Psalms 1:1-30:12 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly: nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly: nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull ² But his delight [is] in the lawe of God: and in [God] his lawe exerciseth himselfe day and night ³ And he shalbe lyke a tree planted by the waters syde, that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season: and whose leafe wythereth not, for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper ⁴ [As for] the vngodly [it is] not so [with them:] but they [are] like the chaffe which the winde scattereth abrode ⁵ Therefore the vngodly shall not [be able to] stande in the iudgement: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous ⁶ For God knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the vngodly shall perishe ² ¹ Why do the Heathen so furiously rage together? and why do the people imagine a vayne thing ² The kynges of the earth stande vp: and the rulers take counsell together against god, and against his annointed ³ Let vs breake [say they] their bondes a sunder: and cast away their cordes from vs ⁴ He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne: the Lorde wyll haue them in derision ⁵ Then wyll he speake vnto them in his wrath: and he wyll astonie them with feare in his sore displeasure ⁶ [Saying] euen I haue annointed [him] my kyng: vpon my holy hyll of Sion ⁷ I wyll declare the decree, God sayde vnto me: thou art my sonne, this day I haue begotten thee ⁸ Desire of me, and I wyll geue thee the heathen for thyne inheritaunce: and the vttermost partes of the earth for thy possession ⁹ Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron: and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell ¹⁰ Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges: be you learned ye [that are] iudges of the earth ¹¹ Serue ye God in feare: and reioyce ye with a trembling ¹² Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye, and [so] ye perishe [from] the way, if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled: blessed are all they that put their trust in hym ³ ¹ O God howe are myne enemies increased? many do ryse vp against me 2 Many say of my soule: there is no saluation for it in God. Selah ³ But thou O God art a buckler for me: thou art my worship, and the lifter vp of my head ⁴ I dyd call vpon God with my voyce, and he hearde me out of his holy hyll. Selah ⁵ I layde me downe and slept: and I rose vp agayne, for God sustayned me ⁶ I wyll not be afrayde of ten thousandes of the people: that haue set [them selues] against me rounde about ⁷ Arise vp O God, saue thou me O my Lorde: for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone, thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly ⁸ Saluation is of God: thy blessing is vpon thy people. Selah ⁴ ¹ Heare me when I call O God of my righteousnesse: thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse ² O ye sonnes of men, how long [wyll ye go about to bryng] my glory to confusion? ye loue vanitie, ye seeke after lyes. Selah ³ For ye must know that God hath chosen to him selfe a godly [man]: God wyl heare when I call vnto hym ⁴ Be ye angry, but sinne not: commune with your owne heart in your chaumber, and be styll. Selah ⁵ Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse: and put your trust in God ⁶ There be many that say, who wyll shewe vs [any] good? O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs ⁷ Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart: since the time that their corne and wine increased ⁸ I wyll lay me downe in peace and take my rest: for thou God only makest me to dwell in safetie ⁵ ¹ Geue eare vnto my wordes O God: vnderstande thou my pensifnesse ² Hearken thou vnto the voyce of my crying my kyng and my Lorde: for vnto thee I wyll make my prayer ³ Thou shalt heare my voyce betymes O God: I wyll early in the morning direct [a prayer] vnto thee, and I wyll looke [for helpe from thee. ⁴ For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse: neither can any euyll dwell with thee ⁵ Suche as be foolishe, can not stande in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquitie ⁶ Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man ⁷ As for me I wyll come into thyne house, [trusting] in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy feare I will humble my selfe in thyne holy temple ⁸ Leade me O God in thy righteousnesse, because of myne enemies: make thy way playne before my face ⁹ For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue ¹⁰ Destroy thou them O Lord, let them perishe through their owne counsailes: cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesse, for they haue rebelled against thee ¹¹ And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce, they wyll triumph for euer, because thou defendest them: and they that loue thy name, wyll be ioyfull in thee ¹² For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous: and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence, as with a shielde ⁶ ¹ O God rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy wrath ² Haue mercy on me O God, for I am weake: O God heale me, for my bones be very sore ³ My soule also is greatly troubled: but O God howe long [shall I be in this case? ⁴ Turne thee O God, and deliuer my soule: Oh saue me for thy mercies sake ⁵ For in death no man remembreth thee: and in the graue who can acknowledge thee ⁶ I am weerie of my groning: I washe my bed euery nyght, and I water my coutche with my teares ⁷ Mine eye is almost put out through griefe: and worne out through all mine enemies ⁸ Away from me all workers of iniquitie: for God hath hearde the voyce of my weeping ⁹ God hath hearde my petition: God wyll receaue my prayer ¹⁰ All myne enemies shalbe confounded and sore vexed: they shalbe turned backe, they shalbe put to shame sodainlye ⁷ ¹ O God my Lord, in thee I haue put my trust: saue me from all them that do persecute me, and deliuer thou me ² Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule: teareth it in peeces, hauyng no rescue ³ O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes ⁴ If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me: and [if] I haue [not] deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie ⁵ [Then] let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me: yea, let hym put me to death, and lay myne honour in the dust. Selah ⁶ Arise O God in thy wrath, and stand thou vp agaynst the rage of myne enemies: stirre thou for me [according] to the iudgement [whiche] thou hast geuen ⁷ And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therfore place thy selfe on high ⁸ God wyll iudge the people: geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse, and according to my perfection [that is] within me ⁹ My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde ¹⁰ My buckler is with God: who preserueth them that be vpright in heart ¹¹ The Lorde is a righteous iudge: and the Lorde is prouoked to anger euery day ¹² If the wicked wyll not turne, he wyll whet his sworde: bende his bowe, and haue it in a redinesse [to shoote ¹³ He hath prepared hym instrumentes of death: he hath ordayned his arrowes agaynst them that be persecutors ¹⁴ Beholde, he wyll be in trauayle of a mischiefe, for he hath conceaued a labour: but yet he shall be brought to bed of a falsehood ¹⁵ He hath made a graue and digged it: but he hym selfe wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made ¹⁶ For his labour shall come vpon his owne head: and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate ¹⁷ I wyll prayse God accordyng to his ryghteousnesse: & I wyll sing psalmes vnto the name of the most high God ⁸ ¹ O God our Lorde, howe excellent is thy name in all the earth? for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens ² Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake: that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger ³ For I will consider thy heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers: the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned ⁴ What is man that thou art myndfull of him? and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym ⁵ Thou hast made hym somthyng inferiour to angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and worship ⁶ Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes: and thou hast put all thinges [in subiection] vnder his feete ⁷ (8:7a) All sheepe and oxen, & also the beastes of the fielde ⁸ (8:7b) the foules of the ayre, and the fishe of the sea, and whatsoeuer swymmeth in the seas ⁹ (8:8) O God our Lorde: howe excellent great is thy name in all the earth ⁹ ¹ I wyl prayse God with all myne heart: I wyl recite all thy marueylous workes ² I wyll be glad & reioyce in thee: I wyll sing psalmes vnto thy name, O thou most hyest ³ For that myne enemies are returned backwarde: are fallen and perished at thy presence ⁴ For that thou hast geuen iudgement in my ryght and cause: thou that iudgest right, hast sit in the throne of iudgement ⁵ Thou hast rebuked the Heathen, and destroyed the vngodly: thou hast abolished their name for euer and euer ⁶ O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation: and to destroy our cities, so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them ⁷ But God wyll sit for euer: he hath prepared his throne for iudgement ⁸ For he wyll iudge the world in iustice: and minister iudgement vnto the people in righteousnesse ⁹ God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed: euen a refuge in tyme of trouble ¹⁰ And they that knowe thy name wyll put their trust in thee: for thou O God hast neuer fayled them that seeke thee ¹¹ Sing psalmes vnto God abiding at Sion: declare his notable actes among the people ¹² For he maketh inquisition of blood: he remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore ¹³ Haue mercy on me O God: consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me, lift me vp from the gates of death ¹⁴ That I may shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Sion: and reioyce in thy saluation ¹⁵ The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made: their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily [for other. ¹⁶ God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed: the vngodly is trapped in ye worke of his owne handes, this ought to be considered alwayes. Selah ¹⁷ The wicked shalbe turned vnto hell: and all people that forget God ¹⁸ But the poore shall not alway be forgotten: [neither] shall the hope of the humble afflicted, perishe for euer ¹⁹ Aryse vp O God, let not man preuaile: let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged ²⁰ Put them in feare O God: that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men. Selah ¹⁰ ¹ Why standest thou so farre of O God? [why] hidest [thee] in the tyme of trouble ² The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: [but euery one] of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined ³ For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God ⁴ The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all: neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes ⁵ His wayes are alwayes greeuous, but thy iudgementes are farre aboue out of his sight: [and therfore] he snuffeth at all his enemies ⁶ He hath sayde in his heart, tushe, I can not be remoued: for I can not [be touched] at any tyme with harme ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe ⁸ He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates: and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent, he eyeth diligently hym that is weake ⁹ He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net ¹⁰ He croucheth and humbleth him selfe: so that a number of the that be weake, fall by his myght ¹¹ He sayeth in his heart, tushe, the Lord hath forgotten: he hydeth away his face, and he wyll neuer see it ¹² Aryse vp O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande, forget not the afflicted ¹³ Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme the Lorde: [whyle] he sayeth in his heart, that thou wylt not call to accompt ¹⁴ Surely thou hast seene [this] for thou beholdest labour and spite: that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands, he that is weake leaueth it for thee, [for] thou art the helper of the fatherlesse ¹⁵ Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious: searche thou out his vngodlynes, and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him ¹⁶ God is king for euer and euer: but the Heathen shall perishe out of the lande ¹⁷ O God, thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted: [and] thou wylt settle their heart ¹⁸ Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare, to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed: [so] no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence ¹¹ ¹ In God I put my trust: howe say ye then to my soule, that she shoulde flee as a byrde from your hyll ² For lo, the vngodly haue bende their bowe: and nocked their arrowes with the string, redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart ³ For if the foundations shalbe caste downe: what must the righteous do ⁴ But God is in his holy temple, Gods throne is in heauen: his eyes looke downe, his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men ⁵ God wyll trye the righteous: but his soule abhorreth the vngodly, and hym that delighteth in wickednes ⁶ Upon ye vngodly he wyl rayne snares, fire and brimstone: and tempestious stormes shalbe their portion to drinke ⁷ For God most righteous, loueth righteousnes: his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust ¹² ¹ Saue thou [me] O God, for there is not one godly man left: for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men ² Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes ³ God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: [and] the tongue that speaketh great thinges ⁴ Whiche say, we wyll preuayle with our tongue: our lippes are our owne, who is Lorde ouer vs ⁵ For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, [hym] whom the [wicked] hath snared ⁶ The wordes of God be wordes pure, as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth: and purified seuen times ⁷ [Wherfore] thou wylt kepe the godly, O God: thou wylt preserue euery one of them from this generation for euer ⁸ The vngodly walke on euery side: when the worst sort be exalted amongst the chyldren of men ¹³ ¹ Howe long wylt thou forget me O God, for euer? howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me ² Howe long shall I seke counsayle in my soule, and be so vexed in mine heart euery day? howe long shall myne enemie triumph ouer me ³ Loke downe and heare me O God my Lorde: lighten myne eyes, lest that I sleepe in death ⁴ Lest myne enemie say, I haue preuayled agaynst hym: lest they that trouble me reioyce yf I shoulde be remoued ⁵ (13:5a) But I repose my trust in thy mercie, and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation ⁶ (13:5b) I wyll syng to God, because he hath rewarded me ¹⁴ ¹ The foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God: they haue corrupted [them selues] and done an abhominable worke, there is not one that doth good ² God loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men: to see yf there were any that did vnderstande [and] seke after the Lorde ³ But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abhominable: there is none that doth good, no not one ⁴ Do not all the workers of iniquitie know, deuouryng my people as though they deuoured bread: that they call not vpon God ⁵ Hereafter they shalbe taken with a great feare: for the Lorde is in the generation of the righteous ⁶ As for nowe ye make a mocke at the counsayle of the poore: because he reposeth his trust in God ⁷ Who shall geue saluation vnto Israel: out of Sion? (14:8) When God will deliuer his people out of captiuitie: [then] wyll Iacob reioyce, and Israel be glad ¹⁵ ¹ O God, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll ² Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life: and doth the thyng that is iust, and speaketh the trueth from his heart ³ He that backbyteth not with his tongue: nor doth any euil to his felowe, nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour ⁴ He that dispiseth in his eyes the reprobate: and honoureth them that feare God. (15:5) He that hath sworne to his owne hurt: and yet wyll not go from his oth ⁵ (15:6) He that geueth not his money vpon vsurie: nor taketh rewarde agaynst the innocent. (15:7) He that doth these thynges: shall neuer at any tyme be remoued ¹⁶ ¹ Preserue me O Lorde: for I haue reposed my trust in thee ² Thou hast sayde [O my soule] vnto God, thou art my Lorde: my weldoing [can do] thee no good ³ But all my delyght is [to do good] vnto the saintes that are in the earth: and vnto such as excell in vertue ⁴ As for them that runne [after] another [God] they shall haue great trouble: I wyll not offer their drynke offerynges of blood, neither wyll I make mention of their names within my lyppes ⁵ O God, thou thy selfe art the portion of myne inheritaunce and of my cup: thou wylt mayntayne my lot ⁶ My lot is fallen vnto me in a pleasaut [grounde:] I [haue] a goodly heritage ⁷ I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle: my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season ⁸ I haue set God alwayes before me: for he is on my ryght hande, [therfore] I shall not be remoued ⁹ Wherfore my heart is glad: my glory reioyceth, my fleshe also shall rest in a securitie ¹⁰ For thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell: neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption ¹¹ Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy, and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore ¹⁷ ¹ Heare thou O God of iustice, be attentiue vnto my complaynt: geue eare vnto my prayer, not [proceeding] out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face: and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie ³ Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited [it] in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no [wickednesse, for] I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth ⁴ As touchyng [other] mens workes: through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent ⁵ O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes: that my footesteppes slyp not ⁶ I call vpon thee O God, for thou wilt heare me: incline thine eare to me, hearken vnto my wordes ⁷ Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse: thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee, from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande ⁸ Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges: from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me, [from] myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule ⁹ They haue inclosed [them selues] in their owne fat: with their mouth they speake proude thynges ¹⁰ They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde [where] our way [lyeth]: they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow [me] downe on the grounde ¹¹ His [doynges] be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places ¹² Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly [which is] thy sworde ¹³ [Deliuer thou] me O God from men [which be] thy hande: from men, from the worlde, whose portion [is] in this lyfe, whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy priuie [treasure] ¹⁴ Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes ¹⁵ But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¹⁸ ¹ (18:1a) I wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength ² (18:1b) God is my stony rocke & my fortresse, and my delyuerer: my Lorde, my castell in whom I wyll trust, my buckler, the horne of my saluation, & my refuge ³ (18:2) I wyll call vpon God, who is most worthy to be praysed: so I shall be safe from myne enemies ⁴ (18:3) The panges of death haue compassed me about: and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare ⁵ (18:4) The panges of a graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertoke me ⁶ (18:5) But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God, and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde: he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye came before his face, euen vnto his eares ⁷ (18:6) The earth trembled and quaked: the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke, because he was wroth ⁸ (18:7) In his anger a smoke ascended vp: and a fire out of his mouth dyd cosume, and euery cole therof dyd set a fire ⁹ (18:8) He bowed the heauens also, and he came downe: and it was darke vnder his feete ¹⁰ (18:9) He ridde vpon the Cherub, and he dyd flee: he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde ¹¹ (18:10) For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse: and for his pauilion rounde about hym, he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre ¹² (18:11) His cloudes, haylestones, and coles of fire: fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng ¹³ (18:12) God also thundred out of heauen: and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde, haylestones, and coles of fire ¹⁴ (18:13) He shot out his arrowes, and scattered them: he cast foorth much lyghtnynges, and destroyed them ¹⁵ (18:14) And the bottomes of waters appeared, and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng, O God: at the blast of the breath of thine anger ¹⁶ (18:15) He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me: he hath taken me out of many waters ¹⁷ (18:16) He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie: and from them which hate me, for they were to stout for me ¹⁸ (18:17) They preuented me in the day of my trouble: but God was vnto me a sure stay ¹⁹ (18:18) He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie: he brought me foorth, because he had a fauour vnto me ²⁰ (18:19) God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me ²¹ (18:20) Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God ²² (18:21) For all his lawes were before me: and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me ²³ (18:22) And I was sounde & pure towardes hym: and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse ²⁴ (18:23) Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng: and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght ²⁵ (18:24) With the holy thou wylt be holy: with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect ²⁶ (18:25) With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde ²⁷ (18:26) For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude ²⁸ (18:27) Thou also hast lyghtened my candell: God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght ²⁹ (18:28) For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men: and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall ³⁰ (18:29) The way of the Lorde is a perfect way, the worde of God is tryed in the fire: he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym ³¹ (18:30) For who is a Lorde besides God: or who hath any strength besides our Lorde ³² (18:31) It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre: and he hath made my way playne ³³ (18:32) He hath made my feete lyke Hartes feete: and he hath set me vp on hygh ³⁴ (18:33) He hath taught my handes to fyght: and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele ³⁵ (18:34) Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation: thy ryght hande also hath helde me vp, and through thy great gentlenesse I haue increased ³⁶ (18:35) Thou hast made me roomth inough for to go on: so that my feete haue not slypt ³⁷ (18:36) I haue pursued myne enemies and onertaken them: neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them ³⁸ (18:37) I smote them downe, and they are not able to aryse: they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete ³⁹ (18:38) Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle: thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me ⁴⁰ (18:39) Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes: and I haue destroyed them that hated me ⁴¹ (18:40) They cryed, but there was none to saue them: they cryed vnto God, but he dyd not heare them ⁴² (18:41) I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates ⁴³ (18:42a) Thou hast deliuered me from sedition of the people, and thou hast made me head of the heathen: a people whom I haue not knowen serueth me ⁴⁴ (18:42b) assoone as they hearde of me, they obeyed me ⁴⁵ (18:43) Children of a straunger haue made a lie vnto me: the heartes of the children of a straunger hath fayled them, and they feared in their [strong] holdes ⁴⁶ (18:44) God lyueth, and he [is] my strength most worthy of blisse: and the Lorde of my saluation ought to be magnified ⁴⁷ (18:45) It is God that hath geuen me power to take auengeaunce: and he hath subdued the people vnder me ⁴⁸ (18:46) It is he that is the aucthour of my deliuerie from myne enemies: and he hath set me vp aboue them that rose agaynst me, he hath ridde me from the wicked man ⁴⁹ (18:47) For this cause I wyll acknowledge thee O God among the gentiles: and syng psalmes vnto thy name ⁵⁰ (18:48) Who hath wonderfull oft deliuered his kyng: and he hath done mercifully vnto Dauid his annoynted, and vnto his seede for euermore ¹⁹ ¹ The heauens declare the glorie of God: and the firmament sheweth his handy worke ² A day occasioneth talke therof vnto a day: and a night teacheth knoweledge vnto a nyght ³ (19:3a) No language, no wordes, no voyce of theirs is hearde ⁴ (19:3b) yet their sounde goeth into all landes, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde. (19:4a) In them he hath set a tabernacle for the sunne ⁵ (19:4b) which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber, and reioyceth as a giaunt to runne his course ⁶ (19:5) His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen, and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof: and there is nothing hyd from his heat ⁷ (19:6) The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple ⁸ (19:7) The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes ⁹ (19:8) The feare of God is sincere, & endureth for euer: the iudgementes of God are trueth, they be iust in all poyntes ¹⁰ (19:9) They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe ¹¹ (19:10) Moreouer, by them thy seruaunt is well aduertised: and in kepyng of them there is a great rewarde ¹² (19:11) Who can knowe his owne errours? Oh cleanse thou me from those that I am not priuie of ¹³ (19:12) Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous [sinnes] let them not raigne ouer me: so I shall be perfect & voyde from all haynous offence ¹⁴ (19:13) Let the wordes of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O God: my strength and my redeemer ²⁰ ¹ God heare thee in the day of trouble: the name of the Lorde of Iacob defende thee ² Let him sende thee helpe from the sanctuarie: and ayde thee out of Sion ³ Let him remember all thy offeringes: and turne into asshes thy burnt sacrifices. Selah ⁴ Let him graunt thee thy heartes desire: and accomplishe all thy deuice ⁵ We wyll reioyce in thy saluation, and triumph in the name of our Lorde: for God wyll perfourme all thy petitions ⁶ Nowe I knowe that God wyll saue his annoynted, he wyll heare him from his heauenly sanctuarie: there is saluation in the mightinesse of his right hande ⁷ Some [put their trust] in chariotes, and some in horses: but we wyll remember the name of God our Lorde ⁸ They shalbe made to bowe and fall: but we shall arise, and stande vpright ⁹ Saue thou O God: that the king may heare vs in the day when we call ²¹ ¹ The kyng ought to reioyce in thy strength O God: and he ought to be exceedyng glad of thy saluation ² Thou hast geuen him his heartes desire: and hast not denied him the request of his lippes. Selah ³ For thou hast preuented him with good blessinges: and hast set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head ⁴ He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him long dayes: euen for euer and euer ⁵ His honour is great through thy saluation: thou hast layde glorie and great worship vpon him ⁶ For thou hast placed him to be blessinges for euer: and hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce ⁷ Because the king trusteth in God, and in the mercie of the most highest: he shal not miscarie ⁸ Thine hande wyll finde out all thine enemies: thy right hande wyll finde out them that hate thee ⁹ Thou wilt make them like a burnyng furnace in tyme of thy furie: God wyll destroy them in his wrath, and fire shall consume them ¹⁰ Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth: and their seede from among the children of men ¹¹ For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee, and imagined a craftie deuice: [but] they coulde not [bring it to passe. ¹² Therfore thou wilt put them to flight: [and] direct thine arrowes agaynst their faces ¹³ Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might: so we wyll sing, and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power ²² ¹ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why] art thou so farre from my health, and from the wordes of my complaynt ² O my God I crye all the day tyme, and in the night season, and I ceasse not: but thou hearest not ³ And yet thou most holy: sittest to receaue the prayers of Israel ⁴ Our fathers hoped in thee: they trusted in thee, & thou didst deliuer them ⁵ They called vpon thee, and they were helped: they did put their trust in thee, and they were not confounded ⁶ But as for me I am a worme and no man: a very scorne of men, and an outcast of the people ⁷ All they that see me, laugh me to scorne: they do make a mowe, and nod their head [at me. ⁸ [Saying] he referreth [all] to God, [loking that God] wyll deliuer him [and] rescue him: for he delighteth only in him ⁹ But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe: thou causedst me to trust in thee, suckyng my mothers breastes ¹⁰ I haue ben left vnto thee euer since I was borne: thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe ¹¹ O go not far fro me, for trouble is harde at hande: and there is none to helpe me ¹² Many oxen are come about me: fat [bulles] of Bashan close me in on euery syde ¹³ They gape vpon me with their mouthes: as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion ¹⁴ I am as [it were] into water resolued, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart also is like waxe melted in the middest of my bowels ¹⁵ My strength is dried vp like a potsheard, & my tongue cleaueth to my gummes: and thou hast brought me into the dust of death ¹⁶ (22:16a) For dogges are come about me, the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me: they haue pearced my handes and my feete ¹⁷ (22:16b) I may tell all my bones. (22:17a) They stande staring & gasing vpon me ¹⁸ (22:17b) they part my garmentes among them, and they cast lottes vpon my vesture ¹⁹ (22:18) But be not thou farre from me O God: thou art my strength, make haste to helpe me ²⁰ (22:19) Delyuer my soule from the sworde: and my dearlyng from the dogges pawes ²¹ (22:20) Saue me from the Lions mouth: delyuer me from the hornes of the Unicornes ²² (22:21) I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren: I wyll prayse thee in the middest of the congregation ²³ (22:22) [Saying] prayse ye God ye that feare hym: glorifie hym all ye of the seede of Iacob, and stande in awe of hym all ye of the seede of Israel ²⁴ (22:23) For he hath not dispised nor abhorred the affliction of the poore: he hath not hyd his face from hym, but he hearde hym when he cryed vnto hym ²⁵ (22:24) My prayse shalbe of thee in the great congregation: I wyll perfourme my vowes in the syght of them that feare hym ²⁶ (22:25) The poore shall eate, and be satisfied: they that seeke after God shall prayse hym, your heart shall lyue for euer ²⁷ (22:26) All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God: and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face ²⁸ (22:27) For the kingdome is Gods: and he is the gouernour ouer the nations ²⁹ (22:28) All such as be fat vpon the earth shall eate and worshyp: all they that go downe [in] to the dust shall knele before hym, although he preserued not his owne lyfe ³⁰ (22:29) The posteritie shall serue hym: they shalbe counted vnto the Lorde for a generation ³¹ (22:30) They wyll come and declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shalbe borne: for he hath done it ²³ ¹ (23:1a) God is my sheephearde, therfore I can lacke nothyng 2 (23:1b) he wyll cause me to repose my selfe in pasture full of grasse, and he wyll leade me vnto calme waters ³ (23:2) He wyll conuert my soule: he wyll bring me foorth into the pathes of righteousnesse for his name sake ⁴ (23:3) Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death, I wyll feare no euyll: for thou art with me, thy rodde and thy staffe be the thynges that do comfort me ⁵ (23:4) Thou wylt prepare a table before me in the presence of myne aduersaries: thou hast annoynted my head with oyle, and my cup shalbe brymme full ⁶ (23:5) Truely felicitie and mercie shal folowe me all the dayes of my lyfe: and I wyll dwell in the house of God for a long tyme ²⁴ ¹ The earth is Gods and all that therin is: the worlde, & they that dwell therin 2 For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas: and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes ³ Who shal ascende into the hyll of God? or who shall ryse vp in his holy place ⁴ [Euen he that hath] cleane handes, and a pure heart: & that hath not taken his soule in vayne, nor sworne disceiptfully ⁵ He shall receaue a blessyng from God: and ryghteousnesse from the Lorde of his saluation ⁶ This is the generation of them that seke hym: euen of them that seke thy face [in] Iacob. Selah ⁷ Lyft vp your heades O ye gates, and be ye lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in ⁸ Who is this kyng of glorie? it is God both strong & mightie, it is God mightie in battayle ⁹ Lyft vp your heades (O ye gates) and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores: and the kyng of glorie shall enter in ¹⁰ Who is this kyng of glorie? euen the God of hostes, he is the kyng of glorie. Selah ²⁵ ¹ (25:1a) I lyft vp my soule vnto thee O God ² (25:1b) I put my trust in thee my Lorde: let me not be confounded, neither let myne enemies triumph ouer me ³ (25:2) Yea, let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame: let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse ⁴ (25:3a) Make me to knowe thy wayes O God, and teache me thy pathes ⁵ (25:3b) leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me, for thou art the Lorde of my saluation, I haue wayted for thee al the day long ⁶ (25:4) Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies & thy louyng kindnesse: for they haue ben for euer ⁷ (25:5) Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth: but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me ⁸ (25:6) Gratious and ryghteous is God: therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way ⁹ (25:7) He wyll guide the meke in iudgement: and teache the humble his way ¹⁰ (25:8) All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth: vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies ¹¹ (25:9) Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse: for it is very great ¹² (25:10) What man is he that feareth God? [God] wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose ¹³ (25:11) His soule shall rest all nyght at ease: and his seede shall inherite the lande ¹⁴ (25:12) The secrete of God is among them that feare hym: and he wyll make knowen vnto them his couenaunt ¹⁵ (25:13) Myne eyes be alwayes [turned] vnto God: for he wyll take my feete out of the net ¹⁶ (25:14) Turne thy face vnto me, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and in miserie ¹⁷ (25:15) The sorowes of myne heart are encreased: O bryng thou me out of my distresse ¹⁸ (25:16) Loke thou vpon myne aduersitie and vpon my labour: and forgeue me all my sinne ¹⁹ (25:17) Consider myne enemies, for they do multiplie: and they beare a tirannous hate against me ²⁰ (25:18) O kepe my soule and deliuer me, lest I shalbe confounded: for I haue put my trust in thee ²¹ (25:19) Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe: for I haue wayted after thee ²² (25:20) O God redeeme Israel: out of all his aduersities ²⁶ ¹ Iudge thou me O God, for I haue walked in my perfection: my trust also hath ben in God [therfore] I shall not fall ² Examine me O God and proue me: trye out my reynes and my heart ³ For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes: and I wyll walke in thy trueth ⁴ I haue not sit [in company] with vayne persons: neither haue I entred [once acquaintaunce] with dissemblers ⁵ I haue hated the congregation of the malitious: and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly ⁶ I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie: and [so] I haue gone about thine aulter O God ⁷ That in a publique confession I myght heare: and set foorth all thy wonderous workes ⁸ O God, I haue loued the habitation of thine house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth ⁹ O gather not my soule with sinners: nor my life with bloodie men ¹⁰ In whose handes is wickednes: and their right hande is full of gyftes ¹¹ But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection: O redeeme me, and be mercyfull vnto me ¹² My foote standeth vpon a playne [grounde: therfore] I wyll blesse God in the congregations ²⁷ ¹ God is my lyght and saluation, whom then shall I feare? God is the strength of my life, of whom then shall I be afraide ² When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe: mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell ³ Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me, yet shall not mine heart be afraide: and though there rose vp warre against me, [yet] I wyll put my trust in this ⁴ I haue desired one thyng of God, whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require: euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautifulnes of God, and to seeke [it] in his temple ⁵ For in the time of aduersitie he shall hide me in his tabernacle: yea in the secrete [place] of his pauilion he shall hide me, and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone ⁶ And nowe he shall lift vp my head aboue mine enemies rounde about me: therfore I wyll offer in his tabernacle a sacrifice of great ioy, I wyll sing and prayse God with psalmes ⁷ Hearken vnto my voyce O god, [when] I crye [vnto thee]: haue mercy vpon me and heare me ⁸ My heart hath sayde vnto thee [according to this thy commaundement] seeke ye my face: thy face O God wyll I seeke ⁹ O hide not thou thy face from me, nor cast thy seruaunt away in a displeasure: thou hast ben my succour, leaue me not, neither forsake me O Lorde of my saluation ¹⁰ For my father and mother forsoke me: and God did take me vp ¹¹ Teache me thy way O God: and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies ¹² Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes: for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me, and such as speake wrong ¹³ If I had not beleued [veryly] to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing: [their spite had kylled me. ¹⁴ Attende thou [therfore] vpon God, be of a good courage, and he will comfort thine heart: [I say] attende thou vpon God ²⁸ ¹ Vnto thee I crye O God my strength, make not as though thou were deafe at me: lest if thou holdest thy peace, I become like them that go downe into the graue ² Heare the voyce of my humble petitions when I crye vnto thee: when I holde vp my handes towarde thy holy place where thy arke is ³ Take me not away with the vngodlye, and with the workers of iniquitie: whiche speake of peace to their neighbours, but mischiefe is in their heartes ⁴ Rewarde them accordyng to their deedes: and according to the wickednes of their owne inuentions. (28:5) Recompence them after the worke of their handes: pay them home that they haue deserued ⁵ (28:6) For they geue not their minde to vnderstande the doynges of God and the worke of his handes: [therefore] he wyll breake them downe, and not buylde them vp ⁶ (28:7) Blessed be God: for he hath hearde the voyce of mine humble petitions ⁷ (28:8) God is my strength and my shielde, my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart skippeth for ioy, and in my song I wyll prayse hym ⁸ (28:9) God is their strength: and the strength that saueth his annoynted ⁹ (28:10) O saue thy people, and geue thy blessing vnto thine inheritaunce: feede them and exalt them for euermore ²⁹ ¹ A tribute vnto God O ye sonnes of princes: attribute vnto God glory and strength ² Geue to God glory [due] vnto his name: worship God with holy honour ³ The voyce of God is aboue waters: it is the Lorde of glory that thundreth, it is God that ruleth the sea ⁴ The voyce of God is with power: the voyce of God is with honour ⁵ The voyce of God breaketh the Cedar trees: yea God breaketh the Cedars of Libanus ⁶ And he maketh them to skip like a calfe: Libanus also and Sirion like a young vnicorne ⁷ (29:7a) The voyce of God casteth out flambes of fire ⁸ (29:7b) the voyce of God maketh the wyldernesse to tremble, God maketh the wyldernesse of Cades to tremble ⁹ (29:8) The voyce of God maketh Hindes to cast their calfe, and maketh woods to be bare: therefore euery man setteth foorth his glory in his temple ¹⁰ (29:9) God sitteth in the flud: and God wil sit king for euer ¹¹ (29:10) God wyll geue strength vnto his people: God wyll blesse his people in peace ³⁰ ¹ I wyll exalt thee O God, for thou hast exalted me: and hast not made my foes to triumph ouer me 2 O God my Lord I cryed vnto thee: and thou hast healed me ³ Thou God hast raysed vp my soule from the graue: thou hast preserued my life from them that go downe into ye pit ⁴ Sing psalmes vnto god ye his saintes: and make your confession vnto the remembraunce of his holynes ⁵ For a litle short time [passeth] in his anger, a life is [spente] in his good wyll: at euening weeping shall begin the night, but ioy commeth in the morning ⁶ (30:6a) And in my prosperitie I saide, I shall neuer haue a fal ⁷ (30:6b) thou God of thy goodnes hadst made my hyll so strong ⁸ (30:7) [Neuerthelesse, when] thou dydst turne thy face, I was troubled: [then] I cryed vnto thee O God, then made I my humble prayers to thee my Lorde ⁹ (30:8) [Saying] what profite is there in my blood when I go downe to the pit? shal the dust geue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth ¹⁰ (30:9) Heare me O God, and haue mercy vppon me: O God be thou my helper ¹¹ (30:10) [And foorthwith] thou hast turned my mourning into dauncing: thou hast put of my sackcloth, and gyrded me with gladnes ¹² (30:11) Therfore my glory shal sing psalmes vnto thee and not ceasse: O God my Lorde I wyll prayse thee for euer