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Psalme. CXLVIII.
The Argument.
To prayse here all be byd: what heauen or earth contayne:The Lord so hye: and sapyent: nothyng he made in vayne.
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Prayse ye the Lord: from heauens: ye heauenly mynds I call,Prayse him on hye: as hye he is: ye powers celestiall,
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Prayse hym ye Angels all: his legats ye that be:ye hosts so cald: his armies great: prayse hym in maiesty.
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Prayse him ye sunne and moone: in course so maruelous,Ye starres so bright: ye Planets all: prayse hym most glorious.
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Ye heauens by heauens distinct: prayse him with all your shyne,ye water streames: aboue the ayre: so stayde by power deuyne.
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They all might prayse and laud: the Lordes good name of myght,For he the worde: but spake at once: they straight were made in plight.
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He constituted hath: that they should euer dure,He set a law: which shall not cease: by ordinance most sure.
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Ye earthly thinges on earth: prayse ye the Lord with them,Ye dragons grim: ye depes and gulfes: shew ye his power supreme
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Fire, lightning, thunder, hayle, both snow and vapours drye,ye hurling wyndes: tempestuous: which worke his word full nye.
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Great mountains hils and clifs: low hillockes all and some,ye fruitefull trees: ye Ceders all: prayse ye the Lordes renome.
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Ye beastes and cattell all: both sauage wylde and tame,ye serpents slye: ye fetherd soules: prayse ye his godly name.
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So kinges of earth most due: with all their people met,So princes hie: and iudges all: on earth as Gods be set.
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So yonger men and maydes: in age syncere and pure,As older men: with childer yong: with all their busy cure.
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The Lordes name let them prayse: for it alone is hye:His glory passth: both heauen & earth: as thyngs here made do cry.
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He hath his flock aduanced: so him his saintes shall prayse,Euen Iacobs seede: who drawth him nie: praise ye the lord always.
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