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A13988	The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold, I. Hopkins, & others, conferred with the Ebrue, with apt notes to synge the[m] with al ; faithfully perused and alowed according to thordre appointed in the Quenes Maiesties iniunctions ; very mete to be vsed of all sortes of people priuately for their solace & comfort, laying apart all vngodly songes and ballades, which tende only to the norishing of vyce, and corrupting of youth.; Whole book of psalms. 1562	Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.; Hopkins, John, d. 1570.	1562 (1562)	STC 2430; ESTC S1798	175,161	470

he dyed in the fleshe But quickned in the sprite His body then was buryed As is our vse and ryte His sprit did after this descend Into the lower partes To them that long in darknes were The true lyght of theyr hartes And in the third day of his death He rose to lyfe agayne To thende he might be gloryfyed Out of oll grief and payne Ascending to the heauens hie To sit in glory styll On Gods right hand his Father dere According to his will Untill the day of iudgement come When he shall come againe With Angels power yet of that day We all be vncertayne To iude all people rightuously Whom he hath dearly bought The lyuing and the dead also Which he hath made of nought And in the holy spirit of God My fayth to satisfye The third parson in Trinitie Beleue I sted fastlye The holy and catholick Churche That Gods worde doth maintayne And holy Scripture doth alowe Which Sathan doth disdayne And also I doo trust to haue By Iesu Christ his death Release and pardon of my sinnes And that only by fayth What time all flesh shall ryse agayne Before the Lorde of might And se vim with theyr bodely eyes Whiche now doo geue them light And then shall Christe our sauior The shepe and Goates deuide And geue lyfe euerlastyngly to those whom he hath tride Whiche is the realme celestiall In glory for to rest With all the holy company Of Saincts and Angels blest Whiche serue the Lorde omnipotent Obediently eche houre To whom be all dominion and prayse for euermore A Prayer vnto the holy ghost to be song before the Sermon COme holy sprite the god of might Comforter of vs all Teach vs to knowe thy word a right Sing thys as the. cxix Psal. that we doo neuer fall O holy Ghost visit our coast defend vs with thy shild Against all sinne and wickednes Lorde helpe vs win the field Lorde kepe our Quene and her counsell and geue them will and might To perseuer in thy Gospell which can put sinne to flyght O Lorde that geuest thy holy worde send preachers plenteouslye That in the same we may accorde and therin lyue and dye O holy Sprite direct a ryght the Preachers of thy worde Thot thou by them maist cut downe syn As it were with a sworde Depart not from those pastors pure but ayde them at all nede Whiche breake to vs the breade of lyfe wheron our soules doo feede O blessed spirit of truthe kepe vs In peace and vnitie Kepe vs from sectes and errours all And from all papistrie Conuert all those that are oure foes and bryng them to thy lyght That they and we may well agree and prayse thee day and nyght O Lorde increase our fayth in vs and loue so to abounde That man and wyfe be voyde of strife and neyghbours about vs rounde In oure tyme geue thy peace O Lorde to nations farre and nye And teache them all thy holy worde that we may syng to thee All glory to the Trinitie that is of mightes most The lyuing Father and the Sonne and eke the holy Ghost As it hath bene in all the time that hathe been here to fore As it is now and so shalbe henceforth for euermore Dapacem domine Geue peace in these our daies o lord great daungers are now at hand thine enemies with one accorde Christ name in euery lande seke to deface route out and race thy trew right worship in dede be thou the stay lord we the pray thou helpest alone in all nede Geue vs that peace ▪ whiche we doo lack Through misbelief and ill lyfe Thy word to offer thou dost not slack Whiche we vnkindly gainstriue with fire and sword This healthfull word Some persecute and opprisse Some with the mouth Confes the truth Without sincere godlines Geue peace and vs thy spirite downe send With grief and repentaunce true Do pearce our harts our liues to amend And by fayth Chryst renue That feare and dread Warre and bloudshed Through thy swete mercy and grace May from vs slyde Thy truth may byde And shine in euery place The complaint of a Sinner who craueth of Christ to be kept vnder hys mercye WHere rightuousnes doth say lord for my sinfull part in wrath y ● shouldst me pay vēgaunce for 〈◊〉 desart I can it not deny but nedes I must confes how y t continually thy lawes I doo transgres Thy lawes I do transgresse But if it be thy will With sinners to contend Then all thy flock shall spill And be lost without end For who liueth here so right That rightly he can say He sinneth not in thy sight Full oft and euery day Thy scripture plaine telth me The righteous man offendeth Seuen times a day to thee Wheron thy wrath dependth So that the rightwise man Doth walke in no such path but he falth now or than In daunger of thy wrath Then since the case so standes That euen the man rightwise Falth oft in sinfull bandes Wherby thy wrath may ryse Lorde I that am vniust And rightwisenes none haue Wherto then shall I trust My synfull soule to saue But truly to that post Wherto I cleaue and shall Whiche is thy mercy most Lorde let thy mercy fall And mitigate thy mode Or els we perish all The pryce of this thy bloud Wherin mercy I call Thy scripture doth declare No drop of bloud in thee But that thou didst not spare To shed eche drop for me Now let those drops most swet So moyst my hart so dry That I with sinne replete May liue and sinne may die That being mortifyed Thys synne of myne in me I may be sanctifyed By grace of thine in thee So that I neuer fall Into suche mortall sinne That my foes infernall Reioyse my death therin But vouchesafe me to keep From those infernall foes And from that lake so depe Wheras no mercy growes And I shall sing the songes Confirmed with the iust That vnto thee belonges Whiche art mine only trust ☞ Through perfecte repentaunce the sinner hath a sure trust in God that his sinne s shalbe washed away in Christes ēloud O Lord in thee is al my trust geue eare vnto my wofull cry Refuse me not that am vniust but bowing downe thy heauēly eye behold how I doo still lament my sinnes wherin I do offende O Lord for them shall I be shent Sith thee to playse I doo intend No no not so thy will is bent To deale with sinners in thine ire But when in hart they shall repent Thou grauntst with sped their iust desire To thee therfore still shall I cry to wash away my sinfull cryme Thy bloud O Lorde is not yet drye but that it may help me in time Hast thee O Lorde hast thee I say To power on me the giftes of grace That when this life must flit away In heauen with thee I may haue place Where thou dost reigne eternally with God which once did downe the sēd Where angels sing

and also proued by manifolde experience howe ready God was at hande in all hys troubles he beyng now likewise in daunger of new enemies desireth God to help hym accordyng to hys wont and distroye the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaryes WIth hart and mouthe vnto the Lorde will I syng laude and prayse Sing this as the. iii. ps And speake of all thy wondrous workes and them declare alwayes verse 2 I will be glad and muche reioyce in thee O God moste hie And make my songes extoll thy name aboue the sterry skie verse 3 For that my foes are driuen backe and turned vnto flyght They fall downe flat and are destroyd by thy great force and might Thou hast reuenged all my wrong God only defēdeth the iuste cause my grief and all my grudge verse 4 Thou dost with iustice heare my cause most like a righteous iudge verse 5 Thou doest rebuke the Heathen folke and wicked so confounde That afterwarde the memory of them cannot be founde verse 6 My foe thou hast made good dispatche and all our townes destroyed Thou hast theyr fame with thē defaced through all the world so wyde verse 7 Know thou that he whiche is aboue for euermore shall raygne And in the seate of equitie true iudgement wil mainteyne verse 8 With iustice he wyll kepe and guyde the worlde and euery weight And so will yelde with equitie to euery man his right verse 9 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in all aduersitie their refuge and theyr rest verse 10 All they that know thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr sute in their necessitie verse 11 Sing Psalmes therfore vnto the Lorde We seke God there by prayer or by vpright godly lyfe that dwelleth in Sion hill Publishe amonge all nations his noble artes and will verse 12 For he is mindfull of the bloud of those that be opprest For getting not the afflicted hart that seketh to him for rest The second parte verse 13 Haue mercy Lorde on me poore wretche whose enemies still remayne Which from the gates of death are wonte to rayse me vp agayne verse 14 In Sion that I might set forth thy prayse with hart and voyce And that in thy saluation Lorde my soule might still reioyce verse 15 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they them selues preparde And in the net that they did set their owne fete fast are snarde verse 16 God sheweth his iudgement which wer good The hebr willeth men to meditate dilygently on thys thynge for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lye trapt in his owne warke verse 17 The wicked and the sinfull men go downe to hell for euer And all the people of the worlde that will not god remember verse 18 18 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans grief and payne The pacient folke neuer loke for helpe of God in dayne verse 19 O Lorde arise lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue their iudgement in thy sight verse 20 Lord stryke such terror feare and dread into the harts of them That they may know assuredly they be but mortall men Vt quid domine Psalme x. T. S. He complaineth of the fraude rapine tiranny and of all kindes of wrong which worldly men vse assigninge the cause thereof whiche was that wicked men beinge as it were dronken with worldly prosperitie and therfore setting aparte all feare and reuerence towardes God thinke they may doe all thinges without controwlinge Therfore he calleth vppon God to sende some remeady agaynst these desperate enyls And at length comforteth him selfe with hope of deliuerance WHat is the cause that thou O Lorde art now so sarre from thine Sing this as the thirde Psalme And kepest close thy countenaunce from vs this troublous time verse 1 The poore doth pearysh by the proude and wicked mens desire Let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 For in the lust of his owne hart the vngodly doth delite So doth the wicked praise hym selfe and doeth the Lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so proude that right and wrong he setteth all apart Nay nay there is no God sayeth he for thus he thinketh in hart verse 5 Because his wayes do prosper still he doth thy lawes neglect And with a blast doth puffe against suche as would him correct verse 6 Tush tush saieth he I haue no dread lest mine estate should chaunge And why for all aduersitie to him is very straunge verse 7 His mouth is full of cursednes He meaneth that wickednes is so far ouergrowē that God must nedes nowe helpe or neuer of fraud deceyt and guyle Under his tong doeth mischiefsyt and trauell all the whyle verse 8 He lyeth hid in wayes and holes to slay the innocent Against the poore that passe him by hys cruell eyes are bent verse 9 And like a Lyon priuely lieth lurking in his den If he may snare them in his net to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 And for the nonce full craftely he croucheth downe I say verse 11 So are greate heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 12 Tush God forgetteth this sayeth he therfore may I be bolde His countenance is cast aside he doth it not beholde verse 13 Arise O Lorde G God in wome the poore mans hope doth rest Lift vp thy hand forget not Lorde the poore that be opprest verse 14 What blasphemy is thys to thee Lorde dost thou not abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr hartes say tushe thou carest not for it verse 15 But thou seest all thys wickednes and well doest vnderstande verse 16 That frendles and poore fatherles are left into thy hande verse 17 Of wicked and malicions men By the Heathen he meaneth the Hypocrites whyche gloryed as yf they had bene of the churche then breake the power for euer That they with theyr iniquytie may pearish altogether verse 18 The Lorde shall raine for euermore as king and God alone And he will chase the Heathen folke out of hys lande eche one verse 19 Thou hearest O Lord the poore mans plaint vntyll theyr praiers request Their harts thou wilt confirme thine eares to heare be prest verse 20 To iudge the poore and fatherles and helpe them to their right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psalm xi T. S. This Psalme conteyneth two partes In the firste Dauid shewed how hard assaultes of temtations he susteyned and in howe great anguish of mind he was when Saul did persecute hym Then nexte he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice as wel in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soule vntill Sing this as the third Psalme Flee hence as fast as any foule

I. H A notable deliueraunce of Hierusalem frō the handes of many kings is mentioned for the which thankes are giuen to God and the estate of that citie is praysed that hathe God so presently at all tymes redye to defende them this Psalme semeth to be made in the tyme of Ahaz Iosaphat Asa or Ezechia for in their times chiefly was the citie by forayne Prynces assaulted GReat is the Lorde and with greate prayse Sing this as the. xlvi psalme to be aduaunced styll Within the citie of our Lorde vpon hys holy hyll Mount Sion is a plesant place it gladdeth all the lande The cytie of the myghty kynge on her northside doth stande Within the pallaces therof God is a refuge knowen For loe the kings were gathered and together eke were gone But when they did beholde it so they wondred and they weare Astonyed muche and sodenly were driuen backe with feare Great terrour there on them did falle for euery wo they crye As doth a woman when she shall go trauayle by and by As thou with esterne winde the shippes vpon the sea doest breake So they were stayd and euen as we harde oure fathers speake So in the citie of the Lorde we saw as it was tolde yea in the citie which oure Lorde for euer will vpholde O Lorde we wayte and doo attende on thy good helpe and grace For whiche we doo all times attende within thy holly place O Lorde according to thy name for euer is thy prayse And thy ryght hand O Lord is full of rightuousnes alwayes Let for thy iudgements Sion mounte full filled be with ioyes And eke of Iuda graunt O Lorde the daunger to reioyse Goe walke about all Syon hyll yea rounde about her go And tell the towres that theruppon are bilded in a rowe And marke ye well her bulwarks all beholde her towres there That ye may tell therof to them that after shalbe here For this God is our God our God for euermore is he yea and vnto the death also our guider shall he be Audite haec omnes Psal. xlix T. S. The holy Ghost calleth all mē to the consideration of mans lyft shewing them not to be most happye that are most wealthy and therefore not to be feared but contrariwyse he lifteth vp our mindes to consider how al thinges are ruled by gods prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldly miseryes to euerlastyng torments so doeth he preserue his will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection i. Thes. i. ALl people herken and geue eare Sing this as the. xlv psalme To that that I shall tell Both high and low both riche and poore that in the worlde doo dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thynges right wise In vnderstanding shall my hart his study exercise verse 4 I will inclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speache in metre on my harpe verse 5 why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle Or els my foes whiche at my heles are prest my life to spoyle verse 6 For as for suche as ryches haue wherin their trust is most And they which of their treasures greate them selues doo bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeme Or that can geue a price to God sufficient for hym verse 8 It is to great a pryce to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiect vnto deathes handes And beyng dead straungers possesse theyr goods theyr rentes their lāds verse 11 Theyr care is to builde houses fayre and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enioy high honor wealth and rest But shall at length tast of deathes cup as well as the brute beast The seconde parte verse 13 And though they try these folish thoughts to be most leud and vayne Theyr children yet approue theyr talke and in like sinne remayne verse 14 As shepe into the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iust shall Lordship haue Their image and theyr royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with wo and weale away verse 15 But God will surely preserue me from death and endles payne Because he will of his good grace my soule receyue agayne verse 16 If any man waxe wonderous riche feare not I say therfore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 17 For when he dieth of all these thinges nothing shall he receyue His glory will not folow hym his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this lyfe he takth him selfe the happiest vnder sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose he liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must he nedes at length geue place and be brought to deathes fold verse 20 Thus man to honor God hath calde yet doth he not consider But like brute beastes so dothe he lyue whiche turne to dust and pouder Deus deorum Psalme L. I. H. He prophecieth how God will call all nations by the Gospell and require no other sacrifices of his people but confession of his benefites and thankes geuyng and how he detesteth all such as seme zelous of Ceremonies and not of the pure worde of God onely THe god of Gods the lord hath calde the earth by name from where the sonne doth rise vnto the setting of the same Frō Syon hys faire place hys glory bryght and cleare The perfect beutye of his grace from thence it did appeare verse 3 Our God shall come in haste to speake he shall not doubte Before him shall the fire waste and tempest rounde aboute verse 4 The heauens from on hye the earth below lykewise He will call forth to iudge and try his folke he doeth deuise verse 5 Bring forth my sainctes sayth he my faithfull flocke so dere Which are in band and league with me my lawe to loue and feare verse 6 And when these thinges are tried the heauens shall recorde That God is iust and all must byde the iudgment of the Lorde verse 7 My people O geue heede Israell to thee I crye I am thy God thy healpe at neede thou canst it not denye verse 8 I doo not say to thee thy sacrifice is slacke Thou offrest dayly vnto me muche more then I doo lacke verse 9 Thinkest thou that I doo nede thy cattell yonge or olde Or ells so muche desire to feede on goates out of thy foulde verse 10 Naye all the beastes are mine in woodes that eate their filles And thousands more of nete and kine that runne wilde in the hilles verse 11 The birdes that builde on hie In hilles and oute of sight And the beastes that in the

of the Lorde God is the Lorde that sheweth vs lyght bynde ye therfore with corde Your sacrifice to the alter and geue thankes to the Lorde Thou art my God I will confes and render thankes to thee Thou art my God and I will prayse thy mercy towardes me O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde for gratious is he Because his mercy dothe endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalm Cxix VV. VV. In thys psalme is contayned an exquisit art and a wonderfull vehemencye in settyng forth the prayses of gods law wherin the Prophet cannot satisfye hymselfe nor sufficyently expres the affection whiche he beareth thereunto adding moreouer manye notable complaynts consolatyons wherefore it is mete that all the faythfull haue it alway bothe in harte and mouthe and in the Ebrue euery vii verses begyn with one lerter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind hart whose liues and conuersation frō Gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue them selues hys statutes to obserue Sekyng the Lorde with all theyr hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astraye nor doo no wicked thing Whiche stedfastly walke in his pathes without any wandring verse 4 It is thy wyll and commaundement that with attentiue hede Thy noble and deuyne precepts we learne and kepe in dede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to adres That I myght bothe in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe atteyne whylst I thus set myne eyes And bende my mynde alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I prayse with vpright hart and magnifye thy name When I shall learne thy iudgements iust and lykewyse proue the same verse 8 And wholy will I geue my selfe to kepe thy lawes most ryght For sake me not for euer Lorde but shew thy grace and myght The. ii parte MTH verse 9 By what meanes may a yong man best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his tyme spend verse 10 Unfaynedly I haue thee sought and thusse kyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lorde from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart and secret thoughtes thy wordes I haue hyd styll That I might not at any tyme offende thy godly wyll verse 12 We magnifye thy name O Lorde and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lorde teache me therfore verse 13 My lippes haue neuer ceast to preache and publysh day and nyght The iudgments all whiche did procede from thy mouth full of might verse 24 Thy testymonies and thy wayes please me noles in dede Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlings make theyr mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so will I aime thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My only ioy shalbe so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynde that I thy wordes for get The thyrd parte MMEL Graunt to thy seruaunt now such grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy worde then will I kepe bothe in my hart and tong verse 18 18 Mine eies whiche were dim shut vp so open and make bryght That of thy law and merueilous works I may haue the cleare syght verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandring now here now there Thy worde therfore to me disclose my fotesteppes for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgments hie and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malitious thou hast destroyd echone And cursed are suche as doo not thy hests attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me from rebuke and shame whiche wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenaunts with zele as hote as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sat and did against me speake But then thy seruaunt thought how he thy statutes myght not breake verse 24 For why thy couenants are my ioy and my great harts solace They serue in stede of counsellers my matters for to pas The. iiii parte DALETH verse 25 I am alas as brought to graue and almost turnd to dust Restore therfore my lyfe agayne as thy promise is iust verse 26 My wayes when I acknowledged with mercy thou didst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teache me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy workes then will Imeditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I fele so sore opprest that it melteth for grief According to thy word therfore hast Lorde to sende relyef verse 29 From lying and deceitfull lyppes let thy grace me defend And that I may learue thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and founde I set thy iudgement me before whiche kepe me safe and sound verse 33 Since then O Lord I forced my selfe thy couenants to embrase Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then will I runne with ioyfull cheare where thy worde doth me call When thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thrall The. v. parte H E verse 33 Instruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne And it to kepe euen to the end my hart will I inclyne verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shall it obey With hart and mind and all my might I will it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lorde I require None other pleasure doo I wishe nor greater thing desire verse 36 Inclyne my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from all filthy auarice and shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vaine desire and worldly lustes turne backe myne eyes and syght Geue me the sprite of lyfe and power to walke thy wayes a ryght verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lorde whiche thou hast made to me Which am thy seruaunt and doo loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproche and shame whiche I so feare from me O Lord expell For thou dost iudge with equitie and therin dost excell verse 40 Beholde my harts desire is bent thy lawes to kepe for aye Lorde strēgthen me so with thy grace that it performe I may The. vi parte VAV verse 41 Thy mercyes great and manifolde let me obteyne O Lorde The sauing health let me enioy accordyng to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop y e slaundrous mouths of leud men and vniust For in thy faithfull promises stand the my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth with in my mouth let euer still be prest For in thy iudgements wonderfull my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while that breath

within my brest doth naturall lyfe preserue yea till this world shalbe dissolued thy law will I obserue verse 45 So walke will I as set at large and made free from all drede Because I sought how for to kepe thy precepts and thy rede verse 46 Thy noble actes I will describe as thinges of most great fame Euen before kings I will them blase and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I will reioyse them to obey thy worthy hests and will Which euermore I haue loued best and so will loue them still verse 48 48 My handes will I lyft to thy lawes whiche I haue dearely sought And practise thy commaundementes in will in dede and thought The. vii parte ZAIN verse 49 Thy promise whiche thou madst to me thy seruaunt Lorde remember For therin haue I put my trust and confidence for euer verse 50 It is my comfort and my ioy when troubles me assayle For were my lyfe not by thy worde my lyfe would sone me fayle verse 51 The proude and suche as God contemn still made of me a skorne yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forlorne verse 52 But cald to mind lord thy great works shewde to our fathers olde Wherby I felt the ioy surmount my grief an hundred folde verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quoke seing how wicked men Thy law forsoke and did procure thy iudgment who knoweth when verse 54 And as for me I framed my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the straungers dweld and thoughtes gan me assalt verse 55 I thought vpon thy name O Lorde by nyght when others slepe As for thy law also I kept and euer will it kepe verse 56 This grace I did obteyne because thy couenants swete and deate I did embrace and also kepe with reuerence and with feare The. viii parte HETH verse 57 O God which art my part and lot My comfort and my stay I haue decreed and promised thy lawe to kepe alway verse 58 Mine earnest hart did humbly sue in presence of thy face As thou therfore hast promised Lorde graunt me of thy grace verse 59 My lyfe I haue examined and tryde my secrete hart Whiche to thy statutes caused me my fete strayght to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthfull are But hastely thy lawes to kepe I did my selfe beware verse 61 The cruell bandes of wicked men haue made of me theyr pray Yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy rightous iudgment shewd toward me so great is and so hie That euen at midnight will I ryse thy name to magnifye verse 63 Companion am I to all them whiche feare thee in theyr hart And neyther will for loue nor dread ▪ from thy commaundements start verse 64 Thy mercies Lorde most plentuously doo all the worlde fulfyll Oh teache me how I may obey thy statutes and thy will The ix parte TETH verse 65 According to thy promise Lorde so hast thou with me delt For of thy grace in sundry sorts haue I thy seruaunt felt verse 66 Teache me to iudge alwayes a ryght and geue me knowledge sure For certenly beleue I doo that thy precepts are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touche me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy word and make it all my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O Lord teache me verse 69 The proud and wicked mē haue forged against me many a lye yet thy commaundements still obserue with all my hart will I. verse 70 Their harts are swolne with worldly welth as gras so are they fat But in thy law doo I delyte and nothyng seke but that verse 71 Oh happy tyme may I well say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learne thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy worde and law is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer golde or ought that can be tolde The. x. parte IOD verse 73 Seing thy hands haue made me Lord to be thy creature Graunt knowledg like wise how to learne to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shall reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy worde to put my trust in thee verse 75 When with thy rods y e world is plagd I know the cause is iust So when thou didst correct me Lorde the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comforte to me send As thou to me thy seruaunt hetest so from all ill me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies power on me and I shall surely lyue For ioy and consolation bathe thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 78 Confound the proud whose false pretēce is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I will myself employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence doo thee feare to me let them retire And suche as doo thy couenants knowe and them alone desire verse 80 My hart without all waueryng let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent The xi parte GAPH verse 81 My soule doth faynt and ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue And for thy wordes sake still I trust my hartes desyre to haue verse 82 Mine eyes doo fayle with loking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilte thou me comfort Lorde why dost thou thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottell in the smoke so am I partcht and dryed yet will I not out of my hart let thy commaundement slide verse 84 Alas how long shall I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes whyche me torment thy vengeaunce thou wilt power verse 85 Presūptuons men haue digged pittes thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurte they doo procure verse 86 But thy commaundements are al true and causeles they me greue To thee therfore I doo complayne that thou mightest me relieue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroide and brought me quite to grounde yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor founde verse 88 Restore me Lorde agayne to lyfe for thy mercyes excell And so shall I thy couenants kepe till death my lyfe expell The. xii parte LAMID verse 89 In heauens lord where thou dost dwel thy word is stablished sure And shall for all eternitie fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abideth as doth the earth witnes Whose ground work thou hast layd so sure as no tounge can expres verse 91 Euen to thys day we may well see how all thynges perseuer Accordyng to thy ordinance for all thinges thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy lawe my soule had comfort sought Long time yere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore will I thy