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A14186	The whole booke of Psalmes collected into English meter by Thom. Sternh., Iohn Hopkins, W. Whittingham and others, conferred with the Ebrue with apt notes to singe them withall ; set forth and allowed to be song in all churches, of all the people together before and after mornyng and euenyng prayer, as also before and after sermons, and moreouer in priuate houses for their godly solace and co[m]fort, laying apart all vngodly songes and balades, which tend onely to the nourishyng of vice, and corruptyng of youth.; Whole book of psalms. 1578	Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.; Hopkins, John, d. 1570.; Whittingham, William, d. 1579.	1578 (1578)	STC 2450.5	159,067	104

They are corrupt and they also a haynous worke haue wrought Among them all there is not one of good that worketh ought The Lord lookt downe on sonnes of men from heauen all abroad To see if any were ●hat would be wise and seeke for God. They are g●ne all out of the way they are corrupted all There is not one doth any good there is not one at all Doe not all wicked workers know that they do feede vpon My people as they feede on bread the Lord they call not on Euen there they were afrayd and stoode with trembling all dismayd Where as there was no cause at all why they should be afrayd For God his bones that thee beseegd hath scattered all abroad Thou hast confounded them for they reiected are of God. O Lord geue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill Thy promise made to Israell from out of Sion hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue lad Then Iacob shall therein reioyce and Israell shall be glad Deus in nomitie Psal. Liiii I. H. ¶ Sing this as the xlvi Psalme GOd saue me fo● thy holy name and for thy goodnes sake Vnto the strength Lord of the same I do my cause betake verse 2 Regard O Lord and geue an eare to me when I do pray Bow downe thy selfe to me and heare the wordes that I do say verse 3 For straungers vp agaynst me rise and tyrantes vexe me still Which haue not God before their eyes they seeke my soule to spill verse 4 But loe my God doth geuenre ayde the Lord is straight at hand With them by whom my soule is stayd the Lord doth euer stand verse 5 With plagues repay agayne all those for me that lye in wayte And with thy truth destroy my foes with their owne ●●are and bayte verse 6 An offring of free hart and will then I to thee shall make And prayse thy name for there in still great comfort I do take verse 7 O Lord at length do set me free from them that crast coaspire And now mine eye with ioy doth see on them my hartes desire ▪ Exaudi Deus Psal. Lv. I. H. Sing this as the xxxv Psalme O God geue eare and do apply to heare me when I pray And when to thee I call and ●ry hide not thy selfe away verse 2 Take heede to me graunt my request and aunswere me agayne ▪ With plaintes I pray full sore ●pprest great griefe doth me constraine verse 3 Because my foes with threates and cryc● oppresse me through despight And so the wicked sort lykewise to vexe me haue delight verse 4 For they in counsell do conspire to charge me with some 〈◊〉 So in their hasty wrath and ir● they do pursue me shall verse 5 My hart doth saint for want of breath it pant●th in my brest The terrors and the dread of death do worke me much vnrest verse 6 Such dreadfull feare on me doth fall that I therewith do quake Such hor●●r whelmeth me withall that I no shift can make verse 7 But I do say who will geue me the swift and pleasaunt winges Of some fayre doue that I may flee and rest me from these thinges verse 8 Lot then I would go farre away to flye I would not ceafe And I would hide my selfe and stay in some great wildernes verse 9 I would be gone in all the hast and not abide behinde That I were quite and ouer past these blast●s of boystrous winde verse 10 Deuide them Lord and from them pull their de●ilish double tongue For I haue spide their Citie full of rapine strife and wrong verse 11 Which thinges both night and day throughout do close her as a wall In midst of her is mischiefe stout and sorrow eke withall verse 12 Her printe partes are wicked plaine her deedes are much to vile And in her streetes there doth remaine all crafty fraud and g●ile The second part verse 13 If that my foes did seeke my shame I might it well abide From open enemies checke and blame some where l'could me hide verse 14 But thou it was my fellow deare which frendship didst pretend And didst my secret-councell heare as my familiar frend verse 15 With whome I had delight to talke in secret and abroad And we together oft did walke within the house 〈…〉 verse 16 Let death in hast vpon them fall and send them quicke to hell For mischiefe raigneth in their hall and parlour where they dwell verse 17 But I vnto my God do cry to him for helpe I flee The Lord doth heare me by and by and he doth succourne verse 18 At morning noone and euening tide vnto the Lord I pray When I so instantly haue cry de he doth not say me nay ▪ verse 19 To peace he shall restore me yet though warre be now at hand Although the number he full great that would agaynst me stand verse 20 The Lord that first and last doth raigne both now and euermore Will heare when I to him complaine and punish them full sore verse 21 For sure there is no hope that they to turne will once accord Foe why they will not God obey nor do not feare the Lord. verse 22 Vpon their frendes they layd their ●andes which were in concnaunt ●u●t Of frendship to neglect the bandes they passe or care no whit verse 23 Whilt they haue war within their hartes as butter are their wordes Although their wordes were smoth as oyle they cut as sharpe as swordes verse 24 Cast thou thy care vpon the Lord and he shall nourish thee For in no wise will be accord the iust in thrall to see verse 25 But God shall cast them deepe in pit that thirst for blo●d alwayes He will no guilcfuli man permit to liue out halfe his dayes verse 26 Though such be quite destroyed and gone in thee O Lord I trust I shall depend thy grace vpon with all my hart and lust Miserere mei Psal. Lvi T. S. Sing this as the Lamentation HAue mercy Lord on me I pray for man would me deuour He fighteth with me day by day and troubleth me ech houre verse 2 Mine enemies dayly enterprise to swallow me outright To sight agaynst me many rise O thou most high of might verse 3 When they would make me most affrayde with boastes and brags of pride I trust in thee alone for ayde by thee will I abide verse 4 Gods promise I do minde and prayse O Lord I stick to thee I doe not care at all assayes what flesh can doe to me verse 5 What thinges I either did or spake they wrast them at their will And all the counsell th●● they take is how to worke me ill verse 56 The all consent 〈◊〉 selues to hide close watch for me to lay Then spye my pathes and s●ares haue tyde to take my lyfe away verse 7 Shall they thus scape on mischiefe set thou God on them wilt frowne For in his wrath he doth not let

verse 34 Then am I most certaine my wordes shall him please I will reioyce in him to him will 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 still desire And say with the faythfull prayse ye the Lordes name Confitemini Domino psal Cv. N. ¶ Sing this as the xcv Psalme GEue prayses vnto God the Lord and call vpon his name Among the 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 all the wondrous workes that he hath wrought alwayes verse 3 In honor of his holy name reioyce with one accord And let the hart also reioyce of them that seeke the Lord. verse 4 Seeke ye the Lord and seeke the strength of his eternall might And seeke his face continually and presence of his sight verse 5 The wondrous workes that he hath done keepe still in myndefull hart Ne let the iudgementes of his mouth out of your mynde depart verse 6 Ye that of faythfull Abraham his seruaunt are the seede Ye his elect the children that of Iacob do proceede verse 7 For he he onely is I say the mighty Lord our God And his most rightfull iudgementes are through all the earth abroad verse 8 His promise and his couenant 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 faythfull oth which he hath sworne to Isaac also verse 10 And did confirme the same for law that Iacob should obay And for eternall couenant to Israell for ay verse 11 When thus he sayd loe I to you all Chanaan land will geue The lot of your inheritaunce wherein your seede shall liue verse 12 Although their number at that tyme did very small appeare Yea very small and in the land they then but straungers were verse 13 While yet they walkt from land to land without a sure abode And while fro sundry kyngdomes they did wander all abroad verse 14 And wrong at none oppressors hand he suffred them to take But euen the great and mighty kynges reproued for their sake verse 15 And thus he sayd touch ye not those that myne 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 stroyd the store But he agaynst their tyme of neede had sent a man before The third part verse 17 Euen Ioseph which had once been sold to liue a slaue in woe verse 18 Whose feete they hurt in stockes whose soule the iron pearst also verse 19 Vntill the tyme came when his cause was knowen apparantly The mighty word of God the Lord his faultles truth did try verse 20 The kyng sent and deliuered him from prison where he was The ruler of the people then did freely let him pas verse 21 And ouer all his house he made him Lord to beare the sway And of his substaunce made him haue the rule and all the stay verse 22 That he might to his will instruct the Princes of his land And wisedomes lore his auncient men might teach to vnderstand verse 23 Then into the Egyptian land came Israell also And Iacob in the land of Ham did liue a straunger tho verse 24 His people he exceedyngly in number made to flowe And ouer all their enemies in strength he made them grow verse 25 Whose hart he turnd that they with hate ▪ his people did intreat And did his seruauntes wrongfully abuse with false deceit The fourth part verse 26 His faythfull seruaunt Moyses 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 darcke in st●ed of brighter day And vnto his commission they did not disobay verse 29 He turnd their waters into bloud he did their fishes ●lay verse 30 Their land brought frogs euen in the place where their kyng Pharo lay verse 31 He spake ▪ and at his voyce there came great swarmes of noysom Flyes And all the quarters of their land were fild with crawling lyce verse 32 He gaue them cold and stony hayle in steed of milder rayne ▪ And fier● flames within their land he sent vnto their payne verse 33 He smote their vines and all their trees whereon their figs did grow And all the trees within their coastes downe did he ouerthrow verse 34 He spake then Caterpillers did and Grashoppers abound verse 35 Which eat the gras in all their land and fruite of all their ground The fift part verse 36 Their first begotten in their land eke deadly did he smite Yea the begynnyng and first fruit of all their strength and might verse 37 With gold and siluer he them brought from Egypt la●d to pas And in the numb●r of their tribes no feeble one there was verse 38 Egypt was glad and ioyfull 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 parchyng hea● a cloud he did display And fire ●e sent to geue them light when night had hid the day verse 40 They asked and he caused Quayles to rayne at their request And ●ully with the bread of heauen their hunger he represt verse 41 He opened then the stony rocke and waters gushed out And in the dry and parched grounds like ●iuers ●anne about verse 42 For of his holy couenaunt aye myndefull was he tho Which to his seruant Abraham ●e p●●ghted long ago verse 43 He b●ought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruell land where they had lyued in great annoy verse 44 And of the Heathen men he gaue to them the fruitfull landes The labor of the people 〈◊〉 they tooke into their handes verse 45 That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore And faythfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lord therfore Confitemini Domino psal Cvi N. ¶ Sing this as the xcv Psalme PRayse ye the Lord for he is good his mercy dures foray verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or all his prayse display ▪ verse 3 They blessed are that iudgementes keepe and ●ustly do alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people Lord remember me I pray And with thy sa●yng health O Lord vouchsafe to visit● mee verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine elect may see And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyfull mynde possesse And may with thine inheritaunce a glorying ▪ hart expresse verse 6 Both we and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and lewdly we haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast

to throw whole kingdomes downe verse 8 Thou seest how oft they made me ●ye and on my teares ditst looke Reserue them in a glasse by thee and wright them in thy booke verse 9 When I do call vpon thy name my foes away do start I well perceaue it by that same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the word of God to prayse it I accord With ioy I will declare abroad the promise of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I afore began The Lord he is my helpe and stay I do not care for man. verse 12 And will performe with hart so free to God my vowes alwayes And I O Lord all tymes to thee will offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule from death thou doest defend and keepe my feere vpright That I before thee may ascend with such as liue in light Miserere mei psal Lvii. I. H. ¶ Sing this as the xliiij Psalme TAke pitie for thy promise sake haue mercye Lord on me For why my soule doth her betake vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy winges I set my selfe full fast Till mischiefe malice and lyke thinges be gone and ouerpast verse 3 I call vpon the God most hye to whome I sticke and stand I meane the God that will stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent his ayde to saue me from their spight That to deuour me haue assayde his mercy truth and might verse 5 I led my lyfe with Lyons fell all set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwell that sreat lyke flames of fire verse 6 Their teeth are speares and arrowes long as sharpe as I haue seene They wound and cut with their quick tongue lyke swordes and weapons kene verse 7 Set vp and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bright Exault thy prayse on earth abroad thy maiestre and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a priuie caue and pit Wherein they thinke my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My hart is set to laud the Lord in him I ioy alwayes My hart I say doth well accord to sing his laud and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I say my lute my ●arpe and string For I my selfe before the day will rise reioyce and sing verse 11 Among the people I will tell the goodnes of my God And shew his prayse that doth excell in Heathen landes abroad ▪ verse 12 His mercy doth extend as sarr● as heauens all art hye His truth as high as any starre that standeth in the skye verse 13 Set forth and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bright Extoll thy prayse on earth abroad thy maiestie and might Si verè vtique Psal. Lviij I. H. ¶ Sing this as the xlviij Psalme YE rul●rs that ●re put in trust to iudge of wrong and right Be all your iudgementes true and iust not knowing neede or might verse 2 Nay in your hartes ye marke and muse in mischiefe to consent And where ye should true iustice vse your handes to bribes are bent verse 3 This wicked sort from their byrth day haue erred on this wise And from their mothers wombe alway haue vsed craftes and lyes verse 4 In them the poyson and the breath of Serpentes do appeare Yea lyke the adder that is deafe and fast doth stop his eare verse 5 Because he will not heare the voyce of one that charmeth well No though he were the chiefe of choyce and did therein excell verse 6 O God breake thou their teeth at once within their mouth throughout The tuskes that in their great chaw bones lyke Lyons whelpes hang out verse 7 Let ●●em consume away and wast as water runnes forthright The shaftes that they doe shoote in hast let them be broke in slight verse 8 As sn●les do waste within the shell and vnto slime doe runne As one before his time that fell and neuer saw the Sunne verse 9 Before the thornes that now are young to bushes big shall grow The stormes of anger waxing strong shall take them ere they know verse 10 The iust shall ioy it doth them good that God doth vengeance take And they shall washe their feete in bloud of them that thee forsake verse 11 Then shall the world shew forth and tell that good men haue reward And that a God in earth doth dwell that iustice doth regard Eripe me Psal. Lix I. H. SEnd ayd and saue me from my foes O Lord I pray ' o thee defend and keepe me from all those that rise and striue with me O Lord preserue me from those men whose doinges are not good set me sure and safe frō them that thirsteth after bloud verse 3 For loe they waite my soule to take they rage agaynst me still Yea for no fault that I did make I neuer did them ill verse 4 They runne and do themselues prepare when I no whit offend Arise and saue me from the snare and see what they entend verse 5 O Lord of hostes of Israell arise and strike all landes And pitie none that doe rebell and in their mischiefe standes verse 6 At night they stirre and seeke about as houndes they houle and grinnes And all the Citie cleane thoughout from place to place they re●ne verse 7 They spake of me with mouth alway but in their lips were swordes They greed my death and they would say what none doth heare our wordes verse 8 But Lord thou ●ast their wayes espide and laught thereat apace The heathen folke thou shalt deride and mocke them to their face verse 9 The strength that doth my foes withstand O Lord doth come of thee My God he is my helpe at hand a fort of sence to me verse 10 The Lord to me doth shew his grace in great aboundance still That I may see my foes in case such as my hart doth will. verse 11 Destroy them not at once O God least it from minde do fall But with thy strength driue them abroad and so consume them all verse 12 For their ill wordes and truthles tongue confound them in their pride Their wicked othes with lyes and wrong let all the world deride verse 13 Consume them in thy wrath O Lord that nought of them remaine That men may know throughout the world that Iacobs God doth raigne verse 14 At en●ning they returne apace as dogs they grinne and cry Throughout the streetes in euery place they renne about and spy verse 15 They seeke about for meate I say but let them not be fed Nor finde an house wherein they may be bold to put their head verse 16 But I will shew thy strength abroad thy goodnes I will prayse For thou art my defe●ce and God at neede in all assayes verse 17 Thou a●t my strength thou hast m● stayed O Lord I sing to the● Thou art my fort my fence and ay