1   Blessed is the man that doeth not walke in the ^note counsell of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in þe; seate of the scornefull:

2   But his delite is in the ^note Lawe of the Lord, and in his ^note Lawe doeth he meditate day and night.

3   For he shall be like a ^note tree planted by the riuers of waters, that will bring foorth her fruite in due season: whose leafe shall not fade: so ^note whatsoeuer he shall doe, shall prosper.

4    ^noteThe wicked are not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away.

5   Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the ^note iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

6   For the Lorde ^note knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish. PSAL. II. 1 The Prophet Dauid reioyceth that notwithstanding his enemies rage, yet God will continue his kingdome for euer and aduance it euen to the ende of the world, 10 And therefore exhorteth Kings and rulers, that they would humbly submit themselues vnder Gods yoke, because it is in vaine to resist God. Herein is figured Christes kingdome.

1   Why doe the ^note heathen ^note rage, & the people murmure in vaine?

2   The Kings of the earth band themselues, and the princes are assembled together against the Lord, and against his ^note Christ. God defendeth his.

3    ^noteLet vs breake their bands, and cast their cordes from vs.

4    ^noteBut he that dwelleth in the heauen, shall laugh: the Lord shall haue them in derision.

5    ^noteThen shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, & vexe them in his sore displeasure, saying,

6   Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine.

7   I will declare the ^note decree: that is, the Lord hath said vnto me, ^note Thou art my Sonne: this ^note day haue I begotten thee.

8   Aske of me, and I shall giue thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the ^note endes of the earth for thy possession.

9    ^noteThou shalt krush them with a scepter of yron, and breake them in pieces like a potters vessell.

10    ^noteBe wise nowe therefore, ye Kings: be learned ye Iudges of the earth.

11   Serue the Lorde in feare, and reioyce in trembling.

12    ^noteKisse the sonne, least he be angry, and ye ^note perish in the way, when his wrath shall suddenly burne. blessed are all that trust in him. PSAL. III. 1 Dauid driuen forth of his kingdome, was greatly tormented in minde for his sinnes against God: 4 And therefore calleth vpon God, & waxeth bolde through his promises against the great raylings and terrours of his enemies, yea, against death it selfe, which he sawe present before his eyes. 7 Finally he reioyceth for the good successe, that God gaue him, and all the Church. A Psalme of Dauid, when he fled from his sonne Absalom.

1   Lorde, howe are mine aduersaries ^note increased? howe many rise against me?

2   Many say to my soule, There is no helpe for him in God. ^noteSelah.

3   But thou Lorde art a buckler for me: my glory, and the lifter vp of mine head.

Deliuerance is of the Lord.

4   I did call vnto the Lord with my voyce, & he heard me out of his holy mountaine. Selah.

5   I layed me downe and slept, and rose vp againe: for the Lord susteined me.

6   I will not be afrayde for ^note ten thousand of the people, that should beset me round about.

7   O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

8    ^noteSaluation belongeth vnto the Lorde, and thy blessing is vpon thy people. Selah. PSAL. IIII. 1 When Saul persecuted him, hee called vpon God, trusting most a&esset;uredly in his promes, and therefore boldly reprooueth his enemies, who wilfully resisted his dominion, 7 And finally preferreth the fauour of God before all worldly treasures. ^note To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Heare me when I call, ^note O God of my righteousnes: thou hast set me at libertie, when I was ^note in distresse: haue mercie vpon me & hearken vnto my prayer.

2   O ye ^note sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, ^note louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.

3   For be ye sure that the Lorde hath chosen to himselfe ^note a godly man: the Lorde will heare when I call vnto him.

4    ^noteTremble, and sinne not: examine your owne heart vpon your bed, and be ^note still. Selah.

5    ^noteOffer the sacrifices of righteousnes, and trust in the Lorde.

6   Many say, Who will shewe vs any ^note good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.

7   Thou hast giuen mee more ioye of heart, then they haue had, when their wheate and their wine did abound.

8   I will lay mee downe, and also sleepe in peace: for thou, Lord, ^note onely makest me dwell in safetie. PSAL. V. 1 Dauid oppre&esset;ed with the crueltie of his enemies, And fearing greater dangers, calleth to God for succour, shewing how requisite it is that God should punish the malice of his aduersaries. 7 After being a&esset;ured of prosperous succe&esset;e, he conceiueth comfort, 12 Concluding that when God shall deliuer him, others also shalbe partakers of the same mercies. To him that excelleth vpon ^note Nehiloth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Heare my wordes, O Lorde: vnderstande my ^note meditation.

2   Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.

3   Heare my voyce in the morning, O Lorde: for in the morning will I direct me vnto thee, and I will ^note waite.

4   For thou art not a God that loueth ^note wickednes: neither shall euill dwell with thee.

5    ^noteThe foolish shal not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie.

6   Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull. A prayer of the afflicted.

7   But I ^note wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: and in thy feare will I worship toward thine holy Temple.

8   Leade me, O Lord, in thy righteousnes, ^note because of mine enemies: make thy way plaine before my face.

9   For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their ^note throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

10   Destroy them, O God: ^note let them ^note fall from their counsels: cast them out for the multitude of their iniquities, because they haue rebelled against thee.

11   And ^note let all them that trust in thee, reioyce and triumph for euer, and couer thou them: and let them, that loue thy Name, reioyce in thee.

12   For thou Lorde wilt ^note blesse the righteous, and with fauour ^note wilt compasse him, as with a shielde. PSAL. VI. 1 When Dauid by his sinnes had prouoked Gods wrath, and nowe felt not onely his hande against him, but also conceiued the horrours of death euerlasting, hee desireth forgiuenesse, 6 Bewayling that if God tooke him away in his indignation, hee should lacke occasion to praise him as hee was wont to doe whiles hee was among men. 9 Then suddenly feeling Gods mercie, hee sharpely rebuketh his enemies which reioyced in his affliction. To him that excelleth on Neginoth vpon the eight tune. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   O lord, ^{note note} rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.

2   Haue mercie vpon me, O Lorde, for I am weake: O Lord heale me, for my ^note bones are vexed.

3    ^noteMy soule is also sore troubled: but Lorde how long wilt thou delay?

4   Returne, O Lord: deliuer my soule: saue me for thy mercies sake.

5   For in ^note death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?

6   I fainted in my mourning: I cause my bed euery night to swimme, and water my couch with my teares.

7    ^noteMine eye is dimmed for despight, and sunke in because of all mine enemies.

8    ^noteAway from mee all ye workers of iniquitie: for the Lorde hath heard the voyce of my weeping.

9   The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receiue my prayer.

10   All mine enemies shall be confounded and sore vexed: they shall be turned backe, and put to shame ^note suddenly. PSAL. VII. 1 Being fully accused by Chush one of Sauls kinsemen, hee calleth to God to be his defender, 3 To whome hee commendeth his innocencie, 9 First shewing that his conscience did not accuse him of any euill towardes Saul: 10 Next that it touched Gods glory to awarde sentence against the wicked. 12 And so entring into the consideration of Gods mercies and promes, hee waxeth bolde and derideth the vaine enterprises of his enemies, 16 Threatning that it shall fall on their owne necke that which they haue purposed for others. ^note Shigaion of Dauid, which he sang vnto the Lord, concerning the ^note wordes of ^note Chush the sonne of Iemini.

1   O lorde my God, in thee I put my trust: saue me from all that persecute me, & deliuer me,

2   Least ^note he deuoure my soule like a lion, and teare it in pieces, while there is none to helpe.

Mans dignitie.

3   O Lorde my God, if I haue done ^note this thing, if there be any wickednes in mine handes,

4    ^noteIf I haue rewarded euill vnto him that had peace with mee, (yea I haue deliuered him that vexed me without cause)

5   Then let the enemie persecute my soule and take it: yea, let him treade my life downe vpon the earth, and lay mine ^note honour in the dust. Selah.

6   Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift vp thy selfe against the rage of mine enemies, and awake for mee according to the ^note iudgement that thou hast appointed.

7   So shall the Congregation of the people compasse thee about: for their sakes therefore ^note returne on hie.

8   The Lorde shall iudge the people: Iudge thou me, O Lorde, according to my ^note righteousnesse, and according to mine innocencie, that is in mee.

9   Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the ^note hearts and reines.

10   My defence is in God, who preserueth the vpright in heart.

11   God iudgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God ^note euery day.

12   Except ^note he turne, he hath whet his sword: he hath bent his bowe and made it readie.

13   Hee hath also prepared him deadly weapons: hee will ordeine his arrowes for them that persecute me.

14    ^noteBeholde, hee shall trauaile with wickednes: for he hath conceiued mischiefe, but he shall bring foorth a lye.

15   Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.

16   His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, & his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.

17   I wil praise the Lord according to his ^note righteousnes, and will sing praise to the Name of the Lord most high. PSAL. VIII. 1 The Prophet considering the excellent liberalitie and fatherly prouidence of God towards man, whome he made, as it were a god ouer all his workes, doth not onely giue great thankes, but is astonished with the admiration of the same, as one nothing able to compasse such great mercies. ¶2; To him that excelleth on ^note Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   O lord our Lord, how ^note excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

2   Out of the mouth ^note of babes & suckelings hast thou ^note ordeined strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest ^note still the enemie and the auenger.

3   When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,

4   What is ^note man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?

5   For thou hast made him a little lower then ^note God, and crowned him with glory and worship.

6   Thou hast made him to haue dominion in the workes of thine hands: thou hast put all things vnder his feete:

7   All ^note sheepe and oxen: yea, and the beastes of the fielde: Destruction of the wicked.

8   The foules of the ayre, and the fish of the sea, and that which passeth through the paths of the seas.

9   O Lorde our Lorde, howe excellent is thy Name in all the world! PSAL. IX. 1 After hee had giuen thankes to God for the sundry victories that he had sent him against his enemies, and also prooued by manifolde experience howe readie God was at hand in all his troubles: 14 He being now likewise in danger of new enemies, desireth God to helpe him according to his wont, 17 And to destroy the malicious arrogancie of his aduersaries. ¶2; To him that excelleth vpon ^note Muth Labben. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   I will praise the Lorde with my ^note whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.

2   I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,

3   For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.

4   For ^note thou hast maintained my right & my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.

5   Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.

6    ^noteO enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.

7   But the Lorde ^note shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.

8   For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.

9   The Lord also wil be a refuge for the ^note poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.

10   And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lorde, hast not failed them that seeke thee.

11   Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.

12   For ^note wh&ebar; he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.

13   Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lorde: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,

14   That I may shewe all thy praises within the ^note gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.

15   The heathen are ^note sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.

16    ^noteThe Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. ^noteHiggaion. Selah.

17   The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.

18   For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope ^note of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.

19   Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.

20   Put them in feare, O Lorde, that the heathen may knowe that they are but ^note men. Selah. PSAL. X. 1 He complayneth of the fraude, rapine, tyrannie, and all kindes of wrong, which worldly men vse, a&esset;igning the cause thereof, that wicked men, being as it were drunken with worldly prosperitie, and therfore setting a part all feare and reuerence towardes God, thinke they may do all things without controwling. 15 Therefore he calleth vpon God to send some remedie against these desperate euils, 16 And at length comforteth himselfe with hope of deliuerance.

The nature of the wicked.

1   VVhy standest thou farre off, O Lorde, and hidest thee in ^note due time, euen in afflicti&obar;?

2   The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.

3   For the wicked hath ^note made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

4   The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

5   His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore ^note defieth he all his enemies.

6   He saith in his heart, I shall ^note neuer be moued, ^note nor be in danger.

7   His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

8    ^noteHe lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

9   He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.

10   He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the ^note poore doe fall by his might.

11   He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

12    ^noteArise, O Lorde God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.

13   Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not ^note regard.

14   Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest ^note take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.

15   Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde ^note none.

16   The Lorde is King for euer and euer: the ^note heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.

17   Lorde, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,

18    ^noteTo iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man ^note cause to feare no more. PSAL. XI. 1 This Psalme conteineth two partes. In the first Dauid sheweth how hard a&esset;aults of tentations he susteined, and in how great anguish of minde hee was, when Saul did persecute him. 4 Then next hee reioyceth that God sent him succour in his nece&esset;itie, declaring his iustice as well in gouerning the good, and the wicked men, as the whole world. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   In the Lorde put I my trust: howe say yee then to my soule, ^note Flee to your mountaine as a birde?

2   For loe, the wicked bende their bowe, and make readie their arrowes vpon the string, that they may secretly shoote at them, which are vpright in heart.

3   For the ^note foundations are cast downe: what hath the ^note righteous done?

4   The Lord is in his holy palace: the Lordes throne is in the heauen: his eyes ^note wil consider: his The iudgement of the wicked. eye lids will try the children of men.

5   The Lorde will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.

6   Vpon the wicked he shal raine snares, ^note fire, and brimstone, and stormie tempest: this is the ^note porcion of their cup.

7   For the righteous Lorde loueth righteousnes: his countenance doeth beholde the iust. PSAL. XII. 1 The Prophet lamenting the miserable estate of the people, and the decay of all good order, desireth God speedily to sende succour to his children. 7 Then comforting him selfe and others with the a&esset;urance of Gods helpe, hee commendeth the constant veritie that God obserueth in keeping his promises. ¶2; To him that excelleth vpon the eight tune. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Helpe Lord, for there is not ^note a godly man left: for the faithfull are fayled from among the children of men.

2   They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, ^note flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

3   The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

4   Which haue saide, ^note With our tongue will we preuaile: our lippes are our owne: who is Lord ouer vs?

5    ^noteNow for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will ^note set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.

6   The wordes of the Lorde are pure wordes, as the siluer, tried in a fornace of earth, fined seuen folde.

7   Thou wilt keepe ^note them, O Lord: thou wilt preserue him from this generation for euer.

8   The wicked walke on euery side: when they are exalted, ^note it is a shame for the sonnes of men. PSAL. XIII. 1 Dauid as it were ouercome with sundry and newe afflictions, fleeth to God as his onely refuge, 3 And so at the length being encouraged through Gods promises, hee conceiueth most sure confidence against the extreeme horrours of death. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, ^note for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2   How long shall I take ^note counsell within my selfe, hauing wearinesse dayly in mine heart? how long shall mine enemie be exalted aboue me?

3   Beholde, and heare mee, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I sleepe not in death:

4   Lest mine enemie say, I haue ^note preuailed against him: and they that afflict me, reioyce when I slide.

5   But I trust in thy ^note mercie: mine heart shall reioyce in thy saluation: I will sing to the Lord, because he hath ^note delt louingly with me. PSAL. XIIII. 1 Hee describeth the peruerse nature of men, which were so growen to licentiousnes, that God was brought to vtter contempt. 7 For the which thing, although he was greatly grieued, yet being perswaded that God would sende some present remedie, he comforteth himselfe and others. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The ^note foole hath said in his heart, ^note There is no God: they haue ^note corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.

All men are vniust.

2   The Lord looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and seeke God.

3    ^noteAll are gone out of the way: they are all corrupt: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

4   Doe not all the workers of iniquitie know that they eate vp my people, as they eate bread? they call not vpon the Lord.

5    ^noteThere they shall be taken with feare, because God is in the generation of the iust.

6   You haue made ^note a mocke at the counsell of the poore, because the Lord is his trust.

7   Oh giue saluation vnto ^note Israel out of Zion: when the Lorde turneth the captiuitie of his people, then Iaakob shall reioyce, and Israel shall be glad. ¶2; Note that of this 14.Psalme, the 5.6. and 7.verses which are put into the common translation, and may seeme vnto some to be left out in this, are not in the same Psalme in the Hebrewe text, but are rather put in, more fully to expresse the maner of the wicked: and are gathered out of the 5. 140. and 10. Psalmes, the 59. of the Prophet Isaiah, and the 36. Psalme, and are alleaged by Saint Paul, and placed together in the 3. to the Romanes. PSAL. XV. 1 This Psalme teacheth on what condition God did chuse the Iewes for his peculiar people, & wherefore he placed his Temple among them, which was to the intent that they by liuing vprightly and godly, might witnes that they were his speciall and holy people. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Lorde, who shal dwell in thy Tabernacle? who shall rest in thine holy Mountaine?

2   He that ^note walketh vprightly and worketh righteousnes, and speaketh the trueth in his heart.

3   He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour.

4    ^noteIn whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoureth them that feare the Lord: he that sweareth to his owne hinderance & changeth not.

5   He that ^note giueth not his money vnto vsurie, nor taketh reward against the innocent: hee that doeth these things, ^note shall neuer be moued. PSAL. XVI. 1 Dauid prayeth to God for succour, not for his workes, but for his faiths sake, 4 Protesting that he hateth all idolatrie, taking God onely for his comfort and felicitie, 8 Who suffereth his to lacke nothing. ¶2; ^note Michtam of Dauid.

1   Preserue mee, O God: for in thee doe I ^note trust.

2   O my soule, thou hast sayd vnto the Lorde, Thou art my Lord: my ^note weldoing extendeth not to thee,

3   But to the Saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent: all my delite is in them.

4   The ^note sorowes of them, that offer to an other god, shall be multiplied: ^note their offerings of blood will I not offer, neither make ^note mention of their names with my lips.

5   The Lorde is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.

6   The ^note lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.

7   I wil prayse the Lorde, who hath giuen me counsell: my ^note reines also teach me in the nightes. Gods worde brideled him.

8   I haue set the Lord alwayes before me: for hee is at my right hand: therefore I ^note shall not slide.

9   Wherefore ^note mine heart is glad and my tongue reioyceth: my flesh also doeth rest in hope.

10   For thou ^note wilt not leaue my soule in the graue: neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption.

11   Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy ^note presence is the fulnesse of ioy: and at thy right hand there are pleasures for euermore. PSAL. XVII. 1 Here he complaineth to God of the cruell pride and arrogancie of Saul, and the rest of his enemies, who thus raged without any cause giuen on his part. 6 Therefore he desireth God to reuenge his innocencie, and deliuer him. ¶2; The prayer of Dauid.

1   Heare ^note the right, O Lorde, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.

2   Let my ^note sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes beholde equitie.

3   Thou hast ^note prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my ^note mouth should not offend.

4   Concerning the workes of men, by the ^note wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man.

5   Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide.

6   I haue called vpon thee: ^note surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes.

7   Shewe thy marueilous mercies, thou that art the Sauiour of them that trust in thee, from such as ^note resist thy right hand.

8   Keepe me as the apple of the eye: hide me vnder the shadowe of thy wings,

9   From the wicked that oppresse mee, from mine enemies, which compasse me round about for ^note my soule.

10   They are inclosed in their owne ^note fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.

11   They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:

12   Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.

13   Vp Lord, ^note disappoint him: cast him downe: deliuer my soule from the wicked ^note with thy sworde,

14   From men by thine ^note hand, O Lorde, from men ^note of the world, who haue their ^note portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children.

15   But I will beholde ^note thy face in righteousnes, and when I ^note awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image. PSAL. XVIII. 1 This Psalme is the first beginning of his gratulation, and thankesgiuing in the entring into his kingdome, wherein hee extolleth and prayseth most highly the marueilous mercies and grace of God, who hath thus preserued and defended him. 32 Also he setteth foorth the image of Christes kingdome, that the faithfull may be assured that Christ shall alwayes conquere and ouercome by the vnspeakable power of his Father, though all the whole world should striue there-against.

Dauids confidence. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid the seruant of the Lorde, which spake vnto the Lord the wordes of this song (in the day that the Lorde deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul) and sayd,

1   I will loue thee dearely, O Lord my strength.

2    ^{note note}The Lorde is my rocke, and my fortresse, and he that deliuereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horne also of my saluation, and my refuge.

3   I will call vpon the Lorde, which is worthie to be ^note praysed: so shall I be safe from mine enemies.

4   The ^note sorowes of death compassed me, and the floods of wickednes made me afraide.

5   The ^note sorowes of the graue haue compassed me about: the snares of death ouertooke me.

6   But in my trouble did I call vpon the Lord, and cryed vnto my God: he heard my voyce out of his Temple, and my crye did come before him, euen into his eares.

7    ^noteThen the earth trembled, and quaked: the foundations also of the mountaines mooued and shooke, because he was angrie.

8   Smoke went out at his nostrels, & a ^note consuming fire out of his mouth: coales were kindled thereat.

9   He bowed the heauens also & came downe, and ^note darkenes was vnder his feete.

10   And he rode vpon ^note Cherub and did flie, and he came flying vpon the wings of the winde.

11   He made darkenes his ^note secrete place, and his pauilion round about him, euen darkenesse of waters, and cloudes of the ayre.

12   At the brightnes of his presence his clouds passed, haylestones and coles of fire.

13   The Lord also thundred in the heauen, and the Highest gaue ^note his voyce, haylestones and coales of fire.

14   Then hee sent out ^note his arrowes and scattred them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed them.

15   And the chanels of waters were seene, and the ^note foundations of the worlde were discouered at thy rebuking, O Lorde, at the blasting of the breath of thy nostrels.

16   He hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many ^note waters.

17   He hath deliuered mee from my ^note strong enemie, and from them which hate me: for they were ^note too strong for me.

18   They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.

19   Hee brought mee foorth also into a large place: ^note hee deliuered mee because hee fauoured me.

20   The Lord rewarded me according to my ^note righteousnes: according to the purenes of mine hands he recompensed me:

21   Because I kept the wayes of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.

22   For all his Lawes were before mee, and I did not cast away his ^note commaundements from mee.

23   I was vpright also with him, & haue kept me from my ^note wickednes.

24   Therefore the Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse, and according to the purenes of mine hands in his sight. Power commeth of God.

25   With the ^note godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

26   With the pure thou wilt shewe thy selfe pure, and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward.

27   Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt ^note cast downe the proude lookes.

28   Surely thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God wil lighten my darkenes.

29   For by thee I haue ^note broken through an hoste, and by my God I haue leaped ouer a wall.

30   The way of God is vncorrupt: the ^note worde of the Lord is tried in the fire: he is a shield to all that trust in him.

31   For who is God besides the Lord? and who is mightie saue our God?

32   God girdeth me with strength, and maketh my ^note way vpright.

33   He maketh my feete like hindes feete, and setteth me vpon mine ^note high places.

34   He teacheth mine hands to fight: so that a bowe of ^note brasse is broken with mine armes.

35   Thou hast also giuen me the ^note shield of thy saluation, and thy right hand hath stayed me, and thy ^note louing kindenes hath caused me to increase.

36   Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder mee, and mine heeles haue not slid.

37    ^noteI haue pursued mine enemies, and taken them, and haue not turned againe till I had consumed them.

38   I haue wounded them, that they were not able to rise: they are fallen vnder my feete.

39   For thou hast girded me with strength to battell: them, that rose against me, thou hast subdued vnder me.

40   And thou hast ^note giuen me the neckes of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

41   They ^note cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lorde, but hee answered them not.

42   Then I did beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did treade them flat as the clay in the streetes.

43   Thou hast deliuered me from the contentions of the people: thou hast made me the head of the ^note heathen: a people, whom I haue not ^note knowen, shal serue me.

44   As soone as they heare, they shall obey me: the strangers shall ^note be in subiection to me.

45   Strangers shall ^note shrinke away, and feare in their priuie chambers.

46   Let the Lorde liue, and blessed be my strength, and the God of my saluation be exalted.

47   It is God that giueth me power to auenge me, and subdueth the people vnder me.

48   O my deliuerer from mine enemies, euen thou hast set mee vp from them, that rose against me: thou hast deliuered mee from the ^note cruell man.

49   Therefore ^note I will prayse thee, O Lorde, among the nations, and wil sing vnto thy Name.

50   Great deliuerances giueth hee vnto his King, and sheweth mercie to his anoynted, euen to Dauid, and to his ^note seede for euer.

Gods excellent workes. PSAL. XIX. 1 To the intent he might moue the faithfull to a deeper consideration of Gods glorie, he setteth before their eyes the most exquisite workemanship of the heauens with their proportion, and ornaments: 8 And afterward calleth them to the Law, wherein God hath reueiled himselfe more familiarly to his chosen people. The which peculiar grace by commending the Lawe he setteth foorth more at large. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The ^{note note} heauens declare the glory of God, and the firmament sheweth þe; worke of his hands.

2    ^noteDay vnto day vttereth the same, & night vnto night teacheth knowledge.

3   There is no speach nor ^note language, where their voyce is not heard.

4   Their ^note line is gone forth through all the earth, & their words into the endes of the world: in them hath he set a tabernacle for the sunne.

5   Which commeth forth as a bridegrome out of his ^note chamber, and reioyceth like a mightie man to runne his race.

6   His going out is from the ende of the heauen, and his compasse is vnto the endes of þe; same, and none is hid from the heate thereof.

7   The ^note Lawe of the Lord is perfite, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of the Lord is sure, and giueth wisedome vnto the simple.

8   The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.

9   The feare of the Lorde is cleane, and indureth for euer: the iudgements of the Lorde are ^note trueth: they are righteous ^note altogether,

10   And more to be ^note desired then golde, yea, then much fine golde: sweeter also then honie and the honie combe.

11   Moreouer by them is thy seruant made circumspect, and in keeping of them there is great ^note reward.

12   Who can vnderstand his ^note faultes? clense me from secret fautes.

13   Keepe thy seruant also from ^note presumptuous sinnes: let them not reigne ouer me: ^note so shall I be vpright, & made cleane fr&obar; much wickednes.

14   Let the wordes of my mouth, and the ^note meditation of mine heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. PSAL. XX. A prayer of the people vnto God, that it woulde please him to heare their King and receiue his sacrifice, which he offered before he went to battell against the Ammonites. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The ^note Lorde heare thee in the day of trouble: the ^note name of þe; God of Iaakob defend thee:

2   Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie, and strengthen thee out of Zion.

3   Let him remember all thine offerings, and ^note turne thy burnt offerings into asshes. Selah:

4   And graunt thee according to thine heart, and fulfill all thy purpose:

5   That we may reioyce in thy ^note saluation, and set vp the banner in the Name of our God, when the Lord shall performe all thy petitions.

6   Now ^note know I that the Lord will helpe his anointed, and will heare him from his ^note Sanctuarie, Dauids complaint. by the mightie helpe of his right hand.

7   Some trust in chariots, & some in horses: but we will remember the Name of þe; Lord our God.

8    ^noteThey are brought downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stand vpright.

9   Saue Lord: ^note let the King heare vs in the day that we call. PSAL. XXI. 1 Dauid in the person of the people praiseth God for the victorie, attributing it to God, and not to the strength of man. Wherein the holy Ghost directeth the faithfull to Christ, who is the perfection of this kingdome. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The King shall ^note reioyce in thy str&ebar;gth, O Lord: yea how greatly shal he reioyce in thy saluati&obar;!

2   Thou hast giuen him his hearts desire, and hast not denyed him the request of his lips. Selah.

3   For thou ^note diddest preuent him with liberall blessings, and didest set a crowne of pure gold vpon his head.

4    ^noteHe asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.

5   His glory is great in thy saluation: dignitie and honour hast thou laid vpon him.

6   For thou hast set him as ^note blessings for euer: thou hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenance.

7   Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide.

8    ^noteThine hand shall finde out all thine enemies, and thy right hand shall finde out them that hate thee.

9   Thou shalt make them like a fierie ouen in time of thine anger: the Lord shall destroy them in his ^note wrath, and the fire shall deuoure them.

10   Their fruite shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seede from the children of men.

11   For they ^note intended euill against thee, and imagined mischiefe, but they shall not preuaile.

12   Therefore shalt thou put them ^note aparte, and the strings of thy bowe shalt thou make readie against their faces.

13    ^noteBe thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: so will we sing and prayse thy power. PSAL. XXII. 1 Dauid complained because he was brought into such extremities, that he was past all hope, but after he had rehearsed the sorowes and griefes, wherewith he vas vexed, 10 He recouereth himselfe from the bottomles pit of tentations & groweth in hope. And here vnder his owne person he setteth forth the figure of Christ, whom he did foresee by the Spirit of prophecie, that he should marueilously, and strangely be deiected, and abased, before his Father shoulde rayse and exalt him againe. ¶2; To him that excelleth vpon ^note Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   My ^note God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my ^note roaring?

2   O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but ^note haue no audience.

3   But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the ^note prayses of Israel.

4   Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.

5   They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.

6   But I am a ^note worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.

7   All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

Dauids complaint and prayer.

8    ^{note note}He trusted in the Lorde, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.

9   But thou didest draw me out of þe; ^note wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.

10   I was cast vpon thee, euen from ^note þe; wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.

11   Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.

12   Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie ^note bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.

13   They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.

14   I am like ^note water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.

15   My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou ^note hast brought me into the dust of death.

16   For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they ^note perced mine hands and my feete.

17   I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.

18   They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.

19   But be thou not farre off, O Lorde, my strength: hasten to helpe me.

20   Deliuer my soule from the sword: my ^note desolate soule from the power of the dogge.

21    ^noteSaue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.

22    ^noteI wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,

23    ^notePrayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.

24   For he hath not despised nor abhorred þe; affliction of the ^note poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.

25   My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my ^note vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.

26    ^noteThe poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lorde, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.

27   All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28   For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.

29   All they that be fat ^note in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, ^note euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.

30    ^noteTheir seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.

31   They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath ^note done it. PSAL. XXIII. 1 Because the Prophet had proued the great mercies of God at diuers times, and in sundrie maners, he gathereth a certaine assurance, fully perswading himselfe that God will continue the very same goodnesse towards him for euer. Whom God accepteth. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The Lorde is my ^note shephearde, ^note I shall not want.

2   He maketh me to rest in greene pasture, and leadeth me by the still waters.

3   He ^note restoreth my soule, and leadeth me in the ^note paths of righteousnesse for his Names sake.

4   Yea, though I should walke through the valley of the ^note shadowe of death, I will feare no euill: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staffe, they comfort me.

5   Thou doest prepare a ^note table before me in the sight of mine aduersaries: thou doest ^note anoynt mine head with oyle, and my cuppe runneth ouer.

6   Doubtlesse kindnesse and mercie shall followe me all the dayes of my life, and I shall remaine a long season in the ^note house of the Lord. PSAL. XXIIII. 1 Albeit the Lorde God hath made, and gouerneth all the worlde, yet towardes his chosen people his gratious goodnesse doeth most abundantly appeare, in that among them he will haue his dwelling place. Which though it was appointed among the children of Abraham, yet onely they doe enter aright into this Sanctuarie, which are the true worshippers of God, purged from the sinfull filth of this world. 7 Finally he magnifieth Gods grace for the building of the Temple, to the ende hee might stirre vp all the faithfull to the true seruice of God. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The earth ^note is the Lordes, and all that therein is: the worlde and they that dwell therein.

2   For he hath founded it vpon the ^note seas: and established it vpon the floods.

3   Who shall ascende into the mountaine of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place?

4   Euen he that hath innocent handes, and a pure heart: which hath not lift vp his minde vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceitfully.

5   He shall receiue a blessing from the Lorde, and righteousnesse from the God of his saluation.

6   This is the ^note generation of them that seeke him, of them þt; seeke thy face, this is Iaakob. Selah.

7    ^noteLift vp your heads ye gates, and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores, and the King of glory shall come in.

8   Who is this King of glorie? the Lord, strong and mightie, euen the Lord mightie in battell.

9   Lift vp your heads, ye gates, and lift vp your selues, ye euerlasting doores, and the King of glorie shall come in.

10   Who is this King of glory? the Lorde of hostes, he is the King of glorie. Selah. PSAL. XXV. 1 The Prophet touched with the consideration of his sinnes, and also grieued with the cruell malice of his enemies, 6 Prayeth to God most feruently to haue his sinnes forgiuen, 7 especially such as hee had committed in his youth. Hee beginneth euery verse according to the Ebrewe letters two or three except. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Vnto thee, ^note O Lorde, lift I vp my soule.

2   My God, I ^note trust in thee: let me not be confounded: let not mine enemies reioyce ouer mee.

3    ^noteSo all that hope in thee, shall not be ashamed: but let them be confounded, that transgresse without cause.

True feare rewarded.

4    ^noteShew me thy waies, O Lorde, and teache me thy paths.

5   Leade me foorth in thy trueth, and teache me: for thou art the God of my saluation: in thee doe I trust ^note all the day.

6   Remember, O Lorde, thy tender mercies, and thy louing kindnesse: for they haue beene for euer.

7   Remember not the ^note sinnes of my youth, nor my rebellions, but according to thy kindenesse remember thou me, euen for thy goodnesse sake, O Lord.

8   Gracious & righteous is the Lorde: therefore will he ^note teache sinners in the way.

9   Them that be meeke, will hee ^note guide in iudgement, and teach the humble his way.

10   All the pathes of the Lorde are mercie and trueth vnto such as keepe his couenant and his testimonies.

11   For thy ^note Names sake, O Lord, be merciful vnto mine iniquitie, for it is great.

12   What ^note man is he that feareth the Lorde? him wil he teache the way that hee shall ^note chuse.

13   His soule shall dwell at ^note ease, and his seede shall inherite the land.

14   The ^note secrete of the Lorde is reueiled to them, that feare him: and his couenant to giue them vnderstanding.

15   Mine eyes are euer towarde the Lorde: for he will bring my feete out of the net.

16   Turne thy face vnto mee, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore.

17   The sorowes of mine heart ^note are enlarged: drawe me out of my troubles.

18   Looke vpon mine affliction and my trauel, and forgiue all my sinnes.

19   Beholde mine ^note enemies, for they are manie, and they hate me with cruell hatred.

20   Keepe my soule, and deliuer me: let me not be confounded, for I trust in thee.

21   Let ^note mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee.

22   Deliuer Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. PSAL. XXVI. 1 Dauid oppressed with many iniuries, finding no helpe in the worlde, calleth for aide from God: and assured of his integritie toward Saul, desireth God to be his iudge, and to defend his innocencie. 6 Finally he maketh mention of his sacrifice, which he will offer for his deliuerance, and desireth to be in the companie of the faithfull in the Congregation of God, whence he was banished by Saul, promising integritie of life, and open praises and thankesgiuing. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Ivdge me, ^note O Lorde, for I haue walked in mine innocency: my trust hath bene also in the Lord: therefore shall I not slide.

2   Proue me, O Lorde, and trie mee: examine my ^note reines, and mine heart.

3   For thy ^note louing kindnesse is before mine eyes: therefore haue I walked in thy trueth.

4   I haue not ^note hanted with vaine persons, neither kept companie with the dissemblers.

5   I haue hated the assemblie of the euill, and haue not companied with the wicked. Dauids request.

6   I will ^note wash mine handes in innocencie, O Lord, and compasse thine altar,

7   That I may declare with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and set foorth all thy wonderous woorkes.

8   O Lorde, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

9    ^noteGather not my soule with the sinners, nor my life with the bloodie men:

10   In whose handes is ^note wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.

11   But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.

12   My foote standeth in ^note vprightnesse: I will praise thee, O Lord, in the Congregations. PSAL. XXVII. 1 Dauid maketh this Psalme being deliuered from great perils, as appeareth by the praises and thankesgiuing annexed: 6 Wherein we may see the constant faith of Dauid against the assaults of all his enemies, 7 And also the ende wherefore he desireth to liue and to be deliuered, onely to worship God in his Congregation. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   The Lord is my ^note light & my saluation, whom shall I feare? the Lorde is the strength of my life, of whome shall I be afraide?

2   When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.

3   Though an hoste pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraide: though warre be raised against me, I will trust in ^note this.

4    ^noteOne thing haue I desired of the Lorde, that I will require, euen that I may dwell in the house of the Lorde all the dayes of my life, to beholde the beautie of the Lorde, and to visite his Temple.

5   For in the time of trouble hee shall hide mee in his Tabernacle: in the secrete place of his pauillion shall he hide me, and set me vp vpon a rocke.

6    ^noteAnd nowe shall hee lift vp mine head aboue mine enemies rounde about mee: therefore wil I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of ioy: I wil sing and praise the Lord.

7   Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lorde, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee.

8   When thou saidest, ^note Seeke ye my face, mine heart answered vnto thee, O Lorde, I will seeke thy face.

9   Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seru&abar;t away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation.

10    ^noteThough my father and my mother shoulde forsake me, yet the Lorde will gather me vp.

11   Teache mee thy way, O Lorde, and leade me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

12   Giue me not vnto the ^note lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.

13   I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the ^note Lord in the land of the liuing.

14    ^noteHope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord. PSAL. XXVIII.

Gods mightie powre. 1 Being in great feare and heauinesse of heart to see God dishonoured by the wicked, he desireth to be rid of them, 4 And crieth for vengeance against them: and at length assureth him selfe, that God hath heard his prayer. 9 Vnto whose tuition he commendeth all the faithfull. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Vnto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be ^note like them that goe downe into the pit.

2   Heare the voyce of my petitions, when I crie vnto thee, when I holde vp mine handes towarde thine ^note holy Oracle.

3    ^noteDrawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

4    ^noteReward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

5   For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lorde, nor the operation of his handes: therefore ^note breake them downe, and builde them not vp.

6    ^notePraised be the Lorde, for he hath heard the voyce of my petitions.

7   The Lorde is my strength and my shielde: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therfore mine heart shall reioyce, and with my song will I praise him.

8   The Lorde is ^note their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuerances of his anointed.

9   Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer. PSAL. XXIX. 1 The Prophet exhorteth the princes and rulers of the worlde, (which for the most part thinke there is no God) 3 At the least to feare him for the thunders and tempest, for feare whereof all creatures tremble. 11 And though thereby God threateneth sinners, yet is he alwaies mercifull to his, & moueth them thereby to praise his Name. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Giue vnto the Lord, ye ^note sonnes of the mightie: giue vnto the Lord glorie and strength.

2   Giue vnto the Lorde glorie due vnto his Name: worship the Lorde in the glorious Sanctuarie.

3   The ^note voyce of the Lord is vpon the waters: the God of glorie maketh it to thunder: the Lord is vpon the great waters.

4   The voyce of the Lorde is mightie: the voyce of the Lord is glorious.

5   The ^note voyce of the Lorde breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lorde breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.

6   He maketh them also to leape like a calfe: Lebanon also and ^note Shirion like a yong vnicorne.

7   The voice of the Lord deuideth the ^note flames of sire.

8   The voice of the Lord maketh the wildernes to tremble: the Lord maketh the wildernes of ^note Kadesh to tremble.

9   The voice of the Lord maketh the hindes to ^note calue, & ^note discouereth the forests: therefore in his ^note Temple doth euery man speake of his glory. A praier of the faithfull.

10   The Lord sitteth vpon the ^note flood, and the Lord doeth remaine King for euer.

11   The Lord shall giue strength vnto his people: the Lord shall blesse his people with peace. PSAL. XXX. 1 When Dauid was deliuered from great danger, hee rendred thankes to God, exhorting others to doe the like, and to learne by his example, that God is rather mercifull then seuere and rigorous towardes his children, 7 And also that the fall from prosperitie to aduersitie is sudden. 8 This done, hee returneth to praier, promising to praise God for euer. ¶2; ^note A Psalme or song of the ^note dedication of the ^note house of Dauid.

1   I will magnifie thee, O Lorde: ^note for thou hast exalted mee, and hast not made my foe to reioyce ouer me.

2   O Lorde my God, I cried vnto thee, and thou hast ^note restored me.

3   O Lorde, thou hast brought vp my soule out of the graue: thou hast reuiued me from them that goe downe into the pit.

4   Sing praises vnto the Lord, ye ^note his Saintes, and giue thankes ^note before the remembrance of his Holinesse.

5    ^noteFor he endureth but a while in his anger: but in his fauour is life: weeping may abide at euening, but ioy commeth in the morning.

6   And in my ^note prosperitie I sayde, I shall neuer be moued.

7   For thou Lord of thy goodnes hadest made my ^note mountaine to stande strong: but thou didest hide thy face, and I ^note was troubled.

8   Then cried I vnto thee, O Lord, and praied to my Lord.

9   What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust ^note giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?

10   Heare, O Lorde, and haue mercy vpon me: Lord, be thou mine helper.

11   Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.

12   Therefore shal my ^note tongue praise thee and not cease: O Lorde my God, I will giue thankes vnto thee for euer. PSAL. XXXI. 1 Dauid deliuered from some great danger, first rehearseth what meditation hee had by the power of faith, when death was before his eyes, his enemie being ready to take him. 15 Then hee affirmeth that the fauour of God is alwaies readie to those that feare him. 20 Finally hee exhorteth all the faithfull to trust in God and to loue him, because hee preserueth and strengtheneth them, as they may see by his example. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   In ^note thee, O Lorde, haue I put my trust: let mee neuer be confounded: deliuer me in thy ^note righteousnesse.

2   Bowe downe thine eare to me: make haste to deliuer mee: be vnto me a stronge rocke, and an house of defence to saue me.

3   For thou art my rocke and my fortresse: therefore for thy Names sake directe mee and guide me.

4   Drawe mee out of the ^note nette, that they haue layde priuilie for mee: for thou art my strength.

Mans blessednesse.

5   Into thine ^note hand I commend my spirit: for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of trueth.

6   I haue hated them that giue them selues to deceitfull vanities: for I ^note trust in the Lord.

7   I wil be glad and reioyce in thy mercie: for thou hast seene my trouble: thou hast knowen my soule in aduersities,

8   And thou hast not shut me vp in the hand of the enemie, but hast set my feete at ^note large.

9   Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lorde: for I am in trouble: mine ^note eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.

10   For my life is wasted with heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed.

11   I was a ^note reproch among all mine enemies, but specially among my neighbours: and a feare to mine acquaintance, ^note who seeing me in the streete, fled from me.

12   I am forgotten, as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.

13   For I haue heard the rayling of ^note great men: feare was on euery side, while they conspired together against mee, and consulted to take my life.

14   But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, ^note Thou art my God.

15   My ^note times are in thine hande: deliuer mee from the hande of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

16   Make thy face to shine vpon thy seruant, and saue me through thy mercie.

17   Let me not be confounded, O Lorde: for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked bee put to confusion, and ^note to silence in the graue.

18   Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

19   Howe great is thy goodnesse, which thou ^note hast layde vp for them, that feare thee! and done to them, that trust in thee, euen before the sonnes of men!

20   Thou doest hide them ^{note note} priuily in thy presence from the pride of men: thou keepest them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

21   Blessed be the Lorde: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a ^note strong citie.

22   Though I said in mine ^note haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee.

23   Loue ye the Lorde all his ^note Saintes: for the Lord preserueth the faithfull, and rewardeth abundantly the proud doer.

24   All ye that trust in the Lorde, be ^note strong, and he shall establish your heart. PSAL. XXXII. 1 Dauid punished with grieuous sickenes for his sinnes, counteth them blessed, to whom God doth not impute their transgressions. 5 And after that hee had confessed his sinnes and obtained pardon, 6 Hee exhorteth the wicked men to liue godly, 11 And the good to reioyce. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid to giue ^note instruction.

1   Blessed is he whose wickednes is ^note forgiuen, and whose sinne is couered. The power of God.

2   Blessed is the man, vnto whom the Lorde imputeth not iniquitie, and in whose spirite there is no guile.

3   When I helde my ^note tongue, my bones consumed, or when I ^note roared all the day,

4   (For thine hand is heauie vpon me, day and night: and my moysture is turned into þe; drought of summer. Selah)

5   Then I ^note acknowledged my sinne vnto thee, neither hid I mine iniquitie: for I thought, I will confesse against my selfe my wickednesse vnto the Lord, and thou forgauest the punishment of my sinne. Selah.

6   Therefore shall euery one, that is godly, make his prayer vnto thee in a ^note time, when thou mayest be founde: surely in the flood of great waters ^note they shall not come neere him.

7   Thou art my secret place: thou preseruest me from trouble: thou compassest me about with ioyfull deliuerance. Selah.

8   I will ^note instruct thee, and teache thee in the way that thou shalt goe, and I will guide thee with mine eye.

9   Be ye not like an horse, or like a mule, which vnderstand not: whose ^note mouthes thou doest binde with bit and bridle, least they come neere thee.

10   Many sorowes shall come to the wicked: but he, that trusteth in the Lorde, mercie shall compasse him.

11   Be glad ye righteous, and ^note reioyce in the Lorde, and be ioyfull all ye, that are vpright in heart. PSAL. XXXIII. 1 He exhorteth good men to prayse God for that he hath not onely created all things, and by his prouidence gouerneth the same, but also is faithfull in his promises, 10 He vnderstandeth mans heart, and scattereth the counsell of the wicked, 16 So that no man can be preserued by any creature or mans strength: but they, that put their confidence in his mercie, shalbe preserued from all aduersities.

1   Reioyce in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it ^note becommeth vpright men to be thankefull.

2   Prayse the Lord with harpe: sing vnto him with viole and ^note instrument of ten strings.

3   Sing vnto him a newe song: sing cheerefully with a loude voyce.

4   For the ^note word of the Lord is righteous, and all his ^note workes are faithfull.

5   He ^note loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.

6   By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made, & all the hoste of them by the breath of his mouth.

7   He ^note gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.

8   Let all the earth feare the Lord: let al them that dwell in the world, feare him.

9   For he spake, and it was done: he commanded, and it ^note stood.

10   The Lorde breaketh the ^note counsell of the heathen, and bringeth to nought the deuices

The safetie of the godly. of the people.

11   The counsell of the Lord shall stand for euer, and the thoughts of his heart throughout all ages.

12   Blessed is that nation, whose ^note God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance.

13   The Lorde ^note looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the children of men.

14   From the habitation of his dwelling he beholdeth all them that dwell in the earth.

15   He ^note facioneth their hearts euery one, and vnderstandeth all their workes.

16   The ^note King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength.

17   A horse is a vaine helpe, and shall not deliuer any by his great strength.

18   Beholde, ^note the eye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him, and vpon them, þt; trust in his mercie,

19   To deliuer their soules from death, and to preserue them in famine.

20    ^noteOur soule waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helpe and our shielde.

21   Surely our heart shall reioyce in him, because we trusted in his holy Name.

22   Let thy mercie, O Lord, be vpon vs, as we trust in thee. PSAL. XXXIIII. 1 After Dauid had escaped Achish, according as it is written in the 1.Sam.21.11, whom in this title hee calleth Abimelech (which was a generall name to all the Kings of the Philistims) he prayseth God for his deliuerance, 3 Prouoking all others by his example to trust in God, to feare and serue him: 14 Who defendeth the godly with his Angels, 15 And vtterly destroyeth the wicked in their sinnes. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed his behauiour before Abimelech, who droue him away, and he departed.

1   I will ^note alway giue thankes vnto the Lorde: his praise shalbe in my mouth continually.

2   My soule shall glory in the Lord: the ^note humble shall heare it, and be glad.

3   Praise ye the Lord with me, and let vs magnifie his Name together.

4   I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he deliuered me out of all my ^note feare.

5   They ^note shall looke vnto him, and runne to him: and their faces shall not be ashamed, saying,

6   This poore man cryed, and the Lord heard him, and saued him out of all his troubles.

7   The ^note Angel of the Lorde pitcheth round about them, that feare him, and deliuereth them.

8   Taste ye and see, howe gratious the Lorde is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9   Feare the Lord, ye his Saintes: for nothing wanteth to them that feare him.

10   The ^note lyons doe lacke and suffer hunger, but they, which seeke the Lord, shall ^note want nothing that is good.

11   Come children, hearken vnto me: I will teache you the ^note feare of the Lord.

12    ^noteWhat man is he, that desireth life, and loueth long dayes for to ^note see good?

13   Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile. Dauids complaint.

14   Eschewe euill and doe good: seeke peace and followe after it.

15   The eyes of the Lord are vpon the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their crie.

16   But the ^note face of the Lord is against them that doe euill, to cut off their remembrance from the earth.

17   The righteous crie, and the Lorde heareth them, and deliuereth them out of all their troubles.

18   The Lord is neere vnto them that are of a ^note contrite heart, and will saue such as be afflicted in Spirite.

19   Great are the troubles of the righteous: but the Lord deliuereth him out of them all.

20    ^noteHe keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21   But malice shal slay the ^note wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

22   The Lord ^note redeemeth the soules of his seruants: and none, that trust in him, shall perish. PSAL. XXXV. 1 So long as Saul was enemie to Dauid, all that had any authoritie vnder him to flatter their King (as is the course of the worlde) did also most cruelly persecute Dauid: against whom he prayeth God to pleade and to auenge his cause, 8 That they may be taken in their nettes and snares, which they layed for him, that his innocencie may be declared, 27 And that the innocent, which taketh part with him, may reioyce and prayse the Name of the Lorde, that thus deliuereth his seruant. 28 And so he promiseth to speake foorth the iustice of the Lorde, and to magnifie his Name all the dayes of his life. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Pleade thou my ^note cause, O Lorde, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me.

2    ^noteLay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe.

3   Bring out also the speare and stop the way against them, that persecute me: say vnto my ^note soule, I am thy saluation.

4   Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt.

5   Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord ^note scatter them.

6   Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.

7   For ^note without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule.

8   Let destruction come vpon ^note him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into ^note the same destruction.

9   Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation.

10   All my ^note bones shall say, Lorde, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!

11    ^noteCruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.

12   They rewarded me euill for good, to ^note haue spoyled my soule.

13   Yet I, when they were sicke, I was clothed with a sacke: I humbled my soule with fasting:

Wherein the wicked reioyce. and ^note my praier was turned vpon my bosome.

14   I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.

15   But in mine ^note aduersitie they reioyced, and gathered them selues together: the abiects assembled themselues against me, and knewe not: they tare ^note me and ceased not,

16   With the false skoffers at ^note bankets, gnashing their teeth against me.

17   Lord, how long wilt thou beholde this? deliuer my soule from their tumult, euen my desolate soule from the lions.

18   So will I giue thee thankes in a great Congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

19   Let not them that are mine enemies, vniustly reioyce ouer mee, neyther let them ^note winke with the eye, that hate mee without a cause.

20   For they speake not as friendes: but they imagine deceitfull woordes against the ^note quiet of the lande.

21   And they gaped on mee with their mouthes, saying, Aha, aha, ^note our eye hath seene.

22   Thou hast seene it, O Lorde: keepe not silence: be not farre from me, O Lord.

23   Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.

24   Iudge me, O Lorde my God, according to thy ^note righteousnesse, and let them not reioyce ouer mee.

25   Let them not say in their hearts, ^note O our soule reioyce: neither let them say, We haue deuoured him.

26   Let them bee confounded, & put to shame ^note together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee clothed ^note with confusion and shame, that lift vp themselues against me.

27   But let them be ioyful and glad, ^note that loue my righteousnesse: yea, let them say alway, Let the Lord be magnified, which loueth the ^note prosperitie of his seruant.

28   And my tongue shall vtter thy righteousnesse, and thy praise euery day. PSAL. XXXVI. 1 The Prophet grieuously vexed by the wicked, doeth complaine of their malicious wickednesse. 6 Then hee turneth to consider the vnspeakeable goodnes of God towards all creatures: 9 But specially towardes his children, that by the faith therof he may bee comforted and assured of his deliuerance by this ordinarie course of Gods woorke, 13 Who in the ende destroyeth the wicked and saueth the iust. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, the seruant of the Lord.

1   Wickednes sayeth to the wicked man, ^note euen in mine heart, that there is no feare of God before his eyes.

2   For hee ^note flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is fo&ubar;d worthy to be hated.

3   The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and ^note deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

4   Hee ^note imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill. The wickeds prosperitie.

5   Thy ^note mercy, O Lord, reacheth vnto the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes.

6   Thy righteousnesse is like the ^note mightie mo&ubar;taines: thy iudgements are like a great ^note deepe: thou, Lord, doest saue man and beast.

7   How excellent is thy mercy, O God! therefore the children of men trust vnder the shadowe of thy wings.

8   They shall be ^note satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house, and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.

9   For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light.

10   Extend thy louing kindnes vnto them that ^note knowe thee, and thy righteousnesse vnto them that are vpright in heart.

11   Let not þe; ^note foote of pride come against me, and let not the hand of þe; wicked men moue me.

12    ^noteThere they are fallen that worke iniquity: they are cast downe, and shal not be able to rise. PSAL. XXXVII. 1 This Psalme containeth exhortation and consolation for the weake, that are grieued at the prosperitie of the wicked, and the affliction of the godly. 7 For howe prosperously soeuer the wicked doe liue for the time, he doeth affirme their felicitie to be vaine and transitorie, because they are not in the fauour of God, but in the end they are destroied as his enemies, 11 And howe miserably that, the righteous seemeth to liue in the worlde, yet his ende is peace, and he is in the fauour of God, he is deliuered from the wicked and preserued. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Fret not ^note thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers.

2   For they shall soone bee ^note cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

3    ^noteTrust thou in the Lord & do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

4   And delite thy selfe in the Lorde, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.

5    ^noteCommit thy way vnto the Lord, & trust in him, and he shall bring it to passe.

6   And he shall bring foorth thy righteousnes as the light, & thy ^note iudgement as the noone day.

7   Waite patiently vpon the Lorde and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him ^note which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.

8   Cease from anger, and leaue off wrath: fret not thy selfe ^note also to doe euill.

9   For euill doers shalbe cut off, and they that wait vpon the Lord, they shall inherite the land.

10    ^noteTherefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.

11   But ^note meeke men shal possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.

12    ^noteThe wicked practiseth against the iust, and gnasheth his teeth against him.

13   But the Lord shall laugh him to scorne: for he seeth, that his day is comming.

14   The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

The iust not forsaken.

15   But their sword shall enter into their owne heart, and their bowes shalbe broken.

16    ^noteA small thing vnto the iust man is better, then great riches to the wicked and mightie.

17   For the armes of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord vpholdeth the iust men.

18   The Lorde ^note knoweth the dayes of vpright men, and their inheritance shall bee perpetuall.

19   They shall not be confounded in the perilous time, & in the daies of famine they shall haue ^note ynough.

20   But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be consumed as the ^note fatte of lambes: euen with the smoke shall they consume away.

21   The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and ^note giueth.

22   For such as be blessed of God, shall inherite the lande, and they that be cursed of him, shalbe cut off.

23    ^noteThe pathes of man are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his way.

24   Though he ^note fall, hee shall not be cast off: for the Lord putteth vnder his hand.

25   I haue beene yong, and am olde: yet I sawe neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his ^note seede begging bread.

26   But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.

27   Flee from euill and doe good, and dwell for euer.

28   For the Lord loueth iudgement, and forsaketh not his Saintes: they shall be preserued for euermore: but the seede of the wicked shall be cut off.

29   The righteous men shall inherit the lande, and dwell therein ^note for euer.

30   The ^note mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.

31   For the Lawe of his God is in his heart, and his steppes shall not slide.

32   The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

33   But the Lord wil not leaue him in his hand, nor condemne him, when he is ^note iudged.

34   Waite thou on the Lorde, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.

35   I haue seene the wicked strong, and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.

36   Yet he ^note passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.

37    ^noteMarke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.

38   But the transgressours shall be destroyed together, and the ende of the wicked shall bee cut off.

39   But the ^note saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength in the time of trouble.

40   For the Lord shall helpe them, and deliuer them: he shall deliuer them from the wicked, and shall saue them, because they trust in him. Dauids sore affliction. PSAL. XXXVIII. 1 Dauid lying sicke of some grieuous disease, acknowledgeth himselfe to be chastised of the Lorde for his sinnes, and therefore prayeth God to turne away his wrath. 5 He vttereth the greatnesse of his griefe by many wordes and circumstances, as wounded with the arrowes of Gods ire, forsaken of his friends, euill intreated of his enemies. 22 But in the ende with firme confidence hee commendeth his cause to God, and hopeth for speedie helpe at his hand. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid for ^note remembrance.

1   O Lorde, rebuke mee not in thine ^note anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.

2   For thine ^note arrowes haue light vpon me, and thine hand lyeth vpon me.

3   There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my ^note sinne.

4   For ^note mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.

5   My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of ^note my foolishnes.

6   I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I goe ^note mourning all the day.

7   For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh.

8   I am weakened and sore broken: I ^note roare for the very griefe of mine heart.

9   Lorde, I powre my whole desire before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.

10   Mine heart ^note panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, euen ^note they are not mine owne.

11   My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my ^note kinsmen stand a farre off.

12   They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.

13   But I as ^note a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.

14   Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.

15   For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.

16   For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for ^note when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.

17   Surely I am ready to ^note halte, and my sorow is euer before me.

18   When I declare my paine, and am sory for my sinne,

19   Then mine ^note enemies are aliue & are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.

20   They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I followe ^note goodnesse.

21   Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.

22   Haste thee to helpe mee, O my Lorde, my ^note saluation. PSAL. XXXIX. 1 Dauid vttereth with what great griefe and bitternesse of minde hee was driuen to these outragious complaintes of his infirmities. 2 For hee confesseth that when he had determined silence, that he brast foorth yet into wordes that he would not, through the greatnes of his griefe. 4 Then he rehearseth certaine requestes which taste of the infirmitie of man, 8 And mixeth with them many prayers: but all doe shewe a minde wonderfully troubled, that it may plainely appeare how he did striue mightily against death and desperation.

Mans vanitie. ¶2; To the excellent musician ^note Ieduthun. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   I thought, ^note I will take heede to my wayes, that I sinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth brideled, while the wicked is in my sight.

2   I was dumme & spake nothing: I kept sil&ebar;ce euen from good, ^note and my sorow was more stirred.

3   Mine heart was hote within me, and while I was musing, the fire kindeled, and ^note I spake with my tongue, saying,

4   Lord, let me know mine ende, and the measure of my dayes, what it is: let mee knowe howe long I haue to liue.

5   Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether ^note vanitie. Selah.

6   Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

7   And now Lord, what wait I for? mine hope is euen in thee.

8   Deliuer me from all my transgressions, and make me not a rebuke vnto the ^note foolish.

9   I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because ^note thou didest it.

10   Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.

11   When thou &wt; rebukes doest chastise man for iniquitie, thou as a mothe ^note makest his ^note beautie to consume: surely euery man is vanitie. Selah.

12   Heare my prayer, O Lord, & hearken vnto my cry: keepe not silence at my teares, for I am a str&abar;ger with thee, and a soiourner as all my fathers.

13   Stay thine anger from me, that I may recouer my strength, ^note before I go hence and be not. PSAL. XL. 1 Dauid deliuered from great danger, doeth magnifie and praise the grace of God for his deliuerance, and commendeth his prouidence towardes all mankinde. 5 Then doeth he promise to giue himselfe wholy to Gods seruice, and so declareth howe God is truely worshipped. 14 Afterward he giueth thankes and praiseth God, and hauing complained of his enemies, with good courage he calleth for ayde and succour. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   I Waited ^note paciently for the Lorde, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my cry.

2   Hee brought mee also out of the ^note horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.

3   And he hath put in my mouth ^note a new song of praise vnto our God: many shal see it and feare, and shall trust in the Lord.

4   Blessed is the man that maketh the Lorde his trust, and regardeth ^note not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.

5    ^noteO Lorde my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward vs: I would declare, and speake of them, but they are moe then I am able to expresse.

6   Sacrifice & offering thou didest not desire: Sacrifice refused. (for ^note mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.

7    ^noteThen said I, Lo, I come: for in the rolle of the booke it is written of me,

8   I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.

9   I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the ^note great Congregation: loe, I will not refraine my lippes: O Lord, thou knowest.

10   I haue not hidde thy righteousnesse within mine heart, but I haue declared thy ^note trueth and thy saluation: I haue not conceiled thy mercy and thy trueth from the great Congregation.

11   Withdrawe not thou thy tender mercie from mee, O Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preserue me.

12   For innumerable troubles haue compassed mee: my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me, that I am not able to looke vp: yea, they are moe in nomber then the heares of mine head: therefore mine heart hath ^note failed me.

13   Let it please thee, O Lorde, to deliuer mee: make haste, O Lord, to helpe me.

14   Let them be ^note confounded & put to shame together, that seeke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.

15   Let them be ^note destroyed for a rewarde of their shame, which say vnto me, Aha, aha.

16   Let all them, that seeke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: and let them, that loue thy saluation, say alway, ^note The Lord be praysed.

17   Though I be poore and needie, the Lorde thinketh on mee: thou art mine helper and my deliuerer: my God, make no tarying. PSAL. XLI. 1 Dauid being grieuously afflicted, blesseth them, that pitie his case, 9 And complaineth of the treason of his owne friendes and familiars as came to passe in Iudas, Iob.13.18. After he feeling the great mercies of God gently chastising him, and not suffering his enemies to triumph against him, 13 Giueth most heartie thankes vnto God. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Blessed is he that ^note iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in þe; time of trouble.

2   The Lord will keepe him, and preserue him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and thou wilt not deliuer him vnto the will of his enemies.

3   The Lord wil str&ebar;gthen him vpon þe; ^note bed of sorow: thou hast turned al his ^note bed in his sicknes.

4   Therefore I saide, Lorde haue mercie vpon me: heale my soule, for I haue sinned against thee.

5   Mine enemies ^note speake euill of me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

6   And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh ^note lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.

7   All they þt; hate me, whisper together against me: euen against me do they imagine mine hurt.

8    ^noteA mischiefe is light vpon him, and he that lyeth, shall no more rise.

9   Yea, my ^note familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, ^note hath lifted vp the heele against me.

To waite on God.

10   Therefore, O Lord, haue mercy vpon mee, and raise me vp: so I shall reward them.

11   By this I know that thou fauourest me, because mine enemie doth not triumph against me.

12   And as for me, thou vpholdest me ^note in mine integritie, & doest set me before thy ^note face for euer.

13   Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel worlde without ende. ^noteSo be it, euen so be it. PSAL. XLII. 1 The Prophet grieuously complaineth, that being letted by his persecutors, hee coulde not bee present in the Congregation of Gods people, protesting that although he was separated in body from them, yet his heart was thitherwarde affectioned. 7 And last of all he sheweth, that he was not so farre ouercome with these sorowes and thoughtes, 8 But that hee continually put his confidence in the Lord. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme to giue instruction, ^note committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   As the harte brayeth for the riuers of water, so ^note panteth my soule after thee, O God.

2   My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?

3    ^noteMy teares haue bin my meate day & night, while they dayly say vnto me, Where is thy God?

4   When I remembred ^note these things, I powred out my very heart, because I had gone with the multitude, and ledde them into the House of God with the voyce of singing, and prayse, as a multitude that keepeth a feast.

5   Why art thou cast downe, my soule, and vnquiet within me? ^note waite on God: for I will yet giue him thankes for the helpe of his presence.

6   My God, my soule is cast downe within me, ^note because I remember thee, from the land of Iorden, and Hermonim, and from the mount Mizar.

7   One ^note deepe calleth another deepe by the noyse of thy water spoutes: all thy waues and thy floods are gone ouer me.

8   The Lorde ^note will graunt his louing kindenesse in the day, and in the night shall I sing of him, euen a prayer vnto the God of my life.

9   I wil say vnto God, which is my rocke, Why hast thou forgotten mee? why goe I mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?

10   My ^note bones are cut asunder, while mine enemies reproch me, saying dayly vnto me, Where is thy God?

11    ^noteWhy art thou cast downe, my soule? and why art thou disquieted within mee? waite on God: for I wil yet giue him thankes: he is my present helpe, and my God. PSAL. XLIII. 1 Hee prayeth to be deliuered from them which conspire against him, that he might ioyfully praise God in his holy C&obar;gregation.

1   Ivdge ^note me, O God, and defend my cause against the vnmercifull ^note people: deliuer mee from the deceitfull and wicked man.

2   For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me away? why goe I so mourning, when the enemie oppresseth me?

3   Sende thy ^note light and thy trueth: let them leade mee: let them bring mee vnto thine holy Mountaine and to thy Tabernacles.

4   Then ^note wil I go vnto the altar of God, euen vnto the God of my ioy & gladnes: and vpon the harpe wil I giue thanks vnto thee, O God, my God. God onely giueth victorie.

5   Why art thou cast downe, my soule? and why art thou disquieted within mee? ^note waite on God: for I will yet giue him thankes, he is my present helpe, and my God. PSAL. XLIIII. 1 The faithfull remember the great mercie of God towarde his people. 9 After, they complaine, because they feele it no more. 17 Also they alledge the couenant made with Abraham, for the keeping whereof they shew what grieuous things they suffred. 23 Finally they pray vnto God not to c&obar;temne their affliction, seeing the same redoundeth to the c&obar;tempt of his honor. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   Wee haue heard with our ^note eares, O God: our fathers haue tolde vs the workes, that thou hast done in their dayes, in the olde time:

2   Howe thou hast driuen out the ^note heathen with thine hand, & planted ^note them: how thou hast destroyed the ^note people, & caused ^note them to grow.

3   For they inherited not the lande by their owne sworde, neither did their owne arme saue them: but thy right hand, and thine arme and the light of thy countenance, because thou didest ^note fauour them.

4   Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto ^note Iaakob.

5    ^noteThrough thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.

6   For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.

7   But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.

8   Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. Selah.

9   But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to ^note confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.

10   Thou makest vs to turne backe fr&obar; the aduersary, & they, which hate vs, spoile ^note for th&ebar;selues.

11    ^noteThou giuest vs ^note as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.

12   Thou sellest thy people ^note without gaine, and doest not increase their price.

13   Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.

14   Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, & a nodding of the head among the people.

15   My ^note confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,

16   For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and ^note auenger.

17   All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not ^note forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.

18   Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,

19   Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of ^note dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.

20   If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a ^note strange god,

21   Shall not God ^note searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Christ and his Church figured.

22   Surely for thy sake ^note are we slaine continually, & are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

23   Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.

24   Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?

25   For our soule is ^note beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.

26   Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy ^note mercies sake. PSAL. XLV. 1 The maiestie of Salomon, his honour, strength, beautie, riches, and power are praysed, and also his mariage with the Egyptian being an heathen woman is blessed, 10 If that she can renounce her people and the loue of her countrey and giue her selfe wholy to her husband. Vnder the which figure the wonderfull maiestie & increase of the kingdome of Christ and the Church his spouse nowe taken of the Gentiles is described. ¶2; To him that excelleth on ^note Shoshannim a song of ^note loue to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   Mine heart will vtter forth a good matter: I wil intreat in my workes of the King: my tongue is as the pen of a swift writer.

2   Thou art ^note fayrer then the children of men: grace is powred in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for euer.

3   Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie, to wit, thy worship and thy glory,

4   And prosper with thy glory: ^note ride vpon the worde of trueth and of meekenes and of righteousnes: so thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

5   Thine arrowes are sharpe to pearce the heart of the Kings enemies: therefore the people shall fall vnder thee.

6   Thy ^note throne, O God, is for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnesse.

7   Thou louest righteousnes, and hatest wickednesse, because God, euen thy God hath ^note anoynted thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes.

8   All thy garments smell of myrrhe & aloes, and cassia, when thou commest out of the yuorie palaces, ^note where they haue made thee glad.

9   Kings daugthers were among thine honorable wiues: vpon thy right hand did stand the ^note Queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir.

10    ^noteHearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine eare: forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house.

11   So shal the King haue pleasure in thy beautie: for he is thy Lord, and reuerence thou him.

12   And the ^note daughter of ^note Tyrus with the rich of the people shall doe homage before thy face with presents.

13   The Kings daughter is all glorious ^note within: her clothing is of broydred golde.

14   She shalbe brought vnto the King in raiment of needle worke: the virgins that follow after her, and her companions shall be brought vnto thee.

15   With ioy & gladnes shall they be brought, God is a sure refuge. and shall enter into the Kings palace.

16   In steade of thy fathers shall thy ^note children be: thou shalt make them princes ^note through all the earth.

17   I will make thy ^note Name to be remembred through all generations: therefore shall the people giue thanks vnto thee world without ende. PSAL. XLVI. 1 A song of triumph or thankesgiuing for the deliuerance of Ierusalem, after Sennacherib with his armie was driuen away, or some other like sudden and marueilous deliuerance by the mightie hand of God. 8 Whereby the Prophet commanding this great benefite, doeth exhort the faithfull to giue them selues wholy into the hand of God, douting nothing but that vnder his protection they shal be safe against all the a&esset;aults of their enemies, because this is his delite to asswage the rage of the wicked, when they are most busie against the iust. ¶2; To him that excelleth vpon ^note Alamoth a song committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   God is our ^note hope and strength, and helpe in ^note troubles, ready to be found.

2   Therefore will not we ^note feare, though the earth be moued, and though the mountaines fall into the middes of the sea.

3   Though the waters thereof ^note rage and be troubled, and the mountaines shake at the surges of the same. Selah,

4   Yet there is a ^note Riuer, whose streames shall make glad the citie of God: euen the Sanctuarie of the Tabernacles of the most High.

5   God is in the middes of it: therefore shall it not be moued: God shall helpe it ^note very earely.

6   When the nations raged, and the kingdomes were moued, God ^note thundred, and the earth melted.

7   The Lord of hostes is ^note with vs: the God of Iaakob is our refuge. Selah.

8   Come, and behold the workes of the Lord, ^note what desolations he hath made in the earth.

9   He maketh warres to cease vnto the endes of the world: he breaketh the bowe and cutteth the speare, and burneth the chariots with fire.

10   Be ^note still and knowe that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, and I wil be exalted in the earth.

11   The Lord of hostes is with vs: the God of Iaakob is our refuge. Selah. PSAL. XLVII. 1 The Prophet exhorteth all people to the worship of the true and euerliuing God, commending the mercie of God towarde the posteritie of Iaakob: 9 And after prophecieth of the kingdome of Christ in this time of the Gospel. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   All people ^note clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyfull voyce.

2   For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.

3   He hath ^note subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.

4   Hee hath chosen ^note our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.

The kingdome of God.

5   God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the ^note sound of the trumpet.

6   Sing prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.

7   For God is the King of all the earth: sing prayses euery one that hath ^note vnderstanding.

8   God reigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon his holy throne.

9   The princes of the people are gathered vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he ^note is greatly to be exalted. PSAL. XLVIII. 1 A notable deliuerance of Ierusalem from the hand of many Kings is mentioned, for the which thankes are giuen to God, and the state of that citie is praysed, that hath God so presently at all times ready to defende them. The Psalme seemeth to be made in the time of Ahaz, Ioshaphat, Asa or Ezechiah: for in their times chiefly was the citie by forreine princes a&esset;aulted. ¶2; ^note A song or Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   Great is the Lorde, and greatly to be praysed, in the ^note Citie of our God, euen vpon his holy Mountaine.

2   Mount Zion, lying Northwarde, is faire in situation: it is the ^note ioy of the whole earth, and the Citie of the great King.

3   In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a ^note refuge.

4   For lo, the Kings were ^note gathered, and went together.

5   When they sawe ^note it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.

6   Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.

7   As with an East winde thou breakest the shippes ^note of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.

8   As we haue ^note heard, so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes, in the Citie of our God: God will stablish it for euer. Selah.

9   We waite for thy louing kindnes, O God, in the middes of thy Temple.

10   O God, according vnto thy Name, so is thy prayse vnto the ^note worlds end: thy right hand is full of righteousnes.

11   Let ^note mount Zion reioyce, and the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy iudgements.

12    ^noteCompasse about Zion, and goe round about it, and tell the towres thereof.

13   Marke well the wall thereof: beholde her towres, that ye may tell your posteritie.

14   For this God is our God for euer and euer: he shall be our guide vnto the death. PSAL. XLIX. 1 The holy Ghost calleth all men to the consideration of mans life, 7 Shewing them not to be most ble&esset;ed, that are most wealthie, and therefore not to be feared: but contrariwise he lifteth vp our mindes to consider howe all things are ruled by Gods prouidence: 14 Who as hee iudgeth these worldly misers to euerlasting torments, 15 So doeth hee preserue his and will rewarde them in the day of the resurrection, 2.The&esset;a. 1.6. The vaine trust of the wicked. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah.

1   Heare ^note this, all ye people: giue eare, all ye that dwell in the world,

2   As well lowe as hie, both rich and poore.

3   My mouth shal speake of wisdome, and the meditation of mine heart is of knowledge.

4   I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.

5   Wherefore should I ^note feare in the euil dayes, when iniquitie shal compasse me about, as at mine heeles?

6   They trust in their ^note goods, and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches.

7   Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,

8   (So ^note precious is the redemption of their soules, ^note and the continuance for euer)

9   That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.

10   For he seeth that wise men ^note die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for ^note others.

11   Yet they thinke, their houses, and their habitations shall continue for euer, euen from generation to generation, and ^note call their lands by their names.

12   But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the ^note beastes that die.

13   This their way vttereth their foolishnes: yet their posteritie ^note delite in their talke. Selah.

14    ^noteLike sheepe they lie in graue: ^note death deuoureth them, and the righteous shall haue domination ouer them in the ^note morning: for their beautie shall consume, when they shall goe from their house to graue.

15   But God shall deliuer my soule from the power of the graue: ^note for he will receiue me. Selah.

16   Be not thou afrayd when one is made rich, and when the glory of his house is increased.

17    ^noteFor he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.

18   For while he liued, ^note he reioyced himselfe: and ^note men will prayse thee, when thou makest much of thy selfe.

19    ^{note note}He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, ^note and they shall not liue for euer.

20   Man is in honour, and ^note vnderstandeth not: he is like to beasts that perish. PSAL. L. 1 Because the Church is alway full of hypocrites, 8 Which doe imagine that God wil be worshipped with outwarde ceremonies onely, without the heart: and especially the Iewes were of this opinion, because of their figures & ceremonies of the law, thinking that their sacrifices were sufficient, 21 Therefore the Prophet doeth reprooue this gro&esset;e errour, & pronounceth the Name of God to be blasphemed, where holines is set in ceremonies. 23 For he declareth the worship of God to be spirituall, whereof are two principall partes, inuocation, and thankesgiuing. ¶2; A Psalme of ^note Asaph.

1   The God of Gods, euen the Lord hath spoken and called the ^note earth from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the going downe thereof.

The true sacrifice.

2   Out of Zion, which is the ^note perfection of beautie, hath God shined.

3   Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence: ^note a fire shall deuoure before him, & a mightie tempest shall be mooued round about him.

4   Hee shall call the heauen aboue, and ^note the earth to iudge his people.

5   Gather my ^note Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with ^note sacrifice.

6   And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes: for God is iudge himselfe. Selah.

7   Heare, O my people, and I wil speake: heare, O Israel, and I wil testifie vnto thee: for I am God, euen thy God.

8   I wil not ^note reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me.

9   I will take no bullocke out of thine house, nor goates out of thy foldes.

10    ^noteFor all the beastes of the forest are mine, and the beastes on a thousand mountaines.

11   I knowe all the foules on the mountaines: and the wilde beastes of the fielde are mine.

12   If I bee hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is.

13    ^noteWill I eate the flesh of bulles? or drinke the blood of goates?

14   Offer vnto God praise, and ^note pay thy vowes vnto the most High,

15   And call vpon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.

16   But vnto the wicked said God, ^note What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth,

17   Seeing thou hatest ^note to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?

18   For when thou seest a thiefe, ^note thou runnest with him, & thou art partaker with the adulterers.

19   Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

20   Thou ^note sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.

21   These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and ^note set them in order before thee.

22   Oh c&obar;sider this, ye þt; forget God, least I teare you in pieces, & there be none that can deliuer you.

23   He that offereth ^note praise, shall glorifie mee: and to him, that ^note disposeth his way aright, will I ^note shew the saluation of God. PSAL. LI. 1 When Dauid was rebuked by the Prophet Nathan, for his great offences, hee did not onely acknowledge the same to God with protestation of his naturall corruption and iniquitie, but also left a memoriall thereof to his posteritie. 7 Therefore first hee desireth God to forgiue his sinnes, 10 And to renue in him his holy spirit, 13 With promes that hee will not be vnmindefull of those great graces. 18 Finally fearing least God woulde punish the whole Church for his fault, hee requireth that he would rather increase his graces towards the same. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid, when the Prophet Nathan ^note came vnto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

1   Haue mercie vpon me, O God, ^note according to thy louing kindnes: according to the multitude The corrupt nature of man. of thy compassions put away mine iniquities.

2   Wash me ^note throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sinne.

3   For I ^note know mine iniquities, and my sinne is euer before me.

4   Against thee, against thee onely haue I sinned, and done euill in thy sight, that thou mayest be iust when thou ^note speakest, and pure when thou iudgest.

5   Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.

6   Beholde, thou ^note louest trueth in the inwarde affections: therefore hast thou taught mee wisedome in the secret of mine heart.

7   Purge me with ^note hyssope, & I shalbe cleane: wash me, and I shalbe whiter then snowe.

8   Make me to heare ^note ioye and gladnes, that the ^note bones, which thou hast broken, may reioyce.

9   Hide thy face from my sinnes, and put away all mine iniquities.

10    ^noteCreate in mee a cleane heart, O God, and renue a right spirit within me.

11   Cast mee not away from thy presence, and take not thine holy Spirit from me.

12   Restore to me the ioy of thy saluation, and stablish me with thy ^note free Spirit.

13   Then shall I teache thy ^note wayes vnto the wicked, and sinners shalbe conuerted vnto thee.

14   Deliuer me from ^note blood, O God, which art the God of my saluation, and my tongue shall sing ioyfully of thy righteousnes.

15    ^noteOpen thou my lippes, O Lorde, and my mouth shall shewe foorth thy praise.

16   For thou desirest no sacrifice, though I would giue it: thou delitest not in burnt offering.

17   The sacrifices of God are a ^note contrite spirit: a contrite and a broken heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18   Bee fauourable vnto ^note Zion for thy good pleasure: builde the walles of Ierusalem.

19   Then shalt thou accept þe; sacrifices of ^note righteousnes, euen the burnt offering and oblation: then shall they offer calues vpon thine altar. PSAL. LII. 1 Dauid describeth the arrogant tyrannie of his aduersary Doeg: who by false surmises caused Ahimelech with the rest of the Priests to be slaine. 5 Dauid prophesieth his destruction, 6 And encourageth the faithfull to put their confidence in God, whose iudgements are most sharpe against his aduersaries. 9 And finally he rendreth thankes to God for his deliuerance. In this Psalme is liuely set forth the kingdome of Antichrist. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech.

1   Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O ^note man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.

2   Thy tongue imagineth ^note mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

3   Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the ^note trueth. Selah.

4   Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!

5   So shal God ^note destroy thee for euer: he shal

The godly oppressed. take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and ^note roote thee out of þe; land of the liuing. Selah.

6   The ^note righteous also shall see it, ^note and feare, and shall laugh at him, saying,

7   Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength ^note in his malice.

8   But I shall bee like a ^note greene oliue tree in the house of God: for I trusted in the mercie of God for euer and euer.

9   I will alway praise thee, for that thou hast done ^note this, and I will ^note hope in thy Name, because it is good before thy Saints. PSAL. LIII. 1 He describeth the crooked nature, 4 The crueltie, 5 And punishment of the wicked, when they looke not for it, 6 And desireth the deliuer&abar;ce of the godly, that they may reioyce together. ¶2; To him that excelleth on ^note Mahalath. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction.

1   The foole hath saide in his heart, There is ^note no God. they haue corrupted & done abominable wickednes: there is none that doeth good.

2   God looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men, to see if there were any that would vnderstand, and ^note seeke God.

3    ^noteEuery one is gone backe: they are altogether corrupt: there is none that doth good, no not one.

4   Doe not the ^note workers of iniquitie knowe that they eate vp my people as they eate bread? they call not vpon God.

5   There they were afraide for feare, where no ^note feare was: for God hath scattered the ^note bones of him that besieged thee: thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath cast them off.

6   Oh giue saluation vnto Israel out of Zion: when God turneth the captiuitie of his people, then Iaakob shall reioyce, and Israel shalbe glad. PSAL. LIIII. 1 Dauid brought into great danger by the reason of the Ziphims, 5 Calleth vpon the Name of God to destroye his enemies, 6 Promising sacrifice and free offrings for so great deliuerance. ¶2; To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of Dauid, to giue instruction. Wh&ebar; the Ziphims came and said vnto Saul, ^note Is not Dauid hid among vs?

1   Saue mee, O God, ^note by thy Name, and by thy power iudge me.

2   O God, heare my prayer: hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth.

3   For ^note strangers are risen vp against me, and ^note tyrants seeke my soule: they haue not set God before them. Selah.

4   Beholde, God is mine helper: the Lorde is with ^note them that vpholde my soule.

5   He shall rewarde euill vnto mine enemies: Oh cut them off in thy ^note trueth!

6   Then I will sacrifice ^note freely vnto thee: I wil praise thy Name, O Lord, because it is good.

7   For he hath deliuered me out of al trouble, & mine eye hath ^note seene my desire vp&obar; mine enemies. PSAL. LV. 1 Dauid being in great heauines and distresse complaineth of the cruelty of Saul, 13 and of the falshood of his familiar acquaintance, 17 Vttering most ardent affections to moue the Lord to pitie him. 22 After being assured of deliuer&abar;ce, he setteth forth the grace of God although he had already obteined his request. False friendship. ¶2; To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction.

1   Heare ^note my prayer, O God, and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.

2   Hearken vnto me, & answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,

3   For the ^note voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of þe; wicked, because ^note they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.

4   Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.

5   Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath ^note couered me.

6   And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I ^note flie away and rest.

7   Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. Selah.

8   Hee would make haste for my deliuerance ^note from the stormie winde and tempest.

9   Destroy, O Lord, and ^note deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.

10   Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both ^note iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.

11   Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

12   Surely mine ^note enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.

13   But it was thou, O man, euen my ^note companion, my guide and my familiar:

14   Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.

15   Let death sense vpon them: let them ^note goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.

16   But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.

17   Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, ^note and make a noyse, & he wil heare my voice.

18   He hath deliuered my soule in peace fr&obar; the battel, that was against me: for ^note many were &wt; me.

19   God shall heare and afflict them, euen hee that reigneth of olde, Selah. because they ^note haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.

20   Hee ^note layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.

21   The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

22   Cast thy ^note burden vpon the Lorde, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for ^note euer.

23   And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue ^note halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee. PSAL. LVI. 1 Dauid being brought to Achish the King of Gath, 2. Sam.21. 12. complaineth of his enemies, demaundeth succour, 3 Putteth his trust in God and in his promises, 12 And promiseth to performe his vowes, which he had taken vpon him, whereof this was the effect to praise God in his Church. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid on Michtam, concerning the ^note dumme doue in a farre countrey, when the Philistims tooke him in Gath.

The teares of the Saints.

1   Be mercifull vnto me, O God, for ^note man would swallow me vp: he fighteth continually and vexeth me.

2   Mine enemies would dayly swallowe mee vp: for many fight against me, O thou most High.

3   When I was afrayd, I trusted in thee.

4   I will reioyce in God, because of his ^note word, I trust in God, and will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.

5   Mine owne ^note wordes grieue me dayly: all their thoughtes are against me to doe me hurt.

6    ^noteThey gather together, and keepe them selues close: they marke my steps, because they waite for my soule.

7    ^noteThey thinke they shall escape by iniquitie: O God, cast these people downe in thine anger.

8   Thou hast counted my wandrings: put my ^note teares into thy bottel: are they not in thy register?

9   When I cry, then mine enemies shal turne backe: this I know, for God is with me.

10   I will reioyce in God because of his worde: in the Lord wil I reioyce because of his worde.

11   In God doe I trust: I will not be afrayd what man can doe vnto me.

12    ^noteThy vowes are vpon me, O God: I will render prayses vnto thee.

13   For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, and also my feete from falling, that I may ^note walke before God in the ^note light of the liuing. PSAL. LVII. 1 Dauid being in the desert of Ziph, where the inhabitants did betray him, and at length in the same caue with Saul, 2 Calleth most earnestly vnto God with full confidence, that he will performe his promes and take his cause in hand: 5 Also that he will shewe his glory in the heauens and the earth against his cruell enemies. 9 Therefore doeth he render lande and prayse. ¶2; To him that excelleth. ^note Destroy not. A Psalme of Dauid on Michtam. ^note When he fled from Saul in the caue.

1   Haue mercie vpon me, O God, haue mercie vpon me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and in the shadowe of thy wings wil I ^note trust, till these ^note afflictions ouerpasse.

2   I will call vnto the most high God, euen to the God, that ^note performeth his promes toward me.

3   He will send from ^note heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that would swallowe me. Selah. God wil send his mercy, and his trueth.

4   My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are ^note speares and arrowes, & their tongue a sharpe sworde.

5    ^noteExalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauen, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth.

6   They haue layd a net for my steps: ^note my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.

7   Mine heart is ^note prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared: I will sing and giue prayse.

8   Awake my ^note tongue, awake viole & harpe: I wil awake early.

9   I will prayse thee, O Lord, among the people, and I wil sing vnto thee among the nations. The malice of the wicked.

10   For thy mercie is great vnto the heauens, and thy trueth vnto the ^note cloudes.

11   Exalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauens, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth. PSAL. LVIII. 1 Hee describeth the malice of his enemies, the flatterers of Saul, who both secretly and openly sought his destruction, from whome he appealeth to Gods iudgement, 10 Shewing that the iust shall reioyce, when they see the punishment of the wicked to the glory of God. ¶2; To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of Dauid on Michtam.

1   Is it true? O ^note Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?

2   Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: ^note your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.

3   The wicked ^note are strangers from þe; wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.

4   Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like þe; deafe ^note adder that stoppeth his eare.

5   Which heareth not the voyce of the inchanter, though he be most expert in charming.

6   Breake their ^note teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O Lorde.

7   Let them ^note melt like the waters, let them passe away: when hee shooteth his arrowes, let them be as broken.

8   Let them consume like a snayle that melteth, and like the vntimely fruite of a woman, that hath not seene the sunne.

9    ^noteAs raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.

10   The righteous shall ^note reioyce when he seeeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feete in the ^note blood of the wicked.

11   And men shall say, ^note Verily there is fruite for the righteous: doutlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth. PSAL. LIX. 1 Dauid being in great danger of Saal, who sent to slay him in his bed, prayeth vnto God: 3 Declareth his innocence, and their furie, 5 Desiring God to destroy all those that sinne of malicious wickednes. 11 Whome though he keepe aliue for a time to exercise his people, yet in the ende he will consume them in his wrath, 13 That hee may be knowen to be the God of Iaakob to the ende of the world. 16 For this hee singeth prayses to God, assured of his mercies. ¶2; To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of Dauid on ^note Michtam. ^note When Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him.

1   O my God, ^note deliuer mee from mine enemies: defend me fr&obar; them that rise vp against me.

2   Deliuer me from the wicked doers, and saue me from the bloody men.

3   For loe, they haue layd waite for my soule: the mightie men are gathered against me, not for mine ^note offence, nor for my sinne, O Lord.

4   They runne and prepare themselues without a fault on my part: arise therefore to assist me, and beholde.

5   Euen thou, O Lorde God of hostes, O God of Israel awake to visit all the heathen, and be not ^note merciful vnto all þt; transgresse maliciously. Selah.

Praier against the wicked.

6   They goe to and fro in the euening: they barke like ^note dogs, and goe about the citie.

7   Behold, they ^note brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?

8   But thou, O Lord, shalt haue them in derision, and thou shalt laugh at all the heathen.

9    ^noteHe is strong: but I will waite vpon thee: for God is my defence.

10   My mercifull God will ^note preuent me: God wil let me see my desire vpon mine enemies.

11   Slay them ^note not, least my people forget it: but scatter them abroad by thy power, and put them downe, O Lord our shield,

12   For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be ^note taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

13    ^noteConsume them in thy wrath: consume them that they be no more: and let them knowe that God ruleth in Iaakob, euen vnto the ends of the world. Selah.

14   And in the euening they ^note shall go to and fro, and barke like dogs, and go about the citie.

15   They shall runne here and there for meate: and surely they shall not be satisfied, though they tary all night.

16   But I wil sing of thy ^note power, & will prayse thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast bene my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

17   Vnto thee, O my ^note Strength, wil I sing: for God is my defence, and my mercifull God. PSAL. LX. 1 Dauid being now King ouer Iudah, and hauing had many victories, sheweth by euident signes, that God elected him King, assuring the people that God will prosper them, if they approue the same. 11 After he prayeth vnto God to finish that that he hath begunne. ¶2; To him that excelleth vpon ^note Shushan Eduth, or Michtam. A Psalme of Dauid to teach. ^note VVhen he fought against Aram Naharaim, & against ^note Aram ^note Zobah, when Ioab returned and slewe twelue thousand Edomites in the salt valley.

1   O God, thou hast cast vs out, thou hast ^note scattered vs, thou hast bene angry, turne againe vnto vs.

2   Thou hast made the land to tremble, and hast made it to ^note gape: heale the breaches thereof, for it is shaken.

3   Thou hast ^note shewed thy people heauy things: thou hast made vs to drinke the wine of giddines.

4   But now thou hast giuen a ^note banner to them that feare thee, that it may be displayed because of thy trueth. Selah.

5   That thy beloued may be deliuered, helpe with thy right hand and heare me.

6   God hath spoken in his ^note holines: therefore I will reioyce: I shall deuide Shechem, and measure the valley of Succoth.

7   Gilead shalbe mine, and Manasseh shalbe mine: Ephraim also shalbe the ^note strength of mine head: ^note Iudah is my lawgiuer.

8   Moab shalbe my ^note wash pot: ouer Edom Mans helpe is vaine. will I cast out my shoe: ^note Palestina shew thy selfe ioyfull for me.

9   Who will leade me into the ^note strong citie? who will bring me vnto Edom?

10   Wilt not thou, O God, which hadest cast vs off, & didest not go forth, O God, &wt; our armies?

11   Giue vs helpe against trouble: for vaine is the helpe of man.

12   Through God we shall doe valiantly: for he shall tread downe our enemies. PSAL. LXI. 1 Whether that hee were in danger of the Ammonites, or being pursued of Absalom, here he cryeth to be heard and deliuered, 7 And confirmed in his kingdome. 8 Hee promiseth perpetuall prayses. ¶2; To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Heare my cry, O God: giue eare vnto my prayer.

2   From ^note the endes of the earth will I crye vnto thee: when mine heart is opprest, bring me vpon the rocke that is ^note higher then I.

3   For thou hast bene mine hope, and a strong tower against the enemie.

4   I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for euer, and my trust shall be vnder the couering of thy wings. Selah.

5   For thou, O God, ^note hast heard my desires: thou hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name.

6   Thou shalt giue the King a ^note long life: his yeeres shalbe as many ages.

7   Hee shall dwell before God for euer: prepare ^note mercie and faithfulnes that they may preserue him.

8   So will I alway sing prayse vnto thy Name in performing dayly my vowes. PSAL. LXII. This Psalme partly conteineth meditations, whereby Dauid encourageth himselfe to trust in God against the a&esset;aultes of tentations. And because our mindes are easily drawen from God by the allurements of the world, he sharpely reprooueth this vanitie, to the intent he might cleaue fast to the Lord. ¶2; To the excellent musician ^note Ieduthun. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Yet ^note my soule keepeth silence vnto God: of him commeth my saluation.

2    ^noteYet he is my strength and my saluation, and my defence: therefore I shall not much be mooued.

3   How long wil ye imagine mischiefe against a ^note man? ye shalbe all slaine: ye shalbe as a bowed wall, or as a ^note wall shaken.

4   Yet they consult to cast him downe from his dignitie: their delight is in lies, they blesse with their mouthes, but curse with their hearts. Selah.

5    ^noteYet my soule keepe thou silence vnto God: for mine hope is in him.

6   Yet is hee my strength, and my saluation, and my defence: therefore I shall not be mooued.

7   In God is my saluation and my ^note glory, the rocke of my strength: in God is my trust.

8   Trust in him alway, ye people: ^note powre out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. Selah.

9   Yet the children of men are vanitie, the

The euill tongue. chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

10   Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: ^note be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

11   God spake ^note once or twise, I haue heard it, that power belongeth vnto God,

12   And to thee, O Lord, mercie: for thou ^note rewardest euery one according to his worke. PSAL. LXIII. 1 Dauid after he had bene in great danger by Saul in the desert of Ziph, made this Psalme, 3 Wherein he giueth thankes to God for his wonderfull deliuerance, in whose mercies he trusted, euen in the middes of his miseries, 9 Prophecying the destruction of Gods enemies: 11 And contrariwise happines to all them that trust in the Lord. ¶2; A Psalme of Dauid. When he was in the ^note wildernesse of Iudah.

1   O God, thou art my God, earely will I seeke thee: my soule ^note thirsteth for thee: my flesh longeth greatly after thee in a barren and drye land without water.

2   Thus ^note I beholde thee as in the Sanctuarie, when I beholde thy power and thy glorie.

3   For thy louing kindnesse is better then life: therefore my lippes shall prayse thee.

4   Thus will I magnifie thee all my life, and lift vp mine hands in thy name.

5   My soule shalbe satisfied, as with ^note marowe and fatnesse, and my mouth shall praise thee with ioyfull lippes,

6   When I remember thee on my bedde, and when I thinke vpon thee in the night watches.

7   Because thou hast bene mine helper, therefore vnder the shadow of thy wings wil I reioyce.

8   My soule ^note cleaueth vnto thee: for thy right hand vpholdeth me.

9   Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it, they shall goe into the lowest partes of the earth.

10    ^noteThey shall cast him downe with the edge of the sword, and they shall be a portion for foxes.

11   But the King shall reioyce in God, and all that ^note sweare by him shall reioyce in him: for the mouth of them that speake lyes, shall be stopped. PSAL. LXIIII. 1 Dauid prayeth against the furie and false reportes of his enemies. 7 He declareth their punishment and destruction, 10 To the comfort of the iust and the glory of God. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Heare my ^note voyce, O God, in my prayer: preserue my life from feare of the enemie.

2   Hide me from the ^note conspiracie of the wicked, and from the ^note rage of the workers of iniquitie.

3   Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes ^note bitter wordes.

4   To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and ^note feare not.

5   They ^note encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them?

6   They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one ^note his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart. Gods benefites towards man.

7   But God will shoote an arrowe at them suddenly: their strokes shalbe at once.

8   They shall cause their owne tongue to fall vpon them: and whosoeuer shall see them, shall ^note flee away.

9   And all men shall see it, and declare the worke of God, and they shall vnderstand, what he hath wrought.

10   But the righteous ^note shalbe glad in the Lord, and trust in him: and all that are vpright of heart, shall reioyce. PSAL. LXV. 1 A prayse and thankes giuing vnto God by the faithfull, who are signified by Zion, 4 For the chusing, preseruation and gouernance of them, 9 And for the plentifull blessings powred forth vpon all the earth, but specially toward his Church. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of Dauid.

1   O God, ^note praise waiteth for thee in Zion, and vnto thee shall the vowe be perfourmed.

2   Because thou hearest the prayer, vnto thee shall all ^note flesh come.

3   Wicked deedes ^note haue preuailed against me: but thou wilt be mercifull vnto our transgressions.

4   Blessed is he, whom thou chusest and causest to come to thee: he shall dwell in thy courtes, and we shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thine House, euen of thine holy Temple.

5   O God of our saluation, thou wilt ^note answere vs with fearefull signes in thy righteousnes, O thou the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are farre off in the ^note sea.

6   He stablisheth the mountaines by his power: and is girded about with strength.

7   He appeaseth the ^note noyse of the seas and the noyse of the waues thereof, and the tumults of the people.

8   They also, that dwell in the vttermost parts of the earth, shalbe afraide of thy signes: thou shalt make ^note the East and the West to reioyce.

9   Thou ^note visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou makest it very riche: the ^note Riuer of God is full of water: thou preparest them corne: for so thou appointest ^note it.

10   Thou ^note waterest abundantly the furrowes thereof: thou causest the raine to descende into the valleies thereof: thou makest it soft with showres, and blessest the bud thereof.

11   Thou crownest þe; yeere with thy goodnesse, and thy steppes droppe fatnesse.

12   They drop vpon the pastures of the wildernesse: and the hils shalbe compassed with gladnes.

13   The pastures are clad with sheepe: the valleis also shalbe couered with corne: therefore they shoute for ioye, ^note and sing. PSAL. LXVI. 1 He prouoketh all men to prayse the Lorde, and to consider his workes. 6 He setteth foorth the power of God to affraye the rebels, 10 And sheweth howe God hath deliuered Israel from great bondage and afflictions. 13 He promiseth to giue sacrifice, 16 And prouoketh all men to heare what God hath done for him and to praise his Name. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A song or Psalme.

1   Reioyce in God, ^note all ye inhabitants of the earth.

2   Sing forth the glory of his name: make his praise glorious.

3   Say vnto God, Howe terrible art thou in thy workes! through the greatnesse of thy power

God tryeth his. shall thine enemies be ^note in subiection vnto thee.

4   All the worlde shall worship thee, and sing vnto thee, euen sing of thy Name. Selah.

5    ^noteCome and beholde the workes of God: he is terrible in his doing towarde ^note the sonnes of men.

6   He hath turned the Sea into drie land: they passe through the riuer on foote: there did we reioyce in him.

7   He ruleth the worlde with his power: his eyes beholde the nations: the rebellious shall not ^note exalt them selues. Selah.

8   Prayse our God, ye people, and make the voyce of his prayse to be heard.

9   Which ^note holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.

10   For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.

11   Thou hast brought vs into the ^note snare, and layed a strait chaine vpon our loynes.

12   Thou hast caused men to ryde ouer our heads: we went into fire and into water, but thou broughtest vs out into a welthie place.

13   I will go into thine ^note House with burnt offrings, and will pay thee my vowes,

14   Which my lippes haue promised, and my mouth hath spoken in mine affliction.

15   I will offer vnto thee the burnt offerings of fat rammes with incense: I will prepare bullocks and goates. Selah.

16    ^noteCome and hearken, all ye that feare God, and I will tell you what he hath done to my soule.

17   I called vnto him with my mouth, and he was exalted with my tongue.

18    ^noteIf I regard wickednesse in mine heart, the Lord will not heare me.

19   But God hath heard me, & considered the voyce of my prayer.

20   Praysed be God, which hath not put backe my prayer, nor his mercie from me. PSAL. LXVII. 1 A prayer of the Church to obtaine the fauour of God and to be lightened with his countenance, 2 To the ende that his way and iudgements may be knowen throughout the earth. 7 And finally is declared the kingdome of God, which shoulde be vniuersally erected at the comming of Christ. ¶2; To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme or song.

1   God be mercifull vnto vs, and blesse vs, and ^note cause his face to shine among vs. Selah.

2   That ^note they may know thy way vpon earth, and thy sauing health among all nations.

3   Let the people prayse thee, O God: let all the people prayse thee.

4    ^noteLet the people be glad and reioyce: for thou shalt iudge the people righteously, and gouerne the nations vpon the earth. Selah.

5   Let the people prayse thee, O God: let all the people prayse thee.

6   Then shall ^note the earth bring foorth her increase, and God, euen our God shall blesse vs.

7   God shall blesse vs, and all the endes of the earth ^note shall feare him. The reioycing of the iust. PSAL. LXVIII. 1 In this Psalme Dauid setteth forth as in a glasse the wonderfull mercies of God towarde his people: 5 Who by all meanes and most strange sortes declared himselfe to them. 15 And therefore Gods Church by reason of his promises, graces and victories doeth excell without comparison all worldly things. 34 He exhorteth therefore all men to prayse God for euer. ¶2; To him that excelleth. A Psalme or song of Dauid.

1   God ^note will arise, and his enemies shalbe scattered: they also that hate him, shall flee before him.

2   As the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou driue them away: and as waxe melteth before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3    ^noteBut the righteous shalbe glad, and reioyce before God: yea, they shall leape for ioye.

4   Sing vnto God, and sing prayses vnto his name: exalt him that rideth vpon the heauens, in his Name ^note Iah, and reioyce before him.

5   He is a Father of the fatherlesse, & a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holy habitation.

6   God ^note maketh the solitarie to dwell in families, and deliuereth them that were prisoners in stocks: but the rebellious shal dwell in a ^note dry land.

7    ^noteO God, when thou wentest forth before thy people: when thou wentest through the wildernesse, (Selah)

8   The earth shooke, and the heauens dropped at the presence of this God: euen Sinai was moued at the presence of God, euen the God of Israel.

9   Thou, O God, sendest a gracious raine vpon thine inheritance, and thou didest refresh it when it was wearie.

10   Thy Congregation dwelled therein: for thou, O God, hast of thy ^note goodnesse prepared it for the poore.

11   The Lorde gaue matter to the ^note women to tell of the great armie.

12   Kings of the armies did flee: they did flee, and ^note she that remained in the house, deuided the spoyle.

13   Though ye haue lien among ^note pots, yet shal ye be as the winges of a doue that is couered with siluer, and whose fethers are like yelowe golde.

14   When the Almightie scattered Kings ^note in it, it was white as the snowe in Zalmon.

15    ^noteThe mountaine of God is like the mountaine of Bashan: it is an high Mountaine, as mount Bashan.

16    ^noteWhy leape ye, ye high mountaines? as for this Mountaine, God deliteth to dwell in it: yea, the Lord will dwell in it for euer.

17   The charets of God are twentie thousande thousand Angels, and the Lord is among them, as in the Sanctuarie of Sinai.

18   Thou art gone vp on high: thou hast ^note led captiuitie captiue, and receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious hast thou led, that the Lorde God might dwell there.

19   Praysed be the Lorde, euen the God of our saluation, which ladeth vs dayly with benefites. Selah.

Gods power in his Church.

20   This is our God, euen the God þt; saueth vs: and to the Lord God belong the ^note issues of death.

21   Surely God will wound the head of his enemies, and the hearie pate of him that walketh in his sinnes.

22   The Lord hath sayde, I will bring my people againe from ^note Bashan: I will bring them againe from the depths of the Sea:

23   That thy foote may bee dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogges in the blood of the enemies, euen in ^note it.

24   They haue seene, O God, thy ^note goings, the goings of my God, and my King, which art in the Sanctuarie.

25   The ^note singers went before, the players of instruments after: in the middes were the maides playing with timbrels.

26   Praise yee God in the assemblies, and the Lord, ye that are of the fountaine ^note of Israel.

27   There was ^note litle Beniamin with their ^note ruler, and the princes of Iudah with their assemblie, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

28   Thy God hath appointed thy strength: stablish, O God, that, which thou hast wrought in vs,

29    ^noteOut of thy Temple vpon Ierusalem: and Kings shall bring presents vnto thee.

30   Destroy the company of the spearemen, & multitude of the mightie bulles with the calues of the people, that ^note tread vnder feete pieces of siluer: scatter the people that delite in warre.

31   Then shall the princes come out ^note of Egypt: Ethiopia shall hast to stretche her hands vnto God.

32   Sing vnto God, O yee kingdomes of the earth: sing praise vnto the Lord, (Selah)

33   To him that rideth vpon þe; most high heauens, which were from the beginning: beholde, he will send out by his ^note voice a mightie sound.

34   Ascribe the power to God: for his maiestie is vpon Israel, and his strength is in the cloudes.

35   O God, thou art ^note terrible out of thine holie ^note places: the God of Israel is hee that giueth strength and power vnto the people: praised be God. PSAL. LXIX. 1 The complaints, prayers, feruent zeale and great anguish of Dauid is set foorth as a figure of Christ and all his members: 21 The malicious crueltie of the enemies, 22 And their punishment also, 26 Where Iudas and such traitours are accursed. 30 Hee gathereth courage in his affliction, and offereth praises vnto God, 32 Which are more acceptable then all sacrifices: whereof all the afflicted may take comfort. 35 Finally he doeth prouoke all creatures to praises, prophecying of the kingdome of Christ, and the preseruation of the Church, where all the faithfull, 37 And their seede shall dwell for euer. ¶2; To him that excelleth vpon ^note Shoshannim. A Psalme of Dauid.

1   Saue mee, O God: for the ^note waters are entred euen to my soule.

2   I sticke fast in the deepe myre, where no ^note staie is: I am come into deepe waters, and the streames runne ouer me. The nomber of his enemies.

3   I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine ^note eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.

4   They that hate mee without a cause, are moe then the heares of mine heade: they that would destroy mee, and are mine enemies ^note falsly, are mightie, so that I restored that which I ^note tooke not.

5   O God, thou knowest my ^note foolishnesse, and my fautes are not hid from thee.

6   Let not them that trust in thee, O Lorde God of hostes, be ashamed for ^note me: let not those that seeke thee, be confounded through mee, O God of Israel.

7   For thy sake haue I suffred reproofe: shame hath couered my face.

8   I am become a stranger vnto my brethren, euen an aliant vnto my mothers sonnes.

9    ^noteFor the zeale of thine house hath eaten mee, and the rebukes of them that rebuked thee, are fallen vpon me.

10   I ^note wept and my soule fasted, but that was to my reproofe.

11   I put on a sacke also: and I became a prouerbe vnto them.

12   They that ^note sate in the gate, spake of mee, and the drunkardes sang of me.

13   But Lorde, I make my praier vnto thee in an ^note acceptable time, euen in the multitude of thy mercie: O God, heare me in the trueth of thy saluation.

14   Deliuer mee out of the myre, that I sinke not: let me be deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the ^note deepe waters.

15   Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.

16   Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnes is good: turne vnto me according to þe; multitude of thy tender mercies.

17   And ^note hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: make haste and heare me.

18   Draw neere vnto my soule and redeeme it: deliuer me because of mine enemies.

19   Thou hast knowen my reproofe and my shame, and my dishonour: all mine ^note aduersaries are before thee.

20   Rebuke hath broken mine heart, and I am full of heauinesse, and ^note I looked for some to haue pitie on me, but there was none: and for comforters, but I found none.