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A14186 The whole booke of Psalmes collected into English meter by Thom. Sternh., Iohn Hopkins, W. Whittingham and others, conferred with the Ebrue with apt notes to singe them withall ; set forth and allowed to be song in all churches, of all the people together before and after mornyng and euenyng prayer, as also before and after sermons, and moreouer in priuate houses for their godly solace and co[m]fort, laying apart all vngodly songes and balades, which tend onely to the nourishyng of vice, and corruptyng of youth.; Whole book of psalms. 1578 Sternhold, Thomas, d. 1549.; Hopkins, John, d. 1570.; Whittingham, William, d. 1579. 1578 (1578) STC 2450.5 159,067 104

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sayd I if death destroy my dayes Doth dust declare thy maiestye or yet thy truth doth prayse verse 10 Wherfore my God some pitye take O Lord I thee desire Doe not this simple soule forsake of helpe I thee require verse 11 Then didst thou turne my griefe and woe vnto a chearefull voyce The mourning weed thou tookst me fro and madest me to reioyce verse 12 Wherefore my soule vncessantly shall sing vnto thy prayse My Lord my God to thee will I geue laud and thankes alwayes In te Domine psal xxxi I.H. Sing this as the xviij Psalme O Lord I put my trust in thee let nothing worke me shame As thou art iust deliuer me and set me quite from blame verse 2 Heare me O Lord and that ●non● to helpe me Lord make speede Be thou my rock and house of stone my fence in tyme of neede verse 3 For why as stones thy strength is tryde thou art my fort and tower For thy names sake be thou my guide and lead me in thy power verse 4 Pluck forth my fee●e out of the snare which they for me haue layd Thou art my strength and all my care is for thy might and ayde verse 5 Into thy handes Lord I commit my spirite which is thy due For why thou hast redeemed it O Lord thou God most true verse 6 I hate such folke as will ●ot part from thinges to be abhord When they on tri●●es set their hart my trust is in the Lord. verse 7 For I will in thy mercy ioy I see it doth excell Thou seest when ought would me annoy and knowest my soule full well verse 8 Thou hast not left me in their hand that would me ouercharge But thou hast set me out of ba●d to walke abroad at large The second part verse 9 Great grief O Lord doth me assaile some pitie on me take Mine eyes waxe dim my sight doth sayle my wombe for woe doth ake verse 10 My lyfe is worne with griefe and payne my yeares in woe are past My strength is gone and through disdayn● my bones corrupt and wast verse 11 Among my foes I am a scorne my frendes are all dismayd My neighbors and my kinfemen borne to see me are affrayd verse 12 As men once dead are out of minde so am I now forgot As small effect in me they finde as in a broken pot verse 13 I heard the brags of all the rout their threates my minde did fray How they conspired and went about to take my lyfe away verse 14 But Lord I trust in thee for ayde not to be ouer●rod For I confesse and still haue sayd thou art my Lord and God. verse 15 The length of all my lyfe and age O Lord is in thy hand Defend me from the wrathes and rage of them that me withstand verse 16 To me thy seruant Lord expresse and shew thy ioyfull face And saue me Lord for thy goodnes thy mercy and thy grace The third part verse 17 Lord let me not be put to blame for that on thee I call But let the wicked beare their shame and in the graue to fall verse 18 Oh how great good hast thou in store layde vp full safe for them That feare and trust in thee therefore before the sonnes of men verse 19 Thy presence shall them fence and guide from all proud brags and wronges Within thy place thou shalt them hide from all the strife of tongues verse 20 Thankes to the Lord that hath declard on me his grace so farre Me to defend with watch and ward as in a towne of warre verse 21 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Loe I was cleane cast out of sight ▪ yet heard●t thou my request verse 22 Ye Saintes loue ye the Lord I say the faythfull he doth guide And to the proud he doth repay according to their pride verse 23 Be strong and God shall stay your hart be bold and haue a lust For sure the Lord will take your part sith ye on him doe trust Beati quorum psal xxxii T.S. Sing this as the xxx Psalme THe man is bl●st whose wickednes ▪ the Lord hath cleane remitted And he whose sinne and wretchednes i● hid and also couered verse 2 And blest is he to whome the Lord imputeth not his sinne Which in his hart hath hid no guile no fraud is found therin verse 3 For whilest that I kept close my sinne in silence and 〈◊〉 My ●●nes did weare and waste away with dayly mone and playnt verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so greuous was and smart That all my bloud and humors moyst to driues did conuert verse 5 I did therefore confesse my fault and all my sinnes discouer Then thou O Lord didst me forgeue and all my sinnes passe ouer verse 6 The humble man shall pray therefore and seeke thee in due tyme So that the floudes of waters great shall haue no power on him verse 7 When trouble and aduersitie doc compasse me about Thou art 〈◊〉 refuge and my ioy and thou doest rid me out verse 8 Come hether and I shall thee teach how thou shalt worke aright And will thee guide as I my selfe haue learnd by proofe and fight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the Horse and Mule Whose mouth without a rayn or bit from harme thou canst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shall manifold sorrowes and griefe sustain But vnto him that trustes in God his goodnes shall remaine verse 11 Be mery therfore in the Lord ye iust lift vp your voyce And ye of pure and perfect hart be glad and eke reioyce Exultate iusti psal xxxiii I.H. ¶ Sing this as the xxx Psalme YE righteous in the Lord reioyce it is a seemely sight That vpright men with thankefull voyce should prayse the God of might verse 2 Prayse ye the Lord with harpe and song in Psalmes and pleasaunt thynges With Lu●e and instrument among that soundeth with ten stringes verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new with courage g●ue him prayse verse 4 ●or w●● this word is euer true his workes and all his wayes verse 5 To iudgement equitie and right he hath a right good will And with his 〈◊〉 he doth delight the earth throughout to fill verse 6 For by the word of God alone th● heauens all were wrought Their hoastes and powers euery one his breath to passe hath brought verse 7 The waters great gathered hath he on heapes within the shore And hid them in the depth to be as in an house of store verse 8 All men on earth both least and most scare God and keepe his law Ye that inhabite in eche coast dread him and stand 〈◊〉 ●aw verse 9 What he commaunded wrought it was at once with present speed What he doth will 〈◊〉 brought to passe with full effect in deede verse 10 The councels of the nations rude the Lord doth driue to nought He doth defeat
But they at my disease did ioy and gather on a rout Yea abiect ●aues at me did toy with mockes and checkes full stout verse 17 The belly Gods and 〈◊〉 trayne that all good thinges de●●de At me doe ●rinne with great disdayne and plucke their mouth a side verse 18 Lord when wilt thou amend this geare why doest thou stay and pause Oh rid my ●oule myne onely deare out of the Lyons clawes verse 19 And then will I geue thankes to thee before thy Church alwayes And where as most of people be there will I shew thy prayse verse 20 Let not my foes preuaile on me which hate me for no fault Nor yet to wincke or turne their eye that causles me assault The third part verse 21 Of peace no word they thinke or say their talke is all vntrue They still consulte and would betray all those that peace ensue verse 22 With open mouth they run at me they gape they laugh they fleere Well well say they our eye doth see the thyng that we desire verse 23 But Lord thou ●rest●●hat wayes they take cease not this g●are to m●●d Be not farre of nor me forsake as men that fayle their frend verse 24 Awake arise and stirre abroad defend me in my right Reuenge my cause my Lord my God and ayde me with thy might verse 25 Accordyng to thy righteousnes my Lord God set me free And let not them their pride expresse nor triumph ouer me verse 26 Let not their hart reioyce and cry there there this geare goeth trim Nor geue them cause to say on ●●ye we haue our will on him verse 27 Confound them with rebuke and shame that ioy when I doe mourne And pay them home with spite and blame that brag at me with scorne verse 28 Let them be glad and eke reioyce which loue myne vpright way And they all tymes with hart and voyce shall pr●● se the Lord and say verse 19 Great is the Lord and doth excell for why he doth delight To see his seruants prosper well that is his pleasant sight verse 30 Wherfore my tongue I will apply thy righteousnes to prayse Vnto the Lord my God will I sing la●d and thankes alwayes Dixit iniustus Psal. xxxvi I.H. ¶ Sing this as the xxxv Psalme THe wicked with his workes vniust doth thu● perswade my hart That of the Lord he hath no care his ●eare is set a part verse 2 Yet doth he ioy in his estate to walke as he began So long till he deserue the hate of God and eke of man. verse 3 His wordes are wicked vile and naught his tongue no truth doth tell Yet at no hand will he be taught which way he may do well verse 4 When he should sleepe then doth he muse his mischief to fulfill No wicked wayes doth he refuse nor nothyng that is ill verse 5 But Lord thy goodnes doth ascend aboue the heauens hye So doth thy truth it selfe extend vnto the cloudy skye verse 6 Much more then hils so high and steepe thy iustice is exprest Thy iudgementes like to seas most deepe thou sauest both man and beast verse 7 Thy mercy is aboue all thynges O God it doth excell In trust wherof as in thy winges thy sonnes of men shall dwell verse 8 Within thy house they shall be fed with plenty at their will Of all delightes they shall be sped and take therof their ●ll verse 9 For why the well of life so pure doth euer flow from thee And in thy light we are full sure the lasting light to see verse 10 From such as thee desire and know let not thy grace depart Thy righteousnes declar● and shew to men of vpright hart verse 11 Let not the proud on me preualle O Lord of thy good grace ▪ Nor let the wicked me assayle to throw me out of place verse 12 But they in their deuice shall fall that wicked workes maintaine They shall be ouerthrown with all and neuer rise agayne Noli aemulari psal xxxvii W.W. ¶ Sing this as the xxxv Psalme Grudge not to see the wicked men in wealth to florish still Nor yet enuy such as to ill haue bent and set their will. verse 2 For as greene grasse and florishing hearbes are cut and wither away So shall their great prosp●●tie soone passe fade and decay verse 3 Trust thou therfore in God alone to de well geue thy mynder So shalt thou haue the land as thine and there sure foode shalt finde verse 4 In God set all thy hartes delight and looke what thou wouldst haue Or els canst wis● in all the world thou needest it not to 〈◊〉 verse 5 Cast both thy selfe and thine affaires on God with perfet trust And thou shalt see with patience the effect both sure and iust verse 6 The perfect life and godly name he will cleare as the light So that the Sunne euen at noone dayes shall not shine halfe so bright verse 7 Be still therfore and stedfastly on God see thou wayt then Not shrinkyng for the prosperous state of lewd and wicked men verse 8 Shake of despite enuy and hate at least in any wi●e Their wicked steps auoyd and fly and follow not their guise verse 9 For euery wicked man will God destroy both more and lesse But such as trust in God are sure the land for to possesse verse 10 Watch but a while and thou shalt see no more the wicked trayne ▪ No not so much as house or place where once he did remayne The second part verse 11 But mercy full and humble men enioy shall sea and land In rest and peace they shall reioyce for nought shall them with stand verse 12 The leud men and malicious agaynst the iust conspire They gnash their teeth at him as men which do his ba●e desire verse 13 But while that leud men thus do thinke the Lord laughes them to scorne For why he seeth their terme app●och when they shall sigh and mo●rne verse 14 The wicked haue their sword out drawn their bow eke haue they ben● To ouerthrow and kill the poore as they the rightway went. verse 15 But the same sword shall pear●e their hart which was to kill the iust Likewise the how shall breake to shiuers wherein they put their trust verse 16 Doubtles the iust mans poore estate is better a great deale more Then all these leud and worldly mens rich pompe and heaped store verse 17 For be their power neuer so strong God will it ouerthrow Where contrary he doth preserue the humble men and low verse 18 He seeth by his great prouidence the good mens trade and way And will geue them inheritance which neuer shall decay verse 19 They shall not be discouraged when some are hard bested When other shall be hungerbit they shall be clad and fed verse 20 For who so euer wicked is and enemy to the Lord Shall quayle yea melteuen as lambes gre●ce or smoke that fleeth abroad The third part verse 21 Behold
might in thee doth lye Then in the strongest of the world that rob on mountaines hye verse 5 But now the proud are spoild through thee and they are falne on sleepe Through men of warre no helpe can be themselues they could not keepe verse 6 At thy rebuke O Iacobs God when thou doest them reproue As halfe in sleepe their charets stode no horsemen once did mo●● verse 7 For thou are fear●full Lord in deede what man the courage hath To bide thy fight and doth not dread when thou art in thy wrath verse 8 When thou doest make thy iudgementes hard ▪ from heauen through the ground Then all the earth full sore afeard in silence shall 〈◊〉 found verse 9 And that when tho● O God 〈…〉 in iudgement for to speak● ▪ To saue the afflicted of the land on earth that are full weake verse 10 The fury that in 〈◊〉 doth raigne shall turne vnto thy prayse Hereafter Lord do thou restrayne their wrath and 〈◊〉 alwayes verse 11 Make vowes and pay them to your God ye solke that ●ye him be Bryng giftes all ye that dwell 〈◊〉 for dreadfull sure is he verse 12 For he ●oth take both life and 〈◊〉 from princes of great byrth All full of terror is his fight to all the kynges on earth Voce mea psal Lxxvii I. H. I With my voyce to God do cry with hart and harty cheare my voyce to God I lift on hye and he my sute doth heare In tyme of grief I sought to God by night no rest I tooke But strctcht my handes to him abroad my soule comsort forsooke verse 3 When I to thinke on God entend my trouble then is more I spake but could not make an end my breath was stopt so sore verse 4 Thou holdst mine eyes alwayes from rest that I alwayes awake With feare am I so sore opprest my speech doth me forsake verse 5 The dayes of old in mynde I cast and oft did thinke vpon The tymes and ages that are past full many yeares agone verse 6 By night my songes I call to mynde once made thy prayse to thew And with my hart much talke I finde my sprites do s●arch to know verse 7 Will God sayd I at once for all cast of his people thus So that hence forth no tyme he shall be frendly vnto vs verse 8 What is his goodnes cleane decayde for euer and a day Or is his promise now delayde and doth his truth decay verse 9 And will the Lord our God forget his mercies manifold Or shall his wrath increase so whot his mercy to withhold verse 10 At last I sayd my weakenes is the cause of this mistrust Gods mighty hand can helpe all this and chaunge it when he lust The second part verse 11 I will regard and thinke vpon the workyng of the Lord Of all his wonders past and gone I gladly will record verse 12 Yea all his workes I will declare and what he doth deuise To ●ell his f●ctes I will not spare and eke his counsell wise verse 13 Thy workes O Lord are all vpright and holy all abroad What one hath strength to match the might of thee our Lord our God verse 14 Thou art a God that oft doest shew thy wonders euery houre And so doest make the people know thy vertue and thy power verse 15 And thine owne folke thou didst defend with strength and stretched arme The sonnes of Iacob that descend and Iosephes seede from harme verse 16 The waters Lord perceiued thee the waters saw thee well And they for feare aside did flee the depthes on trembling sell verse 17 The cloudes that were both thicke and blacke did rayne full plenteously The thunder in the ayre did cracke thy shaftes abroad did flye verse 18 Thy thunder in the fire was heard the lightnyng from aboue With flashes great made men afeard the earth did quake and moue verse 19 Thy wayes within the Sea doe lye thy pathes in waters deepe Yet none can there thy steps espye nor know thy path to keepe verse 20 Thou leadst thy folke vpon the land as theepe on euery side Through Moyses and through Aarons hand thou didst them safely guide Attendite populi Psal. Lxxviii T. S. ATtend my people to my law and to my wordes incline my mouth shall speake straunge parables and sentences diuine Which we our selues haue heard and learnd euen of our fathers old and which for our instruction our fathers haue vs told verse 4 Bicause we should not keepe it close from them that should come after Who should Gods power to their race prayse and all his workes of wonder verse 5 To Iacob he commanndement gaue how Israell should liue Willyng our fathers should the same vnto their children geue verse 6 That they and their post eritie that were not sprong vp the Should haue the knowledge of the law and teach their seede also verse 7 That they may haue the better hope in God that is aboue And not forget to keepe his lawes and his preceptes in loue verse 8 Not beyng as the●● fathers were rebelling in Gods sight And would not frame their wicked hartes to know their God aright verse 9 How went the people of Ephraim their neighbours for to spoyle Shootyng their dartes the day of war and yet they tooke the foyle verse 10 For why ' they did not keepe with God the couenaunt that was made Nor yet would walke or lead their liues accordyng to his trade verse 11 But put into obliuion his counsell and his will And all his workes most magnifique which he declareth still The second part verse 12 What wonders to our forefathers did he himselfe disclose In Egipt land within the field that called is ●hancos verse 13 He did deuide and cut the Sea that they might passe at once And made the waters stand as still as doth an heape of stones verse 14 He ●ed them secret in a cloud by day when it was bright And in the night when darcke it was with fire he gaue them light verse 15 He brake the rockes in wildernes and gaue the people drinke As plentifull as when the deepes do flow vp to the brinke verse 16 He drew out riuers out of rockes that were both dry and hard Of such aboundance that no floudes to them might be compard verse 17 Yet for all this agaynst the Lord their sinne they did increase And stirred him that is most hye to wrath in wildernes verse 18 They tempted him within their hartes lyke people of mistrust Requiring such a kinde of meate as scrued to their lust verse 19 Saying with mu●muration in their vnfaythfulnes What can this God prepare for vs a feast in wildernes verse 20 Behold he strake the stony rocke and floudes forthwith did flow But can he now gene to his folke both bread and flesh also verse 21 When God heard this he waxed wroth with Iacob and his seede So did his indignation on Israell proceede The third part verse 22 Because
do not spare thine ayd and sauing health verse 8 I will harke what God sayd for he spake to his people peace And to his Saintes that neuer they returns to foolishnes verse 9 For why his health is still at hand to such as him do feare Whereby great glory in our land shall dwell and florish there verse 10 For truth and mercye there shall meete in one to take their place And peace shall iustice with his greet● and there they shall embrace verse 11 As truth from earth shall spring apace and florish pleasauntly So righteousnes shall shew her face and looke from heauen bye verse 12 Yea God himselfe shell take in hand to geue vs ech good thing And through the coastes of all out land the earth her fruites shall bring verse 13 Before his face shall iustice goe much lyke a guide or stay He shall direct his steps also and keepe them in the way Inclina Domine Psal. Lxxxvi I. H. ¶ Sing this as the lxxxi Psalme LOrd bow thine eare to my request and heare me by and by With greuous payne and griefe opprest full poore and weake am I. verse 2 Preserue my soule because my way and doinges holy be And saue thy seruaunt O my Lord that puts his trust in thee verse 3 Thy mercy Lord on me expresse defend me eke withall For through the day I do not c●ase on thee to 〈◊〉 and call verse 4 Comfort O Lord th● seruauntes soule that now with payne is pinde For vnto thee Lord I extoll and lift my soule and minde verse 5 For thou art good and bountifull thy giftes of grace are free And eke thy mercy plentifull to all that call on thee verse 6 O Lord lykewise when I do pray regard and geue an eare Marke well the wordes that I do say and all my prayers heare verse 7 In tyme when trouble doth me 〈◊〉 to thee I do complaine For why I know and well do proue thou aunswerest me agayne verse 8 Among the Gods O Lord is none with thee to be compard And noue can do as thou alone the lyke hath not bene heard The second part verse 9 The Gentiles and the people all which thou didst make and frame Before thy face on knees will fall and glorifie thy name verse 10 For why thou art so much of might all power is thine owne Thou workest wonders still insight for thou art God alone verse 11 O teach me Lord the way ▪ and I shall in thy truth proceede O ioyne my hart to thee so aye that it thy name may dread verse 12 To thee my God will I geue prayse with all my hart O Lord And glorifie thy name alwayes for euer through the world verse 13 For why thy mercy shewed to me is great and doth excell Thou settest my soule at libertye out from the lower hell verse 14 O Lord the proud agaynst me rise and heapes of men of might They seeke my soule and in no wise will haue thee in their sight verse 15 Thou Lord art mercifull and meeke full flacke and slow to wrath Thy goodnes is full great and eke thy truth no measure hath ▪ verse 16 O turne to me and mercy graunt thy strength to me apply O helpe and saue thine owne seruaunt thy handmaydes sonne am I. verse 17 On me some signe of fauour shew that all my foes may see And be ashamed because Lord thou doest helpe and comfort me Fundamenta Psal. Lxxxvii I.H. Sing this as the lxxxi Psalme THat Citie shall full well endure her ground worke 〈◊〉 doth stay Vpon the holy hilles full sure it can no tyme decay verse 2 God loues the gates of Sion best his grace doth there abide He loueth them more then all the rest of Iacobs centes beside verse 3 Full glorious thinges reported be in Sion and abroad Great thinges I say are sayd of thee thou Citie of our God. verse 4 On Rahab I will cast an eye and heare in minde the fame And Babilon shall eke apply and learne to know thy 〈◊〉 verse 5 Loe Pal●stine and ●yre also with Ethiop lykewise A people old full long agoe were borne and there didwise verse 6 Of Sion they shall say abroad that diuers men of fame Haue there sprong vp and the hye God hath founded fast the fame verse 7 In their recordes to them it shall through Gods deui●e appeare Of Sion that the chiefe of all had his beginning there verse 8 The trumpeters with such as sing therein great plenty be My fountaynes and my pleasaunt springes are compast all in thee Domine Deus Psal. Lxxxviii I.H. ¶ Sing this as the lxxxi Psalme 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 prayers sonne ascend vnto thy sight on hye Encline thine eare O Lord entend and ●arken to my cry verse 3 For why my soule with woe is fild and doth in trouble dwell My lyfe and breath almost doth yeald and draweth nye to hell verse 4 I am esteemed as one of them that in the pit do fall And made as one among those men that haue no strength at all verse 5 As one among the dead and free from thinges that heare remaine It were more case 〈◊〉 to be with them the which are slayne verse 6 As those that lye in gra●e I say whome thou hast cleane forgot The which thy hand hath cut away and thou regardest them not verse 7 Yea lyke to one shut vp full sure within the lowes pit In places darke and all obscure and in the depth of it verse 8 Thine anger and thy wrath lykewise full sore on me doth lye And all the stormes agaynst me rise my soule to vexe and trye verse 9 Thou putst my 〈◊〉 of from me and makest them hate me fore I am shut vp in prison fast and can come forth no more verse 10 My sight doth falle though griefe and woe I call to thee O God Throughout the day my handes also to thee I stretch abroad The second part verse 11 Dost thou vnto the dead declare thy wondrous workes of fame Shall dead to lyfe agayne repayre and prayse thee for the same verse 12 Or shall thy louing kindenes Lord be preached in the graue Or shall with them that are destroyd thy truth her honor haue verse 13 Shall they that lye in darke full low of all thy wonders wot Or there shall they thy Iustice know where all thinges are forgot verse 14 But I O Lord to thee alway do cry and call apace My prayer eke 〈◊〉 it be day shall come before thy face verse 15 Why doest thou Lord abhorre my soule in griefe that seeketh thee And now O Lord why doest thou hide thy face away from me verse 16 I am afflict as dy●ng still from youth this many a yeare The terrors which do vexe me ill with troubled minde I heare verse 17 The furies
ye people euery where set forth his noble prayse verse 2 For great his kindenes is to vs his truth endures for aye Wherefore prayse ye the Lord our God prayse ye the Lord I say Consitemini Psal. Cxviii M. Sing this as the Cxviij Psalme O Gene ye thankes vnto the Lord for gracious is he Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee verse 2 Let Israell confesse and say his mercy dures for aye verse 3 Now let the house of Aaron say his mercy dures for ay verse 4 Let all that feare the Lord our God euen now confesse and say The mercy of the Lord our God endureth still for aye verse 5 In trouble and in heauines vnto the Lord I cride Which louingly heard me at length my sute was not denide verse 6 The Lord himselfe is on my side I will not stand 〈◊〉 doubt Nor feare what man can do to me when God standes me about verse 7 The Lord doth take my part with them that helpe to succour me Therefore I shall see my desire vpon mine enemy verse 8 Better it is to trust in God then in mans mortall seede verse 9 Or to put confidence in kinges or Princes in our neede verse 10 All nations haue enclosed me and compassed me round But in the name of God shall I mine enemies confound verse 11 They kept me in on euery side they kept me in I say But through the Lordes most mighty name I shall worke their decay verse 12 They came about me all lyke bees but yet in the Lordes name I quencht their thornes that were on fire and will destroy the same The second part verse 13 Thou hast with force thrust sore at me that I in deede might fall But through the Lord I found such helpe that they were vanquisht all verse 14 The Lord is my defence and strength my ioy my myrth and song He is become for me in deed a Sauiour most strong verse 15 The right hand of the Lord our God doth bring to pas great thinges He causeth voyce of ioy and health in righteous mens dwellinges verse 16 The right hand of the Lord doth bring most mighty thinges to pas His hand hath the preeminence his force is as it was verse 17 I will not ●lye but euerliu● to vtter and declare The Lord his might and wondrous power his workes and what they are verse 18 The Lord himselfe hath chastened and hath corrected me But hath not geuen me ouer yet to death as ye may see verse 19 Set open vnto me the gates of truth and righteousnes That I may enter into them the Lordes prayse to confesse verse 20 This is the gate euen 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 geue thankes to thee O Lord because thou hast heard me And art become most ●●ningly a Sauiour vnto me verse 22 The stone which ere this tyme among the builders wa● refusde Is now become the corner stone and chiefly to be vsed verse 23 This was the mighty worke of God this was the Lordes owne fact And it is mar●eilous to behold with eyes that noble act verse 24 This is the ioyfull day in deede which God himselfe hath wrought ▪ Let vs be glad and ioy therein in hart in minde and thought verse 25 Now helpe me Lord and prosper vs we wish with one accord verse 26 Blessed be he that commeth to vs in the name of the Lord. verse 27 God is the Lord that shewes vs light binde ye therefore with cord Your sacrifice to the altar and geue thankes to the Lord. verse 28 Thou art my God I will confes and render thankes to thee Thou art my God and I will prayse thy mercy towardes me verse 29 O geue ye thankes vnto the Lord for gratious is he Because his mercy doth endure for euer towardes thee Beati immaculati psal Cxix W. W. BLessed are they that perfect are and pure in mind and hart whose liues and conuersation from Gods lawes neuer start Blessed are they that geue them selues his statutes to obserue● Seeking the Lord with all their hart and neuer from him swarne verse 3 Doubtles such men goe not astray nor do no wicked thing Which stedfastly walke in his pathes without any wandring verse 4 It is thy will and commaundement that with attentiue heed Thy noble and diuine precepter we learnt and keeps in deed verse 5 Oh would to God it might thee please my wayes so to addres That I might both in hart and voyce thy lawes keepe and confesse verse 6 So should no shame my lyfe attaint whilest I thus set myne eyes And bend my minde alwayes to muse on thy sacred decrces verse 7 Then will I prayse with vpright hart and magnifie thy name When I shall learne thy iudgementes iust and lykewise proue the same verse 8 And wholy will I geue my selfe to keept thy lawes most right Forsake me not for euer Lord but shew thy grace and might BETH The second part verse 9 By what meanes may a young man be●● his life learn to amend If that he mark and keep thy word and therin his time spend verse 10 Vnfaynedly I haue thee sought and thus seeking abide Oh neuer suffer me O Lord from thy precepts to slide verse 11 Within my hart and secret thoughts thy words I haue hid stil That I might not at any time offend thy godly wil. verse 12 We magnifie thy name O Lord and prayse thee euermore Thy statutes of most worthy same O Lord teach me therfore verse 13 My lips haue neuer ceast to preach and publish day and night The iudgementes all which did proceed from thy mouth full of might verse 14 Th● testimonyes and thy wayes please me no lesse in deed Then all the treasures of the earth which worldlinges make their meed verse 15 Of t●● precepts I will still muse and thereto frame my talke As at a marke so will I ayme thy waye● how I may walke verse 16 My onely 〈◊〉 shall be so fixt and on thy lawes so set That nothing can me so farre blynd that I thy workes forget GJMEL The third part verse 17 Graunt to thy scruaunt now such grace as may my ●●fe p●●long Thy holy 〈◊〉 then will I keepe both 〈◊〉 hart and tongue verse 18 Mine eyes which we●e d●m and shut vp so upon and make bright That of thy law and maruellous worke● I may haue the cleare fight verse 19 I am a straunger in this earth wandring now heare now theare Thy word therefore to me disclose my footesteps for to cleare verse 20 My soule is ra●●sht with desire and neuer is at r●st But seekes to know thy iudgementes hye and what may please thee best verse 21 The proud men and malitious thou hast destroyed ech one And cursed are such as do not thy hestes attend vpon verse 22 Lord turne from me rebuke and shame which
a guide to learne thy lawes thy rods did me direct verse 72 So that to me thy word and law is dearer manifold Then thousandes great of siluer and gold or ought that can be told JOD The x. part verse 73 Seyng thy handes haue made me Lord to be thy creature Graunt knowledge likewise how to learne to put thy lawes in vre verse 74 So they that seare thee shall reioyce when euer they me see Because I haue learnd by thy word to put my trust in thee verse 75 When with thy rods the world is plagd I know the cause is iust So when thou didst correct me Lord the cause iust needes be must verse 76 Now of thy goodnes I thee pray some comfort to me send As thou to me thy seruaunt het●st so from all ill me shend verse 77 Thy tender mercies poure on me and I shall surely lyue For ioy and consolation both thy lawes to me do geue verse 78 Confound the proud whose false pretenc● is me for to destroy But as for me thy hostes to know I will my selfe employ verse 79 Who so with reuerence do thee feare to me let them retire And such as do thy conenauntes know and them alone desire verse 80 My hart without all waueryng let on thy lawes be bent That no confusion come to me wherein I should be shent CAPH The xi part verse 81 My soule doth faint and ceaseth not thy sanyng health to craue And for thy wordes sake still I trust my hartes desire to haue verse 82 Mine eyes do fayle with lookyng for thy word and thus I say Oh when wilt thou me comfort Lord why doest thou thus delay verse 83 As a skin bottell in the smoke so am I partcht and dride Yet will I not out of my hart let thy commaundement slide verse 84 Alas how long shall I yet line before I see the howre That on my foes which me torment thy vengeaunce thou wilt power verse 85 Presumptuout men haue digged pits thinking to make me sure● Thus contrary agaynst thy law my hurt they do procure verse 86 But thy commaundementes are all true and causelesse they me greeue To thee therfore I do complayne that thou mightest me relieue verse 87 Almost they had me cleane destroy'd and brought me quite to ground Yet by thy statutes I abode and therein succour sound verse 88 Restore me Lord agayne to life for thy mercies excell And so shall I thy couenauntes keepe till death my life expell LAMED The xij part verse 89 In heauen Lord where thou doest dwell thy word is stablished sure And shall for all eternitie fast grauen there endure verse 90 From age to age thy truth abides as doth the earth witnes Whose ground worke thou hast layd so sure as no toung can expresse verse 91 Euen to this day we may well see how all thynges perseuere Accordyng to thy ordinaunce for all thynges thee reuere verse 92 Had it not bene that in thy law my soule had comfort sought Long tyme ere now in my distresse I had bene brought to naught verse 93 Therfore will I thy preceptes aye in memory keepe fast By them thou hast my life restord when I was at last cast verse 94 No ●ight to me can title make for I am onely thine Saue me therfore for to thy lawes myne eares and hart incline verse 95 The wicked men do seeke my haue and thereto lye in wayte But I the while considered thy noble actes and great verse 96 I see nothyng in this wide world at length which hath not end But thy commaundement and thy word beyond all end extend MEM. The xiij part verse 96 What great desire and feruent loue do I beare to thy law All the day long my whole deuise is onely on thy law verse 98 Thy word hath taught me farre to passe my foes in pollicie For still I keepe it as a thyng of most excellencie verse 99 My teachers which did me instruct in knowledge I excell Because I do thy couenauntes keepe and them to others tell verse 100 In wisedome I do passe also the auncient mea in deede And all because to keepe thy lawes I held it aye best reede verse 101 My seete I haue refrayned eke from euery euill way Because that I continually thy word might keepe I say verse 102 I haue not swarned from thy iudgementes nor yet shronke any dell ▪ For why thou hast taught me thereby to liue godly and well verse 103 Oh Lord how sweete vnto my tast finde I thy wordes alway Doubtlesse no hony in my mouth feele ought so sweete I may verse 104 Thy lawes haue me such-wisedome learnd that vtterly I hate All wicked and vngodly wayes in euery kynde or rate NVN. The xiiij part verse 105 Euen as a Lanterne to my feete so doth thy word shine bright And to my pathes where euer I go it is a flamyng light verse 106 I haue both sworne and will performe most certainly doubtlesse That I will keepe thy iudgementes iust and them in lyfe expresse verse 107 Affliction hath me fore oppressed and brought me to deathes dote O Lord as thou bast promised so me to lyse restore verse 108 The offringes which with hart and voyce most frankly I thee gene Accept and teach me how I may after thy iudgementes liue verse 109 My soule is aye so in my hand that daungers it assayle Yet do I not thy law forget nor it to keepe will fayle verse 110 Although the wicked layd their nets to catch me at a bray Yet did I not from thy preceptes once swerue and go astray verse 111 Thy law I haue so claymd alway as myne owne heritage And why for therein I delite and set my whole courage verse 112 For euermore I haue bene bent thy statutes to fulfill Euen so likewise vnto the end I will continue still SAMECH The xv part verse 113 The craftie thoughtes and double hart I do alwayes detest But as for thy law and preceptes I loued them euer best verse 114 Thou art my hid and secret place my shield of strong defence Therfore haue I thy promises lookt for with patience verse 115 Go to therfore ye wicked men depart from me anone For the commaundementes will I keepe of God my Lord alone verse 116 As thou hast promised so performe that death me not assayle Nor let my hope abuse me so that through distrust I quayle verse 117 Vphold me and I shall be safe for ought they do or say And in thy statutes pleasure take will I both night and day verse 118 Thou hast trode such vn●st thy feet● as do thy statutes breake For nought auayles their subtletie their counsell is but weake verse 119 Like dro● thou castes the wicked out where euer they go or dwell Therfore can I as thy statutes loue nothyng halfe so well verse 120 My flesh alas is taken with feare as though it were benumd For when I see thy iudgementes strait I am as one astond
their land for heritage for his mercy endureth for euer verse 22 Euen to his seruaunt Israell for his mercy endureth for euer verse 23 Remembred vs in base estate for his mercy endureth for euer verse 24 And from oppression rescued vs for his mercy endureth for euer verse 25 Which geueth food vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth for euer verse 26 Prayse ye the God of heauen aboue for his mercy endureth for euer verse 27 Geue thankes vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy ●ndureth for euer An other of the same by T. C. ¶ Sing this as the Cxlvij Psalme O Laud the Lord bening Whose mercies last for aye Geue thankes and prayses sing To God of Gods I say For certainely His mercies dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 3 The Lord of Lordes prayse ye Whose mercies aye do d●re verse 4 Great wonders onely he Doth worke by his great power For certainely His mercyes dure Both firme and sure Eternally verse 5 Which Lord omnipotent By his great wisedome hye The heauenly firmament Did frame as we doo see For certainely c. verse 6 Yea he the heauy charge Of all the earth did stretch And on the waters large The same he did outreach Fo●certaynely c. verse 7 Great lightes he made to vs For why his lone is aye verse 8 Such as the same we see To rule the lightsome day For certainely c. verse 9 And eke the Moon so cleare Which shineth in our fight And Starres that doe appeare To guide the dar●ksome night For certainely c. verse 10 With greuous plagues and sore All Egipt smote he than The first borne les and more He slew of beast and man. For certainely c. verse 11 And from amidst their land His Israell forth brought verse 12 Which he with mighty hand And stretched arme hath wrought For certainly c. verse 13 The Sea be cut in two Which stood vp like a wall verse 14 And made through it to goe His chosen children all For certainely c. verse 15 But there he whelmed then The proud king Pharao With his huge host of men And charets eke also For certainely c. verse 16 Who led through wildernes His people safe and sound And for his loue endles verse 17 Great kinges he brought to ground For certainly c. verse 18 And slew with puisant hand Kinges mightye and of fame As of Amorites land Schon the king by name For certainly c. verse 20 And Og the Giant large Of Basau king also verse 21 Whose land for heritage He gaue his people tho For certainly c. verse 22 Euen vnto Israell His seruaunt deare I say He gaue the same to dwell And there abide for aye For certainly c. verse 23 To made he did vs ●all In our most base degree verse 24 And from oppresso●s all In safety set vs free For certainly c. verse 25 All flesh in earth abroad With food he doth fulfill verse 26 Wherefore of heauen the God To laud be it your will. For certainly c. Super flurnina psal Cxxxvii W. W. WHen as we sat in Babilon the riuers round about and in remembraunce of Sion the teares for griefe burst out We hangd our harpes and instru mentes the willow trees vpon for in that place men for their vse had planted ●any one verse 3 Then they to whome we prisoners were sayd to vs tauntingly Now let vs heare your Ebrue songes and pleasaunt melody verse 4 Alas sayd we who can once frame his sorrowfull hart to sing The prayses of our louing God thus vnder a straunge king verse 5 But yet if I Ierusalem out of my hart let slide Then let my singers quite forget the warbeling harpe to guide verse 6 And let my tongue within my month be tyde for euer fast If that I ioy before I see thy full deliueraunce past verse 7 Therefore O Lord remember now the curssed noyce and cry That Edomes sonnes agaynst vs made when they raced our Citie Remember Lord their ●rnell wordes when as with one accord They cryed on sack ▪ and race their walles in despight of the Lord. verse 8 Euen so shalt thou O Babilon at length to dust be brought And happy shall that man be cald that our reuenge hath wrought verse 9 Yea blessed shall that man be cald that takes thy children young ▪ To dash their bones agaynst hard stones which lye the streetes among Confitebor tibi psal Cxxxvii N. Sing this as the Cxxxvij Psalme THee will I prayse with my whole hart my Lord my God alwayes Euen in the presence of the Gods I will aduaunce thy prayse verse 2 Toward thy holy temple I will looke and worship thee And praysed in my thankfull mouth thy holy nam● shall be Euen for thy louing kindenes sake and for thy truth withall For thou thy name hast hast by thy word aduaunced ouer all verse 3 When I did call thou heardest me and thou hast made also The power of encreased strength within my soule to gr●w verse 4 Yea all the kinges on earth they shall geue prayse to thee O Lord For they of thy most holy mouth bane heard the mighty word verse 5 They of the wayes of God the Lord in singing shall entreat Bycause the glory of the Lord it is exceeding great verse 6 The Lord is hye and yet he doth behold the lowly spirite But he contemning knowes a farre the proud and lofty wight verse 7 Although in midst of trouble I do walke yet shall I stand Renued by thee O my Lord thou wilt stretch out thy hand Vpon the wrath of all my foes and faued shall I be By thy right hand the Lord God will performe his worke to me verse 8 Thy mercy Lord endures for aye Lord do me not forsake Forsake me not that am the worke which thi●e owne hand did make Domine probasti psal Cxxxix N. ¶ Sing this as the Cxxxvij Psalme O Lord thou hast me tride and knowne my sitting thou doest know verse 2 And rising eke my thoughtes a farre thou vnderstandst also verse 3 My pathes yea and my lying downe thou compassest alwayes And by familiar custome art acquainted with my wayes verse 4 No word is in my tongue O Lord but knowen it is to thee verse 5 Thou me behinde holdst and before thou layest thy hand on me verse 6 To wonderfull aboue my reach Lord is thy cunning skill It is so higth that I the same can not attaine vntill verse 7 From sight of thy all seing spirite Lord whether shall I goe Or whether shall I flee away thy presence to scape fro● verse 8 To heauen if I mount aloft loe thou art present there In hell if I lye downe below euen there thou doest appeare verse 9 Yea let me take the morning winges and let me goe and hide Euen there where are the farthest partes where flowing Sea doth slide verse 10 Yea euen thether also shall thy reaching hand me
do the thirsty landes verse 7 Heare me with speede my sprite doth fayle hide not thy face me fro Els shall I be lyke them that downe into the pit do go verse 8 Let me thy louing kindenes in the morning heare and know For in thee is my truse shew me the way that I shall goe verse 9 For I lift vp my soule to thee O Lord deliuer me From all miue enemies for I haue hidden me with thee verse 10 Teach me to do thy will for thou thou art my God I say Let thy good spirite into the land of mercy me conuey verse 11 For thy name sake with quickening grace aliue do thou me make And out of trouble bring my soule euen for thy instice sake verse 12 And for thy mercy slay my foes O Lord destroy them all That do oppresse my soule for I thy seruaunt am and shall Benedictus Dom. Psal. Cxliiii N. ¶ Sing this as the Cxlv. Psalme BLest ●e the Lord my strength that doth instruct my handes to fight The Lord that doth my fingers frame to battell by his might verse 2 He is my goodnes fort and tower deliuerer and shield In him I trust my people he subdues to me to yelde verse 3 O Lord what thing is man that him thou holdest so in prise Or sonne of man that vpon him thou thinkest in such wise verse 4 Man is but lyke to vanitie so passe his dayes to en● verse 5 As fle●ting shade Bo● downe O Lord thy heauens and descend verse 6 The mountaines touch and they shall smoke cast forth thy lightning flame And scatter them thine arro●es shoote consume them with the same verse 7 Send downe thy hand euen from aboue O Lord deliue me Take me from waters great from hand of straungers make me free verse 8 Whose subtill mouth of va●itie and fondnes doth entreat And their right hand is a right hand of falshode and deceite verse 9 A new song I will sing O God and singing will I be On viole and on instrument ten stringed vnto thee verse 10 Euen he it is that onely genes delineraunce to kinges Vnto his seruaunt Dauid helpe from hurtfull sword he bringes verse 11 From straungers hand me fane and shield whose mouth talkes vanitie And their right hand is a right hand of guile and subtiltie verse 12 That out sonnes may be as the plantes whom growing youth doth reare Our daughters as carued corner stones lyke to a pallace fayre verse 13 Our garners full and plenty may with sundry sortes be found Our sheepe bring thousandes in our streetes ten thousandes may abound verse 14 Our Oxen be to labour strong that none do vs inuade There be no going out no cry within our streetes be made verse 15 The people blessed are that with such blessings are so stord Yea blessed all the people art whose God is God the Lord. Exaltabo te Psal. Cxlv. N. THee will I laud my God and king and blesse thy name for aye for euer will I prayse thy name and blesse thee day by day Great is the Lord most wor thy prayse his greatnes none can reach fro raceto race they shall thy works prayse thy power preach verse 5 I of thy glorious maiestie the beautie will record And meditate vpon thy workes most wonderfull O lord verse 6 And they shall of thy power and of thy fearefull actes declare And I to publish all abroad thy greatnes will not spare verse 7 And they into the mention shall breake of thy goodnes great And I aloud thy righteousnes in singing shall repeat verse 8 The Lord our God is gracious and mercifull also Of great abounding mercy and to anger he is slow verse 9 Yea good to all and all his workes his mercy doth exceede verse 10 Loe all thy workes do prayse the Lord and do thine honor spread verse 11 Thy Saintes do blesse thee and they do thy kingdomes glory shew verse 12 And blase thy power to cause the sonnes of men his power to know verse 13 And of his mightye kingdome eke to spread the glorious prayse Thy kingdome Lord a kingdome is that doth endure alwayes And thy dominion through ech age endures without decay verse 14 The Lord vpholdeth them that fall the slyding he doth stay verse 15 The eyes of all do waite on thee thou doest them all relieue And thou to ech suffising foode in season due doest geue ' verse 16 Thou openest thy plenteous hand and bounteously doest fill All thinges what soeuer doth liue with giftes of thy good will. verse 17 Th● Lord is iust in all his wayes his workes are holy all verse 18 Neare all he is that call on him in ●ruth that on him call verse 19 He the desires which they require that feare him will fulfill And he will heare them when they cry and saue them all he will. verse 20 The Lord preserues all those to him that beare a louing hart But he them all that wicked are will vtterly subuert verse 21 My thankfull mouth shall gladly speake the prayses of the Lorde All flesh to prayse his holy name for euer shall accord Lauda anima Psal. Cxlvi I.H. ¶ Sing this as the Cxxxvij Psalme MY soule prayse thou the Lord alwayes my God I will confes verse 2 While breath and lyse prolong my dayes my tongue no tyme shall cease verse 3 Trust not in worldly Princes then though they abound in wealth Nor in the sonnes of morrall men in whome there is no health verse 4 For why their breath doth sonne depart to earth anon they fall And then the counsells of their hart decay and perish all verse 5 O happy is ●●at man I say whom Iacobs God doth ayde And he whose hope doth not decay but on the Lord is stayd verse 6 Which made the earth and waters deepe the heauens hye withall Which doth his word and promise keepe in truth and ●●er shall verse 7 With right alwayes doth he proceed for such as suffer wrong The poore and hungry he doth feed and lose the fetters strong verse 8 The Lord doth send the blinde their fight ▪ the lame to limmes restore The Lord I say doth loue the right and lust man euermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherles the straunger sad in hart And quitte the widdow from distresse and ill mens wayes subuert verse 10 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion still shall raigne In tyme of all posteritic for e●er to remaine Laudate Domino Psal. Cxlvii N. PRayse ye the Lord for it is good vnto our God to sing for it is pleasant to prayse it is a comely thing The Lord his owne Ierusalē he buildeth vp alone the dispe●st of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heales the broken in their hart their fore vp doth he binde verse 4 He countes the number of the starres and names them in their kinde verse 5 Great is our Lord great is his power his wisedome infinite verse 6 The
to throw whole kingdomes downe verse 8 Thou seest how oft they made me ●ye and on my teares ditst looke Reserue them in a glasse by thee and wright them in thy booke verse 9 When I do call vpon thy name my foes away do start I well perceaue it by that same that God doth take my part verse 10 I glory in the word of God to prayse it I accord With ioy I will declare abroad the promise of the Lord. verse 11 I trust in God and yet I say as I afore began The Lord he is my helpe and stay I do not care for man. verse 12 And will performe with hart so free to God my vowes alwayes And I O Lord all tymes to thee will offer thankes and prayse verse 13 My soule from death thou doest defend and keepe my feere vpright That I before thee may ascend with such as liue in light Miserere mei psal Lvii. I. H. ¶ Sing this as the xliiij Psalme TAke pitie for thy promise sake haue mercye Lord on me For why my soule doth her betake vnto the helpe of thee verse 2 Within the shadow of thy winges I set my selfe full fast Till mischiefe malice and lyke thinges be gone and ouerpast verse 3 I call vpon the God most hye to whome I sticke and stand I meane the God that will stand by the cause I haue in hand verse 4 From heauen he hath sent his ayde to saue me from their spight That to deuour me haue assayde his mercy truth and might verse 5 I led my lyfe with Lyons fell all set on wrath and ire And with such wicked men I dwell that sreat lyke flames of fire verse 6 Their teeth are speares and arrowes long as sharpe as I haue seene They wound and cut with their quick tongue lyke swordes and weapons kene verse 7 Set vp and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bright Exault thy prayse on earth abroad thy maiestre and might verse 8 They lay their net and do prepare a priuie caue and pit Wherein they thinke my soule to snare but they are fallen in it verse 9 My hart is set to laud the Lord in him I ioy alwayes My hart I say doth well accord to sing his laud and prayse verse 10 Awake my ioy awake I say my lute my ●arpe and string For I my selfe before the day will rise reioyce and sing verse 11 Among the people I will tell the goodnes of my God And shew his prayse that doth excell in Heathen landes abroad ▪ verse 12 His mercy doth extend as sarr● as heauens all art hye His truth as high as any starre that standeth in the skye verse 13 Set forth and shew thy selfe O God aboue the heauens bright Extoll thy prayse on earth abroad thy maiestie and might Si verè vtique Psal. Lviij I. H. ¶ Sing this as the xlviij Psalme YE rul●rs that ●re put in trust to iudge of wrong and right Be all your iudgementes true and iust not knowing neede or might verse 2 Nay in your hartes ye marke and muse in mischiefe to consent And where ye should true iustice vse your handes to bribes are bent verse 3 This wicked sort from their byrth day haue erred on this wise And from their mothers wombe alway haue vsed craftes and lyes verse 4 In them the poyson and the breath of Serpentes do appeare Yea lyke the adder that is deafe and fast doth stop his eare verse 5 Because he will not heare the voyce of one that charmeth well No though he were the chiefe of choyce and did therein excell verse 6 O God breake thou their teeth at once within their mouth throughout The tuskes that in their great chaw bones lyke Lyons whelpes hang out verse 7 Let ●●em consume away and wast as water runnes forthright The shaftes that they doe shoote in hast let them be broke in slight verse 8 As sn●les do waste within the shell and vnto slime doe runne As one before his time that fell and neuer saw the Sunne verse 9 Before the thornes that now are young to bushes big shall grow The stormes of anger waxing strong shall take them ere they know verse 10 The iust shall ioy it doth them good that God doth vengeance take And they shall washe their feete in bloud of them that thee forsake verse 11 Then shall the world shew forth and tell that good men haue reward And that a God in earth doth dwell that iustice doth regard Eripe me Psal. Lix I. H. SEnd ayd and saue me from my foes O Lord I pray ' o thee defend and keepe me from all those that rise and striue with me O Lord preserue me from those men whose doinges are not good set me sure and safe frō them that thirsteth after bloud verse 3 For loe they waite my soule to take they rage agaynst me still Yea for no fault that I did make I neuer did them ill verse 4 They runne and do themselues prepare when I no whit offend Arise and saue me from the snare and see what they entend verse 5 O Lord of hostes of Israell arise and strike all landes And pitie none that doe rebell and in their mischiefe standes verse 6 At night they stirre and seeke about as houndes they houle and grinnes And all the Citie cleane thoughout from place to place they re●ne verse 7 They spake of me with mouth alway but in their lips were swordes They greed my death and they would say what none doth heare our wordes verse 8 But Lord thou ●ast their wayes espide and laught thereat apace The heathen folke thou shalt deride and mocke them to their face verse 9 The strength that doth my foes withstand O Lord doth come of thee My God he is my helpe at hand a fort of sence to me verse 10 The Lord to me doth shew his grace in great aboundance still That I may see my foes in case such as my hart doth will. verse 11 Destroy them not at once O God least it from minde do fall But with thy strength driue them abroad and so consume them all verse 12 For their ill wordes and truthles tongue confound them in their pride Their wicked othes with lyes and wrong let all the world deride verse 13 Consume them in thy wrath O Lord that nought of them remaine That men may know throughout the world that Iacobs God doth raigne verse 14 At en●ning they returne apace as dogs they grinne and cry Throughout the streetes in euery place they renne about and spy verse 15 They seeke about for meate I say but let them not be fed Nor finde an house wherein they may be bold to put their head verse 16 But I will shew thy strength abroad thy goodnes I will prayse For thou art my defe●ce and God at neede in all assayes verse 17 Thou a●t my strength thou hast m● stayed O Lord I sing to the● Thou art my fort my fence and ay
firme his feare is past For he shall see his foes downe cast verse 8 He did well for the poore prouide His righteousnes doth still remaine And his estate with prayse abide Though that the wicked men disdavne Yea guash his teeth thereat shall he And so consume his state to see Laudate pueri Psal. Cxiii W.K. YE childrē which do serue the Lord prayse ye his name with one accord Yea blessed be alwayes his name ▪ who from the 〈◊〉 of the sunde till it re turne where it begun is to be praysed with great fanic The Lord all people doth surmount as for his glory we may count aboue the heauens hye to be With God the Lord who may compare whose dwellinges in the heauens are of such great power and force is he verse 6 He doth abase himselfe we know Thinges to behold both here below And also in heauen aboue verse 7 The needy out of dust to draw And eke the poore which helpe none saw His onely mercy did him moue verse 8 And so him set in high degree With princes of great dignitie That rule his people with great fame The barren he doth make to beare And with great ioy her fruite to reare Therefore prays● ye his holy name In exitu Israel psal Cxiiii W. K. ¶ Sing this as the lxxvii Psalme WHen Israell by Gods addres from Pharaos land was bent And Iacobs house the straungers left and in the same trayne went. verse 2 In Iuda God his glory shewed his holynes most bright So did the Israelites declare his kingdome power and might verse 3 The sea it saw and sodenly as all amasd did flee The roaring streames of Iordans floud reculed backwardly verse 4 As Rams afrayd the mountaynes skipt their strength did them forsake And as the seely tremo●ing Lambes their tops did beate and shake verse 5 What ayld thee Sea as all amasd so sodenly to flee Ye rowling wau●● of Iordans floude why ran ye backwardly ▪ verse 6 Why shooke ye hills as Rams afrayd why did you● strength so shake Why did your tops as trembling Lambe● for feare qui●er and quake verse 7 O earth confesse thy soueraygn● Lord and d●ead his mighty hand Before the face of Iacobs God feare ye b●th Sea and land verse 8 I meane the ●ind which from hard rockes doth cause maine ●oudes appeare And from the stony flint doth make gush out the fountaynes cleare Non nobis Domine Psal. Cxv. N. ¶ Sing this as the Cxix psalme NOt vnto vs Lord not to vs but to thy name geue prayse Both for thy mercy and thy truth that are in thee alwayes verse 2 Why shall the heathen scorners say where is their Lord become verse 3 Our God in heauen is and what he will that hath he done verse 4 Their Idols siluer art and gold worke of mens handes they be verse 5 They haue a mouth and do not speake and eyes and do not see verse 6 And they haue eares ioynd to their head●● and do not heare at all And noses eke they formed haue and do not smell withall verse 7 And handes they haue and handle not and feete and doe not goe A throate they haue and through the same they make no sound to blow verse 8 Those that make them be like to them and those whose trust they be verse 9 O Israell trust in the Lord their helpe and shield is he verse 10 O Aarons house trust in the Lord their helpe and shield is he verse 11 Trust ye the Lord that feare the Lord their helpe and shield is he verse 12 The Lod hath mindfull b●ne of vs and will vs blesse also Ou Israels and Aarons house his blessing he will show verse 13 Them that be fearers of the Lord the Lord doth blesse them all Euen he shall blesse them euery one the great and eke the small verse 14 To you I say the louing Lord will multiply his gra●e To you I say the louing Lord shall follow of your race verse 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord euen of the Lord I say Which both the heauen and the earth hath made and set in stay verse 16 The heauens yea the heauens hye belong vnto the Lord The earth vnto the sonnes of men he gaue of free accord verse 17 They that be dead do not with prayse set forth the Lordes renowne Nor any that into the place of silence do go downe verse 18 But we will prayse the Lord our God from henceforth and for aye Sound ye the prayses of the Lord prayse ye the Lord I say Dilexi quoniam psal Cxvi N. ¶ Sing this as the Cxix Psalme I Loue the Lord because my voyce and praye● heard hath he verse 2 When in my dayes I called on him he bowed his eare to me verse 3 Euen when the snares of cruell death about beset me round When paynes of hell me caught and whe● I wo and sorrow found verse 4 Vpon the name of God my Lord then did I call and say Deliuer thou my soule O Lord I do thee humbly pray verse 5 The Lord is very mercifull and iust he is also And in our God compassion doth plentifully flow verse 6 The Lord in safety doth preseru● all those that simple be I was in wofull misery and he relie●ed me verse 7 And now my soule sith thou art safe returne vnto thy rest For largely ●o the Lord to thee his bountye hath exprest verse 8 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from deadly thr●●l My moysted even from mornefull teares my sliding foote from fall verse 9 Before the Lord I in the land of lyfe will walke therefore verse 10 I did beleue therefore I spake for I was troubled sore verse 11 I sayd in my distresse and feare that all men lyers be verse 12 What shall I pay the Lord for all his benefites to me verse 13 The wholesome cup of sauing health I thankefully will take And on the Lordes name I will call when I my prayer make verse 14 I to the Lord will pay the vowes that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present tyme in all his peoples sight verse 15 Right deare and precious in his sight the Lord doth aye esteme The death of all his holy ones ▪ what euer man do deeme verse 16 Thy seruaunt Lord thy seruaunt loe I do my selfe confes Sonne of thy handmayd thou hast broke the bondes of my distresse verse 17 And I will offer vp to thee a sacrifice of prayse And I will call vpon the name of God the Lord alwayes verse 18 I to the Lord will pay the vowes that I haue him behight Yea euen at this present tyme in all the peoples sight verse 19 Yea in the courtes of Gods owne house and in the midst of thee O thou Ierusalem I say wherefore the Lord prayse ye Laudate Dominum psal Cxvii N. ¶ Sing this as the xcv Psalme O All ye nations of the world prayse ye the Lord alwayes And all
made sio teach me thee to scare verse 170 Myne humble supplication toward thee let finde acces And graunt me Lord deliueraunce for so is thy promise verse 171 Then shall my lips thy prayses speake after most ample sort When thou thy statutes hast me taught wherein standes all comfort verse 172 My toung shall sing and preach thy word and on this wise say shall Gods famo●s actes and noble lawes are iust and perfect all verse 173 Strech out thy hand I thee beseech and speedely me saue For thy commaundementes to obserue ●ose● O Lord I haue verse 174 Of thee alone Lord I craue health for other I know none And in thy law and nothyng els I do delight alone verse 175 Graunt me therfore long dayes to liue thy name to magnifie And of thy iudgementes mercyfull let me thy ●a●our ●ry verse 176 For I was lost and went astray much like a wandryng sheepe Oh seeke me for I haue nor fayld the commaundementes to keepe Ad Dominum psal Cxx. T.S. ¶ Sing this as the Cxj. Psalm● IN trouble and in th● all Vnto the Lord I call And he doth me comfort verse 2 Deliuer me I say From lyers lips alway And tongue of false report verse 3 What vantage or what thyng Ge●st thou thus for to s●ing Thou false and flatteryng lyar verse 4 Thy tongue doth hurt I weene No lesse then arrowes keene of whot consumyng fire verse 5 Alas to long I slacke With●n these tentes so blake Which Kedars are by name By whom the ●●ocke elect An● all of Isackes sect Are put to open shame verse 6 With them that peace did hate I came a peace to make And set a quyet lyse verse 7 But when my word was told Causeles I was controld By them that would haue strife Leuaui oculos Ps●l Cxxi W. W. I Life myne ●yos to Syon hill from whence I do attend that succour God me send The mighty God me succour will which heauen and earth fra● med and all thynges therein named verse 3 Thy foote from slip he will preserue And will thee safely keepe For he shall neuer sleepe verse 4 Loe he that doth Israell conser●e No sleepe at all can him catch But his eyes shall euer watch verse 5 The Lord is thy warrant alway The Lord eke doth thee couer As at thy right hand euer verse 6 The Sunne shall not thee parch by day Nor the Moone halfe so bright Shall with cold thee hurt by night verse 7 The Lord will keepe thee from distres And will thy ●yte sure saue And thou also shalt haue verse 8 In all thy busines good successe Where euer thou goest in or out God will thy thynges bryng about Laetatus sum Psal. Cxxii W. K. I Did in hart reioyce to heare the peoples voyce in offering 〈◊〉 i●illingly For let vs vpsay they and in the Lordes house pray Thus spake the folke full louingly Our feete that wandred wide shall in thy gate abyde O thou Ierusalem full fayre Which art so seemely set much like a Citie neat The like wherof is not els where verse 4 The tr'lbes with one accord The tribes of God the Lord Are thether bent their way to take So God before did tell That there his Isra●ll Their prayer should together make verse 5 For there are thrones crect And that for this respect To set forth iustice orderly Which thron●s right to maintayne To Dauids house pertayne His folke to iudge accordyngly verse 6 To pray let vs not cease For Ierusalems peace Thy frendes God pro●per mightely verse 7 Peace be thy walles about And prosper thee throughout Thy places eke continually verse 8 I wish thee prosperous state For my poore brethrens sake That comfort haue by meanes of thee verse 9 Gods house doth me allure Thy wealth for to procure So much alwayes as lyeth in me Ad te leuaui Psal. Cxxiii T. S. ¶ Sing this as the xxiij Psalme O Lord that heauens doest posses I lift myne eyes to thee Euen as the seruaunt lifteth his his maisters handes to see verse 2 As handmayds watch their maistres hands some grace for to atchiue So we behold the Lord our God till he do vs forgeue verse 3 Lord graunt vs thy compassion and mercy in thy sight For we be filled and ouercome with hatred and despight verse 4 Our myndes be stuffed with great rebuke the rich and worldly wise Do make of vs their mockyng stocke the proud do vs despise Nisi quia Domi. psal Cxxiiii W. W. NOw Israell may say and that truely If that the Lord had not our cause mainteind If that the Lord had not our right susteind When all the world 〈◊〉 vs furiously made their vprores and sayd we should all dye verse 3 Now long ago they had deuourd vs all And swallowed quicke for ought that we could deeme Such was their rage as we might well esteeme verse 4 And as the floudes with migh●y force do fall So had they now our life euen brought to thrall verse 5 The raging streames most proud in roaring noyce Had long ago ouerwhelmed vs i● the deepe verse 6 But loued be God which doth vs safely keepe From blou●y teeth and their most cruell voyce Which as a pray to eat vs would reioyce verse 7 Euen as the bird out of the foulers grin Escapeth away right so it fareth with vs Broke are their nets and we haue scaped thus verse 8 God that made heauen and earth is our helpe then His name had saued vs from these wicked men Qui confidunt psal Cxxv. W. K. SVch as in God the Lord do trust as moūt Sion shall firmely stand and be remoued at no hand the Lord will count them right and iust So that they shal be sure for euer to endure verse 2 As mighty mountaines huge and great Ierusalem about do close So will the Lord be vnto those Who on his godly will do wayt Such are to him so deare They neuer neede to feare verse 3 For though the righteous try doth he By makyng wicked men his rod Least they through grief forsake their God It shall not as their lot still be verse 4 Geue Lord to those thy light ▪ Whose hartes are true and right verse 5 But as for such as turne aside By crooked wayes which they out sought The Lord will surely ●ryng to nought With workes most v●le they shall abide But peace with Israell For euermore shall dwell An other of the same by R. W. ¶ Sing this as the x. Commaundementes THose that do put their confidence Vpon the Lord our God onely And flee to him for his defence In all their neede and misery Their fayth is sure firme to endure Grounded on Christ the cornerstone Moued with none ill but standeth still Stedfast like to the mount Sion And as about Ierusalem The mighty hilles do it compas ▪ So that no enemies come to them To hurt that towne in any case So God in deede in euery neede His