reprooue mee not though I deserue thine ire Nor yet correct mee in thy rage O LORD I thee desire For I am weake therefore O LORD of mercy mee forbeare And heale mee LORD for why thou knowst my bones doe quake for feare verse 3 My soule is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord turne thee to thy wonted grace my sillie soule vp take Oh saue mee not for my desertes but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worshippe thee O Lord in the infernall pit verse 6 So grieuous is my plaint and mone that I waxe wondrous faint All the night long I wash my bedde with teares of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dimme and waxed olde with anguish of mine heart For feare of those that bee my foes and would my soule subuert verse 8 But now away from mee all yee that worke iniquitie For why the Lord hath heard the voyce of my complaint and crie verse 9 Hy heard not onely the request and prayer of mine heart But it receiued at mine hand and tooke it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed mee the Lord will soone defame And suddenly confound them all to their rebuke and shame PSALME VII O LORD my GOD I put my trust and confidence in thee Saue mee from them that mee pursue eke deliuer mee verse 2 Lest like a lion hee mee teare and rent in pieces small Whilst there is none to succour mee and ridde mee out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I haue done the thing that is not right Or els if I bee found in fault or guilty in thy sight verse 4 Or to my friend rewarded euill or left him in distresse Which mee pursude moste cruelly and hated mee causelesse verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soule and eke my life downe thrust Vnto the earth and also lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Start vp O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to paine Performe thy Kingdome promised to mee which wrong sustaine verse 7 Then shall great Nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for loue of them thy selfe as Lord and King verse 8 And thou that art of all men Iudge O Lord now judge thou mee According to my righteousnesse and mine integritie verse 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and bee the just mans guide By whom the secretes of all heartes are searched and discride verse 10 I take mine helpe to come of God in all my griefe and smart That doeth preserue all those that bee of pure and perfect heart verse 11 The just man and the wicked both God iudgeth by his power So that hee feel'th his mighty hand euen euery day and houre verse 12 Except hee change his minde I die for euen as hee should smite Hee whets his sword his bow hee bendes aiming where hee may hit verse 13 And doeth prepare his mortall dartes his arrowes kiene and sharpe For them that doe mee persecute whiles hee doeth mischiefe warpe verse 14 But loe though hee in trauell bee of his deuilish fore-cast And of his mischiefe once conceiu'd yet bringeth foorth nought at last verse 15 Hee dig'th a ditch and delu'th it deepe in hope to hurt his brother But hee shall fall into the pit that hee digg'd vp for other verse 16 Thus wrong returneth to the hurt of him in whom it bred And all the mischiefe that hee wrought shall fall vpon his head verse 17 I will giue thankes to God therefore that judgeth righteouslie And with my song will praise the Name of him that is moste hie PSALME VIII O God out Lord how wonderfull are thy workes euery where Whose fame surmountes in dignitie aboue the heauens cleare verse 2 Euen by the mouthes of sucking babes thou wilt confound thy foes For in these babes thy might is seene thy graces they disclose verse 3 And when I see the heauens high the workes of thine owne hand The Sunne the Moone all the starres in order as they stand verse 4 What thing is man Lord thinke I then that thou doest him remember Or what is mans posteritie that thou doest it consider verse 5 For thou hast made him little lesse then Angels in degree And thou hast crowned him also with glorie and dignitie verse 6 Thou hast preferde him to bee lord of all thy workes of wonder And at his feete hast set all thinges that hee should keepe them vnder verse 7 As sheepe and neate and all thinges els that in the fieldes doe feede verse 8 Foules of the aire fish in the sea and all that therein breede verse 9 Therefore must I say once againe O God that art our Lord How famous and how wonderfull are thy workes through the world PSALME IX WIth heart mouth vnto the Lord will I sing laud and praise And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will bee glad and much rejoyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy Name aboue the starrie skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flight They fall downe flatte and are destroyde by thy great force and might verse 4 Thou hast reuenged all my wronges my griefe and all my grudge Thou doest with justice heare my cause moste like a righteous Iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the heathen folke and wicked so confound That afterward the memorie of them cannot bee found verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatch and all our townes destroide Thou hast their fame with them defaced through all the world so wide verse 7 Know thou that hee which is aboue for euermore shall reigne And in the seate of equitie true judgement will maintaine verse 8 With justice hee will keepe and guide the world and euery wight And so will yeeld with equitie to every man his right verse 9 Hee is protectour of the poore what time they bee opprest Hee is in all adversitie their refuge and their rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy Name therefore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not their sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therefore vnto the Lord that dwelles in Sion hill Publish among all Nations his noble actes and will verse 12 For hee is mindfull of the blood of those that bee opprest Forgetting not th' afflicted heart that seeketh to him for rest verse 13 Haue mercy Lord on mee poore wretch whose enemies still remaine Which from the gates of death are wont to raise mee vp againe verse 14 In Sion that I might set foorth thy praise with heart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lord my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen stick fast in the pitte that they themselues preparde And in the nette that they did set their owne feete
13 Eat I the flesh of great bulles and bullockes Or drinke the blood of goates and of the flockes verse 14 Present to GOD due thankefullnesse and praise And pay thy vowes to him moste high alwayes verse 15 Call vpon mee when troubled thou shalt bee Then will I helpe and thou shalt honour mee verse 16 To wicked men thus sayth th' Eternall GOD Why doest thou preach my Lawes and Hestes abrode Seeing thou hast them with thy mouth deformed verse 17 And hatest to bee by discipline reformed My wordes I say thou doest reject and hate verse 18 If that thou see a thiefe as with thy mate Thou runnest with him and so your prey doe seeke And art all one with bawdes and ruffians eke verse 19 Thou giuest thy selfe to backe-bite and to slander And how thy tongue deceiueth it is a wonder verse 20 Thou fits musing thy brother how to blame And how to put thy mothers sonne to shame verse 21 These thinges thou didst and whilst I helde my tongue Thou didst mee judge because I staide so long Like to thy selfe yet though I kept long silence Once shalt thou feele for thy wronges just recompence verse 22 Consider this yee that forget the LORD And feares not when hee threatneth with his worde Lest without helpe I spoile you as a prey verse 23 But hee that thankes offereth praiseth mee aye Saith the LORD GOD and hee that walketh this trace I will him teach Gods sauing health to embrace PSALME LI. O LORD consider my distresse And nowe with speede some pitie take My sinnes deface my faultes redresse Good Lord for thy great mercies sake verse 2 Wash mee O Lord make mee clean From this vnjust and sinnefull act And purifie yet once againe My hainous crime and bloodie fact verse 3 Remorse and sorow doeth constraine Mee to acknowledge mine excesse My sinne alas doeth still remaine Before my face without release verse 4 For thee alone I haue offended Committing euill in thy sight And if I were therefore condemned Yet were thy judgementes just and right verse 5 It is too manyfest alas That first I was conceiu'de in sinne Yea of my mother so borne was And yet vile wretch remaines therein verse 6 Also behold LORD thou doest loue The inward trueth of a pure heart Therefore thy wisedome from aboue Thou hast reuealde mee to conuert verse 7 If thou with hysop purge my blot I shall bee cleaner then the glasse And if thou wash away my spot The snow in whitenesse shall I passe verse 8 Therefore O Lord such joy mee send That inwardly I may find grace And that my strength may now amend Which thou hast swagde for my trespasse verse 9 Turne backe thy face and frowning ire For I haue felt enough thy hand And purge my sinnes I thee desire Which doe in number passe the sand verse 10 Make new my heart within my brest And frame it to thy holy will Thy constant Sprite in mee let rest Which may these raging enemies kill verse 11 Cast mee not out Lord from thy face But speedily my tormentes end Take not from me thy Sprite and grace Which may from danger mee defend verse 12 Restore mee to these joyes againe Which I was wont in thee to find And let mee thy free Sprite retaine Which vnto thee may stirre my mind verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercies know I shall instruct others therein And men that are likewise brought low By mine example shall flee sinne verse 14 O God that of mine health art Lord Forgiue mee this my bloody vice My heart and tongue shall then accord To sing thy mercies and justice verse 15 Touch thou my lippes my tongue vntie O Lord which art the onely kay And then my mouth shall testifie Thy wondrous workes and praise alway verse 16 And as for outward sacrifice I would haue offered many one But thou esteemest them of no price And therein pleasure takest none verse 17 The heauie heart the mind opprest O Lord thou neuer doest reject And to speake trueth it is the best And of all sacrifice th' effect verse 18 Lord vnto Sion turne thy face Powre out thy mercies on thine hill And on Hierusalem thy grace Builde vp the walles and loue it still verse 19 Our offringes then thou wilt receaue Of peace and righteousnesse I say Yea calues and all that thou doest craue Vpon thine altar shall wee lay PSALME LII WHy doest thou tyrant boast abrode thy wicked workes to praise Doest thou not knowe there is a GOD whose mercies last alwayes Why doeth thy minde yet still deuise such wicked wyles to warpe verse 2 Thy tongue vntrue in forging lyes is like a rasour sharpe verse 3 On mischiefe why setst thou thy mind and wilt not walke vpright Thou hast more lust false tales to find then bring the trueth to light verse 4 Thou doest delite in fraud and guile in mischiefe blood and wrong Thy lips haue learnde the flattring style O false deceitfull tongue verse 5 Therefore shall God for aye confound and plucke thee from thy place Thy seed root out from off the ground and so shall thee deface verse 6 The just when they behold thy fall with feare shall praise the Lord And in reproach of thee withall cry out with one accord verse 7 Behold the man that would not take the Lord for his defence But of his goods his god did make and trust his corrupt sence verse 8 But I an oliue fresh and greene shall spring and spread abroad For why my trust all times hath beene vpon the liuing GOD. verse 9 For this therefore will I giue praise to thee with heart and voyce I will set foorth thy Name alwayes wherein thy Saintes rejoyce PSALME LIII Sing this as the 14. Psalme THere is no God as foolish men affirme in their madde moode Their driftes are all corrupt and vaine not one of them doeth good verse 2 The Lord beheld from heauen hie the whole race of mankind And saw not one that sought indeed th liuing GOD to find verse 3 They did turne backe and were corrupt and truely there was none That in the world did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Doe not all wicked workers know that they doe feed vpon My people as they feed on bread the Lord they call not on verse 5 Euen there they were afraid and stood with trembling all dismaide Whereas there was no cause at all why they should bee afraid For God his bones that thee besiegde hath scattered all abrode Thou hast confounded them for they rejected are of God verse 6 O Lord giue thou thy people health and thou O Lord fulfill Thy promise made to Israel from out of Sion hill When God his people shall restore that erst was captiue led Then Iaakob shall therein rejoyce and Israel shall bee glad PSALME LIV. Sing this as the 27. Psalme SAue mee O God for thy Name sake And by thy grace my cause defend Oh heare
haue might to take great thinges in hand Hee will tread down and put to flight all those that vs with-stand PSALME LXI REgard O LORD for I complaine and make my sute to thee Let not my wordes returne in vaine but giue an eare to mee verse 2 From off the coastes and vtmost partes of all the earth abroad In griefe and anguish of mine heart I cry to thee O GOD. Vpon the rocke of thy great power my wofull mind repose verse 3 Thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tentes I lust to dwell for euer to endure Vnder thy winges I know right well I shall bee safe and sure verse 5 For thou O Lord heardst my request and grantedst eke the same And with an heritage hast blest all such as feare thy Name verse 6 Thus shalt thou grant the King alwayes a life full long to see To many ages shall his dayes and yeeres prolonged bee verse 7 That hee may haue a dwelling place before the LORD for aye O let thy mercie trueth and grace defend him from decay verse 8 Then shall I sing for euer still with praise vnto thy NAME That all my vowes I may fulfill and dayly pay the same PSALME LXII ALthough my soule hath sharpely beene assaulted Yet towardes GOD in silence haue I walked In whom alone all health and hope I see verse 2 Hee is mine health and my saluation sure My strong defence which shall foreuer endure Therefore afraid I need not much to bee verse 3 How long will yee of mischiefe thus bee musing Thereby not mine but your own deathes procuring For yee shall bee like to a rotten wall verse 4 Yet loe how they consult for to displace him And by their lyes from dignitie to chase him With mouth they blesse their heartes repleat with gall verse 5 But thou my soule in silence wait GODS leasure verse 6 Who is mine hope my strength and onely treasure Therefore my foes I need nothing to feare In GOD the LORD my sauing health is certaine My glory doeth to him also appertaine Hee is my rocke I trust hee will mee heare verse 8 Trust in the LORD yee people sore oppressed Shew him your griefe hee will it see redressed For hee alone our hope must bee and stay verse 9 But yet alas mennes sonnes are meere vanitie Such lyars are as pretend most grauitie Yea vanitie in weight them down will wey verse 10 Put then no trust in wicked oppression And bee not vaine nor yet want discretion If riches grow set not your heartes thereon verse 11 GOD once or twise spake thus within my hearing That power to him alone was appertaining And that all should depend well therevpon verse 12 But thou O LORD to thine thy mercie shewest And as men bee so thou their workes rewardest PSALME LXIII Sing this as the 44. Psalme O GOD my GOD I watch betime to come to thee in haste For why my soule and body both doe thirst of thee to taste And in this barren wildernesse where waters there are none My flesh is parcht for thought of thee for thee I wish alone verse 2 That I might see yet once againe thy glorie strength and might As I was wont it to behold within thy Temple bright verse 3 For why thy mercies far surmount this life and wretched dayes My lips therefore shall giue to thee due honour laud and praise verse 4 And whiles I liue I will not faile to worship thee alway And in thy NAME I shall lift vp my handes when I doe pray verse 5 My soule is fil'de as with marrow that is both fat and sweet My mouth therefore shall sing such songes as are for thee most meet verse 6 When as on bed I thinke on thee and eke all the night tide verse 7 For vnder couert of thy winges thou art my joyfull guide verse 8 My soule doeth surely sticke to thee thy right hand is my power verse 9 And those that seeke my soule to stroy them death shall soone dououre verse 10 The sword shall them deuoure echone their carcases shall feede The hungrie foxes which doe runne their prey to seeke at neede verse 11 The King and all men shall rejoyce that doe professe Gods word For lyars mouthes shall then bee stopt which haue the trueth disturbde PSALME LXIV Sing this as the 18. Psalme O LORD vnto my voyce giue eare with plaint when I doe pray And rid my life and soule from feare of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend mee from that sort of men which in deceits doe lurke And from the frowning face of them that all ill feates doe worke verse 3 Who whet their tongues as wee haue seene men whet and sharp their swordes They shoot abroad their arrowes keene I meane most bitter wordes verse 3 With priuie slight shoot they their shaftes the vp right man to hit The just vnware to strike by craft they care and feare no whit verse 5 A wicked worke haue they decreed in counsell thus they cry To vse deceit let vs not dread what who can it espy verse 6 What wayes to hurt they talke and muse all times within their heart They all consult what feates to vse each doeth inuent his part verse 7 But yet all this shall not auaile when they thinke least vpon God with his dart shall them assaile and wound them euery one verse 8 Their craftes and their ill tongues withall shall worke themselues such blame That they shall flee which see their fall and wonder at the same verse 9 Then all shall see and know right well that God the thing hath wrought And praise his wittie workes and tell what hee to passe hath brought verse 10 Yet shall the just in God rejoyce still trusting in his might So shall they joy with mind and voyce whose heart is pure and right PSALME LXV Sing this as the 30. Psalme THy praise alone O Lord doeth reigne in Sion thine owne hill Their vowes to thee they doe maintaine and their behestes fulfill verse 2 For that thou doest their prayer heare and doest thereto agree Thy people all both far and neare with trust shall come to thee verse 3 My wicked deedes preuaile O Lord they power haue ouer mee But thou shalt mercie vs accord although wee sinnefull bee verse 4 The man is blest whom thou doest choose within thy court to dwell Thy house and Temple hee shall vse with pleasures that excell verse 5 Thou wilt in justice heare vs GOD our health of thee doeth rise The hope of all the earth abroad and the sea coastes likewise verse 6 With strength hee is beset about and compast with his power Hee makes the mountaines strong and stout to stand in euery stoure verse 7 The swelling seas hee doeth asswage and makes their streames full still Hee doeth restraine the peoples rage and rules them at his will verse 8 The folke that dwell full farre on earth shall
fauour trie verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandring sheepe Oh seeke mee for I haue not failde thy Commandementes to keepe PSALME CXX IN trouble and in thrall Vnto the LORD I call And hee doeth mee comfort verse 2 Deliuer mee I say From lyars lippes alway And tongues of false report verse 3 What vantage or what thing Gets thou thus for to sting Thou false and flattering lyar verse 4 Thy tongue doeth hurt I weene No lesse then arrowes keene Of hote consuming fire verse 5 Alas too long I slacke Within these tentes so blacke Which Kedars are by name By whom the folke elect And all of Isaaks sect Are put to open shame verse 6 With them that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet life verse 7 But when my word was tolde Causelesse I was controlde By them that would haue strife PSALME CXXI I Lift mine eyes to Sion hill From whence I doe attend That succour GOD mee send verse 2 The mightie GOD mee succour will Who heauen earth framed And all thinges therein named verse 3 Thy foote from slip hee will preserue And will thee safely keepe For hee will neuer sleepe verse 4 Lo hee that Israel doeth conserue No sleepe at all can him catch But his eyes shall euer watch verse 5 The LORD is thy warrant alway The LORD eke doeth thee couer As at thy right hand euer verse 6 The Sunne shall not thee partch by day Nor the Moone nor halfe so bright Shall with colde thee hurt by night verse 7 The LORD will keepe thee from distresse And will thy life sure saue And thou shalt also haue verse 8 In thy businesse good successe Where euer thou goest in or out GOD will thy thinges bring about PSALME CXXII I Did in heart reioyce To heare the peoples voyce In offering so willingly For let vs vp say they And in the LORDS house pray Thus spake the folke full louingly verse 2 Our feete that wandred wide Shall in thy gates abide verse 3 O thou Ierusalem full faire Which art so seemely set Much like a Citie neat The like whereof is not els where verse 4 The Tribes with one accord The Tribes of GOD the LORD Are thither bent their way to take So GOD before did tell That there his Israel Their prayers should together make verse 5 For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set foorth justice orderly Which thrones right to maintaine To Dauids house pertaine His folke to judge accordingly verse 6 To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy friendes GOD prosper mightily verse 7 Peace bee thy walles about And prosper thee throughout Thy Palaces continually verse 8 I wish thy prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of thee verse 9 GODS house doeth mee allure Thy wealth for to procure So much alwayes as lyeth in mee PSALME CXXIII O LORD that heauen doest possesse I lift mine eyes to thee Euen as the seruant lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As hand-maides watch their mistresse handes some grace for to atchieue So wee beholde the LORD our GOD till hee doe vs forgiue verse 3 LORD grant vs thy compassion and mercie in thy fight For wee bee filde and ouer-come with hatred and despight verse 4 Our mindes bee stuft with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise Doe make of vs their mocking stocke the proude doe vs despise PSALME CXXIV NOw Israel may say and that truely If that the LORD had not our cause maintainde verse 2 If that the LORD had not our right sustainde when all the world against vs furiously Made their vproares and said wee should all die verse 3 Now long agoe they had deuourde vs all And swallowde quicke for ought that we could deeme Such was their rage as wee might well esteeme verse 4 And as the floods with mightie force doe fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging streames moste proude in roaring noise Had long agoe ouer-whelmde vs in the deepe verse 6 But loued bee GOD which doeth vs safely keepe From bloodie teeth and their moste cruell voyce Which as a prey to eate vs would reioyce verse 7 Euen as the birde out of the fowlers grinne Escapes away right so it far'th with vs Broke are their nettes and wee haue scaped thus verse 8 GOD that made heauen and earth is our helpe then His NAME hath sau'de vs from those wicked men PSALME CXXV SVch as in GOD the LORD doe trust As Mount-Sion shall firmely stand And bee remooued at no hand The LORD will count them right and just So that they shall bee sure For euer to indure verse 2 As mightie mountaines hudge and great Ierusalem about doe close So will the LORD bee vnto those Who on his Godly will doe waite Such are to him so deare They neuer need to feare verse 3 For though the righteous trie doeth hee By making wicked men his rod Lest they through grief forsake their God It shall not as their lot still bee verse 4 Giue LORD to these thy light Whose heartes are true and right verse 5 But as for such as turne aside By crooked wayes which they out-sought The LORD will surely bring to nought With workers vile they shall abide But peace with Israel For euermore shall dwell PSALME CXXVI WHen that the LORD againe his Sion had foorth-brought From bondage great and also seruitude extreame His worke was such as did surmount mans heart and thought So that wee were much like to them that vse to dreame Our mouthes were with laughter filled then And eke our tongues did shew vs ioyfull men verse 2 The Heathen folke were forced then this to confesse How that the LORD for them also great thinges had done verse 3 But much more wee and therefore can confesse no lesse Wherefore to ioy wee haue good cause as wee begun verse 4 O LORD goe foorth thou canst our bondage end As to desertes thy flowing riuers send verse 5 Full true it is that they which sow with teares indeed A time will come when they shal reape with mirth and ioy verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their pretious seede For that their foes full often times did them annoy But their returne with ioy they shall sure see Their sheaues home bring and not impeded bee PSALME CXXVII EXcept the LORD the house doe make And thereunto doe set his hand What men doe builde it cannot stand Likewise in vaine men vnder-take Cities and holdes to watch and ward Except the LORD bee their safe-gard verse 2 Though yee rise earely in the morne And so at night goe late to bedde Feeding full hardly with browne bread Yet were your labour lost and worne But they whom God doeth loue and keepe Receiue all thinges with quyet sleepe verse 3 Therefore marke well when euer yee see That men haue heires t' enioy their
to shew thy righteousnesse verse 8 The LORD our GOD is gratious Yea mercifull is hee also In mercie hee is plenteous But vnto wrath and anger slow verse 9 The LORD to all men is benigne Whose mercies all his workes exceed verse 10 Thy workes each one thy praises sing And eke thy Saintes thee blesse indeed verse 11 The glorie of thy Kingdome they Doe shew and of thy power doe tell verse 12 That so mens soones his might know may And Kingdome great that doeth excell verse 13 Thy Kingdome hath none end at all Thy Lordship euer doeth remaine verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth all that fall And doeth the feeble folke sustaine verse 15 The eyes of all thinges Lord attend And on thee waite that heere doe liue And thou in season due doest send Sufficient food them to relieue verse 16 Yea thou thine hand doest open wide And euery thing doest satisfie That liue and on this earth abide Of thy great liberalitie verse 17 The Lord is just in his wayes all And holy in his workes each one verse 18 At hand to all that on him call In trueth that call to him alone verse 19 The Lord will the desire fulfill Of such as doe him feare and dread And hee also their crie heare will And saue them in the time of need verse 20 Hee doeth preserue them more and lesse That beare to him a louing heart But workers all of wickednesse Destroy will hee and cleane subuert verse 21 My mouth therefore my speech shall frame To speake the praises of the Lord All flesh to blesse his holy NAME For euermore eke shall accord PSALME CXLVI MY soule praise thou the LORD alwayes my GOD I will confesse verse 2 While breath and life prolong my dayes my tongue no time shall cease 3. Trust not in worldly Princes then Though they abounde in wealth Nor in the sonnes of mortall men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why their breath doeth soone depart to earth anone they fall And then the counsels of their heart decay and perish all verse 5 O happie is that man I say whom Iaakobs God doeth aide And hee whose hope doeth not decay but on the Lord is staide verse 6 Who made the earth and waters deepe the heauens hie withall VVho doeth his word and promise keepe in trueth and euer shall verse 7 VVith right alwayes doeth hee proceed for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungrie hee doeth feed and loose the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doeth send the blind their sight the lame to limmes restore The Lord I say doeth loue the right and just man euermore verse 9 Hee doeth defend the fatherlesse the strangers sad in heart And quite the widow from distresse and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion still shall reigne In time of all posteritie for euer to remaine PSALME CXLVII PRaise yee the LORD for it is good vnto our GOD to sing For it is pleasant and to praise it is a comely thing verse 2 The LORD his owne Ierusalem hee buildeth vp alone And the disperst of Israel doeth gather into one verse 3 Hee heales the broken in their heart their sore vp doeth hee bind verse 4 Hee countes the number of the starres and nam'th them in their kind verse 5 Great is the Lord great is his power his wisedome infinite verse 6 The Lord relieues the meeke and throwes to ground the wicked wight verse 7 Sing vnto God the Lord with praise vnto the Lord rejoyce And to our God vpon the harpe aduance your singing voyce verse 8 Hee couereth heauen with cloudes and for the earth prepareth raine And on the mountaines hee doeth make the grasse to grow againe verse 9 Hee giueth beastes their food yea to young rauens when they crie verse 10 In strength of horse nor in mans legges no pleasure taketh hee verse 11 But in all those that feare the Lord the Lord hath his delight And such as doe attend vpon his mercies shining light verse 12 O praise â—â—y LORD Ierusalem thy GOD O Sion praise verse 13 For hee the barres hath forged strong wherewith thy gates hee stayes verse 14 Thy children hee hath blest in thee and in thy borders hee Doeth settle peace and with the floure of wheat hee filleth thee verse 15 And his Commandementes vpon the earth hee sendeth out And eke his word with speedie course doeth swiftly runne about verse 16 Hee giueth snow like wool hoare frost like ashes doeth hee spread verse 17 Like morsels castes his yee whereof the colde who can abide verse 18 Hee sendeth foorth his mightie word and melteth them againe His winde hee maketh blow and then the waters flow amaine verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Iaakob doeth hee show His statutes and his judgementes hee giues Israel to know verse 20 With euery Nation hath hee not so dealt nor haue they knowne His secret judgementes now therefore praise yee the LORD alone PSALME CXLVIII Sing this as the 136. Psalme GIue laude vnto the LORD From heauen that is so hie Praise him in deede and word Aboue the starrie Skie verse 2 And also yee His Angelles all Armies royall Praise him with glee verse 3 Praise him both Sunne and Moone Which are so cleare and bright The same of you bee done Yee glistring starres of light verse 4 And eke no lesse Yee heauens faire And cloudes of the aire His laude expresse verse 5 For at his word they were All formed as wee see At his voyce did appeare All thinges in their degree verse 6 Which hee set fast To them hee made A law and trade for aye to last verse 7 Extoll and praise GODS NAME In earth yee Dragons fell All depthes doe yee the saâ—e For it becommeth you well verse 8 Him magnifie Fire haile yee snow And stormes that blow At his decree verse 9 The hilles and mountaines all And trees that fruitfull are The Cedars great and tall His worthie praise declare verse 10 Beastes and cattell Yea birdes flying And wormes creeping That on earth dwell verse 11 All kinges both more and lesse With all their pompous traine Princes and all iudges That in the world remaine verse 12 Exalt his NAME Young men and maides Olde men and babes Doe yee the same verse 13 For his NAME shall wee proue To bee moste excellent Whose praise is farre aboue The earth and firmament For sure hee shall Exalt with blisse The horne of his And helpe them all His Saintes all shall foorth tell His praise and worthinesse The children of Israel Each one both more and lesse And also they That with good will His wordes fulfill And him obey PSALME CXLIX SIng vnto the LORD with heartie accord A new joyfull song His praises resound In euery ground His Saintes all among verse 2 Let Israel rejoyce And praise eke with voyce His maker louing The sonnes of Sion Let them euery one Bee glad in their King verse