sure For certenly beleue I do that thy preceptes are pure verse 67 Yer thou didst touch me with thy rod I erred and went astray But now I kepe thy holy worde and make it al my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gratious and geuest most liberally Thy ordinaunces how to kepe therfore O lord teach me verse 69 The proud wicked men haue forged agaynst me many a lye yet thy commaundements stil obserue with al my hart wil I. verse 70 Their harts are swoln w t worldly welth as grease so ar they fat But in thy lawe do I delight and nothing seeke but that verse 71 Oh happy time may I wel say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy word and lawe is dearer manifold Then thousands great of siluer gold or ought that can be told IOD The .x. part verse 73 SEing thy hands haue made me lord to be thy creature graūt knowledge likewise how to learn to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that feare thee shal reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learned by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 Whē w t thy rods the world is plagde I know the cause is iust So when y u didst correct me Lord the cause iust nedes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comfort to me send as thou to me thy seruant hetest so from al il me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies poure on me and I shal surely liue For ioy and consolation both thy lawes to me doth geue verse 78 Confound y ◠proud whose false pretence is me for to destroy But as for me thy hestes to know I wil my self employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence do thee feare to me let them retyre and such as do thy couenants know and them alone desyre verse 80 My hart without al wauering let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherby I should be shent CAPH The xi part verse 81 MY soule doth faint ceaseth not thy sauing health to craue and for thy words sake stil I trust my harts desyre to haue verse 82 Myne eyes doth fayle w t looking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou me cōfort Lord why doost y u thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottel in the smoke so am I partcht and dryde yet wil I not out of my hart let thy commaundement siyde verse 84 Alas how long shal I yet lyue before I see the houre That on my foes which me torment thy vēgeance y u wilt power verse 85 Presumptuous men haue digged pits thinking to make me sure Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurt they do procure verse 86 But thy cōmaundements are al true causeles they me greue To thee therfore I do complayne that thou mightest me releue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroyd brought me quite to groūd yet by thy statutes I abode and therin succor found verse 88 Restore me Lord agayne to life for thy mercies excel and so shal I thy couenaunts kepe til death my life expel LAMED The .xii. part verse 89 IN heauēs Lord wher thou doost dwel thy word is stablisht sure and shal for al eternity fast grauen there indure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abides as doth the earth witnes whose ground worke thou hast laid so sure as no toūg cā expres verse 91 Euen to this day we may wel see how al things perseuere accordyng to thy ordinaunce for al things thee reuere verse 92 Had it not ben that in thy law my soule had comfort sought Lōg time ere now in my distres I had ben brought to nought verse 93 Therfore wil I thy precepts aye in memory kepe fast By them thou hast my lyfe restord when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thyne Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares hart encline verse 95 The wicked men do seke my bane and therto lye in wayt But I the while considered thy notable workes and great verse 96 I see nothing in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy commaundement and thy word beyond al end extend MEM. The .xiii. part verse 97 WHat great desire and feruent loue do I beare to thy law al the day long my whole deuise is onely on thy saw verse 98 Thy word hath taught me far to pas my foes in policy For stil I kepe it as a thyng of most excellency verse 99 My teachers which did me instruct in knowledge I excel Because I do thy couenaunts kepe and them to others tel verse 100 In wisedome I do pas also the auncient men in dede and al because to kepe thy lawes I held it ay best rede verse 101 My fete I haue refrayned eke from euery euil way Because that I continually thy word might kepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarued frō thy iudgemēts nor yet shroonk any del For why thou hast taught me therby to liue godly and wel verse 103 Oh Lord how swete vnto my tast find I thy wordes alway Doubtles no hony in my mouth feele ought so swete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such wisdome learnd that vtterly I hate al wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kind or rate NVN. The .xiiii. part verse 105 EVen es a lanterne to my fete so doth thy word shine bright And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flaming light verse 106 I haue both sworne wil performe most certeinly doubtles That I wil kepe thy iudgements iust and them in life expres verse 107 Affliction hath me sore oppressed brought me to deathes dore O Lord as thou hast promised so me to life restore verse 108 The offrings which with hart voyce most frākely I thee geue accept and teach me how I may after thy iudgements lyue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hand that daungers it assayle Yet do I not thy law forget nor it to kepe wil fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd theyr nets to catch me at abray Yet did I not from thy precepts once swerue or go astray verse 111 Thy law I haue so claymed alway as mine own heritage and why for therin I delite and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue ben bent thy statutes to fulfil Euen so likewise vnto the end I wil continue stil SAMECH The .xv. part verse 113 THe crafty thoughts and double hart I do alwayes detest But as for thy law and precepts I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises lookt for with patience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundemēts wil I kepe of God my Lord alone verse
so cause me to reioyse verse 165 Great peace and rest shal al such haue which do thy statutes loue Nor daunger shal theyr quyet state impeire or once remoue verse 166 My onely health and comfort Lord I looke for at thy hand And therfore haue I done those things which y u didst me cōmand verse 167 Thy lawes haue ben my exercise which my soule most desired So much my loue to them was bent that nought els I required verse 168 Thy statutes cōmaundements I kept thou knowest a right For al the things that I haue done are present in thy sight TAV The .xxii. part verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and cry before thy face appeare and as thou hast me promise made so teach me thee to feare verse 170 Myne humble supplication toward thee let find acces and graunt me Lord deliueraunce for so is thy promes verse 171 Then shal my lips thy prayses speake after most ample sort when thou thy statutes hast me taught wherin stādeth al cōfort verse 172 My tong shal sing and preach thy word and on this wise say shal Gods famous actes and noble lawes are iust and perfect al. verse 173 Stretch out thy hand I thee besech and spedely me saue For thy cōmaundemēts to obserue chosē O Lord I haue verse 174 Of thee alone Lord I craue helth for other I know none and in thy law and nothyng els I do delite alone verse 175 Graūt me therfore lōg dayes to liue thy name to magnify and of thy iudgements merciful let me thy fauour try verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandryng shepe Oh seke me for I haue not fayled thy commaundmentes to kepe Ad dominum cum tribularer Psalme Cxx. S. T. ¶ The prayer of Dauid beyng now banished amonge the barbarious people of Arabia by the false reportes of enuions flatterers And therfore be lamenteth his long abode among those infidels who were geuen to all kynd of wickednes and contention IN trouble and in thral vnto the Lord I cal and he doth me cōfort deliuer me I say frō lyers lippes alway and toung of false report verse 4 What vantage or what thyng Getst thou thus for to styng Thou false and flattering lyer verse 5 Thy toung doth hurt I wene No les then arrowes kene Of whote consuming fire verse 6 Alas to long I slake Within these tentes so blake Which kedars are by name By whom the flocke elect And al of Isaackes sect Are put to open shame verse 7 With thē that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet lyfe verse 8 But when my word was told Causeles I was controld By thē that would haue stryfe Leuaui oculos meos Psalme Cxxi VV VV. ¶ The Prophet shewed by his own example that the faithfull ought to looke for all their succour of God alone who will gouerne and geue good successe to al their godly enterprises I Lift mine eyes to Sion hil from whence I do attende that succour God me send The mighty God me succour wil which heauen and earth framed and al things therin named verse 3 Thy foote from slip he wil preserue And wil thee safely kepe For he wil neuer slepe verse 4 Lo he that doth Israel conserue No slepe at al can hym catch But his eyes shal euer watch verse 5 The Lord is thy warrant alway ⧠The Lord eke doth thee couer As at thy right hand euer verse 6 The sunne shal not thee partch by day Nor the moone not halfe so bryght Shall with cold thee hurt by nyght ⧠verse 7 The Lord wil kepe thee from distres And wil thy life sure saue And thou also shalt haue verse 8 In al thy busines good successe Where euer thou goest in or out God wil thy thinges bryng about Letatus sum Psalme Cxxii VV. K. ¶ Dauid reioyseth in y ◠name of the faithful y ◠God hath accomplished his promes placed his Arke in Siō for the which he geueth thākes prayeth for the prosperitie of the Church I Did in hart reioyce to heare the peoples voyce in offering so willingly For let vs vp say they in y ◠lords house pray thus spake y e folk ful louīgly Our fete y ◠wādred wide shal in thy gates abide O y u Ierusalē ful fayre which art so semely set much like a citie net y e like wherof is not els where verse 4 The tribes with one accord The tribes of God the Lord Are thither bent their way to take So God before did tel That there his Israel Their prayers should together make verse 5 For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly ⧠Which thrones ryght to maintayne To Dauids house perteyne His folke to iudge accordingly verse 6 To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy frends God prosper myghtely verse 7 Peace be thy walles about †And prosper thee throughout Thy places eke continually verse 8 I wish thee prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That cōfort haue by meanes of thee ⧠verse 9 Gods house doth me allure Thy wealth for to procure So much alwayes as lyeth in mee Ad te leuaui oculos Psalme Cxxiii T. S. ¶ A prayer of the faythfull whiche are afflicted by the wicked worldlynges and contemners of God Sing this as the .23 psalme verse 1 O Lord that heauen doost posses I lift mine eyes to thee I lift mine eyes to thee Euē as the seruaunt lifteth his his maysters hands to see verse 2 As handmaids watch their maistres hāds some grace for to atchiue So we behold the Lord our God til he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lord graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouer commen with hatred and despight verse 4 Our minds be stuffed with great rebuke the rich worldly wise Do make of vs their mocking stocke the proud do vs despise Nisi quia dominus Psalme Cxxiiij VV VV. ¶ The people of God being deliuered out of a great daūger acknowledge not to haue escaped by their own power but through the fauour of God shew in how great peril they were NOw Israel may say and that truly If that the Lorde had not our cause mainteind If that the Lord had not our right susteynd When al the world agaynst vs furiously made their vprors and sayd we should al dye verse 3 Now long a go they had deuourd vs al And swalowed quicke for ought that we could deme Such was theyr rage as we might wel esteme verse 4 And as the flouddes with mighty force do fal So had they now our life euen brought to thral verse 5 The raging streames most proud in roring noyse Had long a go ouer whelmde vs in the depe verse 6 But loued by God which doth vs safely kepe From bloudy teeth and their most cruel voyce Which as a pray to eate vs would
waters depe Yet none can there thy steps espy nor know thy pathe to kepe verse 20 Thou leadest thy folke vpon the land as shepe on euery syde through Moyses through Aarōs hād y u didst them safely guide Attendite populi psalme .lxxviii. T. S. ¶ He sheweth howe God of his mercye chose his churche of the posteritie of Abraham casting in their teeth the stubburne rebellion of their fathers that their children might not onely vnderstand that God of his free mercies made his couenaunt with their auncestors but also seing them so malitious and peruerse might be ashamed and so turne wholy to God In this psalm the holy ghost hath cōprehended as it were y ◠sum of al gods benefits to the intent the ignorāt gros people might see in few words the effect of the whole histories ATtend my people to my law and to my wordes incline My mouth shal speake straunge parables and sentences deuyne Which we our selues haue heard and learnd euen of our fathers old and which for our instruction our fathers haue vs told verse 4 Because we should not kepe it close frō thē that should come after who should gods power to their race praise al his workes of wōder verse 5 To Iacob he cōmaūdemēt gaue how Israel should liue Willing our fathers should the same vnto their children geue verse 6 That they and their posteritie that were not sprong vp tho Should haue the knowledge of the law and teach their sede also verse 7 That they may haue the better hope in God that is aboue And not forget to kepe his lawes and his precepts in loue verse 8 Not beyng as theyr fathers were rebelling in gods sight and would not frame their wicked harts to know their god aright verse 9 How went the people of Ephraim their neighbours for to spoyle Shooting their darts the day of war and yet they toke the foyle verse 10 For why they did not kepe with God y e couenant that was made Nor yet would walke or lead their liues according to hys trade verse 11 But put into obliuion his counsel and his wil and al his workes most magnifique which he declared stil The second part verse 12 What wonders to our forefathers did he himself disclose In Egipt land within the field that called is Thaneos verse 13 He did deuyde and cut the sea that they might passe at once And made the water stand as stil as doth an heape of stones verse 14 He led them secret in a cloud by day when it was bright And in the night when darke it was with fire he gaue thē light verse 15 He brake the rockes in wildernes and gaue the people drinke As plentiful as when the depes do flow vp to the brinke verse 16 He drew out riuers out of rocks that were both dry and hard Of suche a boundance that no floudes to them might be compard verse 17 yet for all this against the Lord their sinne they did increase And styred him that is most hygh to wrath in wildernes verse 18 They tēpted hym within their harts lyke people of mistrust Requiring such a kynd of meat as serued to their lust verse 19 Saying with murmuration in their vnfaythfulnes What can this God prepare for vs a feast in wildernes verse 20 Behold he strake the stony rock and floudes forth with did flo But can he now geue to his folke both biead and fless also verse 21 When God heard this he waxed wroth with Iacob and his sede So did his indignation on Israel procede The third part verse 22 22 Because they did not faithfully beleue and hope that he Could alwayes help and succor them in their necessitie verse 23 Wherfore he did cōmaund y ◠clouds forthwith they brake in sūder verse 24 And raind down Manna for thē to eate a foode of mickel wonder verse 25 When earthly men with angels fode were fed at their request verse 26 He bad the east wind blow away and brought in the south west verse 27 And rainde down flesh as thick as dust foule as thick as sand verse 28 Which he did cast amids the place where al the tents did stand verse 29 Then did they eate excedingly and al men had their fils Yet more and more they did desire to serue their lusts and wils verse 30 But as the meat was in their mouthes his wrath vpon them fel. verse 31 And slew the floure of al their youth and choyse of Israel verse 32 Yet fel they to theyr wonted sinne and stil they did him greue For al the wonders that he wrought they would him not beleue verse 33 Their dayes therfore he shortened and made their honor vayne Their yeres did wast and pas away with terrours with payn verse 34 But euer when he plaged thē they sought hym by and by verse 35 Remēbring thē he was their strēgth their help God most hy verse 36 Though in their mouthes they did but glose flatter w t the Lord and with their tongs in their harts dissembled euery word The fourth part verse 37 For why their harts wer nothyng bēt to hym nor to hys trade Nor yet to kepe or to perform the couenant that was made verse 38 Yet was he stil so merciful when they deserued to dye That he forgaue them their misdedes and would not thē destroy Yea many a time he turned his wrath and did himself aduise and would not suffer al his whole displeasure to arise verse 39 Considering they were but flesh and euen as a wind that passeth away and cannot wel returne by his own kind verse 40 How oftentimes in wildernes did they their Lord prouoke How did they moue stir theyr Lord to plage thē with his stroke verse 41 Yet dyd they turn agayn to sinne and tempted God eftsone prescribing to the holy Lord what things they would haue done verse 42 Not thinking of his hand power nor of the day when he Deliuered them out of the bonds of the fierce enemy verse 43 Nor how he wrought his miracles as they themselues beheld In Egipt and the wonder that he dyd in Zoan field verse 44 Nor how he turned by his power their waters into bloud that no man might receyue his drink at ryuer nor at floud verse 45 Nor how he sent thē swarms of flies which did them sore annoy and fild their coūtries ful of frogs which shuld their Lord destroy The fyft part verse 46 46 Nor how he did commit their fruites vnto the Caterpiller and al the labour of their hands he gaue to the grashopper verse 47 With hailstones he destroid their vines so that they were al lost and not so much as wild fig trees but he consumde with frost verse 48 And yet with hailstones once again the Lord their cattle smote and al their flocks and heards like wise w t thunderbolts ful hote verse 49 He cast vpon them in his ire and in his
Al ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes and al ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse For great his kindnes is to vs his truth endures for ay wherfore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Confitemini domin◠Psalme Cxviii M. ¶ Dauid reiected of Saule and of the people at the time appoynted obteined the kingdome for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord to be thankfull and vnder his person in al this was Christ liuely setforth who should be of his people reiected Syng this as the .98 Psalme verse 1 O Geue the thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towards thee verse 2 Let Israel confes and say his mercy dures for ay Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 3 Let al that feare the Lord our God euen now confes and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth stil for ay verse 4 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly hard me at large my sute was not denide verse 5 The Lord himself is on my syde I wil not stand in doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God stands me about verse 6 The Lord doth take my part with thē that helpe to succour me Therfore I shal see my desire vpon myne enemy verse 7 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal sede Or to put confidence in kings or prynces in our nede verse 8 Al nations haue inclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shal I myne enemies confound verse 9 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say but through y e Lords most mighty name I shal work their decay verse 10 They came about me al lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quēcht their thornes that were on fire and wil destroy y e same verse 11 Thou hast wyth force thrust sore at me that I in dede myght fall But through the Lord I found such help y t they wer vāquisht al verse 12 The Lord is my defence strength my ioy my mirth and song He is become for me in deede a sauior most strong verse 13 The right hand of y e lord our God doth bring to passe great things He causeth voyce of ioy and health in rightrous mens dwellings verse 14 The right hād of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pas His hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 15 I wil not dye but euer lyue to vtter and declare the lord his might wōdrous power his works what they are verse 16 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 17 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confes verse 18 This is the gate euen of the Lord which shal not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shal enter into it verse 19 I wil geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most louingly a sauiour vnto me verse 20 The stone which at this tyme among the builders was refused Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 21 This was the mighty worke of God this was the lords own fact and it is maruelous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 22 This is the ioyful day in dede which God himself hath wrought Let vs be glad and ioy therin in hart in mynd and thought verse 23 Now help me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord Blessed be he that comes to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 24 God is the Lord that shewes vs light bind ye therfore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 25 Thou art my God I wil confes and render thanks to thee thou art my God and I wil prayse thy mercy towardes mee verse 26 O geue ye thanks vnto the Lord for gratious is hee Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati Psalme Cxix VV. VV. ¶ In this Psalm is contayned an exquisite arte a wonderful vehemēcy in setting forth the praises of gods law wherin y ◠prophet cannot satisfy himself nor sufficiently expresse the affectiō which he beareth therūto adding moreouer many notable complaintes consolations wherfore it is mete that al the faithful haue it alway both in hart and mouth and in the Ebrue euery viii verses beg in with one letter of the Alphabet BLessed are they that perfect are pure in mind and hart whose liues conuersatiō from gods lawes neuer start 2. Blessed are they that geue themselues his statutes to obserue sekyng the Lord with al their hart and neuer from him swerue verse 3 Doubtles such men go not astray nor do no wicked thyng which stedfastly walke in hys pathes without any wandryng verse 4 It is thy wil and commaundement that with attentiue heede Thy noble and diuine precepts we learne and kepe in deede verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes kepe and confes verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaynt whilst I thus set mine eyes and bend my mynd alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then wil I prayse with vpright hart and magnify thy name When I shal learn thy iudgements iust and like wise proue y e same verse 8 And wholy wil I geue my self to kepe thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 BY what meanes may a yōg mā best his lyfe learne to amend If that he marke and kepe thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus sekyng abyde Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slyde verse 11 Within my hart secret thoughts thy wordes I haue hyd stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnify thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and nyght The iudgemēts al which did procede frō thy mouth ful of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy wayes please me no les in dede then al y e treasures of y e earth which worldlings make their mede verse 15 Of thy precepts I wil stil muse and therfore frame my talke As at a marke so wil I ayme thy wayes how I may walke verse 16 My onely ioy shal be so fixed and on thy lawes so set That nothyng can me so far blynd that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 GRaunt to thy seruant now such
116 As thou hast promised so perform that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Vphold me and I shal be safe for ought they do or say and in thy statutes pleasure take wil I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trode such vnder thy fete as do thy statutes breake For nought auayleth theyr subtility theyr counsel is but weake verse 119 Like drosse thou casts the wicked out where euer they go or dwel Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothing half so wel verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with feare as though it were benomd For when I see thy iudgements strayt I am as one astound AIN The .xvi. part verse 121 I Do the thing that lawful is and geue to al men right Resigne me not to thē that would oppres me w t their might verse 122 But for thy seruaunt surty be in that thing that is good That proud mē geue me not y e foyle which rage as they wer wood verse 123 Mine eyes w t wayting are now blind thy health so much I craue And eke thy righteous promise Lord wherby thou wilt me saue verse 124 Intreate thy seruaunt louingly and fauour to him shew Thy statutes of most excellence teach me also to know verse 125 Thy humble seruaunt Lord I am oh graunt me to vnderstand How by thy statutes I may know best what to take in hand verse 126 It is now time Lord to begin for truth is quyte decayd Thy law likewise they haue trāsgrest and none against thē sayd verse 127 This is the cause wherfore I loue thy lawes better then gold Or iewels fine which are estemd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts al most iust and so them layd in store Al crafty and malitious wayes I do abhorre therfore PE. The .xvii. part verse 129 THy couenaunts are most wonderful ful of things profound My soule therfore doth kepe thē sure whē they ar tride foūd verse 130 When mē first enter into thy wordes they find a light most cleare and very idiots vnderstand when they it read or heare verse 131 For ioy I haue both gaped breathde to know they cōmaūdemēt That I might guide my life therby I sought what thing it mēt verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord behold me from aboue As thou art wont to behold such as thy name feare and loue verse 133 Direct my fotesteps by thy word that I thy wil may know and neuer let iniquity thy seruaunt ouerthrow verse 134 Frō slaunderous toungs deadly harms preserue kepe me sure Thy precepts then I wil obserue and put them eke in vre verse 135 Thy coūtenāce which doth surmoūt the sunne in his bright hew Let shine on me and by thy law teach me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flouds gush out of dryery teares and fel when I behold how wicked men thy law kepe neuer a del ZADE. The .xviii. parte verse 137 137 IN euery poynt Lord y u art iust the wicked though they grudge And whē thou doost sētēce pronoūce y u art a righteous iudge verse 138 To render right fly from guile are two chief points most hye and such as thou hast in thy law commaunded vs straytly verse 139 With zeale and wrath I am consumde and euen pyned away To see my foes thy wordes forget for ought that I do may verse 140 So pure and perfect is they word as any hart can deme and I thy seruaunt nothing more do loue or yet esteme verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet do I not thy hestes forget nor shrinke away from thee verse 142 Thy righteousnes Lord is most iust for euer to endure also thy law is truth it selfe most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble grief haue seased on me brought me wōdrous low yet do I stil of thy precepts delight to heare and know verse 144 The righteousnes of thy iudgements do last for euermore Then teach them me for euen in them my life lieth vp in store KOPH The .xix. part verse 145 WIth fernēt hart I cald cride now aunswere me O Lord That thy cōmaundemēt to obserue I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my sute w t most hūble request Saue me therfore and I wil kepe thy precept and thy hest verse 147 To thee I cry euen in the morne before the day waxe light Because that I haue in thy word my confidence whole plight verse 148 Mine eyes preuēt the watch by night and ere they cal I wake That by deuising of thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thine eares to heare my voyce and pity on me take as thou wast wont so iudge me Lord least life me should forsake verse 150 My foes draw nere and do procure my death maliciously which from thy law are far gone back and strayd from it leudly verse 151 Therfore O Lord approch thou nere for nede so doth requyre and al thy precepts true they are then helpe I thee desire verse 152 By thy cōmaundements I haue learnd not now but long ago That they remayne for euermore thou hast them grounded so RESH The .xx. part verse 153 MY trouble and affliction consider and behold Deliuer me for of thy law I euer take fast hold verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with spede me succor send From death as thou hast promised Lord kepe me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked farre they are from hauing health and grace wherby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are they mercies Lord I graūt what toung can thē attayne and as thou hast me iudged ere now so let me life obtayne verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute most sore yet from thy lawes I neuer shronke nor went a wry therfore verse 158 And truth it is for grief I dye when I these traytors see Because they kepe no whit thy word nor yet seke to know thee verse 159 Behold for I do loue thy lawes with hart most glad and fayne as thou art good and gracious Lord restore my life agayne verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath bene euer Thy righteous iudgements are also most true and decay neuer SCHIN The .xxi. part verse 161 PRinces haue sought by cruelty causeles to make me crouch But al in vayne for of thy word the feare did my hart touch verse 162 And certeinly euen of thy word I was more mery and glad Then he that of rich spoyles and pray great store plenty had verse 163 As for al lyes and falsitie I hate most and detest For why thy holy law do I aboue al things loue best verse 164 Seuen times a day I prayse the Lord singing with hart voyce Thy rightuous actes and wonderful
ful safe shal bee verse 9 From Egipt where it grew not wel thou broughtst a vyne ful dere The Heathē folke thou diddest expel then didst plant it here verse 10 Thou didst prepare for it a place and set her rootes ful fast That it did grow and spring apace and fil the land at last verse 11 The hils were couered round about with shade that from it came And eke the Ceders high and stout with braunches of the same verse 12 Why thē didst thou her wal destroy her hedge pluckt vp thou hast That al the folke that passe therby the vyne may spoyle and wast The second part verse 13 The Bore out of the wood so wyld doth dig and route it out The furious beasts out of the field deuour it al about verse 14 O Lord of hostes returne agayn from heauen looke betyme Behold and with thy help sustayn this poore vineyard of thine verse 15 Thy plant I say thine Israel whom thy right hand hath set The same which thou didst loue so wel O Lord do not forget verse 16 They lop and cut it down apace they burn it eke with fyre And through the frowning of thy face we perish in thyne ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with thē now whom thou hast kept so long and with y e sonne of man whom thou to thee hast made so strong verse 18 And so when thou hast set vs free and saued vs from shame Then wil we neuer fal from thee but cal vpon thy name verse 19 O lord of hostes through thy good grace cōuert vs vnto thee Behold vs with a pleasant face and then ful safe are wee Exultate Deo psalme .lxxxi. I. H. ¶ An exhortation to prayse God both in hart and voyce for his benefites and to worship hym onely God condemneth their ingratitude and sheweth what great benefits they haue lost thorow their owne malice BE light glad in God reioyce which is our strēgth and stay be ioyful lift vp your voyce to Iacobs God I say Prepare your instrumēts most mete some ioy ful Psalme to syng strike vp with harpe and lute so swete on euery pleasaunt stryng verse 3 Blow as it were in the new moone with trumpets of the best As it is vsed to be done at any solemne feast verse 4 For this is vnto Israel a statute and a trade A law that must be kept ful wel which Iacobs god hath made verse 5 This clause with Ioseph was decreed when he from Egipt came That as a witnes al his sede should stil obserue the same verse 6 Whē God I say had so prepard to bring him from that land where as the speach which he had heard he did not vnderstand verse 7 I from his shoulders toke sayth he the burden cleane away And from y e furnace quit him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 When thou in grief didst cry and cal I holpe thee by and by And I did aunswer thee withal in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discord I did thee tempt and proue whereas the goodnes of the Lord with muttering y u didst moue verse 10 Heare O my folke O Israel and I assure it thee Regard marke my words ful wel if thou wilt cleaue to mee The second part verse 11 Thou shalt no God in thee reserue of any land abrode Nor in no wise to bow or serue a straunge and forrayne God verse 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egipt set thee free Then aske of me aboundantly and I wil geue it thee verse 13 And yet my people would not heare my voyce when that I spake Nor Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leaue them to their wil in hardnes of their hart To walke in their own coūsels stil thēselues they might peruert verse 15 O that my people would haue hard the wordes that I did say And eke that Israel would regard to walke within my way verse 16 How sone would I cōfoūd their foes bring thē down fullow And turne my hand vpon al those that would them ouerthrow verse 17 And they that at the Lord do rage as slaues should seke him til But of his folke the time and age should florish euer stil verse 18 I would haue sed them with the crop and finest of the wheat and make the rock with hony drop that they their fils should eat Deus stetit in Synagoga Psalme .lxxxii. I. H. The prophet declaring god to be present amongst the iudges maiestrates reproueth their parciality and vnrighteousnes and exhorteth them to do iustice but seing no amendment be desireth god to vndertake the matter and execute iustice himselfe Sing this as the .77 Psalme verse 1 AMid the prease w t men of might the Lord himself did stand To plead the cause of truth right with iudges of y ◠land verse 2 How long said he wil you procede fals iudgemēt to award and haue respect for loue of mede the wicked to regard verse 3 Wheras of due ye should defend the fatherles and weake and when the poore man doth contend in iudgemēt iustly speake verse 4 If ye he wise defend the cause of poore men in their right And rid the nedy from the clawes of tyrants force and might verse 5 But nothing wil they know or learne in vayne to them I talke They wil not see or ought discerne but stil in darknes walke For lo euē now the tyme is come that al things fal to nought And likewise lawes both al some for gayn ar sold and bought verse 6 I had decred it in my syght as Gods to take you al and children to the most of might for loue I did you cal verse 7 But not withstandyng ye shal dye as men and so decay O tyraunts I shal you destroy and pluck you quyte away verse 8 Vp Lord let thy strength be knowne iudge the world w t might For why al nations are thine own to take them as thy right Deus quis similis Psalme .lxxxiii. I. H. ¶ The people of Israell pray vnto the Lord to deliuer them from their enemies both at home and farre of whiche imagined nothing but their destruction and they desyre that all such wicked people may accordyng as God was accustomed be stricken with the stormye tempestes of Gods wrath that they may know that the Lord is most hye vpon the earth Syng this as the .77 Psalm verse 1 DO not O God refrayne thy toung in silence do not stay Withhold not Lord thy self so lōg nor make no more delay verse 2 For why behold thy foes and see how they do rage cry And those y ◠beare an hate to the hold vp their heads on hie verse 3 Against thy folke they vse disceate and craftly they enquire For thine elect to lye in wayt theyr councell doth conspire verse 4 Come to sayd they let vs expel and
and louers euery one Yea and mine old acquaintaunce al out of my sight are gone Misericordias domini Psalme .lxxxix. I. H. ¶ With many wordes doth the Prophet prayse the name of God for his Testament and couenaunt that he had made betwene him and his elect by Iesu Christe the sonne of Dauid Then doth he complayne of the great ruyne and desolation of the kyngdome of Dauid so that to the outwarde apperaunce the promise was broken Finally he prayeth to be deliuered from his afflictions makyng mention of the shortnes of mans lyfe and confirming hym selfe by Gods promises Syng this as the .67 Psalme verse 1 TO sing the mercies of the Lord my toung shal neuer spare and with my mouth frō age to age thy truth I wil declare verse 2 For I haue sayd that mercy shal for euermore remayne In that thou doost the heauens stay thy truth appeareth playne verse 3 To mine elect sayth God I made a couenant and behest My seruant Dauid to perswade I swore and dyd protest verse 4 Thy sede for euer I wil stay and stablish it ful fast and stil vphold thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heauens shew w t ioy mirth thy wondrous workes O Lord Thy saints within thy Church on earth thy faith truth record verse 6 Who with the Lord is equal then in al the cloudes abrod among the sonnes of al the Gods what one is like our God verse 7 God in assemble of the saynts is greatly to be drad and ouer al that dwel about in terror to be had verse 8 Lord God of hostes in al the world what one is like to thee On euery side most mighty Lord thy truth is sene to be verse 9 The ragyng sea by thyne aduice thou rulest at thy wil and when the waues therof arise y u makst thē calme stil verse 10 And Egipt thou lord hast subdued thou hast it destroyed Yea thou thy foes w t mighty arme hast scattred al abrod The second part verse 11 The heauēs are thine stil haue ben likewise y ◠earth land The world withal that is therin thou foūdest w t thy hād verse 12 Both North South w t East West thy self didst make frame Both Tabor mount and eke Hermō reioyse and prayse thy name verse 13 Thine arme is strong and ful of power al might therin doth lye The strength of thy right hād ech houre thou liftest vp on hye verse 14 In righteousnes and equity thou hast thy seat and place Mercy and truth are stil with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folke is blest that knoweth aright thy presēt power O God For in the fauour of thy sight they walke ful safe abrod verse 16 For in thy name throughout the day they ioy much reioyce and through thy rightousnes haue they a pleasant fame noyce verse 17 For why their glory strength and ayde in thee alone doth lye Thy goodnes eke that hath vs stayde shal lift our horne on hye verse 18 Our strength that doth defend vs wel the Lord to vs doth bring The holy one of Israel he is our guide and kyng verse 19 Somtyme thy wil vnto thy saints in visions thou didst shew and thus thē didst thou say to them thy mind to make thē know verse 20 A man of might haue I erect your king and gyde to be and set vp him whom I elect among the folke to me The third part verse 21 My seruaunt Dauid I appoint whom I haue searched out and with my holy oyle anoynt him king of al the route verse 22 For why my hand is ready stil with hym for to remayne and with mine arme also I wil him strengthen and sustayne verse 23 The enmies shal not him oppres they shal him not deuoure Ne yet the sonnes of wickednes of him shal haue no power verse 24 His foes likewise wil I destroy before his face in sight and those that hate him I wil plage strike thē with my might verse 25 My truth and mercy eke with al shal stil vpon him lye And in my name his horne eke shal be lifted vp on hye verse 26 His kingdome I wil set to be vpon the sea and sand and eke the running floudes shal he embrace with his right hād verse 27 He shal depend with al his hart on me and thus shal say My father and my God thou art my rocke of health and stay verse 28 As one first borne I wil him take of al on earth that springs His might and honour I shal make aboue al worldly kings verse 29 My mercy shal be with him stil as I my selfe haue told My faythful couenaunt to fulfil my mercy I wil hold verse 30 And eke his sede wil I sustayne for euer strong and sure So that his seat shal stil remayne while heauen doth endure The fourth part verse 31 If that his sonnes forsake my law and so begin to swerue and of my iudgements haue none awe nor wil not them obserue verse 32 Or if thy do not vse aright my statutes to them made and set al my commaundements light and wil not kepe my trade verse 33 Then with the rod wil I begin theyr doings to amend and so with scourging for theyr sinne when that they do offend verse 34 My mercy yet and my goodnes I wil not take him fro Nor handle him with craftines and so my truth forgo verse 35 But sure my couenaunt I wil hold with al that I haue spoke No word the which my lips haue told shal alter or be broke verse 36 Once swore I by mine holynes and that performe wil I With Dauid I shal kepe promise to him I wil not ly verse 37 His sede for euermore shal rayne and eke his throne of might as doth the sunne it shal remayne for euer in my sight verse 38 And as the moone within the sky for euer standeth fast a faythful witnes from on hye so shal his kyngdome last verse 39 But now O Lord thou doost reiect now thou chaungest cheare Yea thou art wroth with thine elect thine own annointed deare verse 40 The couenāt which thy seruāt made lord thou hast quite vndone and downe vpon the ground also hast cast his royal crown The fifte part verse 41 Thou pluckst his hedges vp with might his wals doost y u cōfoūd Thou beatest eke his bulwarkes down breakst thē to the groūd verse 42 That he is sore destroyed and torne of commers by throughout and so is made a mocke and scorne to al that dwel about verse 43 Thou their right hand hast lifted vp that him so sore annoy and al his foes that him deuour loe thou hast made to ioy verse 44 His swerds edge y u doost take away that should his foes w t stand To him in warre no victory thou geuest nor vpperhand verse 45 His glory thou doost also wast his
ay That froÌ„ the earth their memory he may cut cleane away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgat to shew but did pursue with spite The troubled maÌ„ sought to slay the woful harted wight verse 17 As he did cursing loue it shal betide vnto him so and as he did not blessing loue it shal be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad him selfe so it like water shal Into his bowels and like oyle into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to couer him for ay and as a gyrdle wherwith he shal gyrded be alway verse 20 Lo let this same be from the Lord the guerdon of my fo yea and of those that euel speake against my soule also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deale thou I say w t me after thy name deliuer me for good thy mercyes be verse 22 Because in depth of great distres I nedy am and poore and eke within my payned brest my hart is wounded sore verse 23 Euen so do I depart away as doth declining shade and as the grashopper so I am shaken of and fade verse 24 With fasting long froÌ„ nedeful fode enfebled are my knees and al her fatnes hath my flesh enforced ben to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproch to them was made to be and they that did vpoÌ„ me looke did shake their heds at me verse 26 But thou O Lord that art my God mine ayde succour be according to thy mercy Lord saue and deliuer me verse 27 And they shal know therby y â— this lord is thy mighty haÌ„d and that y u thou hast done it Lord so shal they vnderstand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bles w t louing voice They shal arise and come to shame thy seruaunt shal reioyce verse 29 Let them be clothed al with shame that enmyes are to me and with confusion as a cloke eke couerd let them be verse 30 But greatly I wil with my mouth geue thankes vnto the Lord and I among the multitude his prayses wil record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand wil stand the poore man by To saue him from the men that would condemne his soule to dy Dixit dominus domino Psalme Cx. N. ¶ Dauid prophecieth of the power and euerlastyng kyngdome geuen to Christ of his priesthood whiche should put an end to the priesthood of Leuy Sing this ad the .68 Psalm verse 1 THe Lord did say vnto my Lord sit thou at my right hand Til I haue made thy foes a stoole wheron thy feete shal staÌ„d verse 2 The Lord shal out of Sion send the scepter of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the ruler in theyr sight And in the day on which they raygne and power they shal see verse 3 Then hereby frewil offrings shal thy people offer thee yea with a holy worshipping then shal they offer al Thy birthes dew is the dew that doth froÌ„ woÌ„be of morning fal verse 4 The Lord hath sworne neuer wil repent what he doth say By thorder of Melchisedech thou art a priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shal wouÌ„d for thee the stately kings vpon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shal iudge and fil the place with bodyes dead and ouer diuers countreys shal in sonder smite the head And he shal drinke out of the broke that runneth in the way Therfore he shal lift vp on hye his royal head that day Confitebor tibi domine Psalme .cxi. N. ¶ He geueth thankes to the Lord for his mercifull workes towardes his Churche and declareth wherein true wisedome and right knowledge consisteth WIth hart I do accord to prayse laud the Lord In presence of the iust For great his workes are found To search them such are bound as do him loue and trust His workes are glorious also his righteousnes it doth endure for euer his wondrous workes he would we stil remember should hys mercy fayleth neuer verse 5 Suche as do loue him beare a portion full fayre He hath vp for them laid for this they shal wel finde He will them haue in minde and kepe them as he sayd verse 6 For he did not disdayne his workes to shew them playne By lightning and by thunders when he the Heathens land Did geue into their hand where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his workes insueth both iudgement right and truth Wherto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For euer to endure whiche equitie doth end Redemption he gaue his people for to saue verse 9 And hath also required his promes not to fayle But alwayes to preuaile his holy name be feared verse 10 Whoso with hartful faine true wisdom wold attaine The Lord feare and obey such as his lawes do kepe shall knowledge haue ful depe his praise shal last for aye Beatus vir psalme Cxii VV. K. ¶ He praiseth the felicitie of them that feare God and condemneth the cursed state of the conâ—emners of God Sing this as the Pater noster verse 1 THe man is blest that god doth feare and that his lawes doth loue in dede His sede on earth God wil vpreare And bles such as from hym procede His house with good he wil fulfil His rightousnes endure shal stil verse 2 Vnto the righteous doth aryse ⧠In trouble ioy in darkenes lyght Compassion is in his eyes And mercy alwayes in his syght verse 3 Yea pitie moueth such to lend He doth by iudgement things expend ⧠verse 4 And furely such shal neuer fayle For in remembrance had is he verse 5 No tidings il can make hym quayle Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 6 His hart is firme his feare is past For he shal see his foes down cast verse 7 He did wel for the poore prouide ⧠his righteousnes shal stil remayn And hys estate with prayse abyde Though that the wicked man disdayne verse 8 Yea gnashe his teeth therat shal hee And so consume hys state to see Laudate pueri Psalme Cxiii VV. K. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord for his prouidence in that that contrary to the course of nature he worketh in his church YE childreÌ„ which do serue the Lord praise ye his name with one accorde yea blessed be alwayes hys name who from the rysing of the sunne till it returne where it begunne is to be praysed with great fame The Lord al peoples doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellings in the heauens are of suche great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Thinges to beholde both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The nedy out of dust to drawe and eke the poore which help none sawe His onely mercy did him moue verse
grace as may my lyfe prolong Thy holy word then wil I kepe both in my hart and tong verse 18 Mine eyes which were dim shut vp so open and make bright that of thy law marueilous workes I may haue y ◠cleare sight verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandryng now here now there Thy word therfore to me disclose my footesteps for to cleare verse 20 My soule is rauished with desyre and neuer is at rest But seketh to know thy iudgemēts hye what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malicious thou hast destroyd echone and cursed are such as do not thy hestes attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne me frō rebuke shame which wicked men conspire For I haue kept thy couenants with zeale as hoate as fyre verse 23 The princes great in counsel sate and did against me speake but thē thy seruāt thought how he thy statutes might 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 DALETH The .iiii. part 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 whē I acknowledged with mercy thou dydst heare Here now eftsones and me instruct thy lawes to loue and feare verse 27 Teach me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy works then wil I meditate and lay them vp in store verse 28 My soule I feele so sore opprest that it melteth for griefe Accordyng to thy word therfore hast Lord to send reliefe verse 29 From lieng and deceitful lips let thy grace me defend and that I may learn thee to loue thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight sure I haue chosen and found I set thy iudgement me before which kepe me safe and sound verse 31 Since then O Lord I forced my self thy couenants to embrace Let me therfore haue no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then wil I runne with ioyful cheare where thy word doth me cal when thou hast set my hart at large and rid me out of thral HE The fyft part verse 33 INstruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes deuyne and it to kepe euen to the end my hart wil I encline verse 34 Graunt me the knowledge of thy law and I shal it obey With hart and mynd and al my might I wil it kepe I say verse 35 In the right path of thy precepts guide me Lord I require None other pleasure do I wish nor greater thyng desyre verse 36 Incline my hart thy lawes to kepe and couenants to embrace And from al filthy auarice Lord shield me with thy grace verse 37 From vayn desires and worldly lustes turn back mine eyes syght Gene me the spirit of lyfe power to walk thy wayes aright verse 38 Confirme thy gratious promise Lord which thou hast made to mee Which am thy seruant and do loue and feare nothyng but thee verse 39 Reproch shame which I so feare from me O Lord expel For thou doost iudge with equity therin doost excel verse 40 Behold my harts desyre is bent thy lawes to kepe for ay Lord strengthē me so with thy grace that it perform I may VAV The syxt part verse 41 THy mercies great and manifold let me obtayne O Lord Thy sauing health let me enioy according to thy word verse 42 So shal I stop y e slaundrous mouthes of leud men and vniust For in thy faithful promises standes my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth within my mouth let euer stil be prest For in thy iudgements wonderful my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And while y ◠breath within my brest doth natural life preserue Yea til this world shal be dissolued thy law wil I obserue verse 45 So walk wil I as set at large and made free from al drede Because I sought how for to kepe thy precepts and thy rede verse 46 Thy noble actes I wil describe as things of most great fame Euē before kings I wil them blase and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I wil reioyce then to obey thy worthy hestes and wil which euermore I haue loued best and so wil loue them stil verse 48 My hands wil I lyft to thy lawes which I haue dearely sought and practise thy commaundements in wil in dede and thought ZAIN The .vii. part verse 49 THy promise which y u madest to me thy seruant Lord 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 life not by thy word my life would soone me fayle verse 51 The proud such as God contemn stil made of me a scorne yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forelorne verse 52 But cald to mind lord thy great works shewd to our fathers old Wherby I felt the ioy surmount my grief an hundred fold verse 53 But yet alas for feare I quooke seyng how wicked men thy law forsooke and did procure thy iudgemēt who know whē verse 54 And as for me I framde my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the straungers dwelt thoughts gan me assalt verse 55 I thought vpon thy name O Lord by night when others slepe as for thy law also I kept and euer wil it kepe verse 56 This grace I did obtayne because thy couenants swete and deare I did embrace and also kepe with reuerence and with feare HETH The .viii. part 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 Myne earnest hart dyd humbly sue in presence of thy face as thou therfore hast promised Lord graunt me of thy grace verse 59 My lyfe I haue examined and tryde my secret hart Which to thy statutes caused me my feete straight to conuert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slouthful are But hastely thy lawes to kepe I did my self beware verse 61 The cruel bandes of wicked men haue made of me their pray yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy rightous iudgemēt shewd toward me so great is and so hye That euen at midnight wil I ryse thy name to magnify verse 63 Companion am I to al them which feare thee in their hart and neyther wil for loue nor dread frō thy cōmaundements start verse 64 Thy mercies Lord most plentuously do al the world fulfil Oh teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy wil. TETH The .ix. part verse 65 ACcording to thy promise Lord so hast thou with me delt For of thy grace in sundry sortes haue I thy seruant felt verse 66 Teach me to iudge alwayes aright and geue me knowledg
that fruteful are The Ceders great and tal His worthy prayse declare verse 10 Beastes and cattel Hea birdes flying And wormes crepyng That on earth dwel verse 11 Al kynges both more and les With al theyr pompous trayne Princes and al Iudges That in the world remayne Exalte hys name verse 12 Yong men and maydes Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his name shal we proue To be most excellent Whose prayse is farre aboue The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shal Exalte with blisse The borne of hys And helpe them al His Saints al shal forth tel His prayse and worthynes The children of Israel Ech one both more and les verse 15 And also they That with good wil His wordes fulfil And hym obey Cantate dominum Psalme Cxlix N. ¶ An exhortation to the Churche to prayse the Lord for his victory and conquest that he geueth his saintes agaynst all mans power verse 1 SIng ye vnto the Lord our God a new reioysing song and let the prayse of him be herd his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel reioyce in hÃm that made him of nothing And let the sede of Sion eke be ioyful in theyr kyng verse 3 Let them sound prayse with voyce of flute vnto his holy name and with the timbrel and the harpe sing prayses of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure al hath in his people set and by deliueraunce he wil rayse the meke to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honor now let al the saintes reioyce and now aloud vpon their beds aduaunce their singing voyce verse 6 And in their mouthes let be the actes of God the mighty Lord And in their handes eke let them beare a double edged sword verse 7 To plague the Heathen correct the people with their handes verse 8 To bynd theyr stately kings in chaines their Lordes in yroÌ„ baÌ„des verse 9 To execute on them the dome that written is before This honor al his saints shal haue prayse ye the Lord therfore Laudate dominum Psalme CL. N. ¶ An exhortation to prayse the Lord without sease by all maner of wayes for all his mighty and wonderfull workes verse 1 YElde vnto God the mighty Lord prayse in his sanctuarye And prayse him in y â— firmameÌ„t y â— shewes his power on hye verse 2 Aduaunce his name and prayse him in his mighty actes alwayes according to his excellency of greatnes geue him prayse verse 3 His prayses with the princely noyse of sounding trompet blow Prayse him vpon the viole and vpon the harpe also verse 4 Prayse him with timbrel and with flute orgaines and virginals verse 5 With sounding cimbals praise ye him praise him w t loud cimbals verse 6 What euer hath the benefite of breathing praise the Lord To prayse the name of God the Lord agree with one accord ¶ The ende of the Psalmes of Dauid in metre ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Mornyng Prayer T. Becon Syng this an the .100 Psalme PRayse the Lord O ye Gentils al which hath brought you into his lyght O praise him al people mortal as it is most worthy right For he is ful determined on vs to poure out his mercy And the Lordes truth be ye assured abideth perpetually Glory be to God the father and to Iesus Christ his true sonne With the holy Ghost in like maner now and at euery season ¶ An exhortation vnto the prayse of God to be song before Euening prayer T. Be. BEhold now geue hede such as be the Lordes seruaunts faithful and true Come praise y e Lord euery degree with such songs as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lordes house euen in our own Gods mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our saluation Lift vp your haÌ„ds in his holy place yea that in the time of night Praise y â— Lord which geueth al grace for he is a Lord of great might TheÌ„ shal y e Lord out of SioÌ„ which made heaueÌ„ earth by his power Geue to you your nation his blessing mercy and fauour Glory be to God the father c. ¶ The .x. Commaundementes of almighty God ¶ Exodus .xx. VV. VV. AEtend my people and geue eare of ferly thyngs I wil thee tel see that my wordes in mynde thou beare and to my preceptes listen wel verse 1 I am thy Soueraine Lord and God Which haue thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaimed from Pharos rod Make thee no Gods on them to cal verse 2 Nor facioned forme of any thing In heauen or earth to worship it For I thy God by reuengyng With greuous plagues this sinne wil smit verse 3 Take not in vayne his holy name ⧠Abuse it not after thy wil For so thou might sone purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spil verse 4 The Lord froÌ„ worke the seuenth day cest And brought al things to perfect end So thou and thyne that day take rest That to Gods hestes ye may attend ⧠verse 5 Vnto thy parentes honor geue As Gods commaundements do pretend That thou long dayes and good mayest lyue In earth where God a place doth lend verse 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate verse 7 Al filthy fornication feare verse 8 Se thou steale not in any rate verse 9 False witnes agaynst no man beare verse 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to haue ⧠His wife or ought that he calth myne His field his Oxe his Asse his slaue Or any thing which is not thine A Prayer Thy spirit of grace graunt vs O Lord To kepe these lawes our hartes restore And cause vs al with one accord To magnify the name therfore For of our selues no strength we haue To kepe these lawes after thy wil Thy myght therfore O Christ we craue That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy names sake graunt vs this Thou art our strength oh Sauiour Christ Of thee to spede how should we mis In whom our treasure doth consist ⧠To thee for euermore be prayse With thy father in respect and with thy holy spirit alwayes The comforter of thyne elect ¶ The Lordes Prayer D. Cox OVr father which in heauen art And makst vs al one brotherhod to cal vpon thee with one hart Our heauenly father and our God graunt we pray not with lips alone but with the harts depe sigh and grone Thy blessed name be sanctified Thy holy word mought vs inflame In holy lyfe for to abyde To magnifie thy holy name From al errours defend and kepe The litle flocke of thy poore shepe ⧠Thy kingdome come euen at this houre and henceforth euerlastyngly Thine holy ghost into vs poure With all his giftes most plenteously From Sathans rage and filthy band Defend vs with thy mighty hand Thy wil be done with diligence Like as in heauen in earth also In trouble graunt vs pacience