Psalms 123 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ Unto the lift I vp myne eyes, thou yt dwellest in the heauens. ² Beholde, euen as the eyes of seruautes loke vnto the handes of their masters: and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the handes of hir mastresse, euen so oure eyes wayte vpon the LORDE or God, vntill he haue mercy vpo vs. ³ Haue mercy vpo vs (o LORDE) haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Oure soule is fylled wt the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, & with ye despitefulnesse of the proude.

²⁶ And he sayde: Let me go, for ye daye breaketh on. But he answered: I will not let ye go, excepte thou blesse me.

¹⁸ LORDE I loke for thy saluacion.

²³ Therfore shall ye be cursed, so that of you there shall not ceasse seruauntes to hew wodd and to beare water for the house of my God.

²⁷ So vpo the same daye Iosua made them hewers of wodd and water bearers for the congregacion, and for the altare of the LORDE vnto this daye, in the place that he shall chose.

⁶ Howbeit they of Gibeon sent vnto Iosua to Gilgall, and caused to saye vnto him: Withdrawe not thine hande from thy seruauntes, come vp soone vnto vs: delyuer and helpe vs, for all the kynges of the Amorites that dwell vpon the mountaynes, are gathered together agaynst vs.

¹⁹ But whan Saneballat ye Horonite, and Tobias the seruaunt of ye Ammonites, & Gosem the Arabian herde it, they laughed vs to scorne, and despised vs, & sayde: What is this that ye do? Wyll ye fall awaye agayne from the kynge?

² & saide before his brethre & the mightie men of Samaria: What do the impotet Iewes? shall they be thus suffred? shall they offre? shal they perfourme it in one daie? shal they make ye stones whole againe, yt are brought to dust, & brent? ³ And Tobias the Ammonite beside him saide: Let the builde on, yf a foxe go vp, he shall breake downe their stonye wall. ⁴ Heare O thou oure God, how we are despysed, turne their shame vpon their awne heade, yt thou mayest geue them ouer in to despisinge in the londe of their captiuite.

⁵ Godlynesse is a light despysed in ye hertes of the rich, & is set for them to stomble vpon.

⁴ I coude speake, as ye do also. But wolde God, that youre soule were in my soules steade: then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you, and shake my heade at you.

⁴ Neuerthelesse, he that dwelleth in heauen, shall laugh the to scorne: yee euen the LORDE himselff shall haue them in derision.

¹ Heare me whe I cal, o God of my rightuousnes, thou that comfortest me in my trouble: haue mercy vpon me, and herken vnto my prayer.

⁴ But the LORDE is in his holy temple, the LORDES seate is in heauen: He cosidereth it with his eyes, his eye lyddes beholde the children of men.

¹⁵ Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto the LORDE, for he shal plucke my fete out of ye nett.

¹ I wayted paciently for the LORDE, which enclyned himself vnto me, and herde my callinge. ² He brought me out of the horrible pitte, out of the myre and claye: he set my fete vpo the rocke, and ordred my goinges. ³ He hath put a new songe in my mouth, euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God. Many men seynge this, shal feare the LORDE, & put their trust in him.

¹³ Thou sellest thy people for naught, & takest no moneye for them. ¹⁴ Thou makest vs to be rebuked of or neghbours, to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision, of them that are rounde aboute vs. ¹⁵ Thou hast made vs a very byworde amonge the Heithen, & that the people shake their heades at vs. ¹⁶ My cofucion is daylie before me, & the shame of my face couereth me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

³ As for oure God, he is in heauen, he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him.

⁵¹ The proude haue me greatly in derision, yet shrencke not I from thy lawe.

⁸² Myne eyes loge sore for thy worde, sayege: Oh when wilt thou coforte me?

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.

¹ When I am in trouble, I call vpon ye LORDE, & he answereth me.

¹ I lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles, fro whence commeth my helpe?

¹ I was glad, when they sayde vnto me: we wil go in to the house of the LORDE.

¹ If the LORDE had not bene of oure syde (now maye Israel saye) Yf the LORDE had not bene of oure syde, whe me rose vp agaynst vs:

¹ They that put their trust in ye LORDE, are eue as the mount Sion, which maye not be remoued, but stodeth fast for euer.

¹ When the LORDE turneth agayne ye captiuyte of Sion, then shal we be like vnto them that dreame.

¹ Excepte the LORDE buylde the house, their labour is but lost that buylde it.

¹ Blessed are all they that feare the LORDE, & walke in his wayes.

¹ Many a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp (maye Israel now saie).

¹ Ovt of the depe call I vnto the (o LORDE) LORDE heare my voyce.

⁵ I loke for the LORDE, my soule doth wayte for him, and in his worde is my trust. ⁶ My soule doth paciently abyde the LORDE, fro the one mornynge to the other.

¹ Lorde, I am not hye mynded, I haue no proude lokes.

¹ Lorde, remembre Dauid and all his trouble.

¹ Beholde, how good & ioyfull a thinge it is, brethre to dwell together in vnite. It is like yt precious oyntment vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beerd, eue vnto Aarons beerd, & wete downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge.

¹ Beholde, O prayse the LORDE all ye seruauntes of the LORDE, ye that by night stode in the house of the LORDE.

⁸ Oure bones lye scatered before ye pytt, like as when one graueth and dyggeth vp the grounde.

⁹ Vp (ye rich and ydle cities), harken vnto my voyce. Ye careles cities, marcke my wordes.

¹¹ O ye rich ydle cities, ye that feare no parell, ye shalbe abashed and remoued: when ye se the barennesse, the nakednesse and preparinge to warre.

³ He shalbe the most symple & despised of all, which yet hath good experience of sorowes & infirmities. We shal reken him so symple & so vyle, that we shal hyde oure faces fro him.

¹⁵ For thus saieth the hie and excellet, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holyone: I dwel hie aboue and in the sanctuary, & with him also, yt is of a cotrite and huble sprete: yt I maye heale a troubled mynde, and a cotrite herte.

¹ Thus saieth the LORDE: Heaue is my seate, and the earth is my fote stole. Where shal now the house stonde, yt ye will buylde vnto me? And where shal be the place, yt I wil dwel in?

¹¹ Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse from hir youth vp, she hath sytten and take hir ease with hir treasure. She was neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another (yt is) she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte, therfore hir taist remayneth, and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged.

²⁷ O Israell, shalt thou not laugh him to scorne, when he is taken amoge theues? Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him, thou shalt be dryuen awaye.

²⁹ As for Moabs pryde, we haue herde off it, she is very hie mynded. I knowe hir stoutnesse, hir boostinge, hir arogacy and the pryde off hir stomack, saieth the LORDE.

²⁵ O how good is the LORDE vnto the, that put their trust in him, and to the soule that seketh after him? ²⁶ O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and tarie, for the health of the LORDE?

¹ Wo be to the proude welthy in Sio, to soch as thinke the so sure vpon ye mount of Samaria? which holde them selues for the best of the worlde, and rule the house of Israel, eue as they list.

⁹ After thys maner therfore shall ye praye:O oure father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.

¹⁴ All these thinges herde the Pharises, which were couetous, and they mocked hi.

¹ He tolde them a symilitude, signifienge, yt men ought allwayes to praye, & not to leaue of,

¹¹ The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican. ¹² I fast twyse in the weke, I geue the tithes of all that I haue. ¹³ And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

¹³ And the publican stode afarre of, and wolde not lift vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, and sayde: God be thou mercyfull vnto me synner.

³⁵ And the people stode and behelde. And the rulers mocked him with them, and sayde: He hath helped other, let him helpe him self now, yf he be Christ ye chosen of God.

²¹ As for all they of Athens, and straungers & gestes, they gaue theselues to nothinge els, but either to tell, or to heare some newes.

³² Whan they herde of the resurreccion of the deed, some mocked. But some sayde: We wyl heare the agayne of this matter.

²⁴ Whan he thus answered for himselfe, Festus sayde with a loude voyce: Paul, thou art besydes thy selfe, moch lernynge maketh ye madd.

¹³ We are euell spoken of, and we praye: We are become as it were the very outswepinges of ye worlde, yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme.