moste certaine my wordes shall him please I will rejoyce in him to him will I crye verse 35 The sinners O LORD consume in thine ire And eke the peruerse them roote out with shame But as for my soule now let it still desire And saye with the faithfull Praise yee the LORDS NAME PSALME CV Sing this as the 104. Psalme O Praise yee the LORD and call on his NAME Among the folke shewe his noble workes wrought verse 2 Sing praises sing to him to set foorth his fame And talke of the wonders hee hath to passe brought verse 3 In his holy NAME rejoyce and bee light And let their heartes joy which seeke for the LORD verse 4 Seeke yee our GOD holy his strength and his might His face to beholde still for euer accorde verse 5 His marueilous workes keepe fixt in your minde His signes and his judgementes which hee by mouth spake verse 6 Yee seede of his seruant Abraham by kinde And you sonnes of Iaakob whom hee his doeth take verse 7 Hee is our LORD GOD whose judgements are knowne Throughout all the earth verse 8 and hee aye certaine His promise remembred once made to his owne For thousandes of ages to bide and remaine verse 9 Th' agreement I saye with Abraham made Which vnto Isaak by othe hee made sure verse 10 Confirming to Iaakob for a law and trade And bonde to Israel alwayes to indure verse 11 Saying on this wise to thee giue I shall As lot to enjoy the Cananites grounde verse 12 Albeit they were then in number but small Yea few and but strangers throughout the land founde verse 13 And from place to place did walke to and froe And from one kingdome to other folke moue verse 14 Yet suffered hee no man them wrong for to doe But thus for their sakes hee great kinges did reproue verse 15 Touch not mine ointed nor harme not at all My Prophets moste deare verse 16 and on the whole earth A famine extreame then to come hee did call Which vtterly stroyed their store whole with dearth verse 17 Yet sent hee before a man to prouide Euen Ioseph his owne in seruage was solde verse 18 Whose feete they in stockes helde yea hee a long tide With fetters of yron was kept in sure holde verse 19 Vntill the time came his cause should bee knowne And that the LORDS word his patience and tride verse 20 Then sent the king for him and loosde him full soone The head of the people his bandes laide aside verse 21 Who made him the lord his house ouer all And of his substance the ruler and staye verse 22 That hee might his princes vnto his will thrall And eke teach the elders of wisedome the waye verse 23 Then came Israel into Egypt land A stranger in Cham Iaakob then abode verse 24 Where GOD did increase them much like the sea sand And made them more mightie then those them with-stoode verse 25 Whose heartes hee did turne his people to hate And seeke by deceate his seruantes to abuse verse 26 But then hee sent Moyses their cause to debate And Aaron his seruantes whom hee did foorth chose verse 27 They vnto his foes his message declar'de His signes and his wonders of Ham in the land verse 28 Hee darkenesse sent downe then and darke it appearde And these not rebelled to doe his command verse 29 Their waters hee turn'de redde blood for to bee Hee slew all their fish verse 30 and frogges made to breede Euen in their kinges chambers verse 31 then also spake hee So lyce and fleas swarmed the land through indeede verse 32 Hee sent on them haile in stead of sweete raine And great flames of fire their countrie throughout verse 33 Their vines and their figge-trees hee strake to their paine And brake the trees all their costes rounde about verse 34 Hee spake but the worde and grasse-hoppers came With hudge caterpillers beyonde all mens thought verse 35 The grasse they deuoured that grew then in Ham And fruites of the ground all they brought vnto nought verse 36 Also the first-borne the land through hee smote Euen the beginning of their force and might verse 37 And with golde and siluer brought foorth his owne lot Amongst whose tribes was not one feeble in sight verse 38 Egypt rejoyced when they went away For why vpon them their feare then was fall verse 39 The LORD a cloud spred out to guide them by day And fire for to light them the night ouer all verse 40 They did but demande and quailes hee them sent And with bread from heauen hee did them suffice verse 41 The harde rocke hee opened and waters out went Euen through the drie places like floods that doe rise verse 42 For hee doeth remember his holy othe made Vnto Abraham his seruant moste deare verse 43 And brought forth his people that were with woe lade His owne chosen children with joy and gladde cheare verse 44 The Heathen folkes land to them hee did part The peoples whole labours they had to possesse verse 45 That they from his statutes and lawes should not start Wherefore our LORD GOD praise his laude no time cease PSALME CVI. Sing this as the 95. Psalme PRaise yee the LORD for hee is good his mercies dure for aye verse 2 Who can expresse his noble actes or all his praise display verse 3 They blessed are that judgement keepe and justly doe alway verse 4 With fauour of thy people LORD remember mee I pray And with thy sauing health O LORD vouchsafe to visite mee verse 5 That I the great felicitie of thine Elect may see And with the peoples joy I may a joyfull minde possesse And may with thine inheritance a glorying heart expresse verse 6 Both wee and eke our fathers all haue sinned euery one Wee haue committed wickednesse and lewdely wee haue done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O LORD hast done in Egypt land Our fathers though they saw them all yet did not vnderstand Nor yet thy mercies multitude did keepe in thankefull minde But at the sea yea the redde sea rebelled moste vnkinde verse 8 Neuerthelesse hee saued them for honour of his NAME That hee might make his power knowne and spred abroad with fame verse 9 The redde sea hee did then rebuke and foorth-with it was dryde And as in wildernesse so through the deepe hee did them guide verse 10 Hee sau'de them from the cruell hande of their despitefull foe And from the enemies hand hee did deliuer them also verse 11 The waters their oppressours whelm'de not one was left aliue verse 12 Then they beleeu'de his wordes and praise in songes they did him giue verse 13 But by and by vnthankefully his workes they cleane forgat And for his counsell and his will they did neglect to waite verse 14 But lusted in the wildernesse with fonde and greedie lust And in the desert tempted GOD the stay of all their trust verse 15 And then their wanton mindes desire hee
shall bee lord of sea and sand from shore to shore throughout And from the floods within the land through all the earth about verse 9 The people that in desert dwell shall kneele to him full thicke And all his enemies that rebell the earth and dust shall licke verse 10 The lordes of all the yles thereby great giftes to him shall bring The kinges of Sabe and Arabie giue many costly thing verse 11 All kinges shall seeke with one accord in his good grace to stand And all the people of the world shall serue him at his hand verse 12 For hee the needy sort doeth saue that vnto him doe call And eke the simple folke that haue no helpe of man at all verse 13 Hee shall take pitie on the poore that are with need opprest Hee shall preserue them euermore and bring their soules to rest verse 14 Hee shall redeeme their life from dread from fraud from wrong from might And eke their blood shall bee indeed most precious in his sight verse 15 But hee shall liue and they shall bring to him of Sabaes gold Hee shall bee honoured as a king and dayly bee extold verse 16 The mightie mountaines of his land of corne shall beare such throng That it like Cedar trees shall stand in Libanus full long Their cities eke full well shall speed the fruites thereof shall passe In plenty it shall farre exceed and spring as greene as grasse verse 17 For euer they shall praise his NAME while that the sunne is light And thinke them happy through the same all folke shall blesse his might verse 18 Praise yee the Lord of hoastes and sing to Israels GOD each one For hee doeth euery wondrous thing yea hee himselfe alone verse 19 And blessed bee his holy NAME all times eternally That all the earth may praise the same Amen Amen say I. PSALME LXXIII HOw euer it bee yet GOD is good and kinde to Israel And to all such as safely keepe their conscience pure and well verse 2 But I was almost off my feete and downe-with so did slide That ere I wist full suddenly my steppes were turnde aside verse 3 For when I saw such foolish men I grudgde and did disdaine That wicked men all thinges should haue without turmoile or paine verse 4 They neuer suffer panges nor griefe as if death should them smite Their bodies are both stout and strong and euer in good plight verse 5 And free from all aduersitie when other men bee shent And with the rest they take no part of plague or punishment verse 6 Therefore presumption doeth embrace their neckes as doeth a chaine And are euen wrapt as in a robe with rapine and disdaine verse 7 They are so fedde that euen for fat their eyes oft times out start And as for worldly goods they haue more then can wish their heart verse 8 Their life is most licentious boasting much of the wrong Which they haue done to simple men and euer pride among verse 9 The heauens and the liuing LORD they spare not to blaspheme And prate they doe on worldly thinges no wight they doe esteeme verse 10 The people of God oft times turne backe to see their prosperous state And almost drinke the selfe same cuppe and follow the same rate verse 11 How can it bee that God say they should know and vnderstand These worldly thinges sith wicked men bee lordes of sea and land verse 12 For wee may see how wicked men in riches still encrease Rewarded well with worldly goods and liue in rest and peace verse 13 Then why doe I from wickednesse my fantasie refraine And wash mine handes with innocentes and cleanse mine heart in vaine verse 14 And suffer scourges euery day as subject to all blame And euery morning from my youth sustaine rebuke and shame verse 15 And I had almost said as they mislyking mine estate But that I should thy children judge as folke vnfortunate verse 16 Then I bethought mee how I might this matter vnderstand But yet the labour was too great for mee to take in hand verse 17 Vntill the time I went into thine holy place and then I vnderstood right perfectly the end of all these men verse 18 And namely how thou settest them vpon a slipperie place And at thy pleasure and thy will thou doest them all deface verse 19 Then all men muse at that strange sight to see how suddenly They are destroyde dispatcht comsumde and dead so horribly verse 20 Much like a dreame when one awakes so shall their wealth decay Their famous names in all mens fight shall ebbe and passe away verse 21 Yet thus mine heart was grieued then my minde was much opprest verse 22 So fonde was I and ignorant and in this point a beast verse 23 Yet neuerthelesse by my right hand thou holdst mee alwayes fast verse 24 And with thy counsell doest mee guide to glory at the last verse 25 What thing is there that I can wish but thee in heauen aboue And in the earth there is no thing like thee that I can loue verse 26 My flesh and eke mine heart doeth faile but God doeth faile mee neuer For of my health God is the strength my portion eke for euer verse 27 And loe all such as thee forsake thou shalt destroy each one And those that trust in any thing sauing in thee alone verse 28 Therefore will I draw neare to God and euer with him dwell In God alone I put my trust thy wonders will I tell PSALME LXXIV Sing this as the 72. Psalme WHy art thou Lord so long from vs in all this danger deepe Why doth thine anger kindle thus at thine owne pasture sheepe verse 2 Lord call the people to thy thought which haue beene thine so long The which thou hast redeemde and bought from bondage sore and strong Haue minde therefore and thinke vpon remember it full well Thy pleasant place thy mount Sion where thou wast wont to dwell verse 3 Lift vp thy foote and come in haste and all thy foes deface Which now at pleasure robbe and waste within thine holy place verse 4 And in thy Congregations all thine enemies roare O God They set as signes on euery wall their banners splayde abroad verse 5 As men with axes hew the trees that on the hilles doe grow So shine the billes and swordes of these within thy Temple now verse 6 The sieling sawde the carued bordes the goodly grauen stones With axes hammers billes and swordes they beat them downe at once verse 7 Thine holy place with fierie flame to ground they haue downe cast The house appointed to thy NAME defiled is and waste verse 8 And thus they said within their heart dispatch them out of hand Then burnt they vp in euery part God houses through the land verse 9 Yet thou no signe of helpe doest send our Prophets are all gone To tell how this our plague shall end among vs there is none verse 10 When wilt thou
paines and griefe Hee is my God which doeth alwayes at need send mee reliefe PSALME XLIV OVr eares haue heard our Fathers tell and reuerently record The wondrous workes that thou hast done in alder time O Lord verse 2 How thou didst cast the Gentiles out and stroyedst them with strong hand Planting our Fathers in their place and gauest to them their land verse 3 They conquered not by sword or strength the land of thy behest But by thy hand thy arme and grace because thou louedst them best verse 4 Thou art my King O God that helpt Iaakob in sundrie wise verse 5 Led with thy power we threw downe such as did against vs rise verse 6 I trusted not in bow nor sword they could not saue mee sound verse 7 Thou kept vs from our enemies rage thou didst our foes confound verse 8 And still wee boast of thee our God and praise thine holy Name verse 9 Yet now thou goest not with our hoast but leauest vs to shame verse 10 Thou madest vs flee before our foes and so was ouer-trode Our enemies spoild and robd our goods when wee were sparst abrode verse 11 Thou hast vs giuen to our foes as sheep for to bee slaine Amongst the Heathen euery where scattred wee doe remaine verse 12 Thy people thou hast sold like slaues and as a thing of nought For profite none thou hadst thereby no gaine at all was sought verse 13 And to our neighbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stocke And those that round about vs dwell at vs doe grinne and mocke verse 14 Thus wee serue for none other vse but for a common talke They mocke they scorne and nod their heads where euer wee goe or walke verse 15 I am ashamde continually to heare those wicked men Yea I so blush that all my face with red is couered then verse 16 For why we heare such slandrous wordes such false reportes and lies That death it is to see their wronges their threatninges and their cries verse 17 For all this wee forget not thee nor yet thy couenant breake verse 18 Wee turne not backe our hearts from thee nor yet thy pathes forsake verse 19 Yet thou hast trode vs downe to dust where dennes of dragons bee And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersitie verse 20 If wee had our Gods Name forgot and helpe of idols sought verse 21 Would not God then haue tride this out for hee doeth know our thought verse 22 Nay nay for thy Names sake O Lord alwayes are wee slaine thus As sheepe vnto the shambles sent right so they deale with vs. verse 23 Vp Lord why sleepest thou awake and leaue vs not for all verse 24 Why hidest thou thy countenance and doest forget our thrall verse 25 For downe to dust our soule is brought and wee now at last cast Our bellie like as it were glude vnto the ground cleaues fast verse 26 Rise vp therefore for our defence and helpe vs Lord at need Wee thee beseech for thy goodnesse to rescue vs with speed PSALME XLV Sing this as the 25. Psalme MY heart doeth take in hand some godly song to sing The praise that I shall shew therein pertaineth to the King My tongue shall bee as quicke his honour to endite As is the penne of any scribe that vseth fast to write verse 2 O fairest of all men thy speech is pleasant pure For God hath blessed thee with giftes for euer to endure verse 3 About thee gird thy sword thou mightie Prince of fame Which is the glorie and renoune and honour of thy Name verse 4 Goe foorth with prosperous speed in meekenesse trueth and right And thy right hand shall thee instruct in workes of dreadfull might verse 5 Thy shaftes are sharpe O King to pearce thy foes heartes all Therefore shall Nations thee obey and at thy feet down fall verse 6 Thy royall seat O Lord for euer shall remaine Because the Scepter of thy Realme doeth righteousnesse maintaine verse 7 Thou righteousnesse doest loue and wickednesse detest Because God hath anoynted thee with joy aboue the rest verse 8 Of Myrrhe and Cassia thy clothes moste sweet smell had VVhen thou didst from thy Palace passe where they had made thee glad verse 9 Amongst thy Ladies are Kinges daughters right demure At thy right hand the Queene doeth stand arrayed in gold moste pure verse 10 O daughter take good heed incline and giue good eare Thou must forget thy kinred all and fathers house moste deare verse 11 So shall the King desire thy beautie excellent Hee is thy Lord therefore shalt thou to honour him bee bent verse 12 The daughters then of Tyre with giftes full rich to see And all the vvealthie of the land shall make their sute to thee verse 13 The daughter of the King is glorious to behold VVithin her chamber shee doeth sit deckt vp in broydred gold verse 14 In robes by needle wrought with many pleasant thing And Virgins faire on her to wait shee commeth to the King verse 15 They shall bee brought with joy and mirth on euerie side Into the Palace of the King and there they shall abide verse 16 Instead of parentes left O Queene the case so standes Thou shalt haue sonnes whom thou mayst set as Princes in all landes verse 17 VVherefore thine holy Name all ages shall record The people shall giue thankes to thee for euermore O LORD PSALME XLVI THe Lord is our defence and aide the strength whereby wee stand VVhen wee with woe were much dismaid we found his helpe at hand verse 2 Though th' earth remoue wee will not feare though hilles so high and steepe Bee thrust and hurled here and there within the sea so deepe verse 3 No though the waues doe rage so sore that all the bankes it spilles and though it ouer-flow the shore and beat downe mightie hilles verse 4 Yet one faire flood doeth send abrode his pleasant streames apace To fresh the citie of our God and wash his holy place verse 5 In midst of her the Lord doeth dwell shee can no whit decay VVith speedie helpe those that rebell against her God will stay verse 6 The Heathen flocke the Kingdomes feare the people make a noyce The earth doeth melt and not appeare when God puts foorth his voyce verse 7 The Lord of hoasts doeth take our part to vs hee hath an eye Our hope of health with all our heart on Iaakobs God doeth lye verse 8 Come heare and see with mind thought the working of our God VVhat wonders hee himselfe hath wrought throughout the earth abrode verse 9 By him all warres are husht and gone which countries did conspire Their bowes hee brake and speares echone their charets burnt with fire verse 10 Leaue off therefore saith hee and know I am a God moste stout I will bee praisde of high and low euen all the earth throughout verse 11 The Lord of hoastes doeth vs defend hee is our strength and tower On
Iaakobs God doe wee depend and on his mightie power PSALME XLVII LEt all folke with joy Clap handes and rejoyce And sing vnto God With moste chearefull voyce verse 2 For high is the Lord And feared to bee The earth ouer all A great King is hee verse 3 In daunting the folke Hee hath so well wrought That vnder our feete Whole Nations are brought verse 4 An heritage faire Hee chose vs to moue Which Iaakob enjoyed Whom hee so did loue verse 5 Our God is gone vp With triumph and fame With sound of the trumpe To witnesse the same verse 6 Sing praises to God Sing praises I say To this our great King Sing praises alway verse 7 For of all the earth Our God is the King Such as vnderstand Now praise to him sing verse 8 The Heathen to rule God also doeth reigne Who doeth still vpon His high Throne remaine verse 9 Strange princes doe come Vnto the Lordes fold Who are as his shieldes His Church vp to hold For shieldes of the world Belong to the Lord His Name to exalt Let all men accord PSALME XLVIII Sing this as the 46. Psalme GReat is the Lord and with great praise to bee aduanced still Within the citie of our God vpon his holy hill verse 2 Mount Sion is a pleasant place it gladdeth all the land The citie of the mightie King on her North-side doeth stand verse 3 Within her Palaces the Lord is knowne a refuge sure verse 4 For loe the Kinges together came her ruine to procure verse 5 But when they did behold the same they wondred and they were Astonied much and suddenly were driuen backe with feare verse 6 Great terrour there on them did fall for very woe they cry As doeth a woman when shee shall goe trauell by and by verse 7 As with the stormie Easterne windes thou breakest the ships that saile Of Tarshish so they scattered were destroyde and made to quaile verse 8 VVithin the citie of the Lord wee saw as it was told Yea in the citie of our God which hee will ay vphold verse 9 O Lord wee wait and looke to haue thy louing helpe and grace For which all times wee doe attend within thine holy place verse 10 O Lord according to thy Name for euer is thy praise And thy right hand O Lord is full of righteousnesse alwayes verse 11 Let for thy judgementes Sion Mount with ioyes fulfilled bee And let Iehudas daughters all bee glad O Lord in thee verse 12 Goe walke about all Sion hill yea round about her goe And tell the bul-warkes that thereon are builded on a rowe verse 13 View and marke well the wall thereof behold her towers hie That you of it may make report to your posteritie verse 14 For euen this God our God is hee for euer and for ay Hee shall direct and vs conduct euen to our dying day PSALME XLIX ALl people hearken and giue eare to that that I shall tell verse 2 Both high and low both rich and poore that in the world doe dwell verse 3 For why my mouth shal make discourse of many thinges right wise In vnderstanding shall my heart his studie exercise verse 4 I will incline mine eare to know the parables so darke And open all my doubtfull speech in meeter on my harpe verse 5 Why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toile Or els my foes which at my heeles are prest my life to spoile verse 6 For as for such as riches haue wherein their trust is moste And they which of their treasures great themselues doe bragge and boast verse 7 There is not one of them that can his brothers death redeeme Or that can giue a price to God sufficient for him verse 8 It is too great a price to pay none can theretoe attaine verse 9 Or that hee might his life prolong or not in graue remaine verse 10 They see wise men aswell as fooles subject vnto deathes bandes And beeing dead strangers possesse their goodes their rentes their landes verse 11 Their care is to builde houses faire and so determine sure To make their name right great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 Yet shall no man alwayes enjoy high honour wealth and rest But shall at length taste of deathes cuppe aswell as the bruite beast verse 13 And though they try these foolish thoghts to bee moste lewd and vaine Their children yet approue their talke and in like sinne remaine verse 14 As sheepe vnto the folde are brought so shall they into graue Death shall them eat and in that day the just shall lordshippe haue Their image and their royall port shall fade and quite decay When as from house to pit they passe with woe and wel-away verse 15 But God will surely mee preserue from death and end lesse paine Because hee will of his good grace my soule receiue againe verse 16 If any man waxe wondrous rich feare not I say therefore Although the glory of his house increaseth more and more verse 17 For when hee dyeth of all these thinges nothing shall hee receiue His glory will not follow him his pompe will take her leaue verse 18 Yet in this life hee taketh himselfe the happiest vnder Sunne And others likewise flatter him saying all is well done verse 19 And presuppose hee liue as long as did his fathers olde Yet must hee needes as length giue place and bee brought to deathes folde verse 20 Thus man to honour God hath calde yet doeth hee not consider But like bruite beastes so doeth hee liue which turne to dust and powder PSALME L. THe mightie God Th' Eternall hath thus spoke And all the worlde Hee will call and prouoke Euen from the East And so foorth to the West verse 2 From toward Sion Which place him liketh best God will appeare in beautie moste excellent Our GOD will come before that long time bee spent verse 3 Deuouring fire shall goe before his face A great tempest shall round about him trace verse 4 Then shall hee call the earth and heauen so bright To judge his folke with equitie and right verse 5 Saying goe to and now my Saintes assemble My Pact they keepe their giftes doe not dissemble verse 6 The heauens shall declare his righteousnesse For God is judge of all thinges more and lesse verse 7 My people heare for I will now reueale Lift Israell I will thee nought conceale Thy GOD thy GOD am I and will not blame thee verse 8 For giuing not all maner offringes to mee verse 9 I haue not need to take of thee at all Goates of thy fold or calfe out of thy stall verse 10 For all the beastes are mine within the woods On thousand hilles the beastes are mine owne goods verse 11 I know for mine all birdes that are on mountaines All beastes are mine which haunt the fieldes and fountaines verse 12 If I were hungrie I would thee not it tell For all is mine that in the world doe dwell verse
pots your hew should passe the doue Whose winges and feathers seeme to haue siluer and gold aboue verse 14 When in this land God shall triumph ouer Kinges both high and low Then shall it bee like Salmon hill as white as any snow verse 15 Though Bashan bee a fruitefull hill and in height others passe Yet Sion Gods most holy hill doeth farre excell in grace verse 16 Why bragge yee thus yee hilles most high and leape for pride together This hill of Sion God doeth loue and there will dwell for euer verse 17 Gods armie is two millions of warriours good and strong The LORD also in Sinai is present them among verse 18 Thou didst O Lord ascend on high and captiue led them all Who in times past thy chosen flocke in prison kept and thrall Thou mad'st them tribute for to pay and such as did repine Thou didst subdue that they might dwell within thine house diuine verse 19 Now praised bee the Lord for that hee powres on vs such grace From day to day hee is the God of our health and solace verse 20 Hee is the God from whom alone saluation commeth plaine Hee is the God by whom wee scape all dangers death and paine verse 21 This God will wound his enemies head and breake the hairie scalpe Of those that in their wickednesse continually doe walke verse 22 From Bashan will I bring said hee my people and my sheepe And all mine owne as I haue done from danger of the deepe verse 23 And make them dip their feet in blood of those that hate my NAME And dogs shall haue their tongues embrude with licking of the same verse 24 All men may see how thou O God thine enemies doest deface And how thou goest as God and King into thine holy place verse 25 The singers goe before with joy the minstrels follow after And in the mids the damefels play with timbrell and with taber verse 26 Now in thy Congregations O Israel praise the Lord And Iaakobs whole posteritie giue thankes with one accord verse 27 Their chiefe was litle Benjamin but Iudah made their hoast With Zabulon and Nephthalim which dwelt about their coast verse 28 As God hath giuen power to thee so Lord make firme and sure The Thinges that thou hast wrought in vs for euer to endure verse 29 And in thy Temple giftes will wee giue vnto thee O Lord For thine vnto Ierusalem sure promise made by word Yea and strange Kinges to vs subdude shall doe like in those dayes I meane to thee they shall present their giftes of laud and praise verse 30 Hee shall destroy the speare-mens rankes these Calues and Bulles of might And cause them tribute pay and daunt all such as loue to fight verse 31 Then shall the lordes of Egypt come and presentes with them bring The Mores most black shall stretch their hands vnto their Lord and King verse 32 Therefore yee kingdomes of the earth giue praise vnto the Lord Sing Psalmes to God with one consent thereto let all accord verse 33 Who though hee ride and euer hath aboue the Heauens bright Yet by the fearefull thunder claps men may well know his might verse 34 Therefore the strength of Israel ascribe to God on hie Whose might and power doth farre extend aboue the cloudie Skie verse 35 O God thine holynesse and power is dread for euermore The God of Israel giu'th vs strength praised bee GOD therefore PSALME LXIX SAue mee O GOD and that with speed the waters flow full fast So nie my soule doe they proceed that I am sore agast verse 2 I sticke full deepe in filth clay whereas I feele no ground I fall into such floods I say that I am like bee drownde verse 3 With crying oft I faint and quaile my throte is hoarse and drie With looking vp my sight doeth faile for helpe to God on hie verse 4 My foes which seeke for to oppresse my soule with hate are led In number sure they are no lesse then haires are on mine head Though for no cause they vexe me sore they prosper and are glad They doe compell mee to restore the thinges I neuer had verse 5 What I haue done for want of wit thou Lord all times canst tell And all the sinne that I commit to thee is knowne full well verse 6 O God of hoastes defend and stay all those that trust in thee Let no man doubt nor shrinke away for ought that chanceth mee verse 7 It is for thâ—â— and for thy sake that I do beare this blame In spite of thee they would mee make to hide my face for shame verse 8 My mothers sonnes my brethren all forsake mee on a row And as a stranger they mee call my face they will not know verse 9 Vnto thine house such zeale I beare that it doeth pine mee much Their checkes and tauntes at thee to heare my very heart doeth grutch verse 10 Though I doe fast my flesh to chaste yea if I weepe and mone Yet in my teeth this geare is cast they passe not thereupon verse 11 If I for griefe and paine of heart in sacke-cloth vse to walke Then they anone will it peruert thereof they jest and talke verse 12 I was a talke to all the throng that sate within the gate The drunkardes likewise in their song of mee did talke and prate verse 13 But thee the while O Lord I pray that when it pleaseth thee For thy great trueth thou wilt alway send downe thine aide to mee verse 14 Plucke thou my feete out of the mire from sincking doe mee keepe From such as mee pursue with ire and from the waters deepe verse 15 Lest with the waues I should bee dround and depth my soule deuoure And that the pit should mee confound and shut mee in her power verse 16 O Lord of hoastes to mee giue eare as thou art good and kind And as thy mercie is most deare Lord haue mee in thy mind verse 17 And doe not from thy seruant hide nor turne thy face away I am opprest on euery side in haste giue eare I say verse 18 O Lord vnto my soule draw nie the same with aide repose Because of their great tyrannie acquite mee from my foes verse 19 That I abide rebuke and shame thou knowest and thou canst tell For those that seeke and worke the same thou seest them all full well verse 20 WheÌ„ they with brags do break mine heart I seeke for helpe anone But find no friendes to ease my smart to comfort mee not one verse 21 But in my meat they gaue mee gall too cruell for to thinke And gaue mee in my thirst withall strong vineger to drinke verse 22 Lord turne their table to a snare to take themselues therein And when they thinke full well to fare then trap them in the gin verse 23 And let their eyes bee darke and blind that they may nothing see Bow downe their backes and doe them bind in thraldome for to
ire and in his furie strong Displeasure wrath and euill spirites to trouble them among verse 50 Then to his wrath hee made a way and spared not the least But gaue vnto the Pestilence the man and eke the beast verse 51 Hee strake also the first-borne all that vp in Egypt came And all the chiefe of men and beastes within the tentes of Ham. verse 52 But as for all his owne deare folke hee did preserue and keepe And caried them through wildernesse euen like a flocke of sheepe verse 53 Without all feare both safe and found hee brought them out of thrall Whereas their foes with rage of seas were ouer-whelmed all verse 54 And brought them all into the coastes of his owne holy land Euen to the mount which hee had got by his strong arme and hand verse 55 And there cast out the heathen folke and did their land diuide And in their tentes hee set the Tribes of Israel to abide verse 56 Yet for all this their GOD most high they stirde and tempted still And would not keepe his Testament nor yet obey his will verse 57 But as their fathers turned backe euen so they went astray Much like a bow that would not bend but slipt and start away verse 58 And grieued him with their Hill-altars with offringes and with fire And with their idoles vehemently prouoked him to ire verse 59 Therewith his wrath began againe to kindle in his brest The naughtinesse of Israel hee did so much detest verse 60 Then hee forsooke the tabernacle of Silo where hee was Right conuersant with earthly men euen as his dwelling place verse 61 Then suffered hee his might and power in bondage for to stand And gaue the honour of his Arke into his enemies hand verse 62 And did commit them to the sworde wroth with his heritage verse 63 The young men were deuourde with fire maides had no mariage verse 64 And with the sworde the priestes also did perish euereachone And not a widow left aliue their death for to bemone verse 65 And then the LORD began to wake like one that slept a time Or like a valiant man of warre refreshed after wine verse 66 With emraudes in the hinder partes hee strake his enemies all And put them then vnto a shame that was perpetuall verse 67 Then hee the tent and tabernacle of Ioseph did refuse As for the tribe of Ephraim hee would in no wise choose verse 68 But chose the tribe of Iehudah whereas hee thought to dwell Yea euen the noble mount Sion which hee did loue so well verse 69 Whereas hee did his Temple builde both sumptuously and sure Like as the earth which hee hath made for euer to endure verse 70 Then chose hee Dauid him to serue his people for to keepe Whom hee tooke vp and brought away euen from the foldes of sheepe verse 71 As hee did follow the ewes with young the LORD did him aduance To feede his people of Israel and his inheritance verse 72 Then Dauid with a faithfull heart his flocke and charge did feede And prudently with all his power did gouerne them indeed PSALME LXXIX O LORD the Gentiles doe inuade thine heritage to spoile Ierusalem an heape is made thy Temple they defoile verse 2 The bodies of thy Saintes moste deare abroad to birdes they cast The flesh of such as doe thee feare the beastes deuoure and waste verse 3 Their blood throughout Ierusalem like water spilt they haue So that there is not one of them to lay their dead in graue verse 4 Thus are wee made a laughing stocke almost the world throughout The enemies at vs jest and mocke which dwell our coastes about verse 5 Wilt thou O LORD thus in thine ire against vs euer fume And shew thy wrath as hote as fire thy folke for to consume verse 6 Vpon these people powre the same which did thee neuer know All Realmes which call not on thy NAME consume and ouer-throw verse 7 For they haue got the vpper-hand and Iaakobs seede destroide His habitation and his land they haue left waste and voyde verse 8 Beare not in minde our former faultes with speede some pitie show And aide vs LORD in all assaultes for wee are weake and low verse 9 O GOD that giuest all health and grace on vs declare the same Weigh not our workes our sinnes deface for honour of thy NAME verse 10 Why shall the wicked still alway to vs as people dumbe In thy reproach rejoyce and say where is their GOD become Require O LORD as thou seest good before our eyes in sight Of all these folke thy seruantes blood which they spilt in despight verse 11 Receiue into thy sight in haste the clamours griefe and wrong Of such as are in prison cast sustaining yrons strong Thy force and strength to celebrate LORD set them out of band Which vnto death are destinate and in their enemies hand verse 12 The Nations which haue beene so bolde as to blaspheme thy NAME Into their lappes with seuen folde repay againe the same verse 13 So wee thy folke thy pasture sheepe will praise thee euermore And teach all ages for to keepe for thee like praise in store PSALME LXXX O Pastor of Israel like sheepe that doest lead The linage of Ioseph aduert and take heede That sittest betweene the Cherubims bright Appeare now and shew to vs thy great might verse 2 Before thy folke Ephraim Benjamin of olde And tribe of Manasses the flocke of thy folde Awake once vp-reare thy puissance moste strong And come saue vs LORD thou tariest too long verse 3 O great GOD Eternall our strength and our stay Returne and restore vs without more delay And let shine on vs thy countenance cleare So shall wee bee safe and shrinke for no feare verse 4 O LORD GOD of Armies thy folke to consume How long at their prayers shall thine anger fume verse 5 Thou fedst them with bread of weeping and woe Teares largely to drinke thou gau'st them also verse 6 Thou set'st vs the hatred and strife to sustaine Of all our next neighbours our harmes that haue seene And our foes right glad of our shame and wrong With taunting vs mocke themselues all among verse 7 O LORD GOD of Armies our strength and our stay Returne and restore vs without more delay And let shine on vs thy countenance cleare So shall wee bee safe and shrinke for no feare verse 8 A Vine out of Egypt thou brought'st with great cure Thou cast out the Gentiles and plantedst it sure verse 9 Thou cleansedst the ground and rootedst it so That all the whole land it fil'de to and fro verse 10 With the shadow thereof the mountaines were clad And like the tall Cedars her branches did spread verse 11 Her boughes to the sea farre foorth did shee streach And graffes to the flood Euphrates out-reach verse 12 Why hast thou broke downe then her hedges so faire Till all that passe by her haue pluckt her full bare
suffred them to haue But wasting leanenesse there withall into their soule hee gaue verse 16 Then when they lodged in their tentes at Moyses they did grutch Aaron the holy of the LORD so did they enuie much verse 17 Therefore the earth did open wide nd Dathan did deuoure nd all Abirams companie did couer in that houre verse 18 In their assemblies kindled was the hote consuming fire And wasting flame did then burne vp the wicked in his ire verse 19 Vpon the hill of Horeb they an idole calfe did frame And there the molten image did they worshippe of the same verse 20 Into the likenesse of a calfe that feedeth on the grasse Thus they their glorie turnde and all their honour did deface verse 21 And GOD their onely Sauiour vnkindly they forgot Which many great and mightie thinges In Egypt land had wrought verse 22 And in the land of Ham for them moste wondrous workes had done And by the redde sea dreadfull thinges performed long agone verse 23 Therefore for their so shewing them forgetfull and vnkinde To bring destruction on them all hee purposde in his minde Had not his chosen Moyses stood before him in the breake To turne his wrath lest hee on them with slaughter should him wreake verse 24 They did despise the pleasant land that hee behight to giue Yea and the wordes that hee had spoke they did no whit beleeue verse 25 But in their tentes with grudging heart they wickedly repinde Nor to the voyce of GOD the LORD they gaue an hearkning mind verse 26 Therefore against them lifted hee his strong reuenging hand Them to destroy in wildernesse ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy their seed among the Nations with his rodde And through the countries of the world to scatter them abroad verse 28 To Baal-Peor then they did adjoyne themselues also And ate the offeringes of the dead so they forsooke him tho verse 29 Thus with their owne inuentions his wrath they did prouoke And in his so in-kindled wrath the plague vpon them broke verse 30 But phineas stood vp with zeale the sinners vile to slay And judgement hee did execute and then the plague did stay verse 31 It was imputed vnto him for righteousnesse that day And from thencefoorth so counted is from race to race for ay verse 32 At waters eke of Meribah they did him angrie make Yea so farre foorth that Moses was then punisht for their sake verse 33 Because they vext his Spirite so sore that in impatient heat His lippes spake vnaduisedly his feruour was so great verse 34 Nor as the LORD commanded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the Heathen mixt and learnde their workes also verse 36 And did their idols serue which were their ruine and decay verse 37 To fiendes their sonnes and doughters they did offer vp and slay verse 38 Thus with vnkindly murthring knife the guiltlesse blood they spilt Yea their owne sonnes and daughters blood without all cause of guilt Whom they to Canaan idoles then offred with wicked hand And so with blood of innocentes defiled was the land verse 39 Thus were they stained with the workes of their owne filthie way And with their owne inuentions awhoring did they stray verse 40 Therefore against his people was the LORDS wrath kindled sore And euen his owne inheritance hee did abhorre therefore verse 41 Into the handes of Heathen men hee gaue them for a prey And made their foes their lords whom they were forced to obey verse 42 Yea and their hatefull enemies opprest them in their land And they were humbly made to stoup as subjectes to their hand verse 43 Full oftentimes from thrall had hee deliuered them before But with their counsels they to wrath prouok't him euermore Therefore they by their wickednesse were brought full low to lye verse 44 Yet when hee saw them in distresse hee hearkned to their crye verse 45 Hee calde to minde his Couenant which hee to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therefore verse 46 And fauour hee them made to finde before the sight of those That led them captiue from their land and earst had beene their fo rs verse 47 Saue vs O'LORD that art our GOD saue vs O LORD wee pray And from among the Heathen folke LORD gather vs away That wee may spread the noble praise of thy moste holy NAME That wee may glorie in thy praise and sounde abroad thy fame verse 48 The LORD the GOD of Israel bee blest for euermore Let all the people say Amen praise yee the LORD therefore PSALME CVII GIue thankes vnto the LORD our GOD for gratious is hee And that his mercie hath none ende all mortall men may see verse 2 Such as the LORD redeemed hath with thankes should praise his NAME And shewe how they from foes were freede and how hee wrought the same verse 3 Hee gathered them foorth of the land that lay so farre about From East to West from North to South his hand did find them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernesse and strayed from the way And found no citie where to dwell that serue might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and hunger was so great in those desertes so voyde That faintnesse did them sore assault and eke their soules annoyde verse 6 Then did they cry in their distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 7 And by that way which was most right hee led them like a guide That they might to a citie goe and there also abide verse 8 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his goodnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 9 For hee the emptie soule sustainde whom thirst had made to faint The hungrie soule with goodnesse fedde and did them eke acquaint verse 10 Such as doe dwell in darknesse deepe where they of death doe waite Fast bound to taste such troublous stormes as yron chaines doe threat verse 11 For that against the LORDS own words they sought so to rebell Esteeming light his counsels high which doe so farre excell verse 12 But when hee humbled them full low then they fell downe with griefe And none was found so much to helpe whereby to get reliefe verse 13 Then did they cry in ther distresse vnto the LORD for ayde Who did remoue their troublous state according as they prayde verse 14 For hee from darknesse out them brought and from deathes dreadfull shade Bursting with force the yron bandes which did before them lade verse 15 Let men therefore before the LORD confesse his kindnesse then And shew the wonders that hee doeth before the sonnes of men verse 16 For hee threw downe the gates of brasse and brake them with strong hand The yron barres hee smote in two nothing could him with-stand verse 17 The foolish folke great plagues doe feele and cannot from them
so let his posteritie for euer bee destroyde Their name out-blotted in the age that after shall succeede verse 14 Let not his fathers wickednesse from GODS remembrance fall And let thou not his mothers sinne bee done away at all verse 15 but in the presence of the LORD let them remaine for ay That from the earth their memorie hee my cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercie hee forgat to shew but did pursue with spight The troubled man and sought to slay the woefull hearted wight verse 17 As hee did cursing loue it shall betide vnto him so And as hee did not blessing loue it shall bee farre him froe verse 18 As hee with cursing clad himselfe so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befall verse 19 As garmentes let it bee to him to couer him for ay And as a girdle wherewith hee shall girded bee alway verse 20 Loe let the same before the LORD bee guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that euill speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O LORD that art my GOD deale thou I say with mee After thy NAME deliuer mee for good thy mercies bee verse 22 Because in depth of great distresse I needie am and poore And eke within my pained brest my heart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so I doe depart away as doeth declining shade And as the grasse-hopper so I am shaken off and fade verse 24 With fasting long from needefull foode enfeebled are my knees And all her fatnesse hath my flesh enforced beene to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproach to them was made to bee And they that did vpon mee looke did shake their heads at mee verse 26 But thou O LORD that art my GOD mine aide and succour bee According to thy mercie LORD saue and deliuer mee verse 27 And they shall know thereby that this LORD is thy mightie hand And that thou thou hast done it LORD so shall they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt blesse with louing voyce They shall arise and come to shame thy seruant shall rejoyce verse 29 Let them bee clothed all with shame that enemies are to mee And with confusion as a cloake eke let them couered bee verse 30 But greatly I will with my mouth giue thankes vnto the LORD And I among the multitude his praises will recorde verse 31 For hee with helpe at his right hand will stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that woulde condemne his soule to dye PSALME CX THe LORD moste high vnto my LORD thus spake Sit thou nowe downe and rest at my right hande Vntill that I thine enemies doe make A stoole to bee whereon thy feete may stande verse 2 The scepter of thy regall power and might From Sion shal the LORD send disclose Bee thou therefore the ruler in the sight And in the midst of all thy mortall foes verse 3 Thy people shall come willingly to thee What time thine hoste in holy beauty shew The yuth that of thy womb do spring shal be Compared like vnto the morning dew verse 4 Thus God hath sworn it perform wil he And not repent nor any time it breake Thou art a Priest for euer vnto mee After the forme of King Melchisedeck verse 5 The Lord our God who is at euery stound At thy right hand to bee thy helpe and stay He princes proud stately kings shal woūd For loue of thee in his fierce wrathfull day verse 6 Hee shall bee Iudge among the Heathen all Hee places voyde with carkases shall fill And in his rage the heads eke smite hee shall That ouer countries great do work their wil. verse 7 Yea hee through haste for to pursue his foes Shal drink the brook that runneth in the way And thus when he confoūded shal haue those His head on hie then shall hee lift that day PSALME CXI WIth heart I doe accord To praise and laud the LORD In pesence of the just verse 2 For great his workes are found To search them such are bound As doe him loue and trust verse 3 His workes are gloirous Also his righteousnesse It doeth indure for euer verse 4 His wondrous workes hee would Wee still remember should his mercie faileth neuer verse 5 Such as doe loue him beare A portion full faire Hee hath vp for them laide For this they shall well find Hee will them haue in mind And keepe them as hee said verse 6 For hee did not disdaine His workes to shew them plaine By lightninges and by thunders When hee the Heathens land Did giue into their hand Where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth Both judgement right and trueth Whereto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreede sure For euer to indure Which equitie doeth ende Redemption hee gaue His people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required His promise not to faile But alwayes to preuaile His holy NAME be feared verse 10 Who so with heart full faine True wisedome would attaine The LORD feare and obeye Such as his lawes doe keepe Shall knowledge haue full deepe His praise shall last for aye PSALME CXII THe man is blest that GOD doeth feare And that his lawes doeth loue indeed verse 2 His seede on earth GOD will vpreare And blesse such as from him proceed verse 3 His house with good hee will fullfill His righteousnesse indure shall still verse 4 Vnto the righteous doeth arise In trouble joy in darkenesse light Compassion is in his eyes And mercie alwayes in his sight verse 5 Yea pitie moueth such to lende Hee doeth by judgement thinges expende verse 6 And surely such shall neuer faile For in remembrance had is hee verse 7 No tydinges ill can make him quaile Who in the LORD sure hope doeth see verse 8 His heart is firme his feare is past For hee shall see his foes downe cast verse 9 Hee did well for the poore prouide His righteousnesse shall still remaine And his estate with praise abide Though that the wicked man disdaine verse 10 Yea gnash his teeth thereat shall hee And so consume his state to see PSALME CXIII YEe children which doe serue the LORD Praise yee his NAME with one accord verse 2 Yea blessed bee alway his NAME verse 3 Who from the rising of the sun Till it returne where it begun Is to bee praised with great fame verse 4 The LORD all people doeth surmount As for his glorie wee may count Aboue the heauens high to bee verse 5 With GOD the LORD who may compare Whose dwellinges in the heauens are Of such great power and force is hee verse 6 Hee doeth abase himselfe wee know Thinges to behold both heere below And also in the heauen aboue verse 7 The needie out of dust to draw And eke the poore which helpe none saw His onely mercie did him moue verse 8 And so him set in high degree With princes of
regard yee seruantes of the LORD Who in his house by night doe watch praise him with one accord verse 2 Lift vp your handes on high vnto his holy place And giue the LORD his praises due his benefites embrace verse 3 For why the LORD who did both earth and heauen frame Doeth Sion blesse and will conserue for euermore the same PSALME CXXXV VNto the NAME of GOD the LORD giue praise with one accord O praise him still all yee that bee the seruantes of the LORD verse 2 Extoll his praise all yee that stand within the house of GOD All yee that in his courtes remaine his praise declare abroad verse 3 Praise yee the LORD for hee is good sing praises to his NAME It is a comely and good thing alwayes to doe the same verse 4 For GOD hath chosen Iaakob out his very owne yee see So hath hee chosen Israel his treasure for to bee verse 5 For this I know assuredly the LORD is very great And hee that hath aboue all gods his dwelling place and seat verse 6 For whatsoeuer pleased him that hath hee brought about In heauen in earth and in the sea yea all the depthes throughout verse 7 Hee from the earth the cloudes doeth bring the lightninges and the raine Hee maketh eke and windes to come from whence they did remaine verse 8 Hee smote the first-borne of each thing in Egypt that tooke rest Hee spared there no liuing thing the man nor yet the beast verse 9 O Egypt hee in mids of thee hath made his wonders fall On Pharaoh thy cruell king and on his seruantes all verse 10 Hee sundrie people brought to nought destroying them outright And many kinges hee slew also that were of power and might verse 11 As Sihon that sometime was lord and king of Amorites And Og the king of Basan land with all the Canaanites verse 12 And gaue their land to Israel an heritage wee see To Israel his chosen folke their heritage to bee verse 13 Thy NAME O LORD shall still indure and thy memoriall Throughout all generations that are or euer shall verse 14 The LORD will surely judge aright his people all indeed And to his seruantes fauour shew will hee in time of need verse 15 The idoles of the Heathen all throughout their costes and landes Of siluer and of golde they bee the worke euen of mens handes verse 16 For mouthes they haue and speak no whit and eyes but may not see verse 17 So haue they eares but nothing heare and breathlesse wholly bee verse 18 Wherefore all they are like to them that doe so set them foorth And likewise those that trust in them or thinke they bee ought worth verse 19 O all yee house of Israel see that yee praise the LORD And yee that bee of Aarons house praise him with one accord verse 20 And yee that bee of Leuies house praise yee likewise the LORD And all that stand in awe of him praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Sion sound his praise the praise of GOD the LORD Which dwelleth in Ierusalem praise him with one accord PSALME CXXXVI O Laude the LORD benigne Whose mercies last for ay Giue thankes and praises sing To GOD of gods I say For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 3 The LORD of lordes praise yee Whose mercies ay doe dure verse 4 Great wonders onely hee Doeth worke by his great power For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 5 Which LORD Omnipotent By his great wisedome hie The heauenly firmament Did frame as wee may see For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 6 Yea hee the heavie charge Of all the earth did stretch And on the waters large The same hee did out-reach For certainely His mercies c. verse 7 Great lightes hee made to bee For why his loue is ay verse 8 Such as the Sunne wee see To rule the lightsome day For certainely His mercies c. verse 6 And eke the Moone so cleare Which shineth in our sight And starres that doe appeare To guide the darkesome night For certainely His mercies c. verse 10 With grieuous plagues and sore All Egypt smote hee then Their first-borne lesse and more Hee slew of beast and man For certainely His mercies c. verse 11 And from amidst their land His Israel foorth brought verse 12 Which hee with mightie hand And stretched arme hath wrought For certainely His mercies c. verse 13 The sea hee cut in two Which stood vp like a wall verse 14 And made through it to go His chosen children all For certainely His mercies c. verse 15 But there hee whelmed then The proud king Pharao With his hudge hoste of men And charets eke also For certainely His mercies c. verse 16 Who led through wildernesse His people safe and sound verse 17 And for his loue endlesse Great kinges hee brought to ground For certainly His mercies c. verse 18 And slew with puissan◠〈◊〉 Kinges mightie and of 〈◊〉 verse 19 As of Amorites land Sihon the king by name For certainly His mercies c. verse 20 And Og the Giant large Of Basan king also verse 21 Whose land for heritage Hee gaue his people tho For certainly His mercies c. verse 32 Euen vnto Israel His seruant deare I say Hee gaue the same to dwell And there abide for ay For certainly His mercies c. verse 23 To mind hee did vs call In our most base degree verse 24 And from oppressours all In safetie set vs free For certainly His mercies c. verse 25 All flesh on earth abroad With food hee doeth fulfill verse 26 Wherefore of heauen the GOD To laude bee it your will For certainly His mercies c. PSALME CXXXVII WHen as wee sate in Babylon the riuers round about And in remembrance of Sion the teares for griefe brast out verse 2 Wee hangde our harpes and instrumentes the willow trees vpon For in that place men for their vse had planted many one verse 3 Then they to whom wee prisoners were said to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Hebrew songes and pleasant melodie verse 4 Alace said wee who can once frame his sorowfull heart to sing The praises of our louing GOD thus vnder a strange king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of mine heart let slide Then let my fingers quite forget the warbling harpe to guide verse 6 And let my tongue within my mouth bee tied for euer fast If that I joy before I see thy full deliuerance past verse 7 Therefore O LORD remember now the cursed noise and crie That Edoms sonnes against vs made when they razde our citie Remember LORD their cruell wordes when as with one accord They cryde On sacke and rase their walles in despite of their LORD verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babylon at length to dust bee brought And happie shall that man bee calde that