Psalms 53:1-119:176 The foolish bodies saye in their hertes: Tush, there is no God. Corrupte are they, and become abhominable in their wickednesses: there is not one, that doth good.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The foolish bodies saye in their hertes: Tush, there is no God. Corrupte are they, and become abhominable in their wickednesses: there is not one, that doth good. ² God loked downe from heauen vpo the children of men, to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde, or seke after God. ³ But they are all gone out of ye waye, they are all become vnprofitable: there is none yt doth good, no not one. ⁴ How ca they haue vnderstondinge, that are the workers of wickednes, eatinge vp my people as it were bred, & call not vpon God? ⁵ They are afrayed, where no feare is: for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the: thou puttest them to confucion, for God despiseth them. ⁶ Oh yt the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion: Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte. Then shulde Iacob reioyse, & Israel shulde be right glad. ⁵⁴ ¹ Helpe me (o God) for thy names sake, and delyuer me in thy stregth. ² Heare my prayer (o God) considre the wordes of my mouth. ³ For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me, and the mightie (which haue not God before their eyes) seke after my soule. ⁴ Sela. But lo, God is my helper: it is he that vpholdeth my soule. ⁵ He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies, and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them. ⁶ A frewil offeringe wil I geue the, and prayse thy name o LORDE, because it is so comfortable. ⁷ For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble, so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpo myne enemies. ⁵⁵ ¹ Heare my prayer (o God) and hyde not thy self fro my peticion. Take hede vnto me and heare me, how piteously I mourne & coplayne. ² The enemie crieth so, & the vngodly commeth on so fast: for they are mynded to do me some myschefe, so maliciously are they set agaynst me. ³ My herte is heuy within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me. ⁴ Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me, and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me. ⁵ And I sayde: O that I had wynges like a doue, that I might fle somwhere, and be at rest. ⁶ Lo, then wolde I get me awaye farre of, and remayne in the wildernesse. ⁷ Sela. I wolde make haist to escape, from the stormy wynde and tempest. ⁸ Destroie their tonges (o LORDE) and deuyde them, for I se vnrightuousnes & strife in ye cite. ⁹ This goeth daye and night aboute the walles, myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it. ¹⁰ Wickednesse is therin, disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes. ¹¹ Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me, I coude beare it: or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me, I wolde hyde myself from him. ¹² But it is thou my companyon, my gyde and myne owne familier frede. ¹³ We had swete and secrete communicacion together, and louyngly walked we together in ye house of God. ¹⁴ Let death come hastely vpon them, and let them go downe quick into hell, for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges. ¹⁵ As for me, I will call vnto God, and the LORDE shall helpe me. ¹⁶ In the eueninge, mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne: and he shal heare my voyce. ¹⁷ It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace, from them that laye waite for me: for they are many agaynst me. ¹⁸ Yee euen God that endureth for euer, shal heare me, and brynge them downe. Sela. For they wil not turne: and why? they feare not God. ¹⁹ Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him, and so thei breake his couenaunt. ²⁰ Their mouthes are softer then butter, & yet haue they batell in their mynde: their wordes are smoother then oyle, and yet be they very swerdes. ²¹ O cast thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse. ²² But as for them, thou (o God) shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion. ²³ The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies. Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. ⁵⁶ ¹ Be mercifull vnto me (o God) for men wil treade me downe: they are daylie fightinge & troublinge me. ² Myne enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete, for they be many, yt proudly fight agaynst me. ³ Neuerthelesse, whe I am afrayed, I put my trust in the. ⁴ I wil comforte my self in Gods worde, yee I wil hope in God, and not feare: What can flesh then do vnto me? ⁵ They vexe me daylie in my wordes: all yt they ymagin, is to do me euell. ⁶ They holde alltogether, & kepe them selues close: they marck my steppes, how they maye catch my soule. ⁷ But in vayne, for it shal escape the: and why? thou (o God) in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people. ⁸ Thou tellest my flittinges, thou puttest my teares in thy botell, and nombrest them. ⁹ When so euer I call vpon the, myne enemies are put to flight: wherby I knowe, that thou art my God. ¹⁰ In Gods worde wil I reioyse, in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me. ¹¹ Yee in God do I trust, & am not afraied: what ca man the do vnto me? ¹² Vnto the (o God) wil I paye my vowes, vnto ye wil I geue thakes & prayse. ¹³ For thou hast delyuered my soule fro death, & my fete fro fallinge, yt I maye walke before God in ye light of ye lyuynge. ⁵⁷ ¹ Be mercifull vnto me (o God) be mercifull vnto me, for my soule trusteth in ye: & vnder the shadowe of thy wynges shalbe my refuge, vntill wickednesse be ouerpast. ² I call vnto God ye most hyest, eue ye God yt shal helpe me vp agayne. ³ He shal sende fro heauen, & saue me fro the reprofe of him that wolde swalowe me vp. ⁴ Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons: ⁵ euen amonge the children of men, whose tethe are speares and arowes, and their tonge a sharpe swerde. ⁶ Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the heaues, and thy glory aboue all the earth. ⁷ They haue layed a nett for my fete, & pressed downe my soule: they haue dygged a pyt before me, and are fallen in to it them selues. ⁸ Sela. My hert is ready (o God) my hert is ready, to synge and geue prayse. ⁹ Awake (o my glory) awake lute and harpe, I my self wil awake right early. ¹⁰ I wil geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) amonge the people, I wil synge prayses vnto the amonge the Heithe. ¹¹ For ye greatnes of thy mercy reacheth vnto the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes. Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the heaues, & thy glory aboue all ye earth. ⁵⁸ ¹ Yf youre myndes be vpon rightuousnesse in dede, then iudge the thinge that is right, o ye sonnes of men. ² But ye ymagin myschefe in youre hertes, and youre hondes deale with wickednesse. ³ The vngodly are frowarde, eue from their mothers wombe: as soone as they be borne, they go astraie & speake lyes. ⁴ They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares. ⁵ That she shulde not heare the voyce of the charmer, charme he neuer so wysely. ⁶ Breake their teth (o God) in their mouthes, smyte the chaft bones of the lyons whelpes in sonder, o LORDE. ⁷ That they maye fall awaye, like water yt runneth a pace: and that when they shote their arowes, they maye be broke. ⁸ Let the cosume awaye like a snale, & like the vntymely frute of a woman, and let them not se the Sonne. ⁹ Or euer youre thornes be sharpe, the wrath shal take them awaye quycke, like a stormy wynde. ¹⁰ The rightuous shal reioyse when he seyth the vengeaunce, and shal wash his fete in the bloude of the vngodly. ¹¹ So that men shal saye: verely, there is a rewarde for ye rightuous: doutles, there is a God that iudgeth the earth. ⁵⁹ ¹ Delyuer me fro myne enemies (o my God) & defende me fro the yt ryse vp agaynst me. ² O delyuer me fro the wicked doers, & saue me fro the bloudthurstie me. ³ For lo, they lye waytinge for my soule: ye mightie me are gathered together against me, wt out eny offence or faute of me, o LORDE. ⁴ They rune & prepare the selues, wt out my faute: Arise, come thou helpe me, & beholde. ⁵ Stode vp o LORDE God of hoostes, thou God of Israel, to vyset all Heithen: be not mercifull vnto the yt offende of malicious wickednesse. ⁶ Sela. Let the go to & fro, & runne aboute the cite youlinge like dogges. ⁷ Beholde, they speake (agaynst me) wt their mouth, swerdes are vnder their lippes, for who reproueth the? ⁸ But thou (o LORDE) shalt haue them in derision, thou shalt laugh all Heithe to scorne. ⁹ My stregth do I ascrybe vnto the, for thou (o God) art my defender. ¹⁰ God sheweth me his goodnesse plenteously, God letteth me se my desyre vpo myne enemies. ¹¹ Slaye the not, lest my people forget it: but scatre the abrode with thy power & put the downe, o LORDE oure defence. ¹² For ye synne of their mouth, for the wordes of their lippes, & because of their pryde, let the be taken: & why? their preachinge is of cursynge & lyes. ¹³ Cosume them in yi wrath, cosume the yt they maye perish, & knowe yt it is God, which ruleth in Iacob and in all the worlde. ¹⁴ Sela. Let the go to & fro, & rune aboute the cite, youlinge like dogges. ¹⁵ Let the runne here & there for meate, and grudge when they haue not ynough. ¹⁶ As for me, I wil synge of thy power, ad prayse thy mercy betymes in the mornynge: for thou art my defence and refuge in the tyme of my trouble. ¹⁷ Vnto the (o my strength) wil I synge, for thou (o God) art my defence, and my merciful God. ⁶⁰ ¹ O God, thou yt hast cast vs out and scatred vs abrode, thou yt hast bene so sore displeased at vs, coforte vs agayne. ² Thou yt hast remoued the lode & deuyded it, heale the sores therof, for it shaketh. ³ Thou hast shewed thy people heuy thinges, thou hast geuen vs a drynke off wyne, yt we slobre withall. ⁴ Yet hast thou geue a toke for soch as feare the, yt they maye cast it vp in ye treuth. ⁵ Sela. That thy beloued might be delyuered, helpe them with thy right hande, and heare me. ⁶ God hath spoke in his Sactuary (which thinge reioyseth me) I wil deuyde Siche, & mete out the valley of Suchoth ⁷ Galaad is myne, Manasses is myne, Ephraim is the strength of my heade, Iuda is my captayne. ⁸ Moab is my washpotte, ouer Edom wil I stretch out my shue, Philistea shal be glad of me. ⁹ Who will lede me in to the stronge cite? Who will bringe me in to Edom? ¹⁰ Shalt not thou do it, o God, thou yt hast cast vs out: thou God, yt wentest not out wt or hoostes? ¹¹ O be thou oure helpe in trouble, for vayne is the helpe of man. ¹² Thorow God we shal do greate actes, for it is he that shal treade downe oure enemies. ⁶¹ ¹ Heare my crienge (o God) geue hede vnto my prayer. ² From the endes of ye earth wil I call vnto the, whe my herte is in trouble: ³ Oh set me vp vpo an hye rocke. For thou art my hope, a stronge tower for me agaynst the enemie. ⁴ I will dwell in thy tabernacle for euer, that I maye be safe vnder the couerynge of thy wynges. ⁵ Sela. For thou (o LORDE) hast herde my desyres, thou hast geuen an heretage vnto those that feare thy name. ⁶ Thou shalt graunte the kynge a loge life, that his yeares maye endure thorow out all generacions. ⁷ That he maye dwell before God for euer: Oh let thy louynge mercy & faithfulnes preserue him. ⁸ So wil I allwaye synge prayses vnto thy name, yt I maye daylie perfourme my vowes. ⁶² ¹ My soule wayteth only vpon God, for of him commeth my helpe. ² He only is my stregth, my saluacion, my defence, so yt I shal not greatly fall. ³ How longe wil ye ymagin myschefe agaynst euery man? ye shal be slayne all ye sorte of you: yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be, & like a broken hedge. ⁴ Their deuyce is only how to put him out, their delyte is i lyes: they geue good wordes wt their mouth but curse wt their herte. ⁵ Sela. Neuertheles, my soule abydeth only vpon God, for he is my God. ⁶ He only is my stregth, my saluacion, my defence: so yt I shal not fall. ⁷ In God is my health, my glory, my might, & in God is my trust. ⁸ Oput yor trust in him allwaye (ye people) poure out yor hertes before him, for God is oure hope. ⁹ Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself. ¹⁰ O trust not in wronge & robbery, geue not yor selues vnto vanite: yf riches increase, set not yor herte vpon them. ¹¹ God spake once a worde, twyse haue I herde the same: that power belongeth vnto God. ¹² That thou LORDE art mercifull, & that thou rewardest euery man acordinge to his workes. ⁶³ ¹ O God, thou art my God: early wil I seke the. ² My soule thursteth for the, my flesh longeth after the in a bare & drie lode, where no water is. ³ Thus do I loke for the in thy Sactuary, that I might beholde yi power & glory. ⁴ For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life, my lyppes shal prayse the. ⁵ As loge as I liue wil I magnifie the, & lift vp my hondes in thy name. ⁶ My soule is satisfied eue as it were with marry & fatnesse, when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes. ⁷ In my bedde wil I remembre ye, & whe I wake, my talkynge shalbe of the. ⁸ For thou hast bene my helper, & vnder the shadowe of yi wynges wil I reioyse. ⁹ My soule hangeth vpon the, thy right honde vpholdeth me. ¹⁰ They seke after my soule, but in vayne, for they shal go vnder the earth. ¹¹ They shal fall in to the swerde, & be a porcio for foxes. But ye kynge shal reioyse in God: all they that sweare by hym, shal be commeded, for the mouth of lyers shalbe stopped. ⁶⁴ ¹ Heare my voyce (o God) in my coplaynte, preserue my life fro feare of ye enemie. ² Hyde me from the gatheringe together of ye frowarde, fro ye heape of wicked doers. ³ Which whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute wt their venimous wordes like as wt arowes. ⁴ That they maye preuely hurte ye innocet, & sodely to hit him wt out eny feare. ⁵ They haue deuysed myschefe, and commoned amonge them selues, how they maye laye snares: tush (saye they) who shall se them? ⁶ They ymagin wickednesse, and kepe it secrete amonge them selues, euery man in ye depe of his herte. ⁷ But God shall sodenly shute with an arowe, yt they shall be wounded. ⁸ Yee their owne tunges shall make them fall, In so moch that who so seyth the, shal laugh the to scorne. ⁹ And all men that se it, shal saye: this hath God done for they shal perceaue, yt it is his worke. ¹⁰ The rightuous shal reioyse in the LORDE, and put his trust in him: and all they yt are true off herte, shalbe glad therof. ⁶⁵ ¹ Thou (o God) art praysed in Sion, and vnto the is the vowe perfourmed. ² Thou hearest the prayer, therfore cometh all flesh vnto the. ³ Oure my?dedes preuayle agaynst vs, oh be thou mercyfull vnto oure synnes. ⁴ Blessed is the man who thou chosest and receauest vnto the, that he maye dwell in thy courte: he shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, euen off thy holy temple. ⁵ Heare vs acordinge vnto thy woderfull rightuousnesse, o God oure saluacio: thou that art the hope of all the endes of ye earth, and off the brode see. ⁶ Which in his strength setteth fast the moutaynes, & is gyrded aboute with power. ⁷ Which stilleth ye ragige of the see, the roaringe off his wawes, and the woodnes of the people. ⁸ They that dwell in ye vttemost partes are afrayed at thy tokens, thou makest both the mornynge and euenynge starres to prayse ye. ⁹ Thou visetest the earth, thou watrest it, and makest it very plenteous. ¹⁰ The ryuer of God is full of waters, thou preparest man his corne, ad thus thou prouydest for the earth. ¹¹ Thou watrest hir forowes, thou breakest the harde clottes therof, thou makest it soft with ye droppes of rayne, and blessest the increase of it. ¹² Thou crownest the yeare with thy good, and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse. ¹³ The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also, yt they droppe withall, & the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde. The foldes are full of shepe, the valleys stonde so thicke with corne yt they laugh and synge. ⁶⁶ ¹ O be ioyfull in God (all ye lodes) synge prayses vnto the honor of his name make his prayse to be glorious. ² Saye vnto God: O how wonderfull are thy workes? thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be confouded. ³ O yt all the worlde wolde worshipe the, synge of the and prayse thy name. ⁴ Sela. O come hither and beholde the workes of God, which is so wonderfull in his doinges amonge the children of men. ⁵ He turned the see in to drye lode, so that they wente thorow the water on fote: therfore wil we reioyse in him. ⁶ He ruleth with his power for euer, his eyes beholde the people: the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them selues. ⁷ Sela. O magnifie or God (ye people) make ye voyce off his prayse to be herde. ⁸ Which holdeth or soule in life, and suffreth not oure fete to slippe. ⁹ For thou (o God) hast proued vs, thou hast tried vs like as syluer is tried. ¹⁰ Thou hast brought vs in to captiuyte, and layed trouble vpon or loynes. ¹¹ Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer or heades, ¹² we wete thorow fyre and water, butt thou hast brought vs out, and refreshed vs. ¹³ Therfore will I go into thy house wt bretofferinges, to paye the my vowes, ¹⁴ which I promised wt my lippes, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. ¹⁵ I wil offre vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoke of rames, I will offre bullockes and goates. ¹⁶ Sela. O come hither and herke (all ye that feare God) I wil tell you, what he hath done for my soule. ¹⁷ I called vnto hi wt my mouth and gaue him prayses with my tuge. ¹⁸ (Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte, ye LORDE wil not heare me.) ¹⁹ Therfore God hath herde me, ad considred the voyce off my prayer. ²⁰ Praysed be God, which hath not cast out my prayer, ner turned his mercy fro me. ⁶⁷ ¹ God be mercifull vnto vs, blesse vs, & shewe the light off his countenauce apon vs. ² Sela. That we maye knowe yi waye vpo earth, yi sauynge health amonge all Heithen. ³ Let the people prayse the (o God) yee let all people prayse the. ⁴ O let the people reioyse and be glad, that thou iudgest the folke rightuously, and gouernest the nacions vpo earth. ⁵ Let the people prayse the (o God) let all people prayse the. ⁶ God (euen oure owne God) geue vs his blessinge, that the earth maye bringe forth hir increase ⁷ God blesse vs, and let all the endes of ye worlde feare him. ⁶⁸ ¹ Let God aryse, so shal his enemies be scatered, and they that hate him, shal fle before him. ² Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou dryue them awaye: and like as waxe melteth at the fyre, so shall the vngodly perish at the presence off God. ³ But the rightuous shal be glad & reioyse before God, they shalbe mery & ioyful. ⁴ Oh synge vnto God, synge prayses vnto his name: magnifie him yt rydeth aboue the heaues (whose name is ye LORDE) & reioyse before hi. ⁵ He is a father of ye fatherlesse, he is a defender of widdowes: eue God in his holy habitacio. ⁶ He is the God yt maketh me to be of one mynde in a house, & bryngeth ye presoners out of captiuite in due season, but letteth ye rennagates cotinue in scarcenesse. ⁷ O God, when thou wetest forth before yi people, whe thou wetest thorow ye wildernes. ⁸ Sela. The earth shoke, & ye heauens dropped at the presence of God in Sinai, at ye presence of God which is ye God of Israel. ⁹ Thou o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne enheritauce, & refreshest it, when it is drye. ¹⁰ That thy beastes maye dwell therin, which thou of thy goodnes hast prepared for the poore. ¹¹ The LORDE shal geue the worde, wt greate hoostes of Euagelistes. ¹² Kinges wt their armies shal fle, & they of ye housholde shal deuyde ye spoyle. ¹³ Yf so be yt ye lye amoge the pales, the doues fethers shalbe couered with syluer, & hir winges of the color of golde. ¹⁴ When the Allmightie setteth kynges vpo the earth, it shalbe cleare euen in the darcknesse. ¹⁵ The hill of Basan is Gods hill, the hill of Basan is a pleteous hill. ¹⁶ Why hoppe ye so, ye greate hilles? It pleaseth God to dwell vpo this hill, yee the LORDE wil abyde in it for euer. ¹⁷ The charettes of God are many M. tymes a thousande, the LORDE is amoge them in the holy Sinai. ¹⁸ Thou art gone vp an hye, thou hast led captyuite captyue, & receaued giftes for me: Yee euen for thy enemies, that they might dwell with the LORDE God. ¹⁹ Praysed be the LORDE daylie, eue ye God which helpeth vs, & poureth his benefites vpo vs. ²⁰ Sela. The God yt is or Sauior, eue God the LORDE by who we escape death. ²¹ The God that smyteth his enemies vpo the heades & vpon the hayrie scalpes: soch as go on still in their wikednes. ²² The LORDE hath sayde: some wil I bringe agayne from Basan, some wil I bringe agayne fro the depe of the see. ²³ That thy fote maye be dipped in the bloude of thine enemies, & that thy dogges maye licke it vp. ²⁴ It is well sene (o God how thou goest, how thou my God and kynge goest in the Sanctuary. ²⁵ The syngers go before, and then the mynstrells amonge the maydens with the tymbrels. ²⁶ O geue thankes vnto God the LORDE in the congregacion, for the welles of Israel. ²⁷ There litle Beniamin, the prynces of Iuda, the prynces of Zabulo, and the prynces of Nephthali beare rule amoge them. ²⁸ Thy God hath comitted stregth vnto the, stablish the thinge (o God) that thou hast wrought in vs. ²⁹ For thy teples sake at Ierusalem shal kynges brynge presentes vnto the. ³⁰ Reproue the beestes amonge the redes, the heape of bulles with the calues: those that dryue for money. Oh scatre the people that delyte in batayle. ³¹ The prynces shal come out of Egipte, the Morians lode shal stretch out hir hondes vnto God. ³² Synge vnto God, o ye kyngdomes of the earth: o synge prayses vnto the LORDE. ³³ Sela. Which sytteth in the heauens ouer all fro the begynnge: Lo, he shal sende out his voyce, yee and that a mightie voyce. ³⁴ Ascrybe ye the power vnto God, his glory is in Israel, and his might in the cloudes. ³⁵ God is wonderfull in his Sanctuary, he is the God of Israel, he will geue strength and power vnto his people. Blessed be God. ⁶⁹ ¹ Helpe me (o God) for the waters are come in eue vnto my soule. ² I sticke fast in the depe myre, where no grounde is: I am come into depe waters, and the floudes wil drowne me. ³ I am weery of crienge, my throte is drye, my sight fayleth me, for waytinge so longe vpon my God. ⁴ They yt hate me without a cause, are mo then the hayres of my heade: they that are myne enemies & wolde destroye me giltlesse, are mightie: ⁵ I am fayne to paye the thinges yt I neuer toke. God, thou knowest my symplenesse, and my fautes are not hyd from the. ⁶ Let not them that trust in the (o LORDE God of hoostes) be ashamed for my cause: let not those yt seke the, be confounded thorow me, o God of Israel. ⁷ And why? for thy sake do I suffre reprofe, shame couereth my face. ⁸ I am become a straunger vnto my brethren, and an aleaunt vnto my mothers children. ⁹ For the zele of thine house hath euen eaten me, and the rebukes of them that rebuked the, is fallen vpon me. ¹⁰ I wepte and chastened my self wt fastinge, and that was turned to my reprofe. ¹¹ I put on a sackecloth, and therfore they iested vpon me. ¹² They that satt in the gate, spake agaynst me, and the dronckardes made songes vpon me. ¹³ But LORDE, I made my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme: ¹⁴ Heare me (o God) with thy greate mercy & sure helpe. ¹⁵ Take me out of the myre, yt I syncke not: Oh let me be delyuered fro the yt hate me, & out of ye depe waters. ¹⁶ Lest ye water floude drowne me, that the depe swalowe me not vp, & yt the pitte shut not hir mouth vpon me. ¹⁷ Heare me (o LORDE) for thy louynge kyndnesse is confortable: turne the vnto me acordinge vnto yi greate mercy. ¹⁸ Hyde not thy face from thy seruaut, for I am in trouble: O haist ye to helpe me. ¹⁹ Drawe nye vnto my soule, and saue it: Oh delyuer me because of myne enemies. ²⁰ Thou knowest my reprofe, my shame & my dishonor: my aduersaries are all in thy sight. ²¹ The rebuke breaketh my hert, & maketh me heuy: I loke for some to haue pitie vpon me, but there is no man: & for some to coforte me, but I fynde none. ²² They gaue me gall to eate, & whe I was thurstie, they gaue me vyneger to drynke. ²³ Let their table be made a snare to take them selues withall, an occasion to fall & a rewarde vnto them. ²⁴ Let their eyes be blynded, that they se not: & euer bowe downe their backes. ²⁵ Poure out thy indignacion vpon them, & let thy wrothfull displeasure take holde of them. ²⁶ Let their habitacion be voyde, & no man to dwell in their tentes. ²⁷ For they persecute him whom thou hast smytten, & besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him moo. ²⁸ Let them fall fro one wickednesse to another, & not come into thy rightuousnesse. ²⁹ Let the be wyped out of ye boke of the lyuinge, & not be written amonge the rightuous. ³⁰ As for me, I am poore & in heuynesse, let thy helpe defende me, o God. ³¹ That I maye prayse ye name of God with a songe, & magnifie it with thankesgeuynge. ³² This shal please the LORDE better then a bullocke, that hath hornes & hoffes. ³³ O considre this & be glad (ye that be in aduersite) seke after God, & yor soule shal lyue. ³⁴ For the LORDE heareth the poore, & despyset not his presoners. ³⁵ Let heauen & earth praise him, the see & all that moueth therin. ³⁶ For God wil saue Sion, & buylde the cities of Iuda, that men maye dwell there, & haue the in possession. The sede of his seruauntes shal iheret it, & they that loue his name, shal dwell therin. ⁷⁰ ¹ Haist the (o God) to delyuer me, & to helpe me, o LORDE. ² Let the be shamed & confounded that seke after my soule: let them be turned backwarde & put to confucio, that wysh me euell. ³ Let them soone be brought to shame, yt crie ouer me: there there. ⁴ But let all those that seke the, be ioyfull & glad in the: and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health, saye alwaye: ye LORDE be praysed. ⁵ As for me, I am poore & in misery, haist the God for to helpe me. Thou art my helpe, my redemer & my God: oh make no longe tarienge. ⁷¹ ¹ In the, o LORDE, is my trust, let me neuer be put to cofucio, but rydde me & delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse: encline thine eare vnto me, & helpe me. ² Be thou my stronge holde (where vnto I maye allwaye fle) thou that hast promised to helpe me: for thou art my house of defence & my castell. ³ Delyuer me (o my God) out of ye hade of the vngodly, out of the hande of the vnrightuous & cruell man. ⁴ For thou (o LORDE God) art the thinge that I loge for, thou art my hope euen fro my youth. ⁵ I haue leaned vpo ye euer sens I was borne, thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe, therfore is my prayse allwaye of the. ⁶ I am become a wonder vnto the multitude, but my sure trust is in the. ⁷ Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse & honoure all the daye loge. ⁸ Cast me not awaye in myne olde age, forsake me not when my strength fayleth me. ⁹ For myne enemies speake agaynst me, & they that laye wayte for my soule, take their councell together, sayenge: God hath forsake him, persecute him, take him, for there is none to helpe him. ¹⁰ Go not farre fro me, o God: my God, haist the to helpe me. ¹¹ Let them be cofounded & perish, that are agaynst my soule: let the be couered with shame & dishonoure, that seke to do me euell. ¹² As for me, I wil pacietly abyde allwaye, & wil euer encrease thy prayse. ¹³ My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse & sauynge health all the daye loge, for I knowe no ende therof. ¹⁴ Let me go in (o LORDE God) & I wil make mencion of thy power and rightuousnesse only. ¹⁵ Thou (o God) hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now, therfore wil I tell of yi wonderous workes. ¹⁶ Forsake me not (o God) in myne olde age, when I am gray headed: vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children, & thy power to all them that are yet for to come. ¹⁷ Thy rightuousnes (o God) is very hie, thou that doest greate thinges: o God, who is like vnto the? ¹⁸ O what greate troubles & aduersite hast thou shewed me? & yet didest thou turne & refresh me, yee & broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne. ¹⁹ Thou hast brought me to greate honoure, & comforted me on euery syde. ²⁰ Therfore wil I prayse the & thy faithfulnesse (o God) playege vpon the lute, vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe. o thou holy one of Israel. ²¹ My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the: ²² & so wolde my soule, whom thou hast delyuered. ²³ My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe, ²⁴ for they are confounded & brought vnto shame, yt sought to do me euel. ⁷² ¹ Geue the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne. ² That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right, and defende thy poore. ³ That the mountaynes maye brynge peace, and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people. ⁴ He shal kepe the symple folke by their right, defende the childre of the poore, and punysh the wrongeous doer. ⁵ Thou shalt be feared as longe as ye Sonne and the Moone endureth, from one generacion to another. ⁶ He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth. ⁷ In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish, yee and abundauce of peace, so longe as the Moone endureth. ⁸ His dominion shalbe from the one see to the other, and from the floude vnto the worldes ende. ⁹ They that dwell in the wildernes, shal knele before him, & his enemies shal licke the dust. ¹⁰ The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes, ye kinges of Araby & Saba shall offre giftes. ¹¹ All kynges shal worshipe him, & all Heithe shal do him seruyce. ¹² For he shal deliuer the poore whe he crieth, & the nedy yt hath no helpe. ¹³ He shall be fauorable to the symple & poore, he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite. ¹⁴ He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion & wronge, & deare shal their bloude be in his sight. ¹⁵ He shal lyue, & vnto him shalbe geue of ye golde of Arabia: Prayer shal be made euer vnto him, & daylie shal he be praysed. ¹⁶ There shalbe an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles, his frute shal shake like Libanus, ¹⁷ & shal be grene in the cite, like grasse vpo the earth. ¹⁸ His name shal endure for euer, his name shal remayne vnder the sonne amonge the posterites, which shalbe blessed thorow him, & all the Heithen shal prayse him. ¹⁹ Blessed be the LORDE God, euen the God of Israel, which only doth woderous thinges. ²⁰ And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer, and all londes be fulfilled with his glory. Amen, Amen. ⁷³ ¹ O how louynge is God vnto Israel, to soch as are of a clene hert? ² Neuerthelesse my fete were allmost gone, my treadinges had wel nye slipte. ³ And why. I was greued at ye wicked, to se the vngodly in soch prosperite. ⁴ For they are in no parell of death, but stonde fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folke, nether are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, & ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrigthuousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ Corrupte are they, and speake blasphemies maliciously, proude and presumptuous are their wordes. ⁹ They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen, & their tonge goeth thorow the worlde. ¹⁰ Therfore fall the people vnto them, and there out sucke they no small auauntage. ¹¹ Tush (saye they) how shulde God perceaue it? is there knowlege in the most hyest? ¹² Lo, these are the vngodly, these prospere in the worlde, these haue riches in possession. ¹³ Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency? ¹⁴ Wherfore shulde I be then punyshed daylie, & be chastened euery mornynge? ¹⁵ Yee I had allmost also sayde euen as they: but lo, then shulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy children. ¹⁶ Then thought I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for me. ¹⁷ Vntill I wete in to ye Sanctuary of God, & considered the ende of these men. ¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set the in a slippery place, that thou maiest cast the downe headlynges & destroye the. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perish, & come to a fearfull ende? ²⁰ Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite. ²¹ Thus my hert was greued, & it wente euen thorow my reynes. ²² So foolish was I and ignoraunt, and as it were a beest before the. ²³ Neuerthelesse, I am allwaye by the, thou holdest me by my right hande. ²⁴ Thou ledest me with thy coucel, and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory. ²⁵ O what is there prepared for me in heauen? there is nothinge vpo earth, that I desyre in comparison of the. ²⁶ My flesh and my herte fayleth, but God is the strength of my hert, and my porcion for euer. ²⁷ For lo, they that forsake the, shal perishe, thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. ²⁸ But it is good for me, to holde me fast by God, to put my trust in the LORDE God, and to speake of all thy workes. ⁷⁴ ¹ O God, wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane awaye? why is yi wrath so hote agaynst ye shepe of yi pasture? ² O thynke vpon thy congregacion, whom thou hast purchased fro the begynnynge: ³ the staff of thine inheritaunce, whom thou hast redemed, euen this hill of Sion wherin thou dwellest. ⁴ Treade vpon them with thy fete, & cast them downe to the grounde, for the enemie hath destroyed alltogether in the Sactuary. ⁵ Thy aduersaries roare in thy houses, & set vp their banners for tokens. ⁶ Men maye se the axes glister aboue, like as those that hewe in the wod. ⁷ They cutt downe all the sylinge worke of ye Sactuary wt bylles & axes. ⁸ They haue set fyre vpon yi Sactuary they haue defiled ye dwellynge place of yi name, eue vnto the groude. ⁹ Yee they saye in their hertes: Let vs spoyle the all together, thus haue they brent vp all the houses of God in the londe. ¹⁰ We se oure tokens nomore, there is not one prophet more, no not one that vnderstondeth enymore. ¹¹ Oh God, how loge shal the aduersary do this dishonoure, how loge shal the enemie blaspheme thy name? foreuer? ¹² Why withdrawest thou thine honde? why pluckest thou not thy right hode out of thy bosome, to consume thine enemies? ¹³ But God is my kynge of olde, the helpe that is done vpon earth he doth it himself. ¹⁴ Thou denydest ye see thorow thy power, thou breakest the heades of the dragos in the waters. ¹⁵ Thou smytest the heades of Leuiathan in peces, & geuest him to be meate for the people in the wildernesse. ¹⁶ Thou dyggest vp welles & brokes, thou dryest vp mightie waters. ¹⁷ The daye is thyne, & the night is thine: thou hast prepared the lightes & the Sonne. ¹⁸ Thou hast set all ye borders of the earth thou hast made both Sommer & wynter. ¹⁹ Remembre this (o LORDE) how the enemie rebuketh, & how the foolish people blaspheme thy name. ²⁰ O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes, & forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer. ²¹ Loke vpon the couenaunt, for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wickednesse. ²² O let not the symple go awaye ashamed, for the poore & nedy geue prayses vnto thy name. ²³ Aryse (o God) & manteyne thine owne cause, remembre how the foolish ma blasphemeth the daylie. Forget not the voyce of thine enemies, for the presumpcion of them that hate the, increaseth euer more & more. ⁷⁵ ¹ Unto the (o God) will we geue thakes, yee vnto the wyll we geue thankes, ² & seynge thy name is so nye, we will tell of thy wonderous workes. ³ When I maye get a conuenient tyme, I shal iudge acordinge vnto right. ⁴ The earth is weake & all that is therin, but I beare vp hir pilers. ⁵ Sela. I sayde vnto the madde people: deale not so madly, & to the vngodly: set not vp youre hornes. ⁶ Set not vp youre hornes an hye, & speake not with a stiff necke. ⁷ For promocio commeth nether from the east ner from the west, ner yet fro the wyldernesse. ⁸ And why? God is the iudge: he putteth downe one & setteth vp another. ⁹ For in the honde of the LORDE there is a cuppe full of stronge wyne, & he poureth out of the same: As for the dregges therof, all ye vngodly of the earth shal drynke them, & sucke them out. ¹⁰ But I wil talke of the God of Iacob, & prayse him for euer. All the hornes of the vngodly will I breake, & ye hornes of the rightuous shalbe exalted. ⁷⁶ ¹ In Iuda is God knowne, his name is greate in Israel. ² At Salem is his tabernacle, & his dwellinge in Sion. ³ There breaketh he the arowes of the bowe, ye shylde, the swerde & the whole battayll. ⁴ Sela. Thou art of more honoure & might the the hilles of robbers. ⁵ The proude shalbe robbed & slepe their slepe, & ye mightie shalbe able to do nothinge with their hodes. ⁶ Whe thou rebukest them (o God of Iacob) both the charettes & horsmen shal fall on slepe. ⁷ Thou art feareful, for who maye abyde in yi sight, when thou art angrie? ⁸ When thou lattest thy iudgment be herde from heauen, the erth trembleth & is still. ⁹ Yee when God aryseth to geue iudgment, & to helpe all them that be in aduersite vpon earth. ¹⁰ Sela. When thou punyshest one man, he must knowlege, that thou art redy to punysh other mo. ¹¹ Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God, se that kepe it, all ye that be roude aboute him: brynge presentes vnto him yt ought to be feared. ¹² Which taketh awaye the breth of prynces, & is wonderfull amoge the kynges of the earth. ⁷⁷ ¹ I cried vnto God with my voyce, yee euen vnto God cried I with my voyce, & he herde me. ² In the tyme of my trouble I sought the LORDE, I helde vp my hondes vnto him in the night season, for my soule refused all other comforte. ³ When I was in heuynesse, I thought vpo God: whe my hert was vexed, then dyd I speake. ⁴ Sela. Thou heldest myne eyes wakynge, I was so feble, that I coude not speake, ⁵ Then remembred I the tymes of olde, & the yeares that were past. ⁶ I called to remembraunce my songe in the night, I commoned with myne owne herte, and sought out my sprete. ⁷ Wil the LORDE cast out for euer? Wil he be nomore intreated? ⁸ Is his mercy cleane gone? Is his promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore? ⁹ Hath the LORDE forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure? ¹⁰ Sela. At the last I came to this poynte, that I thought: O why art thou so foolish? the right honde of the most hyest can chaunge all. ¹¹ Therfore wil I remembre the workes of the LORDE, and call to mynde thy wonders of olde tyme. ¹² I wil speake of all thy workes, and my talkynge shalbe of thy doinges. ¹³ Thy waye (o God) is holy, who is so greate & mightie as God? ¹⁴ Thou art the God, that doth wonders, thou hast declared thy power amonge the people. ¹⁵ Thou with thine arme hast delyuered thy people, euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph. ¹⁶ Sela. The waters sawe ye (o God) ye waters sawe ye, & were afrayed: ye depthes were moued. ¹⁷ The thicke cloudes poured out water, ye cloudes thodered, and thy arowes wente abrode. ¹⁸ Thy thonder was herde rounde aboute, the lighteninges shone vpon the grounde, the earth was moued and shoke withall. ¹⁹ Thy waye was in the see, and thy pathes in the greate waters, yet coude no man knowe thy fotesteppes. ²⁰ Thou leddest thy people like a flocke of shepe, by the honde of Moses and Aaron. ⁷⁸ ¹ Heare my lawe (o my people) encline yor eares vnto ye wordes of my mouth. ² I wil open my mouth in parables, and speake of thinges of olde. ³ Which we haue herde and knowne, and soch as oure fathers haue tolde vs. ⁴ That we shulde not hyde them from the children of the generacions to come: but to shewe the honoure of the LORDE, his might and wonderfull workes that he hath done. ⁵ He made a couenaunt with Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe, which he comaunded oure forefathers to teach their children. ⁶ That their posterite might knowe it, and the children which were yet vnborne. ⁷ To the intent yt when they came vp, they might shewe their children the same. ⁸ That they also might put their trust in God, & not to forget what he had done, but to kepe his comaundementes. ⁹ And not to be as their forefathers, a frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion, a generacion that set not their herte a right, and whose sprete was not true towarde God. ¹⁰ Like as the children of Ephraim, which beynge harnessed and carienge bowes, turned them selues backe in the tyme of battayll. ¹¹ They kepte not the couenaut of God, & wolde not walke in his lawe. ¹² They forgat what he had done, and the wonderfull workes that he had shewed for them. ¹³ Maruelous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the londe of Egipte, euen in the felde of Zoan. ¹⁴ He deuyded the see and let them go thorow it, and made the waters to stonde like a wall. ¹⁵ In the daye tyme he led them with a cloude, and all the night thorow with a light of fyre. ¹⁶ He cloaue the hard rockes in the wildernesse, and gaue them drynke therof, as it had bene out of the greate deapth. ¹⁷ He brought waters out of the stony rocke, so that they gusshed out like the ryuers. ¹⁸ Yet for all this they synned agaynst him, and prouoked the most hyest in the wildernesse. ¹⁹ They tempted God in their hertes, and requyred meate for their lust, ²⁰ For they spake agaynst God and sayde: Yee yee, God shal prepare a table in the wyldernesse, shall he? ²¹ Lo, he smote the stony rocke, that the watery streames gusshed out, and the streames flowed withall: but how can he geue bred and prouyde flesh for his people? ²² When the LORDE herde this, he was wroth: so the fyre was kyndled in Iacob, and heuy displeasure agaynst Israel. ²³ Because they beleued not in God, and put not their trust in his helpe. ²⁴ So he commauded the cloudes aboue, and opened the dores of heauen. ²⁵ He rayned downe Manna vpo them for to eate, and gaue them bred from heauen. ²⁶ Then ate they angels fode, for he sent them meate ynough. ²⁷ He caused the east wynde to blowe vnder the heauen, and thorow his power he brought in the south wynde. ²⁸ He made flesh to rayne vpon them as thicke as dust, and fethered foules like the sonde of ye see. ²⁹ He let it fall amoge their tetes roude aboute their habitacios. ³⁰ So they ate & were fylled, for he gaue them their owne desyre. They were not dispoynted of their lust. ³¹ But whyle ye meate was yet in theyr mouthes: The heuy wrath of God came vpo the, slewe ye welthiest of the, & smote downe ye chosen men of Israel. ³² But for all this they synned yet more, and beleued not his woderous workes. ³³ Therfore their dayes were consumed in vanite, and sodenly their yeares were gone. ³⁴ When he slewe them, they sought him, and turned them early vnto God. ³⁵ They thought then that God was their socoure, and that the hye God was their redemer. ³⁶ Neuerthelesse, they dyd but flater him in their mouthes, and dissembled with him in their tonges. ³⁷ For their herte was not whole with him, nether continued they in his couenaunt. ³⁸ But he was so mercifull, that he forgaue their mysdedes, and destroyed them not: ³⁹ Yee many a tyme turned he his wrath awaye, and wolde not suffre his whole displeasure to aryse. ⁴⁰ For he considered yt they were but flesh: euen a wynde that passeth awaye, and commeth not agayne. ⁴¹ O how oft haue they greued him in the wildernesse? How many a tyme haue they prouoked him in the deserte? ⁴² They turned backe & tempted God, and moued the holy one in Israel. ⁴³ They thought not of his hade, in ye daye when he delyuered them from the hande of ye enemie. ⁴⁴ How he had wrought his miracles in Egipte, and his woders in the londe of Zoan. ⁴⁵ How he turned their waters in to bloude, so that they might not drynke of the ryuers. ⁴⁶ How he sent lyse amonge them, to eate them vp, and frogges to destroye them. ⁴⁷ How he gaue their frutes vnto the catirpiller, and their laboure vnto the greshopper. ⁴⁸ How he bett downe their vynyardes with hayle stones, and their Molbery trees with the frost. ⁴⁹ How he smote their catell with haylestones, and their flockes with hote thoder boltes. ⁵⁰ How he sent vpon them ye furiousnesse of his wrath, anger & displeasure: with trouble and fallinge in of euel angels. ⁵¹ When he made a waye to his fearfull indignacio, and spared not their soules from death, yee and gaue their catell ouer to the pestilence. ⁵² When he smote all the firstborne in Egipte, the most principall and mightiest in ye dwellinges of Ham. ⁵³ But as for his owne people, he led them forth like shepe, and caried them in the wyldernesse like a flocke. ⁵⁴ He brought them out safely, that they shulde not feare, and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the see. ⁵⁵ He caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary: euen in to this hill, which he purchased with his right hande. ⁵⁶ He dyd cast out the Heithen before them, caused their londe to be deuyded amonge them for an heretage, and made ye tribes of Israel to dwell in their tetes. ⁵⁷ For all this they tempted and displeased the most hye God, and kepte not his couenaunt. ⁵⁸ But turned their backes and fell awaye like their forefathers, startinge asyde like a broken bowe. ⁵⁹ And so they greued him with their hie places, & prouoked him with their ymages. ⁶⁰ When God herde this, he was wroth, and toke sore displeasure at Israel. ⁶¹ So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo, euen his habitacion wherin he dwelt amonge men. ⁶² He delyuered their power in to captiuyte, and their glory in to the enemies hode. ⁶³ He gaue his people ouer in to the swerde, for he was wroth with his heretage. ⁶⁴ The fyre consumed their yonge men, and their maydes were not geuen to mariage. ⁶⁵ Their prestes were slayne with the swerde, and there were no wyddowes to make lamentacion. ⁶⁶ So the LORDE awaked as one out of slepe, and like a giaunte refreshed with wyne. ⁶⁷ He smote his enemies in ye hynder partes, and put them to a perpetuall shame. ⁶⁸ He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph, and chose not the trybe of Ephraim. ⁶⁹ Neuerthelesse, he chose ye trybe of Iuda, eue the hill of Sion which he loued. ⁷⁰ And there he buylded his temple on hye, and layed ye foundacion of it like ye grounde, that it might perpetually endure. ⁷¹ He chose Dauid also his seruaut, and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes. ⁷² As he was folowinge the yowes greate with yonge, he toke him, that he might fede Iacob his people, and Israel his enheritaunce. So he fed them with a faithfull and true hert, and ruled them with all ye diligence of his power. ⁷⁹ ¹ O God, ye Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage: thy holy temple haue they defyled, and made Ierusalem an heape of stones. ² The deed bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen vnto ye foules of the ayre to be deuoured, and the flesh of thy sayntes vnto ye beestes of the londe. ³ Their bloude haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem, and there was no ma to burie them. ⁴ We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies, a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. ⁵ LORDE, how longe wilt thou be angrie? shal thy gelousy burne like fyre for euer? ⁶ Poure out thy indignacion vpon the Heithen that knowe the not, and vpon the kyngdomes that call not vpon thy name. ⁷ For they haue deuoured Iacob, and layed waiste his dwellinge place. ⁸ O remebre not oure olde synnes, but haue mercy vpon vs (& that soone) for we are come to greate mysery. ⁹ Helpe vs (O God or Sauyor) for ye glory of yi name: o delyuer vs, & forgeue vs or synnes for yi names sake. ¹⁰ Wherfore shall ye Heithe saye: where is now their God? ¹¹ O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed, be openly shewed vpon the Heithe in oure sight. ¹² O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the, and acordinge vnto ye power of thine arme, preserue those yt are appoynted to dye. ¹³ And for the blasphemy wher wt or neghbours haue blasphemed ye, rewarde the (o LORDE) seuefolde in to their bosome. So we yt be yi people & shepe of thy pasture, shal geue the thankes for euer, & wil allwaye be shewinge forth thy prayse more & more. ⁸⁰ ¹ Heare o thou shepherde of Israel, thou yt ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe: shewe yi self, thou yt syttest vpo ye Cherubins. ² Before Ephraim, Be Iamin & Manasses: stere vp thy power & come helpe vs. ³ Turne vs agayne (o God) shewe the light of thy countenauce & we shalbe whole. ⁴ O LORDE God of hoostes, how loge wilt thou be angrie ouer the prayer of thy people? ⁵ Thou hast fed the with the bred of teares, yee thou hast geuen the pleteousnes of teares to drynke. ⁶ Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto or neghbours, & or enemies laugh vs to scorne. ⁷ Turne vs agayne (thou God of hoostes) shewe the light of thy coutenauce, & we shalbe whole. ⁸ Thou hast brought a vynyarde out of Egipte, thou didest cast out ye Heithe, & plate it. ⁹ Thou maydest rowme for it, & caused it to take rote, so yt it fylled the lode. ¹⁰ The hilles were couered with the shadowe of it, & so were the stronge Cedretrees wt the bowes therof. ¹¹ She stretched out hir brauches vnto the see, & hir bowes vnto the water: ¹² Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge, that all they which go by, plucke of hir grapes? ¹³ The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt it vp, & the beestes of the felde haue deuoured it. ¹⁴ Turne ye agayne (thou God of hoostes) loke downe from heauen, beholde & viset this vynyarde. ¹⁵ Manteyne it, that thy right hode hath plated, & the sonne whom thou maydest so moch of for thy self. ¹⁶ For why? it is bret with fyre, & lyeth waist: o let the perishe at the rebuke of thy wrath. ¹⁷ Let thy honde be vpon the man of thy right honde, & vpon the man who thou maydest so moch off for thine owne self. ¹⁸ And so wil not we go backe from the: oh let vs lyue, & we shal call vpon thy name. ¹⁹ Turne vs agayne o LORDE God of hoostes, shewe the light of thy coutenauce, & we shal be whole. ⁸¹ ¹ Synge merely vnto God which is or stregth make a chearful noyse vnto ye God of Iacob. ² Take ye psalme, brynge hither the tabret, the mery harpe & lute. ³ Blowe vp the tropettes in the new Moone, vpon or solepne feast daye. ⁴ For this is the vse in Israel, & a lawe of the God of Iacob. ⁵ This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony, when he came out of Egipte, & had herde a strauge laguage. ⁶ When he eased his shulder from the burthe, & when his hondes were delyuered fro the pottes. ⁷ Whe thou calldest vpon me in trouble, I helped the & herde the, what tyme as the storme fell vpo the, ⁸ I proued the also at the water of strife. ⁹ Sela. Heare o my people, for I assure the o Israel, yf thou wilt herken vnto me: ¹⁰ There shal no straunge God be in the, nether shalt thou worshipe eny other God. ¹¹ I am the LORDE thy God, which brought the out of the lode of Egipte: ope thy mouth wyde, & I shal fyll it. ¹² But my people wolde not heare my voyce, & Israel wolde not obeye me. ¹³ So I gaue the vp vnto their owne hertes lust, & let the folowe their owne ymaginacions. ¹⁴ Oy my people wolde obeye me, for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes. ¹⁵ I shulde soone put downe their enemies, & turne myne hode agaynst their aduersaries. ¹⁶ The haters of ye LORDE shulde mysse Israel, but their tyme shulde endure for euer. He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure, & satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke. ⁸² ¹ God stondeth in the congregacion of the goddes, & is a iudge amonge the iudges. ² How longe wil ye geue wroge iudgment, & accepte the personnes of the vngodly? ³ Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right. ⁴ Delyuer the outcaste & poore, & saue hym from the hande of the vngodly. ⁵ Neuertheles, they wil not be lerned & vnderstonde, but walke on still in darcknesse: therfore must all the foundacions of the londe be moued. ⁶ I haue sayde: ye are goddes, ye all are the childre of ye most hyest. ⁷ But ye shal dye like men, & fall like one of the tyrauntes. ⁸ Aryse (o God) & iudge thou the earth, for all Heithen are thine by enheritaunce. ⁸³ ¹ Holde not thy tonge (o God) kepe not still sylece,, refrayne not yi self, o God. ² For lo, thy enemies make a murmuringe, & they yt hate the, lift vp their heade. ³ They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people, & take councell agaynst thy secrete ones. ⁴ Come (saye they) let vs rote them out from amonge the people, that the name of Israel maye be put out of remebraunce. ⁵ For they haue cast their heades together with one consent, & are cofederate agaynst the. ⁶ The tabernacles of the Edomites & Ismaelites, the Moabites & Hagarenes. ⁷ Gebal, Ammon and Amalech: the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre. ⁸ Assur also is ioyned vnto the & helpe the children of Loth. ⁹ Sela. But do thou to them as vnto the Madianites, vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by ye broke of Cyson. ¹⁰ Which perished at Endor, & became as the doge of ye earth. ¹¹ Make their prynces like Oreb and Zeeb: Yee make all their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana. ¹² Which saye: we wil haue the houses of God in possession? ¹³ O my God, make them like vnto a whele, and as the stuble before the wynde. ¹⁴ Like as a fyre that burneth vp the wodd, & as the flame that consumeth the mountaynes. ¹⁵ Persecute them euen so with thy tempest, & make them afrayed with thy storme. ¹⁶ Make their faces ashamed (o LORDE) yt they maye seke thy name. ¹⁷ Let the be cofounded & vexed euer more & more: Let the be put to shame & perish. ¹⁸ That they maye knowe, that thou art alone, that thy name is the LORDE, and that thou only art the most hyest ouer all the earth. ⁸⁴ ¹ O how amiable are yi dwelliges, thou LORDE of hoostes? ² My soule hath a desyre & loginge for ye courte of ye LORDE, my hert & my flesh reioyse in ye lyuynge God. ³ For the sparow hath founde hir an house, & the swalowe a nest, where she maye laye hir yoge: eue yi aulters O LORDE of hoostes, my kynge & my God. ⁴ O how blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they are allwaye praysinge ye. ⁵ Blessed are ye men whose stregth is in ye, in whose herte are yt wayes. ⁶ Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery, vse it for a well, and the poles are fylled with water. ⁷ They go from strength to strength and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto the in Sion. ⁸ O LORDE God of hoostes, heare my prayer: herken o God of Iacob. ⁹ Beholde o God oure defence, loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted. ¹⁰ For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande: ¹¹ I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly. ¹² For the LORDE God is a light and defence, the LORDE wil geue grace & worshipe, and no good thinge shal he witholde from them, that lyue a godly life. O LORDE God of hoostes, blessed is the man, yt putteth his trust in the. ⁸⁵ ¹ Lorde, thou barest a loue vnto thy londe, thou didest bringe agayne the captiuyte of Iacob. ² Thou diddest forgeue the offence of thy people, and couerdest all their synnes. ³ Sela. Thou tokest awaye all thy displeasure, & turnedest thy self from thy wrothful indignacion. ⁴ Turne vs then (o God or Sauioure) & let thine anger ceasse from vs. ⁵ Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer? wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to another? ⁶ Wilt thou not turne agayne, & quycken vs, that thy people maye reioyse in the? ⁷ Shew us thy mercy, O Lord : and grant vs thy salvation. ⁸ I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie, for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes, that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes. ⁹ For his saluacion is nye them that feare him, so that glory shal dwell in oure londe. ¹⁰ Mercy and trueth are met together, rightuousnesse and peace kysse ech other. ¹¹ Trueth shal ryse out of ye earth, and rightuousnesse shall loke downe from heauen. ¹² And why? the LORDE shal shewe louinge kyndnesse, and oure londe shal geue hir encrease. ¹³ Rightuousnesse shal go before him, and prepare the waye for his commynge. ⁸⁶ ¹ Bowe downe thine eare (o LORDE) and heare me, for I am cofortles and poore. ² O kepe my soule, for I am holy: my God, helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. ³ Be mercifull vnto me (o LORDE) for I call daylie vpon the. ⁴ Coforte the soule of thy seruaunt, for vnto the (o LORDE) do I lift vp my soule. ⁵ For thou LORDE art good and gracious, & of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. ⁶ Geue eare LORDE vnto my prayer, and pondre my humble desyre. ⁷ In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the, for thou hearest me. ⁸ Amonge the goddes there is none like the o LORDE, there is not one that ca do as thou doest. ⁹ All nacions whom thou hast made, shall come and worshipe before the o LORDE, and shal glorifie thy name. ¹⁰ For thou art greate, thou doest wonderous thinges, thou art God alone. ¹¹ Lede me in thy waye (o LORDE) that I maye walke in thy trueth: O let my hert delyte in fearynge thy name. ¹² I thanke the o LORDE my God, & wil prayse thy name for euer. ¹³ For greate is thy mercy towarde me, thou hast delyuered my soule from ye nethermost hell. ¹⁴ O God, the proude are rysen agaynst me, and the cogregacion of ye mightie seketh after my soule, & set not ye before their eyes. ¹⁵ But thou (o LORDE God) art full of compassion and mercy, longesuffrynge, greate in goodnesse & trueth. ¹⁶ O turne the then vnto me, haue mercy vpo me: geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt, & helpe the sonne of thy handmayde. ¹⁷ Shewe some toke vpon me for good, that they which hate me, maye se it and be ashamed: because thou LORDE hast helped me, & comforted me. ⁸⁷ ¹ Hir foundacions are vpo the holy hilles: the LORDE loueth the gates of Sion more, the all ye dwelliges of Iacob. ² Very excellet thiges are spoke of ye, thou cite of God. ³ Sela. I wil thinke vpo Rahab & Babilo, so that they shal knowe me: ⁴ Yee the Philistynes also & they of Tyre with the Morians. Lo, there was he borne. ⁵ And of Sion it shalbe reported, that he was borne in her, euen the most hyest which hath buylded her. ⁶ The LORDE shal cause it be preached & written amonge the people, that he was borne there. ⁷ Sela. Therfore the dwellinge of all syngers & daunsers is in the. ⁸⁸ ¹ O Lorde God my Sauyor, I crie daye & night before the: Oh let my prayer entre in to thy presence, encline thine eare vnto my callynge. ² For my soule is full of trouble, & my life draweth nye vnto hell. ³ I am couted as one of the that go downe vnto the pytte, I am eue as a ma that hath no stregth. ⁴ Fre amoge the deed, like vnto the yt lye in the graue, which be out of remembrauce, and are cutt awaye from thy honde. ⁵ Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytte, in ye darcknesse and in the depe. ⁶ Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me, and thou vexest me with all thy floudes. ⁷ Sela. Thou hast put awaye myne acquataunce farre fro me, & made me to be abhorred of them: ⁸ I am so fast in preson, that I can not get forth. ⁹ My sight fayleth for very trouble: LORDE, I call daylie vpo the, and stretch out my hondes vnto the. ¹⁰ Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deed? Can the physicias rayse them vp agayne, that they maye prayse the? ¹¹ Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue, or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion? ¹² Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke, or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotte? ¹³ Vnto the I crie (o LORDE) and early cometh my prayer before the. ¹⁴ LORDE, why puttest thou awaye my soule? Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me? ¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow and misery, with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens. ¹⁶ Thy wroth full displeasure goeth ouer me, the feare of the oppresseth me. ¹⁷ They come rounde aboute me daylie like water, and compase me together on euery syde. ¹⁸ My louers and fredes hast thou put awaye fro me, and turned awaye myne acquantaunce. ⁸⁹ ¹ My songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE, wt my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse fro one generacion to another. ² For I haue sayde: mercy shal be set vp for euer, thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens. ³ I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen, I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt. ⁴ Thy sede wil I stablish for euer, and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another. ⁵ Sela. O LORDE, the very heaues shal prayse thy wonderous workes, yee & thy faithfulnes in ye congregacion of the sayntes. ⁶ For who is he amonge the cloudes, that maye be copared vnto the LORDE? ⁷ Yee what is he amonge the goddes, that is like vnto the LORDE? ⁸ God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes, & to be had in reuerence of all the that are aboute him. ⁹ O LORDE God of hoostes, who is like vnto the in power? thy trueth is rounde aboute the. ¹⁰ Thou rulest the pryde of the see, thou stillest the wawes therof, whe they arise. ¹¹ Thou breakest the proude, like one that is wounded, thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme. ¹² The heaues are thine, the earth is thine: thou hast layed the foundacio of the roude worlde and all that therin is. ¹³ Thou hast made the north and the south, Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name. ¹⁴ Thou hast a mightie arme, stronge is thy hande, and hye is thy right hande. ¹⁵ Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate, mercy and trueth go before thy face. ¹⁶ Blessed is the people (o LORDE) that can reioyse in the, and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce. ¹⁷ Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe, and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shalbe exalted. ¹⁸ For thou art the glory of their strength, & thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes. ¹⁹ The LORDE is oure defence, and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge. ²⁰ Thou spakest somtyme in visios vnto thy sayntes, and saydest: I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie, I haue exalted one chosen out of the people. ²¹ I haue founde Dauid my seruaut, with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him. ²² My honde shal holde him fast, and my arme shal strength him. ²³ The enemie shal not ouercome him, and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him. ²⁴ I shal smyte downe his foes before his face, and plage them that hate him. ²⁵ My trueth also & my mercy shalbe with him, and in my name shal his horne be exalted. ²⁶ I wil set his honde in the see, and his right honde in the floudes. ²⁷ He shal call me: thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my saluacion. ²⁸ And I wil make him my firstborne, hyer then the kinges of the earth. ²⁹ My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore, and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him. ³⁰ His sede wil I make to endure for euer, yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen. ³¹ But yf his childre forsake my lawe, and walke not in my iudgmentes. ³² Yf they breake myne ordinaunces, and kepe not my commaundementes. ³³ I wil vyset their offences with the rodde, and their synnes with scourges. ³⁴ Neuerthelesse, my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him, ner fuffre my trueth to fayle. ³⁵ My couenaunt wil I not breake, ner disanulle the thinge yt is gone out of my lippes. ³⁶ I haue sworne once by my holynesse, that I wil not fayle Dauid. ³⁷ His sede shal endure for euer, and his seate also like as the Sonne before me. ³⁸ He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone, and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen. ³⁹ Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted, and art displeased at him. ⁴⁰ Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt, and cast his crowne to the grounde. ⁴¹ Thou hast ouerthrowne all his hedges, and broke downe his stronge holdes. ⁴² Al they that go by, spoyle him, he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours. ⁴³ Thou settest vp the right hade of his enemies, and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse. ⁴⁴ Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde, and geuest him not victory in the battayll. ⁴⁵ Thou hast put out his glory, and cast his Trone downe to the grounde. ⁴⁶ The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened, and couered him with dishonoure. ⁴⁷ Sela. LORDE, how longe wilt thou hyde thy self? For euer? shal thy wrath burne like fyre? ⁴⁸ O remembre how shorte my tyme is, hast thou made all men for naught? ⁴⁹ What man is he that lyueth, and shal not se death? Maye a ma delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell? ⁵⁰ Sela. LORDE, where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses, which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth? ⁵¹ Remebre LORDE the rebuke that ye multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes, & how I haue borne it in my bosome. ⁵² Wher wt thine enemies blasphemethe, & slauder ye fotesteppes of yi anoynted. Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore: Amen, Amen. ⁹⁰ ¹ Lorde, thou art oure refuge from one generacion to another. ² Before the mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde withoute ende. ³ Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men. ⁴ For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past, and like as it were a night watch. ⁵ As soone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse. ⁶ In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp, but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered. ⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion. ⁸ Thou settest oure mi?dedes before the, and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrie, all or dayes are gone, we brynge or yeares to an ende, as it were a tayle that is tolde. ¹⁰ The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten: & though men be so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, & we are gone. ¹¹ But who regardeth the power of thy wrath, thy fearfull & terrible displeasure? ¹² O teach vs to nombre oure dayes, that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wy?dome. ¹³ Turne the agayne (o LORDE) at the last, and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes. ¹⁴ O satisfie vs with thy mercy, and that soone: so shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure life. ¹⁵ Comforte vs agayne, now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs, and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite. ¹⁶ Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke, & their children thy glory. ¹⁷ And the glorious maiesty of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs: O prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon vs, o prospere thou oure hondy worke. ⁹¹ ¹ Who so dwelleth vnder ye defence of the most hyest, & abydeth vnder ye shadowe of ye allmightie: ² He shal saye vnto ye LORDE: o my hope, & my stronge holde, my God, in who I wil trust. ³ For he shal deliuer the fro the snare of the hunter, & fro the noysome pestilence. ⁴ He shal couer the vnder his wynges, that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers: his faithfulnesse and trueth shal be thy shylde and buckler. ⁵ So yt thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night, ner for arowe that flyeth by daye. ⁶ For the pestilece that crepeth in ye darcknesse, ner for the sicknesse yt destroyeth in the noone daye. ⁷ A thousande shal fall besyde the, and ten thousande at thy right honde, but it shal not come nye the. ⁸ Yee with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde, and se the rewarde of the vngodly. ⁹ For thou LORDE art my hope, thou hast set thy house of defence very hye. ¹⁰ There shal no euell happen vnto the, nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge. ¹¹ For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the, to kepe the in all thy wayes. ¹² They shal beare the in their hondes, that thou hurte not thy fote agaynst a stone. ¹³ Thou shalt go vpo the Lyon and Adder, the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy fete. ¹⁴ Because he hath set his loue vpon me, I shal delyuer him: I shal defende him, for he hath knowne my name. ¹⁵ When he calleth vpon me, I shall heare him: yee I am with him in his trouble, wherout I wil delyuer him, and brynge him to honoure. ¹⁶ With loge life wil I satisfie him, & shewe him my saluacion. ⁹² ¹ It is a good thinge to geue thankes vnto the LORDE, and to synge prayses vnto yi name, o most hyest. ² To tell of thy louynge kyndnesse early in the mornynge, and of thy trueth in the night season. ³ Vpon an instrumet of ten strynges, vpon the lute and with a songe vpon the harpe. ⁴ For thou LORDE hast made me glad thorow thy workes, and I wil reioyse ouer the operacion of thy hondes. ⁵ O LORDE, how glorious are thy workes, thy thoughtes are very depe. ⁶ An vnwyse man wil not knowe this, & a foole wil not vnderstode it. ⁷ That the vngodly are grene as the grasse, and that all the workes of wickednes do florish, to be destroyed for euer. ⁸ But thou LORDE o most hyest, abydest worlde without ende. ⁹ For lo, thy enemies (o LORDE) lo, thy enemies shal perishe, and all the workers of wickednes shalbe scatred abrode. ¹⁰ But my horne shalbe exalted like the horne of an Vnicorne, & shal be anoynted with fresh oyle. ¹¹ Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne enemies, ¹² & myne eare shall heare his desyre of the wicked yt ryse vp agaynst me. ¹³ The rightuous shal florish like a palme tre, and growe like a Cedre of Libanus. ¹⁴ Soch as be planted in the house of the LORDE,be frutefull, plenteous & grene. ¹⁵ That they maye shewe, how true the LORDE my stregth is, and that there is no vnrightuousnesse in him. ⁹³ ¹ The LORDE is kynge, and hath put on glorious apparell, the LORDE hath put on his apparell, & gyrded himself with stregth: ² he hath made the rounde worlde so sure, that it can not be moued. ³ From that tyme forth hath yi seate bene prepared, thou art from euerlastinge. ⁴ The floudes aryse (o LORDE) the floudes lift vp their noyse, ye floudes lift vp their wawes. ⁵ The wawes of the see are mightie, & rage horribly: but yet the LORDE that dwelleth on hye, is mightier. Thy testimonies (o LORDE) are very sure, holynesse becommeth thyne house for euer. ⁹⁴ ¹ O Lorde God, to whom vengeaunce belogeth: thou God to whom vengeaunce belongeth, shewe thy self. ² Arise thou iudge of the worlde, & rewarde the proude after their deseruynge. ³ LORDE, how longe shal the vngodly, how longe shal the vngodly tryumphe? ⁴ How longe shal all wicked doers speake so di?daynedly, and make soch proude boastynge? ⁵ They smyte downe thy people (o LORDE) and trouble thine heretage. ⁶ They murthur the widdowe and the straunger, and put the fatherlesse to death. ⁷ And yet they saie: Tush, the LORDE seyth not, the God of Iacob regardeth it not. ⁸ Take hede, ye vnwise amonge the people: o ye fooles, when wil ye vnderstonde? ⁹ He that planted the eare, shal he not heare? he that made the eye, shal not he se? ¹⁰ He that nurtureth the Heithen, and teacheth a man knowlege, shal not he punysh? ¹¹ The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of men, that they are but vayne. ¹² Blessed is the ma, whom thou lernest (o LORDE) and teachest him in thy lawe. ¹³ That thou mayest geue him pacience in tyme of aduersite, vntill the pytte be dygged vp for the vngodly. ¹⁴ For the LORDE wil not fayle his people, nether wil he forsake his inheritaunce. ¹⁵ And why? iudgment shalbe turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse, and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it. ¹⁶ Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked? who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers? ¹⁷ Yf the LORDE had not helped me, my soule had allmost bene put to sylence. ¹⁸ When I sayde: my fote hath slipped, thy mercy (o LORDE) helde me vp. ¹⁹ In ye multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte, thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule. ²⁰ Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse, which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe? ²¹ They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous, & condemne the innocent bloude. ²² But the LORDE is my refuge, my God is the stregth of my confidece. ²³ He shal recompence the their wickednesse, and destroye them in their owne malice: yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them. ⁹⁵ ¹ O come, let vs prayse the LORDE, let vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacion. ² Let vs come before his presence with thakesgeuynge, & shewe oure self glad in him wt psalmes. ³ For the LORDE is a greate God, and a greate kynge aboue all goddes. ⁴ In his honde are all ye corners of the earth, and the strength of the hilles is his also. ⁵ The see is his, for he made it, and his hondes prepared the drie lode. ⁶ O come, let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues: Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker. ⁷ For he is oure God: as for vs, we are the people of his pasture, and the shepe of his hodes. ⁸ Todaye yf ye wil heare his voyce, harde not youre hertes, as whe ye prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes. ⁹ Where yor fathers tepted me, proued me, and sawe my workes. ¹⁰ XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion, & sayde: they euer erre in their hertes, they verely haue not knowne my wayes. ¹¹ Therfore I sware vnto the in my wrath, that they shulde not enter in to my rest. ⁹⁶ ¹ O synge vnto the LORDE a new songe, synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth. ² Synge vnto ye LORDE, & prayse his name, be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye. ³ Declare his honoure amonge the Heithe, and his wonders amonge all people. ⁴ For ye LORDE is greate, and can not worthely be praysed: he is more to be feared then all goddes. ⁵ As for all ye goddes of the Heithe, they be but Idols, but it is the LORDE that made the heaues. ⁶ Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him, power and honoure are in his Sanctuary. ⁷ Ascrybe vnto the LORDE (o ye kinredes of the Heithen) ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength. ⁸ Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name, brynge presentes, and come in to his courte. ⁹ O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse, let the whole earth stonde in awe of him. ¹⁰ Tell it out amonge the Heithe, that the LORDE is kynge: and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast, that it cannot be moued, and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously. ¹¹ Let the heaues reioyse, and let the earth be glad: let the see make a noyse, yee & all that therin is. ¹² Let the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it, let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye. ¹³ Before the LORDE, for he commeth: for he cometh to iudge the earth: yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde, and ye people with his trueth. ⁹⁷ ¹ The LORDE is kynge, the earth maye be glad therof: yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof. ² Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him, rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate. ³ There goeth a fyre before him, to burne vp his enemies on euery syde. ⁴ His lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde, the earth seyth it & is afraied. ⁵ The hilles melt like wax at the presence of ye LORDE, at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earth. ⁶ The very heauens declare his rightuousnes, & all people se his glory. ⁷ Cofounded be all they that worshipe ymages, and delite in their Idols: worshipe him all ye goddes. ⁸ Sion heareh of it and reioyseth: yee all ye doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy iudgmentes, o LORDE. ⁹ For thou LORDE art the most hyest ouer all the earth, thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes. ¹⁰ O ye that loue the LORDE, se that ye hate the thinge which is euell: the LORDE preserueth the soules of his sayntes, he shal delyuer the from the honde of the vngodly. ¹¹ There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous, and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted. ¹² Reioyse therfore in the LORDE, ye rightuous: and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse. ⁹⁸ ¹ O synge vnto the LORDE a new songe, for he hath done maruelous thinges. ² With his owne right honde and with his holy arme hath he gotten the victory. ³ The LORDE hath declared his sauynge health, and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the Heithe. ⁴ He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel: so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God. ⁵ Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes, synge, reioyse and geue thankes. ⁶ Prayse the LORDE vpon the harpe, synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge. ⁷ With trompettes also & shawmes: O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the LORDE the kynge. ⁸ Let the see make a noyse and all yt therin is, yee the whole worlde & all that dwell therin. ⁹ Let the floudes clappe their hondes, and let all the hilles be ioyfull together. Before the LORDE, for he is come to iudge the earth. Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde, and the people with equite. ⁹⁹ ¹ The LORDE is kynge, be the people neuer so vnpacient: he sytteth vpon the Cherubins, be the earth neuer so vnquiete. ² The LORDE is greate in Sion, & hye aboue all people. ³ O let men geue thakes vnto thy greate & wonderful name, for it is holy. ⁴ The kynges power loueth iudgment, thou preparest equite, thou executest iudgmet & rightuousnes in Iacob. ⁵ O magnifie the LORDE or God, fall downe before his fote stole, for he his holy. ⁶ Moses & Aaron amonge his prestes, & Samuel amonge soch as call vpo his name: these called vpon the LORDE, & he herde the. ⁷ He spake vnto the out of the cloudy piler, for they kepte his testimonies, & the lawe that he gaue them. ⁸ Thou herdest the (o LORDE or God) thou forgauest the o God, & punyshedst their owne invencions. ⁹ O magnifie the LORDE oure God, and worshipe him vpo his holy hill, for the LORDE oure God is holy. ¹⁰⁰ ¹ O be ioyfull in God (all ye lodes) serue the LORDE wt gladnes, come before his presence wt ioye. ² Be ye sure, yt the LORDE he is God: ³ It is he yt hath made vs, & not we oure selues: we are but his people, & the shepe of his pasture. ⁴ go youre waye in to his gates the with thankesgeuynge, & in to his courtes wt prayse: be thakfull vnto him, & speake good of his name. ⁵ For the LORDE is gracious, his mercy is euerlastinge, and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion. ¹⁰¹ ¹ My songe shalbe of mercy and iudgment, yee vnto the (o LORDE) wil I synge. ² O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse, vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me: & so shal I walke in my house wt an innocent herte. ³ I wil take no wicked thinge in honde, I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse, it shal not cleue vnto me. ⁴ A frowarde herte shal departe fro me, I wil not knowe a wicked personne. ⁵ Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, him wil I destroye: Who so hath a proude loke & an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye with him. ⁶ Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe, yt they maye dwell with me: and who so ledeth a godly life, shalbe my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house, he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight. ⁸ I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe, that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE. ¹⁰² ¹ Heare my prayer (o LORDE) and let my criege come vnto the. ² Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble: enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call, O heare me, and that right soone. ³ For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke, & my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande. ⁴ My hert is smytte downe and wythered like grasse, so that I forget to eate my bred. ⁵ For the voyce of my gronynge, my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh. ⁶ I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes, and like an Oule in a broken wall. ⁷ I wake, and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe. ⁸ Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe, they laugh me to scorne, and are sworne together against me. ⁹ I eate ashes with my bred, and mengle my drynke with wepynge. ¹⁰ And that because of ye indignacion and wrath, for thou hast taken me vp, and cast me awaye. ¹¹ My dayes are gone like a shadowe, and I am wythered like grasse. ¹² But thou (o LORDE) endurest for euer, and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions. ¹³ Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion, for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her, yee the tyme is come. ¹⁴ And why? thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones, & it pitieth them to se her in the dust. ¹⁵ The Heithen shal feare thy name (o LORDE) and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty. ¹⁶ For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion, and shal apeare in his glory. ¹⁷ He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute, and despyseth not their desyre. ¹⁸ This shalbe written for those yt come after, that the people which shalbe borne, maye prayse the LORDE. ¹⁹ For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary, out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth. ²⁰ That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captiuyte, and delyuer the children of death. ²¹ That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion, and his worshipe at Ierusalem. ²² When the people are gathered together, and the kyngdomes also to serue ye LORDE. ²³ He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney, and shortened my dayes. ²⁴ Yet wil I saye: O my God, take me not awaye in ye myddest of myne age: as for thy yeares, they endure thorow out all generacions. ²⁵ Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed ye foundacion of the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes. ²⁶ They shal perishe, but thou shalt endure: they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment, ²⁷ & as a vesture shalt thou chaunge the, and they shalbe chaunged. But thou art the same, and thy yeares shal not fayle. ²⁸ The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue, & their sede shal prospere in yi sight. ¹⁰³ ¹ Prayse the LORDE (o my soule) & all that is within me prayse his holy name. ² Prayse the LORDE o my soule, & forget not all his benefites. ³ Which forgeueth all thy synnes, and healeth all thy infirmities. ⁴ Which saueth thy life from destruccion, and crowneth the with mercy & louynge kyndnesse. ⁵ Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges, makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle. ⁶ The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment, for all them yt suffre wronge. ⁷ He shewed his wayes vnto Moses, and his workes vnto the children of Israel. ⁸ The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy, longe sufferinge, and of greate goodnesse. ⁹ He wil not allwaye be chydinge, nether wil he kepe his anger for euer. ¹⁰ He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes, ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses. ¹¹ For loke how hye the heaue is in comparison of the earth, so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him. ¹² Loke how wyde the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. ¹³ Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children, euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto the that feare him. ¹⁴ For he knoweth wherof we be made, he remembreth that we are but dust. ¹⁵ That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse, & florisheth as a floure of the felde. ¹⁶ For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it gone, and the place therof knoweth it nomore. ¹⁷ But the mercifull goodnesse of ye LORDE endureth for euer and euer, vpon them yt feare him, and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children. ¹⁸ Soch as kepe his couenaunt, and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them. ¹⁹ The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heaue, and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all. ²⁰ O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his, ye that be mightie instregth, fulfillinge his commaundement, that me maye heare the voyce of his wordes. ²¹ O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes, ye seruauntes of his, that do his pleasure. ²² O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his, in euery place of his dominion: prayse thou the LORDE, o my soule. ¹⁰⁴ ¹ Prayse the LORDE o my soule: O LORDE my God, thou art become exceadinge glorious, thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure. ² Thou deckest thy self with light, as it were wt a garment, thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne. ³ Thou voltest it aboue with waters, thou makest the cloudes thy charet, and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde. ⁴ Thou makest thine angels spretes, and thy ministers flammes of fyre. ⁵ Thou hast layed ye earth vpon hir foundacion, that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. ⁶ Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmet, so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles. ⁷ But at thy rebuke they fle, at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed. ⁸ Then are the hilles sene alofte, & the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for the. ⁹ Thou hast set them their boundes, which they maie not passe, that they turne not agayne to couer ye earth. ¹⁰ Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys, and the waters runne amonge ye hilles. ¹¹ That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke, & that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste. ¹² Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion, and synge amonge the braunches. ¹³ Thou watrest the hylles from aboue, the erth is fylled with ye frutes of thy workes. ¹⁴ Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell, and grene herbe for the seruyce of men. ¹⁵ Thou bryngest fode out of the earth: wyne to make glad ye herte of ma, oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce, & bred to strength mans herte. ¹⁶ The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe, euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted. ¹⁷ There make the byrdes their nestes, and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke. ¹⁸ The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates, and so are the stony rockes for ye conyes. ¹⁹ Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons, the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe. ²⁰ Thou makest darcknesse, that it maye be night, wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue. ²¹ Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye, and seke their meate at God. ²² But when the Sonne ariseth, they get them awaye together, and lye them downe in their dennes. ²³ Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to till his londe vntill the euenynge. ²⁴ O LORDE, how manifolde are thy workes, right wysely hast thou made the all: yee the earth is full of thy riches. ²⁵ So is this greate and wyde see also, wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable, both small and greate beastes. ²⁶ There go the shippes ouer, and there is that Leuiathan, whom thou hast made, to take his pastyme therin. ²⁷ They wayte all vpo the, that thou mayest geue them meate in due season. ²⁸ Whe thou geuest it them, they gather it: whe thou openest thine honde, they are fylled with good. ²⁹ But when thou hydest thy face, they are soroufull: yf thou takest awaye their breth, they dye, & are turned agayne to their dust. ³⁰ Agayne, when thou lattest thy breth go forth, they are made, and so thou renuest the face of the earth. ³¹ The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer, and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes. ³² The earth trebleth at the loke of him, he doth but touch ye hilles and they smoke. ³³ I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue, I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge. ³⁴ O that my wordes might please him, for my ioye is in the LORDE. ³⁵ As for synners, they shalbe cosumed out of the earth, and the vngodly shal come to an ende: but prayse thou the LORDE, o my soule. Halleluya. ¹⁰⁵ ¹ O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, and call vpon his name: tell the people what thinges he hath done. ² O let youre songes be of him: prayse him, and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes. ³ Geue his holy name a good reporte, let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE. ⁴ Seke the LORDE, and his strength, seke his face euermore. ⁵ Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done, his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth. ⁶ O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob his chosen. ⁷ He is the LORDE oure God, whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde. ⁸ He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt, and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions. ⁹ Yee the couenaunt that he made wt Abraham, and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac. ¹⁰ And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament. ¹¹ Sayenge: vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan, the lott of youre heretage. ¹² When there was yet but a fewe of them, and they straungers therin. ¹³ What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another, from one kyngdome to another. ¹⁴ He suffred no man to hurte them, but reproued euen kynges for their sakes. ¹⁵ Touch not myne anoynted, do my prophetes no harme. ¹⁶ Morouer he called for a derth vpon the lode, and destroyed all the prouysion of bred. ¹⁷ But he had sent a man before them, euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt. ¹⁸ They hurte his fete in the stockes, the yron pearsed his herte. ¹⁹ Vntill the tyme that his worde came, and till the worde of ye LORDE had tried him. ²⁰ Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered, the prynce of the people bad let him go. ²¹ He made him lorde of his house, & ruler of all his substaunce. ²² That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil, and teach his Senatours wysdome. ²³ Israel also came in to Egipte, and Iacob was a straunger in the lode of Ham. ²⁴ But he increased his people exceadingly, and made them stronger then their enemies. ²⁵ Whose hert turned, so that they hated his people, and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes. ²⁶ Then sent he Moses his seruaunt, and Aaron whom he had chosen. ²⁷ These dyd his tokens amoge them, and wonders in the londe of Ham. ²⁸ He sent darcknesse and it was darcke, for they were not obedient vnto his worde. ²⁹ He turned their waters in to bloude, and slewe their fishe. ³⁰ Their londe brought forth frogges, yee euen in their kynges chambers. ³¹ He spake the worde, & their came all maner of flies & lise in all their quarters. ³² He gaue them hale stones for rayne, and flammes of fyre in their lode. ³³ He smote their vynyardes & fige trees, and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes. ³⁴ He spake ye worde, and their came greshoppers & catirpillers innumerable. ³⁵ These ate vp all the grasse in their lode, and deuoured the frutes of their groude. ³⁶ He smote all ye first borne in their lode, euen the chefe of all their substaunce. ³⁷ He brought them forth wt syluer & golde, there was not one feble personne amoge their trybes. ³⁸ Egipte was glad of their departinge, for they were afraied of the. ³⁹ e spred out a cloude to be a couerynge, and fyre to geue light in the night season. ⁴⁰ At their desyre, there came quales, and he fylled them with the bred of heaue. ⁴¹ He opened the rocke of stone, & the waters flowed out: so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse. ⁴² For why, he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt. ⁴³ Thus he brought forth his people with ioye, and his chosen with gladnesse. ⁴⁴ And gaue them the lodes of the Heithe, where they toke the labours of the people in possession. ⁴⁵ That they might kepe his statutes, and obserue his lawes. Halleluya. Halleluya. ¹⁰⁶ ¹ O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer. ² Who can expresse ye noble actes of the LORDE, or shewe forth all his prayse? ³ Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment, and do rightuousnes. ⁴ Remembre vs (o LORDE) acordinge to the fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people: o vyset vs wt thy sauinge health. ⁵ That we might se the pleasure of thy chosen, that we might reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people, and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce. ⁶ We haue synned with oure fathers, we haue done amysse, we haue dealt wickedly. ⁷ Oure fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipte, they kepte not thy greate goodnesse in remebraunce: but were dishobediet at the see, eue at the reed see. ⁸ Neuertheles, he helped the for his names sake, that he might make his power to be knowne. ⁹ He rebuked the reed see, and it was dried vp: so he led the thorow the depe as in a wildernesse. ¹⁰ Thus he saued them from the honde of the hater, & delyuered them from the honde of the enemie. ¹¹ As for those yt troubled them, the waters ouerwhelmed the, there was not one of the left. ¹² Then beleued they in his worde, and songe prayse vnto him. ¹³ But within a whyle they forgat his workes, & wolde not abyde his councell. ¹⁴ A lust came vpo them in the wildernesse, so that they tempted God in the deserte. ¹⁵ Yet he gaue them their desyre, and sent the ynough at their willes. ¹⁶ They angred Moses in the tetes, and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE. ¹⁷ So the earth opened & swalowed vp Dathan, and couered the congregacio of Abiram. ¹⁸ The fyre was kyndled in their company, the flame brent vp the vngodly. ¹⁹ They made a calfe in Horeb, and worshipped the molte ymage. ²⁰ Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe, yt eateth haye. ²¹ They forgat God their Sauior, which had done so greate thinges in Egipte. ²² Wonderous workes in the londe of Ham, and fearfull thinges in the reed see. ²³ So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in yt gappe: to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion, lest he shulde destroye the. ²⁴ Yee they thought scorne of yt pleasaunt londe, and gaue no credence vnto his worde. ²⁵ But murmured in their tentes, and herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE. ²⁶ Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them, to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes. ²⁷ To cast out their sede amonge the nacions, and to scater them in the londes. ²⁸ They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor, and ate the offeringes of the deed. ²⁹ Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne invecions, and the plage was greate amonge them. ³⁰ Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice, & so the plage ceased. ³¹ And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse, amonge all posterites for euermore. ³² They angerd him also at the waters of strife, so that Moses was punyshed for their sakes. ³³ Because they prouoked his sprete, and he tolde the planely with his lippes. ³⁴ Nether destroyed they the Heithen, as the LORDE commaunded them. ³⁵ But were mengled amonge the Heithen, and lerned their workes. ³⁶ In so moch that they worshipped their ymages, which turned to their owne decaye. ³⁷ Yee they offred their sonnes & their doughters vnto deuels. ³⁸ And shed the innocent bloude of their sonnes and of their doughters, whom they offred vnto the ymages of Canaan, so that the londe was defyled with bloude. ³⁹ Thus were they stayned wt their owne workes, and wente a whoringe with their owne invencions. ⁴⁰ Therfore was the wrath of the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people, in so moch that he abhorred his owne enheritaunce. ⁴¹ And gaue them ouer in to the honde of the Heithe, and they that hated them, were lordes ouer them. ⁴² Their enemies oppressed the, and had them in subieccion. ⁴³ Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them, but they prouoked him with their owne invecions, and were brought downe for their wickednesse. ⁴⁴ Neuerthelesse whe he sawe their aduersite, he herde their complaynte. ⁴⁵ He thought vpo his couenaunt, and pitied the, acordinge vnto the multitude of his mercies. ⁴⁶ Yee he made all those yt had led them awaye captiue, to pitie them. ⁴⁷ Delyuer vs (o LORDE oure God) & gather vs from amoge the Heithen: that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name, & make oure boast of thy prayse. ⁴⁸ Blessed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge and worlde without ende, and let all people saye: Amen, Amen. Halleluya. ¹⁰⁷ ¹ O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer. ² Let them geue thakes whom the LORDE hath redemed, & delyuered from the hande of the enemie. ³ And gathered the out of the londes, fro the east, fro the west, fro the north & from the south. ⁴ They wente astraye in the wildernesse in an vntroden waye, & founde no cite to dwell in. ⁵ Hongrie & thirstie, & their soule faynted in the. ⁶ So they cried vnto the LORDE in their trouble, & he delyuered the from their distresse. ⁷ He led the forth by ye right waie, yt they might go to ye cite where they dwelt. ⁸ O that me wolde prayse the goodnesse of the LORDE, & the wonders that he doth for the childre of me. ⁹ For he satisfied the emptie soule, & fylled the hongrie soule wt good. ¹⁰ Soch as sat in darcknesse and in the shadowe of death, beynge fast bounde in misery & yron. ¹¹ Because they were not obediet to the comaundementes of God, but lightly regarded the councell of the most highest. ¹² Their herte was vexed with labor, they fell downe, & there was none to helpe them. ¹³ So they cried vnto the LORDE in their trouble, & he delyuered them out of their distresse. ¹⁴ He brought the out of darcknesse & out of the shadowe of death, & brake their bondes in sonder. ¹⁵ O that men wolde prayse the goodnesse of the LORDE, & the woders that he doth for the childre of men. ¹⁶ For he hath broken the gates of brasse, & smitte the barres of yron in sonder. ¹⁷ Foolish me were plaged for their offence, & because of their wickednesse. ¹⁸ Their soule abhorred all maner of meate, they were eue harde at deathes dore. ¹⁹ So they cried vnto the LORDE in their trouble, & he delyuered the out of their distresse. ²⁰ He sent his worde & healed the, & saued the from destruccion. ²¹ O that men wolde prayse the goodnesse of the LORDE, & the wonders that he doth for the children of men. ²² That they wolde offre vnto him the sacrifice of thankesgeuynge, and tell out his workes with gladnes. ²³ They that go downe to the see in shippes, & occupie their busynesse in greate waters. ²⁴ These men se the workes of the LORDE, & his wonders in the depe. ²⁵ For at his worde, the stormy wynde aryseth, and lifteth vp the wawes therof. ²⁶ They are caried vp to the heauen, & downe agayne to the depe, their soule melteth awaye in the trouble. ²⁷ They rele to and fro, they stacker like a droncken man, and are at their wittes ende. ²⁸ So they crie vnto the LORDE in their trouble, & he delyuereth the out of their distresse. ²⁹ He maketh the storme to ceasse, so that the wawes are still. ³⁰ The are they glad because they be at rest, & so he bryngeth them vnto the hauen where they wolde be. ³¹ O that men wolde prayse the goodnes of the LORDE, and the wonders that he doth for the children of men. ³² That they wolde exalte him in the cogregacion of the people, & loaue him in the seate of the elders. ³³ Which turneth the floudes in to drie londe, and drieth vp the water sprynges. ³⁴ A frutefull londe maketh he baren, for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin. ³⁵ Agayne, he maketh the wildernes a stondinge water, and water sprynges of a drye grounde. ³⁶ There he setteth the hongrie, that they maye buylde them a cite to dwell in. ³⁷ That they maye sowe their groude, plante vynyaydes, to yelde them frutes of increase. ³⁸ He blesseth them, so that they multiplie exceadingly, and suffreth not their catell to decrease. ³⁹ Whe they are minished & brought lowe thorow oppressio, thorow eny plage or trouble. ⁴⁰ Though he suffre the to be euell intreated thorow tyrauntes, or let them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse: ⁴¹ Yet helpeth he the poore out of misery (at the last) and maketh him an housholde like a flocke of shepe. ⁴² The rightuous wil cosidre this and reioyse, the mouth of all wickednesse shall be stopped. ⁴³ Who so is wyse, and pondreth these thinges well, shall vnderstonde the louynge kyndnesses of the LORDE. ¹⁰⁸ ¹ O God, my hert is ready to synge, & to geue prayse. ² Awake (o my glory) awake lute & harpe, I my selfe will awake right early. ³ I wil geue thakes vnto the (o LORDE) amonge the people, I wil synge prayses vnto the amonge the Heithe. ⁴ For the greatnesse of thy mercy is higher then the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse reacheth vnto the cloudes. ⁵ Set vp thy self (o God) aboue the heaues, & thy glory aboue all the earth. ⁶ That thy beloued maye be delyuered: helpe then with thy right hande, & heare me. ⁷ God hath spoken in his Sanctuary (which thinge reioyseth me.) I will deuyde Sichem, and mete out the valley of Suchoth. ⁸ Galaad is myne, Manasses is myne, Ephraim is the stregth of my heade, ⁹ Iuda is my captaine. Moab is my wash potte, ouer Edom wil I stretch out my shue, Philistea shal be glad of me. ¹⁰ Who wil lede me in to the stronge cite? Who wil brynge me in to Edom? ¹¹ Shalt not thou do it (o God) which hast cast vs out: thou God, yt wentest not forth with oure hoostes? ¹² O be thou or helpe in trouble, for vayne is the helpe of man. ¹³ Thorow God we shall do greate actes, for it is he yt shal treade downe oure enemies. ¹⁰⁹ ¹ Holde not thy toge, o God of my prayse. For the mouth of the vngodly, yee and the mouth of the disceatfull is opened vpon me, ² and speake agaynst me with false toges. They compase me aboute with wordes of hatred, & fight agaynst me without a cause. ³ For the loue that I had vnto them, they take now my contrary parte, but I geue my self vnto prayer. ⁴ Thus they rewarde me euell for good, & hatred for my good will. ⁵ Set an vngodly man to be ruler ouer him, & let Satan stonde at his right hande. ⁶ When sentence is geuen vpon him, let him be codempned, and let his prayer be turned in to synne. ⁷ Let his dayes be fewe, and his bishopricke another take. ⁸ Let his children be fatherlesse, & his wife a wyddowe. ⁹ Let his children be vagabundes, and begg their bred: let them seke it, as they that be destroyed. ¹⁰ Let the extorcioner cosume all that he hath, and let straungers spoyle his laboure. ¹¹ Let there be no man to petie, ner to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children. ¹² Let his ende be destruccion, and in the nexte generacion let his name be clene put out. ¹³ Let the wickednesse of his fathers be had in remembraunce in the sight of the LORDE, and let not the synne of his mother be done awaye. ¹⁴ Let them be allwaye before the LORDE, but as for the memoriall of them selues, let it perish from out of the earth. ¹⁵ And that because his mynde was not to do good, but persecuted the poore helplesse, and him that was vexed at the herte, to slaye him. ¹⁶ His delite was in cursynge, and therfore shall it happe vnto him: he loued not blessynge, and that shall be farre fro him. ¹⁷ He clothed him self with cursynge like as with a rayment: yee it wente in to his bowels like water, and like oyle in to his bones. ¹⁸ Let it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is gyrded withall. ¹⁹ Let it thus happen from the LORDE vnto myne enemies, and to those that speake euell agaynst my soule. ²⁰ But deale thou with me (o LORDE God) acordinge vnto thy name, for swete is thy mercy. ²¹ O delyuer me, for I am helplesse & poore, & my herte is wounded within me, ²² I go hence like ye shadowe that departeth, and am dryuen awaye as ye greshoppers. ²³ My knees are weake thorow fastinge, my flesh is dried vp for want of fatnesse. ²⁴ I am become a rebuke vnto them, they loke vpo me and shake their heades. ²⁵ Helpe me o LORDE my God, oh saue me for thy mercies sake. ²⁶ That they maye knowe, how that this is thy hande, and that thou hast done it. ²⁷ Though they curse, yet blesse thou: ²⁸ and let them be cofounded, that ryse vp agaynst me, but let thy seruaunt reioyse. ²⁹ Let myne aduersaries be clothed with their owne shame, as with a cloake. ³⁰ As for me, I wil geue thankes vnto the LORDE with my mouth, and prayse him amonge the multitude. ³¹ For he stondeth at the right hande of the poore, to saue him from soch as condempne his soule. ¹¹⁰ ¹ The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE: Syt thou on my right hande, vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestole. ² The LORDE shal sende the rodde of thy power out of Sion, be thou ruler euen in ye myddest amonge thine enemies. ³ In the daye of thy power shal thy people offre the frewill offeringes with an holy worshipe, ye dewe of thy byrth is of the wobe of the mornynge. ⁴ The LORDE sware, and wil not repent: Thou art a prest for euer after ye order of Melchisedec. ⁵ The LORDE vpon thy right honde, shal smyte euen kynges in the daye of his wrath. ⁶ He shal be iudge amoge the Heithen, he shal fyll them with deed bodies, and smyte in sonder the heades ouer dyuerse countres. ⁷ He shal drynke of the broke in the waye, therfore shal he lift vp his heade. ¹¹¹ ¹ I wil geue thankes vnto the LORDE with my whole herte: secretly amonge the faithfull, and in the congregacion. ² The workes of the LORDE are greate, sought out of all the that haue pleasure therin. ³ His worke is worthy to be praysed and had in honoure, and his rightuousnesse endureth for euer. ⁴ The mercifull & gracious LORDE hath so done his marvelous workes, yt they ought to be had in remebrauce. ⁵ He geueth meate vnto the yt feare him, he is euer myndfull of his couenaut. ⁶ He sheweth his people the power of his workes, that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen. ⁷ The workes of his hodes are verite & iudgment, all his comaundemetes are true. ⁸ They stonde fast for euer & euer, & are done in trueth & equite. ⁹ He sent redempcion vnto his people, he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer, holy & reuerent is his name. ¹⁰ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer. ¹¹² ¹ Blessed is the man yt feareth the LORDE, & hath greate delite in his commaundementes. ² His sede shall be mightie vpon earth, the generacion of the faithfull shalbe blessed. ³ Riches & pleteousnesse shalbe in his house, & his rightuousnes endureth for euer. ⁴ Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse: he is merciful, louynge & rightuous. ⁵ Wel is him that is mercifull, & lendeth gladly, & podreth his wordes wt discrecion. ⁶ For he shal neuer be moued, the rightuous shal be had in an euerlastinge remembraunce. ⁷ He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges, his herte stondeth fast, & beleueth in ye LORDE. ⁸ His herte is stablished, he wil not shrencke, vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemies. ⁹ He hath sparsed abrode, & geue to the poore, his rightuousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted wt honor. ¹⁰ The vngodly shal se it, & it shal greue him: he shall gnash wt his teth & consume awaye, & the desyre of the vngodly shal perish. ¹¹³ ¹ Prayse the LORDE (O ye seruauntes) O prayse the name of the LORDE. ² Blessed be the name of the LORDE, fro this tyme forth for euermore. ³ The LORDES name is worthy to be praysed, fro the rysinge vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same. ⁴ The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen, and his glory aboue the heaues. ⁵ Who is like vnto the LORDE oure God, yt hath his dwellinge so hye, ⁶ which humbleth himself, to beholde that is in heauen and earth? ⁷ Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust, and lifteth the poore out of the myre. ⁸ That he maye set him amonge the prynces, euen amonge the prynces of his people. ⁹ Which maketh the baren woman to kepe house, and to be a ioyfull mother of children. Halleluya. ¹¹⁴ ¹ When Israel came out of Egipte, & the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people. ² Iuda was his Sactuary, Israel his dominion. ³ The see sawe that, and fled, Iordan turned backe. ⁴ The mountaynes skipped like rammes, & the litle hilles like yonge shepe. ⁵ What ayled the (o thou see) that thou fleddest? and thou Iordan, that thou turnedest backe? ⁶ Ye mountaynes, that ye skipped like rammes? and ye litle hilles, like yonge shepe? ⁷ The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE, at the presence of the God of Iacob. ⁸ Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water, & the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well. ¹¹⁵ ¹ Not vnto vs (o LORDE) not vnto vs, but vnto thy name geue the prayse, for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes. ² Wherfore shal the Heithen saye: where is now their God? ³ As for oure God, he is in heauen, he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him. ⁴ Their ymages are but syluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hodes. ⁵ They haue mouthes, and speake not: eyes haue they, but they se not. ⁶ They haue eares, and heare not: noses haue they, but they smell not. ⁷ They haue handes and handle not, fete haue they, but they can not go, nether can they speake thorow their throte. ⁸ They that made them, are like vnto them, and so are all soch as put their trust in them. ⁹ But let Israel trust in ye LORDE, for he is their sucoure & defence. ¹⁰ Let the house of Aaron put their trust in ye LORDE, for he is their sucoure & defence. ¹¹ They that feare the LORDE, let the put their trust in the LORDE, for he is their sucoure and defence. ¹² The LORDE is myndefull of vs, & blesseth vs: he blesseth ye house of Israel, he blesseth ye house of Aaron. ¹³ Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE, both small & greate. ¹⁴ The LORDE encrease you more & more: you, and youre childre. ¹⁵ For ye are ye blessed of the LORDE, which made heauen & earth. ¹⁶ All the whole heauens are the LORDES, but the earth hath he geue vnto ye childre of men. ¹⁷ The deed prayse not the (o LORDE) nether all they that go downe in to sylence. ¹⁸ But we will prayse the LORDE, from this tyme forth for euermore. Halleluya. ¹¹⁶ ¹ I am wel pleased, yt the LORDE hath herde ye voyce of my prayer. ² That he hath enclyned his eare vnto me, therfore wil I call vpo him as longe as I lyue. ³ The snares of death copased me rounde aboute, the paynes of hell gat holde vpon me, ⁴ I founde trouble and heuynesse. Then called I vpon ye name of the LORDE: o LORDE, delyuer my soule. ⁵ Gracious is ye LORDE & rightuous, yee oure God is mercifull. ⁶ The LORDE preserueth ye symple, I was brought downe, and he helped me. ⁷ Turne agayne then vnto thy rest (o my soule) for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre. ⁸ And why? thou hast delyuered my soule from death, myne eyes from teares, and my fete from fallinge. ⁹ I wil walke before ye LORDE, in the londe of the lyuynge. ¹⁰ I beleued, and therfore haue I spoke, but I was sore troubled. ¹¹ I sayde in my haist: All men are lyers. ¹² What rewarde shal I geue vnto ye LORDE, for all the benefites yt he hath done vnto me? ¹³ I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacio, and call vpon the name of the LORDE. ¹⁴ I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people, right deare in the sight of ye LORDE is the death of his sayntes. ¹⁵ O LORDE, I am thy seruaunt, I am thy seruaunt, ¹⁶ and the sonne of thy handmayden, thou hast broken my bondes in sonder. ¹⁷ I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge, and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE. ¹⁸ I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people, ¹⁹ in the courtes of the LORDES house, eue in the myddest of the, o Ierusalem. Halleluya. ¹¹⁷ ¹ O prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles, laude him all ye people. ² For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs, & the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer. Halleluya. ¹¹⁸ ¹ O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious, and his mercy endureth for euer. ² Let Israel now confesse, yt his mercy endureth for euer. ³ Let the house of Aaron now confesse, that his mercy endureth for euer. ⁴ Yee let the now that feare the LORDE, confesse, that his mercy endureth for euer. ⁵ I called vpon the LORDE in trouble, and the LORDE herde me at large. ⁶ The LORDE is my helper, I wil not feare what man doeth vnto me. ⁷ The LORDE is my helper, & I shal se my desyre vpon myne enemies. ⁸ It is better to trust in the LORDE, then to put eny confidence in man. ⁹ It is better to trust in the LORDE, then to put eny confidece in prynces. ¹⁰ All Heithen compased me rounde aboute, but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye the. ¹¹ They kepte me in on euery syde, but in the name of the LORDE, I wil destroye them. ¹² They came aboute me like bees, & were as hote as the fyre in the thornes, but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them. ¹³ They thrust at me, that I might fall, but the LORDE was my helpe. ¹⁴ The LORDE is my stregth, & my songe, & is become my saluacion. ¹⁵ The voyce of ioye & myrth is in the dwellynges of ye rightuous, for ye right hande of the LORDE hath gotte the victory. ¹⁶ The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence, the right hade of the LORDE hath gotte the victory. ¹⁷ I wil not dye, but lyue, and declare the workes of the LORDE. ¹⁸ The LORDE hath chastened & correcte me, but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death. ¹⁹ Open me the gates of rightuousnes, yt I maye go in there thorow, & geue thakes vnto the LORDE. ²⁰ This is the dore of the LORDE, the rightuous shall entre in thorow it. ²¹ I thanke the, yt thou hast herde me, & art become my saluacio. ²² The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the heade stone in the corner. ²³ This was the LORDES doinge, & it is maruelous in or eyes. ²⁴ This is the daye which the LORDE hath made, let vs reioyse and be glad in it. ²⁵ Helpe now o LORDE, o LORDE sende vs now prosperite. ²⁶ Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORDE, we wish you good lucke, ye that be of the house of the LORDE. ²⁷ God is the LORDE, & hath shewed vs light: O garnish the solempne feast with grene braunches, eue vnto the hornes of ye aulter. ²⁸ Thou art my God, & I wil thanke the: thou art my God, and I wil prayse the. ²⁹ O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious, & his mercy endureth for euer. ¹¹⁹ ¹ Blessed are those yt be vndefiled in the waye: which walke in the lawe of ye LORDE. ² Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies, & seke him with their whole herte. ³ Which walke in his wayes, & do no wickednesse. ⁴ Thou hast geuen strayte charge to kepe thy commaundementes. ⁵ O that my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statutes. ⁶ So shulde I not be confounded, whyle I haue respecte vnto all thy commaundementes. ⁷ I wil thanke the with an vnfayned herte, because I am lerned in the iudgmentes of thy rightuousnesse. ⁸ I wil kepe thy statutes, o forsake me not vtterly. ⁹ Where withall shall a yonge man clense his waye? Euen by rulinge himself after thy worde. ¹⁰ With my whole herte do I seke ye, O let me not go wronge out of thy comaundemetes. ¹¹ Thy wordes haue I hyd within my herte, yt I shulde not synne agaynst the. ¹² Praysed be thou O LORDE, O teach me thy statutes. ¹³ With my lippes wil I be tellynge out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth. ¹⁴ I haue as greate delite in the waye of thy testimonies, as in all maner of riches. ¹⁵ I wil exercise my self in thy comaundementes, & haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes. ¹⁶ My delite shalbe in thy statutes, I will not forget thy wordes. ¹⁷ O do well vnto thy seruaunt, that I maye lyue and kepe thy wordes. ¹⁸ Open thou myne eyes, & so shal I spie out wonderous thinges in yi lawe. ¹⁹ I am a strauger vpo earth, O hyde not thy commaundementes fro me. ²⁰ My soule breaketh out, for the very feruent desyre that I haue allwaye vnto thy iudgmentes. ²¹ Thou rebukest the proude, cursed are they that departe from thy commaundemetes ²² O turne fro me shame & rebuke, for I kepe thy testimonies. ²³ Prynces also syt & speake agaynst me, but thy seruaut is occupied in thy statutes. ²⁴ In thy testimonies is my delite, they are my councelers. ²⁵ My soule cleueth to the dust, O quicken thou me acordinge to thy worde. ²⁶ I knowleged my wayes, & thou herdest me, O teach me then thy statutes. ²⁷ Make me to vnderstonde the waye of thy commaundemetes, & so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes. ²⁸ My soule melteth awaye for very heuynesse, o set me vp acordinge vnto thy worde. ²⁹ Take fro me the waye of lyenge, & graunte me thy lawe. ³⁰ I haue chosen the waye of treuth, thy iudgmentes haue I layed before me. ³¹ I sticke vnto thy testimonies, o LORDE cofounde me not. ³² I wil rune the waye of thy commaundementes, when thou hast comforted my herte. ³³ Teach me o LORDE the waye of thy statutes, and I shal kepe it vnto the ende. ³⁴ O geue me vnderstondinge, and I shal kepe yi lawe, yee I shal kepe it with my whole herte. ³⁵ Lede me in the path of thy commaundemetes, for that is my desyre, ³⁶ Enclyne myne herte vnto thy testimonies, & not to cuvetousnes. ³⁷ O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanite, & quicke me in thy waie. ³⁸ O stablish thy worde in thy seruaunt, yt I maye feare the. ³⁹ Take awaye the rebuke yt I am afraied of, for thy iudgmetes are amiable. ⁴⁰ Beholde, my delite is in thy commaudemetes, o quycke me in thy rightuousnesse. ⁴¹ Let thy louynge mercy come vnto me (o LORDE) and thy sauynge health acordinge vnto thy worde. ⁴² That I maye geue answere vnto my blasphemers, for my trust is in yi worde. ⁴³ O take not ye worde of treuth vtterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in thy iudgmentes. ⁴⁴ So shal I allwaye kepe thy lawe, yee for euer and euer. ⁴⁵ And I wil walke at liberty, for I seke thy commaundementes. ⁴⁶ I wil speake of thy testimonies euen before kynges, and wil not be ashamed. ⁴⁷ My delite shalbe in thy commaundementes, which I loue. ⁴⁸ My hondes also will I lift vp vnto thy commaundemetes which I loue, & my talkynge shalbe of thy statutes. ⁴⁹ O thynke vpon thy seruaunt as concernynge yi worde, wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust. ⁵⁰ For it is my comforte in my trouble, yee thy worde quyckeneth me. ⁵¹ The proude haue me greatly in derision, yet shrencke not I from thy lawe. ⁵² I remembre thy euerlastinge iudgmentes (o LORDE) and am comforted. ⁵³ I am horribly afrayed for ye vngodly, that forsake thy lawe. ⁵⁴ Thy statutes are my songes in the house of my pilgremage. ⁵⁵ I thynke vpon thy name (o LORDE) in the night season, and kepe thy lawe. ⁵⁶ It is myne owne, for I kepe thy commaundementes. ⁵⁷ Thou art my porcion (o LORDE) I am purposed to kepe thy lawe. ⁵⁸ I make myne humble peticion in thy presence wt my whole herte, o be mercifull vnto me acordinge vnto yi worde. ⁵⁹ I call myne owne wayes to remembraunce, and turne my fete in to thy testimonies. ⁶⁰ I make haist, and prolonge not the tyme, to kepe thy commaundemetes. ⁶¹ The congregacions of the vngodly haue robbed me, but I forget not thy lawe. ⁶² At mydnight stonde I vp, to geue thakes vnto the, for the iudgmentes of thy rightuousnesse. ⁶³ I am a companyon of all them that feare the, and kepe thy commaundementes. ⁶⁴ The earth (o LORDE) is full of thy mercy, O teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁵ O LORDE, thou hast dealt frendly with thy seruaunt, acordinge vnto thy worde. ⁶⁶ O lerne me kyndnesse, nourtoure & knowlege, for I beleue thy commaundementes. ⁶⁷ Before I was troubled, I wente wronge, but now I kepe thy worde. ⁶⁸ Thou art good and frendly, O teach me thy statutes. ⁶⁹ The proude ymagin lyes vpon me, but I kepe thy commaundemetes with my whole herte. ⁷⁰ Their herte is as fat as brawne, but my delite is in thy lawe. ⁷¹ It is good for me that I haue bene in trouble, that I maye lerne thy statutes. ⁷² The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me, the thousandes of golde & syluer. ⁷³ Thy hades haue made me and fashioned me, O geue me vnderstondinge, that I maye lerne thy commaundementes. ⁷⁴ They that feare the, wil be glad when they se me, because I put my trust in thy worde. ⁷⁵ I knowe (o LORDE) yt thy iudgmentes are right, and yt thou of very faithfulnesse hast caused me be troubled. ⁷⁶ O let thy mercifull kyndnesse be my comforte, acordinge to the promyse that thou hast made vnto thy seruaunt. ⁷⁷ O let thy louynge mercies come vnto me, that I maye lyue, for thy lawe is my delyte. ⁷⁸ Let the proude be confounded, which handle so falsly agaynst me. ⁷⁹ But let soch as feare the, & knowe thy testimonies, be turned vnto me. ⁸⁰ O let my herte be vndefyled in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed. ⁸¹ My soule longeth for thy sauynge health, for my trust is in thy worde. ⁸² Myne eyes loge sore for thy worde, sayege: Oh when wilt thou coforte me? ⁸³ For I am become like a botell in ye smoke, yet do not I forget thy statutes. ⁸⁴ How many are the dayes of thy seruaunt? Whe wilt thou be auenged of my aduersaries? ⁸⁵ The proude haue dygged pittes for me, which are not after thy lawe. ⁸⁶ All thy commaundemetes are true, they persecute me falsly, O be thou my helpe. ⁸⁷ They haue almost made an ende of me vpon earth, but I forsake not thy commaundemetes. ⁸⁸ O quycke me after yi louinge kyndnes, & so shall I kepe the testimonies of thy mouth. ⁸⁹ O LORDE, thy worde endureth for euer in heaue. ⁹⁰ Thy treuth also remayneth from one generacion to another: thou hast layed the foundacion of the earth, and it abydeth. ⁹¹ They cotinue this daye acordinge to thy ordinaunce, for all thinges serue the. ⁹² Yf my delyte were not in thy lawe, I shulde perishe in my trouble. ⁹³ I wil neuer forget thy comaundementes, for with the thou quyckenest me. ⁹⁴ I am thine, oh helpe me, for I seke thy commaundementes. ⁹⁵ The vngodly laye wayte for me to destroye me, but I considre thy testimonies. ⁹⁶ I se that all thinges come to an ende, but thy commaundemet is exceadinge brode. ⁹⁷ O what a loue haue I vnto thy lawe? all the daye longe is my talkynge of it. ⁹⁸ Thou thorow thy commaundement hast made me wyser the myne enemies, for it is euer by me. ⁹⁹ I haue more vnderstondinge then all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studye. ¹⁰⁰ Yee I am wyser then the aged, for I kepe thy comaundementes. ¹⁰¹ I refrayne my fete from euery euell waye, that I maye kepe thy wordes. ¹⁰² I shrenck not from thy iudgmentes, for thou teachest me. ¹⁰³ O how swete are thy wordes vnto my throte? Yee more the hony vnto my mouth. ¹⁰⁴ Thorow thy commaundementes I get vnderstondinge, therfore I hate all false wayes. ¹⁰⁵ Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my fete & a light vnto my pathes. ¹⁰⁶ I haue sworne & am sted fastly purposed, to kepe the iudgmetes of thy rightuousnesse. ¹⁰⁷ I am troubled aboue measure, quycken me (o LORDE) acordinge vnto thy worde. ¹⁰⁸ Let the frewil offeringes of my mouth please the (o LORDE) & teach me yi iudgmetes. ¹⁰⁹ My soule is allwaye in my hode, yet do not I forget thy lawe. ¹¹⁰ The vngodly haue laied a snare for me, but yet swarue not I fro thy comaundemetes. ¹¹¹ Thy testimonies haue I claymed as myne heretage for euer: & why? they are the very ioye of my herte. ¹¹² I applye myne herte to fulfill thy statutes all waye, euen vnto the ende. ¹¹³ I hate ye vngodly, but thy lawe do I loue. ¹¹⁴ Thou art my defence & shylde, my trust is in thy worde. ¹¹⁵ Awaye fro me ye wicked, I wil kepe the commaundementes of my God. ¹¹⁶ O stablish me acordinge vnto thy worde, yt I maye lyue, & let me not be disapoynted of my hope. ¹¹⁷ Holde thou me vp, & I shall be safe: yee I shal euer be talkynge of thy statutes. ¹¹⁸ Thou treadest downe all the yt departe from thy statutes, for they ymagin but disceate. ¹¹⁹ Thou puttest awaye all the vngodly of the earth like drosse, therfore I loue thy testimonies. ¹²⁰ My flesh trebleth for feare of the, and I am afrayed of thy iudgmetes. ¹²¹ I deale wt the thinge yt is laufull & right, O geue me not ouer vnto my oppressours. ¹²² Be thou suertie for thy seruaut to do him good, that the proude do me no wronge. ¹²³ Myne eyes are waysted awaye wt lokynge for thy health, & for ye worde of thy rightuousnesse. ¹²⁴ O deale with thy seruaunt acordinge vnto thy louynge mercy, and teach me thy statutes. ¹²⁵ I am thy seruaunt, O graunte me vnderstodinge, that I maye knowe thy testimonies. ¹²⁶ It is tyme for the (o LORDE) to laye to thine hode, for they haue destroyed thy lawe. ¹²⁷ For I loue thy comaundemetes aboue golde and precious stone. ¹²⁸ Therfore holde I straight all thy commaundemetes, and all false wayes I vtterly abhorre. ¹²⁹ Thy testimonies are wonderfull, therfore doth my soule kepe them. ¹³⁰ When thy worde goeth forth, it geueth light and vnderstodinge, eue vnto babes. ¹³¹ I ope my mouth & drawe in my breth, for I desyre thy commaundemetes. ¹³² O loke thou vpon me, and be mercyfull, as thou vsest to do vnto those yt loue yi name. ¹³³ Ordre my goinges after thy worde, that no wickednesse raigne in me. ¹³⁴ O delyuer me from the wrogeous dealinges of me, and so shal I kepe thy commaundemetes. ¹³⁵ Shewe the light of thy countenaunce vnto thy seruaunt, and lerne me thy statutes. ¹³⁶ Myne eyes gusshe out with water, because men kepe not thy lawe. ¹³⁷ Rightuous art thou (o LORDE) & true is yi iudgmet. ¹³⁸ The testimonies that thou hast commauded, are exceadinge rightuous and true. ¹³⁹ My zele hath euen consumed me, because myne enemies haue forgotten thy wordes. ¹⁴⁰ Thy worde is tried to the vttermost, & thy seruaunte loueth it. ¹⁴¹ I am small and of no reputacio, yet do not I forget thy comaudementes. ¹⁴² Thy rightuousnesse is an euerlastinge rightuousnes, and thy lawe is true. ¹⁴³ Trouble and heuynesse haue take holde vpo me, yet is my delite in thy commaundementes. ¹⁴⁴ The rightuousnes of thy testimonies is euerlastinge, o graunte me vnderstondinge, and I shal lyue. ¹⁴⁵ I call wt my whole herte, heare me (o LORDE) I wil kepe thy statutes. ¹⁴⁶ Yee euen vpo the do I call, helpe me, and I shal kepe yi testimonies. ¹⁴⁷ Early in ye mornynge do I crie vnto the, for in thy worde is my trust. ¹⁴⁸ Myne eyes preuete ye night watches, yt I might be occupied in thy wordes. ¹⁴⁹ Heare my voyce (o LORDE) acordige vnto thy louynge kyndnesse, quycke me acordige as thou art wot. ¹⁵⁰ They drawe nye yt of malice persecute me, & are farre fro yi lawe. ¹⁵¹ Be thou nye at hode also (o LORDE) for thy promises are faithfull. ¹⁵² As concernynge thy testimonies, I haue knowne euer sens the begynnynge, that thou hast grounded them for euer. ¹⁵³ O considre my aduersite, & delyuer me, for I do not forget thy lawe. ¹⁵⁴ Manteyne thou my cause and defende me, quycken me acordinge vnto thy worde. ¹⁵⁵ Health is farre fro the vngodly, for they regarde not thy statutes. ¹⁵⁶ Greate is thy mercy (o LORDE) quycken me as thou art wont. ¹⁵⁷ Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me, yet do not I swarue fro thy testimonies. ¹⁵⁸ It greueth me, whan I se, that the transgressours kepe not thy lawe. ¹⁵⁹ Considre (LORDE) how I loue thy comaundementes, O quycken me wt thy louinge kyndnesse. ¹⁶⁰ Thy worde is true from euerlastinge, all the iudgmentes of thy rightuousnesse endure for euermore. ¹⁶¹ The prynces persecute me without cause, but my herte stodeth in awe of thy wordes. ¹⁶² I am as glad of thy worde, as one yt fyndeth greate spoyles. ¹⁶³ As for lyes, I hate & abhorre them, but thy lawe do I loue ¹⁶⁴ Seuen tymes a daye do I prayse the, because of thy rightuous iudgmentes. ¹⁶⁵ Greate is the peace yt they haue which loue yi lawe, & they are not offended at it. ¹⁶⁶ LORDE, I loke for yi sauynge health, & do after thy comaundemetes. ¹⁶⁷ My soule kepeth thy testimonies, & loueth the exceadingly. ¹⁶⁸ I kepe thy comaundemetes & testimonies, for all my wayes are before the. ¹⁶⁹ Let my coplaynte come before the (o LORDE) geue me vnderstondinge, acordinge vnto thy worde. ¹⁷⁰ Oh let my supplicacio come before the, delyuer me acordinge to thy promyse. ¹⁷¹ My lippes shall speake of thy prayse, seynge thou hast taught me thy statutes. ¹⁷² Yee my toge shall synge of thy worde, for all thy comaundemetes are right. ¹⁷³ Let thy hade helpe me, for I haue chosen thy comaudementes. ¹⁷⁴ I longe for thy sauynge health (o LORDE) & in thy lawe is my delyte. ¹⁷⁵ Oh let my soule lyue & prayse the, yt thy iudgmentes maye helpe me. ¹⁷⁶ I go astraye, like a shepe that is lost: Oh seke thy seruaunt, for I do not forget thy commaundementes.