Deus iudicium tuum.
Psal. lxxi.
I.H.
He prayeth that the kingdom of God by Christ may come vnder the
parson of Salomon vnder whom shall be rightuousnes, peace & felicitie,
vnto whom all kinges, and all nations shall doo homage, whose name and power shall indure for euer.
[The first parte.]
Lord
geue thy iudgmēts to the kyng,
therin instruct him well:
And with his sonne that Princely thyng.
Lorde let thy iustyce dwell.
That he may gouerne vp ryghtly,
And rule thy folke a ryghte:
and so defende throughe equitie,
the poore that haue no myght.
And let the mountains that are hye,
vnto their folke geue peace,
And eke let litle hils applye,
in iustice to encrease.
That he may help the weake and pore,
with ayde and make them stronge:
And eke destroy for euermore,
all those that doo them wrong.
And then from age to age shall they,
regarde and feare thy might:
So long as Sunne doth shine by daye,
or els the moone by night.
Lorde make the king vnto the iust,
like rayne to fields new mowen:
And like to droppes that lay the dust,
and fresh the land vnsowen.
The iust shall florish in his time,
and all shalbe at peace:
Untill the mone shall leaue to prime,
wast, chaunge, and to encrease,
He shalbe Lorde of sea and sand,
from shore to shore throughout:
And from the flouds within the land,
through all the earth about.
The people that in desert dwell,
shall knele to him full thick:
And all hys enemies that rebell,
the earth and dust shall lyck.
Their Lordes of all the yles therby,
great giftes to him shall bryng:
The kings of Sabe and Arabie,
geue many a costly thyng.
The second parte.
All kinges shall seke with one accord,
in his good grace to stand:
And all the people of the world,
shall serue him at his hande.
For he the neady sort doth saue,
that vnto him doo call,
And eke the simple folke that haue,
no helpe of man at all,
He taketh pitie on the poore,
that are with nede opprest.
He doth preserue them euermore,
and bring their soules to rest.
He shall redeme theyr lyfe from dread,
from fraud, fom wrong, from might:
And eke the bloud that they shall blead,
is precious in his sight.
But he shall lyue and they shall bryng,
to him of Sabaes golde?
He shalbe honored as a kyng
and dayly be extold.
The mightie mountaines of his land,
of corne shall beare such throng:
That it lyke Cedre trees shal stand,
in Libanus full long,
Their cities eke full well shall spede:
the frutes therof shall pas:
In plenty it shall far excede,
and spring as grene as grasse.
For euer they shall prayse his name,
while that the sunne is lyght:
And think them happy through the same
all folke shall bles his myght.
Praise ye the Lord of hostes and sing,
to Israels God eche one:
For he doth euery wondrous thing,
yea he him self alone.
And blessed be his holy name,
all times eternally:
That all the earth may prayse the same,
Amen, Amen, say I.
