[Page] CERTAINE PSALMES OF DA­VID, heretofore much out of vse, because of their difficult tunes. The nombèr whereof are contained in the page following. Reduced into English meter better fitting the common tunes. By H. D.

Printed by Robert Walde-graue, Printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie. 1603.

Cum Privilegio Regiae Maiestatis.

The nomber of these Psalmes, reduced into Meter fitting the common tunes.

PSAL.
  • CIIII.
  • CXI.
  • CXX.
  • CXXI.
  • CXXII.
  • CXXIIII
  • CXXV.
  • CXXVI.
  • CXXX.

To the Reader.

FOrasmuch (Chri­stian Reader) as there are diuers of the singing Psal­mes much out of vse onely because of the difficultie of their tunes: And forasmuch as the moste of them are of those 15. Psalmes, which are called Psalmes of De­grees, that is, very excellent Psal­mes, and extraordinarily penned by the wisdom of the holy Ghost. I haue (by the helpe of God) re­duced nyne of them (which I take to be all wherein any difficulty of tune consisteth) into English me­ter fitting the common tunes. The [Page] which at the earnest request of di­uers my godly & learned friends, I haue caused to be printed: wher­in, as I haue principally sought the glorye of God, and thy spirituall comfort, so I pray thee accept ther of in such Christian loue, as I haue laboured to effect this small peece of seruice vnto thee, without im­puting either presumption or rash nes vnto me. For the Lord know­eth, that in the simplicitie of my hart I haue done it, and in all sub­mission to the better learned, of whome I hope that God wil raise some, better to perform this work. Thus beseeching the Almighty to fill thy hart with all spirituall com­fort, meete for thee in his infinite wisdome, I commend thee to his grace.

Thine in the Lord Iesus, H. D.

Psalme 104.

An excellent Psalme to praise God for the crea­tion of the world, & gouernance of the same by his maruelous providence. 35. Wherin the Prophet praieth against the wicked, who are occasion that God diminisheth his blessings.

Sing this in the tune of the 25. Psalme.
My soule prais thou the Lord: O Lord my God, thou art excee­ding great, thou art clothed with glory; & honour.
1 MY soule, Iehoua praise,
O Lord my gracious God
With glorie, honour, and greatnesse
Thou art most richlie clad.
Which coue­reth himself with light as with a garment, & sprea deth out the hea uens like a cour­aine.
2 Which couereth with light
Himselfe as with array:
And spreadeth out the heauens bright
Like courtaines faire and gay.
Which laieth the beames of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the cloudes his cha­riot, and walketh v [...]on the wings of the windes.
3 Which layeth his chamber beames
Within the waters saire:
And walketh on the wings of windes,
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Which ma­keth his spirites his messi [...]s, & a flaming fire his ministers.
4 Which by his power doeth make
The Spirites his messingers,
And eke ordayned flaming fire
To be his ministers.
He set the earth vpon her foundations, so that it shal neuer moue.
5 He set the earth on her
foundations firme and sure:
So that it neuer shall remoue
but constantly endure.
Thou couerest it with the deepe as with a gar­ment: the waters would stand aboue the moun­taines.
6 Thou coueredst it with deepe
As with a garment wyde:
And so aboue the mountaines then
The waters did abyde.
But at thy re­buke they flie, at the voice of thy thunder they haste away.
7 But they at thy rebuke
Doe flee and haste away:
Euen at the voyce of thy thunder,
they passe without delay.
And the mountaines ascend, & the vallies de­scend to the place which thou hast established for them.
8 The mountaines high ascend,
and eke the vallies lowe
Descend into the place which thou,
appointedst for them so.
But thou hast set them a bond which they shall not passe, they shall not returne to couer the earth.
9 But thou hast set a bound
Which they shall neuer passe:
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As once it couered was.

The second part

He sendeth the springs into the vallies which runne betwene the mountaines.
10 The fountaines forth he sends
Into the vallies lowe:
So that they with their springing streames,
Betweene the mountaines flowe.
They shall giue drinke to all the beasts of the field, and the wilde asses shal quench their thirst.
11 They shall giue drinke to all
The sundrie beastes in field:
And with their moysture quench the thirst
Of all the Asses wilde.
By these springs shall the fowles of the hea uen dwel, & sing among the bran­ches.
12 By these springs shall the birdes
And sowles of heauen dwell:
And sing among the branches such
Sweete songs as doe excell.
He watereth the mountaines from his cham­bers & the earth is filled with the frute of thy works.
13 He watereth from his cloudes,
The mountaines huge and bye:
With fruite of thy works thou hast filde
The earth most plenteously.
He caused grasse to growe for the cattell, & hearbe for the vle of man that he may bring forth bread out of the earth.
14 He causeth grasse and hearbe
For man and beast to growe:
That he may bring most wholesome bread,
Out of the earth also.
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And wine that maketh glade the hart of man, and oyle to make his face to shyne, and bread that strengthe­neth mans hart.
15 And maketh strong and glade
The hart with bread and wyne:
And with his pleasant oyle doth make
the face of man to shyne.
The high trees ar satisfied, euen the Cedars of Libanon, which he hath planted.
16 The trees of Libanon,
The Cedars high and tall
Are satisfied from his hand,
Which hath them planted all.
That the Birds may make their nests there the Stork dwel­leth in the Firre trees.
17 (That there the Birdes may build,
And boldly make their nest:)
The Storke in sirre trees eke doth dwell,
And there doth safely rest.
The high mountaines are for the Goates: the rockes are a refuge for the Conics.
18 The hilles and stony rocks,
A refuge of delight,
Are for the Conics and the Goates,
To vse by day or night.
He appoin­ted the moon for certaine seasons, the Sunne know­eth his going downe.
19 For certaine seasons he
Appointed hath the Moone:
The Sunne also full well doth know
His place of going downe.
Thou ma­kest darkness, & it is dark, wherin all the beastes of the Forrest creep forth.
20 Thou onely makest darke
The time which we call night:
Wherein the beastes of Forrests all,
Creepe forth for their delight.
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The Lyons roare after their pray, and seeke their meate at God.
21 The Lyons for their pray
Doe roare and range abroad:
And still doe waite and seeke for all
Their foode and meate from God.
When the Sunne riseth, they retire, and couch in their dennes.
22 But when the shyning Sunne
Doth ryse, then they retire:
And swiftly to their dennes doe run,
Whereas they couched were.
Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to his labour vntill the euening.
23 Then goeth the painfull man
Forth to his toylesome warke:
And to his labour till the night
Preuent him▪ with the darke.

The third part.

O Lord, how manifold are thy workes, in wis­dome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thv riches.
24 O Lorde how many are
Thy workes in wisdome made
Thou hast them all: and ceke the earth
Thy wealth doth ouerspread.
So is the gret and wide sea, for there in ar things creeping innu­merable both small beasts and great.
25 Also thy treasures fill
The Seas so large and wyde:
Where liuing creatures nomberlesse
Both small and great abyde.
There go the shippes▪ yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
26 There goe the Nauies great,
And he whome thou doest make:
Leuiathan that hugest Whale
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All these waite vpon thee, that thou mayest giue them foode in due season.
27 All these on thee do waite,
That thou mayest them relieue
With such suffising foode as thou
In season dost them giue.
Thou gi­uest to them & they gather it: thou openest thine hand, and they are filled with good things
28 Thou giuest it to them,
They gather it from thee:
Thou openest thine hand and then
Fild with good things they be.
But if thou hyde thy face, they are trobled: if thou take a­way their breath they die, and re­turn to their dust
29 But if thou hyde thy face
They are sore troubled all:
And if thou take away their breath,
To dust anone they fall.
Againe, if thou send foorth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
30 Againe, if thou send forth
That powerfull Spirit of thine,
They are created, and thou dost
Renew the earth againe.
Glory be to the Lorde for e­uen let the Lord reioice in his works.
31 All glory to the Lord,
Both now and eke for aye:
And let the Lord our God reioyce,
In all his workes alway.
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth▪ hee toucheth the mountaines and they smoake.
32 The earth if he behold
It trembleth sore for feare:
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They smoake in like maner.
I will sing in­to the Lord all my life, I will praise my God while I liue.
33 Wherefore to praise the Lord,
I will reioyce and sing:
Whilst life doth last I will advance
the praise of God my King.
Let my words be accep­table vnto him, I will reioice in the Lord.
34 O let my words and thoughts
Be pleasing vnto thee:
Then in Iehouah to reioyce
My ioye shall euer be.
Let the sin­ners be consu­med out of the earth, & the wic­ked till there be no more. O my soule praise thou the Lord.
35 Let sinners be consum'd,
Let lewde men still decaye:
But thou my soule praise thou the Lorde,
Praise ye the Lord alway,

Psalme Cxj.

He giueth thankes to the Lorde for his mercifull workes to his Church. 20. And declareth wherein true wisdome and right knowledge consisteth. Praise ye the Lord.

I will praise the Lord with my whole hart in the assemblie and congregati on of the iust.
1 TO praise the Lord with my whole hart
Psal. 111.
I will reioyce alwayes:
In Congregations of the iust,
I will advance his praise.
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The works of the Lord are great, and ought to be sought out of all them that loue them.
2 The wondrous works of God the Lord
In greatnesse doe exceede:
And all men ought to seeke them out,
That loue them well indeede.
His worke is beautifull & glo­rious, and his righteousnes en­dureth for euer.
3 His worke is full of beautie, and
Of glorie riche in store:
His righteousnesse most righteously,
Endureth euermore.
He made his wonderful works to be had in re­membrance: the Lord is mercifull and full of com­passion.
4 His wondrous works he made that we
Should euer them remember:
Full of compassion is he
And mercifull for euer.
He hath giuen a portion to them that feare him: he wil euer be mindful of his covenant.
5 A portion faire he hath bestow'd
On them that doe him dreede:
And mindefull of his couenant
He euer is indeede.
He hath shewed to his people the power of his workes, in giuing vnto them the heritage of the heathen.
6 His powerfull workes to Israell
He graciously hath shew'd:
In that the Heathens heritage
He hath on them bestow'd.
The works of his hands are truth and iudge­ment, all his sta­tutes are true.
7 His handie workes are equitie,
And iudgement: iust are found
His statutes all most plenteously
In trueth do still abound.
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They are esta­blished for euer and euer, and ar [...] done in truth & equitie.
8 They are most firmelie stablished,
For euer and for aye:
And eke are done in equitie,
And in the trueth alway.
He sent re­demption vnto his people, he hath comman­ded his Coue­nant for euer: ho­ly and fearfull is his Name.
9 He sent redemption to his folke,
His Couenant shall endure
For euer. By diuine precept
His Name is fearfull sure.
The begin­ning of wisdome is the f [...]ar of the Lord: all they that obserue them haue good vnderstanding: his praise endu­reth for euer.
10 His feare true wisdome doth beginne,
His Lawes obserue doe they
That any vnderstandiug haue,
His praise doth last for aye.

Psalme Cxx.
A song of Degrees.

The prayer of Dauid being vexed by the false re­ports of Sauls slatterers. 5. And therefore he lamenteth his long abode among those infi­dels, who were giuen to all kinde of wicked­nesse and contention.

I cald vnto the Lord in my trouble, and he heard me.
1 IN time of trouble to the Lord,
Psal. 120.
I did both call and cry:
And he did graciously accorde,
To beare me by and by.
Deliuer my soule, O Lord from lying lips, & from a deceitfull tongue.
2 Lord, quite my soule, and set me free,
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And from the cursed subtelty
Of a deceatfull tongue.
What doth thy deceitfull tongue bring vn­to thee? or what doth it availe thee?
3 Thy tongue still vsed to deceat,
What doth it thee auaile?
Thus of thy falshoode to entreate,
How shouldest thou preuaile?
It is as the sharp arrowes of a mightie man, and as the coales of Iuniper,
4 It pearceth like the arrowes sharpe
Shot by a man of might:
It wounds the simple harmelesse hart:
Lyke coales and fire so bright.
Wois me that I remaine in Me sech, and dwel in the tents of Ke­dar.
5 In cruell Mesech I remaine,
Opprest with grief and woe:
And mee to dwell they doe constraine,
In Kedars Tents also.
My soule hath too long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
6 My sillie soule too long hath dwelt
With him that doth not cease,
To shew the hatred of his hart
Against the man of peace.
I seek peace, & when I speak thereof, they are bent to warre.
7 I meckelie seeke to them for peace,
I speake for amitie:
But they the more to warres are bent
In all extremitie.

Psalme Cxxj.

This Psalme teacheth that the faithful ought on­lie to looke for help at God, who only doeth maintaine, preserue, and prosper his Church.

I lift mine eies to the montains from whence my help shall come.
1 MY watchfull eyes I will advance,
PSAL. 121.
aboue the loftie sky:
My helpe, I knowe, shall come from thence,
And that right speedily.
My help com meth from the Lord, which hath made both hea­uen and earth,
2 My helpe doth onlie from the Lord
Our gracious God proceede:
VVhich hath the heauens and the earth,
Made by his power indeede.
He will not suffer thy foot to slippe, for hee that keepeth thee will not slumber.
3 He will for euer safely keepe
Thy slyding foote from fall:
Our watchfull God vvill neuer sleepe,
Nor slumber vvill at all.
Hee that kee­peth Israel, be­hold he wil nei­ther slumber nor sleepe.
4 He that doth keepe his Israel
In safetie, vvill not sleepe:
Beholde he still doth watch full well,
From dangers them to keepe.
The Lorde is thy keeper, the Lorde is thy sha­dowe at thy right hand.
5 Knowe thou therefore assuredly,
the Lord thy keeper is:
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In troubles will not misse.
The Sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the Moone by night.
6 The Sunne or Moone by day or night,
Shall not thee smyte at all,
With parching heate, or slashing light
they hurte thee neuer shall.
The Lord shal preserue thee from all euill, he shall keepe thy soule.
7 The Lord shall still thee so preserue,
From euilles all and some:
That thy poore soule shall neuer swerue,
Nor yet in danger come.
The Lorde shall preserue thy going out. & thy comming in, from henceforth and for euer.
8 Thy goings out and commings in,
The Lord shall still preserue:
From henceforth, and for euer he,
Will neuer see the swerue.

Psalme Cxxij.

Dauid reioyceth in the name of the faithful, that God hath accomplished his promise, and pla­ced his Arke in Zion. 3. For the which he gi­ueth thankes, 8. and praicth for the prosperi­tic of the Church.

I reioyced when they saide vnto me, we will goe into the house of the lord
1 MY ioyes were great whē as they said,
Psal. 122.
Come, we will goe the way,
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Where holy Arke doth stay.
Our feet shal stand in thy gates, O Ierusa­lem.
2 Our wandring feete shall sirmely stand,
O faire Ierusalem,
Within thy comelie gates when we
Shall enter into them.
Ierusalem is builded as a citie that is compact together in it self.
3 Ierusalem is comelie built
Not scattered heere and there:
But standeth firmely of it selfe,
With houses strong and faire.
Whereunto the tribes, euen the tribes of the Lord goe vp ac­cording to the te­stimony to Isra­el, Praise the Name of the Lord.
4 Whereto the Trybes, euen all the Trybes
Of God the Lord doe goe:
As by commandement they are bound,
His prayses forth to showe.
For there are thrones set for iudgement, euen the thrones of the house of Da­uid.
5 For there are comely thrones erect,
Truè iudgement to maintaine:
Which thrones to Dauids house are set,
For euer to remaine.
Pray for the peace of Ierusa­lem let them pro sper that loue thee.
6 O pray thou euer for the peace
Of faire Ierusalem:
Let all thy friends abound in grace,
And prosper well therein.
Peace be with in thy walles, & prosperity within thy pallaces.
7 The peace of God within thy walles
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Within thy comely pallaces
The Lord graunt still may bee.
For my bre­thten and neigh­bours sakes, I wil wish thee nowe prosperity.
8 The ioyes that all our brethren deare
Enioy by meanes of thee,
Enforce me thus in heart to wishe
Thy great prosperitie.
Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will procure thy wealth.
9 Because of that most worthie place
Gods house and dwelling sure,
Which he in thee hath set to bee
Thy wealth I will procure.

Psalme. Cxxiiij.
A song of Degrees, or Psalme of Dauid.

The people of God escaping a great peril, do ac­knowledge themselues to be deliuered, not by their owne force, but by the power of God: they declare the greatnesse of the perill, and praises the Name of the Lord.

If the Lorde had not bene on our side (may Israel now say)
1 IF God had not stoode on our side
Psal. 124.
Israell may confesse,
If the Lorde had not bene on our side when men rose against vs.
2 If God had not sustaind our cause
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They had then swallow'd vs vp quick
They had then swallowed vs vp quick, when theirwrath was kindled a­gainst vs.
3 When as their wrath and are
Against vs all was kindled thick
Like dreadfull flaming fire:
Then the wa­ters had drow­ned vs, and the streame had gone ouer our soule.
4 Then had the waters drowned vs,
And sure the raging streame
Our soules had ouerwhelmed all
Yea ouerslow'd amaine:
Then had the swelling wa­ters gone ouer our soule.
5 The swelling waters, then had gone
Ouer our soule out right
And so consum'd vs euerie one
By deadly force and might.
Praised be God, which hath not giuen vs as a pray vnto their teeth.
6 But praised be our God and Lord
Which hath not giuen vs
A pray vnto their teeth and sword
That we should perish thus.
Our soule hath escaped, euen as a birde from the snare of the fow­lers: the snare is broken and we are deliuered.
7 Our soule from them escaped is
As bird from fowlers snare:
The snare is broke, deliuered
Behold we safely are.
Our helpe is in the name of the Lord, who hath made both heauen & earth.
8 Our helpe for euer in the name,
Of God the Lord doth stand,
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Both heauen seaes and land.

Psalme Cxxv.
A Song of Degrees▪

Wherein is described the assurance of the faith­full in their afflictions, 4. desiring their wealth, 5. and the destruction of the wicked

They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be remoued, but re­mayneth for e­ver.
1 THey that their trust in God repose,
Psal 125.
Shall be as Zion hill:
Which neuer can remoued be,
But ay remayneth still
As the moun­taines are about Ierusalem, so is the Lord about his people, from henceforth and for euer.
2 As round about Ierusalem,
The mountaines stand full strong:
So is the Lord about his folke,
And euer them among.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righte­ous, least the righteous put forth their hand to wickednesse.
3 For wickeds rod on iust mens lot,
For euer shall not be:
Least righteous men put forth their hand
Vnto iniquity.
Dowell, O Lord to those that be good & true in their harts.
4 Doe well, O Lord, vnto all those
That vpright are in hart:
But those that vnto crooked waies
Shall choose to turne apart:
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But those that turne aside by their crooked waies, them shall the Lord lead with the workers of iniquity, but peace shalbe vp­on Israell.
5 Them shall the Lord with workers lead
Of all iniquitie:
But peace vpon his Israell
For euermore shall be.

Psalme Cxxvj.

This Psalme was made after the returne of the people from Babilon, and sheweth that the meane of their deliuerance was wonderfull after the 70. yeares captiuity fore-spoken by Ieremiah the Prophet chap 23. 12. 29. 10.

When the Lord brought a­gaine the capti­uitie of Zion, we were like them that dreame.
1 WHen mightie Ioue did Zion folke
Psal. 126.
Reduce from deadlie thrall,
And vs poore Captiues brought againe,
We were like dreamers all.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, & our tongue with ioy: then saide they among the heathen, the Lord hath done great things for them.
2 Then was our mouth with laughter fild,
Ioyes did our harts delight:
The heathen saule that God great things
Did for them by his might.
The Lorde hath done great things for vs whereof we re­reioyce,
3 Things wonderfull the Lord hath wrought
For vs his children deare:
Wherefore in him we doe reioyce
In hart with ioyfull cheare.
O Lord bring againe our cap­tiuitie, as the ri­vers in the south.
4 And thou O Lord fulfill our ioy,
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Of Captiues, as thou doest refreshe
South grounds with floodes and raine.
They that sow in teares shall reape in ioy.
5 They that with griefe in mournfull teares,
Their seede doe spread and sowe:
Shall reape in ioy assuredlie,
Our God shall worke it so.
They went weeping, and carried precious seede, but they shall returne with ioy, & bring their sheaues.
6 They weeping went and precious seede,
They carried forth with them:
But shall returne with ioy and bring
Their heauie sheaues againe.

Psalme Cxxx.

The people of God from their bottomlesse mise­ries do cry vnto God, and are heard. 3. They confesse their sinnes, and flee vnto Gods mer­ries.

Out of the deepe places haue I called vn to thee.
1 FRom depth of hart possest with greese,
Psal. 130.
Wherein I nowe doe lye:
To thee, O Lord, for some reliese,
I doe both call and cry.
Lord beare my voice, let thine cares at­tend to the voice of my praiers.
2 Lord heare my voice, grant my request
Which I doe make to thee:
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To my lowde sounding cry.
If thou, o lord straitly markest iniquities, o lord who shal stand.
3 If thou, O Lord, do straitlie marke,
Our fowle iniquitie:
O Lord who can before thee stand,
Excused for to be.
But mercy is with thee, that thou maiest be feared.
4 But mercy and compassion,
O Lord are still with thee:
That men may loue and feare the Name
Of thy great Maiesty.
I haue wayted on the Lord, my soule hath way­ted, and I haue trusted in his worde.
5 I haue attended still vpon
Thy holy will, O Lord,
My soule hath waited, and I haue
Still trusted in his word.
My soule wai­teth on the Lord more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning.
6 No watchman more desirouslie,
Doth watch for dawning day,
Then doth my soule in constancie,
Waite on the Lord alway.
Let Israell waite on the Lord, for with the Lord is mer­cie, and with him is great redemption.
7 Let Israell waite on the Lord,
Whose mercy doth abound:
And with the Lorde redemption great
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And hee shall redeeme Israell from all his ini­quities.
8 And he shall sure his Israell,
From all their sinnes redeeme.
And purge from all iniquities,
Them that doe trust in him.
FINIS.

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