spéede Beholde this vine in all our costes and visite it at néede 15 The vyneyard place behold also which thy right hand did set For thy sonnes sake defend therto the braunch thou madst so great 16 With fyer brent it is cut downe thy wrath was cause in sight But they shal quayle when thou doost frown which wrought this dedly spite 17 Extend thy hand vpon the man of thy right mighty hand Upon the sonne of man that can thy foes by strength withstand 18 And so shall we no more recéede from thée so wyde to fall Yf thou reuiuest vs than in déede thy name extoll we shall 19 O Lord our God turne vs agayne from erryng far from thée Shew vs thy light of face so fayne all whole then shall we bée ¶ The Collecte VIsite thy vyne O Lorde which thy mightye hande hath deliuered from Egiptiacall bondage that it may be reuiued continually by the brighte visage of thy presence that it may ioy prosperously to bryng forth good workes to the land of thy name Through Christ c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXI A song of ioy to God of maiestie aboue Who geueth all thing aboundantly to thē that him do loue 1 NOw sing ye ioyfully To God our strength rocke Yea sing ye swete in iubilies to God of Iacobs stock 2 Streyne vp your psaltery and wrest your tymbrels hye Wyth mery harpe and virginals set out your melodye 3 Blow out wyth trumpet lowde in new mooues feast I say In tyme so méete accordingly our solempne feastfull day 4 By statute thus enact it is for Israell From Iacobs God it is a law hys worthy actes to tell 5 God made in Iosephes séede for wytnes thys decrée Of Egipt land whē out he went where language straunge hard he 6 I did his shulder ease from burthens great and thicke His hands escapte the dayly toyle of making potts and bricke 7 Thou cryedst on me in stresse I thée deliuered ryfe In thunder close I answerd thée first tried at fluds of strife 8 O then my people heare I wyll the iust assure O Israell if heare thou wylt my worde which shall endure 9 Strange God thou shalt not haue no other God to serue If thys thou doost and frowardly fro me thou doost not swerue 10 I am the Lord thy God who thée from Egypt led Then set thy mouth full open wyde I wyll it fyll full fed 11 But yet my people thus would neuer heare my voyce No Israell would none of me nor lyst in me reioyce 12 I let them go therfore theyr own hartes lustes to sue Theyr crooked wayes to walke at will whych they did after rue 13 O that my people meke had heard my document And Israell had walkt my wayes wyth gentle hartes assent 14 How soone would I at ones their foes haue wrested downe And turnd my hand agaynst them all at them who firse did frown 15 Gods haters should haue knéeld at héeles of them to lay Though lyingly they had it ment theyr dayes had lastd for aye 16 Yea then he would haue fed wyth floure of finest wheate And out of rocke them had I fild wyth hony pleasant meat ¶ The Collecte OPen thou O Lord the mouthes of vs thy suppliants to rebounde out the prayse of thy glorious maiesty and that we renouncing all Aegiptiacall works of darke ignorance may reioyce in the aduancyng of thy blessed name through c. ¶ The Argument Psalme LXXXII This Psalme is thret and lesson good to iudges stately romes Amid the Iewes as Christ he stoode and blamde their wrongfull domes 1 GOd standth in mids of Princes hye when they to counsayle fall And iudge he is theyr dedes to try he iudgeth theyr iudgements all 2 He once shall say how long wyll ye geue sentence wrongfully How long wyll ye acceptours be of persons wickedly 3 Defend the