The CIIII. psalme.
O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE, and call vpon his name: tell the people what thinges he hath done. O let youre songes be of him: prayse him, and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous wor¦kes. Geue his holy name a good reporte, let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE.
Seke the LORDE, and his strength, seke his face euermore. Remembre the marue∣lous workes that he hath done, his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth. O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob his chosen. He is the LORDE oure God, whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde. He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt, and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions.
Yee the couenaunt that he made wt Abra¦ham,* 1.1 and the ooth that he swore vnto Isa∣ac. And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament. Sayenge: vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan, the lott of youre here∣tage. When there was yet but a fewe of them, and they straungers therin. What tyme as they wente from one nacion to ano∣ther, from one kyngdome to another. He suffred no man to hurte them,* 1.2 but reproued euen kynges for their sakes. Touch not myne anoynted, do my prophetes no harme.
Morouer he called for a derth vpon the lō¦de, [ C] and destroyed all the prouysion of bred.
But he had sent a man before them,* 1.3 euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde ser∣uaunt. They hurte his fete in the stockes, the yron pearsed his herte.* 1.4 Vntill the tyme that his worde came, and till the worde of ye LORDE had tried him.* 1.5 Then sent the kin¦ge and caused him be delyuered, the prynce of the people bad let him go. He made him lorde of his house, & ruler of all his substaun∣ce. That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil, and teach his Senatours wys∣dome. Israel also came in to Egipte,* 1.6 and Iacob was a straunger in the lōde of Ham.
But he increased his people exceadingly,* 1.7 and made them stronger then their enemies.
Whose hert turned, so that they hated his [ D] people, and dealt vntruly with his seruaun∣tes. Then sent he Moses his seruaunt,* 1.8 and Aaron whom he had chosen. These dyd his tokens amōge them, and wonders in the londe of Ham.* 1.9 He sent darcknesse and it was darcke, for they were not obedient vnto his worde.* 1.10 He turned their waters in to bloude, and slewe their fishe. Their londe brought forth frogges,* 1.11 yee euen in their kyn¦ges chambers. He spake the worde, & their came all maner of flies & lise in all their quar¦ters. He gaue them hale stones for rayne, and flammes of fyre in their lōde. He smo¦te their vynyardes & fige trees, and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes. He spake ye worde,* 1.12 and their came greshoppers & catirpillers innumerable. These ate vp all the grasse in their lōde, and deuoured the frutes of their groūde. He smote all ye first [ E] borne in their lōde,* 1.13 euen the chefe of all their substaunce. He brought them forth wt syl¦uer & golde, there was not one feble personne amōge their try••es. Egipte was glad of their departinge, for they were afraied of thē
He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge, and fyre to geue light in the night season.* 1.14
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