all the world and all that therein doth endure verse 2 For he hath fastly founded it above the seas to stand And laid alow the liquid flouds to flow beneath the land verse 3 For who is he O Lord that shall ascend into thy hill Or pass into thy holy place there to continue still verse 4 Whose hands are harmless and whose heart no spot there doth defile His soul not set on vanity who hath not sworn to guile verse 5 Him that is such a one the Lord shall place in blissful plight And God his God and Saviour shall yeeld to him his right verse 6 This is the brood of travellers in seeking of his grace As Jacob did the Israelite in that time of his race verse 7 Ye princes ope your gates stand ope the everlasting gate For there shall enter in thereby the king of glorious state verse 8 Who is the king of glorious state the strong and mighty Lord The mighty Lord in battel stout and trial of the sword verse 9 Ye princes ope your gates stand ope the everlasting gate For there shall enter in thereby the king of glorious state verse 10 Who is the king of glorious state the Lord of hosts it is The kingdom and the royalty of glorious state is his Ad te Domine Psal xxv T. S. I Lift my heart to thee my God and guide most just Now suffer me to take no shame for in thee do I trust verse 2 Let not my foes rejoyce nor make a scorn of me And let them not be overthrown that put their trust in thee verse 3 But shame shall them befal which harm them wrongfully Therefore thy paths and thy right ways unto me Lord descry verse 4 Direct me in thy truth and teach me I thee pray Thou art my God and Saviour on thee I wait alway verse 5 Thy mercies manifold I pray thee Lord remember And eke thy pity plentiful for they have been for ever verse 6 Remember not the faults and frailty of my youth Remember not how ignorant I have been of thy truth Nor after my deserts let me thy mercy finde But of thine own benignity Lord have me in thy minde verse 7 His mercy is full sweet his truth a perfect guide Therefore the Lord will sinners teach and such as go aside verse 8 The humble he will teach his precepts for to keep He will direct in all his ways the lowly and the meek verse 9 For all the ways of God are truth and mercy â—oth To them that keep his testament the witness of his troth The second part verse 10 Now for thy holy name O Lord I thee intreat To grant me pardon for my sin for it is wondrous great verse 11 Whoso doth fear the Lord the Lord will him direct To lead his life in such a way as he doth best accept 12 12 His soul shall evermore in goodness dwell and stand His seed and his posterity inherit shall the land verse 13 All those that fear the Lord know his secret intent And unto them he doth declare his will and testament verse 14 Mine eyes and eke my heart to him I will advance That pluckt my feet out of the snare of sin and ignorance verse 15 With mercy me behold to thee I make my mone For I am poor and desolate and comfortless alone verse 16 The troubles of my heart are multipli'd indeed Bring me out of this misery necessity and need verse 17 Behold my poverty mine anguish and my pain Remit my sin and mine offence and make me clean again verse 18 O Lord behold my foes how they do still increase Pursuing me with deadly hate that lain would live in peace verse 19 Preserve and keep my soul and eke deliver me And let me not be overthrown because I trust in thee verse 20 Let my simple pureness me from mine enemies shend Because I look as one of thine that thou shoudst me defend verse 21 Deliver Lord thy folk and lend them some relief I mean thy chosen Israel from all their pain and grief Judica me Domine Psal xxvi T. S. LOrd be my Judge and thou shalt see my paths be right and plain I trust in God and hope that he will strength me to remain verse 2 Prove me my God I thee desire my ways to search and try As men do prove their gold with fire my reins and heart espy verse 3 Thy goodness said before my face I durst behold always For of thy truth I tread the trace and will do all my days verse 4 I do not lust to haunt or use with men whose deeds are vain To come in house I do refuse with the deceitful train verse 5 I much abhor the wicked sort their deeds I do despise I do not once to them resort that hurtful things devise verse 6 My hands I wash and do proceed in works to walk upright Then to thine altar I make speed to offer there in sight verse 7 That I may speak and preach the pralse that doth belong to thee And so declare how wondrous ways thou hast been good to me verse 8 O God the house I love most dear to me it doth excel I have delight and would be near whereas thy grace doth dwell verse 9 O shut not up my soul with them in fin that take their fill Nor yet my life among those men that seek much bloud to spill verse 10 Whose hands are heapt with craft and guile their lives thereof are full And their right hand with wrench and wile for bribes doth pluck and pull verse 11 But I in righteousness intend my time and days to serve Have mercy Lord and me defend so that I do not swerve verse 12 My foot is stay'd for all assays it standeth well and right Wherefore to God will I give praise in all the peoples sight Dominus illuminatio Psal xxvii J. H. THe Lord is both my health and light shall man make me dismaâ—d Sith God doth give me strength and might why should I be afraid verse 2 While that my foes with all their strength begin with me to brall And think to eat me up at length themselves have caught the fall verse 3 Though they in camp against me lie my heart is not afraid In battel pight if they will try I trust in God for aid verse 4 One thing of God I do require that he will not deny For which I pray and will desire till he to me apply verse 5 That I within his holy place my life throughout may dwell To see the beauty of his face and view his temple well verse 6 In time of dread he shall me hide within his place most pure And keep me secret by his side as on a rock most sure verse 7 At length I know the Lords good grace shall make me strong and stout My foes to foil and clean deface that compass me about verse 8 Therefore within his house will I give sacrifice of praise With
laid And of thy stormy wind and showre Lord make them all afraid verse 16 Lord bring them all I thee desire to such rebuke and shame That it may cause them to enquire and learn to seek thy Name verse 17 And let them evermore daily to shame and slander fall And in rebuke and obloquie to perish eke withall verse 18 That they may know and feel full well that thou art called Lord And that alone thou dost excell and reign throughout the world Quam dilecta Psal lxxxiv J. H. HOw pleasant is thy dwelling-place O Lord of hosts to me The tabernacles of thy grace how pleasant Lord they be verse 2 My soul doth long full sore to go into thy courts abroad My heart doth lust my flesh also in thee the living God verse 3 The sparrows finde a room to rest and save themselves from wrong And eke the swallow hath a nest wherein to keep her young verse 4 These birds full nigh thine altar may have place to fit and fing O Lord of hosts thou art I say my God and eke my King verse 5 O they be blessed that may dwell within thy house always For they all times thy facts do tell and ever give thee praise verse 6 Yea happy sure likewise are they whose stay and strength thou art Which to thy house do minde the way and seek it in their heart As they go through the vale of tears they dig up fountains still That as a spring it all appears and thou their pits dost fill verse 7 From strength to strength they walk full fast no faintness there shall be And so the God of gods at last in Sion they do see verse 8 O Lord of hosts to me give heed and hear when I do pray And let it through thine ears proceed O Jacobs God I say verse 9 O Lord our shield of thy good grace regard and so draw near Regard I say behold the face of thine anointed dear verse 10 For why within thy courts one day is better to abide Then other-where to keep or stay a thousand days beside Much rather would I keep a door within the house of God Then in the tents of wickedness to settle mine abode verse 11 For God the Lord light and defence will grace and worship give And no good thing will he withhold from them that purely live verse 12 O Lord of hosts that man is blest and happy sure is he That is perswaded in his brest to trust all times in thee Benedixisti Psal lxxxv J. H. THou hast been merciful indeed O Lord unto thy land For thou restoredst Jacobs seed from thraldom out of band verse 2 The wicked ways that they were in thou didst them clean remit And thou didst hide thy peoples sin full close thou coveredst it verse 3 Thine anger eke thou didst asswage that all thy wrath was gone And so didst turn thee from thy rage with them to be at one verse 4 O God our health do now convert thy people unto thee Put all thy wrath from us apart and angry cease to be verse 5 Why shall thine anger never and but still proceed on us And shall thy wrath it self extend upon all ages thus verse 6 Wilt thou not rather turn therefore and quicken us that we And all thy folk may evermore be glad and joy in thee verse 7 O Lord on us do thou declare thy goodness to our wealth Shew forth to us and do not spare thine aid and saving health verse 8 I will heark what God faith for he speaks to his people peace And to his saints that never they return to foolishness verse 9 For why his help is still at hand to such as do him fear Whereby great glory in our land shall dwell and flourish there verse 10 For truth and mercy there shall meet in one to take their place And peace shall justice with kiss greet and there they shall embrace verse 11 As truth from earth shall spring apace and flourish pleasantly So righteousness shall shew her face and look from heaven high verse 12 Yea God himself doth take in hand to give us each good thing And through the coasts of all the land the earth her fruit shall bring verse 13 Before his face shall justice go much like a guide or stay He shall direct his steps also and keep them in the way Inclina Domine Psal lxxxvi J. H. LOrd bow thine ear to my request and hear me by and by With grievous pain and grief opprest full poor and weak am I. verse 2 Preserve my soul because my ways and doings holy be And save thy servant O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me express defend me eke withall For through the day I do not cease on thee to cry and call verse 4 Comfort O Lord thy servants soul that now with pain is pin'd For unto thee Lord I extol and lift my soul and minde verse 5 For thou art good and bountiful thy gifts of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentiful to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lord likewise when I do pray regard and give an ear Mark well the words that I do say and all my prayers hear verse 7 In time when trouble doth me move to thee I do complain For why I know and well do prove thou answerest me again verse 8 Among the gods O Lord is none with thee to be compar'd And none can do as thou a lone the like hath not been heard The second part verse 9 The Gentiles and the people all which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees shall fall and glorify my Name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might all power is thine own Thou workest wonders still in sight for thou art God a lone verse 11 O teach me Lord thy way and I shall in thy truth proceed O joyn my heart to thee so nigh that I thy Name may dread verse 12 To thee my God will I give praise with all my heart O Lord And glorify thy Name always for ever through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shew'd to me is great and doth excell Thou seâ—t'st my soul at liberty out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lord the proud against me rise and heaps of men of might They seek my soul and in no wise will have thee in their sight verse 15 Thou Lord art merciful and meek full slack and slow to wrath Thy goodness is full great and eke thy truth no measure hath verse 16 O turn to me and mercy grant thy strength to me apply O help and save thine own servant thy hand-maids son am I. verse 17 On me some signe of favour show that all my soes may see And be asham'd because Lord thou dost help and comfort me Fundamenta Psal lxxxvii J. H. THat city shall full well endure her ground-work still doth stay Upon the holy hills full sure it can no
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
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
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
Whereas the wicked and perverse with grief shall stop their voice verse 43 But who is wise that now full well he may these things record For certainly such shall perceive the kindness of the Lord. Paratum cor Psal cviii J. H. O God my heart prepared is and eke my tongue is so I will advance my voice in long and giving praise also verse 2 Awake my viol and my harp sweet melody to make And in the morning I my self right early will awake verse 3 By me among the people Lord still praised shalt thou be And I among the heathen folk will sing O Lord to thee verse 4 Because thy mercy Lord is great above the heavens high And eke thy truth doth reach the clouds within the Josty skie verse 5 Above the starry heavens high exalt thy felt O God And Lord display upon the earth thy glory all abroad verse 6 That thy dearly beloved may he set at libertie Help O my God with thy right hand and hearken unto me verse 7 God in his holiness hath spoke wherefore my joys abound Sichem I will divide and mere the vale of Succoth-ground verse 8 And Gilead shall be mine own Manasses mine shall be My head-strength Ephraim and law shall Judah give for me verse 9 Moab my washpot and my shoe on Edom will I throw Upon the land of Palestine in triumph will I go verse 10 Who shall into the city strong be guide to conduct me Or how by whom to Edom land conveyed shall I be verse 11 Is it not thou O Lord which late hadst us forsaken quite And thou O Lord which with our hosts didst not go forth to fight verse 12 Give us O Lord thy saving aid when troubles do assail For all the help of man is vain and can no whit avail verse 13 Through God we shall do valiant acts and worthy of renown He shall suodue our enemies yea he shall tread them down Deus laudem tuam Psal cix N. IN speechless silence do nor hold O God thy tongue always O God even thou I say that art the God of all my praise verse 1 The wicked and the guileful mouth on me disclosed be And they with false and lying tongues have spoken unto me 〈◊〉 They did beset me round about with words of hateful spight Without all cause of my desert against me they did light 〈◊〉 For my good will they were my foes but then 'gan I to pray My good with ill my friendliness with hate they did repay 〈◊〉 Set thou the wicked over him to have the upper hand It his right hand eke suffer thou his hateful foe to stand When he is judged let him then condemned be therein And let the prayer that he makes be turned into sin 〈◊〉 Few be his days his charge also let thou another take His children let be fatherless his wife a widow make verse 10 Let his off-spring be vagabonds to beg and seek their bread Wandring out of the wasted place where erst they have been fed verse 11 Let covetous extortioners catch all his goods and store And let the stranger spoil the fruit of all his toil before verse 12 Let there be none to pity him let there be none at all That on his children fatherless will let their mercy fall The second part verse 13 And so let his posterity for ever be destroy'd Their name out blotted in the age that after shall succeed verse 14 Let not his fathers wickedness from Gods remembrance fall And let not thou his mothers sin be done away at all verse 15 But in the presence of the Lord let them remain for ay That from the earth their memory he may cut clean away verse 16 Sith mercy he forgot to shew but did pursue with spight The troubled man and sought to slay the woful-hearted wight verse 17 Ash-did cursing love it shall betide unto him so And as he did not blessing love it shall be far him fro verse 18 As he with cursing clad himself so it like water shall Into his bowels and like oyl into his bones befal verse 19 As garment let it be to him to cover him foray And as a girdle wherewith he shall girded be alway verse 20 Lo let the same be from the Lord the guerdon of my foe Yea and of those that evil speak against my soul also verse 21 But thou O Lord that art my God deal thou I say with me After thy Name deliver me for good thy mercies he verse 22 Because in depth of great distress I needy am and poor And eke within my pained breast my heart is wounded sore The third part verse 23 Even so do I depart away as doth declining shade And as the grashopâ—er so I am shaken off and sade verse 24 With falling long from needful food enfeebled are my knees And all her fatness hath my flesh enforced been to leese verse 25 And I also a vile reproach to thâ—u am made to be And they that did upon me look did shake their heads at me verse 26 But thou O Lord thâ—t art my God none aid and succour be According to thy mercy Lord save and deliver me verse 27 And they shall know thereby that this Lord is thy mighty hand And that thou thou hast done it Lord so shall they understand verse 28 Although they curse with spite yet thou shalt bless with loving voice They shall aris and come to shame thy servant shall rejoyce verse 29 Let them be clothed all with shame that enemies are to me And with confusion as a cloke eke covered let them be verse 30 But greatly I will with my mouth give thanks unto the Lord And I among the multitude his praises will record verse 31 For he with help at his right hand will stand the poor man by To save him from the man that would condemn his soul to die Dixit Dominus Psal cx N. THe Lord did say unto my Lord Sit thou on my right hand Till I have made thy foes a stool whereon thy feet shall stand verse 2 The Lord shall out of Sion send the sceptre of thy might Amid thy mortal foes be thou the Ruler in their sight verse 3 And in the day on which thy reign and power they shall see Then hereby free-will-offerings shall the peepâ—â— offer thee Yea with an holy worshipping then shall they offer all Thy births dew is the dew that doth from womb of morning fall verse 4 The Lord hath sworn and never will repent what he doth say By th' order of Melchisedech thou art a Priest for ay verse 5 The Lord thy God on thy right hand that standeth for thy stay Shall wound for thee the stately kings upon his wrathful day verse 6 The heathen he shall judge and fill the place with bodies dead And over divers countreys shall in sunder smite the head verse 7 And he shall drink out of the brook tâ—at râ—nnâ—th in the way Wherefore he shall lift up on high
verse 5 The Lord is very merciful and just he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flow verse 6 The Lord in safety doth preserve all those that simple be I was in woful misery and he delivered me verse 7 And now my soul sith thou art sâ—fe return unto thy rest For largely lo the Lord to thee his bounty hath exprest verse 8 Because thou hast delivered my soul from deadly thrall My moistned eyes from mournful tears my sliding feet from fall verse 9 Before the Lord I in the land of life will walk therefore verse 10 I did beleeve therefore I spake for I was troubled sore The second part verse 11 I said in my distress and fear That all men hars be verse 12 What shall I pay the Lord for all his benefits to me verse 13 The wholsom cup of saving health I thankfully will take And on the Lords Name I will call when I my prayer make verse 14 I to the Lord will pay the vows that I to him behight Yea even at this present time in all his peoples sight verse 15 Right dear and precious in his sight the Lord doth ay esteem The death of all his holy ones what ever men do deem verse 16 Thy servant Lord thy servant lo I do myself confess Son of thy hand-maid thou hast broke the bonds of my distress verse 17 And I will offer up to thee a sacrifice of praise And I will call upon the Name of God the Lord always verse 18 I to the Lord will pay the vows that I have him behight Yea even at this present time in all his peoples sight verse 19 Yea in the courts of Gods own house and in the midst of thee O thou Jerusalem I say wherefore the Lord praise ye Laudate Dominum Psal cxvii N. O All ye nations of the world praise ye the Lord always And all ye people every where set forth his noble praise â— For great his kindness is to us his truth endures for ay Wherefore praise ye the Lord our God praise ye the Lord I say Confitemini Psal cxviii N. O Give ye thanks unto the Lord for gracious is he Because his mercy doth endure for ever towards thee â— Let Israel confess and say His mercy dures for ay â— Now let the house of Aaron say His mercy dures for ay â— Let all that fear the Lord our God even now confess and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth still for ay â— In trouble and in heaviness unto the Lord I cri'd Which lovingly heard me at large my suit was not deni'd â— The Lord himself is on my side I will not stand in doubt Nor fear what man can do to me when God stands me about â— The Lord doth take my part with them that help to succour me Therefore I shall see my desire upon mine enemie â— Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortal seed â— Or to put confidence in kings or princes in our need â—0 All nations have inclosed me and compassed me round But in the Name of God shall I mine enemies confound â—1 They kept me in on every side they kept me in I say But in the Lords most mighty Name I shall work their decay â—2 They came about me all like bees but yet in the Lords Name quencht their thorns that were on fire and will destroy the same The second part verse 13 Thou hast with force thrust sore at me that I indeed might fall But through the Lord I found such help that they were vanquisht all verse 14 The Lord is my defence and strength my joy my mirth my song He is become for me indeed a Saviour most strong verse 15 The right hand of the Lord our God doth bring to pass great things He causeth voice of joy and health in righteous mens dwellings verse 16 The right hand of the Lord doth bring most mighty things to pass His hand hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 17 I shall not die but ever live to utter and declare The Lord his might and wondrous power his works and what they are verse 18 The Lord himself hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not given me over yet to death as ye may see verse 19 Set open unto me the gates of truth and righteousness That I may enter into them the Lords praise to express verse 20 This is the gate even of the Lord which shall not so be shut But good and righteous men alway shall enter into it The third part verse 21 I will give thanks to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most lovingly a Saviour unto me verse 22 The stone which ere this time among the builders was refused Is now become the corner-stone and chiefly to be used verse 23 This was the mighty work of God this was the Lords own fact And it is marvellous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 24 This is the joyful day indeed which God himself hath wrought Let us be glad and joy therein in heart in minde in thought verse 25 Now help us Lord and prosper us we wish with one accord verse 26 Blessed is he that comes to us in the Name of the Lord. verse 27 God is the Lord that shews us light binde ye therefore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and give thanks to the Lord. verse 28 Thou art my God I will confess and render thanks to thee Thou art my God and I will praise thy mercy towards me verse 29 O Give ye thanks unto the Lord for gracious is he Because his mercy doth endure for ever towards me Beati immaculati Psal cxix W. W. BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in minde and heart Whose lives and conversations from Gods laws never start verse 2 Blessed are they that give themselves his statutes to observe Seeking the Lord with all their heart and never from him swerve verse 3 Doubtless such men go not astray nor do no wicked thing Which stedfastly walk in his way without any wandring verse 4 It is thy will and commandment that with attentive heed Thy noble and divine precepts we learn and keep indeed verse 5 O would to God it might thee please my ways so to address That I might both in heart and voice thy laws keep and confess verse 6 So should no shame my life attaint whil'st I thus set mine eyes And bend my minde always to muse on thy sacred decrees verse 7 Then will I praise with upright heart and magnify thy Name When I shall learn thy judgements just and likewise prove the same verse 8 And wholly will I give my self to keep thy laws most right Forsake me not for ever Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 By what means may a young man best his life learn to amend If that he mark and keep thy word and therein his time spend verse
his wisdom made the heavens for his mercy endureth for ever verse 6 Which on the waters stretch the earth for his mercy endureth for ever verse 7 Which made great lights to shine abroad for his mercy endureth for ever verse 8 As sun to rule the lightsom day for his mercy c. verse 9 The moon and stars to guide the night for his mercy c. verse 10 Which smote Egypt with their first-born for his mercy c. verse 11 And Israel brought out from thence for his mercy c. verse 12 With mighty hand and stretched arm for his mercy c. verse 13 Which cut the Red sea in two parts for his mercy c. verse 14 And Israel made pass there-through for his mercy c. verse 15 And drowned Pharaoh and his host for his mercy c. verse 16 Through wilderness his people led for his mercy c. verse 17 He which did smite great noble kings for his mercy c. verse 18 And which hath slain the mighty kings for his mercy c. verse 19 As Sehon king of Amorites for his mercy c. verse 20 And Og the king of Basan land for his mercy c. verse 21 And gave their land for heritage for his mercy c. verse 22 Even to his servant Israel for his mercy c. verse 23 Rememberâ—ng us in base estate for his mercy c. verse 24 And from oppressours rescued us for his mercy c. verse 25 Which giveth food unto all flesh for his mercy c. verse 26 Praise ye the Lord of heaven above for his mercy endureth for ever verse 27 Give thanks unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever Another of the same by T. C. O Laud the Lord benigne Whose mercies last for ay verse 2 Give thanks and praises sing To God of gods I say For certainly His mercies dure Both firm and sure Eternally verse 3 The Lord of lords praise ye Whose mercies ay do dure verse 4 Great wonders onely he Doth work by his great power For certainly c. verse 5 Which God omnipotent By his great wisdom high The heavenly firmament Did frame as we may see For certainly c. verse 6 Yea he the heavy charge Of all the earth did stretch And on the waters large The same he did out reach For certainly c. verse 7 Great lights he made to be For why his love is ay verse 8 Such as the sun we see To rule the lightsom day For certainly c. verse 9 And eke the moon so clear Which shineth in our sight And stars that do appear To guide the darksom night For certainly c. verse 10 With grievous plagues and sore All Egypt smote he than The first-born less and more He slew of beast and man For certainly c. verse 11 And from amidst their land His Israel forth brought verse 12 Which he with mighty hand And stretched arm hath wrought For certainly c. verse 13 The sea he cut in two Which stood up like a wall verse 14 And made through it to go His chosen children all For certainly c. verse 15 But there he whelmed then The proud king Pharaoh With his huge host of men And chariots eke also For certainly c. verse 16 Who led through wilderness His people safe and sound verse 17 And for his love endless Great kings he brought to ground For certainly c. verse 18 And slew with puissant hand Kings mighty and of fame verse 19 As of Amorites land Sehon the king by name For certainly c. verse 20 And Og the giant large Of Basan king also verse 21 Whose land for heritage He gave his people tho For certainly c. verse 22 Even unto Israel His servant dear I say He gave the same to dwell And there abide for ay For certainly c. verse 23 To minde he did us call In our most base degree verse 24 And from oppressours all In safety set us free For certainly c. verse 25 All flesh in earth abroad With food he doth fulfill verse 26 Wherefore of heaven the God To laud be it your will For certainly c. Super fumina Psal cxxxvii W. W. WHen as we sat in Babylon the rivers round about And in remembrance of Sion the tears for grief burst out verse 2 We hang'd our harps and instruments the willow-trees upon For in that place men for their use had planted many a one verse 3 Then they to whom we prisoners were said to us tauntingly Now let us hear your Hebrew songs and pleasant melody verse 4 Alas said we who can once frame his sorrowful heart to sing The praises of our loving God thus under a strange king verse 5 But yet if I Jerusalem out of my heart let slide Then let my singers quite forget the warbling harp to guide verse 6 And let my tongue within my mouth be ty'd for ever fast If that I joy before I see thy full deliverance past verse 7 Therefore O Lord remember now the cursed noise and cry That Edoms sons against us made when they ras'd our city Remember Lord their cruel words when as with one accord They cry'd On sack and rase their walls in despight of their Lord. verse 8 Even so shalt thou O Babylon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be call'd that our revenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be call'd that takes thy children young To dash their bones against hard stones that lie the streets among Confitebor tibi Psal cxxxviii N. THee will I praise with my whole heart my Lord my God always Even in the presence of the gods I will advance thy praise verse 2 Toward thy holy temple I will look and worship thee And praised in my thankful mouth thy holy Name shall be Even for thy loving kindness sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy Name hast by thy word advanced over all verse 3 When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of increased strength within my soul to grow verse 4 Yea all the kings on earth they shall give praise to thee O Lord For they of thy most holy mouth have heard the mighty word verse 5 They of the ways of God the Lord in singing shall entreat Because the glory of the Lord it is exceeding great verse 6 The Lord is high and yet he doth behold the lowly sprite But he contemning knows afar the proud and lofty wight verse 7 Although in midst of trouble I do walk yet shall I stand Renewed by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand Upon the wrath of all my foes and saved shall I be By thy right hand the Lord God will perform his work to me verse 8 Thy mercy Lord endures for ay Lord do me not forsake Forsake me not that am the work which thine own hand did make Domine probasti Psal cxxxix
me the just shall press me round about Domine exaudi Psal cxliii N. LOrd hear my prayer heark the plaint that I do make to thee Lord in thy native truth and in thy justice answer me verse 2 In judgement with thy servant Lord O enter not at all For justifi'd be in thy sight not one that liveth shall verse 3 The enemy hath pursu'd my soul my life to ground hath thrown And laid me in the dark like them that dead are long agone verse 4 Within me in perplexity was mine accumbred sprite And in me was my troubled heart amazed and affright verse 5 Yet I record time past in all thy works I meditate Yea in thy works I meditate that thy hands have create verse 6 To thee O Lord my God lo I do stretch my craving hands My soul desireth after thee as do the thirsty lands verse 7 Hear me with speed my spirit doth fail hide not thy face me fro Else shall I be like them that down into the pit do go verse 8 Let me thy loving kindness in the morning hear and know For in thee is my trust shew me the way where I shall go verse 9 For I lift up my soul to thee O Lord deliver me From all mine enemies for I have hidden me with thee verse 10 Teach me to do thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good Spirit unto the land of mercy me convey verse 11 For thy Names sake with quickning grace alive do thou me make And out of trouble bring my soul even for thy justice sake verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes O Lord destroy them all That do oppress my soul for I thy servant am and shall Benedictus Dom. Psal cxliv. N. BLest be the Lord my strength that doth instruct my hands to fight The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battel by his might verse 2 He is my goodness sort and tower deliverer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yeeld verse 3 O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in price Or son of man that upon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but like to vanity so pass his days to end verse 5 As fleeting shade Bow down O Lord the heavens and descend verse 6 The mountains touch and they shall smoke cast forth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arrows shoot consume them with the same verse 7 Send down thine hand even from above O Lord deliver me Take me from waters great from hand of strangers make me free verse 8 Whose subtil mouth of vanity and fondness doth entreat And their right hand is a right hand of falshood and deceit verse 9 A new song will I sing O God and singing will I be On viol and on instrument ten-stringed unto thee verse 10 Even he it is that onely gives deliverance to kings Unto his servant David help from hurtful sword be brings verse 11 From strangers hand me save and shield whose mouths talks vanity And their right hand is a right hand of guiâ—e and subtilty verse 12 That our sons may be as the plants whom growing youth doth rear Our daughters as carv'd corner-stones like to a palace fair verse 13 Our garners full and plenty may with sundry sorts be found Our sheep bring thousands in our streets ten thousands may abound verse 14 Our oxen be to labour strong that none do us invade There be no goings out nor cries within our streets be made verse 15 The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stor'd Yea blessed all the people are whose God is God the Lord. Exaltabo te Psal cxlv N. THee will I laud my God and King and bless thy Name for ay verse 2 For ever will I praise thy Name and bless thee day by day verse 3 Great is the Lord most worthy praise his greatness none can reach verse 4 From race to race they shall thy works praise and thy power preach verse 5 I of thy glorious majesty the beauty will record And meditate upon thy works most wonderful O Lord. verse 6 And they shall of thy power and of thy fearful acts declare And I to publish all abroad thy greatness will not spare verse 7 And they into the mention shall break of thy goodness great And I aloud thy righteousness in singing shall repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gracious and merciful also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to all and all his works his mercy doth exceed verse 10 Lo all thy works do praise thee Lord and do thy honour spread verse 11 Thy saints do bless thee and they do thy kingdoms glory show verse 12 And blaze thy power to cause the sons of men thy power to know The second part And of his mighty kingdom eke to spread the glorious praise verse 13 Thy kingdom Lord a kingdom is that doth endure always And thy dominion through each age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord upholdeth them that fall their sliding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of all do wait on thee thou dost them all relieve And thou to each sufficing food in season due dost give verse 16 Thou openest thy plenteous hand and bounteously dost fill All things what soever do live with gifts of thy good will verse 17 The Lord is just in all his ways his works are holy all verse 18 Near all he is that call on him in truth that on him call verse 19 He the desires which they require that fear him will fulfill And he will hear them when they cry and save them all he will verse 20 The Lord preserves all those to him that bear a loving heart But he them all that wicked are will utterly subvert verse 21 My thankful mouth shall gladly speak the praises of the Lord All flesh to praise his holy Name for ever shall accord Lauda anima Psal cxlvi J. H. MY soul praise thou the Lord always my God I will confess verse 2 While breath and life prolong my days my tongue no time shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sons of mortal men in whom there is no health verse 4 For why their breath doth soon depart to earth anon they fall And then the counsels of their heart decay and perish all verse 5 O happy is that man I say whom Jacobs God doth aid And he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is staid verse 6 Which made the earth and waters deep the heavens high withall Which doth his word and promise keep in truth and ever shall verse 7 With right always doth he proceed for such as suffer wrong The poor and hungry he doth feed and loose the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doth send the blinde their sight the lame to limbs restore The Lord I say doth love the right and
thou wilt nourish us continually through thy bountiful liberality that we be not so tempted that we fall into distrust but that we may patiently wait till thou fill us not onely with corporal graces and benefits but chiefly with thy heavenly and spiritual treasures to the intent that we may always have more ample occasion to give thee thanks and so wholly to rest upon thy mercies Hear â—s O Lord of mercy through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord and Saviour Amen A prayer for the whole estate of Christs Church ALmighty God and most merciful Father we humbly submit our selves and fall down before thy divine Majesty beseeching thee from the bottom of our hearts that the seed of thy word now sown amongst us may take such deep root that neither the burning heat of persecution cause it to wither neither the thorny cares of this life choke it but that as seed sown in good ground it may bring forth thirty sixty and an hundreâ—-fold as thy heavenly wisdom hath appointed And because we have need continually to crave many things at thy hands we humbly beseech thee O heavenly Father to grant us thy holy Spirit to direct our petitions that they may proceed from such a fervent minde as may be agreeable to thy most blessed will And seeing that our infirmity is able to do nothing without thy help and that thou art not ignorant with how many and great temptations we poor wretches are on every side inclosed and compassed let thy strength O Lord sustain our weakness that we being defended with the force of thy grace may be safely preserved against all assaults of Satan who goeth about continually like a roaring lion seeking to devour us Increase our faith O merciful Father that we do not swerve at any time from thy heavenly word but augment in us hope and love with a careful keeping of all thy commandments that no hardness of heart no hypocrisie no concupiscence of the eyes nor inticements of the world do draw us away from thy obedience And seeing we live now in these most perilous times let thy fatherly providence defend us against the violence of our enemies which do seek by all means to oppress thy truth Furthermore forasmuch as by thy holy Apostle we be taught to make our prayers and supplications for all men we pray not onely for our selves here present but beseech thee also to reduce all such as be yet ignorant from the miserable captivity of blindness and errour to the pure understanding and knowledge of thy heavenly truth that we all with one consent and unity of minde may worship thee our onely God and Saviour and that all pastours shepherds and ministers to whom thou hast committed the dispensation of thy holy word and charge of thy chosen people may both in their life and doctrine be found faithful setting onely before their eyes thy glory and that by them all poor sheep which wander and go astray may be gathered and brought home to thy fold Moreover because the hearts of all rulers are in thy hands we beseech thee to direct and govern the hearts of all kings princes and magistrates to whom thou hast committed the sword Especially O Lord according to our bounden duty we beseech thee to maintain and increase the honourable estate of the Kings majesty and all his most noble counsellers and magistrates with all the spiritual pastours and ministers and all the whole body of this common-weal Let thy fatherly favour so preserve them and thy holy Spirit so govern their hearts that they may in such sort execute their office that thy religion may be purely maintained manners reformed and sin punished according to the precise rule of thy holy word And for that we be all members of the mystical body of Jesus Christ we make our requests unto thee O heavenly Father for all such as are afflicted with any kinde of cross or tribulation as war plague famine sickness poverty imprisonment persecution banishment or any other kinde of thy rods whether it be calamity of body or vexation of minde that it would please thee to give them patience and constancy till thou send them full deliverance out of all their troubles Root out from hence O Lord all ravening wolves which to fill their bellies seek to destroy thy flock And shew thy great mercies upon those our brethren in other countreys which are persecuted cast into prison and daily condemned for the testimony of thy truth and although they be utterly destitute of all mans aid yet let thy sweet comfort never depart from them but so inflame their hearts with thy holy Spirit that they may boldly and cheerfully abide such trial as thy good wisdom shall appoint so that at length as well by their death as by their life the kingdom of thy dear Son Jesus Christ may increase and shine through all the world In whose name we make our humble petitions unto thee as he hath taught us Our Father which art c. The confession of the Christian Faith I Beleeve and confess my Lord God eternal infinite unmeasurable incomprehensible and invisible one in substance and three in person Father Son and holy Ghost who by his almighty power and wisdom hath not onely of nothing created heaven and earth and all things therein contained and man after his own image that he might in him be glorified but also by his fatherly providence governeth maintaineth and preserveth the same according to the purpose of his will I beleeve also and confess Jesus Christ the onely Saviour and Messias who being equal with God made himself of no reputation but took on him the shape of a servant and became man in all things like unto us except sin to assure us of mercy and forgiveness For when through our father Adams transgression we were become children of perdition there was no means to bring us from the yoke of sin and damnation but onely Jesus Christ our Lord who giving us that by grace which was his by nature made us through faith the children of God Who when the fulness of time was come was conceived by the power of the holy Ghost born of the virgin Mary according to the flesh and preached in earth the Gospel of salvation till at length by tyranny of the priests he was guiltless condemned under Pontius Pilate then President of Jewry and most slanderously hanged on the cross between two theeves as a notorious trespasser where taking upon him the punishment of our sins he delivered us from the curse of the law And forasmuch as he being onely God could not feel death neither being onely man could overcome death he joyned both together and suffered his humanity to be punished with most cruel death feeling in himself the anger and severe judgement of God even as he had been in extreme torments of hell and therefore cried with a loud voice My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Thus of his mercy without compulsion he
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
verse 11 Among the people I will tell the goodness of my God And shew his praise that doth excell in heathen lands abroad verse 12 His mercy doth extend as far as heavens all are high His truth as high as any star that shineth in the skie verse 13 Set forth and shew thy self O God above the heavens bright Extol thy praise on earth abroad thy majesty and might Si vere utique Psal lviii J. H. YE rulers that are put in trust to judge of wrong and right Be all your judgements true and just not knowing meed or might verse 2 Nay in your hearts ye mark and muse in mischief to consent And where ye should true justice use your hands to bribes are bent verse 3 The wicked sort from their birth-day have erred on this wise And from their mothers womb alway have used craft and lies verse 4 In them the poison and the breath of serpents do appear Yea like the adder that is deaf and fast doth stop her ear verse 5 Because she will not hear the voice of one that charmeth well No though he were the chief of choice and did therein excell verse 6 O God break thou their teeth at once within their mouths throughout The tusks that in their great jaw-bones like lions whelps hang out verse 7 Let them consume away and waste as waters run forth right The shafts that they do shoot in haste let them be broke in flight verse 8 As snails do waste within the shell and unto slime do run As one before his time that fell and never saw the sun verse 9 Before the thorns that now are young to bushes big shall grow The storms of anger waxing strong shall take them ere they know verse 10 The just shall joy it doth them good that God doth vengeance take And they shall wash their feet in bloud of them that him forsake verse 11 Then shall the world shew forth tell that good men have reward And that a God on earth doth dwell that justice doth regard Eripe me Psal lix J. H. SEnd aid and save me from my foes O Lord I pray to thee Defend and keep me from all those that rise and strive with me verse 2 O Lord preserve me from those men whose doings are not good And set me sure and safe from them that thirst still after bloud verse 3 For lo they wait my soul to take they rage against me still Yea for no fault that I did make I never did them ill verse 4 They run and do themselves prepare when I no whit offend Arise and save me from their snare and see what they intend verse 5 O Lord of hosts of Israel arise and strike all lands And pity none that do rebel and in their mischiefs stands verse 6 At night they stir and seek about as hounds they howl and grin And all the city clean throughout from place to place they run verse 7 They speak of me with mouth alway but in their lips are swords They 'greed my death and then would say What none doth hear our words verse 8 But Lord thou hast their ways espi'd and laught thereat apace The heathen folk thou dost deride and mock them to their face verse 9 The strength that doth our foes withstand O Lord doth come from thee My God he is my help at hand a fort of fence to me verse 10 The Lord to me doth shew his grace in great abundance still That I may see my foes in case such as my heart doth will The second part verse 11 Destroy them not at once O Lord left it from minde do fall But with thy strength drive them abroad and so consume them all verse 12 For their ill words and truthless tongue confound them in their pride Their wicked oaths with lies and wrong let all the world deride verse 13 Consume them in thy wrath O Lord that nought of them remain That men may know throughout the world that Jacobs God doth reign verse 14 At evening they return apace as dogs they grin and cry Throughout the streets in every place they run about and spy verse 15 They seek about for meat I say but let them not be fed Not finde a house wherein they may be hold to put their head verse 16 But I will shew thy strength abroad thy goodness I will praise For thou art my defence and God at need in all assays verse 17 Thou art my strength thou hast me staid O Lord I sing to thee Thou art my fort my fence and aid a loving God to me Deus repulisti Psal lx J. H. O Lord thou didst us clean forsake and scattredst us abroad Such great displeasure thou didst take return to us O God verse 2 Thy might did move the land so sore that it in sunder brake The hurt thereof O Lord restore for it doth bow and quake verse 3 With heavy chance thou plaguest thus the people that are thine And thou hast given unto us a drink of deadly wine verse 4 But yet to such as fear thy Name a banner thou didst shew That they might triumph in the same because thy word is true verse 5 So that thy might may keep and save thy folk that favour thee That they thy help at hand may have O Lord grant this to me verse 6 The Lord did speak from his own place this was his joyful tale I will divide Sichem by pace and mete out Succoths vale verse 7 Gilead is given to my hand Manasses mine beside Ephraim the strength of all my land my law doth Judah guide verse 8 In Moah I will wash my feet over Edom throw my shoe And thou Palestine ought it to seek for favour me unto verse 9 But who will bring me at this tide unto the city strong Or who to Edom will me guide so that I go not wrong verse 10 Wilt thou not God which didst forsake thy folk their land and coasts Our wars in hand thou wouldst not take nor walk among our hosts verse 11 Give aid O Lord and us relieve from them that us disdain The help that hosts of men can give it is but all in vain verse 12 But through our God we shall have might to take great things in hand He will tread down and â—ut to flight all those that us withstand Exaudi Deus Psal lxi J. H. REgard O Lord for I complain and make my suit to thee Let not my words return in vain but give an ear to me verse 2 From out the coasts and utmost parts of all the earth abroad In grief and anguish of my heart I cry to thee O God verse 3 Upon the rock of thy great power my woful minde repose Thou art my hope my fort and tower my fence against my foes verse 4 Within thy tent I lust to dwell for ever to endure Under thy wings I know right well I shall be safe and sure verse 5 The Lord doth my desire regard and doth
fulfil the same With godly gifts will he reward all those that fear his Name verse 6 The king shall he in health maintain and so prolong his days That he from age to age shall reign for evermore always verse 7 That he may have a dwelling-place before the Lord for ay O â—et thy mercy truth and grace defend him from decay verse 8 Then shall I sing for ever still with praise unto thy Name 〈◊〉 all my vows I may fulfil and daily pay the same Nonne Deo Psal lxii J. H. MY soul to God shall give good heed and him alone attend 〈◊〉 why my health and hope to speed doth whole on him depend For he alone is my defence my rock my health and aid 〈◊〉 is my stay that no pretence â—â—all make me much dismaid O wicked folk how long will ye â—â—e craft sure ye must fall â—as a rotten hedge ye be and like a tottring wall Whom God doth love ye seek always to put him to the worse 〈◊〉 â—ove to lie with mouth ye praise and yet your heart doth curse Yet still mysoul doth whole depend on God my chief desire 〈◊〉 all ill feats me to defend none but him I require He is my rock my fort and tower my health is of his grace 〈◊〉 doth support me that no power can move me out of place God is my glory and my health my souls desire and lust â—â—fâ—rt my strength my stay my wealth God is my onely trust Oh have your trust in him alway 〈◊〉 folk with one accord 〈◊〉 out your hearts to him and say our trust is in the Lord. The sons of men deceitful are on balance but a sleight 〈◊〉 things most vain do them compare â—â—r they can keep no weight Trust not in wrong robb'ry nor stealth let vain delights be gone â—â—ough goods well got flow in with wealth let not your hearts thereon The Lord long since one thing did tell which here to minde I call 〈◊〉 spake it oft I heard it well That God alone doth all And that thou Lord art good and kinde thy mercy doth exceed that all sorts with thee shall finde according to their deed Deus Deus meus Psal lxiii T. S. O God my God I watch betime to come to thee in haste 〈◊〉 why my soul and body both do thirst of thee to taste 〈◊〉 in this barren wilderness where waters there are none 〈◊〉 flesh is parcht for thought of thee â—or thee I wish alone That I might see yet once again 〈◊〉 glory strength and might 〈◊〉 â—as wont it to behold a thin thy temple bright Fâ—r why thy mercies faâ— surmount tâ—â—s life and wretched days 〈◊〉 â—ips therefore shall give to thee â—â—e honour laud and praise And whil'st I live I will not fail 〈◊〉 worship thee alway And in thy name I shall lift up my hands when I do pray verse 5 My soul is fill'd as with marrow which is both fat and sweet My mouth therefore shall sing such songs as are for thee most meet verse 6 When as in bed I think on thee and eke all the night-tide verse 7 For under covert of thy wings thou art my joyful guide verse 8 My soul doth surely stick to thee thy right hand is my power verse 9 And those that seek my soul to stroy them death shall soon devour verse 10 The sword shall them devour each one their carcases shall feed The hungry foxes which do run their prey to seek at need verse 11 The king and all men shall rejoyce that do profess Gods word For liars mouths shall then be stopt which have the truth disturb'd Exaudi Deus Psal lxiv. J. H. O Lord unto my voice give ear with plaint when I do pray And rid my life and soul from fear of foes that threat to slay verse 2 Defend me from that sort of men which in deceit do lurk And from the frowning face of them that all ill seats do work verse 3 Who whet their tongues as we have seen men whet and sharp their swords They shoot abroad their arrows keen I mean most bitter words verse 4 With privy sleights shoot they their shaft the upright man to hit The just unwares to strike by craft they care or fear no whit verse 5 A wicked work they have decreed in counsel thus they cry To use deceit let us not dread what who can it espy verse 6 What way to hurt they talk and muse all times within their heart They all consult what feats to use each doth invent his part verse 7 But yet all this shall not prevail when they think least upon God with his dart shall sure assail and wound them every one verse 8 Their crafts and their ill tongues withall shall work themselves such blame That they which then behold their fall shall wonder at the same verse 9 Then all that see shall know right well that God the thing hath wrought And praise his witty works and tell what he to paâ—s hath brought verse 10 Yet shall the just in God rejoyce still trusting in his might So shall they joy with minde and voice whose hearts are pure and right Te decet hymnus Psal lxv J. H. THy praise alone O Lord doth reign in Sion thine own hill Their vows to thee they do maintain and their behests fulfil verse 2 For that thou dost their prayers hear and dost thereto agree The people all both far and near with trust shall come to thee verse 3 Our wicked life so far exceeds that we shall fall therein But Lord forgive our great misdeeds and purge us from our sin verse 4 The man is blest whom thou dost choose within thy courts to dwell Thy house and temple he shall use with pleasures that excel verse 5 Of thy great justice hear us God our health of thee doth rise The hope of all the earth abroad and the sea coasts likewise verse 6 With strength thou art beset about and compast with thy power Thou mak'st the mountains strong and stout to stand in every shower verse 7 The swelling seas thou dost asswage and make their streams full still Thou dost restrain the peoples rage and rule them at thy will verse 8 The folk that dwell full far on earth shall dread thy signs to see Which morn and even in great mirth do pass with praise to thee verse 9 When that the earth is chapt and dry and thirsteth more and more Then with thy drops thou dost apply and much increase her store verse 10 The floud of God doth overflow and so doth cause to spring The seed and corn which men do sow for he doth guide the thing verse 11 With wet thou dost her furrows fill whereby her clods do fall Thy drops on her thou dost distill and bless her fruit withall verse 12 Thou deck'st the earth of thy good grace with fair and pleasant crop Thy clouds distil their dew apace great plenty they do drop verse 13 Whereby the desert shall begin
time decay verse 2 God-boves the gates of Sion best his grace doth there abide He loves them more then all the rest of Jacobs tent beside verse 3 Full glorious things reported be in Sion and abroad Great things I say are said of thee thou city of our God verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and bear in minde the same And Babylon shall eke apply and learn to know my Name verse 5 Lo Palestine and Tyre also with Ethiope likewise A people old full long ago were born and there did rise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abroad That divers men of fame Have there sprung up and the high God hath founded fast the same verse 7 In their records to them it shall through Gods device appear Of Sion that the chief of all had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpeters with such as sing there in great plenty be My fountains and my pleasant springs are compastall in thee Dominâ— Deus Psal lxxxviii J. H. LOrd God of health the hope and stay thou art alone to me I call and cry throughout the day and all the night to thee verse 2 O let my prayer soon ascend unto thy sight on high Incline thine ear O Lord attend and hearken to my cry verse 3 For why with wo my heart is fill'd and doth in trouble dwell My life and breath almost doth yeeld and draweth nigh to hell verse 4 I am esteem'd as one of them that in the pit do fall And made as one among those men that have no strength at all verse 5 As one among the dead and free from things that here remain It were more ease for me to be with them the which are slain verse 6 As those that lie in grave I say whom thou hast clean forgot The which thy hand hath cut away and thou regard'st them not verse 7 Yea like to one shut up full sure within the lower pit In places dark and all obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thine anger and thy wrath likewise full sore on me doth ly And all thy storms against me rise my soul to vex and try verse 9 Thou putt'st my friends sar off from me and mak'st them hate me sore I am shut up in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth fail through grief and wo I call to thee O God Throughout the day my hands also to thee I stretch abroad The second part verse 11 Dost thou unto the dead declare thy wondrous works of fame Shall dead to life again repair and praise thee for the same verse 12 Or shall thy loving kindness Lord be preached in the grave Or shall with them that are destroy'd thy truth her honour have verse 13 Shall they that lie in dark full low of all thy wonders wot Or there shall they thy justice know where all things are forgot verse 14 But I O Lord to thee always do cry and call apace My prayer eke ere it be day shall come before thy face verse 15 Why dost thou Lord abhor my soul in grief that seeketh thee And now O Lord why dost thou hide thy face away from me verse 16 I am afflict as dying still from youth this many a year The terrours which do vex me ill with troubled minde I bear verse 17 The furies of thy wrathful rage full sore upon me fall Thy terrours eke do not asswage but me oppress withal verse 18 All day they compass me about as water at the tide And all at once with streams full stout beset me on each side verse 19 Thou settest far from me friends and lovers every one Yea and mine old acquaintance all out of my sight are gone Misericordias Psal lxxxix J. H. TO sing the mercies of the Lord my tongue shall never spare And with my mouth from age to age thy truth I will declare verse 2 For I have said That mercy shall for evermore remain In that thou dost the heavens stay thy truth appeareth plain verse 3 To mine elect saith God I made a covenant and behest My servant David to perswade I swore and did protest verse 4 Thy feed for ever I will stay and stablish it full fast And still uphold thy throne alway from age to age to last verse 5 The heavens shew with joy and mirth thy wondrous worke O Lord Thy saints within thy Church on earth thy saith and truth record verse 6 Who with the Lord is equal then in all the clouds abroad Among the sons of all the gods what one is like our God verse 7 God in assembly of the saints is greatly to be dread And over all that dwell about in terrour to be had verse 8 Lord God of hosts in all the world what one is like to thee On every side most mighty Lord thy truth is seen to be verse 9 The raging sea by thine advice thou ruâ—est at thy will And when the waves thereof arise thou mak'st them calm and still verse 10 And Egypt Lord thou hast subdu'd and thou hast it destroy'd Yea thou thy toes with mâ—ghty arm hast scatt'red all abroad The second part verse 11 The heavens are thine and still have been likewise the earth and land The world and all that is therein thou foundedst wâ—th tay hand verse 12 Both north and south with east and west thy self didst make and frame Both Tabor mount and eke Hermon rejoyce and praise thy Name verse 13 Thine arm is strong and full of power all might therein doth lie The strength of thy right hand each hour thou listest up on high verse 14 In righteousness and equity thou hast thy seat and place Mercy and truth are still with thee and go before thy face verse 15 That folk is blest that knows aright thy present power O God For in the favour of thy sight they walk full safe abroad verse 16 For in thy Name throughout the day they joy and much rejoyce And through thy righteousness have they a pleasant fame and noise verse 17 For why their glory strength and aid in thee alone doth fie Thy goodness eke that hath us staid shall lift our horn on high verse 18 Our strength that doth defend us well the Lord to us doth bring The holy one of Israel he is our guide and king verse 19 Sometimes thy will unto thy saints in visions thou didst show And thus then didst thou say to them thy minde to make them know verse 20 A man of might I have erect your king and guide to be And set him up whom I elect among the folk to me The third part verse 21 My servant David I appoint whom I have searched out And with my holy oyl anoint him king of all the rout verse 22 For why my hand is ready still with him for to remain And with mine arm also I will him strengthen and sustain verse 23 The enemieâ— shall not him oppress they shall him not devour Ne yet the sons of
and their hateful enemies opprest them in the land And they were humbly made to stoop as subjects to their hand verse 43 Full oftentimes from thrall had he delivered them before But with their counsels they to wrath provok'd him evermore Therefore they by their wickedness were brought full low to lie verse 44 Yet when he saw them in distress he hearkned to their crie verse 45 He call'd to minde his covenant which he to them had swore And by his mercies multitude repented him therefore verse 46 And favour he them made to finde before the fight of those That led them captive from their land when erst they were their foes verse 47 Save us O Lord that art our God save us O Lord we pray And from among the heathen folk Lord gather us away verse 48 That we may spread the noble praise of thy most holy Name That we may glory in thy praise and sounding of thy fame verse 49 The Lord the God of Israel be blest for evermore Let all the people say Amen praise ye the Lord therefore Confitemini Dom. Psal cvii. W. K. GIve thanks unto the Lord our God for gracious is he And that his mercy hath no end all mortal men may see verse 2 Such as the Lord redeemed hath with thanks shall praise his Name And shew how they from foes were freed and how he wrought the same verse 3 He gath'red them forth of the lands that lay so sar about From east to west from north to south his hand did finde them out verse 4 They wandred in the wildernesâ— and strayed from the way And found no city where to dwell that serve might for their stay verse 5 Whose thirst and hunger was so great in these deserts so void That saintness did them sore assault and eke their souls annoy'd verse 6 Then did they cry in their distress unto the Lord for aid Who did remove their troublous state according as they pray'd verse 7 And by that way which was most right he led them like a guide That they might to a city go and there also abide verse 8 Let men therefore before the Lord confess his goodness then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sons of men verse 9 For he the empty soul sustain'd whom thirst had made to saint The hungry soul with goodness fed and did them eke acquaint verse 10 Such as do dwell in darkness deep where they on death do wait Fast bound to taste such troublous stormâ— as iron chains do threat The second part verse 11 For that against the Lords own words they sought so to rebel Esteeming light his counsels high which do so far excel verse 12 But when he humbled them full low they then fell down with grief And none was found so much to help whereby to get relief verse 13 Then did they cry in their distress unto the Lord for aid Who did remove their troublous state according as they pray'd verse 14 For he from darkness out them brought and from deaths dreadful shade Bursting with force the iron bands which them before did lade verse 15 Let men therefore before the Lord confess his kindness then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sons of men verse 16 For he threw down the gates of brass and brake them with strong hand The iron bars he smote in two nothing could him withstand verse 17 The foolish folk great plagues do seel and cannot from them wend But heap on more to those they have because they do offend verse 18 Their soul so much did lothe all meat that none they could abide Whereby death had them almost caught as they full truly tri'd verse 19 Then did they cry in their distress unto the Lord for aid Who did remove their troublous-state according as they pray'd verse 20 For then he sent to them his word which health did soon restore And brought them from those dangers deep wherein they were before The third part verse 21 Let men therefore before the Lord confess his kindness then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sons of men verse 22 And let them offer sacrifice with thanks and also fear And speak of all his wondrous works with glad and joyful cheer verse 23 Such as in ships and brittle barks into the seas descend Their merchandise through fearful flouds to compass and to end verse 24 Those men are forced to behold the Lords works what they be And in the dangerous deep the same most marvellous they see verse 25 For at his word the stormy wind ariseth in a rage And stirreth up the surges so verse 26 Then are they lifted up so high the clouds they seem to gain And plunging down the depth until their souls consume with pain verse 27 And like a drunkard to and fro now here now there they reel As men with fear of wit berest or had of sense no feel verse 28 Then did they cry in their distress unto the Lord for aid Who did remove their troublous state according as they pray'd verse 29 For with his word the Lord doth make the sturdy storms to cease So that the great waves from their ragâ— are brought toâ—rest and peace verse 30 Then are men glad when rest is come which they so much did crave And are by him in haven brought which they so fain would have The third part verse 31 Let men therefore before the Lord confess his kindness then And shew the wonders that he doth before the sons of men verse 32 Let them in presence of the folk with praâ—â—e extol his Name And where the elders do convent there let them do the same verse 33 For running flouds to dry deserts he doth oft change and turn And drieth up as it were dust the springing well and bourn verse 34 A fruitful land with pleasures decâ—t full barren doth he make When on their sins that dwell therein he doth just vengeance take verse 35 Again the wilderness sull rude he maketh fruit to bear With pleasant springs of waters clear though none before were there verse 36 Wherein such hungry souls are set as he doth freely chuse That they a city may them build to dwell in for their use verse 37 That they may sow their Pleasant land and vineyards also plant To yeeld them fruits of such increase as none may seem to want verse 38 They multiply exceedingly the Lord doth bless them so Who doth also the brute beasts make by numbers great to grow verse 39 But when the faithful are low brought by the oppressours stout And minish do through many plagues that compass them about verse 40 Then doth he princes bring to shame which did them sore oppress And likewise caused them to err within the wilderness verse 41 But yet the poor he raiseth up out of his troubles deep And oft-times doth his train augment much like a flock of sheep verse 42 The righteous shall behold this sight and also much rejoyce
his royal head that day Confitebor tibi Psal cxi N. WIth heaâ—tâ— do accord To â—raâ—â— and laud the Lord In presence of the just verse 2 For great his works are found To sâ—â—râ—h them such are bound As do him love and trust verse 3 Hâ—s works are glorious Also his righteousness It doth endure for ever verse 4 His wondrous works he would We still remember should his mercy faileth never verse 5 Such as to him love bear A portion full fair He hath up for them laid For this they shall well finde He will them have in minde And keep them as he said verse 6 For he did not disdain His works to shew them plain By lightnings and by thunders When he the neathens land Did give into their hand Where they beheld his wonders verse 7 Of all his works ensu'th Both judgement right and truth Whereto his statutes tend verse 8 They are decreed sure For ever to endure Which equity doth end Redemption he gave Hâ—s people for to save verse 9 And hath also required His promise not to fail But always to prevail His holy Name be feared verse 10 Whoso with heart full fain True wisdom would attain The Lord fear and obey Such as his laws do keep Shall knowledge have full deep His praise shall last for ay Featus vir Psal cxii W. K. THe man is blest that God doth fear And that his law doth love indeed verse 2 His seed on earth God will uprear And â—less such as from him proceed verse 3 His house with good he will fulfil His righteousness endure shall still verse 4 Unto the righteous doth arise In trouble joy in darkness light Compassion is in his eyes And mercy always in his sight verse 5 Yea pity moveth such to lend He doth by judgement things expend verse 6 And surely such shall never fail For in remembrance had is he verse 7 No tidings ill can make him quail Who in the Lord sure hope doth see verse 8 His heart is firm his fear is past For he shall see his foes down cast verse 9 He did well for the poor provide His righteousness shall still remain And his estate with praise abide Though that the wicked man disdain verse 10 Yea gnash his teeth thereat shall he And so consume his state to see Laudate pueri Psal cxiii W. K. YE children which do serve the Lord Praise ye his Name with one accord verse 2 Yea blessed be always his Name verse 3 Who from the rising of the sun Till it return where it begun Is to be praised with great fame verse 4 The Lord all people doth surmount As for his glory we may count Above the heavens high to be verse 5 With God the Lord who may compare Whose dwellings in the heavens are Of such great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himself we know Things to behold both here below And also in heaven above verse 7 The needy out of dust to draw And eke the poor which help none saw His onely mercy did him move verse 8 And so him set in high degree With princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great same verse 9 The barren he doth make to bear And with great joy her fruit to rear Therefore praise ye his holy Name Inexitu Israel Psal cxiv W. W. WHen Israel by Gods address from Pharaohs land was bent And Jacobs house the strangers left and in the same train went verse 2 In Judah God his glory shewâ—d his â—oliness most bright So did the Israelites declare his kingdom power and might verse 3 The sea it saw and suddenly as all amazâ—d did flâ—e The roaring streams of Jordans floud recoyled backwaâ—dly verse 4 As rams afraid the mountains skipt their strength did them forsake And as the filly trembling lambs their tops did beat and shake verse 5 What ail'd the sea as allamaz'd so suddenly to flee Ye rolling waves of Jordans floud why ran ye backwardly verse 6 Why shook ye hills as rams afraid why did your strength so shake Why did your tops as trembling lambs for fear quiver and quake verse 7 O earth confess thy sovereign Lord and dread his mighty hand Before the face of Jacobs God fear ye both sea and land verse 8 I mean the God which from hard rocks doth cause main flouds appear And from the stony flint doth cause gush out the fountains clear Non nobis Domine Psal cxv N. NOt unto us Lord not to us but to thy Name give praise Both for thy mercy and thy truth that are in thee always verse 2 Why shall the heathen soorners say Where is their God become verse 3 Our God in heaven is and what he will that hath he done verse 4 Their idols silver are and gold works of mens hands they be verse 5 They have a mouth and do not speak and eyes and do not see verse 6 And they have ears joyn'd to their heads and do not hear at all And notes eke they formed have and do not smell withal verse 7 And hands they have and handle not and feet and do not go A throat they have yet through the same they make no sound to blow verse 8 Those that make them are like to them and those whose trust they be verse 9 O Israel trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their help and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye the Lord that fear the Lord their help and shield is he verse 12 The Lord hath mindful been of us and will us bless also On Israel and on Aarons house his blessings he will show verse 13 Them that be fearers of the Lord the Lord will bless them all Even he will bless them everyone the great and eke the small verse 14 To you I say the living Lord will multiply his grace To you and to the children that shall follow of your race verse 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord even of the Lord I say Which both the heaven and the earth hath made and set in stay verse 16 The heavens yea the heavens high belong unto the Lord The earth unto the sons of men he gave of free accord verse 17 They that be dead do not with praise set forth the Lords renown Nor any that into the place of silence do go down verse 18 But we will praise the Lord our God from henceforth and for ay Sound ye the praises of the Lord praise ye the Lord I say Dilexi quoniam Psal cxvi N. I Love the Lord because my voice and prayer heard hath he verse 2 When in my days I call'd on him he bow'd his ear to me verse 3 Even when the snares of cruel death about beset me round When pains of hell me caught and when I wo and sorrow found verse 4 Upon the Name of God my Lord then did I call and say Deliver thou my soul O Lord I do thee humbly pray
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
must verse 8 For he it is that must save Israel from his sin And all such as surely have their confidence in him Domine non est Psal cxxxi M. O Lord I am not puft in minde I have no scornful eye I do not exercise myself in things that be too high verse 2 But as the childe that weaned is even from his mothers brest So have I Lord behav'd my self in silence and in rest verse 3 O Israel trust in the Lord let him be all thy stay From this time forth for evermore from age to age I say Memento Dom. Psal cxxxii M. REmember Davids troubles Lord how to the Lord he swore verse 2 And vow'd a vow to Jacobs God to keep for evermore verse 3 I will not come within my house nor climb up to my bed verse 4 Nor let my temples take their rest nor the eyes in my head verse 5 Till I have found out for the Lord a place to sit thereon An house for Jacobs God to be an habitation verse 6 We heard of it at Ephrata there did we hear this sound And in the fields and forests there these voices first were found verse 7 We will assay and go in now his tabernacle there Before his footstool to fall down and worship him in fear verse 8 Arise O Lord arise I say into thy resting-place Both thou and the ark of thy strength the presence of thy grace verse 9 Let all thy priests be clothed Lord with truth and righâ—eousness Let all thy saints and holy men sing all with joyfulness verse 10 And for thy servant Davids sake refuse not Lord I say The face of thine anointed Lord nor turn thy face away The second part verse 11 The Lord to David swore in truth and will not shrink from it Saying The fruit of thy body upon thy seat shall sit verse 12 And if thy sons my covenant keep that I shall learn each one Then shall their sons for ever sit upon thy princely throne verse 13 The Lord himself hath chose Sion and loves therein to dwell verse 14 Saying This is my resting-place I love and like it well verse 15 And I will bless with great increase her victuals every where And I will satisfie with bread the needy that be there verse 16 Yea I will deck and clothe her priests with my salvation And all her saints shall sing for joy of my protection verse 17 There will I surely make the horn of David for to bud For there I have ordain'd for mine a lantern bright and good verse 18 As for his enemies I will clothe with shame for evermore But I will cause his crown to shine more fresh then heretofore Ecce quam Psal cxxxiii W. W. O How happy a thing it is and joyful for to see Brethren together fast to hold the band of amity verse 2 It calls to minde that sweet perfume and that costly ointment Which on the sacrificers head by Gods precept was spent It wet not Aarons head alone but drencht his beard throughout And finally it did run down his rich attire about verse 3 And as the lower ground doth drink the dew of Hermon hill And Sion with his silver drops the fields with fruit doth fill Even so the Lord doth pour on them his blessings manifold Whose hearts and minds without all guile this knot do keep and hold Ecce nunc Psal cxxxiv. W. W. BEhold and have regard ye servants of the Lord Which in his house by night do watch praise him with one accord verse 2 Lift up your hands on high unto his holy place And give the Lord his praises due his benefits embrace verse 3 For why the Lord who did both earth and heaven frame Doth Sion bless and will conserve for evermore the same Laudate nomen Psal cxxxv N. O Praise the Lord praise him praise him praise him with one accord O praise him still all ye that be the servants of the Lord verse 2 O praise him ye that stand and be in the house of the Lord Ye of his court and of his house praise him with one accord verse 3 Praise ye the Lord for he is good sing praises to his Name It is a comely and good thing always to do the same verse 4 For why the Lord hath chose Jacob his very own ye see So hath he chosen Israel his treasure for to he verse 5 For this I know and am right sure the Lord is very great He is indeed above all gods most easie to intreat verse 6 For whatsoever pleased him all that full well he wrought In heaven in earth and in the sea which he hath made of nought verse 7 He lifts up clouds even from the earth he makes lightnings and rain He bringeth forth the winds also he made nothing in vain verse 8 He smote the first-born of each thing in Egypt that took rest He spared there no living thing the man nor yet the beast verse 9 He hath in thee shew'd wonders great O Egypt void of vaunts On Pharaoh thy cursed king and his severe servants verse 10 He smote then many nations and did great acts and things He slew the great and mightiest and chiefest of their kings verse 11 Sehon king of the Amorites and Og king of Basan He slew also the kingdoms all that were of Canaan verse 12 And gave their land to Israel an heritage we see To Israel his own people an heritage to be The second part verse 13 Thy Name O Lord shall still endure and thy memorial Throughout all generations that are or ever shall verse 14 The Lord will surely now avenge his people all indeed And to his servants he will shew favour in time of need verse 15 The idols of the heathen are made in all the coasts and lands Of silver and of gold they be the work even of mens hands verse 16 They have their mouthes and cannot speak and eyes that have no sight verse 17 They have eke ears and hear nothing their mouthes be breathless quite verse 18 Wherefore all they are like to them that so do set them forth And likewise those that trust in them or think they be ought worth verse 19 O all ye house of Israel see that ye praise the Lord And ye that be of Aarons house praise him with one accord verse 20 And ye that be of Levi's house praise ye likewise the Lord And ye that stand in aw of him praise him with one accord verse 21 And out of Sion sound his praise the great praise of the Lord Which dwelleth in Jerusalem praise him with one accord Confitemini Dom. Psal cxxxvi N. PRraise ye the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth for ever verse 2 Give praise unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth for ever verse 3 Give praise unto the Lord of lords for his mercy endureth for ever verse 4 Which onely doth great wondrous works for his mercy endureth for ever verse 5 Which by
fares with us Broke are their nets and we have scaped thus verse 8 God that made heaven and earth is our help then His Name hath sav'd us from these wicked men Qui confidunt Psal cxxv W. K. SUch as in God the Lord do trust As mount Sion shall firmly stand And be removed at no hand The Lord will count them right and just So that they shall be sure For ever to endure verse 2 As mighty mountains huge and great Jerusalem about do close So will the Lord do unto those Who on his godly will do wait Such are to him so dear They never need to fear verse 3 For though the righteous try doth he By making wicked men his rod Lest they through grief forsake their God It shall not as their lot still be verse 4 Give Lord to us thy light Whose hearts are true and right verse 5 But as for such as turn aside By crooked ways which they out sought The Lord will surely bring to nought With workers vile they shall abide But peace with Israel For evermore shall dwell Another of the same by R. W. THose that do put their confidence Upon the Lord our God onely And flee to him for their defence In all their need and misery Their faith is sure still to endure Grounded on Christ the corner-stone Mov'd with none ill but standeth full Stedfast like to the mount Sion And as about Jerusalem The mighty hills do it compass So that no enemies come to them To hurt that town in any case So God indeed in every need His faithful people doth defend Standing them by assuredly From this time forth world without end Right wise and good is our Lord God And will not suffer certainly The sinners and ungodlies rod To tarry upon his family Lest they also from God should go Falling to sin and wickedness O Lord defend world without end Thy Christian flock through thy goodness O Lord do good to Christians all That stedfast in thy word abide Such as willingly from God fall And to false doctrine daily slide Such will the Lord scatter abroad With hypocrites thrown down to hell God will them send pains without end But Lord grant peace to Israel Glory to God the Father of might And to the Son our Saviour And to the holy Ghost whose light Shine in our hearts and us succour That the right way from day to day We may walk and him glorifie With heates desire all that are here Worship the Lord and say Amen In convertendo Psal cxxvi W. W. WHen that the Lord again his Sion had forth brought From bondage great and also servitude extreme His work was such as did surmount mans heart thought So that we were much like to them that use to dream verse 2 Our mouths were with laughter filled then And eke our tongues did shew us joyful men The heathen folk were forced then this to confess How that the Lord for them also great things had done verse 3 But much more we and therefore can confess no less Wherefore to joy we have good cause as we begun verse 4 O Lord go forth thou canst our bondage end As to deserts the flowing rivers send verse 5 Full true it is that they which sow in tears indeed A time will come when they shall reap in mirth and joy verse 6 They went and wept in bearing of their precious seed For that their foes full often times did them annoy But their return with joy they shall sure see Their sheaves home bring and not empaired be Nisi Dom. Psal cxxvii W. W. EXcept the Lord the house doth make And thereunto doth set his hand What men do build it cannot stand Likewise in vain men undertake Cities and holds to watch and ward Except the Lord be their safeguard verse 2 Though ye rise early in the morn And so at night go late to bed Feeding full hardly with brown bread Yet were your labour lost and worn But they whom God doth love and keep Receive all things with quiet sleep verse 3 Therefore mark well when-ever you see That men have heirs t' enjoy their land It is the gift of Gods own hand For God himself doth multiply Of his great liberality The blessing of posterity verse 4 And when the children come to age They grow in strength and activeness In person and in comeliness So that a shaft shot with courage Of one that hath a most strong arm Flies not so swift nor doth like harm verse 5 Oh well is he that hath his quiver Furnisht with such artillerie For when in peril he shall be Such one shall never shake nor shiver When that he pleads before the judge Against his foes that bear him grudge Beati omnes Psal cxxviii T. S. BLessed art thou that fearest God and walkest in his way verse 2 For of thy labour thou shalt eat happy art thou I say verse 3 Like fruitful vines on thy house side so doth thy wife spring out Thy children stand like olive-plants thy table round about verse 4 Thus art thou blest that fearest God and he shall let thee see verse 5 The promised Jerusalem and her felicitie verse 6 Thou shalt thy childrens children see to thy great joys increase And likewise grace on Israel prosperity and peace Sape expugnaverunt Psal cxxix N. OFt they now Israel may say me from my youth assail'd verse 2 Oft they assail'd me from my youth yet never they prevail'd verse 3 Upon my back the plowers plow'd and furrows long did cast verse 4 The righteous Lord hath cut the cords of wicked foes at last verse 5 They that hate me shall be asham'd and turned back also verse 6 And made as grass upon the house which with reth ere it grow verse 7 Whereof the mower cannot finde enough to fill his hand Nor can he fill his lap that goeth to glean upon the land verse 8 Nor passers by pray God on them to let his blessing fall Nor say We bless you in the Name of God the Lord at all De profundis Psal cxxx W. W. LOrd to thee I make my moan when dangers me oppress I call I sigh plain and groan trusting to fiâ—de release verse 2 Hear now O Lord my request for it is full due time And let thine ears ay be prest unto this prayer mine verse 3 O Lord our God if thou weigh our sins and them peruse Who shall then escape and say I can my self excuse verse 4 But Lord thou art merciful and turn'st to us thy grace That we with hearts most careful should fear before thy face verse 5 In God I put my whole trust my soul waits on his will For his promise is most just and I hope therein still verse 6 My soul to God hath regard wishing for him alway More then they that watch and ward to see the dawning day verse 7 Let Israel then boldly in the Lord put his trust He is that God of mercy that his deliver
N. O Lord thou hast me try'd and known my sitting thou dost know verse 2 And râ—â—ing eke my thoughts afar thou understand'st also verse 3 My paths yea and my lying down thou compassest always And by familiar custom art acquainted with my ways verse 4 No word is in my tongue O Lord but known it is to thee verse 5 Thou me behinde hold'st and before thou lay'st thine hand on me verse 6 Too wonderful above my reach Lord is thy cunning skill It is so high that I the same cannot attain untill verse 7 From sight of thy all-seeing Spirit Lord whither shall I go Or whither shall I flee away thy presence to scape fro verse 8 To heaven if I mount aloft lo thou art present there In hell if I lie down below even there thou dost appear verse 9 Yea let me take the morning wings and let me go and bide Even there where are the farthest parts where flowing sea doth slide verse 10 Yea even thither also shall thy reaching hand me guide And thy right hand shall hold me fast and make me to abide verse 11 Yea if I say The darkness shall yet shroud me from thy sight Lo even also the darkest night about me shall be light verse 12 Yea darkness hideth not from thee but night doth shine as day To thee the darkness and the light are both alike alway The second part verse 13 For thou possessed hast my reins and thou hast covered me When I within my mothers womb enclosed was by thee verse 14 Thee will I praise made fearfully and wondrously I am Thy works are marvellous right well my soul doth know the same verse 15 My bones they are not hid from thee although in secret place I have been made and in the earth beneath I shaped was verse 16 When I was formless then thine eye saw me for in thy book Were written all nought was before that after fashion took verse 17 The thoughts therefore of thee O God how dear are they to me And of them all how passing great the endless number be verse 18 If I should count them lo their sum more then the land I see And whensoever I awake yet am I still with thee verse 19 The wicked and the bloudy men O that thou wouldest slay Even those O God to whom Depart depart from me I say verse 20 Even those of thee O Lord my God that speak full wickedly Those that are lifted up in vain being enemies to thee verse 21 Hate I not them that hate thee Lord and that in earnest wise Contend I not against them all against thee that arise verse 22 I hate them with unfeigned hate even as my utter foes verse 23 Try me O God and know my heart my thoughts prove and disclose verse 24 Consider Lord if wickedness in me there any be And in thy way O God my Guide forever lead thou me Eripe me Psal cxl N. LOrd save me from the evil man and from the cruel wight verse 2 And from all those which evil do imagine in their sprite Which make on me continual war their tongues lo they have whet verse 3 Like serpents underneath their lips is adders poison set verse 4 Keep me O Lord from wicked hands preserve me to abide Free from the cruel man that means to cause my steps to slide verse 5 The proud have laid a snare for me and they have spread a net With cords in my path-way and grins for me eke have they set verse 6 Therefore I said unto the Lord. Thou art my God alone Hear me O Lord O hear the voice wherewith I pray and mone verse 7 O Lord my God thou onely art the strength that saveth me My head in day of battel hath been covered still by thee verse 8 Let not O Lord the wicked have the end of his desire Perform not his ill thoughts left he with pride be set on fire verse 9 Of them that compass me about the chiefest of them all Lord let the mischief of their lips upon themselves befall verse 10 Let coals fall on them let him cast them in consuming flame And in deep pits so as they may not rise out of the same verse 11 For no backbiter shall on earth be set in stable plight And evil to destruction still shall hunt the cruel wight verse 12 I know the Lord th' afflicted will revenge and judge the poor verse 13 The just shall praise thy Name just shall dwell with thee evermore Domine clamavi Psal cxli. N. O Lord upon thee do I call Lord haste thee unto me And hearken Lord unto my voice when I do cry to thee verse 2 As incense let my prayers be directed in thine eyes And the uplifting of my hands as evening sacrifice verse 3 My Lord for guiding of my mouth set thou a watch before And also of my moving lips O Lord keep thou the door verse 4 That I should wicked works commit incline thou not my heart With ill men of their delicates Lord let me eat no part verse 5 But let the righteous smite me Lord for that is good for me Let him reprove me and the same a precious oyl shall be Such smiting shall not break my head the time shall shortly fall When I shall in their misery make prayers for them all verse 6 Then when in stony places down their judges shall be cast Then shall they hear my words for then they have a pleasant taste verse 7 Our bones about the graves mouth lo scatt'red are they found As he that heweth wood or he that diggeth up the ground verse 8 But O my Lord my God mine eyes do look up unto thee In thee is all my trust let not my soul forsaken be verse 9 Which they have laid to catch me in Lord keep me from the snare And from the subtil grins of them that wicked workers are verse 10 The wicked into their own nets together let them fall While I do by thy help escape the danger of them all Voce mea Psal cxlii N. BEfore the Lord God with my voice I did send out my cry And with my strained voice unto the Lord God prayed I. verse 2 My meditation in his sight to pour I did not spare And in the presence of the Lord my trouble did declare verse 3 Although perplexed was my spirit my path was known to thee In way where I did walk a snare they slily laid for me verse 4 I look'd and view'd on my right hand but none there would me know All refuge sailed me and for my soul none cared tho verse 5 Then cry'd I Lord to thee and said My hope thou onely art Thou in the land of living art my portion and my part verse 6 Heark to my cry for I am brought full low deliver me From them that do me persecute for me too strong they be verse 7 That I may praise thy Name my soul from prison Lord bring out When thou art good to