Exurgat deus.
Psal. lxviii.
T.S.
In this Psalm Dauid setteth forth as in a glas, the wonderfull free
mercyes of God towardes his people, who by all meanes, and moste
straunge sorts declareth him self to them. And therfore Gods church
by reason of his promises, graces and victoryes, doth excell without
comparyson al worldly thyngs: he exhorteth therfore all men to praise God for euer.
[The first parte.]
Let
God aryse, and then his foes,
wil turn them selues to flyght:
His enmies then will runne abrode,
and scatter out of syght,
& as the fire doth melt ye wax,
& wind blow smoke awaye:
so in the presence of ye lord,
the wicked shal decay
But righteous men before the Lorde,
shall hartely reioyce:
They shalbe glad and mery all,
and chearefull in their voice.
Sing prayse, sing prayse vnto the Lord
who rideth on the skie:
Extoll this name of Iah our God,
and him do magnifie:
That same is he that is aboue,
within his holy place:
That father is of fatherles,
and iudge of widowes case.
Houses he geuth and issue bothe,
vnto the comfortles
He bringeth bondmen out of thrall,
and rebelles to distres.
When thou diddest march before thy folk
the Egiptians from among:
And brought thē through the wildernes,
whiche was both wide and long
Thearth did quake, ye rain powred downe
heard were great claps of thunder,
The mount Sinai shoke in such sort,
as it would cleaue a sunder.
Thine heritage with drops of rayne,
aboundantly was washt:
And if so be it baren waxt,
by thee it was refresht.
Thy chosen flock doth there remayne,
thou hast preparde that place:
And for the pore thou dost prouide,
of thine especiall grace.
The second parte.
God will geue women causes iust,
to magnifye his name:
When as his people triumphes make,
and purchase brut and fame.
For puissant kinges for all their power
shall flee and take the foyle.
And women whiche remayne at home,
shall helpe to part the spoyle.
And though you were as black as pots,
your hew should pas the doue:
whose winges and fethers seme to haue,
siluer and gold aboue.
when in this land God shall triumphe,
ouer kynges bothe hyge and lowe,
Then shall it be lyke Salmon hyll,
as whyte as any snowe.
The church of God doth excel all worldly
thinges not in outward pomp but by the grace of God whyche there remaynth because of his
promise.
Though Basan be a frutefull hyll,
and in heyght others pas:
Yet Sion Gods most holy hyll,
doth farre excell in grace.
Why brag ye thus, ye hils most high,
and leape for pride together?
This hill of Sion God doth loue,
and there will dwell for euer.
Gods army is two millions,
of warriours good and strong:
The Lorde also in Sinai,
is present them among.
Thou didst (O Lord) ascend on high,
and captiues led them all:
whiche in times past thy chosen flock,
in prison kept and thrall.
God toke not taxes to enriche himselfe, but to
bestow them on his churche and therfore in the iiii. to thephe. S. Paule saith he gaue gifts,
folowing the grek translatiō Selath.
Thou madst them tribute for to paye,
and suche as did repine.
Thou didst subdue that they might dwell,
in thy temple deuine.
Now praysed be the Lord for that,
he powreth on vs suche grace:
From day to day, he is the God,
of our health and solace.
The thirde parte.
He is the God from whom alone,
saluation commeth playne:
He is the God by whom we scape:
all daungers death and payne.
Thus god wil wound his enemies head
and breake the heary scalpe:
Of those that in theyr wickednes,
continually doo walke.
From Basan will I brynge (sayd he)
my people and my shepe:
He meanth the
victory whiche Dauid had of Og. king of Basan.
And all mine owne as I haue done,
from daunger of the depe,
And make them dip theyr fete in bloud,
of those that hate my name:
And dogs shal haue theyr tongs embrude
with licking of the same.
All men may see how thou (O God)
thyne enemies dost deface:
And how thou goest as God and kyng,
into thy holy place.
The singers goo befrre with ioy,
the minstrels folow after:
And in the midst the damsels play,
with timbrell and with taber.
Now in thy congregations,
(O Israell) prayse the Lord:
And Iacobs whole posteritie,
geue thankes with one accorde.
Because he was the yōgest of the Patriarches Iacobs
sonnes, he calleth hym lytell Beniamin.
Their chief was little Beniamin,
but Iuda made theyr host:
With Zabulon, and Neptalim,
whiche dweld about theyr cost,
As God hathe geuen powre to thee,
so Lorde make firme and sure:
The thing that thou hast wrought in vs
for euer to indure.
And in thy temple giftes will we,
geue vnto thee (O Lorde:
for thyne vnto Ierusalem,
sure promise made by word.
The forthe parte.
Yea and straunge kings to vs subdued
shall doo lyke in those dayes:
I meane to thee they shall present,
theyr gifts of laude and prayes,
He shall destroy the spear mens rancks
these calues and bulles of myght:
And cause them tribute pay, and daunt,
all suche as loue to fyght.
Then shall the Lordes of Egipt come,
and presents with them bryng:
The mores most black shall stretch their hāds
vnto their lord and king.
Therfore ye kingdomes of the earth,
geue prayse vnto the Lorde:
Sing Psalmes to God with one cōsent,
therto let all accorde.
Who though he ryde and euer hath,
aboue the heauens bryght:
Yet by the fearfull thunder claps,
men may well know hys myght.
Therfore the strength of Israell,
ascribe to God on hie:
Whose mighte and power doth far extēd
aboue the cloudy skye.
O God thy holines and power,
is dread for euermore:
The God of Israell geueth vs strength,
praysed be God therfore.
