Psalms 122:1-150:6

Bishops(i) 1 I was glad when they sayde vnto me: we wyll go into the house of God 2 Our feete shall stande in thy gates: O Hierusalem 3 Hierusalem is builded: as a citie that is well vnited together in it selfe 4 For the tribes do go vp thyther, euen the tribes of the Lorde: [which is] a testimonie vnto Israel for to prayse the name of God 5 For there is ordeyned the seate for iudgement: euen the seate of the house of Dauid 6 Pray for the peace of Hierusalem: they shall prosper that loue thee 7 Peace be within thy walles: and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes: I wyll wyshe peace [to be] within thee 9 Yea because of the house of God our Lord: I wyll procure to do thee good 123 1 I lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee: who dwellest in heauen 2 Beholde, as the eyes of seruauntes [loke] vnto the hande of their maisters, and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hande of her maistresse: euen so our eyes [wayte] vpon God our Lorde vntyll he haue mercie vpon vs 3 Haue mercy vpon vs O God, haue mercy vpon vs: for we haue suffered enough of dispite 4 Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy: and with the dispitefulnes of the proude 124 1 (124:1a) If God him selfe had not ben of our side Israel may now say 2 (124:1b) if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs 3 (124:2) Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke: when their wrath was so inflamed against vs 4 (124:3) Then the waters had drowned vs: the running streame had flowed ouer our soule 5 (124:4) Then the waters of the proude: had flowed ouer our soule 6 (124:5) But blessed be God, whiche hath not geuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth 7 (124:6) Our soule is escaped, euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler: the snare is broken, and we be escaped 8 (124:7) Our helpe is in the name of God: who hath made heauen and earth 125 1 They that put their trust in God [be] as the mount Sion: [whiche] may not be remoued [but] must stande fast for euer 2 As for Hierusalem, hilles be rounde about it: and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore 3 For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes 4 Be beneficiall O God: vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart 5 And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes, those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes: [so] peace [shalbe] vpon Israel 126 1 When God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne: we shalbe as men that dreamed 2 Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter: and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse. (126:3) Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say: God hath brought great thinges to passe, that he myght do for them 3 (126:4) God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs: we be made merie 4 (126:5) Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie: for to returne as riuers into the south 5 (126:6) They that sowe in teares: shall reape in ioy 6 (126:7) He that goeth foorth on his way, and wepyng beareth pretious seede: shall doubtlesse returning, come againe with a ioyfull noyse, bryngyng his sheaues with hym 127 1 If GOD wyll not buylde the house, they labour in vayne that buylde it: if God kepe not the citie, the watchman waketh in vayne 2 [Is] it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early, that ye make delayes to take rest, eatyng the bread of sorowes: euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued 3 Beholde, chyldren be the inheritage of God: and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong: euen so are the chyldren of youth 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them: they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate 128 1 He is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God: walking in his waies 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and [all] shall go well with thee 3 Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. (128:4) Thy chyldren [shalbe] like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table 4 (128:5) Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God 5 (128:6) God wyll blesse thee out of Sion: and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe 6 (128:7) Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren: and peace vpon Israel 129 1 Israel may now say: they haue troubled me often from my youth vp 2 They haue troubled me often from my youth vp: but they haue not preuayled against me 3 The plowemen plowed vpon my backe: they made long forrowes 4 But God who is iust: hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly 5 All they that beare an euyll wyll to Sion: shalbe confounded, and be made to turne backe from it 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes: whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth [to his growth. 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full 8 And they which go by, say not so much as the blessing of God be vpon you: we blesse you in the name of God 130 1 Out of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O God: O Lorde heare my voyce 2 Let thine eares be attentiue: vnto the voyce of my petition for grace 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse: O Lorde who can abide it 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee: that thou mayest be feared 5 I haue wayted for God, my soule haue wayted [for hym:] and I haue reposed my trust in his worde 6 My soule [lifteth] more after God, then watchmen do after the morning: I say more then watchmen do after the mornyng 7 Israel ought to trust in God, for there is mercy with God: and there is plenteousnes of redemption with him 8 And he wyll redeeme Israel: from all his sinnes 131 1 O God I am not hygh mynded, I haue no proude lokes: I haue not vsed to walke in greater & waightier matters then I ought to do 2 Nay I haue restrayned my soule, and kept it lowe like a chylde that is weaned from his mother: yea my soule is within me as a weaned chylde 3 O Israel repose thou thy trust in God: from this time foorth for euermore 132 1 O God be mindfull of Dauid: with all his affliction 2 Who swore vnto God: who made a vowe vnto the most mightie [Lorde] of Iacob 3 [Saying] I wyll not enter into the tabernacle of my house: nor get vp into my bed 4 I wyll not suffer myne eyes to slepe: nor myne eye liddes to slumber 5 Untill I finde out a place for the temple of God: an habitation for the most mightie Lorde of Iacob 6 Beholde, we hearde it to be at Ephratha: we founde it in the fieldes of the forest 7 We wyll go into his tabernacle: and fall downe on our knees before his footestoole 8 Aryse O God [for to come] into thy resting place: thou and the arke of thy strength 9 Let thy priestes be clothed with righteousnes: and let thy saintes make a ioyfull noyse 10 For thy seruaunt Dauids sake: turne not away [from] the face of thyne annoynted 11 God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid, and he wyll not go from it: I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body 12 If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them: their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore 13 For God hath chosen [to be in] Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym 14 This [is sayeth he] my rest for euer: heare I wyll dwell, for I haue a desire to it 15 I wyll aboundauntly powre my blessinges vpon her victuals: and I wyll satisfie her poore with bread 16 I wyll clothe her priestes with saluation: and her saintes shall make an exceeding ioyfull noyse 17 I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp: I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted 18 I wyll clothe his enemies with shame: but his crowne shall florishe vppon hym selfe 133 1 Beholde howe good and howe pleasaunt a thing it is: that brethren dwel together in vnitie 2 [It is] lyke vnto a pretious oyntment [powred] vpon the head, which runneth downe vpon the beard, euen vpon Aarons beard: which also runneth downe vpon the skyrtes of his garmentes 3 [It is also] like vnto the deawe of Hermon: whiche falleth downe vpon the hyll of Sion. (133:4) For God hath commaunded his blessing: [and] life euerlasting [to be] where is [suche concorde. 134 1 Beholde, blesse God all ye the seruauntes of God: who in the nyght tyme remayne in the house of God 2 Lyft vp your holy handes: and blesse God 3 God who made heauen and earth: blesse thee out of Sion 135 1 Prayse ye the Lorde, prayse ye the name of God: prayse it ye seruauntes of God 2 Ye that stande in the house of God: in the courtes of the house of our Lord 3 Prayse ye the Lorde, for God is gratious: sing psalmes vnto his name, for it is pleasaunt 4 For the Lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe: and Israel for his owne possession 5 For I knowe that God is great: and that our Lorde is aboue all gods 6 God doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym in heauen and in earth: in the sea, and in all deepe places 7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth: he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth, he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses 8 He smote the first borne of Egypt: aswell of beast as of man 9 He sent tokens and wonders into the mydst of thee O Egypt: against Pharao and all his seruauntes 10 He smote many nations: and slue mightie kinges 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og the king of Bashan: and all the kingdomes of Chanaan 12 And he gaue their lande for an inheritaunce: euen for an heritaunce to Israel his people 13 Thy name O God endureth for euer: there wil be a remembraunce of thee O God, from one generation to another 14 For God wyll iudge his people: and he will be pacified [beyng displeased] with his seruauntes 15 As for the idols of the Heathen they are but siluer and golde: the worke of mens handes 16 They haue a mouth and speake not: they haue eyes but they see not 17 They haue eares and they heare not: yea there is no breath in their mouth 18 They that make them are lyke vnto them: [and] euery one that putteth his trust in them 19 Blesse God ye the house of Israel: blesse God ye the house of Aaron 20 Blesse God ye the house of Leui: ye that feare God, blesse God 21 Blessed be God out of Sion: who dwelleth at Hierusalem. Prayse ye the Lorde 136 1 Confesse you [it] vnto the Lord, for he is gratious: and his mercy [endureth] for euer 2 Confesse you [it] vnto the God of Gods: for his mercy endureth for euer 3 Confesse you [it] vnto the Lorde of Lordes: for his mercy endureth for euer 4 Who onlye doth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for euer 5 Who by his excellent wysdome made the heauens: for his mercy endureth for euer 6 Who layde out the earth aboue the waters: for his mercy endureth for euer 7 Who hath made great lightes: for his mercy endureth for euer 8 The sunne to rule in the day: for his mercy endureth for euer 9 The moone and the starres to gouerne in the night: for his mercy endureth for euer 10 Who smote Egypt with their first borne: for his mercy endureth for euer 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for euer 12 With a mightie hande and a stretched out arme: for his mercy endureth for euer 13 Who deuided the red sea in partes: for his mercy endureth for euer 14 And made Israel to passe through the myddest of it: for his mercy endureth for euer 15 He ouerthrewe Pharao and his hoast in the red sea: for his mercy endureth for euer 16 Who led his people through the wyldernesse: for his mercy endureth for euer 17 Who smote great kinges: for his mercye endureth for euer 18 And he slue mightie kynges: for his mercy endureth for euer 19 Sihon kyng of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for euer 20 And Og the kyng of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for euer 21 And he gaue away their lande for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for euer 22 For an heritage vnto Israel his seruaunt: for his mercy endureth for euer 23 Who remembred vs when we were brought lowe: for his mercy endureth for euer 24 And he deliuered vs from our aduersaries: for his mercy endureth for euer 25 Who geueth foode vnto all creatures: for his mercy endureth for euer 26 Confesse you [it] vnto the Lord of heauen: for his mercy endureth for euer 137 1 By the waters of Babylon we sat downe there: also we wept when we remembred Sion 2 We hanged our harpes on the Salon trees: in the mydst of it 3 For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song: and [for] our waylynges myrth, [saying] sing vs one of the songes of Sion 4 [He aunswered] howe can we sing one of the songes of God: in another lande besides our owne 5 If I forget thee O Hierusalem: let my right hande forget [her cunning. 6 Let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth, if I do not remember thee: yea if I preferre not thee O Hierusalem aboue my most myrth 7 Remember the chyldren of Edom in the day of Hierusalem: they sayde, downe with it, downe with it, euen to the grounde 8 O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs 9 Blessed shall he be: that taketh & throweth thy litle children against the stone 138 1 I wyll geue thankes vnto thee O God with my whole heart: I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee before the gods 2 I wyll make my lowe obeysaunce towarde thy holy temple: and I wyll prayse thy holy name in respect of thy louing kindnesse and trueth. (138:3) For thou hast magnified thy name: and thy worde aboue all thinges 3 (138:4) In the day [of myne aduersitie] I called vpon thee, and thou heardest me: thou enduedst my soule more and more with strength 4 (138:5) All the kinges of the earth will prayse thee O God: for they haue hearde the wordes of thy mouth 5 (138:6) Yea they wyll sing of the wayes of God: for great is the glory of God 6 (138:7) For though God be on high: yet he will haue respect vnto the lowly, and he wyll knowe the proude a farre of 7 (138:8) If I shall walke in the midst of trouble, thou wylt make me to liue: thou wylt stretche foorth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies, and thy right hande shall saue me 8 (138:9) God wyll finishe that he hath begun by me: O God thy louing kindnesse endureth for euer, thou wylt not forsake the workes of thyne owne handes 139 1 O God thou hast searched me to the quicke: and thou hast knowen me 2 Thou knowest my downe sitting & myne vprising: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be 3 Thou compassest about my path, and my iourney into all coastes: and thou vsest all my wayes 4 For there is not a word in my tongue: but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether 5 Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before: and layde thyne hande vpon me 6 The knowledge that [thou hast] of me is marueylous: it is so high that I can not [attayne] vnto it 7 Whyther can I go from thy spirite: or whyther can I flee away from thy face 8 If I ascende vp into heauen, thou art there: if I lay me downe in hell, thou art there also 9 If I take the wynges of the morning: and [go to] dwell in the vttermost part of the sea 10 Euen there also thy hande shall leade me: and thy right hande shall holde me 11 And yf I say peraduenture the darknesse shall couer me: and the night shalbe day for me 12 Truely the darknesse shall not darken any thing from thee, and the night shalbe as lyghtsome as the day: darknesse and lyght [to thee] are both a lyke 13 For thou hast my reynes in thy possession: thou didst couer me in my mothers wombe 14 I wyll confesse it vnto thee, for that thy [doynges] are to be dreaded, I am made after a marueylous sort: thy workes be marueylous, and that my soule knoweth ryght well 15 The substaunce of my [body] was not hyd from thee: when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe 16 Thyne eyes dyd see me when I was most imperfect: and in thy booke were written euery day of them [wherin the partes of my body] were shaped, and no one of them were knowen vnto thee 17 Howe pretious be thy cogitations towardes me O God? howe greatly be the summe of them increased 18 I go about to count them, I fynde that they are mo in number then the sande: and yet whyle I am wakyng I am styll with thee 19 For truely thou wylt slay O Lord the wicked man: and the blood thirstie men [to whom I euer say] depart ye from me 20 Who do speake vnto thee in guilefull maner: [thou art O God] exalted in vayne to thyne enemies 21 Do not I hate them O God that hate thee? and am not I greeued with those that rise vp agaynst thee 22 Yea I hate them from the bottome of myne heart: euen as though they were myne enemies 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes 24 And loke well yf there be any way of peruersnesse in me: and [then] leade me in the way of the worlde 140 1 Delyuer me O God from the euyll man: and preserue me from the outragious man 2 Who in heart imagine mischiefes: and set forwarde to warre euery day 3 They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent: Adders poyson is vnder their lippes. Selah 4 Kepe me O God from the handes of the vngodly: preserue me from the outragious man, who haue deuised to thrust my feete [from me. 5 The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spread a net abroade with coardes in the high wayes: they haue set trappes for me. Selah 6 I haue sayde vnto God, thou art my Lorde: heare the voyce of my prayers O God 7 O Lorde God the strength of my saluation: thou hast couered my head in the day of battayle 8 Graunt not vnto the vngodly [his] desires O God: bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination [lest] they shoulde be made to proude. Selah 9 Let the labour of his owne lippe couer him: [who is] head of them that compasse me about 10 Let hotte coales be burnyng vpon them: he wyll cast them downe into the fire into deepe pittes, that they may neuer rise vp agayne 11 A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him 12 I am sure that God wyll dispatche the cause of the afflicted: and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy 13 Truely the ryghteous wyll confesse it vnto thy name: they that deale vprightlye shall dwell before thy face 141 1 O God I call vpon thee, haste thee vnto me: geue eare vnto my voyce whylest I crye vnto thee 2 Let my prayer be directed before thy face [as] an incense: let the liftyng vp of mine handes [be] an euenyng sacrifice 3 Set a watch O God before my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes 4 Inclyne not myne heart to any euyll thyng, wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates 5 I wishe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me: for it is louing kyndnesse. (141:6) But let not pretious baulmes breake mine head: for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse 6 (141:7) Let their iudges be thrust downe headlong from a rocke: then they wyll heare my wordes, for they be sweete 7 (141:8) Our bones lye scattered vpon the graues mouth: lyke as when one breaketh and heweth [wood] vpon the earth 8 (141:9) For mine eyes loke vnto thee O God the Lorde: in thee is my trust, cast not my soule out [of me. 9 (141:10) Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde foorth for me: and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquitie 10 (141:11) Let the vngodly fall together into their owne nettes: but let me in the meane season alwayes escape [them. 142 1 I cryed vnto God with my voyce: euen vnto God I dyd make my supplication 2 I powred out before his face my cogitations: and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face 3 When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me 4 When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe [rounde about me] there was no man that woulde knowe me: I had no place to flee vnto, and no man cared for my soule 5 I cryed vnto thee O God, and sayde: thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng 6 Consider my complaynt, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecutours, for they are to strong for me 7 Bryng my soule out of prison, that I may prayse thy name: the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about, because thou hast [thus] rewarded me 143 1 Heare my prayer O God, geue eare vnto my desire: hearken vnto me for thy trueth sake, for thy ryghteousnesse sake 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde: he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead 4 And my spirite is ouerwhelmed within me: and my heart is desolate in the midst of me 5 I call to remembraunce the tyme long past: I muse vpon euery act of thine, I exercise my study on the worke of thy handes 6 I stretche foorth myne handes vnto thee: my soule as a thirstie lande [gaspeth] vnto thee. Selah 7 Make speede, hearken vnto me O God, my spirite waxeth faynt: hyde not thy face from me, for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt 8 Cause me to heare of thy louyng kindnesse betymes in the mornyng: for in thee is my trust. (143:9) Make me to knowe the way that I shoulde walke in: for I lyft vp my soule vnto thee 9 (143:10) Delyuer me O God from myne enemies: I hyde my selfe with thee 10 (143:11) Teache me to do the thyng that pleaseth thee, for thou art my Lorde: let thy good spirite leade me foorth vnto the lande of ryghteousnesse 11 (143:12) For thy names sake O God thou wilt cause me to lyue: and for thy righteousnesse sake thou wilt bryng my soule out of trouble 12 (143:13) And of thy goodnesse thou wylt restrayne myne enemies: and destroy all them that be aduersaries to my soule, for I am thy seruaunt 144 1 Blessed be God my rocke: who teacheth my handes to warre, and my fingers to fyght 2 My holynesse and my fortresse, my refuge, and my only deliuerer: my buckler, in hym I haue put my trust, who subdueth my people vnder me 3 O God, what is man that thou doest knowe hym? what is the sonne of man that thou doest thynke of hym 4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away 5 Bowe thy heauens O God and come downe: touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke 6 Cast out terrible lightninges and feare them: shoote out thyne arrowes and consume them 7 Sende downe thine hand from aboue: deliuer me and take me out of the great waters, from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am 8 Whose mouth vttereth vanitie: and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood 9 O Lorde I wyll syng a newe song vnto thee: and I wyll syng psalmes vnto thee vpon a Lute, [and vpon] an instrument of ten strynges 10 Who geueth victorie vnto kynges: who redeemeth Dauid his seruaunt from peryll of the sworde 11 Redeeme me and deliuer me from the hande of the children of an other deuotion then I am: whose mouth vttereth vanitie, and their ryght hande is a ryght hande of falshood 12 That our sonnes may growe vp in their youth as young plantes: that our daughters may be as corners [stones] grauen after the fashion as a palace is 13 That the corners of our houses may be fylled, yeeldyng foorth all maner of stoore: that our cattell may bring foorth thousandes, [yea] ten thousandes in our streates 14 That our oxen may be strong [to labour] that there be no decay: no leadyng into captiuitie, and no complaynyng in our streates 15 Happy are the people that be in such a case: blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde 145 1 I will magnifie thee O Lord my king: and I wyll blesse thy name for euer and euer 2 I wyll blesse thee euery day: and I wyll prayse thy name for euer and euer 3 Great is God and most worthy to be praysed: and his greatnesse can not be searched out 4 One generation shal praise thy workes vnto another: and they shall declare thy mightie power 5 I wyll set foorth in wordes the glorious maiestie of thy excellentnesse: and thy wonderous workes 6 I wyll also declare thy greatnesse: so that men shall speake of the force of thy terrible actes 7 They shall vtter out of their mouth a memoriall of thyne aboundaunt kyndnesse: and they shall syng of thy ryghteousnesse 8 God is gratious and mercifull: loth to be angry, and great in louing kindnesse 9 God is good vnto euery man: and his mercie is ouer all his workes 10 All thy workes shall confesse it vnto thee O God: and thy saintes shall blesse thee 11 They shal shewe the glorie of thy kingdome: and talke of thy power 12 That they may make knowen to the children of men his manifolde power: & the glorious maiestie of his kingdome 13 Thy kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome: and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages 14 God vpholdeth all such as fall: and lyfteth vp all those that be bowyng downewarde 15 The eyes of all wayte vpon thee: and thou geuest them their meate in due season 16 Thou openest thyne hande: and thou satisfiest the desire of euery thing liuing 17 God is righteous in all his wayes: and holy in all his workes 18 God is nye vnto all them that call vpon hym: vnto all such as call vpon hym in trueth 19 He wyll fulfyll the desire of them that feare hym: he will also heare their crye, and he wyll saue them 20 God preserueth all those that loue him: but he wyll bring to nothyng such as be vngodly 21 My mouth shall speake the prayse of God: and all fleshe shall blesse his holy name for euer and euer 146 1 Prayse ye the Lord, prayse thou God O my soule, whylest I lyue I wyll prayse God: I wyll syng psalmes vnto my Lorde so long as I shalbe 2 Put not your trust in princes [nor] in the sonne of man: in whom there is no saluation 3 His spirite shall depart out of hym, he shall turne agayne to his earth: at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe 4 Blessed is he vnto whom the God of Iacob is an ayde: his trust is in God his Lorde 5 Who made heauen and earth, the sea and all that therin is: who mainteyneth the trueth for euer 6 Who executeth iudgement for those that are oppressed with wrong: who geueth foode to the hungry 7 God looseth those that be bounde: God geueth syght to the blynde 8 God rayseth them vp that are falling: God loueth the ryghteous 9 God taketh strangers into his custodie, he releeueth the fatherlesse and the widdowe: as for the way of the vngodlye he turneth it vpsyde downe 10 God thy Lorde shall raigne O Sion, to the worldes ende: throughout all generations. Prayse ye the Lorde 147 1 Prayse ye the Lorde, for it is a good thyng: sing psalmes vnto our Lorde, for it is a pleasaunt thing, [his] praise is to be desired 2 God buildeth vp Hierusalem: he wyll gather together the Israelites that were banished 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart: he wrappeth vp their sorowes 4 He counteth the number of the starres: he geueth vnto them all names 5 Great is our Lorde, and great is his power: his vnderstandyng is infinite 6 God setteth vp the meeke: he bringeth the vngodly downe to the grounde 7 Syng ye vnto God with a confession: syng psalmes vpon the Harpe vnto our Lorde 8 Who couereth the heauen with cloudes: who prepareth rayne for the earth, who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes 9 He geueth vnto cattell their foode: [euen] vnto Rauens which call for it 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: he delighteth not in the legges of a man 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: [and] in them that put their trust in his mercie 12 Prayse God O Hierusalem: prayse thy Lorde O Sion 13 For he maketh fast the barres of thy gates: he blesseth thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders: he fylleth thee with good corne 15 He sendeth foorth his commaundement vpon the earth: his word runneth very swiftly 16 He geueth snowe [so whyte] as wooll: he scattereth the hoare frost like asshes 17 He casteth foorth his yse lyke fragmentes: who is able to abide his frost 18 He sendeth foorth his worde and melteth them: he bloweth with his winde, and the waters flowe 19 He declareth his worde vnto Iacob: his statutes & ordinaunces vnto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with euery nation: neither haue they the knowledge of his iudgementes. Prayse ye the Lorde 148 1 Prayse ye the Lorde, prayse ye God out of heauen: prayse ye hym on hygh aboue 2 Prayse hym all ye his angels: prayse hym all ye his hoast 3 Prayse ye hym sunne and moone: praise hym all ye starres [that geue] lyght 4 Prayse ye hym all ye heauens: and ye waters that be aboue the heauens 5 Euen they shoulde prayse the name of God: for he commaunded, and they were created 6 He hath set them sure for euer and euer: he hath geuen them a lawe which shall not be broken 7 Prayse ye God from the earth: ye dragons and all deepes 8 Fire and hayle, snowe and vapours: stormie wynde fulfyllyng his worde 9 Mountaynes and all hylles: fruitfull trees and all Cedars 10 Beastes and all cattell: wormes and fethered foules 11 Kynges of the earth and all people: princes and all iudges of the earth 12 (148:12a) Young men and maydens, olde men with children 13 (148:12b) shoulde prayse the name of God: for his name only is most excellent, and his maiestie aboue earth and heauen 14 (148:13) He hath exalted the horne of his people: the prayse of all his saintes, euen of the children of Israel, a people that is most nye vnto him. Prayse ye the Lord 149 1 Prayse ye the Lorde, syng vnto God a newe song: he ought to be praysed in the congregation of saintes 2 Israel shoulde reioyce in his maker: the children of Sion shoulde be ioyfull in their kyng 3 They shoulde prayse his name in a daunce: they shoulde sing psalmes vnto hym vpon a tabret and a harpe 4 For God hath a pleasure in his people: he wyll beautifie the afflicted with saluation 5 The saintes shalbe ioyful with glory: they shal expresse a ioyfull noyse in their beddes 6 The hygh promotions of the Lorde shalbe in their mouth: and a two edged sworde in their handes 7 That they may take auengement of the heathen: and correction of the nations 8 That they may bynde their kynges in chaynes: and their nobles with iron fetters 9 That they may execute the iudgement prescribed: this honour shalbe to all his saintes. Prayse ye the Lorde 150 1 Prayse ye the Lorde, prayse ye the Lord in his sanctuarie: praise ye him in the firmament of his power 2 Prayse ye hym in his strength: prayse ye hym in his excellent greatnesse 3 Prayse ye hym in the sounde of a trumpet: prayse ye hym vpon a Lute and an Harpe 4 Prayse ye hym with a tabret and a daunce: prayse ye him vpon the stringes and vpon the Organes 5 Prayse ye hym vpon the well tuned Cimbales: prayse ye hym vpon the loude Cimbales 6 Euery thyng that draweth breath: ought to prayse the Lorde. Prayse ye the Lorde