band to walk abroad at large The second part verse 9 Great grief O Lord doth me assail some pity on me take Mine eyes wax dim my sight doth fail my womb for wo doth ake verse 10 My life is worn with grief and pain my years in wo are past My strength is gone and through disdain my bones corrupt and waste verse 11 Among my foes I am a scorn my friends are all dismaid My neighbours and my kinsmen born to see me are afraid 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 threats my minde did fray How they conspir'd and went about to take my life away verse 14 But Lord I trust in thee for aid not to be overtrod For I confess and still have said thou art my Lord and God verse 15 The length of all my life and age O Lord is in thy hand Defend me from the wrath and rage of them that me withstand verse 16 To me thy servant Lord express and shew thy joyful face And save me Lord for thy goodness 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 bear the shame and in the grave to fall verse 18 O Lord make dumb their lips outright which are addict to lies And cruelly with pride and spight against the just devise verse 19 O how great good hast thou in store laid up full safe for them That fear and trust in thee therefore before the sons of men verse 20 Thy presence shall them fence and guide from all proud brags and wrongs Within thy place thou shalt them hide from all the strife of tongues verse 21 Thanks to the Lord that hath declar'd on me his grace so far Me to defend with watch and ward as in a town of war verse 22 Thus did I say both day and night when I was sore opprest Lo I was clean cast out of sight Yet heard'st thou my request verse 23 Ye saints love ye the Lord I say the faithful he doth guide And to the proud he doth repay according to their pride verse 24 Be strong and God shall stay your heart be hold and have a lust For sure the Lord will take your part sith ye on him do trust Beati quorum Psal xxxii T. S. THe man is blest whose wickedness the Lord hath clean remitted And he whose sin and wickedness is hid and also covered verse 2 And blest is he to whom the Lord imputeth not his sin Which in his heart hath hid no guile nor fraud is found therein verse 3 For whil'st that I kept close my fin in silence and constraint My bones did wear and waste away with daily mone and plaint verse 4 For night and day thy hand on me so grievous was and smart That all my bloud and humours moist to driness did convert verse 5 I did therefore confess my fault and all my sins discover Then thou O Lord didst me forgive and all my sins pass over verse 6 The humble man shall pray therefore and seek thee in due time So that the flouds of waters great shall have no power on him verse 7 When trouble and adversity do compass me about Thou art my resuge and my joy and thou dost rid me out verse 8 Come hither and I will thee teach how thou shalt walk aright I will thee guide as I myself have learn'd by proof and sight verse 9 Be not so rude and ignorant as is the horse and mule Whose mouth without a rain or bit from harm thou canst not rule verse 10 The wicked man shall manifold sorrows and griefs sustain But unto him that trusts in God his goodness shall remain verse 11 Be merry therefore in the Lord ye just lift up your voice And ye of pure and perfect heart be glad and eke rejoyce Exultate justi Psal xxxiii J. H. YE righteous in the Lord rejoyce it is a seemly sight That upright men with thankful voice should praise the Lord of might verse 2 Praise ye the Lord with harp and song in psalms and pleasant things With lute and instrument among that soundeth with ten strings verse 3 Sing to the Lord a song most new with courage give him praise verse 4 For why his word is ever true his works and all his ways verse 5 To judgement equity and right he hath a great good will And with his gifts he doth delight the earth throughout to fill verse 6 For by the word of God alone the heavens all were wrought Their hosts and powers every one his breath to pass hath brought verse 7 The waters great gathered hath he on heaps 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 fear God and keep his law Ye that inhabit in each coast dread him and stand in aw verse 9 What he commanded wrought it was at once with present speed What he doth will is brought to pass with full effect indeed verse 10 The counsels of the nations rude the Lord doth bring to nought He doth defeat the multitude of their device and thought verse 11 But his decrees continue still they never slack nor swage The motions of his minde and will take place in every age The second part verse 12 And blest are they to whom the Lord as God and guide is known Whom he doth choose of mere accord to take them as his own verse 13 The Lord from heaven cast his sight on men mortal by birth verse 14 Considering from his feat of might the dwellers of the earth verse 15 The Lord I say whose hand hath wrought mans heart and doth it frame For he alone doth know the thought and working of the same verse 16 A king that trusteth in his host shall nought prevail at length The man that of his might doth boast shall fall for all his strength verse 17 The troups of horsmen eke shall fail their sturdy steeds shall sterve The strength of horse shall not prevail the rider to preserve verse 18 But lo the eyes of God intend and watch to aid the just With such as fear him to offend and on his goodness trust verse 19 That he of death and great distress may set their souls from dread And if that dearth their land oppress in hunger them to feed verse 20 Wherefore our soul doth whole depend on God our strength and stay He is our shield us to defend and drive all darts away verse 21 Our soul in God hath joy and game rejoycing in his might For why in his most holy Name we hope and much delight verse 22 Therefore let thy goodness O Lord still present with us be As we always with one accord do onely trust in thee Benedicam Dom. 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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
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
This shall be written for the age that after shall succeed The people yet uncreated the Lords renown shall spread verse 19 For he from his high sanctuary hath looked down below And out of heaven hath the Lord beheld the earth also verse 20 That of the mourning captive he might hear the woful crie And that he might deliver those that damned are to die verse 21 That they in Sion may declare the Lords most holy Name And in Jerusalem set forth the praises of the same verse 22 Then when the people of the land and kingdoms with accord Shall be assembled for to do their service to the Lord. The third part verse 23 My former force of strength he hath abated in the way And shorter he did out my days thus I therefore did say verse 24 My God in midst of all my days now take me not away Thy years endure eternally from age to age for ay verse 25 Thou the foundations of the earth before all times hast laid And Lord the heavens are the work which thine own hands have made verse 26 Yea they shall perish and decay but thou shalt tarry still And they shall all in time wax old even as a garment will verse 27 Thou as a garment shalt them change and changed shall they be But thou dost still abide the same thy years do never flee verse 28 The children of thy servants shall continually endure And in thy sight their happy seed for ever shall stand sure Benedic anima Psal ciii T. S. MY soul give laud unto the Lord my spirit shall do the same And all the secrets of my heart praise ye his holy Name verse 2 Give thanks to God for all his gifts shew not thy self unkinde And suffer not his benefits to slip out of thy minde verse 3 That gave thee pardon for thy faults and thee restor'd again For all thy weak and frail disease and heal'd thee of thy pain verse 4 That did redeem thy life from death from which thou couldst not flee His mercy and compassion both he did extend to thee verse 5 That fill'd with goodness thy desire and did prolong thy youth Like as the eagle casts her bill whereby her age renew'th verse 6 The Lord with justice doth repay all such as be opprest So that their sufferings and their wrongs are turned to the best verse 7 His ways and his commandements to Moses he did show His counsels and his valiant acts the Israelites did know verse 8 The Lord is kinde and merciful when sinners do him grieve The slowest to conceive a wrath and readiest to forgive verse 9 He chides not us continually though we be full of strife Nor keeps our faults in memory For all our sinful life verse 10 Nor yet according to our sins the Lord doth us regard Nor after our iniquities he doth us not reward verse 11 But as the space is wondrous great 'twixt earth and heaven above So is his goodness much more large to them that do him love verse 12 God doth remove our sins from us and our offences all As far as is the sun-rising full distant from his fall The second part verse 13 And look what pity parents dear unto their children bear Like pity beareth God to such as worship him in fear verse 14 The Lord that made us knows ourshape our mould and fashion just How weak and frail our nature is and how we be but dust verse 15 And how the time of mortal men is like the with ' ring hay Or like the flower right fair in field that fades full soon away verse 16 Whose gloss and beauty stormy winds do utterly disgrace And make that after their assaults such blossoms have no place verse 17 But yet the goodness of the Lord with his shall ever stand Their childrens children do receive his righteousness at hand verse 18 I mean which keep his covenant with all their whole desire And not forget to do the thing that he doth them require verse 19 The heavens high are made the seat And footstool of the Lord And by his power imperial he governs all the world verse 20 Ye angels which are great in power praise ye and bless the Lord Which to obey and do his will immediately accord verse 21 Ye noble hosts and ministers cease not to laud him still Which ready are to execute his pleasure and his will verse 22 Yea all his works in every place praise ye his holy Name My heart my minde and eke my soul praise ye also the same Benedic anima mea Psal civ W. K. MY soul praise the Lord speak good of his Name O Lord our great God how dost thou appear So passing in glory that great is thy fame Honour and majesty in thee shine most clear â— With light as a robe thou hast thee beclad Whereby all the earth thy greatness may see The heavens in such sort thou also hast spread That it to a curtain compared may be His chamber-beams lie in the clouds full sure Which as his chariots are made him to bear â—nd there with much swiftness his course doth endure â—â—on the wings riding of winds in the air He maketh his spirits as heralds to go â—â—d lightnings to serve we see also prest â—is will to accomplish they run to and fro To save or consume things as seemeth him best â— He groundeth the earth so firmly and fast That it once to move none shall have such power â— The deep a fair covering for it made thou hast Which by his own nature the hills would devour â— But at thy rebuke the waters do flee â—â—so give due place thy word to obey 〈◊〉 thy voice of thunder so fearful they be That in their great raging they haste soon away â— The mountains full high they then up ascend 〈◊〉 thou do but speak thy word they fulfill So likewise the valleys most quickly descend â—here thou them appointest remain they do still â— Their bounds thou hast set how far they shall run So that in their rage not that pass they can 〈◊〉 God hath appointed they shall not return The earth to destroy more which made was for man The second part verse 10 He sendeth the springs to strong streams or lakes Which run do full swift among the huge hills verse 11 Where both the wilde asses their thirst oft-times slakes Aâ—d beasts of the mountains thereof drink their fills verse 12 By these pleasant springs of fountains full fair The fowls of the air abide shall and dwell Who moved by nature to hop here and there Among the green branches their songs shall excell verse 13 The mountains to moist the clouds he doth use The earth with his works is wholly replete verse 14 So as the brute cattel he doth not refuse But grass doth provide them and herb for mans meat verse 15 Yea bread wine and oyl he made for mans sake His face to refresh and heart to make strong verse 16 The cedars of Liban
therein To thee Cherub and Seraphin to cry they do not sin O holy holy holy Lord of Sabaoth Lord the God Through heaven earth thy praise is spread and glory all abroad Th' Apostles glorious company yeeld praises unto thee The prophets goodly fellowship praise thee continually The noble and victorious host of Martyrs sound thy praise The holy Church throughout the world doth knowledge thee always Father of endless Majesty they do acknowledge thee Thy Christ thine honourable true and onely Son to be The holy Ghost the comforter Of glory thou art King O Christ and of the Father art the Son everlasting When sinful mans decay in hand thou tookest to restore To be in clos'd in virgins womb thou diddest not abhor When thou hadst overcome of death the sharp and cruel might Thou heavens kingdom didst set ope to each believing wight In glory of the Father thou dost â—it on Gods right hand We trust that thou shalt come our Judge our cause to understand Lord help thy servants whom thou hast bought with thy precious bloud And in eternal glory set them with thy Saints so good O Lord do thou thy people save bless thine inheritance Lord govern them and Lord do thou for ever them advance We magnifie thee day by day and world without an end Adore thy holy name O Lord vouchsafe us to defend From sin this day have mercy Lord have mercy on us all And on us as we trust in thee Lord let thy mercy fall O Lord I have reposed all my confidence in thee Put to confounding shame therefore Lord let me never be The Song of the three Children O All ye works of God the Lord bless ye the Lord Praise him and magnifie him for ever verse 2 O ye the Angels of the Lord bless ye the Lord c. verse 3 O ye the starry heavens high bless ye the Lord c. verse 4 O ye waters above the skie bless ye the Lord c. verse 5 O all ye powers of the Lord bless ye the Lord c. verse 6 O ye the shining Sun and Moon bless ye the Lord c. verse 7 O ye the glistring Stars of heaven bless ye the Lord c. verse 8 O ye the Showres and dropping Dew bless ye the Lord c. verse 9 O ye the blowing Winds of God bless ye the Lord c. verse 10 O ye the Fire and warming Heat bless ye the Lord c. verse 11 Ye Winter and the Summer-tide bless ye the Lord c. verse 12 O ye the Dews and binding Frosts bless ye the Lord c. verse 13 O ye the Frost and chilling Cold bless ye the Lord c. verse 14 O ye congealed Ice and Snow bless ye the Lord c. verse 15 O ye the Nights and lightsome Days bless ye the Lord c. verse 16 O ye the Darkness and the Light bless ye the Lord c. verse 17 O ye the Lightnings and the Clouds bless ye the Lord c. verse 18 O 〈◊〉 the earth eke bless the Lord yea bless the Lord c. verse 19 O ye the Mountains and the Hills bless ye the Lord c. verse 20 O all ye green things on the earth bless ye the Lord c. verse 21 O ye the ever-springing Wells bless ye the Lord c. verse 22 O ye the Seas and eke the Flouds bless ye the Lord c. verse 23 Whales and all that in waters move bless ye the Lord c. verse 24 O all ye flying Fowls of th' air bless ye the Lord c. verse 25 O all ye Beasts and Cattel eke bless ye the Lord c. verse 26 O ye the Children of mankinde bless ye the Lord c. verse 27 Let Israel eke bless the Lord yea bless the Lord c. verse 28 O ye the priests of God the Lord bless ye the Lord c. verse 29 O ye the servants of the Lord bless ye the Lord c. verse 30 Ye Spirits and Souls of righteous men bless ye the Lord c. verse 31 Ye Holy and ye Meek of heart bless ye the Lord c. verse 32 O Ananias bless the Lord bless thou the Lord c. verse 33 O Azarias bless the Lord bless thou the Lord c. verse 34 And Misael eke bless the Lord bless thou the Lord c. The song of Zacharias called Benedictus THe onely Lord of Israel Be praised evermore For through his visitation And mercy kept in store His people now he hath redeem'd That long have been in thrall And spread abroad his saving health Upon his servants all In Davids house his servant true According to his minde And also his anointed King As we in Scripture finde As by his holy Prophets all Oft-times he did declare The which were since the world began His ways for to prepare That we might be delivered From those that make debate Our enemies and from the hands Of all that do us hate The mercy which he promised Our fathers to fulfil And think upon his Covenant made According to his will And also to perform the Oath Which he before had sworn To Abraham our father dear For us that were forlorn That he would give himself for us And us from bondage bring Out of the hands of all our foes To serve our heavenly King And that without all manner fear And eke in righteousness And also for to lead our lives In sted fast holiness And thou O Childe which now art born And of the Lord elect Shalt be the Prophet of the High'st His ways for to direct For thou shalt go before his face For to prepare his ways And also for to teach his will And pleasure all thy days To give them knowledge how that their Salvation is near And that remission of their sins Is through his mercy mere Whereby the day-spring from on high Is come us for to visit And those for to illuminate Which do in darkness sit To lighten those that shadowed be With death and eke opprest And also for to guide our feet The way to peace and rest The Song of blessed Mary called Magnificat MY soul doth magnifie the Lord My spirit eke evermore Rejoyceth in the Lord my God Which is my Saviour And why because he did regard And gave respect unto So base estate of his handmaid And let the mighty go For now behold all nations And generations all From this time forth for evermore Shall me right blessed call Because he hath me magnified Which is the Lord of might Whose name be ever sanctified And praised day and night For with his mercy and his grace All men he doth inflame Throughout all generations To such as fear his name He shewed strength with his great arm And made the proud to start With all imaginations That they beat in their heart He hath put down the mighty ones From their supernal feat And did exalt the meek in heart As he hath thought it meet
14 Thou art a God that dost forth show thy wonders every hour And so dost make the people know thy vertue and thy power verse 15 And thine own folk thou dost defend with strength and stretched arm The sons of Jacob that descend and Josephs seed from harm verse 16 The waters Lord perceived thee the waters saw thee well And they for fear away did flee the depths on trembling fell verse 17 The clouds that were both thick and black did rain full plenteously The thunder in the air did crack thy shasts abroad did fly verse 18 Thy thunder in the air was heard thy lightnings from above With flashes great made men afraid the earth did quake and move verse 19 Thy ways within the sea do ly thy paths in waters deep Yet none can there thy steps espy nor know thy paths to keep â—0 Thou ledd'st thy folk upon the land as sheep on every side Through Moses and through Aarons hand thou didst them safely guide Attendite populi Psal lxxviii J. H. ATtend my people to my law and to my words incline My mouth shall speak strange parables and sentences divine Which we our selves have heard and learn'd even of our fathers old â—d which for our instruction our fathers have us told Because we should not keep it close from them that should come after Who should Gods power to their race praise and all his works of wonder To Jacob he commandment gave How Israel should live â—illing our fathers should the same unto their children give That they and their posterity that were not sprung up tho â—ould have the knowledge of the law and teach their seed also That they might have the better hope in God that is above â—â—d not forget to keep his laws and his precepts in love Not being as their fathers were rebelling in Gods sight â—â—d would not frame their wicked hearts to know their God aright How went the people of Ephraim their neighbours for to spoil â—oting their darts the day of war and yet they took the foil For why they did not keep with God the covenant that was made 〈◊〉 yet would walk or lead their lives according to his trade But put into oblivion his counsel and his will â—â—d all his works most magnifick which he decâ—â—red still The second part What wonders to our forefathers did he himself disclose In Egypt land within the field that call'd is Thaneos verse 13 He did divide and cut the sea that they might pass at once And made the waters stand as still as doth an heap of stones verse 14 He led them secret in a cloud by day when it was bright And in the night when dark it was with fire he gave them light verse 15 He brake the rocks in wilderness and gave the people drink As plentiful as when the deeps do flow up to the brink verse 16 He drew out rivers out of rocks that were both dry and hard Of such abundance that no flouds to them may be compar'd verse 17 Yet for all this against the Lord their sin they did increase And stirred him that is most high to wrath iw wilderness verse 18 They tempted God within theirhearts like people of mistrust Requiring such a kinde of meat as served to their lust verse 19 Saying with murmuration in their unfaithfulness What can this God prepare for us a feast in wilderness verse 20 Behold he strake the stony rock and flouds forthwith did flow But can he now give to his folk both bread and flesh also verse 21 When God heard this he waxed wroth with Jacob and his seed So did his indignation on Israel proceed The third part verse 22 Because they did not faithfully beleeve and hope that he Could always help and succour them in their necessitie verse 23 Wherefore he did command the clouds forthwith they brake in sunder verse 24 And rain'd down manna for them to eat a food of mickle wonder verse 25 When earthly men with angels food were fed at their request verse 26 He bade the east-wind blow away and brought in the south-west verse 27 He rain'd down flesh as thick as dust and fowl as thick as sand verse 28 Which he did cast amid the place where all their tents did stand verse 29 Then did they eat exceedingly and all men had their fills Yet more and more they did desire to serve their lusts and wills verse 30 But as the meat was in their mouths his wrath upon them fell verse 31 And slew the flower of all their youth and choice of Israel verse 32 Yet fell they to their wonted sin and still they did him grieve For all the wonders that he wrought they would him not believe verse 33 Their days therefore he shortened and made their honour vain Their years did waste and pass away with terrour and with pain verse 34 But ever when he plagued them they sought him by and by verse 35 Remembring that he was their strength their help and God most high verse 36 Though in their mouths they did but glose and flatter with the Lord And with their tongues and in their hearts dissembled every word The fourth part verse 37 For why their hearts were nothing bent to him nor to his trade Nor yet to keep or to perform the covenant that was made verse 38 Yet was he still so merciful when they deserv'd tody That he forgave them their misdeeds and would not them destroy Yea many a time he turn'd his wrath and did himself advise And would not suffer all his whole displeasure to arise verse 39 Considering that they were but flesh and even as a wind That passeth away and cannot well return by his own kinde verse 40 How oftentimes in wilderness did they the Lord provoke How did they move and stir the Lord to plague them with his stroke verse 41 Yet did they turn again to fin and tempted God estloon Prescribing to the holy Lord what things they would have done verse 42 Not thinking of his hand and power nor of the day when he Delivered them out of the hands of the fierce enemie verse 43 Nor how he wrought his miracles as they themselves beheld In Egypt and the wonders that he did in Zoan field verse 44 Nor how he turned by his power their waters into bloud That no man might receive his drink at river nor at floud verse 45 Nor how he sent them swarms of flies which did them sore annoy And fill'd their countrey full of frogs which did their land destroy The fifth part verse 46 Nor how he did commit their fruits unto the caterpiller And all the labour of their hands he gave to the grashopper verse 47 With hailstones he destroy'd their vines so that they were all lost And not so much as wilde fig-trees but he consum'd with frost verse 48 And yet with hailstones once again the Lord their cattel smote And all their flocks and herds likewise with thunder-bolts full hot verse 49
the folk that pass thereby thy vine may spoil and waste verse 13 The boar out of the wood so wilde doth dig and root it out The furious beasts out of the field devour it all about verse 14 O Lord of hosts return again from heaven look betime behold and with thy help sustain this poor vineyard of thine verse 15 Thy plant I say thine Israel whom thy right hand hath set The same which thou didst love so well O Lord do not forget verse 16 They lop and cut it down apace they burn it eke with fire â—â—d through the frowning of thy face we perish in thine ire verse 17 Let thy right hand be with them now whom thou hast kept so long â—â—â—d with the Son of man whom thou to thee hast made so strong verse 18 And so when thou hast set us free and saved us from shame Then will we never fall from thee but call upon thy Name verse 19 O Lord of hosts through thy good grace convert us unto thee behold us with a pleasant face and then full safe are we Deo exultate Psal lxxxi J. H. BE light and glad in God rejoyce which is our strength and stay be joyful and lift up your voice to Jacobs God I say verse 2 Prepare your instruments most meet some joyful psalm to sing strike up with harp and lute so sweet on every pleasant string verse 3 Blow as it were in the new-moon with trumpets of the best As it is used to be done at any solemn feast â— For this is unto Israel a statute and a trade â—law that must be kept full well which Jacobs God hath made â— This clause with Joseph was decreed when he from Egypt came That as a witness all his feed should still observe the same â— When God I say had so prepar'd to bring him from that land Whereas the speech which he had heard he did not understand verse 7 I from his shoulders took saith he the burden clean away And from the furnace quit him free from burning brick of clay verse 8 When thou in grief didst cry and call I holp thee by and by And I did answer thee withal in thunder secretly verse 9 Yea at the waters of discord I did thee tempt and prove Whereas the goodness of the Lord with mutt'ring thou didst move verse 10 Hear O my folk O Israel and I assure it thee Regard and mark my words full well if thou wilt cleave to me The second part verse 11 Thou shalt no god in thee reserve of any land abroad Nor in no wise to bow or serve a strange or forein god verse 12 I am the Lord thy God and I from Egypt set thee free Then ask of me abundantly and I will give it thee verse 13 And yet my people would not hear my voice when that I spake Nor Israel would not obey but did me quite forsake verse 14 Then did I leave them to their will in hardness of their heart To walk in their own counsels still themselves they might pervert verse 15 O that my people would have heard the words that I did say And eke that Israel would regard to walk within my way verse 16 How soon would I confound their foes and bring them down full low And turn my hand upon all those that would them overthrow verse 17 And they that at the Lord do rage as slaves should seek him till But of his folk the time and age should flourish ever still verse 18 I would have fed them with the crop and finest of the wheat And made the rock with honey drop that they their fills should eat Deus stetit Psal lxxxii J. H. AMid the preass with men of might the Lord himself doth stand To plead the cause of truth and right with judges of the land verse 2 How long said he will you proceed false judgement to award And have respect for love of meed the wicked to regard verse 3 Whereas of due you should defend the fatherless and weak And when the poor man doth contend in judgement justly speak verse 4 If ye be wise defend the cause of poor men in their right And rid the needy from the claws of tyrants force and might verse 5 But nothing will they know or learn in vain to them I talk They will not see or ought discern but still in darkness walk verse 6 For lo even now the time is come that all things fall to nought And likewise laws both all and some for gain are sold and bought I had decreed it in my sight as gods to take you all And children to the most of might for love I did you call verse 7 But not withstanding ye shall die as men and so decay O tyrants I shall you destroy and pluck you quite away verse 8 Up Lord and let thy strength be known and judge the world with might For why all nations are thine own to take them as thy right Deus quid Psal lxxxiii J. H. DO not O God refrain thy tongue in filence do not stay Withhold not Lord thy self fo long and make no more delay verse 2 For why behold thy foes and see how they do rage and cry And those that bear an hate to thee hold up their heads on high verse 3 Against thy folk they use deceit and crast'ly they enquire For thine elect to lie in wait their counsel doth conspire verse 4 Come on say they let us expel and pluck these solk away So that the name of Israel may utterly decay verse 5 They all conspire within their heart how they may thee withstand Against the Lord to take a part they are in league and band verse 6 The tents of all the Edomites the Ismaelites also The Hagarenes and Moabites with divers other mo verse 7 Gebal with Ammon and likewise doth Amalek conspire The Philistines against thee rise with them that dwell at Tyre verse 8 And Assur eke is well appaid with them in league to be And doth become a sence and aid to Lots posteritie verse 9 As thou didst to the Midianites so serve them Lord each one As to Siser and to Jabin beside the brook Kison verse 10 Whom thou in Endor didst destroy and waste them through thy might That they like dung on earth did lie and that in open fight The second part verse 11 Make them now and their lords appear like Zeb and Oreb than As Zebah and Zalmana were the kings of Midian verse 12 Which said Let us throughout the land in all the coasts abroad Possess and take into our hand the fair houses of God verse 13 Turn them O God with storms as fast as wheels that have no stay Or like the chaff which men do cast with winds to flie away verse 14 Like as the fire with rage and fume the mighty forests spills And as the flame doth quite consume the mountains and the hills verse 15 So let the tempest of thy wrath upon their necks be
dost keep in aw And through correction dost procure to teach him in thy law verse 13 Whereby he shall in quiet rest in time of trouble sit When wicked men shall be supprest and fall into the pit verse 14 For sure the Lord will not refuse his people for to take His heritage whom he did chuse he will no time forsake verse 15 Until that judgement be decreed to justice to convert That all may follow her with speed that are of upright heart verse 16 But who upon my part shall stand against the cursed train Or who shall rid me from their hand that wicked works maintain verse 17 Except the Lord had been mine aid mine enemies to repell My soul and life had now been laid almost as low as hell verse 18 When I did say My foot did slide I now am like to fall Thy goodness Lord did so provide to stay me up withall verse 19 When with my self I mused much and could no comfort finde Then Lord thy goodness did me touch and that did ease my minde verse 20 Wilt thou inhaunt thy self and draw with wicked men to sit Which with pretence in stead of law much mischief do commit verse 21 For they consult against the life of righteous men and good And in their counsels they are rise to shed the guiltless bloud verse 22 But yet the Lord he is to me a strong defence or lock He is my God to him I flee he is my strength and rock verse 23 And he shall cause their mischiefs all themselves for to annoy And in their malice they shall fall our God shall them destroy Venite exultemus Psal xcv J. H. O Come let us lift up our voice and sing unto the Lord In him our rock of health rejoyce let us with one accord verse 2 Yea let us come before his face to give him thanks and praise In singing psalms unto his grace let us be glad always verse 3 For why the Lord he is no doubt a great and mighty God A King above all gods throughout in all the world abroad verse 4 The secrets of the earth so deep and corners of the land The tops of hills that are so steep he hath them in his hand verse 5 The sea and waters all are his for he the same hath wrought The earth and all that therein is his hand hath made of nought verse 6 Come let us bow and praise the Lord. before him let us fall And kneel to him with one accord the which hath made us all verse 7 For why he is the Lord our God for us he doth provide We are his flock he doth us feed his sheep and he our Guide verse 8 To day if ye his voice will hear then harden not your heart As ye with grudging many a year provok'd me in desert verse 9 Whereas your fathers tempted me my power for to prove My wondrous works when they did see yet still they would me move verse 10 Twice twenty years they did me grieve and I to them did say They err in heart and not believe they have not known my way verse 11 Wherefore I sware when that my wrath was kindled in my brest That they should never tread the path to enter in my rest Contate Domino Psal xcvi J. H. SIng ye with praise unto the Lord new songs with joy and mirth Sing unto him with one accord all people on the earth verse 2 Yea sing unto the Lord I say praise ye his holy Name Declare and shew from day to day salvation by the same verse 3 Among the heathen eke declare his honour round about To shew his wonders do not spare in all the world throughout verse 4 For why the Lord is much of might and worthy praise alway And he is to be dread of right above all gods I say verse 5 For all the gods of heathen folk are idols that will fade But yet our God he is the Lord that hath the heavens made verse 6 All praise and honour eke do dwell for ay before his face Both power and might likewise excell within his holy place verse 7 Ascribe unto the Lord alway ye people of the world All might and worship eke I say ascribe unto the Lord. verse 8 Ascribe unto the Lord also the glory of his Name And eke into his courts do go with gifts unto the same The second part verse 9 Fall down and worship ye the Lord. within his temple bright Let all the people of the world be fearful at his sight verse 10 Tell all the world Be not agast the Lord doth reign above Yea he hath set the earth so fast that it can never move verse 11 And that it is the Lord alone that rules with princely might To judge the nations everyone with equity and right verse 12 The heavens shall great joy begin the earth eke shall rejoyce The sea with all that is therein shall shout and make a noise verse 13 The field shall joy and every thing that springeth on the earth The wood and every tree shall sing with gladness and with mirth verse 14 Before the presence of the Lord and coming of his might When he shall justly judge the world and rule his folk with right Dominus regnavit Psal xcvii J. H. THe Lord doth reign whereat the earth may joy with pleasant voice And eke the isles with joyful mirth may triumph and rejoyce verse 2 Both clouds and darkness eke do swell and round about him beat Yea right and justice ever dwell and bide about his seat verse 3 Yea fire and heat at once do run and go before his face Which shall his foes and enemies burn abroad in every place verse 4 His lightnings eke full bright did blaze and to the world appear Whereat the earth did look and gaze with dread and deadly fear verse 5 The hills like wax did melt in sight and presence of the Lord They sled before that Rulers might which guideth all the world verse 6 The heavens eke declare and show his justice forth abroad That all the world may see and know the glory of our God â— Confusion sure shall come to such as worship idols vain And eke to those that glory much dumb pictures to maintain For all the idols of the world which they as gods do call â—hall feel the power of the Lord and down to him shall fall â— With joy shall Sion hear this thing and Juda shall rejoyce â—or at thy judgements they shall sing and make a pleasant noise That thou O Lord art set on high in all the earth abroad â—nd art exalted wondrously above each other god â— All ye that love the Lord do this hate all things that are ill or he doth keep the souls of his from such as would them spill â— And light doth spring up to the just with pleasure for his part â—reat joy with gladness mirth and lust to them of upright heart Ye righteous in the Lord rejoyce his
all the trees within their coasts down did he overthrow verse 34 He spake then caterpillers did and grashoppers abound verse 35 Which are the grass in all their land and fruit of all their ground The fifth part verse 36 The first-begotten in their land eke deadly did he smite Yea the beginning and first-fruit of all their strength and might verse 37 With gold and silver he them brought from Egypt land to pass And in the number of their tribes no feeble one there was verse 38 Egypt was glad and joyful then when they did thence depart For terrour and the fear of them was faln upon their heart verse 39 To shroud them from the parching heat a cloud he did display And fire he sent to give them light when night had hid the day verse 40 They asked and he caused quails to rain at their request And fully with the bread of heaven their hunger he represt verse 41 He opened the stony rock and waters gushed out And eke the dry and parched ground like rivers ran about verse 42 For of his holy covenant ay mindful was he tho Which to his servant Abraham he plighted long ago verse 43 He brought his people forth with mirth and his elect with joy Out of the cruel land where they had liv'd in great annoy verse 44 And of the heathen men he gave to them the fruitful lands The labours of the people eke they took into their hands verse 45 That they his holy statutes might observe for evermore And faithfully obey his laws praise ye the Lord therefore Confitemini Domino Psal cvi N. PRaise ye the Lord for he is good his mercy dures for ay verse 2 Who can express his noble acts or all his praise display verse 3 They blessed are that judgement keep and justly do alway verse 4 With favour of thy people Lord remember me I pray And with thy saving health O Lord vouchsafe to visit me verse 5 That I the great felicity of thine elect may see And with thy peoples joy I may a joyful minde possess And may with thine in heritance a glorying heart express verse 6 Both we and eke our fathers all have finned every one We have committed wickedness and lewdly we have done verse 7 The wonders great which thou O Lord hast done in Egypt land Our fathers though they saw them all yet did not understand Nor they thy mercies multitude did keep in thank ful minde But at the sea yea the Red sea rebelled most unkinde verse 8 Nevertheless he saved them for honour of his Name That he might make his power known and spread abroad his fame verse 9 The Red sea he did then rebuke and forthwith it was dri'd And as in wilderness so through the deep he did them guide verse 10 He sav'd them from the cruel hand of their despiteful foe And from the enemies hand he did deliver them also The second part verse 11 The waters their oppressours whelâ—'d not one was lestalive verse 12 Then they beleev'd his word and praise in song they did him give verse 13 But by and by unthankfully his works they clean forgat And for his counsel and his will they did neglect to wait verse 14 But lusted in the wilderness with fond and greedy lust And in the desert tempted God the stay of all their trust verse 15 And then their wanton minds desire he suffred them to have But wasting leanness therewithal into their souls he gave verse 16 Then when they lodged in their tents at Moses they did grutch Aâ—ron the holy of the Lord so did they envy much verse 17 Therefore the earth did open wide and Dathan did devour And all Abirams company did cover in that hour verse 18 In their assembly kindled was the hot consuming fire And wasting flame did then burn up the wicked in his ire verse 19 Upon the hill of Horeb they an idol-calf did frame And there the molten image they did worship of the same verse 20 Into the likeness of a calf which feedeth on the grass Thus they their glory turn'd and all their honour did deface verse 21 And God their onely Saviour unkindly they forgot Which many great and mighty things in Egypt land had wrought The third part verse 22 And in the land of Ham for them most wondrous works had done And by the Red sea dreadful things performed long agone verse 23 Therefore for their so shewing them forgetful and unkinde To bring destruction on them all he purpos'd in his minde Had not his chosen Moses stood before him in the break To turn his wrath lest he on them with slaughter should him wreak verse 24 They did despise the pleasant land that he behight to give Yea and the words that he had spoke they did no whit believe verse 25 But in their tents with grudging heart they wickedly repin'd Nor to the voice of God the Lord they gave an hearkning minde verse 26 Therefore against them lifted he his strong revenging hand Them to destroy in wilderness ere they should see the land verse 27 And to destroy their seed among the nations with his rod. And through the countreys of the world to scatter them abroad verse 28 To Baal-peor then they did adjoyn themselves also And ate the offerings of the dead so they forsook him tho verse 29 Thus with their own inventions his wrath they didprovoke And in his sore enkindled wrath the plague upon them broke verse 30 But Phinehas stood 〈◊〉 with zeal the sinners vile to â—â—ay And judgement he did execute and then the plague did stay The fourth part verse 31 It was imputed unto him for righteousness that day And from thenceforth so counted iâ— from race to race I say verse 32 At waters eke of Meribuh they did him angry make Yea so far forth that Moses was then punisht for their sake verse 33 Because they vext his spirit so sore that in impatient heat His lips spake unadvisedly his fervour was so great verse 34 Nor as the Lord commanded them they slew the people tho verse 35 But were among the heathen mixt and learn'd their works also verse 36 And did their idols serve which were their ruine and decay verse 37 To fiends their sons and daughters they did offer up and slay verse 38 Yea with unkindly murdring knife the guiltless bloud they spilt Yea their own sons and daughters bloud without all cause of guilt Whom they to Canaan idols then offred with wicked hand And so with bloud of innocentâ— defiled was the land verse 39 Thus were they stained with the works of their own filthy way And with their own inventions a whoring they did stray verse 40 Therefore against his people was the Lords wrath kindled sore And even his own inheritance he did abhor therefore verse 41 Into the hands of heathen men he gave them for a prey And made their foes their lords whom they were forced to obey The fifth part verse 42 Yea
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
just man evermore verse 9 He doth defend the fatherless and stranger sad in heart And quit the widow from distress and ill mens ways subvert verse 10 Thy Lord and God eternally O Sion still shall reign In time of all posterity for ever to remain Laudate Dominum Psal cxlvii N. PRaise ye the Lord for it is good unto our God to sing For it is pleasant and to praise it is a comely thing verse 2 The Lord his own Jerusalem he buildeth up alone And the disperst of Israel doth gather into one verse 3 He heals the broken in their heart their sores up doth he binde verse 4 He counts the number of the stars and names them in their kinde verse 5 Great is the Lord great is his power his wisdom infinite verse 6 The Lord relieves the meek and throws to ground the wicked wight verse 7 Sing unto God the Lord with praise unto the Lord rejoyce And to our God upon the harp advance your singing voice verse 8 He covers heaven with clouds and for the earth prepareth rain And on the mountains he doth make the grass to grow again verse 9 He gives to beasts their food and to young ravens when they cry verse 10 His pleasure not in strength of horse nor in mans legs doth ly verse 11 But in all those that fear the Lord the Lord hath his delight And such as do attend upon his mercies shining light The second part verse 12 O praise the Lord Jerusalem thy God O Sion praise verse 13 For he the bars hath forged strong wherewith thy gates he stays verse 14 Thy children he hath blest in thee and in thy borders he Doth settle peace and with the flour of wheat he filleth thee verse 15 And his commandement upon the earth he sendeth out And eke his word with speedy course doth swiftly run about verse 16 He giveth snow like wooll hoar-frost like ashes he doth spread verse 17 Like morsels casts his ice thereof the cold who can abide verse 18 He sendeth forth his mightyword and melteth them again His wind he makes to blow and then the waters flow amain verse 19 The doctrine of his holy word to Jacob he doth show His statutes and his judgements he gives Israel to know verse 20 With every nation hath he not so dealt nor have they known His secret judgements ye therefore praise ye the Lord alone Laudate Dominum Psal cxlviii J. H. GIve laud unto the Lord From heaven that is so high Praise him in deed and word Above the starry skie verse 2 And also ye His angels all Armies royall Praise him with glee verse 3 Praise him both moon and sun Which are so clear and bright The same of you be done Ye glistring stars of light verse 4 And eke no less Ye heavens fair And clouds of the air His laud express verse 5 For at his word they were All formed as we see At his voice did appear All things in their degree verse 6 Which he set fast To them he made A law and trade For ay to last verse 7 Extol and praise Gods Name On earth ye dragons fell All deeps do ye the same For it becomes ye well verse 8 Him magnifie Fire hail ice snow And storms that blow At his decree verse 9 The hills and mountains all And trees that fruitful are The cedars great and tall His worthy praise declare verse 10 Beasts and cattel Yea birds flying And worms creeping That on earth dwell verse 11 All kings both more and less With all their pompous train Princes and all judges That in the world remain Exalt his Name verse 12 Young men and maids Old men and babes Do ye the same verse 13 For his Name shall we prove To be most excellent Whose praise is far above The earth and firmament verse 14 For sure he shall Exalt with bliss The horn of his And help them all His saints all shall forth tell His praise and worthiness The children of Israel Each one both more and less And also they That with good will His words fulfil And him obey Cantate Domino Psal cxlix N. SIng ye unto the Lord our God a new rejoycing song And let the praise of him be heard his holy saints among verse 2 Let Israel rejoyce in him that made him of nothing And let the seed of Sion eke be joyful in their King verse 3 Let them sound praise with voice of fuâ—â— unto his holy Name And with the timbrel and the harp sing praises of the same verse 4 For why the Lord his pleasure all hath in his people set And by deliverance he will raise the meek to glory great verse 5 With glory and with honour now let all his saints rejoyce And now aloud upon their beds advance their singing voice verse 6 And in their mouths let be the acts of God the mighty Lord And in their hands eke let them bear a double-edged sword verse 7 To plague the heathen and correct the people with their hands verse 8 To binde their stately kings in chains their lords in iron hands verse 9 To execute on them the doom that written is before This honour all his saints shall have praise ye the Lord therefore Laudate dominum Psal cl N. YEeld unto God the mighty Lord praise in his sanctuary And praise him in the firmament that shews his power on high verse 2 Advance his Name and praise him in his mighty acts always According to his excellencie of greatness give him praise verse 3 His praises with the princely noise of sounding trumpets blow Praise him upon the viol and upon the harp also verse 4 Praise him with timbrel and with flute organs and virginals verse 5 With sounding cymbals praise ye him praise him with loud cymbals verse 6 What ever hath the benefit of breathing praise the Lord To praise the Name of God the Lord agree with one accord The end of the Psalms A song to be sung before morning prayer T B. PRraise ye the Lord ye Gentiles all Which hath brought you into his light O praise him all people mortal as it is most worthy and right For he is full determined on us to pour out his mercy And the Lords truth be ye assur'd abideth perpetually Glory be to God the Father and to Jesus Christ his true Son With th' holy Ghost in like manner now and at every season A song to be sung before evening prayer BEhold now give heed such as be the Lords servants faithful and true Come praise the Lord every degree with such sonâ—s as to him are due O ye that stand in the Lords house even in our own God mansion Praise ye the Lord so bounteous which worketh our salvation List up your hands in his holy place yea and that in the time of night Praise ye the Lord which gives all grace for he is a Lord of great might Then shall the Lord out of Sion which made heaven earth by his