and hide you in youre hyll verse 2 Beholde the wicked bende theyr bowes and make their arrowes prest To shote in secret and to hurte the sound and harmeles brest verse 3 Of worldly hope and stayes were shrunke and clearly brought to nought Alas the iust and rightuous man what euill hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauens hath his seate of royall maiestie The poore and simple mans estate All thinges are gouerned by gods prouidēce considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narowly the maners of mankinde verse 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the rightuous man will vse But in his harte he doth abhorre all suche as mischiefmuse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne ▪ Fire and brimstone and whirle windes thicke As in the distruction of Sodom and Gomo appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doeth righteousnes embrace And to the iust and vpryght man sheweth forth his pleasant face Saluum mefac Deus Psalm xii T. S. The Prophet learnyng the miserable estate of the people and the decaye of all good order desyreth God spedely to sende succor to his children Then comfortyng himselfe others with thassuraunce of gods helpe he commendeth the constant beritye that God obserueth in keping his promises concluding that when all orders are most corrupted then will God delyuer hys HElpe Lorde for good and godly men Sing this as the third psalme doo perysh and decay And fayth and truth from worldly men is parted cleane away verse 2 Who so doeth with his neighboure talke his talke is all but vayne For euery man bethinketh how to flatter lye and fayne verse 3 But flatteryng and deceitfull lippes and tounges that be so stoute To speake proud words make great bragges the Lorde soone cut them out verse 4 For they say still we wyll preuayle our tonges shall vsextoll Oure tonges are ours we ought to speake what Lorde shall vs controll verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry The lord doth deliuer from all daungers of poore and men opprest Arise will I now sayeth the Lorde and them restore to rest verse 6 6 Gods worde is lyke to siluer pure that from the earth is tried And hath no les then seuen times in fire bene puryfyed verse 7 Now since thy promise is to helpe God can not deceue them that put theyr trust in him Lorde kepe thy promise then And saue vs now and euermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischief manifolde When vanitie with mortall men so highly is extolde Vsquequo domine Psalme xiii T. S. Dauid as it were ouercomen with sundry and new afflictions fleeth to God as his onely refuge and so at the length being encouraged through Gods promises he conceyueth moste sure confidence againste the extreame horrors of deathe HOwe longe wilt thou forget me Lorde shall I neuer be remembred Sing this Psalm with the iii. tune ▪ How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou were offended verse 2 In hart and mynde how longe shall I. with care tormented be Howe longe eke shall my deadly foe thus tryumphe ouer me verse 3 Beholde me now my Lorde my God and heare me sore opprest Lighten mine eyes lest that I slepe as one by death possest verse 4 Lest this mine enemie sai to me beholde I doo preuayle Lest they also that hate my soule reioyse to see me quayle verse 5 But for thy mercyes and goodnes The mercye of God is the cause of our saluation my hope shall neuer start In thy relife and sauing health right glad shall be my hart verse 6 I will geue thankes vnto the Lorde and prayses to hym syng Because he hathe hard my request and graunted my wishyng Dixit insipiens Psalme xiiii T. S. He described the peruerse nature of men whiche were so growen to licenciousnes that God was brought to vtter cotempt for the which thing although he was greatly greued yet being perswaded that god would send som present remedy he comfort him selfe and others THere is no God as folish mē affirm in their mad mode their drifts ar al corrupt and vain not one of thē doth good The lord beheld frō heauen hie y e whole race of mākind and saw not one y t sought in dede y e liuing god to find verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the worlde did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all theyr indgement so farre lost that all worke mischief styll Eatyng my people euen as breade not one to seke Gods wyll verse 5 When they thus rage then sodenly great feare on them shall fall For God doth loue the rightuous men and will maintayne them all verse 6 He mocke the doinges of the poore to theyr reproche and shame Because they put theyr trust in God and call vpon hys name verse 7 But who shall geue thy people health and when wilt thou fulfill Where wicked men raine all felicitie is but very slauery lyke to Egipte or Babilon The promise made to Israell from out of Sion hill verse 8 Euen when thou shalt restore agayne suche as were captiues lad Then Iacob shall therin reioyse and Israell shall be glad Domine quis habitabit Psalm xv T. S This Psalme teacheth on what condition Goddid chuse the Jewes for his peculiar people and wherfore he placed his Temple amonge them whyche was to thentent that they by liuing vprightly godly might witnes that they were his speciall and holy people O Lorde with in thy tabernacle Sing thisas thr iiii Psa. who shall inhabite styll Or whom wilt thou receyue to dwell in thy most holy hill verse 2 The man whose lyfe is vncorrupt whose workes are iust and streit Whose hart doth thinke the very truthe whose tong speaketh no deceyt verse 3 Nor to his neyghboure doth none ill in body goods or name Nor willingly doeth moue salse tales which might empere the same verse 4 That in hys hart regardeth not malicious wicked men But those that loue and feare the Lorde he maketh muche of them verse 5 His othe and all his promises that kepeth faithfully Although he make his couenaunt so that he doth lose therby verse 6 That put teth not to vsury hys money and hys coyne Them the which doo not this shalbe cast out of the church with Ismaelli and the hipocrites Ne for to hurt the innocent doeth brybe or els purloyne verse 7 Who so doeth all thynges as you see that here is to be done Shall neuer perish in thys world nor in the worlde to come Conserua me domine psalm xvi T. S. Dauid prayeth to God for succor not for hys workes but for hys faithes sake protestyng that he hateth all Idolatry takyng God only for hys comforte and felicytie who suffereth hys to lacke nothing LOrde
praise his greatnes not cāreach frō race to race they shal thy works praise and thy power preache I Of thy gloryous maiestye the beauty will recorde And meditate vppon thy workes most wonderfull O Lorde And they shal of thy power and of thy fearfull actes declare And I to publish all abrode thy greatnes will not spare And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repete The Lorde our God is gratious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to angre he is slowe yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth excede Loe all thy workes doo praise thee lord and doo their honor sprede Thy sainctes doo bles thee and they doo thy kingdomes glorye shewe And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know And of his mighty kingdome eke to sprede the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lorde a kingdom is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through eche age endures without decay The Lorde vpholdeth them that fall the sliding he doth stay The eyes of all doo wayte on thee thou doest them all releue And thou to eche sufficing foode in season due dost geue Thou openest thy plentuous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what euer liue with giftes of thy good will The Lorde is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all Nere all he is that call on him in truthe that on him cal He the desires whiche they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they crye and saue them all he will The Lorde preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse hys holy name for euer shall accorde Lauda anima mea Psalm 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 almightye and deliuereth thafflicted nourisheth the poore setteth prisoners at lybertie comforteth the fatherles widowes and the straungers and raygneth kinge for euer My soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes My God I will confes Sing thys as the. cxxxvii Whyle death and lyfe prolong my dayes my tonge no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why theyr breath doth sone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their hart decay and pearysh all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the lorde is stayd verse 6 Whiche made the earth waters depe the heauens hie with all Which doth his word and promise kepe In truth and euer shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he procede for suche as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth fede and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The lord doth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The lorde I saye doth loue the ryght and iust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the strangers sad in hart And quite the wydow from distres and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy lorde and God eternally O Syon still shall rayne In tyme of all posteritie for euer to remayne Laudate dominum Psalme cxlvii N. ☞ The Prophet prayseth the bountye wisdom power iustice prouidence of God vpō all his creatures But specially vpō his church whiche he gathereth together after theyr dispersion Declaring hys word and iudgmēts so vnto them as he hath don to no other people PRaise ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to synge For it is pleasante and to prayse it is a comely thyng the Lord his owne Ierusalem he buildeth vp alone and the disperst of Israell doth gather into one He heales the broken in their hart theyr sore vp doth he bynde He countes the number of the starres and names them in theyr kynde Great is our Lord great is his power his wisdome infinite The Lord releues the meke throwes to ground the wicked wight Sing vnto God the Lord with prayse vnto the Lord reioyse And to our God vpon the harp aduaunce your singing voyce He couers heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth rayne And on the mountaines he doth make the grasse to grow agayne He geues to beastes their fode and to yong rauens when they crye His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legges doth lye But all in those that feare the Lorde the Lord hath his delight And suche as doo attend vpon his mercies shining light O prayse thy Lorde Ierusalem thy God O Syon prayse For he the barres hath forged strong where with thy gaie he stayes Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the floure of wheat he filleth thee And his commaundement vpon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with spedy course doth swiftly runne about He geueth snow like woll hore frost like ashes doth he spreade Like morsells castes his ise therof the colde whoe can abide He sendeth fourth his mightye worde and melteth them agayne His winde he makes to blow and then the waters flow amayne The doctrine of his holy worde to Iacob doth he shewe His statutes and his iudgements he geues Israell to knowe With euery nation hath he not so dealt nor they haue knowne His secrete iudgementes ye therfore prayse ye the Lord alone Laudate dominum Psalme cxlviii I. P. ☞ He prouoketh all creatures to prayse the Lode in heauen in earth and in all places specially for the power that he hathe geuen to his people Israell whom he hathe taken so nere vnto hym GEue laude vnto the Lord frō heauen that is so hie Praise him in dede and worde Aboue the starry skie 2. And also ye his angels all armies royall prayse him with glee Praise him both mone and Sunne Whiche are so cleare and bryght The same in you be done Ye glistring starres of lyght And eke no les De Heauens faire And cloudes of the ayre His laud expresse For at his worde they were All formed as we see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree Whiche he set fast To them he made A law and trade For aye to laste Extoll and prayse Gods name In earth ye Dragons fell All depe doo ye the same For it becommeth you well Him magnyfye Fyre Hayle Ise Snowe And stormes that blow At his decree The hilles and mountaines all And trees that frutfull are The Cedres great and tall His worthy prayie declare Beastes and cattell yea birdes fliyng And wormes crepyng That on earth dwell All kinges both more and les With all their pompons trayne Princes and all iudges That in the worlde remayne Exalte his name
kepe me for I trust in thee and doo confesse in dede Sing thisas the xiiii psal Thou art my God and of my good O Lorde thou hast no nede verse 2 I geue my goodnes to the sainctes that in the worlde doo dwell And namely to the faithfull flocke in vertue that excell verse 3 They shall heape sorowes on their heds which runne as they were mad To offer to the Idols gods alas it is to bad verse 4 As for theyr bloudy sacrifyce He would neyther by outeward professiō nor in hart consent with Ido latryes and offringes of that sort I will not touch nor yet therof my lippes shall make report verse 5 For why the Lorde the portion is of mine in heritaunce And thou art he that doest mainteyne my rent my lot my chaunce verse 6 The place wherin my lot did fall in beauty did excell Mine heritage assigned to me doth please me wondrous well verse 7 I thanke the Lorde that caused me The faithfular sure to perseuer to the ende to vnderstand the right For by hismeanes my secreat thoughtes do teache me euery nyght verse 8 I set the Lorde still in my sight and trust in him ouer all For he doth stande on my ryght hand therfore I shall not fall verse 9 Wherfore my hart and tong also doeth bothe reioyse together My fleshe and body rest in hope when I this thyng consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue for Lorde thou louest me That is to say hys lyfe Nor yet will geue thyne holy one corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt teache me the way to lyfe Where god fauoreth there is perfit felicitie for all treasures and store Of perfect ioy are in thy face and power for euermore Exaudi domine iustitiam meam Psal. xvii T. S Here he complayneth to god of thecruel pride and arrogancye of Saule and the rest of his enemies who thus raged withoute anye cause geuen on his part therfore he desireth God to reuenge his innocency and deliuer him This Psalm ought diligently to be noted of sucheas receiue euell for well doyng O Lorde geue eare to my iust cause Sing this as the. xiiii psalme attend when I complaine And heare the prayer that I put forth with lippes that doo not fayne verse 2 And let the iudgement of my cause procede alwayes from thee And let thyne eyes beholde and cleare thys my simplicitie verse 3 Thouhast well tryed me in the night and yet couldst nothyng fynde That I haue spoken with my tonge that was not in my minde verse 4 As from the workes of wicked men and pathes peruerse and ill For loue of thy most holy worde I haue refrayned styll verse 5 Then in thy pathes that be most pure stay me Lorde and preserue That from the way wherin I walke my steppes may neuer swerue verse 6 For I dou call to thee O Lorde surely thou wylt me ayde Then heare my prayer way right wel the wordes that I haue sayde verse 7 O thou the sauiour of all them that put theyr trust in thee Declare thy strength on thē that spurn against thy maiestie verse 8 O kepe me Lord as thou wouldst kepe the apple of thine eye And vnder couert of thy winges defend me secretly The seconde parte verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and dayly me anoy Ind from my foes that go about my soule for to destroy verse 10 10 Whiche wallow in their worldly wealth so full and eke so fat That in theyr pride they do not spare to speake they care not what verse 11 They lye in wayte where we should passe Meaning himself and his cōpanyons with craft me to confounde And musing mischief in their mindes to cast me to the grounde verse 12 Muche lyke a Lyon gredely that would hys praye embrace Or lurking like a Lyons whelpe within some secrete place verse 13 Up Lorde with hast preuent my foe and cast hym at thy feete Saue thou my soule from the euil man and with thy sworde him smite verse 14 Deliuer me Lorde by thy power out of these tyrantes handes Whiche nowe so longe time raigned haue and kepe vs in theyr bandes verse 15 I meane from worldly men to whom all worldly goodes are ryse That haue no hope nor part of ioy but in this present lyfe Thou of thy store theyr bellies filst with pleasures to their minde Theyr children haue inough and leaue to theirs the rest behinde verse 16 But I shall with pure conscience beholde thy gratious face So when I wake I shalbe full with thine image and grace Diligam te domine psal xviii T. S. This Psalme is the fyrste beginnyng of Dauids saluation and thancks geuing in the entring into his kingdome wherin he extolleth and praiseth most highly the maruelous mercies and grace of God who hathe bothe preserued and defended hym he setteth forthe the Image of Christes kingdome painted in hys kindom that the faithfull mai be assured that Christe shall alwayes conquere and ouercome by the vnspeakable power of hys father though all the whole world shuld say there against O God my strēgth and fortitude of force I must loue the Thou art my castell defence in mine necessitie My god my rock in whō I trust y e worker of my wealth my refuge buckler my shield y e horn of al mi health verse 3 When I sing laud vnto the Lorde most worthy to be strued Then fro my foes I am right sure that I shalbe preserued verse 4 The panges of death did compas me and bounde me euery where The flowing waues of wickednes did put me in great feare verse 5 The slie and suttell snares of hell were round aboute me set And for my death there was preparde a deadly trapping net verse 6 I thus beset with payne and gryef did pray to God for grace And he forthwith did heare my playnt out of his holy place verse 7 Suche is hys power that in his wrath he made the earth to quake Yea the foundation of the mounte of Basan for to shake verse 8 And from his nostrels came a smoke When kindled was his ire And from his mouth came kindled coles of hote consuming fire verse 9 The Lorde descended from aboue and bowde the heauens hie And vnderneth his fete he cast the darknes of the skye verse 10 On Cherubs and on Cherubins full royally he rode and on the winges of all the windes came fliyng all abrode The second parte And like a denne most darke he made his denne and secret place With waters black and ayrie cloudes enuironed he was verse 12 But when the presence of his face in brightnes shall appeare Then cloudes consume in their stead come hayles and coales of fyre verse 13 These fiery dartes and thunder boltes disperse them here and there And with his often lightninges he puttes them in great feare verse 14 Lorde at thy wrath and threatenings and at thy chyding cheare The springes and the
low vpon the earthe verse 46 Thou hast cut of and made full short his youth and lusty dayes And raysed of him an ill reporte with shame and great disprayse verse 47 How long away from me O Lord for euer wilt thou turne And shall thine anger still alwaye as fire consume and bourne verse 48 O call to minde remembre then my time consumeth fast Why hast thou the sonnes of men as thinges in vayne to wast verse 49 What man is he that liueth here and death shall neuer see Or from the hand of hell his soule shall he deliuer free verse 50 Where is O lord thine oulde goodnes so oft declared beforne Whiche by thy truth and vprightnes to Dauid thou hast sworne verse 51 The great rebukes to minde doo call that on thy seruauntes lye The rayling of the people all borne in my brest haue I. verse 52 Wherwith O Lorde thyne enemies blasphemed haue thy name The steppes of thine anoynted one they cease not to defame verse 53 All prayse to thee O Lorde of hostes bothe now and eke for aye Through skie and earth in all the costes Amen amen I saye Domine refugium Psal. lxxxx I. H Moyses in his prayer setteth before vs the eternal fauour of God towardes his who are nether admonished by the breuitie of theyr lyfe nor by his plages to be thanckefull Therfore Moyses prayeth God to tourne their hartes and continew his mercies towardes them and theyr posteritie for euer THou Lorde hast ben our suer defence Sing this as the. lxxviii Ps. Our place of ease and rest In all times past yea so longe sence as cannot be exprest verse 2 Or there was made mountaine or hill the earth or worlde abrod From age to age and alwayse still for euer thou art God verse 3 Thou grindest man through gref paine to dust or clay and then And then thou sayst agayne returne againe ye sonnes of men verse 4 The lastyng of a thousand yeare what is it in thy sighte As yester day it doth appere or as a watche one nighte verse 5 So sone as thou doest scattre them then is their life and trade All as a slepe and like the grasse whose bewty soone doth fade verse 6 Which in the morning shines full bright but fadeth by and by And is cut downe ere it be night all withered dead and drye verse 7 For through thine anger we consume our might is muche decayed And of thy seruent wrath and sume we are full sore afrayed verse 8 The wicked works y t we haue wrought thou setst before thine eye Our priuie faultes yea eke our thought thy countenaunce doth espye verse 9 For through thy wrath our daies do wast therof doth nought remayne Our yeres consume as wordes or blast and are not called agayne verse 10 Our time is threscore yeare and ten that we doo liue on molde If one see fourescore surely then we count him wonders oulde verse 11 Yet of this tune the strength and chief the whiche we counte vpon Is nothing els but painfull grief and we as blastes are gone verse 12 Who once doth know what strength is there what might thine anger hath Or in his hart who doeth the feare according to thy wrath verse 13 Instruct vs Lorde to know and try how longe our dayes remayne That then we may our hartes apply true wisdom to attayne verse 14 Retourn O Lord how long wilt thou fourth on in wrath procede Shew fauour to thy seruauntes now and healp them at their nede verse 15 Refresh vs with thy mercy soone and then our ioie shalbe All times so long as lyfe doth last in harte reioyce shall we verse 16 As thou hast plaged vs before nowe also make vs glad And for the yeres wherin full sore affliction we haue had verse 17 O let thy worke and power appere and on thy seruauntes lyght And shew vnto their children dere thy glory and thy might verse 18 Lord let thy grace and glory stand on vs thy seruauntes thus Confirme the workes we take in hand Lorde prosper them to vs. Qui habitat Psalme lxxxxi I. H Here is described in what assurance he lyueth that putteth his whole trust in God and committeth him selfe whollye to his protection in all temptacyons A promise of God to those that loue hym know him and trust in him to deliuer them and geue them immortall glory HE that within the secret place of God most hie doth dwell In shadodw of the mightiest grace at rest shall kepe him well verse 2 Thou art my hope and my strong hold I to the Lorde will say My God on hye in him will I my whole affiance stay verse 3 He shall defend thee from the snare the whiche the hunter layde And from that deadly plage and care wherof thou art afrayed verse 4 And with his winges shall couer thee and keepe thee safely there His fayth and truth thy fence shalbe as sure as sheld and speare verse 5 So that thou shalt not neede I saye to feare or be afflighte Of all the shafts that flye by daye nor terrours of the night verse 6 Nor of the plage that priutlye doth walke in darke so fast Nor yet of that whiche doth destroye and at none dayes doth wast verse 7 Yea at thy syde as thou doest stand a thousand dead shalbe Ten thousand eke at thy right hande and yet shalt thou be free verse 8 But thou shalte see it for thy parte thyne eyse shall well regarde That euen lyk to theyr desert the wicked haue reward verse 9 For why O Lorde I only lust to stay my hope on thee And in the hiest I put my trust my sure defence is he verse 10 Thou shalt not nede none ill to feare with thee it shall not mell Nor yet the plage shall once come nere thy house where thou dost dwell verse 11 For why vnto his aungels all with charge commaundeth hee That still in all thy wayes they shall preserue and prosper thee verse 12 And in thy handes shall the beare vp still wayting thee vpon So that thy foote shall neuer chaunce to spurne at any stone verse 13 Upon the Lyon thou shalt go the adderfell and longe And treade vpon the Liones yong with dragons stoute and stronge verse 14 For that he trusteth vnto me I will dispatch him quite And him defend because that he dothe know my name a right verse 15 When he for health on me doth crye an aunswer I will geue And from his grefe take him will I in glory for to lyue verse 16 2With length of yeres dayes of welth I will fulfill his time The goodnes of my sauing health I will declare to him Bonum est confiteri Psalm lxxxxii I. H This Psalme was made to be soung on the sabaoth to stir vp the people to acknowledge God and to prayse him in his workes The Prophet reioyseth therin But the wicked is not able to cōsidre that the vngodlye when he his most
exhortaciō to prayse god for the gouernment of the world and the election of his church An admonishion not to folow the rebellion of the olde fathers that tempted God in the wildernes For the which they might not enter into the land of promise O Come let vs lyfte vp oure voyce and synge vnto the Lorde in him our rock of health reioyce let vs with one accorde yea let vs come before his face to geue him thanks and prayse in singing Psalmes vnto his grace let vs be glad all wayes verse 3 For why the Lorde he is no doubte a greate and myghty God A kynge aboue all Gods throughout in all the worlde abrode verse 4 4 The secretes of the yearth so depe and corners of the land The toppes of hilles that are so stepe he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and all that therin is his hande hath made of nought verse 6 Come let vs bow and prayse the Lorde before him let vs fall And knele to him with one acorde the whiche hathe made vs all verse 7 For why he is the Lorde our God for vs he doth prouide We are his folke he doth vs fede his shepe and he our guide verse 8 Today if ye his voice will heare then harden not your hart As ye with grudging many a yeare prouoked me in deserte verse 9 Wher as your fathers tempted me my power for to proue My wondrous works whē they did see yet still they woulde me moue verse 10 Twise twenty yeare they did me greue and I to them did saye They erre in heart and not beleue they haue not knowne my waye verse 11 Wherfore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should neuer treade the pathe to enter to my rest Cantate domino Psalme lxxxxvi I. H An exhortacyon bothe to the Iewes and gentiles to prayse God for hys mercye And this specyallye ought to be referred to the kingdom of Chryste Syng ye with prayse vnto the Lorde Sing this as the. lxxvii psalme New songs of ioy and mirthe Sing vnto him with one accorde all people on the yearthe verse 2 yea sing vnto the Lorde I saye prayse ye his holy name Declare and shew from day to daye saluation by the same verse 3 Amonge the Heathen eke declare hys honor round about To shew his wonders doo not spare in all the worlde throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy prayse alway And he is to be dred of ryght aboue all Gods I saye verse 5 For all the Gods of Heathen folke are idoles that will fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heauens made verse 6 All prayse and honor eke doo dwell for aye before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holly place verse 7 Ascribe vnto the Lorde alway ye people of the worlde All might and worship eke I say ascribe vnto the Lorde verse 8 Ascribe vnto the Lorde also the glory of his name And eke into his courtes doo goe with giftes vnto the same verse 9 Fall down and worship ye the lorde with in his temple bright Let all the people of the worlde be fearefull at his sight verse 10 Tell all the world be not agaste the Lorde doth raigne aboue Yea he hath set the yerth so fast that it did neuer moue verse 11 And that it is the Lorde alone that ruleth with princely might To iudge the nations euery one with equity and right verse 12 The heauens shall great ioy begin the earth shall eke reioyce The sea with all that is theirin shall shoute and make a noice verse 13 The field shall ioye and euery thing that spryngeth of the earth The wod and euery tree shall sing with gladnes and with mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lorde and comming of his might when he shall iustly iudge the worlde and rule his folke with right Dominus regnauit Psalme lxxxxvii I. H The prophet exhorteth all to reioyce for the coming of the kingdome of Christ dreadfull to the rebels and Idolaters and ioyfull to the iust whom he exhorteth to innocency to reioysing and thanks geuing THe lord doth raigne where all y e earth Sing this as the. lxxxxv may ioy with pleasaunt voyce And eke the yles with ioyfull mirth may triumphe and reioyce verse 2 Bothe cloudes darknes eke doo swell and rounde aboute him beate Yea right and iustice euer dwell and byde aboute his seate verse 3 Yea fier and heate at once doth runne and go before his face Which shall his foes and ennemies burn abrode in euery place verse 4 His lightnes eke full bright did blase and to the world appere Wherat the yearthe did loke and gase with dreade and deadly feare verse 5 The hilles like war did melt in sight and presence of the Lorde They fled before that rulers might which gideth all the worlde verse 6 The heauens eke declare and shew his iustice forth abrode That all the world may see and knowe the glory of our god verse 7 Confusion sure shall come to suche as worship Idols vayne And eke to those that glory muche dome pictures to maintayne verse 8 For all the Idouls of the worlde whiche they as Gods doo call Shall feele the power of the Lorde and downe to hym shall fall verse 9 With ioy shall Sion here this thyng and Iuda shall reioyce For at thy iudgements they shall sing and make a pleasaunt noyce verse 10 That thou O Lorde art set on hie in all the earth abrode And arte exalted wonderously aboue eche other God verse 11 All ye that loue the Lorde doo thys hate all thinges that is ill For he doth kepe the soules of his from suche as would them spill verse 12 And light doth spring vp to the iust with pleasure for his part Greate ioye with gladnes mirth lust to them of vpright hart verse 13 Ye rigteous in the Lord reioyce his hollines proclayme Be thankfull eke with hart and voyce and mindefull of the same Cantate domino Psal lxxxxviii I. H An Earnest exhortacyō to all cratures to prayse the Lorde for his power mercy and fydelitie in his promyse by Christ by whō he hath communicated his saluation to all natiōes OSyng ye now vnto the Lorde a new and pleasaunt songe Sing this as the. lxxxxv For he hath wrought throughout the world His wōders great strong With his rigt hand full worthely he doth his foes deuoure And get him sealf the victory with his owne arme and power verse 3 The Lord doth make the people know his sauing health and might The Lorde doth eke his iustice shew in all the Heathens sight verse 4 His grace and truth to Israell in minde he doth recorde That al the yearth hath sene right wel the goodnes of the Lorde verse 5 Be glad in him with ioyfull voyce all
forgot and helpe of idols sought verse 21 Would not god then haue tried this out for he doth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy names sake O Lorde alwayes are we slaine thus Aa shepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Up Lorde why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for all verse 24 Why hidest thou thy countenaunce and dost forget our thrall verse 25 For downe to dust our soule is brought and we now at last cast Our belly lyke as it were glude vnto the ground cleaueth fast verse 26 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs Lorde at nede We thee bese the for thy goodnes to rescue vs with spede Eructauit Psalme xlv I. H. The maiestie of Salomon hys honour strengthe beauty riches and power are praysed and also hys maryage with the Egiptian being an Heathen woman to blessed if that she can renounce her people and theÌ„ loue other contrey and geue her selfe wholy to her husbande Under the whyche â—yguâ—e the wonderfull maiestie â–ª and the increase of the kingdome of Christe and the Churche hys spouse now taken of the genuies is described MY hart doth now take in hande Sing this as the. xxv psa Some godly songe to singe Thy prayse I shall shew therin perteyneth to the kynge verse 2 My tounge shalbe as quicke his honor to endite As is the pen of any scribe that vseth faste to wryte verse 3 O fayrest of all men thy speache is pleasaunt pure For God hathe blessed thee with giftes for euer to endure verse 4 Aboute thee girde thy sworde O prince of might elect With honour glory and renoume thy person pure is dect verse 5 Go forth with godly speede in mekenes truth and ryght And thy ryght hand shall thee instruct in workes of dredfull might verse 6 Thyne arrowes sharpe and kene theyr harts so sore shall stinge That folke shall fall and knele to thee yea all thy foes O kynge verse 7 Thy royall seate O Lorde for euer shall remayne Because the scepter of thy realme doth righteousnes maintaine verse 8 Because thou louest the ryghte and dost the ill detest God euen thy God hath pointed thee with ioy aboue the rest verse 9 With mirth and sauours swete thy clothes ar all be spreade when thou dost from thy palace pas wherin to make thee glad verse 10 Kinges doughters doo attend in fine and riche araye At thy right hand the queene doth stand in goulde and garments gaye The second parte verse 11 O doughter take good heede enclyne and geue good eare Thou must forget thy kindred all and fathers house most dere verse 12 Then shall the king desire Thy beuty fayer and trim For why he is the Lorde thy God and thou must worship hym verse 13 The doughters then of Tire with giftes full riche to see And all the welthy of the lande shall make theyr sute to thee verse 14 The daughter of the king is glorious to beholde within his closet she doth sitte all dect in beaten goulde verse 15 In robes well wrought with needle with many a pleasaunt thyng With virgins faier on her to waighte she cometh to the king verse 16 16 Thus are they brought with Ioy and mirth on euery side Into the palace of the king and there doo they abide verse 17 In stede of parents lefte O quene the chaunge so standes Thou shalt haue soÌ„nes whoÌ„ thou maist set as princes in all landes verse 18 Wherfore thy holy name all ages shall recorde The people shall geue thankes to thee for euer more O Lorde Deus noster refugium Psalm xlvi I. H. A songe of thankes geuyng for the delyueraunce of Ierusalem after Senacherib with hys army was driuen awaye or some otherlyke so dayne and maruelous delyueraunce by the myghtye hande of God Whereby the Prophet commendyng thys greate benefyte dothe exhorte the faythfull to geue them selues wholy into the hande of God doubtyng nothyng but that vnder hys protection they shalbe safe agaynste all the assaultes of theyr enemyes THe Lorde is oure defence and ayde the strength wherby we stand when we with wo are muche dismaide he is our helpe at hand Though thearth remoue we will not feare though hilles so high stepe be thrust and hurled heare and there within the sea so depe verse 3 No though the waues doo rage so sore that all the bankes it spilles And though it ouer flow the shore and beate downe mightye hilles verse 4 For one fayer floud doth send abrode his pleasaunt streames a pace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In middest of her the Lord doth dwel she can no whit decaye All thinges against her that rebel the Lord will truly staye verse 6 The heathen flocke the kingdoms feare the people make a noyse The earth doth melte and not appeare when God puttes forth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hostes doth take our part to vs he hath an eye Our hope of health with all our hart on Iacobes God doeth lye verse 8 Come here see with mind thought the working of our God what wonders he him self hath wrought through out the earth abrod verse 9 By him all warres are husht and gone which countres did conspire Their bowes he brake speares echone theyr Charets brent with fier verse 10 Leaue of therfore saith he and know I am a God most stoute Among the heathen high and low and all the earth throughoute verse 11 The Lorde of hostes doeth vs defend he is our strength and tower On Iacobs God doo we depend and on his mighty power Omnes gentes Psalme xlvii I. H. The prophet exorteth all people to the worship of the true and euerliuing God commending the mercyes of God towarde the posteritie of Jacob and after prophecieth of the kingdome of Christ in this tune of the Gospell YE people all in one accorde clappe handes and eke reioyce Sing this as the. xlvi Psa Be glad and sing vnto the Lorde with swete and pleasaunt voyce verse 2 2 For hie the Lorde and dredfull is with wonders manifolde A mighty kynge he is truly in all the earthe extolde verse 3 The people shall he make to be vnto our bondage thrall And vnderneth our fete he shall the nations make to fall verse 4 For vs the heritage he chose whiche we possesse alone The flouring worship of Iacob hys welbeloued one verse 5 Our God ascended vp on hye with ioy and pleasaunt noyce The Lorde goeth vp aboue the skye with trompets royall voyce verse 6 Sing prayse to God sing prayse sing prayses to our kynge For God is king of all the earth all skilfull prayses syng verse 7 God on the heathen reignes and sittes vpon his holy throne The princes of the people haue them ioyned euery one verse 8 To Abrams people for our God whiche is exalted hye Us with a buckler doth defende the earth continually Magnus dominus Psal. xlviii
frute of all theyr strength and might With gold and siluer he them brought from Egipt land to passe And in the number of their tribes no feble one there was Egipt was glad and ioyfull then when they did thense depart For terrour and the feare of them was fallen vpon theyr hart To shroude them frō the parching heat a cloude he did display And fire he sent to geue them lyght when night had hid the day They asked and he caused quayles to rayne at their request And fully with the bread of heauen their hunger be represt He opend then the stony rock and waters gushed out And in the drye and parched groundes lyke riuers ranne about For of his holy couenant ay myndefull was he thoe Which to his seruant Abraham he plighted long agoe He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with ioy Out of the cruell land where they had lyued in great anoye And of the heathen men he gaue to them the frutefull landes The labors of the people eke they toke into theyr hands That they his holy statutes might obserue for euermore And faithfully obey his lawes prayse ye the Lorde therfore Confitemine domino Psal. Cvi N. The people dispersed vnder Antiochus doo magnifie the goodnes of God emonge the iust and repentant Desiring to be brought agayne into the lande by Gods mercyfull vysytacion And after the manifold meruayles of God wrought in their deliueraunce forth of Egipt and the great ingratitude of the people rehearsed they doo praye and dedesier to be gathered from among the Heathē to the entent they may prayse the name of the God of Israell PRayse ye the Lod for he is good Sing this as the. lxxxxv his mercye dures for ay Who can expresse his noble actes or all his prayse display They blessed are that iugment kepe and iustly doo alwaye With fauour of thy people Lorde remember me I pray And with thy sauing health O Lorde vouchesafe to visite me That I the great felicytie of thine elect may see And with thy peoples ioy I may a ioyfull minde posses And may with thine inheritance a glorying hart expres Bothe we and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one We haue committed wickednes and leudly we haue done 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 mercies multitude did kepe in thankfull mind But at the sea yea the red sea rebelled most vnkind Neuertheles he saued them for honor of hys name That he might make his power knowne and spred abrode with fame The red sea he did then rebuke and forthwith it was dryed And as in wildernes so through the depe he did them guide He saued them from the cruel hand of their despitefull soo And from the enmies hand he did deliuer them also The second parte The waters their oppressors whelmd not one was left alyue Then they beleued his wordes praise in song they did him geue But by and by vnthankefully his workes they cleane forgat And for his counsell and his will they did neglect to wayte But lusted in the wildernes with fond and gredy lust And in the desert tempted God the stay of all theyr trust And then theyr wanton mindes desire he suffred them to haue but wasting leannes ther withall into their soule he gaue Then when they lodged in the tentes at Moses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the Lorde so did they enuie muche Therfore the earth did open wide and Dathan did deuoure And all Abrams companye did couer in that houre In their assemblie kindled was the whote consuming fyre And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire Upon the hill of Horeb they an idole calf did frame And there the molten image they did worship of the same Into the likenes of a calfe that fedeth on the grasse Thus they their glory turnd and all their honor did deface And God their only sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mighty things in Egip land hadt wrought The third parte And in the land of Ham for them most wondrous works had done And by the red sea dredfull things performed long agone Therfore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkind To bring destruction on them all he purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moses stoode before them in the breake To turne his wrath lest he on them with slaughter should him wreke They did despise the pleasant land that he beheght to geue Yea and the workes that he had spoke they did no whit beleue But in their tents with grudging hart they wickedly repined Nor to the voyce of God the Lorde they gaue a harkning mynde Therfore against them lifted he his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernes ere they should see the land And to destroy theyr sede among the nations with his rod And through the contrees of the world to scatter them abrode To Baal Peor then they did adioyne themselues also And eate the offringes of the dead so they forsoke him tho Thus with theyr owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so inkindled wrath the plage vpon them broke But Phineas stoode vp with zeale the sinners vile to stay And iudgement he did execute and then the plage did stay The. iiii parte It was imputed vnto him for righteousnes that day And from thenceforth so compted is from race to race foraye At waters eke of Meribah they did him angry make Yea so far fourth that Moses was then punisht for theyr sake Because they vext his sprite so sore that in impatient heate His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruor was so greate Nor as the Lorde commaunded them they slew the people thoe But were among the heathen mixt and learnde their workes also And did their idoles serue whiche were their ruine and decay To feends their sonnes daughters they did offer vp and slay yea with vnkindly murdring knife the giltles bloud they spilt yea theyr owne sons daughters bloud without all cause of gilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offerd with wicked hand And so with blood of innocents defyled was the land Thus wer they stayned with the works of their owne filthy way And with their owne inuentions a whoring did they stray Therfore against his people was the Lordes wrath kind led sore And euen his owne in heritance therfore he did abhorre Into the handes of heathen men he gaue them for a prey And made theyr foes the lords whō they were forced to obey The v parte Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoope as subiectes to theyr hand Full oftentimes from thrall had he deliuerd them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouoked him euermore Therfore they by their wickednes were brought full low to lye yet when he saw them in distres he harkned to theyr crye He calld to
foundations of all the worlde appeare verse 15 And from aboue the Lorde sent downe to fetche me from belowe And pluckt me out of waters great that would me ouerflowe verse 16 And me deliuered from my foes that would haue made me thrall Yea from such foes as were to strong for me to deale with all verse 17 They did preuent me to oppres in time of my great gryef But yet the Lorde was my defence my succor and relief verse 18 18 He brought me forth in open place where as I might be free And kept me safe because he had a fauor vnto me verse 19 And as I was an innocent so did he me regarde And to the cleanes of my hands he gaue me my reward verse 20 For that I walked in his wayes and in his pathes haue trod And haue not wauered wickedly against my Lorde my God The third parte verse 21 But euermore I haue respect to his law and decree His statutes and commaundementes I cast not out fro me verse 22 But pure and cleane and vncorrupt appearde afore his face And did refrayne from wickednes and sinne in any case verse 23 The Lorde therfore will me reward as I haue done aright And to the cleannes of my handes appearing in hys sight verse 24 For Lorde with him that holy is wilt thou be holy to And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt doo verse 25 And to the louing and elect thy loue thou wilt reserue And thou wilt vse the wicked men as wicked men deserue verse 26 For thou dost saue the simple folke In trouble when they lye And dost bring downe the countenance of them that loke full hie verse 27 The Lorde will light my candell so that it shall shine full bryght The Lorde my God will make also my darknes to be light verse 28 For by thy helpe an host of men disconfite Lorde I shall By thee I scale and ouerleape the strength of any wall verse 29 Unspotted are the wayes of God his worde is purely tryed He is a sure defence to suche as in his faith abide verse 30 For who is God except the Lorde for other there is none Or els who is omnipotent sauing our God alone The forthe parte verse 31 The God that girded me with strēgth is he that I doo meane That all the wayes wherin I walke did euermore kepe cleane verse 32 That made my feete lyke to the hartes in swiftnes of my pace And for my suertie brought me forth into an open place verse 33 He did in order put my handes to bataile and to fyght To breake in sunder barres of bras he gaue my armes the myght verse 34 Thou reachest me my sauing health thy right hand is my tower Thy loue and familiaritie doeth styll encrease my power verse 35 And vnder me thou makest playne the waye where I should walke So that my feete shall neuer stippe nor stumble at a balke verse 36 And fiersely I pursue and take my foes that me annoyed And from the field doo not reforne till they be all destroyde verse 37 So I suppresse and wound my foes that they can rise no more For at my seate they fall downe flat I strike them all so sore verse 38 For thou dost gird me with thy strength to warre in suche a wyse That they be all scatred abroade that vp against me ryse verse 39 Lorde thou hast put into my handes my mortall enemies yoke And all my foes thou dost deuide in sonder with thy stroke verse 40 They calld for help but none gaue eare to helpe them with reliefe Yea to the Lorde they callde for helpe yet hearde he not their grief The fifth parte verse 41 And styll lyke dust before the winde I driue them vnder feate And swepe them out lyke filthy claye that stinketh in the streat verse 42 Thou kepest me from sedicious folke that still in stryfe be led And thou doest of the heathen folke apoint me to be hed verse 43 A people straunge to me vnknowen and yet they shall me serue And at the first obey my word wheras mine owne will swarue verse 44 I shalbe ircksom to mine owne they will not see my light But wander wide out of theyr wayes and hide them out of sight verse 45 But blessed be the lyuyng Lorde most worthy of all prayse That is my rocke and sauing health praysed be he alwayes verse 46 For God it is that gaue me power reuenged for to be And with his onely worde subdued the people vnto me verse 47 And fro my foe me deliuered and set me hier then those That cruell and vngodly were and vp against me rose verse 48 48 And for this cause O Lorde my God to thee geue thankes I shall And syng out prayses to thy name among the Gentils all verse 49 That gauest great prosperitie vnto the kyng I saye To Dauid thy anoynted kyng and to his seede for aye Coeli enarrant gloriam dei Psalme xix T. S. To the intent he might moue the faithfull to a deper consideration of Gods glory he setteth before theyr eyes the most exquisite workemāship of the Heauens with theyr proportion and ornamentes And afterwarde calleth them to the law wherin God hath reueled hymselfe more familiarly to his chosen people The whiche peculiar grace by commending the lawe he setteth foorth more at large and at thende he concludeth with a Prayer THe heauens and the firmament doo wonderously declare Sing this as the. xiiii psalme The glory of God omnipotent his workes and what they are verse 2 The wonderous workes of God apere by euery dayes successe The nightes which likewise theyr race run the self same thinges expresse verse 3 There is no language tong or speach where theyr sounde is not heard Roma x. d. actes xiiii c. verse 4 In all the earth and coastes therof their knowledge is conferd In them the Lorde made for the sunne a place of great renome verse 5 Who like a bridegrome ready trimde doth from hys chamber come And as a valiaunt champion He noteth thre excellent qualytses in the sūn◠his beautie sweftnes and heate who for to get a pryce With ioy doth hast to take in hande some noble enterprise verse 6 And all the skie from ende to ende he compasseth about Nothyng can hide it from his heat but he will finde it out verse 7 Howe perfect is the law of God how is his couenaunt sure Conuerting soules and makyng wyse the simple and obscure Mans inuentions are croked without cōfort filthy and blind verse 8 Iust are the Lordes commaundimēts and glad both hart and mynde His precept pure and geueth light to eyes that be full blynde verse 9 The feare of God is excellent and doth indure for euer What soeuer mans fantasye doth inuent is but lyes and vanitit The iudgements of the Lord are true and righteous altogether verse 10 And more to be embraste alwayes then fined golde I say The hony and