doeth reigne although at it the people rage full sore Yea hee on Cherubim doeth sit though all the world would roare verse 2 The Lord that doeth in Sion dwell is high and wondrous great Aboue all folke hee doeth excell and hee aloft is set verse 3 Let all men praise thy mightie Name for it is fearefull sure And let them magnifie the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our King doeth loue iudgement and right Thou rightly rulest euery thing in Iaakob through thy might verse 5 To praise the Lord our God deuise all honour him accorde Before his foote-stoole fall likewise hee is the holy Lord. verse 6 Moyses Aaron and Samuel as Priestes on him did call When they did pray hee heard them well and gaue them answere all verse 7 Within the cloude to them hee spake then did they labour still To keepe such Lawes as hee did make and pointed them vntill verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them heare to thee when they did seeke Thy mercie did on them appeare though thou their sinnes didst wreake verse 9 Giue laude and praise to God our Lord within his holy hill For why our God throughout the world is holy euer still PSALME C. ALl people that on earth doe dwell Sing to the LORD with chearefull voyce Him serue with feare his praise foorth-tell Come yee before him and reioyce verse 3 The Lord yee know is God indeed Without our aide hee did vs make Wee are his flocke hee doeth vs feede And for his sheepe hee doeth vs take verse 4 Oh enter then his gates with praise Approach with ioy his courtes vnto Praise laude and blesse his Name alwayes For it is seemely so to doe verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good His mercie is for euer sure His trueth at all times firmely stood And shall from age to age indure SALME CI. OF mercy and of iudgement both O LORD my song shall bee And it so oft as I doe sing shall bee O LORD to thee verse 2 I will my wayes with wisedome guide till thou my state erect And walke vprightly in mine house as one of thine Elect. verse 3 No wicked thing will I attempt but from the same refraine I hate the sinnes of faithlesse folke no such I will maintaine verse 4 The froward heart may take his leaue such shall not with mee dwell And for the proude and wicked man I will with force expell verse 5 Who so his neighbour doeth backe-bite that man will I destroy And who so hath a proude high looke I will the same annoy verse 6 For such as leade a godly life and wickednesse forsake Will I defend and more then that my seruantes will them make verse 7 Who so is bent to vse deceite mine house is not for such The lyer may I not beholde his lyes I hate so much verse 8 Th'vngodly soone I will destroy which dwell the land about And from the Citie of the Lord all wicked men roote out PSALME CII LORD to mine humble sute giue eare And let my crye fore thee appeare verse 2 Hide not thy face this troublous time But when I call thine eares incline Make haste to heare mee LORD I pray verse 3 For like as smoke consum'th away So are my dayes heere on this earth And all my bones parcht as an hearth verse 4 Like the mowne grasse withered and dry Such is mine heart because that I Through griefe my bread forgat to eat verse 5 For through my voyce of groninges great My bones vnto my skinne doe sticke verse 6 Yea I the Pelicane am like Which doeth in wildernesse abide And like the Owle of desertes wide verse 7 As on the house toppe all alone The sparrow doeth her selfe bemone Euen so I watch throughout the night verse 8 For dayly loe my foes mee spight And they that thus doe rage and scorne With one consent my death haue sworne verse 9 I ashes ate as bread through woe And blent my cuppe with teares also verse 10 This Lord mee hapneth for thine ire And for thy wrath as hote as fire For thou in high estate mee plaste And downe to dust againe hast cast verse 11 My dayes are like the fading shade I like the withered grasse am made verse 12 But Lord thou still abidest sure Thy memorie for aye doeth dure verse 13 Thou wilt arise for Sion hill And grant thy mercie her vntill For loe the time the time I say Of mercie Lord is come this day verse 14 For in her stones thy seruantes lust And pitie take vpon her dust verse 15 So shall the Heathen feare thy Name And earthly kinges thy glorious fame verse 16 What time the Lord shall Sion reare And in his glorie shall appeare verse 17 And to the desolate him bende Despising not their sute t'attende verse 18 This shall bee written for the race That after shall succeede in place Yea people yet vncreated The Lordes renowne abroad shall spread verse 19 For from his holy Temple hie The Lord our God hath cast his eye From heauen the earth beholde did hee verse 20 The prisoners grones to heare and see And set the damned free from care verse 21 That they in Sion may declare This holy Name of God alwayes And in Ierusalem his praise verse 22 When to conueene the folke accord And kingdomes all to serue the Lord verse 23 My strength hee bated in the wayes And shorter cut my life and dayes verse 24 Wherefore I said my God moste hie In midst my life let mee not die Thy yeeres eternally indure From age to age abyding sure verse 25 Thou in times past the earth didst ground Thine handyworke the heauens are found verse 26 They perish shall thou standing still They shall waxe olde as garmentes will Thou changing them they shall so bide verse 27 But thou art one whose yeeres not slide verse 28 Thy seruantes sonnes for aye shall last And in thy sight their seede stand fast PSALME CIII MY soule giue laude vnto the LORD my spirite shall doe the same And all the secretes of mine heart praise yee his holy Name verse 2 Giue thankes to GOD for all his giftes shew not thy selfe vnkinde And suffer not his benefites to flippe out of thy minde verse 3 That gaue thee pardon for thy faultes and thee restorde againe For all thy weake and fraile disease and healde thee of thy paine verse 4 That did redeeme thy ife from death from which thou couldst not flee His mercy and compassion both hee did extende to thee verse 5 That filde with goodnesse thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the Eagle casteth her bill whereby her age renueth verse 6 The Lord with iustice doeth repay all such as bee opprest So that their sufferinges and their wronges are turned to the best verse 7 His wayes and his commandementes to Moyses hee did showe His counsels and his valiant actes the Israelites did knowe verse 8 The
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
preuaile not ouer mee And then I shall bee innocent and great offences flie verse 14 Accept my mouth and eke my heart my wordes and thoughtes eachone For my redeemer and my strength O Lord thou art alone PSALME XX. IN trouble and aduersitie the LORD GOD heare thee still The Majestie of Iaakobs GOD defend thee from all ill verse 2 And sende thee from his holy place his helpe at euery neede And so in Sion stablish thee and make thee strong indeede verse 3 Remembring well the sacrifice that now to him is done And so receiue right thankefully thy burnt offringes each one verse 4 According to thine heartes desire the Lord graunt vnto thee And all thy counsell and deuise full well performe may hee verse 5 Rejoycing wee when thou vs sauest our baners shall display Vnto the Lord which thy requestes fullfilled hath alway verse 6 The Lord will his anoynted saue I know well by his grace And sende him health by his right hand out of his holy place verse 7 In charets some put confidence and some in horses trust But wee remember God our Lord that keepeth promise just verse 8 They fall downe flat but wee doe rise and stand vp stedfastly Now saue and helpe vs Lord and King on thee when wee doe cry PSALME XXI O LORD how joyfull is the King in thy strength thy power How vehemently doeth hee rejoyce in thee his Sauiour verse 2 For thou hast giuen vnto him his godly heartes desire To him hast thou nothing denied of that hee did require verse 3 Thou didst preuent him with thy giftes and blessinges manyfolde And thou hast set vpon his head a crowne of perfect golde verse 4 And when hee asked life of thee thereof thou madest him sure To haue long life yea such a life as euer should endure verse 5 Great is his glory by thine helpe thy benefite and aide Great worship and great honour both thou hast vpon him laide verse 6 Thou wilt giue him felicitie that neuer shall decay And with thy chearefull countenance wilt comfort him alway verse 7 For why the King doeth strongly trust in God for to preuaile Therefore his goodnesse and his grace will not that hee shall quaile verse 8 But let thine enemies feele thy force and those that thee withstand Finde out thy foes and let them feele the power of thy right hand verse 9 As in an ouen burne them O Lord in fiery flame and fume Thine anger shall destroy them all and fire shall them consume verse 10 And thou wilt roote out of the earth their fruite that should encrease And from the number of thy folke their seede shall ende and cease verse 11 For why much mischiefe did they muse against thine holy Name Yet did they faile and had no power for to performe the same verse 12 But as a marke thou shalt them set in a moste open place And charge thy bow-stringes readily against thine enemies face verse 13 Bee thou exalted Lord therefore in thy strength euery houre So shall wee sing right solemnely praising thy might and power PSALME XXII Sing this as the 21. Psalme O God my God wherefore doest thou forsake mee vtterly And helpest not when I doe make my great complaint and cry verse 2 To thee my God euen all day long I doe both cry and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Euen thou that in thy Sanctuary and holy place doest dwell Thou art the comfort and the joy and glory of Israell verse 4 And hee in whom our fathers olde had all their hope for euer And when they put their trust in thee thou didst them aye deliuer verse 5 They were deliuered euer when they called on thy Name And for the faith they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am now become a worme more like then any man An out-cast whom the people scorne with all the spite they can verse 7 All mee despise as they beholde mee walking on the way They grinne they mow they nod their heads and in this wise they say verse 8 This man did glory in the Lord his fauour and his loue Let him redeeme and helpe him now his power for to proue verse 9 Euen from my mothers wombe O Lord to take mee thou wast prest Thou didst preserue mee still in hope while I did sucke her brest verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to haue abode Since I was in my mothers wombe thou hast beene aye my God verse 11 Then Lord depart not now from mee in this my present griefe Since I haue none to bee my helpe my succour and reliefe verse 12 So many bulles doe compasse mee that bee full strong of head Yea bulles so fat as though they had in Basan fielde beene fed verse 13 They gape vpon mee griedily as though they woulde mee slay Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 But I drop downe like water shed my joyntes in sunder breake My heart doeth in my body melt like waxe against the heate verse 15 And like a pot-shard drieth my strength my tongue it cleaueth fast Vnto my jawes and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogges doe compasse mee and wicked counsell eke Conspire against mee cursedly they picrce my handes and feete verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones haue tolde Yet still vpon mee they doe looke and still they mee beholde verse 18 My garmentes they diuided eke in partes among them all And for my coate they did cast lots to whom it might befall verse 19 Therefore I pray thee bee not farre from mee in my great neede But rather sith thou art my strength to helpe mee Lord make speede verse 20 And from the sword Lord saue my soule by thy might and thy power And keepe my soule thy darling deare from dogges that woulde deuoure verse 21 And from the lions mouth that woulde mee all in sunder shiuer And from the hornes of Vnicornes Lord safely mee deliuer verse 22 And I shall to my brethren all thy Majestie recorde And in thy Church shall praise the Name of thee the liuing LORD verse 23 All yee that feare the Lord him praise exalt him Iaakobs seede And thou O house of Israell looke thou him feare and dread verse 24 For hee despiseth not the poore hee turneth not away His countenance when they doe call but graunteth to their cry verse 25 Among the flocke that feare the Lord I will therefore proclaime They praise and keepe my promise made for setting foorth thy Name verse 26 The poore shall eate and bee sufficed and those that endeuour To know the Lord their heart shall liue and praise him euermore verse 27 All coastes of earth shall praise the Lord and turne to him for grace The heathen folke shall worshippe him before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdome of the heathen
folke the Lord shall haue therefore And hee shall bee their gouernour and King for euermore verse 29 The rich men of his goodly giftes shall seeke and taste also And in his presence worshippe him and bowe their knees full lowe verse 30 And all that shall goe downe to dust of life by him must taste My seede shall serue and praise his Name whilst any worlde shall last verse 31 My seede shall plainely shewe to them that shall bee borne hereafter His justice and his righteousnesse and all his workes of wonder PSALME XXIII THe LORD is onely my support and hee that doeth mee feede How can I then lacke any thing whereof I stande in neede verse 2 Hee doeth mee folde in cotes moste safe the tender grasse fast by And after driues mee to the streames which runne moste pleasantly verse 3 And when I feele my selfe neare lost then doeth hee mee home take Conducting mee in his right pathes euen for his owne Names sake verse 4 And though I were euen at deathes dore yet woulde I feare none ill For by thy rodde and sheepe-heardes crooke I am comforted still verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despite of my foe Thou hast my head with balme refresht my cuppe doeth ouer-flowe verse 6 And finally while breath doeth last thy grace shall mee defende And in the house of God will I my life for euer spende PSALME XXIV Sing this as the 15. Psalme TO GOD the earth doeth appeartaine with all thinges great and small The worlde also is his demaine with the indwellers all verse 2 For hee hath founded it full fast aboue the salt sea strande And stablisht it to abide and last and on the flooddes to stande verse 3 Now who is hee that shall vp-goe into Gods holy hill And in his holy place also who shall continue still verse 4 The man whose handes no wrong haue wrought whose heart is pure and neat Whose minde for vanitie not sought nor sworne hath with deceite verse 5 Hee that is such the Lord will sende his blessinges him vpon And righteousnesse vnto him lende shall God who saues alone verse 6 This is the stocke and offring eke of those that search for thee Of them O Lord that thy face seeke who true Israelites bee verse 7 Exalt your heads yee gates on hie yee doores that last for aye Bee lift so the King of glorie shall through you make his way verse 8 Who is this King so glorious the strong and mightie Lord Euen hee that is victorious in battell tride by sworde verse 9 Exalt your heads yee gates on hie yee doores that last for aye Bee lift so the King of glory shall through you make his way verse 10 Who is this glorious King I say the Lord of hostes moste hie Euen hee is King and shall bee aye of euerlasting glorie PSALME XXV I Lift mine heart to thee my GOD and guide moste just Now suffer mee to take no shame for in thee doe I trust verse 2 Let not my foes rejoyce nor make a scorne of mee And let them not be ouerthrowne that put their trust in thee verse 3 But shame shall them befall which harme them wrongfully Therefore thy pathes and thy right wayes vnto mee Lord descrie verse 4 Direct mee in thy trueth and teach mee I thee pray Thou art my God and Sauiour on thee I waite alway verse 5 Thy mercies manyfolde I praye thee Lord remember And eke thy pitie plentifull for they haue beene for euer verse 6 Remember not the faultes and frailue of my youth Remember not how ignorant I haue beene of thy trueth Nor after my desertes let mee thy mercie find But of thine owne benignitie Lord haue mee in thy mind verse 7 His mercie is full sweet his trueth a perfect guide Therefore the Lord will sinners teach and such as goe aside verse 8 The humble hee will teach his preceptes for to keepe Hee will direct in all his wayes the lowly and the meeke verse 9 For all the wayes of God are trueth and mercie both To them that keepe his Testament the witnesse of his Trueth verse 10 Now for thine holy Name O Lord I thee entreat To graunt mee pardon for my sinne for it is wondrous great verse 11 Who so doeth feare the Lord the Lord doeth him direct To lead his life in such a way as hee doeth best accept verse 12 His soule shall euermore in goodnesse dwell and stand His seede and his posteritie inherit shall the land verse 13 All those that feare the Lord know his secret intent And vnto them hee doeth declare his Will and Testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke mine heart to him I will aduance That pluckt my feet out of the snare of sinne and ignorance verse 15 With mercy mee behold to thee I make my mone For I am poore and desolate and comfortlesse alone verse 16 The troubles of mine heart are multiplied indeed Bring mee out of this miserie necessitie and need verse 17 Behold my pouertie mine anguish and my paine Remit my sinne and mine offence and make mee cleane againe verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they doe still increase Pursuing mee with deadly hate that faine would liue in peace verse 19 Preserue and keepe my soule and eke deliuer mee And let mee not bee ouer-throwne because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple purenesse mee from mine enemies shend Because I looke as one of thine that thou shouldst mee defend verse 21 Deliuer Lord thy folke and send them some reliefe I meane thy chosen Israel from all their paine and griefe PSALME XXVI LORD bee my judge for loe my way is vpright just and plaine In GOD my trust hath beene for ay who shall mee still sustaine verse 2 Proue mee O LORD trie thou my raines my heart examine eke verse 3 Sith in my fight thy grace remaines thy trueth I sue and seeke verse 4 I had no will no haunt or vse with men whose workes are vaine The companie I did refuse of the deceitfull traine verse 5 I much abhorde the wicked sort their deedes did I refuse To them would I not once resort which hurtfull thinges deuise verse 6 My handes I wash and doe proceede in workes that are vpright Then to thine Altar I make speede to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speake and preach the praise that doeth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous wayes thou hast beene good to mee verse 8 O Lord thy house I loue moste deare to mee it doeth excell I haue delight and would bee neare whereas thy grace doeth dwell verse 9 Oh gather not my soule with them to sinne that bend their will Nor yet my life among those men that thirst much blood to spill verse 10 Whose handes are heapt and stuffed full of fraud deceit and guile And their right hand for bribes doeth pull and plucke with wrench and wile verse 11 But I in righteousnesse intend my