Psalms 143:1-150:6 Heare my prayer O God, geue eare vnto my desire: hearken vnto me for thy trueth sake, for thy ryghteousnesse sake

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ 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