❧ The Psalter of David newly translated into English metre in such sort that it may the more decently, and with more delight of the mind, be read and song of all men. Whereunto is added a note of four parts, with other things, as shall appear in the Epistle to the Reader.  
¶ Translated and Imprinted by Robert Crowley in the year of our Lord. M. D. xlix. the xx. day of September. And are to be sold in Eley rents in Holborn. ✚  Cum Privilegio ad Imprimendum solum.  

¶ A Table wherein may easily be found all movable feasts for ever.  
Golden number. … ies letters. Septuage●ima. Ash Wensdaye. Ester. 〈◊〉 day. Wit ●udaye. The sunday a●ter the 〈◊〉. Advent 〈◊〉.    Janu. Febru. March april. may.    ● d xviij iiij xxii xxv x xxuj xxix November. e nineteen v xxiii i 〈…〉 xi xxvi thirty f xx vi xxiv two xii xxuj i December. ● g xxi seven xxv iij xiii xxvi ij ● A xxij viii xxvi iiij xiv xxvi iij b twenty-three ix xxvii v xv xxv xxvij November. ● c xxiv x xxviij vi xvi xxv xxviij d xxv xi xxix seven xvii xxv xxix ●●… e xxvi xii thirty viii xviij xxv xx● ●●… f xxvij xiii xxxi ix nineteen xxv i December. g xxviij xiv i 〈…〉 x xx xxv ij ●●… a xxix xv two xi xxj xxv iij ●●●… b thirty xvi iij xii xxii xxiv xxvij November. ●●… c xxxi xvii iiij xiii twenty-three x●iiij xxviij ● d i 〈…〉 xviij v xiii xxiv xxiv xxix c ij nineteen vi xv xxv xxiv xxv ●… f iij xx seven xvi xxvi xxiv i December. g iiij xxi viii xvii xxvii xxiii ij ●●●… a v xxij ix xviii xxviij xxiv iii ●… b vi xxiii x nineteen xxix xxiii xxvij November c seven xxiv xi xx thirty ●xiii xxviij ●●●… d viii xxv xii xxi xxxi twenty-three xxix ●●… e ix xxvi xiii xxij i 〈◊〉 xxiii thirty f x x●vii xiv twenty-three ij xxiii i December. ●… g xi xxviij xv xxiv iij twenty-three ij a xii i 〈◊〉 xvi xxv iiij twenty-three iij ●●… b xiii two xvij xxvi v xxij xxvij November. ●●●… c xiiii iij xviij xxvii uj x●ii xxviij d xv iiij nineteen xxviij seven xxii xxix e xvi v xx xxix viii xxij thirty f xvij vi xxi thirty ix xxij i December. g xviij seven xxii xxxj x xxii ij a nineteen viii xxiii i ●une xj xxij iij b xx ix xxiv two xii xxi xxvij November. ●●… c xxi x xxv iij xiii xxj xxviij  
¶ In the Epistle to the reader you shall find the exposition of this table.   

¶ To the Christian Reader.  
lest thou shouldest be ignorant in any thing that is contained in this book (gentle reader) have here the understanding of the table that I have set before the calendar. First thou must seek the Golden number, which this year of our Lord. M. D.xlix.is.xj. and standeth in the first end of the row of numbers following. xi.xij.xiij.xiiij.xu.xvi.xvij.xviij.xix.i.ij.iij.iiij.u.vi.vij.viij.ix.x. The next year it shallbe xii and so forth, so that this time xix years it shallbe xi. again.  
Then must ye know the sundays letter which is found after this sort.  
f.e.d.b. a.g.f.d. c.b.a.f. e.d.c.a. g.f.e.c.b. a.g.e. d. c.b g. c e g b d f a  
In the first end of this row of letters standeth. f. which is sundays letter this year of our Lord. M.D.xlix. the next year shallbe. e. and so forth as they stand in order, and where two letters be, there is leap year. So that this time xxviij Years: f. in the first end of the row, shallbe sunnedayes letter again.  
This done, look the golden numbered at the left side of your table, & then the sundays letter next following, against which you shall find all the movable feasts noted, what month and day of the month they fall.  
And here note, that if the golden number stand against the sundays letter thou shalt not take that sundays letter, but the next sundays letter following. And when thou comest to the end of the table, begin it again, as though it were round and had none end.  
Thou hast also in this book, a note or song of four parts, which agreeth with the metre of this Psalter in such sort, that it serveth for all the Psalms thereof, containing so many notes in one part, as be syllables in one metre, as appeareth by the dyttie that is printed with the same.  
More over, I have added to the end of this book, all the canticles that are usually song in the church, translated into the same metre, and agreeing with the same note.  
This have I done, to move the to delight in the reading and hearing of these Psalms, wherein lieth hid the most precious treasure of the christian religion. And so far as my knowledge would serve me: I have made open and plain, that which in other translations, is obscure & hard. trusting that some better learned, will hereat take occasion to add more light. In the mean time give God the glory for that he hath done in me, and pray that thou mayest always credit the infallible truth of god's word. And if thou chance to confer this translation with the translations of the Bible & find that they disagree: do not forth with dislike either of them, but first consult men of learning & judgement in the knowledge of tongues, and know that God hath revealed to his servant Leo judas (whose translation I have followed) those things that were unknown to them that before him translated the Psalter out of the Ebrue.  
Farewell. At London the twenty day of September. In the year of our Lord. M.D.xlix. Robert Crowley.   


Contertenor.  
That man is happy and blessed, that hath not gone astray: In the counsel of wicked men, nor stand in sinners way,   

Tenor.  
That man is happy and blessed, that hath not gone astray; In the counsel of wicked men, nor stand in sinners way.   

Plain song.  
That man is happy and blessed, that hath not gone astray: In the counsel of wicked men, nor stand in sinners way,   

Bassus.  
That man is happy & blessed, that hath not gone astray: In the counsel of wicked men, nor stand in sinners way,    

❧ OWINO OGLETHROPO INSIGNI THEOLOGO, atque Oxoniae Magdalenensium praesidi, caeterisque eiusdem Collegij studiosis Robertus Croleus spiritus sancti auxilium optat assiduum.  
EQVIDEM (VIRI STUDIOSISSIMI) postquam hos sacrosanctos Davidis hymnos ad exemplare a Leone juda elaboratum, a Bibliandro revisum, atque ab universa Tigurina ecclesia comprobatum reddidissem Anglice: caepi mecum cogitare, cuinam potissimum hosce meos labores dedicare conveniret. Caepi inquam mecum cogitare: & inter cogitandum, occurrunt multi quibus multa debeo, quique mihi videntur, suo iure posse, harum mearum lucubrationum laudem sibi vendicare. Occurritquoque autoris dignitas: cui si responderet nostra translatio, non alij (mihi credite) quam serenissimo regi quadraret patrono. Erat enim Propheta altissimi, de quo testatur solus ille omnipotens, virum secundum cor suum invenisse se. Haec dum cogito atque imis sensibus recolere incipio: vos mihi, vos inquam (a quibus est, si qua sit in me literatura) indissolubilibus argumentis posse convincere videmini: vestrum hoc esse totum, & in vestram debere cedere gloriam quicquid id erit quod ingenij mei tenuitas pepererit. Quum enim rudis adhuc atque omnium literarum expers, Oxoniae studere instituissem inops, atque inopia coactus ab incepto pene destitissem misellus: vos (sed praecipue tu Oglethrope, ut non dicam solum) in vestrà literarum palestram uestrum revocastis Crooleum. Me quidem revocastis, non muneribus aut amicorum precibus provocati, ut (flens dico) plerumque fit Oxoniae, neque spe premij ducti, nisi (quod suspicor) divinum expectastis premium: sed nullis muneribus, nullis amicorum precibus soliciti, me indigum atque omnibus bonis destitutum, atque vix ausum tale quicquam a vobis petere, libere atque uestrapte sponte eligere voluistis.  
Adhaec, res ipsa quam tractavi, cum sit totius scripturae pandecte atque verum Christianae Ecclesiae Gazophilacium: non nisi eruditissimos & pijssime doctos patronos decet. Indecorum enim est Martem praeficere Musis, aut Mineruam Bellonae substituere. Imò contra. Quis unquam qui Gentem domuit, aut provinciam bello adquisivit, eandem ducibus bellorum inexpertis defendendam tradidit? Sed heus tu (dicet sort aliquis) quos tu Magdalenenses facis? Sunt ne omnium doctissimi? Non habet Anglia Magdalenensibus doctiores, & qui Christum magis sapiunt? Sunt patres conscripti, sunt Episcopi, sunt magninominis praelatimu ti Non est inter eos quisquam dignus qui tuis patrocinetur laboribus? Sunt hercle ex his doctissimi & dignissimi qui doctissimorum lucubrationibus (quid ni nostris ludicris) patro cinentur. Alit etiam Oxoniae per multos, quibus vos (viri studiosissimi) palmam porrigere non gravabimini scio: non est tamen quisquam cui ego ingenij mei fructus aeque debeo atque vobis, quibus (ut dixi) totam illam quae in me est eruditionis s●ntillam debeo. Praeterea ego vos pernovi, & iam binis lustris vestrae lenitatis experientiam habui, quo sit quod maiori cum fiducià aus●m a vobis petere laborum meorum patrocinium, & vestro nomini dedicare, quod alijs vix ausim proponere legendum.  
Postremo, vos me novistis, & eruditionis meae tenuitatem habetis cognitam, lu●e igitur vestro potestis hoc officija me exigere: ut vos pro Censoribus semper agnoscam, quibus lucubrationes meas omnes relinquam corrigendas. Accipite igitur haec (incondita quidem, ut me indicent autorem) & bom consulite ut vobis est dignum. Atque si quid mepte, indecte, aut minus eleganter sit dictum: id totum curis huius vitae (quibus undique opprimor) ascribite. Solida enim studia integrum requirum animum, neq fieri potest ut qui manibus victum queritant (s●m licet studios●simi) aliquid eximij faciant in re literaria, nisi in eis spiritus il●e sapientiae operetur occult. Perlegite igitur obsecro, Psalmorum hunc libellum, hoc tantum animo, ut per vestram diligentiam, ab erroribus quibus per inscitiam nostram scatet, quam cito repurgetur. Ego pro ingenij & eruditionis meae portiuncula, ad sensum reddidi: vos pro vestra plenitudine annotationibus adhibitis, loca difficiliora exponite, ut simul cum jucunda lexione percipiatur veritas. Inuenietis quidem multa Theologorum multorum placitis contraria: nam solam Leonis judae versionem sum secutus, quod is mihi videtur interpresprae caeteris omnibus fidelis. Quod scio tamen, nihil impium aut Christianae veritati dissonum habet haec nostra translatio. Imo ut hanc ansam praeripiam calumniatori: Deum (qui renes scrutatur & corda) conscientiae meae testem assumo, hanc curam mihi fuisse precipuam, ut verum & Germanum sensum exprimeret nostra versio.  
valet, & studiosi studiosis favete. Ex officina nostra Londini Septembris. 20. Anno salutis nostrae. 1549. Vester Robertus Croleus.   


¶ The first Psalm of David.  
THat man is happy and blessed, that hath not gone astray:  
In the counsel of wicked men, nor stand in sinners way.  
The man is blessed, I say, that hath not sat in company.  
With scornefulmen that think wisdom, to rest in them only.  
But hath in the law of the Lord set his only delight:  
And will in the same exercise, himself both day and night.  
He shallbe like a tree planted, fast by the ryverssyde:  
That doth bring forth and give her fruit in her due time and tide.  
And as the leaf thereof doth not fall, but flourish and stand:  
So shall all things prosper right well, that he doth take in hand.  
The wicked shallbe nothing like, but as leaves that are dry:  
And as the chaff and things of nought, that with the wind do fly.  
Therefore the wicked shall not rise, and stand in the judgement:  
Neither sinners among the just, that seek God's testament.  
For the Lord knoweth the just man's way, and hath it allowed:  
But the way of the wicked men, shallbe quite destroyed.   

The two Psalm.  
WHy do the Gentiles run on heaps, with such rage and tumult?  
Why do the people sit and muse, & on vain things consult?  
The kings and rulars of the earth, do cluster and convent:  
Against the Lord and are against his anointed full bent.  
Shall we be bound to them (say they) let all their bonds be broke:  
And of their doctrine and their laws, let us reject the yoke.  
But he that dwelleth in heaven, doth their doings deride:  
And maketh them all mocking stocks, through out the world so wide.  
And in his wrath the Lord will speak to them upon a day:  
And in his fury trouble them, and then the Lord will say.  
Upon mine holy hill Zion, my king I have pointed:  
And over all my chosen flock I have him anointed.  
Then shall the king say thus again, his will I will declare:  
And eke recite all manner things, that in his decrees are.  
For unto me the Lord himself, said in this wise I wot:  
Thou art my dear and only son, to day I the begot.  
It thy request I will give thee (as heirs) all nations:  
And all the borders of the earth for thy possessions.  
With a sceptre a maze of steel, thou shalt rule them I say:  
And shalt break them into pieces, as a pot made of clay.  
O ye kings and ye rulars all, get ye wisdom therefore:  
And eke ye judges of the earth, of learning get ye store.  
See that ye serve the Lord above, in trembling and in fear:  
And with reverence see ye do rejoice in like manner.  
See that ye kiss and eke embrace, his only son I say:  
least in his wrath ye perish all, and wander from his way.  
For his wrath shall full suddenly, be kindled in his breast:  
But all that put their trust in him shall certainly be blessed.   

The three Psalm.  
O Lord how many be my foes, that against me do rise?  
And how many say to my soul, God doth him quite despise.  
But thou O Lord art● my target, when I am hard besteade:  
Mine honour and my glory both, and holdest up mine head.  
And with my voice upon the Lord, I will both call and cry:  
And he out of his holy hill, will hear me by and by.  
I laid me down and quietly, I stepped and rose again:  
For why, I know assuredly, the Lord doth me sustain.  
I do not fear ten thousand men, that compass me about:  
Arise (O Lord) my God I say, save me and bring me out.  
Thou smitest all thine enemies, even on the heard cheek bone:  
And thou hast broken all the teeth, of each ungodly one.  
salvation doth alonely, belong to God above:  
Bestow therefore upon thy flock, thy blessing and thy love.   

The four Psalm.  
O God (my justice) that dost hear me, when I on the cry:  
And dost set me free from trouble, hear me mercifully.  
O mortal men, how long will ye bring my glory to shame?  
How long will you love vanity, and seek lies and false fame?  
And know that the Lord hath chosen for himself the godly:  
And that he will give ear to me, when I shall to him cry.  
Sin not, but stand in awe therefore, & examine your heart:  
And in your secret chamber see, you do yourself convert.  
Offer to God the sacrifice of righteousness I say:  
And look that in the living God ye put your trust alway.  
Many men say, who will give us worldly goods and substance?  
And for to see good fortune & also prosperous chance?  
But upon us thy poor servants, Lord lift thou up a sign:  
The light Lord of thy countenance that doth so clearly shine.  
Yet when I saw the great increase, of their corn and new wine.  
Thou madest me rejoice in heart, and not there at repine.  
In peace I shall both rest and sleep, I shall be full quiet:  
Because thou only art he that dost me in salftie set.   

The .v. Psalm.  
LOrd mark my words and understand, all my still whispering:  
Hear me, for I will pray to the that art my God and king.  
Lord thou wilt hear my voice by time, and I will me apply:  
Unto the early in the morn, and look on the only.  
For thou art not the God that doth in wickedness delight:  
Neither shall any wicked thing remain within thy sight.  
The raging fools shall not consist and stand before thine eyes:  
For thou hast hated all such men, as work iniquities.  
Such as speak lies thou shalt destroy, for the Lord doth withstand:  
The man that sheddeth blood, and that taketh disobeyed in hand.  
But I wylcome into thine house trusting upon thy grace:  
And in thy fear will honour the even at thine holy place.  
Lord lead me forth in thy justice for fear of mine enemies:  
And thine own way defend thou Lord before thy servants eyes.  
For in their mouth there is no truth, their inwards are but dung:  
Their throat is like an open grave, they flatter with their tongue.  
Prove them guilty (O God) and let them fall from their counsels:  
For their great sins drive them away, for they have been rebels.  
And let such as do trust in thee, sing & rejoice alway:  
Let such as love thy name rejoice in thy defence I say.  
For thou (O Lord) dost bless the just & give him good things still:  
And as a spear thy goodness doth enclose him from all ill.   

The vi Psalm.  
Lord check thou not thy poor servant in thine hasty fury:  
Neither correct me in the heat of thy melancholy.  
Be merciful to me (O Lord) for I am deformed:  
heal thou me Lord, because my bones are made sore abashed.  
But my soul is abashed sore: yea, & right sore troubled:  
And thou (O Lord) how long wilt thou see me so afflicted?  
Return (O Lord) set my soul clear, save me for thy mercy:  
For in death and the grave there is, of the no memory.  
In my sorrowful morning I am wearied out right:  
And with my tears my bed & couch I make to flow all night.  
My face is wrynckled through anger, & indignation:  
And it is made exceeding old, through mine enemies each one.  
Depart from me all ye that be workers of wickedness:  
For the Lord hath heard the voice of my sorrowful distress.  
The Lord hath heard his servants prayer and supplication:  
The Lord hath received my suit, and mine oration.  
Let all mine enemies take shame, and be cast down greatly:  
Let them be turned back again, and take shame suddenly.   

The vij Psalm.  
O Lord my God I put my trust, and confidence in thee:  
Keep me from all that persecute me and deliver me.  
Let not this man snalch up my soul, like a lion raging:  
Neither tear it when no man shall come to my rescuing.  
Oh Lord my God, I have not done the thing that they surmise:  
Mine hands to any frowardness I do not exercise.  
If I have done hurt unto him, that did peace with me take:  
Yea, when he vexed me causeless, if I did him forsake.  
Then let him persecute my soul, and lay hands on the same:  
And let him tread my life to dirt, and dyminyshe my fame.  
Arise (O Lord) in thy fury, when my foes be stirred:  
Arise to me with the judgement that thou haste commanded.  
And let the company of all people stand the about:  
And therefore to go up again do thou not stand in doubt.  
Let the Lord judge the nations, O Lord judge me also:  
And after mine upright dealing, so let it with me go.  
O righteous God that art searcher, of the hearts and the lust:  
Let the ungodly men's sin cease, and govern thou the just.  
My shield, my tergat and defence in God alone I find:  
That is the saviour of them, that are of godly mind.  
God is a just and upright judge, he is righteous I say:  
And God is moved with anger, and that every day.  
If Saul will not return but make his sword ready to fight:  
If he will bend his bow I say and himself to wars dight:  
If he will prepare him such darts, as will kill presently:  
And frame his burning arrows, that will pierce so mightily:  
Lo, than he shall travail right sore, to bring forth vanity:  
For he hath conceived great grief, & shall bring out a lie.  
He hath trenched and digged out, a dych for me to fall:  
But into the pit that he made, he slippeth first of all.  
The care that he bent toward me, shall light on his head certain:  
So shall the force, wherewith he would oppress me, turn again.  
After his righteousness I will praise the Lord most mighty:  
And right so will I sing to the name of the Lord most high.   

The eight Psalm.  
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy most holy name:  
Throughout the earth? that above heavens thou spreadest out thy fame  
Thou haste brought strength out of the mouth of babes and sucklings young:  
For thy foes sakes, to weken them, that revenge their own wrong.  
But thine heavens I will behold, thine handiworckes I say:  
The moan and stars that thou hast made, and prepared for aye.  
What thing is mortal man that thou dost him never forget:  
And the son of man what is he, that thou dost him visit?  
For unto God thou hast made him little inferior:  
Thou hast compassed him with such glory, and such honour.  
Thou hast made him lord of the works that thine hands have form:  
And eke all things under his feet thou hast constituted.  
All flocks of sheep and droves of beasts, thou didst to him give:  
And eke the labouring beasts that in the fields do live.  
The fowls that live in the air, with fishes great and small:  
That live by the sea, and all things that pass by the sea wall.  
O Lord that art our Lord I say, our master and our guide:  
How wonderful (Lord) is thy name, through out the earth so wide?   

The ix Psalm.  
I Will set forth and praise the Lord with all mine heart in deed:  
And all his wonderful works shall by my be declared.  
I will be glad & eke rejoice in thee (O thou most high:)  
And to thine holy name I will sing moste reioyceyngly.  
Whylse my foes shall be driven back, and caused to recoil:  
They shall fall and perish before thee, as men made a spoil.  
For thou art my judgement and haste judged all my debate:  
Thou righteous judge I say thou hast sat on thy judgement seat.  
Thou haste blamed the Heathen, and destroyed the wicked:  
And for ever also thou haste their name abolished.  
Now are thy wastes all at an end, O thou fierce enemy:  
With the cities that thou cuntest down, gone is their memory.  
But the Lord doth reign for ever, his kingdom hath no end:  
His judgement seat is made ready, to judge them that offend.  
And he shall judge the round compass of the world by justice:  
And among the people he shall give upright sentences.  
The Lord shallbe azure refuge unto the oppressed:  
He shallbe a salfegarde I say, when men be afflicted.  
Such as have known thine holy name stick unto the only:  
For thou (Lord) dost not forsake them that seek the studiously.  
Sing to the Lord that doth abide in the city Zion:  
Show his counsels in each people, and in each nation.  
For he that doth revenge the slain, shall none of them forget:  
Neither the cry of such men as are with troubles bysette.  
Be merciful to me (O Lord) and do my troubles:  
That of mine enemies I suffer, and from death lift up me.  
That I may tell all thy praises in the gates of Zion:  
And I shallbe glad and rejoice in thy salvation.  
The Heathen stick fast in the pit that they have prepared:  
And in the net that they have hid, their foot is entangled.  
The Lord is known by his justice and the wicked tangled:  
With the works of his wicked hands, a thing to be noted.  
The wicked and ungodly men shall slide down into hell:  
And all the Heathen that forget the God of Israel.  
For neither shall the indigent be forgotten for aye:  
Nor the hope of the afflicted be always vain I say.  
Arise (O Lord) least mortal man, prevail by main and might:  
And let the heathen nations be judged in thy sight.  
Lord set a master over them, that may keep them still thraulle:  
And let the heathen nations learn, that they be mortal.   

The ten Psalm.  
Lord why standest thou so far of? why dost thou not draw nigh?  
Why dost thou hide thyself in the time of our misery?  
When the ungodly waxeth proud, the afflicted doth smart:  
Let them be taken in the wicked counsels of their heart.  
For he praiseth the wicked man, for that he desireth:  
The covetous he calleth blessed, the Lord he blasphemeth.  
In his haute looks the wicked man, setteth all things at nought:  
The God of might is never found in his ungodly thought.  
The laws and constytutions of God do grieve him still:  
At all ceasons they do withstand his most ungodly will.  
Thy judgements Lord are lifted up, full high above his sight:  
And against all his enemies, he threateneth to fight.  
He will think and say in his heart, I will not bow nor bend:  
From discommodities I will myself ever defend.  
His mouth is full of perjury, disobeyed and usury:  
Oppression and vanity do under his tongue lie.  
In the courts he layeth await, to kill the innocent:  
And against the multitude of the poor his eyes be bend.  
Like as a lion in his den, he waiteth in secret:  
To take the afflicted, that is with misery beset.  
That he may take the poor I say, that is in misery:  
By drawing him into his net by craft and subtlety.  
Through his force and his violence is broken and oppressed:  
The multitude of them that have in misery no rest.  
And in his heart thus hath he said, God forgetteth certain:  
Turning aside his face that he might not see them again.  
O Lord and God, arise I say, life up thine hand and power:  
Forget thou not the afflicted, but do thou them secure.  
For why should the ungodly men God in such sort blaspheme:  
And in their heart say that thou wilt not require it of them?  
But thou hast seen, for thou dost mark ungodliness and wrong:  
To put the same into thine hand, so mighty and so strong.  
The miserable multitude commit themselves to thee:  
For thou art wont to secure such as without secure be.  
Break the ungodlyes' arm, & thou shalt seek the wicked man:  
And his ungodliness, and shalt find neither of them then.  
The Lord is king for ever more, and when all is ended:  
And from his land all the heathen people have perished.  
Lord thou hast heard the poor men's cry, and wilt govern their heart:  
And unto them thine ear thou wilt diligently convert.  
That thou mayst revenge the pupyl, and the poor oppressed.  
That henseforth the like be not by mortal men attempted.   

The xi Psalm.  
IN the Lord have I put my trust, how to my soul say ye:  
Out of your mount even as the bird, see that thou away flee?  
For lo, the wicked bent their bow, and set their shafts therein:  
That in the dark they might shoot them, that in heart do not sin.  
saying the nets be broke therefore, and the laws set at nought:  
What could the just man do therein, though he took care and thought?  
But the Lord in his holy place hath his throne in heaven:  
His eyes behold, and his eye leddes do search the sons of men.  
The Lord alloweth the just man, but he hateth deadly:  
The wicked, and such as do love force and iniquity.  
Upon the wicked he will rain snares, fire and brimstone:  
And eke a stormy burning wind, this is their lot each one.  
Because the Lord himself is just, he loveth righteousness:  
And with his countenance he will look upon the gitles.   

The twelve Psalm.  
O Lord do thou save and keep now, for friendship there is none:  
The true and faithful of promise are from among men gone.  
With his neighbour each man speaketh words deceitful and vain:  
With smooth lips, but with double hearts they speak to them certain:  
The Lord shall cut of all such lips as speak fair, but falsely:  
And the tongue that speaketh great things herself to magnify.  
All such (I say) as do say thus, let our tongues be walking:  
Our lips are on our side, and who is our Lord or our King?  
The Lord shall say, now will I rise, for the destruction:  
Of the oppressed, and the nedies lamentation.  
And them I will restore to health, they shall not be oppressed:  
I will give them a breathing time, & eke a quiet rest.  
The lords sayings are pure sayings, as silver well tried:  
That in an earthen coffin hath been seven times will fined.  
O Lord do thou save and keep them, keep back the flatterar:  
Out of this generation keep him back for ever.  
For when men of most wicked life do reign and rule the rout:  
Then do the ungodly wander on each side round about.   

The xiij Psalm.  
Lord how long wilt thou forget me? what forever and aye:  
Lord how long wilt thou hide thy face from thy servant I say?  
How long shall I consult in mind, and in mine heart travail?  
How long shall mine enemies against thy poor servant prevail?  
Look back and answer me (O Lord) illumine thou mine eyes:  
And suffer me not in the death to sleep in any wise.  
lest mine enemy should say, I have against him prevailed:  
And such as vex me, should rejoice, if I were weakened.  
But I trust in thy great goodness, and bountiful mercy:  
And in thine health mine heart therefore rejoiceth certainly.  
I will sing to the Lord I say, with heart unfeignedly:  
Because he doth requite to me all things abundantly.   

The xiiij Psalm.  
THe foolish and incipient, whose thoughts are ever vain:  
Do in their heart say foolishly, there is no God certain.  
They follow ways that are corrupt and ahhomynable:  
There is none that doth the thing that is good and laudable.  
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men:  
To see, if there were any wise or to seek God given.  
But all had fallen and were corrupt together in their way:  
There was no man that would do good, no not one man I say.  
What knew they nought? all are wicked, they eat my flock as bread:  
And on the Lord they do not call, in them there is no dread:  
There shall they be cast down with fear the Lord will them affray:  
For God is in the nation of the just men for aye:  
Ye do deride and laugh to scorn, the counsel of the poor.  
Because the Lord is his whole trust, his help and his succour.  
Oh would to God Israel might have health out of Zion:  
Would God, I say, the time were come of their salvation.  
That God might bring his flock again out of captivity:  
That jacob might rejoice, and eke Israel be merry:   

The xu Psalm.  
Lord, who shall have his dwelling place, in thy tabernacle?  
Who shall, I say, find quiet rest in thy most holy hill?  
That shall the man that walketh right, and doth that upright is:  
And he that in his heart to speak the truth do never miss.  
He doth not slander with his tongue, nor do his neighbour ill:  
Neither doth suffer him to be reviled by his will.  
The wicked and the reprobate, are aye vile in his sight:  
But such as fear the Lord, he doth honour both day and night.  
And if he swear or make promise concerning any thing:  
Though it should be his hindrance, to pass he will it bring:  
He setteth not his money out, to usury or gain:  
Nor taketh any bribe to put the innocent to pain.  
Who so he be that will these things diligently apply:  
The same shall never threat to fall, but standup still stoutly.   

The xvi Psalm.  
Save me (O God) do thou vouchsalfe my defender to be:  
Save me I say, because I have put my whole trust in the.  
Unto the Lord thus haste thou said (O my soul within me:)  
Thou art my Lord, and my goodness nothing can be like the.  
With the saints that dwell in the earth and men of noble fame:  
I am delighted, and with all mine heart I love the same.  
Though men do increase their Idols & multiply them still:  
And greedily seek for to have other men's gods at will:  
Yet will I not taste the cup of their bloody sacrifice:  
Nor with my mouth rehearse the name of them in any wise.  
The Lord is the portion of my part and cup certain:  
O Lord, my lot and heritage, thou dost alway sustain.  
The cords that measured my part, in pleasant places fell:  
Yea and a noble heritage chanced to me right well.  
The Lord that hath been my succour and counsel will I praise:  
For my very reins do instruct me in the night always.  
I do prepone and set the Lord alway before mine eyes:  
He is still at my right hand, least I fall in any wise.  
Wherefore mine heart shallbe right glad, so shall my tongue rejoice:  
And my flesh shall rest in safety, without tumult or noise.  
For thou shalt not forsake my soul at the sepulchersyde:  
Nor suffer that thine holy one do into the pit flyde.  
The path of life thou wilt show me, and full joy in thy sight:  
And the pleasures at thy right hand for ever day and night.   

The xvij Psalm.  
Lord hear the thing that righteous is, give ear unto my cry:  
Mark well the prayer that I make to the unfeignedly.  
Let my judgement proceed from thee, judge me Lord in thy sight.  
And let thine eyes consider well, all such things as are right.  
Thou hast searched mine heart thoroughly, and visit me by night:  
Thou haste tried me, yet canst thou not, blame any thing by right.  
For the secret thoughts of mine heart, & my words do agree:  
The secret thoughts & open words, are all one thing in me.  
In the affairs of mortal men, I have taken good heed:  
Of the ways of the destroyer, for that thou haste preached.  
Ground thou my steps therefore, I say,  
Lord in thy foot paths all:  
lest that my feet should slip and I should be ready to fall.  
On the I call (O God) for thou art wout to grant to me.  
give ear to me and hear my word, Lord God I beseech the.  
O thou that by thy power kepeste, such as do trust in thee:  
From their enemies, make thy mercies wonderful upon me.  
Keep me as the eye apple, and under thy wings me hide:  
From the wicked that use to waste, and my foes on each side.  
With their fatness and great richesses, my ways they have stopped:  
And with their mouth presumptuouselye, proud words they have framed.  
Even now they do beset our ways and eke compass them round:  
And earnestly they do seek to stake their nets to the ground.  
Mine enemy is as the lion, that rampeth for his pray:  
And as the lions whelp that doth lurk in his den I say.  
Arise (O Lord) prevent thou him, cast him down by thy might:  
Set my soul free from the wicked, that is thy sword to fight.  
Set me free from these mortal men, that are thy power and hand:  
Lord set me free from them whose mind, to worldly things doth stand.  
Set me free from them that do seek their portion in this life:  
Out of thy storehouse fill their maws, thereby to end their strife.  
That their children may have wherewith themselves to satisfy:  
And that there may be some what left to their posterity.  
But I will look upon thy face in righteousness in deed:  
And when I shall rise like to thee, I shall be satisfied.   

The xviij Psalm.  
Out of mine in most bowels Lord and from my very heart:  
I will love thee, for my whole power and only strength thou art.  
The Lord is my castle of stone, and eke my fighting tour:  
My rescuar and eke my God, and my rock of succour.  
To him I will cleave and stick fast, he is my shield in deed:  
And also the horue of my health, & sure castle at need.  
The Lord that is worthy of praise, I will aye call upon:  
And I shall be preserved from, mine enemies each one.  
The bands & great sorrows of death had compaste me about:  
And the swift streams of wicked men, had feared me with their rout.  
The cords and sorrows of the dead, had girded me certain:  
So had the snares of death itself, me soon overtaken.  
Whylse I therefore stood this in doubt and knew no remedy:  
With heart I did call on the Lord, and to God did I cry.  
And out of his holy temple, he heard my voice straight way:  
Even as soon as my cry was entered his ears I say.  
He was moved and then the earth did shake exceedingly.  
The bottoms of hills were shaken, because he was angry.  
At his nosthyrles there yshued smoke, and at his mouth fire hot:  
In such manner that at the same, coals were kenled I wot.  
He bowed the heavens and so came down by his wonderful might:  
And under his feet was dearcknes, & the daseing of sight.  
On Cherub he was carried, & flew forth as I find:  
Being borne up and sustained, by the wings of the wind.  
Like a tent, for his closet he set dearcknes on each side:  
Nigh unto him, and black waters, with clouds both thick and wide.  
Through the exceeding great brightness, that in his presence was▪  
Great hail and burning coals also, did thorough his clouds pass.  
The Lord did thunder from heaven, and the most high did speak:  
Great hail and also burning coals, out of his clouds did break.  
He shot forth shafts & scattered, his foes and did them wound:  
And much lightening wherewith he did cast them flat to the ground.  
Then were the most deep places, of the seas made right open:  
The wonderful deep seas, I say, whither the waters run.  
And at the check thou gavest them, Lord when thou waste angered.  
The bases and ground works of the earth were uncovered.  
But from heaven the Lord sent down his hand and set me free.  
And out of most mighty waters, by force he did draw me.  
He set me free from deadly foes that were mighty and strong:  
And from my spytfull enemies, that were my masters long.  
These did prevent me in the time, of my calamity:  
But the Lord was my leaneing staff, and sure post to stand by.  
He brought me forth into a place, wide & full of pleasure:  
And set me free because he did bear to me great favour.  
The Lord requited me my meed, after my righteousness:  
And gave to me reward after mine hands ungyltines.  
For the ways of the Lord I did, always keep and observe:  
And from my God I did never decline a side nor serve.  
For in my sygth all his decrees, and laws I do hold fast:  
And the manners that he doth teach, from me I do not cast.  
Before him do I lead my life pure and undefiled:  
And so I keep myself that I do nought that is wicked.  
The Lord therefore requiteth me, as my life is upright:  
And as mine hands are innocent, and guilt less in his sight.  
Thou wilt show mercy unto him, that doth study mercy:  
And wilt be faithful to such as do in deed faithfully.  
To the curteise thou art gentle, but unto the froward:  
That walk crookedly, thou also givest alike reward.  
For people that be afflicted, thou dost preserve and keep:  
And eyes that are lofty thou dost pull down and cause to weep.  
And thou (O Lord) art he that dost give my candle her light:  
And my Lord God is he that doth make all my dearcknes bright.  
For in the do I break thorough the armed armayes all:  
And in my God (I say) I do, leap quite over the wall.  
The way of God is without spot, and the lords word is pure:  
And to all them that trust in him it is a targate sure.  
For who is it besides the Lord, that is a God of might?  
Or who is it besides our God, that is a rock sure pight?  
The same is God that teacheth me, to be mighty in wars:  
And maketh my way expedite, in martial affares.  
He maketh my feet like the feet, of the hinds that are swift:  
And he it is that placeth me on high in my steep cleft.  
He doth instruct mine hands to war and teacheth me that skill:  
He giveth me strength in mine arms, to break a bow of steel:  
Thou hydst me with thy shield of health, thy power doth me sustain.  
And of thy goodness causest me over many to reign.  
My steps and my path under me, thou haste made large and wide:  
lest my joints should stacker and then it might chance me to slide.  
I persecuted mine enemies, and did them apprehend.  
And did never return till I, had brought them to their end.  
I wound them in such sort that they can never rise again:  
And under my feet they do fall, as men that are quite slain.  
Thou dost instruct me unto war, with the power martial:  
And when any rise against me, thou castest them down all.  
Thou causest that my deadly foes, do turn their back to me.  
And that I may destroy all them that mine enemies be.  
They called and cried but there was none, that would them keep or save:  
Unto the Lord they cried, I say, and he no answer gave.  
I pound them like unto the dust, that with the wind doth fly:  
So do I break them like the dirt, that in the street doth lie.  
From the people's contentions, Lord thou dost set me free:  
Thou makest me head of nations, strange people do serve me.  
So soon as they heard with their ears they did to me apply:  
Strayngars sons submitted themself unto me feignedly.  
The strayngars withered away, their fresh courage did fall:  
And in their secret closets they were sore amazed all.  
Let the Lord live and let him be praised that is my stay:  
And let the God of my soul health, be extolled I say.  
It is God that giveth me power, for to revenge my wrong:  
And that doth subdue unto me, people's mighty and strong.  
It is God that doth lead me out from my deadly enemies:  
Lord thou dost bring me up from them that do against me rise.  
And from the man that doth purpose me wrong and violence:  
Thou dost deliver me I say with careful diligence.  
And for this cause (O Lord) I will, in the Heathen praise thee:  
And will sing to thine holy name, wherso ever I be.  
And for the greatness of the health, and prosperous living.  
wherewith thou dost enrich David, thine own anointed king.  
And for the health whereby thou dost with benefits apply:  
Thine anointed David and eke his seed eternally.   

The xix Psalm.  
TO us the heavens do declare, gods wonderful glory:  
And the compass thereof doth show his handworcke truly.  
The day that succeedeth shall teach us yet a little more:  
And the night following shall show more than that went before.  
They have no manner of language, nor words sounding with noise.  
They speak not as men use to speak, no man doth hear their voice.  
Yet went their rule through out the world, all men have heard their sound:  
And their words went into the coasts, of all the world sorownde.  
In these heavens the Lord hath set, a dwelling place and tent:  
For the sun that with his bright beams, is alway resplendent.  
And as a brydgrowme he cometh out of his bower bright:  
Right cheerfully to run his race, like to a man of might.  
At the utmost part of the east, he doth his race begin:  
And in the utmost of the west, is his returning in.  
And under the heavens that be so wonderful and wide:  
There is not one that from his heat may him absent or hide.  
The lords law is pure and perfect, turning the soul to it.  
So is his testimony true, giving the simple wit.  
The decrees of the Lord are straight, and make a man's heart light:  
So is the lords precept most pure, & maketh the eyes bright.  
The fear of the Lord is right pure, and doth ever excel:  
So are his judgements true and just, this do I know right well.  
They are more to be desired, than plenty of pure gold:  
And sweeter than the honey comb, that droppeth many fold.  
Yea in them thy poor servant is chief admonished:  
And in the observance of them, much hire is promised.  
Who is able to mark his faults, & them to understand?  
To purge me from my secret faults, Lord do thou take in hand.  
And put from me all great mischiefs, lest they overcome me:  
And then from all great treaspases, I shall innocent be.  
O Lord that art my sure defence, & dost revenge my right:  
Let my words and thought of mine heart be pleasant in thy sight.   

The twenty Psalm.  
I Beseech God the Lord hear thee, in all thy misery:  
And that the name of jacobs' God do place the in safety.  
And that he help and secure thee, from his sanctuary:  
And that out of Zion he do underset the surely.  
And that he do remember all thy gifts or sacrifice:  
And that thy fat brent offerings, be pleasant in his eyes.  
God grant he give the thy desire, even as thine heart doth will  
And that all thy mind and counsel he do thoroughly fulfil.  
Then with singing we will rejoice in thy salvation:  
And with triumph set up banners in our god's name anon.  
For the Lord will fulfil all thy requests, this is no nay:  
And then shall each man in his heart break out in words and say.  
Now I acknowledge that the Lord, hath preserved his king:  
And hath heard him out of heaven where he is abiding.  
I acknowledge he hath heard him out of his holy place:  
By the saving strength of his power, and his plentiful grace.  
Let some put their trust in charettes, and some in horses high:  
Yet the name of the Lord our God will we speak of truly.  
They fell underneath their burden, & were quite destroyed:  
But we stood stiffly under it, and were still strengthened.  
The Lord shall aye preserve and keep his own anoyted king:  
And in the day when we shall call he shall give us hearing.   

The xxj Psalm.  
Lord in thy might and power the king shall be glad and merry.  
And in thy saveing health he shall rejoice exceedingly.  
Thou haste given him his hearts desire, without any delay:  
And of the things he hath asked thou hast not said him nay.  
With the best and most pleasant gifts thou haste him prevented:  
And right so with a crown of gold, his head thou hast crowned.  
He asked life of the and thou haste given to him certain:  
Such length of days that he shall be, when no time shall remain.  
Through the health that thou gavest him, right great is his glory:  
Upon him thou hast set honour, & brightness great plenty.  
Thou haste set him that he hath aye plenty and abundance:  
Of all good things, so dost thou cheer him with thy comtenaunce.  
For in the Lord the king putteth, his trust unfeignedly.  
And shall stand stydfastly through the goodness of God most high.  
Thine hand hath found all such men as, thy deadly enemies be:  
And thy right hand hath found all such, as ever hated the.  
Like a fornayce in thine anger, thou hast them all kenled:  
The Lord hath eat them in his Ire, fire hath them consumed.  
The fruit of their bodies thou haste routed out of the land.  
And haste not suffered their seed among men for to stand.  
For they went about to noye thee, and for to do the ill:  
They invented such wickedness, as they could not fulfil.  
But thou madest them as a but, to shoot at with thy bow:  
And with thy string thou levelledste even at their face I know.  
Extol thyself Lord in thy power, set up thyself on high:  
Then shall we sing and celebrate thy power most worthily.   

The xxij Psalm.  
MY God, my God, why didst thou, forsake thy poor servant?  
From mine health & my roreing cry, how far art thou distant?  
By day I call on the my God, but no answer I hear:  
And eke by night, but unto me no silence doth appear.  
Yet art thou the holy ruler of praise in Israel:  
Thou art, I say, the holy one that among them doth dwell.  
Our fathers have trusted in thee, thou haste been all their stay:  
They have trusted in the and thou haste set them tree I say.  
They have cried to the I say, and are delivered:  
They have put all their trust in thee, and are not ashamed.  
As for me I am but a worm, I am no man in deed:  
I am an opprobry of men, of people despised.  
So many as do look on me, do laugh at me alway:  
They mock, they mow and move their heads, and with themself they say.  
He hath left all things to the Lord, let him set him at large:  
And for the love he beareth him, let the same him discharge.  
But thou art he (O Lord) that haste out of the womb drawn me:  
And in my sucking days I did put all my trust in the.  
From the day of my birth I have been left to the only:  
And from my mother's womb thou hast been my God certainly.  
Do not withdraw thyself far of, be not from me absent:  
For there is no man for to help and trouble is present.  
Great bulls have compassed me round with an unruly rout.  
And mighty men of Basan have beset me round about.  
Against me have they opened their mouth wonderful wide:  
Like as a lion that rampeth and roareth in his pride.  
I am poured out like water, my bones are let apart:  
And as the wax that is melted, so is in me mine heart.  
My strength drieth up like a shell, and my tongue cleaveth fast:  
To my cheeks, and into the dust of death brought me to haste.  
Dogs and ill men have me beset, and bound me in their bands:  
And as a lion they have gnawn my feet, & eke mine hands.  
I might have numbered all my bones, they were seen so plainly:  
But these men look upon me, and are delighted greatly.  
They have divided among them all my garments I wot:  
And which of them should have my cote, they have tried by lot.  
But thou (O Lord) be not far of, O my strength and my power:  
Make haste (O Lord) thy poor servant for to help and succour.  
deliver my soul from the sword, and let not me be torn:  
With mad dogs, nor with lions teeth, nor with unicorns horn.  
Thine holy name will I declare to my brethren each one:  
And praise the in the middle of the congregation.  
All ye that fear the Lord, praise him, praise him all jacobs' seed:  
And all the seed of Israel, fear ye the Lord in deed.  
For the poor man's affliction he hath not neglected:  
Neither turned away his face, but heard, when he cried.  
Being in a great contion, I praise the Lord only:  
And in their fight that do fear him, my vows perform will I.  
The poor & the abject shall eat, they shall all have their fill:  
Such as seek the Lord, shall praise him, & their heart shall live still.  
And all the quartars of the earth, shall have remorse of mind:  
And shall convert them to the Lord, as reason doth them bind.  
All the households and families that on the earth be found:  
Shall humble them before his face, and lie flat on the ground.  
For unto the Lord only all kingdom doth appertain:  
And among the heathen people the Lord himself doth reign.  
The fat and wealthy of the earth, shall eat and do worship:  
And all misers shall bow to him, because he doth them keep.  
All such shall bow their knees to him, as do fall in the dust:  
Because he kept their life, when that they said, needs die we must.  
The offspring and posterity shall him serve and obey:  
And for ever more unto him their tribute shall they pay.  
To the people that is not borne, they shall resort and tell:  
His justice and his equity because it doth excel.   

The xxiij Psalm.  
THe Lord is my shepherd, and I shall never stand in need:  
For in pasture exceeding good, he leadeth me to feed.  
He causeth me to lay me down in pasture full of grass:  
And driveth me to calm waters, that be so clear as glass.  
He calleth my soul back again, and causeth me to make:  
My journey in the way of right, for his holy names sake.  
Though I should go through the valley of the shadow of death:  
I willbe without fear of ill, all the days of my breath.  
For thou art aye present with me, thou dost me not forsake:  
Thy rod and staff do comfort me, and do me merry make.  
Over against my foes thou wilt spread a table for me:  
Anoint mine head with oil, and fill my cup with great plenty:  
But let thy merciful goodness follow me all my life:  
And then shall I dwell in thine house without debate or strife.   

The xxiiij Psalm.  
THe earth and all that it holdeth, do to the lord belong:  
The world and all that dwell therein as well the old as young.  
For it is he that above all the seas hath it founded:  
And that above the fresh waters hath the same prepared.  
Who is it, that shall ascend up, into the lords mountain?  
And who shall in his holy place abide still and remain?  
That shall the man with guiltless hands and heart purged thoroughly.  
Who doth not give his mind, nor swear to fraud nor vanity.  
The same shall receive of the Lord blessing and all increase:  
And of his God and saviour he shall have righteousness.  
This is the nation of them, that seek the Lord I say:  
It is the seed of jacob, that seeketh his face alway.  
lift up your heads and ope ye gates, and ye doors eternal:  
And then that most glorious king shall pass in at you all.  
Who is that king so glorious? the Lord strong and mighty:  
The Lord that is most noble in the power of chivalry.  
lift up your heads and ope ye gates, & ye doors eternal:  
And then that most glorious king shall pass in at you all.  
Who is that king so glorious? let us know which is he:  
The Lord of Hosts is that same king, so glorious to see.   

The xxv Psalm.  
O Lord, to the I lift mine heart, my God I trust in thee:  
Let me not take shame, lest my foes should rejoice over me.  
Yea, Lord let none that trust in thee, be put to open shame:  
But let them that do fall from thee, be put in all the blame.  
O Lord, make thy ways known to me, teach me thy laws I say:  
Do thou use me unto thy paths, and train me in thy way.  
Lord, lead thou me forth in thy truth, and by use make me strong:  
For thou art God my saviour, whom I seek all day long.  
Remember thy mercies (O Lord) & eke thy great goodness:  
For sense the world was first create, they did yet never cease.  
Lord bear not the sins of my youth any longer in mind:  
But forget all the wickedness, that thou dost in me find.  
But for thy goodness sake (O Lord) I humbly beseech the.  
According to thy great mercy, be thou mindful of me.  
The Lord is good and eke rightwise, no man can this deny:  
And therefore will instruct sinners in the way certainly.  
He will guide the meek in judgement, they shall do right I say:  
And the lowly in spirit he will accustom to his way.  
All the ways of the Lord are found mercy and truth certes.  
To them that keep his covenant, and his testymonyes.  
O Lord forgive my wickedness, for thine holy names sake:  
For mine iniquity is great, do not thou me forsake.  
Whoso feareth the Lord, the same he will lead in the way:  
That he himself shall choose, and willbe his succour and stay.  
His mind shall tarry in good things, ever without grievance.  
His seed also shall have the earth for their inheritance.  
The Lord shall make his secret known to them that do him fear:  
In like manner his covenant, shall unto them appear.  
Wpon the Lord my God mine eyes are alway surely set:  
For he it is that doth still louse, my feet out of the net.  
Look back on thy servant (O Lord) and take on me mercy:  
For I am succourless I say, and in great misery.  
The sorrows and cares of mine heart are made most large in deed:  
To lead me out of my trouble, Lord God do thou make speed.  
Lord be hold mine affliction, and eke mine heaviness:  
And take away from me my sins and all my wickedness.  
Consider thou mine enemies, for they are right many:  
And withal violent despite they do hate me deadly.  
O Lord, I say, keep thou my soul, and eke deliver me:  
Let me never be put to shame, for I do trust in the.  
O Lord, let perfectness of life, and equity keep me:  
Because I tarry for thy grace, and put my trust in the.  
O God redeem thou Israel and thy people each one:  
From all their trouble and from all their great affliction.   

The xxvi Psalm.  
judge me (O Lord) because I have walked innocently:  
And trusting in the Lord, I shall stand up most steadfastly.  
O Lord, do thou search & prove me, try thou my renes and heart:  
For I beholding thy mercy will not from thy truth start.  
I do not sit among such men as walk in vanity:  
Neither go I in unto them that work disceytfully.  
The company of wicked men I do hate most deadly:  
And with the ungodly I will not sytin company.  
In innocency will I wash mine hands wythoutten doubt.  
And then thine holy aultare (Lord) I will compass about.  
That I may speak the words of praise and magnify thy name:  
And eke declare thy wonders all, and thy wonderful fame.  
The dwelling of thine house I have loved most entirely:  
And the place of the tabernacle of thy great glory.  
Gather thou not my soul among them, that dosynne in deed:  
Neither my life among such men as love blood for to shed.  
In whose hands wickedness is still studied for before:  
And whose right hand is never void of bribing gifts great store:  
But I do walk innocently, I study no man's ill:  
Redeem me Lord, and show mercy to thy poor servant still.  
My foot standeth in the straight way, I do not go astray:  
In all companies I will praise the Lord of might for aye.   

The xxvij Psalm.  
THe Lord is my light & mine health, of whom should I fear take?  
The Lord is the strength of my life, who should cause me to quake?  
Whylse ill men set their men in ray, my flesh for to devour:  
Mine enemies did stumble and fall, none could be their succour.  
Though whole armies should bysydge me, mine heart shall nothing fear:  
And though wars should grow against me, yet would I not despair.  
I have axte one thing of the Lord, and will require the same.  
That I may dwell all my life time in his house without blame.  
That I may see the Lords be autie, so wonderful in sight:  
And walk about all his temple, that is so goodly dight.  
For in his tent he will hide me in time of misery:  
He will hide me in the secret of his tent privily.  
He will lift me up on the rock, he will lift up mine head:  
Above my deadly enemies, that have me compassed.  
I will offer sacrifices in his tent with singing:  
I will sing and rehearse an hymn unto the Lord our king.  
O Lord hear thou my voice, wherewith I do upon thy call:  
Be merciful to me I say, and hear my prayers all.  
For thy sake hath mine heart said thus, seek the Lord, O my face:  
For I will endeavour (O Lord) thy favour to purchase.  
Hide not nor turn thy face from me, for thou art my succour:  
Leave me not of nor forsake me, O God my saviour.  
For when my father and mother forsake me utterly:  
Then doth the Lord gather me up, and keep me in salfetie.  
Teach me thy way Lord, and lead me in a path that is right:  
For their sakes that lay wait for me, to take me if they might.  
give me not up to their pleasure, that with me be angry:  
For false witness stood against me, & threat me injury.  
Save that I trust to see the pleasure of the Lord of might:  
In the land of the living, I had dispeared out right.  
Look for the Lord, trust in him still, make thine heart stout and strong:  
And tarry for the Lord I say, revenge not thine own wrong.   

The xxviij Psalm.  
O Lord my strength I cry to thee, be not deaf, lest I be:  
Made like them that fall in the pit, if thou speak not to me.  
Hear the voice of all my prayers, whilse I do on the cry:  
And lift up mine hands toward the door of thy sanctuary.  
Do not repute or reckon me among the ungodly:  
Neither among such men as do commit iniquity.  
Numbered me not with them, I say, that do speak peaceably:  
With their neighbours, but in their heart, do all mischief study.  
give them according to their work, let them be rewarded:  
According to the wickedness that they have studied.  
According to their handy works so requite them their meed:  
And give to them the just reward that they have deserved:  
Because they marked not the lords works, nor things made by his might:  
He will cast them all down again, and not build them out right.  
The Lord of might is most worthy, to be alway praised:  
Because he hath heard my request, & hath it accepted.  
The Lord is my strength and my shield, in him mine heart trusted:  
And I received help, wherefore mine heart is delighted.  
And with my song I will praise him, and eke his holy name:  
I will remember his goodness, and teach other the same.  
The Lord is the strength of them all that to David did cling:  
Right so is he the saveing health, of his anointed king.  
Preserve and keep the people Lord, and bless thine heritance:  
Feed them (O Lord) and promote them, do them ever advance.   

The xxix Psalm.  
ascribe unto the Lord all ye, that in strength do excel:  
ascribe glory and honour to the Lord of Israel.  
ascribe all glory to the name of the Lord most mighty:  
Honour the Lord in comeliness, most decent, and holy.  
The lords voice is upon waters, the glorious God thundereth:  
Wonders upon many waters, the Lord himself worketh.  
The voice of the Lord is in power, without him there is none:  
The lords voice is magnificence, he doth great things alone.  
The lords voice breaketh cedar trees, it breaketh them in twain.  
The Lord I say breaketh the great cedar trees of Lybane:  
And he causeth them for to leap, like a steer or bullock:  
Lybaine and Sirion as colts of the unicorns flock.  
Great flames of fire slit in sunder, the lords voice shooteth out.  
The many fold kinds of lyghning are, the Lords work no doubt.  
The lords voice maketh the desert as of child to travail.  
The Lord maketh Cades desert, to travail without fail.  
The lords voice causeth hinds travail, and maketh the woods bare:  
But in his temple all men do praise him with all their care.  
The Lord sitteth in the deluge, that overfloweth wide:  
He sitteth Lord and king, I say, & doth ever abide.  
The Lord giveth his people power, themself for to defend.  
Mercy and peace to his people, the Lord doth ever send.   

The xxx Psalm.  
I Will praise thee (O Lord) because thou haste me broke and worn:  
But haste not suffered my foes, for to laugh me to scorn.  
O Lord my God, in my sickness I have cried to thee:  
I have called on thee, I say, and thou haste healed me.  
Lord thou haste called my soul back, from the brim of the pit:  
And haste restored me, that I should not fall into it.  
Ye that have felt the lords mercy, sing a Psalm unto him:  
Set forth the memory of his holiness with an hymn.  
For his anger bideth not long, and when he is pleased:  
He giveth life unto each man, that hath on him trusted.  
Though they come home wepeing at night with a sorrowful voice:  
Yet in the morn cometh gladness, they shall again rejoice.  
Certainly I said in this wise in my prosperity:  
I will never bow nor yet bend, but stand up still stoutly.  
For thou (O Lord) hadst placed strength on thy servants mountain:  
But as soon as thy face was hid, I was troubled again.  
Unto the my Lord did I call, in this mine heavy case:  
And did with most earnest prayer, fall down before thy face.  
What should my blood profit if I should go down to the pit?  
Shall dust praise thee? or shall thy truth be declared by it?  
O Lord, hear and grant my request, be merciful to me:  
O Lord I say be thou mine help I humbly beseech the.  
My wepeing and wailing thou hast into a dance turned:  
So haste thou loosed my sakcloth, & me with joy clothed.  
Wherefore each man shall sing to thee, glory wythouten stay:  
O Lord my God for ever more I will praise the I say.   

The xxxj Psalm.  
O Lord I trust in the alone, let me never have nay:  
deliver me in thy justice, when I do to the pray.  
Bow down thine ear to me I say, deliver me outryght:  
Be my defence and sure castle, to save me by thy might.  
For thou art my rock and sure ground & my defence at need:  
Wherefore for thy name's sake lead me, and drive me forth to feed.  
Bring me out of the net that they have laid and hid for me:  
Because my might and eke my strength, remaineth whole in the.  
Into thine hands I do commit my soul unfeignedly:  
Thou haste redeemed me, O Lord, the God of verity.  
I have hated all such men as do follow vanity:  
But in the Lord I have alway trusted unfeignedly.  
Of thy mercy I will rejoice, thou that lookest on my pain:  
And that in my great misery dost not my soul disdain.  
Neither haste shut me in the hand or power of mine enemy:  
But haste set my foot all at large, and at full liberty.  
Be merciful to me (O Lord) for I am sore oppressed:  
Mine eyes dasle, and eke my soul and belly take small rest.  
Sorrow fretteth my life away, mourning bryngth my last day:  
My strength faileth through wickedness, all my bones waste away.  
All my foes and enemies have made, a railing stock of me:  
But chyeflye such in very deed as of my neighbours be.  
My friends & my familiars have hated me outright:  
And when they saw me come abroad, they fled out of my sight.  
I was forgotten utterly, as a man that is dead:  
So was I made like a vessel, that long sense perished.  
I heard that many blamed me, and laid faults to my charge  
Fear and trembling stood about I might not walk at large.  
Whylse they consulted together, and did their wits employ:  
How to invent away to take my poor soul subtilely.  
But I have put my trust in thee (O Lord) unfeignedly:  
And with mine heart thus have I said, thou art my God truly.  
Lord my life days are in thine hand, let me never be thrall:  
Set thou me free from mine enemies & persecutors all.  
lighten thy countenance upon, thy poor servant I say:  
And for thy merciful goodness, save me with out delay.  
O Lord let me not ask in vain, because I call on thee:  
But let the wicked have that shame, in the grave let them be.  
Let lying lips have nought to say, which speak most craftily:  
And eke proudly against the just, and most dispytfully.  
Right large are the good things that thou dost keep for them that be:  
In thy fear, and that thou didst in their sight that trust in the.  
Under thy face thou shalt hide them, from all men's conspiring:  
From the debate of tongues thou shalt hide them in thy dwelling.  
The Lord is worthy for to be praised of old and young:  
For notably he showed me his mercy in a town strong.  
When I fled hastily, I thought, I am cast of surely:  
But thou heardst the voice of my prayer, when I did to the cry.  
All ye true servants of the Lord, love him unfeignedly:  
Who doth defend the faithful and plague the proud plenteously.  
Be strong and mighty, for the Lord will cause your heart be strong:  
So many of you as do trust in him both old and young.   

The xxxij Psalm.  
THat man is blessed that is lighted of his transgression:  
And whose sin is hid in the hope of his salvation.  
The man is blessed to whom the Lord doth not impute his sin:  
So is he blessed within whose breast no disobeyed doth begin.  
Whylse I do daily with myself, sometime think secretly:  
And some time break out with weeping, my bones consume greatly.  
For night and day thine hand & power, lieth upon me heavy:  
My juice and moisture are made like things that summer doth dry.  
But when I had told the my fault & had not hid my sin:  
And after that I had this thought, it is best I begin:  
For to confess unto the Lord, all my transgression:  
Forth with thou didst give me of all my sins remission.  
Wherefore each goodman will pray the dureing the time of grace:  
And the flood of the raging waves shall not come to his place.  
Thou art mine hiding place and wilt, keep me from misery:  
And wilt beset me with the mirth of men that scape hardly.  
Thou hast said, I will teach thee, in the way thou shouldest go:  
And with mine eye and clear knowledge, I will help the also.  
Be not like to the horse or mule, that do nought understand:  
Whose chaws thou must bind with a bit ere they follow thine hand.  
The sorrows of the wicked men, are right many in deed:  
But he that doth stick to the Lord shall never stand in need.  
Be glad in the Lord (O ye just) & rejoice in his sight:  
Sing unto him so many as are in your hearts upright.   

The xxxiij Psalm.  
Rejoice ye just men in the Lord, praise doth good men beseem:  
Praise ye the Lord with harppe & lute, play on ten strings to him.  
Sing a new song, syngeswete music with blowing of trumpet:  
For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works sure set.  
He loveth justice & judgement, these things please him greatly:  
And the earth is replenished, and full of his mercy.  
At his word were the heavens made by his wonderful might:  
And at the breathing of his mouth, all their armies so bright.  
The waters of the sea he doth, congregate as an heap:  
Right so in most secret closets, he doth lay up the deep.  
Let all the earth and all that dwell in the world praise the Lord:  
Because all that he sayeth is done, all is made at his word.  
He disappointeth the counsels of the Heathen each one:  
And doth differ the subtile thoughts, of each great nation.  
But the lords counsel standeth still, & the thoughts of his heart:  
Do not decay but are fully fulfilled in each part.  
The people that hath the Lord for their God hath right good chance:  
So hath the flock that he hath chose for his inheritance.  
The Lord looketh down from heaven, & doth all men behold:  
He looketh down from his dwelling both upon young and old.  
He hath made the hearts of all men together in his power:  
And understandeth all their works, every day and hour.  
The king is not kept in saulftie, thorough his great army:  
Nor the strong man doth scape danger, because he is mighty.  
The horse is a deceitful thing to be preserved by:  
Though he be strong, for he shall not deliver certainly.  
Behold the lords eye looketh on such men as do him fear:  
So doth it on such as trust on his mercy so tender.  
That he might deliver their souls, out of the hands of death:  
And nourish them at such time, as hunger them oppresseth.  
Let our souls (therefore) look for him with all obedience:  
For he is our help, and also the shield of our defence.  
For in him shall our heart rejoice, because we do cleave fast:  
Unto his holy name, which is our comfort and repast.  
Lord, let thy merciful goodness upon thy servants be:  
Even as by trust and confidence we do depend of the.   

The xxxiiij Psalm.  
AT all times and ceasons I will praise the Lord God certain:  
For in my mouth his holy praise doth ever more remain.  
My soul shall glory in the Lord, and in none other thing:  
Which when the afflicted shall hear, they shall make rejoicing.  
See that with me you magnify, the Lord that is above:  
Let us praise his name together, as reason doth us move.  
I sought the Lord diligently, & he heard my request:  
And from all fear that I was in, he hath set me at rest.  
Men shall look back to him & shall run to his company:  
Their faces shall not blush for he will none of them deny.  
The Lord heard this afflicted man when he did on him cry:  
And then he did preserve and keep him from his misery.  
The angel of the Lord doth pitch his tents about them all:  
That jeer the Lord and doth set clear, such men as erst were thrall.  
Taste and see that the Lord is good, and full of all mercy:  
The man is blessed that doth trust in him unfeignedly.  
O ye saints of the Lord fear him, and do him reverence:  
For to such as fear him there is no need nor indigence.  
The young lions, and fierce tyrants, suffer hunger and need:  
But such as seek the Lord shall have, good things plenty in deed.  
Draw near my sons, draw near I say and give to me good ear:  
Come unto me, I say, for I will teach you the Lords fear.  
Who so thou be that dost desire to live and good days see:  
Look that in thy tongue and thy lips, none ill or disobeyed be.  
Flee from ill and do that good is, whereof cometh no blame:  
Seek thou for peace diligently, & then ensue the same.  
Upon the just man the lords eyes are full fired and bend:  
And his ears to the prayers of such as be innocent.  
But his stern looks are bend on them, that do work wickedly:  
That out of the earth he may cut their fame and memory.  
The just men cry, and the Lord doth hear and grant their prayer:  
And out of all their miseries he doth them deliver.  
The Lord is still ready at hand with them that do repent:  
And keepeth them, whose spirit is to repentance still bend:  
Many evils & misfortunes do the righteous man befall:  
But the Lord doth deliver him, and rid him of them all.  
And all the bones of his body the Lord keepeth certain:  
So that not one among them all can be broken in twain.  
But ill chance and misfortune shall destroy the ungodly:  
And such as hate the just, shallbe destroyed utterly.  
And the Lord shall redeem the life of his true servants all:  
And of them that do trust in him none shall perish or fall.   

The xxxv Psalm.  
TAke thou my strife in hand (O Lord) assault them that saute me:  
Take the to shield and spear and rise mine helper for to be.  
Pull out thy spear, come out to meet my persecutors fell:  
Say to my soul, I am thine health, thy matters shall go well.  
Let them that seek my life, take shame, and eke ignominy:  
Let them be driven back with shame, that think evil unto me.  
Let them be made like to the dust, that with the wind doth fly:  
And let the angel of the Lord drive them violently.  
Let their way be dark and slyprye, that they may slide and fall:  
And let the angel of the Lord persecute them with all.  
For without cause the pit of their net have they for me hid:  
Right so a great trenghe for my soul, causeless they have digged.  
Let the misery that they did not fore see on them fall:  
And let the net, they hid, take them, and let them be made thrall.  
But my soul shall greatly rejoice in the Lord God for aye:  
She shall rejoice in his salfegarde, and all my bones shall say:  
O Lord who is like thee? that dost rescue the conquyred:  
And take the poor and needy from him that hath him forced?  
There did arise fierce witnesses, men violent in deed:  
And asked me of things, that I never Imagined.  
They requited me evil for good, such was their cruel will:  
And for the help they had of me, they sought me for to kill.  
But when I heard that they were sick, and with disease grieved:  
I beware sack cloth, and with fasting my soul I afflicted.  
The prayer that I made for them when they were in distress:  
I would should light upon myself in time of heaviness.  
I went as though my faithful friend or brother had died:  
As one that mourneth his mother in black I was clothed.  
But in the time of mine halting when I was weakened:  
They did rejoice exceedingly and were congregated.  
The lame flocked against me when I did think nothing less:  
And from their bitter railing words, they did then never cease.  
And the dissembling hypocrites, that do serve their belly:  
Did green and gnaske their teeth at me, as men full of envy.  
O Lord how long wilt thou behold, this and fuffer them still?  
rid me from their oppression, and from their cruel will.  
Then will I celebrate thy name, in a great company:  
And will praise the in a people that is strong and mighty.  
Let them not rejoice over me, that causeless my foes be:  
Neither let them wink wiles with me, that without cause hate me.  
They speak no word that should breed peace, peace is not their intent:  
But against the quiet they do deceitful words invent.  
They thrust out the mouth against me, and stornefully they say:  
Haha haha, our eye hath seen, this man's utter decay.  
And thou (O Lord) haste seen this thing do thou not dissemble:  
Neither be thou far of from me, when they do assemble.  
Arise, awake, that thou mayst judge my cause as right doth stand:  
My God & Lord, arise that thou mayst take my cause in hand.  
O Lord my God, for thy justice do thou give me my right:  
And suffer them not to rejoice, over me in thy sight.  
Let them not say thus in their heart, haha we have our mind:  
Let them not say, we have eat him, let them no such cause find.  
Let them all take shame and rebuke, that of mine ill rejoice.  
Cloth them with shame that speak against me with a bragging voice.  
Let such as would I had my right, rejoice greatly, and say  
The Lord that would his servants peace be magnified alway.  
And on my tongue (Lord) thy justice shall sown diligently:  
And upon thy most worthy praise my tongue shall run daily.   

The xxxvi Psalm.  
THe ungodly man's wickedness testifieth in mine heart:  
That of the fear of God there is in him no manner part.  
For in his own conceit he doth stand wonderfully well:  
Till such time as his wickedness doth all hatred excel.  
Unjust and deceitful are the words of his mouth each one:  
And of the doctrine that doth teach to do good, he will none.  
In his bed he inventeth sin, and doth himself address:  
To walk forth in a wicked way, he doth no vice repress.  
O Lord thy mercy is above in the heavens so high:  
And above all the elements thy truth and verity.  
Thy justice is like great mountains, & thy judgements right deep:  
Both man and beast thou wilt (O Lord) alway preserve and keep.  
Thy merciful goodness (O God) is right famous in deed:  
And to thy charge the sons of men have themself committed.  
Through the great plenty of thine house they shall be drunk I think:  
Of the stream of thy delicates, thou wilt give them to drink.  
For the vein or fountain of life is in thine hand or might:  
And in thy brightness thy servants shall alway perceive light.  
Spread out thy mercy over them that do acknowledge thee:  
And eke thy righteousness on them, that of upright heart be.  
Let no foot of pride come to me, make proud men from me fly:  
Let me not be moved by the power of the ungodly.  
For among them such men as have wrought wickedness did fall:  
They were driven magrea their head, they had no stay at all.   

The xxxvij Psalm.  
THough thou see many wicked men, be not therefore angry:  
Neither do thou envy them that do work iniquity.  
For as the hay they are cut down, full suddenly in deed:  
And as the flourishing green grass they shallbe soon dried.  
Put thou thy trust in the Lord and do the thing that good is:  
Dwell in the land and nourish faith, doing no thing amiss.  
And see thou do delight thyself, in the Lord God alone:  
And then shall he give unto thee, thine hearts petition.  
Cast thou thy way upon the Lord, let him govern it still:  
Lean upon him that he may do by the after his will.  
Then shall he bring thy righteousness abroad like a clear light:  
And thy judgements and perfect life, like as the midday bright.  
Keep thy thought secret to the Lord, and wait upon his will:  
Do not stomach the good success, of the man that doth ill.  
Remit anger without delay, and let thy fury pass:  
Let not thine anger be so great, that thou commit trespass.  
For such as do evil shall perish, & be cut out doubtless:  
But they that wait on the lords will, shall the earth aye possess.  
Yet a little while and then the wicked shall be nowhere:  
And when thou lokeste toward his place, there shall no man appear.  
In the mean time the afflicted, shall all the earth possess:  
And shallbe thoroughly delighted with prosperous success.  
Against the just and godly man, the wicked doth invent:  
And gnasheth at him with his teeth, his wrath is so fervent.  
But the Lord laugheth him to scorn, because he doth forese.  
His last day & destruction nigh at hand for to be.  
The wicked do draw out their sword and bend their bow with might:  
To cast down the poor needy slocke, and kill them that go right.  
But their own sword shall pierce their heart, and strike it thorough quite:  
And all their bows shallbe broken, they shall do us no spite.  
The little that the just man hath, is much better doubtless:  
Then the great richesses that the noble wicked men possess.  
For the arms of the ungodly, shallbe broken in twain:  
But the just men the Lord himself, will underset certain.  
The time also of innocentes, the Lord knoweth right sure:  
And the inheritance of them shall evermore endure.  
In the time of adversity, they shall suffer none ill:  
And when the hunger is most great, they shall aye have their fill.  
For the ungodly shall perish, the lords enemies shall.  
Be wasted like precious lambs, smoke shall consume them all.  
The ungodly runneth in det & doth not pay again:  
But the just man is liberal, and giveth much certain.  
For his blessed children shall have, the earth by heritage:  
And his cursed sort shallbe cut out ere they come to age.  
The Lord ruleth a man's footsteps, and liketh well his way:  
When he slideth he falleth not, for the Lord doth him stay.  
I have been young and am now old, yet the eyes in mine head:  
Did neverse the just desert, nor his seed beg their bread.  
For he is daily liberal, & doth lend with good will:  
And his seed and posterity, have of all things their fill.  
Fly thou from ill and do the thing that is good and godly:  
And then thou mayst be sure thou shalt ever dwell pleasantly.  
For the Lord loveth just judgement, he doth therein delight:  
The ways of them that do justly are pleasant in his sight.  
His saints he doth never forsake, but keepeth them for aye:  
But the seed of the ungodly, he routeth out I say.  
The just men shall possess the earth by right of heritage:  
And shall inhabit upon it to the end of all age.  
The just man's mouth doth common of wisdom and sapience:  
So doth his tongue speak just judgement with careful diligence.  
In his heart the law of his God, is grounded and fast pight:  
His foot steps shall not bend nor bow his life shallbe upright.  
The ungodly man layeth wait and watcheth the just still:  
He seeketh opportunity him to murder and kill.  
But the Lord will not suffer him to fall into his hand:  
Nor to be found wicked when he doth at his trial stand.  
Trust in the Lord and mark his way, see that thou do not rage's:  
And he shall the promote to have the earth by heritage.  
And when the ungodly men shall be clearly routed out:  
Thou shalt see and behold the same with rejoicing no doubt.  
I myself saw a wicked man, full violent was he:  
And did spread forth himself as doth the fresh budding bay tree.  
And the same passed by, and lo, he did no more remain:  
I sought him, but after that time he was not found again.  
Observe and keep a perfect life, and trust for that is right:  
For that man only that doth so, shall have peace in god's sight.  
But the ungracious sort shall all be destroyed no doubt:  
And at the last the ungodly shallbe all routed out.  
The health & salfgard of the just, is from the Lord alone:  
Who is all their strength in the time of their affliction.  
The Lord shall help & deliver them from the ungodly:  
And shall keep them, for in him they have trusted certainly.   

The xxxviij Psalm.  
Lord check thou not thy poor servant in thine hasty fury:  
Neither correct me in the heat, of thy melancholy.  
For thy shafts be fastened in me, they stick fast in my side:  
And thy power is more heavy on me than I may abide.  
Thorough thy displeasure there is in my flesh nothing sound:  
And by means of my sin no peace to my bones can be found.  
For mine inequities do climb over mine head certain:  
And as an heavy burden are more than I can sustain.  
And through mine own fond foolishness my biles are rankelled:  
And flow out with matter that was in them putrefied.  
I go crooked, well moste two fold, and am pressed down greatly:  
Every day I walk about wonderful heavyly.  
For a fowl and most filthy bile, doth cover mine hip bone:  
And in all the parts of my flesh, whole place do I find none.  
I am turmoiled and tossed and broken passing sore:  
And the great sorrow of mine heart, maketh me cry and roar.  
O Lord thou dost all my desire right well perceive and see:  
And the deep sighings of mine heart, are not unknown to the.  
Mine heart beateth within my breast my strength hath me failed:  
And the very light of mine eyes, is greatly decayed.  
My friends and my familiars, stand on the other side:  
Over against my wound, and my neighbours afar of bide.  
In the mean time such as do seek my life lay snares warily.  
And such as seek mine evil, speak evil, & do disobeyed apply.  
But I am like one that is deaf, and do hear nought at all:  
And like the dumb that doth not ope his mouth to cry or call.  
I am like unto the man that doth hear nothing certain:  
Nor hath aught in his mouth to make for him answer again.  
For I tarry for thee (O Lord) I put my trust in thee:  
And thou (O Lord) my God I say, shalt make answer for me.  
For thus I thought (O Lord) let not so great reioyceing be:  
among them that do when I slide, make such brags against me.  
For now it standeth so with me, that I must live lame aye:  
And my sorrow can never go from me by night nor day.  
For I do still confess my fault, and mine iniquity:  
And for my sin I am troubled in heart exceedingly.  
But in the mean time mine enemies do live and be made strong:  
And they increase that without cause, hate me and do me wrong.  
And they that requite evil for good are against me sore bend:  
Because I follow the thing that is good with full consent.  
Forsake me not (O Lord my God) stand not for of from me:  
Make thou haste to help me (O Lord) for mine health lieth in the.   

The xxxix Psalm.  
THus said I with myself & thus I have purposed long:  
I will observe my ways that I offend not with my tongue.  
And whylse the wicked is present, I will my mouth restrain:  
Even as with a right strong halter, or with a bridle rain.  
Through long silence I was so dumb that I could speak nothing:  
Of good nor bad, yet in the mean time my sorrow did spring.  
Mine heart waxed hot within me whylse I thus murmured:  
A certain fire burned outryght, and then my tongue loosed.  
Mine end & measure of my days (Lord) show to me plainly:  
That I may know how long I must live in this misery.  
Lo, thou haste appointed my time much shorter for to be:  
Then an hand breadth, yea it is nought, compared unto the.  
Certes the stoutest man of all, is of right small valour:  
Though to men's sight he seem to stand never so firm and sure.  
Man followeth his fantasy, and doth foolishly rage:  
He heapeth up not knowing who shall have his heritage.  
And now (O Lord) what thing is it, that I look for to have?  
For truly mine hope lieth on thee, of the only I crave.  
Deliver me from all vices and all things ungodly:  
And make me not a mocking stock to men full of folly.  
I was made dumb and spoke no word, my mouth I opened not:  
For thou thyself haste made me so (O my Lord God) I wots.  
Take thou from me thy scourge therefore, plague thy servant no more:  
For at the stirring of thine hand, I am amazed sore.  
For when thou dost with chiding words, chastise a man for sin▪  
forthwith all his goodly beauty to consume doth begin.  
And as the moth wasteth the cloth, right so Lord dost thou than:  
Waste all that is comely in him, so vain a thing is man.  
O Lord hearken to my prayer, and give ear to my cry:  
Be not deaf when I weep to thee, hear me mercifully.  
For I am a stranger with thee, my dwelling is not here:  
I am only a sogenar, as all our fathers were.  
Turn a side yet a while from me, that I may recover:  
Before I do depart from hence, & be as one no where.   

The xl Psalm.  
AFter I had long looked for the Lord right carefully:  
At last he did give heed to me & hearken to my cry.  
From that wretched pit and thick mire, he hath pulled me out:  
He hath set me upon the stone, and made my foot steps stout.  
And in my mouth he hath set a new song praise to our God:  
Which thing many shall see and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.  
That man is blessed that ever shall make the Lord his defence:  
And shall not pass upon the proud, nor men of light credence.  
O Lord my God, thou hast wrought and done many things in deed:  
Thy wonderful works done for us, can not be numbered.  
Which if I should once take in hand, to set forth and declare:  
Many more than I can numbered I know right well they are.  
Sacrifice and meat offering, thou dost not love I know:  
But hast bored mine ears thorough, making me base and low.  
Thou haste made me thy bond servant, and haste not required:  
Brent offering nor sacrifice for sin to be offered.  
Then did I say, behold I am ready at hand with thee:  
In the first pagine of the book it is written of me.  
I assent (O my God) to do all that thou dost allow:  
And in the mids of my bowels thy law is placed now.  
I have preached thy righteousness, in a great company:  
Lo, I never forbade my lips, this know'st thou certainly.  
Thy righteousness I have not kept, with in mine heart secret:  
Thy sure promises and thy health, I have still abroad set.  
I have not ceased to declare, in a great contion:  
Thy goodness and thy verity, thy mercy's Lord each one.  
Neither dost thou keep back (O Lord) from me thy mercies free:  
Thy goodness and thy verity, do evermore keep me:  
Because innumerable evils, had so oppressed me:  
My sins did so possess me that I could none of them see.  
They were many more in number then the hears of mine head:  
Wherefore mine heart hath failed me, I became like one dead.  
Let it please the therefore (O Lord) to set thy servant free:  
Make haste (O Lord) do not tarry but come and secure me.  
Let them suffer shame and reproof that seek my soul to kill:  
And let them be driven back with shame, that delight in mine ill.  
Let them that say haha, haha, to me in scornful wise:  
Be quite wasted because they did my rebuke enterprise.  
Let such as do seek thee, rejoice and eke be glad in thee:  
And let them that love thine health say, praised might the Lord be.  
But I am afflicted and poor, the Lord careth for me:  
Thou art mine help and redeemer, my God do not tarry.   

The xli Psalm.  
Happy is he that with the poor useth himself wisely:  
For the Lord shall deliver him in time of misery.  
The Lord shall keep him, and to him, he shall his health restore:  
That on the earth he may enjoy pleasures yet a while more.  
For thou (O Lord) dost not favour thy poor servant so ill:  
As to permit his enemies to use him at their will.  
And lying in his sickness bed, thou shalt him still sustain:  
And in his weakness thou shalt change all his whole bed certain.  
Wherefore do I also say thus. O Lord be good to me:  
heal thou my soul, for I also have sinned against the.  
Mine enemies cursed me and said, when shall we see him die?  
When shall his name perish and be put out of memory?  
And when any of them came to me, full vainly he spoke:  
And thought evil in heart, but when he came abroad out it broke.  
among themselves mine enemies, did whisper together:  
Against me, and thus did they think on my mischief ever.  
Some great mischief is fallen on him, he shall perish certain:  
Sith he is laid sick in his bed he shall not rise again.  
Yea and my most familiar, whom I trusted greatly.  
And he that fed at my table, spurned me suddenly.  
Thou therefore Lord be good to me, show me mercy in deed:  
Set me up on my feet that I may requite them their meed.  
By this thing do I know myself in thy favour to be:  
Because my foes do not rejoice nor triumph over me.  
And because I am innocent of life thou wilt me stay:  
And wilt set & appoint me in thine own presence alway.  
Let the Lord God of Israel be praised evermore:  
From time to time praised be he, Amen say we therefore.   

The xlij Psalm.  
Like as the hind doth cry after the swift renneing water▪  
So doth my soul cry unto thee (O God my redeemer)  
My soul is thirty after God, the God that liveth aye:  
When at the last shall I appear before god's face I say?  
My tears have been my sustenance both by day and by night:  
Whylse they have daily said to me, where is thy God of might?  
So soon as I remember how I led them in a rout:  
To the house of the Lord my God, my soul I do pour out.  
When I remember how I led forth a great company:  
Singing and praising God, then doth mine heart rejoice greatly.  
O my soul why art thou so sad, and in me, so troubled?  
Trust in God, for I will thank him, for mine health received.  
O my God, my soul in my breast doth dispear utterly:  
Because I am compelled in the wilderness to lie.  
Because I do remember the being against my will:  
In the land beyond jordan and Hermonims little hill.  
One deepness calleth an other, as loud as thy streams run:  
All thy floods and thy storms do pass over mine head often.  
His merciful goodness the Lord showeth to me by day:  
And by night I dosing & pray to God that liveth aye.  
Thus will I say to God my strength why dost thou me forget?  
Why do I go in mourning robes when my foes me beset?  
When my foes say, where is thy God? & revile me daily:  
It is as though they thrust asworde into my bones fiercely.  
O my soul, why art thou so sad, & in me so troubled?  
Trust in God for I will praise him, for mine health received.  
I will celebrate him I say yet a while for mine health:  
And for that he seweth him to be, the God of all my wealth.   

The xliij psalm.  
judge me (O God) & take my cause in hand and do me rid.  
From a wicked people and from a man false and wicked.  
For thou my God, art my whole power, why hast thou put me by?  
Why do I mourn when mine enemies do frete me cruelly?  
Send me thy light & verity, let them lead me the way:  
Unto thine holy hill, and to thy dwelling place I say.  
That to god's aultare & to God, my joy and rejoicing:  
I may enter, & to my God I may on mine harppesing.  
O my soul why art thou so sad, and in me so troubled?  
Trust in God for I will praise him for mine health received.  
I will I say celebrate him, for the health wherewith he:  
Shall make me glad and eke declare himself my God to be.   

The xliiij Psalm.  
O God we have heard with our ears our fathers have us told:  
The works that thou didst in their times, and in the verneyers old.  
To plant them in, thou haste by force, driven the heathen out.  
Thou haste afflicted nations, but hast made these men stout.  
They did not win the land neither their health by their own might:  
But by thy power & thy favour that hadst in them delight.  
And thou thyself (O God I say) art my Lord and my king:  
Let the health of jacob himself be at thy disposeing.  
Through the we shall shake them of that vex us in any wise:  
And through thy name we shall neglect them that against us rise.  
I will not put my confidence, nor my trust in my bow:  
For my sword or other weapon shall not save me I know.  
But thou dost preserve and keep us from our adversaries:  
And dost make them ashamed that do hate us in such wise.  
In God we do daily rejoice, in God we do glory:  
And thy name do we celebrate (O God) eternally.  
But thou hast cast us of and hast brought us to open shame:  
Thou goest not forth with our armies, nor dost prosper the same.  
Thou turnest us to flight before our enemies I say:  
And they that hate us most deadly do carry home the pray.  
Thou haste appointed us as sheep, chosen to be killed:  
And among Heathen nations thou haste us scattered.  
Thou hast sold thy people for nought this do we see full well:  
Thou dost not raise the price of them setting them out to sell.  
To be reviled of our neighbours, thou dost set us out:  
And makest us a mocking stock, to them that dwell about.  
Thou makest us a matter for the heathen to talk of:  
And a worthy matter whereat all nations may scoff.  
Mine ignominy & reproach, is daily in my sight:  
And shame hath covered my face, to think on their despite.  
I blush I say to hear the talk of them that rail at me:  
And for my foes and such as would so fain revenged be.  
All these things do happen to us, yet we forget the not:  
Neither be we found unfaithful, in thy comnaunt I wots.  
Our heart returneth not back ward, we favour thy ways still:  
Neither do our steps serve a side, from thy paths and thy will.  
When thou dydste waste us in the place where the great dragons were:  
And cover us with the shadow of death which man doth fear:  
If we had then forgot the name of our God and our king:  
Declareing our hearts to a straying God of man's inventing:  
Think ye God would not have required it incontinent?  
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart and the intent.  
But for thy sake we are killed daily, this is certain:  
And are esteemed as a flock appointed to be slain.  
Awake, why dost thou sheep (O Lord) awake (O Lord) I say:  
Do not cast of thy poor servants & forsake them for aye.  
Why dost thou hide thy face from us and thy bright countenance?  
forgetting our affliction and our deadly greavaunce?  
For our life is made very base, no better than the dust:  
Our belly cleaneth to the ground, to live we have no lust.  
Arise, help us (O Lord I say) in this our great distress:  
Redeem us for thy great mercy and for thy great goodness.   

The xlv. Psalm.  
SOme goodness doth mine heart belch out, my meaning is godly:  
My works and deeds unto the king plainly declare will I.  
My tongue is like the pen of one that writeth most swiftly:  
And in my talk I speak my words very expeditely.  
But among mortal men thou art, most eloquent of all:  
Thou haste a grace in words, for God gave the gifts eternal.  
O thou mighty man gird thy sword upon thy thigh I say:  
Thy glory and magnificence put on and the array.  
And in thine own magnificence ride thou prosperously:  
Upon the word of truth, meekness, & that dealeth truly.  
And thy right hand and mighty power shall the instruct and teach:  
To do things that are wonderful, and beyond all men's reach.  
Thy shafts exceeding sharp shall pierce the heart of such as be:  
The kings enemies, and much people shallbe subject to the.  
Thy princely seat shall stand for aye, O God strong and mighty:  
The sceptre of thy kingdom is the maze of equity.  
Thou lovest right and hateste wrong, because God anointed  
The with the oil of gladness more than other elected.  
All thy garments do savour of, Mirre, Aloys, and ginger:  
Brought out of house of ivory, to make the myr●er.  
among thy noble women are kings daughters most demure:  
And thy wife is at thy right hand, decked in gold most pure.  
give eare daughter and mark me well, bow down thine ear I say:  
Thou dost forget thy people & thy father's house for aye.  
For the king doth very greatly lust after thy beauty:  
And for because he is thy Lord, honour thou him only.  
The daughter of Tirus also, shall with gifts sue to thee:  
And in like manner shall they that of the richest sort be.  
All the kings daughter's glory is within forth contained:  
Her garments are of most pure gold, right conyngly weaved.  
In robes embrothered she shall be brought unto the king:  
Her handmaids and companions men shall unto the bring.  
They shall be brought to the I say, with joy and rejoicing:  
And after that they shall come to the palace of the king.  
And in the stead of thy fathers, children shall the succeed:  
By whom thou shalt appoint the whole earth to be governed.  
I will be mindful of thy name for ever more I say:  
And therefore shall the nations celebrate the for aye.   

The xlvi Psalm.  
GOd is our refuge and our strength in all our misery:  
And a most present succour in our great adversity.  
Wherefore we will not fear though the earth move out of her place:  
And though the hills emydde the sea, do threat to fall apace.  
Yea though the waves thereof should rage's and forowe up the slime:  
And make the great hills tremble when they do against them climb:  
Yet shall the streams of the river still refresh gods City:  
And the holy place of the tents, of the Lord God most high.  
God is in the middle thereof, wherefore it shall not fall:  
He shall help it before it do take any harm at all.  
Let the heathen stir up tumults, & kingdoms make styrrynges:  
And let the earth break in sunder, with passing great criynges:  
Yet doth the Lord of hosts still stand fast by us at our need:  
jacobs' God is our strong tower and our defence in deed.  
Come hither and veholde the works of the Lord with your eyen:  
What wonders he hath wrought on earth, thorough his power divine.  
To the utmost parts of the earth, all wars he appeaseth:  
He breaketh bows, he shreddeth spears, & charettes he burneth.  
Send back and acknowledge that I am the Lord God alone:  
Most high among the nations, on earth like me is none.  
The Lord of hosts is on our side, he doth still take our part:  
jacobs' God is our high castle, he will not from us start.   

The xlvij Psalm.  
YE people all, clap with your hands, declare your heart thereby:  
Sing unto God with merry voice rejoice most hertily.  
For the Lord is most high I say, & eke to be feared:  
A right great king he is by whom all the earth is ruled.  
He subdueth whole countries of people us to obey:  
So doth he right great nations under our feet I say.  
He hath chosen and picked out for us our heritage:  
The worthiness of jacob whom he loved in young age.  
God ascendeth with fresh singing, and with great melody:  
With the blast and sown of trumpets, the Lord goeth up on high.  
Sing unto God, sing unto him, sing ye unto our king:  
Sing to our God and king I say, alway without ceaseing.  
For God is king of all the earth, and ruleth in the same:  
Sing unto him, sing conynglye unto his holy name.  
God reigneth over nations and the Heathen alone:  
God sitteth on his princely seat and in his holy throne.  
To the people of Habrams God, great rulars are joined:  
Because he doth excel them that have the earth defended.   

The xlviij Psalm.  
THe Lord is great and much praised, and magnified still:  
Within the city of our God, and in his holy hill.  
The mount Zion on whose north side the great kings town standeth:  
Is a goodly country & is the joy of the whole earth.  
God is known and acknowledged in his own palaces:  
To be a castle of defence, to such men as are his.  
For lo, kings came together and so passed by along:  
And were amazed at the sight, and driven forth headlong.  
This fear and sorrow taketh them even as vehemently:  
As the throws of a woman that should travail by and by.  
And as the eastern wind that doteh blow with great storms of hail:  
Is wont to break the ships that do upon the salt sea sail.  
As we have heard so have we seen, in the Lord of hosts town:  
In our god's city which he hath made sure for falling down.  
O God let us conceive in mind, thy goodness and mercy:  
In the middle of thy temple and thy saynctuarie.  
Like as thy name, so doth thy praise (O God) go through the land:  
And abundance of justice is in thy power and right hand.  
Let the mount of Zion be glad, let judes daughters rejoice:  
For thy judgements, when they shall hear, thine holy word and voice.  
See that ye go about Zion, compass it about round:  
Number all the little turrettes, that in her walls be found.  
Mark her forefence diligently, and her palaces high:  
That you may make report of it to your posterity.  
For this is God, and our God is for ever & for aye:  
He shall direct and govern us even to our dyeinge day.   

The xlix Psalm.  
ALl people hearken and give ear to that, that I shall tell:  
Both high and low both rich & poor, that in the world do dwell.  
For why my mouth shall make discourse, of many things right wise:  
In understanding shall mine heart his study exercise.  
I will incline mine ear to know things full dearckely spoken:  
And eke upon mine harp I will make my dearcke speech open.  
In the time of adversity, why should I stand in doubt?  
If the wickedness of my steps should compass me about.  
among them that have great richesses, and do trust therein moste:  
And in the multitude thereof, do aye glory & boast:  
There is not one that any way can his brother redeem:  
Nor pay to God the ransom that, he doth for him esteem.  
For, to redeem their souls from death the price would be to high:  
To make them so perfect that they might live eternally.  
And to make them that in themself they should no such cause have:  
But that they might live ever and never come to the grave.  
For it is plain that as well the wise as the foolish die:  
And leave their goods to other men, but fools die utterly.  
Their grave shallbe their house for ay, & eke their dwelling place:  
Though living here they studied vain glory for a space.  
But man doth never long abide in estimation:  
But shallbe like a beast falling into destruction.  
This their purpose and way they walk is their folly in deed:  
And yet of their posterity, their worddes are allowed.  
They are placed among the dead, as they were flocks of sheep.  
And death is he that feedeth them, and hath them for to keep.  
And at the judgement day the just, shall rule them as a king:  
Their beauty shall decay, & the pit shallbe their dwelling.  
But God shall deliver my soul out of the power of hell:  
Because he hath received me, in his house for to dwell.  
When any man is enriched, be not afeard therefore:  
Or when the glory of his house increaseth more and more.  
For when he dieth he shall not, all these things with him take:  
His glory shall not go with him, but shall him quite forsake.  
Because they count themselves happy, in this vain life only:  
When a man is good to himself, then praise they him greatly.  
Unto their father's nation, let all these men go right:  
Let them not have fruition of comfortable light.  
But man doth not expend and weigh, his own nobility:  
Wherefore he shallbe like the beast that dieth utterly.   

The l Psalm.  
GOd that is Lord of judges, spoke, and did together call:  
As many as do dwell from the sun rising to his fall.  
The most noble & famous God, out of Zion shall shine:  
And give a perfect presidente of beauty in mens eiene.  
Our God shall come unfeignedly, with fire before his face:  
And on each side a fierce hurl wind, his enemies to chase.  
The heaven above and earth beneath, he shall unto him call:  
That with judgement he may contend against his people all.  
Gather to me mine holy ones, that would seem so presyse:  
And that made me a covenant concerning sacrifice.  
Bring them hither & the heavens shall their justice declare:  
And God himself shall be their judge who knoweth what they are.  
give ear (O ye that will be my people) for now speak I:  
O Israel give ear for now I will thy matter try.  
give ear to me I say for I am God of power mighty:  
I am thy God (O Israel) I tell the certainly.  
I will not blame the for the lack of doing sacrifice:  
For I see thy brent offerings daily before mine eyes.  
I have no need to take of the a calf or a bullock:  
Neither the goat that feedeth in thy cote or in thy flock.  
For all the wild beasts of the earth are mine own good in deed:  
So are all the beasts that do on a thousand mountains feed.  
I know the fowls of the mountains, I say I know them all:  
And in my power are all the beasts, that in the fields do cralle.  
If I should chance to be hungry, I need not to tell thee:  
Sith the round world is mine with all the things that therein be.  
What, do you think that I will eat the flesh of bulls mighty?  
Or drink the blood of goats that ye do shed so plenteously?  
Sacrifice thou praise unto God, and pay in any wise:  
Unto the most high thy vows and things that thou dost promise.  
When thou art in adversity, then on me see thou cry:  
And when I shall deliver thee, then set forth my glory.  
But God sayeth to the ungodly, what cometh in thy brain?  
That to rehearse my sacraments, thou dost never refrain.  
Why dost thou brag of my comnante, with words to none effect?  
saying thou hateste all knowledge, and dost my words reject.  
If it chance the to see a thief, in him thou haste delight.  
And with the shameless whore hunttars, thy part is also pight.  
Thy mouth thou haste addyct to evil and for to speak amiss:  
And thy tongue doth still frame the thing, that most deceitful is.  
Thou sytteste in judgement and dost speak against thy brother:  
And dost revile most spitefully, the son of thy mother.  
Thus haste thou done, and when I do, let as I did not see:  
Thou dost imagine that I am in all points like to the.  
I will therefore contend with thee, and declare thy trespass:  
And in order I will set forth, thy faults before thy face.  
I pray you understand this thing, you that have forgot God:  
Whether there be any that can preserve you from my rod.  
Who so maketh sacrifice of praise doth glorify me:  
And this is the way whereby he shall Gods saving health see.   

The lj Psalm.  
LOrd God for thy great goodness sake, be merciful to me:  
And for thy passing great mercy, purge mine iniquity.  
From mine iniquity good Lord, wash thou me plenteously:  
And from my sins and trespasses do thou me mundify.  
For mine offences I confess, and do none of them hide:  
My sins Lord & my wickedness do in my sight abide,  
I have offended the alone, & sinned in thy sight:  
wherefore thy words shallbe found true, & thy judgements upright.  
Behold Lord in iniquity, was I made & form:  
And was not free from wickedness, when I was conceived.  
For lo, Lord thou lovest the truth, even from the very heart:  
And hast showed me of thy wisdom, even the secret part.  
Purge me with Isope & I shall, be pure and clean I know:  
Wash thou me, & then shall I be more whit than is the snow.  
Bring thou to pass that I may hear great joy and rejoicing:  
And that they whom thou haste brought low, may thy great praises sing.  
Turn thy face from my wickedness & look not on my sin:  
To blot out mine iniquities, Lord God do thou begin.  
Create, Lord God within my breast, an undefiled heart:  
And in my bowels Lord renew, a spirit that will not start.  
Cast thou me not out of thy sight, ne do thou me forget:  
Neither do thou thine holy spirit, from thy poor servant fet.  
Restore to me the rejoicing, Lord of thy saving health:  
And with thy principal spirit Lord, stablish thy servants wealth.  
To the transgressers of thy laws, thy ways I will declare:  
And to the shallbe converted, men that great sins are.  
O God, the God of my soul health, deliver me from blood:  
And my tongue shall with joy declare, the both rightwise and good.  
Open thou my lips good Lord, & teach my tongue to speak:  
And then my mouth without ceasing, shall in thy praise out break.  
For if sacrifice did please thee, I would give the such things:  
But thou delightest not good Lord, in the brent offerings.  
A pensiefe and a troubled spirit, is to God sacrifice:  
A broken and a contrite heart, God thou wilt not despise.  
Lord God, of thy bounteousness, do thou favour Zion:  
That the walls of jerusalem, may be builded anon.  
Then shall please the brent offerings, & sacrifice of right:  
And on thine holy aultare Lord, men shall fat bullocks dight.   

The lij Psalm.  
THou tyrant why rejoicest thou, in that thou dost amiss:  
Sense the goodness of God our Lord daily among us is.  
Ways to corrupt & to destroy, thy tongue doth still invent:  
Even as it were a sharp razor, that to cut is still bend.  
Thou dost delight rather to hurt, & thine anger to wreak:  
Then do to well, & for to lie then right and truth to speak.  
All words that bring destruction, & do thereto belong:  
Thou lovest for to spread abroad with a deceitful tongue.  
Wherefore God shall scatter thy stock, & take it clean away:  
He shall cut the out of thy tent, and make thy rote decay.  
Which thing when the rightwise shall see, then shall they stand in awe:  
And shall laugh and make rejoicing, at the sight that they saw.  
They shall say, lo, this is the man, that in God hath not trust:  
But in the heap of his riches, and in his wicked lust.  
But I like a green olive tree in the lords house I say:  
Have put my trust in his goodness, for ever and a day.  
Because thou haste me made good Lord, thy presses will I tell:  
And will trust in thy name because thy sanctes do like it well.   

The liij Psalm.  
THe foolish & insipient, whose thoughts are ever vain:  
Do in their heart say foolishly, there is no God certain.  
Corrupt they are in all their ways, made abominable:  
To find one good among them all, there is no man able.  
Upon the sons of mortal men, God looked down from heaven:  
To see if there were any wise, or for to seek God given.  
They have gone astray together, and are corrupt each one:  
That hath done the thing that is good, there can not be found one.  
How can they have knowledge (saith God) that work iniquity:  
And like bread eat up my people, & do not on me cry?  
There feared they exceedingly, where fear in deed was none:  
Because God doth all them destroy, that besiege thee, Zion.  
Because God is their enemy thou haste made them ashamed:  
Would God that out of thee (Zion) jacob might be saved.  
That God might once make an end of, his people's servitude:  
That with great joy & rejoicing, jacob might be endued.   

The liiij Psalm.  
FOr thy name's sake help me (O God) in thy strength deliver:  
Thy servant (O God) hear my prayer, do my words consider.  
For strayngars and straying nations against me do arise:  
And tyrants that seek my soul have no God before their eyes.  
Behold (I say) it is the Lord, that doth mine enemies let:  
And he is still present with them, that do me underset.  
Mine adversaries and my foes, he shall with jewel reward:  
And shall them all destroy because, he doth his truth regard.  
I shall make to the sacrifice, with fire and willing mode:  
And will set forth thy name with praise, because thou art so good.  
For out of all affliction, thou haste delivered me:  
And my desire upon my foes, Lord God, mine eyes do see.   

The lu Psalm.  
Give ear to my prayer (O God) and do not thyself hide:  
From the humble petition, that I make at this tide.  
give ear I say to me (O God) & answer me again:  
For in my prayer I make moan and grievously complain.  
And that through the outrageous cry of enemies in deed:  
And through the great vexation, of men that are wicked.  
Which wicked men do against me practise their wickedness.  
And in their passing great anger, put me to great distress.  
pensive & heavy is mine heart (Lord God) within my breast:  
And the horrors and fears of death, have me greatly oppressed.  
exceeding great fear & trembling have lighted on my lot:  
And most horrible dread also, hath quelled me I wots.  
Wherefore I say, would God I had, wings like unto a dove:  
For than would I fly hence where none of these things should me move.  
Lo than would I get me far hence, and dwell in wilderness:  
And would make haste for to escape this tempest of distress.  
Destroy them Lord and slit their tongues take on them no pity:  
For I have seen unrighteousness & strife in the city.  
These things compass the walls thereof, both by day and by night:  
And in the mids thereof grievance, and wickedness are pight.  
In it I say is wickedness, even in the inner part:  
At no time do guile and deceit, out of her streets depart.  
Of a man that had hated me, or that mine enemy were:  
The proud checks and the revilynges, I could suffer and bear.  
But sense thou art my captain, my fellow and my friend:  
Thy revilings and threatening, do my mind sore offend.  
For we have had sweet and secret, communication:  
In the house of the Lord our God, and have together gone.  
Lord, let death strike them suddenly, let them be buried, quick:  
For in their secret houses, Lord great wickedness doth stick.  
As for me, I will cry to God, and will his mercy crave:  
And then the Lord I am right sure, will his poor servant save.  
At evening, at morn and none tide, I will mourn and complain:  
And then to hear his servants voice, the Lord will not disdain.  
It is he that delivereth, his servants soul in peace:  
From all that lie in wait for it, who are many doubles.  
That God I say that liveth aye, shall hear his servants prayer:  
And shall plague them of whose mendment, men may justly dispayer.  
They fear not God, but lay hands on, such as cleave unto him:  
And so they break his covenant, and do it not esteem.  
Their mouths are softer than butter, yet are wars in their mind:  
Their words are much more smooth than oil, yet swords ye shall them find.  
O cast thy burden on the Lord, and he shall the sustain:  
For he will not suffer the just, in troubles to remain.  
In the mean time (O God) thou shalt thrust headling in to hell:  
The blood thirsty and deceivers, that are fires and cruel.  
They shall not live out half their time, nor half their life days see:  
But as for me (good Lord) I will still put my trust in the.   

The luj Psalm.  
BE merciful to me (O God) for men will tread me down:  
They fight against, and trouble me daily in field and town.  
Under their feet mine enemies, do tread me down daily:  
For they that proudly fight against, thy servant are many.  
Nevertheless, at every tide, when fear invadeth me:  
Then do I put my confidence and trust only in the.  
In God I will set forth his word, and in him put my trust:  
And as for men I do not pass, let them do what they lust.  
They are offended at my words, and do them daily carp:  
All their study is to hurt me, on this one string they harp.  
They cluster & run together, they spy on every side:  
They watch my steps because my death, of them is desired.  
They have a trust for to escape, but that is all in vain:  
For God will not in his anger whole nations, refrain.  
My rennynges from mine enemies, in persecution:  
Thou haste by numbered in thy book, and eke my tears each one.  
So oft as I call on thy name, mine enemies do fly:  
Whereby that thou art God my Lord, I do know certainly.  
Whatsoever God sendeth me, I will take in good part:  
And in the word of God my Lord, I shall comfort mine heart.  
In God my Lord my confidence, & only trust shallbe:  
I will not stand in dread nor fear what man can do to me.  
To the will I pay all my vows (O God) and will be height:  
And pay to the both laud and praise with all my main and might.  
For thou savest my soul from death, and my feet from falling:  
That I may walk before the in the light of the living.   

The lvij Psalm.  
BE merciful to me (O God) be merciful to me:  
For the soul of thy poor servant putteth her trust in the.  
Under the shadow of thy wings, my hope is pitched fast:  
Where mine only refuge shallbe, till wickedness be paste.  
I shall call & cry unto God, that is highest of all:  
To God I say that doth help me up again when I fall.  
The same shall send from heaven down & shall deliver me:  
From the reproof of him that would my confusion see.  
He shall, I say, send unto me even for his mercy's sake:  
And for the faithful promise that, it pleased him to make.  
My soul is set in the mids of the lions full of Ire:  
And I myself am laid among men that do flame with fire.  
Their teeth are sharp and piercing spears, and sharp arrows I ween:  
Their tongues are swords well made to cute and are exceeding keen.  
Set up thyself (O God) above the heavens that are so high:  
And above all the earth exalt thy praise & thy glory.  
A net they have laid for my feet, and put my soul to blame:  
They have digged a pit for me, & are fallen in the same.  
To sing and give the praise (O God) mine heart is ever priest:  
To setforth thy great praise, I say, my mind is ready dressed.  
Awake my tongue and strength to speak, for thou art my glory:  
Awake my lute and eke my harp, for I will rise early.  
Among the people will I give thanks unto the O Lord:  
And among the heathen my tongue shall thy praises record.  
For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth up to the sky:  
And thy faithfulness & thy truth, toucheth the stars so high.  
Set up thyself (O God) above, the heavens that are so high:  
And above all the earth exalt, thy praise & thy glory.   

The lviij Psalm.  
O Ye the sons of mortal men, ye gods and men of might:  
Do ye give righteous sentences, and judge men's matters right?  
Nay, but rather you imagine mischief within your breast:  
And by your violence men are sore laden and oppressed.  
So soon as these ungodly men were borne they went astray:  
And from their mother's womb they learned untruth for to say.  
Their poysens are like the poysens that in fell serpents are:  
They are like the deaf Idder that doth use to stop her ear.  
For the adder doth stop her ear lest she should hear haply.  
The voice of the charmar that doth by charms work skilfully.  
Of these men's mouths break thou the teeth (O God) and smite in twain.  
The chafed bones of the lions whelppes who are cruel certain.  
That they may fall away like the water that fast doth ren:  
And that when they shoot their arrows, the same may be broken.  
Let them consume as doth a snail, that turneth into slime:  
And as the fruit that a woman, beareth before her time.  
Year that your sharp and pricking thorns, shall be ready to prick:  
goods wrath like to a stormy wind, shall take you away quick.  
When the rightwise shall see these things they shall rejoice greatly:  
And they shall wash their feet in the blood of the ungodly.  
Then shall men say the righteous are certain to have reward:  
For the Lord God judgeth the earth who doth justice regard.   

The lix Psalm.  
MY God, deliver me from them that be mine enemies:  
And defend me from them that do against thy servant rise.  
deliver me (O God) from them that do work wickedly:  
And save thy poor servant from such men as are blood thirsty.  
For lo they lay wait for my soul, and conspire against me:  
Not for any offence or fault (Lord) that in me they see.  
Not provoked by me, they do hastily themselves prepare:  
Wherefore arise thou and help me, and look upon my care.  
O Lord of hosts, O jacobs' God, awake, visit the heathen.  
Show thou no mercy, to them that to wickedness are given.  
Let them return empty at night, and let them hole like hounds:  
And make them wander round about, the cities and the towns.  
Behold they speak against me with their mouths, and swords are hid:  
Under their lips, for they are not for such things reproved.  
But thou (O Lord) shalt ever have them in derision:  
The heathen (Lord) thou shalt deride, and laugh them all to scorn.  
I do ascribe to thee (O God) all my strength and my power:  
For thou art my falfegard (good Lord) and only defender.  
Thy goodness to thy poor servant thou showest plenteously:  
And lettest me see my desire upon mine enemy.  
Lord destroy not them suddenly, lest my people forget:  
But as thou art our defender, do them in sunder set.  
For their proud and stately words Lord take thou them in their pride:  
And for their perjury and lies, suffer them not to bide.  
Consume them Lord in thy fury, consume them clean away:  
That they may know that God ruleth in all the earth this day.  
Let them return empty at night, & let them howl like hounds:  
And make them wander round about the cities and the towns.  
Let them wander about I say, and seek whereon to feed:  
And let them not find sustenance, to satisfy their need.  
With rejoicing I shall declare thy might and great goodness:  
Because thou art my tower of strength, & refuge in distress.  
To the I say (O God my strength) will I rejoice and sing:  
Because thou art my whole defence, and most merciful king.   

The lx Psalm.  
O God thou didst us forsake, reject, & waste moved:  
But now thou art pleased again and hast us received.  
Thou dashedest the earth together, and brakest it in twain:  
But now repair the bracks thereof, for it shaketh certain.  
Hard chance and miss fortune thou hast laid on thy people's lot:  
And haste given us such wine to drink, as is deadly I wots.  
Yet haste thou given a sign to them that do walk in thy fear:  
That they should triumph in thy truth, & in no wise dispeare.  
Let thy power save thy beloved that they do not dispeare:  
Show forth thy power I say good Lord, & hear thy servants prayer.  
Because God hath spoken the word with in his holy place:  
I shall with joy divide Sichem and Sochothes vale by pace.  
Galaad and eke Manasses are mine, but Ephraim▪  
Is the key of my kingdom, and juda my laws doth dame.  
In Moah will I lay my filth, and over Edom skyppe:  
And thou palastine sue to me for favour and friendship.  
Who shall lead me into that fort, that mighty strong city?  
Who shall conduct me to Edom and my self conduct be?  
Shalt not thou do it (O my God) who diddest us forsake:  
And wouldst not walk with our men when we did the wars take?  
O God, help thou in all distress, for man's help is but vain:  
But we shall fight stoutly through God, by whom our foes are slain.   

The lxj Psalm.  
OH God hear thy poor servants cry, and hearcken to my prayer:  
And let not my voice and my cry in vain trouble the air.  
From the utmost parts of the earth I shall cry unto thee:  
In the distress of mind when mine heart amazed shallbe.  
Then shall I say, Oh Lord set me upon thy rock so high:  
For thou art my refuge & strength against mine enemy.  
In thy tent will I dwell for aye that I may dwell salfly:  
Under the shadow of thy wings is my desire to lie.  
For thou (O God) hast heard my vows & pondered my desires:  
And such men as do fear thy name, Lord thou hast made thine heyers.  
To the king do thou give long life, that his years may endure:  
Through many generations, to thy will & pleasure.  
Let the king sit before thee (Lord) for ever and a day:  
And let thy mercy and thy truth preserve the same alway.  
Then shall I never seize to sing, unto thy holy name:  
That I may perform all my vows daily unto the same.   

The lxij Psalm.  
ONly on God my soul looketh & hath to him respect:  
For in him and in none other, mine health taketh effect.  
For he only is my sure ground, my salfgard and defence:  
So that my fall can not be great through fleshly violence.  
How long will you study disobeyed against all manner men?  
Ye shall all perish as the wall, or hedge that is broken.  
Lord, these men would blot out my life, they play the liars part.  
With the mouth they do pray for me, but curse me with their heart.  
Nevertheless (O thou my soul) do thou to God incline:  
For from him only doth thy trust and thine only hope shine.  
For he only is my sure ground, & my salvation:  
I shall not fall, he is my strength, and my tuition.  
Mine health lieth in God alone, my glory and my might:  
And in the Lord my confidence, & only trust is pight.  
O put your trust in him alway, ye people of the land:  
Pour out your hearts before the Lord, in whom our hope doth stand.  
As for men they are all but vain, and delighted to lie:  
And are as light in a balance as is vain vanity.  
Put no trust in miss gotten goods, ne serve you vanity:  
And when you do flow in richesse, set not to much thereby.  
God hath spoken this one thing twice, wherefore it is certain:  
And I myself have heard him say, that in him strength doth reign.  
He said also that in the Lord, is goodness and mercy:  
And that he doth reward each man, after as his works be.   

The lxiij Psalm.  
O God thou art my mighty God, my self guard & defence:  
Wherefore I will seek the each day with careful diligence.  
My soul thirsteth for thee (O Lord) & my flesh hath a lust:  
To taste of the in this dry land, where for water is dust.  
Thus do I that I may behold the in thy holy place:  
That I may see thy mighty power & glory of thy face.  
For life itself is not so sweet, as thy loving kindness:  
Wherefore to show thy worthy praise, my lips shall never seize.  
And so shall I during my life, alway magnify thee:  
And in thy name lift up mine hands, as it becometh me.  
Then shall my soul be satisfied, as with most sweet fatness▪  
And therefore shall my lips rejoice, and my mouth show thy praise.  
O Lord, when I lie in my bed, I shall remember thee:  
And when I wake out of my sleep, on the my thought shall be.  
For thou only art he from whom, all mine help doth proceed:  
And in the shadow of whose wings, my soul is delighted.  
O Lord, my soul cleaveth to thee, thy right-hand is my stay:  
Let them that would destroy my soul, sink down to hell for aye.  
Make them of force to fall upon the edge of the sharp sword:  
And of the ravening wolves Lord, let them be devoured.  
But the king shall rejoice in God, & each man be praised:  
That sweareth by his holy name, and liars mouths stopped.   

The lxiiij Psalm.  
IN my complaint Lord hear my voice, & hearken to my cry:  
And preserve my life from the fear, of the fierce enemy.  
Lord, hide me from the counsel of men that are ungodly:  
And from the uproars of such men, as do work wickedly.  
For these men do sharpen their tongues, even as they were sharp sword:  
And as with a bow that is bend, they shoot forth bitter words.  
That they may hurt men privily whose life is innocent:  
And strike and wound them suddenly, not feareing to be shent.  
They make themself strong in mischief and study snares to hide:  
And then they say thus with themselves, how can these things be spied.  
They do imagine wyckenes, & keep it in covert:  
Each man hideth his mischief in the bottom of his heart.  
But God shall strike them suddenly, even with a sharp arrow:  
Whereby they shall be sore wounded, & pierced quite thorough.  
Yea their own tongues shall make them fall, and be as men forlorn:  
Then shall as many ass them laugh and drive them to scorn.  
All men shall see this thing I say, & shall boldly confess:  
That gods own hand hath done this deed, to punish wickedness.  
But the just shall rejoice & trust, in God the Lord only:  
And all that be of upright heart, shall joy exceedingly.   

The .lxv. Psalm.  
O God, thou only art worthy to have praise in Zion:  
And that all the people do pay, their vows to the alone.  
For thou hearest the prayers of thy people in their need:  
Wherefore all men resort to thee, with full trust for to speed.  
The reckoning of our wickedness, was more than we could pay:  
But thou Lord for thy great mercy haste put our sins away.  
The man that is chosen of thee, is happy & right sure:  
That in thy court and temple he, shall dwell in great pleasure.  
O God our health, O the refuge, of all coasts of the land:  
And of them that do dwell far of, in the seas & sea sand.  
O thou I say, that by thy power, haste set the hill so sure:  
And art ever girded about, with strength that will endure.  
O thou that dost quiet the seas, and the rude people's rage:  
In thy justice thou hast sharply threatened thine heritage.  
So that all they that dwell far of, shall fear when they shall see:  
Thy tokens, for thou makest both even & morn to praise the.  
Thou haste caused the earth to chap for lack of her due rain:  
And haste with plenty of water, shot up her chaps again.  
O God thy river is brim full, whereby thou dost prepare:  
All manner grain for man, which thou causest the earth to bear.  
Thou dost water her forowes & causest her clods to fall:  
Thou supplest her with water drops, and givest increase with all.  
Thou dost crown and set forth the year of thy passing goodness:  
And to pour down drops of plenty, thy clouds do never seize.  
The pastures of the desert are fair and full of plenty:  
And the little hills are beset with all fertylytie.  
The fields and valleys of the earth have for their covering:  
Such flocks of ship and plots of grain, that they rejoice and sing.   

The lxuj Psalm.  
ALl earthly men rejoice to God, and praise his holy name:  
Set forth his praise I say & give glory unto the same.  
say unto God, Oh in thy works how wonderful art thou?  
For the plenty of thy power doth cause thine enemies to bow.  
All they that dwell upon the earth, shall honour thee, O Lord:  
And shall all sing to the and to thy name with one accord.  
Oh come hither and see the works of God and tell me then.  
How far his counsels do exceed the wit of mortal men.  
The sea he turned to dry land and gave passage thereby:  
Wherefore our fathers did rejoice in him exceedingly.  
By his power he hath aye ruled the world and doth behold.  
All countries with his eye so that no rebels dare be bold.  
O ye people, preach ye our God, and make his name be known:  
By you let the voice of his praise, throughout the earth be blown.  
For this is he that doth preserve our souls ever on live:  
And suffereth not our feet to slip when we with Satan strive.  
O God, though thou do prove & try us as silver is tried:  
And dost lead us into prison and make us there be tied:  
Though thou, I say, dost suffer men over our heads to ride:  
And that most fires and sharp torments we do suffer and bide:  
Yet dost thou bring us out again into a place of rest:  
And dost not suffer thy servants for aye to be oppressed.  
I will therefore into thy house, Lord God with sacrifice:  
And will not leave my vows unpaid to the in any wise.  
For when I was in trouble Lord, then with my mouth I spoke:  
And in the dolors of mine heart all these vows did I make.  
Brunt offerings that are right fat I will offer to thee:  
Of the sweet smoke of rams, bullocks, & goats the same shall be.  
Come hither and give ear ally in whom gods fear doth dwell:  
For of the things that he hath done to my soul, I shall tell.  
With my mouth I did cry to him & call on him alone:  
Wherein my tongue declared that like him there is found none.  
If in mine heart I would have had respect to wickedness:  
No doubt the Lord would not have heard me in my great distress.  
But now God hath given ear to me & heard his servants prayer:  
And hath granted my whole request even as I did desire.  
God is to be praised therefore, which neither did put back:  
My prayer neither suffer me his mercy for for to lack.   

The lxvij Psalm.  
BE merciful to us (O God) & bless us at thy will:  
And lyghten thy bright countenance among thy servants still.  
That through the earth thine holy way may be certainly know.  
And thine health through out all countries for all they are thine own.  
Let the people praise thee (O God) let all people praise thee:  
And let them all rejoice because they be judged by the.  
Let them rejoice in the I say, & be merry and glad:  
Because all nations of the earth by thy justice are lad.  
Let the people praise thee (O God) let all people praise thee:  
And let the earth bring forth her fruit, as thy pleasure shall be.  
Bless us (O God) I say our god, bless us in verity:  
That all that dwell upon the earth may stand in awe of the.   

The lxviij Psalm.  
THe upriseing of God putteth his enemies to flight:  
And causeth all them that hate him to fly out of his sight.  
For as smoke vanisheth away and wax is moult with fire:  
So doth the wicked perish from god's sight in his great Ire.  
As for the just, they do rejoice before God And are glad:  
They are delighted inwardly, & can never be sad.  
Sing unto God, sing to his name, & make a perfect way:  
To him that rideth in high heaven, whose name is Lord for aye.  
Rejoice before him for he is father to fatherless:  
And in his holy house he doth, the widows cause redress.  
He is the God that maketh peace, and breaketh prisoners band:  
And causeth traitors for to dwell, in an unfruitful land.  
When he went out through wilderness before his people's face:  
The earth shaken & the heavens moult before him in his place.  
God of his goodness sent down rain upon his heritance.  
And filled all the barrant plots thereof with abundance.  
That his people might dwell therein, thus did the Lord prepare:  
For his poor flock and gave his word to such as for them care.  
The kings that had great armies fled, they fled and took the foil.  
And such men as sat still at home, have divided the spoil.  
What though no doves feather have been more vile than they in sight?  
Yet shall they be as precious now, as gold that shineth bright.  
When the almighty had scattered, the kings that there did reign:  
Then did it glisten like the snow, on zalmon that mountain.  
God's hill Zion, is like Basan for wonderful plenty:  
An hill it is that aboundeth with all fertility.  
O ye great hills, ye mighty kings, why do ye hate this hill:  
Sith it pleaseth the Lord and he will dwell thereupon still?  
His horsemen are twenty thousand, and his angels many  
In whom he is as in Sinai, in his sanctuary.  
He is gone up on high and hath with him men that where thrall:  
He hath received gifts for men, yea for his foes and all.  
Thus hath he done that he might be the Lord praised for aye:  
For as the God of our health he giveth us gifts each day.  
Our God (I say) and saviour he is whilse we have breath:  
And by him alone we escape, the sharp passage of death.  
Yet doth he wound the heads of them that are his enemies:  
And the crown of the head of them that from sin will not rise.  
Thus said the Lord, I will restore my people home again:  
From Basan and from the deep sea, they shall not there remain.  
Therefore I say (O my people) thou shalt not fail to tread:  
In thy foe's blood and thy dogs tongues shall be therewith made red.  
The manner of the going of my God, my Lord and king:  
Is well seen in his holy place, where he is abiding.  
The singing men do go before, then follow the minstrels:  
And last of all the fair maidens playing upon tymbrelles.  
O ye that descend of the flock of mighty Israel:  
Praise ye the Lord in such order as ye have heard me tell.  
first little Benjamin ruleth, and juda is your strength:  
Then Sebulon and Neptali, are captains good at length.  
It is god that hath given you this strength you may be sure:  
O God confirm the same in us that it may still endure.  
For the kings do offer to the more gifts in sacrifice:  
Then be made at jerusalem after the temples guise.  
Rebuke the mighty men of arms, that in arms can do well:  
And the strong men of every land, that for lucre rebel.  
Disparse them that delight in wars & let messengers come:  
Out of Egypt and Ethiope, and sue to thy kingdom.  
Sing to the Lord (O ye kingdoms of the earth) and rejoice:  
To him that rideth on the heavens, & stretcheth out his voice.  
Ascribe to him all might and power, for his glory doth reign.  
Over Israel & his power, above the clouds certain.  
O God thou art to be feared, in thy sanctuary:  
For thou givest power to thy flock, and art of praise worthy.   

The lxix Psalm.  
Help me (O God) for I am like to perish out of hand:  
For I do sink into the mire, where is no place to stand.  
Into deep waters I am fallen, which do me over flow:  
I am weary with loud crying, my throat waxeth dry now.  
With oft looking up to my God, mine eyes begin to fail:  
And they that hate me without cause, are now like to prevail.  
For they are more in numbered then the heirs are on mine head:  
Whereby they cause me to pay that I never received.  
What ignorance hath caused me, to do Lord thou dost see:  
My sins Lord and my wickedness, are not unknown to the.  
O God of hosts, let not them that to the with faith repair:  
Have cause by that they see in me, to fall into dispeare.  
For in thy cause do I suffer, all this rebuke and shame:  
And am cast out from my kindred, & made straying to the same.  
The thought that I take for thy house, is great breaking to me:  
And I take all such words to heart, as men speak against the.  
If I did ever fast or weep, my body for to tame:  
The same hath been cast in my teeth, as a thing worthy blame.  
I lapte my body in sack cloth, and wore it for a coat:  
And then began they for to scoff and jest at me I wot.  
Yea they that sat in the town gates the rulars and the kings:  
jested at me, and the drunkards made them songs of these things.  
But I make my prayer to thee (O Lord) that I ne miss:  
Of help through thy goodness and truth, when thy good pleasure is.  
Pull me out of the deep mire, and from drowning me keep:  
Deliver me from enemies & from the waters deep.  
lest the surges do overflow, and the sink swallow me:  
And the deep pit shut up his mouth, when I shall therein be.  
O Lord grant my request to me, even for thy goodness sake:  
And as thy mercies are many, one me pity take.  
Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am now troubled:  
Make haste (O God) & shortly let my request be granted.  
O Lord draw nigh unto my soul, let it be self through thee:  
And because of mine enemies, Lord God deliver me.  
Thou knowest what rebuke I do bide, what shame and dishonour:  
For all they that do trouble me, are in thy sight each hour.  
Through the rebuke mine heart is broke and heavy is my mind:  
I look for some to pity me, but no comfort I find.  
They did give me gall in my meat, and when I was thirsty:  
They gave me vinegar to drink, such was their cruelty.  
Let their table be made a snare, to take themselves with all:  
And where they trust to live in peace, there let them take a fall.  
Darken the eyes of their judgement, lest they should look and see:  
Make their loins weak and break their backs, that thus have done to me.  
Pour out thy wrath on them & let thine hot anger them quell.  
Let their houses be made desert, and none therein to dwell.  
For when thou hast stricken a man, they persecute him still:  
And such men as thou haste wounded, they endeavour to kill.  
Let them increase in wickedness, & never see justice.  
Wipe them out of the book life, from among the rightwise.  
As for me, sith I am afflict and sorrowful of mind:  
His salfgard in thine health (O God) let thy poor servant find.  
Then shall I praise gods, holy name, with most joyful singing:  
and shall magnify the same with most hearty thanks giving.  
This thing is more accepted, with the Lord and doth him move:  
Much more than to offer a calf that hath both horn and hoof.  
O ye that live in misery, see this thing and be glad:  
For ye that seek God earnestly, shall not in heart be sad.  
For the Lord heareth the needy, in most merciful wise:  
His bondmen and his prisoners, he doth never despise.  
The heavens, the earth, and eke the seas, and all that therein creep:  
Shall praise the Lord in his doings, and of his words take keep.  
For the Lord shall preserve Zion, & judes cities restore:  
That men may dwell there, and possess that land for ever more.  
The neviews of his servants shall inherit it I say:  
And all that love his holy name shall dwell therein for aye.   

The lxx Psalm.  
O God make haste to deliver, thy servant at his need:  
And let me have thine help good Lord, with all haste & quick speed.  
Let them suffer shame and rebuke, that bear my soul such spite:  
And let them be put back with shame that in mine hurts delight.  
Let them be driven back (I say) because they seek my shame:  
And do behold my miseries, and rejoice in the same.  
But let them rejoice & be glad, that earnestly seek thee:  
And let them that love thine health say, let gods praise in us be.  
Make haste to me (O God) for I am poor in misery:  
Mine helpar and my pledge thou art, O Lord do not tarry.   

The lxxj Psalm.  
IN thee (O Lord) have I trusted, & thought myself certain:  
Wherefore let me never have cause to say this trust was vain.  
But for thy justice sake rid me, and do me deliver:  
Bow down thine ear to me, O Lord, and be my defender.  
Be thou my fort whither to fly, I may always be bold:  
Thou intendest to save me Lord, for thou art my strong hold.  
Pull me out of the power of them that are wickedly bend:  
And out of the groping of the perverse and violent.  
For thou art he on whom only I do trust and depend:  
Lord God my trust hath ever been, that thou shouldest me defend.  
Sense the time that thou drewest me out of my mothers wome:  
I have trusted on thee, from whom all my glory doth come.  
Many take me for a monster, but thou art my defence:  
And my mouth shall not lack thy praise, nor thy magnificence.  
In the time of mine old age, when my weak members shall shake.  
then cast me not out of thy sight, ne do thou me forsake.  
For they that be mine enemies, have had much talk of me:  
And they that lay wait for my soul, often in counsel be.  
Persecute and lay hands on him (say they) you shall him take:  
There shall no man deliver him, for God doth him forsake.  
O God, my God, be not far of from me when I shall need:  
And for to help thy poor servant, Lord God make thou good speed.  
Let them perish with shame enough, that do my life envy:  
And let them be hid with rebuke, that do mine hurt study.  
As for me I shall patiently, abid thy good pleasure:  
And shall increase thy praises still, wile my life shall endure.  
Thy justice and thy saveing health my mouth shall daily show:  
The end whereof or just numbered never yet could I know.  
I will therefore begin to speak, only of thy great might:  
And only thy justice shall be present with me in sight.  
From my youth to this present time thou haste me instructed:  
Wherefore thy wonderful works shall by me be declared.  
Forsake me not till I be old, and have preached thy power:  
To them that be, and thy strength to them that shall come after.  
O God that hast wrought so great things, who can be like to thee?  
I shall extol thy justice Lord, as it becometh me.  
Many and great are the troubles, that through the on me fell:  
But thou shalt restore me to life, & bring me out of hell.  
Thou shalt augment mine honour and increase my dignity:  
And after all my troubles I shall have comfort of the.  
Wherefore (my God) upon my lute I will sing and praise thee:  
And all my songs upon mine harp, shall praise thy verity.  
O holy one of Israel, when I shall to the sing:  
My lips and soul that thou hast bought, shall flow with reioyseing.  
Yea and my tongue shall daily speak (Lord) of thy righteousness:  
When rebuke and shame shall light on them that do me oppress.   

The lxxij Psalm.  
O God give to the king knowledge to judge matters aright:  
And in the heart of the kings son, let thy justice be pight.  
That he may govern the people according to justice:  
And defend the cause of the poor, in judgement and assice.  
Let the mountains & mighty kings give all their people peace:  
And let the little hills be just, to all men more and less.  
Let them revenge the oppressed, & keep the poor from wrong:  
And punish the wrong doers that are for the poor to strong.  
Let them fear the so long as the sun and the moan shall shine:  
And let thy fear always abide before the rulers eiene.  
Let the king be to the people, like rain to a meadow:  
And as the drops of rain are to, the earth that men do plough.  
Let the just flourish in his time, much peace be therein found:  
Till such time as the moan shall cease to keep her compass round.  
Let him bear rule from sea to sea, and from the watersided:  
Even to the uttermost lymettes, of all the earth so wide.  
Let them that dwell in wilderness, fall down before his face:  
And let his foes and enemies, lick the dust of the place.  
Let the kings that rule the Islands that are in the mydse as:  
And kings of Arabia and Saba, bring him gifts of press.  
Let all kings & all nations, him honour and obey:  
For he shall hear the poor man's cry, when all help is away.  
He shall be merciful to them, that be poor and needy.  
And shall preserve the lives of them that live in poverty.  
From disobeyed and from injury, he shall their lives redeem.  
And in his sight their blood he shall, as precious esteem.  
The poor shall live and shall give gold of Saba to the king:  
They shall alway pray for him and daily give him blessing.  
The high mountains of his land shall bear corn in such plenty:  
That they shall look like Libanus to men in the city.  
His name shall continue for ay, and in it shall rejoice:  
All nations, & the Heathen shall praise him with one voice.  
Let the Lord our God be blessed, the God of Israel:  
For he alone worketh wonders in heaven earth and in hell.  
Blessed be the holy name of his glory for aye:  
Let his majesty fill the earth, amen, amen I say.   

The lxxiij Psalm.  
How good is God to such as be, of heart perfect and pure:  
Yet were my feet like for to slip, my steps were nothing sure.  
And why? Because I fond fall, in envy and disdain:  
To see that fools and wicked men have peace and bide no pain.  
They are in no danger of death, nor likely for to die:  
But do remain exceeding strong and exceeding mighty.  
They are free from adversity, when other men be shent:  
And with the rest they take no part, of plague or punishment.  
Whereby they be full gloriously in pride so high extolled:  
And are in wrong and violence, wrapped so many fold.  
Their eyes are solne for very fat, they are so fallen away:  
The vain thoughts of their wicked heart, they practise night and day  
By their wicked example are other men corrupted:  
And the most myghti and high God, by them is blasphemed.  
For they stretch out their mouth to heaven and do against it cry:  
But on the earth their wicked tongue, walketh most pleasantly.  
The flock therefore of flaterars, do furnish up their train:  
For there they be full sure to suck some profit and some gain.  
Tush tush say they, unto themselves, is there a God above?  
That doth know and suffer this ill, & will us not reprove?  
Looe, ye may see how wicked men in richesses still increase:  
Rewarded well with worldly good, & live in rest and peace.  
Than why do I from wickedness my fantasy refrain?  
And wash mine hands with innocentes, & cleanse mine heart in vain?  
And why am I scourged each day, as subject to all blame:  
Or why should I every morn, sustain rebuke and shame?  
Than had I almost said as they, misliking mine estate:  
But that I should thy children judge, as folk infortunate.  
I me bethought (therefore) how I might this thing understand:  
But yet the labour was to great, for me to take in hand.  
Until the time I went into thine holy place, and then:  
I understood right perfectly the end of all these men.  
And namely how thou settest them upon a slyppry place:  
And at thy pleasure and thy will thou dost them all deface.  
Than Lord how soon do they consume, and fearfully decay:  
Even as a dream when one waketh, their Image goeth away.  
Thus grieved was mine heart full sore, my mind was much appreste:  
So fond was I and ignorant, and in thy sight a beast.  
Yet am I still by thee, and thou holdeste my right hand fast:  
And with thy counsel dost guide me to glory at the last.  
beside thyself what thing have I, in all the heavens above:  
To delight in, sith in the earth I do the only love.  
My flesh and eke mine heart fail me, so doth my God never:  
For of mine heart God is the strength, and my part for ever.  
And lo all such as the forsake, shall perish everyone:  
And they that trust in any thing saving in the alone.  
But it is good for me (O God) to hold me fast by thee:  
And to put my full trust in thee, and tell what thy works be.   

The lxxiiij Psalm.  
O God why art thou still absent from us what displeasure:  
Hath made thy wrath so hot against, the shep of thy pasture?  
Oh think upon the church that hath of ancient been thine:  
And that thou hast redeemed (Lord) even before our eine.  
Think on the kindred that is thine by right succession:  
And on the place where thou hast dwelled, the holy mount Zion.  
lift up thy foot and destroy all the enemies for aye:  
That have wrought wickedness with in thine holy place this day.  
Thine enemies have roared in thy congregations.  
And have erected their own signs, to be signs and tokens.  
Their axes are seen glytter as when men hew wood on hills:  
The seling of the holy place they break down with their bills.  
They have broken thine holy things & set fire on the same:  
They have broke down and polluted the dwelling of thy name.  
Thus said they in their heart, let us all vex them in one band:  
So brent they all gods synagogues, that were found in the land.  
Our signs and tokens we see not, no Prophet doth remain:  
There is none among us that can tell us aught for certain.  
O God how long shall thine enemy do the despite and shame?  
Wilt thou suffer him ever to blaspheme thine holy name?  
Lord, why wythdrawest thou thy power? Why doth thy right hand bid.  
Still in thy bosom? pull it out and let thy foes destryed.  
O God thou art my king for aye, & haste been ever more:  
There is none health in all the earth that is not of thy store.  
In thy great power thou didst divide the seas and brakest the head:  
Of Pharoo that great dragon, who of that wound is dead.  
The heads (Lord) of the whale that was, of exceeding greatness:  
Thou hast broken and made him meat to men of wilderness.  
A wellspring and a running stream, thou haste made in dry land:  
And haste made the great rivers dry, by the power of thine hand.  
The day & eke the night are thine thou haste them in thy power:  
Thou hast prepared light & sun, to serve us at their hour.  
Thou hast set & appointed all the limettes of the land:  
The summer & winter also, are the work of thine hand.  
Remember this (O Lord) because, thy foes do the revile:  
And the brainsick and foolish folk, thine holy name defile.  
give not the life of thy turtle into thine enemies hand:  
Neither forget thy church for aye, that of the poor doth stand.  
Be mindful of thy covenant, for all the earth is hid:  
With the dwellings of men that are most cruel and wicked.  
O suffer not the simple to return again with shame:  
For the poor and the indigent are they that praise thy name.  
Arise (O God) and judge thy cause, & let thy servants see:  
That thou art mindful of the checks that fools use to give the.  
Do not forget the words of them, that withstand the so sore:  
for their pride and presumption, increaseth more and more.   

The .lxxv. Psalm.  
WE do acknowledge thee (O God we do acknowledge thee:  
And sith thy name is not far of thy works declare will we.  
When I shall call a counsel for to judge things in thy sight:  
Then shall I give true sentence and judge all matters aright.  
As for the earth is like to fall and all that therein dwell:  
But I have underset her posts, that she may stand right well.  
Thus said I to the foolish men, see that ye be not mad:  
And to the wicked, be not proud of aught that may be had.  
Do not, I say, you foolish men, lift up your horns on high:  
Neither do you in countenance declare your great folly.  
For high degree cometh to man neither from east nor west:  
Nor yet out of the wilderness from any cruel beast.  
For herein God alone is judge, to set up whom he lust:  
He lifteth up one and casteth an other in the dust.  
For in his hand he hath a cup of strong and mighty wine:  
Whereof he filleth to all men, such is his power divine.  
The lies & dregs the rof also, he doth not leave byhynd:  
But all the wicked of the earth do them in their cups find.  
As for me I will preach for aye, & sing to jacobes' God:  
I will break all the wicked horns even with an Iron rod.  
I will, I say, destroy the power of them that be wicked:  
And such as delight in justice, I will see exalted.   

The lxxuj Psalm.  
IN juda God is surely known, and eke in Israel:  
His holy name is had in price, and men like it full well.  
His tabernacle and his tent, is in Salem pitched:  
And in Zion his holy seat and dwelling is builded.  
There hath he broken the arrows that came forth of the bow.  
The shield, the sword, & all the ray, he broke also I know.  
O Lord thou art much more noble, and more magnificent:  
Then are the robbars of the hills that to spoiling are bend.  
The men that were of haute courage, are now become a pray:  
They are slain and have slept their sleep, so slender was their stay.  
All men that were strong and mighty & able for to fight:  
Have not by strength obtained aught, but are turned to flight.  
When thou rebukest men that fight on horse or in chariot.  
Then are they cast into slumber, and do themselves forget.  
For thou (O jacobes' God I say) art terrible in deed:  
And who can abide in thy sight, when thy wrath is moved?  
Once thy just judgement was showed down from heaven upon man.  
Then shaken the earth & great silence through out the same began.  
This thing was done when God arose to minister judgement:  
And to save them that on the earth were weak and impotent.  
For when thou dost punish one man and plageste his fury:  
Then dost thou put the rest in fear to deal so cruelly.  
Make and perform vows to your God, all you that nigh him be:  
Look that ye bring gifts unto him, for terrible is he.  
He stoppeth the breath of rulars, and causeth them to die:  
And the mighty kings of the earth fear him exceedingly.   

The lxxvij Psalm.  
WHen I did lift my voice to God, and did upon him cry:  
Then did he give ear unto me & heard me willingly.  
In the day of my trouble I did to the Lord resort▪  
By night my power was scattered, my soul took no comfort.  
When I called God to my mind, than was my spirit troubled:  
And I mourned exceedingly, & my courage fainted.  
O God thou didst know certainly the watches of mine eyes:  
I was amazed and could not speak out in any wise.  
Then did I call to memory, the times that erst have been:  
And the years that in the old world our fore fathers have seen.  
My verses in the night did I call to my memory:  
And with mine heart I communed, and did mine own spirit try.  
Then said I, will the Lord forsake his poreseruant for aye?  
Will he never be pleasant but thus terrible alway?  
Is his loving kindness quit lost hath he no more in store?  
Shall the spirit of true prophecy never be heard of more?  
Hath God forgotten utterly, how to be merciful?  
Will he hold in his mercies like a man that is ireful?  
Yet at the last, thus did I think, this is but my weakness.  
For the right hand of the high God, may change all things certes.  
The works of the Lord will I call to memory therefore.  
And will not forget the wonders that he did heretofore.  
I will also (O God) think on all thy works secretly:  
And to speak of thy counsels Lord, I will myself apply.  
For all thy ways and thy counsels, are holy and upright:  
No God therefore can be so great, as art thou God of might.  
For thou alone hast brought to pass things straying and wonderful:  
And among the people thou hast made thy power notable.  
For thy people are revenged by thy great power full well:  
That is to say the children of joseph and Israel.  
The waters did see thee (O God) the waters did see thee:  
And lost their strength, and the deep 'gan amazed for to be.  
The dark clouds sent down showers of rain in wonderful plenty:  
And the clouds sent forth thunder claps, and thy arrows 'gan fly.  
The noise of thy thunder claps and the flashes of lightening:  
Appeared round about, and the earth fell in a trembling.  
Thy ways are in the sea and thy paths in waters full strong:  
And thy foot steps are not espied, either of old or young.  
Thou dydeste lead thy people like a simple flock of sheep:  
And by the hand of Moses and Aaron thou didst them keep.   

The lxxviij Psalm.  
ATtend my people to my law, and to my words incline.  
My mouth shall speak strange parables, and sentences divine.  
Which we ourselves have heard & seen, among men that are old:  
And that for our instruction our fathers have us told.  
We will not therefore hide these things from their posterity:  
But to them that shall come after, we will tell them plainly.  
We will (I say) tell the lords praise, his strength and his glory:  
And eke all his wonderful works, to our posterity.  
For with a certain charge he gave a law in Israel  
Which was that all fathers should these things to their children tell.  
That their posterity, that is, their sons young and tender:  
Might when they come to age know them and teach them their childer.  
That they might have the better hope in God that is above:  
And have his holy works in mind, & keep his laws, for love.  
And not be like their fathers that were false and of such spirit:  
That would not frame their wicked hearts to credit God a right.  
The sons of Ephraim went out in arms and thought to spoil:  
Shothing their darts, yet in the day of war they took the foil.  
For why? they did not keep with God, the promise that was made:  
Nor yet would walk or lead their life according to his trade.  
But they forgot his works & eke they smally esteemed:  
The wonderful and noble acts, that to them he showed.  
Within the land of Egypt and, in the field of Tanim:  
In the sight of their fathers were great wonders wrought by him.  
He did divide and cut the sea, and brought them through it dry:  
And bade the waters stand as still as things heaped on high.  
He led them secret in a cloud, by day when it was bright:  
And all the night when it was dark, with fire he gave them light.  
He broke the rocks in wilderness & gave the people drink:  
As plentiful as when the wells do flow up to the bryncke.  
Out of the rock of stone he brought fresh water streams at need.  
And made the waters for to run like great rivers in deed.  
Yet for all this against the Lord, their sin did still increase:  
And stirred him that is most high to wrath in wilderness.  
They tempted God within their hearts, like people of mistrust:  
When they cried to have such meat as served to their lust.  
Then said they thus, against the Lord in their unfaythfullnes.  
How can this God prepare for us a feast in wilderness?  
Behold he struck the stony rock, & floods forthwith did flow:  
But can he give to his people, both bread and flesh also?  
When God heard this, he waxed wrath with jacob and his seed:  
So did his indignation, on Israel proceed.  
Because they did not faithfully, believe & hope that he:  
Could always help and secure them in their necessity.  
He gave charge to the clouds above, and they broke in sunder:  
And rained them Manna to eat, a meat of great wonder.  
He gave them heavenly grain, I say, man fed on strong men's foed:  
He sent victuals down unto them, much more than did them good.  
He caused the east wind to cease under the heavens high:  
And the south-west wind he brought in by his power by and by.  
Then fell down flesh as thick as dust, & foul, like the sea sand:  
Which he did cast a mid the place, where all their tents did stand.  
Then did they eat exceedingly, & all men had their fills  
He satisfied their appetites, according to their wills.  
But as the meat was in their mouths, his wrath upon them fell  
And slew the flower of all the youth and choice of Israel.  
Yet fell they to their wont sin, and still they did him grieve:  
For all the wonders that he wrought they had no fast believe.  
Their days therefore he shortened, and would not let them reign:  
And all their years he finished, in right shot space certain.  
But ever when he plagued them, they sought him by and by.  
Remembering then he was their strength & help as God most high.  
Though with their mouths they did but gloze, and flatter with the Lord:  
And with their tongues did feignedly dissemble every word.  
For why? their hearts were nothing bend to him nor to his trade:  
Nor yet to keep or to perform, the promise that was made.  
Yet was he still so merciful, to them worthy to die:  
That he forgave their wickedness, & would not them destroy.  
Yea oft times he turned his wrath and did himself abvise:  
And would not suffer all his whole displeasure to arise.  
Remembering that they were but flesh, and even as a wind:  
That passeth away and cannot return by it own kind.  
How often times in wilderness, did they their Lord provoke?  
How did they move and stir their Lord, to plague them with his stroke?  
And how oft did they turn away, from God him for to prove?  
Teaching Israelse holy one what things did him behove.  
They were not myedfull of his power nor of the day when he:  
redeemed them from straight bondage and great captivity.  
Neither had they in memory, the wonders wrought by him:  
In Egypt, and in the country, that lieth about Tanim.  
When by his great power he turned their waters into blood:  
That no man might receive his drink at river ne at flood.  
A multitude of flies also, he sent them to devour:  
And paddocks that should them destroy, such was his mighty power.  
Their fruits and their increase he gave, to the caterpyller.  
And all the labour of their hands, unto the grass hopper.  
With hail he did he stroy their wines, so that they were all lost:  
And beat down their mubberie tres with stones made by the frost.  
And yet with hailstones once again, the Lord their cattle smote:  
And all their flocks and herbs likewise, with thunder bolts full hot.  
He cast on them his hot anger, his wrath and fury strong:  
Great sorrow of heart and angels ill, to trouble them among.  
Then to his wrath he made away, & spared not the least:  
But gave unto the pestilence, the man & eke the beast.  
He struck also all the first borne, that up in Egypt came:  
And all the eldest or first borne within the tents of Cham.  
But as for all his own dear flock, he did preserve and keep:  
And carried them through wilderness, even like a flock of sheep.  
Without all fear both safe and sound, he brought them out of thrall:  
Whereas his foes with rage of seas, were overwhelmed all.  
And he led them into the bounds of his sanctuary:  
Even to this hill which his right hand and mighty power did buy.  
Thence cast he forth the Heathen flock, and did their land divide:  
And in their tents hath he caused jacobs' kindred to bide.  
Yet did they for all this provoke, and stir up their God still:  
And would not keep his testament, nor yet obey his will.  
But as their fathers turned back, even so they went astray:  
Much like a bow that would not bend, but break and start away.  
With the altars that they builded on hills that were so high:  
And with their images they did, provoke God to envy.  
This heard God, and his wrath began to kindle in his breast:  
And for their wickedness he did them much hate and detest.  
In so much that he left Silo, the tent or dwelling place:  
Wherein before he had dwelled among men for a space.  
He let them take the ark also, wherein his power doth stand:  
And gave up his magnificence into his enemies hand.  
His people he gave to the sword, wrath with his heritage:  
Fire eat the young men and the maids came not to marriage.  
And with the sword the priests did, perish everichone:  
And not a widow left on live, their hard chance to be moan.  
With that the Lord began to wake, as sleep had held his eiene:  
Or as a mighty champion reioyseing after wine.  
The plague of piles he sent his foes even in the fundament:  
And put upon them such a shame, as should be permanent.  
This not withstanding, josephes' rent he did frankly refuse:  
And the kindred of Ephraim, he would in no wise choose.  
But the kindred of Jude he hath, chosen therein to dwell:  
Even the holy mount Zion, which he did love so well.  
There did he build up his temple both sumptuously and sure:  
Like to the ground that he hath made for ever to endure.  
Than chose he David him to serve, his people for to keep:  
And him he took and brought away, even from the folds of sheep.  
As he went after bagged ewes, the Lord did him advance:  
To feed his people Israel, and his inheritance.  
Then David with a faithful heart did them pasture and feed:  
And did prudently to his power, govern them all in deed.   

The lxxix Psalm.  
INto thine heritage (O God) the Heathen are entered:  
The palace of thine holy place, Lord they have defiled.  
They have also brought thy city, holy Jerusalem:  
Into an huge and most rude heap, as it hath pleased them.  
With thy servants dead bodies they have fed the fowls that fly:  
And the beasts of the earth with flesh of men that lived godly.  
They shed their blood, like as water about Jerusalem:  
And there is none remaining that might take and bury them.  
Our neighbours have reviled us as men that are forlorn:  
And they that dwell round about us, have laughed us to scorn.  
How long (O Lord) how long I say? wilt thou be wrath for aye?  
Shall thine envy burn like fire, whose heat doth not decay?  
Pour out thy wrath on the heathen that do not the confess:  
And on the kingdoms that do not call on the in distress.  
For they have devoured jacob, and eaten him up quite:  
And have destroyed all his dwelling houses in despite.  
Remember not our former sins, but forgive us quickly:  
For we are weakened (good Lord) and that exceedingly.  
O the God of our health help us, for the praise of thy name:  
Deliver us, and take mercy on our sins, for the same.  
Why should the Heathen say, where is their God whom they do praise?  
Revenge the blood of thy servants on them (Lord) in our days.  
Let the groanings of the captive ascend up in thy sight.  
And them that be judged to die, keep on live by thy might.  
O Lord requite our neighbours with seven times the open shame:  
That they have gone about to lay upon thine holy name.  
So we that be thy people and the flock of thy pasture:  
Shall setforth & declare thy praise, whylse the world shall endure.   

The lxxx Psalm.  
O Thou shepherd of Israel, of my words take good keep:  
Thou that dost lead forth joseph as he were a flock of sheep.  
O thou I say that haste thy seat upon the Cherubim:  
Shine forth upon thy poor servant, & show thyself to him.  
Before Ephraim Beniamim, & Manasses also:  
Stir up thy power and come to save thy poor servants from wo.  
O God, restore us once again, and make thy face to shine:  
And then shall thy servants be false in thy presence divine.  
O Lord and God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry?  
And how long wilt thou the requests of thy people deny?  
Thou hast fed them with dolfoull tears, even as with bread I think:  
And hast drunk to them of a cup, full of tears to the bryncke.  
Thou haste appointed us to be our neighbours mocking stocks.  
And to suffer our enemies, to lad us with their mocks.  
O God restore us once again, and make thy face to shine:  
And then shall thy servants be safe, in thy presence divine.  
Out of Egypt (Lord) thou hast brought the vine of Israel.  
And for place to plant it in thou, dydste the heathen expel.  
Thou dydeste purge the rind there of and that diligently.  
And when it was rooted it did, the whole earth occupy.  
The shadow thereof did cover the hills that be so high.  
And her bows the great Cedar trees, that be strong and mighty.  
She stretched forth to the sea side, her branches that were stout:  
And unto the fresh water side, her buds she did shoot out.  
Why hast thou broken down her hedge, that who so passeth by:  
May pluck and break of her branches, and cause her rote to die?  
The wild, bore of the forest doth, her utterly destroy:  
And allwyld beasts of the field, do eat her greedily.  
O God of hosts we the beseech, return, look out from high:  
Look hither & come down to see, this vineyard by and by.  
Viset, I say, the vineyard that, thy right hand hath planted:  
And this offspring which to thyself thou haste so assured.  
It is burned up with fire, and is hewn down quite:  
They must needs perish if thou do, look on them with despite.  
With the man of thy right hand let, thy power and strength remain:  
And with the son of man whom thou dost with the entertain.  
Then shall we not return from thee, that dost our life restore:  
But will call on thine holy name, for aye & evermore.  
Restore us (O Lord God of hosts) & make thy face to shine:  
And then shall thy servants be self in thy presence divine.   

The lxxxj Psalm.  
sing unto God with reioyseing, who is our force and might:  
And endeavour with loud trumpets jacobs' God to delight.  
begin a Psalm and play to it, with tabret and with harp:  
And with the sweet and solemn lute with notes pleasant and sharp.  
Blow with the horn the blasts that are used at the new moan:  
The time wherein our sacrifice is pointed to be done.  
For this is a rite and custom of strength in Israel:  
And a law that with jacobs' God hath been accepted well.  
And this remembrance did he leave among josephes' kindred:  
When by his mighty power they were, salfly from Egyptled.  
O Israel my think I hear, a voice worthy regard:  
The language is but strange to me, such as I have not heard.  
Thus sayeth the voice. I have pulled his shoulder from burden: And his hand did leave the labour, of the great break oven.  
In trouble I dydset the quite, when thou didst on me cry:  
And gave an answer unto thee, by thunder secretly.  
And when thou dydste contend with me, at the waters of strife:  
I had a sure trial of the manner of thy life.  
But hearken O my people, for my word shall the assure:  
If thou wilt hearken to my voice, my will and my pleasure.  
There shallbe no straying God in thee, see thou do them not keep:  
Take heed that in nowise thou do, any strange God worship.  
Thy Lord and God am I that have the out of Egypt brought▪  
Open thy mouth & ask of me, I will deny the nougth.  
But my people heard not my voice, jacob did me forsake:  
Wherefore I gave them liberty, their hearts desire to take.  
Oh if my people had heard me, & walked in my way:  
How soon should I have brought all their enemies to decay?  
And how soon should I have turned, my power against them all:  
That do infest and trouble them, as people bond and thrall?  
All such men as do hate the Lord, their bond slaves should have been:  
But the end of my people's days never man should have seen.  
I would have fed them with the flower, and finest of the wheat:  
Out of the rock they should have had, honey whylse they would eat.   

The lxxxij Psalm.  
IN the company of judges, God stood amid them all.  
And gave sentence on them that were in judgement partial.  
How long, said he, will you deserve & judge matters awry?  
How long will you pervert judgement, and judge things contrary?  
Revenge the roar & fatherless, discharge the wretch of bands:  
Rid the weak & the needy out of the wicked men's hands.  
But they ne know nor understand aught, but walk in the way:  
Of dearknes, whereby the whole earth is likely to decay.  
Certes, I said you are all gods, and sons of the most high:  
But yet as men and eke tyrants, ye shall fall down and die.  
Arise (O God) and judge the earth, for to the do belong:  
(By thy birth right) all nations, be they never so strong.   

The lxxxiij Psalm.  
O God, behold thou keepest in thyself in silence still:  
Dissemble not (O God) ne cease to work after thy will.  
Forlo, thine enemies make uproars, & they that do the hate:  
lift up their heads, and do nothing of their courage debate.  
They have consulted subtly, Lord against thy people:  
And against thine elect these men have holden a counsel.  
Come on (said they) let us destroy them and their nation:  
Let there remain of jacobs' name, no manner mention.  
For with consent of heart these have conspired together:  
And made a covenant against the that livest ever.  
That is to say the Edomites and eke the Ismalites:  
The Moabites, the Hagarenes, and eke the Gebalites.  
The Amonites, Amalekites, and eke the palestines▪  
And they that dwell in Tiria, and in all the confines.  
To them also are joined the assyrians I wot:  
Who were the chief aid and succour unto the sons of lot.  
As thou didst to Madianites, at the river Kison:  
And to Siser, and to Labin, so do to these eachone.  
For they were broken at Endor, & thereby brought so low:  
That from the dunghill of the earth, no man could them well know.  
Let these men and their rulars have the thing that Oreb had:  
And as Seeb, Sebah and Salumna do them reward.  
These men have said, let us calendge & cleym to us and ours:  
All the tabernacles of God, his dwellings & his bowers.  
O my God, make them like a wheel, that no sure rest doth find:  
And as the stubble of the earth, that rouleth with the wind.  
Let them be like the fire that causeth great woods to fry:  
And like the flame that burneth up, the mountains great and high.  
So persecute them with thy storms that they do no rest find:  
And cast them flat upon the ground, with thy mighty whirlwind▪  
Lord, dash all their faces full of ignominy and shame:  
That they may be forced to seek after thine holy name.  
Let their shame and confusion be more & more daily:  
Let them be shamed & then let them perish utterly.  
That they may know that thou (whose name is Lord) art he only:  
That beaxeste rule through all the earth, as Lord and God most high.   

The lxxxiiij Psalm.  
O Lord of hosts, how beautiful and how goodly in sight:  
Are the tabernacles & tents, that in thy champ are pight?  
To dwell in the lords courts, my soul doth long exceedingly:  
And to be with the living God, mine heart and flesh do cry.  
For the very sparrow hath found a place wherein to dwell:  
And the swallow a nest where she may keep her young ones well.  
O Lord of might, that art my king and eke my God for aye:  
Thine altars are the place whereon these birds do find their stay.  
Happy and blessed are all they that in thine house do dwell:  
For they shall still extol thy name and thy great praises tell.  
Happy are the men that do put their confidence in thee:  
And in whose hearts thine holy ways are evident to see.  
When they pass through the vale of tears, with wells they shall it store▪  
And the rain shall fill the fish ponds till they will hold no more.  
From heap to heap they shall proceed, in great possession:  
Each of them shall plainly appear before god in Zion.  
Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer, O jacobs' God take heed:  
O God our shield behold the face of Christ thine anointed.  
For in thy courts one day passeth, a thousand days elsewhere:  
At thy door, then in wicked tents, I would dwell much rather.  
For the Lord God is a clear sun, & eke a tergat sure:  
And giveth grace, honour, and all good things unto the pure.  
O Lord of hosts, that man is bless and must needs happy be:  
That putteth his only trust & his confidence in the.   

The lxxxv. Psalm.  
O Lord thou wilt be merciful to thine own land doubtless:  
And wilt rid all jacobs' kindred, from thrauldome and distress.  
The wickedness of thy people, Lord thou wilt take away:  
And all their sins & trespasses, thou wilt hide I dare say.  
Thou wilt take away all thine hot anger and furious fervour:  
And wilt assuage thine hot anger and wrathful displeasure.  
Restore us, O God of our health and our salvation:  
Restore us, and leave of thy wrath and indignation.  
What? Wilt thou be still wrath with us, shall thine Ire have none end:  
Wilt thou thy fury to the last of all ages extend?  
Art thou not he that will return and us to life restore?  
That thy people may be praised in the for evermore?  
O Lord show us thy great goodness, and exceeding mercy:  
And of thy saving health let thy poor servants have plenty.  
I will hear what the Lord sayeth, for all his words doubtless:  
Do bid his people and his saints, decline from wickedness:  
Certes his health is not far of, from them that do him fear:  
So that our country needeth not, of honour to despair.  
Mercy and truth are met in one and are come together▪  
So have justice and peace joined, kissing one the other.  
faith shall spring up out of the earth, her rote shall not decay:  
And justice shall look down from far, out of the heavens grey.  
The Lord also shall give mercy, and our land her increase:  
And justice shall walk before God, & tread in the plain ways.   

The lxxxuj Psalm.  
O Lord give ear to thy servant, and grant me my request:  
For I (a poor and simple wretch) am vexed and oppressed.  
Preserve my life (O Lord) because, my living is upright  
Do thou save thy servant (O God) who trusteth in thy might.  
Be good to me (O Lord) because, I call on the daily:  
There thou my mind, for unto thee (O Lord) I lift it high.  
For thou (O Lord) art good in deed, and eke full of mercy:  
Thy bountiful goodness is large, towards all that on the cry.  
give ear (O Lord) to my prayer, & ponder my request:  
In my trouble I call on thee, for to hear thou art priest.  
There is not one among the gods (O Lord) like unto thee:  
Neither is there any that doth such works as thy works be.  
All nations that thou haste made, shall come and honour thee:  
And shall set forth thy name (O Lord) with praise and with glory.  
And that because thou alone art great and strong in their sight:  
And dost wonderful acts, and art alone the God of might.  
Direct me in thy ways and I shall in thy truth proceed:  
O Lord constrain mine heart to fear thine holy name in deed.  
I will praise thee (O Lord my God) & that with all mine heart:  
And from the praises of thy name, my mind shall never start.  
For doubtless thy mercy towards me doth in greatness excel.  
For thou hast rid my soul out of the lougher pit of hell.  
The proud & arrogant (O God) are risen against me:  
And the cruel sort seek my soul, and have no fear of the.  
But thou (Lord God) art ready to mercy and forgiveness:  
Slow to anger, long suffering, and full of faithfulness.  
Look back and take mercy on me, Lord after thine old won:  
give thy strength to thy poor servant, & save thine handmaids son.  
Show some sign of thy love toward me, that such as do me hate:  
May shame to see that thou Lord dost me help and consolate.   

The lxxxvij Psalm.  
THe bases and foundations of Zion are fast set:  
In the mountains and hills that are both holy and sacrete.  
The Lord beareth more favour to the cities of Zion:  
Then he doth to the residue of jacobs' nation.  
Right noble things (O gods city) are reported of thee:  
Reported in thee (O Zion) right noble things there be.  
Rahab, and such of Babylon as have known my name:  
I will have kept in memory, as right worthy of fame.  
Lo palestine is worthy praise, because therein were borne:  
Both zor and they of Ethiope, of whom I think no scorn.  
But of Zion it shall be said, that many of great fame:  
Have been borne there, & the high God shall eke confirm the same.  
In his writings the Lord shall city the people's every one:  
And of them all, the chiefest man was borne in this Zion.  
In the (Zion) are all my wells whereout all they do spring:  
That in my trase do lead the dance, & do my praises sing.   

The lxxxviij Psalm.  
Lord God mine health, before thy face I cry both day and night▪ Let my request, I the beseech, be present in thy sight.  
Bow down thine ear unto my cry, for my soul hath her fill:  
And my life is brought to the grave, through the plenty of ill.  
But now am I counted with them, that go into the pit:  
And am compared to a man, that of strength hath no whit.  
As one free from all manner things that to this life belong:  
I am accounted among them, whom fatal death hath stonge.  
I am I say like to the dead, that in the grave do sleep:  
Of whom there is no memory, ne doth thine hand them keep.  
In the lower pit of troubles, Lord thou hast placed me:  
In places that are dark & deep so hath it, pleased the.  
Thy fervent indignation, hath quelled me well most:  
Thou hast cast out thy poor servant, in troubles to be toast.  
Thou haste caused mine acquaintance, to fly far of from me▪  
And through thy means they do abhor, thy poor servant tose.  
I am enclosed in such wise and hedged round about:  
That I ne can by any means, find issue or way out.  
Throughsore pain and affliction, mine eye sight faileth me:  
O Lord I call and cry all day, and lift mine hands to the.  
And dost thou show wonders to them that in the grave dolye?  
Or shall the dead arise again, and praise the worthily?  
And shall thy mercy and goodness be preached in the grave?  
Or thy faith in destruction, where none hath mind to crave?  
Or shall thy wonders be well known in places dark and blind?  
Or thy justice in such a place, where nothing is in mind?  
But I (thy poor servant) have cried to thee (O Lord) I say:  
And my prayer shall the prevent in the spring of the day.  
O Lord why dost thou put me back, and my poor soul repel?  
Wilt thou (Lord) hide thy face from me, and show thyself cruel?  
Wretched am I, and from my youth have been still at deaths door:  
And with perplex and doubtful mind I sustain thy terror.  
Thy furies and raging angers, have gone over me quite:  
And thy terrors and great threatenings, have killed me downryght.  
They have daily environed, and beset me about:  
And to gird me in together, they have not stand in doubt.  
My friends thou haste set far from me, & eke my neighbours all:  
And haste caused mine acquaintance into darkness to fall.   

The lxxxix Psalm.  
THy mercies and thy goodness Lord I will sing without stay.  
And with my mouth (Lord) will I cause, thy truth be know for aye.  
For with myself, thus have I thought God's mercy lasteth aye:  
And in the high heavens his truth he hath set with sure stay.  
Thus hath he said, with mind elect I have made a comnaunt:  
And with an oath I promised, to David my servant.  
Thy seed I will confirm for aye, & make it to endure:  
And in all ages that shall come, thy throne shall remain sure.  
The heavens (O Lord) celebrate, & praise thy wonders all:  
So do the saints thine holy truth, when they their counsels call.  
In heaven, who is it that may be the lords fellow right?  
And which of the strong men shallbe, like unto him in might?  
For God must be greatly feared in holy men's counsel:  
And must be had in reverence of them that nigh him dwell.  
Lord God of hosts, who is like thee? Oh thou that art mighty:  
All things that are about the Lord, are truth and verity.  
Lord thou dost rule the great furies and rages of the seas:  
And when they do life up their waves, thou dost them all appease.  
Provide Pharaoh thou didst beat, even as a dead body:  
And with the force of thy great strength, thou didst thy foes destroy.  
The heavens are thine, so is the earth, none can this thing deny▪  
The whole world and all things therein, thou haste made certainly.  
The north part and the south also, thou haste made and form▪  
Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice, when they hear the named.  
Thou haste an arm full of all power, all might doth therein stand:  
Lord thou dost fortify thy strength, & lift up thy right hand.  
Thy prince like throne is underset, with equity and right:  
Mercy and truth go before thee, and are still in thy sight.  
O happy people that confess, the signs of god's presence:  
For in thy light (O Lord) such shall walk with great reverence.  
They shall daily joy and rejoice, Lord in thine holy name:  
And in thy righteousness they shall, purchase themself great fame.  
For of their juice & strength (O God) thou only art the flower:  
And of thy mere goodness thou wilt extol our might and power.  
For our shield of defence is a thing of the lords giving:  
And the holy one of jacob, hath given us our king.  
Then to thy prophets (by a dream) thus saidest thou, in effect:  
I will support & aid David, for he is mine elect.  
I have found David my servant, & have him anointed:  
With holy oil that by my power he might be strengthened.  
The enemy shall never be, able him to deceive:  
Neither shall the froward have power, my servant for to grieve.  
I will bray all his enemies, even before his face:  
And such as do him hate I will destroy with outen grace.  
My truth & eke my mercy shall be with him at his need:  
And in my name his power shall be exceeding great in deed.  
I will put his hand in the sea, his power shall thither reach:  
And over the running rivers, he shall his right hand stretch.  
He shall call on me at his need and shall say in this sort:  
Thou art my father and my God, and of my health the fort.  
Mine heyer will I ordain him, above the kings all:  
My mercy and promise to him, for ever keep I shall.  
I will make his seed eternal his stock shall never die:  
And his royal seat will I make, like the time of the sky.  
If his sons will forsake my law and not walk in my steps▪  
If they will break mine ordinance and not keep my precepts.  
Then with rods will I visit them, for their going astray:  
And will with scourges punish the wickedness of their way.  
Yet my mercy and great goodness will I not take from him:  
Ne break my covenant with him, for my truth I esteem.  
I will not break my covenant, neither my words deny.  
I will not change but be the same, & never contrary.  
I swore once by mine holiness, & thereto will I cleave▪  
I will képe promise with David, I will him not deceive.  
His seed shall be perpetual, it shall never decay:  
His royal seat shall continue as long as night and day.  
It shall be as firm and as sure, as the moan in the sky:  
Which is a most certain witness in the heaven so high.  
But thou hast forsaken David, and art turned away:  
Thou burnest with anger against thy Christ and king I say.  
The promiss that thou madest with thy servant thou haste broke:  
And hast cast his crown to the ground by the force of thy stroke.  
All his hedges thou haste pulled up, & left him wide open:  
His fences and his sure moundes, thou hast torn and broken.  
Each man that passeth by the way, taketh at him a snatch:  
His neighbours do laugh him to scorn, and use him like a patch.  
Thou haste set up the power of them that do him sore infest:  
And haste made them that be his foes, to rejoice and to jest.  
Yea the edge of his sword thou hast made so dull as a bar:  
Thou haste not given him victory, ne th'upper hand in war.  
Thou haste caused his dignity, to cease & not be found:  
His royal throne and princely seat, thou haste cast to the ground.  
His young & lustre days thou haste cut of and shortened:  
Myth shame, reproof and dishonour, thou haste him covered.  
How long wilt thou be hid (O Lord) wilt thou be hid for aye?  
Shall thine hot indignation burn like fire without stay?  
Remember how small time I have lived, and say certain:  
Whether thou hast created and, made all mankind in vain.  
For what man is he that liveth, and that none end shall have?  
And that is able to preserve, his life out of the grave?  
O Lord, where be thine old mercies, and ancient goodness▪  
Which thou sworest unto David even of thy faithfulness.  
Be mindful Lord of the rebuke that thy servants sustain:  
All the rebukes of much people in my bosom remain.  
They are thine enemies (O Lord) that have us reviled▪  
And have checked the tarriance, of Christ thine anointed.  
For ever ought the Lord to be praised among all men:  
Praised be he therefore I say, for aye. Amen Amen.   

The xc Psalm.  
O Lord thou haste been our refuge, and place wherein to dwell.  
In all the time that erst hath been, so long as tongue can tell.  
Before the mountains were up sprung and the round earth form:  
From all ages that ever were, thou haste been God in deed.  
Thou leadest man back till he be well most ground in sunder:  
And then thou sayest (O mortal men) return again hither.  
For in thy sight a thousand year are as the day last paste:  
And as the quarters of the night, that pass away in haste.  
Thou makest them to pass away hastily as doth a sure:  
They are like dreams and as the grass, they do not long endure.  
As in the morn the grass is green, and gathereth him might:  
So doth it dry & is cut down again ere it be night.  
For thine anger maketh us faint, and as weak as a straw:  
And when thy wrath is kindled, than dough stand in awe.  
Thou haste set our iniquities plainly before thy sight:  
And all our secret sins thou haste, made open in the light.  
When thou art wrath, than all our days do pass and slide away:  
We end our years in shortter space, them any man can say.  
The years that we use to live here, are but three score and ten:  
And if any live to four score, they are very old men.  
Now the very best of this time, is but labour and pain:  
And yet it passeth soon away, and we are gone again.  
Who knoweth the force of thy wrath, and of thy displeasure?  
For on him that feareth the most, thy wrath lighteth most sure.  
Tell us plainly therefore that we may know the certain sum:  
Of our life days, & then apply our minds to get wisdom.  
Return (O Lord) how far, I say, shall thy fury extend?  
Be pleased with thy poor servants, let them not the offend.  
Satisfy us with thy mercy, early before the prime:  
Then shall we rejoice and be glad, all the days of our time:  
For the days in the which we did thy punishment sustain:  
And for the years of misery, make us rejoice again.  
Let thy work shine in thy servants, let them be known for thine:  
And in the children of them all, Lord let thy glory shine.  
Thy decor and thy comeliness, Lord God be in us aye:  
Confirm thou the works of our hands, confirm thou them I say.   

The xcj Psalm.  
WHoso resteth in the secret, counsel of the most high:  
The same abideth in the shadow of the most mighty.  
Unto the Lord thus will I say: Thou art my sanctuary:  
Thou art my castle of defence, to my God cleave will I.  
For he will keep his servant from the snare of the hunttar:  
And from the deadly plague that is, the common distroyar.  
With his wings will he cover thee, right false shalt thou be there:  
Thou shalt be hid under his truth, as under shield and spear.  
Thou shalt not need to stand in fear, of sudden fears by night:  
Neither of the sharp arrow that doth fly by the day light.  
Thou shalt not need to fear the plague, that woundeth in the dark:  
Nor that destroyeth when the sun, passeth by the none mark.  
For though one thousand fall by the and ten at thy right hand:  
Yet shall there no hurt come at thee, thou shalt in safety stand.  
Thou shalt see like for like given, only to the wicked:  
And with thine own eyes shalt thou see, these things executed.  
For thou (O Lord) art my refuge, wherein my trust doth lie:  
Thy dwelling place thou hast pitched, in a place very high.  
No maneryll shall come at thee, thou shalt be in safety:  
Neither shall any plague approach, or to thine house draw nigh.  
For he shall give commandment to his angels for thy sake:  
That they shall keep the in thy ways, and the charge of the take.  
In their hands shall they carry, the and safely the conveis:  
That thou ne dash thy foete against, any stone in the way.  
Thou shalt tread on the Leopard, and eke the adder fell:  
So shalt thou spurn the Lion's whelp & the dragon cruel.  
Because he hath embraced me, he shall not suffer shame:  
I will give him the upper hand, for he confessed my name.  
He shall call on me and I will, hear and secure his need:  
I will deliver him and make, him glorious in deed.  
His life shall be so long that he shall wish to live no more:  
Mine health and my salvation, I will give him in store.   

The xcij Psalm.  
Now is it meet (O thou most high) osing unto thy name:  
And for to celebrate the Lord, and to increase his fame.  
To preach his mercy and goodness early before the prime:  
And also to declare his faith, and truth in the night time.  
On the instrument of ten strings and lute with notes sharp:  
And eke on the loud instruments, and also on the harppe.  
For thou (O Lord) haste with thy works, made me merry and glad:  
In the works of thine hands I will rejoice and not be sad.  
O Lord, how great and mighty are thy works in this world round?  
Thy counsels are exceeding deep, and eke passing profound.  
I gross head and one of dull wit doth not perceive this thing:  
Neither hath the fool in this case any understanding.  
That is, that where the wicked do like grass grow and flourish:  
They flourish to none other end, but for aye to perish.  
But thou (O Lord) art high for ay, forlo thy foes do die.  
So many as delight to sin, do perish utterly.  
But mine horn and my strength shall be lift up and set on high  
Like the horn of an Unicorn, a beast strong and mighty.  
I shall be anointed with oil that is both new and fresh:  
There shall no cause of feebleness, remain with in my flesh  
Mine eye shallse his onwe desire, upon mine enemies.  
And mine ear shall hear like of them, that do against me rise.  
The just shall flourish like the palm whose leaf is ever green:  
And shall grow up like cedar trees, that in Libane be seen.  
For they being set and planted, in the house of the Lord:  
Shall flourish in the courts of our God & spread out abroad.  
Yea they shall bud and bring forth fruit when they are far in age  
They shall be full of sap and juice; their colour shall not suage.  
That they may preach the Lord (that is my strength) to deal justly:  
And that in him is no deceit, he doth nothing awry.   

The xciij Psalm.  
THe Lord is king and hath put on magificence princely:  
The Lord I say hath put on strength, and made himself ready.  
Yea the round compass of the earth is made so firm and sure:  
That it shall not threathen to fall, but shall stand and endure.  
Thy throne (O Lord) and princely seat, was appointed before:  
From the begyming, and thyself haste been for evermore.  
The fresh waters lift up their noise, they lift it up on high:  
Their surges & their waves they do, lift up toward the sky.  
Yea more than the wild waters and the great storms of the sea:  
Such is the great power of the Lord, that in heaven hath the swea.  
For that thou (Lord) haste spoken of thine house fair and holy:  
The same shall remain firm & true, time out of memory.   

The xciiij Psalm.  
OH Lord God, thou that plagest them that dolyve wickedly:  
O thou revengeing God I say, show thyself openly.  
Advance thyself, O thou that art judge over all the land:  
And let the proud have their just higher, & reward at thine hand.  
How long? how long (O Lord) shall the wicked rejoice proudly?  
Shall they all scape, and brag and boast themselves outragiousely?  
O Lord they do fret thy people, & wear them clean away:  
Such as thou cleymest by birth right, they vex and grieve, I say.  
They do kylwydowes and strangers, and murder fatherless:  
And then they say the Lord seeth not, jacobs' God hath no guess.  
Ye doltysh sort of the people, to learn I you advise:  
Ye fools I say, what time shall we, see you prudent and wise?  
How should he that hath made the ear, lack the power of hearing?  
And how should he that made the eye, lack the sense of saying.  
He that doth check whole nations, and teacheth men science:  
Should not the same rebuke you for such force and violence?  
The Lord hath known that all the thoughts of man's heart are but vain:  
As are all the inventions of an inconstant brain.  
Happy is the man (O Lord) whom thou wilt keep in awe:  
Right so is he whom thou wilt train and instruct in thy law.  
That thou mayst ordain rest for him, against the troublous time:  
Whylse the pity may be digged for, the ungodly man's crime.  
The Lord will not his own people, reject or cast away:  
And such as he hath made his own he will not leave for aye.  
Till he have restored judgement, to the rule of justice:  
Which all that be of pure heart, shall follow in their guise.  
Who could have risen up for me against the ungodly?  
Or who could stand with me against them that live wickedly?  
Except the Lord had helped me, & succoured my need:  
My soul (no doubt) should have dwelled, among the dead with speed.  
When I said (Lord) my foot doth slip then didst thou me sustain:  
And when my thoughts did trouble me, thou contortedste again.  
Lord, art thou like in any point, to men of cruel saw?  
That do invent ways to oppress, under colour of law?  
They run together against the soul of a man guiltless:  
And do pronounce innocent blood guilty of wickedness.  
But unto me the Lord standeth for a fort and defence:  
And my God is the strength wherein I put my confidence.  
And he shall requite them their sin, & stroy them utterly:  
In their malice, the Lord (I say) our God shall them destroy.   

The 95 Psalm.  
COme, let us all rejoice and sing to the Lord that is one:  
Let us sing to the sure ground of our salvation.  
Let us prevent him & fall down before his face with press:  
Let us sing unto him with psalms, and study him to please.  
For the Lord is a mighty God, a ruler & a king:  
A mighty king above all Gods thatin earth have ruling.  
In whose hand are the most secret, and dark dens of the ground:  
And eke the high tops of the hills, where ever they be found.  
The sea also is his for he did it fashion and frame:  
So did his hand the continent, that lieth within the same.  
Come on therefore let us honour and fall down in his sight:  
Let us kneel before our maker, that is the Lord of might.  
For he is our God and we the people of his pasture:  
And the flock of his mighty hand, of whom he taketh cure.  
If ye will heed his voice this day, ye shall have no hard heart.  
As in the time when ye strove & tempted me in desert.  
When time your fathers tempted me, they did me thoroughly try:  
So did they see my works also set out before their eye.  
This nation did I forbear with pain forty years day:  
So that I said, they err in heart and do not know my way.  
Then swore I to them in the Ire & great he ate of my breast:  
That they should never enter in to dwell with in my rest.   

The .xcvj. Psalm.  
sing a new song unto the Lord, in faythse ye accord:  
All ye that dwell upon the earth, sing this song to the Lord.  
Sing to the Lord, and praise his name preath his salvation:  
Tell his glory and wondrous works in every nation.  
For great and mighty is the Lord, and of much praise worthy:  
And to be feared above all the gods that are sohye.  
For all the gods of the people, are nothing of valour:  
But the Lord hath made the heavens that are stydfaste and sure.  
Honour and glory are present before him in his sight.  
Might & magnificence are in his sanctuary pight.  
O ye households of nations, ascribe unto the Lord.  
Glory & power, I say ascribe all such things to the Lord.  
Ascribe I say unto the Lord, glory worthy his name:  
Bring sacrifice and enter in, to his courts with the same.  
Bow yourself to the Lord in his most goodly sacrarie:  
As many as dwell on the earth, fear ye the Lord on high.  
Tell the Heathen, the Lord doth reign, the earth shall stand stidie:  
For he shall minister the laws with right and equity.  
Let the heavens be merry and glad, and let the earth rejoice:  
Let the sea and all things therein give out asounding voice.  
Let the corn field and all that is therein rejoice I say:  
Then all the trees of the forest, let them, sing out for joy.  
Let this be done before the Lord, because he is coming:  
For he cometh to judge the earth, and try each man's doing.  
He shall judge the round world I say in right and equity:  
And all the people of the same, he shall rule faithfully.   

The xcvij Psalm.  
LEt the earth and the Islands all, rejoice and be merry:  
For only the Lord God reigneth, and hath the empery.  
About him are clouds and darkness, no man can him behold:  
Right and equity are the stays that do his throne uphold.  
The fire of extreme judgement shall, go out before his face:  
And shall on each side burn his foes with out favour or grace.  
His lightnings have lightened the world on each side round about:  
Which thing when the earth saw she did for sorrow stand in doubt.  
The hills moult at the lords presence, even as the wax melteth:  
At the presence I say of him, that all the world ruleth.  
The heavens have declared his justice manifestly:  
And all people's have plainly seen, his honour and glory.  
Let all that worship Imagies, and in vain God's delight:  
Be confounded, ye Gods, I say, fall down in the lords sight.  
Zion heard this and was right glad and judes daughters (O Lord)  
Rejoiced for thy just judgements, and did the same record.  
For thou (O Lord) art above all, that upon the earth are:  
Above all the Gods and rulars, thou art exalted far.  
Hate vice all ye that love the Lord, for his, who seek goodness:  
He doth keep and deliver from, wicked men's cruelness.  
To them that be rightwise & just, light is sown and doth spring:  
And unto men of a sound heart, groweth up rejoicing.  
Be merry in the Lord ye that are full of righteousness:  
And rejoice when ye be mindful, of his great holiness.   

The xcviij Psalm.  
sing a new song unto the Lord, for he hath wonders wrought:  
By his holy arm & own strength health to himself he brought.  
His health and his salvation, hath he made known and seen:  
He hath revealed his justice, before the heathens eien.  
He hath had mind of his mercy, & truth towards Israel:  
All the coasts of the earth have seen, our gods saving health well.  
All ye that dwell upon the earth sing praises to the Lord:  
Break out in voice and eke rejoice, & sing in musics cord.  
Sing to the Lord upon the harppe sing Psalms to your harpping:  
Make sweet noise with trumpets and shawms, before the Lord and king.  
Let the sea and all things therein, give out a sounding voice:  
Let all that dwell upon the earth, in like manner rejoice.  
Let the fresh waters clap with hands, as pleased with the thing.  
And let the mountains so rejoice, that they seize not to sing.  
Let this be done before the Lord, because he is coming:  
For he cometh to judge the earth, and try each man's doing  
He shall judge the round world I say in right and equity:  
And all the people of the same, he shall rule faithfully.   

The xcix Psalm.  
EVen when the Lord reigned alone, the people made uproar:  
Whylse he sat upon Cherubim, the earth was moved sore.  
The Lord is great & mighty in his own city Zion:  
So is he high and above each people and nation.  
Let them set forth & celebrate thy name (Lord) worthily:  
For it is great & worthy fear, & eke passing holy.  
A King loveth rightwise dealing, but thou preparedst it  
And in jacob thou dost the thing that is both just and fit.  
Exalt I say exalt the Lord our God that is on high:  
And fall down at his feet for he is sacred and holy.  
Among his priests was Moses, and his brother Aaron:  
And of them that did cry on him, good Samuel was one.  
They cried to him and he heard them, & spoke to them again:  
Out of a cloud, & to keep all his laws they were right fain.  
O Lord our God, thou heardest them, & didst them not deny:  
Thou wast to them a loving God, plagegeing their vain study.  
Exalt the Lord our God, and cast yourself prostrate on ground:  
At the hill of his holiness, for holy is he found.   

The. C. Psalm.  
ALl earthly men sing to the Lord & worship him gladly:  
Come merrily into his sight, rejoicing hertily.  
Acknowledge that the Lord is God, for he is our maker▪  
And not we ours, but his people and flock no doubt we are.  
Enter his gates to give him thanks & his courts to sing praise:  
Set him forth with praises and laud his name all manner ways.  
For the Lord is right merciful, & eke right good I say:  
His mercy shall never have end, neither his truth decay.   

The. Cj. Psalm.  
Mercy and judgement will I sing, of them my song shall be:  
Of mercy and judgement (O Lord) I will sing unto the.  
I will walk wisely in sure way, till thou do come to me:  
Without spot or blemish of heart, in mine house will I be.  
I will purpose no wickedness, ne deed worthy of blame:  
All wicked doars will I hate, and put from me the same.  
The perverse and the froward heart shall not abide with me:  
Neither shall the malicious, of mine acquaintance be.  
Such as their neighbours miss report in secret, I will stroy:  
I will not abide such one as, with proud heart looketh high.  
Such will I seek to dwell with me, as be faithful in deed:  
And such as walk innocently, shall serve me at my need.  
He shall not dwell within mine house that worketh any guile:  
And he that speaketh lies shall not, dwell with me any while.  
All the ungodly of the earth I will destroy quickly▪  
That the wicked doars may be put out of the city.   

The. Cij. Psalm.  
O Lord, hear and grant my prayer, and do it not deny:  
And let my great & loud crying, come up to the on high.  
Hide not thy face from me (O Lord) but hear me in distress:  
And when I call to the for help, grant it with readiness.  
For my days be wasted like smoke, and my bones brent like fire:  
Mine heart is withered like hay, to eat I ne desire.  
My bones and flesh clean together, through sorrow of mine heart:  
I am made like the pelican, and owlet of desert.  
I have watched and am become, like a sparrow alone:  
sitting on the ridge of the house in whom comfort is none.  
I was daily reviled of, such as mine enemies were:  
And they rejoiced over me, and 'gan by me to swear.  
I did eat ashes like as bread, & blend tears in my cup:  
For thy great wrath because to plague me thou didst lift me up.  
My days are gone like a shadow, and I am dried like hay:  
But thou Lord shalt continue still, and be in mind for aye.  
Rise up (O Lord) & take mercy, & pity on Zion:  
Because the time pointed thereto, doth now draw fast upon.  
For thy servants bear favour to, the stones of that city:  
And to cast out the dust thereof, they do desire greatly.  
And let the heathen fear the name, of the Lord in like case:  
And all the kings of the earth the majesty of his face.  
For the Lord built Zion and was seen in his majesty:  
And regarding the pores request, he did it not deny.  
This thing shall be left in writing, to our posterity:  
And people that shall then be borne, shall praise God certainly.  
For the Lord looketh from above, from his sanctuary:  
And he shall look upon the earth, out of the heaven high.  
That he may hear the wailing of men in captivity.  
And deliver them out of bonds, that are judged to die.  
That men may celebrate and praise, the lords name in Zion:  
And his praise in jerusalem, his habitation.  
When the peoples and kingdoms all, shall be brought into one:  
To honour and worship the Lord, the Lord I say, alone.  
But he hath afflicted and broke, my strength upon the way:  
And hath cut of and shortened my time and fatal day.  
I will therefore say (O my God) take me not at mid age:  
For thine years continue for ay, and shall never assuage.  
For thou didst first lay the ground work of the earth that is round:  
And the works of thine hands also, the high heavens are found.  
Which all shall perish but thou shalt remain still unmoved▪  
All things shall war old like a cote, and be by the changed.  
But thou bydest the same for aye, thine years shall have none end:  
Let the sons of thy servants bide, and do their seed defend.   

The ciij Psalm.  
MY soul preach & declare the Lord, preach and spread out his fame:  
And eke my bowels every one preach ye his holy name.  
Preach and declare the Lord, I say, my soul, and keep in mind:  
The benefits & great goodness, that in him thou didst find.  
He forgiveth the all thy faults, and thine iniquities:  
And healeth all thy sicknesses and thine infirmities.  
From the power of the destroyer he setteth thy life free:  
His benefits & mercies all, he heapeth upon the.  
With things that are dulcet and sweet, he doth aye fill thy mouth:  
That like as doth the eagle thou mayest recover thine youth.  
The Lord with justice doth revenge, all such as are oppressed:  
And to deliver innocentes, he is ready and pressed.  
His laws and his commandments, to Moses did he tell:  
So did he to jacobs' children his studies & counsel.  
The Lord is kind and merciful, when sinners do him grieve:  
Long suffering with patience, and ready to forgive.  
He useth not to chide & brawl with worddes continually:  
Neither to be still mindful of a wrong or injury.  
He doth not use to handle us according to our sin:  
Ne rewardeth the wickedness that we have lived in.  
For as the space is wondrous great, twixt earth and heaven above:  
So is his goodness much more large, to them that do him love.  
He doth remove our sins from us and our offences all:  
As far as is the sun rising full distant from his fall.  
And look what pity parents dear unto their children bear:  
Like pity doth the Lord bear to, all such as do him fear.  
For our state and condition, he knoweth certainly:  
And that we be nought else but dust, he hath in memory.  
He knoweth also that man's time is, like to the wyddering hay:  
Or like the fair flower of the field, that fadeth son away.  
Whose fair beauty the stormy winds, do utterly disgrace:  
And bring him out of knowledge with men that dwell in that place.  
But yet the goodness of the Lord towards them that do him fear:  
Shall dure for aye, and his justice, towards their nephews so dear.  
Toward such, I say, as keep his hests and bear in memory:  
His laws and institutions, to do them perfectly.  
The Lord hath prepared & set, his throne in heaven so high:  
And his kingdom ruleth all things that are under the sky.  
Ye angels of the Lord, preach him, ye mighty men I say:  
Put the lords business in ure, and to his word obey.  
Preach the Lord, O his armies all, preach and set him forth still:  
For whylse ye be his ministers, ye do perform his will.  
O ye works of the Lord preach him, throughout his empery:  
Preach him my soul, cease not my soul, to preach the Lord boldly.   

The ciiij Psalm.  
MY soul preach & set forth the Lord, O my Lord God say I:  
Thou art mighty in noble acts, & clad with bright glory.  
For my God is clothed with light, even as with a garment:  
And hath spread forth the heavens as, the curtain of a tent.  
He hath builded his parlars in, the waters up on high.  
And hath made the clouds his chariot, and doth with the wind fly.  
All such he hath made spirits as, do on his message go:  
So hath he made his ministers hot flaming fire also.  
The earth also he hath builded upon ground work so sure:  
That for the perfect work thereof, it might ever endure.  
In like manner he hath hid the deep as with a garment:  
To make the waters stand above the hills was his intent.  
But they fly and dare not abide when thou biddest them stay:  
And at the sown of thy thunder, they run hastily away.  
They run, I say, over the hills, and eke the valleys wide:  
until they come unto the place, where thou wilt they shall bide.  
A mark thou hast set, over which they may not pass certain:  
lest they should over flow the earth and cover it again.  
Then sendest thou forth springing wells, whose streams do roar & cry:  
That they may run between the hills, that on each side are high.  
That all the wild beasts of the field, might drink thereof plenty:  
And that the wild asses also, might drynck when they be dry.  
And that the fowls of the air, that on the trees do sing:  
Might live nigh them having fast by, their abode and dwelling.  
Out of the clouds (his dwelling place) he giveth the hills rain:  
With the fruit of his works he doth fill the earthfull certain.  
He bringeth forth have for cattles, & grass for man's tillage  
That bread might spring out of the earth man's hunger to assuage.  
And wine to make man's heart merry, & oil his face to cheer:  
And bread that maketh the heart strong, at all times of the year.  
And the lords trees are full of sap, as Ceders in Libane:  
Where byrddes breed and storckes make their nests in fyr trees to remain.  
To the goats he hath given the hills to serve for their refuge:  
And to the coneys and the hares, the cliffs and rocks so huge.  
The moan he made, that she might aye divide the time aright:  
And the sun knoweth certainly his going down at night.  
It is night (Lord) so soon as thou, dost bring in the darkness:  
And then do all the beasts range, that live in wilderness.  
Even as the Lion's whelppes that do, roar and cry at their pray:  
And that they may seek for their meat, that God provideth aye.  
And when the sun is up they do get themselves home certain:  
And then they go into their dens and lay them down again.  
But man taketh his work in hand, and doth him thereto dight.  
And doth apply his business, till it be almost night.  
O Lord, how great are all thy works which thy wisdom hache made?  
Thy richesses and possession, do the earth overlade.  
The sea itself is wide and broad, where, of beasts that do crawl:  
The mumbre is exceeding great, as well of great as small.  
There go the ships and that great fish, and sea monster I say:  
That casteth forth floods of water, whom thou madest there to play.  
But all these things do put their trust & confidence in the.  
That thou wilt give them their feeding, when their due time shall be.  
And when thou givest, they gather, things meet for their fedeynges:  
And when thine hand is open, they are filled with Good things.  
But if thou hide thy face from them they are troubled certain:  
And if thou take their breath, they die, and turn to dust again.  
Again, on the contrary part, beasts are create certain:  
If thou send forth thy breath and dost refresh the earth again.  
Let the majesty of the Lord, never come to an end:  
And let him rejoice in his works, which can not be emend:  
If he behold the earth far of, then doth it shake for fear:  
And if he do but touch the hills, they smoke up in the air.  
So long as I shall live therefore, to the Lord will I sing:  
To my God will I sing, I say, whylse I shall be living.  
Ind all my talk concerning him, shall be dulcet and sweet:  
And I will rejoice in the Lord, as for me it is mete.  
As for the sinners shall be slain, and perish of the ground:  
And the ungodly shall no more, remain for to be found.  
My soul preach and set forth the Lord, praise him wythouten stay:  
Hallelujah, praise the Lord all faithful men I say.   

The .cv. Psalm.  
Confess & acknowledge the Lord, and call upon his name:  
Teach his studies to the people, & make them learn the same.  
Describe the Lord and sing to him, and talk of his wonders·s  
Rejoice in his most holy name, and be his glad sekears.  
Let them all have a merry heart, that seek the Lord I say:  
Seek ye the Lord and eke his power, seek the lords face alway.  
Remember the wonderful things, that by the Lord are wrought:  
And eke his signs and the judgements, that his mouth hath forth brought.  
O seed of Habraham I say, that worshypt God truly.  
O children of jacob, that was chosen most certainly.  
O ye children of gods chosen, our Lord and God is he:  
Whose judgements are in all the earth, most evident to see.  
For he is ever mindful of his faithful promises:  
And of the word he would have kept, in thousands of ages.  
This did he confirm by promise, to Habraham truly:  
And by an oath to Isaac, binding himself thereby.  
To make this a law to jacob, he set it in sure stay:  
And to make it a covenant, to Israel for aye:  
And thus he said. To the will I give the Canaanites lands▪  
To make them thine inheritance, I put them in thine hands.  
When they therefore were very few and an household full small▪  
And were strangers in that country and had no ground at all.  
And when they from one nation, to an other did flit:  
And eke from kingdom to kingdom, and did in no place sit.  
Yet did the Lord suffer no man, his people to oppress:  
But for their sakes he plagued kings, & put them to distress.  
Touch not (said he) mine anointed, men dedicate to me:  
Ne hurt any of my prophets, that preach my verity.  
Then caused he a great famen upon the earth to rise:  
And made all manner vitales scant, beyond all manner size.  
And before them he sent a man, for to prepare their way:  
joseph was sold into bondage, and servitude I say.  
They bound his feet in fetters strong, he was there like to die:  
Until the time his cause was known, and God's word did him try.  
Then sent the king and took him out, the ruler of that land:  
He that had rule of much people, did release josephes' band.  
And in his house he gave him rule, over both great and small:  
And in all his possessions, he gave him rule of all.  
That he might rule his officers, after his own devise:  
And that he might teach the elders, wisdom to make them wise.  
Then Israel (josephes' father) down into Egypt came:  
And jacob lived a straynger, in the country of Cham.  
And the numbered of his people God did increase greatly:  
And made them for their enemies, to strong and to mighty.  
Then turned he Thegyptians hearts, to hate his people all:  
That they might study by disobeyed, to make his servants thrall.  
Then sent he Moses his servant, a man faithful in deed:  
And Aaron whom he had chosen, his business to speed.  
These men wrought his wonderful works, among his enemies:  
And his signs in the land of Cham before his people's eyes.  
Then sent he such a dearckenes that it made all things obscure:  
Yet did these men never repugn, his word nor his pleasure.  
Their waters he turned to blood, and slew their fishes all:  
And the earth brought forth frogs that did in their kings closetes crawl.  
And at his commandment there came on them all manner flies:  
And into all their coasts there came lysse far beyond all size.  
And in stead of their sweet suers, he gave them storms of hail:  
And in their land there rained down, flaming fire without fail.  
He struck and destroyed their wines, and eke their fig trees all:  
And all the trees of their countries, whereon those storms did fall.  
At his commandment also, there came grassehoppars fell:  
And many more caterpyllars, them any man could tell.  
These did devour and eat up quite all the grass of their land:  
They did suffer no manner fruit upon their ground to stand.  
In fine he slew all the first borne, of their country certain:  
That is to say even the first fruits, of all their might and main.  
Then led he forth his flock loaded with silver and with gold:  
And in their kindreds none was weak, were he never soolde.  
And all Egypt rejoiced much, when they 'gan to depart:  
For the fear of the lords people, had strike them to the heart.  
He spread abroad a cloud in stead, of a veil them to hide:  
Right so did he a flaming fire, to shine in the night tide.  
And when the people cried to him, he gave them quails plenty:  
And with bread that fell from heaven he did them satisfy.  
And last of all the great rock broke, and waters 'gan flow out:  
Through places that were passing dry, like a riverfull stout.  
For he retained still in myde, his promise most holy:  
Made to his servant Abraham, who worshipt-him truly.  
And he led forth his own people, with joy and rejoicing:  
So did he his beloved men, with most joyful singing.  
And to them he gave the countries, of men that were Heathen:  
That they might possess things that were by their labour gotten.  
To the end that they might observe his laws and hold his lay:  
Wherefore I say praise ye the Lord, praise ye the Lord I say.   

The cvi Psalm.  
Confess, confess unto the Lord, for he is good I say:  
Confess to him for his mercy, continueth for aye.  
Who can be able to declare, the strong works of the Lord?  
Or to speak of all his praises, and the same to record?  
Oh happy are they that do keep, judgement and therein stay:  
Right so are they happy that do work righteousness alway.  
Lord for the love thou bearest to thy flock remember me:  
And visit me Lord for the health, that remaineth in the.  
That I may see thy chosen sort, live in felicity:  
And may rejoice with thy people, and with thy stock glory.  
We have sinned as greatly as ever our fathers did:  
We have done unjustly and have wrought things that are wicked.  
Thy wonders in Egypt they did not weigh and scan wisely:  
Ne kept thy greatest benefits, in perfect memory.  
And when they came unto the sea, there were they unruly  
At the red sea, I say, they were rebels stout and sturdy.  
Yet did the Lord preserve them all, for his name's sake only  
That his strength and his mighty power might be more known thereby.  
And he rebuked the red sea, and forthwith it was dry:  
And then he led them through the deep, as through desert saflye.  
And he saved them pulling them, out of their enemies power.  
And eke from their enemies hands, he did them deliver.  
But the waters overwhelmed, their enemies in such sort:  
That none of them was left on live, to make thereof report.  
Then gave they credit to his words, & 'gan his praise to sing:  
But straight way they forgot his works minding his laws nothing.  
They burned with concupiscence, in the desert doubtless:  
So they tempted and proved God, in the rude wilderness.  
And he gave the thing that they did so earnestly desire:  
But withal he gave them a plague, for their reward and hire.  
More over in their tents they did Moses envy and hate.  
And so did they Aaron that was to the Lord consecrate.  
Wherefore the earth did open her, & did Dathan swallow:  
And all Abirase company, it did overwallowe.  
The fire also burned full hot in these men's company:  
The flaming fire that burned up, men that were ungodly.  
More over they made them a calf, at Oreb that mountain:  
And gave honour to an Image that fire had moult certain.  
So changed they the majesty, of their God most mighty:  
For an Image of ox or cow, that eateth grass daily.  
And they forgot God utterly, that had them salfly kept:  
And that had wrought so noble things in the land of Egypt.  
They forgot him I say, that had, at I'm great wonders wrought:  
And fearful things at thee, red sea, through which he had them brought.  
He had decreed to destroy them, till Moses his chosen:  
Had made request in their behalf, and his anger broken.  
They did also forsake the land, that they had desired:  
giving no credit to the word, of him that promised.  
And in their tents they murmured, and did in heart repine:  
Neither were they obedient, unto god's word divine.  
Then swore he to them that he would, destroy them in desert:  
And their seed among the heathen, and scatter them apart.  
Then did they join themselves unto Ball Peor, as their head:  
And then they eat of things offered, unto gods that were dead.  
And by their own studies and ways, they did kindle God's Ire:  
That most cruel destruction, might be their worthy hire.  
As when good Phine has stood up, and thought good to destroy:  
The shameless worckar of his will, that plague might cease thereby.  
Which thing was imputed to him, for justice right and true:  
And in like manner shall it be, whylse time shall continue.  
At the water of strife also, their Lord they provoked:  
And for their sakes good Moses was, at God's hand punished.  
For they had so vexed his mind, and eke his patience:  
That he spoke some thing with his mouth that lacked reverence.  
More over, they spared such men, as the Lord bade them stroy:  
They occupied with the Heathen, and learned their works thereby.  
So that they worshypt their Idols, which were to them a snare:  
For to devels they killed their sons, and daugthers without care.  
The guiltless blood of their children, they shed in sacrifice:  
To the Chananites Images, in most ungodly wise.  
And in their deeds they were unclean, & wicked was their way:  
And in their own inventions, they wandered astray.  
And the Lord was exceeding wrath, with his people therefore:  
And hated his inheritance, that had sinned so sore.  
In so much that he gave them up, into the heathens hands:  
And would their enemies should rule, both them and eke their lands.  
Yea their enemies vexed them, and did them sore aggrieve:  
And caused them maugre their head under their power to live.  
Sometime he set them free but they, by their ways that were vain:  
Provoked him, and their miss life, made them still poor again:  
Yet when he saw their miseries, and heard their doleful cry:  
Mindful of his promise to them, he showed his great mercy.  
He pitied them, I say, after his plenty of mercies.  
And made them find favour in the sight of their enemies.  
Keep us (O Lord that art our God) and gather thine elect  
From among the heathen that do, not love the nor thy sect.  
Keep us, I say, that we may still thine holy name confess.  
And celebrate the with praises, after thy worthiness.  
The Lord God of Israel is, to be praised foraye.  
Let all the people say Amen, praise ye the Lord I say.   

The cvij Psalm.  
Confess, confess unto the Lord, for he is good I say:  
Confess to him, for his mercy continueth for aye.  
Let such as the lord hath made free, say now unfeignedly:  
That he hath set them free from the power of the enemy.  
And that he hath gathered them out of all regions:  
From east, from west, & from the north, and the south nations.  
And when they wandered in desert, through ways in wilderness▪  
Wherein they found no dwelling place, in their need and destres.  
And when through great hunger and thirst, they fainted in their mind:  
They cried to him in their dayngers, & did him ready find.  
He did deliver them I say, and led them the right way:  
To a town of inhabitance, and gave it then for aye.  
Let them confess then and ascribe, to the Lord his mercies:  
And eke the miracles that he hath done before men's eyes.  
For he glutteh the hungry soul, & filleth with good things:  
The soul that is like to perish for lack of norishynges.  
Such as sat in utter darkness, and extreme misery:  
Because they did withstand god's word, and set nothing thereby.  
The same he made right pensive and eke of mind desperate:  
That they might fall and no man should help them in that estate.  
Yet when they cried in their dayngers, he pulled them out of pain:  
He led them out of thick darkness, and set them free again.  
Let them confess them and ascribe to the Lord his mercies:  
And eke the miracles that he hath done before men's eyes.  
For he broke down the brazen gates, and cast them wydde open:  
And the great bars of Iron he hath in sunder broken.  
The fools that by their wicked life, have got sickness plenty:  
So that their soul abhorred meat, & they were like to die.  
Yet when they cried in their dayngers he pulled them out of pain.  
And his word sent he healed them, and made them clean again.  
Let them confess them and ascribe, to the Lord his mercies:  
And eke the miracles that he, hath wrought before men's eyes.  
And let them offer sacrifice of hearty confessing:  
And let them tell forth all his deeds, with most joyful singing.  
Such as in ships go to the sea, and do their business there:  
Have seen gods works and his wonders that in the depth appear.  
Fo●●● his word the stormy winds, lift up the waves on high:  
Now up to heaven, & then they fall, down to hell by and by.  
In these troubles their hearts do fail, & they are turned round.  
And wander like men that are drunk, their wits are nothing sound.  
These also cried in their dayngers, and he brought them from pain:  
He laid, the storm and eke the waves, and made all calm again.  
Then they rejoice because God hath brought them to quiet rest:  
And set them in such an haven as liketh their heart best.  
Let them confess then and ascribe, to the Lord his mercies:  
And eke the miracles that he hath wrought before men's eyes.  
And let them extol him in the company of people:  
And praise him among the elders, when they do assemble.  
For he turneth the running streams into a desert ground:  
And drieth up the water springs, where much water was found.  
So doth he turn the fruitful ground, into barante and dry:  
Because they that do dwell thereon, do live so vitiousely.  
And full of water he causeth, the wilderness to stand:  
And eke great plenty of welsprynges, where erst was most dry land.  
And there he placeth the hungry, and such as lacked food:  
To build a noble city there, and a dwelling right good.  
And that they might there till corn fields, and eke great vineyards plant:  
That might bear fruit in such plenty, that there should be no want.  
Further he doth them prosper so, that they increase greatly:  
And their cattle he saveth so, that none of them do die.  
Yet are they minished also, and do something decay:  
Sore vexed and oppressed of their own rulars, I say.  
For God despiseth the rulars, sometime, and that greatly:  
Making them wander in desert, through which no way doth lie.  
But the poor he preserveth aye, out of all misery:  
And their households he handleth, as they were sheep truly.  
Which things when the good sort dose, they rejoice and be fain:  
And the wicked have nought to blame, or whereof to complain.  
Who so (therefore) is wise, let him keep these things in his mind:  
And consider what benefits he doth in the Lord find.   

The cviij Psalm.  
Mine heart is made ready to sing (O God) and eke to play:  
On instruments melodious, O my glory I say,  
My lute and eke mine harppe arise, for I will wake early:  
In the morning with the day spring, my Lord to magnify.  
And unto the will I confess, throughout all regions:  
And will sing and set forth thy name, among all nations.  
For thy mercy Lord is so great, that the heavens it doth pass:  
And thy truth reacheth to the sky, that doth the earth compass.  
Be thou more high than heaven (O God) and let thy majesty:  
Be higher than the earth that is, under thine empery.  
And that thine elect and chosen, may be delivered:  
By thine own power save us, and let our request be granted.  
Because God hath spoken the word, within his holy place:  
I will with joy divide Sichem & Sucoths vale by pass.  
Gibead and eke Manesses are mine, but Ephraim:  
Is the key of my kingdom, and juda my laws doth dame.  
As for Moab, is my wash pan, on Edom will I walk:  
And over Palestine will I, sing and pleasantly talk.  
Who shall lead me into strong holds, into towns of defence?  
Who shall lead me into Idume, full of magnificence?  
Shalt not thou do it (O my God) who didst us forsake:  
And wouldst not walk with our men, when we did the wars take?  
O God, help thou in all distress, for man's help is but vain:  
But we shall fight stoutly through God, by whom our foes are slain.   

The cix Psalm.  
O God whom only I do praise, whose name I magnify:  
Hold the not still, but speak (O Lord) and show thyself thereby.  
For the mouth of thy wicked man, and the mouth disceythfull:  
Are open against me, and talk, with a tongue right guileful.  
And words that do spring of hatred, have compassed me round:  
And without cause they assault me, & beat me to the ground.  
For the love that I bear to them, they are mine enemies.  
And yet do I pray for them all, in my most hearty wise.  
And for the good I do to them, they render evil to me:  
So do they hatred for my love & my great charity.  
Against such one (O Lord) stir up, the wicked of the land:  
And let his adversary stand, styflye at his right hand.  
When he shallbe brought to judgement, let him be found wicked▪  
And when he prayeth, let him then with sin be infected.  
Make his life days few and give his office to an other:  
Make his children fatherless, & an widow their mother.  
Let his children wander and beg and seek foed over all:  
When they come out of their houses, that are likely to fall.  
Let the usurar bygyle him, of all he doth possess:  
And the enemy take all that doth by his labour increase.  
Let there none chance to him that would take upon him pity:  
Ne that would work a benefit to his posterity.  
Let his offspring be in danger, of the destruction:  
And his name have an end in the next generation.  
Let the Lord call to memory, his father's wickedness:  
And not forget his mother's sin, his plagues for to increase.  
And let them be still in the sight, of the Lord God most high:  
That out of all the earth he may blot these men's memory.  
For this man could show no mercy, but persecuted still:  
The poor abject of doleful heart, him to murder and kill.  
And cursing he loved which did, chance unto him in deed:  
But blessing he forsook which is, far from him severed.  
He put on cursing as a cote, which into him is gone:  
As water goeth into the flesh, and oil into the bone.  
Let it be his garment therefore, for ever & for aye:  
And eke the girdle wherewith he may gird himself each day.  
These things hath the Lord prepared for mine adversaries:  
And for such as speak ill against my soul in any wise.  
But thou (O my Lord God) be still with me ready and pressed:  
And for thy name deliver me, for thy mercy is best.  
As for me, I am vile and poor, and mine heart is wounded:  
I vanish as a shadow and, am sharply tormented.  
My knees do faint for lack of food my flesh is abated:  
And now my body's habit, and beauty is altered.  
I am to them a railing stock, they shake their heads at me:  
Help me O Lord my God, and save me for thy great mercy.  
And let them understand & know that this great power is thine:  
And that thou being the Lord dost these things by power divine.  
As for them, let them curse and ban, but do thou bless again:  
Let them rebel and be shamed, but make thy servant fain.  
Let mine adversaries put on, ignominy and shame:  
Let them wear reproach as a clock, and deck them with the same.  
I will confess unto the Lord with my mouth plenteously:  
I will pray and magnify him in a great company.  
For he stood at the pores right hand, to save his soul from them:  
That boasted them to have the power, him to save and condemn.   

The cx Psalm  
THus said the Lord unto my Lord, at my right hand sit thou:  
Till I make all thine enemies, under thy foot to bow.  
The rod of thy power the Lord shall send forth, out of Zion:  
Over thy foes thou shalt therefore, have the dominion.  
Thou haste a people most ready, when thou shalt begin to reign:  
And thy birth is right noble and eke right holy certain.  
The Lord hath sworn that thou shalt be a priest everlasting:  
As was Melchisedech, & he repenteth him nothing.  
The Lord standeth at thy right hand, as a defence mighty:  
Who beat down mighty kings in the day when he was angry.  
Messiah the redeemer shall judge in most upright wise:  
The heathen, & then all shall be filled with dead bodies.  
He shall I say judge the heathen, when he shall the heads break:  
In many regions and shall, his wrath upon them wreak.  
He shall drink of the swift river that runneth in the way:  
And for that cause he shall lift up, his head on high I say.   

The cxj Psalm.  
With heart and mind I will confess unto the Lord of might.  
In the counsel and company, of men that are upright.  
For the works of the Lord are great, and wonderful in sight:  
Which are sought of as many as do in the same delight.  
His works are glory and honour, he is praised thereby.  
And his justice doth still remain, and bide eternally.  
His miracles and wonders he, hath left in memory:  
He is a Lord so bountuouse, and full of all mercy:  
To such as feared him he gave, meat prepared by pray:  
And hath in mind his covenant, and his promise for aye.  
The power of his own works he did, to his people advance:  
In that he gave them the heathen, for their inheritance.  
And the works of his hands are truth and eke judgement upright:  
And all his constitutions, are firm & surely pight.  
Yea they are established that, they may continue aye▪  
In truth and eke in right judgement, they are all done I say.  
He sent such men to his people, as should them deliver.  
And bade them that his covenant, should be kept forever.  
The Lord, I say, hath given this charge, unto his own people:  
Whose name no doubt, is most holy, and eke most terrible.  
God's fear is the rote of wisdom, and such as therein stay:  
Do attain to wholesome knowledge and are praised for aye.   

The cxij Psalm.  
THe man is blessed that doth fear the Lord and doth delight:  
In his holy commandments, to walk therein upright.  
For his seed shall be found mighty, in the earth every where▪  
And the nation of the good, shall luckyly prosper.  
Great plenty of goods and riches shall in his house remain:  
And his justice shall continue for ever more certain.  
Light doth arise unto good men, when they sit in darkness▪  
To the bountuouse, & merciful, that follow righteousness.  
The good man heapeth benefits, and dareth plenteously:  
And doth all his own business, exceeding equally.  
For he shall never be moved, till time of times be passed:  
And for ever his righteousness, & his justice shall last.  
And when he heareth heavy news, fear shall him nothing prick:  
Because his heart is established, and doth to the Lord stick.  
His heart, I say, is established, so that he can not fear:  
Till upon all his enemies, his wishes do appear.  
He giveth to the poor each where, his justice shall bide aye:  
His power shallbe set up on high with great glory I say.  
That saying this the wicked may, be wrath and gnash his teeth:  
And eke consume himself and get nought that he desyrethe.   

The cxiij Psalm.  
O Ye that do honour the Lord, praise ye his name I say:  
For his name is to be preached, now and hence forth for aye.  
From the upriseing of the sun, to the place of his fall:  
The holy name of the Lord is of praise worthiest of all.  
For the Lord is higher than are all nations truly▪  
And so is he higher than thee, heaven that is so high.  
Who is like unto our Lord God, that ruleth things on high:  
And yet looketh on things in heaven, and that on the earth dolye?  
Helyfteth up the weak out of the dust to stand upright:  
And eke the poor out of the dung, he bringeth by his might.  
And that to the intent he might, him among princes place:  
among princes of his people, I say, to give him grace.  
He maketh the wife of the house, that was barren before:  
A joyful mother of children, praise ye the Lord therefore.   

The cxiiij Psalm.  
WHen Israel should go forth of Egypt from servitude:  
And jacobs' house from a people, both barbarous and rude.  
Then was juda certainly made, the lords sanctuary:  
And in like manner Israel was made his empery.  
The which thing when the sea had seen it fled backward certain:  
And the great river jordan was returned back again.  
As for the mountains ceased not, like wanton rams to skip:  
And the little hills 'gan to play, as do the lambs of ship.  
O thou sea, what is the bytyd, that thou goest back again:  
And thou jordayne what thing is it, that doth thy course restrain?  
And ye mountains what causeth you, like wanton rams to ship:  
And you little hills for to play, as do the lambs of ship?  
And thou earth see thou quake also, in the lords fear alway:  
See that thou tremble in the fear of jacobs' God I say.  
For he maketh a standing pole of the rock that was dry:  
And of the flint a springing well, running out plenteously.   

The cxu Psalm.  
FOr thy mercy Lord and thy truth vouchsafe to amplify:  
The glory of thy blessed name, & not our vain glory.  
For why should the Heathen say thus, with a disdainful mind?  
I pray you where or in what place, should we these men's God find?  
Why should they speak such words I say, with thoughts exceeding isle?  
Sith our God is in heaven and doth all things that he will?  
But these men's Images are made, of gold and silver vain:  
And are the vain works of man's hand, fruits of an idle brain.  
For they have a mouth and speak not, & eyes that do not see:  
So have they ears and do not hear, such worthy things they be.  
They have a nose and do not smell, and hands that do not feel:  
So have they feet & do not walk, neither once move their heel.  
And with their throat they do bring forth no manner voice at all:  
And for help in their danger they, can neither cry nor call.  
Like unto whom such shall be made, as do make them certain:  
And so shall all that put their trust, in things that are so vain.  
O Israel, trust in the Lord, O faithful men I say:  
Trust in the Lord that is your help, and your bucklar for aye.  
O ye that be of Aharons' house, and the high priests kin:  
Trust in the Lord that is your help, and targate to trust in.  
All ye that fear the Lord, I say, have in him confidence:  
For he it is that is your help, and targate of defence.  
The Lord that maketh the household of Israel happy:  
And eke the household of Aharon, hath us in memory.  
And he maketh all that fear him, happy and fortunate.  
Aswell such as are very small, as the mighty and great.  
He shall also heap unto you, good turn upon good turn.  
Not only unto you I say, but eke to your children.  
And you he hath already made, happy & fortunate:  
Even he, I say, that did the heaven & eke the earth create.  
And the heaven is reserved, for the Lord God alone.  
But the earth he hath given to men, for them to dwell upon.  
As for the dead they praise not God, they do no mercy crave:  
No more doth any among them that go down to the grave.  
But we shall preach and set forth God from henseforth ever more:  
We shall declare his mighty works, praise ye the Lord therefore.   

The cxuj Psalm.  
I Love the Lord because he heard mine humble voice and cry:  
And because he gave ear I will, call on him till I die.  
The cords of death had girded me, & eke the straits of hell:  
Had caught me and I was fallen into danger cruel.  
But I called on the lords name & thus I said in deed:  
Lord for thy mercy deliver, thy servants soul at need.  
The Lord is full of benefits, and eke of justice all:  
And our God is right merciful, when we do on him call.  
The Lord that useth to defend, the sylley simple sort:  
Preserved me when I was weak, and was all my comfort.  
My soul, return into the place, of thy quiet and rest:  
For the Lord hath done good to the. even as thou desirest.  
Thou hast plucked my soul from death, Lord, and his cruel sting:  
So haste thou done mine eyes from tears, and my feet from sliding.  
Wherefore I will live holily, before the Lord I say:  
In the countries and regions of men that live for aye.  
My faith and promise unto God, I held most constantly▪  
Even when I was forced to say, I am decayed greatly.  
Yea when I said in my swift chase, and when I fled in haste:  
All men are false, there is none true, or that of truth doth taste.  
What worthy thanks therefore shall I, give to the Lord say ye:  
For all the benefits that he, hath showed unto me?  
The cup wherewith men use to give thanks for health received:  
The same will I take & call on the lords name so blessed.  
And now before all his people, to the Lord will I pay:  
All vows that I have made to him, or else shall make for aye.  
For with the Lord the death of such, as serve him loveyngely:  
Is of such price that none of them, shall suffer death vainly.  
Ah Lord I am thy poor servant, thy poor servant am I:  
And the son of thine handmaiden who diddest my bonds untie.  
To the therefore I will confess, and that with sacrifice:  
And will call upon the lords name in my most faithful wise  
Now before all the lords people, all my vows will I pay:  
In his courts at jerusalem, praise ye the Lord I say.   

The cxvij Psalm.  
ALl nations praise ye the Lord, praise and extol his name:  
All people of the world preach him let your life do the same.  
For his mercy towards us I say, doth excel ever more:  
And his truth abideth for aye, praise ye the Lord therefore.   

The cxviij Psalm.  
Confess, confess unto the Lord, for he is good I say:  
Confess to him for his mercy, continueth for aye.  
Now let Israel say that his mercy dureth for aye:  
And let Aharons' house say that his goodness doth not decay.  
Yea let all them that fear the Lord, even now stand forth and say:  
That his most merciful goodness, continueth for aye.  
When I was in affliction, on God then called I:  
And he granted all my request, and that abundantly.  
Wherefore the Lord taking my part, I will not stand in fear:  
Of any thing that man's wit can invent to do me dear.  
For when the Lord is one of them, that cometh to help me:  
Then shall I see all my desire upon mine enemy.  
For it is better to trust in the Lord then in man vain.  
So is it to trust in the Lord then in princes certain.  
If all nations did hedge me, in compass round about:  
Yet do I trust by the lords name, to cut me a way out.  
If they should compass me about, I say, and hedge me in:  
I do not doubt, by the lords name, away out for to win.  
And though they compass me about, like bees when they do swarm:  
Yet shall they faint like fire in thorns, and do me little harm.  
And I trust that through the lords name, whereon I do still call:  
I shall cut a way out and set myself free from them all.  
Oh thou that waste mine enemy, thou madest me fall certain:  
But yet the Lord hath helped me, and set me up again.  
For God it is that is my strength, my salfgard and my wealth:  
So is he my rejoicing song, & eke mine only health.  
In the dwellings of the righteous are joyful reioyceynges:  
For their health received when the lords power hath done great things.  
The Lords right hand gate the better, the lords power did great things:  
I shall not die but live & show forth gods mighty doings.  
For God hath chastened me well, & brought my stout heart low:  
But yet he hath not suffered, that I should die I know.  
Oh open unto me the gates, of righteousness that I:  
May enter in there at (I say) by the lords free mercy.  
For other wise none can enter by any holiness:  
When I am entered in therefore, to God will I confess.  
This gate (I say) of free mercy, is the lords gate therefore:  
In at the which the righteous men, shall enter ever more.  
To the therefore (O Lord) I will, confess with heart and mind:  
Because thou haste heard me and I, do in the mine health find,  
For the stone that buildars cast out, is made the head corner:  
which thing no doubt the Lord hath done, and we count it wonder.  
That day therefore is it that the Lord hath made at his will:  
Let us therefore in it rejoice, and be glad in heart still.  
Ah Lord keep me, I the beseech, Ah Lord I beseech thee:  
give thou a prosperous success, and good fortune to me.  
To him that cometh in the lords name we wish all good thing.  
And lucky things to you that are, in his house abiding.  
God is the Lord that bringeth us, light of prosperity:  
Wherefore to the aultare covers, do ye sacrifice tie.  
Thou art my God, and unto thee, will I confess alway:  
And the will I extol, for thou art my lord God I say.  
Confess, confess unto the Lord, for he is good I say:  
Confess to him for his mercy continueth for aye.   

The. cxjx. Psalm.  
O Happy are they that do keep, of life the upright way:  
And that walk in the prescript path of the lords law I say.  
O happy are they that do keep, all the lords witnesses▪  
And do seek him with all the heart that is in their breasts.  
For such as walk (Lord) in thy ways, do nothing wickedly.  
For thou badeste that men should keep thy laws diligently.  
Oh that my ways were guided so, to keep thy laws aright:  
That I were not ashamed to have thy precepts in sight.  
And unto the will I confess, and that unfeignedly:  
When I shall learn the judgements of thy justice perfectly.  
And if thou do not forsake me, but help thy servant still:  
With earnest study shall I keep, thy decrees and thy will.  
How should a young man lead his life wythouten spot or blame:  
Namely if he should keep it as thy word teacheth the same.  
But saying that I do seek thee, with all my very heart:  
O Lord do thou not suffer me, from thy precepts to start.  
And saying that I have laid up thy word within my breast:  
To the intent I would not do, aught that thou forbyddest.  
O Lord thou oughtest for to have thy praise preached I say:  
Teach me thy decrees and thy laws, thy path Lord and thy way.  
For all the judgements of thy mouth, I do use to rehearse:  
And thy way doth delight me more, than all worldly riches.  
And of thy constitutions and laws I do reason:  
So do I inwardly behold, thy paths at each season.  
In thine holy decrees also, my delight do I set:  
And will never by negligence, thine holy word forget.  
Show thou this benefit to me, thy servant that I may:  
Live and keep thy most holy word, and my life therein stay.  
And from mine eyes draw thou the veil that I may once espy:  
The wonderful wisdom that lieth in thy law secretly.  
And when I am in a strange land, hide not from me thy will:  
For my soul doth wonderfully, desire thy judgements still.  
But thou rebukest the proud that they be execrable:  
Strayeing from thy precepts in ways most abominable.  
Remove from me all rebuke Lord, and right so all despite:  
Because to keep all thy witness, is mine only delight.  
For the very princes consult, and speak evil against me:  
Because I reason of such things, as in thy decrees be.  
And because that thy wyttenesses are mine only delight:  
And eke mine only consellours both by day and by night.  
When my soul lieth upon the ground and is had in disdain:  
Then according to thy promise, refresh thou it again.  
I have told the my business, & thou gavest ear to me:  
Wherefore to teach me thy decrees, I humbly beseech the.  
Grant me to know the way of thy laws and thine ordinance:  
And then to talk of thy wonders, I will take no grenaunce.  
For fear when I was left alone, my soul is much wasted:  
Refresh thou me again therefore, as thou haste promised.  
Turn thou from me the way of lies, invented by man's brain:  
And with mercy set before me, thy law that is certain.  
For I have chose the certain way, and have therein delight:  
And right so have I thy judgements ever before my sight.  
And sith I stick to thy witness, and i'll the way of blame:  
O Lord put not thy poor servant, to villainy or shame.  
And after thou hast set mine heart, at large in liberty:  
In the high way of thy precepts, I will run lustily.  
Lead me forth (Lord) into the way, of thy decrees and will:  
That I may walk forth in the same during my life days still.  
Teach me to keep thy law and I, shall keep it willingly.  
Lead me the path of thy precepts, for therein delight I.  
Bow down mine heart unto thy will, & not to avarise:  
And from all vain and Idle things lord turn away mine eyes.  
Lord make me lively in thy way, and grant the thing to me:  
That thy word promiseth to them, that stand in fear of the.  
And put from me rebuke, the fear whereof changeth my mood:  
For thy judgements Lord are upright & also passing good.  
Behold thy constitutions, I do desire greatly:  
By thy justice do thou therefore, make thy servant lively.  
Let thy gifts and thy benefits, chance unto me, (O Lord:  
And eke thine own salvation, as thy word doth record.  
That I may have words to answer such as do on me rail:  
And tell them that I trust thy word, which doth me never fail.  
And from my mouth take not the word of truth, for I tarry:  
For thy judgements, and will observe, thy laws eternally.  
And I will walk at liberty, and stand in fear of nought:  
Because thy constitutions, I have busily sought.  
And I will speak of thy witness, in the presence of kings.  
And will not be ashamed of so good and godly things.  
And in thy precepts which I love, I do myself delight:  
I love to have thine holy laws still present in my sight.  
And to thy precepts which I love, Lord will put mine hand:  
And will dispute of thy decrees, and ekem thy truth stand.  
Be mindful of the word that thou spakeste to they servant:  
wherewith thou broughtest me in hope as by a sure warrant.  
For this is mine only solace, in all my miseries:  
That thy word doth me recreate, in comfortable wise.  
And when the proud laugh me to scorn, and that exceedingly:  
Yet do not I turn from thy law, but walk therein duly.  
And when I call to memory, the mercies by the wrought:  
From the beginning of the world, they do comfort my thought.  
But when I think on the wicked that do thy law forsake:  
Such sudden fear falleth on me, that I tremble and quake.  
As for me when I am at home in my house where I dwell:  
My delight is to sing thy laws, and thy decrees to tell.  
And in the night I am mindful, Lord of thy blessed name:  
And do endeavour for to walk, in thy law without blame.  
Which law is now become my law, and way wherein to go:  
Because I keep thine ordinance, both in weal and in woo.  
O Lord thus said I without fail I said for a surety:  
That to keep thy most holy word, is my bounden duty.  
With all humility of heart, I do thy face behold:  
Wherefore be merciful to me, as thy word hath me told.  
My ways I have considered, and that diligently:  
And have brought my feet back again, thy witness to apply.  
I have hasted without delay, or slothful tarriance:  
That I might keep all thy precepts, with faithful obeisance.  
The cords of the wicked have gone about to draw me back:  
But the remembrance of thy law, my mind did never lack.  
In the midst of the night I did arise for to confess:  
To the because of the judgements (Lord) of thy righteousness.  
And I am a companion, to all that do fear the.  
And keep the constitutions, that thou (Lord) dost decree.  
And let mine heart be pure and clean in thine holy decrees:  
Keep mine heart clean and I shall not take shame in any wise.  
My soul fainteth whylse doubtfully it doth desire thine health:  
For in thy word have I my trust and confidence of wealth.  
Mine eyes have failed whylse I look thy promise for tose:  
In so much that I may well say, when wilt thou comfort me?  
For I am now like a bottle, that in smoke hath hanged.  
Yet thy decrees and eke thy laws, I have still remembered.  
How long Lord shall thy servant wait, how long shall he tarry?  
When wilt thou punish them that do vex me so cruelly?  
The proud have digged me trenches, & caves to fall into:  
Wherein against thine holy law and thy decrees they do.  
All thy precepts are faith and truth, none can this thing deny:  
Help me therefore at such time as, they vex me unjustly.  
They had welmost destroyed me, in the land where I dwell:  
Yet I forsook none of thy laws, as thou knowest full well.  
Lord for thy mercy quicken me, & make me be lively:  
And then the witness of thy mouth I shall keep certainly.  
Thy word standeth Lord in heaven, for ever and foraye:  
And thy promise thorough all time, who makest the earth stay.  
And those things abide to this day, at thy commandment:  
For there is nothing that is not to the obedient.  
And except (Lord) thy law had been, my delight and pleasure:  
In my distress and misery, I had perished sure.  
Neither will I ever forget, thy constitutions:  
Sith by them thou diddest comfort my lamentations.  
And saying that I am thine own, to keep me take thou thought:  
For all thy constitutions, I have earnestly sought.  
The wyckedmen lay wait for me, that they may me destroy.  
When to weigh thy testimonies, I do myself employ.  
I see that all things have an end, though they be most perfect:  
But thy precepts we see to be, most largely abroadeset,  
Oh Lord how exceeding great love unto thy law bear I?  
Sith my communication, is of the same daily.  
By thy precept thou haste made me, more wise than mine enemies  
For that is still all my study, and eke mine exercise.  
I am also wiser them they, that do thy servant teach:  
And about thy testimonies, I do spend all my speech.  
I do perpend and weigh all things, better than men of age:  
Because thy constitutions, I keep without rage.  
My feet I do keep back from all, ways they dole lead to vice:  
Because I keep thine holy word, in my most faythfullwise.  
I do not part from thy judgements, ne go from them astray:  
Because thou haste prescribed me a rule and perfect way.  
Oh how sweet is thine holy word to my taste and judgement?  
Certes there is no sweet honey can my mouth so content  
Out of thy constitutions, I do weigh things justly:  
And have therefore hated each way, that dealeth not truly.  
Thy word is a burning candle, unto thy servants feet.  
So is it a light to my way, my path is light by it.  
I have sworn and will constantly, do & perform the same:  
That I may keep the judgements of thy justice without blame.  
I am deject exceedingly, and cast down to the ground:  
Wherefore do thou refresh me lord, as thy promise doth sound.  
Accept thou such oblations Lord as I freely name:  
And instruct me in thy judgements, and make me learn the same.  
I am still in danger of death, my life is sore beset:  
Yet do I not thine holy law at any time forget.  
The wicked and ungodly men, have bend a snare for me:  
Yet from thy constitutions, I serve in no degree.  
Thy wyttnesses are unto me inheritance for aye:  
For they are the join of mine heart, my comfort and my stay.  
I am addict to thy decrees, my mind to them I bend.  
That I may execute the same for ever to the end.  
I hate the thoughts whereby my mind is drawn away from thee:  
But thy law and commandments are beloved of me.  
Thou art my suecoure and refuge, my shield and my target.  
And in thine holy word mine hope, is pygh & surly set.  
Depart from me ye wicked men, keep me no company:  
For I keep the commandements of my God earnestly.  
Underset me with thy word Lord, and I shall live certain:  
And make me not ashamed & to have hoped in vain.  
Establish me (O Lord) and then, shall I be self in deed:  
And shall by the sight of thy laws be alway delighted.  
Thou wilt spurn at all such as go, from thy decrees astray:  
For their wiles and their subtlety is found disobeyed alway.  
All the wicked men of the earth, like dross thou dost destroy:  
Wherefore I love thy wyttnesses, and thy testimony.  
For fear of the my body doth, tremble exceedingly.  
And thy judgements thy servant doth fear most reverently.  
I have done judgement and justice, I have done no man wrong:  
give me not up therefore to mine oppressers that are strong.  
delight thy servant with good things let him lack no goodness.  
And suffer not such as are proud, me to grieve and oppress.  
Mine eyes have failed whylse I look, for thine health doubtfully:  
And for thy righteous promise that thou madest certainly.  
According to thy great goodness, Lord deal with thy servant:  
And instruct me in thy decrees, and eke thy convenant.  
I am thy poor servant I say, wherefore instruct thou me:  
To understand all such things as, in thy wyttnesses be.  
And now is it a meet time for the Lord to work his feat:  
For they have broken thy law Lord, and do thy will forget.  
Wherefore I have loved thy law, & thy precepts each one:  
More than I have loved fine gold, or most precious stone.  
And for this cause I do defend, all thy laws as most right:  
But all deceitful ways I hate, and own them most despite.  
Because thy laws and wyttnesses, are wonderful to me:  
Therefore, I say, my soul hath kept them in simplicity.  
The very entrance of thy words, and the first opening:  
Bringeth light and instructeth the simples understanding.  
And for this cause do I open, my mouth & my breath draw:  
Because I do greatly desire the precepts of thy law.  
Look back to thy servant and deal with me mercifully:  
As thou art wont with them that love, thy name unfeignedly.  
Form thou my steps Lord with thy word, let them therewith agree:  
And let no manner of vain thing, have the rule over me.  
O Lord redeem thou me from all human oppressions:  
That I may keep shine holy laws, and constitutions.  
And show thy cheerful countenance unto thy poor servant:  
And teach me thy decrees and eke, thy holy covenant.  
Great streams of water do descend, down from thy servants eyes:  
For their sakes that keep not thy laws, nor thy testimonies.  
Lord thou art just & thy judgement is straight before our eyes:  
And thou hast given straight charge to keep all thy testimonies.  
My wrath and indignation, doth me deadly greavaunce:  
Because mine enemies have not, thy words in remembrance.  
Thy word (Lord) is a thing most pure and purged of all filth:  
And it is the only thing that, thy poor servant loveth.  
I am in deed but very base, and also despised:  
Yet do I not forget the things, that thou haste ordained.  
Thy justice is such a justice, that it doth still endure:  
And thy law is the verity, most sincere and most pure.  
Great danger and great misery, have me deprehended:  
Yet with thine holy precepts Lord I am still delighted.  
The justice of thy wyttnesses, is eternal I say:  
Teach me therefore that I may live, for ever and for aye.  
Because I cry with all mine heart, Lord grant thou my request:  
That I may well observe and keep, all that thou decreeste.  
Because I cry to the I say, do thou save me at need:  
That I may well observe all thy, testimonies in deed.  
The dawning and the break of day, I do prevent and cry:  
And in thy word and sure promise, a faithful trust have I.  
Mine eyes do prevent the vigilles and waking time of night.  
That of thine holy word I may dispute some what aright.  
Hear thou my voice (O Lord) I say, even for thy mercy sake:  
And according to thy judgement, do thou me lusty make.  
Such men as follow wickedness, nigh unto me do draw:  
Such men (I say) as now are gone, a great way from thy law.  
But thou also (Lord) art at hand, with me priest and ready:  
And all thine holy precepts are, most sincere verity.  
Which thing I knew by thy wyttenes long time before this day:  
For thy testimonies have been for ever and for aye.  
Look back upon my misery, and set thy servant free:  
For I have not yet forgotten, the law thou gavest me.  
Plead thou my cause and let me be, by the delivered:  
And offer me thy word that I may be recreated.  
Thine health is far from the wicked, they shall not it enjoy:  
Because to seek out thy decrees, none of them doth employ.  
Thy mercy (Lord) is manifold, to it thou art still bend:  
Wherefore refresh thy poor servant, after thine own judgement.  
I have erred as doth a sheep, that goeth head long to die:  
But seek thou me because I have thy laws in memory.   

The cxx Psalm.  
IN my great peril and danger, to the Lord did I cry:  
And he gave ear & eke granted my request by and by.  
O Lord deliver thou my soul, from lips that use to lie:  
And eke from a deceitful tongue, which cause the soul to die.  
O thou deceitful tongue I say, what can be like to thee?  
Or what thing may God to the add, whereby thou mayst worse be?  
Thou art like unto the arrows, that from a strong man flee:  
And also like the burning coals of the juniper tree.  
Woes me that I am a straynger, among men of Nesech:  
And that I dwell in Cedars tents, like a miser and wretch.  
My soul hath lived long among men that hate quietness.  
For when I that love peace do speak, to wars they do them dress.   

The cxxj Psalm.  
Mine eyes lift I up to the hills, to God that is on high:  
For thence my comfort and my hope, and only help have I.  
Mine only help cometh to me, down from the Lord above:  
From him I say that made heaven & earth that doth not move.  
When the Lord taketh charge of thee, thou shall tread stydfastly:  
And thy kepar shall not desire to sleep or close his eye.  
For lo, he is nothing sleepy, neither shall sleep at all.  
That hath Israel in keeping, as ruler over all.  
It is the Lord that keepeth thee, and shadoweth the from ille:  
It is the Lord that is present even at thy right hand still.  
The sun therefore shall not strike thee, by day with his beams bright:  
No more shall the contagious moan, in the time of the night.  
The Lord shall keep the self and sound, none evil shall come the nigh:  
And he shall keep thy life also, thy soul shall never die.  
The Lord shall keep the self I say and be thy defender:  
In all things that thou goest about, from hence forth for ever.   

The cxxij Psalm.  
WHen men say in this wise to me, go we to the lords house:  
Then am I made right glad I say and exceeding joyous.  
In thy gates (O jerusalem) in thy gates so goodly:  
Our feet have stand and there have we, been a great company.  
jerusalem was first builded, for to be a city:  
And a place where men might be knit, in a society.  
Up to the which kindreds do go that of god's stock are found:  
To confess him out of the law wherewith jacob is bound.  
For there are seats of right judgement & justice appointed:  
That is to say the seat of the house & stock of David.  
Oh wish you to jerusalem, peace and prosperity:  
And that all may go well with them that do love that city.  
Peace be within thine utter walls and eke prosperity:  
In all thy goodly palaces wherein thy princeslye.  
For my brethren and my friends sake, I will speak all such thing:  
As unto thy felicity, and wealth is belonging.  
And for the love of the house of the Lord our God I say:  
Things profitable unto thee, I will seek for always.   

The cxxiij Psalm.  
OH thou that dwellest in heavens, and art there still present:  
To the do I lift up mine eyes, my mind to the is bend.  
Lo as the servants eyes are fyxte upon their masters hand:  
So do we look on our Lord God, & do before him stand.  
And as the handmaids eyes behold the hand of her mestres:  
So are our eyes turned to him, till we feel his goodness.  
Deal mercifully with us Lord, deal thou mercifully:  
For with contempt we are filled, and that in great plenty.  
Long time now hath our soul benfull, of the rich men's mocking:  
So hath it been long satisfied, with proud men's despising.   

The cxxiiij Psalm.  
Now may Israel salfly say, we had all died in deed:  
Had not the lord that is ready with us helped at need.  
Except the lord had helped us, when men against us rose:  
In their Ire they had eaten us, alive as I suppose.  
By this time they had drowned us, as waters that do flow:  
And as a swift stream they had gone, quite over our heads now.  
By this time, I say, the waters, that swell exceedingly:  
Had overcome our syly soul, and caused us to die.  
We must preach and set forth the Lord, we most praise him I say:  
That hath not given us to their teeth, that we should be their pray.  
For our soul hath scaped their snare, and is now at large set:  
Even as the sparrow that breaketh out of the foulars net.  
The net is broken now I say, & we are escaped:  
Our help therefore is in his name, that hath all things form.   

The cxxu Psalm.  
ALl such as do trust in the Lord, shall never be moved.  
More than the holy hill Zion, that is surly founded.  
And as about Jerusalem, are high hills on each side.  
So shall the Lord compass his floke from hence forth at each tide.  
For the part of wickedness shall not with the just remain:  
lest from doing iniquity, their hands should not refrain.  
O Lord do thou good unto them, in whom thou dost good find:  
And to all such as thou knowest to be of a good mind.  
And let such as do wickedly, have the wyckedes reward:  
At the lords hand, that Israel may live now in salfegarde.   

The cxxuj Psalm.  
WHen the Lord shall restore Zion, out of bondage again:  
Then shall we be like men that dream that they have lived in pain.  
Our mouth and tongue shall be full with laughter and singing then:  
And the Heathen shall say the Lord, hath done much for these men.  
The Lord (no doubt) hath done with us, things that are great in deed:  
And we are made merry thereby, and greatly comforted.  
Oh Lord, lead thou us home again, out of captivity:  
Even as thou causeste the rivers of the south part to dry.  
Let them that sow their seed with tears, and water of there eyes:  
Rejoice when they shall reap the same, in most plentiful wise.  
The man that beareth the seedlepe, shall go on still weeping:  
But when he shall carry the sheaves, he shall return singing.   

The cxxvij Psalm.  
Unless the Lord do build the house, the buildars lose their pain:  
And except he keep the city, the keepers watch in vain.  
It is in vain that you do rise, so soon and rest so late:  
And that you get your victuals with pain and sorrows so great.  
Sith in the mean ceasone God doth grant sleep and quiet rest:  
To his darlings and all such men, as his heart liketh best.  
Behold the byrthryght of the Lord, is children and young fry:  
And the wages that he giveth, the fruit of the bealye.  
The children that be borne in youth, whylse both parents be young:  
Are like the arrows that are shot, by a man that is strong.  
And happy is he that filleth his quiver with the same:  
For when they shall strive with their like, they shall sustain no shame.   

The cxxviij Psalm.  
Happy and blessed is that man, that feareth God aright:  
And walketh forward in his ways, with all his main & might.  
Things gotten with his labour he shall eat of at his need:  
He shall be blessed & shall live, most wealthily in deed.  
In his house sides his wife shall be as a vine most fruitful:  
And his sons like olive branches round about his table.  
For lo, in this sort is the man made blessed and happy:  
That doth stand in dread and fear of the Lord unfeignedly.  
Out of Zion the Lord shall give, to him this good blessing:  
To see jerusalem in peace, all days of his living.  
And to see the sons of his sons, descending of his blood:  
And eke the state of Israel, both fortunate and good.   

The cxxix Psalm.  
Now may Israel say they have fought right sore against me:  
Very often from my youth up, that mine enemies be.  
Right oft they have fought against me from my youth (may he say)  
Yet against me could they never, prevail ne have their way.  
The plowmen have ploughed my back and made their forowes long:  
But the just Lord hath cut the bands, of men wicked and strong.  
Let all that hate Zion take shame and be driven back and made:  
Like grass that groweth on houses, and doth suddenly fade.  
So that the reapar can not find enough to fill his hand:  
Neither the byndar his arm full, to lay within his band.  
Neither do they that pass by say, the Lord give you blessing:  
In the lords name we wish you good and increase of all thing.   

The cxxx Psalm.  
FRom the depth of all misery, O Lord on the call I:  
Lord hear my voice & let thine ears, give heed, unto my cry.  
For if thou (Lord God) wouldst mark sins, who could then be saved?  
But thou art full of clemency, and art therefore feared.  
For the have I looked (O Lord) so hath my soul also:  
And in the do I put my trust, both in well and in wo.  
My soul doth look & tarry for, the Lord from the morn tide:  
From morn to morn I say my soul doth for the Lord abide.  
Let Israel wait on the Lord, for with him is mercy:  
And with the Lord redemption, is wonderful plenty.  
For he redeemeth Israel, from all his wickedness▪  
And setteth all his people free, from their iniquities.   

The cxxxi Psalm.  
O Lord, mine heart hath not been proud, neither mine eyes lofty:  
I have not sought praise in great things, neither climbed to high.  
I'll might I speed if I have not, though myself none other:  
Then the young child that is weaned, at home with his mother.  
And the soul or the mind that doth, within my body rest:  
Is like the child that lately hath been taken from the breast.  
Oh Israel, wait on the Lord, trust still in him I say:  
Put all thy confidence in him for ever and for aye.   

The cxxxij Psalm.  
O Lord be mindful of all things that have vexed David:  
That to his good, all his trouble, may be alway turned.  
For he hath sworn unto the Lord, and vowed solemnly:  
To the mighty God of jacob, and said for certainty.  
I'll might I speed, if I enter my tent or climb my bed:  
Or if I shall grant any sleep, to the eyes of mine head.  
Or if I suffer mine eye leddes, to wink or do once nod:  
Till I find a place for the Lord, and house for jacobs' God.  
Him have we heard in Ephrata, there have we heard his sound:  
And in the fields of wilderness, present we have him found.  
Go we therefore to his dwellings, & throne where he doth sit:  
And let us fall down and worship, the stole under his feet.  
Arise (O Lord) thou that shalt come, into thy quiet rest:  
Arise thou, I say, and let the ark of thy power be pressed.  
Let thy priests put on righteousness. & let thy good men sing:  
And for thy servant David's sake, say not nay to thy king.  
The Lord swore truth unto David, and will it not deny:  
That he would set upon his throne, some fruit of his belly.  
If thy sons shall keep my comnaunt and laws that I shall teach:  
Their sons also shall wear the crown, so long as time doth reach.  
For the Lord hath chosen Zion, to be his seat, saying:  
This is mine everlasting rest, here shall be my dwelling.  
For I have chosen her and will give her victuals plenty:  
And with bread will I feed her poor, and them all satisfy.  
Her priests I will endue with health they shall be in salftie:  
And the good men that dwell in her, shall sing reioyceyngly.  
In her will I make David's horn, & his power for to springe:  
And in her I have prepared, a candle for my king.  
Whose enemies I will endue, with rebuke and with shame:  
But upon him shall aye flourish, his crown & diadem.   

The cxxxiij Psalm.  
BEhold how good a thing it is, & how pleasant to see:  
If brothers can dwell together, & in all points agree.  
It is like as if good ointment, that smelleth most sweetly:  
Being shed on the head should drop, on the beard by and by.  
The beard I say of the high priest, that was named Aharon:  
And should drop on the cape of the garments that he had on.  
Like the dew of mount Hermon that, on Zion's hill doth fall:  
Where the Lord bade blessing should be, and life sempiternal.   

The cxxxiiij Psalm.  
Behold ye servants of the Lord preach ye the Lord of might:  
All ye, I say: that stand present, in the lords house by night.  
lift up your hands with holiness, toward his sanctuary:  
And preach the Lord, show forth his praise, and eke his great mercy.  
The Lord give the out of Zion wealth & felicity:  
The Lord I say that made the earth, and eke the heaven high.   

The cxxxu Psalm.  
OH ye that be the lords servants, praise his name without stay  
Al ye that stand in the Lords house & our god's courts I say.  
Praise God (for why? the Lord is good) & sing unto his name:  
For it is full pleasant and good, wherefore praise ye the same.  
For God hath chosen unto him, jacob & Israel:  
To be his people and his flock, this do I know right well.  
For I know that the lord is great, and doth all gods excel:  
And doth all things at his pleasure, in heaven, earth, and in hell.  
Fron all the borders of the earth, he draweth up clouds I know:  
He turneth lightnings into rain, and maketh the winds blow.  
He struck and slew all the first borne, aswell of man as beast:  
That were of the fry of Egypt where his flock was oppressed.  
He sent forth signs and eke wonders, amid Thegyptians land:  
So did he to king Pharaoh, with all his guard or band.  
Many and sundry nations, he did also destroy:  
So did he kill right many kings, most puissant and mighty.  
He destroyed Sichon himself, the king of Amorrites:  
And Og king of Basan, with all kingdoms of Chananites.  
And he gave their inheritance, & their birthright, I say:  
To his people that it might be, their heritage for aye.  
O Lord thy name is eternal, so is thy: memory:  
Thou shalt never be forgotten, thy name shall never die.  
For the Lord shall judge his people, he shall revenge their wrong:  
And from his flock he shall return with a rejoicing song.  
The Images of the heathen, are of gold and silver:  
The work that man's hand hath brought forth, and molten together.  
For they have mouths and do not speak, and eyes and do not see:  
So have they ears and do not hear, such worthy things they be.  
They have a nose, yet in their mouth there is no breath at all:  
They have no breath to speak to such as do upon them call.  
Like whom all such men shall be made, as do make them certain:  
And so shall they that put their trust in things that are so vain.  
Ye house of Israel, I say, preach ye the Lord therefore:  
And ye house and stock of Aharon, preach the Lord ever more.  
Ye house and kindred of Levy, ye priestly nation:  
Preach ye the Lord, O ye that fear the Lord preach him each one.  
The Lord that hath his dwelling in jerusalem for aye:  
Must have his praise out of Zion, praise ye the Lord I say.   

The cxxxuj Psalm.  
Confess, confess unto the Lord for he is good I say:  
Confess to him for his goodness continueth for aye.  
Confess unto the God of gods, whose goodness doth still last:  
Confess unto the Lord of lords, whose mercy is not passed.  
Because his goodness hath no end, he doth wonders alone·  
And by his wisdom he hath made the heavens everichone.  
Because his mercy is endless, he hath lifted up ground:  
Above the waters, & hath made, two lights both great and round.  
Because his goodness hath no end, he made the sun so bright:  
To rule the day, & eke the moan & stars to rule the night.  
Because his mercy is endless he slew the first borne all:  
Of the Egyptians and brought Israel out of thrall.  
Because his goodness hath none end, he did this with great might:  
And with an arm that was stiffly stretched out in their sight.  
Because his mercy is endless he did the red sea slit:  
In sunder and brought Israel, self and sound thorough it.  
Because his goodness hath none end, he drowned Pharaoh▪  
Subverting him in the red sea, and his army also.  
Because his mercy is endless, he led through desert land:  
His own people, and slew great kings, that did his flock withstand.  
Because his goodness hath none end, he slew kings most mighty:  
Sichon himself that was the king, of Thamorrites City.  
Because his mercy is endless, he slew Og Basans' king:  
And gave their land & heritage, from them and their of spring.  
Because his goodness hath none end he gave Ogges land I say:  
Unto his servant Israel, for ever and for aye.  
Because his mercies endless, he had us remembered:  
At such time as we were but vile, and were sore oppressed.  
Because his goodness hath none end, he hath set us all clear:  
From them that were our enemies, as well far of as near.  
Because his mercy is endless, he doth all beasts feed:  
And giveth to each living thing, such food as it doth need.  
Confess, confess, I say unto the God celestial:  
Whose bountiful goodness shall last and be sempiternal.   

The cxxxvii Psalm.  
Upon the rivers sides we sit, and weep most bitterly▪  
In Babylon, when Zion doth come to our memory.  
And upon the green willow tres, that grow in Babylon:  
We have hanged up our sweet haps, and instruments eachone.  
For there, they that made heaps of us, required us to sing:  
And to make mirth, saying let us, hear of Zion something.  
But how should we sing the lords hymns with mirth and melody:  
In a straying land where we are kept in such captivity?  
But (Oh jerusalem) if I forget the in mine heart:  
I pray God that my right-hand may forget all musyckes art.  
And that to the roof of my mouth my tongue may be set fast.  
If I be not mindful of thee, in time of my repast.  
Remember Lord how Edomes sons have themselves behaved:  
At such time as jerusalem, was wasted and spoiled.  
Make it evacuate (said they) remove every stone:  
Till ye come to the very base & first foundation.  
Oh thou daughter of Babylon, that art now wasted thus:  
The man is blessed that may requite, things that thou didst to us.  
The man is blessed that may lay hand upon thy little ones:  
And dash them hard against the rock, & against the hard stones.   

The cxxxviij Psalm.  
I Will confess to thee (O Lord) with heart unfeignedly.  
And will sing unto the before the judges openly.  
In thine holy temple I will honour and eke confess:  
Thine holy name for thy truths sake, and eke for thy goodness.  
For thou hast made thine holy word more excellent in deed:  
Then all the things that ever have been of the declared.  
In the day when I called thee, thou grauntedst unto me:  
And by that mean thou didst make my mind stronger in the.  
Wherefore all the kings of the earth (Lord) to the shall confess:  
Because they have heard thine own words and thy faithful wyttenes.  
And they shall sing of and describe the lords ways and his will.  
Because his majesty is great, in all his doings still.  
For the Lord of himself is high, and seeth things that be low:  
And such things as be haute and high, he doth afar of know.  
When I shall be amid danger, then shalt thou refresh me:  
And dash my foes upon the nose, and set thy servant free.  
The thing that the Lord hath begun in me, he will no doubt:  
Fully finish and make perfect, and bring it well about.  
O Lord thy bountiful goodness, is eternal in deed:  
Neither doth thy work pass thine hand, till it be finished.   

The cxxxix Psalm.  
Lord thou hast searched & known me, thou dost know when I sit:  
And when I rise, & long ago thou knowest my thought each whit.  
My going and my sitting down, thou hast thoroughly tried▪  
And all my ways thou haste foreseen, and them thoroughly searched.  
For on my tongue there is no word, but thou haste known it well:  
I never spoke one word (good Lord) whereof thou couldst not tell.  
Before and eke behind thou hast made me in fashion:  
And to me thou haste put thy hand, in my creation.  
Wonderful science thou dydste show, when thou diddest me frame.  
Which was more high, then that I could ever attain the same.  
Whither shall I go from thy spirit, or from thy presence flee?  
For if I climb up into heaven, thou art there before me.  
And if I make my bed in hell, or go down to the grave:  
Thou art present there & seest all the corners of the cave.  
If I should take flight toward the east, and dwell be you'd all seas.  
thy power shall reach and rule me there, as it shall the best please.  
And if I shalsaye with myself, the dearcknes shall me hide:  
The night itself is a bright light about me on each side.  
Dearcknes doth hide nothing from thee, for night like day doth shine:  
And the dearckenes and eke the light, are both one in thine eien.  
And thou haste my reins in thine hand, and thy possession:  
And in my mother's womb thou haste, made me in fashion.  
I will confess to the because, I am wrought wondrousely:  
And because thy works do excel, which my soul knoweth chief.  
My styffnes and my bones (good Lord) were not unknown to thee:  
When I was form in the place, where is no light to see.  
And when I was framed and wrought, even in the longhest part:  
Of all the earth, even as it had been by the Phrygians art.  
Thine eyes saw me being but seed, conceived without shape:  
And to be written in thy book none of my parts did scape.  
This was done many days before, my members were form:  
And not one of all those days was from thy fore knowledge hid.  
But (Oh Lord God) how few of thy thoughts do I understand?  
And yet grow they not to great sums & many a thousand?  
Which if I would rehearse by tale, many more would they be▪  
Then the sand & when I awake, I do still think on the.  
But if thou kill the wicked man (Lord God) for his desert:  
Then let the man that doth shed blood, from thy servant depart.  
For they being thine enemies, do speak most hardily.  
And do rashly usurp thy name committing blasphemy.  
Oh Lord should I not hate thy foes and cruel enemies:  
And vex my self when they resist the and against the rise?  
Yea with most deadly hate I will, persecute them I say:  
And will take them as enemies, and deadly foes for aye.  
Search me (O God) & know mine heart, let nought be therein hid:  
Do thou prove me & know my thoughts, whether they be wicked.  
And look if any thing be ille, that I do Imagyn:  
And lead me forth into the way that all men must go in.   

The cxl Psalm.  
Lord set me free from the man that to wickedness is bend:  
And preserve thy servant from the man that is violent.  
And from such men as imagine, all mischief in their heart:  
And do daily run together in wars to play their part.  
And from all such as whet their tongues, as doth the serpent fell:  
And have like poison in their lips as the adder cruel.  
Lord keep me out of the power of him that is ungodly:  
And save me from the violent, for these would me destroy.  
For the proud men have secretly, laid snares and cords for me:  
So have they stretched out their nets & snares where my ways be.  
And thus have I said to the Lord, thou art my God I say:  
O Lord receive thou with thine ears, my voice when I do pray.  
O Lord, Lord, thou art all the strength that must be my succour:  
Thou dost defend mine head from stripes, when I must take armour.  
Lord, make thou not the wicked man, his desires to obtain:  
Ne prosper thou his diligence, in victory to reign.  
Let the mischief that with their lips they have builded, as well:  
Light on the rest, as on the head, of them that do me quell.  
Let burning coals be cast on them, let them lack for no pain:  
Let God soon cast them down with fire, lest they should rise again.  
Oh let the man that hath much talk, have no sure dwelling place:  
And let evil huntte the violent, till he fall on his face.  
I know that in the abjects cause, the Lord will do judgement:  
And will revenge their cause that be, both poor and impotent.  
Certes the just men will confess, and acknowledge thy name·  
And the good men shall still abide, in thy sight without blame.   

The cxli Psalm.  
O Lord, upon the do I call, wherefore haste the to me:  
And with thine ears receive my voice, when I do to the cry.  
Lord, let my prayer stand instead of incense in thy sight:  
And the lifting up of mine hands, for sacrifice at night.  
O Lord appoint thou to my mouth, a guard and custody:  
And a thing that may keep the door of my lips in safety.  
Do not incline or bow mine heart to any wicked thing:  
lest by wicked men's help I do things thereto belongeing.  
Neiter do thou suffer me Lord to use their dainty things:  
Nor to be given to their waste, and to their bancketynges.  
Let the just strike me with good will, and tell me of my miss:  
Let not mine head refuse ointment, that most precious is.  
For so shall I remain and pray, for them that my foes be:  
Whylse they imagine & invent, all ill things against me.  
Let their judges be sent down by stony places and near:  
My words, for they shall be pleasant, & full of hearty cheer.  
Our bones are scattered nigh death and the mouth of the grave:  
Like as where one hath cloven wood, or digged up a cave.  
But unto thee (O Lord, O Lord) mine eyes do I still cast▪  
And have my trust in thee, wherefore, turn not my soul to waste.  
Keep me that I fall not into the snare they sored for nigh:  
Neither into the snares or gynes of men that wicked be.  
And let the ungodly and the wicked fall together:  
Into their own nets, but let me, walk on still yet further.   

The cxlij Psalm.  
With my voice & most hearty words, to the Lord will I cry:  
And with my voice also I will pray to him busily.  
In his presence I will pour out, my words and tell my mind:  
And will open to him all the danger that doth me bind.  
And when the spirit that is in me doth faint for very woe▪  
Then dost thou know my path, & that they hid esnares where I go.  
When I do look on the right side, no guide there do I see:  
All ways to scape are closed up, none taketh thought formuch  
Wherefore (O Lord) I cry to the and on this wise I say:  
Thou art mine help and portion, among them that live aye.  
give ear and hearcken to my cry, for I am poor in deed:  
And set me free from them that have against me prevailed.  
rid me, I say, from them that be my persecutors fell▪  
And lead my soul out of prison, wherein they do me quell.  
That I may acknowledge thy name, and that the just may be:  
Full of joy for the benefits, that thou haste showed me.   

The cxliij Psalm.  
Lord hear my supplication, and perceive my desire:  
And for thy truth and thy justice, grant that I do require.  
Lord enter not with thy servant, into judgement and right:  
For no living man can be found, that is just in thy sight.  
For the enemy doth persecute, my soul most cruelly:  
And hath dashed my life against, the ground most spitefully.  
And into dearcke places he hath, thrust me headlong also:  
Even as I were like to the men that, were dead long ago.  
And my spirit within me doth faint, & doth begin to sail:  
And mine heart within my body, is stricken with marvel.  
Yet do I call to memory, the times that erst have been:  
And to comment and treat of all thy deeds I do begin.  
I do comment and speak (I say) of all that thou haste done:  
And of the work of thine hands (Lord) I do talk and reason.  
Mine hands I have opened to thee, and lift them up on high:  
And my soul doth wish after the as the earth that is dry.  
O Lord do thou hear me shortly, and grant me my request:  
For my spirit is already faint, and faileth in my breast.  
unto the sing.  
For God giveth health unto kings, and hath delivered:  
His servant David from the sword that would have him killed.  
Deliver me, and set me free, from strayngers power and might:  
Whose mouth speaketh vain things and eke their hand do nothing right.  
That in their youth our sons may spring, and grow up like young trees:  
And our daughters like embossementes, decked like palaces.  
And let our store houses be full, yielding victual for aye:  
And our ewes yeane eleven thousand in our streets and highway.  
Let our oxen learn to labour, let not our walls fall down:  
Let there be none exile of men, nor out cry in our town.  
That people is happy and blessed, that liveth in this sort:  
Blessed is the people whose God is, the Lord of all comfort.   

The cxlu Psalm.  
OH thou that art my God & king, I will the magnify:  
And thine holy name will I preach time out of memory.  
I will preach the daily I say, my works shall do the same:  
And without end of time I will praise thy most holy name.  
Great is the Lord and most worthy of all praise without doubt:  
Whose magnitude is such that it can not be searched out.  
All times do praise thy works (O Lord) they are allway praised:  
And right so are thy noble acts, evermore declared.  
I will talk of the decore of thy majesties glory:  
And of the things that thy hands have, wrought so wonderfully.  
The strength of thy wonderful works, men shall declare and preach:  
And thy magnitude and greatness, I will declare and teach.  
The memory of thy goodness, & passeing great mercy.  
Men shall bring forth and celebrate, thy justice merrily.  
The Lord is good and merciful, and also patiented:  
Not hasty to be revenged, but to much mercy bend.  
Towards all men is the Lord right good, none can this thing deny:  
And upon all his handy works, he showeth his mercy.  
All the works of thine holy hands (Lord) do to the confess:  
And men that be thy loving friends, do the preach and witness.  
The majesty of thy kingdom men do declare and preach:  
And of thy strength and fortitude they do frame all their speech.  
That unto men they may expound, thy doings so mighty:  
And eke the majesty of all thy noble empery.  
Thy kingdom is sempiternal, it had no beginning:  
And thy rule lasteth through all times, and shall have no ending.  
All that are like to fall, the Lord doth hold up and sustain:  
And such as are already down, he lifteth up again.  
The eyes of all things look on thee, and do thy will abide:  
And thou dost give them their due food, in their due time and tide.  
Thine hand thou settest wide upon, and dost full satisfy:  
The appetite of all the things that live under the sky.  
The Lord is just in all his ways, unjustly doth he nought:  
So is he benign and gentle, in all that he hath wrought.  
The Lord is pressed and still at hand, with all that on him cry:  
To all I say that call on him, with heart unfeignedly.  
And to all such as do him fear, he doth all that they will:  
He doth hear their clamour and cry, and eke keep them from ille.  
The Lord keepeth all that love him, none ille shall come them nigh▪  
But he destroyeth all that be wicked and ungodly.  
My mouth shall speak the lords praises and all flesh shall declare▪  
His holy name from time to time till no time be to spare.   

The cxluj Psalm.  
MY soul praise thou the Lord for I, will praise him my life long:  
And whylse I live unto my God, I will aye make my song.  
Put not your trust or confidence, in princes or in man:  
That hath no manner power to save, though he do what he can.  
Whose body when the breath is gone, shall turn to earth again:  
And then shall all his thoughts decay, as most foleyshe and vain.  
The man is blessed that hath the God, of jacobbe for his aid:  
And whose hope and only trust is, upon his Lord God stayed.  
For he made both heaven and earth and all things in the same:  
And hath kept his true covenant, for ever without blame.  
So doth he revenge the oppressed, and nourish the hungry:  
And the Lord looseth the captive, that live in misery.  
The Lord doth open the blinds eyes, & lift up such as fall:  
And the just (that walk in his ways) he loveth above all.  
He keepeth strayngers & maketh orphans and widows high:  
But he depraveth men that are wicked and ungodly.  
The Lord thy God, I say, Zion, shall reign for ever more:  
Through all ages and times I say, praise ye the Lord therefore.   

The cxlvij Psalm.  
Praise God, for it is very good, and pleasant for to sing:  
To our God, and to give him praise, is also besemeing.  
For the city jerusalem, the Lord doth build certain:  
And will gather such as are fled, and bring them home again.  
He healeth the broken hearted, & eke their sorrows all:  
He hath the number of the stars, & doth them by name call.  
Our Lord is great, and eke of power exceeding great in deed:  
Whose wisdom and intelligence, can not be numbered.  
For he doth bring up to honour men that are oppressed:  
And to the ground he doth cast down, such men as are wicked.  
Sing to the Lord with verse for verse, and thanks giving also:  
And sing to our God with the harppe, that so sweetly doth go.  
For he doth hide the sky with clouds, and make rain for the ground:  
And causeth great plenty of grass on high hills to be found.  
He giveth pasture and feeding, unto the beasts all:  
And to the ravens young chyckenes, that do upon him call.  
That he delighteth in is not the force of horses strong.  
Nor yet the legs of mighty men, be they never so long.  
And in such men as do fear are him, the Lord hath his delight:  
And in such as do tarry for his mercy day & night.  
O thou city jerusalem, praise the Lord without stay▪  
And thou Zion praise thou thy God, and walk forth in his way.  
For he doth fortify thy gates, and make thy door bars strong.  
So doth he give felicity, unto thy children young.  
And he hath ordained that peace, should in all thy coasts be:  
And with the fatness of the wheat, he hath satisfied the.  
He sendeth down his holy word, unto the earth so low.  
That it might run forth speedily, and that men might him know.  
He giveth snow as white as woule, such is his power and might.  
And like ashes he sprinckeleth, the door frost in the night.  
He casteth out his Isse like plates, who can his cold sustain?  
And sending down his holy word, he melteth them again.  
He melteth them again I say, and maketh the wind blow:  
Upon them that the waters might, take their right course and flow.  
But unto jacob he giveth, his word and his precept:  
And to Israel his decres and judgements to be kept.  
He hath not dealt on this sort with any nation:  
Nor showed his judgements unto them, praise the Lord, O Son.   

The cxlviij Psalm.  
OH you heavenly citizens, praise ye the Lord on high:  
Praise him in the high places and do his name magnify.  
Praise ye him (Oh his angels all) that are his messengers:  
Praise him also all ye that be his heavenly soldiers.  
Oh sun and moan, praise ye the Lord, and all ye stars so clear▪  
praise ye the Lord, Oh ye heavens, that most high do appear.  
Ye high heavens I say praise him, and ye waters that be:  
Heaped together in the clouds, the Lord your God praise ye:  
Let these things praise the Lord I say and eke his holy name:  
For at his only word he hath create & made the same.  
And them he hath established, for ever to abide:  
And appointed them an order from which they can not slide.  
Praise ye the Lord ye living things that on the earth do go.  
Ye dragons and ye deapnesses, praise ye the Lord also.  
The fire, the hail, the snow and mist, and eke the wind stormy.  
That followeth the lords precept, let it praise him on high.  
The mountains and all little hills, the tree that fruitful is:  
And all the Ceders of the wood, praise ye the king of bliss.  
Let all bruit beasts and crepeing things, and all the birds that fly:  
Let the kings of the earth & their people's praise him truly.  
Let the princes and all judges, that rule the earth by might:  
All young men and eke all virgins, praise him both day and night.  
Let all men that are of years old, and of time ancient:  
And also men of growing age, to the lords praise be bend.  
Let these I say, praise the lords name, for it only is high:  
And doth exceed the earth and eke the heaven in glory.  
And he hath made his people strong, and his friends praise worthy.  
The sons of jacob, a people that he setteth store by.   

The cxlix Psalm.  
sing a new song unto the Lord rejoice in him alone:  
And sing his praise in his dear church and congregation.  
Let Israel rejoice in him, that made him of nothing:  
And let the children of Zion, rejoice in their own king.  
Let them praise his name with the pipe, and eke with the tymbrelle:  
And sing to him upon the harppe, that soundeth sweet and well.  
For the Lord doth favour his flock, and eke his people all▪  
And doth set forth all such with health, as are captive and thrall.  
Let them that be gentle and good, rejoice with great honour:  
And in their beds let them rejoice, and sing with great pleasure.  
Let gods praise be still in their throat, let them speak no vain word:  
And let god's word be in their hand, as a two edged sword.  
That on the Heathen they may be revenged of their wrong:  
And right so correct the people's that they shall dwell among.  
And that with manacles they may bind their princes each one:  
And eke their Lords and magistrates, with fetters of Iron.  
That as it is written, God may, revenge him on them all:  
Which shall be praise to his darlings. that on his name do call.   

The. Cl. Psalm.  
Praise ye God in his holy place, & congregation:  
And praise him in the sure ground of his dominion.  
Praise him for his mighty powers sake and his valiantness:  
And right so do ye praise him for, his exceeding greatness.  
Praise him with the sown of trumpet, praise him with harppe and lute:  
Praise him, I say, with the tymbrel and with the pipe or flute.  
Praise him with organs and rebecke, and cymbals of loud sound.  
Praise him, I say, with such cymbals, as make the voice rebownde.  
Let each spirit and living thing, praise God both night and day:  
Let them all work his holy will, praise ye the Lord I say.  
The end of the Psalter.    


Magnificat etc. Luce. i.  
MY soul doth magnify the Lord every day and hour:  
And my spirit doth rejoice in God that is my saviour.  
Because he hath looked upon his handmaids low degree:  
For lo, hence forth men shall report me right happy to be.  
For he that is mighty hath done right noble things to me:  
And therefore is his name holy & ever more shallbe.  
And his mercy is stretched forth upon all progenies:  
From age to age, on them that have his fear before their eyes.  
By the power of his mighty arm, he hath worthily wrought:  
He hath scattered the proud men, in their own secret thought.  
He hath deposed the mighty out of their royal place:  
And promoted them to honour, whose degree was but base.  
The hungry he hath filled with, good things in great plenty:  
So hath he sent the rich away, without and quite empty.  
He hath taken into favour Israel his servant:  
That he might be mindful of his mercy & covenant.  
Even as he hath spoken unto our fathers heretofore:  
That is to say Habraham and his seed for evermore.   

Nunc dimittis etc. Luc. ij.  
LOrd, now letteste thou thy servant, depart from hence in peace:  
According to thine holy word, & thy faithful promise.  
For now mine eyes have seen thine health and thy salvation:  
Before the face of every people and nation.  
Alyght to lighten the Heathen through out the world so wide:  
And the glory of thy people Israel on each side.   

Benedictus etc. Luc. i.  
THe Lord the God of Israel, is for to be praised:  
For he visited his people, and hath them redeemed.  
And in the house of David his servant he hath erect:  
The home of health for us that be his chosen and elect.  
As he hath spoken by the mouth of his prophets holy:  
That from the beginning have been preachars of verity.  
Declareing that we should be made self from our enemies:  
And from the power of all them that hate us in any wise.  
That towards our fathers he might use his bountiful mercy:  
And call his holy testament into his memory.  
And that he might perform the oath that he had firmly sworn:  
Unto our father Habraham long before we were borne.  
And that he might give us the power to serve him without fear:  
Being free from our enemies power, whose heavy yoke we bear.  
And that in holiness of life and justice in his sight:  
All the time that we shall live here, as well by day as night.  
And thou child shalt be called the prophet of the most high:  
For thou shalt go before his face, his ways to make ready.  
To give his people knowledge that they shall their soul health win:  
Only by the forgiveness of their trespass & their sin.  
By the bowels of the mercy of our God most mighty:  
Where with the bright day springe hath now visited us from high.  
To shine to them that sat in deaths shadow and in dearcknes:  
To set our feet straight in the way that leadeth unto peace.   

Benedicite etc. Daniel three  
ALl ye works of the Lord, praise him, speak well of him I say:  
Praise and extol his holy name for ever and for aye.  
O ye that be the lords angels and messengers at need:  
Speak ever well of him, praise him, and extol him indeed.  
Ye heavens speak well of the Lord, praise and extol him aye:  
All ye waters that are above, do ye the same I say.  
Al ye powers of the Lord, see that ye speak good of him still:  
Praise and extol him evermore according to his will.  
Sun & moon speak good of the Lord, praise and extol him aye:  
And ye stars of the high heaven, do ye right so I say.  
All rain and sweet dew bless the Lord, praise and exalt him high:  
And ye winds of God see ye do the same eternally.  
Fire and heat speak good of the Lord, laud and praise him ever:  
Cold winter and hot somerse ye do in like manner.  
Ye dews and door frost, bless the Lord, praise and extol his name:  
Frost and extreme rigour of cold, do ye alway the same.  
Ice and snow, speak good of the Lord, extol him ever more.  
And ye nights and days see ye do walk after the same lore.  
Lygh and darkness bless ye the Lord, laud and extol him aye:  
lightening and clouds do ye the same, wythouten stop or stay.  
Let the earth speak good of the Lord, & bless him for her store:  
Let her laud and extol his name with praises ever more.  
Ye mountains & ye little hills, see that ye bless the Lord:  
Laude & extol his holy name alway with one accord  
All ye things that bud on the earth, the Lord your God bless ye:  
And let his laud & extolling ever among you be.  
Ye springs, speak ye good of the Lord, laud and extol him still:  
Ye seas and fresh rivers also, do the same with good will.  
Ye whales and all things that move in the waters, bless the Lord:  
Laude and extol his holy name always with one accord.  
All fowls of the air bless the Lord, praise and extol him aye:  
All beasts (wild and tame) see that ye do the same thing alway.  
Ye sons of men bless ye the Lord, laud and extol him still:  
And let Israel do the same with full consent of will.  
Ye priests of the Lord, praise the Lord, extol him evermore:  
And all ye servants of the Lord, follow ye the same lore.  
Ye spirits and souls of just men, bless ye the Lord alway.  
Ye saints and ye of humble heart, do the same without stay.  
O Ananie, O Azarie, and thou O Misael:  
Se that ye cease not to extol the Lord of Israel.   

Te Deum laudamus etc.  
WE praise the as God, and confess thee, the Lord for to be:  
And as father everlasting, all men do worship the.  
To the cry all angels, the heavens with all the powers therein:  
Without ceaseing cry unto the, Cherub & Seraphin.  
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, they cry:  
Heaven and earth are full with thy majesty and glory.  
The glorious company of Apostles do praise thee:  
So do the number of prophets that so praise worthy be.  
The noble army of martyrs praise the with their witness:  
And the holy church through the world, doth the alway confess.  
They do confess thee, father of infinite majesty:  
With thine honourable and true son, whom thou haste only.  
The holy ghost the confortoure they do also confess:  
And thou (O Christ) art the king of glory that is endless.  
Thou art the everlasting son of the father certain:  
Who to deliver man dydste not the virgins womb disdain.  
When thou hadst overcome the sting of death thou didst open:  
Unto all faithful believers, the kingdom of heaven.  
Thou sytest at the right hand of God, in thy father's glory:  
And to come thence to judge thou art looked for certainly.  
To help thy poor servants therefore we humbly beseech thee:  
Whom with thy precious blood thou haste redeemed and made free.  
'Cause thou them to be numbered and had in memory:  
With thy chosen and holy saints, in eternal glory.  
Lord make thou thine own people self, bless thine inheritance:  
Govern them and set them on high, do them ever advance.  
We do daily bless & praise thee, we praise thy name, I say:  
From time to time for evermore, from age to age for aye.  
vouchsafe (O Lord) this day to keep thy servants from all sin:  
To take mercy on us (O Lord) to take mercy begin.  
Show thy mercy on us (O Lord) let it upon us be:  
As we have put our confidence & only trust in y●.  
I have trusted in thee (O Lord) in the have I trusted:  
Grant therefore Lord that thy servant be never confounded.   

Quicumque vult etc. Athanatius.  
WHo so willbe saved must keep before all other thing.  
The catholic & common faith that of the truth doth spring.  
Which faith unless a man do keep whole and undefiled:  
No doubt he shall for ever more perish and be dampened.  
And the faith catholic is this, that we worship truly:  
One God in three persons & the same three in unity.  
And that neither confounding the persons making them one:  
Nor yet dividing the substance that is but one alone.  
For the father and son are two distynct persons in deed:  
And from them both the holy ghost is also divided.  
Yet of these three persons there is but one divinity:  
equal glory & in like sort eternal majesty.  
For look what one the father is, the son is of that sort:  
And right so is the holy ghost, the author of comfort.  
The father is in create & was never made certain:  
No more was son nor holy ghost that together do reign.  
The father is immense and can never be measured:  
So are the son & holy ghost immense, not contained.  
The father is eternal and had never begining:  
So are the son and holy ghost and shall have no ending.  
Yet are there not three eternal, with outen beginning:  
But only one eternal God, that shall have no ending.  
Even as there be not three unmade, nor three unmeasured:  
But one God that was never made and one unconteyned.  
In like manner the father is evermore almighty:  
So are the son and holy ghost in their divinity.  
Yet are there not three in substance that be omnipotent:  
But one only almighty God that hath the regiment.  
The father is God and so is his only son also:  
With the holy ghost, yet not three, but one God and no more.  
So is every one of them Lord by himself alone:  
Yet are they not three Lords I say, they are all three but one.  
For as truth causeth us to call each person God and Lord:  
So to call them three gods or lords, doth not there with accord.  
The father hath not been made nor created of any:  
Neither be got at any time the truth to testify.  
The only son of the father, cometh from him only:  
Not made neither created but begot eternally.  
And from the father and the son, the holy ghost doth springe▪  
Not made, create, neither begote, but only proceeding.  
One father and not three therefore, we acknowledge to be:  
One son and eke one holy ghost, we confess and not three.  
And in this holy trinity, there is no thing in deed:  
That in time is more ancient, or else that doth succeed.  
There is nothing greater or less, but the three persons all:  
Are of like time and are also among themselves equal.  
So that in all points (as is said) both one in trinity:  
And also three must be worshypt in one sole unity.  
Whoso ever therefore will be saved eternally▪  
Let not the same fail for to think thus of the trinity.  
It is also necessary unto salvation:  
That he believe most steadfastly, Christ's incarnation.  
The upright faith therefore, is to believe and to confess:  
That our Lord jesus Christ, god's son, is God and man doubtless.  
God of his father's substance and goat ere the world began:  
And borne in the world he is of his mother's substance, man.  
He is perfect God in substance, so is he perfect man.  
consisting of a reasonable soul and of flesh human.  
He is equal with his father touching divinity▪  
But his father's inferior in his humanity.  
Who though he be both God and man, yet is he never twain:  
But one only Lord jesus Christ, both God and man certain.  
One not by turning the godhead into man's vile nature:  
But by taking humanity unto the godhead pure.  
In conclusion he is one, not by confution: Of the substance, but by the unity of the person.  
For as the reasonable soul and, flesh are one man only:  
So is God & man but one Christ, the truth to testify.  
Who suffering for our health went down to the spirits infernal:  
And the third day he rose again from among dead men all.  
He went up to heavens and sitteth at his father's right hand:  
Whence he shall come to judge both quick and dead by sea and land.  
At whose coming all men must rise again in their bodies:  
And give a count of their own deeds, and that in most straight wise.  
And such as have done well shall go into life eternal:  
But the evil doars shall into eternal fire fall.  
This is the common faith which must be firmly believed:  
Of all such men as certainly do trust to be saved.  
Glory be to God the father, the son and holy ghost:  
As hath been, is, and eke shallbe, till mind of time be lost.   
FINIS.