The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into Englysh metre by T. Starnhold I. Hopkins & others: conferred with the Ebrue, with apt Notes to synge the[m] withal

Dauid reiectid of Saule and of the people, at the tyme apoynted obtained the kingdome, for the whiche he biddeth all them that feare the Lord, to be thankefull and vnder hys person, in all thys was Christ lyuely set forthe, who should be of hys people reiected.

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Sing this as a [illeg.] Psalme.

O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde,
for gratious is he:
Because his mercy doth endure.
for euer towardes thee.
Let Israell confes and say,
hys mercy dures for ay:
Now let the house of Aaron say,
hys mercye dures for aye.

Let all that feare the Lorde our God,
euen now confesse and say:

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The mercye of the Lorde our God,
endureth still for aye.
In trouble and in heuines,
vnto the Lorde I cride:
Whiche louingly hard me at large,
my sute was not denyde.

The Lorde hym selfe is on my syde,
I will not stande in dout:
Nor feare what man can doo to me,
when God standth me about.
The lord doth take my parte with them.
that helpe to succour me:
Therfore I shall see my desire,
apon myne enemye.

Better it is to trust in God,
then in mans mortall sede:
Or to put confidence in kynges
or princes in our nede.
All nations haue in closed me,
and compassed me rounde:
But in the name of God shall I,
myne enemies confounde.

They kept me on euery side,
they kept me in I say:
But through the lords most mightie name,
I shall worke theyr decay.
They came about me all like bees,
but yet in the lordes name:
I quencht their thornes, that wer on fire
and will destroy the same.

Thou hast with force, thrust sore at me,
that I in dede might fall:

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But through the lord I found suche help
that they wer vanquist all.
The lorde is my defence and strengthe
my ioy, my mirth and song:
He is become for me in dede,
a sauiour most strong.

The right hand of the lord our God,
doth bring to pas great thinges:
He causeth voyce of ioy and health,
in rightous mennes dwellynges,
The right hand of the lorde doth bring
most mighty thinges to pas:
his hand hath the preeminens,
his force is, as it was,

I will not dye but euer lyue.
to vtter and declare:
The lord his might, & wondrous power
his workes and what they are.
The lorde himselfe hath chastened,
and hath corrected me:
But hath not geuen me ouer yet,
to death as ye may see.

Set open vnto me the gates,
of truth and righteousnes:
That I may enter into them,
the lordes prayse to confes.
This is the gate euen of the lorde,
whiche shall not so he shut:
But good and righteous men alway.
shall enter into it.

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I will geue thankes to thee O Lorde,
because thou hast heard me:
And art become most louingly,
a sauiour vnto me.
The stone whiche ere this time among
the builders was refused:
is now become the corner stone,
and chefely to be vsed.

Thys was the myghty work of God,
this was the Lordes owne fact,
And it is maruelous to be holde,
with eyes that noble act.
This is the ioyfull day in dede,
which God himself hath wrought:
Let vs be glad and ioy therin,
in hart, in mind and thought.

Now helpe me Lorde and prosper vs,
we wishe with one accorde:
Blessed be he that comes to vs,
in the name of the Lorde.
God is the Lorde that sheweth vs lyght:
bynde ye therfore with corde:
Your sacrifice to the alter,
and geue thankes to the Lorde.

Thou art my God I will confes,
and render thankes to thee:
Thou art my God, and I will prayse,
thy mercy towardes me.
O geue ye thankes vnto the Lorde,
for gratious is he:
Because his mercy dothe endure,
for euer towardes thee.

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Psalme. Cxviii.