holiness proclaim 〈◊〉 thankful eke with heart and voice and mindful of the same Cantate Domino Psal xcviii J. H. 〈◊〉 Sing ye now unto the Lord a new and pleasant long 〈◊〉 he hath wrought throughout the world his wonders great and strong With his right hand full worthily he doth his foes devour â—â—d get himself the victory with his own arm and power The Lord doth make the people know his saving health and might â—e Lord doth eke his justice show in all the heathens sight His grace and truth to Israel in minde he doth record â—at all the earth hath seen right well the goodness of the Lord. â—e glad in him with joyful voice all people of the earth â—ethanks to God sing and rejoyce to him with joy and mirth Upon the harp unto him sing give thanks to him with psalms Rejoyce before the Lord our King with trumpets and with shalms verse 7 Yea let the sea with all therein for joy both roar and swell The earth likewise let it begin with all that therein dwell verse 8 And let the flouds rejoyce their fills and clap their hands apace And eke the mountains and the hills before the Lord his face verse 9 For he shall come to judge and try the world and every wight And rule the people mightily with justice and with right Dominus regnavit Psal xcix J. H. THe Lord doth reign although at it the people rage full sore Yea he on cherubims doth sit though all the world do roar verse 2 The Lord that doth in Sion dwell is high and wondrous great Above all folk he doth excell and he aloft is set verse 3 Let all men praise thy mighty Name for it is fearful sure And let them magnifie the same that holy is and pure verse 4 The princely power of our King doth love judgement and right Thou rightly rulest everything in Jacob through thy might verse 5 To praise the Lord our God devise all honour to him do Before his footstool worship him for he is holy too verse 6 Moses Aaron and Samuel as priests on him did call When they did pray he heard them well and gave them answer all verse 7 Within the cloud to them he spake then did they labour still To keep such saws as he did make and pointed them untill verse 8 O Lord our God thou didst them hear and answeredst them again Thy mercy did on them appear their deeds didst not maintain verse 9 O laud and praise our God and Lord within his holy hill For why our God throughout the world is holy ever still Jubilate Deo Psal c. J. H. ALl people that on earth do dwell sing to the Lord with chearful voice verse 2 Him serve with fear his praise forth tell come ye before him and rejoyce verse 3 The Lord ye know is God indeed without our aid he did us make We are his flock he doth us feed and for his sheep he doth us take verse 4 O enter then his gates with praise approach with joy his courts unto Praise laud and bless his Name always for it is seemly so to do verse 5 For why the Lord our God is good his mercy is for ever sure His truth at all times firmly stood and shall from age to age endure Another of the same by J. H. IN God the Lord be glad and light praise him throughout the earth verse 2 Serve him and come before his sight with singing and with mirth verse 3 Know that the Lord our God he is he did us make and keep Not we our selves for we are his own flock and pasture-sheep verse 4 O go into his gates always give thanks within the same Within his courts set forth his praise and laud his holy Name verse 5 For why the goodness of the Lord for evermore doth reign From age to age throughout the world his truth doth still remain Misericordiam Psal ci N. I Mercy will and judgement sing O Lord God unto thee verse 2 And wisely do in perfect way until thou come to me And in the midst of my house walk in pureness of my sprite verse 3 And I no kinde of wicked thing will set before my sight I hate their works that fall away it shall not cleave to me verse 4 From me shall part the froward heart none evil will I see verse 5 Him will I stroy that slandereth his neighbour privily The lofty heart I cannot hear nor him that looketh high verse 6 Mine eyes shall be on them within the land that faithful be In perfect way who walketh shall be servant unto me verse 7 I will no guileful person have within my house to dwell And in my presence he shall not remain that lies doth tell verse 8 Betimes I will destroy even all the wicked of the land That I may from Gods city cut the wicked workers hand Domine exaudi Psal cii N. O Hear my prayer Lord and let my cry come unto thee verse 2 In time of trouble do not hide thy face away from me verse 3 Incline thine ear to me make haste to hear me when I call For as the smoke doth fade so do my days consume and fall verse 4 And as an hearth my bones are burnt my heart is smitten dead And withers like the grass that I forget to eat my bread verse 5 By reason of my groaning voice my bones cleave to my skin verse 6 As pelicane in wilderness such case now am I in And as an owl in desert is so I am such an one verse 7 I watch and as a sparrow on the house-top am alone verse 8 Lo daily in reproachful wise mine enemies do me scorn And they that do against me rage against me they have sworn verse 9 Surely with ashes as with bread my hunger I have fill'd And mingled have my drink with tears that from mine eyes have still'd verse 10 Because of thy displeasure Lord thy wrath and thy disdain For thou hast listed me aloft and cast me down again verse 11 The days wherein I pass my life are like the fleeting shade And I am with'red like the grass that soon away doth fade verse 12 But thou O Lord for ever dost remain in steady place And thy remembrance ever doth abide from race to race The second part verse 13 Thou wilt arise and mercy thou to Sion wilt extend The time of mercy now the time foreset is come to end verse 14 For even in the stones thereof thy servants do delight And on the dust thereof they have compassion in their sprite verse 15 Then shall the heathen people fear the Lords most holy Name And all the kings on earth shall dread thy glory and thy fame verse 16 Then when the Lord the mighty God again shall Sion rear And then when he most nobly in his glory shall appear verse 17 To prayer of the desolate when he himself shall bend When he shall not disdain unto their prayers to attend verse 18
rulers all be wise therefore and learn'd By whom the matters of the world be judged and discern'd verse 11 See that ye serve the Lord above in trembling and in fear See that with reverence ye rejoyce to him in like manner verse 12 See that ye kiss and eke embrace his blessed Son I say Left in his wrath ye suddenly perish in the mid-way verse 13 If once his wrath never so small shall kindle in his breast O then all they that trust in Christ shall happy be and blest Domine quid Psal iii. T. S. O Lord how are my foes increast which vex me more and more verse 2 They kill my heart when as they say God can him not restore verse 3 But thou O Lord art my defence when I am hard bestead My worship and mine honour both and thou hold'st up my head verse 4 Then with my voice upon the Lord I did both call and cry And he out of his holy hill did hear me by and by verse 5 I laid me down and quietly I slept and rose again For why I know assuredly the Lord will me sustain verse 6 If ten thousand had hemm'd me in I could not be afraid For thou art still my Lord and God my Saviour and mine aid Rise up therefore save me my God for now to thee I call verse 7 For thou hast broke the cheeks and teeth of these wicked men all verse 8 Salvation onely doth belong to thee O Lord above Thou dost bestow upon thy folk thy blessing and thy love Cum invocarem Psal iv T. S. O God that art my righteousness Lord hear me when I call Thou hast set me at liberty when I was bound and thrall verse 2 Have merâ—y Lord therefore on me and grant me my request For unto thee uncessantly to cry I will not rest verse 3 O mortal men how long will ye my glory thus despise Why wander ye in vanity and follow after lies verse 4 Know ye that good and godly men the Lord doth take and chuse And when to him I make my plaint he doth me not refuse verse 5 Sin not but stand in aw therefore examine well your heart And in your chamber quietly see you your selves convert verse 6 Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousness I say And look that in the living Lord you put your trust alway verse 7 The greater sort crave worldly goods and riches do embrace But Lord grant us thy countenance thy savour and thy grace verse 8 For thou thereby shalt make my heart more joyful and more glad Then they that of their corn and wine full great increase have had verse 9 In peace therefore lie down will I taking my rest and sleep For thou onely wilt me O Lord alone in safety keep Verba mâ—a auribus Psal v. T. S. IN cline thine ears unto my words O Lord my plaint consider verse 2 And hear my voice my King my God to thee I make my prayer verse 3 Hear me betime Lord tarry not for I will have respect My prayer early in the morn to thee for to direct verse 4 And I will trust through patience in thee my God alone Thou art not pleas'd with wickedness and ill with thee dwells none verse 5 And in thy sight shall never stand these furious fools O Lord Vain workers of iniquity thou hast always abhor'd verse 6 The liars and the slatterers thou shalt destroy them than And God will hate the bloud-thirsty and the deceitful man verse 7 Therefore will I come to thinâ— house trusting upon thy grace And reverently will worship thee toward thine holy place verse 8 Lord lead me in thy righteousness for to confound my soes And eke the way that I shall walk before my face disclose verse 9 For in their mouths there is no truth their heart is soul and vain Their throat an open sepulchre their tongues do glose and fain verse 10 Destroy their false conspiracies that they may come to nought Subvert them in their heaps of sin which have rebellion wrought verse 11 But those that put their trust in thee let them be glad always And render thanks for thy defence and give thy name the praise verse 12 For thou with favour wilt increase the just and righteous still And with thy grace as with a shield defend him from all ill Domine ne in furore Psal vi T. S. LOrd in thy wrath reprove me not though I deserve thine ire No yet correct me in thy rage O Lord I thee desire verse 2 For I am weak therefore O Lord Of mercy me forbear And heal me Lord for why thou know'st my bones do quake for fear verse 3 My soul is troubled very sore and vexed vehemently But Lord how long wilt thou delay to cure my misery verse 4 Lord turn thee to thy wonted grace my silly soul up take O save me not for my deserts but for thy mercies sake verse 5 For why no man among the dead remembreth thee one whit Or who shall worship thee O Lord in the infernal pit verse 6 So grievous is my plaint and moan that I wax wondrous saint All the night long I wash my bed with tears of my complaint verse 7 My sight is dim and waxeth old with anguish of my heart For sear of those that be my foes and would my soul subvert verse 8 But now away from me all ye that work iniquity For why the Lord hath heard the voice of my complaint and cry verse 9 He heard not onely the request and prayer of my heart But it received at my hands and took it in good part verse 10 And now my foes that vexed me the Lord will soon defame And suddenly confound them all to their rebuke and shame Domine Deus meus Psal vii T. S. O Lord my God I put my trust and confidence in thee Save me from them that me pursue and eke deliver me verse 2 Lest like a lion he me tear and rend in pieces small While there is none to succour me and rid me out of thrall verse 3 O Lord my God if I have done the thing that is not right Or else it I be found in fault or guilty in thy sight verse 4 Or to my friend rewarded ill or left him in distress Which me pursu'd most cruelly and hated me causless verse 5 Then let my foes pursue my soul and eke my life down thrust Unto the earth and also lay mine honour in the dust verse 6 Start up O Lord now in thy wrath and put my foes to pain Perform the kingdom promised to me which wrong sustain verse 7 Then shall great nations come to thee and know thee by this thing If thou declare for love of them thy self as Lord and King verse 8 And as thou art of all men Judge O Lord â—ow judge thou me According to my righteousness and mine integrity The second part verse 9 Lord cease the hate of wicked men and be the just mans guide
the folk that pass thereby thy vine may spoil and waste verse 13 The boar out of the wood so wilde doth dig and root it out The furious beasts out of the field devour it all about verse 14 O Lord of hosts return again from heaven look betime behold and with thy help sustain this poor vineyard of thine verse 15 Thy plant I say thine Israel whom thy right hand hath set The same which thou didst love so well O Lord do not forget verse 16 They lop and cut it down apace they burn it eke with fire â—â—d through the frowning of thy face we perish in thine ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with them now whom thou hast kept so long â—â—â—d with the Son of man whom thou to thee hast made so strong verse 18 And so when thou hast set us free and saved us from shame Then will we never fall from thee but call upon thy Name verse 19 O Lord of hosts through thy good grace convert us unto thee behold us with a pleasant face and then full safe are we Deo exultate Psal lxxxi J. H. BE light and glad in God rejoyce which is our strength and stay be joyful and lift up your voice to Jacobs God I say verse 2 Prepare your instruments most meet some joyful psalm to sing strike up with harp and lute so sweet on every pleasant string verse 3 Blow as it were in the new-moon with trumpets of the best As it is used to be done at any solemn feast â— For this is unto Israel a statute and a trade â—law that must be kept full well which Jacobs God hath made â— This clause with Joseph was decreed when he from Egypt came That as a witness all his feed should still observe the same â— When God I say had so prepar'd to bring him from that land Whereas the speech which he had heard he did not understand verse 7 I from his shoulders took saith he the burden clean away And from the furnace quit him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 When thou in grief didst cry and call I holp thee by and by And I did answer thee withal in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discord I did thee tempt and prove Whereas the goodness of the Lord with mutt'ring thou didst move verse 10 Hear O my folk O Israel and I assure it thee Regard and mark my words full well if thou wilt cleave to me The second part verse 11 Thou shalt no god in thee reserve of any land abroad Nor in no wise to bow or serve a strange or forein god verse 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egypt set thee free Then ask of me abundantly and I will give it thee verse 13 And yet my people would not hear my voice when that I spake Nor Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leave them to their will in hardness of their heart To walk in their own counsels still themselves they might pervert verse 15 O that my people would have heard the words that I did say And eke that Israel would regard to walk within my way verse 16 How soon would I confound their foes and bring them down full low And turn my hand upon all those that would them overthrow verse 17 And they that at the Lord do rage as slaves should seek him till But of his folk the time and age should flourish ever still verse 18 I would have fed them with the crop and finest of the wheat And made the rock with honey drop that they their fills should eat Deus stetit Psal lxxxii J. H. AMid the preass with men of might the Lord himself doth stand To plead the cause of truth and right with judges of the land verse 2 How long said he will you proceed false judgement to award And have respect for love of meed the wicked to regard verse 3 Whereas of due you should defend the fatherless and weak And when the poor man doth contend in judgement justly speak verse 4 If ye be wise defend the cause of poor men in their right And rid the needy from the claws of tyrants force and might verse 5 But nothing will they know or learn in vain to them I talk They will not see or ought discern but still in darkness walk verse 6 For lo even now the time is come that all things fall to nought And likewise laws both all and some for gain are sold and bought I had decreed it in my sight as gods to take you all And children to the most of might for love I did you call verse 7 But not withstanding ye shall die as men and so decay O tyrants I shall you destroy and pluck you quite away verse 8 Up Lord and let thy strength be known and judge the world with might For why all nations are thine own to take them as thy right Deus quid Psal lxxxiii J. H. DO not O God refrain thy tongue in filence do not stay Withhold not Lord thy self fo long and make no more delay verse 2 For why behold thy foes and see how they do rage and cry And those that bear an hate to thee hold up their heads on high verse 3 Against thy folk they use deceit and crast'ly they enquire For thine elect to lie in wait their counsel doth conspire verse 4 Come on say they let us expel and pluck these solk away So that the name of Israel may utterly decay verse 5 They all conspire within their heart how they may thee withstand Against the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of all the Edomites the Ismaelites also The Hagarenes and Moabites with divers other mo verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and likewise doth Amalek conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwell at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is well appaid with them in league to be And doth become a sence and aid to Lots posteritie verse 9 As thou didst to the Midianites so serve them Lord each one As to Siser and to Jabin beside the brook Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy and waste them through thy might That they like dung on earth did lie and that in open fight The second part verse 11 Make them now and their lords appear like Zeb and Oreb than As Zebah and Zalmana were the kings of Midian verse 12 Which said Let us throughout the land in all the coasts abroad Possess and take into our hand the fair houses of God verse 13 Turn them O God with storms as fast as wheels that have no stay Or like the chaff which men do cast with winds to flie away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forests spills And as the flame doth quite consume the mountains and the hills verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath upon their necks be
THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS Collected into English Metre BY THOMAS STERNHOLD JOHN HOPKINS AND OTHERS Conferred with the Hebrew Set forth and allowed to be sung in all Churches of all the people together before and after Morning and Evening Prayer and also before and after Sermons and moreover in private houses for their godly solace and comfort laying apart all ungodly Songs and Ballads which tend onely to the nourishing of vice and corrupting of youth James 5. If any be afflicted let him pray and if any be merry let him sing Psalms Colossians 3. Let the word of God dwell plenteously in you in all wisdom teaching and exhorting one another in Psalms hymns and spiritual songs singing unto the Lord in your hearts ALMA MATER CANTABRIGIA HINC LVCEM ET POCVLA SACRA ¶ Printed by John Field Printer to the University of CAMBRIDGE Anno Dom. M. DC.LX.VI CVM PRIVILEGIO Veni Creator COme holy Ghost eternal God proceeding from above Both from the Father and the Son the God of peace and love â—t our minds and into us thy heavenly grace inspire That in all truth and godliness â—e may have true desire Thou art the very comforter â—â—all wo and distress The heavenly gift of God most high which no tongue can express â—â—e fountain and the lively spring of joy celestial The fire so bright the love so clear â—â—d unction spiritual Thou in thy gifts art manifold thereby Christs church doth stand 〈◊〉 â—ithful hearts writing thy law â—e finger of Gods hand â—â—â—ding to thy promise made â—â—u givest speech of grace 〈◊〉 through thy help the praise of God â—y stand in every place 〈◊〉 Ghost into our wits â—â—d down thy heavenly light 〈◊〉 our hearts with fervent love 〈◊〉 serve God day and night â—â—gth and â—â—ablish all our weakness â—â—â—eeble and so frail 〈◊〉 neither flesh the world nor devil â—unst us do prevail â—â—ack our enemies far from us 〈◊〉 grant us to obtain 〈◊〉 in our hearts with God and man â—â—out grudge of disdain 〈◊〉 grant O Lord that thou being 〈◊〉 leader and our guide â—â—y eschew the snares of sin 〈◊〉 from thee never slide 〈◊〉 such plentie of thy grace â—od Lord grant we thee pray â—â—â—thou may'st be our comforter â—â—e last dreadful day 〈◊〉 strife and distention Lord dissolve the bands 〈◊〉 â—ake the knots of peace and love â—â—â—ghout all Christian lands â—t us O Lord through thee to know 〈◊〉 Father most of might 〈◊〉 of his dear beloved Son â—ay attain the fight 〈◊〉 that with perfect saith also â—ay acknowledge thee 〈◊〉 Spirit of them both alway 〈◊〉 God in persons three â—â—â—nd praise be to the Father 〈◊〉 to the Son equal 〈◊〉 the holy Spirit also 〈◊〉 God coeternal 〈◊〉 pray we that the onely Son 〈◊〉 safe his Spirit to send 〈◊〉 that do profess his name 〈◊〉 the worlds last end The humble suit of a sinner M. 〈◊〉 Lord of whom I do depend behold my careful heart 〈◊〉 then thy will and pleasure is â—â—â—se me of my smart 〈◊〉 seest my sorrows what they are 〈◊〉 grief is known to thee â—â—â—cere is none that can remove â—â—â—ke the same from me â—â—ly thou whose aid I crave â—â—â—se mercy still is prest 〈◊〉 all those that come to thee â—â—â—ccour and for rest 〈◊〉 thou seest my restless eyes 〈◊〉 â—ars and grievous groan 〈◊〉 unto my suit O Lord. â—â—is well my plaint and moan 〈◊〉 hath so inclosed me â—â—â—â—past me about â—â—â—m now renâ—ediless â—â—â—cy help not out â—â—â—â—ral man cannot release 〈◊〉 gate this pain 〈◊〉 thy Christ my Lord and God 〈◊〉 my sins was slain 〈◊〉 bloudy wounds are yet to see â—â—gh not with mortal eye 〈◊〉 thy saints behold them all 〈◊〉 I trust shall I. 〈◊〉 sin doth hinder me a while 〈◊〉 thou shalt see it good I shall enjoy the sight of him and see his wounds and bloud And as thine angels and thy saints do now behold the same So trust I to possess that place with them to praise thy name But whil'st I live here in this vale where sinners do frequent Assist me ever with thy grace my sins still tâ— lament Lest that I tread the sinners trace and give them my consent To dwell with them in wickedness whereto nature is bent Onely thy grace must be my stay lest that I fall down flat And being down then of my self cannot recover that Wherefore this is yet once again my suit and my request To grant me pardon for my sin that I in thee may rest Then shall my heart and tongue also be instruments of praise And in thy Church and house of Saints sing psalms to thee always Venite exultemus Psal xcv O Come and let us now rejoyce And sing unto the Lord And to our onely Saviour Also with one accord O let us come before his face With inward reverence Confessing all our former sins And that with diligence To thank him for his benefits Always distributing Wherefore to him right joyfully In psalms now let us sing And that because that God alone Is Lord magnificent And eke above all other gods A King omnipotent His people doth not he forsake At any time or tide And in his hands are all the coasts Of all the world so wide And with his loving countenance He looketh every where And doth behold the tops of all The mountains far and near The sea and all that is therein Are his for he them made And eke his hand hath fashioned The earth which doth not fade O come therefore and worship him And down before him fall And let us kneel before the Lord The which hath made us all He is our God our Lord and King And we his people are His flock and sheep of his pasture Of whom he taketh care This day if ye will hear his voice Then harden not your heart As in the bitter murmuring When ye were in desert Which thing was of their negligence Committed in the time Of trouble in the wilderness A great and grievous crime Whereas your fathers tempted me And try'd me every way They proved me and saw my works What I could do or say These fourty years I have been griev'd With this same generation And evermore I said they err'd In their imagination Wherewith their hearts were sore cumbred Long time and many days Wherefore I said Assuredly They have not known my ways To whom I in my anger swore That they should not be blest Nor see my joy celestial Nor enter in my rest Gloria Patri All laud and praise be to thee Lord O that of might art most To God the Father and the Son And to the holy Ghost As it in the beginning was For ever heretofore And is now at this present time And shall be evermore The song of S. Ambrose called Te Deum WE praise thee God we knowledge thee the onely Lord to be And as eternal Father all the earth doth worship thee To thee all Angels cry the heavens and all the powers
before I ask The thing that I would have Mercy good Lord mercy I ask This is the total sum For mercy Lord is all my suit Lord let thy mercy come The Lords Prayer or Pater noster OUr father which in heaven art Lord. Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth even as the same In heaven is Give us O Lord our daily bread this day As we forgive our debters so forgive our debts we pray Into temptation lead us not from evil make us free For kingdom power and glory thine both now and ever be The X Commandments Audi Israel Exod. 20. HEark Israel and what I say give heed to understand I am the Lord thy God that brought thee out of Egypt land Even from the house wherein thou didst in thraldom live a slave None other gods at all before my presence shalt thou have No manner graven image shalt thou make at all to thee Nor any figure like by thee shall counterfeited be Of any thing in heaven above nor in the earth below Nor in the waters beneath the earth to them thou shalt no bow Nor shalt them serve the Lord thy God a jealous God am I That punish parents faults unto the third and fourth degree Upon their children that me hate and mercy do display To thousands of such as me love and my precepts obey The Name thou of the Lord thy God in vain shalt never use For him that takes his Name in vain the Lord will not excuse Remember that thou holy keep the sacred sabbath day Six days thou labour shalt and do Thy needful works alway The seventh day is set by the Lord thy God to rest upon No work then shalt thou do in it ne thou nor yet thy son Thy daughter servant nor thy maid thine ox nor yet thine ass Nor stranger that within thy gates hath his abiding-place For in six dayes God heaven and earth and all therein did make And after those his rest he did upon the seventh day take Wherefore he blest the day that he for resting did ordain And sacred to himself alone appointed to remain Yeeld honour to thy Parents that prolong'd thy days may be Upon the land the which the Lord thy God hath given thee Thou shalt not murder Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Nor witness false against thy neighbour be Thou shalt not covet house that to thy neighbour doth belong Ne covet shalt in having of his wife to do him wrong Nor his man-servant nor his maid nor ox nor ass of his Nor any other thing that to thy neighbour proper is The complaint of a Sinner WHere righteousness doth say Lord for my sinful part In wrath thou shouldst me pay Vengeance for my desert I can it not deny But needs I must confess How that continually Thy laws I do transgress But if it be thy will With sinners to contend Then all thy flock shall spill And be lost without end For who lives here so right That rightly he can say He sins not in thy sight Full oft and every day Full oft c. The Scripture plain tells me The righteous man offendeth Seven times a day to thee Whereon thy wrath dependeth So that the righteous man Doth walk in no such path But he falls now and then In danger of thy wrath In danger c. Then sith the case so stands That even the man right wife Falls oft in sinful hands Whereby thy wrath mayrise Lord I that am unjust And righteousness none have Whereto then shall I trust My sinful soul to save My sinful c. But truly to that post Whereto I cleave and shall Which is thy mercy most Lord let thy mercy fall And mitigate thy mood Or else we perish all The price of this thy bloud Wherein mercy I call Wherein c. The Scripture doth declare No drop of bloud in thee But that thou didst not spare To shed each drop for me Now let those drops most sweet So moist my heart so dry That I with sin replete May live and sin may die May live c. That being mortified This sin of mine in me I may be sanctified By grace of thine in thee So that I never fall Into such mortal sin That my soâ—s infernal Rejoyce my death therein Rejoyce my c. But vouchsafe me to keep From those infernal foes And from that lake so deep Whereas no mercy grows And I shall sing the songs Consirmâ—d with the just That unto thee belongs Which art my onely trust Which art c. The PSALMS of DAVID in metre Beatus vir Psal i. T. S. THe man is blest that hath not bent to wicked reade his ear Nor led his life as sinners do nor sat in scorners chair verse 2 But in the law of God the Lord doth set his whole delight And in that law doth exercise himself both day and night verse 3 He shall be like the tree that grows fast by the rivers side Which bringeth forth most pleasant fruit in her due time and tide Whose leaf shall never fade nor fall but flourish still and stand Even so all things shall prosper well that this man takes in hand verse 4 So shall not the ungodly men they shall be nothing so But as the dust which from the earth the wind drives to and fro verse 5 Therefore shall not the wicked men in judgement stand upright Nor yet the sinners with the just shall come in place or sight verse 6 For why the way of godly men unto the Lord is known And eke the way of wicked men shall quite be overthrown Quare fremuerunt Psal ii T. S. WHy did the Gentiles tumults raise what rage was in their brain Why did the Jewisn people muse feeing all is but vain verse 2 The kings and rulers of the earth conspire and are all bent Against the Lord and Christ his Son which he among us sent verse 3 Shall we be bound to them say they let all their bonds be broke And of their doctrine and their law let us reject the yoke verse 4 But he that in the heaven dwells their doings will deride And make them all as mocking-stocks throughout the world so wide verse 5 For in his wrath the Lord will say to them upon a day And in his fury trouble them and then the Lord will say verse 6 I have anointed him my King upon my holy hill I will therefore Lord preach thy law and eke declare thy will verse 7 For in this wise the Lord himself did say to me I wot Thou art my dear and onely Son to day I thee begot verse 8 All people I will give to thee as heirs at thy request The ends and coasts of all the earth by thee shall be possest verse 9 Thou shalt them bruise even with a mace as men under foot trod And as the potters sherds shalt break them with an iron rod. verse 10 Now ye O kings and
14 What blasphemy is this to thee Lord dost thou not abhor it To hear the wicked in their heart say Tush thou car'st not for it verse 15 But thou seest all their wickedness and well dost understand verse 16 That friendless and poor fatherless are left into thy hand verse 17 Of wicked and malicious men then break the power for ever That they with their iniquity may perish altogether verse 18 The Lord shall reign for evermore as King and God alone And he will chase the heathen folk out of the land each one verse 19 Thou hear'st O Lord the poor mens plaint their prayers and request Their hearts thou wilt confirm until thine ears to hear be prest verse 20 To judge the poor and fatherless and help them to their right That they may be no more opprest by men of worldly might In Domino consido Psal xi T. S. I Trust in God how dare ye then say thus my soul until Flie hence as fast as any fowl and hide you in your hill verse 2 Behold the wicked bend their bowes and make their arrows prest To shoot in secret and to hurt the sound and harmless breast verse 3 Of worldly hope all stays were shrunk and clearly brought to nought Alas the just and righteous man what evil hath he wrought verse 4 But he that in his Temple is most holy and most high And in the heavens hath his seat of royal majesty The poor and simple mans estate considereth in his minde And searcheth out full narrowly the manners of mankinde verse 5 And with a cheerful countenance the righteous man will use But in his heart he doth abhor all such as mischief muse verse 6 And on the sinners casteth snares as thick as any rain Fire and brimstone and whirlwinds thick appointed for their pain verse 7 Ye see then how a righteous God doth righteousness embrace And to the just and upright men shews forth his pleasant face Salvum me fas Psal xii T. S. HEâ—y Lord for good and godly men do perish and decay And saith and truth from worldly men is parted clean away verse 2 Whoso doth with his neighbour talk his talk is all but vain For every man bethinketh how to flatter lie and feign verse 3 But flattering and deceitful lips and tongues that be so stout To speak proud words and make great brags The Lord soon cuts them out verse 4 For they say still We will prevail our tongues shall us extol Our tongues are ours we ought to speak what Lord shall us control verse 5 But for the great complaint and cry of poor and men opprest Arise will I now saith the Lord and them restore to rest verse 6 Gods word is like to silver pure that front the earth is triâ—d And hath no leâ—s thou seven times in fiâ—e bâ—â—â— purifiâ—d verse 7 Now sith thy promise is to help Lord keep thy promise then And save us now and evermore from this ill kinde of men verse 8 For now the wicked world is full of mischiefs manifold When vanity with worldly men so highly is extoll'd Vsquequo Domine Psal xiii T. S. HOw long wilt thou forget me Lord shall I ne're be remembred How long wilt thou thy visage hide as though thou wert offended verse 2 In heart and minde how long shall I with care tormented be How long eke shall my deadly foes thus triumph over me verse 3 Behold me now my Lord my God and hear me fore opprest Lighten mine eyes left that I sleep as one by death possest verse 4 Lest that mine enemie say to me behold I do prevail Lest they also that hate my soul rejoyce to see me quail verse 5 But from thy mercy and goodness my hope shall never start In thy releâ—f and saving health right glad shall be my heart verse 6 I will give thanks unto the Lord and praises to him fing Because he hath heard my request and granted my wishing Dixit insipiens Psal xiiii T. S. THere is no God as foolish men affirm in their mad mood Their drifts are all corrupt and vain not one of them doth good verse 2 The Lord beheld from heaven high the whole race of mankinde And saw not one that sought indeed the living God to finde verse 3 They went all wide and were corrupt and truly there was none That in the world did any good I say there was not one verse 4 Is all their judgement so far lost that all work mischief still Eating my people even as bread not one to seek Gods will verse 5 When they thus rage then suddenly great fear on them shall fall For God doth love the righteous men and will maintain them all verse 6 Ye mock the doings of the poor to their reproach and shame Because they put their trust in God and call upon his name verse 7 But who shall give thy people health and when wilt thou fulfil Thy promise made to Israel from out of Sion hill verse 8 Even when thou shalt restore again such as were captive led Then Jacob shall therein rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Domine quis Psal xv T. S. O Lord within thy tabernacle who shall inhabit still Or whom wilt thou receive to dwell in thy most holy hill verse 2 The man whose life is uncorrupt whose works are just and streight Whose heart doth think the very truth whose tongue speaks no deceit verse 3 Nor to his neighbour doth none ill in body goods or name Nor willingly doth move false tales which might empair the same verse 4 That in his heart regardeth not malicious wicked men But those that love and fear the Lord he maketh much of them verse 5 His oath and all his promises that keepeth faithfully Although he make his covenant so that he doth lose thereby verse 6 That putteth not to usury his money and his coyn Ne for to huâ—t the innocent doth bribe or else purloyn verse 7 Whoso doth all things as you see that here is to he done Shall never perish in thâ—â— world nor in the world to comâ— Conserva me Psal xvi T. S. LOrd keep me for I trust in thee and do confess indeed Thou art my God and of my goods O Lord thou hast no need verse 2 I give my goods unto the saints that in the world do dwell And namely to the faithful flock in vertue that excel verse 3 They shall heap sorrows on their heads which run as they were mad To offer to the idol-gods alas it is too bad verse 4 As for their bloudy sacrifice and offerings of that sort I will not touch nor yet thereof my lips shall make report verse 5 For why the Lord the portion is of mine inheritance And thou art he that dost maintain my rent my lot my chance verse 6 The place wherein my lot did fall in beauty did excel Mine heritage assign'd to me doth please me wondrous well verse 7 I thank the Lord that caused me to understand
the right For by his means my secret thoughts do teach me every night verse 8 I set the Lord still in my sight and trust him over all For he doth stand on my right hand Therefore I shall not fall verse 9 Wherefore my heart and tongue also do both rejoyce together My flesh and body rest in hope when I this thing consider verse 10 Thou wilt not leave my soul in grave for Lord thou lovest me Nor yet wilt give thy holy One corruption for to see verse 11 But wilt me teach the way to life for all treasure and store Of perfect joy are in thy face and power for evermore Exaudi Domine Psal xvii T. S. O Lord give ear to my just cause attend when I complain And hear the prayer that I put forth with lips that do not feign verse 2 And let the judgement of my cause proceed always from thee And let thine eyes behold and clear this my simplicitie verse 3 Thou hast well tri'd me in the night and yet couldst nothing finde That I have spoken with my tongue that was not in my minde verse 4 As for the works of wicked men and paths perverse and ill For love of thy most holy name I have refrained still verse 5 Then in thy paths that be most pure stay me Lord and preserve That from the way wherein I walk my steps may never swerve verse 6 For I do call to thee O Lord surely thou wilt me aid Then hear my prayer and weigh right welâ— the words that I have said verse 7 O thou the Saviour of all them that put their trust in thee Declare thy strength on them that spurn against thy majesty verse 8 O keep me as thou wouldest keep the apple of thine eye And under covert of thy wings defend me secretly The second part verse 9 From wicked men that trouble me and daily me annoy And from my foes that go about my soul for to destroy verse 10 Which wallow in their worldly wealth so full and cke so fat That in their pride they do not spare to speak they care not what verse 11 They lie in wait where I should pass with craft me to confound And muâ—ing mischief in their minds to cast me to the ground verse 12 Much like a lion greedily that would his prey embrace Or lurking like a lions whelp wâ—thin some secret place verse 13 Up Lord in hast prevent my foe and cast him at thy feet Save then my soul from the ill man and with the sword him luâ—itâ— verse 14 Deliver me Lord by thy power out of these tyrants hands Which now so long time reigned have and kept us in their bands verse 15 I mean from worldly men to whom all worldly goods are rife That have no hope nor part of joy but in this present life verse 16 Thou of thy store their bellies fill'st with pleasure to their minde Their children have enough and leave to theirs the rest behinde verse 17 But I shall with pure conscience behold thy gracious face So when I wake I shall be full of thine image and grace Diligam te Dom. Psal xviii T. S. O God my strength and fortitude of force I must love thee Thou art my castle and desence in my necessitie verse 2 My God my rock in whom I trust the worker of my wealth My refuge buckler and my shield the horn of all my health verse 3 When I sing laud unto the Lord most worthy to be served Then from my foes I am right sure that I shall be preserved verse 4 The pangs of death did compass me and bound me every where The flowing waves of wickedness did put me in great fear â— The slie and subtil snares of hell were round about me set â—ed for my death there was prepar'd a deadly trapping net â— I thus beset with pain and grief did pray to God for grace â—â—d he forthwith did hear my plaint â—ut of his holy place â— Such is his power that in his wrath â—e made the earth to quake â—o the foundation of the mount of Basan for to shake â— And from his nostrils came a smoke then kindled was his ire â—â—d from his mouth came kindled coals of hot consuming fire â— The Lord descended from above and bowed the heavens high â—â—d underneath his feet he cast the darkness of the skie â— On cherubs and on cherubims full royally he rode 〈◊〉 on the wings of all the winds came flying all abroad The second part And like a den most dark he made his hid and secret place â—â—th waters black and aâ—ery clouds environed he was â— But when the presence of his face in brightness shall appear â—â—â—n clouds consume and in their stead come hail and coals of fire â— The fiery darts and thunderbolts disperse them here and there 〈◊〉 with his often lightenings he puts them in great fear â— Lord at thy wrath and threatenings and at thy chiding chear â—â—e springs and the foundations of all the world appear â— And from above the Lord sent down to fetch me from below 〈◊〉 pluckt me out of waters great that would me over flow â— And me delivered from my foes that would have made me thrall 〈◊〉 from such foes as were too strong for me to deal withall â— They did prevent me to oppress in time of my great grief 〈◊〉 yet the Lord was my defence my succour and relief â— He brought me forth in open place whereas I might be free â—â—d kept me safe because he had a favour unto me â— And as I was an innocent so did he me regard â—â—d to the cleanness of my hands he gave me my reward â— For that I walked in his ways and in his paths have trod 〈◊〉 have not wavered wickedly against my Lord and God The third part verse 21 But evermore I have respect to his law and decree His statutes and commandements I cast not out from me verse 22 But pure and clean and uncorrupt appear'd before his face And did refrain from wickedness and sin in any case verse 23 The Lord therefore will me reward as I have done aright And to the cleanness of my hands appearing in his sight verse 24 For Lord with him that holy is wilt thou be holy too And with the good and vertuous men right vertuously wilt do verse 25 And to the loving and elect thy love thou wilt reserve And thou wilt use the wicked men as wicked men deserve verse 26 For thou dost save the simple folk in trouble when they lie And dost bring down the countenance of them that look full high verse 27 The Lord will light my candle so that it shall shine full bright The Lord my God will make also my darkness to be light verse 28 For by thy help an host of men discomnt Lord I shall By thee I scale and overleap the strength of any wall verse 29 Unspotted are the ways of God his word is purely tri'd He is a
thy foes and let them feel the power of thy right hand verse 9 And like an oven burn them Lord in fiery flame and fume Thine anger shall destroy them all and fire shall them consume verse 10 And thou shalt root out of the earth their fruit that should in crease And from the number of thy folk their seed shall end and cease verse 11 For why much mischief did they muse against thy holy Name Yet did they fail and had no power for to perform the same verse 12 But as a mark thou shalt them set in a most open place And charge thy bowe-strings readily against thine enemies face verse 13 Be thou exalted Lord therefore in thy strength every hour So shall we sing right solemnly praising thy might and power Deus Deus meus Psal xxii T. S. O God my God wherefore dost thou forsake me utterly And helpest not when I do make my great complaint and cry verse 2 To thee my God even all day long I do both cry and call I cease not all the night and yet thou hearest not at all verse 3 Even thou that in thy sanctuary and holy place dost dwell Thou art the comfort and the joy and glory of Israel verse 4 And he in whom our fathers old had all their hope for ever And when they put their trust in thee thou didst them ay deliver verse 5 They were delivered ever when they called on thy Name And for the faith they had in thee they were not put to shame verse 6 But I am now become a worm more like then any man An outcast whom the people scorn with all the spight they can verse 7 All men despise as they behold me walking on the way They grin they mow they nod their heads and on this wise they say verse 8 This man did glory in the Lord his favour and his love Let him redeem and help him now his power if he will prove verse 9 But Lord out of my mothers womb I came by thy request Thou didst preserve me still in hope while I did suck her breast verse 10 I was committed from my birth with thee to have aâ—ode Since I was in my mothers womb thou hast been e're my God The second part verse 11 Then Lord depart not now from me in this my present grief Since I have none to be my help my succoar and relief verse 12 So many bulls do compass me that be full strong of hâ—ad Yea bulls so fat as though they had in Basan field been fed verse 13 They gape upon me greedily as though they would me flay Much like a lion roaring out and ramping for his prey verse 14 But I drop down like water shed my joynts in sunder break My heart doth in my body melt like wax against the heat verse 15 And like a potsherd dâ—iâ—th my strength my tongue it cleaveta fast Unto my jaws and I am brought to dust of death at last verse 16 And many dogs do compass me and wicked coansel eke Conspire against me cursedly they pierce my hands and feet verse 17 I was tormented so that I might all my bones have told Yet still upon me they do look and still they me behold verse 18 My garments they divided eke in parts among them all And for my coat they did cast lots to whom it might befal verse 19 Therefore I pray thee be not far from me at my great need But rather fith thou art my strength to help me Lord make speed verse 20 And from the sword Lord save my soul by thy might and thy power And keep my soul thy darling dear from dogs that would devour verse 21 And from the lions mouth that would me all in sunder shiver And from the horns of Unicorns Lord safely me deliver verse 22 Then shall I to my brethren all thy majesty record And in thy church shall praise the name of thee the living Lord. The third part verse 23 All ye that fear him praise the Lord thou Jacob honour him And all ye seed of Israel with reverence worship him verse 24 For he despiseth not the poor he tuâ—neth not awrie His countenance when they do call but granteth to their crie verse 25 Among the folk that fear the Lord I will therefore proclaim Thy praise and keep my promise made for setting forth thy Name verse 26 The poor shall eat and be suffic'd and those that do their deaver To know the Lord shall praise his Name their hearts shall live for ever verse 27 All coasts of th' earth shall praise the Lord and turn to him for grace The heathen folk shall worship him before his blessed face verse 28 The kingdom of the heathen folk the Lord shall have therefore And he shall be their Governour and king for evermore verse 29 The rich men of his goodly gists shall feed and taste also And in his presence worship him and bow their knees full low verse 30 And all that shall go down to dust of life by him shall taste My seed shall serve and praise the Lord while any world shall last verse 31 My seed shall plainly shew to them that shall be born hereafter His justice and his righteousness and all his works of wonder Dominus regit me Psal xxiii W. W. THe Lord is onely my support and he that doth me feed How can I then lack anything whereof I stand in need verse 2 He doth me fold in cotes most safe the tender grass fast by And after drives me to the streams which run most pleasantly verse 3 And when I feel my self near lost then doth he me nome take Conducting me in his right paths even for his own Names sake verse 4 And though I were even at deaths door yet would I fear none ill For with thy rod and shepherds crook I am comforted still verse 5 Thou hast my table richly deckt in despight of my foe Thou hast my head with balm refresht my cup doth overflow verse 6 And finally while breath doth loft thy grace shall me defend And in the house of God will I my life for ever spend Another of the same by T. S. MY shepherd is the living Lord nothing therefore I need In pastures fair with waters calm he sets me forth to feed verse 2 He did convert and glad my soul and brought my mindâ— in frame To walk in paths of righteousness for his most holy Name verse 3 Yea though I walk in vale of death yet will I fear none ill Thy rod thy staff doth comfort me and thou art with me still verse 4 And in the presence of my foes my table thou shalt spread Thou shalt O Lord fill full my cup and eke anoint my head verse 5 Through all my life thy favour is so frankly shew'd to me That in thy house for evermore my dwelling-place shall be Domini est terra Psal xxiv J. H. THe earth is all the Lords with all her store and furniture Yea his is
35 The wicked have I seen most strong and plac'd in high degree Flourishing in all wealth and store as doth the laurel-tree verse 36 But suddenly he past away and lo he was quite gone Then I him sought but could not fiâ—de the place where dwelt such one verse 37 Mark and behold the perfect man how God doth him increase For the just man shall have at length great joy with rest and peace verse 38 As for transgressours wo to them destroy'd they shall all be God will cut off their budding race and rich posteritie verse 39 But the salvation of the just doth come from God above Who in their trouble sends them aid of his mere grace and love verse 40 God doth them help save and delivet from lowd men and unjust And still will save them whil'st that they in him do put their trust Domine ne Psal xxxviii J. H. PUt me not to rebuke O Lord in thy provoked ire Ne in thy heavy wrath O Lord correct me I desire verse 2 Thine arrows do stick fast in me thy hand doth press me sore And in my flesh no health at all appeareth any more verse 3 And all this is by reason of thy wrath that I am in Nor any rest is in my bones by reason of my sin verse 4 For lo my wicked doings Lord above my head are gone A greater load then I can bear they lie me sore upon verse 5 My wounds stink and are festred se as lothsome is to see Which all through mine own foolishness betideth unto me verse 6 And I in careful wise am brought in trouble and distress That I go wailing all the day in doleful heaviness verse 7 My loyns are fill'd with sore disease my flesh hath no whole part verse 8 I feeble am and broken sore I roar for grief of heart verse 9 Thou know'st Lord my desire my grones fail are open in thy sight verse 10 My heart doth pant my strength doth mine eyes have lost their light verse 11 My lovers and my wonted friends stand looking on my wo And eke my kinsmen far away are me departed fro verse 12 They that did seek my life laid snares and they that sought the way To do me hurt spake lies and thought on mischief all the day The second part verse 13 But as a deaf man I became that cannot hear at all verse 14 And as one dumb that opens not his mouth to speak withall verse 15 For all my confidence O Lord is wholly set on thee O Lord thou Lord that art my God thou shalt give ear to me verse 16 This did I crave that they my foes triemph not over me 〈◊〉 when my foot did slip then they did joy my fall to see verse 17 And truly I poor wretch am set in place a woful wight And eke my grievous heaviness is ever in my sight verse 18 For while that I my wickedness in humble wise confess And while I for my sinful deeds my sorrows do express verse 19 My foes do still remain alive and mighty are also â—â—d they that hate me wrongfully in number hugely grow verse 20 They stand against me that my good with evil do repay because that good and honest things I do ensue alway Forsake me not O Lord my God be thou not far away a Haste me to help my Lord my God my safety and my stay Dixi. Custodiam Psal xxxix J. H. Said I will look to my ways for fear I should go wrong I will take heed all times that I offend not with my tongue As with a bit I will keep fast my mouth with force and might â—ot once to whisper all the while the wicked are in sight I held my tongue and spake no word but kept me close and still 〈◊〉 from good talk I did refrain but sore against my will My heart waxt hot within my breast with musing thought and doubt Which did increase and stir the fire at last these words burst out Lord number out my life and days which yet I have not past 〈◊〉 that I may be certifi'd how long my life shall last Lord thou hast pointed out my life in length much like a span â—â—e age is nothing unto thee so vain is every man Man walketh like a shade and doth in vain himself If annoy â—â—getting goods and cannot tell who shall the same enjoy Now Lord fith things this wise do frame what help do I desire Of truth my help doth hang on thee I nothing else require The second part verse 9 From all the sins that I have done Lord quit me out of hand And make me not a scorn to fools that nothing understand verse 10 I was as dumb and to complain no trouble might me move Because I knew it was thy work my patience for to prove verse 11 Lord take from me thy scourge plague I can them not withstand I faint and pine away for fear of thy most heavy hand verse 12 When thou for sin dost man rebuke he waxeth wo and wan As doth a cloth that moths have fret so vain a thing is man verse 13 Lord hear my suit and give good heed regard my tears that fall I sojourn like a stranger here as did my fathers all verse 14 O spare a little give me space my strength for to restore Before I go away from hence and shall be seen no more Expectant expectavi Psal xl J. H. I Waited long and sought the Lord. and patiently did bear At length to me he did accord my voice and cry to hear verse 2 He pluckt me from the lake so deep out of the mire and clay And on a rock he set my feet and he did guide my way verse 3 To me he taught a psalm of praise which I must shew abroad And sing new songs of thanks alwaies unto the Lord our God verse 4 When all the folk these things shall fee as people much afraid Then they unto the Lord will flee and trust upon his aid verse 5 O blest is he whose hope and heart doth in the Lord remain That with the proud doth take no part nor such as lie and fain verse 6 For Lord my God thy wondrous deeds in greatness far do pass Thy favour towards us exceeds all things that ever was verse 7 When I intend and do devise thy works abroad to show To such a reckoning they do rise thereof no end I know verse 8 Burnt-offrings thou delight'st not in I know thy whole desire With sacrifice to purge his sin thou dost no man require verse 9 Meat-offerings and sacrifice thou wouldst not have at all But thou O Lord hast open made mine ears to hear withall verse 10 But then said I Behold and look I come a mean to be For in the volume of thy book thus is it said of me verse 11 That I O God should do thy minde which thing doth like me well For in my heart thy law I finde last placed there to dwell verse
and thou shalt honour me verse 16 To the wicked thus saith th' eternal God Why dost thou preach my laws and hests abroad verse 17 Seeing thou hast them with thy mouth abused And hat'st to be by discipline reformed My words I say thou dost reject and hate verse 18 If that thou see a thief as with thy mate Thou runn'st with him and so your prey do seek And art all one with bauds and ruffians eke verse 19 Thou giv'st thy self to backbite and to slander And how thy tongue deceives it is a wonder verse 20 Thou sitt'st musing thy brother how to blame And how to put thy mothers son to shame verse 21 These things thou didst and whil'st I held my tongue Thou didst me judge because I staid so long Like to thy self yet though I keep long silence Once shalt thou feel of thy wrongs just recompence verse 22 Consider this ye that forget the Lord And fear not when he threatneth with his word Lest without help I spoil you as a prey verse 23 But he that thanks offereth praiseth me ay â—â—ith the Lord God and he that walks this trace I will him teach Gods saving healtht ' embrace Another of the same by J.H. THe God of gods the Lord hath call'd the earth by name From whence the sun doth rise unto the setting of the same 〈◊〉 From Sion his fair place his glory bright and clear The perfect beauty of his grace from thence it did appear 〈◊〉 Our God shall come in haste to speak he shall not doubt Before him shall the fire waste and tempest round about 〈◊〉 The heavens from on high the earth below likewise He will call forth to judge and try his folk he doth devise verse 5 Bring forth my saints saith he my faithful flock so dear Which are in band and league with me my law to love and fear 〈◊〉 And when these things are tri'd the heavens shall record That God is just and all must bide the judgement of the Lord. verse 7 My people O give heed Israel to thee I cry I am thy God thy help at need thou canst it not deny verse 8 I do not say to thee thy sacrifice is slack Thou offerest daily unto me much more then I do lack verse 9 Think'st thou that I do need thy cattel young or old Or else so much desire to feed on goats out of thy fold verse 10 Nay all the beasts are mine in woods that eat their fills And thousands more of neat and kine that run-wilde on the hills The second part verse 11 The birds that build on high in hills and out of sight And beasts that in the fields do lie are subject to my might verse 12 Then though I hungred sore what need I ought of thine Sith that the earth with her great store and all therein is mine verse 13 To bulls flesh have I minde to eat it dost thou think Or such a sweetness do I finde the bloud of goats to drink verse 14 Give to the Lord his praise with thanks to him apply And see thou pay thy vows always unto the God mòst high verse 15 Then seek and call to me when ought would work thee blame And I will sure deliver thee that thou mayst praise my Name verse 16 But to the wicked train which talk of God each day And yet their works are foul and vain to them the Lord will say verse 17 With what a face dar'st thou my word once speak or name Why doth thy talk my law allow thy deeds deny the same verse 18 Whereas for to amend thy life thou art so slack My word the which thou dost pretend is cast behinde thy back The third part verse 19 When thou a thief dost see by theft to live in wealth With him thou runn'st and dost agree likewise to thrive by stealth verse 20 When thou dost them behold that wives and maids defile Thou lik'st it well and waxest bold to use that life most vise verse 21 Thy lips thou dost apply to slander and defame Thy tongue is taught to craft and lie and still doth use the same verse 22 Thou studiest to revile thy friends to thee so near With slander thou wouldst needs defile thy mothers son most dear verse 23 Hereat while I do wink as though I did not see Thou goest on still and so dost think that I am like to thee verse 24 But sure I will not let to strike when I begin Thy faults in order I will set and open all thy sin verse 25 Mark this I you require that have not God in minde Lest when I plague you in mine ire your help be far to finde verse 26 He that doth give to me the sacrifice of praise Doth please me well and he shall see to walk in godly ways Miserere mei Psal li. W. W. O Lord consider my distress and now with speed some pity take My sins deface my faults redress good Lord for thy great mercies sake verse 2 Wash me O Lord and make me clean from this unjust and sinful act And purifie yet once again my hainous crime and bloudy fact verse 3 Remorse and sorrow do constrain me to acknowledge mine excess My sin alas doth still remain before my face without release verse 4 For thee alone I have offended committing evil in thy sight And if I were therefore condemned yet were thy judgements just and right verse 5 It is too manifest alas that first I was conceiv'd in sin Yea of my mother so born was and yet vile wretch remain therein verse 6 Also behold Lord thou dost love the inward truth of a pure heart Therefore thy wisdom from above thou hast reveal'd me to convert verse 7 If thou with hyssop purge this blot I shall be cleaner then the glass And if thou wash away my spot the snow in whiteness shall I pass verse 8 Therefore O Lord such joy me send that inwardly I may finde grace And that my strength may now amend which thou hast swag'd for my trespass verse 9 Turn back thy face and frowning ire for I have felt enough thy hand And purge my sins I thee desire which do in number pass the sand verse 10 Make new my heart within my brest and frame it to thy holy will Thy constant Spirit in me let rest which may these raging enemies kill The second part verse 11 Cast me not Lord out from thy face but speedily my torments end Take not from me thy Spirit of grace which may from dangers me defend verse 12 Restore me to those joys again which I was wont in thee to finde And let me thy free Spirit retain which unto thee may stir my minde verse 13 Thus when I shall thy mercies know I shall instruct others therein And men that are likewise brought low by mine example shall flee sin verse 14 O God that of my health art Lord forgive me this my bloudy vice My heart and tongue shall then accord to sing thy
full great increase to bring The little hills shall joy therein much fruit in them shall spring verse 14 In places plain the flocks shall feed and cover all the earth The vails with corn shall so exceed that men shall sing for mirth Jubilate Deo Psal lxvi T. S. YE men on earth in God rejoyce with praise set forth his Name Extol his might with heart and voice give glory to the same verse 2 How wonderful O Lord say ye in all thy works thou art Thy foes for sear shall seek to thee full sore against their heart verse 3 All men that dwell the earth throughout shall praise the Name of God The laud thereof the world about is shew'd and set abroad verse 4 All folk come forth behold and see what things the Lord hath wrought Mark well the wondrous works that he for man to pass hath brought verse 5 He laid the sea like heaps on high therein a way they had On scot to pass both fair and dry whereof their hearts were glad verse 6 His might doth rule the world alway his eyes all things behold All such as would him disobey by him shall be controll'd verse 7 Ye people give unto our God due laud and thanks always With joyful voice declare abroad and sing unto his praise verse 8 Which doth endue our soul with life and it preserve withall He stays our feet so that no strife can make us slip or fall verse 9 The Lord doth prove our deeds with fire if that they will abide As workmen do when they desire to have their metals tri'd verse 10 Although thou suffer us so long in prison to be cast And there with chains and fetters strong to lie in bondage fast The second part verse 11 Although I say thou suffer men on us to ride and reign Though we through fire and water run of very grief and pain verse 12 Yet sure thou dost of thy good grace dispose it to the best And bring us out into a place to live in wealth and rest verse 13 Unto thy house resort will I to offer and to pray And there I will my self apply my vows to thee to pay verse 14 The vows that with my mouth I pake in all my grief and smart The vows I say which I did make in dolour of my heart verse 15 Burnt-offrings I will give to thee of oxen sat and rams Yea this my sacrifice shall be of bullocks goats and lambs verse 16 Come forth and hearken here full soon all ye that fear the Lord What he for my poor soul hath done to you I will record verse 17 Full oft I call to minde his grace this mouth to him doth cry And thou my tongue make speed apace to praise him by and by verse 18 But if I feel my heart within in wicked works rejoyce Or if I have delight to sin God will not hear my voice verse 19 But surely God my voice hath heard and what I do require My prayer he doth well regard and granteth my desire verse 20 All praise to him that hath not put nor cast me out of minde Nor yet his mercy from me shut which I do ever finde Deus miscreatur Psal lxvii J. H. HAve mercy on us Lord and grant to us thy grace To shew to us do thou accord the brightness of thy face verse 2 That all the earth may know the way to godly wealth And all the nations on a row may see thy saving health verse 3 Let all the world O God give praise unto thy Name O let the people all abroad extoll and laud the same verse 4 Throughout the world so wide let all rejoyce with mirth For thou with truth and right dost guide the nations of the earth verse 5 Let all the world O God give praise unto thy Name O let the people all abroad extoll and laud the same verse 6 Then shall the earth increase great store of fruit shall fall And then our God the God of pâ—ace shall bless us eke withal verse 7 God shall us bless I say and then both far and near The folk throughout the earth alway of him shall stand in fear Exurgat Deus Psal lxviii T. S. LEt God arise and then his foes will turn themselves to flight His enemies then will run abroad and scatter out of sight verse 2 And as the fire doth melt the waâ— and wind blows smoke away So in the presence of the Lord the wicked shall decay verse 3 But righteous men before the Lord shall heartily rejoyce They shall be glad and merry all and cheerful in their voice verse 4 Sing praise sing praise unto the Lord who rideth on the sky Extol the Name of Jah our God and him do magnify verse 5 The same is he that is above within his holy place That Father is of fatherless and Judge of widows case verse 6 Houses he gives and issue both unto the comfortless He bringeth bondmen out of thrall and rebels to distress verse 7 When thou didst march before thy folk th' Egyptians from among And brought'st them through the wilderness which was both wide and long verse 8 The earth did quake the rain pour'd down heard were great claps of thunder The mount Sinai shook in such sort as it would break in sunder verse 9 Thine heritage with drop of rain abundantly was washt And if so be it barren waxt by thee it was refresht verse 10 Thy chosen flock doth there remain Thou hast prepar'd that place And for the poor thou dost provide of thine especial grace The second part verse 11 God will give women causes just to magnify his Name When as his people triumphs make and purchase bruit and same verse 12 For puissant kings for all their power shall flee and take the soil And women which remain at home shall help to part the spoil verse 13 And though ye were as black as pots your hue shall pass the dove Whose wings and feathers seem to have silver and gold above verse 14 When in this land God shall triumph o're kings both high and low Then shall it be like Salmon hill as white as any snow verse 15 Though Basan be a fruitful hill and in height others pass Yet Sion Gods most holy hill doth far excel in grace verse 16 Why brag ye thus ye hills most high and leap for pride together The hill of Sion God doth love and there will dwell for ever verse 17 Gods army 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 captives led'st them all Which in times past thy chosen flock in bondage kept and thrall Thou mad'st them tribute for to pay and such as did repine Thou didst subdue that they might dwell in thy temple divine verse 19 Now praised be the Lord for that he pours on us such grace From day to day he is the God of our health and solace
10 Unfeignedly I have thee sought and thus seeking abide O never suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slide verse 11 Within my heart and secret thoughts thy words I have hid still That I might not at any time offend thy godly will verse 12 We magnify thy Name O Lord and praise thee evermore Thy statutes of most worthy fame O Lord teach me therefore verse 13 My lips have never ceast to preach and publish day and night The judgements all which did proceed from thy mouth full of might verse 14 Thy testimonies and thy ways please me no less indeed Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlings make their meed verse 15 Of thy precepts I will still muse and thereto frame my talk As at a mark so will I aim thy ways how I may walk verse 16 My onely joy shall be so fixt and on thy laws so set That nothing can me so far blinde that I thy words forget GIMEL The third part verse 17 Grant to thy servant now such grace as may my life prolong Thy holy word them will I keep both in my heart and tongue verse 18 Mine eyes which were dim and shut up so open and make bright That of thy law and marvellous works I may have the clear sight verse 19 I am a stranger in this earth wandring now here now there Thy word to me therefore disclose my footsteps for to clear verse 20 My soul is ravisht with desire and never is at rest But seeks to know thy judgements high and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malicious thou hast destroy'd each one And cursed are such as do not thy hests attend upon verse 22 Lord turn from me rebuke and shame which wicked men conspire For I have kept thy covenants with zeal as hot as fire verse 23 The princes great in counsel sat and did against me speak But then thy servant thought how he thy statutes might not break verse 24 For why thy covenants are my joy and my hearts great solace They serve in stead of counsellours my matters for to pass DALETH The fourth part verse 25 I am alas as brought to grave and almost turn'd to dust Restore therefore my life again as thy promise is just verse 26 My ways when I acknowledged with mercy thou didst hear Hear now eftsoon and me instruct thy laws to love and fear verse 27 Teach me once throughly for to know thy precepts and thy lore Thy works then will I meditate and lay them up in store verse 28 My soul I feel so sore opprest that it melteth for grief According to thy word therefore haste Lord to send relief verse 29 From lying and deceitful lips let thy grace me defend And that I may learn thee to love thy holy law me send verse 30 The way of truth both straight and sure I have chosen and found I set thy judgements me before which keep me safe and sound verse 31 Since then O Lord I forc'd my self thy covenants to embrace Let me therefore have no rebuke nor check in any case verse 32 Then will I run with joyful cheet where thy word doth me call When thou hast set my heart at large and rid me out of thrall HE. The fifth part verse 33 Instruct me Lord in the right trade of thy statutes divine And it to keep even to the end my heart will I incline verse 34 Grant me the knowledge of thy law and I shall it obey With heart and minde and all my might I will it keep I say verse 35 In the right paths of thy precepts guide me Lord I require None other pleasure do I wish nor greater thing desire verse 36 Incline my heart thy laws to keep and covenants to embrace And from all filthy avarice Lord shield me with thy grace verse 37 from vain desires and worldly lusts turn back mine eyes and sight Give me the spirit of life and power to walk thy ways aright verse 38 confirm thy gracious promise Lord which thou hast made to me Which am thy servant and do love and fear nothing but thee verse 39 Reproach and shame which I so fear from me O Lord expel For thou dost judge with equity and therein dost excel verse 40 Behold my hearts desire is bent thy laws to keep for ay Lord strengthen me so with thy grace that it perform I may VAV. The sixth part verse 41 Thy mercies great and manifold let me obtain O Lord Thy saving health let me enjoy according to thy word verse 42 So shall I stop the slandrous mouths of lewd men and unjust For in thy faithful promises stands my comfort and trust verse 43 The word of truth within my mouth let ever still be prest For in thy judgements wonderful my hope doth stand and rest verse 44 And whil'st that breath within my breast doth natural life preserve Yea till this world shall be dissolv'd thy law will I observe verse 45 So walk will I as set at large and made free from all dread Because I sought how for to keep thy precepts and thy read verse 46 Thy noble acts I will describe as things of most great fame Even before kings I will them blaze and shrink no whit for shame verse 47 I will rejoyce then to obey thy worthy hests and will Which evermore I have lov'd best and so will love them still verse 48 My hands I will lift to thy laws which I have dearly sought And practise thy commandments in will in deed in thought ZAIN The seventh part verse 49 Thy promise which thou mad'st to me thy servant Lord remember For therein have I put my trust and confidence for ever verse 50 It is my comfort and my joy when troubles me assail For were my life not by thy word my life would soon me fail verse 51 The proud and such as God contemn still made of me a scorn Yet would I not thy law forsake as he that were forlorn verse 52 But call'd to minde Lord thy great works shew'd to our fathers old Whereby I felt the joy surmount my grief an hundred-fold verse 53 But yet alas for fear I quake seeing how wicked men Thy law forsook and did procure thy judgements who knows when verse 54 And as for me I fram'd my songs thy statutes to exalt When I among the strangers dwelt and thoughts 'gan me assault verse 55 I thought upon thy Name O Lord by night when others sleep As for thy law also I kept and ever will it keep verse 56 This grace I did obtain because thy covenants sweet and dear I did embrace and also keep with reverence and with tear HETH The eighth part verse 57 O God which art my part and lot my comfort and my stay I have decreed and promised thy laws to keep alway verse 58 Mine earnest heart did humbly sue in presence of thy face As thou therefore hast promised Lord grant me of thy grace verse 59 My
life I have examined and tri'd my secret heart Which to thy statutes caused me my feet straight to convert verse 60 I did not stay nor linger long as they that slothful are But hastily thy laws to keep I did my self prepare verse 61 The cruel bands of wicked men have made of me their prey Yet would I not thy law forget nor from thee go astray verse 62 Thy righteous judgements towards me so great are and so high That even at midnight will I rise thy Name to magnify verse 63 Companion am I to all them which fear thee in their heart And never will for love nor dread from thy commandments start verse 64 Thy mercies Lord most plenteously do all the world fulfil O teach me how I may obey thy statutes and thy will TETH The ninth part verse 65 According to thy promise Lord so hast thou with me dealt For of thy grace in sundry sorts have I thy servant felt verse 66 Teach me to judge always aright and give me knowledge sure For certainly beleeve I do that thy precepts are pure verse 67 Ere thou didst touch me with thy rod I err'd and went astray But now I keep thy holy word and make it all my stay verse 68 Thou art both good and gracious and giv'st most liberally Thine ordinances how to keep therefore O Lord teach me verse 69 The proud and wicked men have forg'd against me many a lie Yet thy commandments still observe with all my heart will I. verse 70 Their hearts are swoln with worldly wealth as grease so are they fat But in thy law do I delight and nothing seek but that verse 71 O happy time may I well say when thou didst me correct For as a guide to learn thy laws thy rod did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy word and law is dearer manifold Then thousands great of silver and gold or ought that can be told JOD The tenth part verse 73 Seeing thy hands have made me Lord to be thy creature Grant knowledge likewise how to learn to put thy laws in ure verse 74 So they that fear thee shall rejoyce when ever they me see Because I have learn'd by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 When with thy rods the world is plagu'd I knoâ— the cause is just So when thou dost correct me Lord the cause just needs be must verse 76 Now of thy goodness I thee pray some comfort to me send As thou to me thy servant hetâ—t so from all ill me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies pour on me and I shall surely live For joy and consolation both thy law to me doth give verse 78 Confound the proud whose false pretense is me for to destroy But as for me thy hests to know I will my self employ verse 79 Whoso with reverence do thee fear to me let them retire And such as do thy covenants know and them alone desire verse 80 My heart without all wavering let on thy laws be bent That no confusion come to me whereby I should be shent CAPH The eleventh part verse 81 My soul doth sainâ— and ceaseth not thy saving health to crave And for thy words sake still I trust my hearts desire to have verse 82 Mine eyes do fail with looking for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou me comfort Lord Why dost thou thus delay verse 83 As a skin-bottle in the smoke so am I parcht and dri'd Yet will I not out of my heart let thy commandments slide verse 84 Alas how long shall I yet live before I see the hour That on my foes which me torment thy vengeance thou wilt pour verse 85 Presumptuous men have digged pits thinking to make me sure Thus contrary against thy law my hurt they do procure verse 86 But thy commandments are all true and causless they me grieve To thee therefore I do complain that thou might'st me relieve verse 87 Almost they had me clean destroy'd and brought me quite to ground Yet by thy statutes I abode and therein succour found verse 88 Restore me Lord again to life for thy mercies excel And lo shall I thy covenants keep till death my life expel LAMED The twelfth part verse 89 In heaven Lord where thou dost dwell thy word is stablisht sure And shall for all eternity fast graven there endure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abides as doth the earth witness Whose ground-work thou hast laid so sure as no tongue can express verse 91 Even to this day we may well see how all things persevere According to thine ordinance for all things thee revere verse 92 Had it not been that in thy law my soul had comfort sought Long time ere now in my distress I had been brought to nought verse 93 Therefore will I thy precepts ay in memory keep fast By them thou hast my life restor'd when I was at last cast verse 94 No wight to me can title make for I am onely thine Save me therefore for to thy laws mine ears and heart incline verse 95 The wicked men do seek my bane and thereto lie in wait But I the while considered thy noble works and great verse 96 I see nothing in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy commandments and thy word beyond all end extend MEM. The thirteenth part verse 97 What great desire and servent love do I bear to thy law All the day long my whole device is onely on thy saw verse 98 Thy word hath taught me sar to pass my foes in policy For still I hold it as a thing of most excellency verse 99 My teachers which did me instruct in knowledge I excell Because I do thy covenants keep and them to others tell verse 100 In wisdom I do pass also the ancient men indeed And all because to keep thy laws I held it ay best reed verse 101 My feet I have refrained eke from every evil way Because that I continually thy word might keep I say verse 102 I have not swerv'd from tâ—y judgements nor yet shrunk any dell For why thou hast me taught thereby to live godly and well verse 103 O Lord how sweet unto my taste finde I thy words alway Doubt less no honey in my mouth feel ought so sweet I may verse 104 Thy laws have me such wisdom learn'd that utterly I hate All wicked and ungodly ways in every kinde or rate NVN. The fourteenth part verse 105 Even as a lantern to my feet so doth thy word shine bright And to my paths where-ere I go it is a flaming light verse 106 I have both sworn and will perform most certainly doubtless That I will keep thy judgements just and them in life express verse 107 Affliction hath me sore opprest and brought me to deaths door O Lord as thou hast promised so me to life restore verse 108 The offrings which with heart and voice most frankly I thee give Accept and teach me how I
may after thy judgements live verse 109 My soul is ay so in my hand that dangers me assail Yet do I not thy law forget nor it to keep will fail verse 110 Although the wicked laid their nets to catch me at a bay Yet did I not from thy precepts once swerve or go astray verse 111 Thy law I have so claim'd alway as mine own heritage And why for therein I delight and set my whole courage verse 112 For ever more I have been bent thy statutes to fulfil Even so likewise unto the end I will continue still SAMECH The fifteenth part verse 113 The crafty thoughts and double hearts I do always detest But as for thy law and precepts I love them ever best verse 114 Thou art my did and secret place my shield of strong defence Therefore have I thy promises lookâ— for with patience verse 115 Go to therefore ye wicked men depart from me anon For the commandments will I keep of God my Lord alone verse 116 As thou hast promis'd so perform that death me not assail Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quail verse 117 Uphold me and I shall be safe for ought they do or say And in thy statutes pleasure take will I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trod such under thy feet as do thy statutes break For nought avails their subtilty their counsel is but weak verse 119 Like dross thou casts the wicked out where-ere they go or dwell Therefore can I as thy statutes love nothing half so well verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with fear as though it were benumm'd For when I see thy judgements straight I am as one aston'd AIN The sixteenth part verse 121 I do the thing that lawful is and give to all men right Resigne me not to them that would oppress me with their might verse 122 But for thy servant surety be in that thing that is good That proud men give me not the foil which rage as they were wood verse 123 Mine eyes with waiting are now blinde thy health so much I crave And eke thy righteous promise Lord whereby thou wilt me save verse 124 Entreat thy servant lovingly and favour to him show Thy statutes of most excellency teach me also to know verse 125 Thy humble servant Lord I am grant me to understand 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 quite decai'd Thy law likewise they have transgrest and none agaâ—nst them said verse 127 This is the cause wherefore I love thy laws better then gold Or jewels fine which are esteem'd most costly to be sold verse 128 I thought thy precepts all most just and so them laid in store All crafty and malicious ways I do abhor therefore PE. The seventeenth part verse 129 Thy covenants are most wonderful and full ofthings profound My soul therefore doth keep them sure when they are tri'd and sound verse 130 When men first enter into thy word they finde a light most clear And very idiots understand when they it read or hear verse 131 For joy I have both gap'd and breath'd to know thy commandment That I might guide my self thereby I sought what thing it meant verse 132 With mercy and compassion Lord behold me from above As thou art wont to behold such as thy Name fear and love verse 133 Direct my footsteps by thy word that I thy will may know And never let iniquity thy servant overthrow verse 134 From slandrous tongues and deadly harms preserve and keep me sure Thy precepts then will I observe and put them eke inure verse 135 Thy countenance which doth surmount the sun in his bright hue Let shine on me and by thy law teach me what to eschew verse 136 Out of mine eyes great flouds gush out of dreary tears and fell When I behold how wicked men thy laws keep never a dell ZADE. The eighteenth part verse 137 In every point Lord thou art just the wicked though they grudge And when thou dost sentence pronounce thou art a righteous Judge verse 138 To render right and flee from guile are two chief points most high And such as thou hast in thy law commanded us straitly verse 139 With zeal and wrath I am consum'd and even pin'd away Too see my foes thy word forget for ought that I do may verse 140 So pure and perfect is thy word as any heart can deem And I thy servant nothing more do love or yet esteem verse 141 And though I be nothing set by as one of base degree Yet do I not thy laws forget nor shrink away from thee verse 142 Thy righteousness Lord is most just for ever to endure Also thy law is truth it self most constant and most pure verse 143 Trouble and grief have seis'd on me and brought me wondrous low Yet do I still of thy precepts delight to hear and know verse 144 The righteousness of thy judgements doth last for evermore Then teach them me for even in them my life lies up in store KOPH The nineteenth part verse 145 With fervent heart I call'd and cri'd nowan swer me O Lord That thy commandments to observe I may fully accord verse 146 To thee my God I make my suit with most humble request Save me therefore and I will keep thy precepts and thy hests verse 147 To thee I cry even in the morn before the day wax light Because that I have in thy word my confidence whole plight verse 148 Mine eyes prevent the watch by night and ere they call I wake That by devising on thy word I might some comfort take verse 149 Incline thine ears to hear my voice and pity on me take As thou waâ—t wont so judge me Lord lest life should me forsake verse 150 My foes draw near and do procure my death maliciously Which from thy law are far gone back and stray'd from it lewdly verse 151 Therefore O Lord approach thou near for need doth so require For all thy precepts true they are then help I thee desire verse 152 But thy commandments have I learn'd not now but long ago That they remain for evermore thou hast them grounded so RESH The twentieth part verse 153 My trouble and affliction consider and behold Deliver me for of thy law I ever take fast hold verse 154 Defend my good and righteous cause with speed some succour send From death as thou hast promised Lord keep me and defend verse 155 As for the wicked far they are from having health and grace Whereby they might thy statutes know they enter not the trace verse 156 Great are thy mercies Lord I grant what tongue can them attain And as thou hast me judg'd ere now so let me life obtain verse 157 Though many men did trouble me and persecute me sore Yet from thy laws I never shrunk nor went wry therefore verse 158 And truth it is for
grief I die when I these traitours see Because they keep no whit thy word nor yet seek to know thee verse 159 Behold for I do love thy laws with heart most glad and fain As thou art good and gracious Lord restore my life again verse 160 What thy word doth decree must be and so it hath been ever Thy righteous judgements are also most true and decay never SCHIN The one and twentieth part verse 161 Princes have sought by cruelty causless to make me crouch But all in vain for of thy word the fear did my heart touch verse 162 And certainly even of thy word I was more merry and glad Then he that of rich spoils and prey great store and plenty had verse 163 As for all lies and falsities I hate most and detest For why thy holy law do I above all things love best verse 164 Seven times a day I praise the Lord singing with heart and voice Thy righteous acts and wonderful so cause me to rejoyce verse 165 Great peace and rest shall all such have as do thy statutes love No danger shall their quiet state empair or once remove verse 166 My onely health and comfort Lord I look for at thy hand And therefore have I done those things which thou didst me command verse 167 Thy laws have been mine exercise which my soul most desir'd So much to them my love was bent that nought else I requir'd verse 168 Thy statutes and commandements I kept thou know'st aright For all the things that I have done are present in thy sight TAV. The two and twentieth part verse 169 O Lord let my complaint and cry before thy face appear And as thou hast me promise made so teach me thee to fear verse 170 Mine humble supplication toward thee let finde access And grant me Lord deliverance for so is thy promise verse 171 Then shall my lips thy praises speak after most ample sort When thou thy statutes hast me taught wherein stands my comfort verse 172 My tongue shall ling and preach thy word and on this wise say shall Gods famous acts and noble laws are just and perfect all verse 173 Stretch out thy hand I thee beseech and speedily me save For thy commandments to observe chosen O Lord I have verse 174 Of thee alone Lord I crave health for other I know none And in thy law and nothing else I do delight alone verse 175 Grant me therefore long days to live thy Name to magnifie And of thy judgements merciful let me the favour crie verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandring sheep Oh seek me for I have not fail'd thy commandments to keep Ad Dominum Psal cxx T. S. IN trouble and in thrall Unto the Lord I call And he doth me comfort verse 2 Deliver me I say From liars lips alway And tongues of false report verse 3 What vantage or what thing Gett'st thou thus for to sting Thou false and flatt'ring liar verse 4 Thy tongue doth hurt I ween No less then arrows keen Or hot consuming fire verse 5 Alas too long I flack Within these tents so black Which Kedars are by name By whom the flock elect And all of Isaacs sect Are put to open shame verse 6 With them that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quiet life verse 7 But when my tale was told Causlesâ— I was controll'd By them that would have strife Levavi oculos Psal cxxi W. W. I Lift mine eyes to Sion hill From whence I do attend That succour God me send verse 2 The mighty God me succour will Which heaven and earth framed And all things therein named verse 3 Thy foot from slip he will preserve And will thee safely keep For he will never sleep verse 4 Lo he that doth Israel conserve No sleep at all can him catch But his eyes shall ever watch verse 5 The Lord is thy warrant alway The Lord eke doth thee cover As at thy right hand ever verse 6 The sun shall not thee parch by day Nor the moon not half so bright Shall with cold hurt thee by night verse 7 The Lord will keep thee from distress And will thy life sure save verse 8 And thou shalt also have In all thy business good success Where-ever thou goest in or out God will thy things bring about Letatus sum Psal cxxii W. K. I Did in heart rejoyce To hear the peoples voice In offering so willingly verse 2 For let us up say they And in the Lords house pray Thus spake the folk full lovingly verse 3 Our feet that wandred wide Shall in thy gates abide O thou Jerusalem full fair Which art so seemly set Much like a city neat The like whereof is not elsewhere verse 4 The tribes with one accord The tribes of God the Lord Are thither bent their way to take So God before did tell That there his Israel Their prayers should together make verse 5 For there are thrones erect And that for this respect To set forth justice orderly Which thrones right to maintain To Davids house pertain His folk to judge accordingly verse 6 To pray let us not cease For Jerusalemâ—s pâ—ace Thy friends God prosper mightily verse 7 Peace be thy walls about And prosper thee throughout Thy palaces continually verse 8 I wish thy prosperous state For my poor brethrens sake That comfort have by means of thee verse 9 Gods house doth me allure Thy wâ—alth for to procure So much always as lies in me Ad te levavi Psal cxxiii T. S. O Lord that heaven dost possess I lift mine eyes to thee verse 2 Even as the servant lifteth his his masters hands to see As hand-maids watch their mistress hand some grace for to atchieve So we behold the Lord our God till he do us forgive verse 3 Lord grant us thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we are fill'd and overcome with hatred and despight verse 4 Our minds be stuft with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise Do make of us their mocking-stocks the proud do us despise Nisi quia Dom. Psal cxxiv W. W. NOw Israel may say and that truly If that the Lord had not our cause maintain'd verse 2 If that the Lord had not our right sustain'd When all the world against us furiously Made their uproars and said we should all die verse 3 Now long ago they had devour'd us all And swallow'd quick for ought that we could deem Such was their rage as we might well esteem verse 4 And as the flouds with mighty force do fall So had they now our lives even brought to thrall verse 5 The raging streams most proud in roaring noise Had long ago o'rewhelm'd us in the deep verse 6 But lov'd be God which doth us safely keep From bloudy teeth and their most cruel voice Which as a prey to eat us would rejoyce verse 7 Even as a bird out of the fowlers grin Escapes away right so it
power Give to you and your nation his blessing mercy and favour Glory be to God the Father c. The ten Commandments of God Exod. 20. W W. ATtend my people and give ear Of ferly things I will thee tell See that my words in minde thou bear And to my precepts listen well commandment 1 I am thy sovereign Lord and God Which have thee brought from careful thral And eke reclaim'd from Pharaohs rod Make thee no gods on them to call commandment 2 Nor fashioned form of any thing In heaven or earth to worship it For I thy God by revenging With grievous plagues this â—in will smite commandment 3 Take not in vain Gods holy Name Abuse it not after thy will For so thou might'st soon purchase blame And in his wrath he would thee spill commandment 4 The Lord from work the seventh day ceast And brought all things to perfect end So thou and thine that day take rest That to Gods hefts ye may attend commandment 5 Unto thy parents honour give As Gods commandments do intend That thou long days and good mayst live In earth where God a place doth lend commandment 6 Beware of murder and cruel hate commandment 7 All filthy fornication fear commandment 8 See thou steal not in any rate commandment 9 False witness against no man bear commandment 10 Thy neighbours house wish not to have His wife or ought that he calls mine His field his ox his ass his slave Or anything which is not thine A Prayer The Spirit of grace grant us O Lord To keep these laws our hearts restore And cause us all with one accord To magnifie thy Name therefore For of our selves no strength we have To keep these laws after thy will Thy might therefore O Christ we crave That we in thee may them fulfil Lord for thy Names sake grant us this Thou art our strength O Saviour Christ Of thee to speed how should we miss In whom our treasure doth consist To thee for evermore be praise With the Father in each respect And with the holy Spirit always The Comforter of thine elect The Lords Prayer D. Cox OUr Father which in heaven art And mak'st us all one brotherhood To call upon thee with one heart Our heavenly Father and our God Grant we pray not with lips alone But with our hearts deep sigh and grone Thy blessed Name be sanctifi'd Thy holy word might us inflame In holy life for to abide To magnifie thy holy Name From all errours defend and keep The little flock of thy poor sheep Thy kingdom come even at this hour And henceforth everlastingly Thine holy Ghost into us pour With all his gifts most plenteously From Satans rage and filthy band Defend us with thy mighty hand Thy will be done with diligence Like as in heaven in earth also In trouble grant us patience Thee to obey in wealth and wo. Let not flesh bloud or any ill Prevail against thy holy will Give us this day our daily bread And all other good gifts of thine Keep us from war and from bloudshed Also from sickness dearth and pine That we may live in quietness Without all greedy carefulness Forgive us our offences all Relieve our careful conscience As we forgive both great and small Which unto us have done offence Prepare us Lord for to serve thee In perfect love and unitie O Lord into temptation Lead us not when the fiend doth rage To withstand his invasion Give power and strength to every age Arm and make strong thy feeble host With faith and with the holy Ghost O Lord from evil deliver us The days and times are dangerous From everlasting death save us And in our last need comfort us A blessed end to us bequeath Into thy hands our souls receive For thou O Lord art King of kings And thou hast power over all Thy glory shineth in all things In the wide world universal Amen let it be done O Lord That we have pray'd with one accord The twelve Articles of the Christian Faith ALl my belief and confidence is in the Lord of might The Father which all things hath made the day and eke the night The heavens and the firmament and also many a star The earth and all that is therein which pass mans reason far And in like manner I beleeve in Christ our Lord his Son Coequal with the Deity and man in flesh and bone Con ceived by the holy Ghost his word doth me assure And of his mother Mary born yet she a virgin pure Because mankinde to Satan was for sin in bond and thrall He came and offered up himself to death to save us all And suffering most grievous pain then Pilate being judge Was crucified on the cross and thereat did not grudge And so he died in the flesh but quickned in the sprite His body then was buried as is our use and rite His soul did after this descend into the lower parts A dread unto the wicked sprites but joy to faithful hearts And in the third day of his death he rose to life again To th' end he might be glorifi'd out of all grief and pain Ascending to the heavens high to fit in glory still On Gods right hand his Father dear according to his will Until the day of judgement come when he shall come again With angels power yet of that day we all be uncertain To judge all people righteously whom he hath dearly bought The living and the dead also which he hath made of nought And in the holy Spirit of God my faith to satisfie The third person in Trinitie beleeve I stedfastly The holy and catholick Church that Gods word doth maintain And holy Scripture doth allow which Satan doth disdain And also I do trust to have by Jesus Christ his death Release and pardon of my sins and that onely by faith What time all flesh shall rise again before the Lord of might And see him with their bodily eyes which now do give them light And then shall Christ our Saviour the sheep and goats divide And give life everlastingly to those whom he hath tri'd Within his realm celestial in glory for to rest With all his holy company of saints and angels blest Which serve the Lord omnipotent obediently each hour To whom be all dominion and praise for evermore A prayer to the holy Ghost to be sung before the Sermon COme holy Spirit the God of might Comforter of us all Teach us to know thy word aright that we do never fall O holy Ghost visit our coast defend us with thy shield Against all sin and wickedness Lord help us win the field Lord keep our King and his counsel and give them will and might To persevere in thy Gospel which can put sin to flight O Lord that giv'st thy holy word send preachers plenteously That in the same we may accord and therein live and die O holy Spirit direct aright the preachers of thy word That thou by them mayst cut